vii • Foreword: Attempting to Please • essay by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]1 • Supertoys Last All Summer Long • [Supertoys • 1] • (1969) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss (variant ofSuper-Toys Last All Summer Long) [as byBrian Aldiss]12 • Supertoys When Winter Comes • [Supertoys • 2] • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]23 • Supertoys in Other Seasons • [Supertoys • 3] • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]36 • Apogee Again • (1999) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]45 • III • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]50 • The Old Mythyology • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]66 • Headless • (1994) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]73 • Beef • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]77 • Nothing in Life is Ever Enough • (1999) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]94 • A Matter of Mathematics • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]111 • The Pause Button • (1997) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]115 • Three Types of Solitude • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]136 • Steppenpferd • (2000) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]152 • Cognitive Ability and the Light Bulb • (2000) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]156 • Dark Society • (1996) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]181 • Galaxy Zee • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]189 • Marvells of Utopia • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]192 • Becoming the Full Butterfly • (1995) • novelette by Brian W. Aldiss [as byBrian Aldiss]217 • A Whiter Mars: A Socratic Dialogue of Times to Come • (1995) • shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss (variant ofA Whiter Mars) [as byBrian Aldiss]