Contents (view Concise Listing)

• 6 • Up Front (Asimov's, December 1982) • essay by Kathleen Moloney
• 7 • Susan Calvin • [Asimov's Editorials] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 15 • On Books (Asimov's, December 1982) • [On Books] • essay by Baird Searles
• 15 •   Review: The Prisoner of Zhamanak by L. Sprague de Camp • review by Baird Searles
• 16 •   Review: Erasmus Magister by Charles Sheffield • review by Baird Searles
• 18 •   Review: Havoc in Islandia by Mark Saxton • review by Baird Searles
• 19 •  Mooney's Module (Asimov's, December 1982) • interior artwork by Gerry Mooney
• 22 •   Review: Belshazzar by Chaim Bermant • review by Baird Searles
• 22 •   Review: Pawn to Infinity by Fred Saberhagen and Joan Saberhagen • review by Baird Searles
• 23 •   Review: Northwest Smith by C. L. Moore • review by Baird Searles
• 24 •   Review: Eric John Stark: Outlaw of Mars by Leigh Brackett • review by Baird Searles
• 26 • Thirty Days Hath September • [SF Puzzles] • short story by Martin Gardner
• 30 • The Story Behind the "Foundation" • [Asimov's Essays: Own Work] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 43 • (Introduction to Foundation's Edge) • essay by uncredited
• 44 • Foundation's Edge (Chapters 1 & 2) • [Foundation] • short fiction by Isaac Asimov
• 44 •  Foundation's Edge (Chapters 1 & 2) • interior artwork by Vincent Di Fate
• 46 • (Introduction to Foundation's Edge) • [Asimov's Essays: Own Work] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 50 • Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
• 50 • Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) • essay by Alvin Toffler
• 53 • Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) • essay by Harlan Ellison
• 55 •  Foundation's Edge (Chapters 1 & 2) [2] • interior artwork by Vincent Di Fate
• 58 • Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) • essay by Harry Harrison
• 58 • Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) • essay by Clifford D. Simak
• 62 • Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 66 • Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) • essay by Larry Niven
• 66 • Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) • essay by Gregory Benford
• 69 •  Foundation's Edge (Chapters 1 & 2) [3] • interior artwork by Vincent Di Fate
• 72 • Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) • essay by Stanley Schmidt
• 75 • Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) • essay by Poul Anderson
• 75 • Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) • essay by Martin Gardner
• 78 • Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) • essay by Spider Robinson
• 78 • Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) • essay by Frederik Pohl
• 80 • Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) • essay by Algis Budrys
• 83 • Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) • essay by A. E. van Vogt
• 86 • Commentary (on Asimov's Foundation Trilogy) • essay by Jack Williamson
• 88 • The Sorceress in Spite of Herself • short story by Pat Cadigan
• 88 •  The Sorceress in Spite of Herself • interior artwork by Janet Aulisio
• 100 • Measuremen • short story by Jayge Carr
• 100 •  Measuremen • interior artwork by Artifact and Val Lakey Lindahn [as by Artifact and Val Lakey]
• 120 • IAsfm Puzzle #4: Hidden Words • essay by Merl H. Reagle
• 122 • The Institute for Scientific Non-Rational Thought • poem by Peter Payack
• 122 •  The Institute for Scientific Non-Rational Thought • interior artwork by M. Kaspar
• 126 • Cutting Down • short story by Bob Shaw
• 126 •  Cutting Down • interior artwork by Janet Aulisio
• 145 • Ancient Document • poem by Hope Athearn
• 146 • Destroyer City • novelette by Dennis Takesako
• 146 •  Destroyer City • interior artwork by Brad Hamann
• 168 • Our Revels Now are Ended • short story by James A. Corrick [as by James Corrick]
• 168 •  Our Revels Now are Ended • interior artwork by David Egge
• 184 •  Letters (Asimov's, December 1982) • essay by various
• 188 • Next Issue (Asimov's, December 1982) • essay by uncredited
• 194 • SF Conventional Calendar (Asimov's, December 1982) • essay by Erwin S. Strauss