Edited by Harry Harrison and Brian W. Aldiss.

Editorial by Harry Harrison

"After King Kong Fell" by Philip Jose Farmer

"When Petals Fall" by Sydney J. van Scyoc

"Paleontology: An Experimental Science" by Robert R. Olsen

"The Women Men Don't See" by James Tiptree, Jr.

1984 Revisited: "Listen With Big Brother" by Brian W. Aldiss

"The Rise of Airstrip One" by Clive James

"Owing to Circumstances Beyond Our Control 1984 has been Unavoidably Detained" by Alan Coren

"Lost and Found" by Thomas Baum

"The Four-Hour Fugue" by Alfred Bester

"The Scream" by Kate Wilhelm

"The Gahan Wilson Horror Movie Pocket Computer" by Gahan Wilson

"The Executioner's Beautiful Daughter" by ********

"After Weightlessness" and "A Picture By Klee" (poems) by Lawrence Sail

"Backward, into Beasts Evolving" (poem) by Dick Allen

"Science Fiction Story" and "DNA" (poems) by Duane Ackerson

"Eyes of a Woman - From A Portrait by Piccasso" (poem) by Lisa Conesa

"Songs of War" by Kit Reed

"Time Deer" by Craig Strete

"A Typical Day" by Doris Piserchia

"Programmed Love Story" by Ian Watson

Afterword: "The Galaxy Begins at Home" by Brian W. Aldiss

New York: Bobbs-Merrill, 1975, 253pp., ISBN: 0-672-52012-5, hbk. Jacket photograph: Glen Heller.

as: The Year's Best Science Fiction, No.8. London: Sphere, January 1976, 253pp., ISBN: 0-7221-4398-2, pbk. Note: Omits the poem "Eyes of a Woman - From A Portrait by Piccasso" by Lisa Conesa.

Booklist, 1st October 1975. Review by D. Miller

Kirkus Reviews, 15th September 1975.

The Times, 7th August 1976, p.9e.
"... is enterprising in including writers who can experiment without losing our comprehension: witness Ian Watson's terrifying 'Programmed Love Story' where human nature, not merchandise, is the bought-and-sold commodity."