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• 1 • Introduction (Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology) • essay by Frederik Pohl
• 6 • As IF Was in the Beginning • essay by Larry T. Shaw
• 19 • Memoir (The Golden Man) • essay by Philip K. Dick
• 20 • The Golden Man • (1954) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
• 50 • Memoir (The Battle) • essay by Robert Sheckley
• 51 • The Battle • (1954) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 57 • Last Rites • (1955) • short story by Charles Beaumont
• 71 • Game Preserve • (1957) • short story by Rog Phillips
• 85 • The Burning of the Brain • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1958) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 95 • Memoir (The Man Who Tasted Ashes) • essay by Algis Budrys
• 103 • The Man Who Tasted Ashes • (1959) • short story by Algis Budrys
• 117 • Memoir (Kings Who Die) • essay by Poul Anderson
• 119 • Kings Who Die • (1962) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 147 • Memoir (Fortress Ship) • essay by Fred Saberhagen
• 148 • Fortress Ship • [Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)] • (1963) • short story by Fred Saberhagen
• 158 • Father of the Stars • (1964) • novelette by Frederik Pohl
• 177 • Trick or Treaty • [Retief] • (1965) • novelette by Keith Laumer
• 202 • Memoir (Nine Hundred Grandmothers) • essay by R. A. Lafferty
• 203 • Nine Hundred Grandmothers • [Habitable Worlds] • (1966) • short story by R. A. Lafferty
• 214 • Memoir (Neutron Star) • essay by Larry Niven
• 216 • Neutron Star • [Known Space] • (1966) • novelette by Larry Niven
• 234 • Memoir (This Mortal Mountain) • essay by Roger Zelazny
• 235 • This Mortal Mountain • (1967) • novelette by Roger Zelazny
• 272 • Memoir (I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream) • essay by Harlan Ellison (variant of Memoir: I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream 1980)
• 283 •  Memoir (I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream) • interior artwork by Dennis Smith
• 289 • I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream • (1967) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 305 • Memoir (Driftglass) • essay by Samuel R. Delany
• 306 • Driftglass • (1967) • short story by Samuel R. Delany
• 324 • Memoir (The Holmes-Ginsbook Device) • [Asimov's Essays: Own Work] • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 326 • The Holmes-Ginsbook Device • (1968) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 336 • Memoir (Down in the Black Gang) • essay by
  Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer
• 338 • Down in the Black Gang • (1969) • novelette by
  Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer
• 359 • Memoir (The Reality Trip) • essay by Robert Silverberg
• 361 • The Reality Trip • (1970) • novelette by Robert Silverberg
• 378 • Memoir (The Night-Blooming Saurian) • essay by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 379 • The Nightblooming Saurian • (1970) • short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 387 • Memoir (Occam's Scalpel) • essay by Theodore Sturgeon
• 388 • Occam's Scalpel • (1971) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 409 • Memoir (Construction Shack) • essay by Clifford D. Simak
• 410 • Construction Shack • (1973) • short story by Clifford D. Simak
• 424 • Memoir (Time Deer) • essay by Craig Strete
• 427 • Time Deer • (1974) • short story by Craig Strete
• 433 • Afterword: Flash Point, Middle • essay by Barry N. Malzberg (variant of Flashpoint: Middle 1984)