Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 4 • Changes (September 1992) • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Gardner Dozois
• 8 •  Letters (Asimov's, September 1992) • [Letters: Isaac Asimov] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 16 • Bright River • novelette by Stephen Kraus
• 16 •  Bright River • interior artwork by Bob Walters
• 50 • The Synthetic Barbarian • [Reginald Rivers] • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• 50 •  The Synthetic Barbarian • interior artwork by Bob Walters
• 73 • In Concert • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 73 •  In Concert • interior artwork by Broeck Steadman [as by E. T. Steadman]
• 84 • Vanilla Dunk • novelette by Jonathan Lethem
• 84 •  Vanilla Dunk • interior artwork by John Johnson
• 114 • Why I Read Science Fiction • poem by William John Watkins
• 116 • King for a Day • short story by Leslie What
• 120 • Death of Reason • novella by Tony Daniel
• 120 •  Deat of Reason • interior artwork by Laura Lakey
• 140 •  Death of Reason [2] • interior artwork by Laura Lakey
• 168 • Next Issue (Asimov's, September 1992) • essay by uncredited
• 169 •   Review: The Memory of Earth by Orson Scott Card • review by Baird Searles
• 169 • On Books (Asimov's, September 1992) • [On Books] • essay by Baird Searles
• 170 •   Review: Dragons in the Stars by Jeffrey A. Carver • review by Baird Searles
• 171 •   Review: Alien Blues by Lynn S. Hightower • review by Baird Searles
• 172 •   Review: Forbidden Magic by Angus Wells • review by Baird Searles
• 172 •   Review: Dreamships by Melissa Scott • review by Baird Searles
• 176 • SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, September 1992) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss