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• viii • Introduction (Galactic Empires Volume One) • (1976) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• 1 • A Sense of Perspective • (1976) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• 5 • Been a Long, Long Time • (1970) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 12 • The Possessed • (1953) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 18 • Protected Species • (1951) • short story by H. B. Fyfe
• 30 • All the Way Back • (1952) • short story by Michael Shaara
• 49 • 'Wider Still and Wider...' • (1976) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• 54 • The Star Plunderer • [Technic History] • (1952) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 81 • Foundation • [Foundation (Original Stories) • 1] • (1942) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 114 • We're Civilized! • (1953) • short story by Alex Apostolides and Mark Clifton (variant of Civilized)
• 127 • Horses in the Starship Hold • (1976) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• 132 • The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1964) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 149 • The Rebel of Valkyr • (1950) • novella by Alfred Coppel
• 194 • Brightness Falls from the Air • (1951) • short story by Margaret St. Clair [as by Idris Seabright]
• 201 • Immigrant • (1954) • novella by Clifford D. Simak
• 251 • The Health Service in the Skies • (1976) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• 261 • Resident Physician • [Sector General] • (1961) • novelette by James White
• 287 • Age of Retirement • (1954) • short story by Hal Lynch
• 293 • Planting Time • (1975) • short story by Pete Adams and Charles Nightingale