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• vii • Introduction: On the Road to 1984 • essay by Thomas M. Disch
• 1 • Ho Chi Minh Elegy • poem by Peter Schjeldahl
• 2 • Elegy for Janis Joplin • poem by Marilyn Hacker
• 5 • We Are Dainty Little People • short story by Charles Naylor
• 22 • Strangers • short story by Carol Emshwiller
• 27 • Relatives • short story by George Alec Effinger
• 48 • Riding • short story by Norman Rush
• 53 • An Apocalypse: Some Scenes from European Life • novelette by Michael Moorcock
• 94 • The Whimper of Whipped Dogs • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 114 • The Great Wall of Mexico • novelette by John Sladek
• 147 • The Village • short story by Kate Wilhelm
• 158 • In Behalf of the Product • short story by Kit Reed
• 167 • Hour of Trust • novelette by Gene Wolfe
• 203 • Fighting Fascism • short story by Norman Rush
• 209 • Cold Turkey • short story by Dick Gallup and Ron Padgett
• 213 • Where Have All the Followers Gone? • short story by Raylyn Moore
• 224 • An Outline of History • short story by Malcolm Braly
• 233 • Two Sadnesses • short story by George Alec Effinger
• 249 • Everyday Life in the Later Roman Empire • (1972) • novelette by Thomas M. Disch
• 287 • Untoward Occurrence at Embassy Poetry Reading • poem by Marilyn Hacker
• 289 • For Apollo 11 • poem by Peter Schjeldahl
• 291 • Some Notes on the Pre-Dynastic Epoch • short story by Robert Silverberg