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Cover art: Tom Bevans
Blurb: “Vol 57, No 4, Whole No 341 Thirtieth anniversary cover This issue is a retrospective of "best" works as selected by querying 30 writers, and 300 lifetime subscribers, as described in "In This Issue."
Index:
- 8 • In This Issue (F&SF, October 1979) • essay by Edward L. Ferman
- 12 • Fondly Fahrenheit • (1954) • novelette by Alfred Bester
- 30 • Books (F&SF, October 1979) • [Books (F&SF)] • essay by Algis Budrys
- 40 • And Now the News ... • (1956) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
- 59 • Coming Next Month (F&SF, October 1979) • essay by uncredited
- 60 • Not with a Bang • (1950) • short story by Damon Knight
- 65 • Flowers for Algernon • (1959) • novelette by Daniel Keyes
- 89 • Cartoon Portfolio (F&SF, October 1979) • essay by Gahan Wilson
- 98 • A Canticle for Leibowitz • [Saint Leibowitz] • (1955) • novelette by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
- 116 • Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot (F&SF, October 1979) • [Ferdinand Feghoot • 1] • short story by Reginald Bretnor (variant of Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot (F&SF, May 1956) 1956) [as by Grendel Briarton]
- 117 • One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts • (1955) • short story by Shirley Jackson
- 125 • Imaginary Numbers in a Real Garden • (1965) • poem by Gerald Jonas
- 126 • The Women Men Don't See • (1973) • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
- 149 • Dance Music for a Gone Planet • (1968) • poem by Sonya Dorman
- 150 • Born of Man and Woman • (1950) • short story by Richard Matheson
- 153 • "All You Zombies ..." • (1959) • short story by Robert A. Heinlein
- 163 • Love Letter from Mars • (1965) • poem by John Ciardi
- 164 • Jeffty Is Five • (1977) • short story by Harlan Ellison
- 181 • Ararat • [The People] • (1952) • novelette by Zenna Henderson
- 201 • Sundance • (1969) • short story by Robert Silverberg
- 214 • The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out • [Schimmelhorn] • (1950) • short story by Reginald Bretnor [as by R. Bretnor]
- 226 • Films: Egg Foo Alien • [Films (F&SF)] • essay by Baird Searles
- 229 • Dreaming Is a Private Thing • (1955) • short story by Isaac Asimov
- 242 • Poor Little Warrior! • (1958) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
- 248 • We Can Remember It for You Wholesale • (1966) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
- 266 • Selectra Six-Ten • (1970) • short story by Avram Davidson
- 273 • Just Thirty Years • [Asimov's Essays: F&SF] • essay by Isaac Asimov
- 284 • Problems of Creativeness • (1967) • novelette by Thomas M. Disch
- 302 • Me • (1959) • poem by Hilbert Schenck
- 303 • The Quest for Saint Aquin • (1951) • novelette by Anthony Boucher”