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• 10 • Preface (Around the World) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 13 • Introduction (Around the World) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 26 • France • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 30 • Exploring Worlds Known and Unknown • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 33 • From A Journey to the Center of the Earth • [Voyage au centre de la terre] • short fiction by Jules Verne
• 47 • Visualizing the Future • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 49 •  Visualizing the Future • interior artwork by Albert Robida
• 56 • The War of the Twentieth Century • [Le vingtième siècle / The Twentieth Century • 2] • short story by Albert Robida (trans. of La Guerre au vingtième siècle 1887)
• 56 •  The War of the Twentieth Century • interior artwork by Albert Robida (variant of La Guerre au vingtième siècle 1887)
• 73 • Quest for the Right Stuff • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 75 • Another World • novelette by
  J. H. Rosny aîné^?J. H. Rosny aine
  (trans. of Un autre monde 1895) [as by J.-H. Rosny aîné]
• 99 • The Short, Happy Life of a Surreal 'Pataphysician • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 102 • The Dead Fish • (1965) • short story by Boris Vian (trans. of Les poissons morts 1947)
• 113 • An Alien Behind the Wine Bottle • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 115 • Heavier Than Sleep • (1979) • short story by Philippe Curval (trans. of Plus lourd que le sommeil)
• 123 • The Temptations of the SF Polymath • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 125 • The Valley of Echoes • (1973) • short story by
  Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein
  (trans. of
  La vallée des échos^?La vallee des echos
  1959)
• 134 • The French Voice in North America • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 136 • The Knot • (1993) • short story by
  Élisabeth Vonarburg^?Elisabeth Vonarburg
  (trans. of
  Le nœud^?Le noeud
  1980)
• 146 • Germany • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 150 • Creating a Genre • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 152 • The Sandman • (1974) • novelette by E. T. A. Hoffmann (trans. of Der Sandmann 1816)
• 180 • The Father of German Science Fiction • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 182 • The Universal Library • (1958) • short story by Kurd Lasswitz (trans. of Die Universalbibliothek 1904)
• 189 • The Influence of Literature • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 192 • The Hunter Gracchus • [Der Jäger Gracchus] • (1933) • short story by Franz Kafka (trans. of Der Jäger Gracchus 1931)
• 197 • The Austrian Connection • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 199 • The Building • short story by Herbert W. Franke (trans. of
  Das Gebäude^?Das Gebaeude
  1960)
• 202 • The Power of the Press • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 205 • Loitering at Death's Door • (1991) • novelette by Wolfgang Jeschke (trans. of Nekromanteion 1985)
• 234 • The Meaning of Walls • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 236 • Ikaros • short story by Erik Simon (trans. of Wissenswertes über den Planeten Ikaros 1976)
• 240 • Scandinavia and Finland • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 243 • Experiment in Denmark • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 245 • Mnemosyne's Children • (1984) • short story by
  Svend Åge Madsen^?Svend Age Madsen
  Svend Aage Madsen
• 254 • Fantastic Sweden • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 256 • Time Everlasting • (1986) • short story by Sam J. Lundwall
• 262 • Eastern Europe • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 267 • The Man Who Invented the "Robot" • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 270 • Epilogue, from R. U. R. • short story by
  Karel Čapek^?Karel Capek
  Karel Chapek
• 277 • The Polish Master • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 280 • The Hunt • [Pilot Pirx] • (1977) • novelette by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of Polowanie 1965)
• 309 • Medical Report • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 311 • The Divided Carla • (1986) • novelette by Josef Nesvadba (trans. of
  Rozštěpená Karla^?Rozstepena Karla
  1985)
• 330 • Political Writing • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 332 • That Invincible Human Spirit, or The Golden Ships • short story by Alexandr Kramer (trans. of
  Nezlomnej lidskej duch aneb Zlaté lodě^?Nezlomnej lidskej duch aneb Zlate lode
  1979)
• 336 • The Romanian Exception • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 337 • The Neuhof Treaty • (1995) • short story by
  Ovid S. Crohmălniceanu^?Ovid S. Crohmalniceanu
  (trans. of Tratatul de le Neuhof 1980)
• 358 • Russia • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 361 • The Brothers Strugatski • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 364 • The Strangers • novelette by
  Аркадий Стругацкий^?Arkady Strugatsky
  and
  Борис Стругацкий^?Boris Strugatsky
  (trans. of
  Извне^?Izvne
  1958) [as by Arkady Strugatski and Boris Strugatski]
• 396 • Adventure and Science Fiction • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 398 • Share It with Me • (1979) • short story by
  Кир Булычев^?Kir Bulychev
  (trans. of
  Поделись со мной ...^?Podelis' so mnoj ...
  1970) [as by Kirill Bulychev]
• 409 • Italy • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 412 • The Everyday and the Fantastic • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 414 • The Time Machine • (1984) • short story by Dino Buzzati (trans. of La macchina che fermera il tempo 1952)
• 420 • Surprising Realms and Forbidden Kingdoms • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 422 • Cancerqueen • (1950) • novelette by Tommaso Landolfi
• 467 • Fables for Our Times • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 469 • The Spiral • (1968) • short story by Italo Calvino (trans. of La spirale 1965)
• 480 • Spain and Latin America • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 484 • Here There Be Tygers • (1979) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 485 • The Alabaster Garden • (1979) • short story by
  Teresa Inglés^?Teresa Ingles
  (trans. of El jardín de alabastro 1977)
• 500 • The Magician of Magic Realism • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 502 • The Babylon Lottery • (1962) • short story by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. of La lotería en Babilonia 1941)
• 508 • Miracles in Colombia • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 510 • Blacamán the Good, Vendor of Miracles • (1971) • short story by
  Gabriel García Márquez^?Gabriel Garcia Marquez
  (trans. of Blacamán el Bueno, vendedor de milagros)
• 518 • The Past, the Present, and the Future • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 520 • Chac-Mool • (1973) • short story by Carlos Fuentes (trans. of Chac Mool 1954)
• 529 • India • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 533 • The Marathi Experience • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 535 • Einstein the Second • (1989) • short story by Laxman Londhe
• 548 • China • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 552 • The Chinese Pioneer • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 553 • The Mirror Image of the Earth • (1986) • short story by Zheng Wenguang (trans. of
  地球的镜像^?Diqiu de jingxiang
  1980)
• 562 • The Professional Writer in China • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 563 • Corrosion • novelette by Ye Yonglie (trans. of
  腐蚀^?Fǔshí
  1981)
• 587 • Japan • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 591 • Author in the Dunes • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 593 • Beyond the Curve • (1991) • novelette by
  安部公房^?Koubou Abe
  あべこうぼう
  Kōbō Abe
  Kobo Abe
  Kohboh Abe
  Kobo Abé
  (trans. of
  カーブの向う^?カーブのむこう
  Kābu no Mukō
  Kaabu no Makou
  1966) [as by
  Kōbō Abe^?Kobo Abe
  ]
• 611 • The Japanese Robert Heinlein • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 613 • 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]
• 627 • From Western Trash to Japanese Origami • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 629 • 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]
• 651 • Appendix: US SF and Us • essay by
  Élisabeth Vonarburg^?Elisabeth Vonarburg