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• VIII • Introduction (From Heinlein to Here) • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn (variant of On the Road to Science Fiction: From Heinlein to Here) [as by James Gunn]
• 1 • Beyond These Horizons • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 3 • "All You Zombies ..." • (1959) • short story by Robert A. Heinlein
• 14 • The Clear, Cool Voice of Asimov • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 16 • Reason • [Mike Donovan] • (1941) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 31 • The Simak Reservation • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 33 • Desertion • [City] • (1944) • short story by Clifford D. Simak
• 44 • Mimsy Were the Kuttners • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 47 • Mimsy Were the Borogoves • (1943) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 75 • The Bradbury Chronicles • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 78 • The Million-Year Picnic • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of The Million Year Picnic 1946)
• 87 • More Than SF • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 89 • Thunder and Roses • (1947) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 108 • Ecce Femina • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 111 • That Only a Mother • (1948) • short story by Judith Merril
• 119 • A Matter of Time • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 121 • Brooklyn Project • (1948) • short story by William Tenn
• 129 • The Social Side • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 132 • Coming Attraction • (1950) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 143 • The Expanding Universe • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 145 • The Sentinel • [A Space Odyssey] • (1951) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 153 • Farmerworld • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 156 • Sail On! Sail On! • (1952) • short story by Philip José Farmer
• 164 • The Science in Science Fiction • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 166 • Critical Factor • (1953) • short story by Hal Clement
• 178 • Why Not Literature? • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 180 • Fondly Fahrenheit • (1954) • novelette by Alfred Bester
• 198 • A Touch of Stone • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 200 • The Cold Equations • [Cold Equations (Godwin)] • (1954) • novelette by Tom Godwin
• 221 • The Ballads of Lost C. Smith • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 223 • The Game of Rat and Dragon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1955) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 236 • The Scalpel of Wit • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn (variant of Scalpel of Wit) [as by James Gunn]
• 238 • Pilgrimage to Earth • (1956) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 248 • The British Are Coming! • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn (variant of The British are Coming!) [as by James Gunn]
• 251 • Who Can Replace a Man? • (1958) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 259 • The Sirens of Mainstream • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 262 • Harrison Bergeron • (1961) • short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
• 268 • That Old-Time Religion • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 271 • The Streets of Ashkelon • (1962) • short story by Harry Harrison
• 284 • Terminal Fiction • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 287 • The Terminal Beach • (1964) • novelette by J. G. Ballard
• 306 • Again and Again • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 308 • Dolphin's Way • (1964) • short story by Gordon R. Dickson
• 323 • The Future as Metaphor • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 325 • Slow Tuesday Night • (1965) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 331 • Through a Glass Darkly • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 334 • Day Million • (1966) • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 339 • Will Reality Please Raise Its Hand? • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 342 • We Can Remember It for You Wholesale • (1966) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
• 360 • The New Thing • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 363 • I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream • (1967) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 375 • Aye, and Delany • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 377 • Aye, and Gomorrah ... • (1967) • short story by Samuel R. Delany
• 386 • The New Scientific Revolution • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 388 • The Jigsaw Man • [Known Space] • (1967) • short story by Larry Niven
• 398 • Hard Science and Soft People • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 400 • Kyrie • (1968) • short story by Poul Anderson
• 410 • Out of the Knight • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 412 • Masks • (1968) • short story by Damon Knight
• 421 • Surviving the Future • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 423 • Stand on Zanzibar (excerpt) • (1979) • short fiction by John Brunner
• 437 • The Big Protest • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 439 • The Big Flash • (1969) • novelette by Norman Spinrad
• 458 • The Origin and Development of Science Fiction Writers • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 461 • Sundance • (1969) • short story by Robert Silverberg
• 474 • Science Fiction as Simile • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 476 • The Left Hand of Darkness (excerpt) • [Hainish] • (1979) • short fiction by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 488 • Issues and Controversies • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 490 • When It Changed • [Whileaway] • (1972) • short story by Joanna Russ
• 497 • The Science Fiction Art Story • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 499 • The Engine at Heartspring's Center • (1974) • short story by Roger Zelazny
• 507 • The Uncertain Future • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 510 • Tricentennial • (1976) • short story by Joe Haldeman
• 529 • About the Author (From Heinlein to Here) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]