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Amazing Stories [v52 #4, August 1979] ($1.50, 132pp, digest, cover by Elinor Mavor)

12 · The Council of Drones · William K. Sonnemann · nv Amazing Stories Oct 1936
50 · Mecano Sapiens · Dan Eiler & Dan Biamonte · pi
56 · The Inevitable Conclusion · Michael P. Kube-McDowell · ss
75 · First Buck Rogers Story Ever Published [from “Armageddon—2419 A.D.”; Anthony “Buck” Rogers] · Philip Francis Nowlan · ex Amazing Stories Aug 1928
80 · After Ixmal · Jeff Sutton · ss Amazing Stories Oct 1962
94 · Think Yourself to Death [Johnny Mayhem] · C. H. Thames · nv Amazing Stories Mar 1957
114 · The Man in the Silver Suit [Time Trooper] · K. L. Jones · ss
132 · Sunfire! · Edmond Hamilton · ss Amazing Stories Sep 1962

Amazing Stories [v27 #5, November 1979] ($1.50, 132pp, digest, cover by Elinor Mavor)
Erroneous volume assumed.

20 · The White Ones · Wayne Wightman · ss
38 · The Macrophage Connection · A. J. Thomas · ss
46 · Closest Kin · Thomas A. Easton · ss
52 · Prosthesis · Ray Brown · ss
70 · Mecano Sapiens · Mary Ann Landers & Mike Romesburg · pi
76 · Ariel’s Disease · Edgar Pearl · ss
92 · Appointment at Noon · Eric Frank Russell · ss Amazing Stories Mar 1954
96 · The Perfect Woman · Robert Sheckley · vi Amazing Stories Dec 1953/Jan ’54
104 · The Hylom Texts · LaMonte H. Thompson · ss
114 · The Man from the Atom [Kirby] · G. Peyton Wertenbaker · ss Science and Invention Aug 1923
132 · Furphly’s Law · Richard Rosenberg · vi

Amazing Stories [v27 #6, February 1980] ($1.50, 132pp, digest, cover by Wilson McLean)

12 · An Interview with Alan Dean Foster · Tom Staicar · iv
16 · The Amazing Interview: Clifford D. Simak · Darrell Schweitzer · iv
26 · Chimera · Hal Hill · nv
60 · Do Unto Others · Wayne Wightman · ss
70 · Antithesis · Michael P. Kube-McDowell · ss
92 · Black Hole · Linda Grossman · ss
104 · Flight Over XP-637 · Craig Sayre · ss
114 · Mushroom Farmers · Kurt von Stuckrad · ss
132 · Time Cycle · Steve Miller · vi

Amazing Stories [v27 #7, May 1980] ($1.50, 132pp, digest, cover by David Mattingly)

4 · Technology: The End or the Means · Anon. · ed
14 · The Amazing Interview: Wilson Tucker · Darrell Schweitzer · iv
23 · “Star Trek—The Motion Picture” and Its Implications · Steven Dimeo · mr
28 · The Father Lode · Robert H. Wilcox · ar
34 · A Special Kind of Loneliness · James Quinn · ss
48 · The Man Who Collected Bridges · Garry Kilworth · ss
58 · A Matter of Ceremony · Sharon Lee · ss
68 · What Happened to Her · C. H. D’Alessio · ss
76 · Getting Out in Time · Martin Chakoian · ss
90 · October Blood · Gregory Fitz Gerald · ss
100 · Truth, Justice and the Alien Way · David W. Hopper · ss
109 · Medieval Tale · Darrell Schweitzer · pm
110 · Return to Mars · Paul Dellinger · ss
117 · Two Visions · Darrell Schweitzer · pm
120 · Cockroaches · Lawrence C. Connolly · ss
127 · The Gift · Heinz D. Woehlk · ss
132 · Planet 7 · John E. Stith · vi

Amazing Stories [v27 #8, August 1980] ($1.50, 132pp, digest, cover by Chris Foss)

12 · The Amazing Interview: Ron Goulart · Darrell Schweitzer · iv
20 · Velikovsky: Visions of Cosmic Catastrophe · Britton Bloom · ar
22 · Titan Falling [Bradley Reynolds] · Gregory Benford · nv; last part of If the Stars Are Gods.
44 · Visions of Diana · Daniel Gilbert · ss
52 · Speedplay · Joel Richards · ss
58 · Metamind [Gorman Rimly] · Wayne Wightman · na

Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic [v27 #9, November 1980] ($1.50, 132pp, digest, cover by Dean Ellis)
Magazine is made ½" taller.

4 · A Tale of the Past, Fitting for the Future · Paul Collins · ed
5 · Harlan Ellison Interview/Profile · Tom Staicar · iv
13 · Futures Fantastic: Humanity’s Golden Age · J. Ray Dettling · ar
17 · Russians Ahead of Us? · Walter B. Hendrickson, Jr. · ar
25 · The Powers of Brilliant Darkness: “The Empire Strikes Back” · Steven Dimeo · mr
38 · The Amorophobe · Wayne Wightman · nv
60 · 3 Strange Blue Poems · Jim Barnes · gp
_60 · Descent · Jim Barnes · pm
_60 · Initiation · Jim Barnes · pm
_60 · Omega · Jim Barnes · pm
61 · TUTOR · J. Ray Dettling · ss
76 · And Parity for All · Felix C. Gotschalk · ss
83 · Fear Therapy & Incontinence · R. D. Brown · ss; given as by Ray Brown in the Table of Contents.
93 · Genesis I · Jim Barnes · pm
93 · Genesis II · Jim Barnes · pm
94 · The Strange Rider of the Good Year · David R. Bunch · ss
98 · Steel-Walking Nightmare · David R. Bunch · pm
99 · A Stitch in Time · Lynn Woolley · ss
112 · The Journey Witch · Melanie A. Rawls · ss
132 · They Took It All Away · Barry N. Malzberg · ss

Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic [v27 #10, January 1981] ($1.50, 132pp, digest, cover by Melvyn Grant)

4 · Futures Fantastic: The Quest for Interstellar Transport · J. Ray Dettling · ar
15 · Run, Spot, Run [Vic & Blood] · Harlan Ellison · ss Mediascene Preview Sep/Oct 1980
26 · Hole in the Air · Robert Silverberg · ss Amazing Stories Jan 1956
35 · The Lang Concurrence · Ron Montana & Susan Coon · ss
52 · Buckeye and Spitball · Lawrence C. Connolly · ss
62 · Credit Where Credit Is Due · L. A. P. Moore · ss
68 · A Beard in Time · L. A. P. Moore · pm
69 · Give Us This Day Our Daily Death · Alan Ryan · ss
78 · The Pod · Joseph Farnan · ss
89 · Trailing the Great White Snail · S. A. Robbins · nv
105 · Some Thought & Advice for Our Planet’s Second-Place Mountain · David R. Bunch · pm
106 · Pearl Harbor Parallax [Starboard Christopher] · Wally Coins · ss
116 · The Amazing Interview: A Conversation with Stanislaw Lem · L. W. Michaelson · iv; Merek Czerski, interpreter.
132 · Love Among the Flowers · Wayne Wightman · ss

Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic [v27 #11, March 1981] ($1.50, 132pp, digest, cover by David B. Mattingly)

4 · UFOs: They Aren’t What They Used to Be · Steven Dimeo · ar
19 · The State of the Artless · Parke Godwin & Howard Roller · ar
24 · The Bluenose Limit · John Steakley · nv
44 · The Cold Green Eye · Jack Williamson · ss Fantastic Mar/Apr 1953
54 · In the Ball of Frosted Glass (With a Big Pink-Lavender Load) · David R. Bunch · ss
59 · Slime Creatures from Space · Steven Edward McDonald · pm
60 · The Semi-Happy Life of Gorman Rimley [Gorman Rimly] · Wayne Wightman · ss
71 · Copycat · Shari Prange · vi
72 · The Energy Crisis of 2215 · Timothy Zahn · nv
85 · The Spaceman’s Epitaph · Kurt von Stuckrad · pm
86 · Stellar Trek · Kendall Evans · vi
89 · A Room in the City · Scott E. Green · pm
90 · Addressee Unknown... [Carl Hegan] · Michael P. Kube-McDowell · ss
102 · A Princess · Scott E. Green · pm
103 · Grumblefritz · Marvin Kaye · ss
107 · The Celery Stalk in the Cellar · Marvin Kaye · pm
108 · The Containment of Calpel V · Barry N. Malzberg · ss
112 · The Barrier · Cynthia Wagner-Emmons · ss
116 · Changes · Steve Rasnic Tem · pm
117 · Communications Satellites: Making a Small, Small World · Walter B. Hendrickson, Jr. · ar
122 · The Amazing Interview: Manly Wade Wellman · Darrell Schweitzer · iv
130 · Never Fired a Shot · Robert Brown · vi

Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic [v27 #12, May 1981] ($1.50, 132pp, digest, cover by Kent Bash)

11 · To the Unknown God · Steven Edward McDonald · pm
12 · Futures Fantastic: Toward Unlimited Energy · J. Ray Dettling · ar
20 · Futurelines · Steven Edward McDonald · pm
22 · The Vampire of Mallworld [Mallworld] · Somtow Sucharitkul · ss
40 · Nobody Lives on Burton Street · Gregory Benford · ss Amazing Stories May 1970
42 · A Note on “Nobody Lives on Burton Street” · Gregory Benford · ms
48 · Thing in the Night Mist · David R. Bunch · pm
49 · Encounter · Hank Stine · vi
50 · The Fall [Maris] · Lisa Tuttle & George R. R. Martin · nv
71 · So I Was Born · Philip Sidney Jennings · ss
76 · Project Purple · Lewis Jacobson · ss
88 · (Hope) (Ambition) (Anticipation!) · David R. Bunch · pm
90 · A Smell of Sulphur · Marvin Kaye · vi
93 · The Bridge to the Liver Pies · Marvin Kaye · pm
94 · The Greater Gift · Wayne Wightman · ss
110 · The Lock Box and the Magic Monger · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss
118 · The Action Hook · Richard Anker · ss
125 · The Future: Subject to Change Without Notice · Brian M. Fraser · ar

Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic [v28 #1, July 1981] ($1.50, 132pp, digest, cover by Vincent DiFate)

4 · L’Etat C’est Moi · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Empire for the SF Writer Win 1979
14 · An Interview with Bob Shaw · Jeffrey M. Elliot · iv
26 · The Hunter: A Tale of the Horseclans [Horseclans] · Robert Adams · ss
46 · The Naked Matador · Roger Zelazny · ss
52 · Dance · Roger Zelazny · pm
54 · Plumrose [Plumrose] · Ron Goulart · ss Fantastic Jun 1963
67 · Namesake · Elizabeth Morton · vi
68 · The Nosepickers of Dawr · Ova Hamlet · ss
78 · Timestopper · Ken Doggett · vi
81 · Last Contact · James Patrick Kelly · ss
85 · Wabash Ave. · Scott E. Green · pm
86 · The Passing · Rick Parks · ss
95 · Sorcery · Joey Froehlich · pm
96 · The Butter Lady · Ron Montana · ss
100 · Raving Lunacy [Tom O’Bedlam] · Darrell Schweitzer · ss
112 · Practicing · David R. Bunch · pm
113 · No Smoking · Robert H. Brown · vi
114 · At the Center of the Universe · Wayne Wightman · ss
127 · The Man Who Loved Mars · Dave Stover · ar
130 · Impossible Numbers · Steve Aaronson · ar

Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic [v28 #2, September 1981] ($1.50, 132pp, digest, cover by Ian Miller)

9 · Futures Fantastic: The Incredible Communications Revolution · J. Ray Dettling · ar
20 · Their Terminals Have Said · Robert Frazier & Andrew Joron · pm
22 · Madwand [Pol Detson] · Roger Zelazny · ex Phantasia 1981
42 · Designer Kids · Scott Edelman · pm
44 · The Discarded · Harlan Ellison · ss Fantastic Apr 1959, as “The Abnormals”
55 · Cards · Sharon Lee · pm
55 · Choices · Steve Miller · pm
56 · The Foxworth Legatees · Ron Goulart · ss
69 · The Great-People, Personal, All-for-Myself Dream (Sure, I Write Science Fiction—Why?) · David R. Bunch · pm
70 · The Sea Above · Gene Kilczer · ss
84 · Harmless Illusions · Felix Gotschalk · ss
93 · The Municipal Smog-Man · Felix C. Gotschalk · pm
96 · On the Nature of Time · Bill Pronzini & Barry N. Malzberg · vi
99 · Saucery, Chaucery · Shari Prange · pm
100 · The Firebird Suite · Richard Paul Russo · ss
114 · A Desert Stone · Al Sarrantonio · ss
122 · Sound as a Dollar · L. A. P. Moore · vi
124 · Quantum Couplet · Peter Payack · pm
125 · An Interview with Gene Wolfe · Melissa Mia Hall · iv

Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic [v28 #3, November 1981] ($1.50, 132pp, digest, cover by Rowena Morrill)

5 · SF: Why We Read It · Gregory Benford · pm
9 · A Conversation with Algis Budrys · Darrell Schweitzer · iv
17 · Haiku for a Singularity · Robert Frazier · pm
17 · Haiku for Dyson’s Sphere · Robert Frazier · pm
17 · Haiku for the Macrolifers · Robert Frazier · pm
23 · The Visionary Cosmographer · Peter Payack · pm
24 · The Last Line of the Haiku · Somtow Sucharitkul · ss
38 · Up Yours, Federico · Parke Godwin · ss
42 · Training Talk · David R. Bunch · ss Fantastic Mar 1964
48 · Let Us Gather... · David R. Bunch · pm
49 · Freeway · Jack Wodhams · ss
62 · Songs My Computer Taught Me · Erwin Krieger · pm
63 · Melvin’s Paradox · J. Ray Dettling · ss
68 · Microcosmos · Peter Payack · pm
69 · A Plague of Butterflies · Orson Scott Card · ss
82 · In the End, the Essence · Richard Englehart · ss
96 · Tagman [Carl Hegan] · Michael P. Kube-McDowell · ss
110 · From a Spirit to the One Possessed · Orson Scott Card · pm
111 · The Golem and the Girl Who Did Not Care · Kendall Evans · ss
120 · The Forgotten Man · Joey Froehlich · pm
121 · Return of the Native [Howie Wyman] · Thomas A. Easton · ss
129 · Epigrammatic Fragment Found on the Far Side of the Moon · Peter Payack · pm
130 · Close Encounters with Self and Community · Marvin Kaye · ar

Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic [v28 #4, January 1982] ($1.50, 132pp, digest, cover by Robert Petillo)
Extra ½" removed from height of magazine.

5 · Infinity · Peter Payack · pm
6 · Lloyd Biggle, Jr.: What Is a Musicologist Doing Writing Science Fiction? · Tom Staicar · iv
14 · Futures Fantastic: Toward Human Immortality · J. Ray Dettling · ar
24 · Unsound Variations · George R. R. Martin · na
56 · A Way of Thinking · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Amazing Stories Oct/Nov 1953
74 · Comnet 2 Enters the 21st Century · Steven Roy Daugherty · ss
81 · Driven to Dance · Edward Martindale · pm
82 · I Think, Therefore, I Live · Eugene Dice · ss
97 · Timely Savings · Peter Payack · pm
98 · The Tick Tock Thief · Ted Mancuso · vi
100 · The Lost and Lurking [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ex Doubleday 1981
113 · With Gimlet-Point Eyes · David R. Bunch · pm
114 · Small Magic · Janet Fox · ss
130 · Doublecross! · Paul Dellinger · vi
131 · A 250,000 Mile Highku · Peter Payack · pm

Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic [v28 #5, March 1982] ($1.50, 132pp, digest, cover by Stephen E. Fabian)

6 · The Making of a Professional: A.E. van Vogt · Jeffrey M. Elliot · iv
21 · History/Herstory · Ellin Carter · pm
22 · The Cheese Stands Alone · Harlan Ellison · ss
32 · The Rape of Things to Come · Ernest Hogan · ss
42 · Moon of Ice · Brad Linaweaver · nv
74 · A Mist in the Chamber · Edward Martindale · pm
76 · Ship of Darkness · A. E. van Vogt · ss Fantasy Book #2 1948
88 · The Last Picasso · Ron Montana · ss
96 · Two Million Years and Counting · Ron Montana · pm
98 · Titmouse · Stan Timmons & Mary Stultz · ss
113 · The Trials of Rollo · Barry N. Malzberg · vi
115 · ‘The Lurker Behind the Corner of the Eye’ · Scott E. Green · pm
116 · Julie of the Shadows · Lawrence Connolly · ss
125 · When We Were Four · Lawrence C. Connolly · pm
126 · Their Daily Bread · J. Ray Dettling · vi
127 · What Is Left · Joey Froehlich · pm
128 · The Teacher · Frank C. Gunderloy, Jr. · vi
130 · Apology for Beeping Things · Mike M. DeSimone · pm

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