Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1981 January 19 sold out - for now!

19 January #35 (v5 #1)

Isaac Asimov - Editorial: The Masquerade 6

Baird Searles - On Books 10

R. A. Wilson - Island Man 18

Martin Gardner - The Bagel Heads Home 58

Erwin S. Strauss - The SF Conventional Calendar 59

James Gunn - On the Robot Novels 60

John M. Ford - 1952 Monon Freightyard Blues 92

Tim Colley - Author, Author 109

Larry Niven & Isaac Asimov - On the Marching Morons 111

Sharon N. Farber - Son of Space Cases 119

F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre - Improbable Bestiary: The Chinese Dragons 124

John Stallings - Isolated Events 126

David R. Bunch - Headlines by the Dozens (Right in My Own Kitchen) 139

Eric G. Iverson & Elaine O’Byrne - Death in Vesunna 140

Letters 162

Index, 1980 171


 

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1981 February 16 sold out - for now!

16 February - #36 (v5 #2)

Isaac Asimov - Editorial: Book Reviews 6

Sharon Webb - The Dust of Creeds Outworn 20

Martin Gardner - The Dance of the Jolly Green Digits 50

John M. Ford - On Opening Night at the Universe: A Personal Voyage to Carl Sagan’s Cosmos 52

Robert Frazier - Haiku for the Space Telescope 58

Grendel Briarton - Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: !X! 59

Reginald Bretnor - These Stones Will Remember 60

Isaac Asimov - The Limerick Contest: Results 89

Freff - Snowflake 90

Jeff Duntemann - Silicon Psalm 99

F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre - Improbable Bestiary: The Bug-Eyed Monster 108

Rand B. Lee - Full Fathom Five My Father Lies 110

D. C. Lewis - UFO Sightings 127

F. M. Busby - Balancing Act 128

Somtow Sucharitkul - The Rainbow King 136

 


 

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1981 March 16 sold out - for now!
16 March - #37 (v5 #3)

Isaac Asimov - Editorial: Science Fiction Poetry 6

Melisa Michaels - I Have a Winter Reason 22

Hope Athearn - Spinsters of Earth 34

Martin Gardner - Chess by Ray and Smull 35

Bill Warren - On Near-Future SF Films 37

R. A. Lafferty - New People 54

Beverly Grant - UFOs Take Note 67

Shawna McCarthy - Artist Profile: Wayne D. Barlowe 68

Sydney J. Van Scyoc - Bluewater Dreams 72

Sharon Webb - Sand 88

Jack Gaughan - The Wind from the Seven Suns 91

Darrell Schweitzer - On Science Fiction Writing Workshops 101

Ted Reynolds - Through All Your Houses Wandering 109

 


 

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1981 April 13 sold out - for now!

13 April - #38 (v5 #4)

Isaac Asimov - Editorial: Drawing the Line 6

Roger Zelazny - Unicorn Variation 20

Martin Gardner - The Polybugs of Titan 45

Peggy J. Noonan - Unseen Connections 46

James Gunn - The Stuff Itself 48

Rick Raphael - False Scent 80

J. O. Jeppson - The Hotter Flash 83

Barbara S. Ryden - An Ode to Pan-Galactic Spaceways, Inc. 94

F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre - Improbable Bestiary: The Unicorn 95

Gary Alexander - Graffiti 97

Ted Reynolds - Instead of a Story 105

Sharon Webb - Twitch on the Bull Run 109

Stefan T. Possony & Jerry Pournelle - Space and the Longevity of Man 119

Barry B. Longyear - The House of If 130

 


 

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1981 May 11How To Order

11 May - #39 (v5 #5)

Copy for sale: very good - £7.50

Isaac Asimov - Editorial: Science Fiction Anthologies 6

Charles N. Brown - On Books: The Best of 1980 11

John M. Ford - And-On Some Games 15

J. P. Boyd - Moonbow 18

James Randi - School Days 37

Martin Gardner - Cracker's Parallel World 38
Robert Silverberg - The Regulars 40
Grendel Briarton - Through Time & Space with Ferdinand Feghoot X! 51
Avram Davidson - Adventures in Unhistory: Who Fired The Phoenix? 52
Scott Elliot Marbach - Other Wells, Other Saints 78

Hope Athearn - The Malice of Machines 95
Simon LaBelle - The Return of the Cousins of the Dune Preacher's Mistress 96
Sharon Webb - Bridges 100
Mack Reynolds - Close Encounter 109
F. Gwynplaine Macintyre - Improbable Bestiary: The Beast in the Loch 118
Warren Salomon - Time and Punishment 120

 


 

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1981 June 8How To Order

8 June - #40 (v5 #6)

Copy for sale: very good - £7.50

Isaac Asimove - Editorial: What's a Galaxy? 6

Barry B. Longyear - The Portrait of Baron Negay 20
Martin Gardner - Titan's Loch Meth Monster 45
Milton A. Rothman - Equilibrium, Stability & All That 46
Gene Wolf - The Woman the Unicorn Loved 70

Elizabeth Mitchell - Artist profile: Frank Borth 88
Sharon Webb - Bitch on the Bull Run 93

Steve Rasnic Tem - Directions for Killing the Automated House 102
F. Gwynplaine Macintyre - Improbable Bestiary: The Yeti 103
Leigh Kennedy - Speaking10 to Others2; Speaking3 to others20 104

Don Anderson - Pavlov’s Cat 119
Ted Reynolds - Trial Sample 120
Sharon Farber - When the Old Man Waves the Banner 135
Sharon Farber, Susanna Jacobson, James Killus - Son of ETAOIN SHRDLU: More Adventures in Type and Space 141
Steven Gould - Wind Instrument 144

 


 

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1981 July 6 sold out - for now!


6 July - #41 (v5 #7)

Isaac Asimov - Editorial: Our Own Galaxy 6

Gregory Benford - Exposures 20

Martin Gardner - The Jinn from Hyperspace 35

Tony Richards - The Lions of Tulath 40

Avram Davidson - Adventures in Unhistory: An Abundance of Dragons 58

Lowell Kent Smith - The Sneeze 89

Penny Tegen - Chariots 103

F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre - Coming Soon to a Theater Near You 103

Elizabeth Anne Hull & Frederik Pohl - Author Plus 104

J. O. Jeppson - A Million Shades of Green 106

Grendel Briarton - Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: X!! 125

Sharon Webb - Earthchild Rising 126



 

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1981 August 3 sold out - for now!

3 August - #42 (v5 #8)

Isaac Asimov - Editorial: The Influence of Science Fiction 5

Mildred Downey Broxon - Sea Changeling 18

Barry B. Longyear & Wang 5-1 - Basic Genesis: Wanging It 42

Jerry Pournelle & Ezekial - Basic Genesis: I Think I Started Something 52

Robert Frazier - Haiku for the Solar Sail 62

Martin Gardner - The Balls of Aleph-Null Inn 63

Robert Frazier - Haiku for Voyager 1 64

Steve Rasnic Tem - Interlude in a Laboratory 65

Bob Shaw - Conversion 66

J. P. Boyd - Magic, the Sea, & Our Conference in Avernus 92

William E. Nilsen - Modern Pythagoras 101

Hank Simpson - Highest Honor 103

Joanne Mitchell - Away from It All 105

William E. Nilsen - Honest Approach by 79116 109

Somtow Sucharitkul - The Dust 110

F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre - Improbable Bestiary: The Genie in the Lamp 136

Dona Vaughn - Dinosaur Weather 138

Michael P. Kube-McDowell - Slac// 142

 


 

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1981 August 31 sold out - for now!

31 August - #43 (v5 #9)

Isaac Asimov - Editorial: Taking a Stand 6

Ted Reynolds - What Mad Diversion 20

Martin Gardner - Scrambled Heads on Langwidere 47

Algis Budrys - Scanners Writhe in Pain 48

J. O. Jeppson - Consternation and Empire 54

Chuck Crayne - Commentary on “I Think I Started Something” 68

John Brunner - The Complaints Department 70

Coleman Brax - Tradeground Eyes 74

John Boardman - On the Years Without a Summer 96

S. Scott Matulis - Regarding a Workshop Assignment That Asked: If You Were Stranded on the Ice in the Middle of a Frozen Lake, How Would You Get Off Sans Either Friction or Resistance? 104

Craig C. Koscho - Bon Appetit 106

Peter Payack - Star Web 111

G. C. Edmundson - Written on Water 112

F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre - Improbable Bestiary: The Gremlin and the Glitch 128

Somtow Sucharitkul - Mallworld Graffiti 130



 

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1981 September 28 sold out - for now!

28 September - #44 (v5 #9)

Isaac Asimov - Editorial: Magazine Covers 6

Alan Lankin - Science Fiction on the Dial 18

John M. Ford - The Dark Companion 22

Ron Goulart - Ask Penny Jupiter 42

Martin Gardner - Antimagic at the Number Wall 57

John M. Ford - On the Continuing Adventure: The Fourth Sally 58

Keith Minnion - A Trail of Footprints 75

Robert Schadewald - If Continents Can Wander, Why Not Planets? 84

R. A. Lafferty - You Can’t Go Back 96

Tony Sarowitz - Bringing the Chairman to Order 113

Sharon Webb - Reliquary for an Old Soul 118

Steven Edward McDonald - Watch This Space 129

F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre - Improbable Bestiary: The Clone 132

Larry Niven - Limits 134

James Tiptree, Jr. - Lirios: A Tale of the Quintana Roo 140



 

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1981 October 26 sold out - for now!

26 October - #45 (v5 #10)

Isaac Asimov - Editorial: The New York Times Laughs Again 6

Ian Watson - The Artistic Touch 22

Martin Gardner - Parallel Pasts 30

Beverly Grant - Fashion Plait 31

Bernard Carr & Tony Rothman - On Coincidences in Nature and the Hunt for the Anthropic Principle 32

Jon P. Ogden - I Ain’t Too Dumb to Care 47

Scott Sanders - The Anatomy Lesson 48

John M. Ford - Intersections 54

Avram Davidson - Adventures in Unhistory: The Theft of the Mulberry Tree 88

James Gunn - The North Wind 106

F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre - Improbable Bestiary: The Missing Link 122

Sharon Webb - Our Man in Vulnerable 123

F. M. Busby - Backup System 126
Charles J. Holst - Infinite Miss 136

Somtow Sucharitkul - The Dark Side of Mallworld 138



 

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1981 November 23 sold out - for now!
23 November - #46 (v5 #11)

Isaac Asimov - Editorial: Watch Out! 6

Kate Wilhelm - With Thimbles, with Forks and Hope 20

Martin Gardner - Luke Warm at Forty Below 66

John M. Ford - Waiting for the Morning Bird 68

Reg Bretnor - Without (General) Issue 80

Alan Dean Foster - The Dark Light Girl 86

F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre - Improbable Bestiary: The Martian 102

D. D. Storm - Mud/Aurora 104

David Brin - The Loom of Thessaly 124



 

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine 1981 December 21 sold out - for now!

21 December - #47 (v5 #12)

Isaac Asimov - Editorial: What Writers Go Through 6

J. O. Jeppson - The Time-Warp Trauma 24

Martin Gardner - The Gongs of Ganymede 38

Avram Davidson - Adventures in Unhistory: The Secret of Hyperborea 40

Valdis Augstkalns - The Santa Clone Interview 63

Lee Killough - The Jarabon 68

F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre - Improbable Bestiary: The Thing in the Jar 88

F. M. Busby - Wrong Number 90

P. J. MacQuarrie - Packing Up 104

Brian Aldiss - End Game 118
Robert Silverberg - A Thief in Ni-moya 120