Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 6 • The Unforgivable Sin • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 14 • On Books (Asimov's, February 15, 1982) • [On Books] • essay by Baird Searles
• 14 •   Review: Oath of Fealty by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle • review by Baird Searles
• 16 •   Review: Lord Darcy Investigates by Randall Garrett • review by Baird Searles
• 17 •   Review: Paratime by H. Beam Piper • review by Baird Searles
• 18 •   Review: Distant Stars by Samuel R. Delany • review by Baird Searles
• 19 •   Review: Red Shift by Alan Garner • review by Baird Searles
• 20 •   Review: The Black Wheel by Hannes Bok and A. Merritt • review by Baird Searles
• 20 •   Review: Virgil Finlay Remembered by Virgil Finlay • review by Baird Searles
• 20 •   Review: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1965 by Edward L. Ferman • review by Baird Searles
• 21 • On a Writing Book • [On Books] • essay by Darrell Schweitzer
• 21 • On Another Book • [On Books] • essay by Martin Gardner
• 21 •   Review: Infinity and the Mind by Rudy Rucker • review by Martin Gardner
• 21 •   Review: Creating Short Fiction by Damon Knight • review by Darrell Schweitzer
• 23 • The SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, February 15, 1982) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss
• 24 • Calintane Explains • [Majipoor] • (1982) • short story by Robert Silverberg
• 24 •  Calintane Explains • interior artwork by Janet Aulisio
• 40 • Mystery Tiles at Murray Hill • [SF Puzzles] • short story by Martin Gardner
• 43 • Why Is There So Little Science in Literature? • essay by Gregory Benford
• 43 •  Why Is There So Little Science in Literature? • interior artwork by uncredited
• 51 • The End Papers • short story by Jonathan Milos
• 52 • Michelangelo & The Celestial Dome • poem by Peter Payack
• 56 • Lest We Remember • novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 56 •  Lest We Remember • interior artwork by James Odbert
• 84 • Poetry Problem • poem by Will Briggs
• 84 • Shoemaker • poem by Bryan A. Hollerbach
• 84 • ...Shouldn't Throw Unicorn Horns • poem by John D. Seats
• 84 • Battlestar Again? • poem by John D. Seats
• 86 • The What March? • essay by S. P. Somtow [as by Somtow Sucharitkul]
• 86 •  The What March? • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 90 •  The What March? [2] • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 91 • The Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine March • essay by S. P. Somtow [as by Somtow Sucharitkul]
• 98 • Through Time & Space with Ferdinand Feghoot X!!! • [Ferdinand Feghoot • 104] • short story by Reginald Bretnor [as by Grendel Briarton]
• 99 • Like the Gentle Rains • short story by Joel Rosenberg
• 99 •  Like Gentle Rains • interior artwork by Leo Summers
• 109 • Whispering Galleries • poem by Robert Frazier
• 110 • Improbable Bestiary: The Hollow-Earthers • [Improbable Bestiary] • poem by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
• 112 • The Revelation of Cleo • short story by Tom Fristoe
• 112 •  The Revelation of Cleo • interior artwork by Gary Freeman
• 122 • Origin • short story by Timothy Zahn
• 122 •  Origin • interior artwork by George Barr
• 126 • Fire Watch • [Time Travel] • novelette by Connie Willis
• 126 •  Fire Watch • interior artwork by James Odbert
• 137 •  Fire Watch [2] • interior artwork by James Odbert
• 152 •  Fire Watch [3] • interior artwork by James Odbert
• 165 •  Letters (Asimov's, February 15, 1982) • essay by various
• 167 •  Letter (Asimov's, February 15, 1982) • essay by Avram Davidson
• 171 •  Letter (Asimov's, February 15, 1982) • essay by Shari Prange
• 174 • Next Issue (Asimov's, February 15, 1982) • essay by uncredited