Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

• 1 • Foreword (On Writing Science Fiction) • (1981) • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 5 • On Being a Writer • (1981) • essay by uncredited
• 12 • Stories: Through the Valley of the Shadow • (1981) • essay by uncredited
• 17 • Ideas: The Game of If • (1981) • essay by uncredited
• 21 • A Simple Outside Job • (1977) • short story by Robert Lee Hawkins
• 25 • The Adventure of the Global Traveler • (1982) • short story by Anne Lear (variant of The Adventure of the Global Traveler or: The Global Consequences of How the Reichenbach Falls into the Wells of Iniquitie 1978)
• 37 • Conflict: Winding the Mainspring • (1981) • essay by uncredited
• 40 • Someone Else's House • (1979) • short story by Lee Chisholm
• 57 • Character: Human Problems, Human Solution • (1981) • essay by uncredited
• 63 • African Blues • (1978) • short story by Paula Smith
• 77 • Perchance to Dream • (1977) • short story by Sally A. Sellers
• 97 • Plot: The Shape of the Story • (1981) • essay by uncredited
• 104 • Scrap from the Notebooks of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe • (1978) • short story by K. W. MacAnn
• 105 • Tank • (1979) • short story by Francis E. Izzo
• 122 • The Tryouts • [Circus World] • (1978) • short story by Barry B. Longyear
• 138 • Science: The Art of Knowing • (1981) • essay by uncredited
• 146 • Born Again • (1978) • short story by Sharon N. Farber
• 162 • Tragedy and Futility: Was Macbeth Framed? • (1981) • essay by uncredited
• 166 • Heal the Sick, Raise the Dead • (1978) • short story by Steve Perry
• 175 • Humor: Getting the Joke • (1981) • essay by uncredited
• 179 • They'll Do It Every Time • (1978) • short story by Cam Thornley
• 183 • Bat Durston, Space Marshal • (1978) • short story by G. Richard Bozarth
• 190 • Summing Up: Laws Not Wisely Broken • (1981) • essay by uncredited
• 195 • Appendix A: Manuscript Format • (1981) • essay by uncredited
• 216 • Appendix B: The Rules • (1981) • essay by uncredited
• 219 • An Annotated Bibliography • (1981) • essay by uncredited