Foreword Introduction Harrison Bergeron / Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. Forgetfulness / John W.Campbell, Jr. Special flight / John Berryman Chronopolis / J.G. Ballard Triceratops / Kono Tensei Man who lost the sea / Theodore Sturgeon On the inside track / Karl Michael Armer Golem / Avram Davidson New prehistory / Rene Rebetez-Cortes Meeting with Medusa / Arthur C.Clarke Valley of echoes / Gerard Klein Fifth head of Cerberus / Gene Wolfe Chaste planet / John Updike Blind pilot / Nathalie-Charles Henneberg Men who murdered Mohammed / Alfred Bester Pairpuppets / Manuel van Loggem Two dooms / C.M.Kornbluth Tale of the computer that fought a dragon / Stanislaw Lem Green hills of earth / Robert A. Heinlein Ghost V / Robert Sheckley Phantom of Kansas / John Varley Captain Nemo's last adventure / Josef Nasvadba Inconstant moon / Larry Niven Gold at the starbow's end / Frederik Pohl Sign in space / Italo Calvino Spiral / Italo Calvino Dead past / Isaac Asimov Lens / Annemarie van Ewyck Hurkle is a happy beast / Theodore Sturgeon Zero hour / Ray Bradbury Nine lives / Ursula K. Le Guin Muse / Anthony Burgess Public hating / Steve Allen Poor superman / Fritz Leiber Angouleme / Thomas M. Disch Stranger station / Damon Knight Dead fish / Boris Vian I was the first to find you / Kirill Bulychev Lineman / Walter M. Miller, Jr. Tlon, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius / Jorge Luis Borges Codemus / Tor Age Bringsvaerd Kind of artistry / Brian Aldiss Second variety / Philip K. Dick Weihnachtsavend / Keith Roberts I do not love thee, Doctor Fell / Robert Bloch Aye, and Gomorrah... / Samuel R. Delany How erg the self-inducting slew a paleface / Stanislaw Lem Nobody's home / Joanna Russ Party line / Gerard Klein Proud robot / Lewis Padgett Vintage season / Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore Way to Amalteia / Arkady and Boris Strugatsky