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• 7 • About the Author (Maxwell's Demons) • essay by uncredited
• 11 • Introduction: The Hero as Sociopath • (1978) • essay by Ben Bova
• 14 • What Chariots of Which Gods? • (1974) • essay by Ben Bova
• 33 • The Great Supersonic Zeppelin Race • (1974) • novelette by Ben Bova
• 62 • Foeman, Where Do You Flee? • [Dr. Sidney Lee] • (1969) • novella by Ben Bova
• 127 • The Sightseers • (1973) • short story by Ben Bova
• 131 • To Be or Not • (1978) • short story by Ben Bova
• 142 • The Lieutenant and the Folksinger • [Kinsman] • (1978) • short story by Ben Bova
• 160 • The Secret Life of Henry K. • (1973) • short story by Ben Bova
• 178 • The Man Who Saw "Gunga Din" Thirty Times • (1973) • short story by Ben Bova
• 186 • The Man Who... • (1978) • novelette by Ben Bova
• 210 • Priorities • (1971) • short story by Ben Bova
• 216 • Those Who Can • (1978) • short story by Ben Bova
• 234 • Build Me a Mountain • [Kinsman] • (1974) • short story by Ben Bova
• 256 • The System • (1968) • short story by Ben Bova
• 259 • Orion • (1977) • novelette by Ben Bova
• 303 • The Future of Science: Prometheus, Apollo, Athena • (1974) • essay by Ben Bova