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• vii • Introduction (Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe) • essay by Harold Beaver
• xxiii • A Note on the Text (Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe) • essay by Harold Beaver
• xxv • Bibliography (Science Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe) • essay by Harold Beaver
• 1 • MS. Found in a Bottle • [Tales of the Folio Club] • (1833) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 12 • The Unparalleled Adventure of One Hans Pfaall • (1850) • novella by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of Hans Phaall—A Tale 1835)
• 65 • The Conversation of Eiros and Charmion • (1839) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 72 • A Descent Into the Maelstrom • (1852) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of
  A Descent Into the Maelström^?A Descent Into the Maelstrom
  A Descent Into the Maelstroem
  1841)
• 89 • The Colloquy of Monos and Una • (1841) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 99 • A Tale of the Ragged Mountains • (1844) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 110 • The Balloon-Hoax • (1844) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 124 • Mesmeric Revelation • (1844) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 135 • The Thousand-and-Second Tale of Scheherazade • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 154 • Some Words with a Mummy • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 171 • The Power of Words • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 175 • The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 194 • The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar • (1845) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 208 • Eureka: An Essay on the Material and Spiritual Universe • (1848) • essay by Edgar Allan Poe (variant of Eureka: A Prose Poem)
• 310 • Mellonta Tauta • (1849) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 324 • Von Kempelen and His Discovery • (1849) • short story by Edgar Allan Poe
• 333 • Commentary • essay by Harold Beaver
• 427 • Appendix 1748-1848: Select Chronology of Post-Newtonian Science in the Century Preceding Eureka • essay by uncredited