October/November 1999 • 50th Year of Publication
NOVELLAS
Crocodile Rock	–	Lucius Shepard
NOVELETS
Darkrose and Diamond	–	Ursula K. Le Guin
A Hero of the Empire	–	Robert Silverberg
The Happiest Day of Her Life	–	Kate Wilhelm
SHORT STORIES
macs	–	Terry Bisson
Objects of Desire in the Mirror Are Closer Than They Appear	–	Harlan Ellison
How Heather Moon Kept My Life from Getting Completely Fouled up Again	–	Ron Goulart
New York Vignette	–	Theodore Sturgeon
Fish in a Barrel	–	Jonathan Carroll
The Shrine for Lost Children	–	Poul Anderson
The Dynasters	–	Howard Waldrop
Kenny	–	Robert Sheckley
A Fish Story	–	Gene Wolfe
Acceptance Speech	–	Carol Emshwiller
NON-FICTION
A [Real?] Writer— Homage to Theodore Sturgeon	–	Judith Merril
DEPARTMENTS
Editorial	–	Gordon Van Gelder
Guest Editorial: I Was There the Day the World Ended, I Was There the Day the World Began	–	Ray Bradbury
Books to Look For	–	Charles de Lint
Books	–	Robert K. J. Killheffer
A Scientist's Notebook: Expecting the Unexpected	–	Gregory Benford
Coming Attractions	–
Curiosities	–	Kristine Kathryn Rusch
CARTOON
Gahan Wilson
COVER
"Saturn from Mimas" by Chesley Bonestell/Bonestell Space Art