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• 6 • Slush • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 10 •  Mooney's Module (Asimov's, February 1985) • interior artwork by Gerry Mooney
• 12 •  Letters (Asimov's, February 1985) • [Letters: Isaac Asimov] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 21 • About an Old Closet • poem by Hope Athearn
• 22 • Gaming (Asimov's, February 1985) • essay by Dana Lombardy
• 26 • How's-That-Again Flanagan • [SF Puzzles] • short story by Martin Gardner
• 30 • How I Spent My Summer Vacation: A Student Perspective on Clarion • [Viewpoint] • essay by Lucius Shepard
• 30 •  How I Spent My Summer Vacation: A Student Perspective on Clarion • interior artwork by J. K. Potter
• 44 • Primary • short story by Ben Bova
• 44 •  Primary • interior artwork by Arthur George
• 54 • Tourists • short story by Lisa Goldstein
• 54 •  Tourists • interior artwork by Linda Burr
• 71 • Undeniably Cute: A Cautionary Tale • short story by Marta Randall
• 71 •  Undeniably Cute: A Cautionary Tale • interior artwork by Bob Walters [as by Robert Walters]
• 76 • Deathwitch • short story by Steven Popkes
• 76 •  Deathwitch • interior artwork by Janet Aulisio
• 88 •  Cartoon: no caption • (1978) • interior artwork by John Caldwell
• 89 • Hauntings • short story by Kim Antieau
• 89 •  Hauntings • interior artwork by Janet Aulisio
• 100 • Ascension • short story by Scott Russell Sanders
• 100 •  Ascension • interior artwork by Marc Yankus
• 110 • Into the Wood • poem by Jane Yolen
• 112 • The Transmigration of Philip K. • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 112 •  The Transmigration of Philip K. • interior artwork by Hank Jankus
• 128 • Sailing to Byzantium • novella by Robert Silverberg
• 128 •  Sailing to Byzantium • interior artwork by J. K. Potter
• 168 •  Sailing to Byzantium [2] • interior artwork by J. K. Potter
• 184 •   Review: Gilgamesh the King by Robert Silverberg • review by Baird Searles
• 184 • On Books (Asimov's, February 1985) • [On Books] • essay by Baird Searles
• 184 •   Review: The Gate of Worlds by Robert Silverberg • review by Baird Searles
• 186 •   Review: Emergence by David R. Palmer • review by Baird Searles
• 187 •   Review: Viriconium Nights by M. John Harrison • review by Baird Searles
• 188 •   Review: Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon • review by Baird Searles
• 191 • Next Issue (Asimov's, February 1985) • essay by uncredited
• 192 • Doppler Effects • poem by Robert Frazier
• 194 • SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, February 1985) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss