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Greenberg, eds. 1989 Nebula Awards Nominations.......................... 5 Reviews by Tom Whitmore:.................................... 21 (ISSN-0049-4959) Analog Turns 60 ......................................................... 5 Cortez on Jupiter, Ernest Hogan; Strange EDITOR & PUBLISHER Philip K. Dick Award Nom inees.............................. 5 Things in Close Up, Howard Waldrop; Second Charles N. Brown Aboriginal SF Retrenches ......................................... 5 Contact, Mike Resnick; Scholars and Soldiers, SF Publishing in the U .K .- 1 9 8 9 ............................ 5 Mary Gentle. SHORT TAKES: Puzzles of the ASSOCIATE EDITOR Asimov and Doubleday: Black Widowers, Isaac Asimov; The Wizard o f Faren C. Miller 40 Years Together ................................................. 7 Speed and Time, Mike Jittlov (video). 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