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• xi • Report from the Planet Earth • essay by Frederik Pohl
• xvii • The Last Word • essay by Elizabeth Anne Hull
• 1 • Sitting Around the Pool, Soaking Up the Rays • (1984) • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 10 • The Thursday Events • short story by
  Ye Yonglie^?Yè Yǒngliè
  (trans. of
  其实只有一个^?qí shí zhī yǒu yī gè
  qishi zhiyou yige
  1985)
• 17 • User Friendly • short story by Spider Robinson
• 27 • Life As an Ant • short story by
  André Carneiro^?Andre Carneiro
• 41 • Fiddling for Waterbuffaloes • (1986) • novelette by S. P. Somtow [as by Somtow Sucharitkul]
• 68 • S Is for Snake • short story by Lino Aldani (trans. of S come serpente)
• 80 • The Divided Carla • novelette by Josef Nesvadba (trans. of
  Rozštěpená Karla^?Rozstepena Karla
  1985)
• 102 • The View from the Top of the Tower • (1986) • short story by Harry Harrison
• 111 • Don't Knock the Rock • short story by A. Bertram Chandler
• 123 • The Owl of Bear Island • short story by Jon Bing (trans. of
  Ugle på Bjørnøya^?Ugle paa Bjoernoeya
  Ugle pa Bjornoya
  )
• 132 • Contacts of a Fourth Kind • short story by
  Любен Дилов^?Lyuben Dilov
  (trans. of
  Контакти от четвърти вид^?Kontakti ot chetvarti vid
  1985) [as by Ljuben Dilov]
• 151 • Infestation • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 164 • In the Blink of an Eye • short story by Carlos Maria Federici
• 177 • Particularly Difficult Territory • short story by Janusz A. Zajdel (trans. of
  Wyjątkowo trudny teren^?Wyjatkowo trudny teren
  )
• 187 • Time Everlasting • short story by Sam J. Lundwall [as by Sam Lundwall]
• 193 • The Middle Kingdom • short story by Tong Enzheng (trans. of
  第一次失败^?Dì yī cì shībài
  Di yi ci shibai
  1984) [as by Elizabeth Anne Hull and Tong Enzheng]
• 208 • On the Inside Track • novelette by Karl Michael Armer (trans. of Umkreisungen)
• 231 • The Legend of the Paper Spaceship • (1983) • novelette by
  矢野徹^?やのてつ
  Yano Tetsu
  (trans. of
  折紙宇宙船の伝説^?Origami Uchūsen no Densetsu
  1978) [as by Tetsu Yano]
• 256 • We Servants of the Stars • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 261 • Notes on Contributors (Tales from the Planet Earth) • essay by uncredited