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• [vii] • Preface (Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology) • (1983) • essay by Eric S. Rabkin
• 3 • Introduction (Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology) • (1983) • essay by Eric S. Rabkin
• 9 • The Emergence of Modern Science • (1983) • essay by Eric S. Rabkin
• 13 • From "Other Worlds" • [Les états et empires de la Lune et du Soleil] • (1657) • short fiction by Cyrano de Bergerac
• 36 • From "Gulliver's Travels" • short fiction by Jonathan Swift
• 51 • Micromégas • (1973) • short story by Voltaire (trans. of Micromégas 1752)
• 71 • Nineteenth Century • (1983) • essay by Eric S. Rabkin
• 76 • The Sand-Man • (1885) • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Der Sandmann 1816)
• 113 • From "Frankenstein, or The Modern Prometheus" • [Frankenstein] • short fiction by Mary Shelley [as by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley]
• 134 • A Descent Into the Maelstrom • (1852) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of
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  A Descent Into the Maelstroem
  1841)
• 152 • The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 162 • Rappaccini's Daughter • [Rappaccini • 1] • (1844) • novelette by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• 194 • From "Looking Backward 2000-1887" • (1888) • short fiction by Edward Bellamy
• 209 • A Curious Fragment • (1908) • short story by Jack London
• 219 • Early Twentieth Century • (1983) • essay by Eric S. Rabkin
• 222 • The Star • (1897) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 234 • From "Ralph 124C 41+" (excerpt) • (1975) • short fiction by Hugo Gernsback
• 249 • The Last Poet and the Robots • (1934) • short story by A. Merritt [as by Abraham Merritt]
• 264 • Twilight • [Twilight • 1] • (1966) • novelette by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell]
• 287 • From "Star Maker" • (1937) • short fiction by Olaf Stapledon
• 315 • The Golden Years • (1983) • essay by Eric S. Rabkin
• 318 • Reason • [Mike Donovan] • (1941) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 338 • Desertion • [City] • (1944) • short story by Clifford D. Simak
• 352 • The City • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 359 • The Third Level • (1950) • short story by Jack Finney
• 364 • The Star • (1955) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 371 • Flowers for Algernon • (1959) • novelette by Daniel Keyes
• 402 • All You Zombies— • (1971) • short story by Robert A. Heinlein (variant of "All You Zombies ..." 1959)
• 415 • Earth Eighteen • (1964) • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 427 • The Modern Period • (1983) • essay by Eric S. Rabkin
• 428 • For a Breath I Tarry • (1966) • novelette by Roger Zelazny
• 467 • I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream • (1967) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 484 • Can You Feel Anything When I Do This? • (1969) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 494 • Vaster Than Empires and More Slow • [Hainish] • (1971) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 527 • Index (Science Fiction: A Historical Anthology) • (1983) • essay by uncredited