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Fantasms and Magics Jack Vance (Mayflower, 1978, pb); Six stories from Eight Fantasms and Magics, MacMillan 1969

· Foreword · fw
· The Miracle-Workers · na Astounding Jul ’58
· When the Five Moons Rise · ss Cosmos SF&F Mar ’54
· Noise · ss Startling Stories Aug ’52
· The New Prime [“Brain of the Galaxy”] · nv Worlds Beyond Feb ’51
· Guyal of Sfere [Dying Earth] · nv The Dying Earth, Hillman, 1950
· The Men Return · ss Infinity Science Fiction Jul ’57
Galactic Effectuator Jack Vance (Underwood-Miller, 1980, hc) [Miro Hetzel]; Also in pb (Ace Nov ’81).

· The Dogtown Tourist Agency · n. Epoch, ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Berkley, 1975
· Freitzke’s Turn · na Triax, ed. Robert Silverberg, Pinnacle, 1977
Green Magic Jack Vance (Underwood-Miller, 1979, hc); The Fantasy Worlds of Jack Vance

· Foreword · Poul Anderson · fw
· Introduction · John Shirley · in
· Green Magic · ss F&SF Jun ’63
· The Miracle-Workers · na Astounding Jul ’58
· The Moon Moth · na Galaxy Aug ’61
· The Mitr · ss Vortex Science Fiction #1 ’53
· The Men Return · ss Infinity Science Fiction Jul ’57
· The Narrow Land · nv Fantastic Jul ’67
· The Pilgrims [Cugel; Dying Earth] · nv F&SF Jun ’66
· The Secret · ss Impulse Mar ’66
· Liane the Wayfarer [Dying Earth] · ss The Dying Earth, Hillman, 1950; Worlds Beyond Dec ’50
Lost Moons Jack Vance (Underwood-Miller 0-934438-56-0, 1982, hc)

11 · Foreword · fw
15 · The World-Thinker · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Sum ’45
43 · Dream Castle [revised from “I’ll Build Your Dream Castle”] · ss Astounding Sep ’47
63 · The Potters of Firsk · nv Astounding May ’50
83 · Meet Miss Universe · ss Fantastic Universe Mar ’55
107 · Winner Lose All · ss Galaxy Dec ’51
123 · Sabotage on Sulphur Planet · nv Startling Stories Jun ’52
163 · Four Hundred Blackbirds · nv Future Jul ’53
187 · Seven Exits from Bocz · ss The Rhodomagnetic Digest v4 #2 ’52
199 · Assault on a City · nv Universe 4, ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1974
The Many Worlds of Magnus Ridolph Jack Vance (DAW 0-87997-531-8, Apr ’80, $1.75, 174pp, pb) [Magnus Ridolph]; Adds two stories to Ace 1966 edition.

7 · The Kokod Warriors · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct ’52
39 · The Unspeakable McInch · nv Startling Stories Nov ’48
56 · The Howling Bounders · nv Startling Stories Mar ’49
74 · The King of Thieves · ss Startling Stories Nov ’49
92 · The Spa of the Stars · nv Startling Stories Jul ’50
111 · Coup de Grace [“Worlds of Origin”] · nv Super Science Fiction Feb ’58
132 · The Sub-Standard Sardines · ss Startling Stories Jan ’49
154 · To B or Not to C or to D [“Cosmic Hotfoot”] · nv Startling Stories Sep ’50
Nopalgarth Jack Vance (DAW 0-87997-563-6, Sep ’80, $2.25, 272pp, pb)

5 · Nopalgarth [“The Brains of Earth”] · na New York: Ace, 1966
105 · The Houses of Iszm · na Startling Stories Spr ’54
189 · Son of the Tree · na Thrilling Wonder Stories Jun ’51
The Barbie Murders John Varley (Berkley, Sep ’80, pb)

· Bagatelle [Anna-Louise Bach] · nv Galaxy Oct ’76
· The Funhouse Effect · nv F&SF Dec ’76
· The Barbie Murders [Anna-Louise Bach] · nv IASFM Jan/Feb ’78
· Equinoctial · na Ascents of Wonder, ed. David Gerrold, Popular Library, 1977
· Manikins · ss Amazing Jan ’76
· Beatnik Bayou · nv New Voices III, ed. George R. R. Martin, Berkley, 1980
· Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe · nv IASFM Spr ’77
· Lollipop and the Tar Baby · nv Orbit 19, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1977
· Picnic on Nearside · nv F&SF Aug ’74
The Persistence of Vision John Varley (Quantum/Dial, 1978, hc); UK pb edition (Futura 1978) as In the Hall of the Martian Kings.

· Introduction · Algis Budrys · in
· The Phantom of Kansas · nv Galaxy Feb ’76
· Air Raid [as by Herb Boehm] · ss IASFM Spr ’77
· Retrograde Summer · nv F&SF Feb ’75
· The Black Hole Passes · nv F&SF Jun ’75
· In the Hall of the Martian Kings · na F&SF Feb ’77
· In the Bowl · nv F&SF Dec ’75
· Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance · nv Galaxy Jul ’76
· Overdrawn at the Memory Bank · nv Galaxy May ’76
· The Persistence of Vision · na F&SF Mar ’78
The Best of Jules Verne Jules Verne (Castle Books 0-89009-270-2, 1978, 470pp, hc); edited by Alan K. Russell, three novels with the original French illustrations.

vii · The World of Jules Verne · Alan K. Russell · in
1 · Around the World in Eighty Days · n. Le Temps Nov 6, 1872; Paris: J. Hetzel, 1872
158 · The Clipper of the Clouds · n. Journal des Debats Politiques et Litteraires Jun 29, 1886; Paris: J. Hetzel, 1886
281 · A Journey to the Centre of the Earth · n., 1872; Voyage au centre de la terre (Hetzel, 1864).
460 · Jules Verne at Home · Marie A. Belloc · ar The Strand Feb, 1895
468 · Books by Jules Verne · Misc. · bi
Jules Verne Jules Verne (Octopus, 1978, hc)

· Around the World in Eighty Days · n. Le Temps Nov 6, 1872; Paris: J. Hetzel, 1872
· From the Earth to the Moon · n. Journal des Debats Politiques et Litteraires Sep 14, 1865
· Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea [Nemo] · n. Magasin d’Education et de Recreation Mar 20, 1869; Paris: J. Hetzel, 1869
Works of Jules Verne Jules Verne (Avenel, 1983, hc); Edited by Claire Booss.

· Foreword · Curtis Church · fw
· 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea [Nemo] · n. Magasin d’Education et de Recreation Mar 20, 1869; Paris: J. Hetzel, 1869
· Journey to the Center of the Earth · n. Paris: J. Hetzel, 1864
· From the Earth to the Moon · n. Journal des Debats Politiques et Litteraires Sep 14, 1865
· Round the Moon: A Sequel to “From the Earth to the Moon" · n. Journal des Debats Politiques et Litteraires Nov 9, 1869
· Around the World in Eighty Days · n. Le Temps Nov 6, 1872; Paris: J. Hetzel, 1872
· Doctor Ox’s Experiment · na, 1874; “Une Fantaisie du Docteur Ox”, Musée des Familles March to May 1872.
· Master Zacharius · nv, 1874; “Maitre Zacahrius”, Musée des Familles April to May 1854.
· A Drama in the Air · ss; “Un Voyage en Ballon”, Musée des Familles Aug 1851.
Eyes of Amber and Other Stories Joan D. Vinge (Signet, Sep ’79, pb)

· Joan Vinge: The Turing Criterion · Ben Bova · in
· Eyes of Amber · nv Analog Jun ’77
· To Bell the Cat · nv IASFM Sum ’77
· View from a Height · ss Analog Jun ’78
· Media Man [Chaim Dartagnan] · na Analog Oct ’76
· The Crystal Ship · na The Crystal Ship, ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson, 1976
· Tin Soldier · na Orbit 14, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1974
Kurt Vonnegut Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Octopus, 1980, hc)

· Slaughterhouse-Five · n. New York: Delacorte, 1969
· The Sirens of Titan · n. New York: Dell Oct ’59
· Player Piano · n. New York: Scribner’s, 1952
· Cat’s Cradle · n. New York: Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1963
· Breakfast of Champions · n. New York: Delacorte, 1973
· Mother Night · n. Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal Feb ’62
In a Lonely Place Karl Edward Wagner (Warner 0-446-30534-0, Mar ’83, $2.95, 265pp, pb)

xi · Introduction · Peter Straub · in
1 · Prologue to In the Pines [“Lonely Places”] · vi Midnight Sun #1 ’74
3 · In the Pines · nv F&SF Aug ’73
37 · Where the Summer Ends · nv Dark Forces, ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980
69 · Sticks · nv Whispers Mar ’74
95 · The Fourth Seal · nv Whispers Jun ’75
119 · .220 Swift · nv New Terrors #1, ed. Ramsey Campbell, London: Pan, 1980
169 · The River of Night’s Dreaming · nv Whispers III, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981
209 · Beyond Any Measure · na Whispers Mar ’82
The Year’s Best Horror Stories Series IX ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW 0-87997-647-0, Aug ’81, $2.50, 223pp, pb)

11 · Introduction: The Year of the Anthology and Beyond · Karl Edward Wagner · in *
15 · The Monkey · Stephen King · nv Gallery Nov ’80
54 · The Gap · Ramsey Campbell · ss Fantasy Readers Guide #2 ’80
67 · The Cats of Pere LaChaise [“I’ll Tell Her You’ll Be Late for Dinner”] · Neil Olonoff · ss A Touch of Paris Jun ’80
77 · The Propert Bequest · Basil A. Smith · nv The Scallion Stone, Whispers Press, 1980
123 · On Call · Dennis Etchison · ss Fantasy Newsletter Mar ’80
132 · The Catacomb · Peter Shilston · ss More Ghosts & Scholars, 1980
144 · Black Man with a Horn · T. E. D. Klein · nv New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos, Arkham, 1980
185 · The King · William Relling, Jr. · ss Cavalier Feb ’80
194 · Footsteps · Harlan Ellison · ss Gallery Dec ’80
208 · Without Rhyme or Reason · Peter Valentine Timlett · ss New Terrors #1, ed. Ramsey Campbell, London: Pan, 1980
The Year’s Best Horror Stories Series VIII ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW 0-87997-549-0, Jul ’80, $1.95, 221pp, pb)

9 · Introduction: Access to Horror · Karl Edward Wagner · in *
13 · The Dead Line · Dennis Etchison · ss Whispers Oct ’79
26 · To Wake the Dead · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Horizons #20 ’79
38 · In the Fourth Year of the War · Harlan Ellison · ss Midnight Sun #5 ’79
49 · From the Lower Deep · Hugh B. Cave · ss Whispers II, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979
62 · The Baby-Sitter · Davis Grubb · ss The Siege of 318, Back Fork Books, 1978
79 · The Well at the Half-Cat · John Tibbetts · ss Eldritch Tales #5 ’79
102 · My Beautiful Darkling · Eddy C. Bertin · ss Mijn Mooie Duisterlinge, 1979
120 · A Serious Call · George Hay · ss Ghosts & Scholars #1 ’79
128 · Sheets · Alan Ryan · ss Chrysalis 5, ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1979
139 · Billy Wolfe’s Riding Spirit · Kevin A. Lyons · ss Easyriders Sep ’79
145 · Lex Talionis · Russell Kirk · nv Whispers II, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979
168 · Entombed · Robert Keefe · ss Gothic Jun ’79
181 · A Fly One · Steve Sneyd · ss Whispers Oct ’79
189 · Needle Song · Charles L. Grant · ss Midnight Sun #5 ’79
201 · All the Birds Come Home to Roost · Harlan Ellison · ss Playboy Mar ’79
214 · The Devil Behind You · Richard A. Moore · ss EQMM May ’79
The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series X ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW 0-87997-757-4, Aug ’82, $2.50, 240pp, pb)

9 · Introduction: A Decade of Fear · Karl Edward Wagner · in
15 · Through the Walls · Ramsey Campbell · nv British Fantasy Society Booklet #5 ’81
40 · Touring · Gardner R. Dozois, Jack M. Dann & Michael Swanwick · nv Penthouse Apr ’81
59 · Every Time You Say I Love You · Charles L. Grant · ss F&SF May ’81
68 · Wyntours [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Eye Hath Not Seen, Pardoe, 1980
80 · The Dark Country [Jack Martin] · Dennis Etchison · ss Fantasy Tales #8 ’81
102 · Homecoming · Howard Goldsmith · ss Chillers Jul ’81
115 · Old Hobby Horse · A. F. Kidd · ss Ghosts & Scholars #3 ’81
124 · Firstborn · David Campton · ss Whispers III, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981
139 · Luna · G. W. Perriwils · ss Twilight Zone Jul ’81
147 · Mind · Les Freeman · ss New Tales of Terror, ed. Hugh Lamb, Magnum, 1980
160 · Competition · David Clayton Carrad · ss Running Times Jun ’81
179 · Egnaro · M. John Harrison · nv Winter’s Tales #27 ’81
203 · On 202 · Jeff Hecht · ss Twilight Zone Dec ’81
213 · The Trick [“Trick or Treat”] · Ramsey Campbell · nv Weird Tales #2, ed. Lin Carter, DAW, 1981
230 · Broken Glass · Harlan Ellison · ss Broken Glass, Harlan Ellison, Avenue Victor Hugo Bookstore: Boston, 1981; Gallery Jun ’81
The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series XI ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW 0-87997-878-3, Nov ’83, $2.95, 237pp, pb)

11 · Introduction: One from the Vault · Karl Edward Wagner · in
17 · The Grab · Richard Laymon · ss Gallery Jan ’82
24 · The Show Goes On · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Companions, Macmillan, 1982
37 · The House at Evening · Frances Garfield · ss Whispers Mar ’82
45 · I Hae Dream’d a Dreary Dream · John Alfred Taylor · ss The Argonaut #8 ’81
57 · Deathtracks · Dennis Etchison · ss Death, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Playboy, 1982
68 · ‘Come, Follow!’ · Sheila Hodgson · ss Ghosts & Scholars #4 ’82
87 · The Smell of Cherries · Jeffrey Goddin · ss Twilight Zone Nov ’82
101 · A Posthumous Bequest · David Campton · ss Whispers Aug ’82
115 · Slippage · Michael P. Kube-McDowell · nv Twilight Zone Aug ’82
133 · The Executor [Father O’Connor] · David G. Rowlands · ss Ghosts & Scholars #4 ’82
150 · Mrs. Halfbooger’s Basement · Lawrence C. Connolly · ss Twilight Zone Jun ’82
163 · Rouse Him Not [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Kadath Jul ’82
174 · Spare the Child · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss F&SF Jan ’82
188 · The New Rays · M. John Harrison · ss Interzone #1 ’82
202 · Cruising · Donald Tyson · ss Twilight Zone Sep ’82
206 · The Depths · Ramsey Campbell · nv Dark Companions, Macmillan, 1982
227 · Pumpkin Head · Al Sarrantonio · ss Terrors, ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1982
Black Magic: 13 Chilling Tales ed. Don Ward (Dell 0627, 1967, 60¢, 252pp, pb)

7 · Introduction · Don Ward · in
11 · Ancient Sorceries [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv John Silence, London: Nash, 1908
56 · The Ministers’ Books · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Atlantic Monthly Aug ’42
72 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23, 1895
87 · The Lady on the Grey · John Collier · ss New Yorker Jun 16 ’51
95 · Cheese · A. E. Coppard · ss Fearful Pleasures, Arkham House, 1946
110 · The Book · Margaret Irwin · ss The London Mercury Sep ’30
126 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Arnold, 1911
147 · “He Cometh and He Passeth By” · H. Russell Wakefield · nv
173 · Where Do You Live, Queen Esther? · Avram Davidson · ss EQMM Mar ’61; F&SF Nov ’64
180 · A Way of Thinking · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Amazing Oct/Nov ’53
208 · A Narrow Escape · Lord Dunsany · ss The Last Book of Wonder, J.W. Luce, 1916
211 · Rappaccini’s Daughter · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review Dec, 1844
241 · The Man Upstairs · Ray Bradbury · ss Harper’s Mar ’47
Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology ed. Patricia S. Warrick, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander (Harper & Row, 1978, hc); The SFWA-SFRA Anthology.

ix · Prefatory Comments · Frederik Pohl · pr
xi · Prefatory Comments · Thomas D. Clareson · pr
xv · Introduction: Mythic Patterns · Patricia S. Warrick · in
1 · Science Fiction Myths and Their Ambiguity · Patricia S. Warrick · ar *
9 · Goat Song · Poul Anderson · nv F&SF Feb ’72
39 · The Remarkable Adventure · Philip José Farmer & Beverly Friend · ar *
49 · Brightside Crossing · Alan E. Nourse · nv Galaxy Jan ’56
67 · Before Eden · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Jun ’61
77 · The Game of Rat and Dragon · Cordwainer Smith · ss Galaxy Oct ’55
92 · Beyond Reality’s Barriers: New Dimensions · Robert Silverberg & Charles Elkins · ar *
101 · Common Time · James Blish · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Aug ’53
120 · The Shadow of Space · Philip José Farmer · nv If Nov ’67
146 · Aliens · Pamela Sargent & James E. Gunn · ar *
157 · Specialist · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy May ’53
171 · The Dance of the Changer and the Three · Terry Carr · ss The Farthest Reaches, ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1968
185 · The Father-Thing · Philip K. Dick · ss F&SF Dec ’54
197 · The Scientist · L. Sprague de Camp & Thomas D. Clareson · ar *
206 · A Scientist Divides · Donald Wandrei · ss Astounding Sep ’34
219 · Memorial · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Astounding Apr ’46
231 · The Hole Man · Larry Niven · ss Analog Jan ’74
244 · The Machine and the Robot · Isaac Asimov · ar *; selections by David Hartwell.
254 · Twilight [as by Don A. Stuart; Dying Earth] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ss Astounding Nov ’34
273 · The New Father Christmas · Brian W. Aldiss · ss F&SF Jan ’58
278 · Computers Don’t Argue · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Analog Sep ’65
294 · More Than Human?: Androids, Cyborgs, and Others · George Zebrowski & Patricia S. Warrick · ar *
307 · Nine Lives · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Playboy Nov ’69
331 · Masks · Damon Knight · ss Playboy Jul ’68
342 · Sea Change · Thomas N. Scortia · ss Astounding Jun ’56
354 · Day Million · Frederik Pohl · ss Rogue Feb/Mar ’66
359 · The City · Theodore R. Cogswell & Ralph S. Clem · ar *
365 · Billenium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Nov ’61
379 · A Happy Day in 2381 [Urban Monad] · Robert Silverberg · ss Nova 1, ed. Harry Harrison, Delacorte, 1970
393 · Utopias and Dystopias · Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander · ar *
401 · New York A.D. 2660 [“Ralph 124C 41+”, part V] · Hugo Gernsback · ex Modern Electrics Aug ’11
412 · Coming Attraction · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Nov ’50
424 · The Luckiest Man in Denv [as by Simon Eisner] · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Galaxy Jun ’52
435 · Apocalypse · Jack Williamson & David Ketterer · ar *
441 · The Game of Blood and Dust · Roger Zelazny · ss Galaxy Apr ’75
445 · All the Last Wars at Once · George Alec Effinger · ss Universe 1, ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1971
459 · Notes on the Contributors · Misc. · bg
469 · Index · Misc. · ix
The Very Slow Time Machine Ian Watson (Gollancz, 1979, hc)

· The Very Slow Time Machine · nv Anticipations, ed. Christopher Priest, Scribner’s, 1978
· Thy Blood Like Milk · nv New Worlds 6, ed. Michael Moorcock & Charles Platt, London: Sphere, 1973
· Sitting on a Starwood Stool · ss Science Fiction Monthly v1 #10 ’74
· Agoraphobia, A.D. 2000 · ss Andromeda 2, ed. Peter Weston, London: Futura, 1977
· Programmed Love Story · ss Transatlantic Review #48 ’74
· The Girl Who Was Art · ss Ambit #65 ’76
· Our Loves So Truly Meridional · ss Science Fiction Monthly v2 #1 ’75
· Immune Dreams · ss Pulsar #1, ed. George Hay, Penguin, 1978
· My Soul Swims in a Goldfish Bowl · ss F&SF Apr ’78
· The Roentgen Refugees · ss New Writings in SF. 30, ed. Kenneth Bulmer, London: Corgi, 1977
· A Time-Span to Conjure With · ss Andromeda 3, ed. Peter Weston, London: Futura, 1978
· On Cooking the First Hero in Spring · ss Science Fiction Monthly v2 #12 ’75
· The Event Horizon · nv Faster Than Light, ed. George Zebrowski & Jack Dann, Harper & Row, 1976
Pictures at an Exhibition ed. Ian Watson (Cardiff, England: Greystoke Mobray Ltd. 0-906901-02-2, Nov ’81, £1.25, 168pp, pb)

6 · Introduction · Ian Watson · in
12 · Second Chance · Brian M. Stableford · ss *
29 · A Spy in the Domain of Arnheim · Michael Bishop · nv *
52 · Transcends All Wit · David Langford · ss *
65 · Brief Lives · Chris Morgan · nv *
90 · The Sacrament of the Last Supper · Roger Campbell · ss *
110 · The Cry · Richard Downes · nv *
132 · Et in Arcadia Ego · Patricia & Lionel Fanthorpe · ss *
146 · The Mystic Marriage of Salome · Ian Watson · ss *

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