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• 6 • First Word (Omni, November 1981) • essay by Ben Bova
• 16 • Forum (Omni, November 1981) • essay by various
• 20 • Earth: The Resource War • essay by Susan Mazur
• 24 • Life: Cryogenes • essay by Dr. Bernard Dixon
• 26 • Mind: Beautiful People • essay by Walli F. Leff
• 30 • Space: The Decisive Frontier • essay by Jerry Pournelle
• 32 • The Arts: Music (Omni, November 1981) • essay by Tom Hight
• 36 • The Arts: Film (Omni, November 1981) • essay by Jeff Rovin
• 39 • Continuum (Omni, November 1981) • essay by various
• 49 • The Blimping of America • essay by Mike Edelhart and Kurt R. Stehling [as by Mike Edelhart and Kurt Stehling]
• 56 • Executive Clemency • short story by Gardner Dozois and Jack C. Haldeman, II
• 56 •  Executive Clemency • interior artwork by Edward Hopper
• 60 • Why Man Explores • essay by Ray Bradbury and Arthur C. Clarke and Norman Cousins and James A. Michener and Philip Morrison and Carl Sagan
• 64 •  The Soul-Painter and the Shapeshifter • interior artwork by Charles Pfahl
• 65 • The Soul-Painter and the Shapeshifter • [Majipoor] • novelette by Robert Silverberg
• 72 • Land of the Rising Pun • essay by R. Bruce McColm
• 80 • Witches (excerpt) • short fiction by Erica Jong
• 81 •  Witches • interior artwork by H. R. Giger
• 91 • Interview: W. Donner Denckla • interview of W. Donner Denckla • interview by Albert Rosenfeld
• 98 •  Forever • interior artwork by James Marsh
• 99 • Forever • short story by Damon Knight
• 104 • Cosmic Surrealism • essay by Frederick C. Durant, III
• 104 •  Cosmic Surrealism (12 paintings) • interior artwork by
  Luděk Pešek^?Ludek Pesek
  [as by Ludek Pesek]
• 111 • Antimatter (Omni, November 1981) • essay by various
• 148 • Stars: Red Shift • essay by David K. Lynch
• 154 • Last Word (Omni, November 1981) • essay by Anne-Lise Gotzsche