Published by Ziff-Davis Publishing, NY, 1957
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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 31, No. 12. Edited by Paul W. Fairman. Cover art by Virgil Finlay. In cludes "The Machine That Saved the World" by Murray Leinster; "Get Out of Our Skies!" by E. K. Jarvis [Henry Slesar]; "A Choice of Miracles" by James A. Cox; "The Nothing Equation" by Tom Godwin; "The Happy Unfortunate" by Robert Silverberg. Features: "The Observatory"; "The Spectroscope"; "Test Your Space I.Q."; ". . .Or So You Say"; "Amazing but True". Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Llewellyn, and others. Math in pen on frotn cover; small loss at spine heel; tanning; rubbing. Reading copy.
Published by Ziff-Davis Publishing, NY, 1957
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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 31, No. 1. Edited by Paul W. Fairman. Cover art by Edward Valigursky. Includes "Quest of the Golden Ape" (pt. 1 of 3) by Ivar Jorgensen & Adam Chase [Paul W. Fairman & Milton Lesser]; "Savage Wind" by Harlan Ellison; "Reluctant Genius" by O. H. Leslie [Henry Slesar]; "Heart" by Henry Slesar; "Before Genius" by E. K. Jarvis [Robert Bloch]. Features: "The Observatory"; "The Revolving Fan" by Roger De Soto; "The Space Club"; ". .Or So You Say". Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Llewellyn, Summers, and others. Stained at upper spine and adjacent corners with losses to rear ghinge; tanning; losses of color to front cover and a little less so to rear, due to wet. Lynn A. Hickman of first fandom's name and address on first page. Reading copy.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 35, No. 1. Edited by Cele Goldsmith. Cover art by Ed Valigursky for "The Asteroids, 2194" by John Wyndham. Includes "Dark Companion" (novelet) by Robert Silverberg; "Unto Us A Child Is Born" (reprint) by David H. Keller, M.D.; "Floor of Heaven" by T. D. Hamm; "The Last Vial" (conclusion) by Sam McClatchie, M.D. Fact Article: "Violets Are Blanu" by Lester del Rey. Features: "Editorial"; "The Spectroscope"; ". . .Or So You Say"; "Coming Next Month". Illustrated by Finlay, Adkins, Morey, and G. Barr. tanned with tears and losses. Reading copy.
Published by Ultimate Publishing, NY, 1971
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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 45, No. 4. Edited by Ted White. Cover art by Mike Hinge for "In Man's Image" by Terry Carr. Includes "The Wrong End of Time" (pt. 1) by John Brunner; "To End All Wars" by Gordon Eklund; "Road Factory" by W. MacFarlane; "In Memoriam: John W. Campbell - 'The Writing Years'" (reprint) by Sam Moskowitz. New Features: "Editorial"; "The Science in Science Fiction: Man's Best Friend" by Gregory Benford & David Book; ". . .Or So You Say". Illustrated by David Cook, Steve Harper, Jeff Jones, Mike Kaluta, and Schoenherr. Lower foredge corner/heel has been wet with scarring of bother covers at same; tanning; foxing; coprner wear.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 37, No. 5. Edited by Cele Goldsmith. Cover art by Ray Kalfus for "Jobo" (novelet) by Henry Slesar; rear cover by Virgil Finlay for "The Road to Sinharat" (novelet) by Leigh Brackett. Includes "The Right Side of the Tracks" by Albert Teichner; "The Deep Space Scrolls" by Robert F. Young. Fact: "The Soviet View of American SF" by Alexander Kazantsev; "Where Is Everybody?" by Ben Bova. Features: ". . .Or So You Say"; "Editorial"; "Coming Next Month"; "The Spectroscope". Illustrated by Summers, Schelling, and Finlay. Marginal losses, covers and interior; tanned; losses at spine ends; tears. Reading copy.
Published by Ziff-Davis, NY, 1960
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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Reading Copy. Vol. 34, No. 4. Edited by Cele Goldsmith. Cover art by Albert Nuetzell. Includes "We're Friends Now" (novelet) by Henry Hasse; "You Don't Make Wine Like the Greeks Did" (novelet) by David E. Fisher; "The Red Telephone" by John Jakes; "The Issahar Artifacts" by J. F. Bone; "It Hardly Seems Fair" by Gordon R. Dickson; "Remembering" by David R. Bunch. Features: "Editorial"; "The Spectroscope"; ". . .Or So You Say"; "Coming Next Month". Illustrated by Varga, Grayam, and Summers. Tears and stains; creasing; edge and corner nicks and wear. Reading copy.
Published by Ultimate Publishing, 1973
Seller: zeebooks, Foley, AL, U.S.A.
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single_issue_magazine. Condition: Very Good. Slight edge & cover wear.
Published by Ultimate Publishing, 1978
Seller: zeebooks, Foley, AL, U.S.A.
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single_issue_magazine. Condition: Very Good. Slight edge & cover wear.
Published by Ultimate Publishing, 1977
Seller: zeebooks, Foley, AL, U.S.A.
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single_issue_magazine. Condition: Very Good. Slight edge & cover wear.
Published by Ultimate Publishing, NY, 1972
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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 46, No. 4. Edited by Ted White. Cover art by Don Davis for "Jupiter Project" (pt. 2 of 2) by Gregory Benford. Includes "On the Last Afternoon" (novella) by James Tiptree, Jr.; "Mere Anarchy" (novelet) by William C. Johnston; "Star Walk" by Gerard F. Conway. New Features: "Editorial"; "The Club House" by Bob Shaw and Walt Willis; "Or So You Say. . .". Illustrated by Dave Cockrum, Joe Staton, Billy Graham, and Don Davis. Small to moderate stain through rear and penetrating 3/4 of the text black, descending, at lower foredge; tanning; foxing; minor scar at lower front foredge.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. 45, No. 6. Edited by Ted White. Cover art by Todd & Bode for "Sky Blue" by Alexei & Cory Panshin. Includes "Project XX" (novella) by Miriam Allen DeFord; "Star Level" (novelet) by William Rotsler; "Only The Stars Are Real" (novelet) by Alan W. Stewart; "Of Mice & Otis" by F. M. Busby; "Get With the Program!" by Russell L. Bates. New Features: "Editorial"; "The Science in Science Fiction: Standing Room Only - Cultural Vs. Biological Evolution" (article) by Gregory Benford; "The Future in Books" by Ted White, Stephen Whealton, and Cy Chauvin; "Or So You Say". Illustrated by Mike Kaluta, Billy Graham, David Cook, Steve Harper, and Dave Cockrum. Creased.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 68, No. 7 (whole no, 587). Bedsheet sized. Cover art by Barclay Shaw. Includes "The Bogus Detector" by Kim Mohan; "Reflections" by Robert Silverberg; "Scenes from a Past and Future Now" by L. A. Taylor; "Old As You Feel" by Michael D. Winkle; "Uncertainty and the Dread Word Love" by Eric T. Baker; "Jimi Plays Dead" by Bruce Bethke; "In the Valley of Life" by Pete D. Manison; "Unemployment, Then and Now" by W. Gregory Stewart; "Cliffs That laughed" by R. A. Lafferty; "Ships in the Night" by Jack McDevitt. Nonfiction: "The Strange case of Raphael Aloysius Lafferty" by Michael Swanwick; "Dances With Gravity" by Stephen L. Gillett; "About teh Authors"; "Tomorrow's Books" compiled by Susan C. Shore and Bill Fawcett; "Back Issues and Anthologies". Looking Forward: "Jack the Bodiless" by Julian May; "The Sharp Emnd" by David Drake. Lower foredge corner has been wet through with waviness and grinding wear, likely bug-predation. Otherwise would have been very nice.
Published by Ultimate Publishing, NY, 1968
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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 42, No. 4. Edited by Barry N. Malzberg and Harry Harrison. Cover art is uncredited [Johnny Bruck]. Includes "Power of the Nail' by Harlan Ellison & Samuel R. Delany; "The Monsters" by David R. Bunch; "Try Again" by Jack Wodhams; "This Grand Carcass" by R. A. Lafferty. Reprints: "The Darf" by Ray Bradbury; "The Traveling Crag" (novelet) by Theodore Sturgeon; "The Last Day" (novelet) by Richard Matheson; "He Who Shrank" (short novel) by Henry Hasse. Features: "SF and the Establishment" by Harry Harrison; "The Future in Books" by Samuel R. Delany & William Atheling, Jr. [James Blish]; "The Science of Man (War Is Peace)" by Leon E. Stover. Illustrated by Dan Adkins, Jeff Jones, Sanford Kossin, Morey, and Robert Kay. Rubbing; creasing; old price on front; mild tanning.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 37, No. 4. Edited by Cele Goldsmith. Cover art by Virgil Finlay for "Beacon to Elsewhere" (novel) by James H. Schmitz; rear cover by Lee Brown Coye for "For Service Rendered" by J. F. Bone. Includes "Circe Has Her Problems" by Roger Zelazny; "Somebody Up There Hates Us" by David R. Bunch; "The Stainless Steel Leech" by Harrison Denmark [Roger Zelazny]; "The Cosmic Wrecker" (article) by Frank Tinsley; SF Profile: Lester del Rey" by Sam Moskowitz. Illustrated by Finlay, Blair, Summers, and Coye. Tanned; brittle edges and corner with lots of chipping and marginal losses.
Published by TSR, Lake Geneva, WI, 1990
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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 65, No. 3 (whole no, 554). Cover art by Janet Aulision for "Harlem Nova" by Paul Di Filippo. Includes "At Vega's Taqueria" by Richard A. Lupoff; "In the Mists of Gellorn" by Ardath Mayhar; "Whoso List to Hunt" by Susan Schwartz; "Behavior Two" by Philip C. Jennings; "The Morality of Altitude' by Mark J. McGarry; & A. L. Sirois; "The Original Magic" by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.; "Descent into Eden" by Robert Frazier; "Signs of Life" by Barbara Krasnoff. Nonfiction: "Motive, Method, and opportunity" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Poetry: "No One Word Processor!" by David R. Bunch; "SF Cliches XI: Starships" by John M. Ford; "A General Purpose Curse" by Ace G. Pilkington. Departments: "Reflections" by Robert Silverberg; "The readers". Illustrated by Janet Aulisio, Robert J. Pasternak, Brad W. Foster, Daniel R. Horne. and George Barr. Creasing; edge and corner nicks and wear; mild tanning; minor soiling.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 35, No. 1. Edited by Cele Goldsmith. Cover art by Ed Valigursky for "The Asteroids, 2194" by John Wyndham. Includes "Dark Companion" (novelet) by Robert Silverberg; "Unto Us A Child Is Born" (reprint) by David H. Keller, M.D.; "Floor of Heaven" by T. D. Hamm; "The Last Vial" (conclusion) by Sam McClatchie, M.D. Fact Article: "Violets Are Blanu" by Lester del Rey. Features: "Editorial"; "The Spectroscope"; ". . .Or So You Say"; "Coming Next Month". Illustrated by Finlay, Adkins, Morey, and G. Barr. Spine tears with small losses; spine glue-mended; rubbing and fading of wraps (see scan); tanning; creasing; edge and corner nicks and wear.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 40, No. 6. Edited by Sol Cohen. Cover art is by James B. Settles ("Satellite Space Ship Station". Includes "Stopover in Space" by Murray Leinster. And reprints: "Secret of the Death Dome" by Walter M. Miller, Jr.; "Elaine's Tomb' by G. Peyton Wertenbaker; "If This Be Utopia. . ." by Kris Neville; "Encounter in the Dawn" by Arthur C. Clarke; "Or Else" by Henry Kuttner. Illustrated by Gray Morrow, E. Edmund Swiatek, Leo Morey, and Dick Francis. Rubbing; creasing; mild tanning; marks in pen on front; mior soiling.
Published by Ziff-Davis, NY, 1960
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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good-. Vol. 34, No. 12. Edited by Cele Goldsmith. Cover art by Alex Schomburg for "A Question of Courage" (novelet) by J. F. Bone. Includes "The Lost Machine" (classic reprint) by John B. Harris [John Wyndham]; "I'm a Stranger Here Myself" by Mack Reynolds; "The Flames of Life" by Theodore L. Thomas; "The Last Vial" (pt 2. of 3) by Sam McClatchie, MD; "Feel Run Down. . . Tired. . .?" (article) by Lester del Rey. Small losses to spine and lower front cover spine foredge; tears; tanned; glue-mends to hinges; light stains.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 34, No. 5. Edited by Cele Goldsmith. Cover art by Edward Valigursky. Includes "Hunters Out of Space" (novel) by Joseph E. Kelleam; "No Moving Parts" by Murray F. Yaco; "The Still Small Voice" by Robert Silverberg; "Longevity" by Therese Windser. Features: "Editorial"; "The Spectroscope"; ". . .Or So You Say"; "Coming Next Month". Illustrated by Grayam, Summers, and Finlay. Spine taped; small loss at spine heel; a few short tars and minor losses; tanning; a little soiling.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 35, No. 9. Front cover by Ed Emshwiller for "The Highest Form of Life" by John Jakes; rear cover by Adkins for "The Man Who Had No Brains" (pt. 1 of 2) by Jeff Sutton. Includes "The Great Implication" by Stanley R. Lee; "The Survivors" by T. D. Hamm; "The Legacy" (vignette) by Dick Hank; "Profile: The Worlds of A. E. van Vogt" (not listed in contents page) by Sam Moskowitz. Illustrated by Emsh, Finaly, Adkins, and Douglas. Tanning; bumps and dings with small punctures; edge and corner nicks and wear; a little creasing; rear cover a little soiled.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 65, No. 4. Cover art by G. Howl. Includes "When the Ship Comes In" by R. Garcia y Robertson; "Cicatrix" by John Hegenberger; "Living the Legend" by Kristine Kathryn Rusch; "Command Performance" by Kathe Koja; "A Man Makes a Machine" by Richard Chwedyk; "Behind the Eyes of Dreamers" by Pamela Sargent. Nonfiction: "Style, Substance, and Other Illusions" by Gregory Benford. Poetry: "SF Cliches XII: The End" by John M. Ford; "Mr. & Mrs. Frankenstein" by Dana Sonnenschein; "The City of Fat and Jolly Poets" by Geoffrey A. Landis. Departments: "Reflections" by Robert Silverberg. Illustrated by Bob Eggleton, Brad W. Foster, and Janet Aulisio. A little creasing and stress; tanning; edge and corner wear; minor bumps, dents and dings.
Published by Ultimate Publishing, NY, 1965
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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 40, No. 2. Edited by Sol Cohen. Cover art by Freas for "Killer Ship" (pt. 1 of 2) by Murray Leinster. Includes "The Eternal Eve" by John Wyndham; "Chrysalis" by Ray Bradbury; "The Metal Man" by Jack Williamson; "The Time Jumpers" by Philip Francis Nowlan; "Dusty Answer" by Arthur Porges. Fact: "The Kensington Stone" by Robert Silverberg. Features: "Editorial"; "Letters". Illustrated by Nodel, McClish, Rod Ruth, Frank R. Paul, and Leo Morey. Rubbing; creasing; tanning; chipped at upper edge of front cover; minor soiling, edge nicks, minor bumps and dings; letter X in pen on front.
Published by TSR, Lake Geneva, WI, 1993
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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good+ to Very Good-. Vol. 68, No. 6. Full magazine-sized. Edited by Kim Mohan. Cover art by Mike Hinge. Includes "Plasthis, Plasthat" by Kim Mohan; "Reflections" by Robert Silverberg; "Dancing to Ganum" by Ursula K. Le Guin; "Hellado" by James Lawson; "The Burial Society" by Thomas M. Disch; "The P.E.R.N. Survey" by Anne McCaffrey; "Campbell's World" by Paul Di Filippo; "The Triumph of Post Modernism, With Flamingos" by Alexander Jablokov; "Dawn Over Doldrums" by James Sallis; "The Tarnished Diamond" by Mike Resnick. Nonfiction: "About the Authors"; "Qouth Ray Bradbury: Thank God for Juluie" by Julius Scwartz with Elliott S. Maggin; "Tomorrow's Books" compluiled by Susan Stone & Bill Fawcett; "Back Issues and Anthologies". Illustrated by Mark Maxwell, Ron Walotsky, Doug Anderson, Frank Kelly Freas, Paul Jaquays, Nicholas Jainschigg, and Walter Velez. Lower foredge corner shows bug-predation, with thin hole thru.
Published by Ultimate Publishing, NY, 1971
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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good-. Vol. 45, No. 4. Edited by Ted White. Cover art by Mike Hinge for "In Man's Image" by Terry Carr. Includes "The Wrong End of Time" (pt. 1) by John Brunner; "To End All Wars" by Gordon Eklund; "Road Factory" by W. MacFarlane; "In Memoriam: John W. Campbell - 'The Writing Years'" (reprint) by Sam Moskowitz. New Features: "Editorial"; "The Science in Science Fiction: Man's Best Friend" by Gregory Benford & David Book; ". . .Or So You Say". Illustrated by David Cook, Steve Harper, Jeff Jones, Mike Kaluta, and Schoenherr. Edge and corner wear; stress; bumps and dings; mild tanning.
Published by Ultimate Publishing, NY, 1965
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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good to Very Good-. Vol. 40, No. 2. Edited by Sol Cohen. Cover art by Freas for "Killer Ship" (pt. 1 of 2) by Murray Leinster. Includes "The Eternal Eve" by John Wyndham; "Chrysalis" by Ray Bradbury; "The Metal Man" by Jack Williamson; "The Time Jumpers" by Philip Francis Nowlan; "Dusty Answer" by Arthur Porges. Fact: "The Kensington Stone" by Robert Silverberg. Features: "Editorial"; "Letters". Illustrated by Nodel, McClish, Rod Ruth, Frank R. Paul, and Leo Morey. Foxing stains; small losses to rear cover foredge; tanning; minor creasing.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Good. Vol. 35, No. 7. Edited by Cele Goldsmith. Cover art by Albert Nuetzell for "Whatever Gods There Be" by Gordon R. Dickson; rear cover by Finlay for "Pariah Planet" (novel) by Murray Leinster. Includes "Father" by Don Morgan; "Coming of the Ice" (classic reprint) by G. Peyton Wertenbaker. Fact: "Cosmic Lifeboat" by Frank Tinsley. Features: "Editorial"; "The Spectroscope"; ". . .Or So You Say"; "Coming Next Month". Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, West, and Frank R. Paul. Creased; tears at spine ends with small losses; edge and corner nicks, wear and short tears; tanning.
Published by TSR, NY, 1985
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SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 59, No. 3. Cover art by George Barr for "Writ in Water, or, The Gingerbread Man" by Avram Davidson. Includes "The Amulet of the Firegod" by J. O. Jeppson; "Batrachian" by Alan Dean Foster; "Rolls Rex, King of Cars" by Sharon N. Farber; "A Friendly Game of Crola" by Esther M. Friesner; "The Ultimate Diagnostic" by Christopher Gilbert; "Finalities Besides the Grave" by John Barnes. Departments: "Opinion" by Robert Silverberg; "Book Reviews" by Robert Coulson & Frank Catalano; "The Readers"; "Screen Reviews" by Baird Searles; "The Observatory" by George H. Scithers & Patrick L. Price; "Interview with David Gerrold" by Darrel Schweitzer. Illustrated by Artifact, George Barr, Jack Gaughan, and Janet Aulisio. Stress, minor creasing; tanning.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 68, No. 3. Full magazine-sized. Edited by Kim Mohan. Cover art by Bob Eggleton. Includes "A Great Chap, Indeed" by Kim Mohan; "Reflections" by Robert Silverberg; "The Ultimate Anthropic Principle" by Jefferson P. Swycaffer; "The Flowers of the Forest" by Brian Stableford; "Out of Their Element" by Geoffrey Landis & Jotj Strumolo; "Afterschool Special" by Paul Di Filippo; "Vapors" by Jack Dann; "Tipi Ganoo and Tyler II" by Andrew Scott Archer; "Behinds the Stars" (pt. 1) by George Zebrowski. Nonfiction: "Wellsprings of Dream" by Poul Anderson; "The Clorox World" by Stephen L. Gillett; "About the Authors"; "Tomorrow's Books" compliled by Susan Stone & Bill Fawcett; "Back Issues and Anthologies". Illustrated by Kent Bash, Timothy Wilson, Randy Asplund-Faith, Paul Jaquays, Alan Clark, and Tom G. Lunzer. Lower foredge corner shows grinding wear, likely bug-predation; minor bumps and wear.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 62, No. 2. Edited by George H. Scithers. Cover art by John Lakey for "Primitives" by Robin W. Bailey & Rob Chilson. Includes "Tit for Tat" by Justin Leiber; "The Shaper of Animals" by Darrell Schweitzer; "The Flesh Tinker and the Loneliest Man" by Ray Aldridge; "Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot" by Grendel Briarton [R. Bretnor]; "The Engine of Samoset Erastus Hale and One Other, Unknown" by Avram Davidson; "A Letter from Bubba: Extraterrestrials" by Hollis Fletcher; "Catscape" by Roberta Grant; "The Hand of the Survivor" by J. M. Zeller; "Billy Jean at Sea" by Sharon N. Farber; "Multiple Origami" by J. B. Allen. Nonfiction: "Hard? Science? Fiction?" by Gregory Benford; "Weird Lawki" by Stephen L. Gillett, Ph.D. Poetry: "Clear to Eternity" by Bruce Boston; "Jason's Answer" by Ace G. Pilkington; "The Photofinish: On Attending a KLecture at Fermi Lab" by Rev. Benedict Auer, O.S.B.; "Kleinisms" by Professor Arthur L. Klein; "When teh Vikings Owned the Mythology" by William John Watkins; "Daemon" by John Devlin; "Spacer Trivia" by M. B. Simon. Departments: "Reflections" by Robert Silverberg; "On Exhibit: The Artwork of John Lakey"; "Inflections". Illustrated by Janet Aulisio, Stephan Peregrine, Brad W. Foster, George Barr, John Lakey, and Roger Raupp. Tanned; minor creasing, edge and corner wear; rear cover bumps; minor soiling.
SingleIssueMagazine. Condition: Very Good. Vol. 68, No. 5. Full magazine-sized. Edited by Kim Mohan. Cover art by David Martin. Includes "Dino Might" by Kim Mohan; "Reflections" by Robert Silverberg; "The Vidim" by Mark Rich; "A Time to Every Purpose" by David B. Silva; "Tourist Attraction' by Juleen Brantingham; "SUITs" by Paul Di Filippo; "Empire Builders" by Ben Bova; "Sometimes, in a Meadow" by Christine Beckert; "Other heads" by Arlan Andrews, Sr. Nonfiction: "GMCs and Planet Building" by Stephen L. Gillett; "About the Authors"; "Tomorrow's Books" compluiled by Susan Stone & Bill Fawcett; "Back Issues and Anthologies". Illustrated by Jean Martin, Rick Lieder, Lori Deitrick, Nicoli Cuti, Barbara Albert, Rob Alexander, and Paul McCall. Lower foredge corner shows grinding wear, likely bug-predation; minor bumps and wear.