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•  A Fisherman of the Inland Sea • (1994) • interior artwork by Michael Storrings
• Introduction: On Not Reading Science Fiction • (1994) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Introduction: On the Stories in This Book • (1994) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The First Contact with the Gorgonids • (1992) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Newton's Sleep • (1991) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Ascent of the North Face • (1983) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Rock That Changed Things • (1992) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Kerastion • (1990) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Shobies' Story • [Hainish] • (1990) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Dancing to Ganam • [Hainish] • (1993) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Another Story or A Fisherman of the Inland Sea • [Hainish] • (1994) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Another Story)