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Aboriginal Science Fiction [v3 #1, #13, Jan.-Feb. 1989] ($3.00, 64pp, quarto, cover by Cortney Skinner) 4 · Looking for Miriam · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 8 · Three if by Norton · Ralph Roberts · ss 15 · Books: Fantasy · Darrell Schweitzer · rc 19 · From the Bookshelf: Lone Heroes · Janice M. Eisen · rc 24 · The Cave Beneath the Falls · Jonathan Lethem · ss 29 · In Great Silence, Listening · David Lunde · pm 30 · Year Three · Charles C. Ryan · ed 31 · It’s Testable · A Crazy Alien · ed 32 · Hana and His Synapses · Greg Cox · ss 43 · Through the Lens: Did You Know? · Susan Ellison · ar 46 · Aborigines: Authenticity · Laurel Lucas · bg 49 · Boomerangs · [The Readers] · lc 56 · The Next Step · Resa Nelson · ss 63 · Pardon Me for Not Speaking · Susan Noe Rothman · pm

Aboriginal Science Fiction [v3 #2, #14, Mar.-Apr. 1989] ($3.00, 64pp, quarto, cover by Larry Blamire) 4 · In the Shadow of Bones · Robert A. Metzger · ss 8 · So It Is Written · Paul Edwards · ss 12 · Imprinting · Terry McGarry · pm 13 · Books: Serious Fiction · Darrell Schweitzer · rc 18 · From the Bookshelf: Stretching the Boundaries · Janice M. Eisen · rc 22 · [cartoon] · Jerry Workman · ct 24 · Salvage · Rosemary & Sabine Kirstein · ss 30 · Science and the Fantastic Part 1: The Time Flow of Wisdom · David Brin · ar 32 · The Runner, the Walker, and the One Who Danced After · Gerald Perkins · ss 38 · Aborigines: Sisters · Laurel Lucas · bg 44 · Go Ahead, Play Editor · Charles C. Ryan · ed 45 · Derek Sean Patent-Pending Wilkerson · A Crazy Alien · ed 46 · [cartoon] · Jerry Workman · ct 48 · Boomerangs · [The Readers] · lc 56 · The Indecorous Rescue of Clarinda Merwin · B. W. Clough · ss 60 · Mr. Hyde Visits the Home of Dr. Jekyll · John Kessel · pm

Aboriginal Science Fiction [v3 #3, #15, May-June 1989] ($3.00, 64pp, quarto, cover by Carol Heyer) 4 · The Wishing Game · Larry Niven · ss 8 · A Peaceful Heart · Warren G. Rochelle · ss 17 · Science and the Fantastic Part 2: The Image of the Magician · David Brin · ar 20 · Books: Old Masters · Darrell Schweitzer · rc 24 · A Symbiotic Kind of Guy · Robert A. Metzger · ss 31 · To Serve Man? · A Crazy Alien · ed 32 · Eating Memories · Patricia Anthony · ss 38 · Jim-Bob and the Alien · Vivian Vande Velde & T. Serio · ss 42 · [cartoon] · Jerry Workman · ct 43 · From the Bookshelf: Brilliant Fantasy, Flawed SF · Janice M. Eisen · rc 49 · Aborigines: Hard SF? · Laurel Lucas · bg 52 · Boomerangs · [The Readers] · lc 56 · Editor’s Notes? · Charles C. Ryan · ed 60 · Through the Lens: Aftermath · Susan Ellison · ar

Aboriginal Science Fiction [v3 #4, #16, July-Aug. 1989] ($3.00, 64pp, quarto, cover by David Brian) 4 · Bluebonnets · Patricia Anthony · ss 6 · Lepton Power II · Charles C. Ryan · ed 7 · Our Publisher Goes Native · A Crazy Alien · ed 8 · The Soft Heart of the Electron · R. P. Bird · ss 13 · [cartoon] · Jerry Workman · ct 15 · What If?: Quantum Dots · Robert A. Metzger · cl 17 · Books: New Writers · Darrell Schweitzer · rc 21 · From the Bookshelf: Outer and Inner Space · Janice M. Eisen · rc 24 · At Kokomo Joe’s · Brooke Stauffer · ss 32 · Burn So Bright · Robert A. Metzger · ss 39 · Incantation · Jovanka Kink · pm 44 · [cartoon] · Jerry Workman · ct 45 · Aborigines: Adventures in Glasnost · Laurel Lucas · bg 49 · Boomerangs · [The Readers] · lc 56 · The District Domino Championship · Kirill Bulychev; translated by John H. Costello · ss 62 · Of Archetypes and Arcologies · Bruce Boston · pm

Aboriginal Science Fiction [v3 #5, #17, Sept.-Oct. 1989] ($3.50, 68pp, quarto, cover by Bob Eggleton) 2 · Belief Systems · Patricia Anthony · ss 9 · The Ultimate Guppy · Charles C. Ryan · ed 10 · A Matter of Thirst · Bill Johnson · ss 18 · Books: Literary Fantasy · Darrell Schweitzer · rc 23 · You’ll Hear from My Lawyer · A Crazy Alien · ed 24 · What If?: Will the Real Alien Please Stand Up? · Robert A. Metzger · cl 26 · The Bob Dylan Solution · Walter Jon Williams · ss 32 · Boomerangs · [The Readers] · lc 34 · The Portrait of Daryanree the King · Larry Niven · ss 37 · [cartoon] · Jerry Workman · ct 40 · Through the Lens: Protecting Your Writes · Susan Ellison · ar 41 · Moon · John B. Rosenman · pm 42 · Sing a Song of Porkchops · Thomas A. Easton · ss 49 · From the Bookshelf: Sunlight · Janice M. Eisen · rc 54 · Aborigines: Energy Source · Laurel Lucas · bg 62 · Made for Each Other · R. David Ludwig · ss

Aboriginal Science Fiction [v3 #6, #18, Nov.-Dec. 1989] ($3.50, 68pp, quarto, cover by Robert J. Pasternak) 2 · Bible Stories for Adults, No. 31: The Covenant · James Morrow · ss What Might Have Been? Volume I: Alternate Empires, ed. Gregory Benford & Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam Spectra 1989 10 · Variations on a Theme · Graham P. Collins · ss 15 · [cartoon] · Daniel Miller · ct 16 · Blasphemy? · Charles C. Ryan · ed 17 · This Old Den · A Crazy Alien · ed 18 · What If?: Nonlinear Reality · Robert A. Metzger · cl 20 · From the Bookshelf: On Life and Art · Janice M. Eisen · rc 22 · Books: Alternate Universes · Darrell Schweitzer · rc 26 · Rough Character · Phillip C. Jennings · ss 30 · A Measure of Faith · Ralph E. Vaughan · ss 38 · The Doo-Wop Never Dies: A Christmas Fable · Esther M. Friesner · ss 42 · The Twisted Brat · Robert A. Metzger · ss 49 · Aborigines: Mischievous · Laurel Lucas · bg 55 · Boomerangs · [The Readers] · lc 62 · To Dust · Lois Tilton · ss 67 · Were-Being Split Personality Jazz · James S. Dorr · pm

Aboriginal Science Fiction [v4 #1, #19, Jan.-Feb. 1990] ($3.50, 68pp, quarto, cover by Bob Eggleton) 2 · No Prisoners · George Alec Effinger · ss 6 · First Full-Contact · Bruce Bethke · ss 12 · The Gateway Concordance: Part I · Frederik Pohl · gp _12 · The Visit [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] · Frederik Pohl · ss _15 · The Gateway Asteroid [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] · Frederik Pohl · ss _16 · The Starseekers [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] · Frederik Pohl · ss 22 · Books: Art vs. Commerce · Darrell Schweitzer · rc 26 · Liquid Jade · John W. Randal · ss 34 · In the Chips · Lou Fisher · ss 41 · Boomerangs · [The Readers] · lc 45 · From the Bookshelf: Many Worlds · Janice M. Eisen · rc 51 · What If?: Pathological Perspectives · Robert A. Metzger · cl 54 · Aborigines: Gateway Revisited · Laurel Lucas · bg 57 · Arrival Delayed, Departure Delayed · A Crazy Alien · ed 58 · Through the Lens: 1990: New Decade, New Shows · Susan Ellison · ar 62 · UFO ALIENS SHARED MY APT, Says Cleveland Woman · Bonita Kale · ss

Aboriginal Science Fiction [v4 #2, #20, March-April 1990] ($3.50, 68pp, quarto, cover by David Brian) 2 · A Month of Sundays · Gregor Hartmann · ss 10 · Peacekeeper · David Brin · ss 19 · 1,318,416 Species to Go · A Crazy Alien · ed 20 · The Gateway Concordance: Part II · Frederik Pohl · gp _20 · The Home Planet [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] · Frederik Pohl · ss _22 · Other Worlds [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] · Frederik Pohl · ss 28 · Books: Critical Theories · Darrell Schweitzer · rc 33 · From the Bookshelf: Strange Days in Strange Lands · Janice M. Eisen · rc 37 · What If?: The Ultimate Long Shot · Robert A. Metzger · cl 39 · Aborigines: It’s Story Time · Laurel Lucas · bg 42 · A Minor Course Correction · Charles C. Ryan · ed 43 · Through the Lens: The Amazing Aboriginal Science Fiction Film Quiz · Susan Ellison · qz 44 · Boomerangs · [The Readers] · lc 51 · Frost King · E. Michael Blake · ss 53 · Soliloquy at the Tomb of Earth · David Lunde · pm 56 · Technomancy · Steve Martindale · ss 62 · Ride ’Em, Cyboy · Jennifer Roberson · ss 67 · The Long Hot Silences · Jovanka Kink · pm

Aboriginal Science Fiction [v4 #3, #21, May-June 1990] ($3.50, 68pp, quarto, cover by David Brian) 2 · Coyote on Mars · Patricia Anthony · ss 6 · Self Similar · Robert A. Metzger · ss 13 · Is It Memorex? · Charles C. Ryan · ed 14 · What I Did with the OTV Grissom · Wil McCarthy · ss 22 · The Gateway Concordance: Part III · Frederik Pohl · gp _22 · Heechee Treasures [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] · Frederik Pohl · ss _26 · Looking for Company [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] · Frederik Pohl · ss _28 · The Age of Gold [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] · Frederik Pohl · ss _32 · In the Core [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] · Frederik Pohl · ss 33 · Leaving the Sea of Suns · Jovanka Kink · pm 34 · Books: Uniqueness · Darrell Schweitzer · rc 39 · From the Bookshelf: Humans and Others · Janice M. Eisen · rc 43 · Aborigines: Last Trip, for Now · Laurel Lucas · bg 46 · What If?: Vegetable Vision · Robert A. Metzger · cl 49 · The Mass Transit Theory of Schizophrenia · A Crazy Alien · ed 50 · Queen of the Atzu · Phillip C. Jennings · ss 62 · Requiem Aeternam · Richard Bowker · ss

Aboriginal Science Fiction [v4 #4, #22, July-Aug. 1990] ($3.50, 68pp, quarto, cover by Larry Blamire) 2 · Three Boston Artists · Sarah Smith · ss 6 · Books: Shock Value · Darrell Schweitzer · rc 10 · The Bogart Revival · Joel Henry Sherman · ss 16 · A Worldcon in Holland? · Kees van Toorn · ar 17 · Human Beings Want to Be Free · A Crazy Alien · ed 18 · Birdbrain · Elaine Radford · ss 26 · Eyes of Chaos · Robert A. Metzger · ss 33 · From the Bookshelf: The Day After Tomorrow · Janice M. Eisen · rc 37 · Aborigines: Encores · Laurel Lucas · bg 40 · To an Android Lover · Holly Lisle · pm; given as by Holly Lisle Deaton. 42 · Oscar Carvalho, Spacial · James Stevens-Arce · ss 49 · Back to Baggies · Charles C. Ryan · ed 50 · How I Wrote the New Testament, Ushered in the Renaissance, and Birdied the 17th Hole at Pebble Beach · Mike Resnick · ss 54 · A Matter of Taste · Esther M. Friesner · ss 64 · What If?: Don’t Talk to My Grandma · Robert A. Metzger · cl

Aboriginal Science Fiction [v4 #5, #23, Sept.-Oct. 1990] ($3.50, 68pp, quarto, cover by David Brian) 2 · Jet-Dancer · James C. Glass · ss 8 · Through the Lens: Rumors, Rumblings, and Loose Ends · Susan Ellison · mr 12 · Survival of the Fittest · John Gribbin & Marcus Chown · ss 16 · U F O · Michael Swanwick · ss 26 · Same Song, Different Star · Ann K. Schwader · pm 27 · The Reversal of Planetary Cooling · A Crazy Alien · ed 28 · Books: Mene... Mene... Tekel... · Darrell Schweitzer · rc 33 · From the Bookshelf: The Fate of the Earth · Janice M. Eisen · rc 38 · Leaving the West Indies? · Charles C. Ryan · ed 39 · Boomerangs · [The Readers] · lc 45 · What If?: A Day in the Life · Robert A. Metzger · cl 47 · Aborigines: Survivors · Laurel Lucas · bg 50 · Story Child · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 56 · Random Access · Erick Melton · ss 64 · Russian Roulette · Phillip C. Jennings · vi

Aboriginal Science Fiction [v4 #6, #24, Nov.-Dec. 1990] ($3.50, 68pp, quarto, cover by Charles Lang) 2 · The Undiscovered Country · Lynn S. Hightower · ss 8 · God’s Bullets · Rory Harper · ss 15 · As Funny As a Dog in Shorts · A Crazy Alien · ed 16 · Henry, Have You Gone to the Moon? · Steven Forstner · ss 28 · Books: New Writers · Darrell Schweitzer · rc 32 · Aborigines: Startling Glimpses · Laurel Lucas · bg 34 · Boomerangs · [The Readers] · lc 35 · From the Bookshelf: A Step to the Side · Janice M. Eisen · rc 42 · What If?: On Autopilot · Robert A. Metzger · cl 45 · Editor’s Notes · Charles C. Ryan · ed 46 · Through the Lens: Dementos · Susan Ellison · mr 50 · Life Support System · Lois Tilton · ss 55 · Mist Gathering · David Lunde · pm 56 · Serving the Market · Steve Benson · ss 62 · Given the Game · Daniel Keys Moran · ss

Aboriginal Science Fiction [v5 #1, #25, Jan.-Feb. 1991] ($3.50, 68pp, quarto, cover by David Cherry) 2 · The Holes Where Children Lie · Patricia Anthony · ss 8 · Hell on Earth · John Moore · ss 15 · The Most Common Human Activity · A Crazy Alien · ed 16 · Singing the Mountain to the Stars · Howard V. Hendrix · ss 29 · Books: Europe, Your Much-Traveled Critic, the Lovecraft Centennial, Answering the Mail, and, Oh, Incidentally, a Few Books · Darrell Schweitzer · rc 34 · From the Bookshelf: Alternate Worlds · Janice M. Eisen · rc 41 · Aborigines: Cat Lovers · Laurel Lucas · bg 43 · What If?: Human Beings: Whence Did They Come? · Robert A. Metzger · cl 46 · Boomerangs · [The Readers] · lc 47 · Through the Lens: Hot Trends in the Ol’ Town Tonight · Susan Ellison · mr 49 · Editor’s Notes: Four Down, and Four Thousand to Go · Charles C. Ryan · ed 50 · The Transformative Ethic · Doug Franklin · ss 56 · The Honeymoon · Sandra Paradise · ss 63 · Appliancé · Bruce Bethke · ss

Aboriginal Science Fiction [v5 #2, #26, March-April 1991] ($3.50, 68pp, quarto, cover by Cortney Skinner) 2 · For Fear of Little Men · Terry McGarry · ss 8 · To Whom Shall I Tell My Sorrow? · Joyce K. Jensen · ss 14 · A Month of Sundays · Geoffrey A. Landis · pm 15 · Guns or Butter · A Crazy Alien · ed 16 · Only a Game · Rick Shelley · ss 23 · The Dangers of First Contact · David Brin · ar 29 · Books: Mrs. Shelley, Mr. Aldiss, and the Thing Without a Name · Darrell Schweitzer · rc 34 · From the Bookshelf: Views of Armageddon · Janice M. Eisen · rc 39 · Editor’s Notes: Dangerous Technology · Charles C. Ryan · ed 40 · What If?: Neural Memories · Robert A. Metzger · cl 44 · Aborigines: Greetings · Laurel Lucas · bg 46 · MisFITS · Bob Eggleton · ss 52 · Nectar · Ann K. Schwader · ss 58 · The Cubist and the Madman · Robert A. Metzger · ss

Aboriginal Science Fiction [v5 #3, #27, May-June 1991] ($3.50, 68pp, quarto, cover by Paul Chadwick) Special Interzone Issue¹. Contents (including illustrations) are also printed in the May 1991 Interzone. 2 · The Cry of a Seagull · Lois Tilton · ss 8 · Like a Flithiss from Its Shell · Gary W. Mitchell & M. Alan Clarkson · ss 15 · Editor’s Notes: Special Interzone Issue¹ · Charles C. Ryan · ed 16 · Amerikano Hiaika · Wil McCarthy · nv 28 · Books: To the Readers of Interzone · Darrell Schweitzer · rc _29 · Haroun and the Sea of Stories, by Salman Rushdie · Darrell Schweitzer · br _29 · Whilom, by Robert Watson · Darrell Schweitzer · br _29 · The Difference Engine, by William Gibson & Bruce Sterling · Darrell Schweitzer · br _30 · The Harlan Ellison Hornbook, by Harlan Ellison · Darrell Schweitzer · br _31 · The Weird Tale, by S.T. Joshi · Darrell Schweitzer · br 32 · Aborigines: Greetings · Laurel Lucas · bg 35 · From the Bookshelf: Breaking Old Ground · Janice M. Eisen · rc _35 · The Dream Compass, by Jeff Bredenberg · Janice M. Eisen · br _35 · Sunder, Eclipse & Seed, by Elyse Guttenberg · Janice M. Eisen · br _36 · The Ring of Charon, by Roger MacBride Allen · Janice M. Eisen · br _36 · The Time-Lapsed Man and Other Stories, by Eric Brown · Janice M. Eisen · br 42 · What If?: Factoids · Robert A. Metzger · cl 47 · Through the Lens: Yesteryear · Susan Ellison · mr 49 · Boomerangs · [The Readers] · lc _49 · [letter] · Carla Schroder · lt _49 · [letter] · Clifford Adams · lt __49 · [response to Clifford Adams] · [The Editor] · ms _49 · [letter] · James T. Hughes, III · lt _49 · [letter] · Linda Frankel · lt 50 · Darkness Upon the Face of the Deep · Harlan Ellison · ss 56 · Reason Is a Reptile · William Jon Watkins · pm 57 · A Message from Our Alien Publisher: A Matter of Faith · A Crazy Alien · cl 58 · Targets · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss 63 · The Matter of Beaupré · Frederik Pohl · ss