CONTENTS Novella "Blood of the Dragon" by George R. R. Martin Novelettes "Cloud Cuckoo" by Charles Sheffield "Son of the Road" by R. Neube Short Stories "Ghoul John and the Corpse" by Jessica Amanda Salmonson "Those Are Pearls that Were His Eyes" by Daniel Marcus Poetry "Dragon Skin" by W. Gregory Stewart "The Year of the Dragon" by Karawynn Long Departments "Reflections: The International Language" by Robert Silverberg "Letters" "On Books: Deja Vu All Over Again" by Norman Spinrad "SF Conventional Calendar" by Erwin S. Strauss Asimov's Science Fiction, July 1996, Vol. 20, No. 7 (Whole No. 247) Gardner R. Dozois, editor Cover art by Paul Youll