Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: January 1979 Cover: Vincent Di Fate (for "Ker-Plop")

Featured stories:
"The Second Law" by Barry B. Longyear (a "Circus World" novelette)
"In the Country of the Blind, No One Can See" by Melisa Michaels
"Garbage" by Ron Goulart
"Ker-Plop" by Ted Reynolds (novella.)
Also: profile "Vincent Di Fate" by Ginger Kaderabek
article "On the Road to Science Fiction: from Wells to Heinlein" by James Gunn.

Publication has shifted from bimonthly to monthly this year. George H. Scithers is editor, each issue has an editorial by Isaac Asimov. Most stories are illustrated – regular artists are Jack Gaughan, Alex Schomburg, Karl Kofoed, Derek Carter, Frank Borth, Vincent Di Fate, Freff, Val Lakey, Linda Miller, and George Barr.