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• 3 •  Beyond Andromeda • interior artwork by Jim Thompson (artist)
• 4 • Doorways and Blasphemy • [Output (Future / Future Life)] • essay by Kerry O'Quinn
• 6 •  Letter (Future Life, September 1979): The TMI Syndrome • [Letters: Isaac Asimov] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 9 •  Letter (Future Life, September 1979): Henson Hits a Nerve • essay by Merle Taliaferro
• 11 • Databank (Future Life, September 1979) • essay by various
• 11 • Orbiting Art Critics • essay by Roger Guisinger
• 11 •  Over the Aral Sea (original) • interior artwork by Andrei Sokolov
• 11 •  Over the Aral Sea (corrected) • interior artwork by Andrei Sokolov
• 14 •  Secret SF Epic in Pre-Production • interior artwork by Claudio Mazzoli
• 17 •  Coming Soon: Saturn's Rings • interior artwork by Sally J. Bensusen
• 18 • Kitt Peak • essay by Philip L. Harrison
• 20 • New Improved Human • essay by Richard Hutton
• 24 • Nebula Winners: Vonda McIntyre • essay by Ed Naha
• 25 • Nebula Winners: John Varley • interview of John Varley • interview by Robin Snelson
• 26 • The Black Hole: Disney's Super Space Opera • essay by David Houston
• 27 •  The Black Hole: Disney's Super Space Opera • interior artwork by Peter Ellenshaw
• 28 •  The Black Hole: Disney's Super Space Opera [2] • interior artwork by Peter Ellenshaw
• 28 •  The Cygnus • interior artwork by Peter Ellenshaw
• 28 •  The Black Hole: Disney's Super Space Opera [4] • interior artwork by Peter Ellenshaw
• 29 •  The Black Hole: Disney's Super Space Opera [5] • interior artwork by Peter Ellenshaw
• 31 • Disney's Space Oddity • essay by Charles Bogle
• 32 • Things That Go Bump in the Universe • essay by Bob Mecoy
• 32 •   Review: I Am Legend by Richard Matheson • review by Bob Mecoy
• 32 •   Review: Shock I by Richard Matheson • review by Bob Mecoy
• 32 •   Review: The Shores of Space by Richard Matheson • review by Bob Mecoy
• 32 •   Review: The Dreaming Jewels by Theodore Sturgeon • review by Bob Mecoy
• 34 •   Review: A Perfect Vacuum: Perfect Reviews of Nonexistent Books by Stanislaw Lem • review by Ed Naha
• 34 •   Review: Crompton Divided by Robert Sheckley • review by Ed Naha
• 34 •   Review: The Accident by Hans Heinrich Ziemann • review by Ed Naha
• 34 •   Review: Dimension of Miracles by Robert Sheckley • review by Barbara Krasnoff
• 35 • Gallery: Jim Thompson • essay by uncredited
• 35 •  Mid-Watch Break • interior artwork by Jim Thompson (artist)
• 36 •  Token of Intelligence • interior artwork by Jim Thompson (artist)
• 38 • Star Empires • essay by Michael A. G. Michaud
• 38 •  Star Empires • interior artwork by Doug Beekman
• 41 • Ecology—Preserving Future Options • [Earth Control] • essay by Bob Woods
• 42 • The Martian Chronicles: Making Fantasy a Reality • essay by uncredited
• 44 • Sound Ideas • essay by Jon Pareles
• 49 • How to Be a Successful Inventor • [Alternate Space] • essay by Carolyn Henson
• 49 •  How to Be a Successful Inventor • interior artwork by Hank Caruso
• 50 • Wasn't the Future Wonderful? (excerpt) • essay by Tim Onosko
• 52 • The Whole World in Your Hands! • essay by Kerry O'Quinn
• 52 •  The Whole World in Your Hands! • interior artwork by Jim Cherry
• 55 •  Cartoon: "Bionic Bum" • interior artwork by Don Dougherty
• 58 • John Berkey • essay by Robin Snelson
• 59 •  John Berkey • interior artwork by John Berkey
• 60 •  John Berkey [2] • interior artwork by John Berkey
• 61 •  John Berkey [3] • interior artwork by John Berkey
• 62 •  Interstellar Travel • interior artwork by John Berkey (variant of cover art for Interstellar Travel: Past, Present, and Future 1978)
• 62 •  John Berkey [5] • interior artwork by John Berkey
• 63 •  John Berkey [6] • interior artwork by John Berkey
• 67 • In Search of the Whole Man • [Tomorrow] • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• 69 •  In Search of the Whole Man • interior artwork by Barclay Shaw