6 • Inventions Wanted • [Editorial (Analog)] • essay by Stanley Schmidt 12 • Rocheworld (Part 1 of 3) • [Rocheworld • 1] • serial by Robert L. Forward (book publication as The Flight of the Dragonfly 1984) 64 • My Christmas on New Hanford • shortstory by Thomas R. Dulski 81 • In Times to Come (Analog, December 1982) • [In Times to Come (Analog)] • essay by uncredited 82 • Biolog: Thomas R. Dulski • [Biolog] • essay by Jay Kay Klein 84 • The Blivit in the B-Ring (Part 1 of 2) • [Science Fact (Analog)] • essay by Richard C. Hoagland 102 • Big Truths • shortstory by Ray Brown 117 • Sexual Discrimination • [The Alternate View] • essay by G. Harry Stine 120 • Dark Thoughts at Noon • [Distant Friends • 2] • novelette by Timothy Zahn 150 • The Fragrant Dragon • shortstory by Jackson Burrows 161 • The Reference Library (Analog, December 1982) • [The Reference Library] • essay by Thomas A. Easton [as by Tom Easton ] 169 • Brass Tacks (Analog, December 1982) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by uncredited 171 • Letter (Analog, December 1982) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 178 • A Calendar of Upcoming Events (Analog, December 1982) • [Upcoming Events] • essay by Anthony R. Lewis [as by Anthony Lewis ]