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• fep • In this Issue • essay by uncredited
• 4 • Opinion (Amazing Stories, September 1981) • [Opinion (Amazing Stories)] • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 5 • The Interstellar Connection (Amazing Stories, September 1981) • [The Interstellar Connection] • essay by Tom Staicar
• 5 •   Review: Savage Empire by Jean Lorrah • review by Tom Staicar
• 6 •   Review: The Creation of Tomorrow: Fifty Years of Magazine Science Fiction by Paul A. Carter • review by Tom Staicar
• 6 •   Review: Lost Dorsai by Gordon R. Dickson • review by Tom Staicar
• 7 •   Review: Enemies of the System by Brian Aldiss • review by Tom Staicar
• 7 •   Review: Secret Art by Ian Miller • review by The Editor
• 8 •   Review: Satyrday by Steven Bauer • review by Tom Staicar
• 8 •   Review: Timescoop by John Brunner • review by Tom Staicar
• 9 • Futures Fantastic: The Incredible Communications Revolution • essay by J. Ray Dettling
• 17 • Intercom (Amazing Stories, September 1981) • essay by Elinor Mavor
• 20 • Their Terminals Have Said • poem by Robert Frazier and Andrew Joron
• 22 • Madwand (excerpt) • novelette by Roger Zelazny
• 22 •  Madwand (excerpt) • interior artwork by Gary Freeman
• 42 • Designer Kids • poem by Scott Edelman
• 42 • Roger Zelazny • essay by uncredited
• 44 • The Discarded • (1959) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 44 • The Discarded: Introduction • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 44 •  The Discarded • interior artwork by Stephen Fabian
• 54 • Harlan Ellison • essay by The Editor
• 55 • Cards • poem by Sharon Lee
• 55 • Choices • poem by Steve Miller
• 56 • The Foxworth Legatees • novelette by Ron Goulart
• 56 •  The Foxworth Legatees • interior artwork by uncredited
• 69 • The Great-People, Personal, All-For-Myself Dream (Sure, I write Science Fiction - Why?) • poem by David R. Bunch
• 69 • Ron Goulart • essay by uncredited
• 70 • The Sea Above • novelette by Gene Kilczer
• 70 •  The Sea Above • interior artwork by John Flynn
• 83 • Gene Kilczer • essay by Gene Kilczer
• 84 • Harmless Illusions • short story by Felix C. Gotschalk
• 93 • The Municipal Smog-Man • poem by Felix C. Gotschalk
• 96 • On the Nature of Time • short story by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
• 98 • Bill Pronzini • essay by uncredited
• 99 • untitled • poem by Shari Prange
• 99 • Barry N. Malzberg • essay by uncredited
• 100 •  The Firebird Suite • interior artwork by Alicia Austin
• 101 • The Firebird Suite • novelette by Richard Paul Russo (variant of Firebird Suite) [as by Richard P. Russo]
• 113 • Richard P. Russo • essay by Richard Paul Russo [as by Richard P. Russo]
• 114 • A Desert Stone • short story by Al Sarrantonio
• 121 • Al Sarrantonio • essay by Al Sarrantonio
• 122 • Sound As a Dollar • short story by L. A. P. Moore
• 124 • Quantum Couplet • poem by Peter Payack
• 125 • An Interview with Gene Wolfe • interview of Gene Wolfe • interview by Melissa Mia Hall
• 125 •  An Interview with Gene Wolfe • interior artwork by uncredited
• bc •  Madwand (excerpt) [bc] • interior artwork by Gary Freeman