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• xi • Foreword (The World Treasury of Science Fiction) • (1989) • essay by Clifton Fadiman
• xiii • Introduction (The World Treasury of Science Fiction) • (1988) • essay by David G. Hartwell
• 3 • Harrison Bergeron • (1961) • short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
• 10 • Forgetfulness • (1937) • novelette by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• 34 • Special Flight • (1939) • novelette by John Berryman
• 70 • Chronopolis • (1960) • novelette by J. G. Ballard
• 92 • Triceratops • (1982) • short story by
  河野典生^?こうの てんせい
  Tensei Kono
  Tensei Kōno
  (trans. of
  トリケラトプス^?Torikeratopusu
  1974) [as by Kono Tensei]
• 104 • The Man Who Lost the Sea • (1959) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 115 • On the Inside Track • (1986) • novelette by Karl Michael Armer (trans. of Umkreisungen)
• 135 • The Golem • (1955) • short story by Avram Davidson
• 141 • The New Prehistory • (1983) • short story by
  René Rebetez-Cortes^?Rene Rebetez-Cortes
  (trans. of La nueva prehistoria 1967)
• 146 • A Meeting with Medusa • [A Meeting with Medusa • 1] • (1971) • novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
• 184 • The Valley of Echoes • (1973) • short story by
  Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein
  (trans. of
  La vallée des échos^?La vallee des echos
  1959)
• 193 • The Fifth Head of Cerberus • [The Fifth Head of Cerberus] • (1972) • novella by Gene Wolfe
• 245 • The Chaste Planet • (1975) • short story by John Updike
• 250 • The Blind Pilot • short story by Nathalie Henneberg (trans. of Au pilote aveugle 1959) [as by Nathalie-Charles Henneberg]
• 266 • The Men Who Murdered Mohammed • (1958) • short story by Alfred Bester
• 278 • Pairpuppets • (1976) • short story by Manuel van Loggem (trans. of Paarpoppen 1972)
• 286 • Two Dooms • (1958) • novella by C. M. Kornbluth
• 328 • Tale of the Computer That Fought a Dragon • [Bajki robotów (Robots' Fables)] • (1977) • short story by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of
  Bajka o maszynie cyfrowej, co ze smokiem walczyła^?Bajka o maszynie cyfrowej, co ze smokiem walczyla
  1963) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 334 • The Green Hills of Earth • [Future History] • (1947) • short story by Robert A. Heinlein
• 345 • Ghost V • [AAA Ace] • (1954) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 359 • The Phantom of Kansas • [Eight Worlds] • (1976) • novelette by John Varley
• 392 • Captain Nemo's Last Adventure • (1973) • novelette by Josef Nesvadba (trans. of Poslední dobrodružství kapitána Nemo 1960)
• 415 • Inconstant Moon • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven
• 439 • The Gold at the Starbow's End • (1972) • novella by Frederik Pohl
• 485 • A Sign in Space • (1968) • short story by Italo Calvino (trans. of Un segno nello spazio 1964)
• 493 • The Spiral • (1968) • short story by Italo Calvino (trans. of La spirale 1965)
• 503 • The Dead Past • (1956) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 545 • The Lens • (1984) • short story by Annemarie van Ewijck [as by Annemarie van Ewyck]
• 554 • The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast • (1949) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 562 • Zero Hour • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 572 • Nine Lives • (1969) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 595 • The Muse • (1968) • short story by Anthony Burgess
• 611 • The Public Hating • (1955) • short story by Steve Allen
• 618 • Poor Superman • (1952) • novelette by Fritz Leiber (variant of Appointment in Tomorrow 1951)
• 642 • Angouleme • (1971) • short story by Thomas M. Disch
• 657 • Stranger Station • (1956) • novelette by Damon Knight
• 679 • The Dead Fish • (1955) • short story by Boris Vian (trans. of Les poissons morts 1947)
• 690 • I Was the First to Find You • (1977) • short story by
  Кир Булычев^?Kir Bulychev
  (trans. of
  Я вас первым обнаружил!^?Ya vas pervym obnaruzhil!
  1970) [as by Kirill Bulychev]
• 701 • The Lineman • (1957) • novella by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• 755 • Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius • (1962) • short story by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. of
  Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius^?Tloen, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
  1940)
• 769 • Codemus • (1976) • short story by Tor Åge Bringsvaerd (trans. of Kodémus, eller Datamaskinen some tenkte at hva faen 1968)
• 782 • A Kind of Artistry • (1962) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
• 803 • Second Variety • [Claws • 1] • (1953) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
• 844 • Weihnachtsabend • (1972) • novelette by Keith Roberts (variant of Weihnachtabend)
• 876 • I Do Not Love Thee, Doctor Fell • (1955) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 885 • Aye, and Gomorrah ... • (1967) • short story by Samuel R. Delany
• 895 • How Erg the Self-Inducting Slew a Paleface • [Bajki robotów (Robots' Fables)] • (1977) • short story by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of
  Jak Erg Samowzbudnik Bladawca pokonał^?Jak Erg Samowzbudnik Bladawca pokonal
  1964) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 906 • Nobody's Home • (1972) • short story by Joanna Russ
• 920 • Party Line • (1976) • novelette by
  Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein
  (trans. of Ligne de partage 1969)
• 948 • The Proud Robot • [Gallegher (Henry Kuttner)] • (1943) • novelette by Henry Kuttner [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 980 • Vintage Season • (1946) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
• 1019 • The Way to Amalteia • [
  Юрковский и Жилин / Yurkovsky & Zhilin^?Yurkovsky i Zhilin
  ] • (1984) • novella by
  Аркадий Стругацкий^?Arkady Strugatsky
  and
  Борис Стругацкий^?Boris Strugatsky
  (trans. of
  Путь на Амальтею^?Put' na Amal'teyu
  1960) [as by Arkady Strugatsky and Boris Strugatsky]
• 1079 • Acknowledgements (The World Treasury of Science Fiction) • essay by David G. Hartwell