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• xi • Preface (Inside Information) • essay by Abbe Mowshowitz
• 1 • Part 1. The New Dispensation • essay by Abbe Mowshowitz
• 6 • All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace • (1968) • poem by Richard Brautigan
• 7 • The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress (excerpt) • (1965) • short fiction by Robert A. Heinlein
• 17 • The Jagged Orbit (excerpt) • (1969) • short fiction by John Brunner
• 24 • Player Piano (excerpt) • (1952) • short fiction by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
• 31 • Journey Beyond Tomorrow (excerpt) • (1962) • short fiction by Robert Sheckley
• 35 • Report • (1957) • short story by Donald Barthelme
• 39 • Part 2. Information and Power • essay by Abbe Mowshowitz
• 45 • The Nine Billion Names of God • (1953) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 52 • What's the Name of That Town? • [Institute for Impure Science] • (1964) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 63 • Giles Goat-Boy (excerpt) • (1966) • short fiction by John Barth
• 80 • Answer • (1954) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 81 • Part 3. Clockwork Society • essay by Abbe Mowshowitz
• 94 • Examination Day • (1958) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 97 • A Modern Utopia (excerpt) • (1905) • short fiction by H. G. Wells
• 98 • This Perfect Day (excerpt) • (1970) • short fiction by Ira Levin
• 104 • The City and the Stars (excerpt) • (1956) • short fiction by Arthur C. Clarke
• 109 • Walter Perkins Is Here! • (1970) • short story by Raymond E. Banks
• 118 • Part 4. Responsibility and Secision-Making • essay by Abbe Mowshowitz
• 124 • Nobody Lives on Burton Street • (1970) • short story by Gregory Benford [as by Greg Benford]
• 131 • The Steel Crocodile (excerpt) • (1970) • short fiction by D. G. Compton
• 137 • Top Stand-By Job • [Jim Briskin] • (1963) • short story by Philip K. Dick
• 148 • Franchise • [Multivac] • (1955) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 164 • Part 5. Broken Promises • essay by Abbe Mowshowitz
• 170 • A Sigh for Cybernetics • (1961) • poem by Felicia Lamport
• 171 • Form 5640: Report of a Malfunction • (1967) • short story by Bruce Kawin
• 178 • MS Fnd in a Lbry • (1961) • short story by Hal Draper
• 184 • Moxon's Master • (1910) • short story by Ambrose Bierce (variant of A Night at Moxon's 1899)
• 193 • Control of Behavior • essay by Abbe Mowshowitz
• 199 • The Twenty Third Psalm—Modern Style • (1961) • poem by R. A. Baker (I) and Alan Simpson
• 200 • The 480 (excerpt) • (1964) • short fiction by Eugene Burdick
• 203 • Machines of Loving Grace • (1972) • short story by Gardner Dozois
• 209 • Journey Beyond Tomorrow [2] (excerpt) • (1962) • short fiction by Robert Sheckley
• 217 • Fistful of Digits (excerpt) • (1968) • short fiction by Christopher Hodder-Williams
• 226 • Human Vitality • essay by Abbe Mowshowitz
• 232 • Hardcastle • (1971) • short story by Ron Goulart
• 240 • Instinct • (1952) • short story by Lester del Rey
• 253 • The Feeling of Power • (1958) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 262 • Man in Transition • essay by Abbe Mowshowitz
• 268 • Univac to Univac • (1958) • poem by Louis B. Salomon
• 271 • Nova (excerpt) • (1968) • short fiction by Samuel R. Delany
• 275 • The Adding Machine (excerpt) • (1922) • short fiction by Elmer Rice [as by Elmer L. Rice]
• 283 • Full Sun • (1967) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 295 • The Tale of the Big Computer (excerpt) • (1968) • short fiction by Olof Johannesson
• 301 • Bibliography (Inside Information) • essay by uncredited
• 335 • Index (Inside Information) • essay by uncredited