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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, 1995 48 · Genesis · Poul Anderson · na Far Futures ed. Gregory Benford, Tor, 1995 117 · Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars [Mars] · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson, Voyager, 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, 1996 360 · An Ever-Reddening Glow · David Brin · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact February 1996 364 · Sexual Dimorphism · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson, Voyager, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1997 699 · Understand · Ted Chiang · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1991 723 · Halo · Karl Schroeder · ss Tesseracts5 ed. Robert Runt^e' & Yves Meynard, Tesseract, 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, 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 Science Fiction Century ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 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 Science Fiction Century ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 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 · 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 · nv 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, 1975 399 · Great Work of Time · John Crowley · na Novelty by John Crowley, Doubleday Foundation, 1989 470 · The Dimple in Draco · Philip Latham · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 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 Science Fiction Century ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 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, 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, 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, DAW, 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, 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, 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, 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, 1970 162 · A New Arabian Night’s Entertainment · Horace Walpole · ss Hieroglyphic Tales by Horace Walpole, self published, 1785 166 · The King and His Three Daughters · Horace Walpole · ss Hieroglyphic Tales by Horace Walpole, self published, 1785 169 · The Dice-box: A Fairy Tale · Horace Walpole · ss Hieroglyphic Tales by Horace Walpole, self published, 1785 173 · The Peach in Brandy: A Milesian Tale · Horace Walpole · ss Hieroglyphic Tales by Horace Walpole, self published, 1785 176 · Mi Li: A Chinese Fairy Tale · Horace Walpole · ss Hieroglyphic Tales by Horace Walpole, self published, 1785 182 · A True Love Story · Horace Walpole · ss Hieroglyphic Tales by Horace Walpole, self published, 1785 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, 1941 197 · The Detective of Dreams · Gene Wolfe · nv Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, Ballantine, 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, 1987 213 · The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime · Mark Twain · ss The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Webster, 1882 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, 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, 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, 1819). 451 · Under the Garden · Graham Greene · na A Sense of Reality by Graham Greene, 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 [Cugel; Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1974 596 · The Bagful of Dreams [Cugel; Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · nv Flashing Swords! #4 ed. Lin Carter, SFBC, 1977 623 · The Hollow Land · William Morris · nv Oxford and Cambridge Magazine September 1856 (+1)