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Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2012 Edition ed. David G. Hartwell, Liz Gorinsky & Patrick Nielsen Hayden--- see under Liz Gorinsky.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2014 Edition ed. David G. Hartwell, Ellen Datlow, Carl Engle-Laird, Liz Gorinsky, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Peter Joseph, Marco Palmieri, Paul Stevens & Ann VanderMeer--- see under Ellen Datlow.

Some of the Best from Tor.com: 2015 Edition ed. David G. Hartwell, Ellen Datlow, Claire Eddy, Carl Engle-Laird, Beth Meacham, Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Marco Palmieri & Ann VanderMeer--- see under Ellen Datlow.

The Space Opera Renaissance ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer (Tor, July 2006, 0-765-30617-4, $39.95, 941pp, hc, an)     SF anthology of 32 stories, arranged chronologically and thematically to explore the evolution of space opera as outlined in the editors’ introduction. 9 · Introduction: How Shit Became Shinola: Definition and Redefinition of Space Opera · David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer · in · I. Redefined Writers 21 · The Star Stealers [Interstellar Patrol] · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales February 1929 45 · The Prince of Space · Jack Williamson · na Amazing Stories January 1931 92 · Enchantress of Venus [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories Fall 1949 134 · The Swordsmen of Varnis · Clive Jackson · vi Slant #3, Spring 1950, as by Geoffrey Cobbe · II. Draftees (1960s) 139 · The Game of Rat and Dragon [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1955 151 · Empire Star · Samuel R. Delany · n. Ace, 1966 200 · Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead · Robert Sheckley · ss Nova 2 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1972 · III. Translations/Redefiners (Late 1970s to Late 1980s) 207 · Temptation [Uplift] · David Brin · na Far Horizons ed. Robert Silverberg, Avon Eos, 1999 243 · Ranks of Bronze [Ranks of Bronze] · David Drake · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1975 251 · Weatherman [Miles Vorkosigan] · Lois McMaster Bujold · na Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact February 1990 297 · A Gift from the Culture [Culture] · Iain M. Banks · ss Interzone #20, Summer 1987 · IV. Volunteers: Revisionaries (Early 1990s) 311 · Orphans of the Helix [Hyperion] · Dan Simmons · na Far Horizons ed. Robert Silverberg, Avon Eos, 1999 344 · The Well Wishers [Tabitha Jute] · Colin Greenland · na The Plenty Principle by Colin Greenland, Voyager, 1997 379 · Escape Route [Confederation] · Peter F. Hamilton · na Interzone #121, July 1997 415 · Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington [Honor Harrington] · David Weber · na Changer of Worlds ed. David Weber, Baen, 2001 493 · Aurora in Four Voices [Skolian Empire] · Catherine Asaro · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 1998 524 · Ring Rats [Slaver] · R. Garcia y Robertson · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April 2002 557 · The Death of Captain Future [Captain Future (Curt Newton); Near Space] · Allen Steele · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October 1995 · V. Mixed Signals/Mixed Categories (to the Late 1990s) 589 · A Worm in the Well · Gregory Benford · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact November 1995 607 · The Survivor [Man-Kzin Wars] · Donald Kingsbury · n. Man-Kzin Wars IV ed. Larry Niven, Baen, 1991 715 · Fool’s Errand · Sarah Zettel · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 1993 727 · The Shobies’ Story [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Universe 1 ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber, Doubleday Foundation, 1990 745 · The Remoras [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1994 768 · Recording Angel · Paul J. McAuley · nv New Legends ed. Greg Bear & Martin Greenberg, Legend, 1995 788 · The Great Game [Xeelee] · Stephen Baxter · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2003 802 · Lost Sorceress of the Silent Citadel · Michael Moorcock · nv Mars Probes ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2002 823 · Space Opera · Michael Kandel · ss Omni Online September 1997 · VI. Next Wave (Twenty-First Century) 833 · Grist · Tony Daniel · na Asimov’s Science Fiction December 1998 873 · The Movements of Her Eyes · Scott Westerfeld · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2000 892 · Spirey and the Queen · Alastair Reynolds · nv Interzone #108, June 1996 914 · Bear Trap · Charles Stross · nv Spectrum SF #1, February 2000 929 · Guest Law · John C. Wright · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 1997

Spirits of Christmas ed. David G. Hartwell & Kathryn Cramer--- see under Kathryn Cramer.

The Sword & Sorcery Anthology ed. David G. Hartwell & Jacob Weisman (Tachyon Publications, June 2012, 978-1-61696-069-8, $15.95, 480pp, tp, an, cover by Jean-Sébastien Rossbach)     Anthology of 19 stories, two original. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Storytellers: A Guided Ramble Into Sword and Sorcery Fiction · David Drake · in 12 · The Tower of the Elephant [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales March 1933 38 · Black God’s Kiss [Jirel of Joiry] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales October 1934 68 · The Unholy Grail [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · nv Fantastic Stories of Imagination October 1962 95 · The Tale of Hauk · Poul Anderson · nv Swords Against Darkness ed. Andrew J. Offutt, Zebra, 1977 117 · The Caravan of Forgotten Dreams [Elric] · Michael Moorcock · nv Science Fantasy #55, 1962, as “The Flame Bringers” 148 · The Adventuress [Alyx] · Joanna Russ · nv Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 172 · Gimmile’s Songs [Dossouye] · Charles R. Saunders · ss Sword and Sorceress ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1984 189 · Undertow [Kane] · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers August 1977 223 · The Stages of the God · Ramsey Campbell · ss Whispers November 1974, as by Montgomery Comfort 232 · The Barrow Troll · David Drake · ss Whispers December 1975 244 · Soldier of an Empire Unacquainted with Defeat [Dread Empire] · Glen Cook · na The Berkley Showcase Vol. 2 ed. Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack, Berkley, 1980 312 · Epistle from Lebanoi [Nifft the Lean] · Michael Shea · nv 343 · Become a Warrior · Jane Yolen · ss Warrior Princesses ed. Elizabeth Ann Scarborough & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1998 353 · The Red Guild · Rachel Pollack · nv Sword and Sorceress II ed. Marion Zimmer Bradley, DAW, 1985 379 · Six from Atlantis · Gene Wolfe · ss Cross Plains Universe ed. Scott A. Cupp & Joe R. Lansdale, MonkeyBrain Books/FACT, 2006 385 · The Sea Troll’s Daughter · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv Swords & Dark Magic ed. Jonathan Strahan & Lou Anders, Subterranean Press, 2010 411 · The Coral Heart · Jeffrey Ford · ss Eclipse Three ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2009 427 · Path of the Dragon [Song of Ice and Fire] · George R. R. Martin · na Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2000 476 · The Year of the Three Monarchs · Michael Swanwick · ss

Twenty-First Century Science Fiction ed. David G. Hartwell & Patrick Nielsen Hayden (Tor, November 5, 2013, 978-0-7653-2600-3, $34.99, 572pp, hc, an, cover by Shutterstock)     Details taken from online listing. 9 · Preface · David G. Hartwell & Patrick Nielsen Hayden · pr 13 · Infinities · Vandana Singh · nv The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet and Other Stories by Vandana Singh, Zubaan Books, 2008 38 · Rogue Farm · Charles Stross · ss Live Without a Net ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2003 51 · The Gambler · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv Fast Forward 2 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2008 73 · Strood · Neal Asher · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2004 85 · Eros, Philia, Agape · Rachel Swirsky · nv Tor.com March 3 2009 110 · The Tale of the Wicked · John Scalzi · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009 129 · Bread and Bombs · M. Rickert · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2003 141 · The Waters of Meribah · Tony Ballantyne · ss Interzone #189, May/June 2003 160 · Tk’tk’tk · David D. Levine · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2005 176 · The Nearest Thing · Genevieve Valentine · nv Lightspeed #15, August 2011 197 · Erosion · Ian Creasey · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2009 209 · The Calculus Plague · Marissa Lingen · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2009 215 · One of Our Bastards Is Missing [Jonathan Hamilton] · Paul Cornell · nv The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Volume Three ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2009 236 · Tideline · Elizabeth Bear · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2007 246 · Finisterra · David Moles · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2007 276 · Evil Robot Monkey · Mary Robinette Kowal · ss The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction Volume Two ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2008 279 · The Education of Junior Number 12 [Machine Dynasties] · Madeline Ashby · nv Angry Robot Books Website December 13 2011 298 · Toy Planes · Tobias S. Buckell · vi Nature #7061, October 13 2005 301 · The Algorithms for Love · Ken Liu · nv Strange Horizons July 12 2004 314 · The Albian Message · Oliver Morton · vi Nature #7068, December 1 2005 317 · To Hie from Far Cilenia [Gennady] · Karl Schroeder · na Metatropolis ed. John Scalzi, Subterranean Press, 2009 previously available as an audio download from Audible Frontiers, October 20, 2008. 353 · Savant Songs · Brenda Cooper · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2004 365 · Ikiryoh · Liz Williams · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2005 374 · The Prophet of Flores · Ted Kosmatka · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2007 399 · How to Become a Mars Overlord · Catherynne M. Valente · ss Lightspeed #3, August 2010 407 · Second Person, Present Tense · Daryl Gregory · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2005 425 · Third Day Lights · Alaya Dawn Johnson · nv Interzone #200, October 2005 443 · Balancing Accounts · James L. Cambias · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction February 2008 460 · A Vector Alphabet of Interstellar Travel · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Tor.com August 10 2011 465 · His Master’s Voice · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss Interzone #218, October 2008 477 · Plotters and Shooters [Mars] · Kage Baker · nv Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007 492 · The Island [Sunflower Cycle] · Peter Watts · nv The New Space Opera 2 ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2009 523 · Escape to Other Worlds with Science Fiction [Small Change] · Jo Walton · ss Tor.com February 6 2009 531 · Chicken Little · Cory Doctorow · na With a Little Help by Cory Doctorow, CorDoc-Co, Ltd., 2009

Visions of Fear ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor, November 1994, 0-812-55001-3, $5.99, 433pp, pb, an, cover by Tom Canty)     Reprint of the final third of Foundations of Fear (Tor, 1992), with a new introduction by the editor plus the original introduction to the complete volume. 1 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in Foundations of Fear ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 1992 22 · Introduction to Visions of Fear · David G. Hartwell · in 23 · In the Hills, the Cities · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. I by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1984 61 · Faith of Our Fathers · Philip K. Dick · nv Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 101 · The Bell in the Fog · Gertrude Atherton · nv The Smart Set August 1903 129 · The Sandman · E. T. A. Hoffmann · nv (r) translated from the German (“Der Sandmann”, Nachtstücke vol. 1, 1816). 173 · Bloodchild · Octavia E. Butler · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1984 198 · Duel · Richard Matheson · nv Playboy April 1971 228 · Longtooth · Edgar Pangborn · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1970 271 · Luella Miller · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine December 1902, as by Mary E. Wilkins 288 · The Entrance · Gerald Durrell · nv The Picnic and Such Like Pandemonium by Gerald Durrell, Collins, 1979 349 · The Lurking Duck · Scott Baker · nv Omni December 1983 410 · Notes on the Writing of Horror: A Story · Thomas Ligotti · ss Dark Horizons #28, Spring 1985

Visions of Wonder ed. David G. Hartwell & Milton T. Wolf (Tor, November 1996, 0-312-85287-8, $24.95, 798pp, tp, an)     Anthology, “a definitive anthology of modern SF” designed for classroom use. There are nine essays, 32 stories, and a selective guide to SF scholarship by Gary K. Wolfe. A hardcover edition (-86224-5, $35.00) was announced but not seen. 11 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell & Milton T. Wolf · in 13 · Critics · Damon Knight · ar In Search of Wonder by Damon Knight, Advent, 1956 17 · The Ship Who Sang [Brainship] · Anne McCaffrey · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1961 31 · Blood Music · Greg Bear · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact June 1983 49 · Paperjack [Newford] · Charles de Lint · nv Cheap Street, December 30 1991 71 · Forever Yours, Anna · Kate Wilhelm · ss Omni July 1987 81 · The Golden Age of Science Fiction Is Twelve · David G. Hartwell · ar Age of Wonders by David G. Hartwell, Walker, 1984 97 · Mr. Boy · James Patrick Kelly · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1990 141 · Jamboree · Jack Williamson · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1969 149 · The Death of Doctor Island · Gene Wolfe · na Universe 3 ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1973 188 · Ender’s Game [Ender Wiggin] · Orson Scott Card · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1977 216 · “What Do You Mean…Human?” · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed Astounding Science Fiction September 1959 222 · Bears Discover Fire · Terry Bisson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1990 230 · One Down, One to Go · Philip José Farmer · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1990 239 · Sur · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss The Compass Rose by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harper & Row, 1982 revised from New Yorker Feb 1 ’82. 250 · Introduction · Judith Merril · in England Swings SF ed. Judith Merril, Doubleday, 1968 253 · Doing Lennon · Gregory Benford · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact April 1975 263 · A Tupolev Too Far · Brian W. Aldiss · nv Other Edens III ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1989 285 · Them Old Hyannis Blues · Judith Tarr · ss Alternate Kennedys ed. Mike Resnick, Tor, 1992 292 · Paradise Charted · Algis Budrys · ar TriQuarterly #49, Fall 1980 339 · Masque of the Red Shift [Berserker] · Fred Saberhagen · nv If November 1965 353 · Redemption in the Quantum Realm · Frederik Pohl · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1994 366 · Devil You Don’t Know [Val Clarke] · Dean Ing · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1978 395 · The Eye of the World · Robert Jordan · ex Tor, 1990 404 · Split Light · Lisa Goldstein · ss Travellers in Magic by Lisa Goldstein, Tor, 1994 414 · Science Fiction & The Adventures of the Spherical Cow · Kathryn Cramer · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #1, September 1988 419 · The Sun Spider · Lucius Shepard · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1987 442 · Science Fiction and “Literature” or the Conscience of the King · Samuel R. Delany · ar Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact May 1979 delivered as a speech at Minicon, 1979. 458 · Souls · Joanna Russ · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1982 491 · Overdrawn at the Memory Bank · John Varley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction May 1976 514 · The Girl Who Was Plugged In · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC, 1973 540 · Burning Chrome · William Gibson · nv Omni July 1982 555 · Towards an Aesthetic of Science Fiction · Joanna Russ · ar Science-Fiction Studies July 1975 564 · Identifying the Object · Gwyneth Jones · nv Interzone #42, December 1990, as “Forward Echoes” 585 · The Mountain to Mohammed · Nancy Kress · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1992 598 · Wall, Stone, Craft · Walter Jon Williams · na Axolotl Press, 1993 655 · Boobs · Suzy McKee Charnas · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1989 669 · To Bring in Fine Things: The Significance of Science Fiction Plots · Brian M. Stableford · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #9, May 1989 676 · Spider Silk [Witch World] · Andre Norton · na Flashing Swords! #3 ed. Lin Carter, Dell, 1976 704 · A Braver Thing · Charles Sheffield · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1990 726 · Getting Real · Susan Shwartz · nv Newer York ed. Lawrence Watt-Evans, Roc, 1991 740 · True Names · Vernor Vinge · na Binary Star #5 ed. James R. Frenkel, Dell, 1981 791 · Science Fiction: A Selective Guide to Scholarship · Gary K. Wolfe · bi

Worlds of Fear ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor, September 1994, 0-812-55002-1, $4.99, 464pp, pb, an, cover by Tom Canty)     Reprint of the second third of Foundations of Fear (Tor, 1992), with a new introduction by the editor plus the original introduction to the complete volume. 1 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in Foundations of Fear ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 1992 23 · Introduction to Worlds of Fear · David G. Hartwell · in 24 · Sandkings [Thousand Worlds] · George R. R. Martin · nv Omni August 1979 76 · Aura · Carlos Fuentes; translated by Lysander Kemp · nv Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1965 translated from the Spanish (Aura, Ediciones Era, 1962). 115 · Barbara of the House of Grebe · Thomas Hardy · nv The Graphic December 1890 154 · Torturing Mr. Amberwell · Thomas M. Disch · nv Cheap Street, May 7 1985 196 · The Prayer · Violet Hunt · nv Chapman’s Magazine December 1895, as “The Story of a Ghost” 229 · Who Goes There? · John W. Campbell, Jr. · na Astounding Science-Fiction August 1938, as by Don A. Stuart 301 · …And My Fear Is Great · Theodore Sturgeon · na Beyond Fantasy Fiction July 1953 376 · When Darkness Loves Us · Elizabeth Engstrom · nv When Darkness Loves Us by Elizabeth Engstrom, Morrow, 1984 437 · We Purchased People · Frederik Pohl · ss Final Stage ed. Edward L. Ferman & Barry N. Malzberg, Charterhouse, 1974 456 · The Striding Place · Gertrude Atherton · ss The Speaker June 20 1896, as “The Twins”