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The Leading Edge [#33, October 1996] ed. Alex Grover (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $3.95, 107pp+, octavo s/b) 2 · To Publish or Not to Publish · Alex Grover · ed 5 · Phantoms · T. A. Hennard · nv 33 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc 39 · Martian Invaders Meet Mom · Alan & Rebecca Lickiss · ss 49 · My Role in Scientific Proof · John Grey · pm 50 · Interview with L. E. Modesitt [L.E. Modesitt, Jr.] · Lucy Cohen Schmeidler · iv 55 · Rabbit and Turtle, Continued... · James Kee · ss 59 · Strings of Hunger and Consumption · Eric Del Carlo · ss 73 · Magic for Sale · E. M. Mackey · pm 75 · The Gift · David W. Burns · ss 87 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 91 · Speaker to Bones · Randal S. Doering · ss 102 · A Word in Edgewise: The Do’s and Don’ts of Submitting · Shannon Grover · ar 104 · Author and Artist Biographies · Anon. · bg

The Leading Edge [#34, February 1997] ed. David B. Burnett (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $3.95, 96pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Darren J. Albertson) 2 · A Few Months in the Life... · David B. Burnett · ed 5 · If Only to Say Good-bye · Mark Venturini · ss 19 · Generosity · Brett McArdle · vi 22 · Interview with Dave Wolverton [David Wolverton] · Melva Gifford · iv 33 · Lost in Lothlorien · Robin Brewer · pm 35 · Star Dreamer · Judy Brewer · ss 47 · Through the Chill of Space · Lee Clark · pm 49 · World Enough and Time · Sean O’Brien · ss 61 · The Development of Asimov’s Female Characters · Loralee Bassett · ar [Isaac Asimov] 67 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 73 · Doppelgänger · Christopher Holliday · ss 94 · Oh Yeah, You Define Genre for Me · Carl Ernstrom · ar

The Leading Edge [#35, February 1998] ed. David B. Burnett (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $3.95, 88pp+, octavo s/b) Given as August 1995 on cover. 2 · What Makes Good Fiction? · David Burnett · ed 5 · Back to Where I Once Belonged · Paul E. Martens · ss 15 · The Gremlin in the Chair · Tracy Ray · pm 17 · The Quantum Physics of Woodland Sprites · Alan Smale · ss 29 · View from the Edge: Interview with Terry Brooks · Jeanne Burnett · iv 33 · We’re Not Little Green Men · Linda Bosson · pm 35 · Thorncrown · Doug Stay · ss 49 · By Any Other Name · Celeste Allen · ss 55 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 61 · Tending Mirror · Timons Esaias · ss 80 · You Say It’s Science Fiction? · Loralee Bassett · ar 82 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc 84 · So You Think Science Is Hard... · Vanessa K. Christenson · ar

The Leading Edge [#36, September 1998] ed. Vanessa K. Christenson (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $3.95, 124pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Malcolm McClinton) 2 · Why We Are Here · Vanessa K. Christenson · ed 5 · Groundskeeper · Eric Del Carlo · ss 21 · Double Jeopardy · Steve Hockensmith · ss 24 · Soul Asylum · Mark Richburg · pm 27 · Magnetic Light · Alex Siegal · ss 43 · Death of a Deep Space Explorer · Bob Cook · pm 45 · The Weather Balloon Phenomenon · Ralph Gamelli · hu 58 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 63 · The Boy Who Saw Fire · Scott Nicholson · ss 77 · The Whales of Heaven · D. K. Latta · ss 119 · Back to School in the Solar System · Susan Spilecki · pm 120 · To the Edge of Experience · Loralee Leavitt · pi 121 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc 124 · Author and Artist Biographies · Anon. · bg

The Leading Edge [#37, March 1999] ed. Loralee Leavitt (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $3.95, 104pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Robert Hobbs) 2 · Production & Tradition · Loralee Leavitt · ed 4 · God Doesn’t Play Dice with Packard Convertibles · Brent Chesley · ss 19 · Transcription of a Recovered Suit Recorder · Jennifer Dunne · pm 20 · Balancing Act · Sean O’Brien · ss 28 · The Hunt · Brendon Taylor · pm 33 · Evil Overlord List · Peter Anspach · hu 35 · Star Wars · Mark Christensen & Jairus Roberts · ar 48 · Groebert’s Graveyard · Mark Finnemore · ss 64 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 72 · Deus Ex Machina · Richard Harris · ss 93 · Meet George Jetson · Doug Stay · ar 95 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc 99 · You’ll See It When It’s Finished · Erik Peterson · ss 103 · Author and Artist Biographies · Anon. · bg

The Leading Edge [#38, November 1999] ed. Loralee Leavitt (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $4.50, 120pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Duncan Long) 2 · Another Thousand Years · Loralee Leavitt · ed 5 · The Angel · Richard Harris · ss 25 · Threshold · Linda Bosson · pm 27 · Sips of Death · Douglas Empringham · nv 49 · Stephan · Randal S. Doering · ss 67 · Y2K+5 · Dan Crawford · vi 68 · A Story in Three Layers · Jeromy Caballero · ar 71 · Interview with Kevin J. Anderson · Jeanne Burnett · iv 79 · The Wonderful Old Age of Mrs. Selíne · Mikael Borg · ss 85 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 91 · Dawn’s Chill · Chris Turner · ss 117 · Earth · Daniel Fusch · pm 118 · True Names · Doug Summers Stay · ar 119 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc 120 · Author and Artist Biographies · Anon. · bg

The Leading Edge [#39, March 2000] ed. Douglas Alan Summers Stay (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $3.95, 136pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Justin Kunz) 2 · The Future of Fiction · Douglas Alan Summers Stay · ed 5 · The Singular Habits of Wasps · Phillip S. Barcia · nv [Geoffrey A. Landis]; plagiarism of the story by Geoffrey A. Landis, Analog Apr ’94. 30 · The Avatar · Erock L. Sokn · pm 33 · Rumpelstiltskin Does Cold Fusion · Rebecca Carlson · ss 43 · Heresies and Supersticions · James Lowder · ss 61 · Dream of the Exploding Junkyard Angel · R. T. St. Claire · pm 62 · Church of Sci-Fi: Analysis of Wonder · Jeffrey Creer · ar 71 · The Year 2000 · Nathan Goodrich · ed 73 · Planet of Prosperity · Andrew Chapman · ss 78 · The Song of Holliel · Karen Stay · pm 90 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 93 · Give Me Fantasy or Give Me Death · Brandon Sanderson · ed 97 · The Callisto Incident · Ken Wharton · ss 131 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc 133 · Author and Artist Biographies · Anon. · bg

The Leading Edge [#40, September 2000] ed. Douglas Alan Summers Stay (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $3.95, 148pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Thomas Tolman) 2 · Excerpt from the Acesis Travel Guide · Douglas Summers Stay · ed 5 · Solitary Pursuits · Joseph Filice · ss 23 · The Amazing Adventures of George · Daniel A. Wells · ss 32 · Kill the Elves! · Brandon Sanderson · ed 35 · Shadows on the Wall · T. W. O’Brian · ss 61 · Leaves · Keith Allen Daniels · pm What Rough Book, Anamnesis Press 1992 62 · Jack Vance’s Five Demon Prince Novels: A Crucible of Technological Speculation · Ethan Skarstedt · ar [Jack Vance] 71 · The Serpent Bride · K. V. Johansen · ss 85 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 88 · The Perfect Crime · Keith Allen Daniels · pm 91 · Angel-Maker · Chris Turner · ss 134 · How to Write Good · Daniel A. Wells · ed 136 · Interview with Margaret Weis · Anon. · iv 142 · Semi-Annual Time-Waster’s Guide: Diablo II- · Anon. · gr 145 · Biographies · Anon. · bg

The Leading Edge [#41, April 2001] ed. Brandon Sanderson (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $4.95, 244pp+, octavo s/b, cover by James C. Christensen) 4 · The Leading Edge Turns 20 · Brandon Sanderson · ed 7 · Of Cats · Scott R. Parkin · ss 19 · Black Hole · Maureen Gallagher · pm 21 · Fair Exchange · Corinne Cullen Hawkins · ss 35 · The Box the World Came In · Frank Murphy · pm 37 · Waterbaby · Orson Scott Card · ss Galaxy Online 2000 45 · Occasionally We Need Reminding · Marion K. “Doc” Smith · ar 67 · Lever Handles · Joseph R. Quinlan · ss 78 · How Not to Get Published in the Leading Edge · Peter Ahlstrom · ed 81 · Soft in the World, and Bright · M. Shayne Bell · ss Hotel Andromeda, ed. Jack L. Chalker, Ace 1994 93 · A Touch of Indigestion · Catherine Rosenbalm Adams · ss 102 · How to Write Good: The Art of War · Daniel A. Wells · ed 107 · My Favorite Christmas · Dave Wolverton · nv Christmas Forever, ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor 1993 137 · James Christensen · Daniel A. Wells · iv 143 · Sonnet MCMLIX—First Contact · Jessica J. Frasca · pm 145 · Tree · Kari Jo Spear · ss 149 · Time-Waster’s Guide · Anon. · ms 157 · Isolationist · Jacie Ragan · pm 159 · The Harvest of All Souls’ Night · Michael Carr · nv 175 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 183 · The Inclusion · Mark T. Skarstedt · na 236 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc 239 · Biographies · Anon. · bg

The Leading Edge [#42, October 2001] ed. Brandon Sanderson (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $4.95, 124pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Eric Omvedt) 3 · 42 · Ben Olsen · ed 7 · Key to Pain · Linda Wood · ss 17 · Devil in a Tiny Little Ocean Bloc Container · Jayme Lynn Blaschke · ss 32 · Hanging from the Edge · Eric J. Ehlers · ed 35 · Time-Runner · Chris Turner · ss 52 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 56 · Time-Waster’s Guide · Anon. · ms 59 · Zero Wind Chills · Dan Crawford · pm 61 · Barnstorming · Ron Collins · ss 68 · Interview with Harry Turtledove · Anon. · iv 78 · Framing Alice: Reading Protocols for Science Fiction · Jennifer Kelso Farrell · ar 99 · A World They Never Made · A. B. Ming · ss; given as by Patricia S. Bowne in the Table of Contents. 120 · Selfish Love · Barbara Johnson-Haddad · pm Midnight Zoo v3 #4 1993 122 · Biographies · Anon. · bg

The Leading Edge [#43, April 2002] ed. Benjamin R. Olsen (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $4.95, 108pp+, octavo s/b) 3 · On a Similar Yet Unrelated Note... · Benjamin R. Olsen · ed 7 · The Survivors · Jeffrey Turner · ss 21 · Sylvain Lullaby · Jennifer Eatough · pm 23 · A Phone Conversation · Emily Martha Clark · ss 27 · Hanging from the Edge · Eric J. Ehlers · ed 31 · Useless Tears · M. C. A. Hogarth · ss 36 · Plato and The Matrix: Odeals, Forms, and True Fiction · Ethan Sproat · ar 45 · Fido · Janice Johnson · ss 57 · Time-Waster’s Guide · Anon. · ms 61 · Book Reviews · [Various] · br 67 · Greed · Bruce R. Carlson · ss 107 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc 108 · Biographies · Anon. · bg

The Leading Edge [#44, December 2002] ed. Eric J. Ehlers (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $4.95, 136pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Leonid Kozienko) 3 · Sorcery, Starships, and Setting · Eric J. Ehlers · ed 6 · Cain’s Legacy · Steven Mohan, Jr. · nv 31 · Princess Disenchanted · Darla Cady · pm 33 · Book Reviews · Christopher Kugler · br 40 · Second Daughter · Eugie Foster · ss 47 · In Loving Memory of Marion K. “Doc” Smith · Kristina Kugler · ed [Marion K. Smith] 50 · Not So Final Resting Place Blues · Bruce Golden · ss 57 · Faust a Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away: Darth Vader as Faust · Eric J. Ehlers · ar 65 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc 68 · Decrescendo · Christopher M. Cevasco · ss 88 · Asleep · Christopher Kugler · pm 89 · Everyone’s a Critic: The Art of Telling People Their Writing Sucks · Megan Schoonover · ed 92 · Jezzy · James Facos · nv 133 · Author and Artist Biographies · Anon. · bg

The Leading Edge [#45, April 2003] ed. Kristina Kugler (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $4.95, 168pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Stephanie Law) 3 · The Woes of Writer’s Block · Kristina Kugler · ed 7 · Thunder Island · Jeffrey Turner · ss 21 · Mind Over Matter · Caleb Monroe · ss 24 · Fritz Lang’s Metropolis: A Social Comentary · Liberty Sproat · ar [Fritz Lang] 35 · Anxious Parents · PMF Johnson · pm 37 · Luck Let a Gentleman See · Sean O’Brien · ss 51 · Spreading the Word · Megan Kauffman · ed 55 · The Second · L. E. Erickson · ss 82 · Briar Rose · Darla Cady · pm 83 · Interview with Dave Wolverton · Christopher Kugler · iv 89 · Once, There Were Wolves · Kameron Hurley · ss 97 · Sun-Bleached Writing Stones · Jeffrey Creer · ed 101 · Quarantine · Neil Williamson · ss 117 · Book Reviews · Christopher Kugler · br 123 · Shining Blades of Wool · Monte Davis · nv 163 · Author and Artist Biographies · Anon. · bg

The Leading Edge [#46, October 2003] ed. Kristina Kugler (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $4.95, 172pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Larry MacDougall) 3 · If at First You Don’t Succeed · Kristina Kugler · ed 6 · Last of the Greyhound Kings · Philip Raines & Harvey Welles · ss 30 · When She Grows a Soul · Patrick Weekes · ss 40 · Goodbye, Me! · Anastasius Vedder-Newt · ar 43 · What Will Our Legacy Be? · Megan Kauffman · ar 45 · The Power of Dreams · Daniel C. Smith · pm 46 · Choice of Laws · Stevens R. Miller · ss 60 · This Misplaced Senescence · Monte Davis · ss 64 · Book Reviews · Christopher Kugler · br 74 · How She Became Beautiful · Corie Ralston · pm 76 · The Bones Don’t Lie · Mark Venturini · ss 91 · On Insane Monks · Christopher Kugler · ar 94 · Interview with Marion K. “Doc” Smith [Marion K. Smith] · Ivan Wolfe · iv 115 · There Is a Bear · Lucy Cohen · pm 116 · The Maltese Quantum · Edmund X. DeJesus · ss 124 · Trundle · Woody O. Carsky-Wilson · ss 140 · Its Home Is in Darkness and Ash · Adrianne Barrett · ss 167 · Author and Artist Biographies · Anon. · bg

The Leading Edge [#47, April 2004] ed. Kristina Kugler (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $4.95, 176pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Christophe Vacher) 3 · Narratives Inform, Describe, and Create Our Identities · Kristina Kugler · ed 6 · Memory Is Translucent · C. A. Gardner · ss 24 · Mihyebo’s Method · Monte Davis · ss 39 · Hemingway or Heinlein? · Megan Kauffman · ed 44 · As the Stars of the Sky · Michael H. Shultz · nv 69 · The Trafficaid · Hans Ostrom · pm 70 · Interview with Christophe Vacher · Paige Owens & James Wilson · iv 72 · Lost-Sol · Benjamin Hardin · ss 111 · Random Musings on Storytelling · Christopher Kugler · ed 113 · Scourge of the Aquaphibians · Brent Chesley · ar 117 · Destructive Forces · Leonard Holmes · pm 119 · Book Reviews · Christopher Kugler & C. Lee Player · br 127 · Artist’s Sketchbook · Daniel Hughes · pi 138 · Masquerade · Katherine Woodbury · ss 152 · TheLast Natural · Vincent L. Scarsella · ss 167 · Blueberry Yogurt Eyes · Joheiin · pm 169 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc 173 · Author and Artist Biographies · Anon. · bg

The Leading Edge [#48, October 2004] ed. Megan Kauffman (Brigham Young University; Provo, UT, $4.95, 180pp+, octavo s/b, cover by Ursula Vernon) 3 · The Creative Inner Child · Megan Kauffman · ed 6 · Summer of the Brides · Leigh Anna Harken · ss 14 · Interview with Two Writers of the Future Contest Winners · C. Lee Player · iv 45 · Dreams of Tomorrow · Susan M. Sailors · pm 46 · Grey Sheep · Nick Pincumbe · ss 57 · Adventures in Editing · Christopher Kugler · ed 60 · Shadow of the Wolf · Steven Carlton · ss 84 · Lupine Lullaby · Lora Reynolds · pm 85 · Book Reviews · Anon. · br 92 · Gatecrasher · Christopher Kugler · ss 107 · The Only Constant · Jason Wallace · ed 109 · Suspicion Mutual · James Grossmann · pm 110 · Do Insomniacs Dream of Eclectic Sheep? · Anastasius Vedder-Newt · ar 114 · Of Two Minds in Lanais · Eugie Foster · ss 134 · Ubiquitious Borders · Daniel Clausen · ar 142 · The Sentinel · Abram Jacobs · pm 144 · The Reluctant God · Paul Woodlin · nv 171 · Letters to the Editor · [The Readers] · lc 176 · Author and Artist Biographies · Anon. · bg