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• 1 • Introduction (Space-Fighters) • essay by Joe Haldeman
• 6 • The Game of Rat and Dragon • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1955) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 21 • The Immortal • (1965) • novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
• 58 • City of Yesterday • (1967) • short story by Terry Carr
• 67 • Industrial Accident • (1980) • novelette by G. Harry Stine [as by Lee Correy]
• 87 • Ender's Game • [Ender Wiggin] • (1977) • novelette by Orson Scott Card
• 125 • The Claw and the Clock • [Federation of Humanity] • (1971) • novelette by Christopher Anvil
• 148 • Time Piece • (1970) • short story by Joe Haldeman
• 157 • Medal of Honor • (1960) • novelette by Mack Reynolds
• 185 • Wings Out of Shadow • [Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)] • (1974) • novelette by Fred Saberhagen
• 204 • Gambler's War • (1980) • short story by Marcia Martin and Eric Vinicoff
• 221 • Safe to Sea • short story by David Drake
• 236 • Empire Dreams • (1985) • novelette by Ian McDonald
• 259 • Stars, Won't You Hide Me? • (1966) • short story by Ben Bova
• 273 • Waiting in Crouched Halls • (1970) • short story by Edward Bryant [as by Ed Bryant]
• 285 • Early Bird • (1973) • short story by Theodore R. Cogswell and Theodore L. Thomas