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• ix • Introduction (SF: Inventing the Future) • essay by R. Duncan Appleford
• 2 • Science Fiction as Myth Reinterpreted • essay by R. Duncan Appleford
• 5 • Icarus and Daedalus • [
  Легенды о звездных капитанах / The Star Captain Legends^?Legendy o zvezdnyh kapitanakh
  ] • (1968) • short story by
  Генрих Альтов^?Genrikh Altov
  Genrikh Al'tov
  (trans. of
  Икар и Дедал^?Ikar i Dedal
  1958) [as by Henrik Altov]
• 12 • Icarus Allsorts • (1968) • poem by Roger McGough
• 14 • The Sentinel • [A Space Odyssey] • (1951) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 24 • History Lesson • (1949) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 33 • The Sighting • (1970) • poem by Paul Green
• 38 • Interpretations (Science Fiction as Myth Reinterpreted) • essay by R. Duncan Appleford
• 42 • Idea and Creative Response • essay by R. Duncan Appleford
• 45 • The Walls • (1963) • short story by Keith Laumer
• 58 • Placement Test • (1964) • novelette by Keith Laumer
• 86 • Origin Unknown • short story by R. Duncan Appleford
• 95 • Progression of the Species • (1967) • poem by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
• 97 • Interpretations (Idea and Creative Response) • essay by R. Duncan Appleford
• 100 • Touchstones • essay by R. Duncan Appleford
• 103 • Who Can Replace a Man? • (1960) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss [as by Brian Aldiss]
• 113 • Flowers for Algernon • (1959) • novelette by Daniel Keyes
• 141 • The Impossible Man • (1966) • short story by J. G. Ballard
• 159 • The Old Man Lay Down • (1964) • poem by Sonya Dorman
• 160 • The Military Hospital • (1971) • short story by Phyllis Gotlieb
• 175 • Interpretations (Touchstones) • essay by R. Duncan Appleford
• 178 • Non-Fiction Probes • essay by R. Duncan Appleford
• 180 • At the Interface: Technology and Mysticism • (1972) • essay by Arthur C. Clarke and Alan Watts
• 186.1 • Space Expert Predicts Moon Baby By 2000 • (1972) • essay by Toronto Star
• 186.2 • U. S. Biologist Predicts Stimulation of Brain • (1971) • essay by Toronto Star
• 187 • Is There Life On Mars—Or Beyond • (1971) • essay by Time, Inc.
• 189 • Moonscapes • (1972) • essay by uncredited
• 190 • The Science Fiction Horror Movie Pocket Computer • (1971) • short story by Gahan Wilson
• 193 • Seeing Eye • poem by Phyllis Gotlieb
• 194 • The Future How? • (1968) • essay by G. B. Leonard
• 195 • What Are People For? • (1968) • essay by G. B. Leonard
• 196 • Metropolis 2025—Man's Future Environment • (1971) • essay by A. P. Bernhart
• 199 • The Future of Death • (1970) • essay by Robert Fulford
• 202 • Technology and the Polity • (1970) • essay by Eric Kierans
• 204 • Cities On the Sea • (1971) • essay by John Lear
• 207 • A Sociologist Foresees the Eclipse of Romantic Love In Marriage • (1971) • essay by Sidney Katz
• 210 • Probing the Brain • (1971) • essay by Newsweek
• 212 • Baby Experiments May Cause Tragedy Scientist Warns • (1971) • essay by Toronto Star
• 213 • Cloning: One Hundred Einsteins or One Hundred Hitlers? • (1971) • essay by John Southin
• 216 • Secon 4 • (1971) • poem by Janis Rappaport
• 218 • Reactions (Non-Fiction Probes) • essay by R. Duncan Appleford