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• Introduction (Wrath of the Fanglord) • (1998) • essay by David Langford [as by Dave Langford]
• Alien Christmas • (1987) • essay by Terry Pratchett (variant of Alien Christmas Beccon '87 After-Dinner Speech)
• Up the Conjunction: An Investigation Into Astrology • [Serious Scientific Talks] • (1998) • essay by Bob Shaw (variant of Up the Conjunction 1978)
• A Message from Our Founder • (1998) • essay by Christopher Priest (variant of A Message from Our Founder: Chris Priest 1979) [as by Chris Priest]
• The Regency Buck Stops Here: A Seacon '79 Report • (1980) • essay by Peter Nicholls
• Wild Canadian Boy, The • (1996) • poem by Tom Holt
• Believing SF • (1982) • essay by Ian Watson
•  Cartoon: "The Horrors of TAFF" • (1984) • interior artwork by D. West
• Ghost of Honour Speech • (1998) • essay by Patrick Parrinder (variant of Beccon '87 Ghost of Honour Speech 1987)
• 1981: The Yooping Pricket Ate a Rizzarded Snig and Passed a Collet from Its Hypural • (1998) • essay by Geoff Ryman
• 1985: Sue Thomason's Milford Report • (1998) • essay by Sue Thomason (variant of Sue Thomason's Milford Report 1986)
• 1986: 15 Characters in Search of a Volume Control for Neil Gaiman • (1998) • essay by John Grant (variant of Milford 1986, or 15 Characters in Search of a Volume Control for Neil Gaiman 1986) [as by Paul Barnett]
• 1986: Alternative View • (1998) • essay by David Garnett
• The Suicidal Prime Ministers' Song • (1982) • poem by Colin Fine
• The Flatulent SF Authors' Song • (1981) • poem by Nick Lowe
• Meetings with Remarkable Men • (1980) • essay by Christopher Priest
•  Star Boat • (1980) • interior artwork by ATom
• The Well-Tempered Plot Device • (1986) • essay by Nick Lowe
• Untitled ("What can one possibly say about Robert Sheckley?") • (1978) • essay by Harry Harrison
•  Letter (Twll-Ddu 20) • (1980) • essay by Margaret Hall
•  Letter (Ansible 14) • (1980) • essay by Rev. P. H. Francis
•  Letter (Drilkjis 5) • (1980) • essay by Deborah Hickenlooper Rohan
•  Letter (Ansible 6) • (1980) • essay by Bob Shaw
• Untitled ("I wonder if Avedon proved to be as wonderful as you expected.") • (1998) • essay by Terry Carr (variant of Several Words on Albacon II 1983)
• Untitled ("I suspect that the entire subtext ...") • (1983) • essay by Gregory Benford (variant of Untitled ("I suspect that the entire subtext...")) [as by Greg Benford]
• Untitled ("Speaking as the editor who bought ...") • (1983) • essay by Malcolm Edwards
• Untitled ("Frank Herbert turned up for a brief press conference on the Dune debacle ...") • (1998) • essay by Neil Gaiman (variant of Frankie Comes from Hollywood 1984)
•  Letter (Ansible 44) • (1985) • essay by Teresa Nielsen Hayden
•  Letter (Ansible 45) • (1986) • essay by William Gibson
•  Letter (Ansible 46) • (1986) • essay by T. Kevin Atherton
•  Letter (Ansible 46) • (1986) • essay by Ian Watson
•  Letter (Ansible 48) • (1987) • essay by uncredited
•  Letter (Sglodion 3) • (1991) • essay by Isaac Asimov
•  Letter (Sglodion 3) • (1991) • essay by Diana Wynne Jones
•  Letter (Sglodion 3) • (1991) • essay by Arnie Katz
•  Letter (Sglodion 3) • (1991) • essay by Terry Pratchett
• Untitled ("As soon as one steps into the airport at Kuala Lumpur ...") • (1992) • essay by Yvonne Rousseau
• Untitled ("Bad sight of the month was Jerry Pournelle making an appearance ...") • (1992) • essay by Christopher Priest
• Untitled ("I have a story in Weerde II whose first line is ...") • (1992) • essay by Stephen Baxter
• Untitled ("If Jay Sheckley had limited herself to her opening remarks ...") • (1992) • essay by Don Herron
• Untitled ("I'm worried about the use within ascription brackets of the term ...") • (1992) • essay by John Clute
• Untitled ("At Westercon, there was a woman going around with a black cat.") • (1993) • essay by Dave Clark
• Untitled ("Red Fox have seen sense and decided that ...") • (1993) • essay by John Grant
• Untitled ("I ought to explain why Charlesen Brown is mad at me ...") • (1994) • essay by Gene Wolfe
• Untitled ("The ornate cover type reads like it says ...") • (1994) • essay by Patrick Nielsen Hayden
• Untitled ("I received a phone call from a friend, a professor of education ...") • (1994) • essay by Jane Yolen
• Untitled ("I heard from Charles Platt the other evening.") • (1996) • essay by John Sladek
• Untitled ("In a bold and Bass-riddled moment ...") • (1996) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
• Untitled ("I hope it's not a prediction of things to come ...") • (1997) • essay by Neil Gaiman
• Glossary (Wrath of the Fanglord) • (1998) • essay by David Langford
•  Britain Is Heaven in '87 • (1984) • interior artwork by Margaret Welbank