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• 9 • Introduction (Best SF: 1972) • (1973) • essay by Harry Harrison
• 13 • In the Matter of the Assassin Merefirs • (1972) • short story by Ken W. Purdy
• 23 • As for Our Fatal Continuity ... • (1972) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 29 • The Old Folks • (1972) • short story by James E. Gunn
• 49 • From Sea to Shining Sea • (1972) • short story by Jonathan Ela
• 55 • Weihnachtsabend • (1972) • novelette by Keith Roberts (variant of Weihnachtabend)
• 96 •  Cartoon: "Invisibility Competition" • (1973) • interior artwork by Y. Aratovsky
• 96 •  Cartoon: no caption • (1973) • interior artwork by O. Tesler
• 97 •  Cartoon: "Grin and Bear It" • (1973) • interior artwork by Lichty
• 98 •  Cartoon: no caption (The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 6) • (1973) • interior artwork by William Rotsler
• 99 • The Years • (1972) • short story by Robert F. Young
• 103 • Darkness • (1972) • short story by
  André Carneiro^?Andre Carneiro
  (trans. of
  A escuridão^?A escuridao
  1963)
• 123 • Cymbal Player • (1972) • poem by Lawrence Sail
• 124 • Report from the Planet Proteus • (1972) • poem by Lawrence Sail
• 125 • Columbus on St. Domenica • (1972) • poem by John Cotton (poet)
• 127 • After Death • (1972) • poem by Patricia Beer
• 128 • Faex Delenda Est • (1972) • poem by Theodore R. Cogswell
• 131 • Words of Warning • (1972) • short story by Alex Hamilton
• 143 • Out, Wit! • (1972) • short story by Howard L. Myers
• 157 • An Imaginary Journey to the Moon • (1972) • short story by Victor Sabah
• 163 • The Head and the Hand • (1972) • short story by Christopher Priest
• 179 • Hero • [Mandella] • (1972) • novella by Joe Haldeman
• 247 • Afterword: The Year of the Big Spring Clean • (1973) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss