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• Editor's Notes and Acknowledgments (George Alec Effinger Live! From Planet Earth) • (2005) • essay by Marty Halpern
• Introduction to The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything • (2005) • essay by Michael Bishop (variant of In Praise of Hollyhocks)
• The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything • (1984) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• Afterword to The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything • (2005) • essay by George Zebrowski
• Introduction to All the Last Wars at Once • (2005) • essay by Mike Resnick
• All the Last Wars at Once • (1971) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• Introduction to Two Sadnesses • (2005) • essay by Howard Waldrop
• Two Sadnesses • (1973) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• Introduction to Target: Berlin! • (2005) • essay by Pamela Sargent
• Target: Berlin! • (1976) • novelette by George Alec Effinger
• Introduction to One • (2005) • essay by Barbara Hambly
• One • (1995) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• Introduction to My Old Man • (2005) • essay by Lawrence Person
• My Old Man • (1982) • novelette by George Alec Effinger
• Introduction to Everything but Honor • (2005) • essay by Neal Barrett, Jr.
• Everything But Honor • (1989) • novelette by George Alec Effinger
• Introduction to Solo in the Spotlight • (2005) • essay by Bradley Denton
• Solo in the Spotlight • (1997) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• Introduction to At the Bran Foundry • (2005) • essay by Jack Dann
• At the Bran Foundry • (1973) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• Introduction to Housebound • (2005) • essay by Richard Gilliam
• Housebound • (1994) • short fiction by George Alec Effinger
• Introduction to Glimmer, Glimmer • (2005) • essay by Bradley Denton
• Glimmer, Glimmer • (1987) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• Introduction to From Downtown at the Buzzer • (2005) • essay by Mike Resnick
• From Downtown at the Buzzer • (1977) • novelette by George Alec Effinger
• Introduction to the O. Niemand Stories • (2005) • essay by Gardner Dozois
• The Wooing of Slowboat Sadie • [Springfield] • (1982) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• The Man Outside • [Springfield] • (1983) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• Afternoon Under Glass • [Springfield] • (1983) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• Two Bits • [Springfield] • (1984) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• The Artist Passes It By • [Springfield] • (1984) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• The Day the Invaders Came • (1984) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• The Wisdom of Having Money • [Springfield] • (1986) • novelette by George Alec Effinger
• Put Your Hands Together • (1988) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• Introduction to "Seven Nights in Slumberland" • (2005) • essay by Neil Gaiman
• Seven Nights in Slumberland • [Sandman] • (1996) • short story by George Alec Effinger
• Introduction to My First Game as an Immortal • (2005) • essay by Barbara Hambly
• My First Game as an Immortal • (1985) • poem by George Alec Effinger