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• ix • Preface (Early Writings in Science and Science Fiction) • essay by David Y. Hughes and Robert M. Philmus
• xiv • I. Introduction: Outlines • essay by David Y. Hughes and Robert M. Philmus
• 13 • II. Enormous Repudiations • essay by David Y. Hughes and Robert M. Philmus
• 19 • A Talk with Gryllotalpa • (1887) • short story by H. G. Wells [as by Septimus Browne]
• 22 • The Rediscovery of the Unique • (1891) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 32 • Flat Earth Again • (1894) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 36 • The Limits of Individual Plasticity • (1895) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 40 • On Comparative Theology • (1898) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 47 • III. Revisions of the Future • essay by David Y. Hughes and Robert M. Philmus
• 57 • The Time Machine (National Observer serial version) • [H. G. Wells' Time Machine Universe] • (1894) • short fiction by H. G. Wells
• 91 • The Time Machine (excerpts from New Review serial) • [H. G. Wells' Time Machine Universe] • short fiction by H. G. Wells
• 105 • IV. The Opposite Idea • essay by David Y. Hughes and Robert M. Philmus
• 110 • The "Cyclic" Delusion • (1894) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 114 • The Visibility of Change in the Moon • (1895) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 119 • The Possible Individuality of Atoms • (1896) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 123 • The Biological Problem of To-day • (1894) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 128 • The Rate of Change in Species • (1894) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 132 • The Duration of Life • (1895) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 136 • Death • (1895) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 140 • Concerning Skeletons • (1896) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 144 • Another Basis for Life • (1894) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 148 • V. Precarious Man • essay by David Y. Hughes and Robert M. Philmus
• 153 • A Vision of the Past • (1887) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 158 • Zoological Retrogression • (1891) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 169 • On Extinction • (1893) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 173 • Life in the Abyss • (1894) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 175 • Intelligence on Mars • (1896) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 179 • VI. Evolution and Ethics • essay by David Y. Hughes and Robert M. Philmus
• 187 • Ancient Experiments in Co-Operation • (1892) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 194 • Province of Pain • (1894) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 200 • The Sun God and the Holy Stars • (1894) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 203 • Bye-Products in Evolution • (1895) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 206 • Bio-Optimism • (1895) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 211 • Human Evolution, an Artificial Process • (1896) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 220 • Morals and Civilisation • (1897) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 229 • Appendix. A Selective Bibliography • essay by uncredited
• 245 • Index of H. G. Wells's Writings • essay by uncredited
• 247 • Index of Names • essay by uncredited