Contents: 5 • Spaceflight Folklore • [Editorial (Analog)] • essay by James Oberg 10 • A Greater Infinity • [A Greater Infinity] • novelette by Michael McCollum 53 • Biolog: Michael McCollum • [Biolog] • essay by Jay Kay Klein 55 • Man's Biological Future • [Science Fact (Analog)] • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 67 • AnaLog: A Calendar of Upcoming Events (Analog, November 1980) • [Upcoming Events] • essay by Anthony R. Lewis [as by Anthony Lewis] 68 • Meeting of Minds • short story by Ted Reynolds 84 • The Sword Sleeps • novelette by Ray Thorne 125 • In Times to Come (Analog, November 1980) • [In Times to Come (Analog)] • essay by uncredited 126 • The Bully and the Crazy Boy • short story by Marc Stiegler 140 • Testing • [Gerald Knave] • short story by Laurence M. Janifer 148 • The Velvet Rose of Evening • short story by William Tuning 163 • Some Notes About Change • [The Alternate View] • essay by G. Harry Stine 167 • The Reference Library (Analog, November 1980) • [The Reference Library] • essay by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton] 173 • Brass Tacks & Letters.
Meeting of Minds by Ted Reynolds The Bully & the Crazy Boy by Marc Steigler Testing by Laurence M. Janifer The Velvet Rose of Everything by William Tuning The Sword Sleeps by Ray Thorne