Born with the dead / Robert Silverberg -- The moon goddess and the son / Donald Kingsbury -- Tin soldier / Joan D. Vinge -- In the problem pit / Frederik Pohl -- Riding the torch / Norman Spinrad -- Mouthpiece / Edward Wellen -- Arm / Larry Niven -- The persistence of vision / John Varley -- The queen of air and darkness / Poul Anderson -- The monster and the maiden / Gordon R. Dickson.