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• vii • Introduction (Future Perfect, Revised Edition) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 3 • Nathaniel Hawthorne and Science Fiction • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 24 • The Birthmark • (1854) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (variant of The Birth-Mark 1843)
• 41 • The Artist of the Beautiful • (1844) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• 65 • Rappaccini's Daughter • [Rappaccini • 1] • (1844) • novelette by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• 93 • Edgar Allan Poe and Science Fiction • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 104 • A Tale of the Ragged Mountains • (1844) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 114 • The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 124 • Mellonta Tauta • (1849) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 141 • Automata • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 144 • Herman Melville and Science Fiction • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 151 • The Bell-Tower • (1855) • short story by Herman Melville
• 166 • Humans as Machines • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 169 • Dr. Materialismus • (1890) • short story by Frederic Jesup Stimson
• 188 • Marvelous Inventions • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 190 • The Atoms of Chladni • (1860) • novelette by J. D. Whelpley
• 219 • Medicine Men • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 222 • Jack London and Science Fiction • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 230 • A Thousand Deaths • (1899) • short story by Jack London
• 240 • Into the Psyche • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 243 • Thomas Wentworth Higginson and his Dreamer • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 246 • The Monarch of Dreams • (1886) • short story by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
• 261 • Ambrose Bierce and Science Fiction • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 264 • A Psychological Shipwreck • (1879) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 269 • Edward Bellamy and Science Fiction • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 276 • To Whom This May Come • (1889) • short story by Edward Bellamy
• 292 • Space Travel • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 295 • The Blindman's World • (1886) • short story by Edward Bellamy
• 312 • Washington Irving and Science Fiction • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 314 • The Men of the Moon • (1809) • short story by Washington Irving
• 319 • Fitz-James O'Brien and Science Fiction • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 328 • The Diamond Lens • (1858) • novelette by Fitz-James O'Brien
• 352 • Dimensional Speculation as Science Fiction • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 354 • Four-Dimensional Space • (1885) • essay by Anonymous
• 356 • Mysterious Disappearances • ["Mysterious disappearances"] • (1893) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 363 • From "Four-Dimensional Space" • (1896) • essay by Arthur E. Bostwick (variant of From Four-Dimensional Space 1966)
• 364 • Time Travel • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 366 • Beyond the Past • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 369 • Christmas 200,000 B.C. • (1887) • short story by Stanley Waterloo
• 375 • Mark Twain and Science Fiction • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 382 • From the "London Times" of 1904 • (1898) • short story by Mark Twain
• 393 • The Perfect Future • (1966) • essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• 397 • In the Year Ten Thousand • (1892) • short story by Will N. Harben [as by William Harben]