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Cover of Amazing Stories, May 1981

Amazing Stories, May 1981

May 1981

Editor Elinor Mavor
Cover art Kent Bash
Publisher Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc.
Price $1.75
Pages 132
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Vol 55, No 1, Whole No 497. [This volume numbering is correct. See Notes] Cover illustration untitled. The first illustration for "The Fall" is reproduced on the back cover.
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Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
4 Essay Non Fiction Opinion (Amazing Stories, May 1981) Robert Silverberg
5 Review Non Fiction The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Tom Staicar & Douglas Adams
5 Essay Non Fiction The Interstellar Connection (Amazing Stories, May 1981) Tom Staicar
6 Review Non Fiction By Daybreak the Eagle Tom Staicar & Nancy Dorer & Frances Dorer
7 Review Non Fiction Science Fiction Writer's Workshop Tom Staicar & Barry B. Longyear
7 Review Non Fiction Takeoff! Tom Staicar & Randall Garrett
8 Review Non Fiction The Dark Design Tom Staicar & Philip José Farmer
8 Review Non Fiction The Fabulous Riverboat Tom Staicar & Philip José Farmer
8 Review Non Fiction The Magic Labyrinth Tom Staicar & Philip José Farmer
8 Review Non Fiction To Your Scattered Bodies Go Tom Staicar & Philip José Farmer
9 Essay Non Fiction The Intercom (Amazing Stories, May 1981) uncredited
11 Poem Fiction To the Unknown God Steven Edward McDonald
12 Essay Non Fiction Futures Fantastic: Toward Unlimited Energy J. Ray Dettling
20 Poem Fiction Futurelines Steven Edward McDonald
20 Essay Non Fiction J. Ray Dettling uncredited
22 Short Fiction Fiction The Vampire of Mallworld Somtow Sucharitkul
39 Essay Non Fiction Somtow Sucharitkul uncredited
40 Short Fiction Fiction Nobody Lives on Burton Street Gregory Benford
41 Essay Non Fiction Nobody Lives on Burton Street: Introduction Gregory Benford
47 Essay Non Fiction Gregory Benford uncredited
48 Poem Fiction Thing in the Night Mist David R. Bunch
49 Short Fiction Fiction Encounter Hank Stine
49 Essay Non Fiction Hank Stine uncredited
50 Short Fiction Fiction The Fall (excerpt) Lisa Tuttle & George R. R. Martin
70 Essay Non Fiction George R. R. Martin uncredited
70 Essay Non Fiction Lisa Tuttle uncredited
71 Short Fiction Fiction So I Was Born Philip Sidney Jennings
75 Essay Non Fiction Philip Sidney Jennings Philip Sidney Jennings
76 Short Fiction Fiction Project Purple Lewis Jacobson
88 Poem Fiction (Hope) (Ambition) (Anticipation) David R. Bunch
88 Essay Non Fiction Lewis Jacobson uncredited
90 Short Fiction Fiction A Smell of Sulphur Marvin Kaye
93 Essay Non Fiction Marvin Kaye Marvin Kaye
93 Poem Fiction The Bridge to the Liver Pies Marvin Kaye
94 Short Fiction Fiction The Greater Gift Wayne Wightman
109 Interview Non Fiction Evil of the Day Mitchell S. White & Wayne Wightman
110 Short Fiction Fiction The Lock-Box and the Magic Monger Jessica Amanda Salmonson
117 Essay Non Fiction Jessica Amanda Salmonson uncredited
118 Short Fiction Fiction The Action Hook Richard Anker
124 Essay Non Fiction Richard Anker Richard Anker
125 Essay Non Fiction The Future: Subject to Change Without Notice Brian M. Fraser
fep Essay Non Fiction In This Issue (Amazing Stories, May 1981) uncredited

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Amazing Stories - 1981 Elinor Mavor
Cover Art Non Fiction Amazing Stories, May 1981 Kent Bash
22 Interior Art Non Fiction The Vampire of Mallworld Alicia Austin
40 Interior Art Non Fiction Nobody Lives on Burton Street Stephen Fabian
51 Interior Art Non Fiction The Fall (excerpt) Gary Freeman
77 Interior Art Non Fiction Project Purple Alicia Austin
94 Interior Art Non Fiction The Greater Gift Gary Freeman
110 Interior Art Non Fiction The Lock-Box and the Magic Monger Sabrina Jarema
bc Interior Art Non Fiction The Fall (excerpt) Gary Freeman