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Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v10 #10, No. 109, October 1986] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Wayne Barlowe) []

4 · Editorial: The Kiss of Death? · Isaac Asimov · ed

16 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

18 · The Wisdom of Solomon · Martin Gardner · pz

19 · Solo for Koto and Hologram · Marc Laidlaw · pm

20 · The Girl Who Fell Into the Sky · Kate Wilhelm · nv

62 · Trading Post · Neal Barrett, Jr. · nv

84 · The Mind’s Construction [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss

96 · Challenger as Viewed from the Westerbrook Bar · Lucius Shepard · pm

100 · Cabracan [Eddie] · Lewis Shiner · ss

109 · The Ice Peregrine · Robert Frazier · pm

112 · Spice Pogrom · Connie Willis · na

182 · July 16, 1945, 5:29:45 AM, Mountain War Time · Robert Frazier · pm

184 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v10 #11, No. 110, November 1986] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Gary Freeman) []

4 · Editorial: Specialization · Isaac Asimov · ed

17 · Thang, The Planet Eater · Martin Gardner · pz

18 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

20 · Iriadeska’s Martians · Frederik Pohl · nv

58 · Fire Zone Emerald · Lucius Shepard · nv Playboy February 1986

81 · Elephant · Susan Palwick · ss

88 · The Hound of Mac Datho · Gregory Frost · nv

107 · A Trace of Madness · Scott Stolnack · ss

114 · Voice in the Dark · Jack McDevitt · ex from The Hercules Text, Ace, 1986

184 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v10 #12, No. 111, December 1986] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Terry Lee) []

4 · Editorial: The Unicorn · Isaac Asimov · ed

18 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

22 · Windows · Ian Watson · nv

50 · The S.O.B. Show · Elissa Malcohn · ss

63 · Tourist Spots for Time Travelers · Robert Frazier · pm

64 · Walkaway Clause · John M. Ford · nv

97 · Phone Repairs · Nancy Kress · ss

108 · Stochasm · John Barnes · ss

121 · On Homo Reptilis · Bruce Boston · pm

122 · Dreamwood · Cherry Wilder · nv

154 · Jesse Revenged · Don Webb · ss

160 · Machines of Loving Grace · Joe Haldeman · pm Harper’s Magazine May 1985

162 · Presents of Mind · Edward Bryant, Connie Willis, Dan Simmons & Steve Rasnic Tem · gp Mile High Futures November 1985

_162 · Prologue · Edward Bryant · pr Mile High Futures November 1985

_164 · The Pony · Connie Willis · ss Mile High Futures November 1985

_169 · Vexed to Nightmare by a Rocking Cradle · Dan Simmons · ss Mile High Futures November 1985

_176 · Buzz · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Mile High Futures November 1985

_183 · Epilogue · Edward Bryant · aw Mile High Futures November 1985

185 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v10 #13, No. 112, Mid-December 1986] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Gary Freeman) []

4 · Editorial: Science Fiction Series · Isaac Asimov · ed

16 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

18 · Robot Dreams [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov, Berkley, November 1986

26 · Dancing It All Away at Nadoka · Lucius Shepard · nv

49 · More Scenes from the L-5 Posters · Robert Frazier · pm

50 · In the Abode of the Snows · Pat Murphy · nv

70 · Blood on Glass · Gregory Benford · pm In Alien Flesh by Gregory Benford, Tor, March 1986

72 · Neptune’s Reach [Neptune’s Reach] · Gregory Feeley · nv

90 · Laugh Track · Harlan Ellison · ss Weird Tales Fall 1984

107 · Lines Found with the Remains of the Earthship Astar in the Year 3020 (Old Earth), 1225 (Lunar) · Anne Devereaux Jordan · pm

108 · Vacuum Flowers [Part 1 of 3] · Michael Swanwick · n.

178 · On Books: Science Fiction vs. Sci-Fi · Norman Spinrad · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v11 #1, No. 113, January 1987] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Bob Eggleton) []
Given as No. 114.

4 · Editorial: New Writers · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

18 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

22 · America [Carpenter] · Orson Scott Card · nv

54 · The Peace Spy · Gene Wolfe · ss

63 · The Changeling Uncovered · Bruce Boston · pm

64 · Wolf Time · Walter Jon Williams · nv

94 · Digressions from the Second Person Future · John Barnes · ss

103 · Bringing in the Sheaves · Rudy Rucker · ss

110 · Vacuum Flowers [Part 2 of 3] · Michael Swanwick · n.

180 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

187 · Index to 1986 · [uncredited] · ix

191 · First Annual Readers’ Award Ballot · [uncredited] · ms

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v11 #2, No. 114, February 1987] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Carl Lundgren) []

4 · Editorial: Intellectual Cliches · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

21 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

22 · Aurin Tree [Stars] · M. J. Engh · nv

58 · The Fights of Spring [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss

70 · Dutchman · Jack McDevitt · nv

92 · The Moment of the Rose · Cherie Wilkerson · ss

101 · Myron Chester and the Toads · James P. Blaylock · ss

110 · Vacuum Flowers [Part 3 of 3] · Michael Swanwick · n.

182 · The Gift · Joe Haldeman · pm Dealing in Futures by Joe W. Haldeman, Viking, September 1985

184 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

191 · Hollywood Revisited: The Body Snatchers · Robert Frazier · pm

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v11 #3, No. 115, March 1987] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by J. K. Potter) []

4 · Editorial: Intimations of Mortality · Isaac Asimov · ed

10 · Letters · The Readers · lc

20 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

22 · Images [Basil Argyros] · Harry Turtledove · nv

62 · Dinosaur on a Bicycle · Tim Sullivan · nv

83 · Encased in the Amber of Probabilities · Robert Frazier · pm

84 · Waves · Andrew Weiner · nv

116 · Birds of the Mutant Rain Forest [Mutant Rain Forest] · Robert Frazier · pm

118 · Ice Dreams · Sharon N. Farber · ss

134 · Eye for Eye · Orson Scott Card · na

184 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v11 #4, No. 116, April 1987] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Bob Eggleton) []

4 · Editorial: Truth and Fiction · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

20 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

22 · Viewpoint: Cellular Automata · Rudy Rucker · ar

36 · The Sun Spider · Lucius Shepard · nv

70 · Rachel in Love · Pat Murphy · nv

96 · Letter to a Grandchild · Robert Frazier · pm

98 · A Little Farther Up the Fox… · George M. Ewing · nv

117 · Fog · David F. Reitmeyer · pm

118 · Out of Darkness · Lillian Stewart Carl · ss

130 · Superwine [Basil Argyros] · Harry Turtledove · na

179 · On Books: Sturgeon, Vonnegut, and Trout · Norman Spinrad · rc [Ref. Theodore Sturgeon]

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v11 #5, No. 117, May 1987] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Hisaki Yasuda) []

4 · Editorial: Space Flight · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

17 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

20 · Flowers of Edo · Bruce Sterling · nv
first published in Japanese in Hayakawa’s Science Fiction Magazine.

50 · Nazca Lines · Roger L. Dutcher & Robert Frazier · pm

52 · Perpetuity Blues · Neal Barrett, Jr. · nv

80 · Termites · Dave Smeds · ss

96 · Angel · Pat Cadigan · ss

111 · One-Trick Dog · Bruce Boston · vi

114 · The View from Mars Hill · Frederik Pohl · nv

134 · Dinosaur · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

146 · Cannibals · Nancy Kress · nv

183 · Tracking Through the Mutant Rain Forest [Mutant Rain Forest] · Robert Frazier · pm

184 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v11 #6, No. 118, June 1987] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Terry Lee) []

4 · Editorial: Forgetfulness · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

20 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

22 · Dinosaurs · Walter Jon Williams · nv

52 · The White Babe · Jane Yolen · ex
from the forthcoming book Sister Light, Sister Dark (Tor, 1988).

80 · Trapalanda · Charles Sheffield · nv

105 · Flaggers · Robley Wilson, Jr. · ss

112 · Runaway [Alvin Maker] · Orson Scott Card · nv

141 · Excavations in a Mangala Valles · Robert Frazier · pm

142 · Glass Cloud · James Patrick Kelly · nv

184 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v11 #7, No. 119, July 1987] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Joe Bergeron) []

4 · Editorial: Romance · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

20 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

22 · Yanqui Doodle · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv

62 · Highbrow · Neal Barrett, Jr. · ss

73 · Science Fiction · Jane Yolen · pm

74 · Rider · Andrew Weiner · nv

98 · The Faithful Companion at Forty · Karen Joy Fowler · ss

107 · Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers [Harry’s] · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss

120 · The Fascination of the Abomination [Gilgamesh; Heroes in Hell] · Robert Silverberg · na

178 · The Chrononaut Visits the Famous Pair During Their First Experiment · Robert Frazier · pm

179 · On Books: The Edge of the Envelope · Norman Spinrad · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v11 #8, No. 120, August 1987] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by J. K. Potter) []

4 · Editorial: Unification · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

20 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

22 · On the Border · Lucius Shepard · nv

60 · Curse of the Demon’s Wife [Accursed Wives] · Bruce Boston · pm

62 · The Future of the Jovian System · Gregory Benford · ss The Planets ed. Byron Preiss, Bantam, December 1985

82 · Cassandra’s Photographs · Lisa Goldstein · ss

93 · The Original 11 Observations of Methuselah · Robert Frazier · pm

94 · Nutrimancer · Marc Laidlaw · ss

102 · At the Cross-Time Jaunter’s Ball · Alexander Jablokov · nv

128 · The Rose Garden · Steven Popkes · ss

142 · The Blind Geometer · Kim Stanley Robinson · na Cheap Street, December 22 1986

184 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

191 · Cyclopean Hours August 27, 1883 · Robert Frazier · pm

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v11 #9, No. 121, September 1987] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Bob Eggleton) []

4 · Editorial: Plausibility · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

18 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

20 · Carthage City · Orson Scott Card · na

81 · The World Next Door · Brad Ferguson · ss

92 · Spirit of the Night · Tom Maddox · nv

110 · Glass · Nancy Kress · ss

116 · Losing Souls to California Dreaming · Roger L. Dutcher · pm

117 · The Alien in the Lake · Andrew Weiner · ss

124 · The Secret Sharer · Robert Silverberg · na

183 · The Famous Hospitality of Dao’i · J. J. Hunt · pm

184 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

191 · [cartoon] · [uncredited] · ct

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v11 #10, No. 122, October 1987] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by J. K. Potter) []

4 · Editorial: Unknown · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

18 · 1st Annual Readers’ Award Results · [uncredited] · bi

20 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

22 · Dream Baby · Bruce McAllister · nv In the Field of Fire ed. Jeanne Van Buren & Jack M. Dann, Tor, February 1987

57 · Overseas Call · Robert Frazier · pm

58 · Alice Sheldon (1915-1987) · Gardner R. Dozois · ob Locus July 1987, as “[obituary of James Tiptree, Jr.]” [Ref. Alice Sheldon]

60 · The Little Magic Shop · Bruce Sterling · ss

71 · Gravity Has Always Been Our Enemy · Roger L. Dutcher · pm

72 · Visitors · Jack Dann · ss
not the same as the story of the same name in the December 1977 issue of Fantastic Stories.

84 · Class of ’61 · Neal Barrett, Jr. · ss

100 · The Moon and Michelangelo · Ian Watson · nv

126 · Mother Goddess of the World [Freds] · Kim Stanley Robinson · na

179 · [cartoon] · Heiser · ct

180 · On Books: Dreamers of Space · Norman Spinrad · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v11 #11, No. 123, November 1987] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Terry Lee) []

4 · Editorial: Survivors · Isaac Asimov · ed

10 · Letters · The Readers · lc

17 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

18 · Ever After · Susan Palwick · nv

44 · Uncle Dobbin’s Parrot Fair [Newford] · Charles de Lint · nv

70 · Six Flags Over Jesus · Lewis & Edith Shiner · vi

72 · Heroics · James Patrick Kelly · ss

84 · Roadkill · Dean Whitlock · nv

101 · Harlan Ellison’s I, Robot · Isaac Asimov · ar

103 · Me ’n’ Isaac at the Movies · Harlan Ellison · ar
from the Introduction to I, Robot: The Illustrated Screenplay.

108 · I, Robot: The Movie [Part 1 of 3; Susan Calvin; Robots] · Harlan Ellison · pl

184 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v11 #12, No. 124, December 1987] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Gary Freeman) []

6 · Editorial: Memory · Isaac Asimov · ed

10 · Letters · The Readers · lc

16 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

18 · To Hell with the Stars · Jack McDevitt · vi

24 · Winter’s Tale · Connie Willis · nv

50 · Shades · Lucius Shepard · nv In the Field of Fire ed. Jeanne Van Buren & Jack M. Dann, Tor, February 1987

85 · Shalamari · Marc Laidlaw · ss

96 · Silent Night · Ben Bova · ss

110 · I, Robot: The Movie [Part 2 of 3; Susan Calvin; Robots] · Harlan Ellison · pl

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v11 #13, No. 125, Mid-December 1987] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Dennis Potokar) []

4 · Editorial: Academe · Isaac Asimov · ed

10 · Letters · The Readers · lc

20 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

22 · He-We-Await · Howard Waldrop · nv All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past by Howard Waldrop, Ursus Imprints, June 1987

44 · Galatea [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss

56 · Stovelighter · Steven Popkes · nv

74 · Cold Rust Grit: End of Dreams · Joe W. Haldeman · pm

75 · King of the Cyber Rifles [Budayeen] · George Alec Effinger · ss

90 · Hyperzoo · Ian Watson · ss

100 · I, Robot: The Movie [Part 3 of 3; Susan Calvin; Robots] · Harlan Ellison · pl

184 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v12 #1, No. 126, January 1988] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Hisaki Yasuda) []

4 · Editorial: Suicide · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

18 · My Brother’s Keeper · Pat Cadigan · nv

60 · Listen to My Heartbeat · Richard Paul Russo · ss

78 · Ado · Connie Willis · ss

86 · The Calling of Paisley Coldpony · Michael Bishop · ex from Unicorn Mountain, Arbor House, 1988

118 · Twenty-Two Steps to the Apocalypse · Terence M. Green & Andrew Weiner · ss

130 · At Winter’s End [New Springtime] · Robert Silverberg · na

171 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

173 · On Books: Emperor of Everything · Norman Spinrad · rc

187 · Index to 1987 · [uncredited] · ix

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v12 #2, No. 127, February 1988] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Hank Jankus) []

4 · Editorial: Judgment · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

18 · Put Your Hands Together [Springfield] · O. Niemand · ss

34 · The Eastern Succession · Gwyneth Jones · nv

57 · Dream Operator · Robert Frazier · pm

58 · Songs from a Far Country · Bruce McAllister · nv

86 · Ginny Sweethips’ Flying Circus · Neal Barrett, Jr. · nv

105 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

106 · Deathbinder · Alexander Jablokov · nv

126 · Trapping Run [Sims] · Harry Turtledove · na

177 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v12 #3, No. 128, March 1988] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) []

4 · Editorial: Glasnost · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

16 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

18 · Sunrise · Jack McDevitt · nv

45 · [cartoon] · Devlin · ct

46 · The Bishop’s Decision · Phillip C. Jennings · ss

60 · The Quiet Monk · Jane Yolen · ss

71 · [cartoon] · Devlin · ct

72 · The Cage of Pain · Thomas Wylde · nv

93 · Craps · Nancy Kress · ss

106 · Nicoji · M. Shayne Bell · ss

129 · Chameleon · Melanie Tem · ss

140 · Freedom [Sims] · Harry Turtledove · na

177 · On Books: The Hard Stuff · Norman Spinrad · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v12 #4, No. 129, April 1988] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Hisaki Yasuda) []

4 · Editorial: Eccentricity · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

18 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

20 · The Courts of Xanadu · Charles Sheffield · nv

60 · Tea · Jack M. Dann · nv

78 · Suffer the Children [S’hudonni Mercantile Empire] · Rick Wilber · ss

85 · Tags · Robert Frazier · vi

88 · Under the Covenant Stars · John Barnes · nv

118 · Good-bye, Cynthia · Pat Murphy · ss

126 · Surfacing · Walter Jon Williams · na

181 · Dying in Other Worlds: Cocteau · Roger Dutcher · pm

183 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v12 #5, No. 130, May 1988] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Terry Lee) []

4 · Editorial: Fantastic Voyage II · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

18 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

20 · Many Mansions · Alexander Jablokov · nv

58 · Sir John Mandeville’s Report on the Griffin—Persia, Twelfth Century · Jane Yolen · pm

60 · The Hob [Hefn] · Judith Moffett · nv

96 · [cartoon] · Heigel · ct

96 · Flight of Fancy [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss

109 · The Sizing of Curses · Bruce Boston · pm

110 · King of Morning, Queen of Day · Ian McDonald · nv Empire Dreams by Ian McDonald, Bantam Spectra, February 1988

134 · After the Master · Lisa Goldstein · ss

146 · The Earth Doth Like a Snake Renew · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv

184 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v12 #6, No. 131, June 1988] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Gary Freeman) []

4 · Editorial: Taxes · Isaac Asimov · ed

10 · Letters · The Readers · lc

16 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

20 · Home Front [Home Front] · James Patrick Kelly · ss

36 · Last Contact · Jack McDevitt · ss

58 · Stable Strategies for Middle Management · Eileen Gunn · ss

70 · Having Keith · Martha Soukup · ss

80 · Messiah · Phillip C. Jennings · nv

101 · Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner · John Kessel · ss

112 · In Memoriam · Nancy Kress · ss

118 · Gilgamesh in Uruk [Gilgamesh; Heroes in Hell] · Robert Silverberg · na

178 · On Books: The Strange Case of J.G. Ballard · Norman Spinrad · rc [Ref. J. G. Ballard]

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v12 #7, No. 132, July 1988] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Bob Eggleton) []

4 · Editorial: Psychohistory · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

14 · 1987 Science Fiction Games of the Year · Matthew J. Costello · ms

16 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

18 · The Last of the Winnebagos · Connie Willis · na

73 · Vacuum States · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss

80 · Lily Red · Karen Joy Fowler · ss

94 · The Sky Is an Open Highway · Dave Wolverton · nv The Leading Edge #10, Fall 1985

108 · Weltanschauung · Robert Frazier · pm

109 · Through Alien Eyes · Hillary Rettig · ss

118 · The Limit of Vision · John Barnes · na

184 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v12 #8, No. 133, August 1988] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Gary Freeman) []

4 · Editorial: Acrophobia · Isaac Asimov · ed

8 · 2nd Annual Readers’ Award Results · [uncredited] · ms

10 · Letters · The Readers · lc

16 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

18 · The Great Martian Railroad Race · Eric Vinicoff · ss

37 · [cartoon] · Devlin · ct

38 · Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? · Howard Waldrop · nv

70 · Them and Us · Judith Moffett · pm
parts of this poem are excerpted from “The Missing Link”, The Kenyon Review Spring 1982.

72 · Evening Shadow · Stephen Leigh · ss

82 · El Vilvoy de las Islas · Avram Davidson · nv

108 · The Grandfather Problem · Andrew Weiner · vi

111 · [cartoon] · [uncredited] · ct

112 · The Color Winter · Steven Popkes · ss

124 · Retrovision · Robert Frazier · ss

135 · Flatline · Walter Jon Williams · ss; copyright 1987.

144 · Waiting for the Olympians · Frederik Pohl · na

183 · Beyond Procreation · Bruce Boston · pm

184 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v12 #9, No. 134, September 1988] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Bradley Clark) []

4 · Editorial: Surprise · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

14 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

16 · The Flies of Memory · Ian Watson · na

68 · Meditations on the Death of Cortes · Richard Mueller · ss

81 · The Cow Who Jumped · Jane Yolen · pm

82 · Stairs · Neal Barrett, Jr. · ss

94 · Glacier · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv

114 · Death Is Different · Lisa Goldstein · ss

128 · The Scalehunter’s Beautiful Daughter [Griaule] · Lucius Shepard · na Mark V. Ziesing, April 1988

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v12 #10, No. 135, October 1988] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Hisaki Yasuda) []

4 · Editorial: Ownership? · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

18 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

20 · Nomans Land · Lucius Shepard · na

68 · Father to the Man · Tim Sullivan · nv

86 · Ripples in the Dirac Sea · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss

98 · Guardian · Lisa Mason · nv

116 · Common Superstitions · Don Webb · ss

122 · We Are for the Dark · Robert Silverberg · na

184 · Mythology to Ann · Roger Dutcher · pm

185 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v12 #11, No. 136, November 1988] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Bob Walters) []

4 · Editorial: Frivolity · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

18 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

20 · The Last Thunder Horse West of the Mississippi · Sharon N. Farber · nv

45 · Living with Nuclear Weapons · Andrew Joron · pm

46 · I Love Little Pussy [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss

61 · The One That Got Away · Terry McGarry · pm

62 · Dying in Hull · D. Alexander Smith · ss

76 · Shaman · John Shirley · nv

106 · A Different Drumstick · Gregory Feeley · ss

119 · [cartoon] · Mort Greenberg · ct Publishers Weekly March 11 1988

120 · Brass · Victor Milán · ss

133 · [cartoon] · [uncredited] · ct

134 · The Madonna of the Wolves · Somtow Sucharitkul · na

178 · On Books: New and Interesting · Norman Spinrad · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v12 #12, No. 137, December 1988] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 176pp, digest, cover by Terry Lee) []

4 · Editorial: Contemporaries · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

20 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

22 · A Midwinter’s Tale · Michael Swanwick · ss

40 · Lady with Teddy Bear · R. V. Branham · ss

57 · The Way It Sometimes Happens · Lucius Shepard · ss

63 · Winter Solstice · Dean Whitlock · ss

73 · A Letter from Polar Mars · Robert Frazier · pm

74 · Dowser [Alvin Maker] · Orson Scott Card · nv

107 · Lepidopteran · James Patrick Kelly · pm

108 · Wake-Up Call · Esther M. Friesner · ss

114 · The House on Cemetery Street · Cherry Wilder · nv

136 · Deus Ex Machina · Lisa Mason · nv

166 · Damage Report: Dallas Hexahedron · Robert Frazier · pm

167 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

174 · [cartoon] · Devlin · ct

176 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v12 #13, No. 138, Mid-December 1988] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Gary Freeman) []
Given as v12 #12, No. 137.

4 · Editorial: Feminism · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

16 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

18 · Christmas Without Rodney · Isaac Asimov · ss

26 · Wild Child · Judith Moffett · pm
parts of this poem are excerpted from “The Missing Link”, The Kenyon Review Spring 1982.

28 · The Lunatics · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv Terry’s Universe ed. Beth Meacham, Tor, July 1988

60 · One Morning with Samuel, Dorothy, and William · Avram Davidson · vi

64 · Distances · Kathe Koja · nv

82 · Lizaveta · Gregory Frost · nv

106 · Live from the Mars Hotel [Near Space] · Allen M. Steele · ss

122 · Here Comes Bunky · Ron Goulart · ss

137 · [cartoon] · Devlin · ct

138 · Joan’s World · Ian Watson · ss

153 · At a Worksite in the Ruins of Ganymede · Robert Frazier · pm

154 · The Function of Dream Sleep · Harlan Ellison · nv Midnight Graffiti #1, June 1988

176 · On Books: The Graphic Novel · Norman Spinrad · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v13 #1, No. 139, January 1989] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by A. C. Farley) []

4 · Editorial: Hollywood II · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

17 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

20 · The Ring of Memory · Alexander Jablokov · nv

50 · Curse of the Ghost’s Wife [Accursed Wives] · Bruce Boston · pm

52 · Prescience · Pat Murphy · ss

58 · All the Beer on Mars · Gregory Benford · ss

76 · Iridescence · Dean Whitlock · ss

90 · Silver Lady and the Fortyish Man · Megan Lindholm · nv

110 · Real Time · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss

114 · Departures · Harry Turtledove · ss

125 · Feast of Souls · Jane Yolen · ss

130 · The Egg · Steven Popkes · nv

170 · The Night Swimmers · Robert Frazier · pm

171 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

184 · [cartoon] · Mark Heath · ct

186 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v13 #2, No. 140, February 1989] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Nick Jainschigg) []

4 · Editorial: Sage · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

14 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

16 · Tiny Tango [Hefn] · Judith Moffett · na

66 · My Wife · Steven Utley · ss

76 · Free Beer and the William Casey Society [Diamondback Jack’s; Near Space] · Allen M. Steele · nv

92 · The Oniomancer · Lisa Mason · nv

112 · Everything but Honor · George Alec Effinger · nv

140 · Destroyer of Worlds · Charles Sheffield · na

184 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v13 #3, No. 141, March 1989] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Alan Gutierrez) []

4 · Editorial: Words · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

18 · Gaming · Matthew J. Costello · gr

21 · Up Flashing · Bruce Boston · pm

22 · The Few, the Proud [Kyben] · Harlan Ellison · ss

34 · The Loch Moose Monster [Mama Jason] · Janet Kagan · nv

73 · Down Flashing · Bruce Boston · pm

74 · Black Nimbus · Thomas Wylde · ss

87 · Dancing with the Chairs · James Patrick Kelly · ss

96 · Remaking History · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, November 1988

108 · In Another Country: Introduction · Robert Silverberg · is

110 · In Another Country · Robert Silverberg · na

175 · On Books: Cyberpunk Revisited · Norman Spinrad · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v13 #4, No. 142, April 1989] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Bob Walters) []

4 · Editorial: The Good Old Days · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

13 · Hank Jankus, 1929-1988 · Sheila Williams · bg [Ref. Hank Jankus]

14 · Neat Stuff · Matthew J. Costello · cl

18 · The Floating World · Victor Milán · nv

64 · The Smile of the Chipper · Isaac Asimov · ss Business Week October 21 1988, as “Man as the Ultimate Gadget”

67 · Turning Into Animals · James Patrick Kelly · pm

68 · Kaddish · Jack M. Dann · ss

79 · Referents · Robert Frazier · pm

80 · Windwagon Smith and the Martians · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss

93 · We Could Do Worse · Gregory Benford · ss Cheap Street, December 1988

98 · The Price of Oranges · Nancy Kress · nv

121 · Indian Giving · Sage Walker · ss

132 · The Last One to Know · Deborah Wessell · ss

139 · Venus Morning/Venus Evening Lover · Jack Daw · pm

140 · More than Night · Richard Paul Russo · na

183 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v13 #5, No. 143, May 1989] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover: reprinted from his book Sirens, 1985 by Christos Achilleos) []

4 · Editorial: Cosmopolitan · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

17 · Neat Stuff · Matthew J. Costello · cl

18 · The Serpent of Old Nile · Charles Sheffield · nv

51 · The Woman Walking Behind Einstein, Einstein Calendar, 1987 · Roger Dutcher · pm

52 · The Kill Fix · Richard Kadrey · ss

63 · Nazca Lines · Jane Yolen · pm

64 · Monsters, Tearing Off My Face · Rory Harper · vi

67 · The Bride · Roger Dutcher · pm

68 · Not Without Honor · Judith Moffett · nv

92 · Heat Death of the Universe I · Martha Soukup · pm

93 · Leap of Faith · Jack McDevitt · ss

100 · The Goat Man · Peni R. Griffin · ss

114 · Kronos · Marc Laidlaw · ss

125 · Heat Death of the Universe II · Martha Soukup · pm

126 · Two Plotting Pods · Ronald Anthony Cross · ss

135 · Original Rays · Andrew Joron & Robert Frazier · pm

136 · Marîd Changes His Mind [Marîd Audran; Budayeen] · George Alec Effinger · na

183 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

190 · [cartoon] · Mark Heath · ct

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v13 #6, No. 144, June 1989] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Nick Jainschigg) []

4 · Editorial: Plotting · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

_9 · [letter from Kulpmont, PA] · Roy D. Lenza · lt

_10 · [letter from Beavercreek, OH] · Gary Eckenrode · lt

_10 · [letter from Garland, TX] · Jo Lynn Chandler · lt

_12 · [letter from Dorval, Quebec, Canada] · Rob Reid · lt

_13 · [letter from Baudette, MN] · Donald L. Parson · lt

_13 · [letter from Clarks Summit, PA] · David Kveragas · lt

_14 · [letter from Richmond Heights, MO] · Rich Horton · lt

15 · An Engineer of the Infinite · Robert Frazier · pm

16 · Neat Stuff · Matthew J. Costello · cl

18 · Nanoware Time · Ian Watson · na

_ · untitled (“Get your spook on, John”) · Ian Watson · pm

71 · The Tall Grass · Steven Utley · ss

78 · John Harper Wilson · Allen M. Steele · ss

92 · Computer Friendly · Eileen Gunn · ss

107 · Yellowstone · M. Shayne Bell · pm

108 · The Dragon Line · Michael Swanwick · nv Terry’s Universe ed. Beth Meacham, Tor, July 1988

124 · Faith · James Patrick Kelly · nv

145 · Toads · Jane Yolen · pm

146 · Enter a Soldier. Later: Enter Another [Time Gate] · Robert Silverberg · na

183 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

_183 · From a Changeling Star, by Jeffrey A. Carver · Baird Searles · br [Ref. Jeffrey A. Carver]

_184 · Crisis of Empire: An Honorable Defense, by David Drake and Thomas T. Thomas · Baird Searles · br [Ref. David Drake & Thomas T. Thomas]

_185 · Eve’s Rib, by Bryn Chandler · Baird Searles · br [Ref. Bryn Chandler]

_186 · Molly Dear, by Stephen Fine · Baird Searles · br [Ref. Stephen Fine]

_187 · Deep Quarry, by John E. Stith · Baird Searles · br [Ref. John E. Stith]

_188 · The Complete Compleat Enchanter, by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt · Baird Searles · br [Ref. L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt]

190 · [cartoon] · Heiser · ct

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v13 #7, No. 145, July 1989] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Bob Walters) []

4 · Editorial: Prediction · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

_9 · [letter from Riverside, IL] · Thomas Q. Radigan · lt

_10 · [letter from San Francisco, CA] · Wanda M. Haight · lt

_12 · [letter from Pontiac. IL] · Eric Sweetwood · lt

_13 · [letter from Hamilton, TX] · Tony L. Belding · lt

_14 · [letter from Lakeland, FL] · Scott Jarrett · lt

_15 · [letter from Oxnard, CA] · Christopher Cook · lt

_16 · [letter from Dix Hills, NY] · Chris DeVito · lt

17 · [cartoon] · Devlin · ct

18 · Neat Stuff · Matthew J. Costello · cl

20 · In the Arctic, Out of Time · Duncan Lunan · nv

65 · Galileo’s Blindness · Mary A. Turzillo · pm

66 · Encore · John Kennedy · ss

77 · Laser Love · Roger Dutcher · pm

78 · Boobs · Suzy McKee Charnas · ss

95 · Bangkok · M. Shayne Bell · ss

108 · Martin’s Feast · Phillip C. Jennings · ss

122 · Skin Deep · Kathe Koja · ss

130 · Time-Out · Connie Willis · na

174 · The Odysseus Who Returned · Ace G. Pilkington · pm

175 · On Books: Political Science Fiction · Norman Spinrad · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v13 #8, No. 146, August 1989] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Michael Whelan) []

4 · Editorial: Playboy? · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

13 · The Soul Potter of Ceti Nine · Robert Frazier · pm

14 · Neat Stuff · Matthew J. Costello · cl

16 · Surrender · Lucius Shepard · nv

42 · To Your Health [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss

52 · Nightmares of the Classical Mind · Charles Sheffield · nv

73 · Curse of the Sasquatch’s Wife [Accursed Wives] · Bruce Boston · pm

74 · Special Delivery · Lee Wallingford & Carol Deppe · ss

85 · The Hemstitch Notebooks · John M. Ford · ss

92 · Baffin Island · M. F. McHugh · nv

116 · Pageant Wagon [Deaver Teague] · Orson Scott Card · na The Folk of the Fringe by Orson Scott Card, Phantasia Press, April 1989

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v13 #9, No. 147, September 1989] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by A. C. Farley) []

4 · Editorial: Wrong! · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

_9 · [letter from Wedgefield, SC] · Bobby G. Warner · lt

_9 · [letter from Landenberg, PA] · Kate Magrath · lt

_10 · [letter from Lake Grove, OR] · Cheryl M. B. Chamberlain · lt

_10 · [letter from Champaign, IL] · Karen Boyer · lt

_10 · [letter from Tucson, AZ] · Bruce D. Carter · lt

_11 · [letter from Campbell, CA] · Ben Johnson · lt

_12 · [letter from Larkspur, CA] · Chuck Johnson · lt

_13 · [letter from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada] · A. M. King · lt

_13 · [letter from Durham, NC] · Matthew D. Healy · lt

_13 · [letter from Piscataway, NJ] · Robert E. Kelly · lt

_14 · [letter from Dundas, Ontario, Canada] · Michael Tremblay, Ph.D. · lt

16 · Neat Stuff · Matthew J. Costello · cl

18 · Red Planet Blues · Allen M. Steele · na

73 · The Mer · Anne Devereaux Jordan · pm

74 · Events Which Took Place a Day Before Other Events · Avram Davidson · ss

79 · Dori Bangs · Bruce Sterling · ss

91 · First Encounter · Ace G. Pilkington · pm

92 · People Like Us · Nancy Kress · ss

100 · As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us · Deborah Wessell · ss

111 · The Sock Story · Eileen Gunn · vi

113 · Entropy: A Cinquain · Martha Soukup · pm

114 · The Father of Stones [Griaule] · Lucius Shepard · na Washington Science Fiction Association, 1989

184 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

_184 · The Tides of Gods, by Ted Reynolds · Baird Searles · br [Ref. Ted Reynolds]

_185 · Who’s Afraid of Beowolf?, by Tom Holt · Baird Searles · br [Ref. Tom Holt]

_186 · The Book of Fantasy, edited by Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo and A. Bioy Casares · Baird Searles · br [Ref. Jorge Luis Borges, Silvina Ocampo & A. Bioy Casares]

_187 · The Gates of Ivory, by Doris Egan · Baird Searles · br [Ref. Doris Egan]

_188 · Spirits of Cavern and Hearth, by M. Coleman Easton · Baird Searles · br [Ref. M. Coleman Easton]

_189 · Fantasy, the 100 Best Books, by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock · Baird Searles · br [Ref. James Cawthorn & Michael Moorcock]

_189 · Horror: 100 Best Books, ed. by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman · Baird Searles · br [Ref. Stephen Jones & Kim Newman]

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v13 #10, No. 148, October 1989] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Hisaki Yasuda) []

4 · Editorial: Assassination · Isaac Asimov · ed

8 · 3rd Annual Readers’ Award · [uncredited] · ms

10 · Letters · The Readers · lc

18 · Neat Stuff · Matthew J. Costello · cl

20 · Fast Cars · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv

51 · Maria Mitchell Observes the Perseid Shower · Robert Frazier · pm

52 · Zelle’s Thursday · Tanith Lee · nv

64 · Waiting for Willie · Avram Davidson · vi

66 · The Return of the Kangaroo Rex [Mama Jason] · Janet Kagan · nv

101 · When the Last Day Ends · M. Shayne Bell · pm

102 · Kites · M. F. McHugh · ss

114 · Points of View · Kathe Koja · ss

129 · Old Robots Are the Worst · Bruce Boston · pm

130 · A Deeper Sea · Alexander Jablokov · na

177 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v13 #11, No. 149, November 1989] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Wayne Barlowe) []

4 · Editorial: Half-Done · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

_9 · [letter from Carol Stream, IL] · Steve Johnston · lt

_10 · [letter from Miami, FL] · Henry F. Smith · lt

_10 · [letter from Waltham, MA] · Leo G. Schlesinger · lt

_11 · [letter] · Jim Tomlinson · lt

_13 · [letter] · Sukey Lutman · lt

_13 · [letter from Fort Worth, TX] · Calvin Hall · lt

_14 · [letter from Temple Hills, MD] · Edward L. Corton · lt

_14 · [letter from Rosemead, CA] · Michael W. McBroom · lt

_16 · [letter from Pittsburgh, PA] · Gili Bar-Hillel · lt

17 · Neat Stuff · Matthew J. Costello · cl

18 · A Touch of Lavender · Megan Lindholm · na

63 · Life as Candyland · Scott Edelman · pm

64 · Ride to Live, Live to Ride · Allen M. Steele · ex from Orbital Decay, Ace, 1989

83 · [cartoon] · Mark Heath · ct

84 · Chip Runner · Robert Silverberg · nv The Microverse ed. Byron Preiss, Bantam, November 1989

100 · Dogwalker · Orson Scott Card · nv

123 · Balanced Scales · Jack C. Haldeman, II · pm

124 · The Front Page · Ronald Anthony Cross · ss

136 · No Spot of Ground · Walter Jon Williams · na

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v13 #12, No. 150, December 1989] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Keith Parkinson) []

4 · Editorial: Distraction · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

17 · Neat Stuff · Matthew J. Costello · cl

20 · Tracks · Jack McDevitt · ss

33 · Jupiter Itself · Jack Daw · pm

34 · Small · Aaron Schutz · vi

36 · Remembrance of Things Future [Hefn] · Judith Moffett · nv

60 · Divertimento · Gregory Frost · ss

69 · How the Bishop Sailed to Inniskeen · Gene Wolfe · ss Spirits of Christmas ed. Kathryn Cramer & David G. Hartwell, Wynwood, October 1989

76 · The Wagon God’s Wife · R. Garcia y Robertson · nv

96 · Duplicity · Karen Joy Fowler · ss

107 · Plant a Feather, Grow a Bird · Jack C. Haldeman, II · pm

108 · The True Nature of Shangri-La [Freds] · Kim Stanley Robinson · na

174 · On Books: Far, Far Out · Norman Spinrad · rc

191 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v13 #13, No. 151, Mid-December 1989] ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Gary Freeman) []

4 · Editorial: Metaphor · Isaac Asimov · ed

9 · Letters · The Readers · lc

16 · Neat Stuff · Matthew J. Costello · cl

18 · Too Bad! · Isaac Asimov · ss The Microverse ed. Byron Preiss, Bantam, November 1989

27 · [cartoon] · Heiser · ct

28 · Dilemma [Robots] · Connie Willis · ss Foundation’s Friends ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Tor, September 1989

50 · The Tarot Dice · Mary Gentle · nv Scholars and Soldiers by Mary Gentle, Macdonald, October 1989

73 · Afterlife · James Patrick Kelly · pm

74 · The Energies of Love · Kathe Koja · ss

86 · The Difference Between Fantasy and Science Fiction · William John Watkins · pm

87 · Renaissance · Nancy Kress · ss

98 · Lunar Triptych: Embracing the Night · Richard Paul Russo · ss

114 · Three Evocations of the Mutant Rain Forest · Bruce Boston · gp

_114 · Evolution [Mutant Rain Forest] · Bruce Boston · pm

_114 · Expansion [Mutant Rain Forest] · Bruce Boston · pm

_114 · Elan Vital [Mutant Rain Forest] · Bruce Boston · pm

116 · The Color of Grass, the Color of Blood · R. V. Branham · ss

123 · First Contact · Roger Dutcher · pm

124 · The Better Half · Melanie Tem · ss

141 · Report · Mary A. Turzillo · pm

142 · Pillar of Cloud, Pillar of Fire [Basil Argyros] · Harry Turtledove · nv

176 · When I See Rigel’s Light Sleeting Through the Side of Heinlein Station · Lawrence Watt-Evans · pm

177 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc

190 · [cartoon] · Mark Heath · ct

192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

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