Contents (view Concise Listing)

• ix • Introduction (The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume IV) • (1986) • essay by Terry Carr
• 2 • Ill Met in Lankhmar • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1970) • novella by Fritz Leiber
• 47 • Slow Sculpture • (1970) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 68 • The Missing Man • [Rescue Squad] • (1971) • novella by Katherine MacLean
• 114 • The Queen of Air and Darkness • [The Queen of Air and Darkness] • (1971) • novella by Poul Anderson
• 159 • Good News from the Vatican • (1971) • short story by Robert Silverberg
• 168 • A Meeting with Medusa • [A Meeting with Medusa • 1] • (1971) • novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
• 209 • Goat Song • (1972) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 241 • When It Changed • [Whileaway] • (1972) • short story by Joanna Russ
• 252 • The Death of Doctor Island • [Archipelago] • (1973) • novella by Gene Wolfe (variant of The Death of Dr. Island)
• 306 • Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand • [Snake] • (1973) • novelette by Vonda N. McIntyre
• 326 • Love Is the Plan the Plan Is Death • (1973) • short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 344 • Born with the Dead • [Born with the Dead • 1] • (1974) • novella by Robert Silverberg
• 410 • If the Stars Are Gods • [Bradley Reynolds] • (1974) • novelette by Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund
• 448 • The Day Before the Revolution • [Hainish] • (1974) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin