“The Dyslexicon” is a 2008 science fiction short story by Carl Frederick. It is about a dyslexic robot who is trying to join a geek organization.

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“We Can Remember It For You Wholesale” is a 1966 science fiction novelette by Philip K. Dick. It is about a man who desperately wants to go to Mars but can’t afford it, so he gets vacation memories implanted instead.

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“Copyfighter” is a 2007 science fiction short story by A.R. Yngve. It is about a man with cancer who has himself frozen for 3000 years, and the strange situation in which he finds himself when he wakes up.

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“The Minority Report” is a 1956 science fiction short story by Philip K. Dick. It is about the man who heads the pre-crime division and what he does when his name shows up as a potential murderer.

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“Alien Offer” is a 1959 science fiction short story by Al Sevcik. It is about an alien fleet who offers to evacuate the world’s children after learning of Earth’s impending doom.

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“The Chief Designer” is a 2001 science fiction novella by Andy Duncan. It is a fictionalized account of the man in charge of the Soviet Union’s space program during the “race to the moon.”

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“Yokel with Portfolio” is a 1955 science fiction short story by Robert Silverberg. It is about a man from a backwater, forgotten world who comes to New York City to ask for technological help from the Colonial Minister of Earth.

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“Understand” is a 1991 science fiction novelette by Ted Chiang. It is about a man whose use of an experimental drug makes him super intelligent.

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