Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 4 • Wrong! • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 9 •  Letters (Asimov's, September 1989) • [Letters: Isaac Asimov] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 16 • Neat Stuff (Asimov's, September 1989) • [Neat Stuff (Asimov's)] • essay by Matthew J. Costello
• 18 • Red Planet Blues • novella by Allen Steele [as by Allen M. Steele]
• 18 •  Red Planet Blues • interior artwork by Gary Freeman
• 49 •  Red Planet Blues [2] • interior artwork by Gary Freeman
• 73 • The Mer • poem by Anne Devereaux Jordan
• 74 • Events Which Took Place a Day Before Other Events • short story by Avram Davidson
• 74 •  Events Which Took Place a Day Before Other Events • interior artwork by N. Taylor Blanchard
• 79 • Dori Bangs • short story by Bruce Sterling
• 79 •  Dori Bangs • interior artwork by George Thompson
• 91 • First Encounter • poem by Ace G. Pilkington
• 92 • People Like Us • short story by Nancy Kress
• 92 •  People Like Us • interior artwork by N. Taylor Blanchard
• 99 • Next Issue (Asimov's, September 1989) • essay by uncredited
• 100 • As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us • short story by Deborah Wessell
• 100 •  As We Forgive Those Who Trespass Against Us • interior artwork by Robert Shore
• 111 • The Sock Story • short story by Eileen Gunn
• 111 •  The Sock Story • interior artwork by Laurie Harden
• 113 • Entropy: A Cinquain • poem by Martha Soukup
• 114 • The Father of Stones • [Griaule] • (1988) • novella by Lucius Shepard
• 114 •  The Father of Stones • interior artwork by A. C. Farley
• 131 •  The Father of Stones [2] • interior artwork by A. C. Farley
• 164 •  The Father of Stones [3] • interior artwork by A. C. Farley
• 184 • On Books (Asimov's, September 1989) • [On Books] • essay by Baird Searles
• 184 •   Review: The Tides of God by Ted Reynolds • review by Baird Searles
• 185 •   Review: Who's Afraid of Beowulf? by Tom Holt • review by Baird Searles
• 186 •   Review: The Book of Fantasy by Jorge Luis Borges and A. Bioy Casares and Silvina Ocampo • review by Baird Searles
• 187 •   Review: The Gate of Ivory by Doris Egan • review by Baird Searles
• 188 •   Review: Spirits of Cavern and Hearth by M. Coleman Easton • review by Baird Searles
• 189 •   Review: Fantasy, the 100 Best Books by James Cawthorn and Michael Moorcock • review by Baird Searles
• 189 •   Review: Horror: 100 Best Books by Stephen Jones and Kim Newman • review by Baird Searles
• 192 • SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, September 1989) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss