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• 11 • Introduction (Insistence of Vision) • essay by Vernor Vinge
• 16 • The Heresy of Science Fiction • essay by David Brin
• 29 • Insistence of Vision • (2013) • short story by David Brin
• 36 • Transition Generation • (2014) • short story by David Brin
• 48 • Chrysalis • (2014) • novelette by David Brin
• 68 • Stones of Significance • (1998) • novelette by David Brin
• 99 • News from 2035: A Glitch in Medicine Cabinet 3.5 • short story by David Brin (variant of News from 2025: A Glitch in Medicine Cabinet 3.5 2003)
• 105 • The Logs • short story by David Brin (variant of The Log 2013)
• 119 • The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss • (2015) • novelette by David Brin
• 156 • Eloquent Elepents Pine Away for the Moon's Crystal Forests • (2006) • short story by David Brin
• 171 • Mars Opposition • (2005) • novelette by David Brin
• 200 • A Professor at Harvard • (2003) • short story by David Brin
• 213 • I Could've Done Better • (2007) • short story by Gregory Benford and David Brin
• 228 • Paris Conquers All • [War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches] • (1996) • short story by Gregory Benford and David Brin
• 247 • A Retrospective by Jules Verne • [War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches] • (1996) • essay by Gregory Benford and David Brin (variant of Afterword: Retrospective (War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches))
• 253 • Fortitude • (1996) • short story by David Brin
• 264 • An Ever-Reddening Glow • (1996) • short story by David Brin
• 270 • The Diplomacy Guild • (1990) • short story by David Brin
• 288 • The Other Side of the Hill • (1994) • short story by David Brin
• 299 • Temptation • [Uplift] • (1999) • novella by David Brin
• 352 • Avalon Probes • (2014) • short story by David Brin (variant of The Avalon Missions)
• 355 • Six-Word Tales • (2006) • short story by David Brin
• 357 • Reality Check • (2000) • short story by David Brin
• 365 • Waging War with Reality • (1992) • essay by David Brin
• 371 • Afterword & Book Notes (Insistence of Vision) • essay by David Brin