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Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Volume 104, Issue 10, October 1984

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Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Volume 104, Issue 10, October 1984

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Editor's Note:
• The Too-Inclusive "We" by Stanley Schmidt• The Weigher by Marcia Martin and Eric Vinicoff• Those Halogen Breathers by Stephen L. Gillett, Ph.D.• The Next Logical Step by Joseph H. Delaney• Hot House or Ice Box? by G. Harry Stine• Man of the Hour by James E. Gunn • Nine Days' Wonder by Charles Sheffield• The Reference Library by Thomas A. Easton•   Review: The Golden Grove by Nancy Kress by Thomas A. Easton•   Review: The Door Into Shadow by Diane Duane by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: Hit or Myth by Robert Asprin by Thomas A. Easton•   Review: The Alien Debt by F. M. Busby by Thomas A. Easton•   Review: The Last Master by Gordon R. Dickson by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: The End of the Empire by Alexis A. Gilliland by Thomas A. Easton•   Review: The Forlorn Hope by David Drake by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: One Winter in Eden by Michael Bishop by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: The Best from Universe by Terry Carr by Thomas A. Easton•   Review: Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction by Jack Williamson by Thomas A. Easton•   Review: Men, Martians and Machines by Eric Frank Russell by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: The Joy Makers by James Gunn by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: The Shores of Another Sea by Chad Oliver by Thomas A. Easton •   Review: The Classic Philip José Farmer, 1952-1964 by Philip José Farmer by Thomas A. Easton• Herbig-Haro by Eric G. Iverson• On Gaming by Dana Lombardy• A Calendar of Upcoming Events by Anthony R. Lewis

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Length 178 Pages
Language Eng
Imprint Davis Publications, Inc
Released September 11, 1984
Identifier (ISBN) 17402979
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