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Cover of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1983

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1983

October 1983

Editor Edward L. Ferman
Cover art Thomas Kidd
Publisher Mercury Press, Inc.
Price $1.75
Pages 164
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Volume 65, No. 4, Whole No. 389 Cover illustrates "To Slay the Dragon" as noted on the Contents/copyright page (scanned version from archive.org). "Coming Soon" not shown on Contents/copyright page. Separate cover printed for Canada with $2.00; UK £1.30

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
5 Short Fiction Fiction The Cat Hotel Fritz Leiber
19 Essay Non Fiction Books (F&SF, October 1983) Algis Budrys
23 Review Non Fiction The 57th Franz Kafka Algis Budrys & Rudy Rucker
24 Review Non Fiction Tea with the Black Dragon Algis Budrys & R. A. MacAvoy
25 Review Non Fiction Benefits Algis Budrys & Zoe Fairbairns
26 Review Non Fiction Millennium Algis Budrys & John Varley
27 Review Non Fiction Skyripper Algis Budrys & David Drake
27 Review Non Fiction The Shadow of the Ship Algis Budrys & Robert Wilfred Franson
28 Short Fiction Fiction To Slay the Dragon P. E. Cunningham
55 Short Fiction Fiction La Ronde Damon Knight
67 Short Fiction Fiction Spending a Day at the Lottery Fair Frederik Pohl
76 Essay Non Fiction Films: Jaded Jedi Baird Searles
79 Short Fiction Fiction Manifest Destiny Joe Haldeman
92 Short Fiction Fiction Not an Affair Theodore Sturgeon
109 Short Fiction Fiction Downtown Thomas M. Disch
118 Short Fiction Fiction Sam Gunn Ben Bova
130 Essay Non Fiction Updating the Satellites Isaac Asimov
141 Short Fiction Fiction And the Marlin Spoke Michael Bishop
160 Essay Non Fiction Coming Soon (F&SF, October 1983) uncredited

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction - 1983 Edward L. Ferman
Cover Art Non Fiction The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1983 Thomas Kidd