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• 6 • Hollywood & I • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 13 • On Books (Asimov's, May 1979) • [On Books] • essay by Baird Searles
• 14 •   Review: Land of Unreason by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt • review by Baird Searles
• 15 •   Review: The Last Unicorn by Peter Beagle • review by Baird Searles
• 15 •   Review: Too Many Magicians by Randall Garrett • review by Baird Searles
• 15 •   Review: I Will Fear No Evil by Robert A. Heinlein • review by Baird Searles
• 15 •   Review: The Change War by Fritz Leiber • review by Baird Searles
• 15 •   Review: The Science Fiction Stories of Walter M. Miller, Jr. by Walter M. Miller, Jr. • review by Baird Searles
• 16 •   Review: The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis • review by Baird Searles
• 16 •   Review: Lords of the Starship by Mark S. Geston • review by Baird Searles
• 16 • Review of The Trigan Empire by Don Lawrence • essay by Baird Searles
• 17 •   Review: Galactic Empires 1 by Brian Aldiss • review by Baird Searles
• 17 •   Review: Galactic Empires 2 by Brian Aldiss • review by Baird Searles
• 17 •   Review: The Silmarillion by J. R. R. Tolkien • review by Baird Searles
• 19 • The SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, May 1979) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss
• 20 • Against a Crooked Stile • short story by Nancy Kress
• 20 •  Against a Crooked Stile • interior artwork by Karl Kofoed [as by Karl B. Kofoed]
• 38 •  Against a Crooked Stile [2] • interior artwork by Karl Kofoed [as by Karl B. Kofoed]
• 42 • How Bagson Bagged a Board Game • [SF Puzzles] • short story by Martin Gardner
• 44 • Through These Portals Dead • short story by Gary Hood
• 46 • Rainy Monsoon • poem by A. Grimm Richardson
• 46 •  Rainy Monsoon • interior artwork by George Barr
• 47 • L'Envoi • short story by John M. Ford
• 49 • Small Talent • short story by Steve Perry
• 49 •  Small Talent • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 64 • Sanctuary • short story by Jayge Carr
• 64 •  Sanctuary • interior artwork by George Barr
• 75 • Slush • short story by K. J. Snow
• 75 •  Slush • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg
• 82 •  Prime Crime • interior artwork by Freff
• 82 • Prime Crime • [Lagrange (Rothman) • 1] • novelette by Milton A. Rothman [as by Milton Rothman]
• 106 • Mermaid's Knell • novelette by Anne Lear
• 106 •  Mermaid's Lnell • interior artwork by Frank Borth
• 133 • The Pinch-Hitters • [Sandor Courane] • short story by George Alec Effinger
• 134 •  The Pinch-Hitters • interior artwork by Vincent Di Fate
• 143 • There Are No Wars Words in the Language • short story by Anjala E. A. Ehelebe
• 144 • The Dead of Winter • short story by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.
• 145 •  The Dead of Winter • interior artwork by Linda Miller
• 152 • Computer Song • poem by Julie Flores
• 154 • The Quest • [Circus World] • novelette by Barry B. Longyear
• 154 •  The Quest • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 179 •  The Quest [2] • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 184 •  Letters (Asimov's, May 1979) • essay by various