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The Battle of the Monsters and Other Stories ed. David G. Hartwell & L. W. Currey (Gregg Press, June 1976, LC:76-15585, hc, an) vii · Introduction · David G. Hartwell & L. W. Currey · in 1 · The Secret of Apollonius Septrio · Leonard Kip · nv The Knickerbocker June/July 1863, as “A Dream Which Is Not a Dream”, uncredited. 69 · The Repairer of Reputations · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 119 · The Monster Maker · W. C. Morrow · nv The Argonaut October 15 1887, as “The Surgeon’s Experiment” 153 · The Battle of the Monsters · Morgan Robertson · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 22 1899 167 · A Thousand Deaths · Jack London · ss The Black Cat May 1899 179 · The End of the World · Simon Newcomb · ss McClure’s Magazine May 1903 197 · Battle for the Pacific: The Sorakichi—Prometheus · Rowan Stevens · nv The Battle for the Pacific and Other Adventures at Sea, Harper & Brothers, April 1908 223 · Harry Borden’s Naval Monster: A Ship of the Air · William J. Henderson · ss The Battle for the Pacific and Other Adventures at Sea, Harper & Brothers, April 1908

The Best of Gregory Benford by Gregory Benford ed. David G. Hartwell--- see under Gregory Benford.

Bodies of the Dead and Other Great American Ghost Stories ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor, July 1997, 0-812-54424-2, $4.99, 218pp, pb, an, cover by Eric Peterson)     Anthology of 13 classic literary ghost stories. 1 · Kerfol · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Magazine March 1916 30 · The Intoxicated Ghost · Arlo Bates · nv The Century Magazine July 1893 53 · The Golden Rat · Alexander Harvey · nv The Smart Set May 1913 77 · A Grammatical Ghost · Elia W. Peattie · ss The Shape of Fear and Other Ghostly Tales by Elia W. Peattie, Macmillan US, September 1898 85 · The Affair at Grover Station · Willa Cather · ss The Library June 16 1900 (+1) 105 · The Doll’s Ghost · F. Marion Crawford · ss The Illustrated London News Christmas 1896 121 · The Gray Champion · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine January 1835, as by The Author of “The Gentle Boy” 131 · The Boy Who Drew Cats · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Hasegawa, 1898 136 · The Scarecrow · G. Ranger Wormser · ss The Scarecrow and Other Stories by G. Ranger Wormser, Dutton, 1918 151 · Circumstance · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss The Atlantic Monthly May 1860, uncredited. 169 · Ken’s Mystery · Julian Hawthorne · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine November 1883 197 · Bodies of the Dead · Ambrose Bierce · gp San Francisco Examiner April 22 1888 208 · Berenice · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger March 1835

Centaurus: The Best of Australian Science Fiction ed. David G. Hartwell & Damien Broderick (Tor, June 1999, 0-312-86556-2, $29.95, 525pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 20 SF stories by Australian authors, including George Turner, A. Bertram Chandler, Greg Egan, and Cherry Wilder. Introductions by the editors. 9 · Introduction · Damien Broderick · in 22 · The Other Editor’s Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 26 · Flowering Mandrake · George Turner · nv Alien Shores ed. Peter McNamara & Margaret Winch, Aphelion Publications, July 1994 63 · The Mountain Movers [John Grimes] · A. Bertram Chandler · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1971 82 · Things Fall Apart · Philippa C. Maddern · nv Matilda at the Speed of Light ed. Damien Broderick, Angus & Robertson, 1988 101 · Written in Blood · Chris Lawson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1999 116 · Pie Row Joe · Kevin McKay · ss Rooms of Paradise ed. Lee Harding, Quartet Books, 1978 127 · A Map of the Mines of Barnath · Sean Williams · nv Eidolon Summer 1995 150 · My Lady Tongue · Lucy Sussex · na Matilda at the Speed of Light ed. Damien Broderick, Angus & Robertson, 1988 188 · Wang’s Carpets · Greg Egan · nv New Legends ed. Greg Bear & Martin Greenberg, Legend, May 1995 220 · The Dominant Style · Sean McMullen · ss Aurealis #4, 1991 233 · Borderline · Leanne Frahm · na Borderline by Leanne Frahm, MirrorDanse Books, 1996 272 · Privateers’ Moon [Tom Rynosseros] · Terry Dowling · nv Blue Tyson by Terry Dowling, Aphelion, April 1992 299 · Re-deem the Time · David J. Lake · ss Rooms of Paradise ed. Lee Harding, Quartet Books, 1978 313 · Matters of Consequence · Shane Dix · ss Eidolon Winter 1992 321 · The Total Devotion Machine · Rosaleen Love · ss The Total Devotion Machine by Rosaleen Love, The Women's Press, August 1989 329 · The Colonel’s Tiger [Man-Kzin Wars] · Hal Colebatch · na Man-Kzin Wars VII ed. Larry Niven, Baen, July 1995 388 · The Soldier in the Machine · Russell Blackford · nv Dreaming Down-Under ed. Jack Dann & Janeen Webb, Voyager Australia, November 1998 411 · From Whom All Blessings Flow · Stephen Dedman · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1995 431 · Looking Forward to the Harvest · Cherry Wilder · nv Interzone: The 5th Anthology ed. John Clute, Lee Montgomerie & David Pringle, NEL, August 1991 456 · The Magi · Damien Broderick · nv Perpetual Light ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, October 1982 494 · The Chance · Peter Carey · nv War Crimes by Peter Carey, 1979

Christmas Forever ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor, November 1993, 0-312-85576-1, $24.95, 425pp, hc, oa, cover by Donato)     Original anthology of 28 sf and fantasy Christmas stories. 11 · Midnight Clear · Jack McDevitt · ss 25 · Not a Creature · Damon Knight · ss 29 · My Favorite Christmas · Dave Wolverton · nv 61 · Prince of the Powers of this World · Roger Zelazny · ss _ · What Child Is This? · Roger Zelazny · pm 68 · The Cockatrice Boys · Joan Aiken · nv 96 · And When They Appear · Gene Wolfe · nv 118 · We Traverse Afar · James P. Blaylock & Tim Powers · ss 126 · Joyful All Ye Nations Rise · Margaret Ball · ss 143 · Pal o’ Mine [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss 157 · How the Cohml Leeched Out Christmas · Alexis A. Gilliland · ss 164 · Dance in Blue · Catherine Asaro · nv 185 · Christmas Games · David Langford · ss 196 · Toy Chest River · Paul C. Tumey · ss 214 · A Present for Santa · Hilbert Schenck · nv 241 · Easy As Pie · Rudy Rucker · ss 251 · The Tamerlane Crutch [Christmas Stories] · James Powell · ss Cold Blood III ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic Press, 1990 266 · Chronos’s Christmas · Rhea Rose · ss Tesseracts ed. Judith Merril, Porcepic, November 1985 282 · We Three Kings · Alan Dean Foster · ss 292 · Xmas Cruise · Patricia A. McKillip · ss 303 · A New Christmas Carol · Robert Sheckley · ss 311 · Christmas at the Edge · Sarah Smith · ss 325 · Sandy Claws · Edward Wellen · ss 332 · Another Bad Day in Bedlam · Brian Stableford · ss 344 · Not Even a Chimney · Stanley Schmidt · ss 358 · Christmas Wingding · Janet Kagan · nv 386 · A Present for Hanna · Maggie Flinn · ss 401 · Cottage · Bruce McAllister · ss 414 · Beginnings · Michael Bishop · ss

Christmas Ghosts ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer--- see under Kathryn Cramer.

Christmas Magic ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor, November 1994, 0-812-53447-6, $5.99, 434pp, pb, an, cover by Nick Jainschigg)     Anthology of 28 fantasy stories, including 10 original, about Christmas. 1 · Scramblepipe Tries to Understand · [uncredited] · ss (r) 6 · Nackles · Donald E. Westlake · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1964, as by Curt Clark 14 · Another Dime, Another Place · A. J. Austin · nv Newer York ed. Lawrence Watt-Evans, Roc, June 1991 36 · Bedlam Inn · Madeleine Robins · ss 53 · The Last Castle of Christmas · Alexander Jablokov · na Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1993 100 · An Old-Fashioned Bird Christmas · Margaret St. Clair · nv Galaxy Magazine December 1961 122 · The Wild Wood · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1957 131 · Santa Rides a Saucer · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Two Dozen Dragon Eggs by Donald A. Wollheim, Powell, September 1969 137 · Grandfather Christmas · Robert Frazier & James Patrick Kelly · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1994 156 · The Outpost Undiscovered by Tourists · Harlan Ellison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1982 161 · Diesel Dream · Alan Dean Foster · ss Solved ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg, Carroll & Graf, December 1991 170 · Santa Clause · Robert F. Young · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1959 181 · Grandma Babka’s Christmas Ginger · Ken Wisman · ss Midnight Zoo v1 #6, 1991 191 · Death in the Christmas Hour [Christmas Stories; Sherlock Holmes] · James Powell · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1983 207 · The Boxing Day Spectre · Kit Reed · ss 1993 218 · The Toy Mill [Toy Mill] · David Nickle & Karl Schroeder · nv Tesseracts4 ed. Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet, Porcepic, 1992 241 · The Hundred-Year Christmas · David Morrell · nv 1983 262 · Santa’s Tenth Reindeer · Gordon Van Gelder · ss 100 Great Fantasy Short Short Stories ed. Isaac Asimov, Terry Carr & Martin H. Greenberg, Doubleday, April 1984 267 · Tick · M. J. Engh · nv 307 · Merry Gravmas · James P. Hogan · vi Minds, Machines & Evolution by James P. Hogan, Bantam Spectra, June 1988 311 · The Nutcracker Coup · Janet Kagan · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1992 351 · Training Talk No. 12 · David R. Bunch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1972 356 · The Last Belsnickel · Chet Williamson · ss 363 · A Child’s Christmas in Florida · William Browning Spencer · ss The Return of Count Electric by William Browning Spencer, The Permanent Press, 1993 370 · LaZelle Family Christmas [LaZelle] · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Tomorrow December 1993 388 · Ixchel’s Tears · José R. Nieto · ss 406 · A Midnight Clear · Wil McCarthy & Gregory R. Hyde · ss 416 · Household Words, or, The Powers-That-Be · Howard Waldrop · ss Amazing Stories Winter 1994

Christmas Stars ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor, November 1992, 0-812-52286-9, $4.99, 305pp, pb, an, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg)     Anthology of 25 sf Christmas stories. 1 · Adeste Fideles · Frederik Pohl · ss Omni December 1987 21 · The Santa Claus Compromise · Thomas M. Disch · ss Crawdaddy December 1974 27 · Miracle · Connie Willis · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1991 71 · The Christmas Count · Henry Melton · ss Cities in Space ed. Jerry E. Pournelle & John F. Carr, Ace, September 1991 82 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 89 · When Jesus Comes Down the Chimney · Ian Watson · ss Interzone #18, Winter 1986/1987 94 · The Plot Against Santa Claus [Christmas Stories] · James Powell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1971 118 · Sanity Clause · Edward Wellen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1975 124 · Silent Night · Ben Bova · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1987 142 · A Proper Santa Claus · Anne McCaffrey · ss Get Off the Unicorn by Anne McCaffrey, Del Rey, June 1977 revised from Demon Kind, ed. Roger Elwood, Avon 1973. 152 · A Little Girl’s Xmas in Modernia [Moderan] · David R. Bunch · ss Coastlines Fall 1958 159 · Christmas Trombone · Raymond E. Banks · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1954 171 · Dark Conception · Joe L. Hensley & Alexei Panshin · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1964, as by Louis J. A. Adams 180 · Cyber-Claus · William Gibson · vi The Washington Post Book World December 1 1991 205 · The Gift · Ray Bradbury · vi Esquire December 1952 208 · Winter Solstice, Camelot Station · John M. Ford · pm Invitation to Camelot ed. Parke Godwin, Ace, March 1988 214 · A Holiday in the Park · John M. Ford · pm Weird Tales Winter 1988/1989 219 · The New Father Christmas · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1958 226 · Stars Over Santa Claus · William Morrison · ss Startling Stories January 1950 242 · The Gifts of the Magistrate · Spider Robinson · ss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact mid December 1986 253 · Peace on Earth, Good Will to Men · Rick Shelley · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact mid December 1989 276 · The Greatest Gift · Philip Van Doren Stern · ss self-published, December 1943 287 · La Befana · Gene Wolfe · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January/February 1973 292 · Track of a Legend · Cynthia Felice · ss Omni December 1983

The Colour of Evil ed. David G. Hartwell (Grafton, June 1990, 0-246-13668-5, £7.99, 292pp, tp, an)     Reprint of the first third of The Dark Descent (Tor, 1987), a massive anthology of horror stories, which attempted to trace the history of horror short fiction as well as covering the contemporary field. A hardcover edition (-13667-7, £12.95) was announced but not seen. 1 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in The Dark Descent ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, October 1987 13 · The Reach · Stephen King · ss Yankee November 1981, as “Do the Dead Sing?” 29 · Evening Primrose · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, January 1941 39 · The Ash-Tree · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 49 · The New Mother · Lucy Lane Clifford · nv Anyhow Stories, Moral and Otherwise by Lucy Lane Clifford, Macmillan and Co., 1882 58 · There’s a Long, Long Trail A-Winding · Russell Kirk · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 84 · The Call of Cthulhu [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales February 1928 107 · The Summer People · Shirley Jackson · ss Charm September 1950 118 · The Whimper of Whipped Dogs · Harlan Ellison · ss Bad Moon Rising ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, April 1973 132 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 142 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia January 1872, as “The Haunted House in Westminster” 168 · The Crowd · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1943 176 · The Autopsy · Michael Shea · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1980 205 · John Charrington’s Wedding · E. Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891 211 · Sticks [Cthulhu] · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers March 1974 227 · Larger Than Oneself · Robert Aickman · nv Powers of Darkness by Robert Aickman, Collins, 1966 248 · Belsen Express · Fritz Leiber · ss The Second Book of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber, DAW, September 1975 258 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943 272 · If Damon Comes [Oxrun Station] · Charles L. Grant · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VI ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, July 1978 282 · Vandy, Vandy [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1953

The Dark Descent ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor, October 1987, 0-312-93035-6, $29.95, 1011pp, hc, an)     Massive anthology of horror stories. It attempts to trace the history of horror short fiction as well as covering the contemporary field. There is also a long, insightful introduction, and the head notes to each story actually try to say something about the literature and the author’s place in it. 1 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 15 · The Reach · Stephen King · ss Yankee November 1981, as “Do the Dead Sing?” 31 · Evening Primrose · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, January 1941 40 · The Ash-Tree · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 50 · The New Mother · Lucy Lane Clifford · nv Anyhow Stories, Moral and Otherwise by Lucy Lane Clifford, Macmillan and Co., 1882 59 · There’s a Long, Long Trail A-Winding · Russell Kirk · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 85 · The Call of Cthulhu [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales February 1928 108 · The Summer People · Shirley Jackson · ss Charm September 1950 118 · The Whimper of Whipped Dogs · Harlan Ellison · ss Bad Moon Rising ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, April 1973 132 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The New-England Magazine April 1835, as by The Author of “The Gray Champion” 142 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia January 1872, as “The Haunted House in Westminster” 167 · The Crowd · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1943 175 · The Autopsy · Michael Shea · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1980 203 · John Charrington’s Wedding · E. Nesbit · ss Temple Bar September 1891 209 · Sticks [Cthulhu] · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers March 1974 225 · Larger Than Oneself · Robert Aickman · nv Powers of Darkness by Robert Aickman, Collins, 1966 245 · Belsen Express · Fritz Leiber · ss The Second Book of Fritz Leiber by Fritz Leiber, DAW, September 1975 255 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales July 1943 268 · If Damon Comes [Oxrun Station] · Charles L. Grant · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VI ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, July 1978 278 · Vandy, Vandy [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1953 291 · The Swords · Robert Aickman · nv The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. Robert Aickman, Fontana, December 1969 312 · The Roaches · Thomas M. Disch · ss Escapade October 1965 321 · Bright Segment · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Caviar by Theodore Sturgeon, Ballantine, November 1955 339 · Dread · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. II by Clive Barker, Sphere, November 1984 368 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839 382 · The Monkey · Stephen King · nv Gallery November 1980 410 · Within the Walls of Tyre · Michael Bishop · nv Weirdbook #13, 1978 431 · The Rats in the Walls · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales March 1924 445 · Schalken the Painter · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851 revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839). 460 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 472 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930 480 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert S. Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved” 513 · Born of Man and Woman · Richard Matheson · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Summer 1950 516 · My Dear Emily · Joanna Russ · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1962 532 · You Can Go Now · Dennis Etchison · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1980 541 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss Harper’s Bazar July 1926 553 · Three Days · Tanith Lee · nv Shadows 7 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, November 1984 576 · Good Country People · Flannery O’Connor · ss Harper’s Bazaar June 1955 591 · Mackintosh Willy · Ramsey Campbell · ss Shadows 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, November 1979 602 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review December 1908 629 · Smoke Ghost · Fritz Leiber · ss Unknown Worlds October 1941 641 · Seven American Nights · Gene Wolfe · na Orbit 20 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, March 1978 680 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 690 · Crouch End [Cthulhu] · Stephen King · nv New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos ed. Ramsey Campbell, Arkham House, 1980 712 · Night-Side · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Night-Side by Joyce Carol Oates, Vanguard Press, 1977 731 · Seaton’s Aunt · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury April 1922 753 · Clara Militch · Ivan Turgenev · nv Dream Tales and Prose Poems by Ivan Turgenev, tr. Constance Garnett, Macmillan, 1897 793 · The Repairer of Reputations · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 817 · The Beckoning Fair One · Oliver Onions · na Widdershins by Oliver Onions, Martin Secker, 1911 864 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited. 874 · The Beautiful Stranger · Shirley Jackson · ss Come Along with Me by Shirley Jackson, Viking, 1968 880 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 887 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 909 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, November 1907 944 · The Asian Shore · Thomas M. Disch · nv Orbit 6 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, March 1970 970 · The Hospice · Robert Aickman · nv Cold Hand in Mine by Robert Aickman, Gollancz, 1975 995 · A Little Something for Us Tempunauts · Philip K. Dick · nv Final Stage ed. Edward L. Ferman & Barry N. Malzberg, Charterhouse, May 1974

Destination Moon by Robert A. Heinlein ed. David G. Hartwell--- see under Robert A. Heinlein.

A Fabulous, Formless Darkness ed. David G. Hartwell (HarperCollins UK, September 2, 1991, 0-246-13753-3, £7.99, 422pp, tp, an, cover by Colin Thomas)     Reprint of the final third of The Dark Descent (Tor, 1987), a massive anthology of horror stories, which attempted to trace the history of horror short fiction as well as covering the contemporary field. A hardcover edition (-13752-5, £12.99) was announced but not seen. 1 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in The Dark Descent ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, October 1987 13 · Smoke Ghost · Fritz Leiber · ss Unknown Worlds October 1941 26 · Seven American Nights · Gene Wolfe · na Orbit 20 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, March 1978 67 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 78 · Crouch End [Cthulhu] · Stephen King · nv New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos ed. Ramsey Campbell, Arkham House, 1980 101 · Night-Side · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Night-Side by Joyce Carol Oates, Vanguard Press, 1977 121 · Seaton’s Aunt · Walter de la Mare · nv The London Mercury April 1922 145 · Clara Militch · Ivan Turgenev · nv Dream Tales and Prose Poems by Ivan Turgenev, tr. Constance Garnett, Macmillan, 1897 187 · The Repairer of Reputations · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 212 · The Beckoning Fair One · Oliver Onions · na Widdershins by Oliver Onions, Martin Secker, 1911 262 · What Was It? [Harry Escott] · Fitz-James O’Brien · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine March 1859, uncredited. 273 · The Beautiful Stranger · Shirley Jackson · ss Come Along with Me by Shirley Jackson, Viking, 1968 280 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics December 7 1893 288 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Magazine January 1910 312 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories by Algernon Blackwood, Eveleigh Nash, November 1907 350 · The Asian Shore · Thomas M. Disch · nv Orbit 6 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, March 1970 378 · The Hospice · Robert Aickman · nv Cold Hand in Mine by Robert Aickman, Gollancz, 1975 405 · A Little Something for Us Tempunauts · Philip K. Dick · nv Final Stage ed. Edward L. Ferman & Barry N. Malzberg, Charterhouse, May 1974

Foundations of Fear ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor, September 1992, 0-312-85074-3, $27.50, 660pp, hc, an, cover by Thomas Canty)     Survey anthology of 30 horror stories with a critical introduction and story notes. This is a companion volume to the earlier anthology The Dark Descent. 1 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 12 · Don’t Look Now · Daphne du Maurier · na Ladies’ Home Journal December 1970 41 · They · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Unknown April 1941 52 · At the Mountains of Madness [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · n. Astounding Stories February 1936 (+2) 115 · The Little Room · Madeline Yale Wynne · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1895 124 · The Shadowy Street · Jean Ray; translated by Lowell Bair · nv Ghouls in My Grave by Jean Ray, Berkley Medallion, 1965 translated from the French (“La Ruelle Ténébreuse”, La croisière des ombres, Les Éditions de Belgique, 1932). 145 · Passengers · Robert Silverberg · ss Orbit 4 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, November 1968 154 · The Moonstone Mass · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine October 1868, uncredited. 163 · The Blue Rose [Blue Rose] · Peter Straub · na Underwood-Miller, 1985 197 · Sandkings [Thousand Worlds] · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni August 1979 223 · The Great God Pan · Arthur Machen · na The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light by Arthur Machen, Roberts Brothers, 1894 a portion appeared earlier in The Whirlwind, Dec 13, 1890. 256 · Aura · Carlos Fuentes; translated by Lysander Kemp · nv Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965 translated from the Spanish (Aura, Ediciones Era, 1962). 276 · Barbara of the House of Grebe · Thomas Hardy · nv The Graphic December 1890 295 · Torturing Mr. Amberwell · Thomas M. Disch · nv Cheap Street, May 7 1985 317 · The Prayer · Violet Hunt · nv Chapman’s Magazine #8, December 1895, as “The Story of a Ghost” 334 · Who Goes There? · John W. Campbell, Jr. · na Astounding Science-Fiction August 1938, as by Don A. Stuart 370 · …And My Fear Is Great · Theodore Sturgeon · na Beyond Fantasy Fiction July 1953 409 · When Darkness Loves Us · Elizabeth Engstrom · nv When Darkness Loves Us by Elizabeth Engstrom, Morrow, 1984 439 · We Purchased People · Frederik Pohl · ss Final Stage ed. Edward L. Ferman & Barry N. Malzberg, Charterhouse, May 1974 449 · The Striding Place · Gertrude Atherton · ss The Speaker June 20 1896, as “The Twins” 454 · In the Hills, the Cities · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. I by Clive Barker, Sphere, November 1984 474 · Faith of Our Fathers · Philip K. Dick · nv Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, October 1967 495 · The Bell in the Fog · Gertrude Atherton · nv The Smart Set August 1903 509 · The Sandman · E. T. A. Hoffmann · nv (r) translated from the German (“Der Sandmann”, Nachtstücke vol. 1, 1816). 530 · Bloodchild · Octavia E. Butler · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1984 543 · Duel · Richard Matheson · nv Playboy April 1971 558 · Longtooth · Edgar Pangborn · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1970 580 · Luella Miller · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1902, as by Mary E. Wilkins 589 · The Entrance · Gerald Durrell · nv The Picnic and Such Like Pandemonium by Gerald Durrell, Collins, 1979 619 · The Lurking Duck · Scott Baker · nv Omni December 1983 649 · Notes on the Writing of Horror: A Story · Thomas Ligotti · ss Dark Horizons #28, Spring 1985

The Hard SF Renaissance ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (Tor, November 2002, 0-312-87635-1, $39.95, 960pp, hc, an, cover by Gregory Manchess)     SF anthology of 41 stories. Authors include Paul McAuley, Poul Anderson, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Stephen Baxter. Details taken from online listing. 13 · New People, New Places, New Politics · David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer · in 19 · Gene Wars · Paul McAuley · ss Interzone #48, June 1991 previously published in an abridged form as “Evan’s Progress” in New Internationalist, March 1991. 25 · Wang’s Carpets · Greg Egan · nv New Legends ed. Greg Bear & Martin Greenberg, Legend, May 1995 48 · Genesis · Poul Anderson · na Far Futures ed. Gregory Benford, Tor, December 1995 117 · Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars [Mars] · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson, Voyager, April 1999 125 · On the Orion Line [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2000 149 · Beggars in Spain [Sleepless] · Nancy Kress · na Axolotl Press, 1991 201 · Matter’s End · Gregory Benford · nv Cheap Street, March 8 1991 229 · The Hammer of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Time Fall 1992 239 · Think Like a Dinosaur · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1995 253 · Mount Olympus [The Grand Tour] · Ben Bova · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact February 1999 an excerpt from the novel Return to Mars, Avon Eos 1999. 282 · Marrow [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · nv Science Fiction Age July 1997 317 · Microbe [Elysium Cycle] · Joan Slonczewski · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact August 1995 326 · The Lady Vanishes · Charles Sheffield · ss Science Fiction Age November 1996 337 · Bicycle Repairman [Chattanooga] · Bruce Sterling · nv Intersections ed. John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name & Richard Butner, Tor, January 1996 360 · An Ever-Reddening Glow · David Brin · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact February 1996 364 · Sexual Dimorphism [Mars] · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson, Voyager, April 1999 375 · Into the Miranda Rift · G. David Nordley · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact July 1993 417 · The Shoulders of Giants · Robert J. Sawyer · nv Star Colonies ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, June 2000 428 · A Walk in the Sun · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1991 440 · For White Hill · Joe Haldeman · na Far Futures ed. Gregory Benford, Tor, December 1995 470 · A Career in Sexual Chemistry · Brian Stableford · ss Interzone #20, Summer 1987, as “Sexual Chemistry” 484 · Reef [Quiet War] · Paul McAuley · nv Skylife ed. Gregory Benford & George Zebrowski, Harcourt, April 2000 504 · Exchange Rate · Hal Clement · na Absolute Magnitude #12, Winter 1999 545 · Reasons to Be Cheerful · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #118, April 1997 568 · Griffin’s Egg · Michael Swanwick · na Legend, 1991 620 · Great Wall of Mars [Revelation Space] · Alastair Reynolds · na Spectrum SF #1, February 2000 651 · A Niche · Peter Watts · nv Tesseracts3 ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Gerry Truscott, Porcepic, October 1990 673 · Gossamer [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · nv Science Fiction Age November 1995 686 · Madam Butterfly · James P. Hogan · nv Free Space ed. Edward E. Kramer & Brad Linaweaver, Tor, July 1997 699 · Understand · Ted Chiang · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1991 723 · Halo · Karl Schroeder · ss Tesseracts5 ed. Robert Runté & Yves Meynard, Tesseract, December 1996 736 · Different Kinds of Darkness [Blit] · David Langford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2000 743 · Fast Times at Fairmont High · Vernor Vinge · na The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge by Vernor Vinge, Tor, November 2001 786 · Reality Check · David Brin · vi Nature #6775, March 16 2000 789 · The Mendelian Lamp Case [Phil D’Amato] · Paul Levinson · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 1997 814 · Kinds of Strangers · Sarah Zettel · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact October 1999 830 · The Good Rat · Allen Steele · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact mid December 1995 845 · Built Upon the Sands of Time · Michael Flynn · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2000 856 · Taklamakan [Chattanooga] · Bruce Sterling · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 1998 884 · Hatching the Phoenix [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] · Frederik Pohl · nv Amazing Stories Fall 1999 (+1) 919 · Immersion · Gregory Benford · na Science Fiction Age March 1996

The Mammoth Book of the Science Fiction Century: Volume One ed. David G. Hartwell (Robinson, April 24, 2003, 1-84119-513-8, £6.99, xix+586pp, tp, an)     Reprint of 23 stories from The Science Fiction Century (Tor, 1997). Each story is introduced by a brief discussion of the author’s work. xv · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in The Science Fiction Century ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, November 1997 1 · Beam Us Home · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1969 15 · The Music Master of Babylon · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1954 40 · Hot Planet · Hal Clement · nv Galaxy Magazine August 1963 61 · The Hounds of Tindalos [Cthulhu] · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales March 1929 75 · The Angel of Violence · Adam Wiśniewski-Snerg; translated by Tomasz Mirkowicz · ss The Science Fiction Century ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, November 1997 translated from the Polish (“Aniol przemocy”, Wehikul wyobraźni, 1978). 87 · Nobody Bothers Gus [Gus] · Algis Budrys · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1955, as by Paul Janvier 100 · As Easy as A.B.C. · Rudyard Kipling · nv The London Magazine March 1912 (+1) 126 · Ginungagap · Michael Swanwick · nv TriQuarterly #49, Fall 1980 156 · Minister Without Portfolio · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1952 164 · Time in Advance · William Tenn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1956 191 · Good Night, Sophie · Lino Aldani; translated by L. K. Conrad · nv View from Another Shore ed. Franz Rottensteiner, Seabury Press, 1973 translated from the Italian (“Buonanotte Sofia”, Futuro #1, Mar/Apr ’63, as by N.L. Janda). 215 · Fire Watch [Oxford Time Travel] · Connie Willis · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 15 1982 251 · Goat Song · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1972 283 · The Scarlet Plague · Jack London · na The London Magazine June 1912 327 · “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · Harlan Ellison · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1965 339 · Blood’s a Rover · Chad Oliver · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1952 382 · Sail the Tide of Mourning [Bentfin Boomers] · Richard A. Lupoff · ss New Dimensions: Science Fiction: Number 5 ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, April 1975 399 · Great Work of Time · John Crowley · na Novelty by John Crowley, Doubleday Foundation, May 1989 470 · The Dimple in Draco · Philip Latham · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, June 1967 484 · Consider Her Ways · John Wyndham · na Sometime, Never, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956 539 · Something Ending · Eddy C. Bertin · ss New Worlds from the Lowlands ed. Manuel van Loggem, Merrick, 1982 translated from the Dutch (“Het einde van iets”, Morgen 1, October 1971). 548 · Sundance · Robert Silverberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1969 563 · Swarm [Mechanist-Shapers] · Bruce Sterling · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1982

The Mammoth Book of 20th Century Science Fiction: Volume Two ed. David G. Hartwell (Robinson, June 2004, 978-1-84119-514-8, £7.99, xviii+617pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Reprint of 17 stories from The Science Fiction Century (Tor, 1997). Each story is introduced by a brief discussion of the author’s work. Details taken from online listing. xiii · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in The Science Fiction Century ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, November 1997 1 · A Work of Art · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Stories July 1956, as “Art-Work” 17 · 2066: Election Day · Michael Shaara · ss Astounding Science Fiction December 1956 32 · The Rose · Charles Harness · na Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #31, March 15 1953 106 · The Time Machine · Dino Buzzati; translated by Lawrence Venuti · ss The Siren by Dino Buzzati, tr. Lawrence Venuti, North Point Press, October 1984 translated from the Italian (“La macchina che fermera il tempo”, Corriere della Sera, January 19, 1952). 112 · Mother · Philip José Farmer · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1953 139 · Veritas · James Morrow · nv Synergy: New Science Fiction, Vol. 1 ed. George Zebrowski, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, November 1987 157 · Enchanted Village · A. E. van Vogt · ss Other Worlds Science Stories July 1950 172 · The King and the Dollmaker · Wolfgang Jeschke; translated by Patricia Simon-Krieger · na The Best from the Rest of the World ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Doubleday, 1976 translated from the German (“Der König und der Puppenmacher”, Munich Round Up #43, 1961). 231 · Drunkboat [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · nv Amazing Stories October 1963 259 · Another World · J.-H. Rosny-Aîné; translated by Damon Knight · nv A Century of Science Fiction ed. Damon Knight, Simon & Schuster, June 1962 translated from the French (“Un autre monde”, La Revue Parisienne, September/October 1895). 285 · If the Stars Are Gods [Bradley Reynolds] · Gordon Eklund & Gregory Benford · nv Universe 4 ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1974 322 · I Still Call Australia Home · George Turner · ss Aurealis #1, 1990 340 · Liquid Sunshine · Alexander Kuprin; translated by Leland Fetzer · nv Pre-Revolutionary Russian Science Fiction ed. Leland Fetzer, Ardis, May 1982 translated from the Russian (“Zhidkoye solntse”, 1913). 387 · Greenslaves · Frank Herbert · nv Amazing Stories March 1965 416 · He Who Shapes · Roger Zelazny · na Amazing Stories January 1965 (+1) 493 · Beggars in Spain [Sleepless] · Nancy Kress · na Axolotl Press, 1991 566 · Rumfuddle · Jack Vance · nv Three Trips in Time and Space ed. Robert Silverberg, Hawthorn, January 1973

Masterpieces of Fantasy and Enchantment ed. David G. Hartwell (SFBC, May 1988, #1051, $6.98, xvi+622pp, hc, an)     Anthology of fantasy stories, with an emphasis on Unknown-type material. xi · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 3 · The Rule of Names [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination April 1964 13 · The Magic Fishbone · Charles Dickens · ex from “Holiday Romance”, Our Young Folks January 1868 (+3) 23 · The Goddess on the Street Corner · Margaret St. Clair · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953 31 · Feathertop: A Moralized Legend · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The International Magazine February 1852 (+1) 49 · The Root and the Ring · Wyman Guin · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1954 70 · The Green Magician [Harold Shea] · L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt · na Beyond Fantasy Fiction #9, 1954 128 · Our Fair City · Robert A. Heinlein · nv Weird Tales January 1949 149 · The Man Who Could Not See Devils · Joanna Russ · ss Alchemy and Academe ed. Anne McCaffrey, Doubleday, November 1970 162 · A New Arabian Night’s Entertainment · Horace Walpole · ss Hieroglyphic Tales, Strawberry Hill Press, 1785, uncredited. 166 · The King and His Three Daughters · Horace Walpole · ss Hieroglyphic Tales, Strawberry Hill Press, 1785, uncredited. 169 · The Dice-box: A Fairy Tale · Horace Walpole · ss Hieroglyphic Tales, Strawberry Hill Press, 1785, uncredited. 173 · The Peach in Brandy. A Milesian Tale · Horace Walpole · ss Hieroglyphic Tales, Strawberry Hill Press, 1785, uncredited. 176 · Mi Li. A Chinese Fairy Tale · Horace Walpole · ss Hieroglyphic Tales, Strawberry Hill Press, 1785, uncredited. 182 · A True Love Story · Horace Walpole · ss Hieroglyphic Tales, Strawberry Hill Press, 1785, uncredited. 185 · The Bird’s Nest · Horace Walpole · ss Horace Walpole: Writer, Politician, Connoisseur ed. Warren Hunting Smith, Yale University Press, 1967 189 · Bird of Prey · John Collier · ss Presenting Moonshine by John Collier, Viking, January 1941 197 · The Detective of Dreams · Gene Wolfe · nv Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, August 1980 214 · The Bee-Man of Orn · Frank R. Stockton · ss St. Nicholas November 1883, as “The Bee-Man and His Original Form” 224 · The Red Hawk · Elizabeth A. Lynn · nv Cheap Street, September 1983 252 · The Canvasser’s Tale · Mark Twain · ss The Atlantic Monthly December 1876 261 · The Silken-Swift · Theodore Sturgeon · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1953 280 · The New Mother · Lucy Lane Clifford · nv Anyhow Stories, Moral and Otherwise by Lucy Lane Clifford, Macmillan and Co., 1882 291 · Mr. Lupescu · Anthony Boucher · ss Weird Tales September 1945 296 · The King of the Cats · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss Harper’s Bazar February 1929 310 · Uncle Einar [The Elliott Family] · Ray Bradbury · ss Dark Carnival by Ray Bradbury, Arkham House, 1947 318 · Space-Time for Springers [Gummitch] · Fritz Leiber · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 4 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, November 1958 330 · Great Is Diana · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1958 339 · The Last of the Huggermuggers: A Giant Story · Christopher Pearse Cranch · na Phillips, Sampson, 1856 368 · Tobermory [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, August 1911 revised from the original (Westminster Gazette, November 27, 1909) to feature Clovis rather than Bertie van Tahn. 375 · The King of the Elves · Philip K. Dick · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953 397 · The Glass Dog · L. Frank Baum · ss American Fairy Tales by Frank L. Baum, George M. Hill, 1901 405 · The Queen of Quok · L. Frank Baum · ss American Fairy Tales by Frank L. Baum, George M. Hill, 1901 413 · The Magic Bonbons · L. Frank Baum · ss American Fairy Tales by Frank L. Baum, George M. Hill, 1901 419 · The Dummy That Lived · L. Frank Baum · ss American Fairy Tales by Frank L. Baum, George M. Hill, 1901 426 · The Tale of Dragons and Dreamers [Nevèrÿon] · Samuel R. Delany · nv Tales of Nevèrÿon by Samuel R. Delany, Bantam, September 1979 455 · Phantasmion · Sara Coleridge · ex Pickering, 1837 465 · The Sapphire Necklace · Kenneth Morris · ss The Theosophical Path November 1930 473 · The Regent of the North · Kenneth Morris · ss The Theosophical Path August 1915, as by C. ApArthur 483 · The Eyeless Dragons: A Chinese Story · Kenneth Morris · ss The Theosophical Path June 1915, as by Quintus Reynolds 491 · Elric at the End of Time [Elric] · Michael Moorcock · nv Elsewhere ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, September 1981 532 · Lindenborg Pool · William Morris · ss Oxford and Cambridge Magazine September 1856 540 · The Moon Pool [Walter Goodwin] · A. Merritt · na All-Story Weekly June 22 1918 580 · The Sword of Welleran · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany, George Allen & Sons, October 1908 593 · Operation Afreet [Steven Matuchek; Ginny Greylock] · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1956

Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder ed. David G. Hartwell (SFBC, 1989, #14784, xvi+656pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 39 stories with an introduction by the editor. xiii · Worlds of Wonder, Worlds of Difference · David G. Hartwell · in 3 · Green Is the Color [Liavek] · John M. Ford · na Liavek: Wizard’s Row ed. Will Shetterly & Emma Bull, Ace, September 1987 58 · Wooden Tony · Lucy Lane Clifford · ss The English Illustrated Magazine December 1890 71 · Lest Levitation Come Upon Us · Suzette Haden Elgin · nv Perpetual Light ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, October 1982 93 · Prince Bull · Charles Dickens · ss Household Words #256, February 17 1855, uncredited. 99 · The Triumph of Vice · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Savage Club Papers ed. Andrew Halliday, Tinsley Brothers, 1867 111 · Turandina · Fyodor Sologub · ss The Sweat-Scented Name by Fyodor Sologub, Putnam, 1915 122 · The Princess and the Frog · Robin McKinley · ss The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley, Greenwillow, 1981 139 · Darkness Box · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination November 1963 148 · Jack and the Beanstalk · Osbert Sitwell · ss Argosy (UK) January 1959 157 · Peter Pan · Sir James M. Barrie · ex from The Little White Bird, Hodder & Stoughton, 1902 164 · The Thrush’s Nest · Sir James M. Barrie · ex from The Little White Bird, Hodder & Stoughton, 1902 171 · Lock-out Time [Peter Pan] · Sir James M. Barrie · ex from The Little White Bird, Hodder & Stoughton, 1902 180 · The Mouse Festival · Johannes Bobrowski; translated by Kathryn Cramer · vi; dated 1965. 183 · A Proper Santa Claus · Anne McCaffrey · ss Get Off the Unicorn by Anne McCaffrey, Del Rey, June 1977 revised from Demon Kind, ed. Roger Elwood, Avon 1973. 192 · Inside Out · Rudy Rucker · nv Synergy: New Science Fiction, Vol. 1 ed. George Zebrowski, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, November 1987 213 · The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime · Mark Twain · ss The Atlantic Monthly June 1876 229 · The Woman Who Thought She Could Read · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1959 238 · The Third Level · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 7 1950 245 · The Griffin and the Minor Canon · Frank R. Stockton · nv St. Nicholas October 1885 259 · The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles · Margaret St. Clair · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951, as by Idris Seabright 264 · The Dragons · Murilo Rubião; translated by Thomas Colchie · ss Ex-Magician and Other Stories by Murilo Rubião, Harper & Row, 1979 translated from the Portuguese (“Os dragões”, 1965). 269 · On the Downhill Side · Harlan Ellison · ss Universe 2 ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1972 284 · The Parrot · Isaac Bashevis Singer; translated by Ruth Whitman · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1966 300 · The Gray Wolf · George MacDonald · ss Works of Fancy and Imagination by George MacDonald, Alexander Strahan, 1871 306 · The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath · Patricia A. McKillip · nv Elsewhere Vol. II ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, November 1982 325 · The Last of the Dragons [Seven Dragons] · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine September 1899, as “The Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold” 332 · Lila the Werewolf [Sam Farrell] · Peter S. Beagle · nv guabi #1, 1969, as “Farrell and Lila the Werewolf” 353 · The Drowned Giant · J. G. Ballard · ss The Terminal Beach by J. G. Ballard, Gollancz, June 1964 367 · The Enchanted Buffalo · L. Frank Baum · ss The Delineator May 1905 375 · Narrow Valley · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1966 389 · Beyond the Dead Reef · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1983 406 · The King’s Bride · E. T. A. Hoffmann; translated by Michael Bullock · na Four Tales by E. T. A. Hoffmann, tr. Michael Bullock, NEL, 1962 translated from the German (“Die Königsbraut”, Die Serapionsbrüder: Vierter Band, Easter 1821). 451 · Under the Garden · Graham Greene · na A Sense of Reality by Graham Greene, The Bodley Head, 1963 503 · The Things That Are Gods [Traveller in Black] · John Brunner · na Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Fall 1979 540 · The King of Nodland and His Dwarf · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv American Whig Review December 1852 571 · The Seventeen Virgins [Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1974 596 · The Bagful of Dreams [Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · nv Flashing Swords! #4 ed. Lin Carter, SFBC, May 1977 623 · The Hollow Land · William Morris · nv Oxford and Cambridge Magazine September 1856 (+1)

The Medusa in the Shield ed. David G. Hartwell (Grafton, November 8, 1990, 0-246-13751-7, £7.99, 368pp, tp, an, cover by Tim White)     Reprint of the second third of The Dark Descent (Tor, 1987), a massive anthology of horror stories, which attempted to trace the history of horror short fiction as well as covering the contemporary field. A hardcover edition (-13750-9, £12.99) was announced but not seen. 1 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in The Dark Descent ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, October 1987 13 · The Swords · Robert Aickman · nv The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. Robert Aickman, Fontana, December 1969 35 · The Roaches · Thomas M. Disch · ss Escapade October 1965 44 · Bright Segment · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Caviar by Theodore Sturgeon, Ballantine, November 1955 64 · Dread · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. II by Clive Barker, Sphere, November 1984 94 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839 109 · The Monkey · Stephen King · nv Gallery November 1980 139 · Within the Walls of Tyre · Michael Bishop · nv Weirdbook #13, 1978 161 · The Rats in the Walls · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales March 1924 176 · Schalken the Painter · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851 revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839). 192 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 205 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930 213 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert S. Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved” 248 · Born of Man and Woman · Richard Matheson · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Summer 1950 251 · My Dear Emily · Joanna Russ · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1962 268 · You Can Go Now · Dennis Etchison · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1980 278 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss Harper’s Bazar July 1926 290 · Three Days · Tanith Lee · nv Shadows 7 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, November 1984 314 · Good Country People · Flannery O’Connor · ss Harper’s Bazaar June 1955 330 · Mackintosh Willy · Ramsey Campbell · ss Shadows 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, November 1979 343 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review December 1908

Northern Stars ed. David G. Hartwell & Glenn Grant (Tor, September 1994, 0-312-85747-0, $21.95, 384pp, hc, an, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg)     Anthology of 28 SF stories by Canadian writers, two apparently original, plus an essay on Canadian SF by Candas Jane Dorsey and an appendix listing Canadian SF awards nominees and winners. 11 · Introducton · Glenn Grant · in 15 · We Have Met the Alien (And It Is Us) · Judith Merril · aw 24 · A Niche · Peter Watts · nv Tesseracts3 ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Gerry Truscott, Porcepic, October 1990 50 · Mother Lode · Phyllis Gotlieb · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1973 68 · Home by the Sea · Elisabeth Vonarburg; translated by Jane Brierley · ss Tesseracts ed. Judith Merril, Porcepic, November 1985 translated from the French (“La maison au bord de la mer”, Dix nouvelles de science-fiction québécoise ed. André Carpentier, Les Quinze, 1985). 82 · Under Another Moon · Dave Duncan · nv Tesseracts3 ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Gerry Truscott, Porcepic, October 1990 101 · Remember, the Dead Say · Jean-Louis Trudel · ss Tesseracts4 ed. Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet, Porcepic, 1992 114 · One · Heather Spears · nv Tesseracts2 ed. Phyllis Gotlieb & Douglas Barbour, Porcepic, November 1987 133 · The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Writer · Lesley Choyce · ss Orion v1 #2, 1982 140 · User Friendly · Spider Robinson · ss Tales from the Planet Earth ed. Frederik Pohl & Elizabeth Anne Hull, St. Martin's, November 1986 148 · Distant Signals · Andrew Weiner · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine May/June 1984 161 · The Woman Who Is the Midnight Wind · Terence M. Green · ss Tesseracts ed. Judith Merril, Porcepic, November 1985 171 · The Winter Market · William Gibson · nv Vancouver November 1985 188 · The Byrds · Michael G. Coney · ss Changes ed. Michael Bishop & Ian Watson, Ace, July 1983 200 · Soluble-Fish · Joël Champetier; translated by Louise Samson · vi Tesseracts2 ed. Phyllis Gotlieb & Douglas Barbour, Porcepic, November 1987 translated from the French (“Poisson-Soluble”, Solaris #59, January/February 1985). 203 · Memetic Drift · Glenn Grant · ss Interzone #34, March/April 1990 219 · The Reckoning of Gifts · James Alan Gardner · nv Tesseracts4 ed. Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet, Porcepic, 1992 236 · The Cauldron · Donald M. Kingsbury · ex; from a work in progress. 254 · Happy Days in Old Chernobyl · Claude-Michel Prévost; translated by John Greene · ss Tesseracts3 ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Gerry Truscott, Porcepic, October 1990 translated from the French (“La Marquise de Tchernobyl”, Imagine, No. 41, 1987). 263 · Pity the Monsters [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss The Ultimate Frankenstein ed. Byron Preiss, David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell, October 1991 275 · Carpe Diem · Eileen Kernaghan · ss On Spec Fall 1989 282 · Xils · Esther Rochon; translated by Lucille Nelson · ss Tesseracts2 ed. Phyllis Gotlieb & Douglas Barbour, Porcepic, November 1987 translated from the French (“Xils”, Aurores Boreales 2 ed. Daniel Sernine, Le Préambule, 1985). 286 · Stolen Fires · Yves Meynard · ss Edge Detector #3, Summer 1991 296 · Retrieval · John Park · ss Tesseracts2 ed. Phyllis Gotlieb & Douglas Barbour, Porcepic, November 1987 308 · Outport · Garfield Reeves-Stevens · ss Ark of Ice ed. Lesley Choyce, Pottersfield Press, September 1992 318 · Just Like Old Times · Robert J. Sawyer · ss On Spec Summer 1993 329 · Stardust Boulevard · Daniel Sernine; translated by Jane Brierley · ss Tesseracts ed. Judith Merril, Porcepic, November 1985 translated from the French (“Le vieil homme et l’espace”, L’Vieil Homme et l’Espace, Le Preambule, 1981). 343 · Ballads in 3/4 Time · Robert Charles Wilson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1987 354 · (Learning About) Machine Sex · Candas Jane Dorsey · ss Machine Sex and Other Stories by Candas Jane Dorsey, Porcepic Tesseract, 1988 370 · Towards a Real Speculative Literature: Writer as Asymptote · Candas Jane Dorsey · aw Tesseracts3 ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Gerry Truscott, Porcepic, October 1990 374 · Canadian SF Awards · [uncredited] · bi

Northern Suns ed. David G. Hartwell & Glenn Grant (Tor, April 1999, 0-312-86461-2, $24.95, 382pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 22 stories by Canadian authors, companion to Northern Stars. Authors include Robertson Davies, Nalo Hopkinson, W.P. Kinsella, and Nancy Kilpatrick. Includes an appendix listing Canadian SF awards from 1994-1998. 11 · Another Music from Another Kitchen · Glenn Grant · in 17 · Freeforall · Margaret Atwood · ss Star Weekly September 20 1986 25 · Divisions · Eric Choi · nv Tesseracts6 ed. Robert J. Sawyer & Carolyn Clink, Tesseract, November 1997 46 · The Eighth Register · Alain Bergeron; translated by Howard Scott · nv 1996 77 · Doing Time · R. Boyczuk · ss Erotica Vampirica ed. Cecilia Tan, Circlet Press, November 1996 85 · The Fragrance of Orchids · Sally McBride · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1994 106 · The Sages of Cassiopeia · Scott Mackay · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1994 121 · Domestic Slash and Thrust · Jan Lars Jensen · ss Tesseracts5 ed. Robert Runté & Yves Meynard, Tesseract, December 1996 134 · Halo · Karl Schroeder · ss Tesseracts5 ed. Robert Runté & Yves Meynard, Tesseract, December 1996 153 · A Habit of Waste · Nalo Hopkinson · ss Fireweed #53, 1996 167 · Things Invisible to See · W. P. Kinsella · ss On Spec Winter 1994 171 · The Dummy Ward · David Nickle · ss TransVersions #1, Autumn 1994 186 · Near Enough to Home · Michael Skeet · ss Arrowdreams ed. Mark Shainblum & John Dupuis, Nuage Editions, January 1998 201 · Farm Wife · Nancy Kilpatrick · ss The Vampire’s Crypt #5, Spring 1992 207 · Beyond the Barriers · Charles Montpetit · ss Prairie Fire Summer 1994 214 · Bugtown · Ursula Pflug · ss TransVersions #6, Winter 1996/1997 232 · The History of Photography · Derryl Murphy · ss Prairie Fire Summer 1994 247 · Craphound · Cory Doctorow · ss Science Fiction Age March 1998 268 · Twilight of the Real · Wesley Herbert · ss On Spec Winter 1997 287 · Offer of Immortality · Robertson Davies · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine July 1982 299 · Rêve Canadien · Jean Pierre April · ss Tesseracts Q ed. Elisabeth Vonarburg & Jane Brierley, Tesseract, 1996 318 · Fan · Geoff Ryman · na Interzone #81, March 1994 365 · Fables of Transcendence · John Clute · ss Out of This World ed. Andrea Paradis, Quarry Press, 1995 373 · Appendix: Canadian SF Awards · [uncredited] · ms

The Palencar Project ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor, February 29, 2012, 978-1-4668-1240-6, $2.99, ebook, oa, cover by John Jude Palencar)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in · New World Blues · L. E. Modesitt, Jr. · ss · Dormanna · Gene Wolfe · ss · Thanatos Beach · James Morrow · ss · The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree · Michael Swanwick · ss · The Sigma Structure Symphony [SETI Library] · Gregory Benford · nv

The Science Fiction Century ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor, November 1997, 0-312-86338-1, $40.00, 1005pp, hc, an, cover by John Harris)     Anthology of 45 stories, an ambitious attempt at a definitive anthology of SF. Each story is introduced by a brief discussion of the author’s works. 17 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 21 · Beam Us Home · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1969 31 · Ministering Angels · C. S. Lewis · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1958 39 · The Music Master of Babylon · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1954 57 · A Story of the Days to Come · H. G. Wells · gp (r) _58 · I.The Cure for Love · H. G. Wells · ss The Pall Mall Magazine June 1899 _68 · II.The Vacant Country · H. G. Wells · ss The Pall Mall Magazine July 1899 _79 · III.The Ways of the City · H. G. Wells · ss The Pall Mall Magazine August 1899 _91 · IV.Underneath · H. G. Wells · ss The Pall Mall Magazine September 1899 _101 · V.Bindon Intervenes · H. G. Wells · ss The Pall Mall Magazine October 1899, as “The Magnanimity of the Man of Pleasure” 112 · Hot Planet · Hal Clement · nv Galaxy Magazine August 1963 127 · A Work of Art · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Stories July 1956, as “Art-Work” 139 · The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review November 1909 161 · Brightness Falls from the Air · Margaret St. Clair · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1951, as by Idris Seabright; published without a title as part of a $100 title contest. 166 · 2066: Election Day · Michael Shaara · ss Astounding Science Fiction December 1956 177 · The Rose · Charles Harness · na Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #31, March 15 1953 232 · The Hounds of Tindalos [Cthulhu] · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales March 1929 242 · The Angel of Violence · Adam Wisniewski-Snerg; translated by Tomasz Mirkowicz · ss translated from the Polish (“Aniol przemocy”, Wehikul wyobraźni, 1978). 251 · Nobody Bothers Gus [Gus] · Algis Budrys · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1955, as by Paul Janvier 261 · The Time Machine · Dino Buzzati; translated by Lawrence Venuti · ss The Siren by Dino Buzzati, tr. Lawrence Venuti, North Point Press, October 1984 translated from the Italian (“La macchina che fermera il tempo”, Corriere della Sera, January 19, 1952). 265 · Mother · Philip José Farmer · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1953 285 · As Easy as A.B.C. · Rudyard Kipling · nv The London Magazine March 1912 (+1) 304 · Ginungagap · Michael Swanwick · nv TriQuarterly #49, Fall 1980 327 · Minister Without Portfolio · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1952 333 · Time in Advance · William Tenn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1956 352 · Good Night, Sophie · Lino Aldani; translated by L. K. Conrad · nv View from Another Shore ed. Franz Rottensteiner, Seabury Press, 1973 translated from the Italian (“Buonanotte Sofia”, Futuro #1, Mar/Apr ’63, as by N.L. Janda). 369 · Veritas · James Morrow · nv Synergy: New Science Fiction, Vol. 1 ed. George Zebrowski, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, November 1987 382 · Enchanted Village · A. E. van Vogt · ss Other Worlds Science Stories July 1950 393 · The King and the Dollmaker · Wolfgang Jeschke; translated by Patricia Simon-Krieger · na The Best from the Rest of the World ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Doubleday, 1976 translated from the German (“Der König und der Puppenmacher”, Munich Round Up #43, 1961). 435 · Fire Watch [Oxford Time Travel] · Connie Willis · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 15 1982 462 · Goat Song · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1972 486 · The Scarlet Plague · Jack London · na The London Magazine June 1912 518 · Drunkboat [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · nv Amazing Stories October 1963 539 · Another World · J.-H. Rosny-Aîné; translated by Damon Knight · nv A Century of Science Fiction ed. Damon Knight, Simon & Schuster, June 1962 translated from the French (“Un autre monde”, La Revue Parisienne, September/October 1895). 558 · If the Stars Are Gods [Bradley Reynolds] · Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund · nv Universe 4 ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1974 585 · I Still Call Australia Home · George Turner · ss Aurealis #1, 1990 598 · Liquid Sunshine · Alexander Kuprin; translated by Leland Fetzer · nv Pre-Revolutionary Russian Science Fiction ed. Leland Fetzer, Ardis, May 1982 translated from the Russian (“Zhidkoye solntse”, 1913). 632 · Great Work of Time · John Crowley · na Novelty by John Crowley, Doubleday Foundation, May 1989 683 · Sundance · Robert Silverberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1969 694 · Greenslaves · Frank Herbert · nv Amazing Stories March 1965 716 · Rumfuddle · Jack Vance · nv Three Trips in Time and Space ed. Robert Silverberg, Hawthorn, January 1973 754 · The Dimple in Draco · Philip Latham · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, June 1967 765 · Consider Her Ways · John Wyndham · na Sometime, Never, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956 805 · Something Ending · Eddy C. Bertin · ss New Worlds from the Lowlands ed. Manuel van Loggem, Merrick, 1982 translated from the Dutch (“Het einde van iets”, Morgen 1, October 1971). 812 · He Who Shapes · Roger Zelazny · na Amazing Stories January 1965 (+1) 869 · Swarm [Mechanist-Shapers] · Bruce Sterling · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1982 886 · Beggars in Spain [Sleepless] · Nancy Kress · na Axolotl Press, 1991 939 · Johnny Mnemonic [Molly Millions] · William Gibson · nv Omni May 1981 952 · “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · Harlan Ellison · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1965 961 · Blood’s a Rover · Chad Oliver · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1952 993 · Sail the Tide of Mourning [Bentfin Boomers] · Richard A. Lupoff · ss New Dimensions: Science Fiction: Number 5 ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, April 1975

The Screaming Skull and Other Great American Ghost Stories ed. David Hartwell (Tor, September 1995, 0-812-55178-8, $4.99, 217pp, pb, an, cover by Jim Thiesen)     Young-adult anthology of 12 classic literary ghost stories. This is copyrighted 1994 but was not previously issued to the trade. 1 · The Screaming Skull · F. Marion Crawford · nv Collier’s July 11 1908 (+1) 38 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · nv American Museum September 18 1838 58 · A Ghost Story · Mark Twain · ss Werner’s Readings and Recitations, 1888 66 · The Ghost of Dr. Harris · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ts The Nineteenth Century January 1900 74 · The House of the Nightmare · Edward Lucas White · ss Smith’s Magazine September 1906 86 · The Transferred Ghost · Frank R. Stockton · ss The Century Magazine May 1882 101 · The Real Right Thing · Henry James · ss Collier’s Weekly December 16 1899 118 · The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall · John Kendrick Bangs · ss Harper’s Weekly June 27 1891 130 · The Eyes [Tales of Men] · Edith Wharton · ss Scribner’s Magazine June 1910 154 · The Shadows on the Wall · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine March 1903 170 · The Rival Ghosts · Brander Matthews · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine May 1884 192 · Consequences · Willa Cather · ss McClure’s Magazine November 1915

Shadows of Fear ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor, June 1994, 0-812-51896-9, $4.99, 468pp, pb, an, cover by Tom Canty)     Reprint of the first third of Foundations of Fear (Tor, 1992), with a new introduction by the editor plus the original introduction to the complete volume. 1 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in Foundations of Fear ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, September 1992 24 · Introduction to Shadows of Fear · David G. Hartwell · in 25 · Don’t Look Now · Daphne du Maurier · na Ladies’ Home Journal December 1970 85 · They · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Unknown April 1941 106 · At the Mountains of Madness [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · n. Astounding Stories February 1936 (+2) 242 · The Little Room · Madeline Yale Wynne · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine August 1895 258 · The Shadowy Street · Jean Ray; translated by Lowell Bair · nv Ghouls in My Grave by Jean Ray, Berkley Medallion, 1965 translated from the French (“La Ruelle Ténébreuse”, La croisière des ombres, Les Éditions de Belgique, 1932). 299 · Passengers · Robert Silverberg · ss Orbit 4 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, November 1968 316 · The Moonstone Mass · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss Harper’s New Monthly Magazine October 1868, uncredited. 335 · Blue Rose [Blue Rose] · Peter Straub · na Underwood-Miller, 1985 402 · The Great God Pan · Arthur Machen · na The Great God Pan and The Inmost Light by Arthur Machen, Roberts Brothers, 1894 a portion appeared earlier in The Whirlwind, Dec 13, 1890.

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The Space Opera Renaissance ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (Tor, July 2006, 0-765-30617-4, $39.95, 941pp, hc, an)     SF anthology of 32 stories, arranged chronologically and thematically to explore the evolution of space opera as outlined in the editors’ introduction. 9 · Introduction: How Shit Became Shinola: Definition and Redefinition of Space Opera · David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer · in · I. Redefined Writers 21 · The Star Stealers [Interstellar Patrol] · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales February 1929 45 · The Prince of Space · Jack Williamson · na Amazing Stories January 1931 92 · Enchantress of Venus [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories Fall 1949 134 · The Swordsmen of Varnis · Clive Jackson · vi Slant #3, Spring 1950, as by Geoffrey Cobbe · II. Draftees (1960s) 139 · The Game of Rat and Dragon [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1955 151 · Empire Star · Samuel R. Delany · n. Ace, 1966 200 · Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead · Robert Sheckley · ss Nova 2 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1972 · III. Translations/Redefiners (Late 1970s to Late 1980s) 207 · Temptation [Uplift] · David Brin · na Far Horizons ed. Robert Silverberg, Avon Eos, May 1999 243 · Ranks of Bronze [Ranks of Bronze] · David Drake · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1975 251 · Weatherman [Miles Vorkosigan] · Lois McMaster Bujold · na Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact February 1990 297 · A Gift from the Culture [Culture] · Iain M. Banks · ss Interzone #20, Summer 1987 · IV. Volunteers: Revisionaries (Early 1990s) 311 · Orphans of the Helix [Hyperion] · Dan Simmons · na Far Horizons ed. Robert Silverberg, Avon Eos, May 1999 344 · The Well Wishers [Tabitha Jute] · Colin Greenland · na The Plenty Principle by Colin Greenland, Voyager, March 1997 379 · Escape Route [Confederation] · Peter F. Hamilton · na Interzone #121, July 1997 415 · Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington [Honor Harrington] · David Weber · na Changer of Worlds ed. David Weber, Baen, March 2001 493 · Aurora in Four Voices [Skolian Empire] · Catherine Asaro · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 1998 524 · Ring Rats [Slaver] · R. Garcia y Robertson · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April 2002 557 · The Death of Captain Future [Captain Future (Curt Newton); Near Space] · Allen Steele · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October 1995 · V. Mixed Signals/Mixed Categories (to the Late 1990s) 589 · A Worm in the Well · Gregory Benford · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact November 1995 607 · The Survivor [Man-Kzin Wars] · Donald Kingsbury · n. Man-Kzin Wars IV ed. Larry Niven, Baen, September 1991 715 · Fool’s Errand · Sarah Zettel · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 1993 727 · The Shobies’ Story [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Universe 1 ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber, Doubleday Foundation, April 1990 745 · The Remoras [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1994 768 · Recording Angel · Paul J. McAuley · nv New Legends ed. Greg Bear & Martin Greenberg, Legend, May 1995 788 · The Great Game [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2003 802 · Lost Sorceress of the Silent Citadel · Michael Moorcock · nv Mars Probes ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, June 2002 823 · Space Opera · Michael Kandel · ss Omni Online September 1997 · VI. Next Wave (Twenty-First Century) 833 · Grist · Tony Daniel · na Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1998 873 · The Movements of Her Eyes · Scott Westerfeld · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2000 892 · Spirey and the Queen · Alastair Reynolds · nv Interzone #108, June 1996 914 · Bear Trap · Charles Stross · nv Spectrum SF #1, February 2000 929 · Guest Law · John C. Wright · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 1997