Contents (view Concise Listing)

• vii • Introduction (9 Tales of Space and Time) • essay by Raymond J. Healy
• 1 • The Idealists • (1954) • novelette by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• 49 • Shock Treatment • (1954) • novelette by J. Francis McComas
• 87 • Genius of the Species • (1954) • short story by Reginald Bretnor [as by R. Bretnor]
• 107 • Overture • [Bettyann • 2] • (1954) • novella by Kris Neville
• 173 • Compound B • novelette by David Harold Fink, M.D. [as by David H. Fink, M.D.]
• 211 • The Chicken Or the Egg-Head • novelette by Frank Fenton
• 239 • The Great Devon Mystery • (1954) • novelette by Raymond J. Healy
• 269 • Balaam • (1954) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 289 • Man of Parts • (1954) • short story by H. L. Gold