The Contents are below. Fantasy and Sci-Fi was a favourite magazine of mine at the time.
Introduction (Best from F&SF 8) - (1959) - essay by Anthony Boucher
Ministering Angels - (1955) - shortstory by C. S. Lewis
Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot - (January 1958) - shortstory by Reginald Bretnor
Backwardness - (1958) - shortstory by Poul Anderson
The Wait - (1958) - shortstory by Kit Reed
Origin of the Species - (1958) - poem by Karen Anderson
The Up-to-Date Sorcerer - (1958) - shortstory by Isaac Asimov
Epithalamium - (1958) - poem by Doris Pitkin Buck
A Deskful of Girls - (1958) - novelette by Fritz Leiber
Eripmav - (1958) - shortstory by Damon Knight
The Watchers - (1958) - poem by Anthony Brode
Poor Little Warrior! - (1958) - shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
The Better Bet - (1958) - poem by Anthony Brode
The Omen - (1958) - shortstory by Shirley Jackson
Ye Phantasie Writer and His Catte - (1958) - poem by Winona McClintic
Gil Braltar - (1958) - shortstory by Jules Verne
In Memoriam: Henry Kuttner - (1958) - poem by Karen Anderson
The Grantha Sighting - (1958) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
Theory of Rocketry - (1958) - shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth
C. M. Kornbluth: A Memorial Bibliography (Recommended Reading) - (1958) - essay by Anthony Boucher
A New Lo! - (1958) - essay by Ron Goulart
Gorilla Suit - (1958) - shortstory by John Shepley
Captivity - (1958) - novella by Zenna Henderson
The Men Who Murdered Mohammed - (1958) - shortstory by Alfred Bester
Valise Macabre - (1957) - poem by Winona McClintic ( )

Quite dreadful. Nearly every story is supposed to be comic. Nerd humor, in short. A gorilla tries to get a job playing a gorilla in a Dorothy Lamour movie, that kind of thing. Embarassing efforts from such worthies as Shirley Jackson, Fritz Lieber, C.S. Lewis, and others. Even the most stylish sophisticate farts in public now and then, I guess. Only Alfred Bester contributes something really worth reading. ( )

Terrific collection of stories from the end of 50's with so many bright spots it's hard to pick a favourite story. I decided on Kit Reed's The Wait eventually though. Apparently her first published work (!) this gem was chilling and startling beyond any expectations I had. Brian W. Aldiss's Poor Little Warrior! crammed whole novels of ideas into each sentence making for an unbelievably dense story that kept me enthralled for several back to back readings. In fact, out of all the offerings only one didn't satisfy, a very satisfying ratio considering the book was 50 years old. ( )

Terrific collection of stories from the end of 50's with so many bright spots it's hard to pick a favourite story. I decided on Kit Reed's The Wait eventually though. Apparently her first published work (!) this gem was chilling and startling beyond any expectations I had. Brian W. Aldiss's Poor Little Warrior! crammed whole novels of ideas into each sentence making for an unbelievably dense story that kept me enthralled for several back to back readings. In fact, out of all the offerings only one didn't satisfy, a very satisfying ratio considering the book was 50 years old. ( )