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• 7 • Editorial (Asimov's, Summer 1977) • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 12 • Low Grade Ore • novelette by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.
• 12 •  Low Grade Ore • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas
• 22 •  Low Grade Ore [2] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas
• 31 •  Low Grade Ore [3] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas
• 34 • Lost on Capra • [SF Puzzles] • short story by Martin Gardner
• 36 • Hero • short story by J. P. Boyd
• 37 •  Hero • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel
• 45 •  Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Summer 1977 • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel
• 46 • About Nothing • (1975) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 47 • Sure Thing • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 49 • Two Strangers • short story by John Shirley
• 49 •  Two Strangers • interior artwork by Freff
• 64 • Cabinet Meeting • novelette by Michael Bishop
• 65 •  Cabinet Meeting • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 83 •  Cabinet Meeting [2] • interior artwork by Tim Kirk
• 86 • To Bell the Cat • novelette by Joan D. Vinge
• 86 •  To Bell the Cat • interior artwork by Jack Gaughan
• 114 • The Astronomical Hazards of the Tobacco Habit • short story by Dean McLaughlin
• 117 • I Dream of a Fish, I Dream of a Bird • short story by Elizabeth A. Lynn
• 126 •  I Dream of a Fish, I Dream of a Bird • interior artwork by Judith Weiss
• 130 • Author Find (Asimov's, Summer 1977) • essay by Susan Casper
• 131 • Louisville Slugger • short story by Jack C. Haldeman, II
• 131 •  Louisville Slugger • interior artwork by Rick Sternbach
• 135 • The Steel Works • short story by Chet Gottfried
• 135 •  The Steel Works • interior artwork by Marc Schirmeister
• 141 • The SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, Summer 1977) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss
• 142 • On Books (Asimov's, Summer 1977) • [On Books] • essay by Charles N. Brown
• 143 •   Review: Alyx by Joanna Russ • review by Charles N. Brown
• 144 •   Review: Venus Plus X by Theodore Sturgeon • review by Charles N. Brown
• 144 •   Review: Babel-17 by Samuel R. Delany • review by Charles N. Brown
• 144 •   Review: Solar Lottery by Philip K. Dick • review by Charles N. Brown
• 144 •   Review: War of the Wing-Men by Poul Anderson • review by Charles N. Brown
• 144 •   Review: The Steel Crocodile by D. G. Compton • review by Charles N. Brown
• 144 •   Review: The Battle of the Monsters by L. W. Currey and David G. Hartwell • review by Charles N. Brown
• 144 •   Review: Curious Fragments: Jack London's Tales of Fantasy Fiction by Jack London • review by Charles N. Brown
• 144 •   Review: Strange Horizons by Sam Moskowitz • review by Charles N. Brown
• 145 •   Review: Rebirth by Thomas Calvert McClary • review by Charles N. Brown
• 145 •   Review: The Ghost Pirates by William Hope Hodgson • review by Charles N. Brown
• 145 •   Review: The World Below by S. Fowler Wright • review by Charles N. Brown
• 145 •   Review: Who Goes There? by John W. Campbell, Jr. • review by Charles N. Brown
• 145 •   Review: Cloak of Aesir by John W. Campbell, Jr. • review by Charles N. Brown
• 145 •   Review: Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore • review by Charles N. Brown
• 145 •   Review: Needle by Hal Clement • review by Charles N. Brown
• 146 •   Review: The Crystal World by J. G. Ballard • review by Charles N. Brown
• 146 •   Review: Behold the Man by Michael Moorcock • review by Charles N. Brown
• 146 •   Review: The Judgement of Eve by Edgar Pangborn • review by Charles N. Brown
• 146 •   Review: Aniara by Harry Martinson • review by Charles N. Brown
• 146 •   Review: First on Mars by Rex Gordon • review by Charles N. Brown
• 146 •   Review: Anatomy of Wonder by Neil Barron • review by Charles N. Brown
• 146 •   Review: Elric of Melniboné by Michael Moorcock • review by Charles N. Brown
• 146 •   Review: The Sailor on the Seas of Fate by Michael Moorcock • review by Charles N. Brown
• 146 •   Review: Best Science Fiction of the Year 5 by Terry Carr • review by Charles N. Brown
• 147 •   Review: The 1976 Annual World's Best SF by Arthur W. Saha and Donald A. Wollheim • review by Charles N. Brown
• 147 •   Review: Best Science Fiction Stories of the Year, Fifth Annual Collection by Lester del Rey • review by Charles N. Brown
• 150 • Across the River • novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
• 151 •  Across the River • interior artwork by Freff
• 167 •  Across the River [2] • interior artwork by Freff
• 189 •  Letters (Asimov's, Summer 1977) • essay by various
• 189 •  Letter (Asimov's, Summer 1977) • essay by Jonathan Fast
• 189 •  Letter (Asimov's, Summer 1977) • [Letters: Arthur C. Clarke] • essay by Arthur C. Clarke