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• 17 • Introduction (The Science Fiction Century) • (1997) • essay by David G. Hartwell
• 21 • Beam Us Home • (1969) • short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 31 • Ministering Angels • (1955) • short story by C. S. Lewis
• 39 • The Music Master of Babylon • (1954) • novelette by Edgar Pangborn
• 57 • A Story of the Days to Come • (1899) • novella by H. G. Wells
• 112 • Hot Planet • (1963) • short story by Hal Clement
• 127 • A Work of Art • (1956) • short story by James Blish
• 139 • The Machine Stops • (1909) • novelette by E. M. Forster
• 161 • Brightness Falls from the Air • (1951) • short story by Margaret St. Clair
• 166 • 2066: Election Day • (1956) • short story by Michael Shaara
• 177 • The Rose • (1953) • novella by Charles L. Harness [as by Charles Harness]
• 232 • The Hounds of Tindalos • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1929) • short story by Frank Belknap Long
• 242 • The Angel of Violence • (1997) • short story by
  Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg^?Adam Wisniewski-Snerg
  (trans. of
  Anioł przemocy^?Aniol przemocy
  1978) [as by Adam Wisniewski-Snerg]
• 252 • Nobody Bothers Gus • [Gus] • (1955) • short story by Algis Budrys
• 261 • The Time Machine • (1984) • short story by Dino Buzzati (trans. of La macchina che fermera il tempo 1952)
• 265 • Mother • (1953) • novelette by Philip José Farmer
• 285 • As Easy As A. B. C. • [Aerial Board of Control • 2] • (1912) • novelette by Rudyard Kipling
• 304 • Ginungagap • (1980) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
• 327 • Minister Without Portfolio • (1952) • short story by Mildred Clingerman
• 333 • Time in Advance • (1956) • novelette by William Tenn
• 352 • Good Night, Sophie • (1973) • novelette by Lino Aldani (trans. of Buonanotte Sofia 1963)
• 369 • Veritas • (1987) • novelette by James Morrow
• 382 • Enchanted Village • (1950) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 393 • The King and the Dollmaker • (1970) • novella by Wolfgang Jeschke (trans. of
  Der König und der Puppenmacher^?Der Koenig und der Puppenmacher
  1961)
• 435 • Fire Watch • [Time Travel] • (1982) • novelette by Connie Willis
• 462 • Goat Song • (1972) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 486 • The Scarlet Plague • (1912) • novella by Jack London
• 518 • Drunkboat • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1963) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 539 • Another World • (1962) • novelette by
  J. H. Rosny aîné^?J. H. Rosny aine
  (trans. of Un autre monde 1895)
• 558 • If the Stars Are Gods • [Bradley Reynolds] • (1974) • novelette by Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund
• 585 • I Still Call Australia Home • (1990) • short story by George Turner
• 598 • Liquid Sunshine • (1982) • novelette by
  Александр Куприн^?Alexander Kuprin
  Alexandre Kouprine
  (trans. of
  Жидкое солнце^?Zhidkoye solntse
  1913) [as by Alexander Kuprin]
• 632 • Great Work of Time • (1989) • novella by John Crowley
• 683 • Sundance • (1969) • short story by Robert Silverberg
• 694 • Greenslaves • (1965) • novelette by Frank Herbert
• 716 • Rumfuddle • (1973) • novella by Jack Vance
• 754 • The Dimple in Draco • (1967) • short story by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham]
• 765 • Consider Her Ways • (1956) • novella by John Wyndham
• 805 • Something Ending • (1982) • short story by Eddy C. Bertin (trans. of Het einde van iets 1971)
• 812 • He Who Shapes • (1965) • novella by Roger Zelazny
• 869 • Swarm • [Shaper/Mechanist] • (1982) • novelette by Bruce Sterling
• 886 • Beggars in Spain • [Sleepless] • (1991) • novella by Nancy Kress
• 939 • Johnny Mnemonic • (1981) • short story by William Gibson
• 952 • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman • (1965) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 961 • Blood's a Rover • (1952) • novella by Chad Oliver
• 993 • Sail the Tide of Mourning • [Space War Blues] • (1975) • short story by Richard A. Lupoff