The FictionMags Index

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The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 4: 1956-1965 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, 1978, 450-03438-0, £6.50, 288pp, hc, an, cover by Gordon C. Davies) 9 · Preface · Mike Ashley · pr 11 · Ebb-Tide and New Wave · Mike Ashley · in 72 · Mr. Culpeper’s Baby · Kenneth Bulmer · ss Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #68, April 15 1956 85 · All the World’s Tears · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Nebula Science Fiction #21, 1957 97 · Ozymandias · Robert Silverberg · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1958, as by Ivar Jorgenson 115 · Love and the Stars—Today! · Kate Wilhelm · ss Future Science Fiction #43, June 1959 129 · Crazy Maro · Daniel Keyes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1960 151 · The Overloaded Man · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #108, July 1961 165 · The Streets of Ashkelon · Harry Harrison · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #122, September 1962 181 · The Expendables [Centaurus] · A. E. van Vogt · nv If September 1963 213 · Problem Child · Arthur Porges · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction April 1964 219 · Speech Is Silver · John Brunner · ss Amazing Stories April 1965 233 · Appendices _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Ken Bulmer] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Brian W. Aldiss] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Robert Silverberg] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Kate Wilhelm] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Daniel Keyes] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. J. G. Ballard] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Harry Harrison] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. A. E. van Vogt] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Arthur Porges] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. John Brunner] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Algis J. Budrys] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Philip K. Dick] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Frank Herbert] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Fritz Leiber] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. J. T. McIntosh] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Clifford D. Simak] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Cordwainer Smith] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Jack Vance] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. James White] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Roger Zelazny] _ · Summary of Magazine Issues · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Glossary of Magazine Editors · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Note on Key Cover Artists · Mike Ashley · bi 287 · Bibliography and Recommended Reading · Mike Ashley · bi

Horror Novels ed. Mike Ashley (W.H. Smith, August 2004, 1-84529-105-0, £4.99, 518pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Robinson 1988 as The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels) horror anthology. Only available in W.H. Smith’s bookshops.

Jewels of Wonder ed. Mike Ashley (Kimber, June 1981, 0-7183-0457-8, £5.75, 203pp, hc, an)     Anthology of five short novels of heroic fantasy. 7 · Editor’s Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 10 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 13 · Thieves of Zangabal · Lin Carter · na The Mighty Barbarians ed. Hans Stefan Santesson, Lancer, 1969 57 · A Fortnight of Miracles · Randall Garrett · na Fantastic Stories of Imagination February 1965 107 · Vashti · Thomas Burnett Swann · na Science Fantasy #72, May 1965 148 · Blood in the Mist · E. C. Tubb · nv Heroic Fantasy ed. Gerald W. Page & Hank Reinhardt, DAW, 1979 180 · The Wreck of the “Kissing Bitch” · Keith Roberts · nv Warlocks and Warriors ed. Douglas Hill, Mayflower, 1971

Lost Mars: The Golden Age of the Red Planet ed. Mike Ashley (The British Library, April 5, 2018, 978-0-7123-5240-6, £8.99, 302pp, tp, an, cover by Chesley Bonestell from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1954) [British Library Science Fiction Classics]     Collection of 10 stories. ’Introduction’ and introduction to each story by Ashley. 17 · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 27 · The Crystal Egg · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #96, May 1897 51 · Letters from Mars · W. S. Lach-Szyrma · gp (r) _53 · In the Antarctic Regions of Mars [Aleriel] · W. S. Lach-Szyrma · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine April 1887, as by Aleriel _58 · The Congress [Aleriel] · W. S. Lach-Szyrma · ss from “Our Second Voyage to Mars”, as by Aleriel, Cassell’s Family Magazine February 1889, as by Aleriel _61 · The Canals of Mars [Aleriel] · W. S. Lach-Szyrma · ss from “Our Second Voyage to Mars”, as by Aleriel, Cassell’s Family Magazine February 1889, as by Aleriel _66 · Canal Life on Mars [Aleriel] · W. S. Lach-Szyrma · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine April 1890, as by Aleriel 73 · The Great Sacrifice · George C. Wallis · nv The London Magazine June 1903 103 · The Forgotten Man of Space · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Wonder Stories April 1933 127 · A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · Stanley G. Weinbaum · nv Wonder Stories July 1934 163 · Ylla [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s January 1 1950, as “I’ll Not Ask for Wine” 181 · Measureless to Man · Marion Zimmer Bradley · nv Amazing Stories December 1962 229 · Without Bugles [Mars] · E. C. Tubb · ss New Worlds #13, January 1952 253 · Crucifixus Etiam · Walter M. Miller · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1953 282 · The Time-Tombs · J. G. Ballard · nv If March 1963

The Lure of the Unknown by Algernon Blackwood ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Algernon Blackwood.

The Magic Mirror by Algernon Blackwood ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Algernon Blackwood.

The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, May 27, 2010, 978-1-84901-305-5, £7.99, xii+500pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Anthology of 24 stories, six original. Simultaneous with the US (Running Press) edition. ix · The End of All Things · Mike Ashley · in · The Nature of the Catastrophe 1 · When We Went to See the End of the World · Robert Silverberg · ss Universe 2 ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1972 11 · The End of the World · Sushma Joshi · ss The End of the World by Sushma Joshi, Mandala Book Print, 2008 17 · The Clockwork Atom Bomb · Dominic Green · ss Interzone #198, May/June 2005 38 · Bloodletting · Kate Wilhelm · ss Omni June 1994 52 · When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth · Cory Doctorow · nv Jim Baen’s Universe August 2006 93 · The Rain at the End of the World · Dale Bailey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1999 105 · The Flood · Linda Nagata · ss More Amazing Stories ed. Kim Mohan, Tor, 1998 113 · The End of the World Show · David Barnett · ss Postscripts #9, Winter 2006 129 · Fermi and Frost · Frederik Pohl · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1985 146 · Sleepover · Alastair Reynolds · nv 192 · The Last Sunset · Geoffrey A. Landis · vi Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1996 · Beyond Armageddon 196 · Moments of Inertia · William Barton · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2004 239 · The Books · Kage Baker · ss 253 · Pallbearer · Robert Reed · na 306 · And the Deep Blue Sea · Elizabeth Bear · ss Sci Fiction May 4 2005 326 · The Meek · Damien Broderick · ss Synergy SF: New Science Fiction ed. George Zebrowski, Five Star, 2004 333 · The Man Who Walked Home · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories May 1972 351 · A Pail of Air · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1951 366 · Guardians of the Phoenix · Eric Brown · nv 404 · Life in the Anthropocene · Paul Di Filippo · nv 424 · Terraforming Terra · Jack Williamson · ss Science Fiction Age November 1998 · The End of All Things 462 · World Without End · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · ss 474 · The Children of Time · Stephen Baxter · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2005 490 · The Star Called Wormwood · Elizabeth Counihan · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2004

The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, July 15, 1998, 0-7867-0532-9, $10.95, 566pp, tp, an, cover by Julek Heller)     Anthology of 27 stories, five original. Authors include Jane Yolen, Hillaire Belloc, and Rosemary Sutcliff. ix · The Enduring Myth · Mike Ashley · in 1 · The Start of the Legend 3 · The First Pendragon · Sir James Knowles · ss (r) 12 · The Winning of Kinghood [King Arthur] · Howard Pyle · ex from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, Scribner's, November 1903 38 · The Winning of the Kingdom · Geoffrey of Monmouth; adapted by Mike Ashley; translated by Sebastian Evans · ss adapted by Ashley from the 1912 translation of Sebastian Evans. 46 · The Knight with the Two Swords · John Steinbeck · nv The Acts of King Arthur & His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976 67 · The Winning of a Sword · Howard Pyle · nv The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle, 1903 97 · The Treason of Morgan le Fay · George Cox · ss Popular Romances of the Middle Ages, 1871 109 · The Deeds of the Round Table 111 · The Winning of Olwen · Lady Charlotte Guest · nv from The Mabinogion, 1849 144 · The Temptation of Launcelot · Peter Valentine Timlett · ss 160 · Sir Gawain and the Green Knight · Rosemary Sutcliff · ex from The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, The Bodley Head, 1981 176 · The Quest of the Saracen Beast [Sir Dinadan] · Theodore Goodridge Roberts · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1950 192 · Sir Marrok the Wolf · Allen French · ex from Sir Marrok, Century Company, 1902 250 · The Marriage of Sir Gawayne · Maude Ebbutt · ss Hero Myths and Legends of the British People, 1910 263 · The Carle of Carlisle · Ron Tiner · nv 289 · Sir Lanval · A. R. Hope Moncrieff · ss Romance and Legend of Chivalry by A. R. Hope Moncrieff, 1913 297 · Sir Percivale of Wales · Roger Lancelyn Green · ex from King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Penguin, 1953 309 · John, the Knight of the Lion · H. Shück; translated by W. F. Harvey · nv Medieval Stories by Professor H. Schück, Sands & Co., 1902 353 · The Romance of Tristan and Iseult · Hilaire Belloc · ex 1913 413 · The Final Days 415 · The Dog’s Story · Eleanor Arnason · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1996 449 · The Quest of the Holy Grail · Andrew & Leonora Lang · ss The Book of Romance ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1902 468 · Madoc the Door Ward · Douglas Carmichael · ss 482 · Guinevere and Lancelot · Arthur Machen · ss T.P.’s Weekly April 2 1909, as “Many-Tower’d Camelot” 491 · The Pretender · Stephen Dedman · ss Realms of Fantasy February 1997 506 · The Passing of Arthur · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1870 519 · The Lady of Belec · Phyllis Ann Karr · ss Weird Tales Winter 1989/1990 529 · Raven’s Meat · Fay Sampson · ss; given as “Ravens’ Meat” in the Table of Contents. 546 · The Quiet Monk · Jane Yolen · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1988 558 · The Isle of Avalon · Phil Carradice · ss

The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, August 13, 1998, 1-85487-533-7, £6.99, x+566pp, tp, an, cover by Julek Heller)     Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1998) anthology of 27 stories, five original. Authors include Yolen, Belloc & Rosemary Sutcliff.

The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, May 24, 2001, 1-84119-080-2, £6.99, xii+528pp, tp, oa, cover by Julek Heller & Pete Rozycki)     Original/reprint anthology of 32 humorous stories. Authors include David Langford, Esther Friesner, Tom Holt, Craig Shaw Gardner, Michael G. Coney, Fredric Brown, and John Cleese with a sketch from Monty Python’s Flying Circus. xi · Another Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Happy Valley · John Cleese & Connie Booth · ss The Brand New Monty Python Book, 1973 based on a sketch on Monty Python. 13 · Attack of the Charlie Chaplins · Garry Kilworth · ss New Worlds ed. David Garnett, White Wolf, 1997 24 · Mother Duck Strikes Again [Ebenezum & Wuntvor] · Craig Shaw Gardner · ex from An Excess of Enchantments, Ace, 1988 35 · The Blackbird · Jack Sharkey · ss Fantastic Science Fiction Stories September 1959 52 · Pale Assassin · James Bibby · nv 76 · The Strawhouse Pavilion [Max Kearny] · Ron Goulart · ss Coven 13 #3, January 1970 90 · A Bevy of Beasts 90 · Dragonet · Esther M. Friesner · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories January 1986 96 · The Diplodocus · Porter Emerson Browne · ss The New Broadway Magazine August 1908 110 · Nothing in the Rules [Squaredeal Sam McGhee] · Nelson S. Bond · ss The Blue Book Magazine August 1943 124 · Bad Day on Mount Olympus · Marilyn Todd · ss 137 · A Bunch of Fiends 137 · How Much Would You Pay? · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss 147 · The Devil Times Three · Fredric Brown · gp (r) _147 · Nasty · Fredric Brown · vi Playboy April 1959 _149 · Rope Trick · Fredric Brown · vi Adam May 1959 _150 · The Ring of Hans Carvel · Fredric Brown · vi Nightmares and Geezenstacks by Fredric Brown, Bantam, 1961 retold and somewhat modernized from the works of Rabelais. 152 · Fair-Weather Fiend [Kedrigern] · John Morressy · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1991 175 · A Pair of Oddities 175 · The Byrds · Michael G. Coney · ss Changes ed. Michael Bishop & Ian Watson, Ace, 1983 190 · Polly Put the Mockers On · Stan Nicholls · nv 211 · A Trove of Oldies 211 · Ferdie · F. Anstey · ss The Strand Magazine December 1907 234 · The Queen’s Triplets · Israel Zangwill · ss The Idler December 1892 247 · Crispin the Turnspit · Anthony Armstrong · ss Pearson’s Magazine December 1930 258 · A Halo of Angels 258 · Touched by a Salesman · Tom Holt · ss 277 · Math Takes a Holiday · Paul Di Filippo · nv 304 · Broadway Barbarian · Cherith Baldry · ss [Ref. Damon Runyon] 315 · The Winds of Fate · Tony Rath · nv 337 · Not Ours to See · David Langford · ss The Fortune Teller ed. Lawrence Schimel & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1997 344 · The Caliber of the Sword · Larry Lawrence · ss published in the e-zine, Fantasy, Folklore and Fairytales, Sept 1999. 353 · A Recursion of Fairy Tales 353 · Gunsel and Gretel · Esther Friesner · nv 391 · Frog · Tina Rath · ss 398 · The Swords and the Stones · E. K. Grant · ss 413 · A Touch of the Impossibles 413 · A Case of Four Fingers · John Grant · nv 435 · The Absolute and Utter Impossibility of the Facts in the Case of the Vanishing of Henning Vok (a.k.a. The Amazing Blitzen) (r.n. Jack Ralph Cole) · Jack Adrian · ss New Crimes 3 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1991 443 · Milord Sir Smiht, the English Wizard [Dr. Eszterhazy] · Avram Davidson · nv The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy by Avram Davidson, Warner, 1975 473 · “Put Back That Universe!” [Smedley Faversham] · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 2000 490 · You’ll Never Walk Alone · Scott Edelman · nv