The FictionMags Index

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The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 1: 1926-1935 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, March 1977, 450-02484-9, £1.50, 239pp, pb, an, cover by Terry Griffiths)     Reprint (NEL 1974) SF anthology. This edition is revised and updated.

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 2: 1936-1945 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, 1975, 0-450-02574-8, £3.95, 298pp, hc, an) 8 · Preface · Mike Ashley · pr 11 · SF Bandwagon · Mike Ashley · in 77 · The Circle of Zero · Stanley G. Weinbaum · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1936 95 · Seeker of Tomorrow · Eric Frank Russell & Leslie J. Johnson · na Astounding Stories July 1937 137 · The Dead Spot · Jack Williamson · nv Marvel Science Stories November 1938 158 · The Four-Sided Triangle · William F. Temple · nv Amazing Stories November 1939 181 · Hermit of Saturn’s Ring · Neil R. Jones · ss Planet Stories Fall 1940 201 · The Abyss [Cthulhu] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ss Stirring Science Stories February 1941 210 · Up There · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Science Fiction Quarterly #7, Summer 1942, as by Martin Pearson 219 · Almost Human · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures June 1943, as by Tarleton Fiske 238 · Wanderer of Time · John Russell Fearn · ss Startling Stories Summer 1944, as by Polton Cross 254 · The Power · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1945 271 · Appendices _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Robert Bloch] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. John Russell Fearn] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Neil R. Jones] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Leslie J. Johnson] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Murray Leinster] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Robert A. W. Lowndes] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Eric Frank Russell] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. William F. Temple] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Stanley G. Weinbaum] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Jack Williamson] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Donald A. Wollheim] _ · Summary of Magazine Issues · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Glossary of Magazine Editors · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Note on Key Cover Artists · Mike Ashley · bi 297 · Bibliography · Mike Ashley · bi

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 2: 1936-1945 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, April 1978, 450-03296-5, £1.50, 298pp, pb, an)     Reprint (NEL 1975) SF anthology.

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 3: 1946-1955 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, 1976, 0-450-03051-2, 349pp, hc, an, cover by Bob Layzell) 11 · Preface · Mike Ashley · pr 13 · From Bomb to Boom · Mike Ashley · in 111 · Memorial · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1946 125 · The Fires Within · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Fantasy, The Magazine of Science Fiction August 1947, as by E. G. O’Brien 135 · Don’t Look Now · Henry Kuttner · ss Startling Stories March 1948 149 · Kaleidoscope · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1949 160 · To Serve Man · Damon Knight · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950 169 · Earthman, Beware! · Poul Anderson · nv Super Science Stories June 1951 191 · They Fly So High · Ross Rocklynne · ss Amazing Stories June 1952 205 · The Last Day · Richard Matheson · ss Amazing Stories April/May 1953 221 · Hands Off · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1954 245 · The Wager · E. C. Tubb · nv Science Fantasy #16, 1955 283 · Appendices _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Poul Anderson] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Ray Bradbury] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Arthur C. Clarke] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Damon Knight] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Henry Kuttner] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Richard Matheson] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Ross Rocklynne] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Robert Sheckley] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Theodore Sturgeon] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. E. C. Tubb] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. James Blish] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Leigh Brackett] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. John Christopher] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Lester del Rey] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Alan E. Nourse] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Frederik Pohl] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Eric Frank Russell] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Richard S. Shaver] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. John Beynon Harris] _ · Summary of Magazine Issues 1946-55 · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Glossary of Magazine Editors · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Note on Key Cover Artists · Mike Ashley · bi 347 · Bibliography · Mike Ashley · bi

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 4: 1956-1965 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, 1978, 450-03438-0, £6.50, 288pp, hc, an, cover by Gordon C. Davies) 9 · Preface · Mike Ashley · pr 11 · Ebb-Tide and New Wave · Mike Ashley · in 72 · Mr. Culpeper’s Baby · Kenneth Bulmer · ss Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #68, April 15 1956 85 · All the World’s Tears · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Nebula Science Fiction #21, 1957 97 · Ozymandias · Robert Silverberg · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1958, as by Ivar Jorgenson 115 · Love and the Stars—Today! · Kate Wilhelm · ss Future Science Fiction #43, June 1959 129 · Crazy Maro · Daniel Keyes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1960 151 · The Overloaded Man · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #108, July 1961 165 · The Streets of Ashkelon · Harry Harrison · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #122, September 1962 181 · The Expendables [Centaurus] · A. E. van Vogt · nv If September 1963 213 · Problem Child · Arthur Porges · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction April 1964 219 · Speech Is Silver · John Brunner · ss Amazing Stories April 1965 233 · Appendices _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Ken Bulmer] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Brian W. Aldiss] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Robert Silverberg] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Kate Wilhelm] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Daniel Keyes] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. J. G. Ballard] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Harry Harrison] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. A. E. van Vogt] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Arthur Porges] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. John Brunner] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Algis J. Budrys] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Philip K. Dick] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Frank Herbert] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Fritz Leiber] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. J. T. McIntosh] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Clifford D. Simak] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Cordwainer Smith] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Jack Vance] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. James White] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Roger Zelazny] _ · Summary of Magazine Issues · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Glossary of Magazine Editors · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Note on Key Cover Artists · Mike Ashley · bi 287 · Bibliography and Recommended Reading · Mike Ashley · bi

Horror Novels ed. Mike Ashley (W.H. Smith, August 2004, 1-84529-105-0, £4.99, 518pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Robinson 1988 as The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels) horror anthology. Only available in W.H. Smith’s bookshops.

Jewels of Wonder ed. Mike Ashley (Kimber, June 1981, 0-7183-0457-8, £5.75, 203pp, hc, an)     Anthology of five short novels of heroic fantasy. 7 · Editor’s Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 10 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 13 · Thieves of Zangabal · Lin Carter · na The Mighty Barbarians ed. Hans Stefan Santesson, Lancer, 1969 57 · A Fortnight of Miracles · Randall Garrett · na Fantastic Stories of Imagination February 1965 107 · Vashti · Thomas Burnett Swann · na Science Fantasy #72, May 1965 148 · Blood in the Mist · E. C. Tubb · nv Heroic Fantasy ed. Gerald W. Page & Hank Reinhardt, DAW, 1979 180 · The Wreck of the “Kissing Bitch” · Keith Roberts · nv Warlocks and Warriors ed. Douglas Hill, Mayflower, 1971

Lost Mars: The Golden Age of the Red Planet ed. Mike Ashley (The British Library, April 5, 2018, 978-0-7123-5240-6, £8.99, 302pp, tp, an, cover by Chesley Bonestell from The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1954) [British Library Science Fiction Classics]     Collection of 10 stories. ’Introduction’ and introduction to each story by Ashley. 17 · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 27 · The Crystal Egg · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review #96, May 1897 51 · Letters from Mars · W. S. Lach-Szyrma · gp (r) _53 · In the Antarctic Regions of Mars [Aleriel] · W. S. Lach-Szyrma · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine April 1887, as by Aleriel _58 · The Congress [Aleriel] · W. S. Lach-Szyrma · ss from “Our Second Voyage to Mars”, as by Aleriel, Cassell’s Family Magazine February 1889, as by Aleriel _61 · The Canals of Mars [Aleriel] · W. S. Lach-Szyrma · ss from “Our Second Voyage to Mars”, as by Aleriel, Cassell’s Family Magazine February 1889, as by Aleriel _66 · Canal Life on Mars [Aleriel] · W. S. Lach-Szyrma · ss Cassell’s Family Magazine April 1890, as by Aleriel 73 · The Great Sacrifice · George C. Wallis · nv The London Magazine June 1903 103 · The Forgotten Man of Space · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Wonder Stories April 1933 127 · A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · Stanley G. Weinbaum · nv Wonder Stories July 1934 163 · Ylla [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Maclean’s January 1 1950, as “I’ll Not Ask for Wine” 181 · Measureless to Man · Marion Zimmer Bradley · nv Amazing Stories December 1962 229 · Without Bugles [Mars] · E. C. Tubb · ss New Worlds #13, January 1952 253 · Crucifixus Etiam · Walter M. Miller · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1953 282 · The Time-Tombs · J. G. Ballard · nv If March 1963

The Lure of the Unknown by Algernon Blackwood ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Algernon Blackwood.

The Magic Mirror by Algernon Blackwood ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Algernon Blackwood.

The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, May 27, 2010, 978-1-84901-305-5, £7.99, xii+500pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Anthology of 24 stories, six original. Simultaneous with the US (Running Press) edition. ix · The End of All Things · Mike Ashley · in · The Nature of the Catastrophe 1 · When We Went to See the End of the World · Robert Silverberg · ss Universe 2 ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1972 11 · The End of the World · Sushma Joshi · ss The End of the World by Sushma Joshi, Mandala Book Print, 2008 17 · The Clockwork Atom Bomb · Dominic Green · ss Interzone #198, May/June 2005 38 · Bloodletting · Kate Wilhelm · ss Omni June 1994 52 · When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth · Cory Doctorow · nv Jim Baen’s Universe August 2006 93 · The Rain at the End of the World · Dale Bailey · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1999 105 · The Flood · Linda Nagata · ss More Amazing Stories ed. Kim Mohan, Tor, 1998 113 · The End of the World Show · David Barnett · ss Postscripts #9, Winter 2006 129 · Fermi and Frost · Frederik Pohl · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1985 146 · Sleepover · Alastair Reynolds · nv 192 · The Last Sunset · Geoffrey A. Landis · vi Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1996 · Beyond Armageddon 196 · Moments of Inertia · William Barton · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2004 239 · The Books · Kage Baker · ss 253 · Pallbearer · Robert Reed · na 306 · And the Deep Blue Sea · Elizabeth Bear · ss Sci Fiction May 4 2005 326 · The Meek · Damien Broderick · ss Synergy SF: New Science Fiction ed. George Zebrowski, Five Star, 2004 333 · The Man Who Walked Home · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories May 1972 351 · A Pail of Air · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1951 366 · Guardians of the Phoenix · Eric Brown · nv 404 · Life in the Anthropocene · Paul Di Filippo · nv 424 · Terraforming Terra · Jack Williamson · ss Science Fiction Age November 1998 · The End of All Things 462 · World Without End · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · ss 474 · The Children of Time · Stephen Baxter · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2005 490 · The Star Called Wormwood · Elizabeth Counihan · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2004

The Mammoth Book of Arthurian Legends ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, July 15, 1998, 0-7867-0532-9, $10.95, 566pp, tp, an, cover by Julek Heller)     Anthology of 27 stories, five original. Authors include Jane Yolen, Hillaire Belloc, and Rosemary Sutcliff. ix · The Enduring Myth · Mike Ashley · in 1 · The Start of the Legend 3 · The First Pendragon · Sir James Knowles · ss (r) 12 · The Winning of Kinghood [King Arthur] · Howard Pyle · ex from The Story of King Arthur and His Knights, Scribner's, November 1903 38 · The Winning of the Kingdom · Geoffrey of Monmouth; adapted by Mike Ashley; translated by Sebastian Evans · ss adapted by Ashley from the 1912 translation of Sebastian Evans. 46 · The Knight with the Two Swords · John Steinbeck · nv The Acts of King Arthur & His Noble Knights by John Steinbeck, Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1976 67 · The Winning of a Sword · Howard Pyle · nv The Story of King Arthur and His Knights by Howard Pyle, 1903 97 · The Treason of Morgan le Fay · George Cox · ss Popular Romances of the Middle Ages, 1871 109 · The Deeds of the Round Table 111 · The Winning of Olwen · Lady Charlotte Guest · nv from The Mabinogion, 1849 144 · The Temptation of Launcelot · Peter Valentine Timlett · ss 160 · Sir Gawain and the Green Knight · Rosemary Sutcliff · ex from The Sword and the Circle: King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, The Bodley Head, 1981 176 · The Quest of the Saracen Beast [Sir Dinadan] · Theodore Goodridge Roberts · ss The Blue Book Magazine November 1950 192 · Sir Marrok the Wolf · Allen French · ex from Sir Marrok, Century Company, 1902 250 · The Marriage of Sir Gawayne · Maude Ebbutt · ss Hero Myths and Legends of the British People, 1910 263 · The Carle of Carlisle · Ron Tiner · nv 289 · Sir Lanval · A. R. Hope Moncrieff · ss Romance and Legend of Chivalry by A. R. Hope Moncrieff, 1913 297 · Sir Percivale of Wales · Roger Lancelyn Green · ex from King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table, Penguin, 1953 309 · John, the Knight of the Lion · H. Shück; translated by W. F. Harvey · nv Medieval Stories by Professor H. Schück, Sands & Co., 1902 353 · The Romance of Tristan and Iseult · Hilaire Belloc · ex 1913 413 · The Final Days 415 · The Dog’s Story · Eleanor Arnason · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1996 449 · The Quest of the Holy Grail · Andrew & Leonora Lang · ss The Book of Romance ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, 1902 468 · Madoc the Door Ward · Douglas Carmichael · ss 482 · Guinevere and Lancelot · Arthur Machen · ss T.P.’s Weekly April 2 1909, as “Many-Tower’d Camelot” 491 · The Pretender · Stephen Dedman · ss Realms of Fantasy February 1997 506 · The Passing of Arthur · Alfred, Lord Tennyson · pm Idylls of the King by Alfred Lord Tennyson, 1870 519 · The Lady of Belec · Phyllis Ann Karr · ss Weird Tales Winter 1989/1990 529 · Raven’s Meat · Fay Sampson · ss; given as “Ravens’ Meat” in the Table of Contents. 546 · The Quiet Monk · Jane Yolen · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1988 558 · The Isle of Avalon · Phil Carradice · ss