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Epoch ed. Robert Silverberg & Roger Elwood--- see under Roger Elwood.

Explorers of Space ed. Robert Silverberg (Thomas Nelson US, 1975, 0-8407-6439-1, $6.95, 253pp, hc, an) 11 · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 15 · Exploration Team [Colonial Survey] · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1956 73 · Beachhead · Clifford D. Simak · ss Fantastic Adventures July 1951, as ““You’ll Never Go Home Again!”” 98 · Kyrie · Poul Anderson · ss The Farthest Reaches ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1968 113 · Jupiter Five · Arthur C. Clarke · nv If May 1953 151 · Collecting Team · Robert Silverberg · ss Super-Science Fiction December 1956, as “Catch ’Em All Alive!” 169 · Each an Explorer · Isaac Asimov · ss Future Science Fiction #30, 1956 187 · Vaster Than Empires and More Slow [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971 226 · What’s It Like Out There? · Edmond Hamilton · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1952

The Fantasy Hall of Fame ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Arbor House, October 1983, 0-87795-521-2, $16.95, 431pp, hc, an)     Stories voted by members of the World Fantasy Convention as being the best fantasy fiction of all time. Reprinted in UK as The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (Robinson 1988). 9 · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 13 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842, as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy” 21 · An Inhabitant of Carcosa · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Newsletter December 25 1886 26 · The Sword of Welleran · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany, G. Allen, 1908 42 · The Women of the Wood · A. Merritt · nv The Fox Woman & Other Stories by A. Merritt, Avon, 1949 earlier version of “The Woman of the Wood”, Weird Tales Aug ’26. 76 · The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan [Hyperborea] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales June 1932 86 · The Valley of the Worm [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales February 1934 110 · Black God’s Kiss [Jirel of Joiry] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales October 1934 143 · The Silver Key [Randolph Carter] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales January 1929 157 · Nothing in the Rules · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Unknown July 1939 191 · A Gnome There Was · Henry Kuttner (with C. L. Moore) · nv Unknown Worlds October 1941 221 · Snulbug · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds December 1941 239 · The Words of Guru · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Stirring Science Stories June 1941, as by Kenneth Falconer 248 · Homecoming [The Elliott Family] · Ray Bradbury · ss Mademoiselle October 1946 263 · Mazirian the Magician [Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · ss The Dying Earth by Jack Vance, Hillman, 1950 282 · O Ugly Bird! [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 296 · The Silken-Swift · Theodore Sturgeon · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1953 318 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 325 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958 341 · Kings in Darkness [Elric] · Michael Moorcock (with James Cawthorn) · nv Science Fantasy #54, 1962 375 · Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight May 1967 399 · Gonna Roll the Bones · Fritz Leiber · nv Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 424 · The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson Doubleday, 1973

The Fantasy Hall of Fame ed. Robert Silverberg (HarperPrism, March 1998, 0-06-105215-9, $14.00, 562pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 30 fantasy stories from 1939 to 1990, chosen by SFWA members. Introduction by Silverberg; individual story introductions by Martin H. Greenberg. vii · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 1 · Trouble with Water · H. L. Gold · ss Unknown March 1939 21 · Nothing in the Rules · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Unknown July 1939 47 · Fruit of Knowledge · C. L. Moore · nv Unknown October 1940 77 · Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by James E. Irby · ss New World Writing #19, NAL, 1961 translated from the Spanish (“Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”, Sur, May 1940). 91 · The Compleat Werewolf [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · na Unknown Worlds April 1942 137 · The Small Assassin · Ray Bradbury · nv Dime Mystery Magazine November 1946 153 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948 161 · Our Fair City · Robert A. Heinlein · nv Weird Tales January 1949 177 · There Shall Be No Darkness · James Blish · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1950 211 · The Loom of Darkness [Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · ss The Dying Earth by Jack Vance, Hillman, 1950, as “Liane the Wayfarer” 221 · The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles · Margaret St. Clair · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951, as by Idris Seabright 225 · The Silken-Swift · Theodore Sturgeon · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1953 243 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 249 · Operation Afreet [Steven Matuchek; Ginny Greylock] · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1956 277 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958 289 · Bazaar of the Bizarre [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · nv Fantastic Stories of Imagination August 1963 311 · Come Lady Death · Peter S. Beagle · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1963 327 · The Drowned Giant · J. G. Ballard · ss The Terminal Beach by J. G. Ballard, Gollancz, 1964 337 · Narrow Valley · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1966 349 · Faith of Our Fathers · Philip K. Dick · nv Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 379 · The Ghost of a Model T · Clifford D. Simak · nv Epoch ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Putnam, 1975 393 · The Demoness · Tanith Lee · ss The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 2 ed. Lin Carter, DAW, 1976 405 · Jeffty Is Five · Harlan Ellison · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1977 423 · The Detective of Dreams · Gene Wolfe · nv Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980 439 · Unicorn Variations · Roger Zelazny · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 13 1981 461 · Basileus · Robert Silverberg · ss The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 5 ed. Don Myrus, Omni, 1983 477 · The Jaguar Hunter · Lucius Shepard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1985 501 · Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences by Ursula K. Le Guin, Capra Press, 1987 527 · Bears Discover Fire · Terry Bisson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1990 537 · Tower of Babylon · Ted Chiang · nv Omni November 1990

Fantasy: The Best of 2001 ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber (ibooks, June 2002, 0-7434-5247-X, $7.99, viii+424pp, pb, an, cover by Scott Grimando)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 11 stories. Authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, Lucius Shepard, and Ted Chiang. vi · Introduction · Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber · in 1 · The Bones of the Earth [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harcourt, 2001 27 · Legerdemain · Jack O’Connell · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2001 64 · Diving the Coolidge · Brian A. Hopkins · nv Historical Hauntings ed. Jean Rabe & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2001 95 · The Mould of Form · Rosemary Edghill · nv Villains Victorious ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2001 117 · Eternity and Afterward · Lucius Shepard · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2001 239 · Wolves Till the World Goes Down · Greg van Eekhout · ss Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 2001 257 · The Lady of the Winds [Cappen Varra] · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2001 314 · Ave de Paso · Catherine Asaro · nv Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001 335 · Grass · Lawrence Miles · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2001 361 · Slipshod, at the Edge of the Universe · Robert Thurston · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2001 375 · Hell Is the Absence of God · Ted Chiang · nv Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 2001 421 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Fantasy: The Best of 2002 ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber (ibooks, May 2003, 0-7434-5867-2, $7.99, 358pp, pb, an, cover by Ciruelo)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 11 stories. Authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Sheckley, and James Patrick Kelly. vii · Introduction · Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber · in 1 · Our Friend Electricity · Ron Wolfe · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2002 43 · King Rainjoy’s Tears [Persimmon Gaunt & Imago Bone] · Chris Willrich · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2002 75 · Social Dreaming of the Frin · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2002 87 · Agamemnon’s Run · Robert Sheckley · nv 30th Anniversary DAW: Science Fiction ed. Elizabeth R. Wollheim & Sheila E. Gilbert, DAW, 2002 119 · Creation · Jeffrey Ford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2002 135 · The Face of an Angel · Brian Stableford · nv Leviathan, Volume Three ed. Jeff VanderMeer & Forrest Aguirre, Ministry of Whimsy, 2002 171 · Dating Secrets of the Dead · David Prill · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2002 194 · Luck · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2002 231 · The Majesty of Angels · Robert Reed · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2002 257 · Ailoura · Paul Di Filippo · nv Once Upon a Galaxy ed. Wil McCarthy, Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2002 299 · Mr. Gaunt · John Langan · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2002 354 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Far Horizons: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction ed. Robert Silverberg (Avon Eos, May 1999, 0-380-97630-7, $27.50, 482pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 11 novellas, an SF version of Legends, with authors writing in their best-known worlds, including Frederik Pohl’s “Heechee”, Dan Simmons’s “The Hyperion Cantos”, Orson Scott Card’s “Ender”, and Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ekumen”. 1 · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 5 · The Ekumen · Ursula K. Le Guin · is 7 · Old Music and the Slave Women [Ekumen; Werel & Yeowe] · Ursula K. Le Guin · na 53 · The Forever War · Joe Haldeman · is 55 · A Separate War [The Forever War] · Joe Haldeman · ss 89 · The Ender Series · Orson Scott Card · is 92 · Investment Counselor [Ender Wiggin] · Orson Scott Card · nv 119 · The Uplift Universe · David Brin · is 121 · Temptation [Uplift] · David Brin · na 175 · Roma Eterna · Robert Silverberg · is 178 · Getting to Know the Dragon [Roma Eterna] · Robert Silverberg · nv 207 · The Hyperion Cantos · Dan Simmons · is 211 · Orphans of the Helix [Hyperion] · Dan Simmons · na 259 · The Sleepless · Nancy Kress · is 262 · Sleeping Dogs [Sleepless] · Nancy Kress · nv 295 · Tales of the Heechee · Frederik Pohl · is 297 · The Boy Who Would Live Forever [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] · Frederik Pohl · na 343 · The Galactic Center Series · Gregory Benford · is 346 · A Hunger for the Infinite [Galactic Center] · Gregory Benford · nv 379 · The Ship Who Sang · Anne McCaffrey · is 381 · The Ship That Returned [Brainship] · Anne McCaffrey · nv 419 · The Way · Greg Bear · is 421 · The Way of All Ghosts: A Myth from Thistledown [Thistledown] · Greg Bear · na

Four Futures ed. Robert Silverberg (Hawthorn Books, October 1971, $5.95, xii+195pp, hc, oa) ix · Four Themes for Four Futures · Isaac Asimov · fw 1 · Ishmael Into the Barrens · R. A. Lafferty · nv 51 · Brave Newer World · Harry Harrison · nv 93 · How Can We Sink When We Can Fly? · Alexei Panshin · nv 131 · Going · Robert Silverberg · na

Galactic Dreamers: Science Fiction as Visionary Literature ed. Robert Silverberg (Random House, August 1977, 0-394-49479-2, $8.95, xii+275pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 3 · Common Time · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Quarterly August 1953 29 · The New Prime · Jack Vance · nv Worlds Beyond February 1951, as “Brain of the Galaxy” 57 · Incentive · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #78, December 1958 75 · The Waiting Grounds · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #88, November 1959 111 · Sky · R. A. Lafferty · ss New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971 125 · Night [Dying Earth] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · nv Astounding Stories October 1935, as by Don A. Stuart 151 · The Dead Lady of Clown Town [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · na Galaxy Magazine August 1964 242 · Breckenridge and the Continuum · Robert Silverberg · nv Showcase ed. Roger Elwood, Harper & Row, 1973

Great Fantasy ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg (W.H. Smith, 2004, 1-84529-106-9, £4.99, 431pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Arbor House 1983 as The Fantasy Hall of Fame) fantasy anthology. Only available in W.H. Smith’s bookshops.

The Great SF Stories: 1964 ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg (NESFA Press, January 2002, 1-886778-21-3, $25.00, 395pp, hc, an, cover by Eddie Jones)     Anthology of 15 stories first published in 1964, a continuation of the series originally edited by Isaac Asimov and Greenberg. Authors include Norman Spinrad, Poul Anderson, and John Brunner. Foreword and introduction by Silverberg, who discusses why he decided to do the anthology, and the state of the US and science fiction in 1964. · Foreword · Robert Silverberg · fw · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in · Outward Bound · Norman Spinrad · nv Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction March 1964 · The Kragen · Jack Vance · na Fantastic Stories of Imagination July 1964 · The Master Key [Nicholas van Rijn] · Poul Anderson · nv Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction July 1964 · The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · ss Amazing Stories May 1964 · The Graveyard Heart · Roger Zelazny · na Fantastic Stories of Imagination March 1964 · Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon · Leigh Brackett · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1964 · The Last Lonely Man · John Brunner · ss New Worlds SF #142, May/June 1964 · Soldier, Ask Not [Childe Cycle] · Gordon R. Dickson · na Galaxy Magazine October 1964 · A Man of the Renaissance · Wyman Guin · nv Galaxy Magazine December 1964 · The Dowry of Angyar [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Amazing Stories September 1964 · When the Change-Winds Blow [Change War] · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1964 · The Fiend · Frederik Pohl · ss Playboy April 1964 · The Life Hater [Berserker] · Fred Saberhagen · ss If August 1964 · Neighbor · Robert Silverberg · ss Galaxy Magazine August 1964 · Four Brands of Impossible · Norman Kagan · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1964

Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Crown/Avenel, 1987, 0-517-64124-0, $8.98, 726pp, hc, an)     Anthology. This is an “instant remainder” of The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction, omitting one story, “The Marching Morons” by C.M. Kornbluth. vi · Introduction · Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg · in The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Arbor House, 1980 1 · Angel’s Egg · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction June 1951 33 · Rescue Party · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1946 57 · Shape · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1953, as “Keep Your Shape” 71 · Alpha Ralpha Boulevard [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1961 97 · Winter’s King [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Orbit 5 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1969 115 · Or All the Seas with Oysters · Avram Davidson · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1958 125 · Common Time · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Quarterly August 1953 145 · When You Care, When You Love · Theodore Sturgeon · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1962 181 · The Shadow of Space · Philip José Farmer · nv If November 1967 205 · “All You Zombies—” · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1959 217 · I’m Scared · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s September 15 1951 229 · Child’s Play · William Tenn · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1947 255 · Grandpa [The Hub] · James H. Schmitz · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1955 275 · Private Eye · Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1949, as by Lewis Padgett; given as by Kuttner alone. 301 · Sundance · Robert Silverberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1969 315 · In the Bowl [Eight Worlds] · John Varley · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1975 343 · Kaleidoscope · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1949 353 · Unready to Wear · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1953 365 · Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night · Algis Budrys · nv Galaxy Magazine December 1961 385 · Day Million · Frederik Pohl · ss Rogue February/March 1966 391 · Hobson’s Choice · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1952 405 · The Gift of Gab · Jack Vance · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1955 451 · The Man Who Never Grew Young · Fritz Leiber · ss Night’s Black Agents by Fritz Leiber, Jr., Arkham House, 1947 459 · Neutron Star [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv If October 1966 475 · Impostor · Philip K. Dick · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1953 489 · The Human Operators · Harlan Ellison & A. E. van Vogt · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1971 507 · Poor Little Warrior! · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1958 513 · When It Changed [Whileaway] · Joanna Russ · ss Again, Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1972 521 · The Bicentennial Man [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv Stellar #2 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1976 557 · Hunting Machine · Carol Emshwiller · ss Science Fiction Stories May 1957 563 · Light of Other Days [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1966 571 · The Keys to December · Roger Zelazny · nv New Worlds SF #165, August 1966 593 · Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand [Snake] · Vonda N. McIntyre · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact October 1973 613 · A Galaxy Called Rome · Barry N. Malzberg · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1975 631 · Stranger Station · Damon Knight · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956 653 · The Time of His Life · Larry Eisenberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1968 661 · The Women Men Don’t See · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1973 687 · The Queen of Air and Darkness · Poul Anderson · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1971