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• 6 • First Word (Omni, April 1983) • essay by Marvin Minsky
• 14 • Forum (Omni, April 1983) • essay by various
• 18 • Earth: The Greening of West Germany • essay by James Kitfield
• 20 • Life: Religious Genes • essay by Helen E. Fisher
• 22 • Space: Starship Makers • essay by T. A. Heppenheimer
• 26 • Mind: Robo-Psychology • essay by Michael Edelhart
• 30 • Artificial Intelligence: Deep-Disk Storage • essay by Phoebe Hoban
• 35 • Continuum (Omni, April 1983) • essay by various
• 44 •  Robo-Shock! • interior artwork by Francisco Melo
• 45 • Robo-Shock! • essay by Kathleen Stein
• 52 • Blind Shemmy • novelette by Jack Dann
• 53 •  Blind Shemmy • interior artwork by Armodio
• 70 •  Robots at Home • interior artwork by
  鶴田一郎^?つるたいちろう
  Tsuruta Ichirō
  Tsuruta Ichirou
  [as by Ichiro Tsuruta]
• 71 • Robots at Home • essay by Richard Wolkomir
• 80 • Robots: Fantasies and Realities • essay by Michael Edelhart
• 92 • Gene Fixers • essay by Tabitha M. Powledge
• 101 • Interview: John McCarthy • interview of John McCarthy • interview by Philip J. Hilts
• 108 • The End of the World News (excerpt) • short fiction by Anthony Burgess
• 109 •  The End of the World News [2] • interior artwork by Jean-Marie Poumeyrol
• 115 • Antimatter (Omni, April 1983) • essay by various
• 132 • The Arts: Sculpture (Omni, April 1983) • essay by Marjorie B. Mann
• 134 • Explorations: Computer Camps • essay by Doug Garr
• 138 • The Arts: Books (Omni, April 1983) • essay by Hans Fantel
• 150 • Stars: The Cosmic Serpent • essay by Patrick Moore
• 154 • Last Word (Omni, April 1983) • essay by Randy Cohen