and "The best stories are timeless. Long years from now the stories here may still touch someone, cause that person to blink, and put the book down for a second, and stare off through the hallow air, and shirver in wonder. and " Contents 1 o Preface (The Legend Book of Science Fiction) o (1991) o essay by Gardner Dozois7 o The Country of the Kind o (1956) o shortstory by Damon Knight22 o Aristotle and the Gun o (1958) o novelette by L. Sprague de Camp59 o The Other Celia o (1957) o shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon78 o Casey Agonistes o (1958) o shortstory by Richard McKenna [as by Richard M. McKenna ]90 o Mother Hitton's Littul Kittons o [The Instrumentality of Mankind] o (1961) o novelette by Cordwainer Smith116 o The Moon Moth o (1961) o novelette by Jack Vance157 o The Golden Horn o [Tales of a Darkening World] o (1962) o novelette by Edgar Pangborn196 o The Lady Margaret o [Pavane] o (1966) o novelette by Keith Roberts (aka The Lady Anne)238 o This Moment of the Storm o (1966) o novelette by Roger Zelazny273 o Narrow Valley o (1966) o shortstory by R. A. Lafferty287 o Driftglass o (1967) o shortstory by Samuel R. Delany309 o The Worm That Flies o (1968) o shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss331 o The Fifth Head of Cerberus o (1972) o novella by Gene Wolfe397 o Nobody's Home o (1972) o shortstory by Joanna Russ416 o Her Smoke Rose Up Forever o (1974) o novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.437 o The Barrow o (1976) o shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin447 o Particle Theory o (1977) o shortstory by Edward Bryant472 o The Ugly Chickens o (1980) o novelette by Howard Waldrop499 o Going Under o (1981) o novelette by Jack Dann [as by Jack M. Dann ]521 o Salvador o (1984) o shortstory by Lucius Shepard543 o Pretty Boy Crossover o (1986) o shortstory by Pat Cadigan557 o The Pure Product o (1986) o novelette by John Kessel580 o The Winter Market o (1985) o novelette by William Gibson603 o Chance o (1986) o novelette by Connie Willis637 o The Edge of the World o (1989) o shortstory by Michael Swanwick654 o Dori Bangs o (1989) o shortstory by Bruce Sterling671 o Afterword (The Legend Book of Science Fiction) o (1991) o essay by Gardner Dozois