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• 8 • Introduction (The Great SF Stories 1 (1939)) • (1979) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 11 • I, Robot • [Adam Link] • (1966) • short story by Otto Binder (variant of "I, Robot" 1939) [as by Eando Binder]
• 25 • The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton • (1939) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 35 • Trouble with Water • (1939) • short story by H. L. Gold
• 56 • Cloak of Aesir • [Sarn] • (1939) • novella by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by Don A. Stuart]
• 103 • The Day Is Done • (1939) • short story by Lester del Rey
• 118 • The Ultimate Catalyst • (1939) • novelette by John Taine
• 141 • The Gnarly Man • (1939) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• 163 • Black Destroyer • [Space Beagle] • (1939) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt
• 194 • Greater Than Gods • (1939) • novelette by C. L. Moore
• 229 • Trends • (1939) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 248 • The Blue Giraffe • (1939) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• 272 • The Misguided Halo • (1939) • short story by Henry Kuttner
• 289 • Heavy Planet • (1939) • short story by Milton A. Rothman
• 299 • Life-Line • [Future History] • (1939) • short story by Robert A. Heinlein
• 318 • Ether Breather • [Ether Breather] • (1939) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 332 • Pilgrimage • [Meg (Nelson S. Bond) • 4] • (1939) • novelette by Nelson S. Bond [as by Nelson Bond]
• 353 • Rust • (1939) • short story by Joseph E. Kelleam
• 363 • The Four-Sided Triangle • (1939) • novelette by William F. Temple (variant of The 4-Sided Triangle)
• 385 • Star Bright • (1939) • novelette by Jack Williamson
• 412 • Misfit • [Future History] • (1939) • novelette by Robert A. Heinlein