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• 9 • Trends in Modern Science-Fiction • essay by Melvin Korshak
• 17 • Preface (Science Fiction Omnibus) • essay by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
• 27 • The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949 • [Best SF Stories • 1] • (1949) • anthology by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
• 29 • Mars Is Heaven! • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1948) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 51 • Ex Machina • [Gallegher (Henry Kuttner)] • (1948) • novelette by Henry Kuttner [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 92 • The Strange Case of John Kingman • (1948) • short story by Murray Leinster
• 112 • Doughnut Jockey • (1948) • short story by Erik Fennel
• 130 • Thang • (1948) • short story by Martin Gardner
• 132 • Period Piece • (1948) • short story by John R. Pierce [as by J. J. Coupling]
• 141 • Knock • (1948) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 154 • Genius • (1948) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 195 • And the Moon Be Still As Bright • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1948) • novelette by Ray Bradbury
• 226 • No Connection • (1948) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 250 • In Hiding • [Children of the Atom] • (1948) • novelette by Wilmar H. Shiras
• 292 • Happy Ending • (1948) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]
• [27] • The Best Science-Fiction Stories: 1950 • [Best SF Stories • 2] • (1950) • anthology by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty
• [29] • Private Eye • (1949) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• [66] • Doomsday Deferred • (1949) • short story by Murray Leinster [as by Will F. Jenkins]
• [85] • The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast • (1949) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• [96] • Eternity Lost • (1949) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
• [132] • Easter Eggs • (1949) • novelette by Robert S. Carr
• [173] • Opening Doors • [Children of the Atom] • (1949) • novelette by Wilmar H. Shiras
• [218] • Five Years in the Marmalade • (1949) • short story by Robert W. Krepps
• [237] • Dwellers in Silence • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of The Long Years 1948)
• [253] • Mouse • (1949) • short story by Fredric Brown
• [266] • Refuge for Tonight • (1949) • novelette by Robert Moore Williams
• [300] • The Life-Work of Professor Muntz • (1949) • short story by Murray Leinster
• [316] • Flaw • (1949) • short story by John D. MacDonald
• [326] • The Man • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury