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• 2 •  The Best of Omni Science Fiction No. 6 (frontispiece) • interior artwork by Tim White (variant of cover art for The Visual Encyclopedia of Science Fiction 1977)
• 6 • A Sepulcher of Songs • (1981) • novelette by Orson Scott Card
• 6 •  A Sepulcher of Songs • (1981) • interior artwork by Armodio
• 16 • Johnny Mnemonic • [Neuromancer / Sprawl Trilogy] • (1981) • short story by William Gibson
• 16 •  Johnny Mnemonic • (1981) • interior artwork by Etienne Sandorfi
• 25 • Building Bridges • (1981) • essay by Thomas Weyr
• 25 •  Building Bridges • (1981) • interior artwork by Paul Wunderlich
• 32 • Chained to the Fast Lane in the Red Queen's Race • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 32 •  Chained to the Fast Lane in the Red Queen's Race • interior artwork by
  René Magritte^?Rene Magritte
• 38 • When Auld's Acquaintance Is Forgot • (1982) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 38 •  When Auld's Acquaintance Is Forgot • (1982) • interior artwork by Gottfried Helnwein
• 42 • On the Slab • [Cthulhu Mythos short fiction] • (1981) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 43 •  On the Slab • (1981) • interior artwork by Ernst Fuchs
• 47 • Harlan Ellison: An Appreciation • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 50 • A Blossom in Ares • short story by Jack Massa
• 50 •  A Blossom in Ares • interior artwork by Wolfgang Hutter
• 57 •  Rowena's World: Heroic, Fantastic, Visionary • interior artwork by Rowena Morrill
• 66 • A Brief Dance to the Music of the Spheres • short story by Michael Kurland
• 66 •  A Brief Dance to the Music of the Spheres • interior artwork by Michel Henricot
• 70 • The Holy Father • short story by Michael Cassutt
• 71 •  The Holy Father • interior artwork by Salvador Dali
• 76 • Intermezzo • short story by Melisa Michaels
• 77 •  Intermezzo • interior artwork by Wayne Anderson
• 84 • Kyrie • (1968) • short story by Poul Anderson
• 84 •  Kyrie • interior artwork by Sheila Rose
• 90 • The Hero As Werwolf • (1975) • short story by Gene Wolfe
• 90 •  The Hero as Werwolf • interior artwork by Gottfried Helnwein
• 100 • Angel at the Gate • (1981) • short story by Russell M. Griffin
• 100 •  Angel at the Gate • (1981) • interior artwork by Cristobal Toral
• 108 • Standing Woman • (1974) • short story by
  筒井康隆^?Tsutsui Yasutaka
  つつい やすたか
  (trans. of
  佇むひと^?Tatazumu Hito
  ) [as by Tsutsui Yasutaka]
• 108 •  Standing Woman • (1981) • interior artwork by Victor Cupsa
• 113 • A Cage for Death • (1981) • short story by Ian Watson
• 113 •  A Cage for Death • (1981) • interior artwork by Marshall Arisman
• 118 • The Microbotic Revolution • (1981) • short story by Ian Stewart
• 118 •  The Microbotic Revolution • (1981) • interior artwork by Yoshihiro Ushiyima
• 124 • Last Waltz • (1981) • short story by Warren Brown
• 124 •  Last Waltz • (1981) • interior artwork by Wolfgang Hutter
• 128 • God Is an Iron • [Mindkiller] • (1979) • novelette by Spider Robinson
• 129 •  God Is an Iron • (1979) • interior artwork by Marshall Arisman
• 136 • Plains of Forever • (1981) • essay by Robert Sheckley
• 136 •  Plains of Forever (photographs) • (1981) • interior artwork by Pete Turner (photographer)