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• 3 • Foreword (Men Against the Stars) • essay by Martin Greenberg
• 5 • Introduction (Men Against the Stars) • essay by Willy Ley
• 13 • Trends • (1939) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 35 • Men Against the Stars • (1938) • novelette by Manly Wade Wellman
• 59 • The Red Death of Mars • (1940) • novelette by Robert Moore Williams
• 92 • Locked Out • (1940) • short story by H. B. Fyfe
• 108 • The Iron Standard • (1943) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 141 • Schedule • (1945) • short story by Harry Walton
• 159 • Far Centaurus • (1944) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 183 • Cold Front • (1946) • novelette by Hal Clement
• 235 • The Plants • (1946) • short story by Murray Leinster
• 253 • Competition • [Artur Blord] • (1943) • novelette by E. Mayne Hull
• 281 • Bridle and Saddle • [Foundation (Original Stories) • 2] • (1942) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 335 • When Shadows Fall • (1948) • short story by L. Ron Hubbard