11 • Introduction (The Year's Best Science Fiction No. 4) • essay by Harry Harrison (variant ofIntroduction (Best SF: 1970))15 • Gone Fishin' • (1970) • shortstory by Robin Scott Wilson31 • The Ugupu Bird • (1959) • shortstory by Sławomir Mrożek [as bySlawomir Mrozek]37 • Black Is Beautiful • (1970) • shortstory by Robert Silverberg51 • The Lost Face • (1964) • novelette by Josef Nesvadba (trans. ofZtracená tvář1960)75 • Gorman • (1969) • shortstory by Jerry Farber83 • Mary and Joe • (1962) • shortstory by Naomi Mitchison95 • Oil-Mad Bug-Eyed Monsters • (1970) • shortstory by Hayden Howard111 • A Pedestrian Accident • (1969) • shortstory by Robert Coover133 • The Asian Shore • (1970) • novelette by Thomas M. Disch167 • Traffic Problem • (1970) • shortstory by Bill Earls [as byWilliam Earls]177 • Erem • (1963) • shortstory by Gleb Anfilov (trans. ofЭРЭМ1962)183 • Car Sinister • (1970) • shortstory by Gene Wolfe193 • "Franz Kafka" by Jorge Luís Borges • (1970) • shortstory by Alvin Greenberg203 • Pacem Est • (1970) • shortstory by Kris NevilleandBarry N. Malzberg [as byK. M. O'DonnellandKris Neville]209 • The Day Equality Broke Out • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss