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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, an)
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

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 S-F 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, an, cover by Eddie Jones)
Also in hc (Weidenfeld & Nicolson Mar ’75).

7 · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in

13 · Section I: The Search for Knowledge · Brian W. Aldiss · si

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

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

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

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 S-F 3 ed. John Carnell, Dobson, 1965

Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Futura, August 1974, 0-8600-7058-1, 50p, 324pp, pb, an, 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 US, 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, an)
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 (var. 1) ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, November 1974, hc, an)
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 US, 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, an)
Also in The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus.

9 · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in

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.

A Is for Brian ed. Margaret Aldiss, Frank Hatherley & Malcolm Edwards--- see under Frank Hatherley.

Discovery No. 1 ed. John W. Aldridge & Vance Bourjaily (Pocket Books, February 1953, 35¢, 292+xiipp, pb, oa)
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 forthcoming from Farrar, Straus and Young in Aujgust 1953.

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, nf)
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, oa, 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, an)
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

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