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Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v8 #2, #75, February 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis Publications, Inc., $1.75, 178pp, digest, cover by Val Lindahn) 6 · Editorial: Fantasy · Isaac Asimov · ed 10 · Immunological Showdown · Robert Frazier · pm 12 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 17 · Mooney’s Module · Gerry Mooney · ct 23 · Gaming · Dana Lombardy · gr 26 · Precognition and the Mystic 7 · Martin Gardner · pz 28 · A Matter of Principle [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss 42 · Viewpoint: Sentience and the Single Extraterrestrial · Tom Rainbow · ar 60 · As Time Goes By [Ben Hardy] · Warren M. Salomon · nv 94 · The Leopard’s Daughter · Lee Killough · nv 113 · Post Haste · Sharon N. Farber, James P. Killus, Susanna Jacobson & Dave Stout · ss 118 · The Rim of the Wheel · Lillian Stewart Carl · ss 138 · What Seen but the Wolf · Gregg Keizer · nv 168 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc 178 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v8 #3, #76, March 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis Publications, Inc., $1.75, 178pp, digest, cover by Jon Weiman) 6 · Editorial: Satire · Isaac Asimov · ed 12 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 15 · Mooney’s Module · Gerry Mooney · ct 19 · Gaming · Dana Lombardy · gr 20 · On to Charmian · Martin Gardner · pz 24 · A Surfeit of Melancholic Humours · Sharon N. Farber · nv 47 · The Great Wall of Wonder · Peter Payack · pm 48 · Ghost Lecturer · Ian Watson · ss 64 · Galatea · Kristi Olesen · ss 76 · Street Magic · Ron Goulart · ss 90 · The Princess of Akkir · Robert F. Young · ss 105 · The City of Thought and Steel · George Zebrowski · ss 112 · Cyclops [Gordon Kranz] · David Brin · na 169 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc 178 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v8 #4, #77, April 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis Publications, Inc., $1.75, 178pp, digest, cover by John Raffo) 6 · Editorial: Time-Travel · Isaac Asimov · ed 12 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 19 · Mooney’s Module · Gerry Mooney · ct 20 · Gaming · Dana Lombardy · gr 23 · Two Odd Couples · Martin Gardner · pz 24 · The Space Instrument · C. Denis Pegge · pm 1966 26 · White Hats [The Lone Ranger; Sam Spade; Captain Midnight; Lamont Cranston (The Shadow); Sergeant Preston; Mike Hammer; Ramar of the Jungle; Britt Reid (The Green Hornet); Klaatu; Mandrake the Magician] · George Alec Effinger · ss 45 · Widow’s Walk · John De Camp · pm 46 · Viewpoint: Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction Since 1960 · Michael Bishop · ar; transcript of a speech at the Third Emory Science Fiction and Fantasy Symposium at Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 12-Feb-1983 65 · For Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets · Bruce Boston · pm 66 · Children’s Teeth Are Set on Edge · Jennifer Swift · nv 95 · On Cannon Beach · Marta Randall · ss 101 · [cartoon] · John Caldwell · ct 102 · Twilight Time · Lewis Shiner · nv 125 · Wednesday Night Group · Michael Ward · ss 132 · The Still Point · David Lunde · pm 134 · The Big Dream · John Kessel · nv 169 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc 178 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v8 #5, #78, May 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis Publications, Inc., $1.75, 178pp, digest, cover by Hisaki Yasuda) 6 · Editorial: Controversy · Isaac Asimov · ed 13 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 20 · Gaming · Dana Lombardy · gr 22 · Technology on Vzigs · Martin Gardner · pz 26 · The Evil Drink Does [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss 40 · Viewpoint: The Nuclear Winter · Carl Sagan · ar 1983 52 · Buzzy Gone Blue · Marc Laidlaw · ss 67 · Close of Night · Daphne Castell · ss 82 · Salvage · Jane Yolen · ss 88 · Still Life with Scorpion · Scott Baker · ss 103 · A Citizen of 3V · Ronald Anthony Cross · ss 110 · PRESS ENTER [] · John Varley · na 169 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc 178 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v8 #6, #79, June 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis Publications, Inc., $1.75, 178pp, digest, cover by Wayne D. Barlowe) 6 · Editorial: Religion and Science Fiction · Isaac Asimov · ed 12 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 22 · Gaming · Dana Lombardy · gr 25 · Mooney’s Module · Gerry Mooney · ct 26 · IAsfm Crossword Puzzle #19 Artificial Turf · Merl H. Reagle · pz 28 · The Valley of Lost Things · Martin Gardner · pz 33 · The Dreaming Machine’s First Dream · Steve Rasnic Tem · pm 34 · Bloodchild · Octavia E. Butler · nv 56 · Viewpoint: Clarifying Clarion · Algis Budrys · ar 68 · Medra · Tanith Lee · ss 84 · Saint Theresa of the Aliens · James Patrick Kelly · nv 107 · Wagon, Passing · Paul J. McAuley · ss 116 · The Pool of Manhead Song · Jere Cunningham · ss 126 · Sun Smoke · James P. Killus · na 169 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc 178 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v8 #7, #80, July 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis Publications, Inc., $1.75, 178pp, digest, cover by Steven Hunt) 6 · Editorial: Bypass · Isaac Asimov · ed 12 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 26 · Gaming · Dana Lombardy · gr 28 · The Road to Mandalay · Martin Gardner · pz 29 · Mooney’s Module · Gerry Mooney · ct 32 · Viewpoint: Perchance to Dream, Revisited · Norman Spinrad · ar 43 · Open House at the Archaeoastronomical Library · Robert Frazier · pm 44 · Writing Time [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss 56 · The Twenty-Fifth · Hope Athearn · pm 57 · The Bride of Bigfoot · Kit Reed · ss 66 · A Star Is Born · Michael Cassutt · nv 90 · Washoe: Two Memories · Robert Frazier · pm 91 · Heart’s Desire · Warren Wagar · ss 103 · The Random Man · Marc Laidlaw · vi 106 · The Vexation of Percival Lowell’s Sight · Robert Frazier · pm 108 · The Assemblage of Kristin · James Morrow · ss 120 · A Traveler’s Tale · Lucius Shepard · na 170 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc 178 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v8 #8, #81, August 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis Publications, Inc., $1.75, 178pp, digest, cover by Hisaki Yasuda) 6 · Editorial: The Faces of Science Fiction · Isaac Asimov · ed 12 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 15 · Mooney’s Module · Gerry Mooney · ct 20 · Around the Solar System · Martin Gardner · pz 24 · Gaming · Dana Lombardy · gr 28 · Sitting Around the Pool, Soaking Up the Rays · Frederik Pohl · ss 40 · Viewpoint: The Fermi Paradox · Stephen L. Gillett, Ph.D. · ar 52 · Resurrection · Damien Broderick · ss Omega Science Digest Nov/Dec 1981 70 · How F. Scott Fitzgerald Became Beloved in Springfield · George Alec Effinger · ss 87 · The Dreaming Machine Acquires Arms · Steve Rasnic Tem · pm 88 · Blue Crick Holler Folks · Barbara Owens · ss 104 · From the Labyrinth of Night · Lillian Stewart Carl · ss 117 · In the Specimen Jar · Daniel Gilbert · ss 125 · The Fire at Sarah Siddons · Robert Thurston · ss 138 · Realtime · Gladys Prebehalla & Daniel Keys Moran · nv 171 · On Books: A Matter of Style · Norman Spinrad · rc 176 · [cartoon] · John Caldwell · ct Running a Muck, Writers Digest 1978 178 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v8 #9, #82, September 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis Publications, Inc., $1.75, 178pp, digest, cover by Michael Carroll) 6 · Editorial: Opinion · Isaac Asimov · ed 12 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 22 · The Stripe of Barberpolia · Martin Gardner · pz 26 · Gaming · Dana Lombardy · gr 27 · Mooney’s Module · Gerry Mooney · ct 30 · Viewpoint: Fermi’s Paradox: A Real Howler · Dr. Robert A. Freitas, Jr. · ar 45 · [cartoon] · John Caldwell · ct Running a Muck, Writers Digest 1978 46 · Translations from the Colosian · Jack McDevitt · ss 60 · A Voice Not Heard [Starburst] · Charles L. Grant · ss 74 · The Amber Frog · Stephanie A. Smith · nv 88 · (G)astronomical Song for Sentience · Michael Bishop · pm 90 · Heat of Fusion · John M. Ford · ss 103 · Report Upon the Descent of Commander Lentz · Paul Cook · nv 119 · Crow · James Patrick Kelly · ss 134 · The Storming of Annie Kinsale · Lucius Shepard · nv 150 · The Oncology of Hope · Thomas Wylde · nv 170 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc 178 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v8 #10, #83, October 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis Publications, Inc., $1.75, 178pp, digest, cover by Joe Burleson) 6 · Editorial: Irony · Isaac Asimov · ed 12 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 20 · Gaming · Dana Lombardy · gr 22 · The Black Hole of Cal Cutter · Martin Gardner · pz 28 · Viewpoint: Immortality Serums · Tom Rainbow · ar 48 · Christian · Ian McDonald · nv 68 · Bad Medicine · Jack M. Dann · nv 89 · The Alien Station · Andrew Weiner · ss 94 · The Dreaming Machine Dreams of Other Machines · Steve Rasnic Tem · pm 96 · Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Feu · Tanith Lee · nv 117 · Moon Madness · Ronald Anthony Cross · ss 129 · Mooney’s Module · Gerry Mooney · ct 130 · Trinity · Nancy Kress · na 170 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc 178 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v8 #11, #84, November 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis Publications, Inc., $1.75, 178pp, digest, cover by Val Lakey Lindahn) 6 · Editorial: Faster Than Light · Isaac Asimov · ed 12 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 22 · Gaming · Dana Lombardy · gr 26 · Viewpoint: Things Unflattened by Science [from Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler’s Ninth Symphony] · Lewis Thomas · ar Viking 1983 42 · The Science Fantasy Puzzle Quiz · Martin Gardner · qz 46 · The Kindly Isle · Frederik Pohl · nv 72 · Lazuli · Elissa Hamilton Malcohn · nv 95 · Findokin’s Way · Robert F. Young · ss 106 · End Cruise · Rand B. Lee · nv 126 · Dèjá Lu · Henry Clark · ss 132 · Forbidden Planets · James Sallis · pm 133 · Mooney’s Module · Gerry Mooney · ct 134 · Statues · Jim Aikin · nv 170 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc 178 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v8 #12, #85, December 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis Publications, Inc., $1.75, 178pp, digest, cover by Robert Walters) 6 · Editorial: Names · Isaac Asimov · ed 13 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 21 · Mooney’s Module · Gerry Mooney · ct 24 · Gaming · Dana Lombardy · gr 28 · The Barbers of Barberpolia · Martin Gardner · pz 32 · Viewpoint: In Search of Surprises · Charles Platt · ar 42 · Promises to Keep · Jack McDevitt · nv 63 · Nature Empty of Man · C. Denis Pegge · pm 64 · Ever After · Lisa Goldstein · ss 77 · The Alchemist Discovers a Universal Solvent · Bruce Boston · pm 78 · Reaper · Lucius Shepard · nv 95 · [cartoon] · John Caldwell · ct Running a Muck, Writers Digest 1978 96 · Nets of Silver and Gold · James P. Blaylock · ss 112 · The Other Kind · Lisa Tuttle · nv 129 · [cartoon] · John Caldwell · ct Running a Muck, Writers Digest 1978 130 · The Empty World · James Patrick Kelly · ss 145 · Children’s Lesson at Loines Observatory · Robert Frazier · pm 146 · Life on the Earth · Wayne Wightman · nv 168 · On Books: Generation of 1984 · Norman Spinrad · rc 178 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v8 #13, #86, Mid-December 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 194pp, digest, cover by Linda Burr) 6 · Editorial: Catastrophes · Isaac Asimov · ed 11 · Letters · [The Readers] · lc 17 · Mooney’s Module · Gerry Mooney · ct 20 · It’s All Done with Mirrors · Martin Gardner · pz 22 · Gaming · Dana Lombardy · gr 25 · The First Spacewoman: An Inquiry · Robert Frazier · pm 26 · Viewpoint: Don’t Worry, It’s Only Science Fiction · H. Bruce Franklin · ar 42 · Pilots of the Twilight [Berserker] · Edward Bryant · na 93 · [cartoon] · John Caldwell · ct Running a Muck, Writers Digest 1978 94 · Dashing Through the Snow [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss 108 · The Very Objectionable Mr. Clegg · Damon Knight · ss 114 · The Gods in Flight · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Interzone Aut 1984 126 · The Day the Invaders Came [Springfield] · O. Niemand · ss 132 · Talking the Coelacanth Jazz · Robert Frazier · pm 134 · Marrow Death · Michael Swanwick · na 186 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc 194 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v9 #1, #87, January 1985] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest) fc. · The End of Life as We Know It · J. K. Potter · cv 6 · Editorial: Sword and Sorcery · Isaac Asimov · ed 28 · Gaming · Dana Lombardy · gr 30 · Viewpoint: Superintelligence! · Tom Rainbow · ar 47 · For Tom Rainbow · Tony Rothman · bg 52 · Satan and the Apple · Martin Gardner · pz 54 · The End of Life As We Know It · Lucius Shepard · nv 80 · Fermi and Frost · Frederik Pohl · ss 95 · And Who Would Pity a Swan? · Connie Willis · ss 106 · The Final Assassin · Garry Kilworth · ss 117 · To a Chimp Held Captive for Purposes of Research · Michael Bishop · pm 120 · Quartermain · Barry N. Malzberg · ss 129 · Gorgonissa · Richard L. Purtill · ss 143 · The Spinning Kingdom · Thomas Wylde · ss 153 · Need · James Sallis · vi 155 · [cartoon] · John Caldwell · ct Running a Muck, Writers Digest 1978 156 · In Media Vita · Gregory Frost · nv 180 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc 188 · Mooney’s Module · Gerry Mooney · ct 189 · Index to 1984 · Anon. · ix 192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl

Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v9 #2, #88, February 1985] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis Publications, Inc., $2.00, 192pp, digest, cover by Hisaki Yasuda) 6 · Editorial: Slush · Isaac Asimov · ed 10 · Mooney’s Module · Gerry Mooney · ct 21 · About an Old Closet · Hope Athearn · pm 22 · Gaming · Dana Lombardy · gr 26 · How’s-That-Again Flanagan · Martin Gardner · pz 30 · Viewpoint: How I Spent My Summer Vacation: A Student Perspective on Clarion · Lucius Shepard · ar 44 · Primary · Ben Bova · ss 54 · Tourists · Lisa Goldstein · ss 71 · Undeniably Cute: A Cautionary Tale · Marta Randall · vi 76 · Deathwitch · Steven Popkes · ss 88 · [cartoon] · John Caldwell · ct Running a Muck, Writers Digest 1978 89 · Hauntings · Kim Antieau · ss 100 · Ascension · Scott Russell Sanders · ss 110 · Into the Wood · Jane Yolen · pm 112 · The Transmigration of Philip K. · Michael Swanwick · ss 128 · Sailing to Byzantium · Robert Silverberg · na 184 · On Books · Baird Searles · rc 192 · Doppler Effects · Robert Frazier · pm 192 · SF Conventional Calendar · Erwin S. Strauss · cl