The collection includes:

• Introduction by Brian Aldiss
• "The Streets of Ashkelon"
• "Portrait of the Artist"
• "Rescue Operation"
• "Captain Bedlam"
• "Final Encounter"
• "Unto My Manifold Dooms"
• "The Pliable Animal"
• "Captain Honario Harpplayer, R.N."
• "According to His Abilities"
• "I Always Do What Teddy Says"

Dave Pringle reviewed Two Tales and Eight Tomorrows for Imagine magazine, and stated that "These early stories are mostly light and bright, although 'The Streets of Ashkelon' is a memorable alien melodrama on a religious theme."^[1]

• Review by W. T. Webb (1965) in Vector 34^[2]
• Review by Nik Morton (1984) in Paperback Inferno, Volume 7, Number 4
• Review by Andy Sawyer (1987) in Paperback Inferno, #66