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The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy: 2021 ed. Rich Horton (Prime Books, August 14, 2022, 978-1-60701-547-5, $9.99, ebook, an)     Details taken from online listing. · Better Late Than Never · Rich Horton · in · Stepsister · Leah Cypess · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2020 · Laws of Impermanence · Kenneth Schneyer · ss Uncanny Magazine #36, September/October 2020 · Songs of Activation · Andy Dudak · ss Clarkesworld #171, December 2020 · The Past, Like a River in Flood · Marissa Lingen · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #311, August 27 2020 · The Bahrain Underground Bazaar · Nadia Afifi · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction November/December 2020 · Open House on Haunted Hill · John Wiswell · ss Diabolical Plots #64, June 2020 · Beyond the Dragon’s Gate · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Tor.com May 20 2020 · Burn or The Episodic Life of Sam Wells as a Super · A. T. Greenblatt · nv Uncanny Magazine #34, May/June 2020 · Minerva Girls · James Van Pelt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact September/October 2020 · A Feast of Butterflies · Amanda Hollander · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2020 · Egoli · T. L. Huchu · ss Africanfuturism ed. Wole Talabi, Brittle Paper, 2020 · Spirit Level · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July/August 2020 · Bereft, I Come to a Nameless World [The Unraveling] · Benjamin Rosenbaum · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2020 · You Have the Prettiest Mask · Sarah Langan · na Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #42, November 2020 · The Garden Where No One Ever Goes · P. H. Lee · ss Beneath Ceaseless Skies #318, December 3 2020 · 50 Things Every AI Working with Humans Should Know · Ken Liu · ss Uncanny Magazine #37, November/December 2020 · Magnificent Maurice, or the Flowers of Immortality · Rati Mehrotra · ss Lightspeed #126, November 2020 · Fog and Pearls at the King’s Cross Junction · Aliya Whiteley · ss London Centric ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2020 · The Monogamy Hormone · Annalee Newitz · ss Entanglements ed. Sheila Williams, The MIT Press, 2020 · An Important Failure · Rebecca Campbell · nv Clarkesworld #167, August 2020 · When God Sits in Your Lap · Ian Tregillis · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2020 · A Guide for Working Breeds · Vina Jie-Min Prasad · ss Made to Order ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2020 · Silver Door Diner · Bishop Garrison · ss Fiyah #16, Autumn 2020 · Beyond the Tattered Veil of Stars · Mercurio D. Rivera · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2020 · The Moon Fairy · Sofia Samatar · ss Conjunctions #74, Spring 2020 · Retention · Alec Nevala-Lee · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2020 · Lovers on a Bridge · Alexandra Seidel · ss Past Tense ed. John Benson, John Benson, 2020 · Thirty-Three · Tade Thompson · ss Avatars Inc. ed. Ann VanderMeer, XPRIZE, 2020 · Those We Serve · Eugenia Triantafyllou · ss Interzone #287, May/June 2020 · Behind Our Irises · Tlotlo Tsamaase · ss Africanfuturism ed. Wole Talabi, Brittle Paper, 2020 · Little Free Library · Naomi Kritzer · ss Tor.com April 8 2020 · An Unkindness · Jessica P. Wick · na A Sinister Quartet, Mythic Delirium Books, 2020 · Dragon Slayer · Michael Swanwick · ss The Book of Dragons ed. Jonathan Strahan, Harper Voyager, 2020 · Two Truths and a Lie · Sarah Pinsker · nv Tor.com June 17 2020

Twin Cities Noir ed. Steven Horwitz & Julie Schaper--- see under Julie Schaper.

Twin Cities Noir: The Expanded Edition ed. Steven Horwitz & Julie Schaper--- see under Julie Schaper.

The Spiteful Planet and Other Stories by Shinichi Hoshi (Japan Times, March 1978, 207pp, pb, co)     Translated by Bernard Susser and Tomoyoshi Genkawa. 7 · Introduction · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · in translated from the Japanese. 9 · Translators’ Note · Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · pr 13 · The Spiteful Planet · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 20 · Fine Tuning · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 26 · The Present Age · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 29 · The Gift · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 33 · The Mysterious Footprints · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 40 · Emergency Landing · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 48 · The Bugle’s Call · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 51 · The Premium · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 57 · The Tortoise and the Hare · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 70 · The Wild Robot · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 73 · “If Winter Comes…” · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 82 · The Difference · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 90 · The Toll-Free Telephone · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 96 · An Infernal Machine · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 102 · Jack and the Beanstalk · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 110 · Cigarettes · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 119 · Progress · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 125 · Lucky Guy · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 128 · The Universal Evaluator · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 132 · Enthusiasm · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 142 · The Age of Contracts · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 151 · The Visitor · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 159 · The Wish · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 167 · The Boogeyman · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 172 · The Heavenly Body · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 180 · All Too Human · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 186 · “I See!” · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 192 · The Portals of Space · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 197 · “Hey, Come Out!” · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese. 203 · Bokko · Shinichi Hoshi; translated by Bernard Susser & Tomoyoshi Genkawa · ss translated from the Japanese.

Against Tomorrow ed. Robert Hoskins (Fawcett, March 1979, 0-449-23899-7, $1.75, 287pp, pb, an) 9 · Introduction · Robert Hoskins · in 13 · Wanted in Surgery · Harlan Ellison · nv If August 1957 44 · “All You Zombies—” · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1959 57 · Rainbird · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1961 69 · The Peak Lords · Miriam Allen deFord · ss If February 1966 77 · Prototaph · Keith Laumer · vi Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1966 81 · Broken Image · Thomas N. Scortia · nv Fantastic November 1966 107 · Young Girl at an Open Half-door · Fred Saberhagen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1968 117 · Here Is Thy Sting · John W. Jakes · nv Orbit 3 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1968 164 · Reason for Honor · Robert Hoskins · ss Fantastic February 1969 170 · How the Whip Came Back · Gene Wolfe · ss Orbit 6 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 186 · Mektopia! · Richard A. Lupoff · ss Organ May 1971 198 · Paradise Regained · Theodore R. Cogswell & Theodore L. Thomas · ss Saving Worlds ed. Roger Elwood & Virginia Kidd, Doubleday, 1973, as by Cogswell Thomas 207 · Think Only This of Me · Michael J. Kurland · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1973 230 · The Legend of Cougar Lou Landis · Edward Bryant · ss Universe 3 ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1973 244 · Un Bel Di · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · nv Two Views of Wonder ed. Thomas N. Scortia & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Ballantine, 1973 263 · A Personage of Royal Blood · Willo Davis Roberts · ss Two Views of Wonder ed. Thomas N. Scortia & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Ballantine, 1973 279 · Final Examination · Scott Edelstein & Jonathan Phillips · vi Vertex December 1974, as “Examination” 283 · Mirror Watch · Alan Brennert · ss

The Edge of Never ed. Robert Hoskins (Fawcett Premier, June 1973, M590, 95¢, 287pp, pb, an) 11 · The World Beyond · Robert Hoskins · in 17 · An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine December 1853, uncredited. 43 · The Rat That Could Speak · Charles Dickens · ss from The Uncommercial Traveller, Chapman & Hall, 1860 49 · An Inhabitant of Carcosa · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Newsletter December 25 1886 55 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 68 · The Yellow Sign · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895 92 · The Sealman · John Masefield · vi The Manchester Guardian April 12 1907 97 · A Night in Malnéant · Clark Ashton Smith · ss The Double Shadow and Other Fantasies by Clark Ashton Smith, Auburn CA, 1933 105 · Werewoman [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Leaves #2, 1938 135 · Shottle Bop · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown February 1941 167 · Armageddon · Fredric Brown · ss Unknown August 1941 174 · The Cheaters · Robert Bloch · nv Weird Tales November 1947 198 · Legal Rites · Isaac Asimov & Frederik Pohl · nv Weird Tales September 1950, as by Isaac Asimov & James MacCreigh 233 · O Ugly Bird! [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 252 · Journeys End · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1957 265 · The Man Who Liked · Robert Hoskins · vi Worlds of Fantasy v1 #1, 1968 270 · Nightmare Gang · Dean R. Koontz · ss Infinity One ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer, 1970 281 · Elephants · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Infinity Two ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer, 1971, as by K. M. O’Donnell

The Far-Out People ed. Robert Hoskins (Signet, July 1971, Q4689, 95¢, x+191pp, pb, an, cover by Gene Szafran)     Subtitled “A Science Fiction Anthology”. ix · Introduction · Robert Hoskins · in 11 · The Destiny of Milton Gomrath · Alexei Panshin · vi Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact December 1967 14 · North Wind · Chad Oliver · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1956 36 · The Price of Simeryl · Kris Neville · na Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact December 1966 77 · Cop-Out · K. M. O’Donnell · ss Escapade July 1968 86 · Papa’s Planet · William F. Nolan · ss Playboy April 1968 90 · Angel, Dark Angel · Roger Zelazny · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1967 102 · The Problem Makers · Robert Hoskins · nv Galaxy Magazine August 1963 142 · Savior Sole · Michael Fayette · ss 1971 151 · The Sellers of the Dream · John W. Jakes · nv Galaxy Magazine June 1963 188 · Exile to Hell · Isaac Asimov · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact May 1968

First Step Outward ed. Robert Hoskins (Dell, August 1969, 2549, 60¢, 224pp, pb, an, cover by John Berkey) 11 · Introduction · Poul Anderson · in 21 · Prologue · Robert Hoskins · in (r) 23 · To Space 25 · Cold War · Kris Neville · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1949 38 · Third Stage · Poul Anderson · ss Amazing Stories February 1962 59 · Gentlemen, Be Seated! · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Argosy May 1948 70 · Jaywalker · Ross Rocklynne · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1950 85 · To the Planets 87 · The Hated · Frederik Pohl · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January 1958, as by Paul Flehr 99 · Sunrise on Mercury · Robert Silverberg · ss Science Fiction Stories May 1957, as by Calvin M. Knox 114 · Hop-Friend · Terry Carr · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1962 128 · The Man Who Lost the Sea · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1959 141 · To the Stars 143 · First Contact · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1945 178 · Misbegotten Missionary · Isaac Asimov · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950 195 · The Market in Aliens · K. M. O’Donnell · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1968 199 · The Rules of the Road · Norman Spinrad · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1964 211 · Epilog 213 · Jetsam · A. Bertram Chandler · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #20, March 1953

The Future Now ed. Robert Hoskins (Fawcett Crest, June 1977, 0-449-23227-1, $1.75, 286pp, pb, an, cover by Richard Powers)     Subtitled “Saving Tomorrow”. 9 · Introduction · Robert Hoskins · in 11 · The Stalin in the Soul · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar based on a talk for the Clarion West Writers’ Workshop at the University of Washington in July 1973. 21 · Introduction to “All the Troubles of the World” · Isaac Asimov · is 23 · All the Troubles of the World · Isaac Asimov · ss Super-Science Fiction April 1958 39 · Introduction to “Home” · Poul Anderson · is 41 · Home · Poul Anderson · ss Orbit 1 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1966, as “The Disinherited” 59 · Introduction to “Silent in Gehenna” · Harlan Ellison · is 62 · Silent in Gehenna · Harlan Ellison · ss The Many Worlds of Science Fiction ed. Ben Bova, Dutton, 1971 78 · Introduction to “Shark” · Edward Bryant · is 80 · Shark · Edward Bryant · nv Orbit 12 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1973 98 · Introduction to “Flowering Season” · Virginia Kidd · is 100 · Flowering Season · Virginia Kidd · na Orbit 1 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1966, as “Kangaroo Court” 146 · Introduction to “A Season for Freedom” · Dean R. Koontz · is 148 · A Season for Freedom · Dean R. Koontz · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1969, as “Killerbot!” 160 · Introduction to “Final War” · Barry N. Malzberg · is 162 · Final War · Barry N. Malzberg · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1968, as by K. M. O’Donnell 192 · Introduction to “The Mountain” · Robert Hoskins · is 194 · The Mountain · Robert Hoskins · ss 1975 202 · Introduction to “Our Times” · Bill Pronzini · is 203 · Our Times · Bill Pronzini · ss Swank April 1972 208 · Introduction to “The Wind and the Rain” · Robert Silverberg · is 219 · The Wind and the Rain · Robert Silverberg · ss Saving Worlds ed. Roger Elwood & Virginia Kidd, Doubleday, 1973 220 · Introduction to “The Merchants of Venus” · Poul Anderson · is 222 · The Merchants of Venus [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] · Frederik Pohl · na Worlds of If July/August 1972