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21 Great Stories ed. Abraham H. Lass & Norma L. Tasman (Mentor, February 1969, MY1223, $1.25, 352pp, pb, an)

ix · Foreword · Abraham H. Lass & Norma L. Tasman · fw (r)

11 · War · Luigi Pirandello · ss (r)

17 · Eve in Darkness · Kaatje Hurlbut · ss (r)

25 · There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950

32 · 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.

41 · The Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1)

56 · Footfalls · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Pictorial Review October 1920

79 · Hook · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · nv The Atlantic Monthly August 1940

101 · Wine on the Desert · Max Brand · ss This Week June 7 1936

111 · The Lady or the Tiger? · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882

119 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890

131 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846

140 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843

146 · So Much Unfairness of Things · C. D. B. Bryan · nv The New Yorker June 2 1962

183 · The Necklace · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French (“La Parure”, Le Gaulois, Feb 17, 1884).

193 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892

221 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902

240 · Leiningen Versus the Ants · Carl Stephenson · nv Esquire December 1938
translated from the German (“Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen”, 1937).

265 · Eveline · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914

271 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker March 18 1939

278 · What Stumped the Bluejays · Mark Twain · ex from A Tramp Abroad, American Publishing Company, 1880

285 · The Pearl · John Steinbeck · na Viking, 1947

The Boats of the “Glen Carrig” and Other Nautical Adventures by William Hope Hodgson ed. Jeremy Lassen--- see under William Hope Hodgson.

The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants of the Sea by William Hope Hodgson ed. Jeremy Lassen--- see under William Hope Hodgson.

The Night Land and Other Perilous Romances by William Hope Hodgson ed. Jeremy Lassen--- see under William Hope Hodgson.

Like Father, Like Son by Mark Latham (Black Library, December 21, 2012, ebook, ss) [Warhammer]
Details taken from online listing.

Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer (Macdonald, 1944, hc, n.)

Murder After Christmas by Rupert Latimer (The British Library, October 10, 2021, 978-0-7123-5389-2, £8.99, 320pp, tp, no) [British Library Crime Classics]
Reprint (Macdonald 1944) mystery novel.

Market for Murder and Other Stories by Catherine Laughlin (Ginninderra Press, 2005, 1-74027-302-8, 102pp, hc, co)

7 · The Room · Catherine Laughlin · ss (r)

17 · Every Wednesday · Catherine Laughlin · ss (r)

28 · Blood and Bone · Catherine Laughlin · ss (r)

40 · Market for Murder · Catherine Laughlin · ss (r)

46 · Suddenly, at Home · Catherine Laughlin & May Kennedy · ss (r)

54 · The Daughter · Catherine Laughlin · ss (r)

66 · Strip Cleaner · Catherine Laughlin · ss (r)

74 · The Photographer · Catherine Laughlin · ss (r)

89 · A Video to Die For · Catherine Laughlin · ss (r)

93 · The Literary Luncheon · Catherine Laughlin · ss (r)

Alien Minds by Keith Laumer (Baen, May 1991, 0-671-72055-4, $4.50, 326pp, pb, co, cover by Doug Andersen)
Collection of ten stories including two originals about alien races.

1 · Alternatives to Intelligence · Keith Laumer · in

9 · The Propitiation of Brullamagoo · Keith Laumer · na

74 · Reverse English · Keith Laumer · vi

78 · A Trip to the City · Keith Laumer · nv Amazing Stories January 1963, as “It Could Be Anything”

131 · The Exterminator · Keith Laumer · ss Galaxy Magazine February 1964, as “A Bad Day for Vermin”

140 · Dinochrome [Bolo] · Keith Laumer · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1960, as “Combat Unit”

159 · Hybrid · Keith Laumer · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1961

180 · Greylorn · Keith Laumer · na Amazing Science Fiction Stories April 1959

245 · The Time Thieves · Keith Laumer · nv Worlds of Tomorrow June 1963, as “The Star-Sent Knaves”

287 · Doorstep · Keith Laumer · ss Galaxy Magazine February 1961

296 · Test to Destruction · Keith Laumer · nv Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967

The Big Show by Keith Laumer (Ace, October 1972, 06177, 75¢, 153pp, pb, co)

7 · In the Queue · Keith Laumer · ss Orbit 7 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970

18 · A Relic of War [Bolo] · Keith Laumer · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact October 1969

33 · The Big Show · Keith Laumer · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1968

67 · Message to an Alien · Keith Laumer · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1970

89 · The Plague · Keith Laumer · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact November 1970

120 · Test to Destruction · Keith Laumer · nv Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967

Bolo by Keith Laumer (Berkley/Putnam, 1976, 399-11794-6, $6.95, 179pp, hc, co, cover by Powers) [Bolo]

1 · A Short History of the Bolo Fighting Machines · Keith Laumer · ar

5 · The Night of the Trolls [Bolo] · Keith Laumer · na Worlds of Tomorrow October 1963

67 · Courier [Jame Retief; Bolo] · Keith Laumer · nv If September 1961, as “The Frozen Planet”

103 · Field Test [Bolo] · Keith Laumer · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1976

127 · The Last Command [Bolo] · Keith Laumer · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1967

151 · A Relic of War [Bolo] · Keith Laumer · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact October 1969

163 · Combat Unit [Bolo] · Keith Laumer · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1960

The Breaking Earth by Keith Laumer (Tor, June 1981, 0-523-48503-4, $2.50, 287pp, pb, n., cover by Rick Sternbach)
Reprint (Berkley Medallion 1966 as Catastrophe Planet) SF novel. This edition adds afterwords by G. Harry Stine & Frederik Pohl.

249 · This Dynamic Planet · G. Harry Stine · ar

277 · Shaking Up Space · Frederik Pohl · ar Destinies v2 #3, 1980

Chrestomathy by Keith Laumer (Baen, November 1984, 0-671-55920-6, $2.95, 254pp, pb, co)
Collection of novel excerpts and a few stories with new forewords by the author.

11 · The Great Time Machine Hoax · Keith Laumer · ex Simon & Schuster, 1964

50 · Planet Run · Keith Laumer & Gordon R. Dickson · ex Doubleday, July 1967

61 · Birthday Party · Keith Laumer · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January/February 1978

66 · The Infinite Cage · Keith Laumer · ex Putnam, 1972

80 · Retief’s Ransom [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · ex Putnam, 1971

96 · Time Trap [Time Trap] · Keith Laumer · ex Putnam, 1970

105 · The House in November · Keith Laumer · ex Putnam, 1970

114 · Dinosaur Beach · Keith Laumer · ex Scribner's, 1971

123 · The Devil You Don’t · Keith Laumer · nv Alchemy and Academe ed. Anne McCaffrey, Doubleday, 1970

155 · The Ultimax Man · Keith Laumer · ex St. Martin's, 1978

171 · The Other Side of Time · Keith Laumer · ex Berkley Medallion, 1965
expanded from the serialisation in Fantastic Stories of Imagination (April, May & June 1965).

191 · Earthblood · Keith Laumer & Rosel George Brown · ex Doubleday, 1966

200 · The Lawgiver · Keith Laumer · ss The Year 2000 ed. Harry Harrison, Doubleday, 1970

216 · Night of Delusions · Keith Laumer · ex Putnam, 1972

240 · The Star Treasure · Keith Laumer · ex Putnam, 1971
expanded from the novella of the same name (Venture Science Fiction, February 1970).

243 · The Long Twilight · Keith Laumer · ex Putnam, 1969

The Day Before Forever and Thunder Head by Keith Laumer (Doubleday, 1968, $3.95, 164pp, hc, co)

7 · The Day Before Forever · Keith Laumer · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1967

113 · Thunderhead · Keith Laumer · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1967

Earthblood & Other Stories by Keith Laumer & Rosel George Brown (Baen, January 2008, 978-1-4165-5515-5, $14.00, 495pp, tp, co, cover by Bob Eggleton) [edited by Eric Flint]
Collection of Earthblood by Laumer & Brown (Doubleday 1966), three Niss stories by Laumer, and six stories by Brown. Edited by Eric Flint.

· Part I: Earthblood

1 · Earthblood · Keith Laumer & Rosel George Brown · n. Doubleday, 1966

· Part II: The Niss Stories

287 · The Long Remembered Thunder [Niss] · Keith Laumer · nv Worlds of Tomorrow April 1963

323 · The Further Sky [Niss] · Keith Laumer · na Amazing Stories December 1964

379 · The Soul Buyer [Niss] · Keith Laumer · nv Fantastic Stories of Imagination December 1963

· Part III: Stories by Rosel George Brown

411 · Save Your Confederate Money, Boys · Rosel George Brown · ss Fantastic Universe November 1959

421 · Flower Arrangement · Rosel George Brown · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1959

437 · Fruiting Body · Rosel George Brown · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1962

455 · Visiting Professor · Rosel George Brown · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination February 1961

467 · Car Pool · Rosel George Brown · nv If July 1959

485 · And a Tooth · Rosel George Brown · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination August 1962

Envoy to New Worlds by Keith Laumer (Ace Double, August 1963, F-223, 40¢, 134pp, pb, co, cover by Ed Emshwiller) [Jame Retief]
Bound in the tête-bêche style with Flight from Yesterday by Robert Moore Williams.

6 · Protocol [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · ss If January 1962, as “The Yillian Way”

23 · Sealed Orders [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · ss If May 1962, as “Retief of the Red-Tape Mountain”

40 · Cultural Exchange [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · ss If September 1962

61 · Aide Memoire [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · ss If July 1962

81 · Policy [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If March 1962, as “The Madman from Earth”

110 · Palace Revolution [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If November 1961, as “Gambler’s World”

Future Imperfect by Keith Laumer (Baen, May 2003, 0-7434-3606-7, $14.00, 372pp, tp, co, cover by Richard Martin) [edited by Eric Flint]
Collection of six dystopian stories and one novel, Catastrophe Planet (Berkley Medallion 1966). Compiled, edited, and with an afterword by Eric Flint.

1 · Catastrophe Planet · Keith Laumer · n. Berkley, August 1966

159 · The Walls · Keith Laumer · ss Amazing Stories March 1963

172 · Cocoon · Keith Laumer · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination December 1962

188 · Founder’s Day · Keith Laumer · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1966

213 · Placement Test · Keith Laumer · nv Amazing Stories July 1964

242 · Worldmaster · Keith Laumer · nv Worlds of Tomorrow November 1965

283 · The Day Before Forever · Keith Laumer · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1967

371 · Afterword · Eric Flint · aw

Galactic Diplomat: Nine Incidents of the Corps Diplomatique Terrestrienne by Keith Laumer (Doubleday, February 1965, $3.95, 227pp, hc, co) [Jame Retief]

1 · Ultimatum [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If July 1963, as “Mightiest Qorn”

21 · Saline Solution [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If March 1963

41 · The Brass God [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If January 1965, as “Retief, God-Speaker”

75 · The Castle of Light [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If October 1964

105 · Wicker Wonderland [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If March 1964, as “The City That Grew in the Sea”

129 · Native Intelligence [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If November 1963, as “The Governor of Glave”

159 · The Prince and the Pirate [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If August 1964

183 · Courier [Jame Retief; Bolo] · Keith Laumer · nv If September 1961, as “The Frozen Planet”

209 · Protest Note [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If November 1962, as “The Desert and the Stars”

Greylorn by Keith Laumer (Berkley Medallion, February 1968, X1514, 60¢, 192pp, pb, co, cover by Richard Powers)

7 · Greylorn · Keith Laumer · na Amazing Science Fiction Stories April 1959

58 · The Night of the Trolls [Bolo] · Keith Laumer · na Worlds of Tomorrow October 1963

109 · The Other Sky [Niss] · Keith Laumer · na Amazing Stories December 1964, as “The Further Sky”

165 · The King of the City · Keith Laumer · nv Galaxy Magazine August 1961

It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad Galaxy by Keith Laumer (Berkley Medallion, December 1968, X1641, 60¢, 160pp, pb, co, cover by Richard Powers)

5 · The Body Builders · Keith Laumer · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1966

33 · The Planet Wreckers · Keith Laumer · nv Worlds of Tomorrow February 1967

59 · The Star-Sent Knaves · Keith Laumer · nv Worlds of Tomorrow June 1963

94 · The War with the Yukks · Keith Laumer · nv Galaxy Magazine April 1965, as “War Against the Yukks”

135 · Goobereality · Keith Laumer · nv

Keith Laumer: The Lighter Side by Keith Laumer (Baen, May 2002, 0-7434-3537-0, $7.99, 500pp, pb, co, cover by Richard Martin) [edited by Eric Flint]
Collection of 10 humorous SF stories not featuring Retief, including novel The Great Time Machine Hoax. Editor Eric Flint’s afterword discusses Laumer’s use of hoary plot devices.

1 · In the Queue · Keith Laumer · ss Orbit 7 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970

13 · The Planet Wreckers · Keith Laumer · nv Worlds of Tomorrow February 1967

45 · The Body Builders · Keith Laumer · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1966

79 · Time Trap [Time Trap] · Keith Laumer · n. Putnam, 1970

219 · The Devil You Don’t · Keith Laumer · nv Alchemy and Academe ed. Anne McCaffrey, Doubleday, 1970

249 · The Exterminator · Keith Laumer · ss Galaxy Magazine February 1964, as “A Bad Day for Vermin”

257 · The Big Show · Keith Laumer · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1968

287 · Goobereality · Keith Laumer · nv It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad Galaxy by Keith Laumer, Berkley Medallion, 1968

319 · Prototaph · Keith Laumer · vi Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact March 1966

325 · The Great Time Machine Hoax · Keith Laumer · n. Simon & Schuster, 1964

497 · Afterword · Eric Flint · aw

Legions of Space by Keith Laumer (Baen, October 2004, 0-7434-8855-5, $7.99, 470pp, pb, co, cover by Jeff Easley) [edited by Eric Flint]
Collection of two novels, A Trace of Memory (1963) and collaboration with Gordon R. Dickson Planet Run (1967), plus four stories. Edited by Eric Flint. Preface by Joel Rosenberg.

1 · Preface · Joel Rosenberg · pr

5 · A Trace of Memory · Keith Laumer · n. Berkley, 1963
expanded from the serialisation in Amazing Stories (July, August & September 1962).

225 · The Choice · Keith Laumer · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact July 1969

237 · Three Blind Mice · Keith Laumer · nv The Many Worlds of Science Fiction ed. Ben Bova, Dutton, 1971

267 · Mind Out of Time · Keith Laumer · ss The Farthest Reaches ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1968

287 · Message to an Alien · Keith Laumer · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1970

310 · Planet Run · Keith Laumer & Gordon R. Dickson · n. Doubleday, July 1967

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