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Isaac Asimov’s Cyberdreams ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace, July 1994, 0-441-00073-8, $4.99, 212pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas)     Anthology of ten SF stories that originally appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. 1 · Nearly Departed [Deadpan Allie] · Pat Cadigan · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1983 19 · A Hand in the Mirror · Sonia Orin Lyris · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1993 49 · Computer Friendly · Eileen Gunn · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1989 67 · Chip Runner · Robert Silverberg · nv The Microverse ed. Byron Preiss, Bantam, 1989 83 · A Coney Island of the Mind · Maureen F. McHugh · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1993 91 · Dreamwood · Cherry Wilder · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1986 125 · Realm of the Senses · Geoffrey A. Landis · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1990 129 · Night Win · Nancy Kress · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1983 153 · “Forever,” Said the Duck · Jonathan Lethem · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1993 165 · Synthesis · Mary Rosenblum · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1992

Isaac Asimov’s Detectives ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace, August 1998, 0-441-00545-4, $5.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Andy Lackow)     Anthology of six SF detective stories that originally appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. 1 · The Barbie Murders [Anna-Louise Bach] · John Varley · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January/February 1978 39 · Cocoon · Greg Egan · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1994 79 · The Gorgon Field [Constance Leidl & Charlie Meiklejohn] · Kate Wilhelm · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1985 139 · Rites of Spring · Lisa Goldstein · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1994 163 · The Backward Look [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1979 185 · Fault Lines · Nancy Kress · na Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1995

Isaac Asimov’s Earth ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace, May 1992, 0-441-37377-1, $4.50, 210pp, pb, cover by Dave Archer)     Anthology of nine sf stories about Earth from Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. 1 · Fermi and Frost · Frederik Pohl · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1985 19 · Dying in Hull · D. Alexander Smith · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1988 35 · On Cannon Beach · Marta Randall · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1984 43 · Termites · Dave Smeds · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1987 63 · Touchdown · Nancy Kress · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1990 81 · Water Bringer [Drylands] · Mary Rosenblum · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1991 113 · The Dragon Line · Michael Swanwick · nv Terry’s Universe ed. Beth Meacham, Tor, 1988 133 · Glacier · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1988 159 · Destroyer of Worlds · Charles Sheffield · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1989

Isaac Asimov’s Father’s Day ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace, May 2001, 0-441-00874-7, $5.99, 243pp, pb)     Anthology of nine stories from Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Authors include Ian R. MacLeod, Thomas M. Disch, and Pamela Sargent. 1 · Papa · Ian R. MacLeod · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October 1993 45 · In the Presence of Mine Enemies · Harry Turtledove · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1992 67 · Through the Wall to Eggshell Lake · Danith McPherson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 1998 84 · Itsy Bitsy Spider · James Patrick Kelly · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1997 99 · The Abduction of Bunny Steiner, or A Shameless Lie · Thomas M. Disch · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1992 124 · Savior · Robert Reed · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1998 145 · Amphibians · Pamela Sargent · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1995 170 · Taking Care of Daddy · Brian C. Coad · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1998 195 · The Happy Man · Jonathan Lethem · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1991

Isaac Asimov’s Ghosts ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace, August 1995, 0-441-00254-4, $5.50, 225pp, pb, cover by Bill Binger)     Anthology of 12 “ghost” stories that originally appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Many are still straight SF. 1 · Death on the Nile · Connie Willis · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1993 28 · Deathbinder · Alexander Jablokov · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1988 52 · Hauntings · Kim Antieau · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1985 66 · Dead Man’s Curve · Terry Bisson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1994 89 · Visitors · Jack Dann · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1987 not the same as the story of the same name in the December 1977 issue of Fantastic Stories. 103 · The July Ward · S. N. Dyer · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1991 127 · The Rainses’ · Nisi Shawl · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1995 147 · Some Old Lover’s Ghost · Ian McDowell · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1993 162 · Death and the Librarian · Esther M. Friesner · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1994 177 · And Ghost Stories · R. V. Branham · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1990 186 · Alfred · Lisa Goldstein · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1992 201 · The House on Cemetery Street · Cherry Wilder · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1988

Isaac Asimov’s Halloween ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace, September 2001, 0-441-00854-2, $5.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez)     Anthology of ten stories from Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Authors include William Sanders, Nancy Kress, and Howard Waldrop. 1 · Words and Music · William Sanders · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 1997 33 · Beluthahatchie · Andy Duncan · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1997 51 · Renaissance · Nancy Kress · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1989 66 · Dikduk · Eliot Fintushel · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October 1995 76 · Pickman’s Modem · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1992 84 · Thorri the Poet’s Saga · S. N. Dyer & Lucy Kemnitzer · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1995 121 · He-We-Await · Howard Waldrop · nv All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past by Howard Waldrop, Ursus Imprints, 1987 145 · The Shunned Trailer · Esther M. Friesner · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2000 164 · The Country Doctor · Steven Utley · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October 1993 186 · The Golden Keeper · Ian R. MacLeod · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 1997

Isaac Asimov’s Mars ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Ace, September 1991, 0-441-37375-5, $4.50, 225pp, pb, cover by Bill Binger)     Anthology of nine stories set on Mars that originally appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. 1 · Live from the Mars Hotel [Near Space] · Allen Steele · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1988 21 · The Difficulties Involved in Photographing Nix Olympica · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1986 39 · Windwagon Smith and the Martians · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1989 55 · Retrovision · Robert Frazier · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1988 69 · The Great Martian Railroad Race · Eric Vinicoff · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1988 87 · All the Beer on Mars · Gregory Benford · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1989 107 · The Catharine Wheel [Desolation Road] · Ian McDonald · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1984 129 · Mars Needs Beatniks · George Alec Effinger · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1984 145 · Green Mars [Mars] · Kim Stanley Robinson · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1985

Isaac Asimov’s Moons ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace, June 1997, 0-441-00453-9, $5.99, 239pp, pb, cover by Den Beauvais)     Anthology of seven stories from Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. 1 · Waging Good [Sister Alice] · Robert Reed · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1995 51 · The Shadow Knows · Terry Bisson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 1993 93 · A Walk in the Sun · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1991 113 · The Lunatics · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv Terry’s Universe ed. Beth Meacham, Tor, 1988 143 · John Harper Wilson · Allen M. Steele · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1989 161 · Life on the Moon · Tony Daniel · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1995 183 · Werewolves of Luna · R. Garcia y Robertson · na Asimov’s Science Fiction mid December 1994

Isaac Asimov’s Mother’s Day ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace, April 2000, 0-441-00721-X, $5.99, 240pp, pb, cover by Lee MacLeod)     Anthology of nine stories originally published in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Authors include Connie Willis, James Patrick Kelly, and Melanie Tem. 1 · Even the Queen · Connie Willis · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1992 23 · Lovestory · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1998 49 · Jenny · Melanie Tem · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction mid December 1993 74 · A Touch of Lavender · Megan Lindholm · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1989 127 · Tiger I · Tanith Lee · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction mid December 1995 143 · Bibi · Mike Resnick & Susan Shwartz · na Asimov’s Science Fiction mid December 1995 200 · Reflections on Life and Death · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1998 218 · Nine-Tenths of the Law · Susan Casper · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1991 226 · Mrs. Lincoln’s China · M. Shayne Bell · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 1994

Isaac Asimov’s Robots ed. Gardner R. Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace, November 1991, 0-441-37376-3, $4.50, 208pp, pb, cover by Gary Freeman)     Anthology of 17 stories about robots that originally appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, with an introduction by Asimov, as well as five stories by him. xiii · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in 1991 2 · Robot Dreams [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Robot Dreams by Isaac Asimov, Berkley, 1986 8 · Fault-Intolerant · Isaac Asimov · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1990 13 · Christmas Without Rodney · Isaac Asimov · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1988 21 · The Smile of the Chipper · Isaac Asimov · ss Business Week October 21 1988, as “Man as the Ultimate Gadget” 25 · Too Bad! · Isaac Asimov · ss The Microverse ed. Byron Preiss, Bantam, 1989 33 · Dilemma · Connie Willis · ss Foundation’s Friends ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Tor, 1989 53 · Zelle’s Thursday · Tanith Lee · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1989 67 · Praxis · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1985 79 · One-Trick Dog · Bruce Boston · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1987 82 · Old Robots Are the Worst · Bruce Boston · pm Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1989 84 · Kronos · Marc Laidlaw · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1989 98 · Gerda and the Wizard · Rob Chilson · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1990 117 · Pages from Cold Harbor · Richard Grant · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1985 140 · Simulation Six · Steven Gould · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1990 162 · Blue Heart · Stephanie A. Smith · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1982 173 · For No Reason · Patricia Anthony · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1990 188 · Ginny Sweethips’ Flying Circus · Neal Barrett, Jr. · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1988

Isaac Asimov’s SF-Lite ed. Gardner Dozois (Ace, March 1993, 0-441-37389-5, $4.99, 240pp, pb, cover by Gary Freeman)     Anthology of 18 humorous sf stories that originally appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. 1 · The Sorceress in Spite of Herself · Pat Cadigan · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1982 16 · Ado · Connie Willis · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1988 26 · Perpetuity Blues · Neal Barrett, Jr. · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1987 61 · Blunderbore · Esther M. Friesner · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1990 72 · The Front Page · Ronald Anthony Cross · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1989 86 · Stable Strategies for Middle Management · Eileen Gunn · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1988 101 · The Faithful Companion at Forty · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1987 112 · Something Rich and Strange · R. A. Lafferty · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1986 128 · Jesse Revenged · Don Webb · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1986 135 · The Critic on the Hearth · Isaac Asimov · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November 1992 146 · The Day the Invaders Came [Springfield] · O. Niemand · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1984 153 · Nine Tenths of the Law · Susan Casper · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1991 161 · The Hemstitch Notebooks · John M. Ford · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1989 170 · Pickman’s Modem · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1992 178 · Body Man · Avram Davidson · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1986 183 · Space Aliens Saved My Marriage · Sharon N. Farber · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1990 194 · Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance? · Howard Waldrop · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1988 229 · Bears Discover Fire · Terry Bisson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1990

Isaac Asimov’s Skin Deep ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace, April 1995, 0-441-00190-4, $4.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Hajime Sorayama)     Anthology of ten stories from Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. 1 · Trinity · Nancy Kress · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1984 56 · Skin Deep · Kathe Koja · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1989 66 · Bedside Conversations · Brian Stableford · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1990 81 · Fifty Ways to Improve Your Orgasm · Pat Cadigan · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1992 100 · The Goat Man · Peni R. Griffin · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1989 118 · Even the Queen · Connie Willis · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1992 138 · Big Guy · James Patrick Kelly · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1994 155 · Zelle’s Thursday · Tanith Lee · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1989 170 · The Last One to Know · Deborah Wessell · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1989 179 · Grownups · Ian R. MacLeod · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1992

Isaac Asimov’s Solar System ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace, December 1999, 0-441-00698-1, $6.50, 290pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak)     Anthology of 10 stories that originally appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine, each set on a different planet in our Solar System. 1 · The Sun Spider · Lucius Shepard · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1987 42 · Cilia-of-Gold [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1994 75 · Dawn Venus · G. David Nordley · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1995 116 · Touchdown · Nancy Kress · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1990 136 · The Difficulties Involved in Photographing Nix Olympica · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1986 157 · The Very Pulse of the Machine · Michael Swanwick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1998 182 · Ex Vitro · Daniel Marcus · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction mid December 1995 199 · Into the Blue Abyss · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1999 222 · Second Skin · Paul J. McAuley · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1997 253 · Good-Bye, Robinson Crusoe [Eight Worlds] · John Varley · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine Spring 1977

Isaac Asimov’s Utopias ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace, November 2000, 0-441-00784-8, $5.99, 278pp, pb, cover: Paradise by Jan Brueghel, the Younger from 1650)     Anthology of nine stories on Utopias from Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, David Marusek, and Bruce Sterling. 1 · Mountain Ways [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction August 1996 33 · Out of Touch · Brian Stableford · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October 1995 62 · Getting to Know You [North American future] · David Marusek · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1998 a substantially different version originally appeared in England in Future Histories, Horizon House Publications 1997. 97 · One Perfect Morning, with Jackals [Koriba (Kirinyaga)] · Mike Resnick · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1991 108 · Canary Land · Tom Purdom · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1997 135 · Transit · Stephen Dedman · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 1998 169 · Smart Alec [The Company] · Kage Baker · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 1999

Isaac Asimov’s Valentines ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace, February 1999, 0-441-00602-7, $5.99, 243pp, pb)     Anthology of 10 stories about love that originally appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Authors include Connie Willis, Terry Bisson, and Robert Silverberg. 1 · Death Do Us Part · Robert Silverberg · nv Omni Online December 1996 25 · Chemistry · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1993 55 · No Love in All of Dwingeloo · Tony Daniel · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November 1995 75 · The Lovers [Hwarhath] · Eleanor Arnason · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 1994 109 · Press Ann · Terry Bisson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1991 119 · Romance in Lunar G [Joe Baske] · Tom Purdom · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction November 1995 155 · The Blue Love Potion · Lisa Goldstein · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1990 175 · Always True to Thee, in My Fashion · Nancy Kress · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 1997 191 · Burger Love · Robert Reed · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November 1992 205 · Blued Moon · Connie Willis · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1984