Contents (view Concise Listing)

• xi • Introduction (The Seventh Galaxy Reader) • (1964) • essay by Frederik Pohl
• 1 • For Love • (1962) • novelette by Algis Budrys
• 22 • Come Into My Cellar • (1962) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar!)
• 41 • The Tail-Tied Kings • (1962) • short story by Avram Davidson
• 49 • Crime Machine • (1961) • short story by Robert Bloch
• 56 • Return Engagement • (1961) • short story by Lester del Rey
• 71 • Earthmen Bearing Gifts • (1960) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 74 • Rainbird • (1961) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 87 • Three Portraits and a Prayer • (1962) • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 104 • Something Bright • (1960) • short story by Zenna Henderson
• 122 • On the Gem Planet • [Casher O'Neill] • (1963) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 154 • The Deep Down Dragon • (1961) • short story by Judith Merril
• 167 • The King of the City • (1961) • novelette by Keith Laumer
• 199 • The Beat Cluster • (1961) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 215 • An Old Fashioned Bird Christmas • (1961) • novelette by Margaret St. Clair
• 240 • The Big Pat Boom • (1963) • short story by Damon Knight