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• 1 • Introduction (SF: Author's Choice 4) • (1974) • essay by Harry Harrison
• 3 • Old Hundredth • (1960) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 17 • Fair • (1956) • short story by John Brunner [as by Keith Woodcott]
• 35 • The Forgotten Enemy • (1948) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 43 • Warrior • [Childe Cycle] • (1965) • short story by Gordon R. Dickson
• 69 • Et in Arcadia Ego • (1971) • short story by Thomas M. Disch
• 87 • But Soft, What Light ... • (1966) • short story by Carol Emshwiller
• 95 • The Misogynist • (1952) • short story by James E. Gunn
• 107 • All of Us Are Dying • (1961) • short story by George Clayton Johnson
• 115 • The Fire and the Sword • (1951) • novelette by Frank M. Robinson
• 143 • Bad Medicine • (1956) • short story by Robert Sheckley [as by Finn O'Donnevan]
• 165 • The Autumn Land • (1971) • short story by Clifford D. Simak
• 189 • A Sense of Beauty • (1968) • short story by Robert Taylor
• 199 • The Last Flight of Dr. Ain • (1969) • short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 211 • Ullward's Retreat • (1958) • novelette by Jack Vance
• 239 • The Man Who Loved the Faioli • (1967) • short story by Roger Zelazny