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• 7 • Introduction: On the Road to 1984 • (1973) • essay by Thomas M. Disch
• 11 • Ho Chi Minh Elegy • (1973) • poem by Peter Schjeldahl
• 12 • Elegy for Janis Joplin • (1973) • poem by Marilyn Hacker
• 15 • We Are Dainty Little People • (1973) • short story by Charles Naylor
• 33 • Strangers • (1973) • short story by Carol Emshwiller
• 38 • Relatives • short story by George Alec Effinger [as by Geo. Alec Effinger]
• 59 • Riding • (1973) • short story by Norman Rush
• 64 • An Apocalypse: Some Scenes from European Life • (1973) • novelette by Michael Moorcock
• 105 • The Whimper of Whipped Dogs • (1973) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 125 • The Great Wall of Mexico • (1973) • novelette by John Sladek
• 159 • The Village • (1973) • short story by Kate Wilhelm
• 170 • In Behalf of the Product • (1973) • short story by Kit Reed
• 179 • Hour of Trust • (1973) • novelette by Gene Wolfe
• 215 • Fighting Fascism • (1973) • short story by Norman Rush
• 221 • Cold Turkey • (1973) • short story by Dick Gallup and Ron Padgett
• 225 • Where Have All the Followers Gone? • (1973) • short story by Raylyn Moore
• 236 • An Outline of History • (1973) • short story by Malcolm Braly
• 244 • Two Sadnesses • short story by George Alec Effinger [as by Geo. Alec Effinger]
• 261 • Everyday Life in the Later Roman Empire • (1972) • novelette by Thomas M. Disch
• 300 • Untoward Occurrence at Embassy Poetry Reading • (1973) • poem by Marilyn Hacker
• 302 • For Apollo 11 • (1973) • poem by Peter Schjeldahl
• 304 • Some Notes on the Pre-Dynastic Epoch • (1973) • short story by Robert Silverberg