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•  The Puffin Book of Science Fiction • (1993) • interior artwork by Nick Harris
• 1 • Introduction (The Puffin Book of Science Fiction) • (1993) • essay by Nicholas Fisk
• 5 • The Clipper of the Clouds: Jules Verne • (1993) • essay by Nicholas Fisk
• 7 • The War of the Worlds (extract) • [The War of the Worlds] • (1993) • short fiction by H. G. Wells
• 17 • The Horror of the Heights (excerpt) • (1993) • short fiction by Arthur Conan Doyle
• 23 • The Space Merchants (excerpt) • [Space Merchants] • (1993) • short fiction by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
• 29 • Captain Courage and the Rose Street Gang (excerpt) • (1984) • short fiction by Jan Mark
• 47 • Harrison Bergeron • (1961) • short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. [as by Kurt Vonnegut]
• 58 • Confluence (excerpt) • (1970) • short fiction by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
• 61 • Of Polymuf Stock • [The Sword of the Spirits] • (1971) • short story by John Christopher
• 77 • Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat (excerpt) • [Kai Lung] • (1993) • short fiction by Ernest Bramah
• 79 • The New Testament: Revelations 20:1-4; 21:7, 8 • (unknown) • short fiction by The Holy Bible
• 81 • The Nine Billion Names of God • (1953) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 95 • There Will Come Soft Rains • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 105 • Flowers for Algernon • (1959) • novelette by Daniel Keyes