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• 8 • Editorial (F&SF, October-November 1999) • [Editorial (F&SF)] • essay by Gordon Van Gelder
• 10 • Guest Editorial: I Was There the Day the World Ended, I Was There the Day the World Began • (1975) • essay by Ray Bradbury
• 14 •  Cartoon: "Further evidence of water on the Moon." • (1999) • interior artwork by Mark Heath
• 16 •  Cartoon: "Whoops! Sorry, folks—should of had that one." • interior artwork by Danny Shanahan
• 18 • macs • short story by Terry Bisson
• 28 • Books to Look For (F&SF, October-November 1999) • [Books to Look for] • essay by Charles de Lint
• 28 •   Review: A Red Heart of Memories by Nina Kiriki Hoffman • review by Charles de Lint
• 29 •   Review: The Ballad of Billy Badass and the Rose of Turkestan by William Sanders • review by Charles de Lint
• 30 •   Review: Flyboy Action Figure Comes with Gasmask by Jim Munroe • review by Charles de Lint
• 32 •   Review: Chocolat by Joanne Harris • review by Charles de Lint
• 33 •   Review: Eyes of Prey by Barry Hoffman • review by Charles de Lint
• 34 •   Review: Science Fiction Magazine Story Index, 1926-1995 by Terry A. Murray • review by Charles de Lint
• 35 • Publisher's Note (F&SF, October-November 1999) • essay by Edward L. Ferman
• 36 • Books (F&SF, October-November 1999) • [Books (F&SF)] • essay by Robert K. J. Killheffer
• 37 •   Review: The Age of Spiritual Machines by Ray Kurzweil • review by Robert K. J. Killheffer
• 40 •   Review: Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind by Hans Moravec • review by Robert K. J. Killheffer
• 44 •   Review: Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: Collected Works 1934-1988 by Arthur C. Clarke • review by Robert K. J. Killheffer
• 47 • Darkrose and Diamond • [Earthsea Cycle] • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 75 • Objects of Desire in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 86 • How Heather Moon Kept My Life from Getting Completely Fouled Up Again • [Heather Moon] • short story by Ron Goulart
• 105 • A [Real?] Writer - Homage to Ted Sturgeon • essay by Judith Merril
• 143 • New York Vignette • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 147 •  Cartoon: no caption • interior artwork by John Jonik
• 148 • A Hero of the Empire • [Roma Eterna] • novelette by Robert Silverberg
• 181 • Fish in a Barrel • short story by Jonathan Carroll
• 191 •  Cartoon: "It wasn't until many, many years later that Frank's co-workers began to take his suicide threats seriously." • interior artwork by Tom Cheney
• 192 • The History of Snivelization • [Plumage from Pegasus] • essay by Paul Di Filippo
• 198 • The Shrine for Lost Children • short story by Poul Anderson
• 213 •  Cartoon: "Politics will become so degraded that only blatent sociopaths will seek office." • interior artwork by Bill Long
• 214 • The Dynasters: Vol. 1: On the Downs • short story by Howard Waldrop
• 223 •  Cartoon: "I just wish you could see the expression on your face!" • interior artwork by Gahan Wilson
• 224 • Kenny • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 231 •  Cartoon: "I heartily concur, Steerbridge. Form does, indeed, follow function." • interior artwork by Bill Long
• 232 • The Happiest Day of Her Life • [Tony Manetti] • novelette by Kate Wilhelm
• 253 •  Cartoon: "So you figured out how to grow hair everywhere but where you wanted it." • interior artwork by Frank Cotham
• 254 • A Fish Story • short story by Gene Wolfe
• 259 • Expecting the Unexpected • [A Scientist's Notebook] • essay by Gregory Benford
• 269 • Acceptance Speech • (1990) • short story by Carol Emshwiller
• 277 • Coming Attractions (F&SF, October-November 1999) • essay by uncredited
• 278 • Crocodile Rock • novella by Lucius Shepard
• 320 •  Cartoon: "If it looks like a human, walks like a human, yaks like a human, it's a human." • interior artwork by Joseph Farris
• 322 • Curiosities: "The Seeing I" and Other Gems • [Curiosities (essays)] • essay by Kristine Kathryn Rusch