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• At the End of the Orbit • (1961) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Hate)
• vii • Introduction (The Expert Dreamers) • (1962) • essay by Frederik Pohl
• 1 • A Feast of Demons • (1958) • novelette by William Morrison
• 27 • On the Feasibility of Coal-Driven Power Stations • (1956) • short story by O. R. Frisch
• 31 • The Heart on the Other Side • (1962) • short story by George Gamow
• 42 • Lenny • [Susan Calvin] • (1958) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 60 • The Singers • (1956) • short story by W. Grey Walter
• 64 • The Invasion • (1940) • novelette by Willy Ley [as by Robert Willey]
• 82 • To Explain Mrs. Thompson • (1951) • short story by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham]
• 105 • Adrift on the Policy Level • (1959) • short story by Chan Davis [as by Chandler Davis]
• 129 • The Black Cloud (Excerpt) • (1957) • short fiction by Fred Hoyle
• 147 • Chain Reaction • (1956) • short story by Lyle G. Boyd and William C. Boyd [as by Boyd Ellanby]
• 163 • The Miracle of the Broom Closet • (1952) • short story by Norbert Wiener [as by W. Norbert]
• 170 • Heavy Planet • (1939) • short story by Milton A. Rothman [as by Lee Gregor]
• 183 • The Test Stand • (1955) • short story by G. Harry Stine [as by Lee Correy]
• 197 • Amateur in Chancery • (1961) • short story by George O. Smith
• 215 • The Mark Gable Foundation • (1961) • short story by Leo Szilard