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• 4 • Ships That Sail to Mars (Part 1) • [Reflections] • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 10 • Eleventh Annual Readers' Award Results • [Annual Readers' Award (Asimov's)] • essay by Gardner Dozois
• 12 • The Apprenticeship of Isabetta di Pietro Cavazzi • novelette by L. Timmel Duchamp
• 42 • Call Me Sue • short story by Aimee Kratts
• 42 •  Call Me Sue • interior artwork by Alan M. Clark
• 54 • Balinese Dancer • short story by Gwyneth Jones
• 54 •  Balinese Dancer • interior artwork by Laurie Harden
• 75 • Rex and Regina • (1978) • poem by Steven Utley (variant of Rex & Regina)
• 76 • Smelling of Earth, Dreaming of Sky • short story by Leslie What
• 76 •  Smelling of Earth, Dreaming of Sky • interior artwork by John Stevens (artist)
• 81 • A Reflection on the Apollo Moon Missions • poem by Robert Frazier
• 82 • Poyekhali • novelette by Greg Abraham
• 82 •  Poyekhali • interior artwork by Darryl Elliott
• 102 • Vergil and the Dukos: Hic Inclusus Vitam Perdit, or The Imitations of the King • [Vergil Magus] • short story by Avram Davidson
• 114 • Lethe • [College of Mystery] • novelette by Walter Jon Williams
• 114 •  Lethe • interior artwork by Dell Harris
• 145 •   Review: Danger Music by Stepan Chapman • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 145 •   Review: Fables and Fantasies by Brian Stableford • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 145 •   Review: The Book of Lost Places by Jeff VanderMeer • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 145 • On Books (Asimov's, September 1997) • [On Books] • essay by Paul Di Filippo
• 146 •   Review: Way Below E by Patrick Murphy • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 146 •   Review: The Brains of Rats by Michael Blumlein • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 147 •   Review: Synthesis and Other Virtual Realities by Mary Rosenblum • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 147 •   Review: At the City Limits of Fate by Michael Bishop • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 148 •   Review: Neat Sheets: The Poetry of James Tiptree, Jr. by James Tiptree, Jr. • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 148 •   Review: Variations of Sleeping Alone by Herb Kauderer • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 148 •   Review: The Larger Earth by David Memmott • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 149 •   Review: Toxic Shock Syndrome / Flyscraper by Mark Romyn and Carolina Vegas Starr • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 149 •   Review: Floating Worlds: Oriental Fantasies by Gary Bowen • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 149 •   Review: Flying Saucers Over Hennepin by Peter Gelman • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 150 •   Review: Dead Things by Richard Calder • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 151 •   Review: War Amongst the Angels by Michael Moorcock • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 153 •   Review: Starplex by Robert J. Sawyer • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 154 •   Review: Bug Park by James P. Hogan • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 155 •   Review: Automated Alice by Jeff Noon • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 157 • Next Issue (Asimov's, September 1997) • essay by uncredited
• 160 • SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, September 1997) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss