Breaking the chains --A visitor from the East -- The philosopher of hip -- Generations howling -- The cosmonaut of inner space -- The end of obscenity -- Sickniks -- Thinking about the unthinkable -- The race for space -- Toppling the tyranny of numbers -- The assault on the chord -- Revolutionary euphoria -- Breaking the logjam, hitting the wall -- The frontier's dark side -- The new language of diplomacy -- Sparking the powder keg -- Civilization in the stars -- A great upward swoop of movement -- Blurring art and life -- Seeing the invisible -- The off-Hollywood movie -- The shape of jazz to come -- Dancing in the streets -- Andromeda freed from her chains -- New frontiers.