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•  Universe Ahead • interior artwork by Richard Cuffari
• 3 • Preface (Universe Ahead) • essay by Sylvia Louise Engdahl [as by Sylvia Engdahl]
• 7 • Introduction (Universe Ahead) • essay by Rick Roberson
• 11 • The Animal • short story by Rosemary Stephens
• 29 • It's Such a Beautiful Day • (1955) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 60 • Ararat • [The People] • (1952) • novelette by Zenna Henderson
• 92 • The Wilderness • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1952) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 105 • Cloudlab • novelette by Rick Roberson
• 150 • Old Man Henderson • (1951) • short story by Kris Neville
• 163 • Nightmare Brother • (1953) • novelette by Alan E. Nourse
• 194 • The Samaritan • (1963) • short story by Richard Harper
• 208 • Lower Than Angels • (1956) • novelette by Algis Budrys
• 252 • Kyrie • (1968) • short story by Poul Anderson
• 268 • The Christmas Present • (1958) • short story by Gordon R. Dickson
• 281 • Ranging • (1968) • short story by John Jakes
• 301 • The Beckoning Trail • novelette by Sylvia Louise Engdahl and Rick Roberson [as by Sylvia Engdahl and Rick Roberson]