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• xiii • Foreword (Mars, We Love You) • essay by Jane Hipolito and Willis E. McNelly
• xv • The Romance of Mars • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 1 • Report on Canali • (1877) • essay by Giovanni Schiaparelli [as by G. V. Schiaparelli]
• 7 • Mars as the Abode of Life • (1908) • essay by Percival Lowell
• 15 • The War of the Worlds • [The War of the Worlds] • (1898) • novel by H. G. Wells
• 25 • A Princess of Mars (excerpt) • [Barsoom] • short fiction by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• 37 • A Martian Odyssey • [Tweel • 1] • novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum [as by Stanley Weinbaum]
• 65 • The Embassy • (1942) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim
• 73 • Dark Mission • (1940) • short story by Lester del Rey
• 91 • Lost Art • [Venus Equilateral] • (1943) • novelette by George O. Smith
• 119 • The Cave • (1943) • novelette by P. Schuyler Miller
• 139 • Expedition • (1943) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 155 • Loophole • (1946) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 163 • Catch That Martian • (1952) • short story by Damon Knight
• 177 • Omnilingual • [Federation • 1] • (1957) • novelette by H. Beam Piper
• 221 • The Lost City of Mars • (1967) • novelette by Ray Bradbury
• 253 • One Step from Earth • [Matter Transmitter] • (1970) • short story by Harry Harrison
• 273 • Carthage: Reflections of a Martian • poem by Frank Herbert
• 293 • Soft Landing • poem by William Fox
• 295 • Earthbound • poem by Irene Jackson
• 297 • In Lonely Lands • (1959) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 303 • World of the Wars • short story by Bruce McAllister
• 311 • Exploration • short story by Barry N. Malzberg
• 317 • Double Star (excerpt) • (1956) • short fiction by Robert A. Heinlein
• 327 • Linguistic Relativity in Middle High Martian • (1970) • essay by Willis E. McNelly