editor: Schmidt Stanley, Condé Nast Publications Inc., 1982
6 • Renaissance • [Editorial (Analog)] • essay by Stanley Schmidt12 • Too Loving a Touch • novelette by Marc Stiegler45 • Biolog: Dr. Robert A. Freitas, Jr • [Biolog] • essay by Jay Kay Klein46 • Alien Sex • [Science Fact (Analog)] • essay by Robert A. Freitas, Jr. [as by Dr. Robert A. Freitas, Jr. ]54 • The Garden of the Cognoscenti • shortstory by Michael P. Kube-McDowell72 • Brainchild • [Adam Schoonover] • novella by Joseph H. Delaney124 • The Space War • [The Alternate View] • essay by Jerry Pournelle129 • Science, Fiction. • poem by Arlan Andrews [as by Arlan Keith Andrews, Sr. ]130 • The Analytical Laboratory (Analog, June 1982) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by uncredited132 • Melancholy Elephants • shortstory by Spider Robinson144 • In Times to Come (Analog, June 1982) • [In Times to Come (Analog)] • essay by uncredited145 • State of the Art: The Ninety-Degree Error • essay by Joseph F. Patrouch, Jr. [as by Joe Patrouch ]150 • Reaction Time • shortstory by David A. Kyle [as by David Kyle ]162 • The Reference Library (Analog, June 1982) • [The Reference Library] • essay by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton ]169 • Brass Tacks (Analog, June 1982) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by uncredited172 •  Letter (Analog, June 1982) • essay by Duncan Lunan178 • A Calendar of Upcoming Events (Analog, June 1982) • [Upcoming Events] • essay by Anthony R. Lewis [as by Anthony Lewis ]