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• 6 • By No Means Vulgar • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 14 • On Books (Asimov's, September-October 1978) • [On Books] • essay by Charles N. Brown
• 15 •   Review: The Stars in Shroud by Gregory Benford • review by Charles N. Brown
• 16 •   Review: The Far Call by Gordon R. Dickson • review by Charles N. Brown
• 16 •   Review: The Long Way Home by Poul Anderson • review by Charles N. Brown
• 16 •   Review: Question and Answer by Poul Anderson • review by Charles N. Brown
• 16 •   Review: The Night Face by Poul Anderson • review by Charles N. Brown
• 16 •   Review: The Peregrine by Poul Anderson • review by Charles N. Brown
• 16 •   Review: The Man Who Counts by Poul Anderson • review by Charles N. Brown
• 16 •   Review: World Without Stars by Poul Anderson • review by Charles N. Brown
• 16 •   Review: Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre • review by Charles N. Brown
• 17 •   Review: Millennial Women by Virginia Kidd • review by Charles N. Brown
• 17 •   Review: The Persistence of Vision by John Varley • review by Charles N. Brown
• 17 •   Review: Blind Voices by Tom Reamy • review by Charles N. Brown
• 17 •   Review: Stormqueen! by Marion Zimmer Bradley • review by Charles N. Brown
• 18 •   Review: The Complete Guide to Middle-Earth by Robert Foster • review by Charles N. Brown
• 18 •   Review: The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy Through 1968, Volume 2: Who's Who, M-Z by Donald H. Tuck • review by Charles N. Brown
• 18 •   Review: The Eyes of the Overworld by Jack Vance • review by Charles N. Brown
• 18 •   Review: The Roots of Horror in the Fiction of H. P. Lovecraft by Barton Levi St. Armand • review by Charles N. Brown
• 22 • Softly Touch the Stranger's Mind • short story by E. Amalia Andujar
• 22 •  Softly Touch the Stranger's Mind • interior artwork by Michael Whelan
• 29 • The Toroids of Dr. Klonefake • [SF Puzzles] • short story by Martin Gardner
• 30 • Michael Whelan • [Artist Profile] • essay by Ginger Kaderabek
• 34 • The Bitter End • [Lord Darcy] • novelette by Randall Garrett
• 34 •  The Bitter End • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 70 • The SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, September-October 1978) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss
• 71 • On Theories & Experiments • essay by Milton A. Rothman
• 71 •  On Theories & Experiments • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg
• 78 • An Eye for Detail • short story by Steve Perry [as by Jesse Peel]
• 78 •  An Eye for Detail • interior artwork by George Barr
• 89 • Bat Durston, Space Marshal • short story by G. Richard Bozarth
• 89 •  Bat Durston, Space Marshal • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas
• 96 • Thirty Love • short story by Jack C. Haldeman, II
• 96 •  Thirty Love • interior artwork by Rick Sternbach
• 101 • El Ropo Tarkas • poem by Randall Garrett
• 102 • The Victor Hours • short story by Ted Reynolds
• 102 •  The Victor Hours • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg
• 119 • Errata Slip • [Errata Slip] • short story by Edward Wellen
• 123 • Inevitability Sphere • short story by Jeff Duntemann
• 123 •  Inevitability Sphere • interior artwork by Ron Miller
• 131 • Rebuttal to $tar War$ • poem by unknown [as by T'Pat]
• 132 • The Adventure of the Global Traveler or: The Global Consequences of How the Reichenbach Falls into the Wells of Iniquitie • short story by Anne Lear
• 132 •  The Adventure of the Global Traveler or: The Global Consequences of How the Reichenbach Falls into the Wells of Iniquitie • interior artwork by Freff
• 141 •  The Adventure of the Global Traveler or: The Global Consequences of How the Reichenbach Falls into the Wells of Iniquitie [2] • interior artwork by Freff
• 142 •
  On Man's Rôle in the Galaxy^?On Man's Role in the Galaxy
  • essay by R. N. Bracewell
• 142 •  On Man's Rôle in the Galaxy • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg
• 149 • Scrap from the Notebooks of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • short story by K. W. MacAnn
• 149 •  Scrap from the Notebooks of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • interior artwork by Freff
• 150 • Seasoning • [Medea] • novelette by Hal Clement
• 150 •  Seasoning • interior artwork by George Barr
• 179 •  Seasoning [2] • interior artwork by George Barr
• 183 •  Letters (Asimov's, September-October 1978) • essay by various
• 183 •  Letter (Asimov's September-October 1978) • essay by Milton A. Rothman
• 191 •  Letter (Asimov's September-October 1978) • [Letters: L. Sprague de Camp] • essay by L. Sprague de Camp