Future #1, April 1978

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on how progress benefits everyone; scientist Jesco von Puttkamer on "Life on Mars"; interviews with SF author Fred Pohl and SFX wizard Doug Trumbull; retrospective on The Man from Planet X; Rick Baker on making the ape for the King Kong remake; a report on ocean health; a dramatization of "Civilization in Space"; Star Wars advertising posters; pedal-powered flight; marketing The Hobbit; a profile of master space artist Chesley Bonestell (who also painted the cover image); and Isaac Asimov writes about future society; forum on the future of science fiction; Howard Zimmerman on thinking big; plus news briefs, book reviews, and hardware previews.

Future #2, May 1978

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on being thrilled by science; Cosmos 954, the fallen Russian satellite; interviews with Arthur C. Clarke and Allen J. Hynek; forum on robotic vs. manned exploration; a retrospective of The Shape of Things to Come; SF images in advertising; TV report; "Civilization in Space," part II; dolphin intelligence explored in "The Wet Aliens" by Malcolm Brenner; Disney's Tomorrowland; preview of The Manitou; Jesco von Puttkamer on the search for extraterrestrial life; Norman Spinrad on "our multi-media future"; Howard Zimmerman on the state of the U.S. space agency; plus news briefs, book reviews, and hardware previews.

Future #3, July 1978

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn defines the magazine; preview of the new animated Flash Gordon; Otrag, a private spaceport; a Smithsonian exhibit; interviews with Larry Niven, Gerard K. O'Neill, and Boris Vallejo (fantastic artist who also painted the controversial cover image); retrospective of Jules Verne films; "Civilization in Space" part III; forum on scientific accuracy in science fiction; quasars, pulsars, and black holes; records-to-film; Jesco von Puttkamer on extraterrestrial intelligence, again; Fred Pohl writes about designing our future; Howard Zimmerman on the pace of innovation; plus news briefs, book reviews, and hardware previews.

Future #4, August 1978

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on creative brilliance (and brilliant creators); interviews with William F. Nolan, Ursula K. LeGuin, Alvin Toffler, and Bob McCall; Jesco von Puttkamer on colonizing space; Group I astronauts; forum on favorite films of SF authors; preview of Star Trek: The Motion Picture; science fiction pulps; "Civilization in Space" part IV; the L-5 Society; Barbarella in graphics; report on the Navy and sonic booms; Ben Bova writes about the military in space; Howard Zimmerman at Hale Observatory; plus news briefs, book reviews, TV previews, and hardware news.

Future #5, October1978

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on revolting taxes; proposed international space port; interviews with Ray Bradbury, artist Shusei Nagaoka, and Steven Spielberg (on Close Encounters); Craig Reardon's concepts for Battlestar Galactica's aliens; visions of the metropolis; James Bond's wet bike; Jesco von Puttkamer on encountering aliens; forum on entertainment breakthroughs; Fantasy Castle, a science fiction "supermarket"; "Civilization in Space" part V; Richard Burton narrates a rock album of War of the Worlds (!); Collier's classic 1951 space art series; William F. Noaln writes about robots and androids; Howard Zimmerman on making positive change; plus news briefs, book reviews, TV previews, and hardware news. (Note: This issue has one of my favorite covers, a painting by famed Japanese artist Shusei Nagaoka; the cover painting is included as an oversize poster. Click here for giant-sized cover image.)

Future #6, November 1978

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on David Gerrold's article on homosexuality; interviews with Anne McCaffrey, Christopher Reeve, Ron Miller, and John Brunner; forum on future energy; the mass-driver; Superman preview; Gerrold takes on a California politician who wants to ban books he deems gay-friendly (sound familiar?); previews of Battlestar Galactica and Brave New World; earthy architecture; centerfold painting by Syd Mead; Frank Frazetta's Conan; Takashi's Metamorphosis; Jesco von Puttkamer on Venus; orbiting space junk; Amicus Productions; Robert Anton Wilson writes about immortality; Howard Zimmerman on human evolution; plus book reviews, hardware previews, and news briefs.

Future #7, January 1979

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on his Getaway Special contest; Star Hawks; interviews with A.E. van Vogt and Leslie Stevens; awards in the SF field; planetary probes in the 1980s; "real-time" lasers; Fleet Space Theater & Science Center; the Brothers Hildebrandt portfolio; John Berkey centerfold; weather control; careers in space; forum on dreaming about budgets; Jesco von Puttkamer on Venus, Part II; Charles sheffield on business in space; Howard Zimmerman on firsts; plus book reviews, hardware previews, and news briefs.

Future #8, February 1979

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on technological research; interviews with Jerry Pournelle, Wally Shirra, and David Hardy; Arcosanti; Earthsat; previews of Invasion of the Body Snatchers, The Adventures of Stella Star, and Superman: The Movie; the computerized home; Adolf Schaller portfolio; Jesco von Puttkamer on recreating the sun on earth; Ted White on future rock music; Howard Zimmerman on trouble at NASA; plus book reviews, hardware previews, and news briefs.

Future Life #9, March 1979

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on his growing magazine; interviews with Harlan Ellison and Vincent DeFate; Devo; Albert Einstein's 100th birthday; planetariums; previews of Star Trek: The Motion Picture and Moonraker; how to become a space billionaire; Ludek Pesek centerfold; Jesco von Puttkamer on terraforming; Jacques Cousteau writes about saving the oceans; plus book reviews, hardware previews, and news briefs.

Future Life #10, May 1979

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on living in the future today; interview with Timothy Leary and Todd Rundgren; Gerard K. O'Neill writes about colonizing space; the films of H.G. Wells; Jesco von Puttkamer on Star Trek's vision of the future; war in space; Carolyn Henson on space entrepreneurs; Syd Mead portfolio; Roger Zelazny writes about future crime; plus book reviews, hardware previews, and news briefs.

Future Life #11, July 1979

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on Three Mile Island; holography; NASA's search for extraterrestrial life; interviews with Senator Harrison Schmitt; previews of Supertrain and Alien; scientific fun for the summer; views of Jupiter; videodiscs; Scott Thom centerfold; Carolyn Henson on the third world and space; Larry Niven writes about wealth; plus book reviews, hardware previews, and news briefs.

Future Life #12, August 1979

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on "The Incredible Shrinking Computer"; preview of Moonraker; interviews with Robert Silverberg and Jack Olson; Larry Fast and electronic music; space elevators; Apollo 11; climate change; update on the spaceport; cryonics and immortality; Bob Woods on Greenpeace; Geoffrey Chandler centerfold; Carolyn Henson on making money in orbit; Alvin Toffler writes about future education; plus TV previews, book reviews, hardware previews, and news briefs.

Future Life #13, September 1979

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on biology and blasphemy; understanding DNA to make the "New, Improved Human"; a tour of Kitt Peak National Observatory; interviews with Vonda McIntyre and John Varley; previews of Unidentified Flying Oddball, The Martian Chronicles, Childhood's End, and The Black Hole; possibility of galactic empires; "The Incredible Shrinking Computer" part II; futuristic rock music; Jim Thompson centerfold; John Berkey portfolio and interview; Brian Aldiss writes about the Search for "the whole man"; and book reviews, hardware previews, and news briefs.

Future Life #14, November 1979

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on overbearing government; previews of The Martian Chronicles, and Time After Time; behind the scenes of Star Trek and a new documentary on dolphins; putting a man on the moon by 1988 (well ...); farming the ocean; interview with Frank Herbert; lasers in multi-media entertainment; Robert Fripp's electronic music; solar energy; Ron Miller centerfold; Carolyn Henson on planet prejudice; Andrei Sokolov portfolio; A.E. van Vogt on future war; and book reviews, TV previews, and news briefs.

Future Life #15, December 1979

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on manmade solutions to nature's challenges; announcing a conference on "Careers in Space": a guide for space exploration and colonization; SF rock music in San Francisco; the return of the airship; previews of Meteor, Star Trek, and The Lathe of Heaven; interview with astronomer and physicist Robert Jastrow; food; Carolyn Henson on selecting a mate; Denise Watt-Geiger centerfold; Bob Woods on the Jojoba bean and the energy crunch; Duke Lee portfolio; and Harry Harrison writes about future energy; and book reviews and news briefs. (This is another of my favorite covers, a neat mix of futuristic and classic. It could be a design from a German 1920s magazine.)

Future Life #16

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on hope for the new decade; Star Trek, "a phenomenon comes of age"; preview of the 1980s - Qube and two-way television, The Source and information, Telefax, and home computers buying guide; The Black Hole; interview with Theodore Sturgeon; space-age games; Carolyn Henson on homesteading in our home star system; Robert McCall centerfold; Bob Woods on an ecological disaster; Jon Lomberg portfolio; Robert Sheckley writes about consciousness; and book reviews, TV previews, and news briefs.

Future Life #17, March 1980

In this issue: In this slightly oversized second-anniversary issue, publisher Kerry O'Quinn on advances in transportation; how advances in technology and lifestyle will affect the workplace; ESP; selling science to teenagers; preview of Saturn 3; the computerized camera behind The Black Hole; robots as blue-collar workers; designing Star Trek's future; the truth about real starships; Quatermass returns to TV; Paul Lehr centerfold; forum on how science fiction can help prepare business for the future; Carolyn Henson on paper in orbit; Bob Woods on hazardous wastes; Rick Sternbach portfolio; Robert Silverberg writes about urban living; and book reviews and news briefs.

Future Life #18, May 1980

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on abortion; future trains; sea cities; technology developed through the space program; preview of Flash Gordon; the far side of the moon; British science shows in the United States; Syd Mead on designing the future; a "look back" at the 1980s; Bernie Krause's synthesizer music; interview with Isaac Asimov; Bob Woods on the health of forests; Barclay Shaw centerfold; behind-the-scenes of TV's Buck Rogers; Carolyn Henson on space burgers; Don Dixon portfolio; Charles Sheffield writes 10 predictions; and news briefs and book reviews.

Future Life #19, June 1980

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on individual heroism; exciting science; how scientific fact is forcing changes in the way artists view Saturn; Ralph Macular's designs for The Empire Strikes Back; nuclear disasters portrayed in film; recombinant DNA; the music of The Residents; the revival of 3-D; international cooperation in space; forum on the lack of public interest in the U.S. space program; Carolyn Henson on space jobs; Edward Blair-Watkins centerfold; Jeffrey Elliot portfolio; Norman Spinrad writes about drugs in the future; and book reviews and news briefs. (Another of my favorite covers; it's bright, interesting, yet not too flashy.)

Future Life #20, August 1980

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn introduces Harlan Ellison's new column; behind the scenes of The Empire Strikes Back; interview with dolphin magnet John Lilly; James Oberg delineates the problems with the space shuttle, while Robin Snelson lays out the promises of the new space vehicle; lasers, from communications to art; a poem by Ray Bradbury; preview of Roger Corman's Battle Beyond the Stars; Gary Numan's synthesizer music; how Congress sees – and plans for – the future; the premiere of Harlan Ellison's column, "An Edge in My Voice," in which he introduces himself and promises to be more raucous in future columns; Bob Wood on coastal environments; Ray Crane centerfold; Karl Kofoed portfolio; Carolyn Henson on politics; and TV previews (SuperNews), book reviews, and news briefs.

Future Life #21, September 1980

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn responds to columnist Gregory Benford on whether there are limits to our knowledge; Skylab obituary; Robert Anton Wilson writes about increasing human intelligence; robots invented by teenagers; previews of Battle Beyond the Stars, Close Encounters of the Third Kind: The Special Edition; and Galaxina; prospecting for resources in the solar system; interview with author Brian Aldiss; Captain Quantum, science superhero; breakthroughs in digital sound recording; Harlan Ellison remembers producer George Pal; Bob Woods on dolphin murders; Steve R. Dodd centerfold; Carolyn Henson on solar technology; Ron Miller portfolio; Gregory Benford writes about "Aliens I Have Known"; and book reviews and news briefs.

Future Life #22, November 1980

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn criticizes the military draft – recently reintroduced by then-President Jimmy Carter – as being an afront to personal freedom; behind the scenes of Carl Sagan's groundbreaking Cosmos public television series; a compendium of pro-space activists; an excerpt from the book Wanted! (written by Future Life's departing co-editor, Ed Naha); "supersail" – the return of sailing ships?; interview with Jack Williamson; behind the scenes of the stage play Warp!; what the heck is psychegenics, Win Wenger's mind game?; Patrick Gleeson's electronic music; choreographing light waves; preview of The Final Countdown; Carolyn Henson on obesity in space; James L. Cunningham centerfold; Harlan Ellison on authors vs. auteurs; forum on first contact; Adolf Schaller portfolio; Bob Woods on acid rain; Ron Goulart on futurist fantasies and follies; and book reviews and news briefs.

Future Life #23, December 1980

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn announces that Future Life will no longer be sold on newsstands and will become a subscription-only magazine; Todd Rundgren's video revolution; interview with Norman Spinrad on the media, religion, and more; Devo's new-wave music; bigger and better aircraft (I don't think any of them ever got built, though); preview of Starhunt (also see this article and interview with David Gerrold I wrote nearly two decades later); the financial costs and payoffs of the U.S. space program; the costumes of Flash Gordon; Carolyn Henson on sports in orbit; Harlan Ellison on dealing with sometimes-odd fans; Robert J. Rich centerfold; Bob Woods on saving the whooping crane; Ron Cobb portfolio; James P. Hogan writes about nuclear power possibilities (in a special column and in the letters pages); and book reviews and news briefs.

Future Life #24, February 1981

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on the importance of scientists; the special effects technology behind Flash Gordon; preview of Altered States; a report on the cryonics movement; Jon Hassell's avant-garde music; interview with Gregory Benford; the promise of synthetic fuels and orbiting space mirrors as energy alternatives; Carolyn Henson on solar power satellites; Harlan Ellison on the popularity of ignorance; Kevin Ward centerfold; Bob Woods on iceberg salvaging; John Allison portfolio; Timothy Leary writes about the superstar scientist; and book reviews and news briefs. (This has a great cover – good composition – which is also noteworthy for a cover typo that labels it as "Feb. 1980" though it's really the February 1981 issue.)

Future Life #25, March 1981

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn writes a special anniversary editorial about discarding ancient superstitions; Harlan Ellison on the scene at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory during Voyager 1's Saturn flyby; the aging population; behind the scenes at Disney's Epcot Center at Disneyworld; Captain Beefheart's rock music; interview with Roger Zelazny; preview of Altered States and Scanners; Carolyn Henson on lawyers in space; James Bryant centerfold; Bob Woods on using triage in fighting species' extinction; Steve Dodd portfolio; Isaac Asimov writes about changing genes; and book reviews and news briefs.

Future Life #26, May 1981

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on "The Future Life Philosophy, Part I: The Overall Theme"; architects envision the homes of tomorrow; interviews with Roger Corman and Poul Anderson; the interstellar promise of ion propulsion; preview of Outland; women in science fiction films; Carnegie-Mellon's Robotics Institute in Pittsburgh; Carolyn Henson on space lasers; Harlan Ellison answers his mail (one of my all-time favorite Ellison columns, just for its sheer Ellisonness); Thomas Boud centerfold; Lou Stathis introduces his new music column, "Soundscapes"; Dale M. Figley portfolio; Bob Woods on ecology politics; G. Harry Stine on scientists vs. engineers; and book reviews and news briefs.

Future Life #27, June 1981

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on "The Future Life Philosophy, Part II: Free Enterprise"; the phenomenon of survivalists; video art – "electronic sculpture"; more on Outland; interview with Petr Beckmann; special section on "Living in Space" – medical barriers in space, space suits, a permanent manned space station, and designing for humans in space; Carolyn Henson on the power of the pen; Kent Bash centerfold; Lou Stathis on the success of technorock; Harlan Ellison takes on the creationists; Ron Miller portfolio; Bob Woods on cloning the woolly mammoth; F. M. Esfandiary on "Up-Wing priorities for 2010 A.D."; and book reviews and news briefs.

Future Life #28, August 1981

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on "The Future Life Philosophy, Part III: Individual Liberty"; an on-the-scene report (with on-the-scene photos by Ctein) of the first launch of the space shuttle Columbia; Jesco von Puttkamer on how the shuttle works; special effects and films of the shuttle; "emortalism" and the attempts to live forever; preview of Superman II; interview with Robert L. Forward; Summertrek II, a list of science-friendly things to do; tomorrow's classes; painting by computer; Carolyn Henson on barbecuing in orbit; Ctein centerfold; Harlan Ellison takes on the Moral Majority – he doesn't like it; Lou Stathis on Otto Luening; Robert A. Heinlein writes about solving the world's problems; David Egge portfolio; and book reviews and news briefs.

Future Life #29, September 1981

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on "The Future Life Philosophy, Part IV: Scientific Progress"; an early preview of the Hubble space telescope; students who created their own telescope; interview with Robert Anton Wilson; creationism vs. evolution; preview of Heavy Metal; computer-enhanced photos of Mars; investing in the stocks of tomorrow; a report on the promise of interferon in fighting cancer; Carolyn Henson on the third world; Lou Stathis on The Stranglers; Kikuo Hayashi centerfold; Harlan Ellison takes apart Outland; Bob Woods on an environmental-friendly corporation; Keith Page portfolio; Joe Haldeman writes about utopia; and book reviews and news briefs.

Future Life #30, November 1981

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn writes about the lack of positive inspiration in popular culture; James Oberg on the Soviet Union's space program; computers vs. colleges; previewing the Voyager 2 flyby of Saturn's moon Titan; interview with Gerard K. O'Neill; preview of Escape from New York; the Laserium; Malcolm Brenner provides a report on Nikola Tesla; Carolyn Henson on real flying saucers; Janny Wurts centerfold; Harlan Ellison attacks slasher films; Bob Woods on botany and social science; Ronald Hall portfolio; Lou Stathis on Fad Gadgetry; Jack Williamson writes about scientists vs. humanists; and book reviews and news briefs.

Future Life #31, December 1981 (final issue)

In this issue: Kerry O'Quinn on space artists; the computer revolution in education; the information overload – coping with all the data being produced; scientists plan a trip to Mars; interview with NASA administrator James Beggs; preview of Blade Runner; report on J. Robert Oppenheimer; Lou Stathis on Kraftwerk; Frank Thomas centerfold; Harlan Ellison on slasher films, Part II; Bob Woods on pork barrel politics; Wayne Barlowe portfolio; Ronald J. Green and Clyde R. Jones write about war tools; and book reviews and news briefs. (Sharp-eyed readers will note that the magazine made a minor change to its logo with this issue, separating the "U" and "R" and dividing the "T" from the "U". A nice change, but, alas, too late.)