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• 4 • Understanding Human Behavior • novelette by Thomas M. Disch
• 22 • Sergeant Pepper Variations • short story by Parke Godwin and Howard Roller
• 31 • Books (F&SF, February 1982) • [Books (F&SF)] • essay by John Clute
• 32 •   Review: A World Called Solitude by Stephen Goldin • review by John Clute
• 32 •   Review: Journey from Flesh by Nicholas Yermakov • review by John Clute
• 34 •   Review: Re-Entry by Paul Preuss • review by John Clute
• 34 •   Review: The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams • review by John Clute
• 35 •   Review: Unaccompanied Sonata and Other Stories by Orson Scott Card • review by John Clute
• 36 •   Review: Gene Wolfe's Book of Days by Gene Wolfe • review by John Clute
• 38 • Mascots • short story by Stanley Schmidt
• 56 • The Healer's Touch • [Varkela / Spareen] • novelette by Susan C. Petrey
• 76 • Star Stories • poem by Sonya Dorman
• 77 • Coming Next Month (F&SF, February 1982) • essay by uncredited
• 78 • Blackmail • short story by George Guthridge [as by George Florance-Guthridge]
• 85 • Films: The Crowbar in the Concrete • [Films (F&SF)] • essay by Baird Searles
• 87 • We Turned Down the Story But Couldn't Resist the Covering Letter • short story by James Elliot
• 88 • Nightlife • novelette by Phyllis Eisenstein
• 119 •  Cartoon: no caption • interior artwork by Joseph Farris
• 120 • Almost Heaven • short story by Garry Kilworth
• 130 • The Circle of the Earth • [Asimov's Essays: F&SF] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 141 •  Cartoon: no caption • interior artwork by Henry Martin
• 142 • High Steel • [John Strange] • short story by Jack Dann and Jack C. Haldeman, II