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Introduction·Terry Carr Occam’s Scalpel·Theodore Sturgeon·nv If 8/71 The Queen of Air & Darkness·Poul Anderson·na F&SF 4/71 In Entropy’s Jaws·Rbt Silverberg·nv Infinity 2, ed. Rbt Hoskins, Lancer '71 The Sliced-Crosswise Only-on-Tuesday World·Philip José Farmer·ss New Dimensions I, ed. Rbt Silverberg, Doubleday '71 A Meeting with Medusa·Arthur C. Clarke·nv Playboy 12/71 The Frayed String on the Stretched Forefinger of Time·Lloyd Biggle Jr·ss F&SF 5/71 How Can We Sink When We Can Fly?·Alexei Panshin·nv Four Futures, ed. Rbt Silverberg, Hawthorn '71 No Direction Home·Norman Spinrad·ss New Worlds Quarterly 2, ed. Michael Moorcock, London: Sphere '71 Vaster Than Empires & More Slow·Ursula K. Le Guin·nv New Dimensions I, ed. Rbt Silverberg, Doubleday '71 All the Last Wars at Once·George Alec Effinger·ss Universe 1, ed. Terry Carr, Ace '71 The 4th Profession·Larry Niven·nv Quark 4, ed. Samuel R. Delany & Marilyn Hacker, Paperback Library '71