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• 7 • Introduction (The Best Science Fiction Stories) • essay by Michael Stapleton
• 13 • In the Abyss • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells
• 26 • The Machine Stops • (1909) • novelette by E. M. Forster
• 53 • The Lost Machine • (1932) • novelette by John Wyndham
• 70 • The Man from Beyond • (1964) • novelette by John Wyndham (variant of The Man from Earth 1934)
• 93 • Old Faithful • [Old Faithful • 1] • (1934) • novelette by Raymond Z. Gallun
• 126 • Madness from Mars • (1939) • short story by Clifford D. Simak
• 140 • The First Martian • (1951) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 154 • Dormant • (1948) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 168 • The Star Ducks • (1950) • short story by Bill Brown
• 175 • Coming Attraction • (1950) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 187 •
  —And the Moon Be Still As Bright^?-And the Moon Be Still As Bright
  • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1954) • novelette by Ray Bradbury (variant of And the Moon Be Still As Bright 1948)
• 208 • The Fly • (1952) • short story by Arthur Porges
• 212 • Youth • (1952) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 238 • The Deep • (1952) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 256 • Zero Hour • (1947) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 265 • Kaleidoscope • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 273 • Second Variety • [Claws • 1] • (1953) • novelette by Philip K. Dick
• 313 • The Ruum • [Ruum] • (1953) • short story by Arthur Porges
• 324 • Worrywart • (1953) • short story by Clifford D. Simak
• 338 • The New Wine • (1954) • short story by John Christopher
• 350 • Survival • (1952) • novelette by John Wyndham
• 372 • Hobson's Choice • (1952) • short story by Alfred Bester
• 385 • Between the Dark and the Daylight • (1958) • short story by Algis Budrys
• 398 • The Short Life • (1955) • novella by Francis Donovan
• 444 • Repeat Performance • (1971) • short story by Bob Shaw
• 454 • The Voices of Time • (1960) • novelette by J. G. Ballard
• 483 • Green Thumb • (1954) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
• 500 • Before Eden • (1961) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 510 • Call Me Dumbo • (1966) • novelette by Bob Shaw
• 525 • Far from This Earth • (1970) • short story by Chad Oliver
• 537 • Wife to the Lord • [Matter Transmitter] • (1970) • short story by Harry Harrison
• 550 • The Life Preservers • [Matter Transmitter] • (1970) • novelette by Harry Harrison
• 577 • The Hunter at His Ease • (1970) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 593 • We All Die Naked • (1969) • novelette by James Blish
• 626 • The Wicked Flee • (1971) • short story by Harry Harrison
• 635 • Transit of Earth • (1971) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 647 • Rammer • [State / Leshy Circuit] • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven
• 670 • A Little Knowledge • [Technic History] • (1971) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 688 • Process • (1950) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 694 • We Purchased People • (1974) • short story by Frederik Pohl
• 707 • Esmeralda • (1975) • short story by Daphne Castell
• 723 • The Hibbie • (1975) • short story by James Alexander
• 739 • Let's Go to Golgotha! • (1974) • short story by Garry Kilworth