5 • Self-Fulfilling Prophecies • [Editorial (Analog)] • essay by Stanley Schmidt12 • Shuttle Down (Part 1 of 4) • serial by G. Harry Stine [as by Lee Correy ]59 • The Astounding Adventures of Isaac Intrepid • shortstory by Mike Resnick and Lou Tabakow60 • Too Hot to Handle • [Science Fact (Analog)] • essay by Rick Cook76 • A Lingering Death • shortstory by Timothy Zahn91 • Biolog: L. Sprague de Camp • [Biolog] • essay by Jay Kay Klein92 • Grain of Truth • shortstory by Charles A. Spano, Jr.101 • The Study Syndrome • [The Alternate View] • essay by Jerry Pournelle105 • AnaLog: A Calendar of Upcoming Events (Analog, December 1980) • [Upcoming Events] • essay by Anthony R. Lewis [as by Anthony Lewis ]106 • Gift • novelette by Michael McCollum125 • The Union Forever • novella by Mack Reynolds158 • In Times to Come (Analog, December 1980) • [In Times to Come (Analog)] • essay by uncredited159 • The Reference Library (Analog, December 1980) • [The Reference Library] • essay by Spider Robinson171 • Brass Tacks (Analog, December 1980) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by uncredited