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• 1 • Introduction (Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Century) • essay by Orson Scott Card
• 7 • Call Me Joe • (1957) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 36 • "All You Zombies—" • (1959) • shortstory by Robert A. Heinlein (variant of "All You Zombies ...")
• 47 • Tunesmith • (1957) • novelette by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (variant of The Tunesmith)
• 80 • A Saucer of Loneliness • (1953) • shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon
• 91 • Robot Dreams • [Susan Calvin] • (1986) • shortstory by Isaac Asimov
• 97 • Devolution • (1936) • shortstory by Edmond Hamilton
• 110 • The Nine Billion Names of God • (1953) • shortstory by Arthur C. Clarke
• 116 • A Work of Art • (1956) • novelette by James Blish
• 130 • Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed • (1949) • shortstory by Ray Bradbury
• 145 • "Repent, Harlequin!" Said the Ticktockman • (1965) • shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• 156 • Eurema's Dam • (1972) • shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• 166 • Passengers • (1968) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• 177 • The Tunnel Under the World • (1955) • novelette by Frederik Pohl
• 203 • Who Can Replace a Man? • (1958) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
• 212 • The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas • (1973) • shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 218 • Inconstant Moon • (1971) • novelette by Larry Niven
• 243 • Sandkings • (1979) • novelette by George R. R. Martin
• 276 • The Road Not Taken • [Roxalani] • (1985) • novelette by Harry Turtledove
• 297 • Dogfight • (1985) • novelette by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson
• 316 • Face Value • (1986) • shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• 327 • Pots • (1985) • novelette by C. J. Cherryh
• 351 • Snow • (1985) • shortstory by John Crowley
• 364 • Rat • (1986) • shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
• 375 • Bears Discover Fire • (1990) • shortstory by Terry Bisson
• 384 • A Clean Escape • (1985) • shortstory by John Kessel
• 396 • Tourists • (1985) • shortstory by Lisa Goldstein
• 408 • One • (1995) • shortstory by George Alec Effinger