5 • Extrapolation • [Editorial (Analog)] • essay by The Editor10 • Songs of a Sentient Flute • novelette by Frank Herbert36 • In Times to Come (Analog, February 1979) • [In Times to Come (Analog)] • essay by uncredited59 • Today's Computers, Intelligent Machines and Our Future • [Science Fact (Analog)] • essay by Hans Moravec85 • Last Hunt • shortstory by Eric Vinicoff and Marcia Martin93 • State of the Art: A Computer That Writes Science Fiction • essay by Paul J. Nahin106 • Letter to Ed • shortstory by Edmundo Hamiltowne112 • Titan (Part 2 of 4) • [Gaean • 1] • serial by John Varley151 • A Calendar of Upcoming Events (Analog, February 1979) • [Upcoming Events] • essay by Anthony R. Lewis153 • The Odds Man • shortstory by Gary Alan Ruse168 • The Reference Library: Ex Uno Pluribum (Analog, February 1979) • [The Reference Library] • essay by Lester del Rey175 • Biolog: Orson Scott Card • [Biolog] • essay by Jay Kay Klein176 • Brass Tacks (Analog, February 1979) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by uncredited
