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• v • Introduction (The Periodic Table of Science Fiction) • (2005) • essay by Theodore W. Gray
• 1 • The Hindenburg • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 1] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 3 • Jane Carter of Mars • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 2] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 5 • Lithium for God • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 3] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 7 • A Beryl As Big As the Ritz • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 4] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 9 • Francis, Child of Scorn • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 5] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 11 • They're Made of Carbon • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 6] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 13 • Nitrogen: An Introduction • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 7] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 15 • Oxygen Planets • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 8] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 17 • The Message • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 9] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 19 • House Rules • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 10] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 23 • Electric Pickles • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 11] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 25 • Under's Game • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 12] • (2001) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 29 • Aluminium Foil • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 13] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 31 • Programmable Breasts • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 14] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 33 • Blockade Runners • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 15] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 37 • Vitriol • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 16] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 39 • Seven Days of Creation • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 17] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 41 • The Eye of Argon • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 18] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 43 • Bananas • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 19] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 45 • Angels of the Apocalypse • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 20] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 47 • Bingham's Folley • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 21] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 49 • Killer Robots • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 22] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 51 • Vanadium • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 23] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 53 • Babe • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 24] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 57 • Graffiti • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 25] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 59 • The Era of the Iron Horse • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 26] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 61 • Merfolk • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 27] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 63 • What This Country Needs— • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 28] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 65 • Lucky Penny • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 29] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 67 • Brass • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 30] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 71 • Space Pirates • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 31] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 73 • Germanium • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 32] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 75 • Lucrezia Borgia • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 33] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 77 • H.G. Wells on the Moon • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 34] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 79 • Try Not To Think of Elephants • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 35] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 83 • Man of Steel • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 36] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 85 • Glass Beads • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 37] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 87 • Fallout • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 38] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 89 • It: A Preliminary Account • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 39] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 91 • It's Not Virtual Anything—It's Real Zirconium! • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 40] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 93 • Woman of Stone • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 41] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 95 • Living in the Shadow of the Molly-Be-Damned • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 42] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 99 • Claimjumper and Ting • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 43] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 103 • Land of Our Fathers • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 44] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 105 • Cecil Rhodes in Hell • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 45] • (2002) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 107 • War of the Worlds • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 46] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 109 • Dark Secrets of the Western Heroes • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 47] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 111 • Starry Night • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 48] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 113 • On the India Line • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 49] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 115 • The Man With a Clock for a Heart • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 50] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 117 • Money and Its Opposite • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 51] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 119 • A Change of Seasons • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 52] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 121 • In Loco Parentis • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 53] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 123 • Warrior Princess • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 54] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 125 • Castles in the Air • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 55] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 127 • What to Expect from Your Barium Enema • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 56] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 129 • Immortality • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 57] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 131 • Cerium—At Last! • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 58] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 133 • Absolute Zero • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 59] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 135 • Retirement Day • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 60] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 137 • Foresight • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 61] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 139 • Singular Cities • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 62] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 141 • Europa and the Bull • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 63] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 143 • Tattoos • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 64] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 145 • Morphobots • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 65] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 147 • A Letter from Hell • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 66] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 149 • Nanotechnologist's Lung • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 67] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 151 • Tarzan of the Periodic Table • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 68] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 153 • Conan the Elemental • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 69] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 155 • Elements Day • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 70] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 157 • Dragon Star • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 71] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 161 • Riding the Rods • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 72] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 165 • Consider Poor Doris! • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 73] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 167 • Light Bulb Jokes • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 74] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 169 • Beads and Trinkets • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 75] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 171 • Everything Your Mother Wants You to Know About Osmium • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 76] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 173 • Don't Look to the Skies! • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 77] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 175 • Platinum Blonde • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 78] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 177 • Crown of Beauty • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 79] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 179 • The Outriders • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 80] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 181 • A Perfect Murder • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 81] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 183 • A Polite Society • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 82] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 185 • The Pepto-Bismol Hour • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 83] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 187 • Neither a Borrower Nor a Lender Be (Polonius Updated) • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 84] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 189 • Bad Brains • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 85] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 193 • Monster in the Basement • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 86] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 195 • Vive la Francium! • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 87] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 197 • The Ghost of Pierre Curie Reminisces • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 88] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 199 • The Case of the Purloined Actinium • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 89] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 203 • Mjolnir • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 90] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 205 • Forge Star • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 91] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 207 • Cooking With Uranium • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 92] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 209 • The Oceans of Neptune • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 93] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 213 • Pure Science • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 94] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 215 • Nuclear Blackmail • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 95] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 217 • Holy Mother Church • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 96] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 219 • Vindicating Bishop Berkeley • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 97] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 221 • Nuclear Handguns • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 98] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 223 • The Dark Lady of the Equations • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 99] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 225 • The Fermi Paradox • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 100] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 227 • The Feast of Saint Mendeleyev • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 101] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 229 • My Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech (Presented Here Against the Unlikely Chance I Never Get to Deliver It) • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 102] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 231 • Lawrence of America • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 103] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 233 • "Radioactive" B. Hayes • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 104] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 235 • George "Dubna" Bush • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 105] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 237 • The Sea Borg • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 106] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 241 • Boring Niels • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 107] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 243 • To Hass and Hass Not • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 108] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 245 • Lise Meitner, Physicist • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 109] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 247 • Science Made Ugly • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 110] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 249 • Defining Our Terms • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 111] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 251 • Don't Blink! • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 112] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 253 • What We Talk About When We Talk About Ununtrium • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 113] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 257 • Island of Stability • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 114] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 259 • Uup, Uup, and Awaaaaaaay! • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 115] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 261 • Spanish Witches • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 116] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 265 • The Dragon Lady at the End of Time • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 117] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 269 • Now You See It Now You • [The Periodic Table of Science Fiction • 118] • (2005) • short story by Michael Swanwick
• 271 • Afterword (The Periodic Table of Science Fiction) • (2005) • essay by Michael Swanwick