CONENTS
In the Beginning (The First Decade) • Forrest J. Ackerman
Letter (Science Wonder Quarterly #1, 1929) • Forrest J. Ackerman
1. Out Around Rigel (1931) • Robert H. Wilson
2. Born of the Sun (1934) • Jack Williamson
3. The Eternal Cycle (1935) • Edmond Hamilton
4. The Roger Bacon Formula (1929) • Fletcher Pratt
5. A Baby on Neptune (1929) • Miles J. Breuer & Clare Winger Harris
6. Inflexure (1934) • H. L. Gold [as by Clyde Crane Campbell]
7. Futility • S. P. Meek
8. The Cubic City (1929) • Louis Tucker
9. The Prince of Liars (1930) • L. Taylor Hansen
10. The Ship That Turned Aside (1930) • G. Peyton Wertenbaker
11. The Emotion Meter (1935) • W. Varick Nevins, III
12. The Face in the Abyss [(1923) • A. Merritt [Nicholas Graydon #1]
13. The Red Peri (1935) • Stanley G. Weinbaum
14. The Eternal Man (1929) • D. D. Sharp [Herbert Zulerich #1]
15. Old Faithful (1934) • Raymond Z. Gallun [Old Faithful #1]
16. Nymph of Darkness (1935) • Forrest J. Ackerman & C. L. Moore [Northwest Smith]
17. Twilight (1934) • John W. Campbell, Jr. [Twilight # 1]
18. The End of the World (1933, poem) • Ralph Milne Farley
19. Omega (1932) • Amelia Reynolds Long
20. A Scientist Rises (1932) • Harry Bates and Desmond W. Hall
Poe Script • Forrest J. Ackerman

Internal essays etc.
Letter (Astounding, February 1934) • Forrest J. Ackerman
A Eulogy to Mr. Hamilton (1932) • Mort Weisinger
from an Interview with Florence Bothner (excerpt) • (1935) • interview of Florence Bothner
The Thoughts of Robert H. Anglin • (1936) • essay by Robert H. Anglin
C.H. Osbourne's Ideas (1929) • C. H. Osbourne
The Need of Science Fiction (1929) • Dave Portigal
Fantastic Fiction Has Its Place! • (1936) • Benton Haskell
A Critic Criticized (1929) • Joseph A. Vernon
A Missive About a Missile (1936) • Willis Conover
Bad Dreams (1935) • Donald H. Green
The Author Speaks • (1935) W. Varick Nevins, III
An Autobiographical Sketch (1935) • Stanley G. Weinbaum
Letter (Wonder Stories April 1935) • Forrest J. Ackerman
The "Nymph" o' Maniack (1948) • Forrest J. Ackerman
In a Martian Mood (1929) • Ulysses G. Mihalakis
"Twilight" Lit Him Up (1935) • Lester del Rey
Interview with Harry Bates (1933, excerpt) • Julius Schwartz & Mort Weisinger