Alien Embassy • (2006) • short fiction byGarry KilworthAn Alien Agony • (1962) • short story byHarry Harrison(variant ofThe Streets of Ashkelon)And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side • (1972) • short story byJames Tiptree, Jr.Answer • (1954) • short story byFredric BrownBlood Music • (1983) • novelette byGreg BearCommon Time • (1953) • short story byJames BlishFriends in Need • short fiction byEliza BlairFulfilment • (1964) • novelette byA. E. van Vogt(variant ofFulfillment1951)Grandpa • [The Hub] • (1955) • novelette byJames H. SchmitzGreat Work of Time • (1989) • novella byJohn CrowleyI Made You • (1954) • short story byWalter M. Miller, Jr.Introduction (A Science Fiction Omnibus) • essay byBrian W. Aldiss[as by Brian Aldiss]Jokester • [Multivac] • (1956) • short story byIsaac AsimovLot • [David Jimmon] • (1953) • novelette byWard MooreNight Watch • (1965) • short story byJames InglisNightfall • (1941) • novelette byIsaac AsimovPoor Little Warrior! • (1959) • short story byBrian W. Aldiss[as by Brian Aldiss]Protected Species • (1951) • short story byH. B. FyfeSexual Dimorphism • [Mars (Kim Stanley Robinson)] • (1999) • short story byKim Stanley RobinsonSkirmish • (1950) • short story byClifford D. Simak[as by Clifford Simak]Sole Solution • (1956) • short story byEric Frank RussellStory of Your Life • (1998) • novella byTed ChiangSwarm • [Shaper/Mechanist] • (1982) • novelette byBruce SterlingThe Cage • (1957) • short story byA. Bertram Chandler[as by Bertram Chandler]The Country of the Kind • (1956) • short story byDamon KnightThe Liberation of Earth • (1953) • short story byWilliam TennThe Rescuer • (1962) • short story byArthur PorgesThe Short-Short Story of Mankind • (1958) • short story byJohn SteinbeckThe Snowball Effect • (1952) • short story byKatherine MacLeanThe Store of the Worlds • (1959) • short story byRobert SheckleyThe Tunnel Under the World • (1955) • novelette byFrederik PohlTrack 12 • (1958) • sh