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• 2 • Introduction (Bestsellers Vol.3 No.9: Best of Aldiss) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss
• 3 • Oh, for a Closer Brush with God • (1979) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss (variant of Bill Carter Takes Over)
• 10 • Appearance of Life • (1976) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 16 • The Small Stones of Tu Fu • (1978) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 20 • The Game with the Big Heavy Ball • (1977) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 23 • Crossword • essay by uncredited
• 26 • A Romance of the Equator • (1980) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 29 • The Ancestral Home of Thought • [Three Revolutionary Enigmas • 3] • (1980) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 29 • The Fall of Species B • [Three Revolutionary Enigmas • 1] • (1980) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 29 • In the Halls of the Hereafter • [Three Revolutionary Enigmas • 2] • (1980) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 40 • The Blue Background • (1983) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 45 • A Private Whale • (1982) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
• 55 • Consolations of Age • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 57 • The Girl Who Sang • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss