| 1 |
Introduction (From Wells to Heinlein)
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James Gunn
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Essay
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| 17 |
Science: The New Accelerator
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James Gunn
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Essay
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| 20 |
The New Accelerator
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H. G. Wells
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Short Story
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| 34 |
The Literary Dissent
|
James Gunn
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Essay
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| 36 |
The Machine Stops
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E. M. Forster
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Novelette
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| 67 |
Island in the Sky, or Romance Triumphant
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James Gunn
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Essay
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| 70 |
From The Chessmen of Mars
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Edgar Rice Burroughs
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Short Fiction
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| 90 |
More Things Under Heaven and Earth
|
James Gunn
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Essay
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| 92 |
The People of the Pit
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A. Merritt
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Short Story
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| 108 |
The Call of the Fantastic
|
James Gunn
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Essay
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| 110 |
The Red One
|
Jack London
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Novelette
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| 134 |
The Horror Out of Providence
|
James Gunn
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Essay
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| 137 |
Dagon
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H. P. Lovecraft
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Short Story
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| 143 |
The Science-Fiction Magazine Begins It's Amazing Career
|
James Gunn
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Essay
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| 145 |
The Tissue-Culture King
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Julian Huxley
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Novelette
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| 167 |
Pedestrian Words, Soaring Concepts
|
James Gunn
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Essay
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| 169 |
The Revolt of the Pedestrians
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David H. Keller, M.D.
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Novelette
|
| 198 |
The Philosopher of Time and Space
|
James Gunn
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Essay
|
| 201 |
From Last and First Men
|
Olaf Stapledon
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Short Fiction
|
| 217 |
Ford's in His Flivver
|
James Gunn
|
Essay
|
| 220 |
From Brave New World
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Aldous Huxley
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Short Fiction
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| 236 |
The Alien from Milwaukee
|
James Gunn
|
Essay
|
| 238 |
A Martian Odyssey
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Stanley G. Weinbaum
|
Novelette
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| 264 |
Who Went There?
|
James Gunn
|
Essay
|
| 267 |
Twilight
|
John W. Campbell
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Novelette
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| 287 |
The Idea Machine
|
James Gunn
|
Essay
|
| 290 |
Proxima Centauri
|
Murray Leinster
|
Novella
|
| 339 |
The World-Wrecker on Mars
|
James Gunn
|
Essay
|
| 342 |
What's It Like Out There?
|
Edmond Hamilton
|
Novelette
|
| 364 |
The Legion of Science Fiction
|
James Gunn
|
Essay
|
| 367 |
With Folded Hands ...
|
Jack Williamson
|
Novelette
|
| 411 |
Mission of Levity
|
James Gunn
|
Essay
|
| 414 |
Hyperpilosity
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L. Sprague de Camp
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Short Story
|
| 426 |
The Alchemists Gather
|
James Gunn
|
Essay
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| 429 |
The Faithful
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Lester del Rey
|
Short Story
|
| 438 |
The Fairy Tales of Science
|
James Gunn
|
Essay
|
| 441 |
Black Destroyer
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A. E. van Vogt
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Novelette
|
| 472 |
The Stars Appear
|
James Gunn
|
Essay
|
| 475 |
Nightfall
|
Isaac Asimov
|
Novelette
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| 509 |
The Man Who Sold the Genre
|
James Gunn
|
Essay
|
| 512 |
Requiem
|
Robert A. Heinlein
|
Short Story
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| 530 |
A Chronology of Science Fiction
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uncredited
|
Essay
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