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Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic [v58 #3, #518, September 1984] ed. George H. Scithers (Dragon Publishing, $1.75, 164pp, digest, cover by Keith Parkinson) 4 · Opinion · Robert Silverberg · cl 7 · Book Reviews · Robert Coulson · rc 16 · Book Reviews · Frank Catalano · rc 24 · Discussions · [The Readers] · lc 29 · Cartoon, Cartoon · William Rotsler & Alexis Gilliland · ct 30 · The Comet That Cried for Its Mother [Inquestor] · Somtow Sucharitkul · nv 50 · Science Fiction in China: Producing the Model “A” · William F. Wu · ar 54 · Conjugal Happiness in the Arms of Morpheus · Wei Yahua; translated by Wu Dingbo; adapted by Elizabeth Anne Hull · nv; translated from the Chinese (“Wenrou Zhixiang de meng”, Beijing Wenxue Jan ’81, sequel in Yanhe May-July ’82). 74 · Next Year in Brigadoon · Greg Cox · ss 80 · Children of the Centaur · Lisa Tuttle · nv 107 · The Observatory · George H. Scithers · ed 108 · Innsmouth Haunt of the Druids · Joey Froehlich · pm 109 · The Mayan Variation · Gardner Dozois · vi 112 · Invisible Machines · Andrew Joron & Robert Frazier · pm 113 · The House Surgis Sword · Avram Davidson · vi 117 · Werewolf · Wendy McElroy · pm 118 · In the Sumerian Marshes · Gerald Pearce · na

Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic [v58 #4, #519, November 1984] ed. George H. Scithers (Dragon Publishing, $1.75, 164pp, digest, cover by Alex Schomburg) 4 · Opinion · Robert Silverberg · cl 7 · Book Reviews · Robert Coulson · rc 15 · Book Reviews · Frank Catalano · rc 22 · Cartoon, Cartoon · William Rotsler & Alexis Gilliland · ct 24 · Discussions · [The Readers] · lc 28 · One Final Dragon · Larry Walker · ss 38 · Medium · Joel Henry Sherman · ss 54 · The Observatory · George H. Scithers · ed 55 · Cleaving · Jim Aikin · ss 69 · SF Clichés II: Psionics · John M. Ford · pm 70 · Philip José Farmer: Riverworld, God, and Insect Lovers · Darrell Schweitzer · iv 80 · The Six-Legged Bear · David Mathieson · ss 97 · Black Hole Limbo · Peter Payack · pm 98 · But Wait! There’s More! · Walter J. Stutzman & Esther M. Friesner · vi 101 · Cartoon, Cartoon · William Rotsler & Alexis Gilliland · ct 102 · Film Reviews · Baird Searles · mr 106 · Young Doctor Eszterhazy [Dr. Eszterhazy] · Avram Davidson · na 162 · Further Contributions to the Natural History of Love · Everett Lee Lady · pm

Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic Stories [v58 #5, #520, January 1985] ed. George H. Scithers (Dragon Publishing, $1.75, 164pp, digest, cover by Alex Schomburg) 4 · Opinion · Robert Silverberg · cl 7 · Cartoon, Cartoon · William Rotsler & Alexis Gilliland · ct 9 · Book Reviews · Frank Catalano · rc 14 · Book Reviews · Robert Coulson · rc 19 · Dragons and Dudgeons · Beverly Grant · pm 25 · The Cave of Shadows · John Devin · pm 26 · Gaby · Andrew M. Greeley · nv 58 · Screen Reviews · Baird Searles · mr 62 · On Springfield Mountain · Rand B. Lee · nv 92 · Tourist in Escherland · Susan Palwick · pm Backlog Fll 1982 96 · After the Guillotine · Tanith Lee · ss 109 · Lover as Vampire · Wendy McElroy · pm 110 · Buccaneer Treasure · Robert E. Howard · pm 115 · The Observatory · George H. Scithers · ed 116 · Mars Child · Robert F. Young · ss 135 · The Traveler · Gene Wolfe · pm 136 · To Melville · Gene Wolfe · pm 137 · MS. Found in a Cruet Set · Sharon N. Farber · ss 142 · The Servant of Saibel [Shanna] · Diana L. Paxson · ss 153 · The Lady Who Rode the Central Line · Tina Rath · ss 162 · SF Clichés III: Time Machines · John M. Ford · pm

Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic Stories [v58 #6, #521, March 1985] ed. George H. Scithers (Dragon Publishing, $1.75, 164pp, digest, cover by Larry Elmore) 4 · Opinion · Robert Silverberg · cl 9 · Book Reviews · Frank Catalano · rc 14 · Book Reviews · Robert Coulson · rc 21 · Book Reviews · Patrick Lucien Price & Roger Raupp · rc 32 · Hellflower [Butterfly St. Cyr] · Eluki bes Shahar · nv 53 · The Scientific Literature · Stephen L. Gillett, Ph.D. · ar 60 · Upon This Shoal of Time · Lillian Stewart Carl · ss 73 · Improbable Bestiary: The Faun · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · pm 74 · Improbable Bestiary: The Ogre · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · pm 76 · The Perfect Day · James Turpin · ss 92 · On the Dream Channel Panel · Ian Watson · ss 107 · Screen Reviews · Baird Searles · mr 111 · Plot Template · Wil Creveling · pm 112 · The Blind Minotaur · Michael Swanwick · ss 127 · The Mittens of Ulysses · Tom Disch · pm 128 · What Happened on Cranberry Road · Grania Davis · nv 162 · The Observatory · George H. Scithers · ed

Amazing Science Fiction Stories [v59 #1, #522, May 1985] ed. George H. Scithers (Dragon Publishing, $1.75, 164pp, digest, cover by Keith Parkinson) 4 · Opinion · Robert Silverberg · cl 8 · Book Reviews · Robert Coulson · rc 14 · Book Reviews · Frank Catalano · rc 19 · Cartoon, Cartoon · William Rotsler & Alexis Gilliland · ct 26 · Offerings at Medusa · Joel Henry Sherman · ss 37 · Field Guide · John Devin · pm 38 · The Werebear and the Rainbow · J. P. Boyd · ss 52 · O Lyric Love · Charles L. Harness · ss 66 · The Cambrian Explosion · Stephen L. Gillett, Ph.D. · ar 79 · Through Time & Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: δ · Grendel Briarton · vi 80 · A Night on the Interchange · James Haralson · ss 99 · The Expedition · Frederick Turner · pm 102 · Kitecadet [Kiteworld] · Keith Roberts · ss Interzone Win 1983/’84 119 · For Those Who Love Danger · John Devin · pm 120 · Screen Reviews · Baird Searles · mr 124 · Duke Pasquale’s Ring [Dr. Eszterhazy] · Avram Davidson · nv 162 · The Observatory · George H. Scithers & Darrell Schweitzer · ed

Amazing Science Fiction Stories [v59 #2, #523, July 1985] ed. George H. Scithers (TSR, $1.75, 164pp, digest, cover by Roger Raupp) 4 · Opinion · Robert Silverberg · cl 9 · Book Reviews · Robert Coulson · rc 15 · Book Reviews · Frank Catalano · rc 22 · Cartoon, Cartoon · William Rotsler & Alexis Gilliland · ct 30 · Catacombs · Jayge Carr · nv 55 · Magazine Section · R. A. Lafferty · ss 65 · Space Weapons · Ben Bova · ar 74 · The Last of the Shadow Titans · Darrell Schweitzer · ss 91 · Memo to an Asteroid Miner · John Gregory Betancourt · pm 92 · Mental Blocks · Steven Gould · ss 102 · Look at It This Way · David Langford · pm [Lewis Carroll] 103 · Screen Reviews · Baird Searles · mr 107 · The Neighbor’s Wife · Susan Palwick · pm 108 · Lyric for the Darkmass · Richard Grant · ss 119 · Dialogue with a Spider · Tom Disch · pm 120 · Katzenjammer · Dian Girard · ss 128 · The Observatory · George H. Scithers · ed 129 · Bet · Wil Creveling · ss 134 · Unholy Trinity [Basil Argyros] · Eric G. Iverson · nv 162 · S’ Magic · Lorna Crowe · pm

Amazing Science Fiction Stories [v59 #3, #524, September 1985] ed. George H. Scithers (TSR, $1.75, 164pp, digest, cover by George Barr) 4 · Opinion · Robert Silverberg · cl 8 · Book Reviews · Robert Coulson · rc 16 · Book Reviews · Frank Catalano · rc 30 · The Amulet of the Firegod · J. O. Jeppson · ss 45 · Batrachian · Alan Dean Foster · ss 54 · Rolls Rex, King of Cars [Billy Jean] · Sharon N. Farber · ss 69 · David Gerrold: Tribbles, New Wave, Chtorr, & Beyond · Darrell Schweitzer · iv 79 · A Friendly Game of Crola · Esther M. Friesner · ss 83 · The Ultimate Diagnostic · Christopher Gilbert · ss 95 · Skydiver · Tom Disch · pm 96 · Finalities Besides the Grave · John Barnes · ss 113 · T.G.I.F. · Kenneth Hill · pm 114 · Screen Reviews · Baird Searles · mr 118 · Writ in Water, or, The Gingerbread Man [Dr. Eszterhazy] · Avram Davidson · nv 160 · The Observatory · George H. Scithers & Patrick Lucien Price · ed

Amazing Science Fiction Stories [v60 #1, #525, November 1985] ed. George H. Scithers (TSR, $1.75, 164pp, digest, cover by Hank Jankus) 4 · The Observatory · George H. Scithers · ed 9 · Book Reviews · Robert Coulson · rc 16 · Book Reviews · Frank Catalano · rc 17 · Book Reviews · John Gregory Betancourt · rc 28 · A Case of Immunity · Barry B. Longyear, S. A. Cochran, Jr. & Warren M. Salomon · nv 48 · Under the Boughs of Westbrookville · Tom Disch · pm 49 · Screen Reviews · Baird Searles · mr 53 · A Gaming Song · Esther M. Friesner · pm 54 · The Sailor’s Bride · Esther M. Friesner · ss 61 · The 9 to 5 Wizard · Jackie Hyman · vi 64 · Immigrant · Jayge Carr · ss 79 · Through Time & Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: ε · Grendel Briarton · vi 80 · Game of the Gods · John & Diane Brizzolara · nv 100 · Memo from a Savage · John Gregory Betancourt · pm 101 · The Man Who Went Back · Damon Knight · vi 105 · Improbable Bestiary: The Little Green Men · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · pm 106 · Improbable Bestiary: The Empath · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · pm 108 · Your Move · J. Michael Straczynski · ss 122 · The Peninsula · Avram Davidson · ss 131 · Cartoon, Cartoon · William Rotsler & Alexis Gilliland · ct 132 · Archetypes [Basil Argyros] · Harry Turtledove · nv 159 · Opinion · Robert Silverberg · cl 162 · Ten Common Myths About Ancient Man · Scott Koeller · pm

Amazing Science Fiction Stories [v60 #2, #526, January 1986] ed. George H. Scithers (TSR, $1.75, 164pp, digest, cover by Jeff Easley) 4 · Opinion · Robert Silverberg · cl 9 · Book Reviews · John Gregory Betancourt · rc 18 · Book Reviews · Robert Coulson · rc 27 · John Brinn (Jack) Gaughan: 24 September 1930—21 July 1985 [Jack Gaughan] · Barry B. Longyear · ob 28 · The Airs of Earth · Paul J. McAuley · nv 55 · Mick Garris: Story Editor of Amazing Stories · Bill Warren · iv 60 · A Voice in Every Wind [Scattered Worlds] · Don Sakers · nv 83 · Cartoon, Cartoon · William Rotsler & Alexis Gilliland · ct 84 · The Long-Lost First Draft of Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Raven” · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · pm 85 · Social Lapses · Darrell Schweitzer · pm 86 · Indigo Shade, Alizarin Light · William F. Wu · ss 100 · A Short Slew of SF Clerihews · Esther M. Friesner · pm 101 · Dragonet · Esther M. Friesner · ss 105 · More SF Clerihews · Esther M. Friesner · pm 106 · Everybody Draws Lines · Carol Deppe · ss 120 · The Yenagloshi Express · Ernest Hogan · ss 129 · Yet More SF Clerihews · Esther M. Friesner · pm 130 · Screen Reviews · Baird Searles · mr 134 · The Eyes of Argos [Basil Argyros] · Harry Turtledove · nv 162 · The Observatory · George H. Scithers · ed

Amazing Stories [v60 #3, #527, March 1986] ed. George H. Scithers (TSR, $1.75, 164pp, digest, cover by Hank Jankus) 4 · Opinion · Robert Silverberg · cl 9 · Book Reviews · Robert Coulson · rc 16 · Book Reviews · John Gregory Betancourt · rc 24 · Cartoon, Cartoon · William Rotsler & Alexis Gilliland · ct 34 · Stormwindrising · J. L. Hanna · nv 58 · How Beautiful with Springs · Gene Wolfe · pm 59 · Marvin Kaye & Parke Godwin: Collaborators in the Fantastic · Darrell Schweitzer · iv 70 · Happy Are the Gods of Babylon · Alexander Jablokov · ss 76 · The Mushrooms’ Salon · Tom Disch · pm 77 · The 83rd Conference on the Human Question · Warren M. Salomon · ss 82 · On Other Names of Science Fiction · Christopher Brown Kelly · pm 83 · Storyknife · Mildred Downey Broxon · ss 91 · One Evening in H.G.’s Drawing Room · Bruce Bethke · ss 95 · The Lands of Marginalia · John Devin · pm 96 · Alisia’s Gift · David Gaston · nv 118 · Wash and Were [McGuffins] · J. B. Allen · vi 121 · Screen Reviews · Baird Searles · mr 125 · All Hallows Eve · Robert E. Howard · pm 126 · Timerider · Doris Egan · nv 162 · The Observatory · George H. Scithers · ed

Amazing Stories [v61 #1, #528, May 1986] ed. George H. Scithers (TSR, $1.75, 164pp, digest, cover by Larry Elmore) 4 · Opinion · Robert Silverberg · cl 9 · Book Reviews · Robert Coulson · rc 14 · Book Reviews · John Gregory Betancourt · rc 20 · Report from the Settlement · Susan Palwick · pm 28 · The Man Who Split in Twain · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · nv 50 · Acquired Taste · Darrell Schweitzer · pm 51 · Through Time & Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: ζ · Grendel Briarton · vi 52 · Hugo Gernsback—The Man Who Gave His Name to the “Hugo” and Birth to Amazing · T. W. Black · bg 64 · In the Beginning · Harry Harrison · ss 75 · The Seven Ages of Woman · Tom Disch · pm [William Shakespeare] 76 · Projectile Weapons and Wild Alien Water · Rebecca Brown · nv 107 · Future Transit · John Devin · pm 108 · See You · Susan MacTabert · ss 114 · The Ramsey Gryphon · Elaine Radford · ss 132 · Screen Reviews · Baird Searles · mr 135 · So Grows the Tree · Tom Disch · pm 136 · Billy Jean and the Big Bird [Billy Jean] · Sharon N. Farber · ss 141 · Infamous Last Words · Margaret Phillips · ms 142 · The Intercept · William Gasoway · nv 162 · The Observatory · George H. Scithers · ed

Amazing Stories [v61 #2, #529, July 1986] ed. George H. Scithers (TSR, $1.75, 164pp, digest, cover by Vincent Di Fate) 4 · Opinion · Robert Silverberg · cl 7 · Book Reviews · Robert Coulson · rc 14 · Book Reviews · John Gregory Betancourt · rc 22 · Solstice · Bill Johnson · ss 36 · From a Sacred Chronicle · John Devin · pm 37 · Money Trouble [Billy Jean] · Sharon N. Farber · ss 46 · The Series and SF... · Susan Shwartz · ar 49 · One Translation of Odysseus · Ace G. Pilkington · pm 50 · The Winds of Oberon · Brad Strickland · ss 58 · Lonely Roads · Juleen Brantingham · ss 68 · Open-Ended Universe · Ruth Berman · pm 69 · Through Time & Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: η · Grendel Briarton · vi 70 · Street Talk [McGuffins] · J. B. Allen · ss 77 · Lorelei; or, Nobody Listens Any More · Morris Liebson · pm 78 · The Day After · Jonathan Andrew Sheen · vi 79 · The Brothers Lammiat [The Brothers Lammiat; Slab’s Tavern] · John Gregory Betancourt · ss 86 · Selling a Short · Michael A. Winters · pm 87 · Along the San Pennatus Fault · R. A. Lafferty · ss 99 · Donovan’s Mikado; or, I’ve Got a Little Lust · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · sg 100 · Raccoons · Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. · ss 117 · Behind Magic; Behind That · Thomas Kearney · pm 118 · The Man Who Cured Cancer · Carol Deppe · ss 123 · Bad Company · Darrell Schweitzer · pm 124 · Screen Reviews · Baird Searles · mr 127 · Mrs. Frankenstein’s Lament · Darrell Schweitzer · pm 128 · The King Across the Mountains [Dr. Eszterhazy] · Avram Davidson · nv 160 · Prometheus in Wax · Ace G. Pilkington · pm 161 · The Observatory · George H. Scithers · ed