The First Omni Book of Science Fiction

Stories deal with the discovery of extraterrestrials, people turned into trees, new religions, alien talk show hosts, brain stimulation addicts, future race cars, androids, and alternate universes.ix • Foreword (The First Omni Book of Science Fiction) • essay by Ellen Datlow15 • Found! • (1978) • short story by Isaac Asimov37 • Standing Woman • (1974) • short story by 筒井康隆? (trans. of 佇むひと?) [as by Tsutsui Yasutaka]53 • St. Amy's Tale • (1980) • novelette by Orson Scott Card87 • The Last Jerry Fagin Show • (1980) • short story by John Morressy107 • God Is an Iron • [Mindkiller] • (1979) • novelette by Spider Robinson137 • Count the Clock That Tells the Time • (1978) • short story by Harlan Ellison165 • Petra • (1982) • short story by Greg Bear195 • Sam and the Sudden Blizzard Machine • (1979) • short story by Dean Ing (variant of The Blizzard Machine)213 • Burning Chrome • (1982) • novelette by William Gibson245 • Ike at the Mike • (1982) • short story by Howard Waldrop267 • The Palace at Midnight • (1981) • short story by Robert Silverberg291 • The Angel's Gift • (1978) • short story by Ben Bova [as by Oxford Williams]301 • The Hitmaker • (1981) • novelette by Cynthia Morgan331 • Sandkings • [Thousand Worlds] • (1979) • novelette by George R. R. Martin