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• fep • Introducing the Author: Robert Sheckley • essay by Robert Sheckley
• 4 • The Editorial (Imagination, May 1954) • [The Editorial (Imagination)] • essay by William L. Hamling
• 4 •  Cartoon: "Look dear, a flying saucer!" • interior artwork by Hagglund
• 6 • The Giants from Outer Space • novella by Robert W. Krepps [as by Geoff St. Reynard]
• 7 •  The Giants from Outer Space • interior artwork by uncredited
• 69 • Bugless Helicopter • essay by uncredited
• 69 •  Cartoon: "This used to be my wife's room until she had to go away to that place I was telling you about." • interior artwork by Luther Scheffy
• 70 • Off-Limits Planet • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 71 •  Off-Limits Planet • interior artwork by W. E. Terry
• 79 •  Cartoon: "Listen to this character after I ask him some damn-fool question about the possibility of interplanetary travel!" • interior artwork by Kohler
• 80 • Cosmic Santa Claus • short story by Daniel F. Galouye
• 81 •  Cosmic Santa Claus • interior artwork by W. E. Terry
• 94 • Prelude to Space • short story by Robert W. Haseltine
• 94 •  Prelude to Space • interior artwork by W. E. Terry
• 97 •  Cartoon: "... due at the Spaceport in ten minutes--find that helmet yet!" • interior artwork by Kohler
• 98 • Cancer World • short story by Harry Warner, Jr.
• 99 •  Cancer World • interior artwork by uncredited
• 110 • Spies Die Hard! • short story by Arnold Marmor
• 113 • Accurate Radar • essay by uncredited
• 113 •  Cartoon: "Get down there and capture the darn thing before it runs away!" • interior artwork by Kohler
• 114 • Imagination Science-Fiction Library (Imagination, May 1954) • [Imagination Science-Fiction Library] • essay by Henry Bott
• 114 •   Review: Tales from Gavagan's Bar by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt • review by Henry Bott
• 115 •   Review: The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1953 by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty • review by Henry Bott
• 115 •   Review: The White Widows by Sam Merwin, Jr. • review by Henry Bott
• 116 • Fandora's Box (Imagination, May 1954) • [Fandora's Box (Imagination)] • essay by Mari Wolf
• 122 •  Letters from the Readers (Imagination, May 1954) • [Letters from the Readers (Imagination)] • essay by William L. Hamling