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| Date | Article | Type | Author | Page |
| Volume 8 No 1 | ||||
| 85-10 | Untitled | Cover Art | Michel Tcherevkoff | 1 |
| 85-10 | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Kathy Keeton | 6 |
| 85-10 | OMNIBUS | Contributors | 10 | |
| 85-10 | COMMUNICATIONS | Correspondence | 14 | |
| 85-10 | Dialogue | FORUM | 16 | |
| 85-10 | Windfalls | EARTH | T. A. Heppenheimer | 18 |
| 85-10 | The Hundredth Monkey | LIFE | Maureen O'Hara | 22 |
| 85-10 | Shuttle Shutout | SPACE | Owen Davies | 24 |
| 85-10 | Kids and Superkids | MIND | Benjamin J. Spock | 28 |
| 85-10 | Love Among The Vampires | EXPLORATIONS | Bill Lawren | 33 |
| 85-10 | Cut-Rate Glory | STARS | Owen Davies | 36 |
| 85-10 | BOOKS | ARTS | Isaac Asimov | 38 |
| 85-10 | 7 | Continuum | Frank Kendig | 41 |
| 85-10 | 77 SCHOOLS OF THE FUTURE | Article | Richard Wolkomir | 50 |
| 85-10 | QUICKTIME | Fiction | Harlan Ellison | 58 |
| 85-10 | THE POWER OF A NEWBORN BRAIN | Article | Kathleen McAuliffe | 62 |
| 85-10 | Behind the Lines | Pictorial | Kathleen Stein | 68 |
| 85-10 | UNDER SIEGE | Fiction | George R R Martin | 76 |
| 85-10 | OMNI AMERICA | Pull-out map of milestones, mysteries, UFO contest | 81 | |
| 85-10 | SEYMOUR PAPERT AND THE TEACHING TURTLE | Interview | Ron Schultz | 98 |
| 85-10 | RETRO SPECTACLE | Pictorial | Gerard Pomeroy | 106 |
| 85-10 | HARD SCIENCE | Article | Judith Hooper | 114 |
| 85-10 | VETERAN SPACE PROPHET | Quiz | Robert Weil, Peter Tyson | 122 |
| 85-10 | UFOs, etc. | ANTIMATTER | 129 | |
| 85-10 | SUTURED SHELL | Phenomena | Thomas A Wiewandt | 166 |
| 85-10 | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris | 170 |
| 85-10 | Humor | LAST WORD | Gahan Wilson | 172 |
| Special Physicians' Edition | ||||
| 85-10-SP | Opinion | FIRST WORD | T.A. Heppenheimer | 4 |
| 85-10-SP | Being Ugly, Xray Laser, Mans Closest Cousin | Continuum | Marcello Truzzi, Jeff Hecht, Bill Lawren, Sherry Baker | 6 |
| 85-10-SP | Perception on an Alien Shore | Article | Ronald K. Siegel | 8 |
| 85-10-SP | Hidden Connections | Pictorial | Donald Roller Wilson | 14 |
| 85-10-SP | Giant Ground Sloths | EXPLORATIONS | Patrick Tierney | 18 |
| 85-10-SP | Break Dancing in the Pleiades | STARS | Steve Nadis, Neal Burnham | 23 |
| 85-10-SP | Erwin Chargoff | Interview | Anthony l. Liversidge | 24 |
| 85-10-SP | Roadside Rescue | Fiction | Pat Cadigan | 32 |
| 85-10-SP | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris | 40 |
| Volume 8 No 2 | ||||
| 85-11 | Exploring a Window | Cover Art | Steve Hunt | 1 |
| 85-11 | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Timothy Ferris | 4 |
| 85-11 | OMNIBUS | Contributors | 6 | |
| 85-11 | COMMUNICATIONS | Correspondence | 10 | |
| 85-11 | Dialogue | FORUM | 12 | |
| 85-11 | The Ecology of War | EARTH | Rick Boling | 14 |
| 85-11 | Hotline Shamans | MIND | Leah Wallach | 18 |
| 85-11 | Butterfly House | EXPLORATIONS | Jane Bosveld | 22 |
| 85-11 | Mercury Mouth | BODY | Sherry Baker | 24 |
| 85-11 | Bones of Contention | LIFE | Steven Schwartz | 26 |
| 85-11 | Space Tourists | SPACE | Owen Davies | 30 |
| 85-11 | Planet Fantasy | STARS | Sheridan Simon | 32 |
| 85-11 | How to Build a Creative Scientist | Continuum | William K. Stuckey | 35 |
| 85-11 | THE ARTRONAUTS | Article | Phoebe Hoban | 44 |
| 85-11 | SNOW | Fiction | John Crowley | 50 |
| 85-11 | DESIGNER GENES MADE-TO-ORDER ANIMALS | Article | Bill Lawren | 56 |
| 85-11 | STONES THAT SPEAK THE FUTURE | Article | Carole Douglis | 62 |
| 85-11 | TO A NEW LEAF | Pictorial | Sandra Sinclair | 68 |
| 85-11 | Mathilde Krim HOW TO PREVENT AIDS | Interview | Bill Lawren | 76 |
| 85-11 | THE MOST PROFOUND CARESS | Fiction | Julio Cortazar | 84 |
| 85-11 | UFOs. etc | ANTIMATTER | 91 | |
| 85-11 | Future Etiquette | Competition | Scot Morris | 96 |
| 85-11 | LIGHT PAINTING | Phenomena | Eric J Pittman | 124 |
| 85-11 | THE WORLD'S BEST/WORST PUNS | GAMES | Scot Morris | 128 |
| 85-11 | Humor | LAST WORD | John Ficarra | 130 |
| Special Physicians' Edition | ||||
| 85-11-SP | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Marvin Minsky | 4 |
| 85-11-SP | Bear Jail, Launch on Warning, Thinking Cap, Sperm Rights | Continuum | George Nobbe, Eric Mishara, Stephen Robinett | 6 |
| 85-11-SP | Mother Sun | Article | Edward Regis Jr | 8 |
| 85-11-SP | Microzoo | Pictorial | Philip Harrington | 14 |
| 85-11-SP | Dreams and the Anteater | LIFE | Kathleen McAuliffe | 18 |
| 85-11-SP | John Lilly | Interview | Judith Hooper | 24 |
| 85-11-SP | The Curio Shop | Fiction | William Kotzwinkle | 32 |
| 85-11-SP | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris | 40 |
| Volume 8 No 3 | ||||
| 85-12 | Untitled | Cover Art | Ingo Swann | 1 |
| 85-12 | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Dr Howard Jones | 6 |
| 85-12 | OMNIBUS | Contributors | 8 | |
| 85-12 | COMMUNICATIONS | Correspondence | 12 | |
| 85-12 | Dialogue | FORUM | 16 | |
| 85-12 | Perpetual Motion | EARTH | T. A. Heppenheimer | 20 |
| 85-12 | Island Madness | SPACE | James E. Oberg | 22 |
| 85-12 | Listening in the Womb | LIFE | Martha Nelson | 24 |
| 85-12 | Life Signs | MIND | Paul Bagne | 26 |
| 85-12 | No More Men | Health | Dr Jeremy Cherfas | 28 |
| 85-12 | Mending Myopia | BREAKTHROUGHS | Scott Kanya | 32 |
| 85-12 | Demystified Data | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | Owen Davies | 34 |
| 85-12 | Enemy Mine | ARTS | Mitch Tuchman | 36 |
| 85-12 | Moon Mystery | STARS | Terence Dickinson | 38 |
| 85-12 | The Ultimate Brain Trip | Continuum | Marjorie Costello | 41 |
| 85-12 | MALE PREGNANCY | Article | Dick Teresi, Kathleen McAuliffe | 50 |
| 85-12 | THE DRAGON SEED | Fiction | Kate Wilhelm | 58 |
| 85-12 | MAN-MADE WOMB THE NEW SCIENCE OF NATIVITY | Article | Doug Stair | 66 |
| 85-12 | COSMIC CREATION | Pictorial | Owen Davies | 74 |
| 85-12 | ALAN TROUNSON | Interview | Robert Weil | 82 |
| 85-12 | BIRTHTECH THE IDEAL SPERM DONOR | Article | Kathy Keeton with Yvonne Baskin | 90 |
| 85-12 | TRAVELS IN THE INTERIOR | Fiction | Scott Russell Sanders | 98 |
| 85-12 | CHOICES IN CHILDBIRTH | Birth Poll | Judianne Densen-Gerber | 106 |
| 85-12 | UFOs, etc | ANTIMATTER | 113 | |
| 85-12 | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris, Phil Wiswell | 146 |
| 85-12 | FROSTED DUNE | Phenomena | Kathleen Norris Cook | 156 |
| 85-12 | Humor | LAST WORD | Parker Bennett | 158 |
| Volume 8 No 4 | ||||
| 86-01 | Untitled | Cover Art | Michael Radencich | 1 |
| 86-01 | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Pamela McCorduck | 6 |
| 86-01 | OMNIBUS | Contributors | 10 | |
| 86-01 | COMMUNICATIONS | Correspondence | 12 | |
| 86-01 | Dialogue | FORUM | 14 | |
| 86-01 | Executive Murder | EARTH | Richard Levine | 18 |
| 86-01 | New World Mummies | Anthropology | Bill Lawren | 20 |
| 86-01 | Last Flights | SPACE | James, Alcestis Oberg | 22 |
| 86-01 | Halley's Comet | ARTS | Philip J. Hilts | 24 |
| 86-01 | Messengers of the Gods | Continuum | Connie Zweig | 27 |
| 86-01 | CLOSEST ENCOUNTERS | Article | Edward Regis, Jr | 36 |
| 86-01 | TANGENTS | Fiction | Greg Bear | 40 |
| 86-01 | ON THE WINGS OF WIND | Pictorial | Kathleen McAuliffe | 44 |
| 86-01 | JOGGER ON THE HIGH ROAD | Article | Barbara Rowes | 52 |
| 86-01 | SAM AND THE BANZAI RUNNER | Fiction | Dean Ing | 60 |
| 86-01 | LAURELS (AND HARDYS) | Ignoble Prizes | Frank Kendig | 68 |
| 86-01 | MIND MENAGERIE | Article | Judith Hooper, Dick Teresi | 74 |
| 86-01 | Lew Allen NASA'S NEXT STEPS TOWARD THE STARS | Interview | Ron Schultz | 78 |
| 86-01 | UFOs, etc | ANTIMATTER | 83 | |
| 86-01 | OMNI TREASURE HUNT | Contest Preview | 100 | |
| 86-01 | LARVA IN THE LEAF | Phenomena | Klell B Sandved | 102 |
| 86-01 | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris | 112 |
| 86-01 | Humor | LAST WORD | Parker Bennett | 114 |
| Volume 8 No 5 | ||||
| 86-02 | Projections of a Journey | Cover Art | Stanislaw Fernandes | 1 |
| 86-02 | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Freeman J. Dyson | 10 |
| 86-02 | OMNIBUS | Contributors | 12 | |
| 86-02 | COMMUNICATIONS | Correspondence | 14 | |
| 86-02 | Dialogue | FORUM | 16 | |
| 86-02 | Buffalo Beat | EARTH | Jim Nollman | 20 |
| 86-02 | Celestial Omnibus | SPACE | Randall Black | 22 |
| 86-02 | Vanishing Cannibals | Anthropology | Robert Masello | 24 |
| 86-02 | Ultimate Catalog | STARS | Marcia F Bartusiak | 26 |
| 86-02 | The Death of P78-1 | Continuum | Eric Mishara | 29 |
| 86-02 | INSIDE ZOMBIE MAGIC | Article | Wade Davis | 38 |
| 86-02 | THE MAN WHO WASN'T THERE | Fiction | William Kotzwinkle | 48 |
| 86-02 | THE CELL SEER | Article | Kathleen McAuliffe | 54 |
| 86-02 | Robotvendor Rec | Fiction | Robert Sheckley | 62 |
| 86-02 | GREAT OMNI TREASURE HUNT | Prize Panoply | 66 | |
| 86-02 | EXPLORATORIUM | Pictorial | Kathleen McAuliffe | 70 |
| 86-02 | DANIEL OTTE | Interview | Esther Wanning | 78 |
| 86-02 | UFOs. etc. | ANTIMATTER | 85 | |
| 86-02 | TAR STARS | Phenomena | Hugues Colson | 114 |
| 86-02 | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris | 116 |
| 86-02 | Humor | LAST WORD | Terry Runte | 118 |
| Volume 8 No 6 | ||||
| 86-03 | Untitled | Cover Art | Kazuaki Iwasaki | 1 |
| 86-03 | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Dr Christiaan Barnard | 6 |
| 86-03 | OMNIBUS | Contributors | 10 | |
| 86-03 | COMMUNICATIONS | Correspondence | 14 | |
| 86-03 | Dialogue | FORUM | 16 | |
| 86-03 | Alienspeak | SPACE | Edward Regis, Jr | 18 |
| 86-03 | Brain Launching | BODY | Bill Lawren | 20 |
| 86-03 | Smart Kids | MIND | Beth Kirsch | 22 |
| 86-03 | The Searchers | STARS | Steve Nadis | 24 |
| 86-03 | Phosphene Machine | BREAKTHROUGHS | Tim Onosko | 26 |
| 86-03 | Sex in Zero G | Continuum | Ben Bova | 29 |
| 86-03 | THE TEAMS OF 2000 | Quiz | Robert Weil, Steve Fox | 38 |
| 86-03 | SARAH RUNS THE WEASEL | Fiction | Walter Jon Williams | 44 |
| 86-03 | MIND CURES | Article | Steven E Locke, MD & Douglas Colligan | 50 |
| 86-03 | MICRO BONESCAPES | Pictorial | Bran McKernan | 56 |
| 86-03 | D CARLETON GAJDUSEK | Interview | Bill Moseley | 62 |
| 86-03 | JUNGLE REVELERS | Article | Ronald K Siegel | 70 |
| 86-03 | CELESTIAL DIARY | Pictorial | Owen Davies | 76 |
| 86-03 | UFOs. etc | ANTIMATTER | 85 | |
| 86-03 | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris | 110 |
| 86-03 | MIRROR, MIRROR | Phenomena | Dick Luria | 116 |
| 86-03 | Humor | LAST WORD | Mitch Coleman | 118 |
| Volume 8 No 7 | ||||
| 86-04 | Untitled | Cover Art | Ellen Schuster | 1 |
| 86-04 | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Sherry King | 6 |
| 86-04 | OMNIBUS | Contributors | 10 | |
| 86-04 | COMMUNICATIONS | Correspondence | 14 | |
| 86-04 | Dialogue | FORUM | 16 | |
| 86-04 | Scholar Wars | SPACE | Peter Garrison | 20 |
| 86-04 | Cute Bots | BREAKTHROUGHS | Steve Fox | 22 |
| 86-04 | Undersea Habitat | EXPLORATIONS | Tim Sandler | 24 |
| 86-04 | Friends | MIND | Paul Bagne | 26 |
| 86-04 | Big Brains Cheap | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | Joel Davis | 30 |
| 86-04 | A Boring Comet | STARS | Jeff Hecht | 32 |
| 86-04 | I Know All About You | Continuum | Dava Sobel | 35 |
| 86-04 | SNAKE EYES | Fiction | Tom Maddox | 44 |
| 86-04 | SCENTIMENTAL JOURNEYS | Article | Pamela Weintraub | 48 |
| 86-04 | TEST YOUR SCENTSABILITY | Questionnaire | 50 | |
| 86-04 | PERMAFROST | Fiction | Roger Zelazny | 54 |
| 86-04 | SHARED DESTINIES | Pictorial | Robert Masello | 62 |
| 86-04 | SARAH RUNS THE WEASEL Part II | Fiction | Walter Jon Williams | 70 |
| 86-04 | JOHN MONEY | Interview | Kathleen Stein | 78 |
| 86-04 | MATH-ART | Pictorial | Judith Hooper | 88 |
| 86-04 | UFOs. etc | ANTIMATTER | 95 | |
| 86-04 | LIVING WINDOW | Phenomena | Jean-Claude Revy | 124 |
| 86-04 | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris | 132 |
| 86-04 | Humor | LAST WORD | Terry Runte | 134 |
| Special Physicians' Edition | ||||
| 86-04-SP | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Timothy Ferris | 4 |
| 86-04-SP | Affluenza, Brain rebirth, Does Antimatter Fall up? Tickle Belt | Continuum | Robert Brody, Kathleen McAuliffe, Jeff Hecht | 6 |
| 86-04-SP | The Biology of Power Plays | Article | Kathleen Stein | 8 |
| 86-04-SP | Dream Art | Pictorial | Doug Webb | 14 |
| 86-04-SP | COMMUNICATIONS | Correspondence | 23 | |
| 86-04-SP | Robert G. Heath | Interview | Judith Hooper | 24 |
| 86-04-SP | Hong's Bluff | Fiction | William F. Wu | 32 |
| 86-04-SP | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris | 40 |
| Volume 8 No 8 | ||||
| 86-05 | MOONS OF URANUS | Pictorial | Ron Schultz | 90 |
| 86-05 | Untitled | Cover Art | NASA | 1 |
| 86-05 | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Alan B. Shepard, Jr | 6 |
| 86-05 | OMNIBUS | Contributors | 10 | |
| 86-05 | COMMUNICATIONS | Correspondence | 12 | |
| 86-05 | Dialogue | FORUM | 14 | |
| 86-05 | Killer Lake | EARTH | Owen Davies | 18 |
| 86-05 | Asteroid Crops | SPACE | Freeman J. Dyson | 22 |
| 86-05 | Endangered Bushmen | LIFE | Jim Naughton | 24 |
| 86-05 | Beeper Psych | MIND | Judith Hooper | 26 |
| 86-05 | Painkiller or Paralyzer? | BODY | James Kitfield | 28 |
| 86-05 | MUSIC | ARTS | Matthew Kiell | 32 |
| 86-05 | New Moons | STARS | Ron Schultz | 34 |
| 86-05 | Challenger and the Soviets | Continuum | Donna Cheshire and Nick Engler | 37 |
| 86-05 | MISSIONARY POWER | Article | Richard Wolkomir | 46 |
| 86-05 | THE BOOK OF BLOOD | Fiction | Clive Barker | 54 |
| 86-05 | GEOSTAR | Article | Gerard K. O'Neill | 62 |
| 86-05 | HEROES IN SPACE | Poster | 69 | |
| 86-05 | AGAINST BABYLON | Fiction | Robert Silverberg | 86 |
| 86-05 | DANIEL J BOORSTIN | Interview | Anthony l. Liversidge | 102 |
| 86-05 | UFOs. etc | ANTIMATTER | 109 | |
| 86-05 | ALIEN LANDING | Contest Results | Owen Davies | 114 |
| 86-05 | Commemoration | EXPLORATIONS | Jane Goodall | 132 |
| 86-05 | BAHAMA BANK | Phenomena | 140 | |
| 86-05 | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris | 148 |
| 86-05 | Humor | LAST WORD | Joseph F Conroy | 150 |
| Diagnostic Medicine Edition | ||||
| 86-05-SP | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Freeman J. Dyson | 2 |
| 86-05-SP | Hair and Violence, Cardboard Houses, Asbestos Substitute, Nile Neanderthals. | Continuum | Bill Lawren, Carol A. Johmann, Eleanor Smith, Kathrine Jason | 4 |
| 86-05-SP | Quark City | Article | Richard Wolkomir | 6 |
| 86-05-SP | The Hundredth Monkey | LIFE | Maureen O'Hara | 19 |
| 86-05-SP | Behind the Lines | Pictorial | Kathleen Stein | 20 |
| 86-05-SP | Robotvendor Rex | Fiction | Robert Sheckley | 26 |
| 86-05-SP | Where is Planet X? | STARS | Joel Davis | 31 |
| 86-05-SP | B.F. Skinner | Interview | Michael Hollingshead | 32 |
| 86-05-SP | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris | 37 |
| 86-05-SP | Humor | LAST WORD | Tom Weiler | 42 |
| Special Physicians' Edition | ||||
| 86-05-SP | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Candace Pert | 3 |
| 86-05-SP | Swedish Teeth | Continuum | George Nobbe, Bill Lawren, Roopa Morosani | 6 |
| 86-05-SP | 1990's Designer Beasts | Article | Bill Lawren | 8 |
| 86-05-SP | A New Leaf | Pictorial | Sandra Sinclair | 14 |
| 86-05-SP | Digital Orrery | STARS | Edward Regis Jr | 18 |
| 86-05-SP | COMMUNICATIONS | Correspondence | 23 | |
| 86-05-SP | Robert Trivers | Interview | Bill Lawren | 24 |
| 86-05-SP | Number 13 | Fiction | Stephen Robinett | 32 |
| 86-05-SP | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris | 40 |
| Volume 8 No 9 | ||||
| 86-06 | Stargate | Cover Art | Geoffrey Chandler | 1 |
| 86-06 | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Abraham Pais | 6 |
| 86-06 | OMNIBUS | Contributors | 10 | |
| 86-06 | COMMUNICATIONS | Correspondence | 12 | |
| 86-06 | Dialogue | FORUM | 14 | |
| 86-06 | Whatever Happened to Edmund? | EXPLORATIONS | Erik Larson | 16 |
| 86-06 | Coma Comeback | MIND | Leah Wallach | 18 |
| 86-06 | Panther Man | EARTH | Eric Mishara | 20 |
| 86-06 | Marsquest | SPACE | Senator Spark Matsunaga | 22 |
| 86-06 | Savanna Syndrome | Anthropology | Frank Kendig, Lisa Buck | 26 |
| 86-06 | COMPUTER GRAPHICS | ARTS | Robert Rivlin | 30 |
| 86-06 | Magic Mirrors | STARS | Owen Davies | 32 |
| 86-06 | COMPUTER VIRUSES, MODERN GHOSTS | Continuum | Steve Gross | 35 |
| 86-06 | BRAIN MASTER | Article | A.J.S. Rayl | 44 |
| 86-06 | WALL STREET 2086 | Article | Brooks Peters | 48 |
| 86-06 | CHIMERA DREAMS | Fiction | Gregg Keizer | 52 |
| 86-06 | BUG ANATOMY | Pictorial | Owen Davies | 60 |
| 86-06 | ROGER PENROSE | Interview | Anthony l. Liversidge | 66 |
| 86-06 | STARSHIPS | Pictorial | Henry Wouk | 74 |
| 86-06 | WAR OF WINDS | Article | John G Fuller | 82 |
| 86-06 | UFOs. etc. | ANTIMATTER | 87 | |
| 86-06 | SCARLET FANTASY | Phenomena | Kjell B Sandved | 114 |
| 86-06 | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris | 122 |
| 86-06 | Humor | LAST WORD | Tom Weller | 126 |
| Diagnostic Medicine Edition | ||||
| 86-06-SP | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Ben Bova | 2 |
| 86-06-SP | Artificial Gills, Primes, Sugar and Crime, Genes | Continuum | Bill Lawren, Sherry Baker, Allen Maurer | 4 |
| 86-06-SP | Clocks That Make US Run | Article | Len Hilts | 6 |
| 86-06-SP | Natural Packages | Pictorial | Michael Somoroff | 19 |
| 86-06-SP | Six Month Syndrome | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | Owen Davies | 24 |
| 86-06-SP | Jerre Levy | Interview | Jo Durden-Smith, Diana deSimone | 28 |
| 86-06-SP | X Marks the Universe | STARS | Mark R. Chartrand III | 33 |
| 86-06-SP | A Teardrop Falls | Fiction | Larry Niven | 36 |
| 86-06-SP | Word Words | GAMES | Scot Morris | 41 |
| 86-06-SP | Humor | LAST WORD | Parker Bennett | 42 |
| Special Physicians' Edition | ||||
| 86-06-SP2 | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Derek Desolla Price | 4 |
| 86-06-SP2 | Scuba Menace, Miniature Volcanoes, Geography, Aztec Sweetener | Continuum | George Nobbe, Gary Winograd | 6 |
| 86-06-SP2 | Making of A Mind | Article | Kathleen McAuliffe | 8 |
| 86-06-SP2 | Chance and Design | Pictorial | Phebe Hoban | 14 |
| 86-06-SP2 | Candace Pert | Interview | Judith Hooper | 24 |
| 86-06-SP2 | Robot Vendor Rex | Fiction | Robert Sheckley | 32 |
| 86-06-SP2 | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris | 40 |
| Volume 8 No 10 | ||||
| 86-07 | Sea of Dreams | Cover Art | Charley Brown | 1 |
| 86-07 | EXTRATERRESTRIAL LIFE | FIRST WORD | Arthur C. Clarke | 6 |
| 86-07 | OMNIBUS | Contributors | 8 | |
| 86-07 | COMMUNICATIONS | Correspondence | 10 | |
| 86-07 | Dialogue | FORUM | 12 | |
| 86-07 | WHALE SUICIDES | EARTH | Douglas Starr | 14 |
| 86-07 | Megascope | STARS | Marcia F Bartusiak | 16 |
| 86-07 | The Argossey | EXPLORATIONS | Charles R. Pellegrino | 20 |
| 86-07 | Colleen McCullough | ARTS | Robert Weil | 22 |
| 86-07 | Comet Collectors | SPACE | Owen Davies | 24 |
| 86-07 | THE OCEAN INSIDE, WHY GOD RESTED | Continuum | Diane Ackerman | 27 |
| 86-07 | AMPHIBIOUS MAN | Article | Bill Lawren | 36 |
| 86-07 | ULTIMATE SPACE QUIZ | Article | Neil McAleer | 42 |
| 86-07 | ROCK GARDEN | Fiction | Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. | 46 |
| 86-07 | SEA DRIFTERS | Pictorial | Victoria A. Kaharl | 52 |
| 86-07 | Robert Ballard TITANIC ROBOTS | Interview | Douglas Colligan | 60 |
| 86-07 | UNDERWATER COMETS | Article | James Ehmann | 68 |
| 86-07 | METATOUR | Pictorial | Judith Hooper | 74 |
| 86-07 | UFOs, etc | ANTIMATTER | 83 | |
| 86-07 | Stone Skipping | GAMES | Scot Morris | 102 |
| 86-07 | CRYSTAL LANDSCAPE | Phenomena | Eric Hilton | 110 |
| 86-07 | Humor | LAST WORD | Terry Runte | 114 |
| Diagnostic Medicine Edition | ||||
| 86-07-SP | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Albert Rosenfeld | 2 |
| 86-07-SP | Being Ugly, Xray Laser, Mans Closest Cousin | Continuum | Marcello Truzzi, Jeff Hecht, Bill Lawren, Sherry Baker | 4 |
| 86-07-SP | The Brain Race | Article | Phoebe Hoban | 6 |
| 86-07-SP | Environment | EARTH | Richard Greenwell | 15 |
| 86-07-SP | War of the Worlds | Pictorial | Gerard Pomeroy | 16 |
| 86-07-SP | Ernst Mayr | Interview | Carol Johmann | 26 |
| 86-07-SP | Deserted Cities of the Heart | Fiction | Lewis Shiner | 32 |
| 86-07-SP | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris | 41 |
| 86-07-SP | Humor | LAST WORD | Terry Runte | 42 |
| Volume 8 No 11 | ||||
| 86-08 | Untitled | Cover Art | Michael Radencich | 1 |
| 86-08 | Self-Healing | FIRST WORD | Dr Bernard Siegel | 6 |
| 86-08 | OMNIBUS | Contributors | 10 | |
| 86-08 | COMMUNICATIONS | Correspondence | 12 | |
| 86-08 | Manned Spaceflight | FORUM | 14 | |
| 86-08 | Water Maps | SPACE | Doug Stewart | 16 |
| 86-08 | Internal Allies | BODY | Robert Masello | 18 |
| 86-08 | The Isle of Darwin | EXPLORATIONS | Karen Freifeld | 22 |
| 86-08 | Compact Discs | ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | Phoebe Hoban | 24 |
| 86-08 | Test Abuse | Continuum | Ronald K Siegel | 27 |
| 86-08 | AFTER THE SUN DIES | Future Universe | T. A. Heppenheimer | 36 |
| 86-08 | A PLAGUE CALLED VIOLENCE | Crime and Medicine | Sherry Baker | 42 |
| 86-08 | THE LIONS ARE ASLEEP THIS NIGHT | Fiction | Howard Waldrop | 48 |
| 86-08 | TUNNEL VISIONS | NASA Pictorial | Dava Sobel | 52 |
| 86-08 | FIRE CATCHER | Fiction | Richard Kadrey | 60 |
| 86-08 | CHUCK YEAGER | Interview | Paul Bagne | 66 |
| 86-08 | SUBURBAN CHIMP | Animal Studies | Eugene Linden | 72 |
| 86-08 | THE MICROBE WARS | Medical Art | Leah Wallach | 76 |
| 86-08 | UFOs, etc | ANTIMATTER | 83 | |
| 86-08 | Chernobyl Cloud | PHENOMENA | 104 | |
| 86-08 | Pun Competition | GAMES | Scot Morris | 112 |
| 86-08 | Bite-Size Animals | LAST WORD | Charles Memminger, Jr. | 114 |
| Volume 8 No 12 | ||||
| 86-09 | Untitled | Cover Art | Michel Tcherevkoff | 1 |
| 86-09 | HUMANS AND MACHINES | FIRST WORD | Marvin Minsky | 6 |
| 86-09 | OMNIBUS | Contributors | 10 | |
| 86-09 | COMMUNICATIONS | Correspondence | 14 | |
| 86-09 | Chernobyl Disaster | FORUM | 16 | |
| 86-09 | Shuttle Alternatives | SPACE | Randall Black | 20 |
| 86-09 | Automatic Writing | BOOKS | Kevin McKinney | 24 |
| 86-09 | Creating Aliens | LIFE | Erik Larson | 28 |
| 86-09 | Nonconformist Star | STARS | Richard Wolkomir | 30 |
| 86-09 | Hypercharged | Continuum | Charles C. Mann and Robert P. Crease | 33 |
| 86-09 | INTRODUCTION | Collaborating with Arthur C. Clarke | Dick Teresi | 43 |
| 86-09 | HOUSE ARREST | Computerized Homes | Evelyn Taylor | 44 |
| 86-09 | THE LAW IN 2019 | Technocriminals | Kunstler, Bailey. Mitchelson,, Belli | 46 |
| 86-09 | TECH TREK | Future Transportation | Atilla Heja | 48 |
| 86-09 | LISTENING TO BRAHMS | Fiction | Suzy McKee Charnas | 56 |
| 86-09 | CYBER CITY | Parisian Museum | Douglas Colligan | 60 |
| 86-09 | LIFE IN ORBIT | Soviet Master Plan | Andrew Chaikin | 66 |
| 86-09 | DAVID STOCKMAN | Interview | Peter Manso | 72 |
| 86-09 | DEATHSCAPES | The Art of Giger | Robert Masello | 80 |
| 86-09 | UFOs AND NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES | ANTIMATTER | 89 | |
| 86-09 | CHAMBERED NAUTILUS | Phenomena | Chip Clark | 118 |
| 86-09 | Found Art and Treasure Hunt Results | GAMES | Scot Morris | 124 |
| 86-09 | The Wrong Stuff | LAST WORD | Terry Rung | 126 |
| Special Physicians' Edition | ||||
| 86-09-SP | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Freeman J. Dyson | 4 |
| 86-09-SP | Wet Paint, Hospital Pets, Eye off the Ball, Zetas Squarks and Winos | Continuum | Anthony L. Liversidge, Eric Mishara, Bill Lawren, Joel Davis | 6 |
| 86-09-SP | Plastic Megaliths | Article | Douglas Starr | 8 |
| 86-09-SP | Micro Bonescapes | Pictorial | Brian McKernan | 14 |
| 86-09-SP | Mathilde Krim | Interview | Bill Lawren | 24 |
| 86-09-SP | Hell Creatures of the Third Planet | Fiction | Stephen Robinett | 32 |
| 86-09-SP | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris | 40 |
| Diagnostic Medicine Edition | ||||
| 86-09-SP2 | Opinion | FIRST WORD | Frank Herbert | 2 |
| 86-09-SP2 | Wet Paint, Hospital Pets, Eye off the Ball, Zetas Squarks and Winos | Continuum | Anthony L. Liversidge, Eric Mishara, Bill Lawren, Joel Davis | 4 |
| 86-09-SP2 | Wizard of Time and Space | Article | Stephen Hawking, Dennis Overbye | 6 |
| 86-09-SP2 | Behviour | MIND | Paul Bagne | 15 |
| 86-09-SP2 | Aerial Abstractions | Pictorial | Anthony Wolff | 16 |
| 86-09-SP2 | J. Allen Hynek | Interview | Pamela Weintraub | 28 |
| 86-09-SP2 | Smart Cells | LIFE | Kathleen McAuliffe | 35 |
| 86-09-SP2 | Hong's Bluff | Fiction | William Wu | 36 |
| 86-09-SP2 | Diversions | GAMES | Scot Morris | 41 |
| 86-09-SP2 | Humor | LAST WORD | Terry Runte | 42 |
