5 • Political Entropy • [Editorial (Analog)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell ] 8 • The Infinity Sense • novelette by Howard L. Myers [as by Verge Foray ] 55 • In Times to Come (Analog, November 1968) • [In Times to Come (Analog)] • essay by The Editor 56 • The Ultimate Danger • shortstory by W. Macfarlane 69 • The Analytical Laboratory: August 1968 (Analog, November 1968) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by uncredited 70 • The Shots Felt 'Round the World • [Science Fact (Analog)] • essay by Edward C. Walterscheid 86 • The Rites of Man • novelette by John T. Phillifent 121 • The Alien Enemy • shortstory by Poul Anderson [as by Michael Karageorge ] 137 • Split Personality • novelette by Jack Wodhams 162 • The Reference Library: Lafferty (Analog, November 1968) • [The Reference Library] • essay by P. Schuyler Miller 169 • Brass Tacks (Analog, November 1968) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by uncredited 178 • Fundamental Facts • essay by Abraham Lincoln