The Now Generation • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. The Plague • novelette by Keith Laumer Bomb Scare • shortstory by Vernor Vinge Life as We Don't Know It • essay by Rick Cook In the Wabe • novelette by Rob Chilson [as by Robert Chilson ] The Busted Troubadour • shortstory by Jackson Burrows The Tactics of Mistake (Part 2 of 4) • serial by Gordon R. Dickson