Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• ix • Prefatory Comments (Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology) • essay by Frederik Pohl
• xi • Prefatory Comments (Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology) • essay by Thomas D. Clareson
• xv • Introduction: Mythic Patterns • essay by Patricia S. Warrick
• 1 • Science Fiction Myths and Their Ambiguity • essay by Patricia S. Warrick [as by Patricia Warrick]
• 9 • Goat Song • (1972) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 39 • The Remarkable Adventure • essay by Philip José Farmer and Beverly Friend
• 49 • Brightside Crossing • (1956) • novelette by Alan E. Nourse
• 67 • Before Eden • (1961) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 77 • The Game of Rat and Dragon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1955) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 92 • Beyond Reality's Barriers: New Dimensions • essay by Charles L. Elkins and Robert Silverberg [as by Charles Elkins and Robert Silverberg]
• 101 • Common Time • (1953) • short story by James Blish
• 120 • The Shadow of Space • (1967) • novelette by Philip José Farmer
• 146 • Aliens • essay by James E. Gunn and Pamela Sargent [as by James Gunn and Pamela Sargent]
• 157 • Specialist • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 171 • The Dance of the Changer and the Three • (1968) • short story by Terry Carr
• 185 • The Father-Thing • (1954) • short story by Philip K. Dick
• 197 • The Scientist • essay by Thomas D. Clareson and L. Sprague de Camp
• 206 • A Scientist Divides • (1934) • short story by Donald Wandrei
• 219 • Memorial • (1946) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 231 • The Hole Man • (1974) • short story by Larry Niven
• 244 • The Machine and the Robot • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 254 • Twilight • [Twilight • 1] • (1934) • novelette by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• 273 • The New Father Christmas • (1958) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 278 • Computers Don't Argue • (1965) • short story by Gordon R. Dickson
• 294 • More Than Human?: Androids, Cyborgs, and Others • essay by Patricia S. Warrick and George Zebrowski [as by Patricia Warrick and George Zebrowski]
• 307 • Nine Lives • (1969) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 331 • Masks • (1968) • short story by Damon Knight
• 342 • Sea Change • (1956) • short story by Thomas N. Scortia
• 354 • Day Million • (1966) • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 359 • The City • essay by Ralph S. Clem and Theodore R. Cogswell
• 365 • Billennium • (1961) • short story by J. G. Ballard
• 379 • A Happy Day in 2381 • [Urban Monad] • (1970) • short story by Robert Silverberg
• 393 • Utopias and Dystopias • essay by Martin H. Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander and Frederik Pohl [as by Martin Harry Greenberg and Joseph D. Olander and Frederik Pohl]
• 401 • New York A.D. 2660 (Excerpt) • (1911) • short fiction by Hugo Gernsback
• 412 • Coming Attraction • (1950) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 424 • The Luckiest Man in Denv • (1952) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 435 • Apocalypse • essay by David Ketterer and Jack Williamson
• 441 • The Game of Blood and Dust • (1975) • short story by Roger Zelazny
• 445 • All the Last Wars at Once • (1971) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• 459 • Notes on the Contributors (Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology) • essay by uncredited
• 469 • Index (Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology) • essay by uncredited