Destinies, Fall 1980
| First published | 1980 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Ace Books |
| Format | Paperback |
| Type | Anthology |
| Cover art | Vincent Di Fate |
| Pages | 320 |
| Price | $2.50 |
| ISBN | 0441143032 |
- Dated "Fall, 1980 / Vol. 2, No. 4" on the cover, "Fall, 1980" on the spine, "Fall Edition 1980" on the title page, and "Volume Two, Number Five / First Printing: November 1980" on the copyright page.
- Editor credited as "James Baen" on the cover, and as "James Patrick Baen" on the title page.
- Cover artist is uncredited. A detail is reproduced on the back without text. Di Fate's signature (© V Di Fate'80) is on the artwork, lower left
- Interior illustrations by Janet Aulisio, Steve Fabian, and Gary Freeman credited only on the copyright page. Individual credit is established here by signature and/or style.
- The illustrations for "The Automatic Rifleman" are uncredited, but appear to be the work of Broeck Steadman, even though he is not credited along with the other interior illustrators.
| Page | Title | Author(s) | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | Recessional | Fred Saberhagen | Short Story |
| 27 | The Insurmountable Opportunity | Jerry Pournelle | Essay |
| 47 | Hidden Variable | Charles Sheffield | Novelette |
| 82 | Pick an Orifice | Gregory Benford | Short Story |
| 91 | The Day the Sky Burned | G. Harry Stine | Essay |
| 113 | The Wizard Wars | Frederik Pohl | Essay |
| 133 | Peace from on High | Joe Haldeman | Essay |
| 147 | Nuclear Survival, Part 2: Living Under Pressure | Dean Ing | Essay |
| 168 | Gone Past | Richard Wilson | Novelette |
| 213 | On Books (Destinies, Fall 1980) | Norman Spinrad | Essay |
| 214 | The Snow Queen | Norman Spinrad & Joan D. Vinge | Review |
| 218 | Juniper Time | Norman Spinrad & Kate Wilhelm | Review |
| 220 | The Vampire Tapestry | Norman Spinrad & Suzy McKee Charnas | Review |
| 221 | Scavengers | Norman Spinrad & David J. Skal | Review |
| 223 | Songmaster | Norman Spinrad & Orson Scott Card | Review |
| 226 | The Automatic Rifleman | David Drake | Novelette |
| 252 | The Happy Days Ahead | Robert A. Heinlein | Essay |