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The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 5 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian Aldiss (Sphere, August 1972, 43443, 35p, 239pp, pb, an)
Reprint (Putnam’s 1971 as Best SF: 1971) SF anthology.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 6 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian Aldiss (Sphere, August 1973, 0-7221-4355-9, 35p, 235pp, pb, an, cover by Bruce Pennington)
Reprint (Putnam’s 1973 as Best SF: 1972) SF anthology.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 7 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian Aldiss (Sphere, April 1975, 0-7221-4361-3, 55p, 174pp, pb, an)
Abridged version of Best SF: 1973, Berkley 1974.

9 · Introduction · Harry Harrison · in Best SF: 1973 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss, Berkley Medallion, 1974

18 · Roller Ball Murder · William Harrison · ss Esquire September 1973

32 · Mason’s Life · Kingsley Amis · ss The Sunday Times 1972

35 · Welcome to the Standard Nightmare · Robert Sheckley · ss Nova 3 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1973

50 · Serpent Burning on an Altar · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Orbit 12 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1973

65 · We Are Very Happy Here [The Forever War] · Joe W. Haldeman · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact November 1973

112 · The Birds · Thomas M. Disch · ss The Ruins of Earth (var. 1) ed. Thomas M. Disch, Hutchinson, 1973

119 · The Wind and the Rain · Robert Silverberg · ss Saving Worlds ed. Roger Elwood & Virginia Kidd, Doubleday, 1973

129 · Ten Years Ago… · Max Beerbohm · vi A Peep into the Past by Max Beerbohm, 1972

132 · Parthen · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May/June 1973

139 · The Man Who Collected the First of September, 1973 · Tor Åge Bringsvaerd; translated by Oddrun Grønvik · ss 1973
translated from the Norwegian (“Mannen som samlet på første September”, 1972).

144 · Captain Nemo’s Last Adventure · Josef Nesvadba; translated by Iris Urwin · nv View from Another Shore ed. Franz Rottensteiner, Seabury Press, 1973
translated from the Czech (“Poslední dobrodruzství kapitána Nemo”, Vynalez proti sobé, Prague: Krasné Literatury, 1964).

170 · La Befana · Gene Wolfe · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January/February 1973

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 8 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss (Sphere, January 1976, 0-7221-4398-2, 65p, 253pp, pb, an, cover by Angus McKie)
Slightly abridged version of Best SF: 1974 (Bobbs-Merrill, 1975) with a revised introduction.

7 · Introduction · Harry Harrison · in Best SF: 1974 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss, Bobbs-Merrill, 1975

9 · Introduction · Bruce McAllister · in

12 · After King Kong Fell [Wold Newton] · Philip José Farmer · nv Omega ed. Roger Elwood, Walker US, 1973

28 · When Petals Fall · Sydney J. Van Scyoc · nv Two Views of Wonder ed. Thomas N. Scortia & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Ballantine, 1973

47 · Paleontology: An Experimental Science · Robert R. Olsen · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1974

57 · The Women Men Don’t See · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1973

89 · Listen with Big Brother · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Punch January 1974

95 · The Rise of Airstrip One · Clive James · ss Punch 1974

96 · Owing to Circumstances Beyond Our Control 1984 Has Been Unavoidably Detained… · Alan Coren · ss Punch 1974

102 · Lost and Found · Thomas Baum · ss Playboy March 1974

118 · The Four-Hour Fugue · Alfred Bester · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1974

138 · The Scream · Kate Wilhelm · nv Orbit 13 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1974

166 · The Executioner’s Beautiful Daughter · Angela Carter · ss Fireworks by Angela Carter, Quartet Books, 1974

174 · After Weightlessness · Lawrence Sail · pm Opposite Views by Lawrence Sail, Dent, 1974

175 · A Picture by Klee · Lawrence Sail · pm Opposite Views by Lawrence Sail, Dent, 1974

175 · Backward, Into Beasts Evolving… · Dick Allen · pm from The Space Sonnets, Counter/Measures 1974

176 · Science Fiction Story · Duane Ackerson · pm Edge #5/6, Autumn/Winter 1973

177 · DNA · Duane Ackerson · pm 1974

178 · Songs of War · Kit Reed · nv Nova 4 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1974

219 · Time Deer · Craig Strete · ss Red Planet Earth v1 #4, 1974

226 · A Typical Day · Doris Piserchia · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1974

238 · Programmed Love Story · Ian Watson · ss Transatlantic Review #48, Winter 1973/1974

244 · The Galaxy Begins at Home · Brian W. Aldiss · aw Best SF: 1974 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss, Bobbs-Merrill, 1975

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 9 ed. Harry Harrison & Brian Aldiss (Orbit, June 1976, 0-8600-7894-9, 65p, 206pp, pb, an)

7 · Introduction · Harry Harrison · in

10 · A Scraping at the Bones · Algis Budrys · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact May 1975

25 · Changelings · Lisa Tuttle · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1975

37 · The Santa Claus Compromise · Thomas M. Disch · ss Crawdaddy December 1974

43 · A Galaxy Called Rome · Barry N. Malzberg · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1975

62 · A Twelvemonth · Peter Redgrove · pm The New York Times 1975

64 · The Custodians · Richard Cowper · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1975

98 · The Linguist · Stephen Robinett · ss Galaxy Science Fiction February 1975, as by Tak Hallus

112 · Settling the World · M. John Harrison · nv The New Improved Sun ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, 1975

135 · The Chaste Planet · John Updike · ss The New Yorker November 10 1975

140 · End Game [The Forever War] · Joe Haldeman · nv The Forever War by Joe W. Haldeman, St. Martin's, 1974, as “Major Mandella 2458-3143”

180 · The Lop-Eared Cat That Devoured Philadelphia · Louis Phillips · pm Cornudo 1975

182 · A Dead Singer · Michael Moorcock · nv Factions ed. Giles Gordon & Alex Hamilton, Michael Joseph, 1974

201 · Science Fiction on the Titanic · Brian W. Aldiss · aw

Perfunctory Affection by Kim Harrison (Subterranean Press, March 31, 2019, 978-1-59606-896-4, $40.00, 304pp, hc, n.)
Limited to 1500 signed, numbered, copies. Also available in a traycased edition, limited to 26 lettered, signed, copies ($250.00).
Details taken from online listing.

By Gas Mask and Fire Hydrant (unpublished) by M. John Harrison (Savoy, n.d., 0-86130-013-0, £1.50, 176pp, tp, no)
Revolutionary fantasy novel, Pre-Raphaelite Sword & Sorcery which, possibly, metamorphosed into In Viriconium.

The Committed Men (unpublished) by M. John Harrison (Savoy, n.d., 0-86130-036-X, £1.50, 192pp, tp, n.)
Reprint (Hutchinson 1971) SF novel.

The Ice Monkey and Other Stories by M. John Harrison (Gollancz, June 1983, 0-575-03259-6, £8.95, 144pp, hc, co, cover by Eddie Gornall)

9 · The Ice Monkey · M. John Harrison · ss New Terrors 2 ed. Ramsey Campbell, Pan, 1980

21 · The New Rays · M. John Harrison · ss Interzone #1, Spring 1982

34 · The Incalling · M. John Harrison · nv The Savoy Book ed. Michael Butterworth & David Britton, Savoy, 1978

59 · Settling the World · M. John Harrison · nv The New Improved Sun ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, 1975

80 · The Quarry · M. John Harrison · ss

91 · Running Down · M. John Harrison · nv New Worlds 8 ed. Hilary Bailey, Sphere, 1975

123 · Egnaro · M. John Harrison · nv Winter’s Tales 27 ed. Edward Leeson, Macmillan, 1981

Settling the World: Selected Stories 1970-2020 by M. John Harrison (Comma Press, August 20, 2020, 978-1-912697-28-1, £9.99, 288pp, tp, co)
Details taken from online listing.

· Foreword · Jennifer Hodgson · fw

· Settling the World · M. John Harrison · nv The New Improved Sun ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, 1975

· The Gift · M. John Harrison · nv Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1988

· I Did It · M. John Harrison · ss A Book of Two Halves ed. Nicholas Royle, Gollancz, 1996

· Running Down · M. John Harrison · nv New Worlds 8 ed. Hilary Bailey, Sphere, 1975

· Land Locked · M. John Harrison · ss Seen from Here: Writing in the Lockdown ed. Tim Etchells & Vlatka Horvat, Unstable Object, 2020

· Yummie · M. John Harrison · ss You Should Come with Me Now by M. John Harrison, Comma Press, 2017

· The Causeway · M. John Harrison · ss New Worlds Quarterly 2 ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1971

· Colonising the Future · M. John Harrison · gp (r)

_ · Colonising the Future #1: Humanity, Age & Death · M. John Harrison · vi Visions #2, 2019

_ · Colonising the Future #2: Humanity & the Rapture · M. John Harrison · vi Visions #2, 2019

_ · Colonising the Future #3: Humanity, Death & Burial · M. John Harrison · vi Visions #2, 2019

_ · Colonising the Future #4: Humanity: You’re Welcome to Find Your Own · M. John Harrison · vi Visions #2, 2019

_ · Colonising the Future #5: Humanity Loses Its Way · M. John Harrison · vi Visions #2, 2019

_ · Colonising the Future #6: Humanity & the Past · M. John Harrison · vi Visions #2, 2019

_ · Colonising the Future #7: Humanity: Palinurus & the Fish · M. John Harrison · vi Visions #2, 2019

_ · Colonising the Future #8: Humanity, New Kinds of Medicine · M. John Harrison · vi Visions #2, 2019

_ · Colonising the Future #9: Humanity at Night · M. John Harrison · vi Visions #2, 2019

_ · Colonising the Future #10: Humanity & the Animals · M. John Harrison · vi Visions #2, 2019

· The Machine in Shaft Ten · M. John Harrison · ss New Worlds Quarterly 3 ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1972, as by Joyce Churchill

· A Young Man’s Journey to Viriconium [Viriconium] · M. John Harrison · nv Interzone #12, Summer 1985

· Science & The Arts · M. John Harrison · ss The Times Literary Supplement 1999

· The Incalling · M. John Harrison · nv The Savoy Book ed. Michael Butterworth & David Britton, Savoy, 1978

· The Ice Monkey · M. John Harrison · ss New Terrors 2 ed. Ramsey Campbell, Pan, 1980

· The East · M. John Harrison · ss Interzone #114, December 1996

· “Doe Lea” · M. John Harrison · ss Nightjar Press, September 2019

· Cicisbeo · M. John Harrison · ss The Independent on Sunday September 2003

· The Crisis · M. John Harrison · ss The Times Literary Supplement November 24 2017

Things that Never Happen by M. John Harrison (Night Shade Books, December 2002, 1-892389-33-9, $35.00, 443pp, tp, co, cover by David Lloyd)
Collection/omnibus of 24 stories, all but three previously collected in The Ice Monkey and Travel Arrangements. This adds an introduction by China Miéville, plus a foreword and story notes by Harrison. A hardcover (-26-6, $27.00) and a limited edition (-27-4, $60.00) are also available.

1 · The Limits of Vision(aries) · China Miéville · in

11 · Author’s Introduction · M. John Harrison · in

15 · Settling the World · M. John Harrison · nv The New Improved Sun ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, 1975

37 · Running Down · M. John Harrison · nv New Worlds 8 ed. Hilary Bailey, Sphere, 1975

69 · The Incalling · M. John Harrison · nv The Savoy Book ed. Michael Butterworth & David Britton, Savoy, 1978

93 · The Ice Monkey · M. John Harrison · ss New Terrors 2 ed. Ramsey Campbell, Pan, 1980

105 · Egnaro · M. John Harrison · nv Winter’s Tales 27 ed. Edward Leeson, Macmillan, 1981

127 · Old Women · M. John Harrison · ss Woman’s Journal March 1984, as “Older Women”

141 · The New Rays · M. John Harrison · ss Interzone #1, Spring 1982

155 · The Quarry · M. John Harrison · ss The Ice Monkey and Other Stories by M. John Harrison, Gollancz, 1983

167 · A Young Man’s Journey to London [Viriconium] · M. John Harrison · nv Interzone #12, Summer 1985, as “A Young Man’s Journey to Viriconium”; revised.

187 · Small Heirlooms · M. John Harrison · ss Other Edens ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1987

201 · The Great God Pan · M. John Harrison · nv Prime Evil ed. Douglas E. Winter, NAL Signet, 1988

225 · The Gift · M. John Harrison · nv Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1988

243 · The Horse of Iron and How We Can Know It and Be Changed by It Forever · M. John Harrison · ss Tarot Tales ed. Rachel Pollack & Caitlín Matthews, Legend, 1989

259 · Gifco · M. John Harrison · nv MetaHorror ed. Dennis Etchison, Dell Abyss, 1992; expanded.

285 · Anima · M. John Harrison · ss Interzone #58, April 1992

305 · Isobel Avens Returns to Stepney in the Spring · M. John Harrison · nv Little Deaths ed. Ellen Datlow, Millennium, 1994

329 · Empty · M. John Harrison · nv Sisters of the Night ed. Barbara Hambly & Martin H. Greenberg, Warner Aspect, 1995

351 · Seven Guesses of the Heart · M. John Harrison · ss The Shimmering Door ed. Katharine Kerr & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1996

365 · I Did It · M. John Harrison · ss A Book of Two Halves ed. Nicholas Royle, Gollancz, 1996

371 · The East · M. John Harrison · ss Interzone #114, December 1996

383 · Suicide Coast · M. John Harrison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1999

403 · The Neon Heart Murders · M. John Harrison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2000

415 · Black Houses · M. John Harrison · ss The Ex Files ed. Nicholas Royle, Quartet, 1998

429 · Science & The Arts · M. John Harrison · ss The Times Literary Supplement 1999

435 · Story Notes · [uncredited] · ms

Travel Arrangements: Short Stories by M. John Harrison (Gollancz, May 25, 2000, 0-575-06832-9, £9.99, 262pp, tp, co, cover: [photo] by Simon Weller)
SF/associational collection of 14 stories. A planned simultaneous hardcover (-06831-0, £16.99) did not appear.

1 · Old Women · M. John Harrison · ss Woman’s Journal March 1984, as “Older Women”

19 · Small Heirlooms · M. John Harrison · ss Other Edens ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1987

35 · The Gift · M. John Harrison · nv Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1988

59 · The Horse of Iron and How We Can Know It and Be Changed by It Forever · M. John Harrison · ss Tarot Tales ed. Rachel Pollack & Caitlín Matthews, Legend, 1989

77 · Gifco · M. John Harrison · nv MetaHorror ed. Dennis Etchison, Dell Abyss, 1992; expanded.

109 · Anima · M. John Harrison · ss Interzone #58, April 1992

135 · Empty · M. John Harrison · nv Sisters of the Night ed. Barbara Hambly & Martin H. Greenberg, Warner Aspect, 1995

161 · Seven Guesses of the Heart · M. John Harrison · ss The Shimmering Door ed. Katharine Kerr & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1996

179 · I Did It · M. John Harrison · ss A Book of Two Halves ed. Nicholas Royle, Gollancz, 1996

187 · The East · M. John Harrison · ss Interzone #114, December 1996

201 · Suicide Coast · M. John Harrison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1999

223 · The Neon Heart Murders · M. John Harrison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2000

237 · Black Houses · M. John Harrison · ss The Ex Files ed. Nicholas Royle, Quartet, 1998

255 · Science & The Arts · M. John Harrison · ss The Times Literary Supplement 1999

Viriconium Nights (var. 1) by M. John Harrison (Gollancz, November 1985, 0-575-03662-1, £8.95, 158pp, hc, co) [Viriconium]
Collection of 7 stories. This shares only the title and a couple of stories with Viriconium Nights (Ace 1984). There are original works and rewritten stories in the new version.

11 · The Luck in the Head [Viriconium] · M. John Harrison · nv Viriconium Nights by M. John Harrison, Ace, 1984

37 · The Lamia and Lord Cromis [Viriconium] · M. John Harrison · nv New Worlds Quarterly ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1971

61 · Strange Great Sins [Viriconium] · M. John Harrison · ss Interzone #5, Autumn 1983

77 · Viriconium Knights [Viriconium] · M. John Harrison · nv Elsewhere ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1981

99 · The Dancer from the Dance [Viriconium] · M. John Harrison · nv

123 · The Lords of Misrule [Viriconium] · M. John Harrison · ss Savoy Dreams ed. Michael Butterworth & David Britton, Savoy, 1984

137 · A Young Man’s Journey to Viriconium [Viriconium] · M. John Harrison · nv Interzone #12, Summer 1985

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