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• 3 • Editorial (Foundation #21) • [Editorials for 'Foundation'] • essay by David Pringle
• 5 • A String of Days • [The Profession of Science Fiction • 22] • essay by Gregory Benford
• 17 • The Right Sort of People • essay by D. West
• 27 • Wonderful Deathless Ditties • [The Profession of Science Fiction • 23] • essay by Naomi Mitchison
• 34 • Spaceships, Little Nell and the Sinster Cardboard Man • essay by K. V. Bailey
• 48 • From Beowulf to Kafka: Mervyn Peake's "Titus Alone" • essay by Colin Greenland
• 53 • "It" Came from Outer Space • essay by Christopher Priest
• 53 •   Review: The World of Science Fiction by Lester del Rey • review by Christopher Priest
• 63 •  Letter (Foundation #21) • [Letters: Robert A. W. Lowndes] • essay by Robert A. W. Lowndes
• 64 •  Letter (Foundation #21) • essay by K. V. Bailey
• 68 •  Letter [2] (Foundation #21) • essay by K. V. Bailey
• 68 •  Letter (Foundation #21) • essay by Colin Greenland
• 71 •  Letter (Foundation #21) • essay by Alex Eisenstein
• 72 •  Letter (Foundation #21) • essay by John Clute
• 74 •  Letter (Foundation #21) • essay by Roz Kaveney
• 75 • R. A. Lafferty • poem by Gene Wolfe
• 75 •   Review: Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg • review by Ian Watson
• 77 •   Review: The Beginning Place by Ursula K. Le Guin • review by Colin Greenland
• 79 •   Review: The Island of Doctor Death and Other Stories and Other Stories by Gene Wolfe • review by Roz Kaveney
• 83 •   Review: Their Immortal Hearts by uncredited • review by Brian Stableford
• 84 •   Review: The Number of the Beast by Robert A. Heinlein • review by John Clute
• 85 •   Review: Wild Seed by Octavia E. Butler • review by Michael Bishop
• 87 •   Review: Beyond the Blue Event Horizon by Frederik Pohl • review by Colin Greenland
• 89 •   Review: Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven • review by Brian Stableford
• 90 •   Review: Wizard by John Varley • review by John Clute
• 90 •   Review: The Barbie Murders by John Varley • review by John Clute
• 91 •   Review: The Travails of Jane Saint by Josephine Saxton • review by Brian Stableford
• 92 •   Review: Tales of Pirx the Pilot by Stanislaw Lem • review by Ian Watson
• 93 •   Review: The Humanoid Touch by Jack Williamson • review by David N. Samuelson
• 94 •   Review: A Shadow of All Night Falling by Glen Cook • review by Roz Kaveney
• 94 •   Review: October's Baby by Glen Cook • review by Roz Kaveney
• 94 •   Review: All Darkness Met by Glen Cook • review by Roz Kaveney
• 96 •   Review: White Light by Rudy Rucker • review by Colin Greenland
• 98 •   Review: Golem 100 by Alfred Bester • review by Brian Stableford
• 99 •   Review: A Rag, a Bone and a Hank of Hair by Nicholas Fisk • review by John Clute
• 99 •   Review: Starstormers by Nicholas Fisk • review by John Clute
• 99 •   Review: Sunburst by Nicholas Fisk • review by John Clute
• 101 •   Review: The Old Gods Waken by Manly Wade Wellman • review by Brian Stableford
• 101 •   Review: A Storm of Wings by M. John Harrison • review by Colin Greenland
• 103 •   Review: The Steel, the Mist, and the Blazing Sun by Christopher Anvil • review by Brian Stableford
• 104 •   Review: The Language of the Night by Ursula K. Le Guin • review by Colin Greenland
• 105 •   Review: The Lunar Effect by Arnold L. Lieber • review by Colin Greenland
• 107 •   Review: Dark Is the Sun by Philip José Farmer • review by David Pringle
• 108 •   Review: The Known and the Unknown: The Iconography of Science Fiction by Gary K. Wolfe • review by David Pringle
• 108 •   Review: Stellar #5: Science-Fiction Stories by Judy-Lynn del Rey • review by Colin Greenland
• 109 •   Review: Torn Air by David Hutchinson • review by Nick Pratt
• 109 •   Review: The Restaurant at the End of the Universe by Douglas Adams • review by John Sherriff
• 110 •   Review: Mirror Friend, Mirror Foe by Robert Asprin and George Takei • review by Nick Pratt