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• 9 • The Scientist As Villain • [Asimov's Editorials] • (1979) • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 13 • Gift of a Useless Man • (1979) • short story by Alan Dean Foster
• 13 •  Gift of a Useless Man • (1979) • interior artwork by Karl Kofoed [as by Karl B. Kofoed]
• 26 • Mandalay • [Alternities, Inc.] • (1979) • novelette by John M. Ford
• 26 •  Mandalay • (1979) • interior artwork by Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Val Lakey]
• 44 •  Mandalay [2] • (1979) • interior artwork by Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Val Lakey]
• 55 • The Toroids of Dr. Klonefake • [SF Puzzles] • (1978) • short story by Martin Gardner
• 55 •  The Toroids of Dr. Klonefake • (1978) • interior artwork by Marion Meshkow
• 56 • The Tryouts • [Circus World] • (1978) • short story by Barry B. Longyear
• 56 •  The Tryouts • (1978) • interior artwork by Freff
• 70 •  The Tryouts [2] • (1978) • interior artwork by Freff
• 72 • A Growing Concern • (1978) • short story by Arnie Bateman
• 72 •  A Growing Concern • (1978) • interior artwork by Phil Foglio
• 74 • Written in Sand • (1979) • short story by Rob Chilson [as by Robert Chilson]
• 74 •  Written in Sand • (1979) • interior artwork by Frank Borth
• 90 • The Man with the Eye • (1978) • short story by Phyllis Eisenstein
• 90 •  The Man with the Eye • (1978) • interior artwork by Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Val Lakey]
• 107 •  The Toroids of Dr. Klonefake [2] • (1978) • interior artwork by Marion Meshkow
• 108 • As Chemist to Chemist • non-genre • (1978) • short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of A Problem of Numbers 1970)
• 108 •  As Chemist to Chemist • (1978) • interior artwork by Frank Borth
• 113 • Bat Durston, Space Marshal • (1978) • short story by G. Richard Bozarth
• 113 •  Bat Durston, Space Marshal • (1978) • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Kelly Frank Freas]
• 120 • The Bitter End • [Lord Darcy] • (1978) • novelette by Randall Garrett
• 120 •  The Bitter End • (1978) • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 156 • The Woman Who Loved the Centaur Pholus • [Anderson] • (1979) • short story by Gene Wolfe
• 157 •  The Woman Who Loved the Centaur Pholus • (1979) • interior artwork by Hilary Barta
• 167 • On Man's Rôle in the Galaxy • (1978) • essay by R. N. Bracewell
• 167 •  On Man's Rôle in the Galaxy • (1978) • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg
• 173 •  The Toroids of Dr. Klonefake [3] • (1978) • interior artwork by Marion Meshkow
• 174 • The Thaw • (1979) • novelette by Tanith Lee
• 174 •  The Thaw • (1979) • interior artwork by Pat Ortega
• 187 •  The Thaw [2] • (1979) • interior artwork by Pat Ortega
• 196 • Inevitability Sphere • (1978) • short story by Jeff Duntemann
• 196 •  Inevitability Sphere • (1978) • interior artwork by Ron Miller
• 205 • Scrap from the Notebooks of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • (1978) • short story by K. W. MacAnn
• 205 •  Scrap from the Notebooks of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • (1978) • interior artwork by Freff
• 206 • Wolkenheim Fairday • [Far Stars and Future Times] • (1980) • novelette by Richard S. McEnroe
• 206 •  Wolkenheim Fairday • (1980) • interior artwork by George Barr
• 228 • Ker-Plop • (1979) • novella by Ted Reynolds
• 228 •  Ker-Plop • (1979) • interior artwork by Vincent Di Fate
• 248 •  Ker-Plop [2] • (1979) • interior artwork by Vincent Di Fate
• 273 •  Ker-Plop [3] • (1979) • interior artwork by Vincent Di Fate