Contents 11 o Introduction (Another World) o (1977) o essay by Gardner Dozois15 o The Oldest Soldier o [Change War] o (1960) o shortstory by Fritz Leiber36 o After the Myths Went Home o (1969) o shortstory by Robert Silverberg47 o The Stars Below o (1974) o shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin70 o Straw o (1975) o shortstory by Gene Wolfe80 o On the Gem Planet o [Casher O'Neill] o (1963) o novelette by Cordwainer Smith113 o Beam Us Home o (1969) o shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.131 o The Barbarian o [Alyx] o (1968) o novelette by Joanna Russ157 o Among the Hairy Earthmen o (1966) o shortstory by R. A. Lafferty172 o Man in the Jar o (1957) o shortstory by Damon Knight188 o Old Hundredth o (1960) o shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss203 o The Signaller o [Pavane] o (1966) o novelette by Keith Roberts243 o Reader's Guide to SF o (1977) o essay by uncredited