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• xv • The Science Fiction Blowgun • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 1 • A Loint of Paw • (1957) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 2 • The Advent on Channel Twelve • (1958) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 5 • Plaything • (1974) • short story by Larry Niven
• 10 • The Misfortune Cookie • (1970) • short story by Charles E. Fritch
• 13 • I Wish I May, I Wish I Might • (1973) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 16 • FTA • (1974) • short story by George R. R. Martin
• 19 • Trace • (1961) • short story by Jerome Bixby
• 22 • The Ingenious Patriot • [Fantastic Fables] • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 23 • Zoo • (1958) • short story by Edward D. Hoch
• 25 • The Destiny of Milton Gomrath • (1967) • short story by Alexei Panshin
• 27 • The Devil and the Trombone • (1948) • short story by Martin Gardner
• 30 • Upstart • (1977) • short story by Steven Utley
• 33 • How It All Went • (1976) • short story by Gregory Benford
• 37 • Harry Protagonist, Brain-Drainer • [Harry Protagonist] • (1965) • short story by Richard Wilson
• 39 • Peeping Tommy • (1965) • short story by Robert F. Young
• 42 • Starting from Scratch • (1970) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 46 • Corrida • (1968) • short story by Roger Zelazny
• 49 • Shall the Dust Praise Thee? • (1967) • short story by Damon Knight
• 52 • Bug-Getter • (1960) • short story by Reginald Bretnor [as by R. Bretnor]
• 55 • The Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass • [Editor's Page (Galaxy)] • (1962) • essay by Frederik Pohl
• 58 • Fire Sale • (1964) • short story by Laurence M. Janifer
• 62 • Safe at Any Speed • [Known Space] • (1967) • short story by Larry Niven
• 65 • The Masks • (1959) • short story by James Blish
• 69 • Innocence • (1955) • short story by Joanna Russ
• 71 • Kin • (1956) • short story by Richard Wilson
• 73 • The Long Night • [The Exploits of Argo • 2] • (1961) • short story by Ray Russell
• 75 • Sanity Clause • (1975) • short story by Edward Wellen
• 79 • If at First You Don't Succeed, to Hell with It! • (1972) • short story by Charles E. Fritch
• 85 • The Question • (1963) • short story by Laurence M. Janifer and Donald E. Westlake
• 88 • The Perfect Woman • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 91 • The System • (1968) • short story by Ben Bova
• 93 • Exile to Hell • (1968) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 97 • Inaugural • (1976) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
• 99 • Martha • (1976) • short story by Fred Saberhagen
• 101 • Kindergarten • (1963) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 103 • Landscape with Sphinxes • (1962) • short story by Karen Anderson
• 106 • The Happiest Day of Your Life • (1970) • short story by Bob Shaw
• 110 • The Worlds of Monty Willson • (1971) • short story by William F. Nolan
• 112 • Punch • (1961) • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 116 • Doctor • short story by Henry Slesar (variant of After 1960)
• 117 • The Man from When • (1966) • short story by Dannie Plachta
• 119 • Crying Willow • (1973) • short story by Edward Rager
• 123 • January 1975 • (1975) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg
• 125 • Mail Supremacy • [Chap Foey Rider • 1] • (1975) • short story by Hayford Peirce
• 128 • Mistake • (1976) • short story by Larry Niven
• 130 • Half-Baked Publisher's Delight • (1974) • short story by Isaac Asimov and Jeffrey S. Hudson
• 134 • Far from Home • (1958) • short story by Walter Tevis
• 138 • Swords of Ifthan • (1973) • short story by James Sutherland [as by James E. Sutherland]
• 140 • Argent Blood • (1967) • short story by Joe L. Hensley
• 144 • Collector's Fever • (1964) • short story by Roger Zelazny
• 147 • Stubborn • (1972) • short story by Stephen Goldin
• 147 • Sign at the End of the Universe • (1974) • short story by Duane Ackerson
• 149 • The Re-Creation • (1972) • short story by Robert E. Toomey, Jr.
• 151 • The Better Man • (1966) • short story by Ray Russell
• 154 • Oom • (1951) • short story by Martin Gardner
• 155 • Merchant • (1978) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 157 • Don't Fence Me In • (1956) • short story by Richard Wilson
• 160 • The Die-Hard • (1958) • short story by Alfred Bester
• 165 • The First • (1952) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 167 • Eripmav • (1958) • short story by Damon Knight
• 168 • Feeding Time • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 172 • The Voice from the Curious Cube • (1937) • short story by Nelson S. Bond [as by Nelson Bond]
• 175 • I'm Going to Get You • (1974) • short story by F. M. Busby
• 178 • The Room • (1961) • short story by Ray Russell
• 180 • Dry Spell • (1970) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 182 • Bohassian Learns • (1971) • short story by William Rotsler
• 186 • Star Bride • (1951) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 188 • Latest Feature • (1972) • short story by Maggie Nadler
• 192 • Chief • (1960) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 193 • After You've Stood on the Log at the Center of the Universe, What Is There Left to Do? • (1974) • short story by Grant Carrington
• 197 • Maid to Measure • (1964) • short story by Damon Knight
• 199 • Eyes Do More Than See • (1965) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 202 • Thang • (1948) • short story by Martin Gardner
• 203 • How Now Purple Cow • (1969) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 207 • Revival Meeting • (1969) • short story by Dannie Plachta
• 208 • Prototaph • (1966) • short story by Keith Laumer
• 212 • The Rocket of 1955 • (1939) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 214 • Science Fiction for Telepaths • short story by E. Michael Blake
• 214 • Kindergarten • (1970) • short story by James E. Gunn
• 216 • A Little Knowledge • (1975) • short story by Paul Dellinger
• 218 • A Cup of Hemlock • (1978) • short story by Lee Killough
• 219 • Present Perfect • (1974) • short story by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 223 • A Lot to Learn • (1978) • short story by Robert T. Kurosaka
• 224 • The Amphibious Cavalry Gap • (1974) • short story by James E. Thompson
• 226 • Not Counting Bridges • (1963) • short story by Robert L. Fish
• 228 • The Man Inside • (1969) • short story by Bruce McAllister
• 231 • The Mars Stone • (1974) • short story by Paul Bond
• 233 • Source Material • (1974) • short story by Mildred Downey Broxon
• 235 • The Compleat Consumators • (1964) • short story by Alan E. Nourse
• 239 • Examination Day • (1958) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 243 • The Man Who Could Turn Back the Clock • (1950) • short story by Ralph Milne Farley
• 245 • Patent Rights • (1974) • short story by Daniel A. Darlington
• 247 • The Sky's an Oyster; the Stars Are Pearls • (1975) • short story by David Bischoff [as by David F. Bischoff]
• 250 • Alien Cornucopia • (1959) • short story by Walt Liebscher
• 251 • The Last Paradox • (1958) • short story by Edward D. Hoch
• 254 • Course of Empire • (1956) • short story by Richard Wilson
• 257 • Synchronicity • (1978) • short story by James E. Thompson
• 262 • Sweet Dreams, Melissa • (1968) • short story by Stephen Goldin
• 266 • The Man on Top • (1951) • short story by Reginald Bretnor [as by R. Bretnor]
• 271 • Rejection Slip • (1978) • short story by K. W. MacAnn