Introduction: Masters of Science Fiction - essay by Isaac Asimov
Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe - novelette by John Varley
Quarantine - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
Cautionary Tales - short story by Larry Niven
The Case of the Defective Doyles - short story by Martin Gardner
African Blues - short story by Paula Smith
The Missing Item - short story by Isaac Asimov
The Black Widowers - poem by D. R. Bensen [as by Don R. Bensen]
Perchance to Dream - short story by Sally A. Sellers
They'll Do It Every Time - short story by Cam Thornley
Will Academe Kill Science Fiction? - essay by Jack Williamson
Heal the Sick, Raise the Dead - short story by Steve Perry [as by Jesse Peel]
Home Team Advantage - short story by Jack C. Haldeman, II
To Sin Against Systems - novelette by Garry R. Osgood
Sure Thing - short story by Isaac Asimov
Wolf Tracks - poem by Donald Gaither
The Astronomical Hazards of the Tobacco Habit - short story by Dean McLaughlin
Air Raid - short story by John Varley [as by Herb Boehm]
Boarder Incident - short story by Ted Reynolds
A Delicate Shade of Kipney - short story by Nancy Kress
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot - Twice! - short story by Reginald Bretnor [as by Grendel Briarton]
The Small Stones of Tu Fu - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
Polly Plus - short story by Randall Garrett
The Several Murders of Roger Ackroyd - short story by Barry N. Malzberg [as by Barry Malzberg]
On the Martian Problem - short story by Randall Garrett
A Choice of Weapons - short story by Michael Tennenbaum
Low Grade Ore - novelette by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.
Dance Band on the Titanic - novelette by Jack L. Chalker [as by Jack Chalker]