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• 1 • Introduction (SF: The Best of the Best) • (1967) • essay by Judith Merril
• 9 • The Hoofer • (1955) • short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• 21 • Bulkhead • (1955) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 56 • The Anything Box • (1956) • short story by Zenna Henderson
• 71 • Prima Belladonna • [Vermilion Sands] • (1956) • short story by J. G. Ballard
• 86 • Casey Agonistes • (1958) • short story by Richard McKenna
• 98 • A Death in the House • (1959) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
• 119 • Space-Time for Springers • [Gummitch the Cat] • (1958) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 132 • Pelt • (1958) • short story by Carol Emshwiller
• 143 • Stranger Station • (1956) • novelette by Damon Knight
• 169 • Satellite Passage • (1958) • short story by Theodore L. Thomas
• 180 • No, No, Not Rogov! • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1959) • short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 199 • Compounded Interest • (1956) • short story by Mack Reynolds
• 213 • Junior • (1956) • short story by Robert Abernathy
• 221 • Sense from Thought Divide • [Ralph Kennedy] • (1955) • novelette by Mark Clifton
• 255 • Mariana • (1960) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• 261 • Plenitude • (1959) • short story by Will Mohler [as by Will Worthington]
• 274 • Day at the Beach • (1959) • short story by Carol Emshwiller
• 285 • Let's Be Frank • (1957) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 295 • The Wonder Horse • (1957) • short story by George Byram
• 310 • Nobody Bothers Gus • [Gus] • (1955) • short story by Algis Budrys
• 325 • The Prize of Peril • (1958) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 344 • The Handler • (1960) • short story by Damon Knight
• 349 • The Golem • (1955) • short story by Avram Davidson
• 355 • The Sound Sweep • (1960) • novelette by J. G. Ballard (variant of The Sound-Sweep)
• 395 • Hickory, Dickory, Kerouac • (1958) • short story by Richard Gehman
• 398 • Dreaming Is a Private Thing • (1955) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• 415 • The Public Hating • (1955) • short story by Steve Allen
• 423 • You Know Willie • (1957) • short story by Theodore R. Cogswell
• 428 • One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts • non-genre • (1955) • short story by Shirley Jackson