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My Best Science Fiction Story ed. Leo Margulies & Oscar J. Friend (Pocket, May ’54, pb)

· Introduction to the Pocket Book Edition · Leo Margulies & Oscar J. Friend · in
· Why I Selected Robot AL-76 Goes Astray · Isaac Asimov · ai
· Robot AL-76 Goes Astray · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Feb ’42
· Why I Selected The Teacher from Mars · Eando Binder · ai
· The Teacher from Mars · Eando Binder · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb ’41
· Why I Selected Almost Human · Robert Bloch · ai
· Almost Human [as by Tarleton Fiske] · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures Jun ’43
· Why I Selected Blindness · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ai
· Blindness [as by Don A. Stuart] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ss Astounding Mar ’35
· Why I Selected The Inn Outside the World · Edmond Hamilton · ai
· The Inn Outside the World · Edmond Hamilton · ss Weird Tales Jul ’45
· Why I Selected Don’t Look Now · Henry Kuttner · ai
· Don’t Look Now · Henry Kuttner · ss Startling Stories Mar ’48
· Why I Selected The Lost Race · Murray Leinster · ai
· The Lost Race · Murray Leinster · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr ’49
· Why I Selected Doctor Grimshaw’s Sanitarium · Fletcher Pratt · ai
· Doctor Grimshaw’s Sanitarium · Fletcher Pratt · ss Amazing May ’34
· Why I Selected The Ultimate Catalyst · John Taine · ai
· The Ultimate Catalyst · John Taine · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun ’39
· Why I Selected Project—Spaceship · A. E. van Vogt · ai
· Project—Spaceship · A. E. van Vogt · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug ’49
· Why I Selected Space Station No. 1 · Manly Wade Wellman · ai
· Space Station No. 1 · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Argosy Oct 10 ’36
· Why I Selected Star Bright · Jack Williamson · ai
· Star Bright · Jack Williamson · nv Argosy Nov 25 ’39
Race to the Stars ed. Leo Margulies & Oscar J. Friend (Crest, Oct ’58, pb); 4 stories from Giant Anthology of Science Fiction.

· City of the Lost Ones [“Enchantress of Venus”; Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories Fll ’49
· Forgotten World · Edmond Hamilton · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Win ’46
· The Time Gate [“By His Bootstraps” as by Anson MacDonald] · Robert A. Heinlein · na Astounding Oct ’41
· The Sun Maker · Jack Williamson · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun ’40
Star Trek: The New Voyages ed. Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath (Bantam, Mar ’76, pb) [Star Trek]

· Foreword · Gene Roddenberry · fw
· Introduction: The Once and Future Voyages · Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath · in
· Introduction to Ni Var · Leonard Nimoy · in *
· Ni Var · Claire Gabriel · nv *
· Introduction to Intersection Point · James Doohan · in *
· Intersection Point · Juanita Coulson · nv *
· Introduction to the Enchanted Pool · Nichelle Nichols · in *
· The Enchanted Pool · Marcia Ericson · nv *
· Introduction to Visit to a Weird Planet Revisited · Majel B. Roddenberry · in *
· Visit to a Weird Planet Revisited · Ruth Berman · ss *
· Introduction to the Face on the Barroom Floor · George Takei · in *
· The Face on the Barroom Floor · Eleanor Arnason & Ruth Berman · nv *
· Introduction to the Hunting · Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath · in *
· The Hunting · Doris Beetem · ss *
· Introduction to the Winged Dreamers · Deforest Kelley · in *
· The Winged Dreamers · Jennifer Guttridge · nv *
· Introduction to Mind-Sifter · William Shatner · in *
· Mind-Sifter · Shirley S. Maiewski · na *
· Sonnet from the Vulcan: Omicron Ceti Three · Shirley Meech · pm *
A Song for Lya George R. R. Martin (Avon, Feb ’76, pb)

· With Morning Comes Mistfall · ss Analog May ’73
· The Second Kind of Loneliness · ss Analog Dec ’72
· Override · nv Analog Sep ’73
· Dark, Dark Were the Tunnels · ss Vertex Dec ’73
· The Hero · ss Galaxy Feb ’71
· FTA · vi Analog May ’74
· Run to Starlight · nv Amazing Dec ’74
· The Exit to San Breta · ss Fantastic Feb ’72
· Slide Show · ss Omega, ed. Roger Elwood, Walker, 1973
· A Song for Lya · na Analog Jun ’74
Songs of Stars and Shadows George R. R. Martin (Pocket 0-671-81277-7, Jul ’77, $1.75, 240pp, pb)

11 · Introduction · in
17 · This Tower of Ashes · ss Analog Annual, ed. Ben Bova, Pyramid, 1976
37 · Patrick Henry, Jupiter, and the Little Red Brick Spaceship · ss Amazing Dec ’76
55 · Men of Greywater Station · George R. R. Martin & Howard Waldrop · nv Amazing Mar ’76
93 · The Lonely Songs of Laren Dorr · ss Fantastic May ’76
114 · The Night of the Vampyres · nv Amazing May ’75
147 · The Runners · ss F&SF Sep ’75
154 · Night Shift · ss Amazing Jan ’73
173 · “...for a single yesterday” · nv Epoch, ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Berkley, 1975
200 · And Seven Times Never Kill Man · nv Analog Jul ’75
New Voices in Science Fiction ed. George R. R. Martin (Macmillan U.S., 1977, hc)

· Introduction · Ben Bova · in
· The Family Monkey · Lisa Tuttle · na *
· Kingmakers · Robert Thurston · ss *
· The Stone City · George R. R. Martin · nv *
· To Ceremark · Ruth Berman · ss *
· Mom’s Differentials · George Alec Effinger · ss *
· Silent Leges · Jerry E. Pournelle · na *
· The John W. Campbell, Jr. Awards 1973-1975 · Misc. · bi
Anthropology Through Science Fiction ed. Carol Mason, Martin Harry Greenberg & Patricia Warrick (St. Martin’s LCC# 73-92060, 1974, 387pp, hc)

v · Preface · Carol Mason, Martin Harry Greenberg & Patricia Warrick · pr
ix · Introduction · Misc. · in
xii · Man as Part of Nature · Misc. · si
4 · A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · Stanley G. Weinbaum · nv Wonder Stories Jul ’34
29 · Arena · Fredric Brown · nv Astounding Jun ’44
58 · Human Origins and Evolution · Misc. · si
62 · Enchanted Village · A. E. van Vogt · ss Other Worlds Jul ’50
78 · Robots Return · Robert Moore Williams · ss Astounding Sep ’38
92 · Human Diversity and Potential · Misc. · si
96 · The House the Blakeneys Built · Avram Davidson · ss F&SF Jan ’65
108 · Frog Pond [Thea] · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss Galaxy Mar ’71
120 · The Commitment to Social Life · Misc. · si
124 · The Vine · Kit Reed · ss F&SF Nov ’67
135 · Strikebreaker [“Male Strikebreaker”] · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Stories Jan ’57
150 · The Ecological Imperative · Misc. · si
154 · The Sharing of Flesh · Poul Anderson · nv Galaxy Dec ’68
185 · Survival Ship · Judith Merril · ss Worlds Beyond Jan ’51
196 · The Technological Imperative · Misc. · si
201 · Far from This Earth · Chad Oliver · ss The Year 2000, ed. Harry Harrison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970
216 · The Cage · A. Bertram Chandler · ss F&SF Jun ’57
230 · The Origins of Civilization · Misc. · si
234 · Pyramid · Robert Abernathy · nv Astounding Jul ’54
261 · Lost Newton [Terek] · Stanley Schmidt · nv Analog Sep ’70
286 · The World Outside, Science and Religion · Misc. · si
290 · Aunt Jennie’s Tonic · Leonard Tushnet · ss F&SF Dec ’71
309 · Nightfall · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Sep ’41
344 · Living Together in the Universe · Misc. · si
348 · Unhuman Sacrifice · Katherine MacLean · nv Astounding Nov ’58
377 · The Monsters · Robert Sheckley · ss F&SF Mar ’53
The Caltraps of Time David I. Masson (Faber and Faber, 1968, 21/-, 192pp, hc)

· Lost Ground · nv New Worlds Dec ’66
· Not So Certain · ss New Worlds Jul ’67
· Mouth of Hell · ss New Worlds Jan ’66
· A Two-Timer · nv New Worlds Feb ’66
· The Transfinite Choice · ss New Worlds Aug ’66
· Psychosmosis · ss New Worlds Mar ’66
· Traveller’s Rest · ss New Worlds Sep ’65
Born of Man and Woman Richard Matheson (Chamberlain: Philadelphia, PA, Mar ’54, $3.00, 252pp, hc); Derivative collection Third from the Sun.

· Born of Man and Woman · vi F&SF Sum ’50
· Third from the Sun · ss Galaxy Oct ’50
· Through Channels · ss F&SF Apr ’51
· Lover, When You’re Near Me · nv Galaxy May ’52
· SRL Ad · ss F&SF Apr ’52
· Mad House · nv Fantastic Jan/Feb ’53
· F--- [“The Foodlegger”] · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr ’52
· Dear Diary · ss *
· To Fit the Crime · ss Fantastic Nov/Dec ’52
· Witch War · ss Startling Stories Jul ’51
· Return · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct ’51
· Dress of White Silk · ss F&SF Oct ’51
· Full Circle · ss Fantastic Universe Aug/Sep ’53
· Disappearing Act · ss F&SF Mar ’53
· The Wedding · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Jul ’53
· Shipshape Home · ss Galaxy Jul ’52
· The Traveller · ss *
Shock II Richard Matheson (Dell 7829, Oct ’64, 50¢, 192pp, pb)

· A Flourish of Strumpets · ss Playboy Nov ’56
· Brother to the Machine · ss If Nov ’52
· No Such Thing as a Vampire · ss Playboy Oct ’59
· Descent · ss If May ’54
· Deadline · ss Rogue Dec ’59
· The Man Who Made the World · ss Imagination Feb ’54
· Graveyard Shift [“The Faces”] · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 ’60
· The Likeness of Julie [as by Logan Swanson] · ss Alone By Night, ed. Michael & Don Congdon, Ballantine, 1962
· Lazarus II · ss Fantastic Story Magazine Jul ’53
· Big Surprise [“What Was in the Box?”] · ss EQMM Apr ’59
· Crickets · ss Shock May ’60
· Mute · nv The Fiend in You, ed. Charles Beaumont, Ballantine, 1962
· From Shadowed Places · nv F&SF Oct ’60
Shock III Richard Matheson (Dell 7830, Mar ’66, 50¢, 192pp, pb)

· Girl of My Dreams · ss F&SF Oct ’63
· ’Tis the Season to Be Jelly · ss F&SF Jun ’63
· Return · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct ’51
· The Jazz Machine · pm F&SF Feb ’63
· The Disinheritors · ss Fantastic Story Magazine Jan ’53
· Slaughter House · nv Weird Tales Jul ’53
· Shock Wave [“Crescendo”] · ss Gamma #1 ’63
· When the Waker Sleeps [“The Waker Dreams”] · ss Galaxy Dec ’50
· Witch War · ss Startling Stories Jul ’51
· First Anniversary · ss Playboy Jul ’60
· Miss Stardust · ss Startling Stories Spr ’55
· Full Circle · ss Fantastic Universe Aug/Sep ’53
· Nightmare at 20,000 Feet · ss Alone By Night, ed. Michael & Don Congdon, Ballantine, 1962
Shock Waves Richard Matheson (Dell, Oct ’70, pb)

· A Visit to Santa Claus [“I’ll Make It Look Good”, as by Logan Swanson] · ss AHMM Mar ’57
· Finger Prints · ss The Fiend in You, ed. Charles Beaumont, Ballantine, 1962
· Deus Ex Machina · ss Gamma #2 ’63
· The Thing · ss Marvel Science Stories May ’51
· The Conqueror · ss Bluebook May ’54
· A Drink of Water · ss Signature, the Diner’s Club Magazine Apr ’67
· Dying Room Only · ss Fifteen Detective Stories Oct ’53
· Advance Notice [“Letter to the Editor”] · ss Imagination Jan ’52
· Wet Straw · ss Weird Tales Jan ’53
· Therese [“Needle in the Heart”] · vi EQMM Oct ’69
· Day of Reckoning [“The Faces”] · ss Ed McBain’s Mystery Book #1 ’60
· Prey · ss Playboy Apr ’69
· Come Fygures, Come Shadowes · nv *
· The Finishing Touches · ss *
Shock! Richard Matheson (Dell B195, Jun ’61, 35¢, 191pp, pb)

· The Children of Noah · ss AHMM Mar ’57
· Lemmings · vi F&SF Jan ’58
· The Splendid Source · ss Playboy May ’56
· Long Distance Call [“Sorry, Right Number”] · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Nov ’53
· Mantage · nv Science Fiction Showcase, ed. Mary Kornbluth, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1959
· One for the Books · ss Galaxy Sep ’55
· The Holiday Man · ss F&SF Jul ’57
· Dance of the Dead · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1954
· Legion of Plotters · ss Detective Story Magazine Jul ’53
· The Edge · ss F&SF Aug ’58
· The Creeping Terror [“A Touch of Grapefruit”] · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #5, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1959
· Death Ship · ss Fantastic Story Magazine Mar ’53
· The Distributor · ss Playboy Mar ’58
The Shores of Space Richard Matheson (Bantam A1571, Feb ’57, 35¢, 184pp, pb)

· Being · nv If Aug ’54
· Pattern for Survival · vi F&SF May ’55
· Steel · nv F&SF May ’56
· The Test · ss F&SF Nov ’54
· Clothes Make the Man · ss Worlds Beyond Feb ’51
· Blood Son [“Drink My Red Blood”] · ss Imagination Apr ’51
· Trespass [“Mother by Protest”] · nv Fantastic Sep/Oct ’53
· When Day Is Dun · ss Fantastic Universe May ’54
· The Curious Child · ss Fantastic Jun ’54
· The Funeral · ss F&SF Apr ’55
· The Last Day · ss Amazing Apr/May ’53
· Little Girl Lost · ss Amazing Oct/Nov ’53
· The Doll That Does Everything · ss Fantastic Universe Dec ’54
Third from the Sun Richard Matheson (Bantam 1294, Feb ’55, 25¢, 180pp, pb); Selections from Born of Man and Woman.

· Born of Man and Woman · vi F&SF Sum ’50
· Third from the Sun · ss Galaxy Oct ’50
· Lover, When You’re Near Me · nv Galaxy May ’52
· SRL Ad · ss F&SF Apr ’52
· Mad House · nv Fantastic Jan/Feb ’53
· F--- [“The Foodlegger”] · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr ’52
· Dear Diary · ss Born of Man and Woman, Chamberlain, 1954
· To Fit the Crime · ss Fantastic Nov/Dec ’52
· Dress of White Silk · ss F&SF Oct ’51
· Disappearing Act · ss F&SF Mar ’53
· The Wedding · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Jul ’53
· Shipshape Home · ss Galaxy Jul ’52
· The Traveller · ss Born of Man and Woman, Chamberlain, 1954
The Weigher of Souls and the Earth Dwellers André Maurois (Macmillan U.S., 1963, $3.95, 186pp, hc)

· Introduction · in
· Translation · Hamis Miles · tr
· Illustrations · Leonard E. Fisher · il
· The Weigher of Souls · nv New York: D. Appleton & Co., 1931
· The Earth Dwellers · nv, 1963
· Epilogue · Jacques Choron · ms
Dragonflight Anne McCaffrey (Walker, 1969, hc) [Pern]

· Weyr Search · Anne McCaffrey · na Analog Oct ’67
· Dragonrider · Anne McCaffrey · na Analog Dec ’67 (+1)
Get Off the Unicorn Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine, Jun ’77, pb)

· Introduction · in
· Lady in the Tower · ss F&SF Apr ’59
· A Meeting of Minds [Tower and the Hive] · nv F&SF Jan ’69
· Daughter · nv The Many Worlds of Science Fiction, ed. Ben Bova, Dutton, 1971
· Dull Drums · nv Future Quest, ed. Roger Elwood, Avon, 1973
· Changeling · ss *
· Weather on Welladay · nv Galaxy Mar ’69
· The Thorns of Barevi · ss The Disappearing Future, ed. George Hay, Panther, 1970
· Horse from a Different Sea · ss *
· The Great Canine Chorus · ss Infinity #1, ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer, 1970
· Finder’s Keeper [“Finders Keepers”] · ss The Haunt of Horror Aug ’73
· A Proper Santa Claus [revised from Demon Kind, ed. Roger Elwood, Avon 1973] · ss *
· The Smallest Dragonboy [Pern] · ss Science Fiction Tales, ed. Roger Elwood, Rand, McNally, 1973
· Apple [Daffyd op Owen; Talents] · nv Crime Prevention in the 30th Century, ed. Hans Stefan Santesson, Walker, 1969
· Honeymoon · nv *
The Ship Who Sang Anne McCaffrey (Walker, 1969, hc) [Helva; Ship Who Sang]

· The Ship Who Sang · nv F&SF Apr ’61
· The Ship Who Mourned · nv Analog Mar ’66
· The Ship Who Killed · nv Galaxy Oct ’66
· The Ship Who Dissembled [“The Ship Who Disappeared”] · nv If Mar ’69
· Dramatic Mission · na Analog Jun ’69
· The Partnered Ship · ss *
To Ride Pegasus Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine, Aug ’73, pb) [Daffyd op Owen; Talents]

· To Ride Pegasus · nv *
· A Womanly Talent · na Analog Feb ’69
· Apple · nv Crime Prevention in the 30th Century, ed. Hans Stefan Santesson, Walker, 1969
· A Bridle for Pegasus · na Analog Jul ’73
Alchemy and Academe ed. Anne McCaffrey (New York: Doubleday, Nov ’70, 239pp, hc)

· Foreword · Anne McCaffrey · fw
· The Dance of the Solids · John Updike · pm Scientific American Jan ’69
· A Mess of Porridge · Sonya Dorman · ss *
· The Institute · Carol Emshwiller · ss *
· Condillac’s Statue · R. A. Lafferty · ss *
· The Sorcerers · L. Sprague de Camp · pm *
· The Weed of Time · Norman Spinrad · ss *
· Night and the Loves of Joe Dicostanzo · Samuel R. Delany · ss *
· Come Up and See Me · Daphne Castell · ss *
· Shut the Last Door · Joe L. Hensley · ss *
· Big Sam · Avram Davidson · ss *
· More Light · James Blish · nv *
· The Man Who Could Not See Devils · Joanna Russ · ss *
· The Key to Out · Betsy Curtis · ss *
· Ringing the Changes · Robert Silverberg · ss *
· In a Quart of Water · David Telfair · ss *
· Morning-Glory · Gene Wolfe · ss *
· Ascension: A Workday Arabesque · Virginia Kidd · pm *
· The Devil You Don’t · Keith Laumer · nv *
· The Triumphant Head · Josephine Saxton · ss *
· Mainchance · Peter Tate · nv *
Special Wonder ed. J. Francis McComas (Random House, 1970, hc); The Anthony Boucher Memorial Anthology of Fantasy and Science Fiction

· Introduction · J. Francis McComas · in
· Journeys End · Poul Anderson · ss F&SF Feb ’57
· The Brazen Locked Room · Isaac Asimov · ss F&SF Nov ’56
· The Fire Balloons [“‘In This Sign...’”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Imagination Apr ’51
· The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out [Papa Schimmelhorn] · Reginald Bretnor · ss F&SF Win/Spr ’50
· Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot · Grendel Briarton · vi The Baker Street Journal Jun ’67
· Puppet Show · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy Nov ’62
· Puzzle for Spacemen · John Brunner · nv New Worlds Dec ’55
· Aunt Agatha · Doris Pitkin Buck · vi F&SF Oct ’52
· The Wild Wood · Mildred Clingerman · ss F&SF Jan ’57
· King’s Evil · Avram Davidson · ss F&SF Oct ’56
· Cruelty · Jon DeCles · ss *
· The Apotheosis of Ki · Miriam Allen deFord · ss F&SF Dec ’56
· The Shape of Things That Came · Richard Deming · ss F&SF Oct ’51
· The Three · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Startling Stories May ’53
· Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight May ’67
· Prometheus [Father John Carmody] · Philip José Farmer · na F&SF Mar ’61
· Ransom · H. B. Fyfe · ss F&SF Feb ’52
· The Muddle of the Woad [Lord Darcy] · Randall Garrett · na Analog Jun ’65
· You’re Another · Damon Knight · nv F&SF Jun ’55
· Old Man Henderson · Kris Neville · ss F&SF Jun ’51
· He Kilt It with a Stick · William F. Nolan · ss F&SF Feb ’68
· The Canvas Bag · Alan E. Nourse · ss F&SF Apr ’55
· Pilgrimage · Chad Oliver · ss F&SF Feb ’58
· Gun for Hire · Mack Reynolds · ss Analog Dec ’60
· Brightness Falls from the Air [contest story] · Margaret St. Clair · ss F&SF Apr ’51
· Built Up Logically [“The Universal Panacea”] · Howard Schoenfeld · ss Retort Win ’49; F&SF Fll ’50
· Warm Man · Robert Silverberg · ss F&SF May ’57
· Green Magic · Jack Vance · ss F&SF Jun ’63
· Deny the Slake [Ernest Hotaling] · Richard Wilson · ss Infinity Science Fiction Apr ’57

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