Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 6 • Drawing the Line • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 12 • On Books (Asimov's, April 13, 1981) • [On Books] • essay by Baird Searles
• 12 •   Review: Dance of the Tiger by
  Björn Kurtén^?Bjoern Kurten
  • review by Baird Searles
• 14 •   Review: The Ring of the Nibelung by Ul de Rico • review by Baird Searles
• 14 •   Review: Solar Wind by Peter Jones • review by Baird Searles
• 16 •   Review: Di Fate's Catalog of Science Fiction Hardware by Vincent Di Fate • review by Baird Searles
• 16 •   Review: The Dictionary of Imaginary Places by Gianni Guadalupi and Alberto Manguel • review by Baird Searles
• 18 •   Review: The Door in the Wall and Other Stories by H. G. Wells • review by Baird Searles
• 18 •   Review: The Book of Dreams by Jack Vance • review by Baird Searles
• 18 •   Review: Trullion: Alastor 2262 by Jack Vance • review by Baird Searles
• 18 •   Review: Marune: Alastor 933 by Jack Vance • review by Baird Searles
• 18 •   Review: Wyst: Alastor 1716 by Jack Vance • review by Baird Searles
• 19 •   Review: Science Fiction Origins by Martin H. Greenberg and William F. Nolan • review by Baird Searles
• 19 •   Review: The Great Science Fiction Series by Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander and Frederik Pohl • review by Baird Searles
• 20 • Unicorn Variation • novelette by Roger Zelazny
• 20 •  Unicorn Variation • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 40 •  Unicorn Variation [2] • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 45 • The Polybugs of Titan • [SF Puzzles] • short story by Martin Gardner
• 46 • Unseen Connections • poem by Peggy J. Noonan
• 47 • The SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, April 13, 1981) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss
• 48 • The Stuff Itself • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 48 •  The Stuff Itself • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg
• 61 •  The Stuff Itself [2] • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg
• 80 • False Scent • short story by Rick Raphael
• 80 •  False Scent • interior artwork by Marc Schirmeister
• 83 • The Hotter Flash • [Pshrinks Anonymous] • short story by Janet Asimov [as by J. O. Jeppson]
• 83 •  The Hotter Flash • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 94 • An Ode to Pan-Galactic Spaceways, Inc. • poem by Barbara S. Ryden
• 95 • Improbable Bestiary: The Unicorn • [Improbable Bestiary] • poem by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
• 97 • Graffiti • short story by Gary Alexander
• 97 •  Graffiti • interior artwork by John Lakey
• 105 • Instead of a Story • short story by Ted Reynolds
• 105 •  Instead of a Story • interior artwork by Leo Summers
• 109 • Twitch on the Bull Run • [Terra Tarkington] • short story by Sharon Webb
• 109 •  Twitch on the Bull Run • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg
• 119 • Space and the Longevity of Man • essay by Stefan T. Possony and Jerry Pournelle
• 120 •  Space and the Longevity of Man • interior artwork by Artifact
• 130 • The House of If • novelette by Barry B. Longyear
• 130 •  The House of If • interior artwork by Leo Summers
• 134 •  The House of If [2] • interior artwork by Leo Summers
• 167 •  Letters (Asimov's, April 13, 1981) • essay by various
• 173 •  Letter (Asimov's, April 13, 1981) • essay by Sharon Webb
• 174 • Next Issue (Asimov's, April 13, 1981) • essay by uncredited