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• 7 • Introduction (The 1975 Annual World's Best SF) • (1975) • essay by Donald A. Wollheim
• 11 • A Song for Lya • [Thousand Worlds] • (1974) • novella by George R. R. Martin
• 67 • Deathsong • (1974) • novella by Sydney J. Van Scyoc
• 107 • A Full Member of the Club • (1974) • novelette by Bob Shaw
• 129 • The Sun's Tears • [Challenge Chaos] • (1974) • short story by Brian Stableford [as by Brian M. Stableford]
• 140 • The Gift of Garigolli • (1974) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth and Frederik Pohl
• 163 • The Four-Hour Fugue • (1974) • short story by Alfred Bester
• 179 • Twig • (1974) • novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
• 209 • Cathadonian Odyssey • (1974) • short story by Michael Bishop
• 229 • The Bleeding Man • (1974) • novelette by Craig Strete
• 245 • Stranger in Paradise • (1974) • novelette by Isaac Asimov