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• 9 • Preface (The British Way) • essay by James E. Gunn (variant of Preface (The Road to Science Fiction Volume 5: The British Way)) [as by James Gunn]
• 12 • Introduction (The British Way) • essay by James E. Gunn (variant of Introduction (The Road to Science Fiction Volume 5: The British Way)) [as by James Gunn]
• 29 • Beginnings: From Frankenstein to Dorking • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 31 • From "The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer" (excerpt) • (1871) • short fiction by George Tomkyns Chesney [as by Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Tomkyns Chesney]
• 45 • A Matter of Perspective • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 47 • From "Flatland" (excerpt) • (1884) • short fiction by Edwin A. Abbott [as by A. Square]
• 58 • The Craving for Catastrophe • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 60 • After London (excerpt) • (1885) • short fiction by Richard Jefferies
• 69 • The Medium and the Message • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 71 • The Doom of London • (1892) • short story by Robert Barr
• 80 • Fin de Siècle • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 83 • A Corner in Lightning • (1898) • short story by George Griffith
• 94 • The Man Who Invented Tomorrow • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 97 • The Country of the Blind • (1904) • novelette by H. G. Wells
• 119 • Currents in the Mainstream • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 122 • As Easy As A. B. C. • [Aerial Board of Control • 2] • (1912) • novelette by Rudyard Kipling
• 146 • MacDonough's Song • (1912) • poem by Rudyard Kipling
• 147 • The Great War and Its Aftermath • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 149 • A Negligible Experiment • (1921) • short story by J. D. Beresford
• 154 • More Things in Heaven and Earth • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 156 • The Horror of the Heights • (1913) • short story by Arthur Conan Doyle
• 170 • Before the Crash • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 172 • The Rat • [The Rat] • (1929) • short story by S. Fowler Wright
• 191 • Looking Outward • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 193 • From "Star Maker" (excerpt) • (1937) • short fiction by Olaf Stapledon [as by W. Olaf Stapledon]
• 198 • The American Lodestone • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 201 • The Great Fog • (1944) • short story by Gerald Heard [as by H. F. Heard]
• 213 • The Postwar Explosion • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 215 • Hobbyist • (1947) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell
• 245 • Meteors and Other Stars • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 247 • Dreams Are Sacred • (1948) • novelette by Peter Phillips
• 269 • The Prolific Fifties • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 271 • Made in U.S.A. • (1953) • novelette by J. T. McIntosh
• 302 • Transit of Clarke • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 304 • The Star • (1955) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 310 • The Day of the Wyndhams • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 312 • The Emptiness of Space: The Asteroids A.D. 2194 • [Troons] • (1960) • short story by John Wyndham (variant of The Asteroids, 2194)
• 326 • The Universe Considered as a Concentration Camp • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 329 • The Voices of Time • (1960) • novelette by J. G. Ballard
• 360 • The Drowned Giant • (1964) • short story by J. G. Ballard
• 370 • Stand on Metaphor • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 373 • The Totally Rich • (1963) • novelette by John Brunner
• 396 • New Worlds, New Waves, New Options • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 399 • Mouth of Hell • (1966) • short story by David I. Masson
• 410 • The Discontinuous D. G. Compton • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 413 • It's Smart to Have an English Address • (1967) • short story by D. G. Compton
• 428 • More Things in Heaven and Earth [2] • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 431 • The Muse • (1968) • short story by Anthony Burgess
• 448 • The Neptune of the New Wave • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 451 • The Nature of the Catastrophe • [Jerry Cornelius • 8] • (1970) • short story by Michael Moorcock
• 458 • The Human Side of Change • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 460 • The Happiest Day of Your Life • (1970) • short story by Bob Shaw
• 464 • Breaking into the Club • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 467 • The Power of Time • (1971) • short story by Josephine Saxton
• 479 • New Maps and Old Waves • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 482 • Mason's Life • (1972) • short story by Kingsley Amis
• 486 • The God Question • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 489 • Settling the World • (1975) • short story by M. John Harrison
• 510 • Putting It All Together • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 513 • Working in the Spaceship Yards • (1969) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 519 • Appearance of Life • (1976) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 534 • Images and Icons • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 537 • An Infinite Summer • [Dream Archipelago] • (1976) • novelette by Christopher Priest
• 557 • Alien Relations • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 559 • Custom Fitting • (1976) • novelette by James White
• 580 • Sex and Fantasy • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 583 • Written in Water • (1982) • short story by Tanith Lee
• 594 • Transcending Generalities • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 596 • The Great Atlantic Swimming Race • (1986) • short story by Ian Watson
• 606 • The Romance of Science Fiction • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 608 • And He Not Busy Being Born • (1986) • short story by Brian Stableford (variant of And He Not Busy Being Born ...) [as by Brian M. Stableford]