Introduction by Orson Welles Preface by Judith Merril "The Stutterer" by R. R. Merliss "The Golem" by Avram Davidson "Junior" by Robert Abernathy "The Cave of Night" by James E. Gunn "The Hoofer" by Walter M. Miller, Jr. "Bulkhead" by Theodore Sturgeon "Sense from Thought Divide" by Mark Clifton "Pottage" by Zenna Henderson "Nobody Bothers Gus" by Algis Budrys "The Last Day of Summer" by E.C. Tubb "One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts" by Shirley Jackson "The Ethicators" by Willard Marsh "Birds Can’t Count" by Mildred Clingerman "Of Missing Persons" by Jack Finney "Dreaming Is a Private Thing" by Isaac Asimov "The Country of the Kind" by Damon Knight "The Public Hating" by Steve Allen "Home There’s No Returning" by Henry Kuttner & C.L. Moore "The Year’s S-F, Summation & Honorable Mentions" by Judith Merril

From ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, PLAYBOY, FANTASTIC UNIVERSE, THE SATURDAY EVENING POST, THE NEW YORKER, IF et cetera. Introduction by Judith Merril Pelt by Carol Emshwiller Triggerman by J.F. Bone The Prize of Peril by Robert Sheckley Hickory, Dickory, Kerouac by Richard Gehman [aka Martin Scott] The Yellow Pill by Rog Phillips River of Riches by Gerald Kersh Satellite Passage by Theodore L. Thomas Casey Agonistes by Richard McKenna [aka R.M. McKenna] Space-Time for Springers by Fritz Leiber Or All the Seas With Oysters by Avram Davidson Ten-Story Jigsaw by Brian W. Aldiss Fresh Guy by E.C. Tubb The Beautiful Things by Arthur Zirul The Comedian's Children by Theodore Sturgeon The Short-Short Story of Mankind by John Steinbeck From Science Fiction to Science Fact: The Universe by J. Merril Man in Space by Daniel Lang Rockets to Where? by Judith Merril The Thunder-Thieves by Isaac Asimov The Year's S-F, Summation & Honorable Mentions by Judith Merril

8 • Introduction (The 6th Annual of the Year's Best S-F) • (1961) • essay by Judith Merril 9 • Double, Double, Toil and Trouble • (1960) • short story by Holley Cantine 26 • The Never-Ending Penny • (1960) • novelette by Bernard Wolfe (aka The Never Ending Penny) 41 • The Fellow Who Married the Maxill Girl • (1960) • novelette by Ward Moore 69 • Something Invented Me • (1960) • short story by R. C. Phelan 79 • A Sigh for Cybernetics • (1961) • poem by Felicia Lamport 81 • I Remember Babylon • (1960) • short story by Arthur C. Clarke 93 • The Lagging Profession • (1961) • essay by Theodore L. Thomas [as by Leonard Lockhard ] 109 • Report on the Nature of the Lunar Surface • (1960) • short story by John Brunner 112 • J.G. (Excerpt from J.G. the Upright Ape) • (1960) • short fiction by Roger Price (US) 138 • Chief • (1960) • short story by Henry Slesar 139 • Psalm • (1960) • poem by Lester del Rey 140 • The Large Ant • (1960) • short story by Howard Fast 150 • A Rose by Other Name . . . • (1960) • short story by Christopher Anvil (aka A Rose By Other Name 1959 ) 160 • Enchantment • (1960) • short story by Elizabeth Emmett 175 • Thiotimoline and the Space Age • [Thiotimoline • 3] • (1960) • short story by Isaac Asimov 185 • Beach Scene • (1960) • short story by Marshall King 199 • Creature of the Snows • (1960) • short story by William Sambrot 211 • Abominable • (1960) • short story by Fredric Brown 214 • The Man on Top • (1951) • short story by Reginald Bretnor [as by R. Bretnor] 219 • David's Daddy • (1960) • short story by Rosel George Brown 233 • Something Bright • (1960) • short story by Zenna Henderson 250 • In the House, Another • (1960) • short story by Joseph Whitehill 254 • A Serious Search for Weird Worlds • (1960) • essay by Ray Bradbury 268 • Ed Lear Wasn't So Crazy! • (1960) • poem by Hilbert Schenck 270 • The Brotherhood of Keepers • (1960) • novelette by Dean McLaughlin 323 • Hemingway in Space • (1960) • short story by Kingsley Amis 329 • Mine Own Ways • (1960) • short story by Richard McKenna 346 • Old Hundredth • (1960) • short story by Brian W. Aldiss 359 • Radiation Blues • (1960) • poem by Theodore R. Cogswell 361 • Blowup Blues • (1960) • poem by Theodore R. Cogswell 363 • Ballad of the Shoshonu • (1961) • poem by Gordon R. Dickson 365 • How to Think a Science Fiction Story (Excerpt) • (1961) • essay by G. Harry Stine 374 • The Year in S-F (The 6th Annual of the Year's Best S-F) • (1961) • essay by Judith Merril 378 • S-F Books - 1960 • (1961) • essay by Anthony Boucher 381 • Honorable Mentions (The 6th Annual of the Year's Best S-F) • (1961) • essay by Judith Merril

Here, out there, or beyond, S-F has produced some of the most imaginative fiction in our literature - and Judith Merril has established herself as its premiere anthologist and critic. Her latest collection, the tenth in this consistently excellent series, surpasses all that have gone before. Never have Miss Merril's forays into the realms of available science-fiction yielded as stunning a literary harvest: Romain Gary, Arthur C. Clarke, James T. Farrell, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Fritz Lieber, J.G. Ballard, John D. MacDonald, Alan E. Nourse, Thomas M. Disch and Stephen Becker are just a few of the glittering array that has been selected. This edition of The Year's Best S-F contains more than thirty of the finest examples of science-fiction inventiveness. It is an extraordinary anthology that will stimulate and challenge even the most seasoned science-fiction traveler. Judith Merril, a writer herself, selects the greatest science-fiction and fantasy each year for inclusion in her famous Annual. S-F, more and more, is merging with the mainstream of literature, and her anthologies brilliantly illustrate this trend. Automatic Tiger by Kit Reed The Carson Effect by Richard Wilson The Shining Ones by Arthur C. Clarke Pacifist by Mack Reynolds The New Encyclopaedist by Stephen Becker The Legend of Joe Lee by John D. MacDonald Gas Mask by James D. Houston A Sinister Metamorphosis by Russell Baker Sonny by Rick Raphael The Last Secret Weapon of the Third Reich by Josef Nesvadba Descending by Thomas M. Disch Decadence by Romain Gary Be of Good Cheer by Fritz Lieber It Could Be You by Frank Roberts A Benefactor of Humanity by James T. Farrell Synchromocracy by Hap Cawood The Search by Bruce Simonds The Pirokin Effect by Larry Eisenberg The Twerlik by Jack Sharkey A Rose for Ecclesiastes by Roger Zelazny The Terminal Beach by J.G. Ballard Problem Child by Arthur Porges The Wonderful Dog Suit by Donald Hall The Mathenauts by Norman Kagan Family Portrait by Morgan Kent The Red Egg by Jose Maria Gironella The Power of Positive Thinking by M.E. White A Living Doll by Robert Wallace Training Talk by David R. Bunch A Miracle Too Many by Philip H. Smith and Alan E. Nourse The Last Lonely Man by John Brunner The Man Who Found Proteus by Robert Rohrer Yachid and Yechida by Isaac Bashevis Singer