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• 15 • The Science Fiction Blowgun • (1978) • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 17 • A Loint of Paw • (1957) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 18 • The Advent on Channel Twelve • (1958) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 21 • Plaything • (1974) • short story by Larry Niven
• 26 • The Misfortune Cookie • (1970) • short story by Charles E. Fritch
• 29 • I Wish I May, I Wish I Might • (1973) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 33 • FTA • (1974) • short story by George R. R. Martin
• 36 • Trace • (1961) • short story by Jerome Bixby
• 40 • The Ingenious Patriot • [Fantastic Fables] • (1891) • short story by Ambrose Bierce
• 41 • Zoo • (1958) • short story by Edward D. Hoch
• 43 • The Destiny of Milton Gomrath • (1967) • short story by Alexei Panshin
• 45 • The Devil and the Trombone • (1948) • short story by Martin Gardner
• 48 • Upstart • (1977) • short story by Steven Utley
• 51 • How It All Went • (1976) • short story by Gregory Benford
• 55 • Harry Protagonist, Brain-Drainer • [Harry Protagonist] • (1965) • short story by Richard Wilson
• 58 • Peeping Tommy • (1965) • short story by Robert F. Young
• 61 • Starting from Scratch • (1970) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 65 • Corrida • (1968) • short story by Roger Zelazny
• 68 • Shall the Dust Praise Thee? • (1967) • short story by Damon Knight
• 71 • Bug-Getter • (1960) • short story by Reginald Bretnor [as by R. Bretnor]
• 74 • The Deadly Mission of Phineas Snodgrass • [Editor's Page (Galaxy)] • (1962) • essay by Frederik Pohl
• 78 • Fire Sale • (1964) • short story by Laurence M. Janifer
• 82 • Safe at Any Speed • [Known Space] • (1967) • short story by Larry Niven
• 85 • The Masks • (1959) • short story by James Blish
• 89 • Innocence • (1955) • short story by Joanna Russ
• 91 • Kin • (1956) • short story by Richard Wilson
• 94 • The Long Night • [The Exploits of Argo • 2] • (1961) • short story by Ray Russell
• 96 • Sanity Clause • (1975) • short story by Edward Wellen
• 100 • If at First You Don't Succeed, to Hell with It! • (1972) • short story by Charles E. Fritch
• 106 • The Question • (1963) • short story by Laurence M. Janifer and Donald E. Westlake
• 109 • The Perfect Woman • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 112 • The System • (1968) • short story by Ben Bova
• 114 • Exile to Hell • (1968) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 118 • Inaugural • (1976) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
• 120 • Martha • (1976) • short story by Fred Saberhagen
• 123 • Kindergarten • (1963) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 125 • Landscape with Sphinxes • (1962) • short story by Karen Anderson
• 128 • The Happiest Day of Your Life • (1970) • short story by Bob Shaw
• 132 • The Worlds of Monty Willson • (1971) • short story by William F. Nolan
• 135 • Punch • (1961) • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 139 • Doctor • (1978) • short story by Henry Slesar (variant of After 1960)
• 140 • The Man from When • (1966) • short story by Dannie Plachta
• 142 • Crying Willow • (1973) • short story by Edward Rager
• 146 • January 1975 • (1975) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg
• 148 • Mail Supremacy • [Chap Foey Rider • 1] • (1975) • short story by Hayford Peirce
• 151 • Mistake • (1976) • short story by Larry Niven
• 153 • Half-Baked Publisher's Delight • (1974) • short story by Isaac Asimov and Jeffrey S. Hudson
• 158 • Far from Home • (1958) • short story by Walter Tevis [as by Walter S. Tevis]
• 161 • Swords of Ifthan • (1973) • short story by James Sutherland
• 164 • Argent Blood • (1967) • short story by Joe L. Hensley
• 168 • Collector's Fever • (1964) • short story by Roger Zelazny
• 171 • Sign at the End of the Universe • (1974) • short story by Duane Ackerson
• 172 • Stubborn • (1972) • short story by Stephen Goldin
• 174 • The Re-Creation • (1972) • short story by Robert E. Toomey, Jr.
• 175 • The Better Man • (1966) • short story by Ray Russell
• 179 • Oom • (1951) • short story by Martin Gardner
• 180 • Merchant • (1978) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 182 • Don't Fence Me In • (1956) • short story by Richard Wilson
• 186 • The Die-Hard • (1958) • short story by Alfred Bester
• 190 • The First • (1952) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 193 • Eripmav • (1958) • short story by Damon Knight
• 194 • Feeding Time • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 198 • The Voice from the Curious Cube • (1937) • short story by Nelson S. Bond [as by Nelson Bond]
• 201 • I'm Going to Get You • (1974) • short story by F. M. Busby
• 204 • The Room • (1961) • short story by Ray Russell
• 206 • Dry Spell • (1970) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 209 • Bohassian Learns • (1971) • short story by William Rotsler
• 213 • Star Bride • (1951) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 215 • Latest Feature • (1972) • short story by Maggie Nadler
• 219 • Chief • (1960) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 220 • After You've Stood on the Log at the Centre of the Universe, What Is There Left to Do? • (1974) • short story by Grant Carrington (variant of After You've Stood on the Log at the Center of the Universe, What Is There Left to Do?)
• 224 • Maid to Measure • (1964) • short story by Damon Knight
• 227 • Eyes Do More Than See • (1965) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 230 • Thang • (1948) • short story by Martin Gardner
• 231 • How Now Purple Cow • (1969) • short story by Bill Pronzini
• 235 • Revival Meeting • (1969) • short story by Dannie Plachta
• 237 • Prototaph • (1966) • short story by Keith Laumer
• 240 • The Rocket of 1955 • (1939) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 242 • Science Fiction for Telepaths • (1978) • short story by E. Michael Blake
• 242 • Kindergarten • (1970) • short story by James E. Gunn
• 245 • A Little Knowledge • (1975) • short story by Paul Dellinger
• 247 • A Cup of Hemlock • (1978) • short story by Lee Killough
• 248 • Present Perfect • (1974) • short story by Thomas F. Monteleone
• 252 • A Lot to Learn • (1978) • short story by Robert T. Kurosaka
• 253 • The Amphibious Cavalry Gap • (1974) • short story by James E. Thompson
• 255 • Not Counting Bridges • (1963) • short story by Robert L. Fish
• 257 • The Man Inside • (1969) • short story by Bruce McAllister
• 260 • The Mars Stone • (1974) • short story by Paul Bond
• 262 • Source Material • (1974) • short story by Mildred Downey Broxon
• 264 • The Compleat Consummators • (1964) • short story by Alan E. Nourse (variant of The Compleat Consumators)
• 268 • Examination Day • (1958) • short story by Henry Slesar
• 273 • The Sky's an Oyster; the Stars Are Pearls • (1975) • short story by David Bischoff [as by Dave Bischoff]
• 276 • The Man Who Could Turn Back the Clock • (1950) • short story by Ralph Milne Farley
• 278 • Patent Rights • (1974) • short story by Daniel A. Darlington
• 280 • Alien Cornucopia • (1959) • short story by Walt Liebscher
• 281 • The Last Paradox • (1958) • short story by Edward D. Hoch
• 284 • Course of Empire • (1956) • short story by Richard Wilson
• 287 • Synchronicity • (1978) • short story by James E. Thompson
• 292 • Sweet Dreams, Melissa • (1968) • short story by Stephen Goldin
• 297 • The Man on Top • (1951) • short story by Reginald Bretnor [as by R. Bretnor]
• 302 • Rejection Slip • (1978) • short story by K. W. MacAnn