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• x • Introduction (Creations: The Quest for Origins in Story and Science) • (1983) • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 3 • Imagine (excerpt from The Listeners) • (1972) • short fiction by James E. Gunn
• 6 • Genesis 1: 1-19 (excerpt) • (1983) • short fiction by The Holy Bible (variant of Genesis 1: 1-19 (Excerpt)) [as by New English Bible]
• 8 • The First One-Hundredth Second (excerpt from The First Three Minutes) • (1976) • essay by Steven Weinberg
• 20 • Project Genesis • [Ijon Tichy] • (1981) • short story by
  Stanisław Lem^?Stanislaw Lem
  (trans. of
  Podróż osiemnasta^?Podroz osiemnasta
  1971) [as by Stanislaw Lem]
• 30 • The Creator • (1935) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
• 54 • Exposures • (1981) • short story by Gregory Benford
• 67 • The Crucial Asymmetry • [Asimov's Essays: F&SF] • (1981) • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 81 • The Living Galaxy • (1934) • short story by Laurence Manning
• 93 • Non-Isotropic • (1978) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• 101 • The Song of Creation • (1983) • poem by Hindu Rg-Veda
• 105 • Kindergarten • (1970) • short story by James E. Gunn
• 108 • The Seesaw • [Weapon Shops of Isher] • (1941) • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 126 • Heathen God • (1971) • short story by George Zebrowski
• 135 • The Sun's Family (excerpt from Broca's Brain) • (1979) • essay by Carl Sagan
• 147 • Genesis 1:20-25 (excerpt) • (1983) • short fiction by The Holy Bible (variant of Genesis 1:20-25 (Excerpt)) [as by New English Bible]
• 148 • Experiment (excerpt: chapter 38 of 2001: A Space Odyssey) • (1968) • short fiction by Arthur C. Clarke
• 151 • Seeds of the Dusk • [When Earth Is Old • 1] • (1938) • novelette by Raymond Z. Gallun
• 177 • The Threat of Creationism • (1981) • essay by Isaac Asimov
• 188 • The Cosmic Connection • (1973) • essay by Carl Sagan
• 195 • Genesis 1:26-31 and Genesis 2:1-25 (excerpt) • (1983) • short fiction by The Holy Bible [as by New English Bible]
• 198 • First Person Singular • (1950) • novelette by Eric Frank Russell
• 237 • The Grisly Folk • (1921) • essay by H. G. Wells
• 249 • Transfusion • (1959) • novelette by Chad Oliver
• 286 • The Doctor • (1967) • short story by Theodore L. Thomas
• 293 • The Ugly Little Boy • (1958) • novelette by Isaac Asimov (variant of Lastborn)
• 330 • Mine Own Ways • (1960) • short story by Richard McKenna
• 345 • A Letter from God • (1981) • short story by Ian Watson