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A Science Fiction Omnibus ed. Brian Aldiss (Penguin Classic, November 29, 2007, 978-0-141-18892-8, £9.99, xii+578pp, tp)     Revised edition of A Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (Penguin, 1973) which removes 15 stories and adds 10 more recent stories (including a long novella by John Crowley). i · Introduction · Brian Aldiss · in 2007 1 · Sole Solution · Eric Frank Russell · vi Fantastic Universe April 1956 4 · Lot [David Jimmon] · Ward Moore · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1953 31 · Skirmish · Clifford D. Simak · ss Amazing Stories December 1950, as “Bathe Your Bearings in Blood!” 52 · And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1972 61 · Poor Little Warrior! · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1958 67 · Grandpa [The Hub] · James H. Schmitz · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1955 89 · Nightfall · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science-Fiction September 1941 119 · The Snowball Effect · Katherine MacLean · ss Galaxy Science Fiction September 1952 133 · Swarm [Mechanist-Shapers] · Bruce Sterling · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1982 159 · Blood Music · Greg Bear · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact June 1983 184 · Answer · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships by Fredric Brown, E.P. Dutton, 1954 185 · The Liberation of Earth · William Tenn · ss Future Science Fiction May 1953 203 · An Alien Agony · Harry Harrison · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #122, September 1962, as “The Streets of Ashkalon” 214 · Track 12 · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #70, April 1958 225 · Sexual Dimorphism · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson, Voyager, 1999 242 · The Tunnel Under the World · Frederik Pohl · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1955 275 · Friends in Need · Eliza Blair · ss Bug-Eyed Magazine 2006 290 · The Store of the Worlds · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1959, as “The World of Heart’s Desire” 297 · Jokester · Isaac Asimov · ss Infinity Science Fiction December 1956 311 · The Short-Short Story of Mankind · John Steinbeck · ss Lilliput November 1955, as “We’re Holding Our Own” 317 · Night Watch · James Inglis · ss New Writings in SF. 3 ed. John Carnell, Dobson, 1965 329 · Story of Your Life · Ted Chiang · na Starlight 2 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1998 378 · Protected Species · H. B. Fyfe · ss Astounding Science Fiction March 1951 390 · The Rescuer · Arthur Porges · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction July 1962 397 · I Made You · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Astounding Science Fiction March 1954 409 · The Country of the Kind · Damon Knight · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1956 423 · The Cage · Bertram Chandler · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1957 435 · Fulfillment · A. E. van Vogt · nv New Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1951 462 · Common Time · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Quarterly August 1953 485 · Alien Embassy · Garry Kilworth · ss In the Country of Tattooed Men and Other Cyphers by Garry Kilworth, Humdrumming, 2006 498 · Great Work of Time · John Crowley · na Novelty by John Crowley, Doubleday Foundation, 1989 572 · Acknowledgments · ms (r)

Space Odysseys: A New Look at Yesterday’s Futures ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Orbit, December 1974, 0-8600-7816-7, 75p, 324pp, pb, cover by Eddie Jones)     Also in hc (Weidenfeld & Nicolson Mar ’75). 7 · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in 1974 13 · Section I: The Search for Knowledge · Brian W. Aldiss · si 1974 16 · The Sentinel · Arthur C. Clarke · ss 10 Story Fantasy Spring 1951, as “Sentinel of Eternity” 28 · Galactic Patrol [Lensmen] · Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. · ex Fantasy Press, 1950 40 · The Lake of the Gone Forever · Leigh Brackett · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1949 80 · Reason [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science-Fiction April 1941 103 · Section II: The Search for Illusion · Brian W. Aldiss · si 1974 106 · Time Is the Traitor · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1953 132 · The Impossible Planet · Philip K. Dick · ss Imagination October 1953 143 · The Unfinished · Frank Belknap Long · ss Super Science Stories April 1951 159 · Section III: A Pinch of Otherness · Brian W. Aldiss · si 1974 161 · And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1972 172 · The Empress of Mars · Ross Rocklynne · nv Fantastic Adventures May 1939 212 · I’m Going to Get You · F. M. Busby · vi Fantastic Stories March 1974 219 · Section IV: “A Human Being Is the Smallest Thing…” · Brian W. Aldiss · si 1974 222 · Strange Exodus · Robert Abernathy · ss Planet Stories Fall 1950 237 · Star Ship [Psychotechnic League] · Poul Anderson · nv Planet Stories Fall 1950 276 · To Each His Star · Bryce Walton · ss Space Science Fiction May 1952 290 · The Big Hunger · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1952 309 · Night Watch · James Inglis · ss New Writings in SF. 3 ed. John Carnell, Dobson, 1965

Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Futura, August 1974, 0-8600-7058-1, 50p, 324pp, pb, cover by Eddie Jones)     Differs from Weidenfeld & Nicolson edition. · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in · Is Everything an Illusion? · Brian W. Aldiss · si · Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead · Robert Sheckley · ss Nova 2 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker, 1972 · A Honeymoon in Space [Honeymoon in Space] · George Griffith · ex Pearson’s Magazine January 1900, as “A Visit to the Moon” · Tonight the Sky Will Fall! [Tarl Brent] · Daniel F. Galouye · na Imagination May 1952 · “Precipices of Light That Went Forever Up…” · Brian W. Aldiss · si · The Star of Life · Edmond Hamilton · ex Startling Stories January 1947 · After Ixmal · Jeff Sutton · ss Amazing Stories October 1962 · Sea Change · Thomas N. Scortia · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1956 · Exile Is Our Lot · Brian W. Aldiss · si · The Sword of Rhiannon · Leigh Brackett · ex Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949, as “Sea-Kings of Mars” · All Summer in a Day · Ray Bradbury · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1954 · The Mitr · Jack Vance · ss Vortex Science Fiction v1 #1, 1953 · The Godlike Machines · Brian W. Aldiss · si · The Storm [Dellian Robots] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Science-Fiction October 1943 · The Paradox Men · Charles L. Harness · ex Bouregy & Curl, 1953, as “Flight Into Yesterday”; the novel The Paradox Men is an expanded version of “Flight Into Yesterday”, Startling Stories May 1949. · Time Fuze · Randall Garrett · ss If March 1954 · The Last Question [Multivac] · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Quarterly November 1956 · The Red Brain · Donald Wandrei · ss Weird Tales October 1927 · Breaking Point · James E. Gunn · na Space Science Fiction March 1953 · Answer · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships by Fredric Brown, E.P. Dutton, 1954 · Envoi · Brian W. Aldiss · aw

Space Opera ed. Brian Aldiss (Book Club Associates, 1975, no ISBN, 324pp, hc)     Reprint (Futura 1974) SF anthology. Subtitled “an anthology of way-back-when futures”. The cover is a black & white rendition of the Futura.

Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, November 1974, hc)     Contents differ from the earlier Futura edition. US editions: Doubleday 1975 (hc) and Berkley Mar ’77 (pb). ix · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Futura, 1974 1 · Is Everything an Illusion? · Brian W. Aldiss · si Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Futura, 1974 5 · Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead · Robert Sheckley · ss Nova 2 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker, 1972 11 · A Honeymoon in Space [Honeymoon in Space] · George Griffith · ex Pearson’s Magazine January 1900, as “A Visit to the Moon” 20 · Tonight the Sky Will Fall! [Tarl Brent] · Daniel F. Galouye · na Imagination May 1952 93 · “Precipices of Light That Went Forever Up…” · Brian W. Aldiss · si Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Futura, 1974 97 · The Star of Life · Edmond Hamilton · ex Startling Stories January 1947 115 · After Ixmal · Jeff Sutton · ss Amazing Stories October 1962 129 · Sea Change · Thomas N. Scortia · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1956 145 · Exile Is Our Lot · Brian W. Aldiss · si Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Futura, 1974 150 · Colony · Philip K. Dick · nv Galaxy Science Fiction June 1953 172 · The Sword of Rhiannon · Leigh Brackett · ex Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949, as “Sea-Kings of Mars” 189 · All Summer in a Day · Ray Bradbury · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1954 196 · The Mitr · Jack Vance · ss Vortex Science Fiction v1 #1, 1953 205 · The Godlike Machines · Brian W. Aldiss · si Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Futura, 1974 210 · The Storm [Dellian Robots] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Science-Fiction October 1943 248 · The Paradox Men · Charles L. Harness · ex Bouregy & Curl, 1953, as “Flight Into Yesterday”; the novel The Paradox Men is an expanded version of “Flight Into Yestersay”, Startling Stories May 1949. 284 · Time Fuze · Randall Garrett · ss If March 1954 290 · The Last Question [Multivac] · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Quarterly November 1956 305 · Envoi · Brian W. Aldiss · aw Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Futura, 1974

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 1 ed. Brian W. Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 2 ed. Brian W. Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 3 ed. Brian W. Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 4 ed. Brian Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 5 ed. Brian Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 6 ed. Brian Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 7 ed. Brian Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 8 ed. Brian W. Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 9 ed. Brian Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

Yet More Penguin Science Fiction ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Penguin, 1964, 3/6, 205pp, pb)     Also in The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus. 9 · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in 1964 15 · The Wall Around the World · Theodore R. Cogswell · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953 42 · Protected Species · H. B. Fyfe · ss Astounding Science Fiction March 1951 55 · Before Eden · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Stories June 1961 67 · The Rescuer · Arthur Porges · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction July 1962 74 · I Made You · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Astounding Science Fiction March 1954 86 · The Country of the Kind · Damon Knight · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1956 100 · MS. Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie · C. M. Kornbluth · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1957 112 · The Cage · A. Bertram Chandler · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1957 125 · Eastward Ho! · William Tenn · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1958 142 · The Windows of Heaven · John Brunner · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #47, May 1956, as “Two by Two” 155 · Common Time · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Quarterly August 1953 177 · Fulfillment · A. E. van Vogt · nv New Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1951

When The Feast Is Finished: Reflections on Terminal Illness by Margaret & Brian Aldiss--- see under Brian Aldiss.

Discovery No. 1 ed. John W. Aldridge & Vance Bourjaily (Pocket Books, February 1953, 35¢, 292+xiipp, pb)     Details supplied by Todd Mason. vii · Preface · [The Editors] · ed 1 · Rockabye Baby · Arnold Grisman · ss 10 · A Cup of Kindness · William Iversen · nv 37 · The Outing · Julia Savarese · ss 52 · Prairie Wife · Richard Lyons · pm 56 · The Dead Gook · Norman Mailer · ss 77 · A Stranger from a Far Countree · Stanley Baron · es 96 · Inflation-on-the-Erle (Letter from Cleveland, Ohio) · Herbert Gold · ss 106 · Three Poems: Explorer on the Axis; Poet Mind; The Modern Classicist · Lyon Phelps · pm 109 · Saturday Night · Hortense Calisher · ss 122 · The Only Time · Chandler Brossard · ex a version of the first chapter of The Bold Saboteurs, scheduled for 1953 from Farrar, Straus and Young. 142 · Happy Ending · Kenneth Fearing · ss 154 · My Sons, Watch Out · Louis Ginsberg · pm 155 · News Report · David Ignatow · pm 156 · One for the Boys · Samuel Elkin · ss New-Story #12, November 1952 170 · The Hangman’s Tale · Marguerite Young · ss 190 · The Cross Road · Charles Miller · pm 190 · The Place of Fire · Charles Miller · pm 194 · Confessions of an American Marijuana Smoker · U. S. D. Quincey · es 215 · Baby’s Christmas · P. Aleyunas · ss 221 · Long March · William Styron · na 285 · Contributors to Discovery No. 1 · [uncredited] · bi

Who’s Who in Pop Radio by Peter Alex (Four Square, November 1966, 1759, 5/-, 128pp, pb)     Comprehensive guide to 1966’s top music scene.

River ed. Alma Alexander (Dark Quest Books, December 31, 2011, 978-1-937051-23-5, $14.95, 171pp, tp, cover by Nathie)     Original anthology of 13 stories involving rivers. Authors include Nisi Shawl, Seanan McGuire, and Jay Lake. A print-on-demand edition. Details taken from online listing. · Foreword · Alma Alexander · fw · The Well-Keeper and the Wolf · Tiffany Trent · ss · Rites · Mary Victoria · ss · The Fall · Irene Radford · ss · They Are Forgotten Until They Come Again · Jay Lake · ss · Scatological · Deb Taber · ss · Floodlust · Jacey Bedford · ss · Five Bullets on the Banks of the Sadji · Keffy R. M. Kehrli · ss · My Grandfather’s River · Brenda Cooper · vi Nature #7104, August 17 2006 · The River · Joshua Palmatier · ss · Lady of the Waters · Seanan McGuire · ss · Vodnik Laughter · Ada Milenkovich Brown · ss · River-Kissed · Joyce Reynolds-Ward · ss · Beyond the Lighthouse · Nisi Shawl · ss

Tales for a Rainy Night ed. David Alexander (HRW, 1961, LC:61-15807, $3.95, 285pp, hc)     The 14th Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Also in pb (Fawcett Sep ’62). 5 · Foreword by the Editor · David Alexander · fw 13 · Robert · Stanley Ellin · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine October 1958 35 · The Human Chair · Edogawa Rampo; translated by James B. Harris · ss Japanese Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edogawa Rampo, Tuttle, 1956 translated from the Japanese (“Ningen Isu”, 1925). 55 · Pressure · Morris Hershman · ss Manhunt February 1958, as by Arnold English 67 · The Murder of George Washington · Richard M. Gordon · vi Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1959 73 · The Widow of Ephesus · Margaret Manners · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1958 89 · The Lost Leader [Patrick Petrella] · Michael Gilbert · ss Argosy (UK) November 1957 111 · Doctor’s Orders · John F. Suter · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1959 117 · Walking Alone · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1957 137 · The Twenty Friends of William Shaw · Raymond E. Banks · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine March 1960 151 · Inspector’s Lunch · Donald A. Yates · ss Birmingham Town Hall Magazine 1955 161 · Reflections on Murder · Nedra Tyre · ss Sleuth Mystery Magazine December 1958 179 · West Riding to Maryland · Maurice Procter · ss 1956 201 · The Pink Caterpillar [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · ss Adventure February 1945 217 · Flash Attachment · Dell Shannon · ss 237 · Death and the Compass · Jorge Luis Borges; translated by Donald A. Yates · ss translated from the Spanish (“La Muerte y la Brújula”, Sur, May 1942). 253 · Have You Lost Your Head? · Joseph Commings · ss 267 · The Child Watcher · Ernest Harrison · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1958 273 · View from the Terrace · Mike Marmer · ss Cosmopolitan December 1960