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• vii • Introduction (Omnibus of Science Fiction) • (1952) • essay by Groff Conklin
• 3 • John Thomas's Cube • (1945) • short story by John Leimert
• 10 • Hyperpilosity • (1938) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp (variant of Hyperpelosity)
• 18 • The Thing in the Woods • (1935) • short story by Fletcher Pratt [as by Fletcher Pratt and B. F. Ruby]
• 29 • And Be Merry ... • (1950) • short story by Katherine MacLean
• 45 • The Bees from Borneo • (1931) • short story by Will H. Gray
• 55 • The Rag Thing • (1951) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim [as by David Grinnell]
• 58 • The Conqueror • (1952) • short story by Mark Clifton
• 65 • Never Underestimate ... • (1952) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 78 • The Doorbell • (1934) • short story by David H. Keller, M.D. [as by David H. Keller]
• 88 • A Subway Named Mobius • (1950) • short story by A. J. Deutsch
• 100 • Backfire • (1943) • novelette by Ross Rocklynne
• 117 • The Box • (1949) • short story by James Blish
• 132 • Zeritsky's Law • (1951) • short story by Ann Warren Griffith [as by Ann Griffith]
• 137 • The Fourth Dynasty • (1936) • short story by R. R. Winterbotham
• 146 • The Color Out of Space • [Cthulhu Mythos] • (1945) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft (variant of The Colour Out of Space 1927)
• 167 • The Head Hunters • (1951) • short story by Ralph Williams
• 178 • The Star Dummy • (1952) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 189 • Catch That Martian • (1952) • short story by Damon Knight
• 199 • Shipshape Home • (1952) • short story by Richard Matheson
• 214 • Homo Sol • [Homo Sol • 1] • (1940) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 230 • Alexander the Bait • (1946) • short story by William Tenn
• 241 • Kaleidoscope • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 249 • "Nothing Happens on the Moon" • (1939) • short story by Paul Ernst
• 263 • Trigger Tide • (1950) • short story by Wyman Guin
• 273 • Plague • (1944) • novelette by Murray Leinster
• 302 • Winner Lose All • (1951) • short story by Jack Vance
• 313 • Test Piece • (1951) • short story by Eric Frank Russell
• 327 • Environment • (1944) • short story by Chester S. Geier
• 341 • High Threshold • [The Universe Between] • (1951) • short story by Alan E. Nourse
• 350 • Spectator Sport • (1950) • short story by John D. MacDonald
• 355 • Recruiting Station • (1942) • novella by A. E. van Vogt (variant of Masters of Time)
• 420 • A Stone and a Spear • (1950) • novelette by Raymond F. Jones
• 436 • What You Need • (1945) • short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 449 • The Choice • short story by Wayland Hilton-Young [as by W. Hilton-Young]
• 450 • The War Against the Moon • [Fragments d'une histoire universelle / Fragments of Universal History] • (1927) • novelette by André Maurois (trans. of Le chapitre suivant)
• 464 • Pleasant Dreams • (1951) • short story by Ralph Robin
• 472 • Manners of the Age • (1952) • short story by H. B. Fyfe
• 484 • The Weapon • (1951) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 486 • The Scarlet Plague • (1912) • novella by Jack London
• 524 • Heritage • (1942) • novelette by Robert Abernathy
• 545 • History Lesson • (1949) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 551 • Instinct • (1952) • short story by Lester del Rey
• 562 • Counter Charm • (1951) • short story by Peter Phillips