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• 4 • Why Did it Have to End? • [Editorial (Amazing Stories)] • essay by Kim Mohan
• 5 • Reflections (Amazing Stories, November 1991) • [Reflections] • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 6 •  Cartoon: "Okay, for the trip to Barbados, I'll take the 5th caller who can postulate a theory which allows mass to surpass light-speed, without violating Einstein's theory of relativity." • interior artwork by Mark Heath
• 7 •  Letters (Amazing Stories, November 1991) • essay by uncredited
• 9 • The Implanted Man • novella by F. M. Busby
• 9 •  The Implanted Man • interior artwork by Mark A. Skullerud [as by Mark Skullerud]
• 29 • The Year of the Guns - Part Two • short story by Rick Shelley
• 29 •  The Year of the Guns - Part Two • interior artwork by Nicholas Jainschigg
• 35 • Epitaph for Earth Magic • short story by Robert Hodge
• 35 •  Epitaph for Earth Magic • interior artwork by Ross Mathis
• 38 • Necessity is the Mother of Invention ... • short story by Larry Tritten
• 38 •  Necessity is the Mother of Invention ... • interior artwork by David Deitrick
• 46 • The Character Assassin • (1979) • short story by Paul Cook
• 46 •  The Character Assassin • interior artwork by Pat Morrissey
• 50 • The Bard Effect • short story by Bridget McKenna
• 50 •  The Bard Effect • interior artwork by Janet Aulisio
• 53 • The Most Famous SF Writer on the Planet Isknif • short story by Mike Curry
• 53 •  The Most Famous SF Writer on the Planet Isknif • interior artwork by Scott Rosema
• 60 • Divinity School • short story by Kent Patterson
• 60 •  Divinity School • interior artwork by Joanne Lorah
• 63 • The Road to Ehvenor (excerpt) • short fiction by Joel Rosenberg
• 63 •  The Road to Ehvenor (excerpt) • interior artwork by Keith Parkinson
• 66 •  Cartoon: "Sure, I could sell you a stripped-down model with one, maybe two wishes. But take it from me, you're going to need the third wish." • interior artwork by Mark Heath
• 67 • Hour of the Scorpion (excerpt) • [Time Warrior] • short fiction by Matthew J. Costello
• 67 •  Hour of the Scorpion (excerpt) • interior artwork by Cliff Miller
• 70 • The Pollution of Space (excerpt) • essay by Isaac Asimov and Frederik Pohl
• 74 • Under Twin Suns • essay by Stephen L. Gillett, Ph.D. [as by Stephen L. Gillett]
• 78 • Book Reviews (Amazing Stories, November 1991) • [Book Reviews (Amazing Stories)] • essay by John Gregory Betancourt and John C. Bunnell and Charles Von Rospach
• 78 •   Review: Madlands by K. W. Jeter • review by John Gregory Betancourt
• 78 •   Review: Black Cocktail by Jonathan Carroll • review by John Gregory Betancourt
• 78 •   Review: Mythic Realism in Fantasy by Nancy Springer • review by John Gregory Betancourt
• 78 •   Review: Writer's Workshops by James Patrick Kelly • review by John Gregory Betancourt
• 78 •   Review: Workshops: The Minefields of Science Fiction by Steve Perry • review by John Gregory Betancourt
• 78 •   Review: Faking the Reader Out by Damon Knight • review by John Gregory Betancourt
• 78 •   Review: Professionalism by Jerry Oltion • review by John Gregory Betancourt
• 79 •   Review: Halo by Tom Maddox • review by Charles Von Rospach
• 80 •   Review: Mirabile by Janet Kagan • review by Charles Von Rospach
• 80 •   Review: Winds of Fate by Mercedes Lackey • review by Charles Von Rospach
• 82 •   Review: Full Spectrum 3 by Lou Aronica and Betsy Mitchell and Amy Stout • review by Charles Von Rospach
• 82 •   Review: The Elvenbane by Mercedes Lackey and Andre Norton • review by John C. Bunnell
• 83 •   Review: Playgrounds of the Mind by Larry Niven • review by John C. Bunnell
• 84 • In the Land of No • novelette by N. Lee Wood
• 84 •  In the Land of No • interior artwork by Hannah M. G. Shapero
• 95 • About the Authors (Amazing Stories, November 1991) • essay by uncredited