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• [2] •  The Microverse (frontispiece) • (1989) • interior artwork by Greg Spalenka
• 7 • We Are Not Alone • (1989) • essay by Byron Preiss
• 13 • Introduction (The Microverse) • (1989) • essay by William R. Alschuler
• 22 • The Invisible World • (1989) • essay by Linn W. Hobbs and Jean Paul Revel
• 48 • The Ommatidium Miniatures • (1989) • short story by Michael Bishop
• 59 •  The Ommatidium Miniatures • (1989) • interior artwork by Alan Gutierrez
• 64 • Cell Ecology • (1989) • essay by Marcel Bessis
• 75 • Too Bad! • (1989) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 81 •  Too Bad! • (1989) • interior artwork by Brian Sullivan
• 84 • The Genetic Code • (1989) • essay by William A. Haseltine
• 108 • Samson in the Temple of Science • (1989) • short story by Harry Harrison
• 111 •  Samson in the Temple of Science • (1989) • interior artwork by John Collier (artist)
• 122 • The World of Molecules • (1989) • essay by William M. Gelbart
• 140 • Death Wish • (1989) • short story by Poul Anderson
• 151 •  Death Wish • (1989) • interior artwork by Pamela Lee
• 155 • The Nuclear World • (1989) • essay by Philip Morrison
• 173 • Half-Life • (1989) • short story by Paul Preuss
• 175 •  Half-Life • (1989) • interior artwork by Kevin Eugene Johnson [as by Kevin Johnson]
• 188 • The Electron • (1989) • essay by Gerald Feinberg
• 203 • Chip Runner • (1989) • short story by Robert Silverberg
• 207 •  Chip Runner • (1989) • interior artwork by Ralph McQuarrie
• 218 • An Experiment in High-Energy Physics • (1989) • essay by Leon M. Lederman
• 231 • A Matter Most Strange • (1989) • short story by Robert L. Forward
• 235 •  A Matter Most Strange • (1989) • interior artwork by John Collier (artist)
• 242 • At the Rialto • (1989) • novelette by Connie Willis
• 248 •  At the Rialto • (1989) • interior artwork by Darrel Anderson
• 264 • Quarks and Beyond • (1989) • essay by Alvaro De Rújula
• 278 • Ambiguity • (1989) • short story by David Brin
• 284 •  Ambiguity • (1989) • interior artwork by Michael Carroll
• 288 • The Forces of Nature • (1989) • essay by Sheldon L. Glashow [as by Sheldon Lee Glashow]
• 304 • Mozart on Morphine • (1989) • short story by Gregory Benford
• 313 •  Mozart on Morphine • (1989) • interior artwork by Bob Eggleton
• 316 • Inner Space / Outer Space • (1989) • essay by Edward W. Kolb
• 334 • As Above, So Below • (1989) • short story by Rudy Rucker
• 341 •  As Above, So Below • (1989) • interior artwork by Bruce Jensen