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• 1 • Introduction: Buck Rogers in the New Jerusalem • (1975) • essay by Thomas M. Disch
• 5 • Getting There Is (n-1/n)th the Fun • [Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias • 1] • short story by John Sladek
• 5 • Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias • short fiction by John Sladek
• 6 • Mr. and Ms. America • [Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias • 3] • short story by John Sladek
• 6 • The Bright Side • [Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias • 2] • short story by John Sladek
• 7 • Empty Promise • [Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias • 4] • short story by John Sladek
• 8 • The Paradise Problem • [Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias • 5] • (1975) • short story by John Sladek
• 9 • Handout • [Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias • 7] • (1975) • short story by John Sladek
• 9 • What Changed Doyster's Mind • [Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias • 6] • (1975) • short story by John Sladek
• 10 • Art News • [Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias • 9] • short story by John Sladek
• 10 • Assessment • [Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias • 8] • short story by John Sladek
• 11 • Pax Gurney • [Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias • 10] • short story by John Sladek
• 12 • A Fable • [Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias • 11] • short story by John Sladek
• 13 • Utopia: A Financial Report • [Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias • 12] • (1975) • short story by John Sladek
• 14 • Luck • [Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias • 14] • short story by John Sladek
• 14 • Utopiary • [Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias • 13] • short story by John Sladek
• 15 • A Picnic • [Heavens Below: Fifteen Utopias • 15] • (1975) • short story by John Sladek
• 17 • Repairing the Office • novelette by Charles Naylor
• 37 • What You Get for Your Dollar (excerpt from The Shape of Further Things) • (1975) • short fiction by Brian W. Aldiss
• 49 • The People of Prashad • (1971) • novelette by James Keilty
• 81 • A Few Things I Know About Whileaway • [Whileaway] • (1974) • short story by Joanna Russ
• 98 • Drumble • short story by Charles Naylor [as by Cassandra Nye]
• 108 • A Clear Day in the Motor City • (1973) • short story by Eleanor Arnason
• 117 • Settling the World • (1975) • short story by M. John Harrison
• 144 • Instead of the Cross, the Lollipop (excerpt from Walden Two) • (1948) • short fiction by B. F. Skinner
• 157 • I Always Do What Teddy Says • (1965) • short story by Harry Harrison
• 167 • Pyramids for Minnesota • (1974) • short story by Thomas M. Disch
• 171 • The Zen Archer • (1975) • short story by Jonathan Greenblatt
• 182 • The Hero As Werwolf • short story by Gene Wolfe
• 201 • The Change (Excerpt from In the Days of the Comet) • (1905) • short fiction by H. G. Wells