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• xi • Preface (The Sociology of the Possible) • essay by Richard Ofshe
• xv • Designs for a Society: Introduction • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 3 • From Deviant to Deviant to Deviant • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 4 • Flowers for Algernon (excerpt) • short fiction by Daniel Keyes
• 23 • Ideology, Cognitive Consistence, and Crucial Experiment • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 24 • The Streets of Ashkelon (excerpt) • short fiction by Harry Harrison
• 37 • A Difference That Makes a Difference • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 39 • My Sister's Brother (excerpt) • short fiction by
  Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer
• 62 • On the Effects of Improved Communication • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 63 • To Whom This May Come • (1889) • short story by Edward Bellamy
• 79 • The Psycho-Engineering of Personalities • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 82 • Walden Two (excerpt) • short fiction by B. F. Skinner
• 103 • Biological and Social Manufacturing for Social Stability • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 104 • Brave New World (excerpt) • short fiction by Aldous Huxley
• 129 • A Possible Educational System • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 130 • Profession (excerpt) • short fiction by Isaac Asimov
• 146 • A Modified Stratification System • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 148 • The Rise of the Meritocracy (excerpt) • short fiction by Michael Young (1915-2002)
• 162 • Conducting Efficient Elections • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 163 • Franchise (excerpt) • [Multivac] • short fiction by Isaac Asimov
• 174 • From the Secular to the Sacred • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 175 • A Canticle for Leibowitz (excerpt) • [Saint Leibowitz] • short fiction by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• 189 • Population, Roles, and Civilization • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 190 • Earth Abides (excerpt) • short fiction by George R. Stewart
• 208 • A Tale of Four Cities: Suburbia • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 209 • Gladiator-at-Law (excerpt) • short fiction by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
• 215 • A Tale of Four Cities: A View from Above • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 215 • A Torrent of Faces (excerpt) • short fiction by James Blish and Norman L. Knight [as by James Blish and Norman Knight]
• 220 • A Tale of Four Cities: A View from Within • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 220 • Caves of Steel (excerpt) • [Elijah Baley / R. Daneel Olivaw] • short fiction by Isaac Asimov
• 235 • A Tale of Four Cities: A Final Solution • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 235 • The City and the Stars (excerpt) • short fiction by Arthur C. Clarke
• 255 • Technological Innovation and Social Change • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 256 • Gadget Versus Trend • short story by Christopher Anvil (variant of Gadget vs. Trend 1962)
• 268 • Men Versus Machines: A Conflict Between Species • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 270 • Erehwon (excerpt) • short fiction by Samuel Butler
• 288 • A Cybernated World • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 289 • Utopia Minus X (excerpt) • short fiction by Rex Gordon
• 303 • If All the World Were Like Berkeley • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 303 • What to Do Till the Analyst Comes • short story by Frederik Pohl (variant of Everybody's Happy But Me! 1956)
• 317 • The Creation of a Perfect Society • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 319 • The Republic (excerpt) • short fiction by Plato
• 352 • A Utopian Vision Before the Industrial Revolution • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 354 • Utopia (excerpt) • short fiction by Sir Thomas More
• 369 • A Utopia Under Conditions of Affluence • essay by Richard Ofshe
• 371 • Looking Backward (excerpt) • short fiction by Edward Bellamy