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• A Planet Named Shayol • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1961) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• Barrier • (1942) • novella by Anthony Boucher
• Compassion Circuit • (1954) • short story by John Wyndham
• Gadget Vs. Trend • (1962) • short story by Christopher Anvil
• Hot Planet • (1963) • short story by Hal Clement
• Into the Shop • (1964) • short story by Ron Goulart
• Preface (Spectrum 4) • essay by Kingsley Amis and Robert Conquest
• Stranger Station • (1956) • novelette by Damon Knight
• Such Stuff • (1962) • short story by John Brunner
• The Choice • (1952) • short story by Wayland Hilton-Young
• The Great Nebraska Sea • (1963) • short story by Allan Danzig
• The Large Ant • (1960) • short story by Howard Fast
• The Marching Morons • (1951) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
• The Secret Songs • (1962) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• The Sellers of the Dream • (1963) • novelette by John Jakes
• Unreal Estates • (1964) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss and Kingsley Amis and C. S. Lewis