Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, 1973/08

CONTENTS: • Giant Step Backward • [Editorial (Analog)] • essay by The Editor • The Far Call (Part 1 of 3) • serial by Gordon R. Dickson • The Synchronistic Barometer • [Science Fact (Analog)] • essay by Herbie Brennan • Stimulus-Reward Situation • short story by Gene Fisher • Forty Days and Nights • novelette by Rob Chilson [as by Robert Chilson] • The Analytical Laboratory: May 1973 (Analog, August 1973) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by uncredited • The Epoxy Goat • novelette by David Lewis • In Times to Come (Analog, August 1973) • [In Times to Come (Analog)] • essay by uncredited • The Sweet Smell of the Past • short story by Lawrence A. Perkins • The Jungle • short story by Karl Hudgins • The Reference Library (Analog, August 1973) • [The Reference Library] • essay by P. Schuyler Miller •   Review: Strange Bedfellows by Thomas N. Scortia • review by P. Schuyler Miller •   Review: Eros in Orbit by Joseph Elder • review by P. Schuyler Miller •   Review: The Man Who Folded Himself by David Gerrold • review by P. Schuyler Miller •   Review: The Peculiar Exploits of Brigadier Ffellowes by Sterling Lanier • review by P. Schuyler Miller •   Review: And Walk Now Gently Through the Fire ... by Roger Elwood • review by P. Schuyler Miller •   Review: Darkening Island by Christopher Priest • review by P. Schuyler Miller • Brass Tacks (Analog, August 1973) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by uncredited • A Letter from the Editor • essay by The Editor •  Letter (Analog, August 1973) • essay by F. Paul Wilson [as by Dr. F. Paul Wilson] •  Letter (Analog, August 1973) • essay by Ed Bianchi •  Letter (Analog, August 1973) • essay by Lee Strong •  Letter (Analog, August 1973) • essay by Robert L. Forward •  Letter (Analog, August 1973) • essay by Keith Soltys