Destinies, Vol. 3, No. 1

Fiction and essays, including: Welcome, essay by James P. Baen; Shall We Take a Little Walk?, by Gregory Benford; Humans as Machines: The Ideas of Edward O. Wilson, essay by Robert Silverberg; A Letter from God, by Ian Watson; Minds, Machines, and Evolution, essay by James P. Hogan; Tears for Emily, by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.; On Books, essay by Norman Spinrad; "Dear Editor . . .", by James Randi; Crystal-Gazing for Fun and Profit, essay by Frederik Pohl; The Final Days, by David Langford; A Death in Realtime, by Richard S. McEnroe; Take Me to Your Teacher, essay by Elizabeth Anne Hull; Dreams Come True, by Eric Vinicoff; Understanding Ein, essay by James E. Gunn; Travellers, by David Drake.