Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine: September 1980. Cover: Alex Schomburg.

Featured stories:
"A Tale of Two Cities" by Jack C. Haldeman II (first cover story)
"Niche on the Bull Run" by Sharon Webb (a "Terra Tarkington"story, and another cover story)
"A Spaceship Built of Stone" by Lisa Tuttle
"Hot Pursuit" by John M. Ford (cover story)
"A Pestilence of Psychoanalysts" by J. O. Jeppson ("Pshrinks Anonymous" series)
"Guardian" by Jeff Duntemann
"Rare Bird" by Sharon Webb (cover story)
"Dear Caressa" by Somtow Sucharitkul (the 5th cover story.)

Articles"On Playing Roles: A Second Look" by John M. Ford
"On Designing an Interstellar Spaceship" by Milton A. Rothman.