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The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit, October 8, 2020, 978-0-356-50883-2, £20.00, 576pp, hc, n., cover by Christophe Dessaigne)     Details taken from online listing.

The Ministry for the Future by Kim Stanley Robinson (Subterranean Press, January 2024, $195.00, 589pp, hc, n., cover by François Vaillancourt)     Reprint (Orbit 2020) SF novel. Limited to 400 numbered, signed, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($850). Details taken from publisher website.

Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias ed. Kim Stanley Robinson (Tor, July 1994, 0-312-85474-9, $23.95, 352pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 12 stories and three poems on the Ecotopia theme, with an introduction by the editor. The Ernest Callenbach story is original to this volume. 9 · Introduction · Kim Stanley Robinson · in 13 · Tomorrow’s Song · Gary Snyder · pm 1974 · Part One: Statements of Desire 17 · Bears Discover Fire · Terry Bisson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1990 29 · In the Abode of the Snows · Pat Murphy · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1986 53 · Boomer Flats · R. A. Lafferty · ss If July/August 1971 · Part Two: Denial of the Body 75 · Hogfoot Right and Bird-Hands · Garry Kilworth · ss Other Edens ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1987 · Part Three: But What Were They Really Like? 85 · House of Bones · Robert Silverberg · ss Terry’s Universe ed. Beth Meacham, Tor, 1988 · Part Four: And Might We Ever Be Like That Again? 111 · “A Story” by John V. Marsch · Gene Wolfe · nv The Fifth Head of Cerberus by Gene Wolfe, Scribner's, 1972 167 · The Bead Woman · Rachel Pollack · ss Interzone: The 4th Anthology ed. John Clute, David Pringle & Simon Ounsley, Simon & Schuster UK, 1989 189 · Chocco · Ernest Callenbach · nv 215 · The New World · Frederick Turner · ex Princeton University Press, 1985 229 · Rangriver Fell · Paul Park · ex from Soldiers of Paradise, Arbor House, 1987 275 · Mary Margaret Road-Grader · Howard Waldrop · ss Orbit 18 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1976 · Part Five: Parables 295 · Looking Down · Carol Emshwiller · ss Omni January 1990 311 · Newton’s Sleep · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Full Spectrum III ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 339 · Return · Robinson Jeffers · pm 1935 341 · Endnotes · [uncredited] · ms 348 · Further Reading · [uncredited] · bi

Nebula Awards Showcase 2002 ed. Kim Stanley Robinson (Penguin/Roc, April 2002, 0-451-45878-8, $15.00, 292pp, tp, an, cover by Ray Lundgren)     Anthology of Nebula Award-winning fiction—three stories and one novel excerpt—plus two nominated stories, and commentary on SF from nine authors including Gwyneth Jones, Damon Knight, and Gene Wolfe. The 36th volume in the annual series previously from Harcourt. 1 · Introduction · Kim Stanley Robinson · in 7 · About the Nebula Awards · [uncredited] · ms 19 · The Grand Master Award: Philip José Farmer · [uncredited] · ar [Ref. Philip José Farmer] 25 · The Author Emeritus Award: Robert Sheckley · [uncredited] · ar [Ref. Robert Sheckley] 29 · Daddy’s World · Walter Jon Williams · nv Not of Woman Born ed. Constance Ash, Roc, 1999 60 · Darwin’s Radio · Greg Bear · ex Del Rey, 1999 97 · macs · Terry Bisson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1999 107 · Stellar Harvest [Lydia Duluth] · Eleanor Arnason · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1999 150 · Goddesses · Linda Nagata · na Sci Fiction July 5 2000 239 · Commentary: Science Fiction and the World _240 · [untitled commentary] · Gwyneth Jones · ms _242 · [untitled commentary] · Andy Duncan · ms _244 · [untitled commentary] · Damon Knight · ms _244 · [untitled commentary] · Gene Wolfe · ms _245 · [untitled commentary] · Kathleen Ann Goonan · ms _247 · [untitled commentary] · Ken MacLeod · ms _248 · [untitled commentary] · Paul McAuley · ms _250 · [untitled commentary] · Nalo Hopkinson · ms _255 · [untitled commentary] · John Clute · ms 255 · A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows · Gardner Dozois · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 1999

Eight Short Stories by Lennox Robinson (T. Fisher Unwin, 1919, 114pp, hc, co) · The Chalice · Lennox Robinson · ss (r) · Education · Lennox Robinson · ss · The Face · Lennox Robinson · ss 1913 · Looking After the Girls · Lennox Robinson · ss (r) · A Pair of Muddy Shoes · Lennox Robinson · ss · The Return · Lennox Robinson · ss (r) · The Sponge · Lennox Robinson · ss The Cornhill Magazine May 1919 · The Weir · Lennox Robinson · ss (r)

Not Safe After Dark & Other Stories by Peter Robinson (Crippen & Landru, 1998, 1-885941-29-3, $16.00, 227pp, tp, co)     Collection of 13 stories, one new. 9 · Introduction · Peter Robinson · in 11 · Fan Mail · Peter Robinson · ss Cold Blood II ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1989 28 · Innocence · Peter Robinson · ss Cold Blood III ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1990 49 · Not Safe After Dark · Peter Robinson · ss Criminal Shorts ed. Eric Wright & Howard Engel, Macmillan Canada, 1992 54 · Anna Said… [Alan Banks] · Peter Robinson · ss Cold Blood IV ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1992 69 · Just My Luck · Peter Robinson · ss Bouchercon XXII Souvenir Programme Book, 1992 78 · Lawn Sale · Peter Robinson · ss Cold Blood V ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1994 92 · The Good Partner [Alan Banks] · Peter Robinson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1994 111 · Carrion · Peter Robinson · ss No Alibi ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press, 1995 120 · Some Land in Florida · Peter Robinson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1996 142 · Summer Rain [Alan Banks] · Peter Robinson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1994 161 · The Wrong Hands · Peter Robinson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1998 180 · The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage · Peter Robinson · ss Malice Domestic 6 ed. Anne Perry, Pocket, 1997 195 · In Flanders Fields [Frank Bascombe Special Constable] · Peter Robinson · nv 224 · Books and Short Stories by Peter Robinson: A Checklist · [uncredited] · bi [Ref. Peter Robinson]

Not Safe After Dark and Other Works by Peter Robinson (Macmillan UK, 2004, 1-4050-2111-X, £14.99, x+422pp, hc, co)     Collection, expanded from Not Safe After Dark and Other Stories (Crippen & Landru 1998). vii · Introduction · Peter Robinson · in 1 · Summer Rain [Alan Banks] · Peter Robinson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1994 22 · Fan Mail · Peter Robinson · ss Cold Blood II ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1989 41 · Innocence · Peter Robinson · ss Cold Blood III ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1990 64 · Murder in Utopia · Peter Robinson · ss Crime Through Time III ed. Sharan Newman, Berkley, 2000 82 · Not Safe After Dark · Peter Robinson · ss Criminal Shorts ed. Eric Wright & Howard Engel, Macmillan Canada, 1992 88 · Just My Luck · Peter Robinson · ss Bouchercon XXII Souvenir Programme Book, 1992 98 · Anna Said… [Alan Banks] · Peter Robinson · ss Cold Blood IV ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1992 116 · Missing in Action [Frank Bascombe Special Constable] · Peter Robinson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 2000 139 · Memory Lane · Peter Robinson · ss Blue Lightning ed. John Harvey, Slow Dancer Press, 1998 149 · Carrion · Peter Robinson · ss No Alibi ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Ringpull Press, 1995 159 · April in Paris · Peter Robinson · nv Love and Death ed. Carolyn Hart, Berkley Prime Crime, 2001 180 · The Good Partner [Alan Banks] · Peter Robinson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1994 201 · Some Land in Florida · Peter Robinson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1996 225 · The Wrong Hands · Peter Robinson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine April 1998 246 · The Two Ladies of Rose Cottage · Peter Robinson · ss Malice Domestic 6 ed. Anne Perry, Pocket, 1997 263 · Lawn Sale · Peter Robinson · ss Cold Blood V ed. Peter Sellers, Mosaic, 1994 278 · Gone to the Dawgs · Peter Robinson · ss The Mighty Johns ed. Otto Penzler, New Millennium Press, 2002 293 · In Flanders Fields [Frank Bascombe Special Constable] · Peter Robinson · nv Not Safe After Dark & Other Stories by Peter Robinson, Crippen & Landru, 1998 325 · The Duke’s Wife · Peter Robinson · ss Much Ado About Murder ed. Anne Perry, Berkley Prime Crime, 2002 337 · Going Back [Alan Banks] · Peter Robinson · na

Tales by Three Brothers by Phil, E. K. & H. Perry Robinson (Isbister and Company, 1902, 6/-, 310pp, hc, co)     Collection of stories by the three brothers; inidvidual stories are not credited to their author in the book. 11 · The Last of the Vampires · Phil Robinson · ss The Contemporary Review March 1893 25 · The Gift of Fernseed · H. Perry Robinson · na The Atlantic Monthly February 1889 95 · War in Europe · H. Perry Robinson · nv Scribner’s Magazine November 1895, as “The Late War in Europe” 135 · The Hunting of the Soko · Phil Robinson · nv Under the Punkah by Phil Robinson, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1881 165 · Medusa · Phil Robinson · nv 197 · The Man-Eating Tree · Phil Robinson · ss Under the Punkah by Phil Robinson, Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1881 209 · The Extra Wife · Phil, E. K. & H. Perry Robinson · ss (r) 225 · The Disarmament of the R.V.R. · Phil, E. K. & H. Perry Robinson · ss (r) 231 · The Tragedy on the Mooi · Phil Robinson · ss St. Louis Post Dispatch April 4 1884; given as “A Tragedy of the Mooi” in the Table of Contents. 247 · The Gold Heart · H. Perry Robinson · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1889 281 · The Only Woman · Phil, E. K. & H. Perry Robinson · ss (r)

Under the Punkah by Phil Robinson (Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington, 1881, 5/-, 255pp, hc, co) 1 · The Man-Eating Tree · Phil Robinson · ss 14 · My Wife’s Birds · Phil Robinson · ss 35 · The Hunting of the “Soko” · Phil Robinson · nv; given as “Hunting of the Soko” in the Table of Contents. 64 · The Legend of the Blameless Priest · Phil Robinson · ss; given as “Legend of the Blameless Priest” in the Table of Contents. 73 · Sight-Seeing · Phil Robinson · ar; subtitled “A Quasi-Sentimental Journey”. 169 · Eastern Smells and Western Noses · Phil Robinson · ar 181 · Gamins · Phil Robinson · ar 193 · Of Tailors · Phil Robinson · ar 198 · The Hara-Kiri · Phil Robinson · ar 210 · Iste Puer · Phil Robinson · ar 224 · Death, the Daughter of Mercy · Phil Robinson · ss 231 · Dogs We Have All Met · Phil Robinson · ar

Otherwhere & A Sightless Place by R. L. Robinson (, October 7, 2014, $0.99, ebook, oc)     Details taken from online listing. · Otherwhere · R. L. Robinson · ss · A Sightless Place · R. L. Robinson · ss

The Best of All Possible Worlds ed. Spider Robinson (Ace, April 1980, 0-441-05483-8, $2.25, 373pp, pb, an) 1 · Foreword · Spider Robinson · fw 12 · Inconstant Moon · Larry Niven · nv All the Myriad Ways by Larry Niven, Ballantine, 1971 53 · Spud and Cochise · Oliver LaFarge · nv Forum and Century January 1936 90 · Need · Theodore Sturgeon · na Beyond by Theodore Sturgeon, Avon, 1960 169 · Hop-Friend · Terry Carr · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1962 193 · Duel Scene (from The Princess Bride) · William Goldman · ex Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1973 232 · Seventh Victim [Victim] · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1953 258 · Portions of This Program… · Dean Ing · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact February 1977 317 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds August 1943 340 · The Man Who Traveled in Elephants · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Saturn, Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy October 1957, as “The Elephant Circuit” 365 · Our Lady’s Juggler · Anatole France; translated by Spider Robinson · ss translated from the French (“Le jongleur de Notre-Dame”, L’étui de nacre, Calmann-Lévy, 1892).

Blood, Guts, and Whiskey ed. Todd Robinson (Kensington, June 2010, 0758222688, $14.00, xiv+321pp, tp, oa) vii · Introduction · Max Allan Collins · in xiii · A Message from Big Daddy Thug · Todd Robinson · ed 1 · Red Hair and Black Leather · Jordan Harper · ss 16 · The Return of Inspiration · Tom Piccirilli · ss 34 · Cut · John Kenyon · ss 43 · Pick’s Place · Colin O’Sullivan · ss 48 · These Two Guys… · Craig McDonald · ss 61 · Community Property · Pearce Hansen · ss 74 · News About Yourself · Scott Wolven · ss 83 · Trauma Dyke · Derek Nikitas · ss 99 · ’Demption Road · Justin Porter · ss 124 · Mr. Universe · Glenn Gray · ss 135 · Green Gables · Dana King · ss 151 · Death of a Rat · Eddie Bunker · ss 158 · The Last Dance · Stuart Neville · ss 166 · The Cost of Doing Business · Michael Penncavage · ss 178 · Son of So Many Tears · Hilary Davidson · ss 194 · Faith-Based Initiative · Kieran Shea · ss 206 · Mahogany and Monogamy · Jedidiah Ayres · ss 224 · Who Do I Have to Kill to Get a Little Respect Up in Here? · Brian Murphy · ss 240 · Bad Move · Dave Zeltserman · ss 255 · You’re Gonna Get Yours · Stephen Allan · ss 273 · Fool in Search of a Country Song · Andy Turner · ss 282 · Mercy First, First Mercy · David Harrison · ss 287 · Overclocked · Lawrence Clayton · ss 298 · Care of the Circumcised Penis · Sean Doolittle · ss 313 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 320 · Raise Your Glasses… · [uncredited] · aw

Sex, Thugs, and Rock & Roll ed. Todd Robinson (Kensington, June 2009, 075822267X, 318pp, tp, oa)     Second anthology derived from the online magazine Thuglit. ix · Introduction · Sarah Weinman · in xiii · A Message from Big Daddy Thug · Todd Robinson · ed 1 · Double Down · Jason Starr · ss 13 · Like Riding a Moped · Jordan Harper · ss 22 · Viddi and the Bucharest Brawler · Jónas Knútsson · ss 38 · A Flood of Mexican Porn Star Tits · Justin Porter · ss 58 · Markers · Albert Tucher · ss 63 · Bullets and Fire · Joe R. Lansdale · nv 94 · Judy’s Big Score · Patrick J. Lambe · ss 105 · Killing Billy Blain · D. T. Kelly · ss 113 · Buddha Behind Bars · Daniel Hatadi · ss 128 · The Days When You Were Anything Else · Marcus Sakey · ss 147 · Cramp · Anthony Neil Smith · ss 162 · Private Craps Shooter at Dawn · Steven M. Messner · ss 179 · The Trouble with Trolls · Patricia Abbott · ss 194 · Eulogy for a Player · Richard J. Martin, Jr. · ss 201 · Politoburg · Jedidiah Ayres · ss 214 · Haermund Hardaze Was Here · Allan Guthrie · ss 228 · We All Come from Splattertown · Hugh Lessig · ss 241 · The Switch · Lyman Feero · ss 248 · Big Load of Trouble · Greg Bardsley · ss 259 · Violated · Mike Sheeter · ss 275 · Black Sun · Gary Carson · ss 284 · Customer Service · Matthew Baldwin · ss 295 · High Limit · Scott Wolven · ss 311 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg 317 · Raise Your Glasses… · [uncredited] · aw