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    From Atoms to Infinity: Readings in Modern Science ed. Clifford D. Simak (Harper & Row, 1965, LC:65-14489, $4.95, 330pp, hc, an, cover by Victor Lazzaro)
        Collection of articles written for the Minneapolis Tribune.
    • ix · Preface · Clifford D. Simak · pr
    • xi · The Importance of Scientific Research · Hugh Odishaw · in
    • 1 · Astronomy
    • 3 · The Dimensions of the Universe · Harlow Shapley · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 13 · The Origin of the Universe · Harlow Shapley · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 21 · Life in the Universe · Harlow Shapley · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 30 · Our Place in the Galaxy · Clifford D. Simak · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 39 · Mathematics
    • 41 · The History of Numerals · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune February 11 1963, as “Man Needed More Than His Fingers to Count On, So He Invented Numbers”
    • 49 · The Advantages of the Metric System · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune February 25 1963, as “Quick Now: How Many Inches Are in a Mile?”
    • 55 · An Easy Way to Handle Big Numbers · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune February 18 1963, as “An Easy Way to Handle Big and Small Numbers”
    • 61 · The Concept of Infinity · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune March 4 1963, as “Numbers Endless, But Endlessness Itself Comes in Endless Variety”
    • 67 · Meteorology
    • 69 · The Earth’s Atmosphere · Harry Wexler · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 78 · How the Weather Is Made · Harry Wexler · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 86 · Forecasting the Weather · Harry Wexler · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 96 · Future Forecast and Weather Control · Harry Wexler · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 105 · Archaeology
    • 107 · How Man First Came to America · Frank C. Hibben · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 114 · The Folsom Man · Frank C. Hibben · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 121 · The Clovis Mammoth Hunters · Frank C. Hibben · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 127 · The Sandia Cave Men · Frank C. Hibben · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 135 · The Earth
    • 137 · The Shape and Size of the Earth · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune October 14 1963, as “Our Earth Isn’t Round—It Bulges”
    • 144 · The Pear-Shaped Earth · John A. O’Keefe · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 152 · The Structure of the Earth · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune October 28 1963, as “A Look at Our Earth: What It Weighs, What It Is”
    • 159 · Project Mohole · Willard Bascom · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 168 · The Methods and Problems of Drilling Under the Sea · Willard Bascom · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 177 · Rockets and Satellites
    • 179 · The History of Rocketry · Willy Ley · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 187 · How a Rocket Works · Willy Ley · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 197 · How a Satellite Works · Willy Ley · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 206 · Future Uses of Satellites · Willy Ley · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 215 · Plasma Physics
    • 217 · The Fourth State of Matter · John Chapman · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 225 · How We Can Use Plasma—the World of MHD · John Chapman · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 232 · Unlimited Power for the Future · John Chapman · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 241 · The Atom
    • 243 · The Electron · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune January 27 1964, as “Electrons: What Happens When You Push Them Around”
    • 251 · The Proton and the Neutron · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune February 3 1964, as “Protons, Neutrons…Tracks in the “Clouds””
    • 260 · The Structure of the Atom · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune February 10 1964, as “How the Building Block Is Built”
    • 268 · Isotopes · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune February 17 1964, as “Science Answers Questions About the Atom”
    • 276 · Antimatter · Isaac Asimov · ar Minneapolis Tribune February 24 1964, as “Anti-Matter: Where It Fits in Nature’s Symmetry”
    • 285 · Cancer
    • 287 · The Cell · Victor Cohn · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 297 · Viruses · Victor Cohn · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 305 · Chemistry Against Cancer · Victor Cohn · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 312 · Cancer Epidemiology · Victor Cohn · ar Minneapolis Tribune
    • 321 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg (r)
    • 325 · Index · [uncredited] · ix (r)

    Photographs from the 1932 French Edition of The 13 Culprits by Georges Simenon (Crippen & Landru, August 2002, ph, nf)
        Chapbook containing photographs from the original French edition (1932), included with the hardback edition of The 13 Culprits.

    13 Culprits by Georges Simenon; translated by Peter Schulman (Crippen & Landru, August 2002, 1-885941-79-X, $16.00, 173pp, tp, co, cover by Deborah Miller)
        Collection of 13 stories, first English translation by Peter Schulman, from the French (Les 13 Coupables, Paris: Arthème Fayard & Cie, Èditeurs, 1932). Also available in a signed, numbered, hardback edition (-78-1) limited to 350 copies with a bonus chapbook, Photographs from the 1932 French Edition of The 13 Culprits.
    • 7 · Introduction · Peter Schulman · in
    • 17 · Ziliouk · Georges Simenon; translated by Peter Schulman · ss
      translated from the French (“Ziliouk” as by Georges Sim, Détective March 13 & 27, 1930).
    • 29 · Monsieur Rodrigues · Georges Simenon; translated by Peter Schulman · ss
      translated from the French (“M. Rodrigues” as by Georges Sim, Détective March 20 & April 3, 1930).
    • 41 · Madame Smitt · Georges Simenon; translated by Peter Schulman · ss
      translated from the French (“Mme. Smitt” as by Georges Sim, Détective March 27 & April 10, 1930).
    • 53 · The “Flemings” · Georges Simenon; translated by Peter Schulman · ss
      translated from the French (“Les ‘Flamands’” as by Georges Sim, Détective April 3 & 17, 1930).
    • 65 · Nouchi [Monsieur Froget] · Georges Simenon; translated by Peter Schulman · ss
      translated from the French (“Nouchi” as by Georges Sim, Détective April 10 & 24, 1930).
    • 77 · Arnold Schuttringer · Georges Simenon; translated by Peter Schulman · ss
      translated from the French (“Arnold Schuttringer” as by Georges Sim, Détective April 17 & May 1, 1930).
    • 89 · Waldemar Strvzeski · Georges Simenon; translated by Peter Schulman · ss
      translated from the French (“Waldemar Strvzeski” as by Georges Sim, Détective April 24 & May 8, 1930).
    • 101 · Philippe · Georges Simenon; translated by Peter Schulman · ss
      translated from the French (“Philippe” as by Georges Sim, Détective May 1 & 15, 1930).
    • 113 · Nicolas · Georges Simenon; translated by Peter Schulman · ss
      translated from the French (“Nicolas” as by Georges Sim, Détective May 8 & 22, 1930).
    • 125 · The Timmermans · Georges Simenon; translated by Peter Schulman · ss
      translated from the French (“Les Timmermans” as by Georges Sim, Détective May 15 & 29, 1930).
    • 137 · The Pacha · Georges Simenon; translated by Peter Schulman · ss
      translated from the French (“Le Pacha” as by Georges Sim, Détective May 22 & June 5, 1930).
    • 149 · Otto Müller · Georges Simenon; translated by Peter Schulman · ss
      translated from the French (“Otto Müller” as by Georges Sim, Détective May 29 & June 12, 1930).
    • 161 · Bus · Georges Simenon; translated by Peter Schulman · ss
      translated from the French (“Bus” as by Georges Sim, Détective June 5 & 19, 1930).

    Black Hills by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, March 2010, 978-1-59606-312-9, $80.00, 452pp, hc, n., cover by Ken Rosenthal)
        Reprint (Reagan Arthur 2010) dark fantasy novel about a Sioux boy haunted by the ghost of Custer. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a traycased lettered edition of 26 ($500) is also available.

    Drood by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, April 2009, 978-1-59606-235-1, $80.00, 707pp, hc, n., cover by John Picacio)
        Reprint (Little, Brown 2009) horror novel about Wilkie Collins and Charles Dickens. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a traycased lettered edition of 26 ($500.00) is also available.

    Endymion by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, 2014, $150.00, 568pp, hc, n., cover by John Picacio) [Hyperion]
        Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novel. Limited to 474 signed numbered copies. Also available in a leatherbound edition, limited to 52 signed, lettered, copies, housed in a custom traycase ($325).
    Details taken from online listing. Volume three in the series.

    Endymion by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, March 2015, no ISBN, $150.00, 567pp, hc, n., cover by John Picacio) [Hyperion]
        Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novel, third book in the Hyperion series. This is a signed, limited edition of 474; a traycased, leatherbound, lettered edition of 52 (325.00) is also available.

    The Fall of Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, January 2013, no ISBN, $150.00, 547pp, hc, n., cover by John Picacio) [Hyperion]
        Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) SF novel. This is a signed, limited edition of 474; a traycased, leatherbound, lettered edition of 52 ($300.00) is also available.

    The Fifth Heart by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, April 2016, no ISBN, $125.00, 504pp, hc, n.) [Sherlock Holmes]
        Reprint (Little, Brown; Sphere 2015) associational Sherlock Holmes mystery novel. Sherlock Holmes and Henry James meet on a bridge, intent on suicide - Holmes because he thinks he may be a fictional character, not a real person. This is a signed, limited, slipcased edition of 500; a lettered, traycased, deluxe edition of 26 ($500.00) is also available.

    Flashback by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, September 2011, no ISBN, $125.00, 523pp, hc, n., cover by Chris Smart)
        Reprint (Little Brown; Quercus 2011) near-future thriller. This is a signed, limited edition of 250; a traycased, leatherbound edition of 26 ($300.00) is also available.

    The Guiding Nose of Ulfant Banderoz by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, June 2013, 978-1-59606-541-3, $35.00, 118pp, hc, na, cover by Tom Kidd) [Dying Earth]
        Far-future fantasy novella in the style of Jack Vance’s Dying Earth series, originally published as part of Songs of the Dying Earth: Stories in Honor of Jack Vance (Subterranean Press 2009). Afterword by Simmons. A leatherbound, signed, limited edition of 250 ($75.00) is also available.

    Hyperion by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, January 2012, 978-1-59606-469-0, $125.00, 439pp, hc, n., cover by John Picacio) [Hyperion]
        Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) SF novel. This is a signed, limited edition of 474; a traycased, leatherbound, lettered edition of 52 ($300.00) is also available.

    Ilium by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, July 2003, 1-931081-88-3, $75.00, 681pp, hc, n.) [Ilium]
        Science fiction novel, a re-telling of The Iliad, and many other things. This is a signed, leatherbound limited edition of 724; a lettered edition of 26 ($500.00) is sold out.

    Lovedeath by Dan Simmons (Warner, November 1993, 0-446-51756-9, $19.95, 310pp, hc, co)
        Collection of five novellas, three original.

    Lovedeath by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, December 2013, 978-1-59606-548-2, $125.00, 340pp, hc, co, cover by G. F. Watts)
        Reprint (Warner; Headline 1993) collection of five stories. This is a signed, limited edition of 250; a lettered edition ($250.00) is also available.

    Muse of Fire by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, December 2008, 978-1-59606-181-1, $35.00, 105pp, hc, na, cover by John Picacio)
        Reprint (Eos 2007 as part of The New Space Opera edited by Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan) far-future SF novella about a troupe of players bringing the works of Shakespeare to other worlds and species. A signed limited edition of 250 ($60.00) is also available.

    Negative Spaces by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, 1999, 1-892284-39-1, $12.00, 56pp, ph, oc, cover: [photo] by Clee Richeson)
        Collection of 2 speeches by Simmons, limited to 300 numbered copies signed by the author. Also available in a hardback edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($40.00).
    • 7 · Science Fiction: A Window on the Future · Dan Simmons · ar
      talk given at “Galaxiales 97”, Nancy, France, April 12, 1997.
    • 33 · Shapeshifters and Skinwalkers: The Writer’s Curse of Negative Capability · Dan Simmons · ar
      talk given at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, March 20, 1997.

    Olympos by Dan Simmons (Gollancz, June 30, 2005, 0-575-07262-8, £10.99, 690pp, tp, n., cover by Larry Rostant) [Ilium]
        SF novel. The sequel to Ilium. A hardcover edition (-07261-X, £17.99) was announced but not seen.

    Olympos by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, August 2005, 1-59606-038-7, $75.00, 899pp, hc, n.) [Ilium]
        Reprint (Gollancz; Eos 2005) science fiction novel, sequel to Ilium, a retelling of The Iliad, and many other things. This is a signed, leatherbound limited edition of 724; a traycased, lettered edition of 26 is also available.

    Phases of Gravity by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, November 2011, 978-1-59606-416-4, $25.00, hc, n., cover by Alan Bean)
        Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) mainstream novel with metaphysical f/SF elements. A leatherbound signed, limited edition of 250 is also available.

    The Rise of Endymion by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, April 2016, $150.00, hc, n., cover by John Picacio) [Hyperion]
        Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) SF novel. Limited to 474 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a leatherbound edition limited to 52 lettered, signed, copies, housed in a custom traycase ($300).
    Details taken from publisher website.

    Summer of Night by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, August 2016, $250.00, 533pp, hc, n., cover by David Palumbo)
        Reprint (Putnam 1991) horror novel of evil stalking young people in a small town. This includes Simmons’s introduction from the 2011 St. Martin’s edition. Limited to 500 numbered copies, signed by the author, and housed in a slipcase ($250). Also available in a leatherbound edition, limited to 26 lettered copies, signed by the author, and housed in a custom traycase ($750).
    Details taken from publisher’s website.

    The Terror by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, November 2009, 978-1-59606-234-4, $80.00, 659pp, hc, n., cover by John Picacio)
        Reprint (Little, Brown 2007) horror novel. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a traycased edition of 26 ($500.00) is also available.

    This Year’s Class Picture by Dan Simmons (Subterranean Press, March 2016, 978-1-59606-764-6, $20.00, 54pp, hc, nv, cover by David Palumbo)
        Reprint (Ziesing 1992 as part of Still Dead) short story about zombie children and their teacher, winner of the World Fantasy Award, Stoker Award, and the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award. This is a trade hardcover edition. Also available in a leather-bound edition ($50.00), limited to 250 signed numbered copies.

    Molly’s Sexual Follies by Mark Simmons (Beeline Classics, September 1982, 0-503-05758-4, $2.75, 192pp, pb, n.)
        Erotic novel written by Joe Lansdale & Brad Foster.

    Becoming October by William P. Simmons (Flesh & Blood Press, November 2002, no ISBN, $5.00, 28pp, ph, oc, cover by Chad Savage)
        Chapbook original collection of three stories, one a reprint. Introduction by T.M. Wright.

    Tales of the South by William Gilmore Simms (University of South Carolina Press, July 1996, 1-57003-086-3, $49.95, 332pp, hc, co) [edited by Mary Ann Wimsatt]
        Collection of 12 “fanciful” 19th-century stories about the American South, some supernatural and most with elements of folk tales. There is a chronology of Simms’s life (1806-1870) and works, and an introduction by editor Mary Ann Wimsatt. A trade paperback edition (-087-1, $17.95) was announced but not seen.
    • ix · Chronology of William Gilmore Simms’s Life and Works · Various · ms
    • 1 · Introduction · Mary Ann Wimsatt · in
    • 17 · A Note on the Text · [uncredited] · ms
    • 19 · Selected Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi [Ref. William Gilmore Simms]
    • 23 · The Fisherman—A Fact · William Gilmore Simms · ss Southern Literary Gazette 1829
    • 32 · Juan Ponce de Leon · William Gilmore Simms · ss Martin Faber, The Story of a Criminal; and Other Tales by William Gilmore Simms, 1837
    • 43 · The Plank: A Story of the Sea · William Gilmore Simms · ss Martin Faber, The Story of a Criminal; and Other Tales by William Gilmore Simms, 1837
    • 58 · Logoochie; or, The Branch of Sweet Water: A Legend of Georgia · William Gilmore Simms · nv Carl Werner, An Imaginative Story; With Other Tales of Imagination by William Gilmore Simms, G. Adlard, 1838
    • 80 · Grayling: or, “Murder Will Out” · William Gilmore Simms · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842
    • 110 · The Two Camps: A Legend of the Old North State · William Gilmore Simms · nv The Wigwam and the Cabin by William Gilmore Simms, John Wiley, 1845
    • 137 · The Last Wager; or, The Gamester of the Mississippi · William Gilmore Simms · nv The Wigwam and the Cabin by William Gilmore Simms, John Wiley, 1845
    • 175 · The Arm-Chair of Tustenuggee: A Tradition of the Catawba · William Gilmore Simms · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book February 1840
    • 197 · Oakatibbe; or, The Choctaw Sampson · William Gilmore Simms · nv The Wigwam and the Cabin by William Gilmore Simms, John Wiley, 1845
    • 225 · Ephraim Bartlett, The Edisto Raftman · William Gilmore Simms · ss Literary World 1852
    • 237 · How Sharp Snaffles Got His Capital and Wife · William Gilmore Simms · nv Harper’s New Monthly Magazine October 1870
    • 280 · “Bald-Head Bill Bauldy,” And How He Went Through the Flurriday Campaign!—A Legend of the Hunter’s Camp · William Gilmore Simms · na Stories and Tales by William Gilmore Simms, University of South Carolina Press, 1974

    Dead Names: The Dark History of the Necronomicon by Simon (Subterranean Press, January 10, 2007, 978-1-59606-101-9, $60.00, hc, nf)
        Reprint (Avon 2006) book.
    Details taken from online listing.

    Fourteen for Now: A Collection of Contemporary Stories ed. John Simon (Harper & Row, 1969, LCC:54245, $4.79, xvi+316pp, hc, an)
        Details supplied by Todd Mason.
    • ix · Introduction for the Young Reader: Books in an Age of Television · John Simon · in
    • 1 · When the Priest Is Not at Home · B. Traven · ss Stories by the Man Nobody Knows by B. Traven, Regency Books, 1961
      previously published in German in the 1930 expanded edition of Traven’s story collection Der Busch as “Der aufgefangene Blitz” (literally, “Captured Lightning”).
    • 19 · A Good Man Is Hard to Find · Flannery O’Connor · ss The Avon Book of Modern Writing ed. William Phillips & Philip Rahv, Avon, 1953
    • 44 · Into the Green Night · Irvin Faust · ss Roar, Lion, Roar & Other Stories by Irvin Faust, Random House, 1964
    • 60 · The Stone Boy · Gina Berriault · ss Mademoiselle June 1957
    • 79 · The Games of Night · Stig Dagerman; translated by Naomi Walford · ss The Games of Night by Stig Dagerman, The Bodley Head, 1959
      translated from the Swedish (Nattens Lekar, Norstedts förlag, 1947).
    • 93 · Nazis · Ferenc Sánta; translated by John Simon · ss New Hungarian Review
      translated from the Hungarian (“Kortárs”, May 1960).
    • 103 · Among the Dangs · George P. Elliott · nv Esquire June 1958
    • 119 · The Death of Me · Bernard Malamud · nv World Review April 1951
    • 151 · Murke’s Collected Silences · Heinrich Böll; translated by Leila Vennewitz · nv Esquire November 1959, as “Dr. Murke’s Collection of Silences”
    • 182 · The Hero · Bruce Jay Friedman · ss Cavalier 1966
    • 196 · Ceremonies · Joyce Carol Oates · nv At the North Gate by Joyce Carol Oates, Vanguard, 1963
    • 227 · As I Was Going Up the Stair · Alfred Chester · nv The Sewanee Review 1957
    • 262 · A Stick of Green Candy · Jane Bowles · ss Vogue February 15 1957
    • 277 · The Day Beaumont Became Acquainted with His Pain · J. M. G. Le Clézio; translated by Daphne Woodward · nv Fever by J. M. G. Le Clézio, Hamish Hamilton, 1966
      translated from the French (Mercure de France, 1964.
    • 313 · Biographical Notes · John Simon · bg

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