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• vii • Introduction (Top Science Fiction) • essay by Josh Pachter
• 1 • All the World's Tears • (1957) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 12 • The Last Question • [Multivac] • (1956) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 25 • The Men Who Murdered Mohammed • (1958) • short story by Alfred Bester
• 38 • A Small Kindness • (1983) • short story by Ben Bova
• 52 • There Will Come Soft Rains • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 59 • The Totally Rich • (1963) • novelette by John Brunner
• 83 • Internal Combustion • (1956) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp
• 99 • Hop-Friend • (1962) • short story by Terry Carr
• 111 • Transit of Earth • (1971) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 124 • Going Under • (1981) • novelette by Jack Dann
• 143 • Why Johnny Can't Speed • (1971) • short story by Alan Dean Foster
• 155 • Rescue Operation • (1964) • short story by Harry Harrison
• 169 • Mazes • (1975) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 174 • Endfray of the Ofay • (1969) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 189 • A Galaxy Called Rome • (1975) • novelette by Barry N. Malzberg
• 208 • The Ship Who Sang • [The Ship Who ...] • (1961) • novelette by Anne McCaffrey
• 226 • The Green Marauder • [Draco Tavern] • (1980) • short story by Larry Niven
• 231 • A Typical Day • (1974) • short story by Doris Piserchia
• 242 • Day Million • (1966) • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 248 • Capricorn Games • (1974) • short story by Robert Silverberg
• 266 • The Engineer and the Executioner • (1975) • short story by Brian Stableford
• 281 • Film Library • (1946) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt
• 301 • The Cosmic Express • (1930) • short story by Jack Williamson
• 309 • Daisy, in the Sun • (1979) • short story by Connie Willis
• 327 • In Looking-Glass Castle • (1980) • short story by Gene Wolfe