Analog Science Fiction - Science Fact August 1988 (Vol.108, No.8)
Illustrations by Vincent Di Fate, Janet Aulisio, Judy Mitchell, Dell Harris, Laura Lakey, William R. Warren, Jr.H. R. Van Dongen, Jack Gaughan, Bob Walters. Cover #1 by Vincent Di Fate (for "Proteus Unbound.")

Serial: "Proteus Unbound" (Part 1 of 4) by Charles Sheffield.

Novelettes: "The Reading Lesson" by Stephen L. Burns
"Long Song" by J. Brian Clarke.

Science Fact: "Building a Better Biosphere" by Greg Stec.

Stories "Goin' Down Daze" by W. T. Quick
"Tough Customer" by Lawrence M. Janifer
"A Man of Letters" by Joseph H. Delaney
"A Visitor to the Village" by W. R. Thompson.

Stanley Schmidt's editorial is "With One Exception..."