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Descent Into Darkness [#4, April 2018] ed. Steve Lines & John B. Ford (Rainfall Books, £4.00, 40pp, A5) Details taken from magazine website. · The Heartbreaking Pleas of the Dummies · John B. Ford · ss Tales of the Weird and Uncanny #2, October 2016 · Thingintheground · Dyer & Lockington · ss · The Ship [Part 4 of 4] · David Smith · sl

Descent Into Darkness [#5, October 2018] ed. Steve Lines & John B. Ford (Rainfall Books, £4.00, 40pp, A5) Details taken from magazine website. · Removal of Old Skeletons · Matthew Wilson · ss · Lite Bite or Stake · David Smith · ss · The Gift That Keeps on Giving · David Smith · ss · I Shop at Night · Dyer & Lockington · ss

Descent Into Darkness [#6, January 2020] ed. Steve Lines & John B. Ford (Rainfall Books, £5.50, 36pp, A5, cover by Allen Koszowski) Details taken from magazine website. · Warlock House · Michael Fantina · ss · Evil Memes · Pam Bissonnette · ss

Descent Into Darkness [#7, (December) 2020] ed. Steve Lines & John B. Ford (Rainfall Books, £5.50, 36pp, A5, cover by Jim Pitts) Details taken from magazine website. · Keyhole · Alan Berkshire · ss · A Hunting We Will Go · M. C. Williams · ss · Mary Jane · Steve Lines · pm

Descent Into Darkness [#8 (unpublished)] ed. Steve Lines & John B. Ford (Rainfall Books, A5, cover by Allen Koszowski) The contents were announced for the unpublished issue #8. · The Spawning · Lee Clark Zumpe · ss The Edge, Tales of Suspense #14, 2002 · A Diseased Mind · Jeremy Hayes · ss · Bobcats and Wild Hogs · J. David Thayer · ss · House in the Hills · Matthew Wilson · ss · Return to Rocky Point · Lee Clark Zumpe · vi Disturbed Digest #11, December 2015

Destinies   (about) A paperback anthology series that was a magazine in everything but physical format. When Jim Baen founded his own paperback house, he issued two similar anthology series which could be considered successors: see Far Frontiers and New Destinies. Publishers: Ace Books; New York: Destinies. Editors: Jim Baen - Editor: Destinies. Susan Allison - Assistant Editor: Destinies, Nov 1978 – Winter 1981. Ellen Kushner - Assistant Editor: Destinies, Nov 1978 – Apr 1979. Features: Spider vs. the Hax of Sol III · Spider Robinson · br; Nov 78, Jan, Apr, Aug, Oct 79. The L-5 Review · Alcestis R. Oberg · ar; Aug 79. The L-5 Review · [uncredited] · ar; Dec 79, Feb, Spr, Sum 80. Books: A Binocular View · Norman Spinrad & Orson Scott Card · br; Feb, Spr 80. On Books · Norman Spinrad · rc; Sum, Fll 80, Wtr 81.

Destinies [v1 #1, Nov.-Dec. 1978] (Ace, $1.95, 309pp+, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) 2 · Stand Pat, Ruby Stone · Roger Zelazny · ss 18 · Old Woman by the Road · Gregory Benford · ss 30 · New Beginnings: [untitled] · Jerry E. Pournelle · ar 48 · Transition Team · Charles Sheffield · nv 78 · Antinomy · Spider Robinson · nv; given as “Antimony”. 150 · Very Proper Charlies · Dean Ing · na 238 · Party Line · Clifford D. Simak · nv 284 · Assimilating Our Culture, That’s What They’re Doing [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss 292 · Science Fiction and Science Part 1: Reality, Fiction, and Points Between · Poul Anderson · ar

Destinies [v1 #2, Jan.-Feb. 1979] (Ace, $2.25, 318pp+, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Given as “February-March 1979” in the Table of Contents. 6 · The Ways of Love [David Ryerson] · Poul Anderson · nv 46 · Good-by to All That · Frederik Pohl · ar 59 · Good-by Forever to Mr. Pain · Robert Sheckley · ss 71 · Domino Domine · Dean Ing · ss 86 · New Beginnings: Comes the Revolution, Comrades · J. E. Pournelle, Ph.D. · ar 105 · The Speckled Gantry · Joseph Green & Patrice Milton · ss 116 · Why Go Into Space? · G. Harry Stine · ar 139 · To Be or Not · Ben Bova · ss Maxwell’s Demons by Ben Bova, Baronet, 1978 175 · Second Chance [Abner Doon; Worthing] · Orson Scott Card · nv 197 · Cultural Conflict [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv 226 · The Galactic Drift · B. D. Wyatt · ar 237 · Time Guide · Gregory Benford · ss 248 · Science Fiction and Science Part 2: The Hardness of Hard Science Fiction · Poul Anderson · ar 264 · The Schumann Computer [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss 274 · Malthusian Crisis and Methuselah’s Children · Robert W. Prehoda · ar; extract from forthcoming book Your Next Fifty Years, (Ace, 1980).

Destinies [v1 #3, April-June 1979] (Ace, $2.25, 320pp+, pb, cover by Dean Ellis) 6 · The Plot · Jim Baen · ed 8 · Spirals · Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle · na 77 · New Beginnings: How to Become a Space Colonist · J. E. Pournelle, Ph.D. · ar 100 · The Pilot · Joe Haldeman · ss 108 · The Story Writer · Richard Wilson · na 199 · Encounter · Stephen Leigh · nv 229 · Computerized Fireflies · Stephen Kimmel · ss 236 · Defending the Third Industrial Revolution · G. Harry Stine · ar 261 · Malthus’ Last Laugh [President Nivling] · Eric Vinicoff & Marcia Martin · nv 295 · Fleas · Dean Ing · ss 304 · Science Fiction and Science Part 3: On Imaginary Science · Poul Anderson · ar

Destinies [v1 #4, Aug.-Sept. 1979] (Ace, $2.25, 320pp+, pb, cover by Dean Ellis) 7 · Skystalk · Charles Sheffield · nv 40 · How to Build a Beanstalk · Charles Sheffield · ar 70 · Some Events at the Templar Radiant [Berserker] · Fred Saberhagen · nv; given as “Some Events in the Templar Radiant” on the story itself. 135 · New Beginnings: The Limits to Knowledge · J. E. Pournelle, Ph.D. · ar 156 · Frogs and Scientists · Frank Herbert · vi 160 · An Open Letter from Robert Heinlein · Robert A. Heinlein · lt 210 · Liquid Assets · Dean Ing · nv 237 · Vehicles for Future Wars · Dean Ing · ar 278 · But We Try Not to Act Like It · Orson Scott Card · nv 304 · Science Fiction and Science Part 4: The Science Fiction in Science · Poul Anderson · ar

Destinies [v1 #5, Oct.-Dec. 1979] (Ace, $2.25, 320pp+, pb, cover by John Rush) 7 · Go Starless in the Night · Roger Zelazny · ss; illustrated by E. T. Steadman 20 · Silver Shoes for a Princess · James P. Hogan · na; illustrated by E. T. Steadman 93 · New Beginnings: Jove! · J. E. Pournelle, Ph.D. · ar 108 · Three Aliens · Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. · nv; illustrated by Steve Fabian 155 · The Stars Are Waiting · G. Harry Stine · ar; illustrated by Steve Fabian 180 · Feathered Pigs · Frank Herbert · vi; illustrated by Alicia Austin 184 · The L-5 Review #2 · The Editors of L-5 News · ar 208 · Spider vs. the Hax of Sol III · Spider Robinson · rc 230 · The Immortals: From Print to Film and Back Again · James Gunn · ar 254 · The Predators [Jed Lacey] · David Drake · nv; illustrated by Suso 295 · What Kind of Love Is This? · Jack C. Haldeman, II · ss; illustrated by Steve Fabian 303 · Science Fiction and Science Part 5: Science Fiction and Reason · Poul Anderson · ar

Destinies [v2 #1, Feb.-Mar. 1980] (Ace, $2.25, 320pp+, pb, cover by Rob McIntyre) 8 · On Predicting the Future: Looking for the Starbow · Frederik Pohl · ar 18 · The Green Marauder [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss 26 · Lost Dorsai [Childe Cycle] · Gordon R. Dickson · na 116 · Gordon R. Dickson: The Plume and the Sword · Sandra Miesel · bg 132 · The Dorsai Irregulars · Jay K. Klein · ar 134 · New Beginnings: The Brains Keep Coming · J. E. Pournelle, Ph.D. · ar 152 · Judo and the Art of Self-Government · Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. · na 218 · Underground [Jed Lacey] · David Drake · na 274 · Faster Than Light · G. Harry Stine · ar 292 · Insight · Ian Watson · ss 305 · A Dragon in the Man · Kevin Christensen · ss 316 · Forward · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss

Destinies [v2 #2, Spring 1980] (Ace, $2.25, 320pp+, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) 7 · Why Must They All Have My Face? · Dean Ing · nv 32 · New Beginnings: The Proper Study of Mankind · J. E. Pournelle, Ph.D. · ar 53 · The Taming of the Bear: The Coming Decline of Soviet Power · Norman Spinrad · ar 76 · Bellerophon · Kevin Christensen · na 137 · Getting About in Space · Charles Sheffield · ar 181 · Four in One · Joe Haldeman · vi 184 · On Predicting the Future: Sweetie · Frederik Pohl · ar 221 · Locksley Hall- 2050 A.D. · G. Harry Stine · ar from The Space Enterprise, Ace, 1980 238 · The City and the Critics · James Gunn · ar 254 · Science with Dick and Jane · Sandra E. Koester · nv 285 · Voices from the Dust · Joan Vinge · nv 317 · Introduction to Expanded Universe · Robert A. Heinlein · fw

Destinies [v2 #3, Summer 1980] (Ace, $2.50, 351pp+, pb, cover by Meltzer) 8 · Robert A. Heinlein: A Sermon · Spider Robinson · ar [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein] 41 · Expanded Universe Part I · Robert A. Heinlein · ex Grosset & Dunlap, 1980 48 · How to Be a Survivor · Robert A. Heinlein · ar 61 · Pandora’s Box · Robert A. Heinlein · ar The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein by Robert A. Heinlein, Ace, 1966; slightly revised. 67 · Where To? · Robert A. Heinlein · pm 68 · Where To? · Robert A. Heinlein · ar revised and updated from the article of the same name (The Worlds of Robert A. Heinlein, Ace, 1966, itself revised from Galaxy, February 1952). 110 · Foreword · Robert A. Heinlein · is; foreword to “Who Are the Heirs of Patrick Henry?” (Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph April 13, 1958), not reprinted here. 112 · Afterword · Robert A. Heinlein · as; afterword to “Who Are the Heirs of Patrick Henry?” (Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph April 13, 1958), not reprinted here. 132 · The Pragmatics of Patriotism · Robert A. Heinlein · ar Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1974, as “Channel Markers” adapted from a speech, “The Pragmatics of Patriotism”, given at the US Naval Academy, 5th April 1973. 145 · Vital Signs [Harve Rackham] · Dean Ing · na 204 · Nuclear Survival: Part 1: Gimme Shelter! · Dean Ing · ar 218 · Retrospective · Larry Niven & Steven Barnes · ss 235 · New Beginnings: About Those Brass Brassieres · J. E. Pournelle, Ph.D. · ar 260 · The Man Who Stole the Moon · Charles Sheffield · nv 322 · On Predicting the Future: Shaking Up Space · Frederik Pohl · ar 333 · Frankie the Rat Man & Baron Von Ronk · G. E. Coggshall · ss

Destinies [v2 #4, Fall 1980] (Ace, $2.50, 320pp+, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) 6 · Recessional · Fred Saberhagen · nv 27 · New Beginnings: The Insurmountable Opportunity · J. E. Pournelle, Ph.D. · ar 47 · Hidden Variable · Charles Sheffield · nv 82 · Pick an Orifice · Gregory Benford · ss 91 · The Day the Sky Burned · G. Harry Stine · ar 113 · On Predicting the Future: The Wizard Wars · Frederik Pohl · ar 133 · Peace from On High · Joe Haldeman · ar 147 · Nuclear Survival: Part 2: Living Under Pressure · Dean Ing · ar 168 · Gone Past · Richard Wilson · nv 226 · The Automatic Rifleman · David Drake · nv 252 · Expanded Universe Part II: The Happy Days Ahead · Robert A. Heinlein · ex Grosset & Dunlap, 1980

Destinies [v3 #1, Winter 1981] (Ace, $2.50, 286pp+, pb, cover by Steve Hickman) Given as “Spring 1981” in the Table of Contents. 6 · Shall We Take a Little Walk? · Gregory Benford · nv 36 · Humans as Machines: The Ideas of Edward O. Wilson · Robert Silverberg · ar 55 · A Letter from God · Ian Watson · ss 67 · Minds, Machines, and Evolution · James P. Hogan · ar 90 · Tears for Emily · Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. · nv 126 · “Dear Editor…” · James Randi · ss 135 · On Predicting the Future: Crystal-Gazing for Fun and Profit · Frederik Pohl · ar 154 · The Final Days · David Langford · ss 164 · A Death in Realtime · Richard Sean McEnroe · ss 175 · Take Me to Your Teacher · Elizabeth Anne Hull, Ph.D. · ar 185 · Dreams Come True · Eric Vinicoff · ss 204 · Nuclear Survival: Part 4: Power- and Potties!- to the People · Dean Ing · ar 221 · Understanding Ein · James Gunn · ar 234 · Travellers · David Drake · na