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• 3 • Introduction (Isaac Asimov Presents the Golden Years of Science Fiction: Sixth Series) • (1984) • essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• 12 • The Red Queen's Race • (1949) • novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 36 • Flaw • (1949) • short story by John D. MacDonald
• 45 • Private Eye • (1949) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 73 • Manna • (1949) • novelette by Peter Phillips
• 98 • The Prisoner in the Skull • (1949) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 135 • Alien Earth • (1949) • novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• 160 • History Lesson • (1949) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 169 • Eternity Lost • (1949) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
• 196 • The Only Thing We Learn • (1949) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 207 • Private - Keep Out! • (1949) • short story by Philip MacDonald
• 223 • The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast • (1949) • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 232 • Kaleidoscope • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 242 • Defense Mechanism • (1949) • short story by Katherine MacLean
• 251 • Cold War • [Hogben • 5] • (1949) • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]
• 276 • The Witches of Karres • [Karres] • (1949) • novelette by James H. Schmitz
• 318 • Not with a Bang • (1950) • short story by Damon Knight
• 324 • Spectator Sport • (1950) • short story by John D. MacDonald
• 331 • There Will Come Soft Rains • [The Martian Chronicles] • (1950) • short story by Ray Bradbury
• 339 • Dear Devil • (1950) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell
• 375 • Scanners Live in Vain • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1950) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 410 • Born of Man and Woman • (1950) • short story by Richard Matheson
• 414 • The Little Black Bag • (1950) • novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
• 443 • Enchanted Village • (1950) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 459 • Oddy and Id • (1950) • short story by Alfred Bester
• 475 • The Sack • (1950) • short story by William Morrison
• 495 • The Silly Season • (1950) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 510 • Misbegotten Missionary • (1950) • short story by Isaac Asimov (variant of Green Patches)
• 526 • To Serve Man • (1950) • short story by Damon Knight
• 535 • Coming Attraction • (1950) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 549 • A Subway Named Mobius • (1950) • short story by A. J. Deutsch
• 565 • Process • (1950) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 572 • The Mindworm • (1950) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• 586 • The New Reality • (1950) • novelette by Charles L. Harness