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A digest-sized SF magazine. Features part 1 of *The Plague Star*, a serial by George R. R. Martin featuring his fantastic chracter Haviland Tuf. Also contains these stories and articles:~ ~NOVELETTES:The Singing of the Vestry, the Praying for the Sky [Rick Shelley];Painkillers [Joseph H. Delaney];SHORT STORIES:A Touch Beyond [Stephen L. Burns];Sex & Drugs & Rock'n'Roll [John Gribbin];Lifebomb [Michael P. Kube-McDowell];Cycles [Don Sakers];ARTICLES:If You Can't Lick 'Em [Stanley Schmidt];Biofeedback in Space [Walter B. Hendrickson, Jr.];Biolog: Don Sakers [Jay Kay Klein];Science Fiction is Still Too Conservative! [G. Harry Stine];Coming: Your Best Friend [G. Harry Stine]