Introduction, 1. "The Diamond Lens" (1858) by Fitz-James O'Brien (Ireland), 2. "Captain Mendonca" (1870) by Machado de Assis (Brazil), 3. "Anno Domini 2000, or, Woman's Destiny" (excerpt) (1889) by Julius Vogel (New Zealand), 4. "A Million Years After" (excerpt) (1889) by J. Dragutin Ilic (Serbia), 5. "The Strange Death of Friar Pedro" (1898, revised 1913) by Ruben Dario (Nicaragua), 6. "The Purple Cloud" (excerpt) (1901) by M.P. Shiel (Montserrat), 7. "Vertigo" (1901) by Adela Zamudio (Bolivia), 8. "The Curious Experience of Thomas Dunbar" (1904) by Gertrude Barrows Bennett (United States), 9. "New Tales of Mr. Braggadocio" (1905) by Xu Nianci (China), 10. "Sultana's Dream" (1905) by Begum Rokeya (Bengal), 11. "The Anglo-American Alliance" (excerpt) (1906) by Gregory Casparian (Tuerkiye), 12. "Yzur" (1906) by Leopoldo Lugones (Argentina), 13. "Singnagtugaq" (excerpt) (1914) by Mathias Storch (Greenland), 14. "In the Penal Colony" (1919) by Franz Kafka (Austria-Hungary), 15. "The Tale of Ak and Humanity" (1919) by Yefim Zozulya (Russia), 16. "R.U.R." (excerpt) (1920) by Karel Capek (Czechoslovakia), 17. "Frozen Bodies" (1921) by Amado Nervo (Mexico), 18. "Cataclysm" (1924) by Massimo Bontempelli (Italy), 19. "The Surrounding Reality" (1927) by Julio Garmendia (Venezuela), 20. "The Machine Man of Ardathia" (1927) by Francis Flagg (Canada), 21. "Sons of the Clouds" (excerpt) (1931) by August van Oordt (South Africa), 22. "Vandals of the Void" (excerpt) (1931) by James Morgan Walsh (Australia), 23. "Four-Dimensional Man" (1935) by Juza Unno (Japan), 24. "Angels' Prayer" (1941) by Tawfiq al-Hakim (Egypt
