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The Issue at Hand by William Atheling, Jr. (Advent, July 1974, 0-911682-17-1, $2.25, 158pp, tp, cover by John Stopa)
Reprint (Advent 1964) collection of critical essays.

1 · Introduction · James Blish · in

5 · Some Propositions · William Atheling, Jr. · ar Skyhook Autumn 1952, as “Pro-Phile”

17 · Some Missing Rebuttals · William Atheling, Jr. · ar Skyhook Winter 1952/1953, as “Pro-Phile”

31 · Rebuttals, Token Punches, and Violence · William Atheling, Jr. · ar Skyhook Spring 1953, as “The Issue at Hand”

44 · A Sprig of Editors · William Atheling, Jr. · ar Skyhook Summer 1953, as “The Issue at Hand”

52 · Cathedrals in Space · William Atheling, Jr. · ar Skyhook Autumn 1953, as “The Issue at Hand”

62 · Afterword to “Cathedrals in Space” · William Atheling, Jr. · ms

65 · Another Case · William Atheling, Jr. · ar Xero April 1962 [Ref. Robert A. W. Lowndes]

68 · And Another · William Atheling, Jr. · ar October 1961 [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein]

80 · Negative Judgments: Swashbungling Series and Second Guessing · William Atheling, Jr. · ar Skyhook Autumn 1953 (+1), as “The Issue at Hand”

92 · One Completely Lousy Story, With Feetnote · William Atheling, Jr. · ar Skyhook Spring 1954, as “The Issue at Hand”

101 · Scattershot · William Atheling, Jr. · ar Skyhook Winter 1954, as “The Issue at Hand”

108 · One Way Trip · William Atheling, Jr. · ar January 1962

114 · The Short Novel: Three Ranging Shots and Two Duds · William Atheling, Jr. · ar July 1962

125 · The Fens Revisited: “Said” Books and Incest · William Atheling, Jr. · ar August 1962

131 · An Answer of Sorts · William Atheling, Jr. · ar September 1963
speech at Discon: 21st World SF Convention, Washington, 1963.

138 · A Question of Content · William Atheling, Jr. · ar September 1960
guest of honour speech at 18th Worldcon in 1960.

151 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

More Issues at Hand by William Atheling, Jr. (Advent, February 1974, 0-911682-18-X, $3.50, 154pp, tp, cover by Alex Eisenstein)
Reprint (Advent 1970) collection of critical essays.

1 · Criticism—Who Needs It? · James Blish · in

9 · Science Fiction as a Movement: A Tattoo for Needles · William Atheling, Jr. · ar
based on the introductions to Best Science Fiction Stories of James Blish (1965) and to New Dreams This Morning (1966).

18 · New Maps and Old Saws: The Critical Literature · William Atheling, Jr. · ar SF Horizons #2, Winter 1965, as “S.F.: The Critical Literature” by James Blish
based in part on material in Xero (fnz) 1960.

35 · Afterword to “New Maps and Old Saws” · William Atheling, Jr. · ms 1968

41 · Things Still to Come: Gadgetry and Prediction · William Atheling, Jr. · ar Epilogue Summer 1964

51 · First Person Singular: Heinlein, Son of Heinlein · William Atheling, Jr. · ar 1957 [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein]

56 · Afterword to “First Person Singular” · William Atheling, Jr. · ms 1967

59 · Death and the Beloved: Algis Budrys and the Great Theme · William Atheling, Jr. · br The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1961, as “Rogue Moon” by James Blish [Ref. Algis Budrys]

67 · Caviar and Kisses: The Many Loves of Thedore Sturgeon · William Atheling, Jr. · ar The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1962, as “Theodore Sturgeon’s Macrocosm” by James Blish [Ref. Theodore Sturgeon]; revised.

78 · Afterword to “Caviar and Kisses” · William Atheling, Jr. · ms 1969

79 · Exit Euphues: The Monstrosities of Merritt · William Atheling, Jr. · ar 1957 [Ref. A. Merritt]

86 · Scattershot: Practice Makes Perfect—But It Can Also Cut Your Throat · William Atheling, Jr. · ar 1957

98 · Science-Fantasy and Translations: Two More Cans of Worms · William Atheling, Jr. · ar
based on articles in Axe (fnz) #34, 2-63 and an unknown fanzine from 1960.

117 · Making Waves: The Good, the Bad, the Indifferent · William Atheling, Jr. · ar Speculation #27, September 1970, as “The Good, the Bad, the Indifferent”
originally given as a talk at Speculation Conference 14-Jun-70.

147 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

The Splendid Idle Forties by Gertrude Atherton (New York City, NY: Macmillan, 1902, hc)

· The Bells of San Gabriel · Gertrude Atherton · vi Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine October 1891

· The Conquest of Doña Jacoba · Gertrude Atherton · nv Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 1892

· The Ears of Twenty Americans · Gertrude Atherton · na Before the Gringo Came by Gertrude Atherton, J. Selwin Tait & Sons, 1894

· The Head of a Priest · Gertrude Atherton · ss

· The Isle of Skulls · Gertrude Atherton · ss (r)

· La Pérdida · Gertrude Atherton · ss Before the Gringo Came by Gertrude Atherton, J. Selwin Tait & Sons, 1894

· Lukari’s Story · Gertrude Atherton · ss The Cosmopolitan November 1892

· Natalie Ivanhoff · Gertrude Atherton · ss Before the Gringo Came by Gertrude Atherton, J. Selwin Tait & Sons, 1894

· The Pearls of Loreto · Gertrude Atherton · ss Before the Gringo Came by Gertrude Atherton, J. Selwin Tait & Sons, 1894

· A Ramble with Eulogia · Gertrude Atherton · nv The London Graphic

· The Vengeance of Padre Arroyo · Gertrude Atherton · ss Lippincott’s Monthly Magazine July 1891

· The Wash-tub Mail · Gertrude Atherton · ss Before the Gringo Came by Gertrude Atherton, J. Selwin Tait & Sons, 1894

· When the Devil Was Well · Gertrude Atherton · ss Before the Gringo Came by Gertrude Atherton, J. Selwin Tait & Sons, 1894

Parabolas of Science Fiction ed. Brian Attebery & Veronica Hollinger (Wesleyan University Press, July 15, 2013, 978-0-8195-7367-4, xv+312pp, tp, cover by Agnès Dodart)
Non-fiction, a gathering of 14 critical essays on science fiction. Authors include Terry Dowling, Graham Sleight, L. Timmel Duchamp, and Gary K. Wolfe. A hardcover edition (-7366-7, $75.00) was announced but not seen.
Details taken from online listing.

vii · Parabolas of Science Fiction · Brian Attebery & Veronica Hollinger · in

3 · Science Fiction Parabolas: Jazz, Geometry, and Generation Starships · Brian Attebery · ar

24 · Dancing with Scheherazade: Some Reflections in the Djinn’s Glass · Terry Dowling · ar

36 · Breaking the Frame · Graham Sleight · ar

53 · Katherine MacLean’s Short Science Fiction and Cytology: Science as Parabola · Jane Donawerth · ar

70 · Second Contact: The First Contact Story in Latin American Science Fiction · Rachel Haywood Ferreira · ar

89 · Parabolas of SFQ: Canadian Science Fiction in French and the Making of a “National” Subgenre · Amy J. Ransom · ar

106 · The Domestic SF Parabola · Lisa Yaszek · ar

125 · Mad Scientists, Chimps, and Mice with Human Brains: Collapsing Boundaries in Science Fiction · L. Timmel Duchamp · ar

143 · Coded Transmissions: Gender and Genre Reception in The Matrix · David M. Higgins · ar

161 · The Mad Scientist, the Failed Experiment, and the Queer Family of Man: Sirius, Frankenstein and the SF Stockroom · John Rieder · ar

180 · Back to the Filthy Workshop: “Faithful” Film Adaptations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein · Nicholas Ruddick · ar

205 · The Future of the Past: Science Fiction, Retro, and Retrofuturism · Pawel Frelik · ar

225 · Babylon Revisited: Alternate Cosmologies from Farmer to Chiang · Gary K. Wolfe · ar

242 · Science Fiction as Archive Fever · Veronica Hollinger · ar

The Best American Short Stories 1989 ed. Margaret Atwood & Shannon Ravenel (Houghton Mifflin, 1989, tp)
Details supplied by Denny Lien.

ix · Publisher’s Note · [uncredited] · ms (r)

xi · Reading Blind · Margaret Atwood · in 1989

1 · Fenstad’s Mother · Charles Baxter · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1988

15 · Customs of the Country · Madison Smartt Bell · ss Harper’s Magazine February 1988

30 · Living to Be a Hundred · Robert Boswell · ss The Iowa Review 1988

49 · The Black Hand Girl · Blanche McCrary Boyd · ss Voice Literary Supplement 1988

60 · Kubuku Rides (This Is It) · Larry Brown · ss Greensboro Review 1988

75 · Ralph the Duck · Frederick Busch · ss The Quarterly 1988

90 · White Angel · Michael Cunningham · ss The New Yorker July 25 1988

108 · The Flowers of Boredom · Rick DeMarinis · ss The Antioch Review 1988

118 · Edie: A Life · Harriet Doerr · ss Epoch v36 #2, 1987

134 · The Concert Party · Mavis Gallant · nv The New Yorker January 25 1988

167 · Why I Decided to Kill Myself and Other Jokes · Douglas Glover · ss Translation 1988

181 · Disneyland · Barbara Gowdy · ss North American Review 1988

195 · Aunt Moon’s Young Man · Linda Hogan · nv The Missouri Review 1988

216 · Displacement · David Wong Louie · ss Ploughshares 1988

230 · The Management of Grief · Bharati Mukherjee · ss Fiction Network 1988

247 · Meneseteung · Alice Munro · nv The New Yorker January 11 1988

269 · What Men Love For · Dale Ray Phillips · ss The Atlantic Monthly April 1988

281 · Strays · Mark Richard · ss Esquire July 1988

287 · Boy on a Train · Arthur Robinson · ss The New Yorker April 11 1988

302 · The Letter Writer · M. T. Sharif · ss Agni 1988

Tales from the Lake: Vol. 2 ed. Emma Audsley, R. J. Cavender & Joe Mynhardt (Crystal Lake Publishing, March 9, 2016, 978-1-944783-66-2, $16.99, 382pp, tp, cover by Ben Baldwin)
Details taken from online listing.

· Foreward from the Publisher/Editor · Joe Mynhardt · fw

· Lago De Las Perdidos · Jim Goforth · ss

· Out of the Woods · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Terrors 2 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, Gollancz, 1996

· Winter’s Dollhouse · Rena Mason · ss

· The God of Rain · Tim Lebbon · ss Horror Literature Quarterly 2007

· A Grand Perversion · Ben Eads · ss

· Bone Wary · Jan Edwards · ss A-Z Cities of Death ed. Dean M. Drinkel, CreateSpace, 2013

· Photograph of You · Mark West · ss

· St. Thomas of El Paso · Lisa Morton · ss

· Forever Dark · Jonathan Winn · ss

· Ripperscape · Vincenzo Bilof · ss

· Descending · John Whalen · ss

· Virtuoso · Hal Badner · ss

· Chalk Face · Raven Dane · ss

· Like Disneyland · Rocky Alexander · ss

· Prime Cuts · Glen Johnson · ss

· The Lake Is Life · Richard Chizmar · nv

· Damned if You Do · Jack Ketchum · ss Damned: An Anthology of the Lost ed. David G. Barnett, Necro Publications, 2004

· The First Header · Edward Lee · ex from Header 2, Necro Publications, 2013

· Love Amongst the Redback Spiders · Aaron Dries · ss

Dracula: Authoritative Text, Contexts, Reviews and Reactions, Dramatic and Film Variations, Criticism. ed. Nina Auerbach & David J. Skal (Norton, January 1997, 0-393-97012-4, $9.95, 488pp, tp) [Ref. Bram Stoker]
Annotated critical edition of the Bram Stoker’s classic vampire story, gathering critical essays and reviews. The text follows the 1897 Constable edition, with minor corrections. There is a chronology of Stoker’s life, and a selected bibliography.

Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers ed. Nina Auerbach & U. C. Knoepflmacher (University of Chicago Press, May 1992, 0-226-03203-5, $27.50, 373pp, hc, cover by Arthur Hughes)
Anthology of 11 19th-century fantasy stories by women writers with an introduction and commentary explaining why women wrote much nastier stories than men.

1 · Introduction · Nina Auerbach & U. C. Knoepflmacher · in 1992

11 · Part One: Refashioning Fairy Tales · Nina Auerbach & U. C. Knoepflmacher · si 1992

21 · The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood · Anne Thackeray Ritchie · ss The Cornhill Magazine May 1866, uncredited.

35 · Beauty and the Beast · Anne Thackeray Ritchie · nv The Cornhill Magazine June 1867, uncredited.

75 · The Brown Bull of Norrowa · Mary Louisa Molesworth · ss (r); given as by Maria Louisa Molesworth.

105 · Amelia and the Dwarfs · Juliana Horatia Ewing · ss Aunt Judy’s Magazine February 1870 - March 1870

129 · Part Two: Subversions · Nina Auerbach & U. C. Knoepflmacher · si 1992

139 · Nick · Christina Rossetti · ss Commonplace and Other Short Stories by Christina Rossetti, F.S. Ellis, 1870

145 · Christmas Crackers · Juliana Horatia Ewing · ss Aunt Judy’s Magazine December 1869 - January 1870

164 · Behind the White Brick · Frances Hodgson Burnett · ss St. Nicholas January 1879

177 · Melisande, or, Long and Short Division · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine July 1900

192 · Fortunatus Rex & Co. [Professor Doloro de Lara] · E. Nesbit · ss Nine Unlikely Tales by E. Nesbit, Fisher Unwin, 1901

207 · Part Three: A Fantasy Novel · Nina Auerbach & U. C. Knoepflmacher · si 1992

215 · Mopsa the Fairy · Jean Ingelow · n. Longmans, Green, 1869

317 · Part Four: A Trio of Antifantasies · Nina Auerbach & U. C. Knoepflmacher · si 1992

325 · Speaking Likenesses · Christina Rossetti · nv Speaking Likenesses by Christina Rossetti, , 1874

361 · Biographical Sketches · [uncredited] · bg 1992

369 · Further Readings · [uncredited] · bi 1992

Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers ed. Nina Auerbach & U. C. Knoepflmacher (University of Chicago Press, November 1993, 0-226-03204-3, $11.95, 373pp, tp, cover by Arthur Hughes)
Reprint (University of Chicago Press 1992) anthology of 11 19th-Century fantasy stories by women writers with an introduction and commentary explaining why women wrote much nastier stories than men. This edition consists of the original hardcover sheets with a new trade paperback cover.

Frontiers/Fronteiras ed. Maria Augusta & António de Macedo (Simetria Portugal, September 1998, 972-97495-1-5, 193 + 199pp, tp, cover by Ricardo Monteiro)
Original anthology of 10 SF stories, eight original, printed double format in both English and Portuguese. There is a “Frontiers Manifesto” by Daniel Tércio and an article on “SF in Portugal” by Teresa Sousa de Almeida. Authors include Roberto de Sousa Causo, Gwyneth Jones, and Stephen Baxter.

5 · Frontiers Manifesto · Daniel Tércio · pr

9 · SF in Portugal · Teresa Sousa de Almeida · in

25 · Ad Maiorem Dei Gloriam · Maria de Menezes · ss

35 · Patriotic Crimes · Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro · nv
translated from the Portuguese (O Vampiro da Nova Holanda, Editorial Caminho, 1998).

57 · The Most Beautiful Woman in the World · Roberto de Sousa Causo · ss

67 · La Cenerentola · Gwyneth Jones · ss Interzone #136, October 1998

83 · Between Horizons · António de Macedo · nv

111 · Glass Earth, Inc. · Stephen Baxter · ss Future Histories ed. Stephen McClelland, Horizon House (UK), 1997

131 · The Return of Superman · João Tiago · ss

147 · Out of Love for the Offspring · João Barreiros · ss

175 · Dr. Breakfast and the Polyban · David Alan Prescott · ss

183 · Turned Over to the Animals · Daniel Tércio · ss

Side Effects ed. Maria Augusta & António de Macedo (Simetria Portugal, September 1997, 972-97495-0-7, tp, cover by João Cesário)
Original anthology of nine stories, including one reprint by Joe Haldeman.

6 · The Side Effects of Science Fiction Exposure · Luís Filipe Silva · fw

10 · Diversified Pedagogies · Maria de Menezes · ss

23 · Tide Effects · António de Macedo · nv

52 · Nihil Sine Causa · David Alan Prescott · ss

58 · Rodney King · Luís Filipe Silva · ss

72 · Wysiwyg or Not · José Xavier Ezequiel · ss

89 · Silent Night · João Barreiros · ss

100 · The Pilot · Joe Haldeman · ss Destinies v1 #3, 1979

104 · Secondary Mission · Gerson Lodi-Ribeiro · nv

127 · The Prophecy of the Water · Helena Coelho · ss

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