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Orion’s Sword ed. Reginald Bretnor (Ace, June 1980, 0-441-25972-3, $2.50, 324pp, pb, an)     War in Interstellar and Intergalactic Space Volume three in the “The Future at War” series. 1 · Introduction · Reginald Bretnor · in 7 · “In a Good Cause—” · Isaac Asimov · nv New Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1951 40 · Chips on Distant Shoulders · Hal Clement · ar 61 · Time Piece · Joe Haldeman · ss If July/August 1970 74 · Inhuman Error [Berserker] · Fred Saberhagen · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact October 1974 100 · Couldn’t We All Just Be Dear, Dear Friends? · Keith Laumer · ar 107 · An Alien Sort of War · Katherine MacLean · ar 118 · Early Bird [Kurt Dixon] · Theodore R. Cogswell & Theodore L. Thomas · ss Astounding ed. Harry Harrison, Random House, 1973 135 · Inside Straight · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1955 166 · World of the Wars · Jon Freeman · ar 183 · Superiority · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1951 198 · Steel Brother · Gordon R. Dickson · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1952 228 · Outguessing the Unknown: Psychological Aspects of Future War · Alan E. Nourse · ar 243 · City of Yesterday · Terry Carr · ss If December 1967 256 · When I Was Red Rover · Dean Ing · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1957, as “Red Rover” 276 · The Wizard Warriors: Computers and Robots in Warfare · G. Harry Stine · ar 297 · Field Test [Bolo] · Keith Laumer · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1976 323 · Encased in the Amber of Fate · Robert Frazier · pm

The Spear of Mars ed. Reginald Bretnor (Ace, March 1980, 0-441-25971-5, $2.25, 406pp, pb, an)     Volume two in the “The Future at War” series. 1 · Introduction · Reginald Bretnor · in 8 · The Screwfly Solution · Raccoona Sheldon · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1977 40 · The Sword · Frank Quattrocchi · ss If March 1953 59 · Invasions of Earth · L. J. Stecher, Jr. · ar 82 · UFOs and Stranger Intruders · Joseph F. Goodavage · ar 101 · Temple Guardian · Kevin O’Donnell, Jr. · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1979 113 · Mirror, Mirror · Alan E. Nourse · nv Fantastic Science Fiction Stories June 1960, as “The Mirror” 162 · Man: A Transitional Animal · Carl Sagan · ar The Cosmic Connection by Carl Sagan, Doubleday, 1973 171 · Balaam · Anthony Boucher · ss 9 Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1954 194 · Encased in the Amber of Death · Robert Frazier · pm 196 · Cold Victory [Psychotechnic League] · Poul Anderson · ss Venture Science Fiction May 1957 229 · Women Under Fire · Vicki Ann Heydron · ar 248 · This Faithful Soldier’s Life · James Stevens · nv 271 · The Ultimate Weapon · T. R. Fehrenbach · ar 298 · Ender’s Game [Ender Wiggin] · Orson Scott Card · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1977 357 · Fool’s Mate · Robert Sheckley · ss Astounding Science Fiction March 1953 378 · Wings Out of Shadow [Berserker] · Fred Saberhagen · nv Worlds of If March/April 1974

Thor’s Hammer ed. Reginald Bretnor (Ace, August 1979, 0-441-25970-7, $2.25, 391pp, pb, an)     Volume one in the “The Future at War” series. 1 · Introduction · Reginald Bretnor · in 7 · The Long Watch · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The American Legion Magazine December 1949 29 · Defending the Third Industrial Revolution · G. Harry Stine · ar Destinies v1 #3, 1979 53 · Old Woman by the Road · Gregory Benford · ss Destinies v1 #1, 1978 63 · Encased in the Amber of Eternity · Robert Frazier · pm 65 · Moon Rocks · Tom Purdom · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact April 1973 83 · Lasers, Grasers, and Marxists · Jerry Pournelle · ar Galaxy Science Fiction July 1976 103 · Fixed Price War [Merle Walters] · Charles Sheffield · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact May 1978 125 · Marius [Psychotechnic League] · Poul Anderson · ss Astounding Science Fiction March 1957 147 · Weapons in Future Warfare · Roger A. Beaumont & R. Snowden Ficks · ar 173 · Scenario for the Fall of Night · Roger A. Beaumont · ss 186 · The Spell of War [Lord Darcy] · Randall Garrett · nv 220 · Military Vehicles: Into the Third Millennium · Dean Ing · ar Destinies v1 #4, 1979, as “Vehicles for Future Wars” 249 · The Man in the Gray Weapons Suit · Paul J. Nahin · ss 265 · Just an Old-Fashioned War Story · Michael G. Coney · ss Ascents of Wonder ed. David Gerrold, Popular Library, 1977 288 · The Private War of Private Jacob · Joe Haldeman · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1974 297 · One Foot in the Grave: Medicine in Future Warfare · Alan E. Nourse · ar 319 · Shark · Edward Bryant · nv Orbit 12 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1973 346 · Training · David Langford · ss 355 · Final Muster · Rick Rubin · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1961

Barren by Peter V. Brett (Subterranean Press, January 31, 2019, 978-1-59606-905-3, $45.00, 183pp, hc, na, cover by Lauren K. Cannon) [Demon Cycle]     Reprint (Harper Voyager 2018) fantasy novella. Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, leatherbound, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 52 lettered, signed, copies ($250.00). Details taken from online listing.

Brayan’s Gold by Peter V. Brett (Subterranean Press, January 2011, 978-1-59606-363-1, $20.00, 94pp, hc, na, cover by Lauren K. Cannon) [Demon Cycle]     Fantasy novella in the series begun in The Warded Man. Illustrated by Lauren K. Cannon. A leatherbound, signed, limited edition of 750 (-363-1, $45.00) is also available.

The Great Bazaar and Other Stories by Peter V. Brett (Subterranean Press, January 2010, 978-1-59606-289-4, $20.00, 101pp, hc, oc, cover by Lauren K. Cannon)     Collection of the title novelette, two scenes cut from The Painted Man (UK)/The Warded Man (US) with commentary on why they were cut, plus a glossary and a grimoire. A signed, limited edition of 200 ($45.00) is also available. Details taken from online listing. · The Great Bazaar [Demon Cycle] · Peter V. Brett · na · Arlen [Demon Cycle] · Peter V. Brett · ss · Brianne Beaten [Demon Cycle] · Peter V. Brett · ss

Messenger’s Legacy by Peter V. Brett (Subterranean Press, November 2014, 978-1-59606-698-4, $25.00, 139pp, hc, na, cover by Lauren K. Cannon)     Fantasy novella in the Demon Cycle series begun in The Warded Man, based on the short story “Mudboy”. Illustrated by Lauren K. Cannon. Leatherbound, signed, limited edition of 750 ($45.00), with exclusive dustjacket by Vincent Chong and frontispiece is also available.

The Detection Collection ed. Simon Brett (St. Martin’s Minotaur, May 2006, 031235763X, $23.95, 208pp, hc, oa)     Anthology of 11 stories by members of The Detection Club. i · Introduction · Simon Brett · in 3 · The Part-time Job · P. D. James · ss 12 · Partnership Track · Michael Ridpath · ss 26 · A Toothbrush · H. R. F. Keating · ss 44 · The Sun, the Moon and the Stars [Charlie Resnick] · John Harvey · ss 62 · “Going Anywhere Nice?” · Lindsey Davis · ss 78 · Between the Lines · Colin Dexter · ss 91 · The Life-lie · Robert Barnard · ss 105 · The Woman from Marlow · Margaret Yorke · ss 122 · Toupee for a Bald Tyre · Robert Goddard · ss 142 · The Holiday · Clare Francis · nv 169 · Fool of Myself · Reginald Hill · ss 184 · The Detection Club—A Brief History · Simon Brett · ar

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1941 ed. Herschel Brickell (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., November 1941, xix+330pp, hc, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories]     23rd O. Henry collection. Covers the period July 1940 to June 1941. vii · Introduction · Herschel Brickell · in 3 · Defeat · Kay Boyle · ss The New Yorker May 17 1941; first prize; war story. 17 · A Worn Path · Eudora Welty · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1941; second prize; elderly Southern black woman’s life. 31 · Eighteenth Summer · Hallie Southgate Abbett · ss Story #88, March/April 1941; third prize; that crazy younger generation. 49 · The Visit · Andy Logan · ss Swarthmore Dodo 1940; best first-published story; vet returned from China has trouble back in USA. 61 · Hello, Tib · Conrad Aiken · ss Mademoiselle 1941; incident with a cat provokes regrets. 71 · A Bottle of Milk for Mother · Nelson Algren · ss The Southern Review Spring 1941, as “Biceps”; gangs in Chicago. 93 · Retreat · Sally Benson · ss The New Yorker October 19 1940; events at a sanitarium. 105 · I’m Going to Asia · John Cheever · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2741, September 1 1940; around the family hearth as war looms. 113 · Hook · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · nv The Atlantic Monthly August 1940; life from the POV of a hawk. 139 · Seven Boys Take a Hill · David Cornel De Jong · ss The Virginia Quarterly Review 1941; youthful doings of boys on holiday. 155 · The Old People [Yoknapatawpha County] · William Faulkner · nv Harper’s Magazine September 1940; doin’s in Yoknapatawpha. 173 · The Snow Goose · Paul Gallico · nv The Saturday Evening Post November 9 1940 197 · Those Are As Brothers · Nancy Hale · ss Mademoiselle May 1941; about a Jewish refugee in Connecticut. 213 · I’d Give It All Up for Tahiti · Paul Kunasz · ss Story #85, September/October 1940; reveries of a bomber pilot. 223 · Afternoon in the Jungle · Albert Maltz · ss The New Yorker January 11 1941; a New York kid has war fantasies. 235 · Caput Mortuum · Edita Morris · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2752, June 1941; daughter recalls weird parents. 247 · My Friend Flicka [Ken McLaughlin & Flicka] · Mary O’Hara · nv Story #87, January/February 1941; basis for famous film. 273 · The Conqueror · Vincent Sheean · ss Redbook Magazine June 1941; war story. 289 · The Proud Walkers · James Still · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 10 1941; some Southern regionalism. 307 · My Pigeon Pair · Dorothy Thomas · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1941; working girl struggles. 323 · Appendix · [uncredited] · ms

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1942 ed. Herschel Brickell (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., November 1942, xvii+356pp, hc, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories]     Covers the period July 1941 to June 1942. vii · Introduction · Herschel Brickell · in 3 · The Wide Net · Eudora Welty · nv Harper’s Magazine May 1942; first prize. 33 · Two Rivers · Wallace Stegner · ss The Atlantic Monthly June 1942; second prize. 51 · Windwagon Smith · Wilbur L. Schramm · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1941; third prize. 75 · A Long Way to Go · Jeanne E. Wylie · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1941; best first-published story. 91 · Their Name Is Macaroni · Kay Boyle · ss The New Yorker January 3 1942 105 · The Portable Phonograph · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss The Yale Review Spring 1941 117 · An Interval Like This · Robert Gorham Davis · ss The New Yorker April 25 1942 127 · Snow-on-the-Mountain · David Cornel De Jong · ss Harper’s Bazaar May 1942 139 · Two Soldiers · William Faulkner · ss The Saturday Evening Post March 28 1942 161 · The Dear Little Doves · Eleanor Green · ss Harper’s Magazine October 1941 171 · Sunday—1913 · Nancy Hale · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2753, July 1941 195 · The Coming of Age · Clare Jaynes · ss Story #93, January/February 1942 207 · Alexander to the Park · Josephine Johnson · ss Harper’s Bazaar 219 · The Workmanship Has to Be Wasted · Alexander Laing · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1942 231 · The Jockey · Carson McCullers · ss The New Yorker August 23 1941 241 · Yankee Odyssey · John Rogers Shuman · ss The Southern Review Summer 1941 259 · How Edith McGillcuddy Met R.L. Stevenson · John Steinbeck · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1941 275 · The Yodeler · Alison Stuart · nv Harper’s Bazaar 301 · Feathers · Richard Sullivan · ss Mademoiselle 1942 315 · Basket Carry · Jerome Weidman · ss Harper’s Magazine August 1941 333 · Hunger · Marjorie Worthington · ss Harper’s Bazaar #2755, September 1 1941 349 · Appendix · [uncredited] · ms

O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1943 ed. Herschel Brickell (Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1943, xxv+319pp, hc, an) [O. Henry Prize Stories]     Twenty-Fifth Anniversary Edition. Covers the period July 1942 to June 1943. ix · Introduction · Herschel Brickell · in 3 · Livvie Is Back · Eudora Welty · ss The Atlantic Monthly November 1942; first prize. 19 · The Knot Hole · Dorothy Canfield · nv The Yale Review Spring 1943; second prize. 43 · The Fishermen of Patzcuaro · William Fifield · ss Story #99, January/February 1943; third prize. 63 · The Little Black Boys · Clara Laidlaw · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1942; best first-published story. 79 · The Canals of Mars · Kay Boyle · ss Harper’s Bazaar February 1943 91 · Pigeons en Casserole · Bessie Breuer · ss The New Yorker June 20 1942 107 · The Enemy · Pearl Buck · nv Harper’s Magazine November 1942 129 · The Ascent of Ariel Goodbody · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss The Yale Review December 1942 143 · The Unfaithful · Whitfield Cook · ss The American Mercury September 1942 155 · Standby · Sarah Grinnell · ss Harper’s Bazaar 167 · Black Boy’s Good Time · Elmer Grossberg · ss Esquire November 1942 181 · Who Lived and Died Believing · Nancy Hale · nv Harper’s Bazaar September 1942 203 · The Glass Pigeon · Josephine Johnson · ss Harper’s Bazaar 215 · Blinker Was a Good Dog · Ben Hur Lampman · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1943 223 · A Tree. A Rock. A Cloud · Carson McCullers · ss Harper’s Bazaar November 1942 235 · Knife-Like, Flower-Like, Like Nothing at All in the World · William Saroyan · ss Harper’s Bazaar July 1942 245 · White for the Living · Margarita G. Smith · ss Mademoiselle 1943 253 · “She Shall Have Music” · Austin Strong · ss The Atlantic Monthly October 1942 265 · Death and My Uncle Felix · Alison Stuart · ss Mademoiselle October 1942 277 · The Cane in the Corridor · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker January 2 1943 285 · The Old She ’Gator · Peggy Von Der Goltz · ss Story #99, January/February 1943 295 · Pecos Bill and the Willful Coyote · William C. White · ss Story #96, July/August 1942 313 · Appendix · [uncredited] · ms