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Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine, Fall 1978
This is the first issue (Fall 1978) of *Asimov's SF Adventure Magazine*, edited by George H. Scithers with Isaac Asimov as Editorial Director. The issue features short fiction and serials: "Captive of the Centaurianess" by Poul Anderson; a Ferdinand Feghoot story by Grendel Briarton; Alan Dean Foster's "Bystander"; Ray Russell's "The Test Tube"; Jesse Peel's "Where Now Is Thy Brother, Epimetheus?"; Isaac Asimov's "Fair Exchange?"; and the opening installment of Harry Harrison's "The Stainless Steel Rat Wants You!" Asimov's editorial surveys the long history of adventure narratives from ancient myth through literature to science fiction, tracing their evolution across early SF magazines like *Astounding* and *Planet Stories*. The magazine also advertises related publications including Starblaze editions and books by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Algis Budrys.