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Special Wonder volume 1 ed. J. Francis McComas (Beagle Books 95044, Jan ’71, 95¢, 235pp, pb); The first half of the hardcover edition (Random House 1970).

xiii · Introduction · J. Francis McComas · in
1 · Journeys End · Poul Anderson · ss F&SF Feb ’57
12 · The Brazen Locked Room · Isaac Asimov · ss F&SF Nov ’56
19 · The Fire Balloons [“‘In This Sign...’”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Imagination Apr ’51
39 · The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out [Papa Schimmelhorn] · Reginald Bretnor · ss F&SF Win/Spr ’50
55 · Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot · Grendel Briarton · vi The Baker Street Journal Jun ’67
57 · Puppet Show · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy Nov ’62
68 · Puzzle for Spacemen · John Brunner · nv New Worlds Dec ’55
95 · Aunt Agatha · Doris Pitkin Buck · vi F&SF Oct ’52
98 · The Wild Wood · Mildred Clingerman · ss F&SF Jan ’57
108 · King’s Evil · Avram Davidson · ss F&SF Oct ’56
118 · Cruelty · Jon DeCles · ss Special Wonder, ed. J. Francis McComas, Random, 1970
132 · The Apotheosis of Ki · Miriam Allen deFord · ss F&SF Dec ’56
139 · The Shape of Things That Came · Richard Deming · ss F&SF Oct ’51
147 · The Three · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Startling Stories May ’53
162 · Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight May ’67
184 · Prometheus [Father John Carmody] · Philip José Farmer · na F&SF Mar ’61
Special Wonder volume 2 ed. J. Francis McComas (Beagle Books 95057, Feb ’71, 95¢, 256pp, pb); The second half of the hardcover edition (Random House 1970).

15 · Ransom · H. B. Fyfe · ss F&SF Feb ’52
24 · The Muddle of the Woad [Lord Darcy] · Randall Garrett · na Analog Jun ’65
87 · You’re Another · Damon Knight · nv F&SF Jun ’55
123 · Old Man Henderson · Kris Neville · ss F&SF Jun ’51
134 · He Kilt It with a Stick · William F. Nolan · ss F&SF Feb ’68
141 · The Canvas Bag · Alan E. Nourse · ss F&SF Apr ’55
153 · Pilgrimage · Chad Oliver · ss F&SF Feb ’58
173 · Gun for Hire · Mack Reynolds · ss Analog Dec ’60
190 · Brightness Falls from the Air [contest story] · Margaret St. Clair · ss F&SF Apr ’51
197 · Built Up Logically [“The Universal Panacea”] · Howard Schoenfeld · ss Retort Win ’49; F&SF Fll ’50
209 · Warm Man · Robert Silverberg · ss F&SF May ’57
222 · Green Magic · Jack Vance · ss F&SF Jun ’63
238 · Deny the Slake [Ernest Hotaling] · Richard Wilson · ss Infinity Science Fiction Apr ’57
Hot & Cold Running Cities ed. Georgess McHargue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1974, hc)

· Introduction · Georgess McHargue · in
· Enchanted Village · A. E. van Vogt · ss Other Worlds Jul ’50
· The Deeps · Keith Roberts · ss Orbit 1, ed. Damon Knight, Berkley Medallion, 1966
· The Menace from Earth · Robert A. Heinlein · nv F&SF Aug ’57
· Metropolitan Nightmare · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm, 1927
· The Luckiest Man in Denv [as by Simon Eisner] · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Galaxy Jun ’52
· The City That Loves You · Raymond E. Banks · ss Galaxy Mar ’69
· The Place Where Chicago Was · Jim Harmon · nv Galaxy Feb ’62
· Natural State · Damon Knight · na Galaxy Jan ’54
· Plenitude · Will Worthington · ss F&SF Nov ’59
One in Three Hundred J. T. McIntosh (Doubleday, 1954, hc) [Bill Easson]

· One in Three Hundred · nv F&SF Feb ’53
· One in a Thousand · na F&SF Jan ’54
· One Too Many · na F&SF Sep ’54
Aurora: Beyond Equality ed. Vonda N. McIntyre & Susan J. Anderson (Fawcett Gold Medal P3515, May ’76, $1.25, 222pp, pb)

11 · Feminism and Science Fiction: Beyond Bems and Boobs · Susan J. Anderson · in
16 · Your Faces, O My Sisters! Your Faces Filled of Light! · Raccoona Sheldon · ss *
36 · Houston, Houston, Do You Read? · James Tiptree, Jr. · na *
99 · The Mothers, the Mothers, How Eerily It Sounds · Dave Skal · ss *
107 · The Antrim Hills · Mildred Downey Broxon · nv *
130 · Is Gender Necessary? · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar *
140 · Corruption · Joanna Russ · ss *
156 · Here Be Dragons · P. J. Plauger · ss *
175 · Why Has the Virgin Mary Never Entered the Wigwam of Standing Bear? · Craig Strete · ss *
182 · Woman on the Edge of Time · Marge Piercy · nv *
219 · Other Works of Interest · Misc. · bi
221 · About the Authors · Misc. · bg
Casey Agonistes, and Other S.F. & Fantasy Stories Richard M. McKenna (Harper & Row, 1973, hc)

· Introduction · Damon Knight · in
· Casey Agonistes · ss F&SF Sep ’58
· Hunter, Come Home · nv F&SF Mar ’63
· The Secret Place · ss Orbit 1, ed. Damon Knight, Berkley Medallion, 1966
· Mine Own Ways · ss F&SF Feb ’60
· Fiddler’s Green · nv Orbit 2, ed. Damon Knight, Berkley Medallion, 1967
Hawk Among the Sparrows Dean McLaughlin (Scribner’s, 1976, hc)

· Touring the Workshop · in
· Hawk Among the Sparrows · na Analog Jul ’68
· The Permanent Implosion · nv Analog Feb ’64
· The Brotherhood of Keepers · nv Astounding Jul ’60
Above the Human Landscape ed. Willis E. McNelly & Leon E. Stover (Pacific Palisades, CA: Goodyear Publishing 0-87620-003-X, 1972, hc); A Social Science Fiction Anthology.

vii · Introduction · Willis E. McNelly & Leon E. Stover · in
3 · The Highway [as by Leonard Spalding] · Ray Bradbury · ss Copy Spr ’50
7 · The Waveries · Fredric Brown · ss Astounding Jan ’45
27 · The Mother of Necessity · Chad Oliver · ss Another Kind, Ballantine, 1955
39 · Black Is Beautiful · Robert Silverberg · ss The Year 2000, ed. Harry Harrison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970
51 · Golden Acres · Kit Reed · nv Mister Da V. and Other Stories, Faber & Faber, 1967
71 · Adrift on the Policy Level · Chandler Davis · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #5, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1959
87 · “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · Harlan Ellison · ss Galaxy Dec ’65
97 · Balanced Ecology · James H. Schmitz · ss Analog Mar ’65
113 · Positive Feedback · Christopher Anvil · ss Analog Aug ’65
135 · Poppa Needs Shorts · Walt & Leigh Richmond · ss Analog Jan ’64
143 · The Great Radio Peril · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Apr ’37
153 · Rescue Operation · Harry Harrison · ss Analog Dec ’64
166 · Slow Tuesday Night · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Apr ’65
173 · Light of Other Days [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Aug ’66
181 · Who Can Replace a Man? [“But Who Can Replace a Man?”] · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Infinity Science Fiction Jun ’58
193 · What We Have Here Is Too Much Communication · Leon E. Stover · ss Orbit 9, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1971
205 · The Handler · Damon Knight · ss Rogue Aug ’60
209 · They · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Unknown Apr ’41
223 · Carcinoma Angels · Norman Spinrad · ss Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967
231 · Shattered Like a Glass Goblin · Harlan Ellison · ss Orbit 4, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1968
239 · The New Sound · Charles Beaumont · ss F&SF Jun ’55
247 · Rat Race · Raymond F. Jones · ss Analog Apr ’66
261 · Coming-of-Age Day · A. K. Jorgensson · ss Science-Fantasy #76 ’65
272 · Ecce Femina! · Bruce McAllister · nv F&SF Feb ’72
300 · Seventh Victim · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Apr ’53
312 · Roommates · Harry Harrison · nv The Ruins of Earth, ed. Thomas M. Disch, Putnam, 1971; basis for novel Make Room! Make Room!
332 · Mr. Costello, Hero · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Dec ’53
355 · Science Fiction as Culture Criticism · Willis E. McNelly & Leon E. Stover · ar
375 · Preface · Misc. · pr
377 · Apeman, Spaceman—or 2001’s Answer to the World Riddle · Leon E. Stover · mr Amazing Mar ’69
383 · Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse-Five: Science Fiction as Objective Correlative · Willis E. McNelly · ar
Ancestral Voices ed. Douglas Menville & R. Reginald (Arno Press 0-405-06305-9, 1974, hc)

· A Glance Ahead: Being a Christmas Tale of A.D. 3568 · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Over the Plum Pudding, Harper, 1901
· The Third Eye · Robert W. Chambers · ss Police!!!, Appleton, 1915
· The Space Annihilator [“Martin Bradley’s Space Annihilator”] · Harle Oren Cummins · ss Argosy Sep ’01
· A Corner in Lightning · George Griffith · ss Pearson’s Magazine Mar, 1898
· The Lizard · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · ss The Strand Jun, 1898
· The Romance of the First Radical · Andrew Lang · ss In the Wrong Paradise, and Other Stories, 1886
· The Red One · Jack London · nv Cosmopolitan Oct ’18
· Beyond the Spectrum · Morgan Robertson · ss, 1914
· Impossibility, a Study of Reason and Science · James F. Sullivan · ss The Strand Mar, 1892
· Love and the Triangle · Stanley Waterloo · ss, 1899
The Best of Judith Merril Judith Merril (Warner, Jan ’76, pb)

· Introduction · Virginia Kidd · in
· That Only a Mother · ss Astounding Jun ’48
· The Shrine of Temptation · ss Fantastic Apr ’62
· Whoever You Are · nv Startling Stories Dec ’52
· Daughters of Earth [Uller] · na The Petrified Planet, ed. Anon., Twayne, 1952
· Stormy Weather · ss Startling Stories Sum ’54
· Dead Center · nv F&SF Nov ’54
· The Lady Was a Tramp [as by Rose Sharon] · ss Venture Mar ’57
· Wish Upon a Star · ss F&SF Dec ’58
· The Lonely · ss Worlds of Tomorrow Oct ’63
· Auction Pit · pm, 1946
· In the Land of Unblind · vi F&SF Oct ’74
Daughters of Earth Judith Merril (London: Gollancz, 1968, 30/-, 256pp, hc)

· Project Nursemaid · na F&SF Oct ’55
· Daughters of Earth [Uller] · na The Petrified Planet, ed. Anon., Twayne, 1952
· Homecalling · na Science Fiction Stories Nov ’56
Out of Bounds Judith Merril (Pyramid G499, Apr ’60, 35¢, 160pp, pb)

7 · Introduction · Theodore Sturgeon · in
11 · That Only a Mother · ss Astounding Jun ’48
22 · Peeping Tom · nv Startling Stories Spr ’54
47 · The Lady Was a Tramp [as by Rose Sharon] · ss Venture Mar ’57
67 · Whoever You Are · nv Startling Stories Dec ’52
96 · Connection Completed · ss Universe Nov ’54
108 · Dead Center · nv F&SF Nov ’54
137 · Death Cannot Wither · nv F&SF Feb ’59
Survival Ship and Other Stories Judith Merril (Canada: Kakabeka, 1974, pb)

· Introduction · Donald F. Theall · in
· Prologue · in
· Survival Ship · ss Worlds Beyond Jan ’51
· Wish Upon a Star · ss F&SF Dec ’58
· Exile from Space · nv Fantastic Universe Nov ’56
· Connection Completed · ss Universe Nov ’54
· The Shrine of Temptation · ss Fantastic Apr ’62
· Peeping Tom · nv Startling Stories Spr ’54
· The Lady Was a Tramp [as by Rose Sharon] · ss Venture Mar ’57
· Auction Pit · pm, 1946
· So Proudly We Hail · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
· The Deep Down Dragon · ss Galaxy Aug ’61
· Whoever You Are · nv Startling Stories Dec ’52
· Death Is the Penalty · ss Astounding Jan ’49
· The Lonely · ss Worlds of Tomorrow Oct ’63
The 5th Annual of the Year’s Best S-F ed. Judith Merril (Simon & Schuster, 1960, $3.95, 320pp, hc); In England as The Best of Science Fiction 5.

· Introduction · Judith Merril · in
· The Handler · Damon Knight · ss Rogue Aug ’60
· The Other Wife · Jack Finney · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 30 ’60
· No Fire Burns · Avram Davidson · ss Playboy Jul ’59
· No, No, Not Rogov! · Cordwainer Smith · ss If Feb ’59
· The Shoreline at Sunset · Ray Bradbury · ss F&SF Mar ’59
· The Dreamsman · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #6, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1959
· Multum in Parvo · Jack Sharkey · gp Gent Dec ’59
· Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes · nv F&SF Apr ’59
· “What Do You Mean...Human?” · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed Astounding Sep ’59
· Sierra Sam · Ralph Dighton · ar The New York Times Jan ’60
· A Death in the House · Clifford D. Simak · ss Galaxy Oct ’59
· Mariana · Fritz Leiber · ss Fantastic Feb ’60
· Inquiry Concerning the Curvature of the Earth’s Surface · Roger Price · ss Monocle Win ’59
· Day at the Beach · Carol Emshwiller · ss F&SF Aug ’59
· Hot Argument · Randall Garrett · pm F&SF Feb ’60
· What the Left Hand Was Doing [Brian Taggert] · Darrel T. Langart · nv Astounding Feb ’60
· The Sound-Sweep · J. G. Ballard · nv Science-Fantasy #39 ’60
· Plenitude · Will Worthington · ss F&SF Nov ’59
· The Man Who Lost the Sea · Theodore Sturgeon · ss F&SF Oct ’59
· Make a Prison · Lawrence Block · ss Science Fiction Stories Jan ’59
· What Now, Little Man? · Mark Clifton · nv F&SF Dec ’59
· Me · Hilbert Schenck · pm F&SF Aug ’59
· The Year’s S-F, Summation and Honorable Mentions · Judith Merril · ms
The 6th Annual of the Year’s Best S-F ed. Judith Merril (Simon & Schuster, 1961, $3.95, 384pp, hc); In England as The Best of Science Fiction.

· Introduction · Judith Merril · in
· Double, Double, Toil and Trouble · Holley Cantine · ss F&SF Jan ’60
· The Never-Ending Penny · Bernard Wolfe · nv Playboy Sep ’60
· The Fellow Who Married the Maxill Girl · Ward Moore · nv F&SF Feb ’60
· Something Invented Me · R. C. Phelan · ss The Reporter Oct ’60
· A Sigh for Cybernetics · Felicia Lamport · pm Harper’s Jan ’61
· Obvious! · Michael Ffolkes · ct Punch Oct 3 ’60
· I Remember Babylon · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Playboy May ’60
· The Lagging Profession · Leonard Lockhard · sf Analog Jan ’61
· The Distortion · Shel Silverstein · ct Playboy May ’60
· Report on the Nature of the Lunar Surface · John Brunner · ss Astounding Aug ’60
· J.G. [from J.G. the Upright Ape] · Roger Price · ex, 1960
· Chief · Henry Slesar · vi Playboy Jun ’60; After, gp
· Psalm · Lester del Rey · pp Fantastic Universe Mar ’60
· The Large Ant · Howard Fast · ss Fantastic Universe Feb ’60
· A Rose by Other Name... · Christopher Anvil · ss Astounding Jan ’60
· Enchantment · Elizabeth Emmett · ss The Saturday Evening Post Oct 1 ’60
· Thiotimoline and the Space Age [Thiotimoline] · Isaac Asimov · sf Analog Oct ’60
· Beach Scene · Marshall King · ss Galaxy Oct ’60
· Creature of the Snows · William Sambrot · ss The Saturday Evening Post Oct 29 ’60
· Abominable · Fredric Brown · vi Dude Mar ’60; Portfolio, gp
· The Man on Top · Reginald Bretnor · ss Esquire Oct ’51; F&SF Sep ’60
· David’s Daddy · Rosel George Brown · ss Fantastic Jun ’60
· The Thinkers · Walt Kelly · ct The Hall Syndicate Jan ’61
· Something Bright · Zenna Henderson · ss Galaxy Feb ’60
· In the House, Another · Joseph Whitehill · vi F&SF Apr ’60
· A Serious Search for Weird Worlds · Ray Bradbury · ar Life Oct ’60
· Ed Lear Wasn’t So Crazy! · Hilbert Schenck · pm F&SF Jun ’60
· Instructor · Thelwell · ct Punch Jan ’61
· The Brotherhood of Keepers · Dean McLaughlin · nv Astounding Jul ’60
· Hemingway in Space · Kingsley Amis · ss Punch Dec ’60
· Mine Own Ways · Richard M. McKenna · ss F&SF Feb ’60
· Old Hundredth · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Nov ’60
· Radiation Blues · Theodore R. Cogswell · sg, 1960
· Blowup Blues · Theodore R. Cogswell · sg, 1960
· Ballad of the Shoshonu · Gordon R. Dickson · sg *
· How to Think a Science Fiction Story [excerpt] · G. Harry Stine · ar Analog May ’61
· The Year in S-F · Judith Merril · ms
· S-F Books—1960 · Anthony Boucher · ms
· Honorable Mentions · Misc. · bi
The 7th Annual of the Year’s Best S-F ed. Judith Merril (Simon & Schuster, 1962, $4.50, 399pp, hc); In England as The Best of Science Fiction 2.

· Oneiromachia · Conrad Aiken · pm Atlantic Monthly Oct ’61
· A Passage from the Stars · Kaatje Hurlbut · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 13 ’61
· Among the Dangs [excerpt] · George P. Elliott · ex Esquire Jun ’58
· Immediately Yours · Robert Beverly Hale · ss Mademoiselle Nov ’61
· Parky · David Rome · ss Science-Fantasy #48 ’61
· The Fastest Gun Dead [Hiram Pertwee] · Julian F. Grow · ss If Mar ’61
· All the Tea in China · Reginald Bretnor · ss F&SF May ’61
· The Portobello Road · Muriel Spark · nv Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan, 1956
· Ottmar Balleau X 2 · George Bamber · ss Rogue Mar ’61
· The Dandelion Girl · Robert F. Young · ss The Saturday Evening Post Apr 1 ’61
· Nightmare in Time · Fredric Brown · vi Dude May ’61; Five Nightmares, gp
· Looking Backward · Jules Feiffer · ct The Hall Syndicate Dec ’61
· Three Prologues and an Epilogue · John Dos Passos · pm Audit Spr ’61
· It Becomes Necessary [“The Cold Peace”] · Ward Moore · ss Gent Oct ’61
· My Trial as a War Criminal · Leo Szilard · ss University of Chicago Law Review Fll ’49
· A Prize for Edie · J. F. Bone · ss Analog Apr ’61
· Freedom · Mack Reynolds · nv Analog Feb ’61
· High Barbary · Lawrence Durrell · ss Mademoiselle Sep ’61
· The Quaker Cannon · Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth · nv Analog Aug ’61
· Quake, Quake, Quake [excerpt] · Paul Dehn · pm, 1961
· Quake, Quake, Quake [excerpt] · Edward Gorey · il, 1961
· Judas Bomb · Kit Reed · ss F&SF Apr ’61
· A Small Miracle of Fishhooks and Straight Pins · David R. Bunch · vi Fantastic Jun ’61
· The Tunnel Ahead · Alice Glaser · ss F&SF Nov ’61
· Extraterrestrial Trilogue on Terran Self-Destruction · Sheri Eberhart · pm Galaxy Aug ’61
· The Countdown · John Haase · ss New Yorker Oct ’61
· The Beat Cluster · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Oct ’61
· In Tomorrow’s Little Black Bag · James Blish · ar
· The Ship Who Sang [Helva] · Anne McCaffrey · nv F&SF Apr ’61
· A Planet Named Shayol · Cordwainer Smith · nv Galaxy Oct ’61
· The Asteroids, 2194 [“The Emptiness of Space”; Troons] · John Wyndham · ss New Worlds Nov ’60; Amazing Jan ’61
· The Long Night [“The Exploits of Argo”] · Ray Russell · ss Rogue Apr ’61
· To an Astronaut Dying Young · Maxine W. Kumin · pm Atlantic Monthly Dec ’61
· Summation: S-F, 1961 · Judith Merril · ms
· Books · Anthony Boucher · ms
· Honorable Mentions · Misc. · bi

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