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IN TIMES TO COME

"The Prllcher Mass" łs Ihe tnie ol Gordon R Ockson'9 new novel. wfuch opens next month’s issue. Taka a wortd-wide płagoe, ctties seakrd tnside dom es. a group o! psiontcally laiented people trying to construot a letepathic bndge to another siar. witches and warlocks. a wohrerine "tamOłar." an Inter* notionol como rmg. and st»r them ali up around the central characler ot a man who is very human. very faiUWe. yet very taiented .    . and you've gol an Ink*

ling ot w hal "The Pritcher Moss" is al about

Thls novoi marks somethlng ot a new depadum tor Gerdy Oickaoo An oc* knowtedged mastor at Ulumtnatmg the worWngs ot aUon cultufes and tho mm-tary młnd, Gordy now turns to a very reelistic and humanista treatmont ot how man can blend his technology with his innale psronic talents to croate a new way ot deaHng with bołh the objec tivo and sub|ectlve wortds we Uve in. Kelty Freas' cover shows tt>e Prllcher Mass itsetf-a błend ot hard engmeeilng and telepathic creation.

The faclual article nexi month deate with computers rhat play chess Cham-pions madę ol transtetors, eh? Weil. not yet. Computers doo t rank anywhere near the best human chess ptayers. They re nowhere near smart enough' In fact. in chess terms. the Computer is a "fish." Which is the title ot George R R Martin'* arteie.

And. spocę permittmg. there will also be Stones by Chnstopher Anvl. Wadę Cudis. Jack Wodhoms. ond others