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• xix • The Science Fiction Blowgun • (1978) • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 1 • A Loint of Paw • (1957) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 2 • The Advent on Channel Twelve • (1958) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 6 • Plaything • (1974) • short story by Larry Niven
• 10 • The Misfortune Cookie • (1970) • short story by Charles E. Fritch
• 14 • I Wish I May, I Wish I Might • (1973) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 18 • FTA • (1974) • short story by George R. R. Martin
• 21 • Trace • (1961) • short story by Jerome Bixby
• 25 • The Ingenious Patriot • [Fantastic Fables] • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 26 • Zoo • (1958) • short story by Edward D. Hoch
• 28 • The Destiny of Milton Gomrath • (1967) • short story by Alexei Panshin
• 30 • The Devil and the Trombone • (1948) • short story by Martin Gardner
• 33 • Upstart • (1977) • short story by Steven Utley
• 37 • How It All Went • (1976) • short story by Gregory Benford
• 41 • Harry Protagonist, Brain-Drainer • [Harry Protagonist] • (1965) • short story by Richard Wilson
• 43 • Peeping Tommy • (1965) • short story by Robert F. Young
• 47 • Starting from Scratch • (1970) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 51 • Corrida • (1968) • short story by Roger Zelazny
• 54 • Shall the Dust Praise Thee? • (1967) • short story by Damon Knight
• 57 • Bug-Getter • (1960) • short story by Reginald Bretnor [as by R. Bretnor]
• 61 • The Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass • [Editor's Page (Galaxy)] • (1962) • essay by Frederik Pohl
• 65 • Fire Sale • (1964) • short story by Laurence M. Janifer
• 69 • Safe at Any Speed • [Known Space] • (1967) • short story by Larry Niven
• 72 • The Masks • (1959) • short story by James Blish
• 76 • Innocence • (1955) • short story by Joanna Russ
• 78 • Kin • (1956) • short story by Richard Wilson
• 81 • The Long Night • [The Exploits of Argo • 2] • (1961) • short story by Ray Russell
• 83 • Sanity Clause • (1975) • short story by Edward Wellen
• 88 • If at First You Don't Succeed, to Hell with It! • (1972) • short story by Charles E. Fritch
• 93 • The Question • (1963) • short story by Laurence M. Janifer and Donald E. Westlake
• 96 • The Perfect Woman • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 100 • The System • (1968) • short story by Ben Bova
• 101 • Exile to Hell • (1968) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 105 • Inaugural • (1976) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
• 108 • Martha • (1976) • short story by Fred Saberhagen
• 110 • Kindergarten • (1963) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 113 • Landscape with Sphinxes • (1962) • short story by Karen Anderson
• 116 • The Happiest Day of Your Life • (1970) • short story by Bob Shaw
• 120 • The Worlds of Monty Willson • (1971) • short story by William F. Nolan
• 123 • Punch • (1961) • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 127 • Doctor • (1978) • short story by Henry Slesar (variant of After 1960)
• 129 • The Man from When • (1966) • short story by Dannie Plachta
• 131 • Crying Willow • (1973) • short story by Edward Rager
• 135 • January 1975 • (1975) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg
• 137 • Mail Supremacy • [Chap Foey Rider • 1] • (1975) • short story by Hayford Peirce
• 141 • Mistake • (1976) • short story by Larry Niven
• 143 • Half-Baked Publisher's Delight • (1974) • short story by Isaac Asimov and Jeffrey S. Hudson
• 148 • Far from Home • (1958) • short story by Walter Tevis [as by Walter S. Tevis]
• 152 • Swords of Ifthan • (1973) • short story by James Sutherland [as by James E. Sutherland]
• 154 • Argent Blood • (1967) • short story by Joe L. Hensley
• 159 • Collector's Fever • (1964) • short story by Roger Zelazny
• 162 • Sign at the End of the Universe • (1974) • short story by Duane Ackerson
• 162 • Stubborn • (1972) • short story by Stephen Goldin
• 164 • The Re-Creation • (1972) • short story by Robert E. Toomey, Jr.
• 165 • Feeding Time • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 166 • The Better Man • (1966) • short story by Ray Russell
• 169 • Oom • (1951) • short story by Martin Gardner
• 171 • Merchant • (1978) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 172 • Don't Fence Me In • (1956) • short story by Richard Wilson
• 176 • The Die-Hard • (1958) • short story by Alfred Bester
• 181 • The First • (1952) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 184 • Eripmav • (1958) • short story by Damon Knight
• 189 • The Voice from the Curious Cube • (1937) • short story by Nelson S. Bond [as by Nelson Bond]
• 192 • I'm Going to Get You • (1974) • short story by F. M. Busby
• 195 • The Room • (1961) • short story by Ray Russell
• 198 • Dry Spell • (1970) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 200 • Bohassian Learns • (1971) • short story by William Rotsler
• 204 • Star Bride • (1951) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 207 • Latest Feature • (1972) • short story by Maggie Nadler
• 211 • Chief • (1960) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 212 • After You've Stood on the Log at the Center of the Universe, What Is There Left to Do? • (1974) • short story by Grant Carrington
• 216 • Maid to Measure • (1964) • short story by Damon Knight
• 219 • Eyes Do More Than See • (1965) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 222 • Thang • (1948) • short story by Martin Gardner
• 223 • How Now Purple Cow • (1969) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 227 • Revival Meeting • (1969) • short story by Dannie Plachta
• 229 • Prototaph • (1966) • short story by Keith Laumer
• 233 • The Rocket of 1955 • (1939) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 235 • Kindergarten • (1970) • short story by James E. Gunn
• 235 • Science Fiction for Telepaths • (1978) • short story by E. Michael Blake
• 238 • A Little Knowledge • (1975) • short story by Paul Dellinger
• 240 • A Cup of Hemlock • (1978) • short story by Lee Killough
• 241 • Present Perfect • (1974) • short story by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 245 • A Lot to Learn • (1978) • short story by Robert T. Kurosaka
• 246 • The Amphibious Cavalry Gap • (1974) • short story by James E. Thompson
• 249 • Not Counting Bridges • (1963) • short story by Robert L. Fish
• 251 • The Man Inside • (1969) • short story by Bruce McAllister
• 253 • The Mars Stone • (1974) • short story by Paul Bond
• 255 • Source Material • (1974) • short story by Mildred Downey Broxon
• 257 • The Compleat Consummators • (1964) • short story by Alan E. Nourse (variant of The Compleat Consumators)
• 262 • Examination Day • (1958) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 266 • The Man Who Could Turn Back the Clock • (1950) • short story by Ralph Milne Farley
• 268 • Patent Rights • (1974) • short story by Daniel A. Darlington
• 270 • The Sky's an Oyster; the Stars Are Pearls • (1975) • short story by David Bischoff [as by Dave Bischoff]
• 273 • Alien Cornucopia • (1959) • short story by Walt Liebscher
• 275 • The Last Paradox • (1958) • short story by Edward D. Hoch
• 277 • Course of Empire • (1956) • short story by Richard Wilson
• 281 • Synchronicity • (1978) • short story by James E. Thompson
• 286 • Sweet Dreams, Melissa • (1968) • short story by Stephen Goldin
• 291 • The Man on Top • (1951) • short story by Reginald Bretnor [as by R. Bretnor]
• 296 • Rejection Slip • (1978) • short story by K. W. MacAnn