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• 8 • Introduction (SF:'59: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy) • (1959) • essay by Judith Merril
• 9 • Pelt • (1958) • short story by Carol Emshwiller
• 20 • Triggerman • (1958) • short story by J. F. Bone
• 32 • The Prize of Peril • (1958) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 52 • Hickory, Dickory, Kerouac • (1958) • short story by Richard Gehman
• 55 • The Yellow Pill • (1958) • short story by Rog Phillips
• 69 • River of Riches • (1958) • short story by Gerald Kersh
• 83 • Satellite Passage • (1958) • short story by Theodore L. Thomas
• 94 • Casey Agonistes • (1958) • short story by Richard McKenna [as by R. M. McKenna]
• 106 • Space-Time for Springers • [Gummitch the Cat] • (1958) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 119 • Or All the Seas with Oysters • (1958) • short story by Avram Davidson
• 130 • Ten-Story Jigsaw • (1958) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss (variant of Ten-Storey Jigsaw)
• 139 • Fresh Guy • (1958) • short story by E. C. Tubb
• 155 • The Beautiful Things • (1958) • short story by Arthur Zirul
• 160 • The Comedian's Children • (1958) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 206 • The Short-Short Story of Mankind • (1957) • short story by John Steinbeck (variant of We Are Holding Our Own 1955)
• 212 • From Science Fiction to Science Fact: The Universe • (1959) • essay by Judith Merril
• 213 • Man in Space • (1958) • essay by Daniel Lang
• 234 • Rockets to Where? • (1959) • essay by Judith Merril
• 239 • The Thunder-Thieves • (1958) • poem by Isaac Asimov
• 240 • The Thunder-Thieves (afterword) • [Asimov's Essays: Own Work] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 248 • The Year's S-F: A Summary (SF:59) • (1959) • essay by Judith Merril (variant of The Year's S-F, Summation and Honorable Mentions (SF: The Year's Greatest Science Fiction and Fantasy: 4th Annual Volume))