Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Volume 5, Issue 11, October 26, 1981

by George H. Scithers (Editor), John M. Ford, Beverly Grant

CONTENTS

Novelettes
"Intersections" by John M. Ford
"The Dark Side of Mallworld" by Somtow Sucharitkul

Short Stories
"The Artistic Touch" by Ian Watson
"Parallel Pasts" by Martin Gardner
"The Anatomy Lesson" by Scott Sanders
"The North Wind" by James Gunn
"Our Man in Vulnerable" by Sharon Webb
"Backup System" by F. M. Busby

Poetry
"Fashion Plait" by Beverly Grant
"I Ain't Too Dumb to Care" by Jon P. Ogden
"Improbable Bestiary: The Missing Link" by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
"Infinite Miss" by Charles J. Holst

Departments
"Editorial: The New York Times Laughs Again" by Isaac Asimov
"On Books" by Baird Searles
"On Coincidences in Nature and the Hunt for the Anthropic Principle" by Tony Rothman and Bernard Carr
"Adventures in Unhistory: The Theft of the Mulberry Tree" by Avram Davidson
"The SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss
"Letters"

Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, October 26, 1981, Vol. 5, No. 11 (Whole No. 45)
George H. Scithers, editor
Cover art by Larry Noble

180 pages, Paperback

First published October 26, 1981

Reviews

[Paul · Rating 2 out of 5]

Ratings for this issue:

A (excellent):

The North Wind by James Gunn
Adventures in Unhistory: The Theft of the Mulberry Tree by Avram Davidson

C (average):

Our Man in Vulnerable by Sharon Webb
The Anatomy Lesson by Scott Sanders
Intersections by John M. Ford
Backup System by F. M. Busby

D (poor):

The Dark Side of Mallworld by Somtow Sucharitkul
The Artistic Touch by Ian Watson