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Interzone [# 7, Spring 1984] ed. John Clute, Alan Dorey, Colin Greenland, Roz Kaveney, Simon Ounsley & David Pringle (Interzone, £1.25/$2.50, 40pp, large) 2 • Editorial • David Pringle & Colin Greenland • ed 4 • The Unconquered Country • Geoff Ryman • nv 22 • Kept Woman • Margaret Welbank • pi 24 • Life in the Mechanist/Shaper Era: 20 Evocations [Mechanist-Shapers] • Bruce Sterling • ss 28 • Tissue Ablation and Variant Regeneration: A Case Report • Michael Blumlein • ss 36 • In Review • David Pringle • br 36 • In Review • John Clute • br 36 • In Review • Colin Greenland • br 37 • Letters • The Readers • lt
Interzone [# 8, Summer 1984] ed. John Clute, Alan Dorey, Colin Greenland, Simon Ounsley & David Pringle (Interzone, £1.25/$2.50, 44pp, large) 2 • Editorial • David Pringle & Colin Greenland • ed 4 • Unmistakably the Finest • Scott Bradfield • nv 14 • The Electric Zoo • Chris Jones • pi 16 • Dreamers • Kim Newman • ss 21 • Strange Memories of Death • Philip K. Dick • ss 26 • Experiment with Time • Maria Fitzgerald • ss 29 • McGonagall’s Lear • Andy Soutter • ss 37 • What I Believe • J. G. Ballard • pm; first printed in French in Science Fiction Jan ’84, edited by Daniel Riche. 40 • Letter • Abigail Frost • lt 41 • On the Edge • Mary Gentle • br
Interzone [# 9, Autumn 1984] ed. John Clute, Alan Dorey, Colin Greenland, Simon Ounsley & David Pringle (Interzone, £1.25/$2.50, 52pp, large)

2 • Editorial • David Pringle • ed
4 • The Object of the Attack • J. G. Ballard • ss
10 • The Gods in Flight • Brian W. Aldiss • ss
17 • Canned Goods • Thomas M. Disch • ss
20 • Synaptic Intrigue • Richard Kadrey • pi
23 • The Luck in the Head [Viriconium] • M. John Harrison • nv Virconium Nights, Ace, 1984
33 • Fragments of a Hologram Rose • William Gibson • ss Unearth Sum ’77
37 • Spiral Winds • Garry Kilworth • ss
45 • Feminist SF: A New Dimension • Sarah Lefanu & Jen Green • ar
45 • On the Edge • Mary Gentle • br
47 • In Review • Colin Greenland • br
47 • In Review • David Pringle • br
48 • Letters • The Readers • lt
Interzone [# 10, Winter 1984/85] ed. Colin Greenland, Simon Ounsley & David Pringle (Interzone, £1.25/$2.50, 52pp, large) 2 • Editorial • Simon Ounsley • ed 4 • John’s Return to Liverpool • Christopher Burns • ss 9 • Green Hearts • Lee Montgomerie • ss 16 • Soulmates • Alex Stewart • ss 21 • Photographs • Ian Sanderson • pi 24 • Love, Among the Corridors • Gene Wolfe • ss 27 • The Malignant One • Rachel Pollack • ss 34 • The Dream of the Wolf • Scott Bradfield • nv; Omni Jul ’88 45 • News • David Pringle • ar 46 • On the Edge • Mary Gentle • br 47 • In Review • Colin Greenland • br 48 • In Review • John Clute • br 48 • Letters • The Readers • lt
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v 8 # 1, January 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis, $1.75, 178pp, digest) 6 • Up Front • Shawna McCarthy • ed 7 • Pseudonyms • Isaac Asimov • ed 14 • Letters • The Readers • lt 17 • Mooney’s Module • Gerry Mooney • ct IAsfm Crossword Puzzle: ___ 22 • #18: Sight Gag • Merl H. Reagle • pz 24 • Gaming • Dana Lombardy • gr 28 • Riddle of the Sphinxes • Martin Gardner • pz 29 • A Still from the Mead Collection • Robert Frazier • pm Viewpoint: ___ 30 • Behind the Chemical-Closet Door • Meredith B. Olson • ar 35 • Ice Age • Catherine Mintz • pm 36 • Blued Moon • Connie Willis • nv 69 • Don’t Drink the Sky at Myrmidon • Bruce Boston • pm 72 • Bright Burning Tiger • Tanith Lee • ss 90 • The Laughter of Elves • Juleen Brantingham • ss 102 • Mars Needs Beatniks • George Alec Effinger • ss 115 • Cartoon • John Caldwell • ct 116 • The Catharine Wheel [Desolation Road] • Ian McDonald • nv 138 • Red Shift by Judith Lessing • Paul Witcover • nv 164 • On Books • Baird Searles • br 171 • Index to 1983 • Misc. Material • ix 178 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • ms
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v 8 # 2, February 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis, $1.75, 178pp, digest) 6 • Fantasy • Isaac Asimov • ed 10 • Immunological Showdown • Robert Frazier • pm 12 • Letters • The Readers • lt 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 Viewpoint: ___ 42 • 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 • br 178 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • ms
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v 8 # 3, March 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis, $1.75, 178pp, digest) 6 • Satire • Isaac Asimov • ed 12 • Letters • The Readers • lt 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 • br 178 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • ms
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v 8 # 4, April 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis, $1.75, 178pp, digest) 6 • Time-Travel • Isaac Asimov • ed 12 • Letters • The Readers • lt 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 • George Alec Effinger • ss 45 • Widow’s Walk • John De Camp • pm Viewpoint: ___ 46 • Light Years and Dark: Science Fiction Since 1960 • Michael Bishop • ar 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 • br 178 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • ms
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v 8 # 5, May 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis, $1.75, 178pp, digest) 6 • Controversy • Isaac Asimov • ed 13 • Letters • The Readers • lt 20 • Gaming • Dana Lombardy • gr 22 • Technology on Vzigs • Martin Gardner • pz 26 • The Evil Drink Does [Azazel] • Isaac Asimov • ss Viewpoint: ___ 40 • 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 • br 178 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • ms
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v 8 # 6, June 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis, $1.75, 178pp, digest) 6 • Religion and Science Fiction • Isaac Asimov • ed 12 • Letters • The Readers • lt 22 • Gaming • Dana Lombardy • gr 25 • Mooney’s Module • Gerry Mooney • ct IAsfm Crossword Puzzle: ___ 26 • #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 Viewpoint: ___ 56 • 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 • br 178 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • ms
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v 8 # 7, July 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis, $1.75, 178pp, digest) 6 • Bypass • Isaac Asimov • ed 12 • Letters • The Readers • lt 26 • Gaming • Dana Lombardy • gr 28 • The Road to Mandalay • Martin Gardner • pz 29 • Mooney’s Module • Gerry Mooney • ct Viewpoint: ___ 32 • 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 • br 178 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • ms
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v 8 # 8, August 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis, $1.75, 178pp, digest)

6 • The Faces of Science Fiction • Isaac Asimov • ed
12 • Letters • The Readers • lt
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
Viewpoint:
___ 40 • The Fermi Paradox • Stephen L. Gillett, Ph.D. • ar
52 • Resurrection • Damien Broderick • ss Omega Science Digest Nov/Dec ’81
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 • br
176 • Cartoon • John Caldwell • ct Running a Muck, Writers Digest, 1978
178 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • ms
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v 8 # 9, September 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis, $1.75, 178pp, digest)

6 • Opinion • Isaac Asimov • ed
12 • Letters • The Readers • lt
22 • The Stripe of Barberpolia • Martin Gardner • pz
26 • Gaming • Dana Lombardy • gr
27 • Mooney’s Module • Gerry Mooney • ct
Viewpoint:
___ 30 • 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 • br
178 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • ms
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v 8 #10, October 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis, $1.75, 178pp, digest) 6 • Irony • Isaac Asimov • ed 12 • Letters • The Readers • lt 20 • Gaming • Dana Lombardy • gr 22 • The Black Hole of Cal Cutter • Martin Gardner • pz Viewpoint: ___ 28 • 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 • br 178 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • ms
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v 8 #11, November 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis, $1.75, 178pp, digest)

6 • Faster Than Light • Isaac Asimov • ed
12 • Letters • The Readers • lt
22 • Gaming • Dana Lombardy • gr
Viewpoint:
___ 26 • Things Unflattened by Science • Lewis Thomas • ar New York: Viking, 1983; from Late Night Thoughts on Listening to Mahler’s Ninth Symphony
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 • br
178 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • ms
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v 8 #12, December 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis, $1.75, 178pp, digest)

6 • Names • Isaac Asimov • ed
13 • Letters • The Readers • lt
21 • Mooney’s Module • Gerry Mooney • ct
24 • Gaming • Dana Lombardy • gr
28 • The Barbers of Barberpolia • Martin Gardner • pz
Viewpoint:
___ 32 • 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 • br
178 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • ms
Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine [v 8 #13, Mid-December 1984] ed. Shawna McCarthy (Davis, $2.00, 194pp, digest)

6 • Catastrophes • Isaac Asimov • ed
11 • Letters • The Readers • lt
17 • Mooney’s Module • Gerry Mooney • ct
20 • The It’s All Done with Mirrors • Martin Gardner • pz
22 • Gaming • Dana Lombardy • gr
25 • The First Spacewoman: An Inquiry • Robert Frazier • pm
Viewpoint:
___ 26 • 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 #9 ’84
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 • br
194 • SF Conventional Calendar • Erwin S. Strauss • ms
Last Wave [v1 #1, October 1983] ed. Scott Edelman (Last Wave, $2.50, 32pp, large)

2 • First... • Scott Edelman • ed
3 • The Enormous Lover • Steve Rasnic Tem • ss
10 • Full Chicken Richness • Avram Davidson • ss
14 • Attila on Fifth Avenue • Thomas M. Disch • vi
16 • The Impossible Cow • Jessica Amanda Salmonson • nv
26 • My Life in Stillness: White As Day • Philip K. Dick • pm
26 • An Appreciation • Kirsten Nelson • bg
28 • The Next Dwarf • John Sladek • ss Saturday Night Reader, ed. Emma Tennant, W.H. Allen, 1979
Last Wave [v1 #2, January 1984] ed. Scott Edelman (Last Wave, $2.50, 48pp, large) 2 • Taking a Dive... • Scott Edelman • ed 3 • Letters from the Monkey Alphabet • Ian Watson • ss 7 • Slightly Pre-Kwatz • Ronald Anthony Cross • nv 15 • Frankenstein: The Opera • Thomas M. Disch • pl 35 • Intrusions • Carter Scholz • ss 40 • The Memory in the Earth • Gene Van Troyer, Robert Frazier, Andrew Joron & Kathryn Rantala • pm 46 • Lands of Stone • Rachel Pollack • ss

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