Contents (view Concise Listing)

• ix • Introduction (The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction 22nd Series) • essay by Edward L. Ferman
• 1 • The Hertford Manuscript • [H. G. Wells' Time Machine Universe] • (1976) • novelette by Richard Cowper
• 33 • From Competition 2: Blurbs in Excess • (1972) • essay by Ralph C. Glisson
• 35 • A Case of the Stubborns • (1976) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 52 • Where We Are and Where We Came From • (1976) • essay by Algis Budrys
• 63 • From Competition 4: Story Leads from the Year's Worst Fantasy and SF • (1973) • essay by James Sutherland [as by James E. Sutherland]
• 63 • From Competition 4: Story Leads from the Year's Worst Fantasy and SF • (1973) • essay by Bob Leman
• 65 • My Boat • [Cthulhu Mythos short fiction] • (1976) • short story by Joanna Russ
• 82 • In the Bowl • [Eight Worlds] • (1975) • novelette by John Varley
• 115 • From Competition 6: Bawdy SF Limericks • (1973) • essay by Margaret O. Ablitt
• 115 • From Competition 6: Bawdy SF Limericks • (1973) • essay by Janice Leffingwell
• 117 • This Offer Expires • (1976) • short story by Liz Hufford
• 125 • The Fantastic Ten • (1977) • essay by Baird Searles
• 131 • The Women Men Don't See • (1973) • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 159 • The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign • [Southern Appalachia] • (1975) • short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 169 • From Competition 7: A Lexicon from an Alien Language • (1974) • essay by Bob Leman
• 171 • Dress Rehearsal • (1974) • short story by Harvey Jacobs
• 176 • San Diego Lightfoot Sue • (1975) • novelette by Tom Reamy
• 219 • Out of Dickinson by Poe, or The Only Begotten Son of Emily and Edgar • (1976) • poem by Ray Bradbury
• 221 • Sanity Clause • (1975) • short story by Edward Wellen
• 226 • Thinking About Thinking • [Asimov's Essays: F&SF] • (1975) • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 237 • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles • (1974) • essay by Reid Powell
• 237 • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles • (1974) • essay by Terry Naylor
• 237 • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles • (1974) • essay by R. Tyler Sperry, II
• 237 • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles • (1974) • essay by Mark R. Kelly [as by Mark Robert Kelly]
• 237 • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles • (1974) • essay by Joe Haldeman
• 237 • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles • (1974) • essay by F. M. Busby
• 238 • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles • (1974) • essay by Ken Scott (I)
• 238 • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles • (1974) • essay by Carolyn Appleman
• 238 • From Competition 8: Near-Miss SF Titles • (1974) • essay by David A. Wilson
• 239 • Mute Inglorious Tam • (1974) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
• 249 • Old Uncle Tom Cobleigh and All • (1973) • novelette by Reginald Bretnor