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• 4 • Output (Future, August 1978) • essay by Kerry O'Quinn
• 6 • Databank (Future, August 1978) • essay by uncredited
• 6 •  Space Liner • interior artwork by Andrei Sokolov [as by Andrey Sokolov]
• 7 •  Dig We Must, for a Growing Tomato • interior artwork by Ted Enik
• 16 • Mandala • essay by uncredited
• 18 • Noise and Meaning in SF Films • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin [as by Ursula K. LeGuin]
• 20 • William F. Nolan: An Interview with the Logan Man • essay by David Houston
• 26 • Civilizations Among the Stars: What Are the Prospects? • [Science Notebook] • essay by Jesco von Puttkamer
• 28 • Sittin' On Top of the World • essay by James C. Odell
• 32 • Future Forum (Future, August 1978) • essay by Gerry Anderson and Poul Anderson and John Bryson and Mark R. Chartrand, III and Hal Clement and Larry Niven and George Pal and Joanna Russ and Nick Tate [as by Gerry Anderson and Poul Anderson and John Bryson and Dr. Mark R. Chartrand and Hal Clement and Larry Niven and George Pal and Joanna Russ and Nick Tate]
• 34 • Star Trek: The Motion Picture • essay by Gerald Morris
• 36 • Dreams for a Dollar and a Bit • essay by Joseph Kay
• 40 • Civilization in Space: The Possible Dream, Chapter Four—The Great Rama Escapades and Centennial Celebration of the Arts • serial by David Houston and Richard S. Meyers and Ed Naha and Howard Zimmerman (book publication as Civilization in Space: The Possible Dream) [as by David Houston]
• 40 •  Chapter Four: The Great Rama Escapades and Centennial Celebration of the Arts • interior artwork by Ron Miller
• 48 • Hardware (Future, August 1978) • essay by David Hutchison
• 49 •   Review: Close Encounters of the Third Kind Diary by Bob Balaban • review by Richard S. Meyers [as by Richard Meyers]
• 49 •   Review: Dreamsnake by Vonda N. McIntyre • review by Ed Naha
• 49 •   Review: The Illustrated Roger Zelazny by Gray Morrow and Byron Preiss and Roger Zelazny • review by Howard Zimmerman
• 50 • Video Images (Future, August 1978) • essay by Ed Naha
• 52 •  Space Now! • interior artwork by Don Davis
• 53 • Space Now! An Interview with Keith & Carolyn Henson, Co-Founders of the L-5 Society • essay by Robin Snelson
• 54 •  untitled • interior artwork by Carolyn Henson
• 58 •  Barbarella poster • interior artwork by Bob McGinniss
• 58 • SF Graphics (Future, August 1978) • essay by Richard S. Meyers [as by Richard Meyers]
• 59 •  Barbarella • interior artwork by Boris Vallejo [as by Boris]
• 60 •  Alvin Toffler: After Future Shock • interior artwork by Karen Toffler
• 61 • Alvin Toffler: After Future Shock • essay by Ed Naha
• 62 •  Alvin Toffler: After Future Shock [2] • interior artwork by Karen Toffler
• 64 •  The Navy Drops a Boom Theory • interior artwork by Ted Enik
• 64 • The Navy Drops a Boom Theory • essay by Bob Woods
• 66 • To Envision the Future: An Interview with America's Premiere Space Artist Bob McCall • essay by Robin Snelson
• 67 •  To Envision the Future: An Interview with America's Premiere Space Artist Bob McCall • interior artwork by Robert McCall (variant of cover art for Our World in Space 1974) [as by Bob McCall]
• 68 •  Apotheosis of Technology (detail) • interior artwork by Robert McCall [as by Bob McCall]
• 69 •  To Envision the Future: An Interview with America's Premiere Space Artist Bob McCall [3] • interior artwork by Robert McCall [as by Bob McCall]
• 69 •  To Envision the Future: An Interview with America's Premiere Space Artist Bob McCall [4] • interior artwork by Robert McCall [as by Bob McCall]
• 69 •  To Envision the Future: An Interview with America's Premiere Space Artist Bob McCall [5] • interior artwork by Robert McCall [as by Bob McCall]
• 70 •  Meteor (poster) • interior artwork by Robert McCall [as by Bob McCall]
• 72 •  To Envision the Future: An Interview with America's Premiere Space Artist Bob McCall [7] • interior artwork by Robert McCall [as by Bob McCall]
• 72 •  To Envision the Future: An Interview with America's Premiere Space Artist Bob McCall [8] • interior artwork by Robert McCall [as by Bob McCall]
• 73 •  To Envision the Future: An Interview with America's Premiere Space Artist Bob McCall [9] • interior artwork by Robert McCall [as by Bob McCall]
• 75 • The Military Presence in Space • essay by Ben Bova
• 77 •  The Military Presence in Space • interior artwork by Randy Weidner