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February 1976. Cover art by Ames Illustrating "Down and Out" by Larry Niven. ALSO: “The Phantom of Kansas” [Eight Worlds] by John Varley; “We Who Are About To...” (serial, part 2 of 2) by Joanna Russ; plus 3 more stories. FEATURES: S. F. Calendar; “On Cultures Beyond the Earth” [A Step Farther Out, science essay] by Jerry Pournelle; Bookshelf by Spider Robinson; “The Alien Viewpoint” by Richard E. Geis; Directions (letters). Interior art by Stephen Fabian and others. Editor: James Baen.