* 1 • Introduction • • essay by Terry Carr
* 5 • The Pope of the Chimps • • novelette by Robert Silverberg
* 27 • Swarm • [Shaper/Mechanist] • • novelette by Bruce Sterling
* 55 • Souls • • novella by Joanna Russ
* 103 • Burning Chrome • • novelette by William Gibson
* 125 • Farmer on the Dole • • novelette by Frederik Pohl
* 155 • Meet Me at Apogee • • novelette by Bill Johnson
* 179 • Sur • • shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
* 197 • Understanding Human Behavior • • novelette by Thomas M. Disch
* 221 • Relativistic Effects • • novelette by Gregory Benford
* 243 • Firewatch • [Time Travel] • • novelette by Connie Willis
* 283 • The Wooing of Slowboat Sadie • [Springfield] • • shortstory by George Alec Effinger [as by O. Niemand ]
* 293 • With the Original Cast • • novelette by Nancy Kress
* 323 • When the Fathers Go • • novelette by Bruce McAllister
* 351 • The Science Fiction Year • • essay by Charles N. Brown
* 359 • Recommended Reading - 1982 • • essay by Terry Carr
* 1 • Introduction • • essay by Terry Carr
* 5 • The Pope of the Chimps • • novelette by Robert Silverberg
* 27 • Swarm • [Shaper/Mechanist] • • novelette by Bruce Sterling
* 55 • Souls • • novella by Joanna Russ
* 103 • Burning Chrome • • novelette by William Gibson
* 125 • Farmer on the Dole • • novelette by Frederik Pohl
* 155 • Meet Me at Apogee • • novelette by Bill Johnson
* 179 • Sur • • shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
* 197 • Understanding Human Behavior • • novelette by Thomas M. Disch
* 221 • Relativistic Effects • • novelette by Gregory Benford
* 243 • Firewatch • [Time Travel] • • novelette by Connie Willis
* 283 • The Wooing of Slowboat Sadie • [Springfield] • • shortstory by George Alec Effinger [as by O. Niemand ]
* 293 • With the Original Cast • • novelette by Nancy Kress
* 323 • When the Fathers Go • • novelette by Bruce McAllister
* 351 • The Science Fiction Year • • essay by Charles N. Brown
* 359 • Recommended Reading - 1982 • • essay by Terry Carr