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• 2 •  Contents [2] • (1982) • interior artwork by Pete Walker
• 3 • The Editor's Definite Article • essay by Graham James and Linda Strickler
• 5 •  Cartoon: "What Scifi" • interior artwork by Pete Lyon
• 6 •  A Day in the Life • (1982) • interior artwork by Pete Lyon
• 6 • A Day in the Life (Matrix 42) • [A Day in the Life] • essay by Josephine Saxton
• 6 •  Cartoon: "Glub glub" • interior artwork by Pete Lyon
• 7 •  Cartoon: no caption (Matrix 42) • interior artwork by Pete Lyon
• 8 •  Cartoon: "I knead the dough" • interior artwork by Pete Lyon
• 9 • Channelcon Rock • essay by Colin Greenland
• 9 • The Insider • essay by John Harvey
• 11 • Down from Inverness • essay by Jimmy Robertson
• 11 • Entering Into the Twilight Zone • essay by Simon Bostock
• 13 •  BSFA-Fax News • (1981) • interior artwork by John Kerr
• 13 • BSFA Awards: 1982 • essay by Joseph Nicholas
• 13 • BSFA London Meeting: Report • essay by Eve Harvey
• 14 • Film and TV News (Matrix 42) • essay by Simon Bostock
• 14 • Convention News (Matrix 42) • essay by Graham James and Linda Strickler
• 16 • Forthcoming Books (Matrix 42) • essay by Graham James and Joseph Nicholas and Linda Strickler
• 16 • Book News (Matrix 42) • essay by Graham James and Linda Strickler
• 16 • Other News (Matrix 42) • essay by Graham James and Linda Strickler
• 18 • Competition M40/M41 • essay by David Langford [as by Dave Langford]
• 19 •  Life on Mars • (1982) • interior artwork by Shep Kirkbride
• 19 • Life on Mars (Matrix 42) • [Life on Mars] • essay by Steve Green
• 21 • BSFA 1982 Clubs Directory – Supplement • essay by Steve Green
• 23 • Unicon 3 • essay by Chris Hughes
• 24 •  Cartoon: "Look here you lot!" • interior artwork by Phill Probert
• 25 • Deep Cuts (Matrix 42) • [Deep Cuts] • essay by Simon Ounsley
• 25 •  Cartoon: "Dear Editor, I can't comprehend you!" • [Dear Editor] • interior artwork by Nik Morton
• 32 •  Members' Noticeboard • (1981) • interior artwork by John Kerr
• 33 •  Letters • (1982) • interior artwork by Shep Kirkbride
• 33 •  Letter (Matrix 42) • essay by David Langford [as by Dave Langford]
• 33 •  Cartoon: "The editors stopped bitching, for one thing" • interior artwork by D. West
• 34 •  Letter (Matrix 42) • essay by Martyn Taylor
• 34 •  Letter (Matrix 42) • essay by Mike Ashley [as by Michael Ashley]
• 34 •  Cartoon: "Bless their little pointed heads ..." • interior artwork by D. West
• 34 •  Letter (Matrix 42) • essay by Simon Bostock
• 35 •  Letter (Matrix 42) • essay by Steve Ince
• 35 •  Cartoon: "That reminds me" • interior artwork by D. West
• 35 •  Letter (Matrix 42) • essay by Ken Brown
• 36 •  Cartoon: "Listen kid, you got to think positive" • interior artwork by D. West
• 36 •  Letter (Matrix 42) • essay by David V. Barrett
• 36 •  Letter (Matrix 42) • essay by Marjorie Brunner
• 36 •  Cartoon: "Ban nuclear families" • interior artwork by Pete Lyon
• 37 •  Letter (Matrix 42) • essay by Jim Darroch
• 37 •  Cartoon: "This? Oh, it's the new BSFA combination bookmark, alarm clock and radio tea set ..." • interior artwork by D. West
• 37 •  Letter (Matrix 42) • essay by Jeff Suter
• 38 •  Cartoon: "The so-called winner of this tedious little award ..." • interior artwork by D. West
• 39 •  Letter (Matrix 42) • essay by William Bains
• 39 •  Cartoon: "Are you not aware that following your persistent indulgence in alcohol millions of brain cells have died?" • interior artwork by D. West
• 39 •  Letter (Matrix 42) • essay by Nik Morton
• 40 • Magazine News (Matrix 42) • essay by Graham James and Linda Strickler
• 40 • And now a word from our sponsor ... • essay by Alan Dorey