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The Leading Edge, #1 April 1981

April 1981

Editor Michael W. Reed
Publisher Quark: The Science and Fiction Club
Pages 50+[4]

This is the green cover version. Saddle stitched (two staples). No publisher indicated, but the editorial indicates it was Quark that did the work to publish it. Centerfold pages (between 26-27) are not numbered and are not included in the page numbering at the bottom of all the other pages. "Quark: The Science & Fiction Club (logo)" appears on pp.5, 25, and 49. Only the first is listed in the contents. Staff list per p.5:
  • Executive Editor: Dave Doering
  • Managing Editor: Michael W. Reed
  • Assistant Editor: Rayda Reed

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
4 Essay Non Fiction Editor's Page (The Leading Edge, #1) Michael W. Reed
6 Short Fiction Fiction Earthlonging Shayne Bell
14 Short Fiction Fiction Code Z Thom Duncan
17 Short Fiction Fiction Quotient M. L. Gifford
20 Essay Non Fiction Saturn and SF Ron Blankenship
26 Poem Fiction Sci-Fi March Fox
27 Short Fiction Fiction Lest They Be Gods David Michael Bastian
30 Poem Fiction Heroes Lee Steward
31 Short Fiction Fiction That's Three Cassandra M. Johns
34 Short Fiction Fiction Tribute Barbara R. Hume
39 Short Fiction Fiction Voyager Dave Doering
41 Short Fiction Fiction "Starman, Why Weepest Thou?" Romann Schreiber
48 Essay Non Fiction "What's a Quark?" Rayda Reed

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction The Leading Edge - 1981 Michael W. Reed
5 Interior Art Non Fiction Quark: The Science & Fiction Club (logo) David Michael Bastian
6 Interior Art Non Fiction Earthlonging uncredited
13 Interior Art Non Fiction Earthlonging [2] uncredited
20 Interior Art Non Fiction Saturn and SF David Michael Bastian
27 Interior Art Non Fiction Lest They Be Gods David Michael Bastian
40 Interior Art Non Fiction Voyager uncredited
50 Interior Art Non Fiction The Quantum Duck David Michael Bastian
[2]|26.5 Interior Art Non Fiction Center-fold (The Leading Edge, #1 April 1981) David Michael Bastian