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Paul Witcover on Michael Moorcock's Mother London: "A Metaphor for the Multiverse". . . . . . page 1Arthur Byron Cover on Paul M. Sammon's Splatterpunks: Extreme Horror: "Just A Phase We're Going Through". . .page 1
Tor Books full-page ad for Xenocide. . . . .page 2
Robert Killheffer on Frank M. Robinson's The Dark Beyond the Stars. . . . . . . page 5
Darrell Schweitzer on Patrick McGrath's Spider. . . page 6
Brian Stableford on Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith (eds.) The SFWA Handbook. . . . . .page 7
Michael Swanwick, "Writing in My Sleep #7: 'God'". . . .page 9
John Brunner Read This. . . . . . . page 11
Gene Wolfe, "Smiling, She Met the Dragon". . . .page 12
Leonard Rysdyk on Roger MacBride Allen's The Ring of Charon.page 13
L. W. Currey quarter-page ad. . . . page 14
John Clute on Paul Park's The Cult of Loving Kindness. . . .page 15
Gwyneth Jones on Sheri S. Tepper's Raising the Stones. . . .page 16
Greg Cox on the Transylvanian Library. . . . . .page 17
Michael Kandel Read This. . . . . . page 18
L. W. Currey Bibliography of Iain Banks. . . . .page 19
Ted Chiang L.O.C. on Dan Simmons. . . . page 20
Ray Davis L.O.C. on Dan Simmons. . . . .page 20
Gregory Benford L.O.C. on Dan Simmons. . . . . .page 20
Lee Ballentine L.O.C. on Dan Simmons. . . . page 21
Robert A. Collins L.O.C. on Panshin. . . . .page 21
Damian Kilby L.O.C. on Alexei Panshin. . . . . .page 21
David Bratman L.O.C. on Alexei Panshin. . . . . page 22
Brian Stableford L.O.C. on Alexei Panshin. . . .page 22
John J. Pierce L.O.C. on David Drake. . . . page 23
Editorial: "Why are We? What Were They?". . . . page 24