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• 6 • The Reader Speaks (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1955) • [The Reader Speaks] • essay by The Editor
• 6 • The Lovely Gilded Rut (Letter, Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1955) • essay by Tom Pace
• 10 •  Name Your Pleasure • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
• 10 • Name Your Pleasure • novella by James E. Gunn (variant of The Hedonist)
• 19 •  Name Your Pleasure [2] • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
• 31 •  Cartoon: no caption • interior artwork by The Mad Artist
• 54 • The Portable Star • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 54 •  The Portable Star • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
• 63 • A Page from Isaac Asimov's Notebook • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 64 •  Cartoon: "It shoots a stream of electron particles. They used to call it a flashlight ..." • interior artwork by Homer (cartoonist)
• 65 • The Female • short story by Robert Crane
• 65 •  The Female • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
• 69 •  Cartoon: "If he ever asks for a shave too, you can start looking for another barber" • interior artwork by Luther Scheffy
• 72 • Crescendo • short story by Margaret St. Clair
• 72 •  Crescendo • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 81 • Counterfeiter • short story by Winston K. Marks [as by Winston Marks]
• 81 •  Counterfeiter • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg
• 89 • The Oldest Book on Medicine • essay by Bess Ritter
• 90 • My Fuzzy Cousin, Reamer • short story by Charles A. Stearns
• 90 •  My Fuzzy Cousin, Reamer • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by F. K. Freas]
• 100 • Backlash • short story by Guy DeAngelis
• 100 •  Backlash • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
• 111 •  Letter (Thrilling Wonder Stories, Winter 1955) • [Letters: Marion Zimmer Bradley] • essay by Marion Zimmer Bradley