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• 5 • Ménage Outré • [Aventine] • short story by Lee Killough
• 19 • The Oracle and the Mountains • [Roland] • novelette by Stephen King
• 39 •  Cartoon: no caption • interior artwork by Gahan Wilson
• 40 • Books (F&SF, February 1981) • [Books (F&SF)] • essay by Thomas M. Disch
• 43 •   Review: Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year: Ninth Annual Collection by Gardner Dozois • review by Thomas M. Disch
• 43 •   Review: The 1980 Annual World's Best SF by Arthur W. Saha and Donald A. Wollheim • review by Thomas M. Disch
• 44 •   Review: Best Science Fiction of the Year 9 by Terry Carr • review by Thomas M. Disch
• 46 •   Review: Timescape by Gregory Benford • review by Thomas M. Disch
• 47 • Coming Soon (F&SF, February 1981) • essay by uncredited
• 48 • Absolutely the Last, This Is It, No More, the Final Pact with the Devil Story • short story by Michael Armstrong
• 57 • The Orpheus Implant • novelette by Simon Hawke [as by Nicholas Yermakov]
• 78 • In Our Image • short story by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
• 81 • Films: Strike Striken • [Films (F&SF)] • essay by Baird Searles
• 84 • The Lilith • novelette by Jim Aikin
• 104 • The Revolting Tale of Heedless Jack Who Stepped Upon the Sidewalk Cracks • [Bad Habits] • poem by Russell M. Griffin
• 105 • The Softest Hammer • short story by Charles Sheffield
• 117 • Second Comings - Reasonable Rates • short story by Pat Cadigan
• 120 • Nothing and All • [Asimov's Essays: F&SF] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 139 • The Checkout • [Anita] • short story by Keith Roberts