5 • Democracy in Action • [Editorial (Analog)] • essay by The Editor10 • After the Festival (Part 1 of 4) • serial by George R. R. Martin (book publication as Dying of the Light)49 • Biolog: George R. R. Martin • [Biolog] • essay by Jay Kay Klein54 • The Legal Rights of Extraterrestrials • [Science Fact (Analog)] • essay by Robert A. Freitas, Jr.68 • Man with a Past • novelette by Bernard Deitchman109 • Lauralyn • shortstory by Randall Garrett122 • In Times to Come (Analog, April 1977) • [In Times to Come (Analog)] • essay by uncredited124 • Letter Rip • shortstory by George M. Ewing131 • A Rain of Pebbles • shortstory by Stephen Leigh154 • A Short History of World War LXXVIII • shortstory by Roy L. Prosterman166 • The Reference Library: Les Debutants (Analog, April 1977) • [The Reference Library] • essay by Lester del Rey171 • Brass Tacks (Analog, April 1977) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by uncredited
