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• i • A Note from the Editor (Science Fiction of Antebellum America) • essay by C. W. Gross
• 1 • Foreword (Science Fiction of Antebellum America) • essay by C. W. Gross
• 18 • Rip Van Winkle • (1819) • short story by Washington Irving
• The Conquest by the Moon • (1809) • short story by Washington Irving
• 39 • A Flight to the Moon; or, the Vision of Randalthus • (1813) • novel by George Fowler
• 118 • A Voyage to the Moon • (1827) • novel by George Tucker (1775-1861)
• 214 • The Great Moon Hoax • novelette by Richard Adams Locke (variant of Great Astronomical Discoveries Lately Made by Sir John Herschel at the Cape of Good Hope 1835)
• 246 • The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall • (1850) • novella by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of Hans Phaall—A Tale 1835)
• MS. Found in a Bottle • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1833) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Man That Was Used Up • (1839) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion • (1839) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• The Balloon Hoax • (1905) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of The Balloon-Hoax 1844)
• Mellonta Tauta • (1849) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• Von Kempelen and His Discovery • (1849) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 326 • The Queen of California • (1864) • novella by Edward Everett Hale
• 344 • Aurifodina; Or, Adventures in the Gold Region • (1849) • novel by George Washington Peck
• 380 • The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket • [Pym • 1] • (1838) • novel by Edgar Allan Poe
• 502 • Dr. Heidegger's Experiment • (1837) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Birthmark • (1854) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (variant of The Birth-Mark 1843)
• Rappaccini's Daughter • [Rappaccini • 1] • (1844) • novelette by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Artist of the Beautiful • (1844) • short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne