Three writers are each represented by two or three stories with a group title. Each story or group of stories is preceded by an introduction written by Ellison and followed by an afterword written by the author. • Introduction: "An Assault of New Dreamers", by Harlan Ellison • "The Counterpoint of View", Keynote Entry by
John Heidenry • "Ching Witch!", by
Ross Rocklynne • "
The Word for World Is Forest", by
Ursula K. Le Guin (
Hugo Award for Best Novella) • "For Value Received", by
Andrew J. Offutt • "Mathoms From the Time Closet", by
Gene Wolfe—comprises "Robot's Story", "Against The Lafayette Escadrille", and "Loco Parentis" • "Time Travel For Pedestrians", by
Ray Nelson • "Christ, Old Student in a New School", poem by
Ray Bradbury • "King of the Hill", by
Chad Oliver • "The 10:00 Report is Brought to You By...", by
Edward Bryant • "The Funeral", by
Kate Wilhelm • "Harry the Hare", by James B. Hemesath • "
When It Changed", by
Joanna Russ (
Nebula Award for Best Short Story) • "The Big Space Fuck", by
Kurt Vonnegut • "Bounty", by
T. L. Sherred • "Still-Life", by
Barry N. Malzberg (as K. M. O'Donnell) • "Stoned Counsel", by
H. H. Hollis • "Monitored Dreams and Strategic Cremations", by
Bernard Wolfe—comprises "The Bisquit Position" and "The Girl With Rapid Eye Movements" • "With A Finger in My I", by
David Gerrold • "In the Barn", by
Piers Anthony • "Soundless Evening", by
Lee Hoffman • [A spot], by
Gahan Wilson • "The Test-Tube Creature, Afterward", by
Joan Bernott • "And the Sea Like Mirrors", by
Gregory Benford • "Bed Sheets Are White", by Evelyn Lief • "Tissue", by
James Sallis—comprises "At the Fitting Shop" and "53rd American Dream" • "Elouise And The Doctors of the Planet Pergamon", by Josephine Saxton • "Chuck Berry, Won't You Please Come Home", by Ken McCullough • "Epiphany For Aliens", by David Kerr • "Eye of the Beholder", by Burt K. Filer • "Moth Race", by Richard Hill • "In Re Glover", by Leonard Tushnet • "Zero Gee", by
Ben Bova • "A Mouse in the Walls of the Global Village", by
Dean R. Koontz • "Getting Along", by
James Blish and
Judith Ann Lawrence • "Totenbüch", by Albert Parra, as A. Parra (y Figueredo). • "Things Lost", by
Thomas M. Disch • "
With the Bentfin Boomer Boys on Little Old New Alabama", novella by
Richard A. Lupoff • "Lamia Mutable", by
M John Harrison • "Last Train to Kankakee", by
Robin Scott • "Empire of the Sun", by
Andrew Weiner • "Ozymandias", by
Terry Carr • "The Milk of Paradise", by
James Tiptree, Jr == References ==