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The Science in Science Fiction by Peter Nicholls, Brian M. Stableford & David Langford (Michael Joseph, November 1982, 0-7181-2187-2, £10.95, 208pp, hc, nf, cover by Chris Foss)

Events/Heatwave by Stan & Anne Nicholls (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 2015, £8.00, 50pp, ph, oc, cover by David A. Hardy) [Novacon Booklets]     Original collection to coincide with the Nicholls’s Guest of Honour appearances at Novacon 45. Details taken from online listing. · Events · Stan Nicholls · ss · Heatwave · Anne Nicholls · nv

Orcs: Tales of Maras-Dantia by Stan Nicholls (NewCon Press, December 1, 2015, 978-1-910935-04-0, £12.99, 208pp, tp, co, cover by Fangorn) [Orcs]     Also available in a hardback edition (-03-3, £22.95), limited to 100 numbered, signed, copies. Details supplied by Stan Nicholls. · Introduction · Stan Nicholls · in 7 · Introduction · Stan Nicholls · in 13 · The Taking [Orcs] · Stan Nicholls · ss Swords Against the Millennium ed. Mike Chinn, Alchemy Press/Saladoth Productions, 2000 37 · Fit for Purpose [Orcs] · Stan Nicholls · na 113 · Paid in Blood [Orcs] · Stan Nicholls · nv 153 · A Night on the Tiles [Orcs] · Stan Nicholls · nv 183 · Bonus #1: Weapons of Magical Destruction (Alternate Opening) [Orcs] · Stan Nicholls · ss 195 · Bonus #2: David Gemmell Interviews Stan Nicholls · David Gemmell · iv [Ref. Stan Nicholls] 203 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg

Shake Me to Wake Me: The Best of Stan Nicholls by Stan Nicholls (NewCon Press, November 30, 2013, 978-1-907069-52-9, £11.99, 224pp, tp, co, cover by Ben Baldwin)     Also available in a hardback edition (-53-6, £22.99), limited to 125 numbered, signed, copies. Details supplied by Stan Nicholls. 11 · Sleeping with the Writer · Stan Nicholls · in 15 · Softies · Stan Nicholls · nv Point Horror ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994 39 · Picking up the Tab · Stan Nicholls · nv 13 Again ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1995 67 · SPOIL · Stan Nicholls · nv Touch Wood ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1993 89 · Throwing a Wobbly · Stan Nicholls · nv infinity plus August 1998 113 · We Are for the Dark · Stan Nicholls · ss Shakespearean Detectives ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 1998 133 · Three Whimsies · Stan Nicholls · gp (r) _133 · Alternate Reality 1: Falling in Love · Stan Nicholls · ss Fantasycon XXIV Programme Booklet, Fantasycon XXIV, 2000 _137 · Alternate Reality 2: If You Can’t Do It with the Lights on You Shouldn’t Be Doing It at All · Stan Nicholls · ss Fantasycon XXIV Programme Booklet, Fantasycon XXIV, 2000 _142 · Alternate Reality 3: Good Brown, Charlie Grief · Stan Nicholls · ss Fantasycon XXIV Programme Booklet, Fantasycon XXIV, 2000 149 · Polly Put the Mockers On · Stan Nicholls · nv The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2001 171 · Juice · Stan Nicholls · nv Vivisepulture ed. Andy Remic & Wayne Simmons, Anarchy Books, 2011 197 · The Gripes of Wrath · Stan Nicholls · ss 219 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg

Uncanny Tales 1 ed. Stan Nicholls--- see under Dennis Wheatley.

Uncanny Tales 2 ed. Stan Nicholls--- see under Dennis Wheatley.

Uncanny Tales 3 ed. Stan Nicholls--- see under Dennis Wheatley.

Passages West: Nineteen Stories of Youth and Identity ed. Hugh Nichols & Mary Clearman Blew (Confluence Press, 1990, pb, an)     Contents not known.

The Emerging “New Woman”: American Women’s Short Stories, 1865-1917 ed. Kathleen L. Nichols & Charles G. Waugh (Sam Teddy Publishing, 2013, 978-1-935573-70-8, $18.95, xii+377pp, tp, an, cover: Vacation by J. C. Leyendecker from Collier’s August 17 1907) i · Introduction · Kathleen L. Nichols · in 1 · Slavery and Freedom: Race and Gender 3 · Down the River · Harriet Prescott Spofford · nv The Atlantic Monthly October 1865, uncredited. 38 · Poor Chloe · Lydia Maria Child · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1866, uncredited. 57 · Rodman the Keeper · Constance Fenimore Woolson · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1877 83 · A Carnival Jangle · Alice Dunbar-Nelson · ss Violets and Other Tales by Alice Dunbar Nelson, The Monthly Review, 1895 86 · A Dash for Liberty · Pauline E. Hopkins · ss Colored American Magazine August 1901 94 · After Many Days · Fannie Barrier Williams · ss Colored American Magazine December 1902 109 · Self-Reliant Women: Work vs. Family 111 · A Woman’s Pulpit · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps · ss The Atlantic Monthly July 1870 130 · How I Went Out to Service · Louisa May Alcott · ss The Independent June 4 1874 143 · A Day with Dr. Sarah · Rebecca Harding Davis · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine September 1878, uncredited. 155 · A Woman of To-Morrow · Ellen Glasgow · ss Short Stories August 1895 167 · Malinke’s Atonement · Mary Antin · nv The Atlantic Monthly September 1911 195 · Chains · Alice Cowdery · ss Harper’s Magazine March 1915 211 · The Marriage Question—and Divorce 213 · Tom’s Husband · Sarah Orne Jewett · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1882 225 · How Celia Changed Her Mind · Rose Terry Cooke · ss Huckleberries Gathered from New England Hills by Rose Terry Cooke, Houghton, Mifflin, 1891 243 · The Wagner Matinee · Willa Cather · ss Everybody’s Magazine March 1904 251 · Other Times, Other Manners (Autres Temps) · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine July 1911 (+1) 279 · Turned · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss The Forerunner September 1911 289 · The Story of One White Woman Who Married a Chinese · Sui Sin Far · ss Mrs. Spring Fragrance by Sui Sin Far, A. C. McClurg, 1912 301 · Communities of Women: Female Friendships 303 · A Poetess · Mary Wilkins Freeman · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine July 1890, as by Mary E. Wilkins 317 · Joint Owners in Spain · Alice Brown · ss The Atlantic Monthly January 1895 330 · Lilacs · Kate Chopin · ss New Orleans Times-Democrat December 20 1896 342 · The Trial Path · Zitkala-Ša · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine October 1901 347 · The Birth of the God of War · María Cristina Mena · ss The Century Magazine May 1914 354 · A Jury of Her Peers · Susan Glaspell · nv Every Week March 5 1917 based on material from the play “Trifles”. 375 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

Patchwork of Death by Peter Nichols (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, October 1965, 65-22464, $3.95, 191pp, hc, n., cover by Ben Feder)

Patchwork of Death by Peter Nichols (Robert Hale, June 1967, B67-12591, 15/-, 192pp, hc, n.)     Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1965) mystery novel.

Fantastica: Being the Smile of the Sphinx and Other Tales of Imagination by Robert Nichols (Chatto & Windus, 1923, 7/6d, 515pp, hc, co) 1 · Preface, Highly Explanatory for the Use Rather of Professionals Than Tyros · Robert Nichols · ar 41 · The Smile of the Sphinx · Robert Nichols · nv The London Mercury November 1919 89 · Sir Perseus and the Fair Andromeda · Robert Nichols · nv The English Review 175 · Golgotha & Co. · Robert Nichols · n. 494 · Epilogue · Robert Nichols · aw

Love Beyond Body, Space, and Time: An Indigenous LGBT Sci-Fi Anthology ed. Hope Nicholson (Bedside Press, September 15, 2016, 978-0-9939970-7-5, C$10.00, 120pp, tp, oa, cover by Jeffrey Veregge)     Details taken from online listing. 7 · Letter from the Editor · Hope Nicholson · in 9 · Beyond the Grim Dust of What Was to a Radiant Possibility of What Could Be: Two-Spirit Survivance Stories · Grace L. Dillon · ar 12 · Returning to Ourselves: Two Spirit Futures and the Now · Niigaan Sinclair · ar 20 · Aliens · Richard Van Camp · ss 31 · Legends Are Made, Not Born · Cherie Dimaline · ss 38 · Perfectly You · David A. Robertson · ss 54 · The Boys Who Became the Hummingbirds · Daniel Heath Justice · ss 60 · Né Łe! · Darcie Little Badger · ss 77 · Transitions · Gwen Benaway · ss 87 · Imposter Syndrome · Mari Kurisato · ss 103 · Valediction at the Star View Motel · Nathan Adler · ss 116 · Parallax · Cleo Keahna · pm

Captain Empirical by Sam Nicholson (Ace, January 1979, 0-441-09137-7, $1.95, 342pp, pb, n.) [Capt. Schuster]     Fix-up novel of eight stories, one new, plus linking material. 19 · The Fourth-Stage Polygraph [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1977 52 · Get the Lead Out [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact November 1976 76 · A Rat of Any Psize [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1977 97 · The Copra Population [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · nv 138 · Actions Speak Louder [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1978 191 · Griggs and the Einstein Fallacy [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact September 1977 216 · Now You See Her [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact December 1977 270 · More Deadly Than the Male? [Capt. Schuster] · Sam Nicholson · na Analog Yearbook ed. Ben Bova, Baronet, 1978

Flowers by Scott Nicholson (Haunted Computer Books, October 25, 2010, $2.99, 120pp, ebook, co)     Details taken from online listing. · The Vampire Shortstop · Scott Nicholson · nv L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XV ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge, 1999 · Thirst · Scott Nicholson · ss Thank You for the Flowers by Scott Nicholson, Parkway, 2000 first published in German on the website Storisende and in the anthology Die Drachen Von Morgan. · When You Wear These Shoes · Scott Nicholson · ss 2001 first published in the literary anthology Happy #15, January 2001. · Invisible Friend · Scott Nicholson · ss Flowers by Scott Nicholson, Haunted Computer Books, 2010 · The Night the Wind Died · Scott Nicholson · ss Flesh & Blood #10, 2002 · Scarecrow Boy · Scott Nicholson · ss ChiZine #9, July/September 2001 · Luminosity · Scott Nicholson · ss Flowers by Scott Nicholson, Haunted Computer Books, 2010 · Wampus Cat · Scott Nicholson · ss Legends of the Mountain State 3 ed. Michael Knost, Woodland Press, 2009 · The Boy Who Saw Fire · Scott Nicholson · ss The Leading Edge #36, September 1998 · In the Heart of November · Scott Nicholson · ss Be Afraid! ed. Edo van Belkom, Tundra Books, 2000

Thank You for the Flowers by Scott Nicholson (Parkway Publishers, September 2000, 1-887905-24-3, $14.95, 190pp, tp, co, cover by John Shamburger)     Collection of 13 stories of horror and suspense, including the 1998 L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future Gold Award winner. The author’s afterword tells how the stories came to be written. vii · Introduction · Scott Nicholson · in 3 · Haunted · Scott Nicholson · ss More Monsters from Memphis ed. Beecher Smith, Zapizdat Publications, 1998 17 · The Vampire Shortstop · Scott Nicholson · nv L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XV ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge, 1999 41 · Skin · Scott Nicholson · ss Northern Horror, Canada, 2000 55 · Dead Air · Scott Nicholson · ss Blue Murder #3, 1997 73 · In the Heart of November · Scott Nicholson · ss Be Afraid! ed. Edo van Belkom, Tundra Books, 2000 85 · The Three-Dollar Corpse · Scott Nicholson · ss Dead Promises ed. Jane Hubbard, Chameleon Publishing, 1999 99 · Thirst · Scott Nicholson · ss first published in German on the website Storisende and in the anthology Die Drachen Von Morgan. 111 · Do You Know Me Yet? · Scott Nicholson · ss The Asylum, Vol. 1: The Psycho Ward ed. Victor Heck, DarkTales Publications, 1999 121 · Homecoming · Scott Nicholson · ss Maelstrom Speculative Fiction 1998 133 · Kill Your Darlings · Scott Nicholson · ss Blue Murder #5, 1997 145 · Metabolism · Scott Nicholson · ss L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XIV ed. Dave Wolverton, Bridge, 1998 157 · The Boy Who Saw Fire · Scott Nicholson · ss The Leading Edge #36, September 1998 173 · Constitution · Scott Nicholson · vi Carpe Noctem #16, 1999 185 · Afterwords · Scott Nicholson · aw

Walking Water/After All This by Thom Nickels (Banned Books, September 1989, 0-934411-22-0, $8.95, 168pp, tp, oc)     Collection of two novellas, one sf and one fantasy, both with gay protagonists. 1 · Walking Water · Thom Nickels · na 91 · After All This · Thom Nickels · na

The English Soil Society by Tim Nickels (Elastic Press, October 2005, 0-9548812-4-9, £5.99, 260pp, tp, co, cover by Dean Harkness)     Details taken from online listing. · maybe · Tim Nickels · vi Substance Spring 1995 · Airbabies · Tim Nickels · ss The Third Alternative #7, Summer 1995 · Colder Still · Tim Nickels · ss Back Brain Recluse #16, Summer 1990 · Hearing Colour · Tim Nickels · vi The Third Alternative #3, Summer 1994 · A Million Toledo Blades · Tim Nickels · ss · S · Tim Nickels · ss · The Dressing Floors · Tim Nickels · ss Neonlit: Time Out Book of New Writing Vol. 1 ed. Nicholas Royle, Quartet, 1998 · Redapple · Tim Nickels · ss Substance Autumn 1996 · In the South · Tim Nickels · vi · Backalong in Bollockland · Tim Nickels · ss Scheherazade #7, April 1993 · The Hungry Shine · Tim Nickels · ss · Mizzlesoft · Tim Nickels · ss · Boo · Tim Nickels · ss · The English Soil Society · Tim Nickels · ss Roadworks #12, Summer 2001 · Tooley’s Root · Tim Nickels · ss Back Brain Recluse #22, 1994 · Lusheart · Tim Nickels · ss Midnight Street #5, Summer 2005 · Another Summer · Tim Nickels · ss · The Last of the Dandini Sisters · Tim Nickels · ss The Third Alternative #12, 1997 · The Science of Sadness · Tim Nickels · ss The Science of Sadness ed. Chris Kenworthy, Barrington, 1994 · Born in the Forest · Tim Nickels · ss BBR #21, 1992 · Nest · Tim Nickels · ss

License Expired: The Unauthorized James Bond ed. David Nickle & Madeline Ashby--- see under Madeline Ashby.

Lying Cheating & Stealing ed. Sara Nicklès (Chronicle Books, 1997, 0-8118-1820-9, $12.95, 200pp, tp, an) x · Introduction · Sara Nicklès · in 13 · Confessions of a Burglar · Woody Allen · ss The New Yorker October 18 1976 18 · Rien Ne Va Plus · Alexander Woollcott · vi The New Yorker March 5 1932 22 · My Wicked, Wicked Ways · Errol Flynn · ex Putnam, 1959 29 · Faking Orgasms · Shere Hite · ex from The Hite Report, Simon & Schuster, 1976 32 · The Secret Life of Harold Winney · James Thurber · ex from The Years with Ross, Little, Brown, 1959 42 · It’s on the House! · Stanley Bing · hu Esquire March 1993 48 · My Mother’s Memoirs, My Father’s Lie, and Other True Stories · Russell Banks · ss Vanity Fair (US) June 1986 57 · And the 3d Biggest Lie Is… · Ann Landers · ms 1989 60 · Liar’s Poker · Michael Lewis · ex Norton, 1989 67 · The Duke of Deception · Geoffrey Wolff · ex Random House, 1979 76 · Who Stole My Golden Metaphor? · S. J. Perelman · ex The Road to Miltown by S. J. Perelman, Simon and Schuster, 1957 82 · Theft · Katherine Anne Porter · ss The Gyroscope November 1929 90 · May I Feel Said He? · e. e. cummings · pm No Thanks by e. e. cummings, self-published, 1935 92 · The Liar · Tobias Wolff · ss The Atlantic Monthly February 1980 113 · Cheat Street · Cynthia Heimel · ar Playboy August 1988 117 · The Maltese Falcon [Sam Spade] · Dashiell Hammett · ex Knopf, 1930 126 · Frankie and Johnny · [uncredited] · pm ca. 1870 129 · The Liars’ Club · Mary Karr · ex Viking, 1995 138 · Some Clowning That Wasn’t in the Act · Groucho Marx · ar from Groucho and Me, Bernard Geis Associates, 1959 142 · Eight Men Out · John Sayles · ex 1988 154 · The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County · Mark Twain · ss The Californian December 16 1865 revised from “Jim Smiley and His Jumping Frog” (The New York Saturday Press, November 18, 1865). 160 · Her Letters · Kate Chopin · ss Vogue April 11 1895 (+1) 163 · Uncle Harold · Russell Baker · hu from Growing Up, Plume, June 1982 172 · Confessions of a Tax Cheat · Jon Carroll · hu 1993 174 · Taking the Lie Detector · John Dean · ex from Blind Ambition, Simon & Schuster, 1976 179 · I’ll Always Have Paris · Art Buchwald · ex Putnam, August 1996 180 · A Retrieved Reformation · O. Henry · ss The Cosmopolitan April 1903, as “A Retrieved Reform” 189 · The Waltz · Dorothy Parker · ar The New Yorker September 2 1933 197 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Gaelic Ghosts: Tales of the Supernatural from Scotland by Sorche Nic Leodhas (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, May 18, 1964, $3.50, 110pp, hc, oc, cover by Nonny Hogrogian) 7 · Introduction · Sorche Nic Leodhas · in 17 · Sandy MacNeil and His Dog · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 30 · The Giant Bones · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 39 · The Gambling Ghosts · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 46 · The Grateful Old Cailleach · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 58 · The Walking Boundary Stone · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 68 · The Lady’s Loaf-field · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 76 · The Holy Relic of Bannockburn · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 81 · Man o’ the Clan · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 91 · The Old Laird and His Dogs · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 100 · The House That Lacked a Bogle · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss

Ghosts Go Haunting by Sorche Nic Leodhas (Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1965, LC:65-10349, 128pp, hc, oc, cover by Nonny Hogrogian) 7 · Introduction · Sorche Nic Leodhas · in 13 · The Wicked House of Duncan MacBain · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 24 · The Man Who Didn’t Believe in Ghosts · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 35 · The Man Who Walked Widdershins Round the Kirk · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 43 · The Tale the Crofter Told · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 54 · The Wild Ride in the Tilt Cart · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 65 · The Man Who Helped Carry the Coffin · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 79 · The Ghost That Didn’t Want to Be a Ghost · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 91 · The Lads Who Met the Highwayman · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 103 · How Tammas MacIvar MacMurdo MacLennan Met His Match · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss 113 · The Young Irish Lad from the Hiring Fair · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss

Cruise of Shadows by Scott Nicolay--- see under Jean Ray.

Whiskey Tales by Scott Nicolay--- see under Jean Ray.

Sing Me a Murder by Helen Nielsen (William Morrow, August 1960, LC:60-11076, $2.95, 224pp, hc, n.)

Sing Me a Murder by Helen Nielsen (Ace Double, November 1961, F-121, 40¢, 166pp, pb, n., cover by Lou Marchetti)     Reprint (Morrow 1960) mystery novel. Bound in the tête-bêche style with Woman Missing and Other Stories.

Woman Missing and Other Stories by Helen Nielsen (Ace Double, November 1961, F-121, 40¢, 90pp, pb, co, cover by William F. Rose)     Bound in the tête-bêche style with Sing Me a Murder. · Woman Missing · Helen Nielsen · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1960 · Don’t Sit Under the Apple Tree · Helen Nielsen · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1959 · Decision · Helen Nielsen · ss Manhunt June 1957 · The Affair Upstairs · Helen Nielsen · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine July 1961 · Compensation · Helen Nielsen · ss Manhunt November 1957

Alternate Skiffy ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden & Mike Resnick--- see under Mike Resnick.

New Magics ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor Teen, January 2004, 0-765-30015-X, $19.95, 256pp, hc, an, cover by Daniel Dos Santos)     Young-adult anthology of 12 fantasy stories. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Charles de Lint, and Ursual K. Le Guin. 11 · Introduction · Patrick Nielsen Hayden · in 19 · Chivalry · Neil Gaiman · ss Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurrences ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Unnameable Press, 1992 35 · Charis [Borderlands] · Ellen Kushner · nv Borderland ed. Terri Windling & Mark Arnold, Signet, 1986 65 · Jo’s Hair · Susan Palwick · ss Xanadu 3 ed. Jane Yolen, Tor, 1995 77 · Not All Wolves · Harry Turtledove · ss Werewolves ed. Jane Yolen & Martin H. Greenberg, Harper & Row, 1988 89 · Stealing God · Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald · nv Tales of the Knights Templar ed. Katherine Kurtz, Warner Aspect, 1995 113 · Mama Gone · Jane Yolen · ss Vampires ed. Jane Yolen & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperCollins, 1991 121 · The Bone Woman [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss Triskell Press, 1992 135 · Liza and the Crazy Water Man · Andy Duncan · nv Starlight 1 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1996 171 · Mom and Dad at the Home Front · Sherwood Smith · ss Realms of Fantasy August 2000 185 · A Bird That Whistles · Emma Bull · ss Hidden Turnings ed. Diana Wynne Jones, Methuen, 1989 203 · The Bones of the Earth [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harcourt, 2001 223 · Hatrack River [Alvin Maker] · Orson Scott Card · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1986

New Skies ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor Teen, September 2003, 0-765-30016-8, $19.95, 288pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 17 stories. Authors include Terry Bisson, Geoffrey A. Landis, Connie Willis, and Orson Scott Card. 11 · Introduction · Patrick Nielsen Hayden · in 15 · They’re Made Out of Meat · Terry Bisson · vi Omni April 1991 19 · A Walk in the Sun · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1991 43 · Peaches for Mad Molly · Steven Gould · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact February 1988 75 · Serpents’ Teeth · Spider Robinson · ss Omni March 1981 93 · Uncle Joshua and the Grooglemen · Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald · ss Bruce Coville’s Book of Monsters ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic, 1993 107 · A Letter from the Clearys · Connie Willis · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1982 125 · Brian and the Aliens · Will Shetterly · ss Bruce Coville’s Book of Aliens ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994 141 · Different Kinds of Darkness [Blit] · David Langford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2000 157 · Will You Be an Astronaut? · Greg van Eekhout · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2002 169 · Cards of Grief · Jane Yolen · ss Tales of Wonder by Jane Yolen, Schocken, 1983 185 · Tangents · Greg Bear · ss Omni January 1986 209 · The Alien Mind · Philip K. Dick · vi The Yuba City High Times February 20 1981 213 · Out of All Them Bright Stars · Nancy Kress · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1985 223 · The Lincoln Train · Maureen F. McHugh · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1995 243 · Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars [Mars] · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson, Voyager, 1999 257 · Salvage [Deaver Teague] · Orson Scott Card · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1986 285 · The Great Goodbye · Robert Charles Wilson · vi Nature #6802, September 21 2000

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2011 Edition ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden & Liz Gorinsky--- see under Liz Gorinsky.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 Edition ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Liz Gorinsky & David G. Hartwell--- see under Liz Gorinsky.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2013 Edition ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ellen Datlow, Claire Eddy, Melissa Frain, Liz Gorinsky, George R. R. Martin, Ann VanderMeer & Noa Wheeler--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2014 Edition ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ellen Datlow, Carl Engle-Laird, Liz Gorinsky, David G. Hartwell, Peter Joseph, Marco Palmieri, Paul Stevens & Ann VanderMeer--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2015 Edition ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ellen Datlow, Claire Eddy, Carl Engle-Laird, David G. Hartwell, Beth Meacham, Marco Palmieri & Ann VanderMeer--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2016 Edition ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Ellen Datlow, Carl Engle-Laird, Liz Gorinsky, Justin Landon, Diana Pho, Ann VanderMeer & Miriam Weinberg--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Starlight 1 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, September 1996, 0-312-86215-6, $13.95, 316pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 12 stories by authors including Michael Swanwick, Jane Yolen, Robert Reed, and Maureen F. McHugh. A hardcover edition (-86214-8, $24.95) was announced but not seen. 9 · Introduction · Patrick Nielsen Hayden · in 13 · The Dead · Michael Swanwick · ss 26 · Liza and the Crazy Water Man · Andy Duncan · nv 57 · Sister Emily’s Lightship · Jane Yolen · ss 71 · The Weighing of Ayre · Gregory Feeley · nv 118 · Killing the Morrow · Robert Reed · ss 133 · The Ladies of Grace Adieu [John Uskglass (The Raven King)] · Susanna Clarke · nv 158 · GI Jesus · Susan Palwick · nv 187 · Waking Beauty · Martha Soukup · ss 198 · Mengele’s Jew · Carter Scholz · ss 207 · Erase/Record/Play: A Drama for Print · John M. Ford · na 253 · I Remember Angels · Mark Kreighbaum · ss 260 · The Cost to Be Wise · Maureen F. McHugh · na 313 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Starlight 2 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, November 1998, 0-312-86184-2, $24.95, 318pp, hc, oa, cover by Jeff Adams)     Original anthology of 13 stories by authors including Martha Soukup, Esther M. Friesner, Jonathan Lethem, and Geoffrey A. Landis. One is a 1983 story by Angélica Gorodischer in a new translation by Ursula K. Le Guin. 9 · Introduction · Patrick Nielsen Hayden · in 13 · Divided by Infinity · Robert Charles Wilson · nv 44 · Mrs. Mabb [John Uskglass (The Raven King)] · Susanna Clarke · nv 76 · Lock Down · M. Shayne Bell · ss 91 · Congenital Agenesis of Gender Ideation · Raphael Carter · ss 107 · The House of Expectations · Martha Soukup · nv 130 · A Game of Consequences · David Langford · ss 142 · The Amount to Carry · Carter Scholz · nv 163 · The Death of the Duke [Swordspoint] · Ellen Kushner · ss 177 · Brown Dust · Esther M. Friesner · nv 198 · Access Fantasy · Jonathan Lethem · ss 216 · The End of a Dynasty · Angélica Gorodischer; translated by Ursula K. Le Guin · nv from Kalpa Imperial, 1983. 251 · Snow · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss 257 · Story of Your Life · Ted Chiang · na 315 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, July 2001, 0-312-86780-8, $24.95, 350pp, hc, oa, cover by Edward Miller)     Original anthology of 16 stories by authors including Stephen Baxter, Terry Bisson, and Maureen F. McHugh. 11 · Introduction · Patrick Nielsen Hayden · in 15 · Hell Is the Absence of God · Ted Chiang · nv 48 · Sun-Cloud · Stephen Baxter · ss 63 · Interview: On Any Given Day · Maureen F. McHugh · ss 83 · Wings · Colin Greenland · ss 99 · Gestella · Susan Palwick · nv 126 · The Barbarian and the Queen: Thirteen Views · Jane Yolen · ss 142 · Wolves Till the World Goes Down · Greg van Eekhout · ss 156 · The Secret Egg of the Clouds · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss 162 · Home Is the Sailor · Brenda W. Clough · ss 171 · Tom Brightwind, or, How the Fairy Bridge Was Built at Thoresby [John Uskglass (The Raven King)] · Susanna Clarke · nv 212 · La Vie en Ronde · Madeleine E. Robbins · ss 232 · In Which Avu Giddy Tries to Stop Dancing · D. G. Compton · ss 248 · Power Punctuation! · Cory Doctorow · nv 269 · The Sea Wind Offers Little Relief · Alex Irvine · nv 302 · Senator Bilbo · Andy Duncan · ss 321 · The Old Rugged Cross · Terry Bisson · nv 345 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Twenty-First Century Science Fiction ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden & David G. Hartwell--- see under David G. Hartwell.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction and Fantasy for Teens ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden & Jane Yolen--- see under Jane Yolen.

Ghostly: A Collection of Ghost Stories ed. Audrey Niffenegger (Vintage Classics, September 24, 2014, 978-1-784-87006-5, £14.99, xii+450pp, hc, an)     Edited, Illustrated and Introduced by Niffenegger. ix · Introduction · Audrey Niffenegger · in 1 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 19 · Secret Life, With Cats · Audrey Niffenegger · nv The Chicago Tribune October 23 2006 (+6) 41 · Pomegranate Seed · Edith Wharton · nv The Saturday Evening Post April 25 1931 87 · The Beckoning Fair One · Oliver Onions · na Widdershins by Oliver Onions, Martin Secker, 1911 183 · The Mezzotint · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 203 · Honeysuckle Cottage · P. G. Wodehouse · nv The Saturday Evening Post January 24 1925 239 · Click-Clack the Rattlebag · Neil Gaiman · ss Impossible Monsters ed. Kasey Lansdale, Subterranean Press, 2013 first released as an audio download in October 2012. 249 · They · Rudyard Kipling · nv Scribner’s Magazine August 1904 283 · Playmates · A. M. Burrage · nv Some Ghost Stories by A. M. Burrage, Cecil Palmer, 1927 321 · The July Ghost · A. S. Byatt · nv Firebird 1 ed. T. J. Binding, Allen Lane, 1982 first broadcast in Radio 3 in 1981. 349 · Laura · Saki · ss The Morning Post June 25 1912, as by H. H. Munro 359 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911 365 · The Specialist’s Hat · Kelly Link · nv Event Horizon November 15 1998 387 · Tiny Ghosts · Amy Giacalone · ss 403 · The Pink House · Rebecca Curtis · nv The New Yorker June 30 2014 439 · August 2026: There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950

Visions of the Vampire: Two Centuries of Immortal Tales ed. Sorcha Ní Fhlainn & Xavier Aldana Reyes (British Library Publishing, October 22, 2020, 978-0-7123-5392-2, £16.99, 304pp, hc, an) [British Library Gilded Nightmares]     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · Introduction · Sorcha Ní Fhlainn & Xavier Aldana Reyes · in 1 · The Vampyre · John William Polidori · nv The New Monthly Magazine April 1 1819, as by Lord Byron 23 · Wake Not the Dead! · Ernst Raupach · nv Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations, Vol. 1, Simpkin, Marshall, 1823, uncredited. translated from the German (“Lasst die Todten Ruhen: Ein Mährchen”, Minerva: Taschenbuch für das Jahr 1823, Leipzig, 1822). 51 · The White Maniac · Waif Wander · ss The Australian Journal July 13 1867 73 · The Family of the Vourdalak · Aleksey Konstantinovich Tolstoy · nv 1884 103 · Good Lady Ducayne · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv The Strand Magazine February 1896 133 · Luella Miller · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1902, as by Mary E. Wilkins 149 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine January 1912 163 · Dracula’s Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Dracula’s Guest by Bram Stoker, Routledge, 1914 written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length. 177 · The Cloak · Robert Bloch · ss Unknown May 1939 195 · Over the River · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Unknown April 1941 209 · The Lady of the House of Love · Angela Carter · nv The Iowa Review Summer/Fall 1979 229 · The Master of Rampling Gate · Anne Rice · nv The Ultimate Dracula ed. Byron Preiss, David Keller & Megan Miller, Dell, 1991 expanded from Redbook Feb ’84. 247 · Advocates [Comte de Saint Germain] · Suzy McKee Charnas & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · nv Under the Fang ed. Robert R. McCammon, Pocket, 1991 279 · Let the Old Dreams Die · John Ajvide Lindqvist; translated by Marlaine Delargy · ss Let the Old Dreams Die and Other Stories by John Ajvide Lindqvist, Quercus, 2012 translated from the Swedish (“Låt de gamla drömmarna dö”, 2011).

Triangulation: Dark Skies ed. Chloe Nightingale & Diane Turnshek (PARSEC Ink, July 23, 2019, 978-1-08-209443-9, $17.00, 199pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from online listing. iv · Introduction · Diane Turnshek · in 1 · Meirythro Brevis · Blake Jessop · ss 10 · The Second Star Is Missing · Kate Ruegger · ss 17 · How to Glimpse the Icarus Star · Mary Soon Lee · ss 22 · Why We Endured the Darkness · Maddy Dietz · ss 30 · A Weave of Europa · Manny Frishberg & Edd Vick · ss 34 · Eleven Tips for Hikers · Jamie Lackey · ss 39 · The Girl Who Stole the Sun · J. A. Prentice · ss 49 · Reaching Out · Estelle Rodgers · ss 59 · Maggie Matrix · James Edward O’Brien · ss 68 · Rattlesnake Song · Josh Rountree · ss 81 · Catch a Falling Star · Stephanie Gildart · ss 99 · Venus and the Milky Way · Rhea Rose · ss 110 · What Price the Sky? · Mike Brotherton · ss 122 · Seven Sisters · Jennifer Lee Rossman · ss 128 · Moon Cakes · Salinda Tyson · ss 137 · Blow the Stars Away · Andrew Leon Hudson · ss 151 · Equal in Darkness · Alexandra Balasa · ss 164 · Betting on Starlight · Isaac Payne · ss 176 · Stars · Liam Hogan · ss Happy Ending Not Guaranteed by Liam Hogan, Arachne Press, 2017 180 · The Valley of the Stars · Laura Jane Swanson · ss 187 · Earth Epitaph · R. Jean Mathieu · ss

Captain Empirical by Shirley Nikolaisen--- see under Sam Nicholson.

Words Without Pictures ed. Steve Niles (Eclipse Books, October 1990, 1-56060-031-4, $8.95, 180pp, tp, oa, cover by Mark Cox)     Original anthology of six stories and four poems by writers who work primarily in comics. iii · A Special Introduction · Matt Feazell · cs 1 · The Hypothetical Lizard [Liavek] · Alan Moore · nv Liavek: Wizard’s Row ed. Will Shetterly & Emma Bull, Ace, 1987 73 · Foreign Parts · Neil Gaiman · nv 105 · The Storm · Jon J Muth · pm 107 · Faces · Jon J Muth · pm 109 · Winter · Jon J Muth · pm 111 · In the Ghost’s House · Jon J Muth · pm 117 · A Shot of Damns and a Pack of Hells · Ann Nocenti · ss 129 · A Creature Most Dreadful · Mark Evanier · ss 151 · A Short Tale of a Young Man Who Would Have Been a Priest · Charles Vess · ss 161 · Jiz and Blood: Everything Merges with the Night · Stephen R. Bissette · ss

The Haunted Station, and Other Stories by Hume Nisbet (F.V. White & Co., 1894, ii+314pp, hc, co) i · Preface · Hume Nisbet · pr 1 · The Haunted Station · Hume Nisbet · nv The Belgravia Annual Christmas 1892 34 · The Odic Touch · Hume Nisbet · ss Phil May’s Annual #3, Winter 1893 49 · An Ocean Dream · Hume Nisbet · ss (r) 69 · A Queensland Iliad · Hume Nisbet · ss 89 · The Demon Spell · Hume Nisbet · ss 99 · The Face at the Window · Hume Nisbet · ss (r) 112 · The Phantom Model · Hume Nisbet · ss 131 · Marie St. Pierre · Hume Nisbet · ss 137 · Through the Gap · Hume Nisbet · nv (r); subtitled “A New Guinea Adventure”. 182 · A Deadly Voyage · Hume Nisbet · nv (r) 227 · Delphine · Hume Nisbet · nv (r) 280 · Humphrey Bolin’s Account of the Spanish Armada Invasion · Hume Nisbet · nv (r)

Octoberland by Thana Niveau (PS Publishing, October 2018, 978-1-78636-368-8, £20.00, 300pp, hc, co, cover by Daniele Serra)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Alison Littlewood · in · Going to the Sun Mountain · Thana Niveau · ss Black Static #49, November/December 2015 · The Face · Thana Niveau · ss Terror Tales of Wales ed. Paul Finch, Gray Friar Press, 2014 · Xibalba · Thana Niveau · nv Exotic Gothic 5, Volume II ed. Danel Olson, PS Publishing, 2013 · The Things That Aren’t There · Thana Niveau · ss The Ninth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2012 · Worm Casts · Thana Niveau · ss · The Language of the City · Thana Niveau · ss Marked to Die ed. Justin Isis, Snuggly Books, 2016 · The Call of the Dreaming Moon · Thana Niveau · ss Sword & Mythos ed. Silvia Moreno-Garcia & Paula R. Stiles, Innsmouth Free Press, 2014 · Guinea Pig Girl · Thana Niveau · nv The Tenth Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2013 · The Queen · Thana Niveau · ss · Caerdroia · Thana Niveau · ss Sorcery and Sanctity ed. Daniel Corrick, Hieroglyphic Press, 2013 · Tentacular Spectacular · Thana Niveau · ss Steampunk Cthulhu ed. Glynn Owen Barrass & Brian M. Sammons, Chaosium, 2014 · First and Last and Always · Thana Niveau · ss Magic ed. Jonathan Oliver, Solaris, 2012 · No History of Violence · Thana Niveau · ss Horror Uncut ed. Tom Johnstone & Joel Lane, Gray Friar Press, 2014 · Little Devils · Thana Niveau · ss Demons & Devilry ed. Stuart Young, Hersham Horror Books, 2013 · Bad Faith · Thana Niveau · ss Something Remains: Joel Lane and Friends ed. Peter Coleborn & Pauline E. Dungate, The Alchemy Press, 2016 · Made in Hong Kong · Thana Niveau · ss · Wasps · Thana Niveau · ss Shock Totem #10, 2016 · Behind the Wall · Thana Niveau · ss The 2nd Spectral Book of Horror Stories ed. Mark Morris, Spectral Press, 2015 · Vile Earth, to Earth Resign · Thana Niveau · ss Zombie Apocalypse! Endgame ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 2014 · And May All Your Christmases… · Thana Niveau · ss The 13 Ghosts of Christmas ed. Simon Marshall-Jones, Spectral Press, 2012 · Two Five Seven · Thana Niveau · ss The Eleventh Black Book of Horror ed. Charles Black, Mortbury Press, 2015 · Sweeter Than to Wake · Thana Niveau · ss · Death Walks En Pointe · Thana Niveau · ss The Burning Circus ed. Johnny Mains, British Fantasy Society, 2013 · The Calling of Night’s Ocean · Thana Niveau · ss Interzone #255, November/December 2014 · Octoberland · Thana Niveau · ss

Unquiet Waters by Thana Niveau (Black Shuck Books, August 2017, 978-1-974545-48-3, £5.00, tp, oc)     Details taken from online listing. Volume three in the “Black Shuck Shadows” series. · To Drown the World · Thana Niveau · nv · The Reflection · Thana Niveau · ss · Rapture of the Deep · Thana Niveau · ss · Where the Water Comes In · Thana Niveau · ss

All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven (Ballantine, June 1971, 345-02280-7, 95¢, 181pp, pb, co, cover by Dean Ellis) 1 · All the Myriad Ways · Larry Niven · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1968 12 · Passerby · Larry Niven · ss Galaxy Science Fiction September 1969 28 · For a Foggy Night · Larry Niven · ss Decal July 1968 36 · Wait It Out [Known Space] · Larry Niven · ss The Future Unbound Program Book 1968 45 · The Jigsaw Man [Known Space] · Larry Niven · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 59 · Not Long Before the End [Mana] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1969 72 · Unfinished Story No. 1 [Mana] · Larry Niven · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1970 73 · Unfinished Story No. 2 · Larry Niven · ss 74 · Man of Steel—Woman of Kleenex · Larry Niven · hu Knight December 1969 83 · Exercise in Speculation: The Theory and Practice of Teleportation · Larry Niven · ar Galaxy Science Fiction March 1969 110 · The Theory and Practice of Time Travel · Larry Niven · ar 124 · Inconstant Moon · Larry Niven · nv 154 · What Can You Say About Chocolate Covered Manhole Covers? · Larry Niven · ss 167 · Becalmed in Hell [Known Space] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1965

The Best of Larry Niven by Larry Niven (Subterranean Press, December 2010, 978-1-59606-331-0, $40.00, 618pp, hc, co, cover by Edward Miller)     Collection of 27 stories. Introduction by Jerry Pournelle. Niven provides comments on each story. Edited by Jonathan Strahan. A leatherbound, signed limited edition of 250 is also available. 9 · Introduction · Jerry Pournelle · in 11 · Becalmed in Hell [Known Space] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1965 25 · Bordered in Black · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1966 45 · Neutron Star [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv If October 1966 63 · The Soft Weapon [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv If February 1967 113 · The Jigsaw Man [Known Space] · Larry Niven · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 125 · The Deadlier Weapon · Larry Niven · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1968 135 · All the Myriad Ways · Larry Niven · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1968 145 · Not Long Before the End [Mana] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1969 157 · Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex · Larry Niven · hu Knight December 1969 165 · Inconstant Moon · Larry Niven · nv All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven, Ballantine, 1971 191 · Rammer [Jerome Corbell] · Larry Niven · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November/December 1971 219 · Cloak of Anarchy [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1972 239 · The Fourth Profession · Larry Niven · nv Quark/4 ed. Samuel R. Delany & Marilyn Hacker, Paperback Library, 1971 285 · Flash Crowd · Larry Niven · na Three Trips in Time and Space ed. Robert Silverberg, Hawthorn, 1973 337 · The Defenseless Dead [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · nv Ten Tomorrows ed. Roger Elwood, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1973 381 · The Flight of the Horse [Hanville Svetz] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1969, as “Get a Horse!” 395 · The Hole Man · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1974 409 · Night on Mispec Moor · Larry Niven · ss Vertex August 1974 421 · Flatlander [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv If March 1967 459 · The Magic Goes Away [Mana] · Larry Niven · na Odyssey Summer 1976 523 · Cautionary Tales · Larry Niven · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July/August 1978 527 · Limits [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 28 1981 533 · A Teardrop Falls [Berserker] · Larry Niven · ss Omni June 1983 545 · The Return of William Proxmire · Larry Niven · ss Alternate Empires ed. Gregory Benford & Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam Spectra, 1989 555 · The Borderland of Sol [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1975 595 · Smut Talk [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Playboy January 2000 605 · The Missing Mass [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2000

Bridging the Galaxies by Larry Niven (San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, November 1993, no ISBN, $20.00, 197pp, hc, co, cover by Alicia Austin)     Collection of four stories, three essays, and a planetarium script, most apparently original. With an introduction by Niven and illustrations by Alicia Austin. This is the Guest of Honor book for ConFrancisco. 1 · Introduction · Larry Niven · in 4 · Procrustes [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · na 64 · Where Next, Columbus? · Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle · ar Smithsonian 1992 73 · The Color of Sunfire · Larry Niven · ss 86 · The Léshy Circuit: Unfinished Script for Planetarium Show · Larry Niven · pl 107 · Tabletop Fusion · Larry Niven · ar 114 · The South Los Angeles Broadcasting System · Larry Niven · ss 121 · It’s Only a Story · Larry Niven · ss 135 · Intercon Trip Report: August 12, 1991 · Larry Niven · ar 143 · All the Bridges Rusting · Larry Niven · nv Vertex August 1973 173 · Bibliography · Larry Niven · bi

Convergent Series by Larry Niven (Del Rey, March 1979, 0-345-27740-6, $1.95, 227pp, pb, co) vii · Introduction · Larry Niven · in 1 · Bordered in Black · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1966 25 · One Face · Larry Niven · nv Galaxy Magazine June 1965 55 · Like Banquo’s Ghost · Larry Niven · ss If September 1968 61 · The Meddler · Larry Niven · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1968 87 · Dry Run · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1968 99 · Convergent Series · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1967, as “The Long Night” 107 · The Deadlier Weapon · Larry Niven · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1968 119 · The Nonesuch · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1974 127 · Singularities Make Me Nervous · Larry Niven · ss Stellar #1 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1974 141 · The Schumann Computer [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Destinies v1 #2, 1979 147 · Assimilating Our Culture, That’s What They’re Doing! [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Destinies v1 #1, 1978 153 · Grammar Lesson [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine May 1977 159 · The Subject Is Closed [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine May 1977 165 · Cruel and Unusual [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · vi Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine May 1977 169 · Transfer of Power · Larry Niven · ss Ariel, The Book of Fantasy v3, 1978 177 · Cautionary Tales · Larry Niven · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July/August 1978 183 · Rotating Cylinders and the Possibility of Global Causality Violation · Larry Niven · vi Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1977 189 · Plaything · Larry Niven · ss Worlds of If July/August 1974 195 · Mistake · Larry Niven · vi Stellar #2 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1976 199 · Night on Mispec Moor · Larry Niven · ss Vertex August 1974 213 · Wrong-Way Street · Larry Niven · ss Galaxy Magazine April 1965

Crashlander by Larry Niven (Ballantine Del Rey, April 1994, 0-345-38168-8, $4.99, 281pp, pb, co, cover by Don Dixon) [Beowulf Shaeffer]     Collection of six stories plus a framing story, all set in the Known Space universe and featuring Beowulf Shaeffer. The framing story is original. 1 · Ghost: One [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · lk 8 · Neutron Star [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv If October 1966 29 · Ghost: Two [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · lk 32 · At the Core [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv If November 1966 54 · Ghost: Three [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · lk 57 · Flatlander [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv If March 1967 102 · Ghost: Four [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · lk 107 · Grendel [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv Neutron Star by Larry Niven, Ballantine, 1968 158 · Ghost: Five [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · lk 160 · The Borderland of Sol [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1975 208 · Ghost: Six [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · lk 213 · Procrustes [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · na Bridging the Galaxies by Larry Niven, San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, 1993 262 · Ghost: Seven [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · lk 271 · Ghost: Eight [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · lk

The Draco Tavern by Larry Niven (Tor, January 2006, 0-765-30863-0, $24.95, 304pp, hc, co, cover by Stephan Martiniere) [Draco Tavern]     Collection of 27 stories and vignettes, four original, about a spaceport bar that caters to aliens. 11 · Introduction · Larry Niven · in 17 · The Subject Is Closed [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine May 1977 25 · Grammar Lesson [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine May 1977 33 · Assimilating Our Culture, That’s What They’re Doing [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Destinies v1 #1, 1978 41 · The Schumann Computer [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Destinies v1 #2, 1979 49 · The Green Marauder [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Destinies v2 #1, 1980 57 · The Real Thing [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1982 65 · War Movie [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Stellar #7 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1981 73 · Limits [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 28 1981 81 · Table Manners [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Niven’s Laws by Larry Niven, PSFS, 1984, as “Folk Tale” 101 · One Night at the Draco Tavern [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · pl Playgrounds of the Mind by Larry Niven, Tor, 1991 script used for Kathy Saunder’s group presentation at the WorldCon Masquerade, Los Angeles, 1984. 107 · The Heights [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2001 123 · The Wisdom of Demons [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · vi Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2000 131 · Smut Talk [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Playboy January 2000 145 · Ssoroghod’s People [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001 155 · The Missing Mass [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2000 175 · The Convergence of the Old Mind [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2002 185 · Chrysalis [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact September 2002 199 · The Death Addict [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2003 209 · Storm Front [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 2004 215 · The Slow Ones [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2005 225 · Cruel and Unusual [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · vi Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine May 1977 231 · The Ones Who Stay Home [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact January 2003 239 · Breeding Maze [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact September 2005 255 · Playhouse [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss 273 · Lost [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss 283 · Losing Mars [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss 291 · Playground Earth [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss

Flatlander by Larry Niven (Del Rey, June 1995, 0-345-39480-1, $5.99, 360pp, pb, co, cover by Chris Moore) [Gil Hamilton]     Collection of the three Gil “the Arm” stories originally collected in The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton (Ballantine 1976), the short novel The Patchwork Girl (Ace 1980), plus one new story. There is a new afterword on the problems of writing the stories. 1 · Death by Ecstasy [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · na Galaxy Science Fiction January 1969, as “The Organleggers” 71 · The Defenseless Dead [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · nv Ten Tomorrows ed. Roger Elwood, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1973 124 · ARM [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · na Epoch ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Putnam, 1975 190 · The Patchwork Girl [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · na Ace, 1980 313 · The Woman in Del Rey Crater [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · nv 353 · Science/Mystery Fiction · Larry Niven · aw

The Flight of the Horse by Larry Niven (Ballantine, September 1973, 345-23487-1, $1.25, 212pp, pb, co, cover by Dean Ellis) 1 · The Flight of the Horse [Hanville Svetz] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1969, as “Get a Horse!” 19 · Leviathan! [Hanville Svetz] · Larry Niven · ss Playboy August 1970 33 · Bird in the Hand [Hanville Svetz] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1970 59 · There’s a Wolf in My Time Machine [Hanville Svetz] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1971 81 · Death in a Cage [Hanville Svetz] · Larry Niven · ss 99 · Flash Crowd · Larry Niven · na Three Trips in Time and Space ed. Robert Silverberg, Hawthorn, 1973 165 · What Good Is a Glass Dagger? [Mana] · Larry Niven · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1972 211 · Afterword · Larry Niven · aw

A Hole in Space by Larry Niven (Ballantine, June 1974, 345-24011-1, $1.25, 196pp, pb, co, cover by Dean Ellis) 1 · Rammer [Jerome Corbell] · Larry Niven · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November/December 1971 29 · The Alibi Machine · Larry Niven · ss Vertex June 1973 41 · The Last Days of the Permanent Floating Riot Club · Larry Niven · ss 53 · A Kind of Murder · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact April 1974 71 · All the Bridges Rusting · Larry Niven · nv Vertex August 1973 95 · There Is a Tide [Louis Wu] · Larry Niven · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July 1968 111 · Bigger Than Worlds · Larry Niven · ar Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1974 127 · $16,940.00 · Larry Niven · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine February 1974 131 · The Hole Man · Larry Niven · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1974 147 · The Fourth Profession · Larry Niven · nv Quark/4 ed. Samuel R. Delany & Marilyn Hacker, Paperback Library, 1971

Inconstant Moon by Larry Niven (Gollancz, February 1973, 0-575-01586-1, £2.20, 251pp, hc, co) 9 · Inconstant Moon · Larry Niven · nv All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven, Ballantine, 1971 35 · Wait It Out [Known Space] · Larry Niven · ss The Future Unbound Program Book 1968 43 · Bordered in Black · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1966 63 · Not Long Before the End [Mana] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1969 75 · How the Heroes Die [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv Galaxy Science Fiction October 1966 100 · At the Bottom of a Hole [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv Galaxy Science Fiction December 1966 118 · Passerby · Larry Niven · ss Galaxy Science Fiction September 1969 132 · The Deadlier Weapon · Larry Niven · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1968 143 · Convergent Series · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1967, as “The Long Night” 149 · One Face · Larry Niven · nv Galaxy Magazine June 1965 175 · Becalmed in Hell [Known Space] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1965 189 · Death by Ecstasy [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · na Galaxy Science Fiction January 1969, as “The Organleggers”

Inconstant Moon (var. 1) by Larry Niven (Sphere, October 1974, 0-7221-6383-5, 40p, 200pp, pb, co, cover by Eddie Jones)     This edition reprints 5 of the 12 stories from the Gollancz (1973) edition. 9 · Inconstant Moon · Larry Niven · nv All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven, Ballantine, 1971 43 · Bordered in Black · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1966 75 · How the Heroes Die [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv Galaxy Science Fiction October 1966 100 · At the Bottom of a Hole [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv Galaxy Science Fiction December 1966 149 · One Face · Larry Niven · nv Galaxy Magazine June 1965 175 · Becalmed in Hell [Known Space] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1965 189 · Death by Ecstasy [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · na Galaxy Science Fiction January 1969, as “The Organleggers”

Limits by Larry Niven (Del Rey, February 1985, 0-345-32142-1, $2.95, 240pp, pb, co)     Collection of 12 stories, including several collaborations. vii · Introduction · Larry Niven · in 1 · The Lion in His Attic [Mana] · Larry Niven · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1982 23 · Spirals · Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle · na Destinies v1 #3, 1979 66 · A Teardrop Falls [Berserker] · Larry Niven · ss Omni June 1983 78 · Talisman [Mana] · Larry Niven & Dian Girard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1981 114 · Flare Time [Medea] · Larry Niven · nv Andromeda 3 ed. Peter Weston, Orbit, 1978 157 · The Locusts · Larry Niven & Steven Barnes · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1979 200 · Yet Another Modest Proposal: The Roentgen Standard · Larry Niven · fa Omni July 1980, as “Last Word” 205 · Folk Tale [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Niven’s Laws by Larry Niven, PSFS, 1984 221 · The Green Marauder [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Destinies v2 #1, 1980 226 · War Movie [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Stellar #7 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1981 232 · The Real Thing [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1982 236 · Limits [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 28 1981

The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton by Larry Niven (Ballantine, February 1976, 0-345-24868-6, $1.50, 182pp, pb, co, cover by Jim Spanfeller) [Gil Hamilton] 1 · Death by Ecstasy [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · na Galaxy Science Fiction January 1969, as “The Organleggers” 66 · The Defenseless Dead [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · nv Ten Tomorrows ed. Roger Elwood, Fawcett Gold Medal, 1973 116 · ARM [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · na Epoch ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Putnam, 1975 177 · The Last Word About SF Detectives · Larry Niven · aw

Neutron Star by Larry Niven (Ballantine, April 1968, U6120, 75¢, 285pp, pb, co) [Known Space] 9 · Neutron Star [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv If October 1966 29 · A Relic of Empire [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv If December 1966 51 · At the Core [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv If November 1966 73 · The Soft Weapon [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv If February 1967 129 · Flatlander [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv If March 1967 173 · The Ethics of Madness [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv If April 1967 209 · The Handicapped [Known Space] · Larry Niven · nv Galaxy Science Fiction December 1967, as “Handicap” 237 · Grendel [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv

Niven’s Laws by Larry Niven (Owlswick/PSFS, December 1984, 0-913896-24-1, $12.00, 108pp, hc, co)     Collection of “Draco’s Tavern” stories, plus a selection of “laws” and essays, published to commemorate Niven’s appearance as “Principle Speaker” at the 1984 Philcon. 1 · Larry Niven · Jerry E. Pournelle · in 5 · The Schumann Computer [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Destinies v1 #2, 1979 9 · Assimilating Our Culture, That’s What They’re Doing! [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Destinies v1 #1, 1978 13 · Grammar Lesson [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine May 1977 17 · The Subject Is Closed [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine May 1977 21 · Cruel and Unusual [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · vi Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine May 1977 24 · The Green Marauder [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Destinies v2 #1, 1980 28 · Limits [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 28 1981 33 · War Movie [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Stellar #7 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1981 38 · The Real Thing [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1982 42 · Folk Tale [Draco Tavern] · Larry Niven · ss 55 · Niven’s Laws · Larry Niven · ar 57 · Convention Stories · Larry Niven · ar 67 · Staying Rich · Larry Niven · ar 73 · The Theory and Practice of Instant Learning · Larry Niven · ar 1981 81 · If Idi Imin Had Had the Bomb · Larry Niven · ar 84 · Yet Another Modest Proposal: The Roentgen Standard · Larry Niven · fa Omni July 1980, as “Last Word” 87 · In Memoriam: Howard Grote Littlemead · Larry Niven · pm 89 · Why Men Fight Wars and What You Can Do About It · Larry Niven · ar 92 · Collaborations · Larry Niven · ar SFWA Bulletin #45, 1973 97 · Five Years to Infinity · Larry Niven · ar