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• 4 • Not So Alien After all • [Output (Future / Future Life)] • essay by Kerry O'Quinn
• 6 •  Letters (Future Life, September 1980) • essay by various
• 6 •  Letter (Future Life, September 1980): Bummer • essay by James Van Hise
• 6 •  Cartoon: "Not the missing link?" • interior artwork by Don Dougherty
• 6 •  Letter (Future Life, September 1980) • essay by James P. Hogan
• 8 •  Letter (Future Life, September 1980): Titanic Mystery • essay by Lawrence Keene
• 9 • Databank (Future Life, September 1980) • essay by various
• 10 • 1980 Nebulas • essay by Michael Cassutt
• 14 • Skylab: An Obituary Romance • essay by David Houston
• 18 •  Human Intelligence Increase: The Last 4,000 Years and the Next 40 Years • interior artwork by Michael Sullivan (artist)
• 19 • Human Intelligence Increase: The Last 4,000 Years and the Next 40 Years • essay by Robert Anton Wilson
• 24 • Homegrown Robots • essay by Barbara Krasnoff
• 27 • An Edge in My Voice (Future Life, September 1980) • [An Edge in My Voice] • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 27 •  An Edge in My Voice • (1980) • interior artwork by Stephanie O'Shaughnessy
• 28 • Battle Beyond the Stars • essay by Ed Naha
• 33 • Dolphin Murder: A Tale of Atrocity • [Earth Control] • essay by Bob Woods
• 34 • Close Encounters of the Third Kind for the Second Time • essay by Ed Naha
• 37 • Gallery: Steve R. Dodd • essay by uncredited
• 37 •  The Astronaut • interior artwork by Steve R. Dodd
• 38 •  An Alien Port • interior artwork by Steve R. Dodd
• 40 • Prospecting in the Solar System • essay by Stewart Nozette
• 40 •  Prospecting in the Solar System • interior artwork by James A. Bryant
• 42 •  Prospecting in the Solar System • interior artwork by Doug Beekman (variant of cover art for Die Zeit ist gegen uns)
• 44 • Interview: Brian Aldiss • interview of Brian W. Aldiss • interview by Jeffrey M. Elliot (variant of Brian Aldiss: A Veteran SF Writer Reviews His Two Decades in the Genre) [as by Jeffrey Elliot]
• 47 • Cosmic Cheesecake • essay by Ed Naha
• 48 •  Captain Quantum: Physics Superhero • interior artwork by Richard Hahn
• 49 • Captain Quantum: Physics Superhero • essay by Michael Cassutt
• 53 • Rat Traps and Solar Power Satellites • [Alternate Space] • essay by Carolyn Henson
• 53 •  Rat Traps and Solar Power Satellites • interior artwork by Hank Caruso
• 54 • Digital Breakthrough • essay by Chris Kuchler and Kenneth Walker
• 56 • Doing the Digital Bop • essay by Ed Naha
• 58 • Portfolio: Ludek Pesek • essay by Ron Miller
• 59 •  Portfolio: Ludek Pesek • interior artwork by
  Luděk Pešek^?Ludek Pesek
  Ludek Peshek
  [as by Ludek Pesek]
• 59 •  Portfolio: Ludek Pesek [2] • interior artwork by
  Luděk Pešek^?Ludek Pesek
  Ludek Peshek
  [as by Ludek Pesek]
• 60 •  Portfolio: Ludek Pesek [3] • interior artwork by
  Luděk Pešek^?Ludek Pesek
  Ludek Peshek
  [as by Ludek Pesek]
• 60 •  Portfolio: Ludek Pesek [4] • interior artwork by
  Luděk Pešek^?Ludek Pesek
  Ludek Peshek
  [as by Ludek Pesek]
• 60 •  Portfolio: Ludek Pesek [5] • interior artwork by
  Luděk Pešek^?Ludek Pesek
  Ludek Peshek
  [as by Ludek Pesek]
• 61 •  Portfolio: Ludek Pesek [6] • interior artwork by
  Luděk Pešek^?Ludek Pesek
  Ludek Peshek
  [as by Ludek Pesek]
• 62 •  Portfolio: Ludek Pesek [7] • interior artwork by
  Luděk Pešek^?Ludek Pesek
  Ludek Peshek
  [as by Ludek Pesek]
• 63 •  Portfolio: Ludek Pesek [8] • interior artwork by
  Luděk Pešek^?Ludek Pesek
  Ludek Peshek
  [as by Ludek Pesek]
• 64 • Sex and Death and Science Fiction • essay by Bob Mecoy
• 64 •   Review: Scavengers by David J. Skal • review by Bob Mecoy
• 64 •   Review: Crystal Phoenix by Michael Berlyn • review by Bob Mecoy
• 64 •   Review: Islands by Marta Randall • review by Bob Mecoy
• 65 •   Review: The Unsleeping Eye by D. G. Compton • review by Bob Mecoy
• 65 •   Review: Windows by D. G. Compton • review by Bob Mecoy
• 65 •   Review: The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe • review by Bob Mecoy
• 65 •   Review: The Magic Labyrinth by Philip José Farmer • review by Bob Mecoy
• 66 •   Review: Songs From the Stars by Norman Spinrad • review by Robin Snelson
• 66 •   Review: Panglor by Jeffrey A. Carver • review by Barbara Krasnoff
• 66 •   Review: SS-GB by Len Deighton • review by Barbara Krasnoff
• 71 • Aliens I Have Known • essay by Gregory Benford
• 71 •  Aliens I Have Known • interior artwork by Michael Sullivan (artist)