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• vii • Introduction (Nova 1) • (1970) • essay by Harry Harrison
• 1 • The Big Connection • (1970) • short story by Robin Scott Wilson [as by Robin Scott]
• 17 • A Happy Day in 2381 • [Urban Monad] • (1970) • short story by Robert Silverberg
• 35 • Terminus Est • (1970) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg
• 41 • Hexamnion • (1970) • short story by Chan Davis
• 57 • And This Did Dante Do • (1967) • poem by Ray Bradbury
• 61 • The Higher Things • [Professor Manderpootz • 5] • (1970) • short story by John R. Pierce [as by J. R. Pierce]
• 79 • Swastika! • (1970) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 89 • The Horars of War • (1970) • short story by Gene Wolfe
• 111 • Love Story in Three Acts • (1970) • short story by David Gerrold
• 125 • Jean Duprès • (1970) • novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
• 169 • In the Pocket • (1970) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by K. M. O'Donnell]
• 175 • Mary and Joe • (1962) • short story by Naomi Mitchison
• 189 • Faces & Hands • (1970) • novelette by James Sallis (variant of Faces, Hands)
• 216 • The Winner • (1970) • short story by Donald E. Westlake
• 227 • The Whole Truth • (1970) • short story by Piers Anthony