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• 8 • First Word (Omni, February 1984) • essay by Rawson Stovall
• 18 • Forum (Omni, February 1984) • essay by various
• 22 • Explorations: Pole-To-Pole Odyssey • essay by Tonia Shoumatoff
• 24 • Artificial Intelligence: Bytes of Income • essay by Peter J. Ognibene [as by Peter Ognibene]
• 26 • Life: The Herpes Dating Game • essay by Lindsy Van Gelder
• 31 • Continuum (Omni, February 1984) • essay by various
• 41 • Quark City • essay by Richard Wolkomir
• 46 •  Guinea Pigs • interior artwork by Marshall Arisman
• 47 •  Guinea Pigs [2] • interior artwork by Marshall Arisman
• 47 • Guinea Pigs • essay by Lisa Buck and Frank Kendig
• 50 • Astrovideo • essay by Richard Wolkomir
• 56 • Wild Botanical Fantasies • essay by Leah Wallach
• 56 •  Blatteraugen (Eyes of the Leaves) • interior artwork by Wolfgang Hutter
• 57 •  Vegetabiler Kopfschmuck (Vegetal Headdress) • interior artwork by Wolfgang Hutter
• 58 •  Ein Kuss (The Kiss) • interior artwork by Wolfgang Hutter
• 58 •  Der Suchende (The Seeker) • interior artwork by Wolfgang Hutter
• 59 •  Die Doppelaugen (Double Eyes) • interior artwork by Wolfgang Hutter
• 60 •  Flug durch die kunstliche Landschaft (Flight Through an Artificial Landscape) • interior artwork by Wolfgang Hutter
• 61 •  Der Graue Augenhimmel (The Gray-Eyed Sky) • interior artwork by Wolfgang Hutter
• 65 • Interview: Benoit B. Mendelbrot • interview of
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  • interview by Monte Davis
• 68 •  Deserted Cities of the Heart • interior artwork by James C. Christensen [as by James Christensen]
• 69 • Deserted Cities of the Heart • short story by Lewis Shiner
• 87 • Antimatter (Omni, February 1984) • essay by various
• 100 • Breakthroughs: Fast Films • essay by Phoebe Hoban
• 122 • Last Word (Omni, February 1984) • essay by James Gorman