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The Leading Edge
[#7, Winter 1984] ($2.50, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
David Michael Bastian
)
5 · Rocksong ·
Rayda Reed
· ss
14 · Significance of Sound in Names Found in Fantasy Literature ·
Alan D. Manning
· ar
23 · Hard Knocks ·
Ron Blankenship
&
Lareena Smith
· ss
30 · To Prove the Warrior ·
Mel L. Gifford
· pm
33 · The White Flash ·
Kristy Merrill
· ss
39 · An Interview with
Don Maitz
·
David Doering
· iv
43 · Chefs Choice ·
Barbara R. Hume
· ss
49 · The Token ·
Mandy L. Nakommen
· ss
53 · Standard Procedure ·
James Watson
· ss
61 · The I.R.S. as Big Brother: 1984 in 1984 ·
Steven C. Walker
· ar
67 · The Test ·
P. Karen Todd
· ss
71 · 1984 as Preventative Prophecy ·
Marion K. Smith
· ar
79 · Dark Between the Stars ·
M. Shayne Bell
· ss
89 · Home 2180 a.d. ·
Jonathan D. Langford
· pm
90 · Shadow Walker ·
M. Shayne Bell
,
Nancy Lynn Hayes
,
Jonathan D. Langford
&
Lareena Smith
· vi
93 · Science and Sorcerers: a Casual Look at Role- (Roll-) Playing ·
David Orr
· ar
101 · The Book of God ·
Doug Campbell
· ss
The Leading Edge
[#8, Fall 1984] ($2.50, 102pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
James Watson
)
5 · Wall Street Wizardry ·
Dan Burk
· ss
11 · The Sheer Joy of Storytelling: an Interview with
C.J. Cherryh
·
M. Shayne Bell
· iv
25 · Split Personality ·
Nancy Lynn Hayes
· ss
39 · Always Working on a Book: an Interview with
Frederik Pohl
·
Connie R. Rush
· iv
43 · First Contact: a Play in One Act ·
M. Shayne Bell
· nv
73 · Oh Vile Dragon ·
Steven K. Barton
· ss
79 · Dragon ·
Jim B. Ellis
· pm
81 · The Only Sure Escape ·
Connie R. Rush
· ss
91 · Star Weaver ·
Mel L. Gifford
· pm
93 · L.A. Con II: A WorldCon for All Fans ·
Barbara R. Hume
· ar
The Leading Edge
[#9, Winter 1985] ($2.50, 92pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
Real Musgrave
)
4 · The Open Sea ·
Jeannette Colonna
· ss
10 · Where the Shadows Lie ·
Nancy Lynn Hayes
· ar
14 · Warm Reception ·
Mel L. Gifford
· ss
18 · Eternity on Hold ·
Lareena Smith
· ss
26 · The Garden ·
Jonathan D. Langford
· ss
31 · A Theme in Elvish Poetry ·
Cara Bullinger
· ar
34 · Out of Azram ·
M. Shayne Bell
· ss
47 · Dreamstone ·
M. Shayne Bell
· pm
48 · Interpretations of Tolkien ·
[Various]
· pi
52 · The Iron Door ·
Chris Halladay
· ss
60 · Red Star Over Rivendell ·
Ron Blankenship
· ar
64 · Marthas Window ·
Lois Lower
· ss
70 · Alice, Really ·
James Watson
· ss
78 · Mooting of the Minds: Why Fans Enjoy Tolkien ·
Jonathan D. Langford
&
Steven C. Walker
· ar
85 · Newborn ·
Beverly Nokes
· pm
86 · Phantom Wind ·
Dan Burk
· ss
The Leading Edge
[#10, Fall 1985] ed.
Jonathan D. Langford
(Quark/BYU, $2.50, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
Shareen Halliday
)
2 · Editors Page ·
Jonathan D. Langford
· ed
5 · Comet Halley ·
Connie Smith
· ar
10 · Jacobs Ladder ·
M. Shayne Bell
· nv
25 ·
Anne McCaffrey
: Dragonwriter of Pern ·
Anon.
· iv
32 · Dan Venture and the Gurad Marauders ·
Dave Bastian
&
Dave Doering
· ss
36 · The Sky Is an Open Highway ·
Dave Wolverton
· nv
52 · A Heritage of Greatness: Interview with
Real Musgrave
·
Dave Doering
· iv
57 · Forging ·
Virginia E. Baker
· pm
58 · Isis and Osiris ·
Virginia E. Baker
· pm
59 · Sphynx ·
Virginia E. Baker
· pm
60 · Death ·
Virginia E. Baker
· pm
62 · Homestead ·
Mandy L. Nakommen
· ss
67 · A View from the High Ground ·
Marion K. Smith
· ed
70 · Scattered Souls ·
David Silva
· ss
84 · A Report from NASFIC ·
M. Shayne Bell
· ar
88 · Oh Yes, You Can! ·
Rick Craycroft
· ss
93 · Book Reviews ·
[Various]
· br
96 · Home from the Stars ·
Cara Bullinger
· ss
The Leading Edge
[#11, Winter 1986] ($2.50, 110pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
Steve Keele
)
4 · Free Air ·
John B. Rosenman
· ss
18 · Playing the Game: An Interview with
Gregory Benford
·
Jonathan D. Langford
· iv
24 · Fire and Brimstone ·
Chad R. Millinor
· ss
30 · Bob ·
Brian Keith Evenson
· ss
34 · Moon ·
Clark Farmer
· pm
35 · The Great Shift from Science Fiction to Fantasy ·
Jonathan D. Langford
· ar
40 · It Happened Like This... ·
Craig R. Dalley
· ss
47 · Elegy for a Childhood Friendship ·
Neil J. McMichaels
· pm
48 · Gallery of Art ·
[Various]
· pi
52 · Road to Candarei ·
M. Shayne Bell
· ss
61 · Life, the Universe and Everything IV ·
April Allgaier
· ar
66 · The Library ·
Teresa Keenan
· ss
71 · Laundromat: Night ·
M. Shayne Bell
· pm
72 · Derahn ·
Cathleen Barney
· ss
88 · In the Room of the Third Reflection ·
Dennis E. Clayton
· ss
104 · Evanescence ·
Charlene Carlisle
· pm
The Leading Edge
[#12, Fall 1986] ($2.50, 122pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
David Michael Bastian
)
8 · Run Fast, Rat Mother ·
Glenn L. Anderson
· ss
23 · From the Big Bang to Superstrings to Nuclear Fusion ·
B. Kent Harrison
· ar
34 · Rasta Man ·
Howard V. Hendrix
· ss
38 · Saguaro ·
Robert Kirby
· ss
58 · Dawntower ·
Charlene Carlisle
· pm
60 · And the Stars Are Old [Part 1 of 2] ·
M. Shayne Bell
· na
87 · Report from ConFederation ·
Jonathan D. Langford
· ar
90 · Tabby ·
Colleen Drippé
· ss
99 · Reflections on Twenty Years of Star Trek ·
Julia Taylor
· ar
104 · Mandy ·
April Allgaier
· ss
114 · Take Out the Trash ·
Mel L. Gifford
· ss
The Leading Edge
[#13, Winter 1987] ($2.50, 112pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
David Deitrick
)
4 · Spaceport ·
Sansoucy Kathenor
· ss
13 · Black Cats and Ladders: Thirteen Commonly Held Superstitions and Their Origins ·
Charlene Carlisle
· ar
18 · It Could Happen to Any One ·
Walter Kellar
· ss
24 · AD&D Role Playing: It Isnt Whether You Live or Die, Its How You Play the Game ·
Tracy Hickman
· ar
34 · Heroes Are Born, Not Made ·
Dale J. Stephenson
· ss
44 · Gallery of Art ·
[Various]
· pi
48 · And the Stars Are Old [Part 2 of 2] ·
M. Shayne Bell
· na
80 · One Dark Night ·
April Allgaier
· ss
91 · Fantasy in Old English Literature ·
Catherine Corman
· ar
96 · Nevermind ·
Peter J. Andrews
· ss
The Leading Edge
[#14, Summer 1987] ($2.50, 92pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
Bill Carman
)
9 · Lenins Bones ·
M. Shayne Bell
· ss
14 · Moonspider ·
Charlene Carlisle
· pm
15 · Imago Christi: Christ-Figures in the Fiction of Orson Scott Card ·
Michael R. Collings
· ar
27 · Dark as Erebus ·
L. E. Carroll
· ss
41 · Particolor Musician ·
Peni R. Griffin
· nv
61 · The Plea ·
Rebecca Lynne Bernard
· pm
63 · Paddling on the Bank: Science Fiction and the Literary Mainstream ·
David L. Cowles
· ar
78 · The Wood Wraith of Mizelwort ·
Lee Ann Layton
· ss
The Leading Edge
[#15, Fall 1987] ($2.50, 106pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
Larry Esmay
)
7 · SSIN ·
Scott R. Parkin
· ss
17 · When the Wordmonger Came ·
Michael R. Collings
· pm
19 · Circus Geneticus ·
Carolyn Ives Gilman
· nv
47 · Celtic Festivals and Modern Holidays ·
Corbenic
· ar
57 · The Journey Home ·
Douglas Jole
· pm
61 · Shaamek ·
M. Shayne Bell
· ss
87 · The Bastet Worry-Stone ·
L. E. Carroll
· ss
The Leading Edge
[#16, Winter 1988] ($2.50, 98pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
Bill Carman
)
7 · Mind Your Mother ·
Eric Lowe
· ss
24 · Grey Garden Planet ·
Ruth Berman
· pm
27 · Space Exploration: a Political Battlefield ·
William Schuler
· ar
41 · Warm Like Rain ·
Stephanie Rummler
· ss
48 · 1987 Art Contest Winners ·
[Various]
· pi
52 · The Dream We Share ·
Robert Frazier
· pm
59 · Literary Heroism in the Works of Orson Scott Card ·
Michael R. Collings
· ar
71 · Unnatural Selection ·
Donna Dolezal Zelzer
· pm
79 · The Serpent Staff ·
Peni R. Griffin
· ss
93 · Kyran Harper and the Elf King ·
Douglas Jole
· pm
The Leading Edge
[#17, Summer 1988] ($1.00, 94pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
Bradley Teare
)
7 · Siege ·
Carolyn Nicita
· ss
11 · Interstellar Arcs ·
Thomas A. Easton
· pm
Star*Line
Mar/Apr 1988
13 · Naked Face in a Dirty Mirror ·
Eric Lowe
· ss
30 · But Would You Want Your Sister to Marry One? ·
Bruce Westergren
· ar
37 · On the First Outdoor Testing of a Man-Made Bacterium in a Strawberry Patch in California ·
Michael R. Collings
· pm
39 · Thats Not Kosher ·
Norman L. Quincy
· ss
46 · Prydwen Upon the Sea ·
Douglas Jole
· pm
48 · The Shifting Perspectives of Gormenghast ·
Jay Don Coppersmith
· ar
61 · Ears to Hear ·
Sharon J. Huntington
· ss
72 · Madly in Love with Writing: An Interview with
Ray Bradbury
·
Scott R. Parkin
· iv
79 · Gargoyles ·
Michael R. Collings
· pm
81 · Cryospawn ·
Glenn L. Anderson
· ss
The Leading Edge
[#18, January 1989] ($2.50, 108pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
Kellan Hatch
)
9 · To Fly ·
Eric Lowe
· ss
25 · A Time to Grow ·
Scott R. Parkin
· ss
33 · Explorers ·
Thomas A. Easton
· pm
37 · Silicon Poetry ·
Thomas A. Easton
· ar
47 · Witchin Man ·
Douglas Jole
· ss
60 · Reality Is Morally Neutral ·
Thomas A. Easton
· pm
63 · A Majority of One ·
Mike Austin
· ss
72 · Foreigner ·
Mary A. Turzillo
· pm
1988 Odyssey Poetry Awards
, Brigham Young University 1988
74 · Dialogues by Starlight ·
Michael R. Collings
· ar
85 · Living Proof ·
Douglas W. Clark
· ss
93 · Electric Newton ·
Thomas A. Easton
· pm
95 · Bars ·
Michael R. Collings
· ss
103 · Natural Man ·
Thomas A. Easton
· pm
The Leading Edge
[#19, September 1989] ($1.00, 102pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
Steve Keele
)
7 · Standard Operating Procedure ·
Scott R. Parkin
· ss
19 · Prudence Demands ·
Rayson Lorrey
· ss
25 · Love Song for the Nuclear Age ·
Russell W. Asplund
· pm
26 · The Future of Freedom ·
Poul Anderson
· ar
36 · Art Contest Winners ·
[Various]
· pi
43 · My Cruise ·
Carolyn Nicita
· ss
49 · Neighbors ·
Brian Keith Evenson
· ss
53 · The Executioner ·
Rayson Lorrey
· pm
54 · Popular Folk Motifs in the Movie Alien ·
David G. Chaston
· ar
66 · Future Artist ·
Bill Carman
· ss
77 · Self Portrait: Grey on Grey ·
Russell W. Asplund
· ss
81 · Lilith Now ·
Vicki Allison
· pm
83 · The Tao of Rain and Water ·
Eric Lowe
· ss
The Leading Edge
[#20/21, April 1990] ($2.50, 196pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
Eugene Austin
)
7 · 3 Cosmic Signs ·
John B. Rosenman
· pm
9 · The Ghost Squadron ·
David Summers
· nv
32 · Blackout at the ConEd Plant ·
Bernice Fleisher
· pm
35 · Alexandrian Light ·
Bruce Holland Rogers
· ss
39 · Pepsi Bravo Alpha ·
Eric Lowe
· ss
56 · Star Dig ·
Bernice Fleisher
· pm
58 · Taking Your Chances ·
Algis Budrys
· ar
65 · Empty Every Night ·
Scott R. Parkin
· ss
77 · The Mound at Bryn Celli Ddu ·
Douglas Jole
· pm
79 · Dames, Games, and Insecticides ·
Todd Lakey
· ss
89 · A Pocket Full of Sky ·
Russell W. Asplund
· ss
117 · The Survivors ·
John Grey
· pm
119 · A Darker Shade of Green ·
M. David Jones
· ss
127 · Youre Old Father William ·
Russell W. Asplund
· ss
136 · On Building a Planet ·
Stephen Gillett
· ar
151 · An Island in Utopia ·
Norman Nathan
· pm
159 · Ratchet ·
Scott R. Parkin
· nv
187 · An Astronaut Discusses a Black Hole Binary System ·
Russell W. Asplund
· pm
The Leading Edge
[#22, Fall 1990] ($2.50, 164pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
Greg Newbold
)
9 · Birds That Fly ·
Jan Bee Landman
· ss
25 · Robots and Diapers ·
John D. Harvey
· ss
33 · The Long Long Walk ·
Ted Riggen
· pm
37 · Or the Year After ·
Suzanne Anderson
· nv
60 · Shape of the Variant ·
David Hunter Sutherland
· pm
62 · Crisis Line ·
Kathy
&
Eric Lowe
· ss
79 · Interview with a Biochemist ·
C. E. Pearson
· ss
88 · A Western Way of Thought ·
David Brin
· ar
109 · No Green Hills ·
Russell W. Asplund
· pm
111 · Love Spell ·
Lucy Schmeidler
· ss
122 · Art Contest Winners ·
[Various]
· pi
127 · Time Borrower ·
Jamie Jonas
· ss
136 · So Wheres Your Hubbard Award Story? ·
Bruce Holland Rogers
· ar
138 · Stranded ·
Jim DeWitt
· pm
145 · The Führer You Know [Part 1 of 2] ·
Lee Allred
· nv
The Leading Edge
[#23, Winter 1991] ($2.50, 164pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
Greg Newbold
)
4 · Lenin as a Young Man ·
Eric Lowe
· ar
7 · Old Man River, He Just Keeps Rolling Along ·
Douglas Jole
· ss
19 · Ella ·
Addie Lacoe
· ss
39 · TLE Calendar ·
Fen Eatough
· ms
41 · The StudentMaster ·
Carl A. Rossi
· ss
45 · Legionnaires Disease ·
Jeffrey Perchuk
· pm
48 · Laying Your Cards on the Table [
Orson Scott Card
] ·
Anon.
· iv
55 · The Cynodonian Horse ·
Kalvy Thompson
· vi
58 · Book Reviews ·
[Various]
· br
69 · Dream ·
Jeffrey Perchuk
· pm
73 · To Submerge in a Sky of Crimson ·
Ty Ngok
· nv
99 · Air-Quality-Index-Announcement, Beyond 2000 ·
Charlotte A. Raines
· pm
100 · Solomon in the 21st Century: Ethical Considerations of Reproductive Technologies ·
Janice Willard
· ar
111 · Relevations of the Binary Astronaut ·
Russell W. Asplund
· pm
113 · The Führer You Know [Part 2 of 2] ·
Lee Allred
· nv
142 · Misérabilisme ·
Michael Carr
· ar
The Leading Edge
[#24, September 1991] ($2.50, 196pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
Eugene Austin
)
4 · Editors Page ·
Marny Parkin
· ed
7 · Jacobs Ladder ·
M. Shayne Bell
· nv
The Leading Edge
#10 1985
23 · Thats Not Kosher ·
Norman L. Quincy
· ss
The Leading Edge
#17 1988
29 · An Astronaut Discusses a Black Hole Binary System ·
Russell W. Asplund
· pm
The Leading Edge
#20/21 1990
31 · The Fractured Boy ·
Laureena Smith
· ss
40 · Madly in Love with Writing: An Interview with
Ray Bradbury
·
Scott R. Parkin
· iv
The Leading Edge
#17 1988
49 · The Tao of Rain and Water ·
Eric Lowe
· ss
The Leading Edge
#19 1989
64 · Reality Is Morally Neutral ·
Thomas A. Easton
· pm
The Leading Edge
#18 1989
66 · How the Greenhouse Effect Will Save Us from the Coming Ice Age ·
J. Ward Moody
· ar
81 · Take Out the Trash ·
Melva Gifford
· ss
The Leading Edge
#12 1986
89 · Standard Operating Procedure ·
Scott R. Parkin
· ss
The Leading Edge
#19 1989
101 · Sphinx ·
Virginia Baker
· pm
102 · Quantum Memories: Notes Toward an Anti-Definition of Science Fiction Poetry ·
Michael Collings
· ar
113 · The Witchin Man ·
Douglas Jole
· ss
The Leading Edge
#18 1989
125 · On the First Outdoor Testing of a Man-Made Bacterium in a Strawberry Patch in California ·
Michael Collings
· pm
The Leading Edge
#17 1988
127 · Eye Hath Not Seen ·
Carolyn Nicita
· ss
The Leading Edge
#6 1983
134 · It Isnt Whether You Win or Lose, Its How You Play the Game [
Tracy Hickman
] ·
Anon.
· iv
145 · MoonSpider ·
Charlene Carlisle
· pm
The Leading Edge
#14 1987
; given as by Charlie Carlisle.
155 · Cryospawn ·
Glenn L. Anderson
· ss
The Leading Edge
#17 1988
165 · It Could Happen to Anyone... ·
Walter Kellar
· ss
170 · Prydwen Upon the Sea ·
Douglas Jole
· pm
The Leading Edge
#17 1988
173 · The Sky Is an Open Highway ·
Dave Wolverton
· nv
The Leading Edge
#10 1985
190 · Carr Parts ·
Michael Carr
· ar
The Leading Edge
[#25, January 1992] ed.
Marny Parkin
(Provo, UT: Brigham Young University, $2.95, 144pp+, octavo s/b, cover by
Bill Carmen
)
4 · Driven to the Edge: Editors Page ·
Marny Parkin
· ed
6 · The Witchwet Dunes ·
Hanovi Braddock
· ss
19 · Coming to Visit ·
K. C. Warren
· pm
20 · Getting By ·
Russell W. Asplund
· nv
62 · Rogues of Yore ·
Jamie Jonas
· pm
64 · Visions of the Edge ·
[Various]
· pi
70 · The Mythopoetic in Zamyatins
We
·
Thomas Rogers
· ar [
Yevgeny Zamyatin
]
89 · Better than a Lullaby ·
Jim DeWitt
· pm
90 · Box of Souls ·
Michael W. Carr
· ss
106 · Havent I Heard This Before?: The Role of Folklore, Especially Modern Urban Legends, in Science Fiction ·
David G. Chaston
· ar
116 · Book Reviews ·
[Various]
· br
127 · Nightwind ·
W. Arthur Wright
· ss
141 · The Surge ·
M. B. Simon
· pm
142 · Dramatis Personae ·
Michael Carr
· ar
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