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• 9 • Introduction (Best SF: 1971) • essay by Harry Harrison
• 14 • Doctor Zombie and His Little Furry Friends • (1971) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 25 • Conquest • (1971) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg
• 31 • Gehenna • (1971) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg
• 37 • A Meeting with Medusa • [A Meeting with Medusa • 1] • (1971) • novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
• 83 • The Genius • (1971) • short story by Donald Barthelme
• 90 • Angouleme • (1971) • short story by Thomas M. Disch
• 108 • If "Hair" Were Revived in 2016 • (1971) • short story by Arnold M. Auerbach
• 110 • Statistician's Day • (1970) • short story by James Blish
• 120 • The Science Fiction Horror Movie Pocket Computer • (1971) • short story by Gahan Wilson
• 124 • The Hunter at His Ease • (1970) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 144 • The Cohen Dog Exclusion Act • (1971) • short story by Steven Schrader
• 149 • Gantlet • (1972) • short story by Richard E. Peck
• 162 • Report • (1971) • poem by Kingsley Amis
• 163 • Fisherman • (1971) • poem by Lawrence Sail
• 164 • The Ideal Police State • (1971) • poem by Charles Baxter
• 165 • The Pagan Rabbi • (1966) • novelette by Cynthia Ozick
• 198 • (Untitled) (From Cancerqueen) • (1971) • short story by Tommaso Landolfi
• 200 • An Uneven Evening • (1971) • short story by Steve Herbst
• 210 • Ornithanthropus • (1971) • short story by B. Alan Burhoe
• 224 • No Direction Home • (1971) • short story by Norman Spinrad
• 242 • Afterword: A Day in the Life-Style of... • essay by Brian W. Aldiss