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• ix • The Writer as Philosopher • essay by Gregory Benford
• 3 • The Word Sweep • (1979) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 15 • Starcrossed • (1973) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 22 • The Eichmann Variations • (1984) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 31 • This Life and Later Ones • (1987) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 42 • The City of Thought and Steel • (1984) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 50 • Gödel's Doom • (1985) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 62 • Lenin in Odessa • (1990) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 80 • Sacred Fire • (1991) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 90 • Stooges • (1986) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 107 • Bridge of Silence • (1986) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 117 • Swift Thoughts • (1995) • novelette by George Zebrowski
• 134 • The Idea Trap • (1986) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 149 • Behind the Night • (1987) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 163 • Wound the Wind • (2001) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 176 • Rope of Glass • (1973) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 189 • In the Distance, and Ahead in Time • (1993) • novelette by George Zebrowski
• 220 • Lesser Beasts • (1989) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 231 • The Number of the Sand • [Cliometricon] • (1991) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 241 • Let Time Shape • [Cliometricon] • (1992) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 253 • Shrinkers & Movers • (1999) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 268 • Augie • (2001) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 282 • The Last Science Fiction Story of the 20th Century • (2000) • short story by George Zebrowski (variant of The Last Science-Fiction Story of the 20th Century)
• 297 • Catch the Sleep Ship: The First Science Fiction Story of the 21st Century • (2001) • short story by George Zebrowski (variant of Catch the Sleep Ship: The First Science-Fiction Story of the Century)
• 309 • The Holdouts • (2000) • short story by George Zebrowski