1. Contents

2. Notes

The book collects sixteen novelettes and short stories by various science fiction authors, with an introduction by Asimov.

Contents

• "Introduction: Competition!" (Isaac Asimov)
• "Run to Starlight" (George R. R. Martin)
• "The Mickey Mouse Olympics" (Tom Sullivan)
• "Dream Fighter" (Bob Shaw)
• "The Kokod Warriors" (Jack Vance)
• "Getting Through University" (Piers Anthony)
• "For the Sake of Grace" (Suzette Haden Elgin)
• "The National Pastime" (Norman Spinrad)
• "A Day for Dying" (Charles Nuetzel)
• "The People Trap" (Robert Sheckley)
• "Why Johnny Can't Speed" (Alan Dean Foster)
• "Nothing in the Rules" (L. Sprague de Camp)
• "The Olympians" (Mike Resnick)
• "The Wind from the Sun" (Arthur C. Clarke)
• "Prose Bowl" (Bill Pronzini and Barry N. Malzberg)
• "From Downtown at the Buzzer" (George Alec Effinger)
• "A Glint of Gold" (Nicholas V. Yermakov)
• "The Survivor" (Walter F. Moudy)

Notes

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