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•  A Fisherman of the Inland Sea (frontispiece) • interior artwork by Pat Morrissey
• ix • Preface (A Fisherman of the Inland Sea) • essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• 1 • Introduction: On Not Reading Science Fiction • (1994) • essay by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 12 •  The First Contact with the Gorgonids • interior artwork by Pat Morrissey
• 13 • The First Contact with the Gorgonids • (1992) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 22 •  Newton's Sleep • interior artwork by Pat Morrissey
• 23 • Newton's Sleep • (1991) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 52 •  The Ascent of the North Face • interior artwork by Pat Morrissey
• 53 • The Ascent of the North Face • (1983) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 56 •  The Rock That Changed Things • interior artwork by Pat Morrissey
• 57 • The Rock That Changed Things • (1992) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 68 •  The Kerastion • interior artwork by Pat Morrissey
• 69 • The Kerastion • (1990) • short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 74 •  The Shobies' Story • interior artwork by Pat Morrissey
• 75 • The Shobies' Story • [Hainish] • (1990) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 106 •  Dancing to Ganam • interior artwork by Pat Morrissey
• 107 • Dancing to Ganam • [Hainish] • (1993) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 146 •  Another Story or a Fisherman of the Inland Sea • interior artwork by Pat Morrissey
• 147 • Another Story or A Fisherman of the Inland Sea • [Hainish] • (1994) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of Another Story)