The FictionMags Index

Contents Lists

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v5 #12, #46, November 23, 1981] ($1.50, 180pp, digest, cover by Wayne D. Barlowe) 6 · Editorial: Watch Out! · Isaac Asimov · ed 20 · With Thimbles, with Forks and Hope [Constance Leidl & Charlie Meiklejohn] · Kate Wilhelm · na 66 · Luke Warm at Forty Below · Martin Gardner · pz 68 · Waiting for the Morning Bird · John M. Ford · ss 80 · Without (General) Issue · Reg Bretnor · ss 86 · The Dark Light Girl · Alan Dean Foster · nv 102 · Improbable Bestiary: The Martian · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · pm 104 · Mud/Aurora · D. D. Storm · nv 124 · The Loom of Thessaly · David Brin · na

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v5 #13, #47, December 21, 1981] ($1.50, 180pp, digest, cover by Broeck Steadman) 6 · Editorial: What Writers Go Through · Isaac Asimov · ed 24 · The Time-Warp Trauma [Pshrinks Anonymous] · J. O. Jeppson · ss 38 · The Gongs of Ganymede · Martin Gardner · pz 40 · Adventures in Unhistory: The Secret of Hyperborea · Avram Davidson · ar 63 · The Santa Clone Interview · Valdis Augstkalns · ss 68 · The Jarabon · Lee Killough · ss 88 · Improbable Bestiary: The Thing in the Jar · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · pm 90 · Wrong Number [Sam] · F. M. Busby · ss 104 · Packing Up · P. J. MacQuarrie · ss 118 · End Game · Brian Aldiss · vi 120 · A Thief in Ni-moya [Majipoor] · Robert Silverberg · na

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v6 #1, #48, January 18, 1982] ($1.50, 180pp, digest, cover by George Angelini) 6 · Editorial: The Writers Plight · Isaac Asimov · ed 18 · Among the Dream Speakers [Majipoor] · Robert Silverberg · nv 37 · Tanya Hits and Misses · Martin Gardner · pz 37 · Voyager’s View · William E. Nilsen · pm 37 · Gain a Doctor, Lose an Author · William E. Nilsen · pm 38 · Exorcycle · Joan D. Vinge · ss 50 · Adventures in Unhistory: Who Makes the Mandrakes? · Avram Davidson · ar 70 · Halfway · Sharon Farber & Dorothy Smith · ss 86 · The Invisible Foe · Garry Kilworth · ss 103 · Bleeding Turnips · Juleen Brantingham · ss 107 · How to Pronounce “van Vogt” · Randall Garrett, William Tuning & A. E. van Vogt · pm 108 · Cherry Jubilee · Gene Wolfe · nv 136 · Aquila [Aquila] · Somtow Sucharitkul · nv 171 · Index, 1981 · Anon. · ix

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v6 #2, #49, February 15, 1982] ($1.50, 180pp, digest, cover by Joe Burleson) 6 · Editorial: The Unforgivable Sin · Isaac Asimov · ed 24 · Calintane Explains [Majipoor] · Robert Silverberg · nv 40 · Mystery Tiles at Murray Hill · Martin Gardner · pz 43 · Why Is There So Little Science in Literature? · Gregory Benford · ar 51 · The End Papers · Jonathan Milos · vi 52 · Michelangelo and the Celestial Dome · Peter Payack · pm 56 · Lest We Remember · Isaac Asimov · nv 84 · Poetry Problem · Will Briggs · pm 84 · Shoemaker · Bryan A. Hollerbach · pm 84 · ...Shouldn’t Throw Unicorn Horns · John D. Seats · pm 84 · Battlestar Again? · John D. Seats · pm 86 · The What March? · Somtow Sucharitkul · ar 98 · Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: X!!! · Grendel Briarton · vi 99 · Like the Gentle Rains [Alonzo Nordfeldt] · Joel Rosenberg · ss 109 · Whispering Galleries · Robert Frazier · pm 110 · Improbable Bestiary: The Hollow-Earthers · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · pm 112 · The Revelation of Cleo · Tom Fristoe · ss 122 · Origin · Timothy Zahn · ss 126 · Fire Watch · Connie Willis · nv

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v6 #3, #50, March 15, 1982] ($1.50, 180pp, digest, cover by Perry Realo) Given as v 6 # 4, No. 51. 6 · Editorial: We’re Doing Well · Isaac Asimov · ed 24 · The Time of the Burning [Majipoor] · Robert Silverberg · ss 42 · Crossing Numbers on Phoebe · Martin Gardner · pz 44 · Great Mysteries Explained! · John Sladek · ss 46 · Haiku for Pioneer 11 · Robert Frazier · pm 48 · Park Your Car on Baychester Road Tonight · Bill Bickel · ss 53 · Haiku for Voyager 2 · Robert Frazier · pm 54 · Remembrances [Inquestor] · Somtow Sucharitkul · nv 80 · Legends · Nancy Tucker Wilson · pm 81 · Reflections on Saturn · Peter Payack · ss 84 · The Scepter of the Despot Ronin · Coleman Brax · nv 104 · Bull in a China Shop · John D. Seats · pm 104 · I Tried! · John D. Seats · pm 104 · Fire or Ice · Bernard Blicksilver · pm 105 · What in Solemn Silence · Charles L. Grant · ss 116 · Adventures in Unhistory: The Boy Who Cried Werewolf · Avram Davidson · ar 140 · Renascence · Mary Kittredge · nv

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v6 #4, #51, April 14, 1982] ($1.50, 180pp, digest, cover by Val Lakey & Artifact) Dated April 1982 on the cover and spine. 6 · Editorial: Don’t You Believe? · Isaac Asimov · ed 14 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc _14 · The Morphodite, by M.A. Foster; DAW, $2.75 · Baird Searles · br _15 · Sunwaifs, by Sydney J. Van Scyoc; Berkley, $2.25 · Baird Searles · br _16 · The Sword of the Lictor, by Gene Wolfe; Timescape, $13.95 · Baird Searles · br _18 · The Stolen Lake, by Joan Aiken; Delacorte Press, $10.95 · Baird Searles · br _20 · Song of Sorcery, by Elizabeth Scarborough; Bantam · Baird Searles · br _20 · Peake’s Progress, by Mervyn Peake; Overlook Press, $25.00 · Baird Searles · br _22 · The Dinosaurs, by William Stout & William Service; Bantam, $12.95 · Baird Searles · br _23 · After Man, by Dougal Dixon; St. Martin’s Press, $14.95 · Baird Searles · br 24 · Aquila the God [Aquila] · Somtow Sucharitkul · nv; illustrated by Val Lakey & Artifact 56 · SFs and Fs on Fifty-Fifth St. · Martin Gardner · pz 57 · Coursing · Barry N. Malzberg · ss; illustrated by Jack Gaughan 64 · Parasites of Passion [Frankenstein] · Brian Aldiss · ss; illustrated by Bob McMahon 83 · Isle Be Seeing You · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · vi 84 · Amy, at the Bottom of the Stairs · John M. Ford · ss; illustrated by Linda Attley 95 · Haiku for Skylab · Robert Frazier · pm 96 · Up, Up, & Away · Hugh Brous · ss; illustrated by George Barr 102 · Miles to Go Before I Sleep · Julie Stevens · ss; illustrated by Robert Walters 113 · Ants, Elephants...and Yeah! · David R. Bunch · pm 114 · In the Wings [Sandor Courane; Stephen Weinraub] · George Alec Effinger · ss; illustrated by Bob Walters 125 · The SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl 126 · Darkspace · Robert F. Young · ss; illustrated by Jim Odbert 139 · Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: X!V · Grendel Briarton · vi; illustrated by Tim Kirk 140 · The Teaching [Brackrath] · Sydney J. Van Scyoc · nv; illustrated by Frank Borth 166 · War Nerves · John D. Seats · pm 167 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc _167 · [letter from Kansas City, KS] · Scott Garten · lt _168 · [letter from Arlington, VA] · Bennett Rutledge · lt _169 · [letter from Michigan City, IN] · Andrew J. Nagel · lt _169 · [letter] · Ed Brady · lt _170 · [letter from Bellaire, TX] · David Bruce Bozarth · lt _171 · [letter from Winchester, MA] · Kathy Romer · lt _171 · [letter from Phoenix, AZ] · Robert B. Mead · lt _172 · [letter from Hollywood, CA] · Clarica Dee Labuscher · lt _173 · [letter from Allison Park, PA] · Douglas Wise · lt _174 · [letter from Norwalk, IA] · Linda Burch · lt 174 · Next Issue · Anon. · ms

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v6 #5, #52, May 1982] ($1.50, 180pp, digest, cover by David Schleinkofer) 6 · Editorial: Farewell to George · Isaac Asimov · ed 22 · The Engineer of Beasts · Scott Sanders · ss 34 · Tanka for the Viking Landers · Robert Frazier · pm 35 · Beware of the Sentient Chili · Chris Weber · pm 36 · Humpty Falls Again · Martin Gardner · pz 37 · On Space Travel · Max Fell · pm 38 · The Curious Consultation [Pshrinks Anonymous] · J. O. Jeppson · ss 54 · Co-Existence · David Brin · ss 66 · Earthscape · Robert F. Young · ss 77 · Ann Atomic, Psychopathologist [Ann Atomic] · Sharon N. Farber · vi 80 · Scarlet Snow [Inquestor] · Somtow Sucharitkul · nv 100 · Playing for Keeps · Jack C. Haldeman, II · ss 105 · The World of [ï] · Bryan A. Hollerbach · pm 106 · A Capella Blues · Steven Popkes · ss 115 · Payment Deferred · Brad Strickland · ss 125 · Dinosaurs · Steve Rasnic Tem · pm 125 · Haiku for the Viking Orbiters · Robert Frazier · pm 126 · Night of the Fifth Sun · Mildred Downey Broxon · ss 136 · All the Time in the World · Daniel Keys Moran · nv

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v6 #6, #53, June 1982] ($1.50, 180pp, digest, cover by Peter Lloyd) 5 · Editorial: But We’re the Good Guys! · Isaac Asimov · ed 12 · On Books: The Best of 1981 · Charles N. Brown · rc 18 · The Tide Will Come · Tony Richards · nv 40 · The Long Wind · Kathryn A. Sinclair · ss 51 · Ann Atomic on the Island of Dr. Morose [Ann Atomic] · Sharon Farber · vi 54 · Palindromes and Primes · Martin Gardner · pz 56 · A Meeting of Minds · Ardath Mayhar · ss 64 · The Far Shore · Jack McDevitt · ss 80 · Azimuth 1, 2, 3... · Damon Knight · vi 84 · Peg-Man · Rudy Rucker · ss 94 · The Comedian · Timothy Robert Sullivan · ss 114 · The Munij Deserters · Chuck Rothman · ss 123 · Improbable Bestiary: The Doppelgänger · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · pm 124 · 200 Light Years from Paradise · Coleman Brax · ss 141 · A Clockwork Lemon · A. Bertram Chandler · vi 144 · The Last Thrilling Wonder Story · Gene Wolfe · nv

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v6 #7, #54, July 1982] ($1.50, 180pp, digest, cover by Joe Burleson) 7 · Editorial: Revisions · Isaac Asimov · ed 24 · Home Sweet Home · Martin Gardner · pz 26 · Profile: Alvin Toffler · Charles Platt · bg 38 · Lazarus Rising · Gregory Benford · ss 53 · The Examination of Ex-Emperor Ming · Cyn Mason · ss 58 · A Letter from the Clearys · Connie Willis · ss 71 · Memo · Frank Ward · vi 72 · To the Victor [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss 80 · Star Trek, The Motion Picture · Noah Falstein · pm 81 · Reprise · Richard Oliver · vi 84 · The Boarder · Madeleine E. Robins · ss 97 · Fire and Brimstone · Ken Mitchell · ss 104 · ESP · Steve Rasnic Tem · pm 104 · Time Paradox Cinquain · Steve Rasnic Tem · pm 105 · Act Naturally · R. R. Kirstein · ss 113 · Alien · Noah Falstein · pm 114 · Good as Gold · Paul Edwin Holt · ss 118 · Shelter from the Storm · John M. Ford · na

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v6 #8, #55, August 1982] ($1.50, 180pp, digest, cover by Marc Yankus) 7 · Editorial: Missing the Boat · Isaac Asimov · ed 27 · Fingers and Colors on Chromo · Martin Gardner · pz 28 · Profile: Harry Harrison · Charles Platt · bg 41 · Not Fade Away · Spider Robinson · ss 49 · Moonlighting in the Daylight · Peter Payack · pm 50 · Universes · Robert F. Young · ss 61 · Peace Offer · David R. Bunch · pm 62 · The Sound of His Wings · Rand B. Lee · nv 86 · Blurb · Henry Clark · vi 88 · Transisters · Christine Renard; translated by John Brunner · ss 103 · Elementary Decision · Don Anderson · pm 104 · High Iron · James Killus & Dorothy Smith · ss 116 · Acrostic Sonnet · Barry Wilkes · pm 118 · No Browsing · J. Michael Matuszewicz · ss 122 · A Classical Ending · John D. Seats · pm 124 · Triangle · Dianne Thompson & George Florance-Guthridge · ss 138 · War of Independence · Stanley Schmidt · nv

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v6 #9, #56, September 1982] ($1.50, 180pp, digest, cover by James Nazz) 8 · Editorial: Not an Expert · Isaac Asimov · ed 24 · IAsfm Crossword Puzzle #1 Now Playing · Merl H. Reagle · pz 27 · Valley of the Apes · Martin Gardner · pz 28 · Profile: William Burroughs [William S. Burroughs] · Charles Platt · bg 44 · Two Races · Joan Aiken · ss 58 · Missing · P. A. Kagan · vi 61 · The Aging of Clones · Robert Frazier & Andrew Joron · pm 62 · The First Day · Art Vesity · ss 72 · Rocket City · Barry N. Malzberg · vi 77 · Fun · Wil Creveling · vi 80 · Greetings from Botz and Spinney · P. J. MacQuarrie · ss 89 · The Stuff of Heroes · Esther M. Friesner · vi 92 · Mountains of Memory [Oregon City] · Scott Sanders · ss 104 · Black to Move · Jack McDevitt · ss 112 · The Fire Is Lit · John Brunner · ex; from forthcoming book The Crucible of Time (Del Rey, 1982).

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v6 #10, #57, October 1982] ($1.50, 180pp, digest, cover by David Wagner & Phototake) Given as v 7 #10. 7 · Editorial: Household Robots · Isaac Asimov · ed 24 · IAsfm Crossword Puzzle #2 British Treasures · Merl H. Reagle · pz 26 · Viewpoint: Why Johnny Doesn’t Like Science · Lewis Thomas · ar 35 · Dr. Moreau’s Momeaters · Martin Gardner · pz 36 · The Dim Rumble [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss 48 · Johnny Beercans · George Florance-Guthridge & Steve Perry · ss 65 · The Moon & the Moth · Peter Payack · pm 66 · Wet Behind the Ears · Jack C. Haldeman, II · ss 74 · The Coffin Rider · John Brizzolara · ss 90 · Shadows from a Small Template · Sharon Webb · ss 106 · Way to Go! · Don Anderson · pm 107 · Dr. Time · Sharon N. Farber, Susanna Jacobson, James P. Killus & Dave Stout · vi 110 · The Moon of Advanced Learning · Robert F. Young · ss 123 · The Pick-up · William Webb · vi 126 · Time on My Hands [Ben Hardy] · Warren Salomon · nv

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v6 #11, #58, November 1982] ($1.50, 180pp, digest, cover by Jon Weiman) 7 · Editorial: Collecting · Isaac Asimov · ed 24 · IAsfm Crossword Puzzle #3 Squeeze Play · Merl H. Reagle · pz 26 · Profile: Stephen Jay Gould · Tappan King · bg 43 · And He Built Another Crooked House · Martin Gardner · pz 45 · The Real Thing [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss 50 · Blue Heart · Stephanie A. Smith · ss 61 · Good Golly, Miss Molly · Steven Bryan Bieler · vi 64 · Closing Time · George R. R. Martin · ss 75 · Stargrazing · Beverly Grant · pm 78 · Grace · Richard Bowker · ss 92 · The Devil at the Door · Steve Vance · ss 104 · The Starry Message to Galileo Galilei · Robert Frazier · pm 106 · Lioncel · Madeleine E. Robins · ss 120 · The Postman [Gordon Kranz] · David Brin · na