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• 5 •
  Préface (Les chefs-d'œuvre de la science-fiction)^?Preface (Les chefs-d'oeuvre de la science-fiction)
  • essay by Jacques Sternberg
• 5 •  Untitled • interior artwork by uncredited
• 10 •  Untitled • interior artwork by Christian Broutin
• 17 • La brousse • (1954) • short story by Ray Bradbury (trans. of The Veldt 1950)
• 27 •
  Le vaisseau fantôme^?Le vaisseau fantome
  • (1957) • short story by Ward Moore (trans. of Flying Dutchman 1951)
• 31 • Jeu d'enfant • [Child's Play (William Tenn) • 1] • (1966) • novelette by William Tenn (trans. of Child's Play 1947)
• 53 • Civilisation 2190 • (1956) • short story by
  Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein
• 57 • Paul • essay by Jacques Sternberg
• 57 •  [Paul portfolio, 10 pieces] • interior artwork by Frank R. Paul
• 67 •
  Arène^?Arene
  • (1964) • novelette by Fredric Brown (trans. of Arena 1944)
• 87 • Une marche dans la nuit • short story by Arthur C. Clarke (trans. of A Walk in the Dark 1950)
• 95 • Les autos sauvages • [Sam Murdock] • (1967) • short story by Roger Zelazny (trans. of Devil Car 1965)
• 105 • Dold • essay by Jacques Sternberg
• 105 •  [Dold portfolio, 6 pieces] • interior artwork by Elliott Dold, Jr. [as by Dold]
• 111 • Raides mortes • (1963) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak (trans. of Drop Dead 1956)
• 131 •
  La chaîne et le collier^?La chaine et le collier
  • (1955) • short story by Catherine Cliff
• 136 •
  Mère^?Mere
  • (1967) • novelette by
  Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer
  (trans. of Mother 1953)
• 153 • Virgil Finlay • essay by Jacques Sternberg
• 153 •  [Virgil Finlay portfolio, 12 pieces] • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 165 •
  La merveilleuse aventure du bébé Hurkle^?La merveilleuse aventure du bebe Hurkle
  • (1954) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon (trans. of The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast 1949)
• 173 • Une maison dernier cri • (1965) • short story by Richard Matheson (trans. of Shipshape Home 1952)
• 187 • Tlön Uqbar Orbis Tertius • (1965) • short story by Jorge Luis Borges (trans. of
  Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius^?Tloen, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius
  1940)
• 197 • C'est du billard ! • (1959) • short story by Philippe Curval
• 205 • Wesso • essay by Jacques Sternberg
• 205 •  [Wesso portfolio, 6 pieces] • interior artwork by H. W. Wesso
• 211 • Requiem • (1967) • short story by Edmond Hamilton (trans. of Requiem 1962)
• 223 • Où sont les autres ? • (1964) • short story by Cordwainer Smith (trans. of The Good Friends 1963)
• 227 • A rebours • (1958) • short story by Damon Knight (trans. of Backward, O Time 1956)
• 233 • Bucolique • (1956) • short story by A. E. van Vogt (trans. of Process 1950)
• 239 •
  L'œil avide^?L'oeil avide
  • (1968) • novelette by Robert Bloch (trans. of The Hungry Eye 1959)
• 253 • Morey • essay by Jacques Sternberg
• 253 •  [Morey Portfolio, 6 pieces] • interior artwork by Leo Morey
• 261 •
  Univers zéro^?Univers zero
  • (1958) • short story by Jacques Sternberg
• 271 • Dans les murs d'Eryx • (1969) • novelette by H. P. Lovecraft and Kenneth Sterling (trans. of In the Walls of Eryx 1939) [as by H. P. Lovecraft]
• 289 • Tout ce que nous sommes • (1957) • short story by Robert Sheckley (trans. of All the Things You Are 1956)
• 297 • Georges Spiro • essay by Jacques Sternberg
• 297 •  [Georges Spiro portfolio, 8 pieces] • interior artwork by Georges Spiro
• 305 • Le bout de la route • (1958) • short story by Poul Anderson (trans. of Journeys End 1957)
• 313 • Le cinquième sens • novelette by François Richaudeau
• 325 • Comment tuer un brontosaure • (1959) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss (trans. of Poor Little Warrior! 1958)
• 331 • Chrysalia • (1964) • short story by
  André Ruellan^?Andre Ruellan
• 339 • Le bébé dans la cuisinière • (1969) • short fiction by John Sladek (trans. of The Babe in the Oven 1966) [as by John T. Sladek]
• 345 • Cycle de survie • (1956) • short story by Richard Matheson (trans. of Pattern for Survival 1955)
• 349 • Alejandro • essay by Jacques Sternberg
• 349 •  [Alejandro portfolio, 8 pieces] • interior artwork by Alejandro
• 357 • L'ultime son • (1959) • short story by Charles Beaumont (trans. of The New Sound 1955)
• 361 • La machine à deux mains • (1958) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore (trans. of Two-Handed Engine 1955) [as by Henry Kuttner]
• 377 • Quatrième expédition • [Cyberiada (The Cyberiad)] • (1968) • short story by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of
  Wyprawa czwarta, czyli o tym, jak Trurl kobietron zastosował, królewicza Pantarktyka od mąk miłosnych chcąc zbawić, i jak potem do użycia dzieciomiotu przyszło^?Wyprawa czwarta, czyli o tym, jak Trurl kobietron zastosowal, krolewicza Pantarktyka od mak milosnych chcac zbawic, i jak potem do uzycia dzieciomiotu przyszlo
  1965) [as by Stanislas Lem]
• 383 •
  La mère^?La mere
  • (1953) • short story by Alfred Coppel (trans. of Mother 1952)
• 387 • Lamy • essay by Jacques Sternberg
• 387 •  [Lamy portfolio, 8 pieces] • interior artwork by Lamy
• 395 • Le labyrinthe • (1951) • short story by Frank M. Robinson (trans. of The Maze 1950) [as by Frank-M. Robinson]
• 407 •
  Les défenseurs^?Les defenseurs
  • (1964) • novelette by Philip K. Dick (trans. of The Defenders 1953)
• 421 • Le Ruum • [Ruum] • (1954) • short story by Arthur Porges (trans. of The Ruum 1953)
• 431 • Les villes • (1956) • short story by
  Gérard Klein^?Gerard Klein
• 437 • Un roulement de tonnerre • (1968) • short story by Ray Bradbury (trans. of A Sound of Thunder 1952)
• 447 • À l'aube du grand soir • (1961) • short story by Robert Bloch (trans. of Daybroke 1958)
• 453 •  Untitled • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 455 • Dictionnaire des auteurs • essay by uncredited