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• 14 • Part Six: 1935 (Before the Golden Age) • (1974) • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 18 • The Parasite Planet • [Ham Hammond] • (1935) • novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum (variant of Parasite Planet)
• 47 • Proxima Centauri • (1935) • novella by Murray Leinster
• 101 • The Accursed Galaxy • (1935) • short story by Edmond Hamilton
• 122 • Part Seven: 1936 (Before the Golden Age) • (1974) • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 126 • He Who Shrank • (1936) • novella by Henry Hasse
• 187 • The Human Pets of Mars • (1936) • novella by Leslie F. Stone [as by Leslie Frances Stone]
• 241 • The Brain Stealers of Mars • [Penton and Blake] • (1936) • short story by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• 264 • Devolution • (1936) • short story by Edmond Hamilton
• 281 • Big Game • (1974) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 286 • Part Eight: 1937 (Before the Golden Age) • (1974) • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 288 • Other Eyes Watching • [A Study of the Solar System] • (1937) • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• 297 • Minus Planet • (1937) • novelette by John D. Clark, Ph.D. [as by John D. Clark]
• 319 • Past, Present, and Future • [Past, Present and Future] • novelette by Nat Schachner (variant of Past, Present and Future 1937)
• 362 • Part Nine: 1938 (Before the Golden Age) • (1974) • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 365 • The Men and the Mirror • [Colbie & Deverel] • (1938) • novelette by Ross Rocklynne