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Table of Contents

Preface
Ray Harryhausen

Foreword: Kong Reverie
Ray Bradbury

Introduction: Kong Transcendent
Karen Haber

Kong Is Us
Richard A. Lupoff

Fay Wray, the Pulp Tradition, and the Moral Minority
Christopher Priest

The Magic and Mystery of Kong
Robert Silverberg

King Kong: A Parable of Progress
Jack Williamson

A Myth for All Seasons
Harry Harrison

Kong: The First Wonder of My World
William Stout

The Myth Goes Ever Downward: The Infantilization, Electrification, Mechanization, and General Diminishment of King Kong
Paul Di Filippo

Give Beast a Chance
Esther M. Friesner

"The Bravest Girl I Ever Knew..."
Howard Waldro

King Kong-My Favorite Nightmare
Frank M. Robinson

Dating Kong: The Stop-Motion Animated Rape Fantasy
Pat Cadigan

King Kong: The Unanswered Questions
David Gerrold

Kong Long to King Kong
Philip J. Currie

King Kong: A Kid's Tale
Joe DeVito

Rooting Against the King
Alan Dean Foster

On Kong: A Conversation Among William Joyce, Maurice Sendak, and Michael Chabon

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