Index to Science Fiction Anthologies and Collections

Stories, Listed by Author

LA SPINA, (Fanny) GREYE (née Bragg) (1880-1969) (chron.)

• * The Antimacassar, (ss) Weird Tales May 1949
  • Weird Tales of the Supernatural, ed. Kurt Singer, W.H. London: Allen 1966
  • The Little Monsters, ed. Roger Elwood & Vic Ghidalia, MacFadden-Bartell 1969
• * The Tortoise-Shell Cat, (ss) Weird Tales Nov 1924
  • Beware the Beasts, ed. Vic Ghidalia & Roger Elwood, MacFadden-Bartell 1970
  • Deadly Nightshade, ed. Peter Haining, London: Gollancz 1977

LASSWELL, HAROLD D. (chron.)

• * Men in Space, (ar)
  • Apeman, Spaceman, ed. Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison, Doubleday 1968

LASSWITZ, KURD (1848-1910) (chron.)

• * The Universal Library, (ss) 1901
  • Fantasia Mathematica, ed. Clifton Fadiman, Simon & Schuster 1958; tr. by Willy Ley

LATHAM, PHILIP; pseudonym of Robert S. Richardson, (1902-1981) (chron.)

• * The Blindness, (nv) Astounding Jul 1946
  • Time Probe: The Sciences in SF., ed. Arthur C. Clarke, Delacorte 1966
• * The Dimple in Draco, (ss) Orbit 2, ed. Damon Knight, Berkley Medallion 1967
• * N Day, (ss) Astounding Jan 1946
  • A Treasury of Science Fiction, ed. Groff Conklin, Crown 1948
• * The Rose Bowl—Pluto Hypothesis, (ss) Orbit 5, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s 1969
• * To Explain Mrs. Thompson, (ss) Astounding Nov 1951
  • The Expert Dreamers, ed. Frederik Pohl, Doubleday 1962
  • The Expert Dreamers, ed. Frederik Pohl, Gollancz 1963
• * Under the Dragon’s Tail, (ss) Analog Dec 1966
  • On Our Way to the Future, ed. Terry Carr, Ace 1970
• * The Xi Effect, (ss) Astounding Jan 1950
  • Imagination Unlimited, ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty, Farrar, Straus & Young 1952
  • Imagination Unlimited, ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T. E. Dikty, The Bodley Head 1953
  • Best SF, ed. Edmund Crispin, Faber and Faber 1955
  • Decade the 1940s, ed. Brian W. Aldiss & Harry Harrison, Macmillan UK 1975
  • The Golden Age of Science Fiction, ed. Kingsley Amis, Hutchinson 1981

LATHROP, GEORGE PARSONS (1851-1898) (chron.)

• * In the Deep of Time, (nv) The English Illustrated Magazine Mar 1897
  • Worlds Apart, ed. George W. Locke, Cornmarket Reprints 1972

LAUMER, (John) KEITH (1925-1993) (books) (chron.)

• * Aide Memoire [Jame Retief], (ss) If Jul 1962
  • Envoy to New Worlds, Ace 1963
  • Retief Unbound, Ace 1979
• * A Bad Day for Vermin, (ss) Galaxy Feb 1964; also as “The Exterminator”.
  • The Eighth Galaxy Reader, ed. Frederik Pohl, Doubleday 1965
  • Yesterday’s Tomorrows, ed. Frederik Pohl, Berkley 1982
• * Ballots and Bandits [Jame Retief], (nv) If Sep 1970
  • Retief of the CDT, Doubleday 1971
  • Retief at Large, Ace 1978
  • The Great Science Fiction Series, ed. Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Harper & Row 1980
• * The Big Show, (nv) Galaxy Feb 1968
  • The Big Show, Ace 1972
• * Birthday Party, (vi) IASFM Jan/Feb 1978
  • Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Anon., Bonomo 1979
• * The Body Builders, (nv) Galaxy Aug 1966
  • It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad Galaxy, Berkley 1968
  • The Best of Keith Laumer, Pocket 1976
  • The Infinite Arena, ed. Terry Carr, Thomas Nelson 1977
• * The Brass God [“Retief, God-Speaker”; Jame Retief], (nv) If Jan 1965
  • Galactic Diplomat, Doubleday 1965
  • Retief at Large, Ace 1978
• * The Castle of Light [Jame Retief], (nv) If Oct 1964
  • Galactic Diplomat, Doubleday 1965
  • Retief at Large, Ace 1978
• * Catastrophe Planet, (n.) New York: Berkley 1966
  • The Breaking Earth, ed. Keith Laumer, Pinnacle 1981
• * The City that Grew in the Sea [Jame Retief], (nv) If Mar 1964; also as “Wicker Wonderland”.
• * Clear as Mud [Jame Retief], (nv) If Aug 1967; also as “Grime and Punishment”.
• * Cocoon, (ss) Fantastic Dec 1962
  • Nine by Laumer, Doubleday 1967
  • The Best of Keith Laumer, Pocket 1976
• * Combat Unit [Bolo], (ss) F&SF Nov 1960; also as “Dinochrome”.
  • Bolo, Berkley/Putnam 1976
• * Couldn’t We All Just Be Dear, Dear Friends?, (ar) The Future At War Vol. 3, ed. Reginald Bretnor, Ace 1980
• * Courier [“The Frozen Planet”; Jame Retief; Bolo], (nv) If Sep 1961
  • Galactic Diplomat, Doubleday 1965
  • Bolo, Berkley/Putnam 1976
  • Retief: Diplomat At Arms, New York: Pocket 1982
• * Cultural Exchange [Jame Retief], (ss) If Sep 1962
  • Envoy to New Worlds, Ace 1963
  • Retief at Large, Ace 1978
• * Dam Nuisance [Jame Retief], (ss) If Mar 1966
  • Retief: Ambassador to Space, Doubleday 1969
  • Retief at Large, Ace 1978
• * The Day Before Forever, (na) F&SF Jul 1967
  • The Day Before Forever and Thunder Head, Doubleday 1968
• * The Desert and the Stars [Jame Retief], (nv) If Nov 1962; also as “Protest Note”.
• * The Devil You Don’t, (nv) Alchemy & Academe, ed. Anne McCaffrey, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1970
  • Timetracks, Ballantine 1972
  • The Best of Keith Laumer, Pocket 1976
• * Dinochrome [“Combat Unit”; Bolo], (ss) F&SF Nov 1960
  • Nine by Laumer, Doubleday 1967
• * Doorstep, (ss) Galaxy Feb 1961
  • Nine by Laumer, Doubleday 1967
  • The Best of Keith Laumer, Pocket 1976
• * Dunderbird (with Harlan Ellison), (ss) Galaxy Jan 1969; also as “Street Scene”.
• * End as a Hero, (nv) Galaxy Jun 1963
  • Nine by Laumer, Doubleday 1967
  • The Undefeated, Dell 1974
• * Excerpt from Retief & the Warlords [Jame Retief], (ex) Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1968
  • Retief: Emissary to the Stars, Dell 1975
  • Retief: Emissary to the Stars, Pocket 1979
• * The Exterminator [“A Bad Day for Vermin”], (ss) Galaxy Feb 1964
  • Once There Was a Giant, Doubleday 1971
• * Field Test [Bolo], (ss) Analog Mar 1976
  • Bolo, Berkley/Putnam 1976
  • The Future At War Vol. 3, ed. Reginald Bretnor, Ace 1980
• * The Forbidden City [“Retief, War Criminal”; Jame Retief], (nv) If Apr 1967
  • Retief: Ambassador to Space, Doubleday 1969
  • Retief at Large, Ace 1978
• * Forest in the Sky [Jame Retief], (nv) If Feb 1967
  • The Second If Reader of Science Fiction, ed. Frederik Pohl, Doubleday 1968
  • Retief: Ambassador to Space, Doubleday 1969
  • Retief: Emissary to the Stars, Pocket 1979
• * Founder’s Day, (nv) F&SF Jul 1966
  • Once There Was a Giant, Doubleday 1971
• * The Frozen Planet [Jame Retief; Bolo], (nv) If Sep 1961; also as “Courier”.
  • The Frozen Planet and 4 Other SF Novellas, ed. Anon., MacFadden-Bartell 1966
• * The Further Sky, (na) Amazing Dec 1964; also as “The Other Sky”.
• * Gambler’s World [Jame Retief], (nv) If Nov 1961; also as “Palace Revolution”.
• * The Garbage Invasion [Jame Retief], (nv) F&SF Dec 1972
  • Retief: Emissary to the Stars, Dell 1975
  • Retief: Emissary to the Stars, Pocket 1979
• * Giant Killer [Jame Retief], (ss) If Sep 1965
  • Retief: Ambassador to Space, Doubleday 1969
  • Retief: Emissary to the Stars, Pocket 1979
• * Goobereality, (nv) It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad Galaxy, Berkley 1968
• * The Governor of Glave [Jame Retief], (nv) If Nov 1963; also as “Native Intelligence”.
• * Greylorn, (na) Amazing Apr 1959
  • Greylorn, Berkley Medallion 1968
• * Grime and Punishment [“Clear as Mud”; Jame Retief], (nv) If Aug 1967
  • Retief: Ambassador to Space, Doubleday 1969
  • Retief at Large, Ace 1978
• * The Hoob Melon Crisis [Jame Retief], (nv) Retief: Emissary to the Stars, Dell 1975
  • Retief: Emissary to the Stars, Pocket 1979
• * The House in November, (n.) New York: Putnam 1970
  • Science Fiction Special 18, ed. Anon., Sidgwick & Jackson 1976
• * Hybrid, (ss) F&SF Nov 1961
  • Nine by Laumer, Doubleday 1967
  • The Best of Keith Laumer, Pocket 1976
  • Decade the 1960s, ed. Brian W. Aldiss & Harry Harrison, Macmillan UK 1977
• * In the Queue, (ss) Orbit 7, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s 1970
  • Nebula Award Stories 6, ed. Clifford D. Simak, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1971
  • The Big Show, Ace 1972
• * Internal Affair [“Retief, Insider”; Jame Retief], (nv) If Mar 1971
  • Retief of the CDT, Doubleday 1971
• * Introduction, (is)
  • The Great Science Fiction Series, ed. Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Harper & Row 1980
• * It Could Be Anything, (nv) Amazing Jan 1963; also as “A Trip to the City”.
• * The King of the City, (nv) Galaxy Aug 1961
  • The Seventh Galaxy Reader, ed. Frederik Pohl, Doubleday 1964
  • Greylorn, Berkley Medallion 1968
• * The Last Command [Bolo], (ss) Analog Jan 1967
  • The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 1, ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss, Sphere 1968
  • Best SF: 1967, ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss, Berkley Medallion 1968
  • Tales of Time and Space, ed. Ross R. Olney, Western Publishing Co. 1969
  • Analog 7, ed. John W. Campbell, Jr., Doubleday 1970
  • A Pocket Full of Stars, ed. Damon Knight, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1971
  • Once There Was a Giant, Doubleday 1971
  • Themes in Science Fiction, ed. Leo P. Kelley, McGraw-Hill 1972
  • Combat SF, ed. Gordon R. Dickson, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1975
  • Bolo, Berkley/Putnam 1976
  • Combat SF, ed. Gordon R. Dickson, Ace 1981
• * The Lawgiver, (ss) The Year 2000, ed. Harry Harrison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1970
  • Once There Was a Giant, Doubleday 1971
  • Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow..., ed. Bonnie L. Heintz, Frank Herbert, Donald A. Joos & Jane Agorn McGee, Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1974
  • The Best of Keith Laumer, Pocket 1976
• * The Limiting Velocity of Orthodoxy, (ar) Galaxy Dec 1970
  • Faster Than Light, ed. George Zebrowski & Jack Dann, Harper & Row 1976
• * The Long Remembered Thunder, (nv) Worlds of Tomorrow Apr 1963
  • The Best Science Fiction from Worlds of Tomorrow, ed. Frederik Pohl, Galaxy Pub. Co. 1964
  • Nine by Laumer, Doubleday 1967
• * The Madman from Earth [Jame Retief], (nv) If Mar 1962; also as “Policy”.
• * Mechanical Advantage [“Retief, the Long-Awaited Master”; Jame Retief], (nv) If Apr 1969
  • Retief of the CDT, Doubleday 1971
  • Retief at Large, Ace 1978
• * Message to an Alien, (ss) Analog Jun 1970
  • The Big Show, Ace 1972
• * Mightiest Qorn [Jame Retief], (nv) If Jul 1963; also as “Ultimatum”.
• * Mind Out of Time, (ss) The Farthest Reaches, ed. Joseph Elder, Trident 1968
  • Once There Was a Giant, Doubleday 1971
  • Timetracks, Ballantine 1972
• * Native Intelligence [“The Governor of Glave”; Jame Retief], (nv) If Nov 1963
  • Galactic Diplomat, Doubleday 1965
  • Retief: Diplomat At Arms, New York: Pocket 1982
• * The Negotiators [Jame Retief], (nv) Analog Feb 1975
  • Retief: Emissary to the Stars, Dell 1975
  • International Relations Through Science Fiction, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Franklin Watts 1978
  • Retief: Emissary to the Stars, Pocket 1979
• * The Night of the Trolls [Bolo], (na) Worlds of Tomorrow Oct 1963
  • Greylorn, Berkley Medallion 1968
  • The Undefeated, Dell 1974
  • Bolo, Berkley/Putnam 1976
• * Of Death What Dreams [Bailey (afterlife of)], (na) Worlds of Tomorrow #24 1970
  • Five Fates, ed. Keith Laumer, Doubleday 1970
• * Once There Was a Giant, (na) F&SF Nov 1968
  • Once There Was a Giant, Doubleday 1971
  • Planet Run, Keith Laumer & Gordon R. Dickson, Tor 1982
• * The Other Sky [“The Further Sky”], (na) Amazing Dec 1964
  • Greylorn, Berkley Medallion 1968
  • Timetracks, Ballantine 1972
• * Palace Revolution [“Gambler’s World”; Jame Retief], (nv) If Nov 1961
  • Envoy to New Worlds, Ace 1963
  • Retief Unbound, Ace 1979
• * The Piecemakers [Jame Retief], (nv) If May 1970
  • Retief of the CDT, Doubleday 1971
  • Retief at Large, Ace 1978
• * Pime Doesn’t Cray [Jame Retief], (nv) If Jan 1971
  • Retief of the CDT, Doubleday 1971
  • Retief at Large, Ace 1978
• * Placement Test, (nv) Amazing Jul 1964
  • Nine by Laumer, Doubleday 1967
  • The Best from Amazing, ed. Ted White, Manor 1973
  • Psy-Fi One, ed. Kenneth B. Melvin, Stanley L. Brodsky & Raymond D. Fowler, Jr., Random House 1977
  • Those Amazing Electronic Thinking Machines!, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Franklin Watts 1983
• * The Plague, (nv) Analog Nov 1970
  • The Big Show, Ace 1972
  • Analog 9, ed. Ben Bova, Doubleday 1973
  • Gates to Tomorrow, ed. Andre Norton & Ernestine Donaldy, Atheneum 1973
• * Planet Run (with Gordon R. Dickson), (n.) Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1967
  • Planet Run, Keith Laumer & Gordon R. Dickson, Tor 1982
• * The Planet Wreckers, (nv) Worlds of Tomorrow Feb 1967
  • It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad Galaxy, Berkley 1968
  • The Best of Keith Laumer, Pocket 1976
• * Policy [“The Madman from Earth”; Jame Retief], (nv) If Mar 1962
  • Envoy to New Worlds, Ace 1963
  • Retief Unbound, Ace 1979
• * The Prince and the Pirate [Jame Retief], (nv) If Aug 1964
  • Galactic Diplomat, Doubleday 1965
  • Retief: Diplomat At Arms, New York: Pocket 1982
• * Protest Note [“The Desert and the Stars”; Jame Retief], (nv) If Nov 1962
  • Galactic Diplomat, Doubleday 1965
  • Retief: Diplomat At Arms, New York: Pocket 1982
• * Protocol [“The Yillian Way”; Jame Retief], (ss) If Jan 1962
  • Envoy to New Worlds, Ace 1963
  • Retief Unbound, Ace 1979
• * Prototaph, (vi) Analog Mar 1966
  • Analog 6, ed. John W. Campbell, Doubleday 1968
  • Once There Was a Giant, Doubleday 1971
  • 100 Great Science Fiction Short Short Stories, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1978
  • Against Tomorrow, ed. Robert Hoskins, Fawcett 1979
  • Thinking Machines, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Raintree 1981
  • The Future I, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Fawcett 1981
  • Those Amazing Electronic Thinking Machines!, ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Franklin Watts 1983
• * A Relic of War [Bolo], (ss) Analog Oct 1969
  • The Big Show, Ace 1972
  • Bolo, Berkley/Putnam 1976
  • The Best of Keith Laumer, Pocket 1976
• * Retief of the Red-Tape Mountain [Jame Retief], (nv) If May 1962; also as “Sealed Orders”.
• * Retief, God-Speaker [Jame Retief], (nv) If Jan 1965; also as “The Brass God”.
• * Retief, Insider [Jame Retief], (nv) If Mar 1971; also as “Internal Affair”.
• * Retief, the Long-Awaited Master [Jame Retief], (nv) If Apr 1969; also as “Mechanical Advantage”.
• * Retief, War Criminal [Jame Retief], (nv) If Apr 1967; also as “The Forbidden City”.
• * Retief’s Ransom [Jame Retief], (n.) New York: Putnam 1971
  • Retief Unbound, Ace 1979
• * The Right to Resist [Andrew Galt], (ss) If Jun 1971
  • The Best from If, Volume I, ed. Editors of If, Award 1973
  • American Government Through Science Fiction, ed. Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick, Rand, McNally 1974
• * The Right to Revolt [Andrew Galt], (ss) If Jun 1971
  • The Best from If, Volume I, ed. Editors of If, Award 1973
  • American Government Through Science Fiction, ed. Joseph D. Olander, Martin H. Greenberg & Patricia S. Warrick, Rand, McNally 1974
• * Saline Solution [Jame Retief], (nv) If Mar 1963
  • Galactic Diplomat, Doubleday 1965
  • Retief at Large, Ace 1978
• * Sealed Orders [“Retief of the Red-Tape Mountain”; Jame Retief], (nv) If May 1962
  • Envoy to New Worlds, Ace 1963
  • Retief Unbound, Ace 1979
• * The Secret [Jame Retief], (nv) Retief: Diplomat At Arms, New York: Pocket 1982
• * A Short History of the Bolo Fighting Machines, (ar) Bolo, Berkley/Putnam 1976
• * The Star Treasure, (n.) New York: Putnam 1971
  • Science Fiction Special 19, ed. Anon., Sidgwick & Jackson 1976
• * The Star-Sent Knaves, (nv) Worlds of Tomorrow Jun 1963; also as “The Time Thieves”.
  • It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad Galaxy, Berkley 1968
• * Street Scene (with Harlan Ellison) [“Dunderbird”], (ss) Galaxy Jan 1969; this story has two different endings. The version with the Ellison ending was in Galaxy, the version with the Laumer ending was in Adam Mar ’69 as “Street Scene”.
  • Partners in Wonder, Harlan Ellison, Walker 1971