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• [1] • Preface (Science Fiction and Fantasy) • essay by Fred Obrecht
• [3] • Introduction (Science Fiction and Fantasy) • essay by Fred Obrecht
• 1 • The Early Challenge of Space and Time • essay by Fred Obrecht
• 3 • From the Earth to the Moon (excerpt) • [Baltimore Gun Club] • (1956) • short fiction by Jules Verne
• 13 • Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (excerpt) • [Vingt mille lieues sous les mers (abridgments, adaptations, and excerpts)] • (1956) • short fiction by Jules Verne
• 23 • from The Time Machine (excerpt) • [H. G. Wells' Time Machine Universe] • (1962) • short fiction by H. G. Wells
• 31 • Christmas 200,000 B.C. • (1887) • short story by Stanley Waterloo
• 39 • In the Year Ten Thousand • (1892) • short story by Will N. Harben [as by William Harben]
• 49 • Tampering with Human Nature • essay by Fred Obrecht
• 51 • Frankenstein (excerpt) • [Frankenstein] • short fiction by Mary Shelley [as by Mary W. Shelley]
• 57 • The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (excerpt) • [Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde excerpts] • short fiction by Robert Louis Stevenson
• 65 • Fondly Fahrenheit • (1954) • novelette by Alfred Bester
• 83 • The Man Inside • (1969) • short story by Bruce McAllister
• 89 • Going a Step Further-ROBOTS • essay by Fred Obrecht
• 91 • R.U.R. (excerpt) • short fiction by
  Karel Čapek^?Karel Capek
  Karel Chapek
• 103 • Helen O'Loy • (1938) • short story by Lester del Rey
• 113 • A Bad Day for Sales • (1953) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 119 • Men Are Different • (1954) • short story by Alan Bloch
• 121 • Some Fun with Space Jargon • essay by Fred Obrecht
• 127 • Traffic with the Planets • essay by Fred Obrecht
• 129 • The War of the Worlds (excerpt) • [The War of the Worlds] • (1966) • short fiction by H. G. Wells
• 139 • Of Course • (1954) • short story by Chad Oliver
• 155 • Changing the World for Better or Worse • essay by Fred Obrecht
• 157 • Utopia (excerpt) • (1516) • short fiction by Sir Thomas More
• 161 • Looking Backward (excerpt) • [Julian West] • (1888) • short fiction by Edward Bellamy
• 171 • Brave New World (excerpt) • [Brave New World excerpts] • (1932) • short fiction by Aldous Huxley
• 179 • Nighteen Eighty-Four (excerpt) • [Nineteen Eighty-Four] • short fiction by George Orwell
• 189 • August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1951) • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of There Will Come Soft Rains 1950)
• 197 • The Fun They Had • juvenile • (1951) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 203 • Extension? Prediction? Fantasy? • essay by Fred Obrecht
• 213 • The Great Nebraska Sea • (1963) • short story by Allan Danzig
• 219 • Erem • (1963) • short story by
  Глеб Анфилов^?Gleb Anfilov
  (trans. of
  ЭРЭМ^?EREM
  1962) [as by Gleb Anfilov]
• 225 • Report from the Planet Proteus • (1972) • poem by Lawrence Sail
• 227 • In the Matter of the Assassin Merefirs • (1972) • short story by Ken W. Purdy
• 239 • Eat, Drink, and Be Merry • (1974) • short story by Dian Girard
• 249 • Alternate Arrangements of Contents • essay by uncredited
• 251 • Appendix I: Short Story Structure and Point of View • essay by Fred Obrecht
• 253 • Bibliography (Science Fiction and Fantasy) • essay by uncredited
• 255 • Some Recommended Reading • essay by uncredited