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Year’s Best SF 17 ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (Harper Voyager US, June 2012, 978-0-06-203587-5, $7.99, xiii+490pp, pb, cover by John Harris)     “Year’s Best” anthology of 23 SF stories from 2011. The editors discuss the year in SF in the introduction. Authors include Ken MacLeod, Elizabeth Bear, and Neil Gaiman. Details taken from online listing. fc. · Galactic Warriors · John Harris · cv 1985 xi · Introduction · Kathryn Cramer & David G. Hartwell · in 2012 1 · The Best Science Fiction of the Year Three · Ken MacLeod · ss Solaris Rising ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2011 16 · Dolly · Elizabeth Bear · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2011 34 · Altogether Elsewhere, Vast Herds of Reindeer · Ken Liu · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2011 48 · Tethered [Wergen] · Mercurio D. Rivera · nv Interzone #236, September/October 2011 73 · Wahala · Nnedi Okorafor · nv Life on Mars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2011 96 · Laika’s Ghost [Gennady] · Karl Schroeder · nv Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011 128 · Ragnarok · Paul Park · pm Tor.com April 17 2011 140 · Six Months, Three Days · Charlie Jane Anders · nv Tor.com June 8 2011 163 · “And Weep Like Alexander” · Neil Gaiman · ss Fables from the Fountain ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2011 169 · The Middle of Somewhere · Judith Moffett · nv Welcome to the Greenhouse ed. Gordon Van Gelder, OR Books, 2011 195 · Mercies · Gregory Benford · nv Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011 220 · The Education of Junior Number 12 [Machine Dynasties] · Madeline Ashby · nv Angry Robot Books Website December 13 2011 246 · Our Candidate · Robert Reed · ss Tor.com March 30 2011 261 · Thick Water · Karen Heuler · ss Albedo One #40, 2011 281 · The War Artist · Tony Ballantyne · ss Further Conflicts ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2011 294 · The Master of the Aviary · Bruce Sterling · nv Welcome to the Greenhouse ed. Gordon Van Gelder, OR Books, 2011 323 · Home Sweet Bi’ome · Pat MacEwen · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2011 346 · For I Have Lain Me Down on the Stone of Loneliness and I’ll Not Be Back Again · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2011 364 · The Ki-Anna [Aleutian Universe] · Gwyneth Jones · nv Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2011 388 · Eliot Wrote · Nancy Kress · ss Lightspeed #12, May 2011 403 · The Nearest Thing · Genevieve Valentine · nv Lightspeed #15, August 2011 430 · A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Tor.com August 10 2011 438 · The Ice Owl [The Twenty Planets] · Carolyn Ives Gilman · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2011

Year’s Best SF 18 ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor, December 2013, 978-0-7653-3820-4, $15.99, 415pp, hc)     Year’s Best anthology of 28 SF stories from 2012, 18th in the series previously co-edited by Kathryn Cramer and published by Harper Voyager US. Hartwell discusses the year in SF in the introduction. Authors include Megan Lindholm, Gene Wolfe, and PAUL McAuley. A hardback edition (-3815-0, $27.99) is also available. Details taken from online listing. 13 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 2013 15 · Old Paint · Megan Lindholm · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2012 34 · The Ghosts of Christmas · Paul Cornell · nv Tor.com December 19 2012 55 · Prayer · Robert Reed · ss Clarkesworld #68, May 2012 67 · The Battle of Candle Arc [The Machineries of Empire] · Yoon Ha Lee · nv Clarkesworld #73, October 2012 85 · Dormanna · Gene Wolfe · ss The Palencar Project ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 2012 92 · Holmes Sherlock [Hwarhath] · Eleanor Arnason · ss Eclipse Online November 12 2012 109 · Electrica · Sean McMullen · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2012 136 · Perfect Day · C. S. Friedman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2012 142 · Swift as a Dream and Fleeting as a Sigh · John Barnes · nv Edge of Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2012 154 · Liberty’s Daughter [Rebecca “Beck” Garrison] · Naomi Kritzer · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2012 176 · Weep for Day · Indrapramit Das · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2012 192 · In Plain Sight · Pat Cadigan · nv The Future Is Japanese ed. Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington, Haikasoru, 2012 212 · Application · Lewis Shiner · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2012 214 · A Love Supreme · Kathleen Ann Goonan · ss Discover October 2012 223 · Close Encounters · Andy Duncan · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2012 248 · Two Sisters in Exile [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Solaris Rising 1.5 ed. Ian Whates, Solaris, 2012 257 · The Waves · Ken Liu · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2012 275 · The North Revena Ladies Literary Society · Catherine H. Shaffer · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2012 288 · Antarctica Starts Here · Paul McAuley · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2012 300 · Bricks, Sticks, Straw · Gwyneth Jones · nv Edge of Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2012 317 · The Sigma Structure Symphony [SETI Library] · Gregory Benford · nv The Palencar Project ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 2012 343 · Glass Future · Deborah Walker · vi Nature #7421, October 25 2012 346 · If Only… · Tony Ballantyne · vi Nature #7414, September 6 2012 350 · The Woman Who Shook the World Tree · Michael Swanwick · ss The Palencar Project ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 2012 360 · Nahiku West [Zeke Choy] · Linda Nagata · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 2012 379 · Houseflies · Joe Pitkin · ss Cosmos (online) May 8 2012 385 · Branches on My Back, Sparrows in My Ear · Nikki J. North · ss James Gunn’s Ad Astra #1, June 2012 393 · The Peak of Eternal Light · Bruce Sterling · nv Edge of Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2012

Dark Spires ed. Colin Harvey (Wizard’s Tower Press, November 2010, 978-1-908039-00-2, £8.99, 199pp, tp, cover by Andy Bigwood)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Introduction · Colin Harvey · in 11 · The Preacher · Sarah Singleton · ss 29 · Pump House Farm · John Hawkes-Reed · ss 45 · Cobalt Blue · Adam Colston · ss 65 · Corpse Flight · Joanne Hall · ss 85 · Spindizzy · Colin Harvey · ss 109 · Spunkies · Eugene Byrne · ss 129 · The Sleeper Stone · Christina Lake · ss 149 · Outside · Guy Haley · ss 159 · Last Flight to West Bay · Roz Clarke · ss 175 · Milk · Liz Williams · ss 185 · Entropic Angel · Gareth L. Powell · ss

Future Bristol ed. Colin Harvey (Swimming Kangaroo Books, April 2009, 978-1-934041-93-2, $14.99, 244pp, tp)     Nine short stories by leading (local) British authors including BSFA and Philip K. Dick Award-nominee Liz Williams, Interzone Poll-winner Gareth L Powell, Stephanie Burgis, Jim Mortimore, Joanne Hall, Nick Walters and Christina Lake. Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Colin Harvey · in · Isambard’s Kingdom · Liz Williams · ss · The Guerilla Infrastructure HOWTO · John Hawkes-Reed · ss · After the Change · Stephanie Burgis · ss · Pirates of the Cumberland Basin · Joanne Hall · ss · Trespassers · Nick Walters · ss · A Tale of Two Cities · Christina Lake · ss · Thermoclines · Colin Harvey · ss · What Would Nicolas Cage Have Done? · Gareth L. Powell · ss · The Sun in the Bone House · Jim Mortimore · ss

Killers ed. Colin Harvey (Swimming Kangaroo Books, September 2008, 978-1-934041-66-6, $14.99, 244pp, tp, cover by Jaala Robinson)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Colin Harvey · in 1 · Doctor Nine · Jonathan Maberry · nv 23 · Dead Wood · Sarah Singleton · nv 47 · Virtual Analysis · Philip J. Lees · nv 71 · Pushover · Bruce Holland Rogers · ss 81 · Beautiful Summer · Eugie Foster · ss 95 · Just Another Day · Colin Harvey · nv 123 · Losing Paradise · G. C. Veazey · ss 137 · Visibility Less Than Zero · Paul Meloy · nv 163 · Hunter-Killer · Charlie Allery · ss 185 · Index of an Enigma · Gary Fry · nv 211 · The Good and Gone · Lee Thomas · nv

Macdonald Medley ed. E. R. H. Harvey & James Rivers--- see under James Rivers.

Light Touch Paper, Stand Clear ed. Edwina Harvey & Simon Petrie (Peggy Bright Books, 2012, 978-0-9806998-2-1, A$24.95, 234pp, tp, cover by Les Petersen)     Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Edwina Harvey & Simon Petrie · in 3 · The Bone Chime Song · Joanne Anderton · ss 21 · Five Ways to Start a War · Sue Bursztynski · ss 37 · History: Theory and Practice · Dave Luckett · ss 49 · The D___d · Adam Browne · ss 65 · The Travelling Salesman and the Farmer’s Daughter · Katherine Cummings · ss 85 · Faet’s Fire · Thoraiya Dyer · ss 97 · Murder at the Tip · Anna Tambour · ss 107 · The Subjunctive Case · Robert Porteous · nv 151 · Mary Had a Unicorn · Ripley Patton · ss 169 · Between Lines · Brenda Cooper · ss 183 · The Godbreaker and Unggubudh the Mountain [Godbreaker] · Ian McHugh · nv 211 · Hard Cases · Sean McMullen · ss 221 · Kindling · Kathleen Jennings · ss

Use Only As Directed ed. Edwina Harvey & Simon Petrie--- see under Simon Petrie.

Cthulhu: Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos ed. Jon M. Harvey--- see under Cthulhu: Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos #1, 1976.

Cthulhu: Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos #2 ed. Jon M. Harvey--- see under Cthulhu: Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos #2, 1977.

Cthulhu 3: Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos ed. Jon M. Harvey--- see under Cthulhu: Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos #3, 1978.

The Mysterious Mr. Badman by W. F. Harvey (Pawling & Ness Ltd., 1934, 3/6d, 287pp, hc) [Athelstan Digby]     Mystery novel.

The Mysterious Mr. Badman by W. F. Harvey (The British Library, November 10, 2002, 978-0-7123-5437-0, £9.99, 256pp, tp) [Athelstan Digby; British Library Crime Classics]     Reprint (Pawling & Ness 1934) mystery novel. Volume 109 in the series.

Many Californias: Literature from the Golden State ed. Gerald Haslam (University of Nevada Press, March 1999, 0-874-17325-6, $20.00, 424pp, tp)     Second revised edition. Contents from Amazon.com. · Introduction · Gerald Haslam · in (r) · Californios · Richard Henry Dana · ss (r) · Life at the Mines · Louisa Smith Clapp · ss (r) · Joaquin · John Rollin Ridge · ss (r) · The Society Upon the Stanislaus · Bret Harte · pm San Francisco Newsletter September 26 1868, as “Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences at Smith’s Crossing” · Dickens in Camp · Bret Harte · pm Overland Monthly July 1879 · Baker’s Blue-Jay Yarn · Samuel Clemens · ex from A Tramp Abroad, as by Mark Twain, American Publishing Company, 1880, as by Mark Twain; chapter 3. · The Bubble Reputation · Ambrose Bierce · ss The Wasp May 8 1886 · South of the Slot · Jack London · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 22 1909 · Shootout · Frank Norris · ss (r) · The California Poppy · Ina Coolbrith · ss (r) · Dead in the Sierras · Joaquin Miller · ss (r) · The Man with the Hoe · Edwin Markham · pm McClure’s Magazine May 1899 · Slant-Eyed Americans · Toshio Mori · ss (r) · Sheep-Shearing Time · Helen Hunt Jackson · ss (r) · Out There Where Men Are Men · Harry Leon Wilson · ss (r) · Land of Boyhood · Lawrence Clark Powell · ss (r) · Noon on Alameda Street · Hildegarde Flanner · ss (r) · The Snake at Shingle Springs · Hildegarde Flanner · ss (r) · In the First Person · Ross Macdonald · ss (r) · Guggenheim’s Water Tower, Fresno, 1921 · William Saroyan · ss (r) · The Squatters’ Camps · John Steinbeck · ar San Francisco News October 6 1936 · The Residual Years · William Everson · ss (r) · Muscat Pruning · William Everson · ss (r) · Winter Plowing · William Everson · ss (r) · The Watch · Arnold Rojas · ss (r) · The Range of Light · John Muir · ex from The Mountains of California, Century Company, 1894 · My Neighbor’s Field · Mary Hunter Austin · ss (r) · Vulture · Robinson Jeffers · ss (r) · Autumn Evening · Robinson Jeffers · ss (r) · Hurt Hawks · Robinson Jeffers · ss (r) · An Island Called California · Garcia Ordonez de Montalvo · ss (r) · Facing West from California’s Shores · Walt Whitman · ss (r) · Adore · Nathanael West · ss (r) · A Supermarket in California · Allen Ginsberg · pm Howl and Other Poems by Allen Ginsberg, City Lights Books, 1956 · Dharma Bums · Jack Kerouac · ss (r) · Dog · Lawrence Ferlinghetti · ss (r) · Spring Rain · Kenneth Rexroth · ss (r) · My Mother Would Be a Falconress · Robert Duncan · ss (r) · I Have Folded My Sorrows · Bob Kaufman · ss (r) · Marin-An · Gary Snyder · pm (r) · Above Pate Valley · Gary Snyder · pm Riprap by Gary Snyder, Origin Press, 1959 · Hay for the Horses · Gary Snyder · pm (r) · The Opium of the People · Carolyn See · ss (r) · On the Coast Near Sausalito · Robert Hass · pm Field Guide by Robert Hass, Yale University Press, 1973 · Palo Alto: The Marshes · Robert Hass · pm (r) · Los Angeles Notebook · Joan Didion · ss (r) · To Sergie My Sweet Old Dog Who Died in Old Age · Floyd Salas · ss (r) · Wyoming Is an Indian Name · Floyd Salas · ss (r) · The American Father · Maxine Hong Kingston · ss China Men by Maxine Hong Kingston, Alfred A. Knopf, 1980 · Dealing with the Whole Child · Cyra McFadden · ss (r) · Crop Dusting · Leonard Nathan · ss (r) · Fields in Light · Leonard Nathan · ss (r) · Coming of Age: The End of the Beginning · Wallace Stegner · ss (r) · Letter from a Friend in Monterey · Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel · ss (r) · Dead Valley Town · Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel · ss (r) · Sleeping in a Truck · Wilma Elizabeth McDaniel · ss (r) · My Father Can Beat Muhammad Ali · Hisaye Yamamoto · ss (r) · Weightlifting · Gerald Locklin · ss (r) · The Best Year of Her Life · Gerald Locklin · ss (r) · Happy Hour · Gerald Locklin · ss (r) · Soldado Razo · Luis Valdez · ss (r) · The Screamer · Wanda Coleman · ss (r) · The Tomato Field · Leonard Gardner · ss (r) · Thinking Like a Kid · Gary Soto · ss (r) · Magnets · Gary Soto · ss (r) · A Red Palm · Gary Soto · ss (r) · Wilderness Fire · Gina Berriault · ss (r) · Grocery Shopping with Aunt Geeta · Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni · ss (r) · Aunt · Al Young · ss (r) · The Art of Benny Carter · Al Young · ss (r) · In Marin Again · Al Young · ss (r) · A Sunday Sonnet for My Mother’s Mother · Al Young · pm (r) · 10 PM · Kate Braverman · ss (r) · You Ask About Madness · Kate Braverman · ss (r) · Softenings · Kate Braverman · ss (r) · Upstream · Gerald Haslam · ss (r) · A Radio with Guts · Charles Bukowski · ss (r) · the Red Porsche · Charles Bukowski · ss (r) · Eulogy to a Hell of a Dame— · Charles Bukowski · ss (r) · The Planter Box · Molly Giles · ss (r) · The Linden Tree · Ella Leffland · ss (r) · Wildflowers · David Mas Masumoto · ss (r) · The Ring · Diane Wakoski · ss (r) · The Photos · Diane Wakoski · ss (r) · Precision · Diane Wakoski · ss (r) · San Francisco I: Mary Temple · Oakley Hall · ss (r) · Farewell to Manzanar · John Korty · ss (r) · Two Vignettes · Amy Tan · ss (r) · America’s Wild Child · Richard Rodriguez · ss (r) · Don’t Forget · Victor Martinez · ss (r) · Death of a Hog · DeWayne Rail · ss (r) · Scars · Dixie Salazar · ss (r) · Last Shot · Jon Veinberg · pm (r) · Today I’ll Sit Still · Ernesto Trejo · ss (r) · Graffiti · Roberta Spear · ss (r) · My Fifty-Plus Years Celebrate Spring · Luis Omar Salinas · ss (r) · Selected California Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi (r) · Credits · [uncredited] · ms (r) · About the Editor · [uncredited] · bg (r)