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• 7 • Introduction (Best SF: 1972) • essay by Harry Harrison
• 11 • In the Matter of the Assassin Merefirs • (1972) • short story by Ken W. Purdy
• 21 • As for Our Fatal Continuity ... • (1972) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 26 • The Old Folks • (1972) • short story by James E. Gunn
• 44 • From Sea to Shining Sea • (1972) • short story by Jonathan Ela
• 45 •  From Sea to Shining Sea • (1972) • interior artwork by Jonathan Ela
• 49 • Weinachtabend • short fiction by Keith Roberts (variant of Weihnachtabend 1972)
• 87 •  Cartoon: "Invisibility Competition" • interior artwork by Y. Aratovsky
• 88 •  Cartoon: no caption • interior artwork by O. Tesler
• 89 •  Cartoon: no caption (The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 6) • interior artwork by William Rotsler
• 90 •  Cartoon: "Grin and Bear It" • interior artwork by Lichty
• 91 • The Years • (1972) • short story by Robert F. Young
• 94 • Darkness • (1972) • short story by
  André Carneiro^?Andre Carneiro
  (trans. of
  A escuridão^?A escuridao
  1963)
• 113 • Cymbal Player • (1972) • poem by Lawrence Sail
• 114 • Report from the Planet Proteus • (1972) • poem by Lawrence Sail
• 115 • Columbus on St. Dominica • (1972) • poem by John Cotton (poet) (variant of Columbus on St. Domenica)
• 116 • After Death • (1972) • poem by Patricia Beer
• 117 • Faex Delenda Est • (1972) • poem by Theodore R. Cogswell
• 120 • Words of Warning • (1972) • short story by Alex Hamilton
• 131 • Out, Wit! • (1972) • short story by Howard L. Myers
• 144 • An Imaginary Journey to the Moon • (1972) • short story by Victor Sabah
• 149 • The Head and the Hand • (1972) • short story by Christopher Priest
• 164 • Hero • [Mandella] • (1972) • novella by Joe Haldeman [as by Joe W. Haldeman]
• 229 • Afterword: The Year of the Big Spring Clean • essay by Brian W. Aldiss