Destinies Vol. 2, No. 2, Spring 1980

Contents: • And the First Shall Be Last ... • [Destinies Essays] • essay by Jim Baen [as by Baen] • The Proper Study of Mankind • [New Beginnings] • essay by Jerry Pournelle [as by J. E. Pournelle, Ph.D.] • Editor's Note: The Pournelle Axes • [Destinies Essays] • essay by Jim Baen [as by James P. Baen] • The Taming of the Bear: The Coming Decline of Soviet Power • essay by Norman Spinrad • Bellerophon • novella by Kevin Christensen • Getting About in Space • essay by Charles Sheffield • Four in One • short story by Joe Haldeman • Sweetie • [On Predicting the Future] • essay by Frederik Pohl • Books: A Binocular View (Destinies, Spring 1980) • essay by Norman Spinrad •   Review: Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg • review by Norman Spinrad •   Review: On Wings of Song by Thomas M. Disch • review by Norman Spinrad •   Review: Mayflies by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr. • review by Norman Spinrad • Books: A Binocular View (Destinies, Spring 1980) • essay by Orson Scott Card •   Review: The Shadow of the Torturer by Gene Wolfe • review by Orson Scott Card •   Review: Roadmarks by Roger Zelazny • review by Orson Scott Card •   Review: Watchtower by Elizabeth A. Lynn • review by Orson Scott Card •   Review: The Dancers of Arun by Elizabeth A. Lynn • review by Orson Scott Card •   Review: Jailbird by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. • review by Orson Scott Card •   Review: Schrodinger's Cat by Robert Anton Wilson • review by Orson Scott Card •   Review: Magic Time by Kit Reed • review by Orson Scott Card •   Review: An Infinite Summer by Christopher Priest • review by Orson Scott Card •   Review: The World of Science Fiction: The History of a Subculture by Lester del Rey • review by Orson Scott Card •   Review: The White Hart by Nancy Springer • review by Orson Scott Card •   Review: The Well of the Unicorn by Fletcher Pratt • review by Orson Scott Card •   Review: The Book of the Dun Cow by Walter Wangerin, Jr. • review by Orson Scott Card •   Review: Master Snickup's Cloak by Brian Froud and Alexander Theroux • review by Orson Scott Card •   Review: The Borribles by Michael de Larrabeiti • review by Orson Scott Card •   Review: A Tolkien Bestiary by David Day • review by Orson Scott Card • Locksley Hall, 2050 AD: Prologue to "The Space Enterprise" • essay by G. Harry Stine • The City and the Critics • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn] • Science with Dick and Jane, Lesson One: Electricity • short story by Sandra E. Koester • The L-5 Review (#4) • essay by The Editors of L-5 News • Voices from the Dust • short story by Joan D. Vinge [as by Joan Vinge] • Introduction to Expanded Universe • essay by Robert A. Heinlein