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• 1 • Introduction (TRSF: The Best New Science Fiction) • essay by Stephen Cass
• 4 • About the Artist (TRSF: The Best New Science Fiction) • essay by uncredited
• 6 • The Brave Little Toaster • short story by Cory Doctorow
• 7 •  Ancient My Enemy • (1978) • interior artwork by Chris Foss (variant of cover art for Ancient, My Enemy)
• 9 • Indra's Web • short story by Vandana Singh
• 14 • Real Artists • short story by Ken Liu
• 15 •  The Bloodstar Conspiracy • (2011) • interior artwork by Chris Foss (variant of Science Fiction Art 1976)
• 20 • Complete Sentence • short story by Joe Haldeman
• 23 • The Mark Twain Robots • short story by
  Ma Boyong^?马伯庸
  (trans. of
  马克吐温机器人^?Mǎkè Tǔwēn jīqìrén
  Make Tuwen jiqiren
  )
• 27 • Cody • short story by Pat Cadigan
• 29 •  Norman Conquest 2066 • (2011) • interior artwork by Chris Foss (variant of cover art for Norman Conquest 2066 1977)
• 39 • The Surface of Last Scattering • short story by Ken MacLeod
• 43 •  Deepwater • interior artwork by Chris Foss
• 45 • Specter-Bombing the Beer Goggles • short story by Paul Di Filippo
• 51 • Lonely Islands • short story by Tobias S. Buckell [as by Tobias Buckell]
• 53 • The Flame Is Roses, the Smoke Is Briars • short story by Gwyneth Jones
• 55 •  Conquests • (1981) • interior artwork by Chris Foss (variant of cover art for Conquests)
• 59 • Private Space • short story by Geoffrey A. Landis
• 66 • Gods of the Forge • short story by Elizabeth Bear
• 67 •  Earth Is Room Enough • (2011) • interior artwork by Chris Foss (variant of cover art for Earth Is Room Enough 1989)