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• ix • Foreword (Mars, We Love You) • (1971) • essay by Jane Hipolito and Willis E. McNelly [as by Jane W. Hipolito and Willis E. McNelly]
• xi • The Romance of Mars • (1971) • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 17 • Report on Canali • (1971) • essay by Giovanni Schiaparelli [as by Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli]
• 23 • Mars as the Abode of Life • (1908) • essay by Percival Lowell
• 31 • War of the Worlds (excerpt) • [The War of the Worlds] • (1971) • short fiction by H. G. Wells
• 43 • A Princess of Mars (excerpt) • [Barsoom] • (1971) • short fiction by Edgar Rice Burroughs
• 55 • A Martian Odyssey • [Tweel • 1] • (1971) • novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum [as by Stanley Weinbaum]
• 85 • The Embassy • (1942) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim
• 95 • Dark Mission • (1940) • short story by Lester del Rey
• 115 • Lost Art • [Venus Equilateral] • (1943) • novelette by George O. Smith
• 145 • The Cave • (1943) • novelette by P. Schuyler Miller
• 167 • Expedition • (1943) • short story by Anthony Boucher
• 185 • Loophole • (1946) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 193 • Catch That Martian • (1952) • short story by Damon Knight
• 209 • Omnilingual • [Federation • 1] • (1957) • novelette by H. Beam Piper
• 261 • The Lost City of Mars • (1967) • novelette by Ray Bradbury
• 295 • One Step from Earth • [Matter Transmitter] • (1970) • short story by Harry Harrison
• 315 • Carthage: Reflections of a Martian • (1971) • poem by Frank Herbert
• 335 • Soft Landing • (1971) • poem by William Fox
• 337 • Earthbound • (1971) • poem by Irene Jackson
• 339 • In Lonely Lands • (1959) • short story by Harlan Ellison
• 347 • World of the Wars • (1971) • short story by Bruce McAllister
• 355 • Exploration • (1971) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg
• 361 • A Discussion: Double Star by Robert A. Heinlein • (1971) • essay by uncredited
• 363 • Double Star (excerpt) • (1956) • short fiction by Robert A. Heinlein
• 373 • Linguistic Relativity in Middle High Martian • (1970) • essay by Willis E. McNelly