Title: The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction & Fantasy 8
Series: Leading Edge
Number in Series: 8 (eight)
Author(s): Steven K. Barton, Michael Shayne Bell, Dan Burk, David Doering, Jim B. Ellis, Karen Ellis, Mel L. Gifford, Nancy Lynn Hayes, Barbara R. Hume, Jonathan Langford, Connie Ruth Rush
Editor(s): David Doering, Jonathan D. Langford
Cover Artist: James Watson
Interior Artist(s): Sharon Barwick, David Bastian, Steve Keele, Ron Shirtz, James Watson
Language: English
Publisher: Quark – The Science and Fiction Club
Published: 1984
Notes:
Staff List:
   Executive Editor: David Doering
   Managing Editor: Jonathan D. Langford
   Executive Secretary: David Wolverton
   Editing Director: Virginia E. Baker
   Fiction Editor: Mel L. Gifford
   Nonfiction Editor: Amelia L. McClure
   Art Director: James Watson
   Associate Editors: M. Shayne Bell, Lareena Smith
   Staff: Delayna Anderson, Russell Asplund, Jenni Babcock, Sharon Barwick, Karl Batdorff, Dave Bastian, Ron Blankenship, Vicki Brinkmeier, Karen Ellis, Beverly Farland, Tom Grover, Nancy Hayes, Mariann Howarth, Terry Jeffress, Steve Keele, Pet Malm, Ed Phippen, Connie Rush, Jim Sather, Bill Schuler, Cindy Skinner, Keri Webb, Jamie Whalen, David Wilson
   Special Thanks to: Linda Hunter Adams, Elizabeth Pope, Susan Ream, Marion K. Smith, Marjorie Wright
Contents:
   “Driven to the Edge: Editor’s Page” by David Doering
   “Wall Street Wizardry” by Dan Burk
   “Approaching the Edge: The Sheer Joy of Storytelling: An Interview with C. J. Cherryh” by Michael Shayne Bell
   “Split Personality” by Nancy Lynn Hayes
   “View from the Edge: Always Working on a Book: An Interview with Frederik Pohl” by Connie R. Rush
   “First Contact: A Play in One Act” by Michael Shayne Bell
   “Young Rissa” by F. M. Busby – review by Karen Ellis
   “Raphael” by R. A. MacAvoy – review by Nancy Lynn Hayes
   “The River of Dancing Gods” by Jack L. Chalker – review by Nancy Lynn Hayes
   “Oh Vile Dragon” by Steven K. Barton
   “Dragon” by Jim B. Ellis
   “The Only Sure Escape” by Connie Ruth Rush
   “Star Weaver” poem by Mel L. Gifford
   “L. A. Con II: A World Con for All Fans…” by Barbara R. Hume
   “A Word in Edgewise: Report from the Managing Editor” by Jonathan Langford