Contents (view Concise Listing)

• vii • Preface (The Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy) • essay by Editors of Playboy
• 1 • The Fly • (1957) • novelette by George Langelaan (trans. of La mouche)
• 40 • Blood Brother • (1961) • short story by Charles Beaumont
• 46 • Love, Incorporated • (1956) • short story by Robert Sheckley (variant of Pilgrimage to Earth)
• 61 • A Foot in the Door • (1960) • short story by Bruce Jay Friedman
• 75 • The Vacation • (1963) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 84 • The Never Ending Penny • (1960) • novelette by Bernard Wolfe
• 101 • Bernie the Faust • (1963) • novelette by William Tenn
• 130 • A Man for the Moon • (1960) • short story by Leland Webb
• 140 • The Noise • (1959) • short story by Ken W. Purdy
• 155 • The Killer in the TV Set • (1961) • short story by Bruce Jay Friedman
• 166 • I Remember Babylon • (1960) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 179 • Word of Honor • (1958) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 187 • John Grant's Little Angel • (1964) • short story by Walt Grove
• 206 • The Fiend • (1964) • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 215 • Hard Bargain • (1958) • short story by Alan E. Nourse
• 221 • The Nail and the Oracle • (1965) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 244 • After • (1960) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 250 • December 28th • (1959) • short story by Theodore L. Thomas
• 254 • Spy Story • (1955) • short story by Robert Sheckley (variant of Citizen in Space)
• 268 • Punch • (1961) • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 274 • The Crooked Man • (1955) • short story by Charles Beaumont
• 286 • Who Shall Dwell • (1962) • short story by H. C. Neal
• 293 • Double Take • (1965) • short story by Jack Finney
• 314 • Examination Day • (1958) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 320 • The Mission • (1964) • short story by Hugh Nissenson
• 338 • Waste Not, Want Not • (1959) • short story by John Atherton
• 343 • The Dot and Dash Bird • (1964) • short story by Bernard Wolfe
• 359 • The Sensible Man • (1959) • short story by Avram Davidson
• 365 • Souvenir • (1965) • short story by J. G. Ballard (variant of The Drowned Giant 1964)
• 378 • Puppet Show • (1962) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 390 • The Room • (1961) • short story by Ray Russell
• 394 • Dial "F" for Frankenstein • (1965) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 403 • Index of Authors • essay by uncredited