editor: Schmidt Stanley, Davis Publications, Inc., 1983
6 • A Journal of (Dubious) Distinction • [Editorial (Analog)] • essay by Stanley Schmidt12 • Seeking • [Emergence] • novella by David R. Palmer61 • Biolog: David R. Palmer • [Biolog] • essay by Jay Kay Klein62 • New Phenomena • [Science Fact (Analog)] • essay by John G. Cramer72 • Murphy's Planet • novelette by Michael P. Kube-McDowell88 • On Gaming (Analog, February 1983) • [On Gaming] • essay by Dana Lombardy90 • Servant of the People • shortstory by Frederik Pohl106 • Special Feature: Concerning Compuorganics and the Ultimate Personal Computer • essay by Michael A. Banks110 • Rocheworld (Part 3 of 3) • [Rocheworld • 1] • serial by Robert L. Forward (book publication as The Flight of the Dragonfly 1984)157 • Choose Your Poison • [The Alternate View] • essay by G. Harry Stine160 • The Reference Library (Analog, February 1983) • [The Reference Library] • essay by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton ]166 • In Times to Come (Analog, February 1983) • [In Times to Come (Analog)] • essay by uncredited167 • Brass Tacks (Analog, February 1983) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by Stanley Schmidt178 • A Calendar of Upcoming Events (Analog, February 1983) • [Upcoming Events] • essay by Anthony R. Lewis [as by Anthony Lewis ]