| 11 |
Foreword (World of Wonder)
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Edith R. Mirrielees
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Essay
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| 15 |
The Nature of Imaginative Literature
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Fletcher Pratt
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Essay
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| 22 |
He Walked Around the Horses
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H. Beam Piper
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Novelette
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| 45 |
Roads of Destiny
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O. Henry
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Novelette
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| 68 |
The Red Queen's Race
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Isaac Asimov
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Novelette
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| 95 |
Child's Play
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William Tenn
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Novelette
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| 125 |
The Finest Story in the World
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Rudyard Kipling
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Novelette
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| 154 |
Etaoin Shrdlu
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Fredric Brown
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Short Story
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| 178 |
Mistake Inside
|
James Blish
|
Novelette
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| 200 |
Private—Keep Out
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Philip MacDonald
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Short Story
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| 218 |
They
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Robert A. Heinlein
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Short Story
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| 235 |
Metamorphosis
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Franz Kafka
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Novella
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| 284 |
Back There in the Grass
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Gouverneur Morris
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Short Story
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| 300 |
The Mark of the Beast
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Rudyard Kipling
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Short Story
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| 314 |
Museum Piece
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Esther Carlson
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Short Story
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| 321 |
The Blue Giraffe
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L. Sprague de Camp
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Novelette
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| 347 |
That Only a Mother
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Judith Merril
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Short Story
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| 358 |
Operation RSVP
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H. Beam Piper
|
Short Story
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| 369 |
Conquerors' Isle
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Nelson Bond
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Short Story
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| 385 |
Giant Killer
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A. Bertram Chandler
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Novelette
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| 435 |
The Million-Year Picnic
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Ray Bradbury
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Short Story
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