Description:

• 9 • Bernie the Faust • (1963) • novelette by William Tenn
• 35 • Fortress Ship • [Berserker] • (1963) • shortstory by Fred Saberhagen
• 47 • Mr. Waterman • (1961) • shortstory by Peter Redgrove
• 50 • Mrs. Pigafetta Swims Well • (1959) • shortstory by Reginald Bretnor [as byR. Bretnor]
• 58 •  Cartoon: Tree Trunks • (1963) • interior artwork by John Gallagher
• 59 • They Don't Make Life Like They Used To • (1963) • novelette by Alfred Bester
• 96 • The Great Nebraska Sea • (1963) • shortstory by Allan Danzig
• 109 • The Faces Outside • (1963) • shortstory by Bruce McAllister
• 119 • A Slight Case of Limbo • (1963) • shortstory by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
• 133 • 237 Talking Statues, Etc. • (1963) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber
• 143 • The Jazz Machine • (1962) • poem by Richard Matheson
• 151 • Mourning Song • (1963) • shortstory by Charles Beaumont
• 165 •  Dog Eat Dog (cartoon) • (1963) • interior artwork by Jules Feiffer
• 168 • The Jewbird • (1963) • shortstory by Bernard Malamud
• 178 • On the Fourth Planet • (1963) • shortstory by J. F. Bone
• 197 • Poppa Needs Shorts • (1964) • shortstory by Walt Richmond and Leigh Richmond
• 203 • Double Standard • (1963) • shortstory by Fredric Brown
• 209 • Interview • (1963) • shortstory by Frank A. Javor
• 214 • Eight O'Clock in the Morning • (1963) • shortstory by Ray Nelson
• 220 • Where Is Everybody? • (1963) • essay by Ben Bova
• 229 • The Earth Dwellers • (1963) • novelette by André Maurois (trans. of Fragments d'une histoire universelle publiée en 1992 par l'Université de *** 1930)
• 253 • The Nobel Prize Winners • (1963) • shortstory by W. J. J. Gordon
• 268 • Hot Planet • (1963) • shortstory by Hal Clement
• 294 •  IBM (cartoon) • (1963) • interior artwork by Mort Gerberg
• 295 • Confessions of the First Number • (1963) • shortstory by Cliff Owsley
• 297 • The Ming Vase • (1963) • shortstory by E. C. Tubb
• 322 • A Bargain with Cashel • (1963) • shortstory by Gerald Kersh
• 336 • Drunkboat • [The Instrumentality of Mankind] • (1963) • novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 370 • Summation: SF, 1963 • essay by Judith Merril
• 379 • Books (The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF) • essay by Anthony Boucher
• 381 • Honorable Mentions (The 9th Annual of the Year's Best SF) • essay by Judith Merril