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Five Fates ed. Keith Laumer--- see under Anon..

Cassandra Rising ed. Alice Laurance (Doubleday, 1978, 0-385-12857-6, $7.95, 207pp, hc, oa) ix · Preface · Alice Laurance · pr xi · The Girl and the B.E.M. · Andre Norton · fw 1 · SQ · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss 11 · Flirtation Walk · Kay Rogers · ss 19 · Troll Road · Joan Bernott · ss 29 · There Was a Garden · Zenna Henderson · ss 36 · Night-Rise · Katherine MacLean · ss 47 · Motherbeast · Kathleen Sky · ss 57 · Escape to the Suburbs · Rachel Cosgrove Payes · ss 66 · Alien Sensation · Josephine Saxton · ss 71 · Last One in Is a Rotten Egg · Grania Davis · ss 78 · The Way Back · Raylyn Moore · ss 84 · Schlossie · Alice Laurance · ss 89 · Lady in Waiting · Anne McCaffrey · ss 101 · Impact · Steve Barnes · ss 109 · The Slow and Gentle Progress of Trainee Bell-Ringers · Barbara Paul · ss 123 · Nightfire · Sydney J. Van Scyoc · ss 139 · Selena · Beverly Goldberg · ss 144 · Uraguyen and I · Miriam Allen deFord & Juanita Coulson · ss 155 · The Vanillamint Tapestry · Jacqueline Lichtenberg · nv 197 · Space/Time Arabesque · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss

Speculations ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Who Done It? ed. Alice Laurance & Isaac Asimov (Houghton Mifflin, 1980, 0-395-29166-6, $9.95, 229pp, hc, oa)     Anthology of original stories with the authors’ names given in code. vii · On Style · Isaac Asimov · fw 1 · Coronation Year · Michael Gilbert · ss 13 · Appointment with the Governor · John Ball · ss 23 · The Locked-Room Cipher · Edward D. Hoch · ss 39 · The Cow and the Jackrabbit · Janwillem van de Wetering · ss 48 · Connoisseur · Bill Pronzini · ss 59 · The Lily Pond · Rachel Cosgrove Payes · ss 64 · Past Tense · Elizabeth Gresham · ss 84 · A Dark Blue Perfume · Ruth Rendell · ss 95 · The Arabella Plot · Lawrence Treat · ss 110 · The Last Party · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss 125 · Who Killed Father Christmas? · Patricia Moyes · ss 136 · Widow · Joe L. Hensley · ss 145 · Almost Perfect · R. A. Lafferty · ss 159 · The Legend of Dirty Dick · Robert Bloch · ss 171 · Revelation · Rosemary Gatenby · nv 199 · The Accomplice · John D. MacDonald · ss 206 · Mama and the Bastard · Florence V. Mayberry · ss 223 · Biographical Notes · [uncredited] · bg 229 · To Break the Code · [uncredited] · ms

A People’s Future of the United States ed. Victor LaValle & John Joseph Adams--- see under John Joseph Adams.

“Deny All Knowledge”: Reading the X-Files ed. David Lavery, Angela Hague & Marla Cartwright (Faber and Faber, December 2, 1996, 0-571-19141-X, £8.99, 233pp, tp, oa, cover: [photo] by Bruno Ghibardi)     Reprint (Syracuse University Press 1996) anthology of erudite essays. 1 · Introduction: Generation X: The X-Files and the Cultural Moment · David Lavery, Angela Hague & Marla Cartwright · ar 22 · Rewriting Popularity: The Cult Files · Jimmie L. Reeves, Marc C. Rodgers & Michael Epstein · ar 36 · DDEB, GATB, MPPB, and Ratbody: The X-Files Media Fandom, Online and Off · Susan J. Clerc · ar 52 · “Are You Know or Have You Ever Been?”: Conspiracy Theory and the X-Files · Allison Graham · ar 63 · “I Want to Believe…in the FBI”: The Special Agent and the X-Files · Michele Malach · ar 76 · “Last Week We Had an Omen”: The Mythological X-Files · Leslie Jones · ar 99 · “What Do You Think?”: The X-Files, Liminality and Gender Pleasure · Rhonda Wilcox & J. P. Williams · ar 121 · Special Agent or Monstrosity?: Finding the Feminine in the X-Files · Lisa Parks · ar 135 · How to Talk the Unknown Into Existence: An Exercise in X-Fililogy · Alec McHoul · ar 148 · The Rebirth of the Clinic: The Body as Alien in the X-Files · Linda Bradley · ar 168 · “You Only Expose Your Father”: The Imaginary, Voyeurism, and the Symbolic Order in the X-Files · Elizabeth Kubek · ar 207 · Appendix: Episode Summary 1993-1996 · [uncredited] · ms 211 · Works Cited · [uncredited] · ms

Life Beyond Us ed. Lucas K. Law, Susan Forest & Julie Novakova--- see under Susan Forest.

Shades Within Us: Tales of Migrations and Fractured Borders ed. Lucas K. Law & Susan Forest--- see under Susan Forest.

Strangers Among Us: Tales of the Underdogs and Outcasts ed. Lucas K. Law & Susan Forest--- see under Susan Forest.

The Sum of Us: Tales of the Bonded and Bound ed. Lucas K. Law & Susan Forest--- see under Susan Forest.

Where the Stars Rise ed. Lucas K. Law & Derwin Mak (Laksa Media, October 8, 2017, 978-1-988140-04-9, $28.00, hc, oa, cover by Samantha M. Beiko)     Details taken from online listing. · Foreword · Lucas K. Law · fw · Introduction · Elsie Chapman · in · Spirit of Wine [Ao Tienwei] · Tony Pi · ss · The dataSultan of Streets and Stars · Jeremy Szal · ss · Weaving Silk · Amanda Sun · ss · Vanilla Rice · Angela Yuriko Smith · ss · Looking Up · S. B. Divya · ss · A Star Is Born · Miki Dare · ss · My Left Hand · Ruhan Zhao · ss · DNR · Gabriela Lee · ss · A Visitation for the Spirit Festival · Diana Xin · ss · Rose’s Arm · Calvin D. Jim · ss · Back to Myan · Regina Kanyu Wang · ss translated from the Chinese (“Chòng făn mí ān”, 2015). · Meridian · Karin Lowachee · ss · Joseon Fringe · Pamela Q. Fernandes · ss · Wintry Hearts of Those Who Rise · Minsoo Kang · ss · Udātta Śloka · Deepak Bharathan · ss · Crash · Melissa Yuan-Innes · ss · Memoriam · Priya Sridhar · ss · The Observer Effect · E. C. Myers · ss · Decision · Joyce Chng · ss · Moon Halves · Anne Carly Abad · ss · The Bridge of Dangerous Longings · Rati Mehrotra · ss · Old Souls · Fonda Lee · nv · The Orphans of Nilaveli · Naru Dames Sundar · ss · Afterword · Derwin Mak · aw

Approaches to Science Fiction ed. Donald L. Lawler (Houghton Mifflin, 1978, 0-395-25496-5, 560pp, hc, an) ix · Preface · Donald L. Lawler · pr 1 · Introduction · Donald L. Lawler · in 29 · Part 1: Nineteenth-Century Backgrounds · Donald L. Lawler · si 32 · Darkness · Lord George Gordon Byron · pm The Prisoner of Chillon and Other Poems by Lord Byron, John Murray, 1816 36 · from Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus [Frankenstein] · Mary Shelley · ex Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor & Jones, 1818, uncredited. 58 · Some Words with a Mummy · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Review April 1845 72 · The Birthmark · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Pioneer March 1843 86 · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897 97 · Part 2: Fantasy Science Fiction · Donald L. Lawler · si 99 · Space Opera · Donald L. Lawler · si 101 · Enchantress of Venus [Eric John Stark] · Leigh Brackett · na Planet Stories Fall 1949 154 · Speculative Fantasy Science Fiction · Donald L. Lawler · si 156 · Mars Is Heaven! [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fall 1948 172 · Encounter in the Dawn · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Stories June/July 1953 183 · Weird Science Fiction · Donald L. Lawler · si 185 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 192 · The Mindworm · Cyril Kornbluth · ss Worlds Beyond December 1950 204 · Time Travel and Parallel Worlds · Donald L. Lawler · si 206 · “All You Zombies—” · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1959 218 · All the Myriad Ways · Larry Niven · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1968 227 · Part 3: Hard Science Fiction · Donald L. Lawler · si 230 · Speculative Hard Science Fiction · Donald L. Lawler · si 232 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1954 253 · Dark Benediction · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · na Fantastic Adventures September 1951 299 · Aliens · Donald L. Lawler · si 301 · Berom · John Berryman · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1951 319 · First Contact · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1945 346 · Robots · Donald L. Lawler · si 348 · Liar! [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science-Fiction May 1941 364 · Happy Ending · Henry Kuttner · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1948 381 · Part 4: Soft Science Fiction · Donald L. Lawler · si 383 · Speculative Soft Science Fiction · Donald L. Lawler · si 385 · Nine Lives · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Playboy November 1969 408 · The Sliced-Crosswise Only-on-Tuesday World [Dayworld] · Philip José Farmer · ss New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971 422 · Utopias and Dystopias · Donald L. Lawler · si 425 · When the Vertical World Becomes Horizontal · Alexei Panshin · ss Universe 4 ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1974 441 · The Star Beast · Poul Anderson · nv Super Science Stories September 1950 465 · Social Science Fiction · Donald L. Lawler · si 467 · Baby, You Were Great! · Kate Wilhelm · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 480 · Coming Attraction · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950 493 · Part 5: Science Fiction Mixtures · Donald L. Lawler · si 494 · Mystery and Horror Science Fiction · Donald L. Lawler · si 496 · Who Goes There? · Don A. Stuart · na Astounding Science-Fiction August 1938 543 · Comic Science Fiction · Donald L. Lawler · si 545 · Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead · Robert Sheckley · ss Nova 2 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1972 551 · Selected Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi 557 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

Abortion Stories: Fiction on Fire ed. Rick Lawler (MinRef Press, July 1992, 0-9624394-1-X, $11.00, 246pp, tp, oa, cover by Michael Taylor)     Original anthology of 23 stories about abortion, two reprints, with a foreword by David Brin and an introduction by the editor. Most of the stories have sf, fantasy, or horror elements. i · Abortion and the Failure of Consensus · David Brin · fw v · Introduction—Blessed Assurance · Rick Lawler · in 11 · Silver Stars · Alan Bryden · vi 15 · Still Life · Ron Dee · ss 31 · Crackland · Molly Gallagher · ss 37 · Abortion Is Life · William Campbell · ss 51 · Healing Hands · Esther C. Gropper · ss 57 · Bait and Switch · Barry Hoffman · ss 77 · Khellie · Mike Hurley · ss 83 · The Days of Babies · Joyce Hunt · ss 91 · Rock-A-Bye · Edward Lodi · vi 95 · We Are Flesh, We Are Flame · P. Willis Pitts · ss 103 · Factors · Gregory Nyman · vi 107 · Dr. Pak’s Preschool · David Brin · nv Cheap Street, April 1989 135 · TLC · Virginia Orphant · ss 141 · RUI-480 in the Cosmic Circus · Wendy Corrina Leadbeater · ss 149 · Rabbit Hole · Ginny Sanders · ss 159 · GP Venture · L. Crittenden · ss 167 · Fetuscam · James S. Dorr · vi Pandora #25, 1990 173 · New Moon · Nowick Gray · ss 187 · Feed Us · Wayne Allen Sallee · ss Perdition Press #0, Spring 1988 195 · Ask Dr. Schund · Alan M. Schwartz · vi 199 · Seventh Son of a Seventh Son · T. Diane Slatton · ss 209 · Order of the Virgin Mothers · Lois June Wickstrom · nv 245 · Miscarriage · A. M. Friedson · pm

Her Magical Pet: Benefit F/F Story Collection ed. Layla Lawlor, Rachel Manija Brown & Laurie French--- see under Rachel Manija Brown.

A Deadly Dozen ed. Cynthia Lawrence, Susan B. Casmier & Aljean Harmetz--- see under Susan B. Casmier.

The Complete Cases of Cass Blue, Volume 1 by John Lawrence (Altus Press, March 24, 2014, 978-1-61827-135-8, $24.95, 270pp, tp, co) [Cass Blue]     Details taken from publisher website. i · The Ten-Cent Sleuths: Dime Detective Revisited · Ed Hulse · ar Blood ’n’ Thunder #29, Spring 2011 1 · The Bloodstone [Cass Blue] · John Lawrence · nv Dime Detective Magazine November 1932 71 · The Corpse Was Cold · John Lawrence · nv Dime Detective Magazine October 1 1933 139 · The Corpse Control [Cass Blue] · John Lawrence · nv Dime Detective Magazine June 1 1934 193 · Calling All Cars! [Cass Blue] · John Lawrence · nv Dime Detective Magazine August 1 1934

The Complete Cases of Cass Blue, Volume 2 by John Lawrence (Popular Publications, November 25, 2023, 978-1-61827-741-1, $29.95, 306pp, tp, co) [Cass Blue]     Details taken from publisher website. · Introduction · Bob Byrne · in · Guilty Party [Cass Blue] · John Lawrence · nv Dime Detective Magazine August 15 1934 · Fade-Out [Cass Blue] · John Lawrence · ss Dime Detective Magazine September 15 1934 · The Barking Body [Cass Blue] · John Lawrence · nv Dime Detective Magazine February 15 1935 · A Burial Is Arranged [Cass Blue] · John Lawrence · nv Dime Detective Magazine March 1 1935 · Dangerous Dollars [Cass Blue] · John Lawrence · nv Dime Detective Magazine June 1 1935