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Exiles ed. Ben Bova (Orbit, November 1977, 0-8600-7959-7, 70p, 159pp, pb, an, cover by Chris Foss)     Also in hc (St. Martin’s 1978). 7 · Introduction · Ben Bova · in 11 · Gypsy [Psychotechnic League] · Poul Anderson · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1950 28 · …And Then There Were None · Eric Frank Russell · na Astounding Science Fiction June 1951 102 · Profession · Isaac Asimov · na Astounding Science Fiction July 1957

First Contact The Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence ed. Ben Bova & Byron Preiss (Headline, April 11, 1991, 0-7472-3508-2, £5.99, 438pp, pb, an)     Reprint (NAL 1990) anthology of essays and stories about the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. 1 · Preface · Byron Preiss · pr 5 · Surveying the Cosmos · Ben Bova · ar 29 · Terrestrial Intelligence · Isaac Asimov · ar 41 · The Dolphin: An Alien Intelligence · Diana Reiss · ar 54 · Alternative Life Designs · Hal Clement · ar 73 · E.T.: Phone Aristotle! · Thomas McDonough · ar 92 · A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · Stanley Weinbaum · nv Wonder Stories July 1934 129 · A Place to Live: Looking for Extrasolar Planets · Bruce Campbell · ar 150 · The Drake Equation: A Reappraisal · Frank Drake · ar 154 · Mystery of the Great Silence · David Brin · ar based on and expanded from “Xenology: The New Science of Asking Who’s Out There” (Analog 5-83) and “Just How Dangerous is the Galaxy?” (Analog 7-85). 187 · Where and What Can we See? · Michael J. Klein · ar 205 · The Future of SETI · Thomas Van Horne · ar 212 · Alien Technology · Gregory Benford · ar 231 · The Hunt Is On: SETI in Action · Michael Papagiannis · ar 253 · The Ohio State University Program · Robert Dixon · ar 261 · The Harvard SETI Search · Paul Horowitz & William R. Alschuler · ar 271 · The U.C. Berkeley Program · Stuart Bowyer · ar 279 · From the Observatory to Capitol Hill · Linda Billings · ar 307 · A Unique Moment in Human History · Michael Michaud · ar 330 · Answer, Please Answer · Ben Bova · nv Amazing Stories October 1962 355 · Individual Involvement · D. Kent Cullers & William R. Alschuler · ar 387 · Where Are They? · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 1986 397 · Reflections on the Bigger Picture · Philip Morrison · ar based on an essay for Life in the Universe (MIT Press, 1981). 407 · Amateur Equipment for SETI · D. Kent Cullers & William R. Alschuler · ar 417 · Stars Nearer Than 5 Parsecs · [uncredited] · ms 419 · Glossary · [uncredited] · ms 423 · Suggested Reading · [uncredited] · ms 429 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

The Many Worlds of Science Fiction ed. Ben Bova (E.P. Dutton, 1971, 0-525-34550-7, $5.95, 234pp, hc, oa, cover by Lawrence Ratzkin) 2 · Introduction · Ben Bova · in 6 · The Blue Mouse · Gene Wolfe · ss 24 · Hot Potato · Burt K. Filer · ss 38 · All Cats Are Gray · Andre Norton · ss Fantastic Universe August/September 1953, as by Andrew North 50 · The Law-Twister Shorty [Dilbia] · Gordon R. Dickson · nv 106 · Three Blind Mice · Keith Laumer · nv 138 · Daughter · Anne McCaffrey · nv 166 · Something Wild Is Loose · Robert Silverberg · nv 212 · Silent in Gehenna · Harlan Ellison · ss

Nebula Awards Showcase 2008 ed. Ben Bova (Roc, April 2008, 978-0-451-46188-9, $16.00, 375pp, tp, an, cover by Allan Davey)     Anthology of Nebula Award-winning fiction and nominees: five stories and one novel excerpt, three Rhysling Award-winning poems, plus commentary on SF by Bud Webster, Joe Haldeman, Orson Scott Card, and Mike Resnick. The 42nd volume in the annual series. 1 · Introduction · Ben Bova · in 5 · About the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America · [uncredited] · ms 7 · Echo · Elizabeth Hand · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2005 21 · Burn · James Patrick Kelly · na Tachyon, 2005 147 · Anthropology 101: The Books That Saved SFWA · Bud Webster · ar 161 · Two Hearts [Last Unicorn] · Peter S. Beagle · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2005 207 · Science Fiction Poetry · Joe Haldeman · ar 213 · The Strip Search · Mike Allen · pm Strange Horizons October 3 2005 performed for stage at Mill Mountain Theatre, Waldron Stage, Roanoke, Va., April 15, 2005. 215 · The Tin Men · Kendall Evans & David C. Kopaska-Merkel · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Winter 2004/2005 225 · Knowledge Of · Ruth Berman · pm Kerem Autumn 2005 227 · The State of Amazing, Astounding, Fantastic Fiction in the Twenty-First Century · Orson Scott Card · ar 245 · The Woman in Schrödinger’s Wave Equations · Eugene Mirabelli · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2005 269 · James Gunn, Grand Master · John Kessel · ar [Ref. James Gunn] 277 · The Listeners [Listeners] · James Gunn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction September 1968 313 · Book to Film (Howl’s Moving Castle) · Diana Wynne Jones · ar 319 · Seeker [Alex Benedict] · Jack McDevitt · ex Ace, 2005 349 · I Have Seen the Future—and It Ain’t Got a Lot of Dead Trees in It · Mike Resnick · ar 357 · Magic or Madness [Reason Cansino] · Justine Larbalestier · n. Razorbill, 2005 359 · About the Nebula Awards · [uncredited] · ms 361 · Past Nebula Award Winners · [uncredited] · bi 373 · The Authors Emeriti · [uncredited] · bi

Novella:3 ed. Ben Bova (Futura, 1978, 0-7088-8015-0, 85p, 159pp, pb, an, cover by Chris Foss) 7 · Introduction · Ben Bova · in 12 · Giant Killer · A. Bertram Chandler · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1945 65 · Black Destroyer [Beagle] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Science-Fiction July 1939 99 · Firewater · William Tenn · na Astounding Science Fiction February 1952

Science Fiction Hall of Fame: The Novellas, Book 1 ed. Ben Bova (Sphere, 1975, 0-7221-1805-8, 55p, 192pp, pb, an, cover by Eddie Jones)     First of three anthologies derived from Science Fiction Hall of Fame Volume 2A. 7 · Introduction · Ben Bova · in 11 · Call Me Joe · Poul Anderson · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1957 49 · Who Goes There? · John W. Campbell, Jr. · na Astounding Science-Fiction August 1938, as by Don A. Stuart 111 · Nerves · Lester del Rey · na Astounding Science-Fiction September 1942

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Three ed. Ben Bova (Victor Gollancz, April 1974, 0-575-01738-4, £3.20, 440pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Doubleday 1973 as The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B) SF anthology.

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two ed. Ben Bova (Victor Gollancz, September 1973, 0-575-01735-X, ix+422pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Doubleday 1973 as The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A) SF anthology.

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two A ed. Ben Bova (Doubleday, January 1973, 0-385-04576-X, $9.95, xi+486pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Ben Bova · in 1 · Call Me Joe · Poul Anderson · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1957 31 · Who Goes There? · John W. Campbell, Jr. · na Astounding Science-Fiction August 1938, as by Don A. Stuart 81 · Nerves · Lester del Rey · na Astounding Science-Fiction September 1942 146 · Universe [Hugh Hoyland] · Robert A. Heinlein · na Astounding Science-Fiction May 1941 187 · The Marching Morons · C. M. Kornbluth · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1951 214 · Vintage Season · Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore · na Astounding Science Fiction September 1946, as by Lawrence O’Donnell 253 · …And Then There Were None · Eric Frank Russell · na Astounding Science Fiction June 1951 315 · The Ballad of Lost C’Mell [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · nv Galaxy Magazine October 1962 333 · Baby Is Three · Theodore Sturgeon · na Galaxy Science Fiction October 1952 383 · The Time Machine [Time Machine] · H. G. Wells · na Heinemann, 1895 447 · With Folded Hands [Humanoids] · Jack Williamson · nv Astounding Science Fiction July 1947

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame, Volume Two B ed. Ben Bova (Doubleday, January 1973, 0-385-05788-1, $9.95, xi+466pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Ben Bova · in 1 · The Martian Way · Isaac Asimov · na Galaxy Science Fiction November 1952 41 · Earthman, Come Home [Cities in Flight] · James Blish · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1953 75 · Rogue Moon · Algis Budrys · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1960 155 · The Spectre General [Kurt Dixon] · Theodore R. Cogswell · na Astounding Science Fiction June 1952 202 · The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review November 1909 229 · The Midas Plague · Frederik Pohl · na Galaxy Science Fiction April 1954 277 · The Witches of Karres [Witches of Karres] · James H. Schmitz · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1949 316 · E for Effort · T. L. Sherred · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1947 361 · In Hiding [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv Astounding Science Fiction November 1948 391 · The Big Front Yard · Clifford D. Simak · na Astounding Science Fiction October 1958 436 · The Moon Moth · Jack Vance · nv Galaxy Magazine August 1961

Skull Full of Spurs: A Roundup of Weird Westerns ed. Jason Bovberg & Kirk Whitham (Dark Highway Press, May 2000, 0966262913, $29.95, ix + 245pp, hc, oa, cover by Allen G. Douglas)     Original anthology of horror stories set in the old west. Limited edition of 1,000 copies. · The Duke Meets Doc Frankenstein · Norman Partridge · in · Pages Stuck by a Bowie Knife to a Cheyenne Gallows · Brian Hodge · ss · Luck · Jack Ketchum · ss · Mister Shade · Richard Lee Byers · ss · The Deviltry of Elemental Valence · Edward Lee · ss · Divine Justice · Yvonne Navarro · ss · The Magic Bullet Theory · Adam-Troy Castro · na · The Screaming Head · Rick Hautala · ss · Medicine Man · M. Christian · ss · The Devil’s Crapper · Lawrence Walsh · ss · Calaverada · Nancy A. Collins · ss · The Hangman · Richard Laymon · ss · Ain’t · Michael Heck · ss · Showdown at Stinking Springs · Robert Devereaux · ss · Afterword to “Last Words” · Jason Bovberg & Kirk Whitham · aw

Female Detectives in Early Crime Fiction 1841-1920 by Ashley Bowden (Fabula Mysterium Press, September 13, 2024, 979-8339141235, £21.99, 460pp, lp, nf, cover: Madelyn Mack by William Van Dresser from 1914)     Extensive survey of female detectives in works of fiction published between 1841 and the end of 1920.

The Best American Crime Writing 2006 ed. Mark Bowden (Harper Perennial, September 2006, 0060815523, $14.95, 352pp, tp, an)     Note: These all seem to be true crime accounts, somewhat dramatized. vii-x · Preface · Otto Penzler & Thomas H. Cook · pr xi-xiv · Introduction · Mark Bowden · in 1-27 · The Choirboy · John Heilemann · tc (r) 29-43 · The End of the Mob · Jimmy Breslin · tc (r) 45-72 · The $2,000-an-Hour Woman · Mark Jacobson · tc (r) 73-97 · The Last Ride of Cowboy Bob · Skip Hollandsworth · tc (r) 99-124 · Killer Instincts · Jeffry Toobin · tc (r) 125-159 · Altar Ego · Robert Nelson · tc (r) 161-182 · Dr. Evil · S. C. Gwynne · tc (r) 183-194 · How to Lose $100 · Paige Williams · tc (r) 195-221 · Blood Feud · Mary Battiata · tc (r) 223-245 · Hit Men in Blue · Howard Blum & John Connolly · tc (r) 247-264 · The Ghosts of Emmett Ill. · Richard Rubin · tc (r) 265-275 · Blue on Blue · Chuck Hustmyre · tc (r) 277-292 · Operation Stealing Saddam’s Money · Devin Friedman · tc (r) 293-207 · Sex Thief · Denise Grollmus · tc (r) 209-330 · The Great Mohave Manhunt · Deanne Stillman · tc (r)

The Cat Jumps and Other Stories by Elizabeth Bowen (Gollancz, July 1934, 7/6d, 285pp, hc, co) · The Apple Tree · Elizabeth Bowen · ss When Churchyards Yawn ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1931 · The Cat Jumps · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 · The Disinherited · Elizabeth Bowen · ss (r) · Firelight in the Flat · Elizabeth Bowen · ss (r) · The Good Girl · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Time and Tide February 11 1933 · Her Table Spread · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener March 7 1934 · The Last Night in the Old Home · Elizabeth Bowen · ss (r) · The Little Girl’s Room · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The London Mercury July 1933 · The Man of the Family · Elizabeth Bowen · ss (r) · Maria · Elizabeth Bowen · nv The Funny Bone ed. Lady Cynthia Asquith, Jarrolds, 1928 · The Needlecase · Elizabeth Bowen · ss (r) · The Tommy Crans · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Broadsheet Press, February 1930

The Demon Lover and Other Stories by Elizabeth Bowen (Jonathan Cape, 1945, 7/6d, 192pp, hc, co) · Careless Talk · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The New Yorker October 11 1941, as “Everything’s Frightfully Interesting” · The Cheery Soul · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener December 24 1942 · The Demon Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener November 26 1941 · Green Holly · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener December 21 1944 · The Happy Autumn Fields · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Cornhill Magazine November 1944 · In the Square · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art September 1941 · The Inherited Clock · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Cornhill Magazine January 1944 · Ivy Gripped the Steps · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Horizon: A Review of Literature and Art September 1945 · Mysterious Kôr · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Penguin New Writing #20, January 1944 · Pink May · Elizabeth Bowen · ss · Songs My Father Sang Me · Elizabeth Bowen · ss (r) · Sunday Afternoon · Elizabeth Bowen · ss Life and Letters Today July 1941

Encounters by Elizabeth Bowen (Sidgwick & Jackson, 1923, 5/-, 203pp, hc, co) · Breakfast · Elizabeth Bowen · ss (r) · Daffodils · Elizabeth Bowen · ss · The Return · Elizabeth Bowen · ss (r) · The Confidante · Elizabeth Bowen · ss (r) · Requiescat · Elizabeth Bowen · ss (r) · All Saints · Elizabeth Bowen · ss · The New House · Elizabeth Bowen · ss · Lunch · Elizabeth Bowen · ss (r) · The Lover · Elizabeth Bowen · ss · Mrs. Windermere · Elizabeth Bowen · ss (r) · The Shadowy Third · Elizabeth Bowen · ss · The Evil That Men Do— · Elizabeth Bowen · ss (r) · Sunday Evening · Elizabeth Bowen · ss (r) · Coming Home · Elizabeth Bowen · ss (r)