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• 1 • Editorial (Best SF: 1974) • (1975) • essay by Harry Harrison
• 7 • After King Kong Fell • [Wold Newton] • (1973) • short story by
  Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer
• 23 • When Petals Fall • (1973) • novelette by Sydney J. Van Scyoc
• 41 • Paleontology: An Experimental Science • (1974) • short story by Robert R. Olsen
• 51 • The Women Men Don't See • (1973) • novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 82 • Listen with Big Brother • (1974) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss (variant of Wired for Sound)
• 88 • The Rise of Airstrip One • (1974) • short story by Clive James
• 89 • Owing to Circumstances Beyond Our Control 1984 Has Been Unavoidably Detained... • (1974) • short story by Alan Coren
• 95 • Lost and Found • (1974) • short story by Thomas Baum
• 111 • The Four-Hour Fugue • (1974) • short story by Alfred Bester
• 131 • The Scream • (1974) • novelette by Kate Wilhelm
• 160 • The Gahan Wilson Horror Movie Pocket Computer • (1974) • essay by Gahan Wilson
• 162 • The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter • (1974) • short story by Angela Carter
• 170 • After Weightlessness • (1974) • poem by Lawrence Sail
• 171 • A Picture by Klee • (1974) • poem by Lawrence Sail
• 172 • Science Fiction Story • (1973) • poem by Duane Ackerson
• 173 • DNA • (1974) • poem by Duane Ackerson
• 174 • Eyes of a Woman — from a Portrait by Picasso • (1973) • poem by Lisa I. Conesa [as by Lisa Conesa]
• 176 • Songs of War • (1974) • novelette by Kit Reed
• 220 • Time Deer • (1974) • short story by Craig Strete
• 228 • A Typical Day • (1974) • short story by Doris Piserchia
• 240 • Programmed Love Story • (1974) • short story by Ian Watson
• 246 • Afterword: The Galaxy Begins at Home (Best SF: 1974) • (1975) • essay by Brian W. Aldiss