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• 11 • Introduction (The Science Fiction Century) • (1997) • essay by David G. Hartwell
• 15 • Beam Us Home • (1969) • short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 25 • Ministering Angels • (1955) • short story by C. S. Lewis
• 33 • The Music Master of Babylon • [Tales of a Darkening World] • (1954) • novelette by Edgar Pangborn
• 51 • A Story of the Days to Come • (1899) • novella by H. G. Wells
• 106 • Hot Planet • (1963) • short story by Hal Clement
• 121 • A Work of Art • (1956) • short story by James Blish
• 133 • The Machine Stops • (1909) • novelette by E. M. Forster
• 155 • Brightness Falls from the Air • (1951) • short story by Margaret St. Clair
• 160 • 2066: Election Day • (1956) • short story by Michael Shaara
• 171 • The Rose • (1997) • novella by Charles L. Harness [as by Charles Harness]
• 226 • The Hounds of Tindalos • [Cthulhu Mythos (Lovecraft contemporary)] • (1929) • short story by Frank Belknap Long
• 236 • The Angel of Violence • (1997) • short story by
  Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg^?Adam Wisniewski-Snerg
  (trans. of
  Anioł przemocy^?Aniol przemocy
  1978) [as by Adam Wisniewski-Snerg]
• 245 • Nobody Bothers Gus • [Gus] • (1955) • short story by Algis Budrys
• 255 • The Time Machine • (1984) • short story by Dino Buzzati (trans. of La macchina che fermera il tempo 1952)
• 259 • Mother • (1953) • novelette by
  Philip José Farmer^?Philip Jose Farmer
• 279 • As Easy As A. B. C. • [Aerial Board of Control • 2] • (1912) • novelette by Rudyard Kipling
• 298 • Ginungagap • (1980) • novelette by Michael Swanwick
• 321 • Minister Without Portfolio • (1952) • short story by Mildred Clingerman
• 327 • Time in Advance • (1956) • novelette by William Tenn
• 346 • Good Night, Sophie • (1973) • novelette by Lino Aldani (trans. of Buonanotte Sofia 1963)
• 363 • Veritas • (1987) • novelette by James Morrow
• 376 • Enchanted Village • (1950) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 387 • The King and the Dollmaker • (1970) • novella by Wolfgang Jeschke (trans. of
  Der König und der Puppenmacher^?Der Koenig und der Puppenmacher
  1961)
• 429 • Fire Watch • [Time Travel] • (1982) • novelette by Connie Willis
• 456 • Goat Song • (1972) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 480 • The Scarlet Plague • (1912) • novella by Jack London