vii • Introduction (Dark Stars) • (1969) • Robert Silverberg 1 • Shark Ship • (1958) • C.M. Kornbluth 37 • Polity and Custom of the Camiroi • (1967) • R.A. Lafferty 51 • Coming-of-Age Day • (1965) • A.K. Jorgensson 65 • Heresies of the Huge God • (1966) • Brian W. Aldiss 77 • The Streets of Ashkalon • (1962) • Harry Harrison 94 • The Totally Rich • (1963) • John Brunner 121 • Impostor • (1953) • Philip K. Dick 137 • Road to Nightfall • (1958) • Robert Silverberg 163 • The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World • (1968) • Harlan Ellison 174 • Psychosmosis • (1966) • David I. Masson 186 • The Cage of Sand • (1962) • J.G. Ballard 212 • A Deskful of Girls • (1958) • Fritz Leiber 242 • On the Wall of the Lodge • (1962) • James Blish & Virginia Kidd 275 • Masks • (1968) • Damon Knight 286 • Keepers of the House • (1956) • Lester del Rey 300 • Journey's End • (1957) • Poul Anderson