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• xi • Introduction: Things Happen • essay by Douglas Preston
• xv • Introduction (The Big Book of Adventure Stories) • essay by Otto Penzler
• 3 • The Golden Snare: Farnham Bishop and Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur • essay by Otto Penzler
• 4 • The Golden Snare • [Lady Fulvia] • (1918) • short story by Farnham Bishop and Arthur Gilchrist Brodeur
• 4 •  The Golden Snare • (1918) • interior artwork by uncredited
• 15 • The Devil In Iron: Robert E. Howard • essay by Otto Penzler
• 16 • The Devil in Iron • [Conan] • (1934) • novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 34 • The Mighty Manslayer: Harold Lamb • essay by Otto Penzler
• 35 • The Mighty Manslayer • non-genre • [Khlit the Cossack] • (1918) • novella by Harold Lamb
• 73 • The Seven Black Witches: Fritz Leiber • essay by Otto Penzler
• 74 • The Seven Black Priests • [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] • (1953) • novelette by Fritz Leiber
• 126 • The Most Dangerous Game: Richard Connell • essay by Otto Penzler
• 127 • The Most Dangerous Game • non-genre • (1924) • novelette by Richard Edward Connell [as by Richard Connell]
• 158 • The Wings of Kali: Grant Stockbridge • essay by Otto Penzler
• 159 • The Wings of Kali • [The Spider] • (1942) • short story by Norvell W. Page [as by Grant Stockbridge]
• 174 • Sredni Vashtar: Saki • essay by Otto Penzler
• 175 • Sredni Vashtar • non-genre • (1910) • short story by Saki
• 178 • The Seed from the Sepulcher: Clark Ashton Smith • essay by Otto Penzler
• 179 • The Seed from the Sepulcher • (1933) • short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 186 • Leiningen versus the Ants: Carl Stephenson • essay by Otto Penzler
• 187 • Leiningen Versus the Ants • (1938) • novelette by Carl Stephenson (trans. of Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen 1937)
• 200 • The Sea Raiders: H. G. Wells • essay by Otto Penzler
• 201 • The Sea Raiders • (1896) • short story by H. G. Wells (variant of The Sea-Raiders)
• 348 • Nor Idolatry Blind the Eye: Gabriel Hunt • essay by Otto Penzler
• 349 • Nor Idolatry Blind the Eye • [Gabriel Hunt] • (2009) • novelette by Charles Ardai [as by Gabriel Hunt]
• 380 • Snake-Head: Theodore Roscoe • essay by Otto Penzler
• 381 • Snake-Head • (1939) • novelette by Theodore Roscoe
• 445 • After King Kong Fell: Philip José Farmer • essay by Otto Penzler
• 446 • After King Kong Fell • [Wold Newton] • (1973) • short story by
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• 497 • The Girl in the Golden Atom: Ray Cummings • essay by Otto Penzler
• 498 • The Girl in the Golden Atom • [The Scientific Club] • (1919) • novella by Ray Cummings
• 528 • To Serve Man: Damon Knight • essay by Otto Penzler
• 529 • To Serve Man • (1950) • short story by Damon Knight
• 534 • Armageddon—2419 A.D.: Phillip Francis Nowlan • essay by Otto Penzler
• 536 •  
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  • (1928) • interior artwork by Frank R. Paul
• 537 • Armageddon—2419 A. D. • [Buck Rogers • 1] • (1928) • novella by Philip Francis Nowlan
• 625 • The Copper Bowl: George Fielding Eliot • essay by Otto Penzler
• 626 • The Copper Bowl • (1928) • short story by George Fielding Eliot
• 633 • The Hand of the Mandarin Quong: Sax Rohmer • essay by Otto Penzler
• 634 • The Hand of the Mandarin Quong • (1922) • short story by Sax Rohmer (variant of The Mystery of the Shriveled Hand)
• 659 • The Slave Brand of Sleman Bin Ali: James Anson Buck • essay by Otto Penzler
• 660 • The Slave Brand of Sleman bin Ali • [Sheena] • (1951) • novelette by James Anson Buck
• 704 • Hunter Quatermain's Story: H. Rider Haggard • essay by Otto Penzler
• 705 • Hunter Quatermain's Story • non-genre • [Allan Quatermain • 6] • (1885) • short story by H. Rider Haggard
• 741 • Tarzan the Terrible: Edgar Rice Burroughs • essay by Otto Penzler
• 742 • Tarzan the Terrible • [Tarzan • 8] • (1921) • novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs