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• ix • Introduction (The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology) • (1952) • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• 1 • Blowups Happen • [Future History] • (1940) • novelette by Robert A. Heinlein
• 43 • Hindsight • (1940) • short story by Jack Williamson
• 60 • Vault of the Beast • (1940) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt
• 84 • The Exalted • [Johnny Black] • (1940) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• 105 • Nightfall • (1941) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 137 • When the Bough Breaks • (1944) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 160 • Clash by Night • [Keeps • 1] • (1943) • novella by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lawrence O'Donnell]
• 213 • Invariant • short story by John R. Pierce [as by John Pierce]
• 218 • First Contact • (1945) • novelette by Murray Leinster
• 247 • Meihem in ce Klasrum • (1946) • essay by Dolton Edwards
• 250 • Hobbyist • (1947) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell
• 280 • E for Effort • (1947) • novelette by T. L. Sherred
• 326 • Child's Play • [Child's Play (William Tenn) • 1] • (1947) • novelette by William Tenn
• 351 • Thunder and Roses • (1947) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 371 • Late Night Final • (1948) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell
• 404 • Cold War • (1949) • short story by Kris Neville
• 415 • Eternity Lost • (1949) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
• 440 • The Witches of Karres • [Karres] • (1949) • novelette by James H. Schmitz
• 480 • Over the Top • (1949) • short story by Lester del Rey
• 492 • Meteor • (1950) • short story by William T. Powers
• 506 • Last Enemy • [Paratime Police] • (1950) • novella by H. Beam Piper
• 561 • Historical Note • (1951) • short story by Murray Leinster
• 573 • Protected Species • (1951) • short story by H. B. Fyfe