• "Introduction" (original essay by author) • "Pattern" (original) • "Placet is a Crazy Place" (
Astounding 1946) • "Answer" (original) • "Etaoin Shrdlu" (
Unknown 1942) • "Preposterous" (original) • "Armageddon" (
Unknown 1941) • "Politeness" (original) • "
The Waveries" (
Astounding 1945) • "Reconciliation" (original) • "The Hat Trick" (
Unknown 1943) • "Search" (original) • "
Letter to a Phoenix" (
Astounding 1949) • "Daisies" (original) • "The Angelic Angleworm" (
Unknown 1943) • "Sentence" (original) • "The Yehudi Principle" (
Astounding 1944) • "Solipsist" (original) The original stories are generally very short vignettes. ==Reception==