Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 4 • To Clone or not to Clone • [Reflections] • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 10 •  Letters (Asimov's, February 1998) • essay by The Editor
• 16 • The Very Pulse of the Machine • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 16 •  The Very Pulse of the Machine • interior artwork by Alan Giana
• 35 • Particle Resonance • poem by David Lunde
• 36 • The Spear of the Sun • (1996) • short story by David Langford
• 36 •  The Spear of the Sun • interior artwork by Paul Brazier
• 43 • Humans/Technological Dimensions on the Eve of the Bimillennium • (1996) • poem by Bruce Boston
• 44 • In the Realm of Dragons • novelette by Esther M. Friesner
• 44 •  In the Realm of Dragons • interior artwork by Darryl Elliott
• 64 • The Picture Business • novelette by Walter Jon Williams
• 64 •  The Picture Business • interior artwork by Laurie Harden
• 93 • Izzy and the Hypocrite Lecteur • short story by Eliot Fintushel
• 108 • Fishing for Lizards • poem by W. Gregory Stewart
• 110 • The Stubbornest Broad on Earth • short story by Janet Kagan
• 117 • Next Issue (Asimov's, February 1998) • essay by uncredited
• 118 • The Planck Dive • novelette by Greg Egan
• 118 •  The Planck Drive • interior artwork by Darryl Elliott
• 146 •   Review: Imagined Worlds by Freeman Dyson • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 146 • On Books (Asimov's, February 1998) • [On Books] • essay by Paul Di Filippo
• 146 •   Review: The Futures of Women by Pamela McCorduck and Nancy Ramsey • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 147 •   Review: The Dark Side by Guy de Maupassant • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 148 •   Review: Before ... 12:01 ... and After by Richard A. Lupoff • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 148 •   Review: Killdozer! by Theodore Sturgeon • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 148 •   Review: His Share of Glory: The Complete Short Science Fiction of Cyril M. Kornbluth by C. M. Kornbluth • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 149 •   Review: Mason & Dixon by Thomas Pynchon • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 151 •   Review: Lineland by Jules Siegel and Christine Wexler • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 152 •   Review: Hope of Earth by Piers Anthony • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 153 •   Review: Alpha Centauri by William Barton and Michael Capobianco • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 153 •   Review: The Black Sun by Jack Williamson • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 154 •   Review: Signs of Life by M. John Harrison • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 155 •   Review: Child of the Journey by Janet Berliner and George Guthridge • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 155 •   Review: Children of the Dusk by Janet Berliner and George Guthridge • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 156 •   Review: Ex Utero by Laurie Foos • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 156 •   Review: Irrelativity by Robert Epstein (b. 1953) • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 156 •   Review: Spec-Lit by Phyllis Eisenstein • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 156 •   Review: The Heart of Progress by Paul Klem • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 156 •   Review: The Book of Angels by Thomas E. Kennedy • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 156 •   Review: Distorture by Rob Hardin • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 157 •   Review: Silicon Embrace by John Shirley • review by Paul Di Filippo
• 160 • SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, February 1998) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss