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Rue Morgue No. 1 ed. Rex Stout & Louis Greenfield (Creative Age Press, 1946, LC:46-231144, $2.75, 403pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Rex Stout · in 1 · The Listening House · Paul Hoffman · ss Woman’s Home Companion August 1945 13 · What More Can Fortune Do? [Quest, Inc.] · Henry Bedford-Jones · ss The Blue Book Magazine March 1945, as by Gordon Keyne 35 · It Had to Be… · Dorothy Dunn · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1944 46 · Slay-Mates · Charles Larson · ss Popular Detective December 1944 67 · The Green God’s Ring [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales January 1945 101 · Gun from Gotham [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Speed Detective March 1944 122 · Second Childhood · Jack Snow · ss Weird Tales March 1945 130 · Cold Figures! · William Hellman · ss Detective Tales May 1945 134 · The Watchers · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1945 154 · Manhattan Manhunt · Matt Taylor · ss Cosmopolitan March 1945 169 · Dead as in Blonde [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · ss Black Mask March 1945 202 · Death in the Tank [Dr. Gabriel] · Hugh Speer · ss Speed Detective May 1944 224 · Death Lies Waiting · Roland Phillips · nv Clues September 1931 265 · Need a Body Cry · H. Wolff Salz · nv The Shadow May 1944 287 · Suicide [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss Crack Detective Stories January 1945 298 · Midnight Rendezvous · Margaret Manners · ss Argosy June 1945 307 · I’ll Slay You in My Dreams · Bruno Fischer · nv Dime Detective Magazine September 1944 346 · Murder Is Stupid [Detective Jerry Mooney] · Kerry O’Neil · nv The Blue Book Magazine December 1944 385 · The Cat’s-Eye · John van Druten · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1945

Above the Human Landscape: A Social Science Fiction Anthology ed. Leon E. Stover & Willis E. McNelly--- see under Willis E. McNelly.

Apeman, Spaceman: Anthropological Science Fiction ed. Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison (Doubleday, June 1968, LC:68-14170, $5.95, 355pp, hc, an, cover by Ann & Donald Crews) 11 · Foreword · Carleton S. Coon · fw 13 · Introduction · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · in 17 · Man… 19 · Fossils · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si 20 · Neanderthal · Marijane Allen · pm The New York Times 1956 21 · Throwback · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1949 41 · The Hairless Ape · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si 42 · Apology for Man’s Physique · Earnest A. Hooton · ar (r) 45 · The Renegade · Lester del Rey (with James H. Beard) · ss Astounding Science-Fiction July 1943, as by Marion Henry 60 · Dominant Species · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si 61 · Eltonian Pyramid · Ralph W. Dexter · ms The Scotsman October 1952 62 · Goldfish Bowl · Robert A. Heinlein · nv Astounding Science-Fiction March 1942, as by Anson MacDonald 94 · The Second-Class Citizen · Damon Knight · ss If November 1963 102 · Culture · Jerry Shelton · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1944 120 · Unfinished Evolution · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si 121 · The Man of the Year Million · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Gazette November 6 1893; subtitled “A Scientific Forecase”. 127 · 1,000,000 A.D. · [uncredited] · pm Punch 1893 128 · In the Beginning · Morton Klass · ss Astounding Science Fiction July 1954 142 · The Future of the Races of Man · Carleton S. Coon · ar 1965 149 · …and His Works 151 · Prehistory · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si 152 · The Evolution Man · Roy Lewis · ex from What We Did to Father, Hutchinson, 1960 157 · The Kon-Tiki Myth · Robert C. Suggs · ar 1960 165 · A Medal for Horatius · William C. Hall · ss Armada, 1955 170 · Archaeology · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si 171 · Omnilingual [Federation] · H. Beam Piper · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1957 212 · For Those Who Follow After · Dean McLaughlin · ss Astounding Science Fiction July 1951 227 · A Preliminary Investigation of an Early Man Site in the Delaware River Valley · Charles W. Ward & Timothy J. O’Leary · fa (r) 236 · Local Customs · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si 237 · Body Ritual Among the Nacirema · Horace M. Minor · fa American Anthropologist March 1966 243 · The Wait · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1958 259 · Everybodyovskyism in Cat City · Lao Shaw; translated by Leon E. Stover · ex translated from the Chinese (Mao Ch’Eng Chi, 1933). 261 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 268 · Peanuts · Charles M. Schulz · ct United Features Syndicate, January 21 1964 269 · Applied Anthropology · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si 270 · The Captives · Julian Chain · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1953 292 · Men in Space · Harold D. Lasswell · ar (r) 298 · Of Course · Chad Oliver · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1954 311 · Afterword · Leon E. Stover · aw 352 · References Cited · [uncredited] · bi

Nighttouch ed. Stephen Stovoschuk, Gerry Goldberg & Fred Corbett--- see under Gerry Goldberg.

Greatest Hits by Harlan Ellison ed. J. Michael Straczynski--- see under Harlan Ellison.

The Last Dangerous Visions ed. J. Michael Straczynski--- see under Harlan Ellison.

The Best of Joe Haldeman by Joe Haldeman ed. Jonathan Strahan & Gary K. Wolfe--- see under Joe Haldeman.

The Best of Kim Stanley Robinson by Kim Stanley Robinson ed. Jonathan Strahan--- see under Kim Stanley Robinson.

The Best of R.A. Lafferty by R. A. Lafferty ed. Jonathan Strahan--- see under R. A. Lafferty.

The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume One ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, March 2007, 978-1-59780-068-6, $19.95, 479pp, tp, an, cover by Stephan Martiniere)     Year’s best anthology with 24 stories. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Peter S. Beagle, Connie Willis, and Gene Wolfe. 1 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in 5 · How to Talk to Girls at Parties · Neil Gaiman · ss Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman, Headline, 2006 15 · El Regalo · Peter S. Beagle · nv The Line Between by Peter S. Beagle, Tachyon, 2006 43 · I, Row-Boat · Cory Doctorow · nv Flurb #1, Fall 2006 73 · In the House of the Seven Librarians · Ellen Klages · nv Firebirds Rising ed. Sharyn November, Firebird, 2006 93 · Another Word for Map Is Faith · Christopher Rowe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2006 105 · Under Hell, Over Heaven · Margo Lanagan · nv Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan, Allen & Unwin Australia, 2006 117 · Incarnation Day · Walter Jon Williams · na Escape from Earth ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, SFBC, 2006 149 · The Night Whiskey · Jeffrey Ford · nv Salon Fantastique ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006 167 · A Siege of Cranes · Benjamin Rosenbaum · nv Twenty Epics ed. David Moles & Susan Marie Groppi, All-Star Stories, 2006 189 · Halfway House · Frances Hardinge · ss Alchemy #3, 2006 201 · The Bible Repairman · Tim Powers · nv Subterranean Press, January 31 2006 211 · Yellow Card Man [The Windup Universe] · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2006 239 · Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2006 267 · The American Dead · Jay Lake · ss Interzone #203, April 2006; illustrated by Rik Rawling 275 · The Cartesian Theater · Robert Charles Wilson · nv FutureShocks ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2006 299 · Journey Into the Kingdom · M. Rickert · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2006 321 · Eight Episodes · Robert Reed · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2006 331 · The Wizards of Perfil · Kelly Link · na Firebirds Rising ed. Sharyn November, Firebird, 2006 361 · The Saffron Gatherers [Lost Domain] · Elizabeth Hand · nv Saffron and Brimstone by Elizabeth Hand, M Press, 2006 375 · D.A. · Connie Willis · nv Space Cadets ed. Mike Resnick, SCIFI, 2006 401 · Femaville 29 · Paul Di Filippo · nv Salon Fantastique ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006 419 · Sob in the Silence · Gene Wolfe · ss Strange Birds by Gene Wolfe, Dreamhaven Books, 2006 435 · The House Beyond Your Sky · Benjamin Rosenbaum · ss Strange Horizons September 4 2006; illustrated by Vladimir Vitkovsky 445 · The Djinn’s Wife [India 2047] · Ian McDonald · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2006

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Two ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, March 2008, 978-1-59780-124-9, $19.95, 461pp, tp, an, cover by John Berkey)     Year’s best anthology with 24 stories. Authors include Ted Chiang, Peter S. Beagle, Bruce Sterling, and Holly Black. 1 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in 5 · The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate · Ted Chiang · nv Subterranean Press, July 2007 27 · The Last and Only, or, Mr. Moscowitz Becomes French · Peter S. Beagle · ss Eclipse One ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2007 41 · Trunk and Disorderly · Charles Stross · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2007 73 · Glory [Incandescence] · Greg Egan · nv The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007 95 · Dead Horse Point · Daryl Gregory · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2007 109 · The Dreaming Wind · Jeffrey Ford · nv The Coyote Road ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2007 121 · The Coat of Stars · Holly Black · nv So Fey ed. Steve Berman, Haworth Positronic Press, 2007 135 · The Prophet of Flores · Ted Kosmatka · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2007 159 · Wizard’s Six [Wizard’s Six] · Alex Irvine · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2007 181 · The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics · Daniel Abraham · nv Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007 199 · By Fools Like Me · Nancy Kress · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2007 211 · Kiosk · Bruce Sterling · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2007 247 · Singing of Mount Abora · Theodora Goss · ss Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007 261 · The Witch’s Headstone · Neil Gaiman · nv Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007 281 · Last Contact · Stephen Baxter · ss The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2007 291 · Jesus Christ, Reanimator · Ken MacLeod · ss Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007 301 · Sorrel’s Heart · Susan Palwick · ss The Fate of Mice by Susan Palwick, Tachyon, 2007 311 · Urdumheim [Iron Dragon’s Daughter] · Michael Swanwick · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2007 337 · Holiday · M. Rickert · ss Subterranean #7, 2007 347 · The Valley of the Gardens · Tony Daniel · nv The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007 375 · Winter’s Wife · Elizabeth Hand · nv Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007 403 · The Sky Is Large and the Earth Is Small [Celestial Empire] · Chris Roberson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2007 425 · Orm the Beautiful · Elizabeth Bear · ss Clarkesworld #4, January 2007 433 · The Constable of Abal · Kelly Link · nv The Coyote Road ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2007

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Three ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, August 2009, 978-1-59780-149-2, $19.95, 513pp, tp, an, cover by Fred Gambino)     Year’s best anthology with 28 stories originally published in 2008, with a summary of the year by Strahan. Authors include Ted Chiang, Peter S. Beagle, Stephen King, and Greg Egan. 1 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in 5 · Exhalation · Ted Chiang · nv Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 17 · Shoggoths in Bloom [Cthulhu] · Elizabeth Bear · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2008 35 · Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel · Peter S. Beagle · nv Strange Roads by Peter S. Beagle, Dreamhaven Books, 2008 63 · Fixing Hanover · Jeff VanderMeer · nv Extraordinary Engines ed. Nick Gevers, Solaris, 2008 75 · The Gambler · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv Fast Forward 2 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2008 97 · The Dust Assassin [India 2047] · Ian McDonald · nv The Starry Rift ed. Jonathan Strahan, Viking, 2008 119 · Virgin · Holly Black · ss Magic in the Mirrorstone ed. Steve Berman, Mirrorstone, 2008 127 · Pride and Prometheus · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2008 157 · The Thought War · Paul McAuley · ss Postscripts #15, Summer 2008 163 · Beyond the Sea Gates of the Scholar Pirates of Sarsköe [Sir Hereward and Mister Fitz] · Garth Nix · nv Fast Ships, Black Sails ed. Ann & Jeff VanderMeer, Night Shade Books, 2008 189 · The Small Door · Holly Phillips · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #14, May 2008 203 · Turing’s Apples · Stephen Baxter · ss Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 219 · The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates · Stephen King · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2008 227 · Five Thrillers · Robert Reed · gp The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _227 · The Ill-Fated Mission · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _235 · Natural Killer · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _244 · The Ticking Bomb · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _253 · The Assassin · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 _261 · World’s End · Robert Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2008 265 · The Magician’s House · Meghan McCarron · nv Strange Horizons July 14 2008 (+1) 283 · Goblin Music [Armitage Family] · Joan Aiken · ss The Serial Garden by Joan Aiken, Big Mouth House, 2008 293 · Machine Maid · Margo Lanagan · nv Extraordinary Engines ed. Nick Gevers, Solaris, 2008 309 · The Art of Alchemy · Ted Kosmatka · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2008 327 · 26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss · Kij Johnson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2008 337 · Marry the Sun · Rachel Swirsky · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #15, June 2008, as “Marrying the Sun” 351 · Crystal Nights · Greg Egan · nv Interzone #215, April 2008 373 · His Master’s Voice · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss Interzone #218, October 2008 385 · Special Economics · Maureen F. McHugh · nv The Del Rey Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy ed. Ellen Datlow, Del Rey, 2008 409 · Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment: One Daughter’s Personal Account · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2008 417 · From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled… · Michael Swanwick · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2008 435 · If Angels Fight · Richard Bowes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2008 459 · The Doom of Love in Small Spaces · Ken Scholes · ss Realms of Fantasy April 2008 471 · Pretty Monsters · Kelly Link · na Pretty Monsters by Kelly Link, Viking, 2008

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Four ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, March 2010, 978-1-59780-171-3, $19.95, 516pp, tp, an, cover by John Berkey)     Year’s best anthology with 29 stories, plus a summation of the year and list of recommended reading by Strahan. Authors include Andy Duncan, Holly Black, Peter S. Beagle, and Diana Wynne Jones. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in 7 · It Takes Two · Nicola Griffith · nv Eclipse Three ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2009 33 · Three Twilight Tales · Jo Walton · ss Firebirds Soaring ed. Sharyn November, Firebird, 2009 45 · The Night Cache · Andy Duncan · nv PS Publishing, 2009 69 · The Island [Sunflower Cycle] · Peter Watts · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009 99 · Ferryman · Margo Lanagan · ss Firebirds Soaring ed. Sharyn November, Firebird, 2009 105 · “A Wild and a Wicked Youth” [Riverside] · Ellen Kushner · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April/May 2009 125 · The Pelican Bar · Karen Joy Fowler · ss Eclipse Three ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2009 139 · Spar · Kij Johnson · ss Clarkesworld #37, October 2009 145 · Going Deep [Mariska Volochkova] · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2009 159 · The Coldest Girl in Coldtown · Holly Black · nv The Eternal Kiss ed. Trisha Telep, Running Press Teens, 2009 175 · Zeppelin City · Eileen Gunn & Michael Swanwick · nv Tor.com October 6 2009 205 · Dragon’s Teeth [Wizard’s Six] · Alex Irvine · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2009 225 · This Wind Blowing, and This Tide · Damien Broderick · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2009 243 · By Moonlight · Peter S. Beagle · nv We Never Talk About My Brother by Peter S. Beagle, Tachyon, 2009 265 · Black Swan · Bruce Sterling · nv Interzone #221, April 2009 first appeared in Italian (“Cigno Nero”, Robot: Rivista di Fantascienza Spring 2009). 285 · As Women Fight · Sara Genge · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2009 299 · The Cinderella Game · Kelly Link · ss Troll’s Eye View ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2009 307 · Formidable Caress [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2009 327 · Blocked · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2009 343 · Truth and Bone · Pat Cadigan · na Poe ed. Ellen Datlow, Solaris, 2009 373 · Eros, Philia, Agape · Rachel Swirsky · nv Tor.com March 3 2009 397 · The Motorman’s Coat · John Kessel · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June/July 2009 407 · Mongoose [Boojumverse] · Elizabeth Bear & Sarah Monette · nv Lovecraft Unbound ed. Ellen Datlow, Dark Horse, 2009 425 · Echoes of Aurora · Ellen Klages · ss What Remains: Stories and Interviews, Aqueduct Press, 2009 435 · Before My Last Breath · Robert Reed · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2009 451 · JoBoy · Diana Wynne Jones · ss The Dragon Book ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace, 2009 459 · Utriusque Cosmi · Robert Charles Wilson · ss The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009 477 · A Delicate Architecture · Catherynne M. Valente · ss Troll’s Eye View ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2009 485 · The Cat Who Walked a Thousand Miles · Kij Johnson · nv Tor.com July 14 2009 513 · Recommended Reading · Jonathan Strahan · ms