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• ix • Science Fiction: Before Christ and After 2001 • essay by Ray Bradbury
• 3 • The Gun Without a Bang • (1958) • short story by Robert Sheckley [as by Finn O'Donnevan]
• 9 • Crabs Take Over the Island • (1969) • short story by
  Анатолий Днепров^?Anatoly Dnieprov
  Anatoly Dneprov
  (trans. of
  Крабы идут по острову^?Kraby idut po ostrovu
  1958) [as by Anatoly Dnieprov]
• 26 • All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace • (1968) • poem by Richard Brautigan
• 27 • EPICAC • (1950) • short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
• 33 • R. U. R. • (1969) • novella by
  Karel Čapek^?Karel Capek
  Karel Chapek
  (trans. of R. U. R. 1920)
• 80 • The Human Factor • (1963) • short story by David Ely
• 90 • The Thinking Machine • (1967) • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 93 • Misbegotten Missionary • (1950) • short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of Green Patches)
• 105 • Elegy • (1953) • short story by Charles Beaumont
• 112 • Aesthetics of the Moon • poem by Jack Anderson (1935-)
• 115 • Constant Reader • (1953) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 126 • Who's There? • (1958) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 130 • We'll Never Conquer Space • (1962) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
• 137 • The Sack • (1950) • short story by William Morrison
• 152 • Mariana • (1960) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 156 • I Always Do What Teddy Says • (1965) • short story by Harry Harrison
• 163 • The Man Who Could Work Miracles • (1898) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 177 • Echoes of the Mind • (1972) • essay by Arthur Koestler
• 183 • The Reluctant Orchid • [Tales from the White Hart] • (1956) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 191 • Founding Father • (1965) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 196 • The Wound • (1970) • short story by Howard Fast
• 205 • The Sound Machine • (1949) • short story by Roald Dahl
• 215 • Love Among the Cabbages (abridged) • (1972) • essay by Christopher Bird and Peter Tompkins
• 223 • Puppet Show • (1962) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 231 • Random Sample • (1953) • short story by T. P. Caravan
• 234 • On the Wheel • (1972) • short story by Damon Knight
• 239 • Orbiter 5 Shows How Earth Looks from the Moon • (1969) • poem by May Swenson
• 240 • The King of the Beasts • (1964) • short story by
  Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer
• 242 • UFO Detective Solves 'em All-Well Almost • (1973) • essay by Philip J. Hilts
• 247 • The Good Provider • (1952) • short story by Marion Gross
• 251 • A Sound of Thunder • (1952) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 261 • Who's Cribbing? • (1953) • short story by Jack Lewis
• 267 • The Third Level • (1950) • short story by Jack Finney
• 271 • Speed • (1960) • poem by Josephine Miles
• 272 • The Inn Outside the World • (1945) • short story by Edmond Hamilton
• 284 • On the Relativity of Time • (1949) • essay by Wolfgang Pauli
• 286 • Relativity Wins Again • (1972) • essay by Anonymous
• 287 • A Matter of Overtime • (1969) • essay by Anonymous
• 289 • There Will Come Soft Rains • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 295 • The Forgotten Enemy • (1948) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 301 • Earthmen Bearing Gifts • (1960) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 304 • The Ifth of Oofth • (1957) • short story by Walter Tevis
• 312 • Electronic Tape Found in a Bottle • (1971) • poem by O. M. Cabral [as by Olga Cabral]
• 313 • Brace Yourself for Another Ice Age • (1973) • essay by Douglas Colligan
• 317 • The Census Takers • (1956) • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 322 • Disappearing Act • (1953) • short story by Alfred Bester
• 337 • Bulletin • (1954) • short story by Shirley Jackson
• 340 • Autofac • (1955) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
• 359 • Toward the Space Age • (1970) • poem by William Stafford
• 364 • Biographies of Authors • essay by uncredited
• 366 • Science-Fiction Awards • essay by uncredited
• 369 • Spaceship Earth • (1969) • essay by Buckminster Fuller [as by R. Buckminster Fuller]
• 378 • Pronunciation Key • essay by uncredited
• 379 • Discussion Questions • essay by uncredited
• 394 • Index of Authors and Titles • essay by uncredited