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IN TIMES TO COME

The cover story next monih u "The Sccond Kind of Loncliness," by Gcorgc R R. Martin. It’% a bit unusual for us to fcature a short story on the cowsr, but Marun** concept of a nunmadc gravitulional vortcx thal allowt stanhipi to "jump” from one point in the univcn< to another is to vmully stunning that it demami* a fuli color UluftrMkm. Kelly Freas has come up with one of hi* bcsl painling* ever.

Martin’* first appearancc herc vru a few monitu back. with an aniele on Computer chat program* He ha* another start łtoty conung up soon. und n working on tlili morę storics. He'* a talent to bc watćhcd. “The Sccond Kind of Loncliness" deal* witb the physical isolouon imposed by men who wort alonc in decp spacc, and the mcnul boUtkta that can sthkc any of u*. cven m the hcart of a bustling city.

Decem ber's issuc will aLso fcature Part Iwo of ClifTord Simak'* "Ccmctery World." an advcnturc yam by F. Paul Wilson; and a story of how telcpalhy micht be uscd as an aid in brain surgery. by ncwcomcr Joc Allred. Al«o-spacc pcrminmg-a story by Howard Myers. and Miriam Allen dcFonTs lir*: appearancc in Analog.

The fact artidc. by Joseph F. Goodavagc. dclve» inlo the lalcst dcvcl-opmcnts on psionic dcvicc». such os the Hicronymus machinę. Nobody can providc a cohcrcnt tbeory to csplain them. but thcrc's mounting esidencc ih.ii ihi* tlrnnor thinr* Work*