introduction (nf) david g. hartwell
beam us home (short story) james tiptree, jr. (galaxy vol.28 #3, 4/1969)
ministering angels (ss) c. s. lewis (saturday review of literature 28/5/1955) (f&sf vol.14 #1, 1/1958)
the music master of babylon (novelette) edgar pangborn (galaxy vol.9 #2, 11/1954) (bre #25)
a story of the days to come (novella) h. g. wells (1899)
hot planet (ss) hal clement (galaxy vol.21 #6, 8/1963, cover story art by john pederson jr., 4 b+w illustrations by virgil finlay)
a work of art (ss) james blish (science fiction stories vol.7 #1, 7/1956, as ''art-work'')
the machine stops (ntte) e. m. forster (oxford & cambridge mathematical review michaelmas term/1909)
brightness falls from the air (ss) margaret st. clair (f&sf vol.2 #2, 4/1951, bre vol.2 #1, as by ''idris seabright'')
2066: election day (ss) michael shaara (astounding vol. lviii #4, bre vol.13 #4, 4/1957)
the rose (nlla) charles l. harness (authentic #31, 3/1953, cover story, art by john richards)
the hounds of tindalos (ss) frank belknap long (weird tales vol. xiii #3, 3/1929)
the angel of violence (ss) adam wisniewski-snerg (''aniol przemocy'' (1978) translated by thomasz mirkowicz)
nobody bothers gus (ss) algis budrys (astounding vol. lvi #3, 11/1955, bre vol. xii #4, 4/1956)
the time machine (ss) dino buzzati (''la macchina che fermera il tiempo'' corriere della sera 19/1/1952, translated by ?lawrence venuti?))
mother (ntte) philip josé farmer (thrilling wonder stories vol. xlii #1, 4/1953)
as easy as a.b.c. (ntte) rudyard kipling (the london magazine 3, 4/1912)
ginungagap (ntte) michael swannick (triquarterly #49, fall/1980)
minister without portfolio (ss) mildred clingerman (f&sf vol.3 #1, 2/1952)
time in advance (ntte) william tenn (galaxy vol.12 #4, 8/1956)
good night, sophie (ntte) lino aldani (''buonanotte, sofia'' (1963) translated by l. k. conrad (1973))
veritas (ntte) james morrow (''synergy vol.1'' ed. george zebrowski (1987))
enchanted village (ss) a. e. van vogt (other worlds vol.2 #1, 7/1950)
the king and the dollmaker (nlla) wolfgang jeschke ('der könig und der puffenmacher'' (1970))
fire watch (ntte) connie willis (iamsf vol.6 #2, 15/2/1982)
goat song (ntte) poul anderson (f&sf vol.42 #2, 2/1972)
the scarlet plague (nlla) jack london (the london magazine 6/1912)
drunkboat (ntte) cordwainer smith (amazing vol.37 #10, 10/1963 cover story, art by lloyd birmingham)
another world (ntte) j. h. rosny aîné (''un autre monde'' (1895) translated by ?)
if the stars are gods (ntte) gregory benford, gordon eklund (''universe 4'' ed. terry carr (1974))
i still call australia home (ss) george turner (aurealis #1, 4/1990)
liquid sunshine (ntte) alexander kuprin (''zheedkoye kolntze'' (1913) translated by leland fetzer (1982))
great work of time (nlla) john crowley (''novelty'' john crowley (1989))
sundance (ss) robert silverberg (f&sf vol.36 #6, 6/1969)
greenslaves (ntte) frank herbert (amazing vol.39 #3, 3/1965, cover story, art by gray morrow)
rumfuddle (nlla) jack vance (''three trips in time and space'' ed. robert silverberg (1973))
the dimple in draco (ss) r. s. richardson (''orbit 2'' ed..damon knight (1967) as by philip latham)
consider her ways (nlla) john wyndham (''sometime, never'' ed. anonymous (1956))
something ending (ss) eddy bertin (''het einde van iets'' (1971) translated by ?eddy bertin?)
he who shapes (nlla) roger zelazny (amazing vol.39 #1, #2, 1/1965, 2/1965)
swarm (ntte) bruce sterling (f&sf vol.62 #4, 4/1982 cover story, art by carl lundgren)
beggars in spain (nlla) nancy kress (''beggars in spain'' 2/1991; iamsf vol.15 #4+5, 4/1991)
johnny mnemonic (ss) william gibson (omni vol.3 #8, 5/1981)
''repent, harlequin!'' said the ticktockman (ss) harlan ellison (galaxy vol.24 #2, 12/1965)
blood's a rover (nlla) chad oliver (astounding vol xlix #3, 5/1952, bre vol. viii #10, 10/1952, cover story, art by van dongen)
sail the tide of mourning (ss) richard a. lupoff (''new dimensions 5'' ed. robert silverberg (1975))
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reprint anthology of 10 novellas, 16 novelettes and 19 short stories, each with an individual half to one page introduction, plus introduction to the anthology by david g. hartwell