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Cover of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1989

The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1989

October 1989

Editor Edward L. Ferman
Cover art Hans Teensma
Publisher Mercury Press, Inc.
Price $2.95
Pages 226
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Vol 77, No 4, Whole No 461 Cover for 40th Anniversary issue. "Coming Soon" not shown on Contents/copyright page (scanned version from archive.org). Canada C$3.50, UK £2.50

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
2 Essay Non Fiction In This Issue (F&SF, October 1989) Edward L. Ferman
4 Short Fiction Fiction The Friendship Light Gene Wolfe
19 Essay Non Fiction Books to Look for (F&SF, October 1989) Orson Scott Card
19 Review Non Fiction The Best of the Nebulas Orson Scott Card & Ben Bova
20 Review Non Fiction Battle for the Stars Orson Scott Card & Edmond Hamilton
20 Review Non Fiction Enemy Mine/Another Orphan Orson Scott Card & Barry B. Longyear & John Kessel
20 Review Non Fiction The Nemesis from Terra Orson Scott Card & Leigh Brackett
21 Review Non Fiction The World Treasury of Science Fiction Orson Scott Card & David G. Hartwell
22 Short Fiction Fiction The Rocky Python Christmas Video Show Frederik Pohl
38 Short Fiction Fiction North of the Abyss Brian W. Aldiss
66 Short Fiction Fiction O Thou Last and Greatest! Barry N. Malzberg
73 Short Fiction Fiction Lost Boys Orson Scott Card
92 Short Fiction Fiction War Fever J. G. Ballard
112 Essay Non Fiction In Which, Darkly and Deliciously, We Travel from Metropolis to Metropolis, Two Different Cities, Both Ominous Harlan Ellison
122 Short Fiction Fiction Tales from the Venia Woods Robert Silverberg
140 Short Fiction Fiction Mozart on Morphine Gregory Benford
151 Essay Non Fiction Coming Soon (F&SF, October 1989) uncredited
152 Short Fiction Fiction What Befell Mairiam Algis Budrys
162 Short Fiction Fiction Bound for Glory Lucius Shepard
193 Essay Non Fiction The Nearest Star Isaac Asimov
203 Poem Fiction Books Algis Budrys
204 Short Fiction Fiction The Happy Turnip Thomas M. Disch
222 Essay Non Fiction F&SF Competition: Report on Competition 48 uncredited

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction - 1989 Edward L. Ferman
Cover Art Non Fiction The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1989 Hans Teensma
18 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: "I wish Orville and Wilbur had lived to see this day." H. Martin
65 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: "If you're more than a billion years old, then I'm a fully-formed planet. Let's see some I.D., kid ... " Mark Heath
91 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: "Starve a cold, feed a fever ... or is it feed a cold, starve a fever? ... " Frank Hauser