5 • Problem Grokking • [Editorial (Analog)] • essay by The Editor10 • The Wonderful Secret (Part 1 of 2) • serial by Keith Laumer43 • Exploring Infrastellar Space • [Science Fact (Analog)] • essay by Robert L. Forward [as by Dr. Robert L. Forward ]58 • Have You Been Converted? • shortstory by Rachel Cosgrove Payes60 • In Times to Come (Analog, September 1977) • [In Times to Come (Analog)] • essay by uncredited61 • The Last Battalion • shortstory by David Drake67 • Biolog: Keith Laumer • [Biolog] • essay by Jay Kay Klein77 • Pinocchio • [Lifeboat Earth] • novelette by Stanley Schmidt105 • Analog: A Calendar of Upcoming Events (Analog, September 1977) • [Upcoming Events] • essay by Anthony R. Lewis [as by Anthony Lewis ]116 • The Astrological Engine • shortstory by Charles Ott134 • Griggs and the Einstein Fallacy • [Captain Empirical] • shortstory by Sam Nicholson148 • Amnesty • shortstory by Ron Goulart157 • Pelotas • shortstory by Edmundo Hamiltowne166 • The Reference Library: Suicide Demi-Urge (Analog, September 1977) • [The Reference Library] • essay by Lester del Rey171 • Brass Tacks (Analog, September 1977) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by uncredited173 • Letter (Analog, September 1977) • essay by Jerry Pournelle