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    Fifty-to-One by Charles Ardai (Subterranean Press, December 2008, 978-1-59606-236-8, $45.00, hc, cover by Glen Orbik)
        Novel celebrating “50 Years of Hard Case Crime”. Limited to 500 cloth bound copies signed by the author. Also available in a deluxe limited edition of 50 lavishly bound copies ($750), housed in a handmade traycase, with over twenty full-color signature pages for most of the Hard Case Crime Authors, each hand-tipped in front of the chapter that bears the title of one of their books.

    Toronto Noir ed. Janine Armin & Nathaniel G. Moore (Akashic Books, May 2008, 193335450X, $15.95, 300pp, tp)
    • 11 · Introduction · Janine Armin & Nathaniel G. Moore · in
    • · Part I: East York Enders
    • 17 · The King of Charles Street West · Gail Bowen · ss; set in Dundas Square.
    • 38 · Walking the Dog · Peter Robinson · nv; set in The Beach.
    • 60 · Numbskulls · George Elliott Clarke · ss; set in East York.
    • 75 · Filmsong · Pasha Malla · ss; set in Little India.
    • · Part II: The Mild West
    • 89 · Wanted Children · Heather Birrell · ss; set in Bloor West Village.
    • 109 · Sic Transit Gloria at the Humber Loop · Sean Dixon · ss; set in Humber Loop.
    • 126 · Lab Rats · Ibi Kaslik · ss; set in Dufferin Mall.
    • 137 · The Emancipation of Christine Alpert · Nathan Sellyn · ss; set in Toronto Airport.
    • · Part III: Road to Nowhere
    • 155 · A Bout of Regret · Michael Redhill · ss; set in Distillery District.
    • 169 · Brianna South · R. M. Vaughan · ss; set in Yorkville.
    • 180 · Midnight Shift · Raywat Deonandan · ss; set in University of Toronto.
    • 194 · Can’t Buy Me Love · Christine Murray · ss; set in Union Station.
    • · Part IV: Flatland Flatline
    • 217 · Tom · Andrew Pyper · ss; set in Queen West.
    • 229 · A Taste of Honey · Kim Moritsugu · ss; set in St. Lawrence Market.
    • 239 · Stalling · Emily Schultz · ss; set in Parkdale.
    • 254 · Sick Day · Mark Sinnett · ss; set in CN Tower.
    • 274 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

    Where No Man Has Gone Before: Women and Science Fiction ed. Lucie Armitt (Routledge US, December 1990, 0-415-04448-0, $16.95, 234pp, hc)
        Collection of 13 essays on women and sf with an introduction by the editor. A hardcover edition (-04447-2, $59.95) was announced but not seen. This is a worldwide edition printed in England.
    • 1 · Introduction · Lucie Armitt · in
    • · Part 1: Writing Through the Century: Individual Authors
    • 15 · The Loss of the Feminine Principle in Charlotte Haldane’s Man’s World and Katherine Burdekin’s Swastika Night · Elizabeth Russell · ar [Ref. Charlotte Haldane & Katherine Burdekin]
    • 29 · Shambleau…and Others: The Role of the Female in the Fiction of C. L. Moore · Sarah Gamble · ar [Ref. C. L. Moore]
    • 50 · Remaking the Old World: Ursula Le Guin and the American Tradition · Susan Bassnett · ar [Ref. Ursula Le Guin]
    • 67 · Doris Lessing and the Politics of Violence · Moira Monteith · ar [Ref. Doris Lessing]
    • · Part 2: Aliens and Others: A Contemporary Perspective
    • 85 · Mary and the Monster: Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein and Maureen Duffy’s Gor Saga · Jenny Newman · ar [Ref. Mary Shelley & Maureen Duffy]
    • 97 · Pets and Monsters: Metamorphoses in Recent Science Fiction · Lisa Tuttle · ar
    • 109 · Between the Boys and Their Toys: The Science Fiction Film · Susan Thomas · ar
    • 123 · Your Word Is My Command: The Structure of Language and Power in Women’s Science Fiction · Lucie Armitt · ar
    • 139 · “I’m Not in the Business: I Am the Business”: Women at Work in Hollywood Science Fiction · Erica Sheen · ar
    • · Part 3: Readers and Writers: SF as Genre Fiction
    • 165 · Writing Science Fiction for the Teenage Reader · Gwyneth Jones · ar
    • 178 · Sex, Sub-atomic Particles and Sociology · Sarah LeFanu · ar
    • 186 · Maeve and Guinevere: Women’s Fantasy Writing in the Science Fiction Marketplace · Nickianne Moody · ar
    • 205 · “Goodbye to All That…” · Josephine Saxton · ar
    • 218 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi
    • 228 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

    Angelic by Kelley Armstrong (Subterranean Press, December 2009, 978-1-59606-246-7, $20.00, 99pp, hc, cover by Maurizio Manzieri)
        Fantasy novelette about an overworked undercover angel. A leatherbound, signed limited edition of 200 ($45.00) is also available.

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