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• 9 • Foreword (The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories) • (1989) • essay by Grania Davis
• 13 • Introduction (The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories) • (1989) • essay by John L. Apostolou
• 21 • The Flood • (1989) • short story by
  安部公房^?あべこうぼう
  Kōbō Abe
  Koubou Abe
  Kohboh Abe
  Kobo Abe
  (trans. of
  洪水^?Kōzui
  1950) [as by
  Kōbō Abe^?Kobo Abe
  ]
• 28 • Cardboard Box • (1980) • short story by
  半村良^?Ryō Hanmura
  Ryo Hanmura
  はんむらりょう
  (trans. of
  ボール箱^?Bōrubako
  1989) [as by Ryo Hanmura]
• 40 • Tansu • (1983) • short story by
  半村良^?Ryō Hanmura
  Ryo Hanmura
  はんむらりょう
  (trans. of
  箪笥^?Tansu
  ) [as by Ryo Hanmura]
• 47 • Bokko-Chan • (1963) • short story by
  星新一^?ほししんいち
  Hoshi Shinichi
  Hoshi Shin'ichi
  (trans. of
  ボッコちゃん^?Bokkochan
  ) [as by Shinichi Hoshi]
• 52 • He—y, Come on Ou—t! • (1978) • short story by
  星新一^?ほししんいち
  Hoshi Shinichi
  Hoshi Shin'ichi
  (trans. of
  おーいでてこーい^?Ōi, Dete Kōi
  Oi, Dete Koi
  Ôi detekôi
  1971) [as by Shinichi Hoshi]
• 58 • The Road to the Sea • (1981) • short story by
  石川喬司^?いしかわたかし
  Ishikawa Takashi
  (trans. of
  魔法使いの夏^?Mahōtsukai no Natsu
  1966) [as by Takashi Ishikawa]
• 62 • The Empty Field • (1973) • short story by
  北杜夫^?Kita Morio
  きたもりお
  (trans. of
  空地^?Kūchi
  ) [as by
  Morio Kita^?きたもりお
  Morio Kita
  ]
• 74 • The Savage Mouth • (1978) • short story by
  小松左京^?Komatsu Sakyou
  Komatsu Sakyō
  こまつさきょう
  Komatsu Sakyo
  (trans. of
  凶暴な口^?Kyōbō na Kuchi
  1969) [as by Sakyo Komatsu]
• 85 • Take Your Choice • (1987) • short story by
  小松左京^?Komatsu Sakyou
  Komatsu Sakyō
  こまつさきょう
  Komatsu Sakyo
  (trans. of
  おえらびください^?Oerabi Kudasai
  O-erabi Kudasai
  1967) [as by Sakyo Komatsu]
• 104 • Triceratops • (1982) • short story by
  河野典生^?こうの てんせい
  Tensei Kono
  Tensei Kōno
  (trans. of
  トリケラトプス^?Torikeratopusu
  1974) [as by Tensei Kono]
• 121 • Fnifmum • (1989) • short story by
  眉村卓^?まゆむらたく
  Mayumura Taku
  (trans. of
  フニフマム^?Funifumamu
  ) [as by Taku Mayumura]
• 130 • Standing Woman • (1981) • short story by
  筒井康隆^?Tsutsui Yasutaka
  つつい やすたか
  (trans. of
  佇むひと^?Tatazumu Hito
  1974) [as by Yasutaka Tsutsui]
• 144 • The Legend of the Paper Spaceship • (1983) • novelette by
  矢野徹^?やのてつ
  Yano Tetsu
  (trans. of
  折紙宇宙船の伝説^?Origami Uchūsen no Densetsu
  1978) [as by Tetsu Yano]
• 175 • A Reading List of Japanese Science Fiction in English • (1989) • essay by John L. Apostolou and Martin H. Greenberg