Destinies: The Paperback Magazine of Science Fiction & Speculative Fact, Vol. 1, No. 3

320 pp. Cover art by Dean Ellis, interior illustrations by David Egge, Steve Fabian, Fernando, Jose Gonzalez, M. Salvador, E. T. Steadman and Katrina Taylor. Contents include: The Plot, essay by James P. Baen; Spirals, by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle; How to Become a Space Colonist, essay by J. E. Pournelle, Ph.D. ; The Pilot, by Joe Haldeman; The Story Writer, by Richard Wilson; Spider vs. the Hax of Sol III, essay by Spider Robinson; Encounter, by Stephen Leigh; Computerized Fireflies, by Stephen Kimmel; Defending the Third Industrial Revolution, by G. Harry Stine; Malthus' Last Laugh, by Eric Vinicoff and Marcia Martin; Fleas, by Dean Ing; Science and Science Fiction, Part Three: On Imaginary Science, essay by Poul Anderson.