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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 · Chef’s 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 · Martha’s 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 · Editor’s Page · Jonathan D. Langford · ed 5 · Comet Halley · Connie Smith · ar 10 · Jacob’s 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 Isn’t Whether You Live or Die, It’s 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 · Lenin’s 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 · That’s 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 · You’re 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 Where’s 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 · Legionnaire’s 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 · Editor’s Page · Marny Parkin · ed 7 · Jacob’s Ladder · M. Shayne Bell · nv The Leading Edge #10 1985 23 · That’s 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 Isn’t Whether You Win or Lose, It’s 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: Editor’s 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 Zamyatin’s We · Thomas Rogers · ar [Yevgeny Zamyatin] 89 · Better than a Lullaby · Jim DeWitt · pm 90 · Box of Souls · Michael W. Carr · ss 106 · Haven’t 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