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The Leading Edge [#15, Fall 1987] ($2.50, 106pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Larry Esmay) 7 · SSIN · Scott R. Parkin · ss 17 · When the Wordmonger Came · Michael R. Collings · pm 19 · Circus Geneticus · Carolyn Ives Gilman · nv 47 · Celtic Festivals and Modern Holidays · Corbenic · ar 57 · The Journey Home · Douglas Jole · pm 61 · Shaamek · M. Shayne Bell · ss 87 · The Bastet Worry-Stone · L. E. Carroll · ss

The Leading Edge [#16, Winter 1988] ($2.50, 98pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Bill Carman) 7 · Mind Your Mother · Eric Lowe · ss 24 · Grey Garden Planet · Ruth Berman · pm 27 · Space Exploration: a Political Battlefield · William Schuler · ar 41 · Warm Like Rain · Stephanie Rummler · ss 48 · 1987 Art Contest Winners · [Various] · pi 52 · The Dream We Share · Robert Frazier · pm 59 · Literary Heroism in the Works of Orson Scott Card · Michael R. Collings · ar 71 · Unnatural Selection · Donna Dolezal Zelzer · pm 79 · The Serpent Staff · Peni R. Griffin · ss 93 · Kyran Harper and the Elf King · Douglas Jole · pm

The Leading Edge [#17, Summer 1988] ($1.00, 94pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Bradley Teare) 7 · Siege · Carolyn Nicita · ss 11 · Interstellar Arcs · Thomas A. Easton · pm Star*Line Mar/Apr 1988 13 · Naked Face in a Dirty Mirror · Eric Lowe · ss 30 · But Would You Want Your Sister to Marry One? · Bruce Westergren · ar 37 · On the First Outdoor Testing of a Man-Made Bacterium in a Strawberry Patch in California · Michael R. Collings · pm 39 · That’s Not Kosher · Norman L. Quincy · ss 46 · Prydwen Upon the Sea · Douglas Jole · pm 48 · The Shifting Perspectives of Gormenghast · Jay Don Coppersmith · ar 61 · Ears to Hear · Sharon J. Huntington · ss 72 · Madly in Love with Writing: An Interview with Ray Bradbury · Scott R. Parkin · iv 79 · Gargoyles · Michael R. Collings · pm 81 · Cryospawn · Glenn L. Anderson · ss

The Leading Edge [#18, January 1989] ($2.50, 108pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Kellan Hatch) 9 · To Fly · Eric Lowe · ss 25 · A Time to Grow · Scott R. Parkin · ss 33 · Explorers · Thomas A. Easton · pm 37 · Silicon Poetry · Thomas A. Easton · ar 47 · Witchin’ Man · Douglas Jole · ss 60 · Reality Is Morally Neutral · Thomas A. Easton · pm 63 · A Majority of One · Mike Austin · ss 72 · Foreigner · Mary A. Turzillo · pm 1988 Odyssey Poetry Awards, Brigham Young University 1988 74 · Dialogues by Starlight · Michael R. Collings · ar 85 · Living Proof · Douglas W. Clark · ss 93 · Electric Newton · Thomas A. Easton · pm 95 · Bars · Michael R. Collings · ss 103 · Natural Man · Thomas A. Easton · pm

The Leading Edge [#19, September 1989] ($1.00, 102pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Steve Keele) 7 · Standard Operating Procedure · Scott R. Parkin · ss 19 · Prudence Demands · Rayson Lorrey · ss 25 · Love Song for the Nuclear Age · Russell W. Asplund · pm 26 · The Future of Freedom · Poul Anderson · ar 36 · Art Contest Winners · [Various] · pi 43 · My Cruise · Carolyn Nicita · ss 49 · Neighbors · Brian Keith Evenson · ss 53 · The Executioner · Rayson Lorrey · pm 54 · Popular Folk Motifs in the Movie Alien · David G. Chaston · ar 66 · Future Artist · Bill Carman · ss 77 · Self Portrait: Grey on Grey · Russell W. Asplund · ss 81 · Lilith Now · Vicki Allison · pm 83 · The Tao of Rain and Water · Eric Lowe · ss

The Leading Edge [#20/21, April 1990] ($2.50, 196pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Eugene Austin) 7 · 3 Cosmic Signs · John B. Rosenman · pm 9 · The Ghost Squadron · David Summers · nv 32 · Blackout at the ConEd Plant · Bernice Fleisher · pm 35 · Alexandrian Light · Bruce Holland Rogers · ss 39 · Pepsi Bravo Alpha · Eric Lowe · ss 56 · Star Dig · Bernice Fleisher · pm 58 · Taking Your Chances · Algis Budrys · ar 65 · Empty Every Night · Scott R. Parkin · ss 77 · The Mound at Bryn Celli Ddu · Douglas Jole · pm 79 · Dames, Games, and Insecticides · Todd Lakey · ss 89 · A Pocket Full of Sky · Russell W. Asplund · ss 117 · The Survivors · John Grey · pm 119 · A Darker Shade of Green · M. David Jones · ss 127 · You’re Old Father William · Russell W. Asplund · ss 136 · On Building a Planet · Stephen Gillett · ar 151 · An Island in Utopia · Norman Nathan · pm 159 · Ratchet · Scott R. Parkin · nv 187 · An Astronaut Discusses a Black Hole Binary System · Russell W. Asplund · pm

The Leading Edge [#22, Fall 1990] ($2.50, 164pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Greg Newbold) 9 · Birds That Fly · Jan Bee Landman · ss 25 · Robots and Diapers · John D. Harvey · ss 33 · The Long Long Walk · Ted Riggen · pm 37 · Or the Year After · Suzanne Anderson · nv 60 · Shape of the Variant · David Hunter Sutherland · pm 62 · Crisis Line · Kathy & Eric Lowe · ss 79 · Interview with a Biochemist · C. E. Pearson · ss 88 · A Western Way of Thought · David Brin · ar 109 · No Green Hills · Russell W. Asplund · pm 111 · Love Spell · Lucy Schmeidler · ss 122 · Art Contest Winners · [Various] · pi 127 · Time Borrower · Jamie Jonas · ss 136 · So Where’s Your Hubbard Award Story? · Bruce Holland Rogers · ar 138 · Stranded · Jim DeWitt · pm 145 · The Führer You Know [Part 1 of 2] · Lee Allred · nv

The Leading Edge [#23, Winter 1991] ($2.50, 164pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Greg Newbold) 4 · Lenin as a Young Man · Eric Lowe · ar 7 · Old Man River, He Just Keeps Rolling Along · Douglas Jole · ss 19 · Ella · Addie Lacoe · ss 39 · TLE Calendar · Fen Eatough · ms 41 · The StudentMaster · Carl A. Rossi · ss 45 · Legionnaire’s Disease · Jeffrey Perchuk · pm 48 · Laying Your Cards on the Table [Orson Scott Card] · Anon. · iv 55 · The Cynodonian Horse · Kalvy Thompson · vi 58 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 69 · Dream · Jeffrey Perchuk · pm 73 · To Submerge in a Sky of Crimson · Ty Ngok · nv 99 · Air-Quality-Index-Announcement, Beyond 2000 · Charlotte A. Raines · pm 100 · Solomon in the 21st Century: Ethical Considerations of Reproductive Technologies · Janice Willard · ar 111 · Relevations of the Binary Astronaut · Russell W. Asplund · pm 113 · The Führer You Know [Part 2 of 2] · Lee Allred · nv 142 · Misérabilisme · Michael Carr · ar

The Leading Edge [#24, September 1991] ($2.50, 196pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Eugene Austin) 4 · Editor’s Page · Marny Parkin · ed 7 · Jacob’s Ladder · M. Shayne Bell · nv The Leading Edge #10 1985 23 · That’s Not Kosher · Norman L. Quincy · ss The Leading Edge #17 1988 29 · An Astronaut Discusses a Black Hole Binary System · Russell W. Asplund · pm The Leading Edge #20/21 1990 31 · The Fractured Boy · Laureena Smith · ss 40 · Madly in Love with Writing: An Interview with Ray Bradbury · Scott R. Parkin · iv The Leading Edge #17 1988 49 · The Tao of Rain and Water · Eric Lowe · ss The Leading Edge #19 1989 64 · Reality Is Morally Neutral · Thomas A. Easton · pm The Leading Edge #18 1989 66 · How the Greenhouse Effect Will Save Us from the Coming Ice Age · J. Ward Moody · ar 81 · Take Out the Trash · Melva Gifford · ss The Leading Edge #12 1986 89 · Standard Operating Procedure · Scott R. Parkin · ss The Leading Edge #19 1989 101 · Sphinx · Virginia Baker · pm 102 · Quantum Memories: Notes Toward an Anti-Definition of Science Fiction Poetry · Michael Collings · ar 113 · The Witchin’ Man · Douglas Jole · ss The Leading Edge #18 1989 125 · On the First Outdoor Testing of a Man-Made Bacterium in a Strawberry Patch in California · Michael Collings · pm The Leading Edge #17 1988 127 · Eye Hath Not Seen · Carolyn Nicita · ss The Leading Edge #6 1983 134 · It Isn’t Whether You Win or Lose, It’s How You Play the Game [Tracy Hickman] · Anon. · iv 145 · MoonSpider · Charlene Carlisle · pm The Leading Edge #14 1987; given as by Charlie Carlisle. 155 · Cryospawn · Glenn L. Anderson · ss The Leading Edge #17 1988 165 · It Could Happen to Anyone... · Walter Kellar · ss 170 · Prydwen Upon the Sea · Douglas Jole · pm The Leading Edge #17 1988 173 · The Sky Is an Open Highway · Dave Wolverton · nv The Leading Edge #10 1985 190 · Carr Parts · Michael Carr · ar

The Leading Edge [#25, January 1992] ed. Marny Parkin (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, $2.95, 144pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Bill Carman) 4 · Driven to the Edge: Editor’s Page · Marny Parkin · ed 6 · The Witchwet Dunes · Hanovi Braddock · ss 19 · Coming to Visit · K. C. Warren · pm 20 · Getting By · Russell W. Asplund · nv 62 · Rogues of Yore · Jamie Jonas · pm 64 · Visions of the Edge · [Various] · pi 70 · The Mythopoetic in Zamyatin’s We · Thomas Rogers · ar [Yevgeny Zamyatin] 89 · Better than a Lullaby · Jim DeWitt · pm 90 · Box of Souls · Michael W. Carr · ss 106 · Haven’t I Heard This Before?: The Role of Folklore, Especially Modern Urban Legends, in Science Fiction · David G. Chaston · ar 116 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 127 · Nightwind · W. Arthur Wright · ss 141 · The Surge · M. B. Simon · pm 142 · Dramatis Personae · Michael Carr · ar

The Leading Edge [#26, October 1992] ed. Steve Setzer (Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, $2.95, 144pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Darren J. Albertson) Given as September 1992 in the Table of Contents. 4 · Driven to the Edge: Necessary Things · Steve Setzer · ed 6 · A Prince of the Blood · Addie Lacoe · ss 20 · Authorsbane · Jane Yolen · ar; taken from an address given February 7, 1992 at BYU. 31 · Sunspeak · Ann K. Schwader · pm 32 · G.L.A.F. · Hanovi Braddock · ss 42 · Notes from the Philip K. Dick Celebration at Epping Forest College, England · Alex Kasten · ar 46 · Courier in Hangtown · Adam Corbin Fusco · ss 66 · The Continuing Influence of Cyberpunk · Michael W. Carr · ar 73 · Fionnula · C. A. Gardner · pm 74 · Creation · Russell T. Kinkade · ss 82 · Doesn’t Everyone Grow Up to Write? An Interview with Jane Yolen · Anon. · iv 93 · Center of the Universe · J. W. Donnelly · pm 94 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 103 · At the Eclipse · Ann K. Schwader · pm 104 · Castle, Cathedral, Soldier, Saint · Charles M. Saplak · nv 142 · Zing and Bang · Michael Carr · ar

The Leading Edge [#27, June 1993] ed. Michael Carr (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $2.95, 128pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Bob E. Hobbs) 4 · Driven to the Edge: Editor’s Page · Michael Carr · ed 6 · Equinox · L. Jagi Lamplighter · ss 22 · “I Don’t Write Science Fiction”: An Interview with Ben Bova · Anon. · iv 31 · Radio Astronomer, Darkside Station · Ann K. Schwader · pm 32 · Black Bone Grin · David Cowper · ss 51 · Free-flight · Ace Boggess · pm 52 · Bunny and the Rat Man · Deborah S. Weber · ss 60 · Man-End (from the Choir of Beasts) · J. C. Hendee · pm 62 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 74 · Ogrespeak · Lee Ann Layton · nv 98 · In the Short Seasons of a Long Year Without You · Bruce Boston · pm Star*Line Jan/Feb 1993 100 · Zelazny’s Merlin and the Wheel of Life · Norman Peercy · ar [Roger Zelazny] 107 · TLE Calendar · Marny Parkin · ms 108 · The Crooked Path · Michael Cheng Lo · ss 126 · A Word in Edgewise: Anne’s Article · Anne Sowards · ar

The Leading Edge [#28, February 1994] ed. Michael W. Carr (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $2.95, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Leonard Parkin) 4 · Last Hurrah · Michael W. Carr · ed 7 · Present Tense, Future Worse · Bob Rehak · ss 24 · Water Babies · Colleen Anderson · pm 27 · Ghostcaller · Richard Parks · ss 40 · In the Short Seasons of a Long Year Without You · Bruce Boston · pm Star*Line Jan/Feb 1993 42 · “The Imagination Is a Place”: An Interview with Leonard Parkin · Anon. · iv 51 · A Future Tourist Answers Stephen Hawking · Ann K. Schwader · pm 57 · Memories · Diana R. Roeder · ss 70 · Beast and the Beauty · Karen Walch · pm 71 · TLE Calendar · Marny Parkin · ms 72 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 82 · Satellite’s Lament · Bob Rehak · pm 85 · A Chameleon’s True Color · Chris Tannlund · ss 108 · TLE’s Little Page and a Half of Instructions · Lee Ann Setzer · ar

The Leading Edge [#29, August 1994] ed. Lee Ann Setzer (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $2.95, 104pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Terry Bodily) 4 · Driven to the Edge: Living on the Edge · Lee Ann Setzer · ed 6 · Automath · Bob Rehak · ss 27 · Star Floats · Ann K. Schwader · pm 28 · No Such Thing · Jennifer Deckert · vi 33 · Staying Power: An Interview with Roger Zelazny · Anon. · iv 48 · Wings · Grant Avery Morgan · ss 63 · Toad/Prince · Gina Lee · pm 64 · Brakii · Sally Kuntz · ss 81 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 88 · The Husband Who Turned Into a Houseplant · Nancy G. Westerfield · pm 90 · Small Parts · Douglas Stay · ss 101 · A Word in Edgewise: SF Canon · Alex Grover · ar

The Leading Edge [#30, February 1995] ed. Lee Ann Setzer (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $3.95, 109pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Néné Thomas) 4 · True Lies · Lee Ann Setzer · ed 7 · There Is a Season · Scott R. Parkin · ss 26 · Spectra of Galazises (A Zen Joke) · Alyce Wilson · pm 28 · Foreward Momentum: An Interview with Lois McMaster Bujold · Anon. · iv 41 · The Little Drummer Boy · Susan Brousseau · ss 47 · Final Wish · Jeanne & David Burnett · ss 52 · Two Omens · Mary Winter · pm 54 · Empathy vs. Entropy: Philip K. Dick and the Human/Android Dilemma · Ellen Straw · ar [Philip K. Dick] 65 · Bear Hunt · Karen Walch · ss 76 · On Any Zero Evening · Ann K. Schwader · pm 79 · Sibling Rivalry · Anthony G. Francis, Jr. · ss 102 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 105 · A Word in Edgewise: Cyber Mail · Alex Grover · ar 106 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc

The Leading Edge [#31, August 1995] ed. Alex Grover (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $3.95, 109pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Teryl Bodily) 4 · Conservation of Mass · Alex Grover · ed 6 · New Flames for an Old Love · Sean Williams · ss Doorway to Eternity, MirrorDanse Books 1995 25 · To Make Man · Dylan Otto Krider · pm 26 · A Hero, Plain and Simple · Ralph Gamelli · ss 34 · Tribute to Roger Zelazny, 1937-1995 · J. C. Shannon · iv 44 · A Matter of Taste · Lila Beldock Cohen · ss 50 · The Boneyard of Old Ezra Snow · Michael R. Collings · pm 59 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 68 · The Disforged Days · Wade Tarzia · nv 108 · A Word in Edgewise: Poetry 101 · Alex Grover · ar 109 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc

The Leading Edge [#32, February 1996] ed. Alex Grover (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $3.95, 121pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Brian Durfee) 2 · Please Do Not Lock the Top Lock It Doesn’t Work · Alex Grover · ed 4 · The Blue Plate Special · J. Spencer Dreischarf · ss Stygian Articles Win 1995 17 · Immegrant Half-Life · Susan Spilecki · pm 18 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc 19 · Star Wars Is Alive and Well, Thank You · Andrew Hart Johnson · ar 46 · “We Want... Information” · Ferrett · ss 56 · To Sleep in Skin · Laura Smit · pm 58 · Sails of Light · Randal S. Doering · ss 68 · Literary vs. Accessable · Michael Collings · ar 70 · 1033 · Michael Collings · pm 72 · The Seeds of Salvation · John Serna · nv 100 · A Short Course in Artifacts of the Early Modern Era · Joyce Meggett · ss 118 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 121 · A Word in Edgewise: Deadlines and Integrity · Shannon Grover · ar