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  • The Best of Omni Science Fiction No. 3

    (By Ben Bova)

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    “Book Descriptions: 4 • How Pro Writers Really Write--or Try To • essay by Robert Sheckley
    4 •  How Pro Writers Really Write—or Try To • interior artwork by Kent G. Bellows
    8 • Rent Control • (1979) • shortstory by Walter Tevis
    8 •  Rent Control • (1979) • interior artwork by George Tooker
    12 •  Space Witness • (1980) • interior artwork by Robert McCall [as by Bob McCall ]
    12 • Space Witness • (1980) • essay by Frederick C. Durant, III [as by F. C. Durant, III ]
    20 • Clap Hands and Sing • shortstory by Orson Scott Card
    20 •  Clap Hands and Sing • interior artwork by Gervasio Gallardo
    25 • The Future Lost • (1980) • shortstory by Robert Sheckley
    25 •  The Future Lost • (1980) • interior artwork by Anne Kinggard
    28 • The Test • [Pilot Pirx (Pirx the Pilot)] • (1979) • novelette by Stanisław LemQuestion mark (trans. of Test 1959) [as by Stanislaw Lem ]
    29 •  The Test • (1979) • interior artwork by Don Maitz
    36 • Tour of the Universe • (1981) • essay by Robert Holdstock and Malcolm Edwards
    36 • Tour of the Universe • (1981) • essay by Robert Sheckley
    42 • A Hiss of Dragon • (1978) • novelette by Gregory Benford and Marc Laidlaw
    42 •  A Hiss of Dragon • (1978) • interior artwork by Ernst Fuchs
    50 • Message from Earth • (1980) • shortstory by Ian Stewart
    51 •  Message from Earth • (1980) • interior artwork by Tim White (variant of cover art for Through a Glass, Clearly 1977)
    52 • Newton's Gift • (1979) • shortstory by Paul J. Nahin
    52 •  Newton's Gift • (1979) • interior artwork by Rudolf Hausner
    56 •  Celestial Visitations • (1980) • interior artwork by Gilbert Williams
    56 • Celestial Visitations • (1980) • essay by Robert Sheckley
    60 • God Bless Them • novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
    60 •  God Bless Them • interior artwork by Michel Henricot
    70 • Adventure of the Metal Murderer • [Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)] • (1980) • shortstory by Fred Saberhagen
    70 •  Adventure of the Metal Murderer • (1980) • interior artwork by Chris Moore
    74 • The Rocks That Moved • (1979) • shortstory by John Keefauver
    74 •  The Rocks That Moved • (1979) • interior artwork by De Es Schwertberger
    78 • The Vacuum-Packed Picnic • (1979) • shortstory by Rick Gauger
    78 •  The Vacuum-Packed Picnic • (1979) • interior artwork by Ludek Pesek
    85 • Science Fiction and Survival • (1980) • essay by Ben Bova
    86 • The Man Who Was Married to Space and Time • (1979) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber
    86 •  The Man Who Was Married to Space and Time • interior artwork by Don Ivan Punchatz
    90 •  Stellar Technician • (1981) • interior artwork by Vincent Di Fate
    90 • Stellar Technician • (1981) • essay by Ellen Datlow
    96 • Graveside Watch • (1979) • shortstory by Edward H. Gandy
    96 •  Graveside Watch • (1979) • interior artwork by Gage Taylor
    102 • The Empath and the Savages • (1979) • shortstory by John Morressy
    102 •  The Empath and the Savages • (1979) • interior artwork by Gilbert Williams
    108 • The Thousand Cuts • shortstory by Ian Watson
    108 •  The Thousand Cuts • interior artwork by Wilson McClean
    114 • Hell Creatures of the Third Planet • (1979) • shortstory by Stephen Robinett
    114 •  Hell Creatures of the Third Planet • (1979) • interior artwork by Ralph McQuarrie [as by R. McQuarrie ]
    117 • The Madagascar Event • (1979) • shortstory by Robert Haisty
    117 •  The Madagascar Event • (1982) • interior artwork by Aldo Sessa
    120 • The Eyes on Butterflies' Wings • (1979) • shortstory by Patrice Duvic
    120 •  The Eyes on Butterflies' Wings • (1979) • interior artwork by Bill Martin
    126 • Oil Is Not Gold • (1979) • shortstory by Sam Nicholson
    126 •  Oil Is Not Gold • (1979) • interior artwork by Don Dixon
    132 • The Cure • (1946) • shortstory by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett ]
    132 •  The Cure • interior artwork by Michel Henricot
    138 •  Orders of Magnitude • (1980) • interior artwork by John Harris
    138 • Orders of Magnitude • (1980) • essay by Robert Sheckley”

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