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• 2 •  Contents • interior artwork by Ron Miller
• 4 • Output (Future, November 1978) • essay by Kerry O'Quinn
• 10 • Databank (Future, November 1978) • essay by various
• 10 •  Britishers Plot Robot Starship • interior artwork by Ted Enik
• 16 •  How Many Megawatts in a Volcano? • interior artwork by Howard Cruse
• 18 • Paperback Avalanche Due • essay by Joseph Kay
• 22 • Anne McCaffrey: Living with the Dragons • essay by Ed Naha
• 22 •  The White Dragon • interior artwork by Michael Whelan (variant of cover art for The White Dragon)
• 24 • Future Forum (Future, November 1978) • essay by Poul Anderson and Marion Zimmer Bradley and John Bryson and David Gerrold and Larry Niven and Brian O'Leary and Joanna Russ and Bjo Trimble and Gahan Wilson
• 26 • The Mass Driver: A Penny-Pinching Propulsion System for Future Space Projects • essay by Robin Snelson
• 29 • Up, Up and Away: An Exclusive Talk With Superman Portrayer Christopher Reeves • essay by Richard S. Meyers [as by Richard Meyers]
• 32 • Sen. Briggs vs. SF Fandom • essay by David Gerrold
• 34 • Brave New World • essay by Ed Naha
• 37 • Passive Solar Systems: The Changing Shape of Our Energy Future • essay by Regina Baraban
• 39 • Syd Mead: Moving Toward Tomorrow • essay by uncredited
• 39 •  Detail from "Megastructure" • interior artwork by Syd Mead
• 40 •  Launch Slot Alert • interior artwork by Syd Mead
• 42 • Battlestar Galactica: ABC's Multi-Million Dollar SF Gamble • essay by David Houston
• 48 •   Review: Night Shift by Stephen King • review by Ricky Moocher
• 48 •   Review: The Purple Dragon by Kenneth Robeson • review by Ricky Moocher
• 48 •   Review: Shuttle into Space by G. Harry Stine • review by Robin Snelson
• 49 •   Review: Alien Perspective by David Houston • review by Kerry O'Quinn
• 49 •   Review: The Way the Future Was—A Memoir by Frederik Pohl • review by Timothy Lund
• 49 •   Review: Cirque by Terry Carr • review by Howard Zimmerman
• 50 • Frank Frazetta's Barbarian Lives! • essay by Richard S. Meyers [as by Richard Meyers]
• 51 •  Against the Gods • (1967) • interior artwork by Frank Frazetta (variant of cover art for Thongor Against the Gods)
• 52 • Takashi's Metamorphoses: Animating the Gods • essay by Richard S. Meyers [as by Richard Meyers]
• 54 • Operation Morning Star: The Unveiling of Venus • [Science Notebook] • essay by Jesco von Puttkamer
• 59 • To Canvass The Solar System: An Interview With Astronomical Artist Ron Miller • essay by Michael Dobson
• 59 •  To Canvass The Solar System: An Interview With Astronomical Artist Ron Miller • interior artwork by Ron Miller
• 60 •  To Canvass The Solar System: An Interview With Astronomical Artist Ron Miller [2] • interior artwork by Ron Miller
• 60 •  Exploring Titan • interior artwork by Ron Miller
• 60 •  To Canvass The Solar System: An Interview With Astronomical Artist Ron Miller [4] • interior artwork by Ron Miller
• 62 •  Mira Ceti • interior artwork by Ron Miller
• 62 •  To Canvass The Solar System: An Interview With Astronomical Artist Ron Miller [6] • interior artwork by Ron Miller
• 66 • Warlords of Atlantis: The Undersea World of Amicus • essay by Richard S. Meyers [as by Richard Meyers]
• 68 •  Space Junk: It's Time to Invent Orbital Baggies • interior artwork by Dean Ellis
• 68 • Space Junk: It's Time to Invent Orbital Baggies • essay by Leonard David
• 70 • John Brunner: Pessimism Is Good for You • essay by Natalie Millar
• 75 • Next Stop: Immortality! • essay by Robert Anton Wilson
• 77 •  Next Stop: Immortality! • interior artwork by Sean Daly
• 78 • Perspectives (Future, November 1978) • essay by Howard Zimmerman