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Bestread Short Stories ed. Max Levin (Bobley Book, 1946, B3, 25¢, 127pp, digest, oa, cover by Chris)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 3 · Ace of Spades · Frank Bennett · vi 5 · College for Taje · Roman Lapica · vi 8 · Chocolate in the Rain · Barbara Leigh · vi 12 · Lucy’s Love Letters · Maude M. Welch · vi 15 · Saving the Prof · Gladys B. Perry · vi 19 · Secret Rendezvous · Jane Collins Durant · vi 21 · Death Drops a Tear · Virginia Bowes · vi 24 · Living with Egbert · R. L. Aalholm · vi 27 · Government Agent · Harry Fielo · vi 30 · Dead Man’s Auction · Frank Bennett · vi 32 · Target for Tonight · Yetta Karney · vi 35 · The Big Shot · Janet Matter · vi 38 · Midnight Caller · Jean Collins · vi 40 · Jukebox Serenade · Wilfred Weiss · vi 43 · Maternity Ward · Corey Ellis · vi 46 · Grease Paint · Stephen Corbett · vi 48 · Secret of Her Own · Kenneth Greene · vi 51 · Ma Goes Hollywood · Gladys B. Perry · vi 54 · Fenced Straw · M. J. Collins · vi 56 · A Gun for Julie · Thelma Gardner · vi 59 · To a Boogie Beat · Ral Resnick · vi 62 · John’s Magic Charm · G. K. Heintzman · vi 64 · Till We Meet Again · Sylvia Endler · vi 66 · Rehabilitated · George Conrad Ebbert · vi 69 · Guardian of the Law · George C. Chernish · vi 72 · Expectant Father · Margaret Elsom · vi 75 · Doctor’s Dilemma · Emily Herbert · vi 78 · When the Fire Falls · George Kauffman · vi 80 · Good-By, Cornelius · Billie Longwell · vi 84 · Tale of a Mouse · M. J. Collins · vi 87 · First Mortgage · Wilfred Brown · vi 90 · Luke-Warm to Hot · Ernest Miles · vi 92 · Mrs. Manners Runs Amok · Leonard Dee · vi 95 · Sentence of Death · Phil Glanzer · vi 98 · Blue Is for Boys · Marion Bailey · vi 101 · Strange Choice · Ral Resnick · vi 104 · Sweet Sorrow · Jean Craig · vi 107 · Light of Dawn · M. F. Christopher · vi 110 · . And She Be Fair · Day Russell · vi 113 · Alcatraz Escape · Jack Carroll · vi 116 · Hunter’s Moon · Don Cameron Shafer · ss Munsey’s Magazine May 1927 119 · Daffodils for Isabelle · Marcus Van Sleen · vi 122 · Red Paint · Kathleen Gilchrist · vi 125 · Thunder in the Hills · Phil Shackleton · vi

In an Iron Cage: The Magic of Steampunk ed. Neal Levin, Danielle Ackley-McPhail & Elektra Hammond--- see under Danielle Ackley-McPhail.

Space Magic by David D. Levine (Wheatland Press, July 2008, 978-0-9794054-3-3, $20.00, x + 271pp, tp, co, cover by Darin Bradley)     Collection of 15 stories (one original), including Hugo winner “Tk’Tk’Tk”. · Wind from a Dying Star · David D. Levine · ss Bones of the World ed. Bruce Holland Rogers, SFF Net, 2001 · Nucleon · David D. Levine · ss Interzone #174, December 2001 · I Hold My Father’s Paws · David D. Levine · ss Albedo One #31, 2006 · Zauberschrift · David D. Levine · ss Apprentice Fantastic ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Russell Davis, DAW, 2002 · Rewind · David D. Levine · ss L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XVIII ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge/Galaxy, 2002 · Fear of Widths · David D. Levine · ss Land/Space ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Judy McCrosky, Tesseract, 2002 · Brotherhood · David D. Levine · nv Haunted Holidays ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Russell Davis, DAW, 2004 · Circle of Compassion · David D. Levine · nv Gateways ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2005 · Tk’tk’tk · David D. Levine · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March 2005 · Charlie the Purple Giraffe Was Acting Strangely · David D. Levine · ss Realms of Fantasy June 2004 · Falling Off the Unicorn · David D. Levine & Sara Mueller · ss · The Ecology of Fairie · David D. Levine · ss Realms of Fantasy October 2005 · At the Twenty-Fifth Annual Meeting of Uncle Teco’s Homebrew Gravitics Club · David D. Levine · ss infinity plus May 2005 · Love in the Balance · David D. Levine · ss All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories ed. David Moles & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press & All-Star Stories, 2004 · The Tale of the Golden Eagle · David D. Levine · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2003

Spinning Tales 2: Cinderellis and the Glass Hill by Gail Carson Levine (Collins, August 6, 2001, 0-00-710947-4, £3.99, 95+97pp, tp, co)     Omnibus of two satirical fantasy novellas bound dos-a-dos; humorous variants of the classics, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty. · Cinderellis and the Glass Hill · Gail Carson Levine · na HarperCollins, 1999, as “The Princess Tales: Cinderellis and the Glass Hill” · Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep · Gail Carson Levine · na HarperCollins, 1999, as “The Princess Tales: Princess Sonora and the Long Sleep”

Table for Four by Alan Levinson (The Book Guild, January 26, 1995, 0-86332-953-5, £12.95, 215pp, hc, oc, cover by Carol Corell)     Collection of 15 stories, 6 of genre interest. 9 · Table for Four · Alan Levinson · ss 25 · The Fall of Hetom · Alan Levinson · ss 37 · My Big Day · Alan Levinson · ss 45 · Blue Kestrel · Alan Levinson · na 71 · Term of Endearment · Alan Levinson · ss 83 · The Good Samaritan · Alan Levinson · ss 93 · Rebellion · Alan Levinson · ss 113 · Quite a Struggle · Alan Levinson · ss 119 · Behavioural Problems · Alan Levinson · ss 129 · Not a Word · Alan Levinson · ss 145 · Matchmaking · Alan Levinson · ss 163 · Dermaptera · Alan Levinson · ss 179 · David Hodge · Alan Levinson · ss 195 · Twins · Alan Levinson · ss 209 · Bernard and I · Alan Levinson · ss

Bestseller: Wired, Analog, and Digital Writings by Paul Levinson (Pulpless.Com, June 1999, 1-58445-033-9, $19.95, 254pp, tp, co, cover by Billy Tackett)     Collection of nine stories, three original, and nine essays. 11 · Introduction · Paul Levinson · in · The Stories 17 · The 1st First Circuit Judge · Paul Levinson · ss 33 · Bestseller · Paul Levinson · ss Fresh Ink #1, 1991 45 · Grace Under Pressure · Paul Levinson · ss Swashbuckling Editor Stories ed. John Gregory Betancourt, Wildside Press, 1993 57 · Advantage, Bellarmine · Paul Levinson · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact January 1998 69 · The Copyright Notice Case [Phil D’Amato] · Paul Levinson · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 1996 103 · The Protected · Paul Levinson · ss 117 · Last Things First · Paul Levinson · ss Mindsparks #3, November/December 1993 133 · Critical View · Paul Levinson · ss 151 · The Harmony · Paul Levinson · ss Xanadu 3 ed. Jane Yolen, Tor, 1995 · The Essays 165 · On Behalf of Humanity: The Technological Edge · Paul Levinson · ar (r) 181 · Innovation in Media and the Decentralization of Authority: The View from Here, There, and Everywhere · Paul Levinson · ar (r) 197 · Entering Cyberspace: What to Watch, What to Watch Out For · Paul Levinson · ar (r); revised. 207 · Learning Unbound: On-Line Education and the Mind’s Academy · Paul Levinson · ar Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 1997 221 · The Book on the Book: A Prognosis for the Page in the Digital Age · Paul Levinson · ar Analog Science Fiction and Fact June 1998 233 · Author and Critic: Hazards and Consolations · Paul Levinson · ar Tangent 243 · Digital Amish · Paul Levinson · ar Wired; revised. 247 · The Rights of Robots · Paul Levinson · ar (r); revised. 253 · The Extinction of Extinction · Paul Levinson · ar Wired

The Reluctant Detective and Other Stories by Michael Z. Lewin (Crippen & Landru, October 2001, 1-885941-62-5, $17.00, 246pp, tp, co, cover by Carol Heyer)     Collection of 21 crime stories. Also available in a limited hardcover edition (1-885941-61-7, $42.00). 9 · In the Beginning Was a Story… · Michael Z. Lewin · in 13 · The Reluctant Detective · Michael Z. Lewin · ss The Eyes Have It ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1984 25 · Rainey Shines · Michael Z. Lewin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 1993 42 · Danny Gets It Right [Dan Quayle] · Michael Z. Lewin · ss Crime Waves ed. H. R. F. Keating, Gollancz, 1991 48 · Danny Pulls His Weight [Dan Quayle] · Michael Z. Lewin · ss 1st Culprit ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1992 56 · The Stranger · Michael Z. Lewin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1993 67 · Night Shift [Lt. Leroy Powder] · Michael Z. Lewin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine July 2001 translated from the Japanese (Hayakawa Mystery Magazine, 1999). 81 · What a Woman Wants · Michael Z. Lewin · ss Murder for Halloween ed. Michele Slung & Roland Hartman, Mysterious Press, 1994 94 · Boss · Michael Z. Lewin · vi 2nd Culprit ed. Liza Cody & Michael Z. Lewin, Chatto & Windus, 1993 96 · Wrong Number · Michael Z. Lewin · ss Crime Wave, Collins, 1981 101 · The Hand That Feeds Me [Rover] · Michael Z. Lewin · ss 3rd Culprit ed. Liza Cody, Michael Z. Lewin & Peter Lovesey, Chatto & Windus, 1994 104 · The Hit · Michael Z. Lewin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1994 111 · If the Glove Fits · Michael Z. Lewin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September/October 2001 131 · You Pay for Everything · Michael Z. Lewin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1992 139 · Suicide Note · Michael Z. Lewin · ss The Armchair Detective Winter 1994 142 · Family Business [Lunghi Detective Agency] · Michael Z. Lewin · ss Winter’s Crimes 20 ed. Hilary Hale, Macmillan UK, 1988 157 · Wedding Bells [Lunghi Detective Agency] · Michael Z. Lewin · ss New Crimes 2 ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Robinson, 1990 166 · Gains and Losses [Lunghi Detective Agency] · Michael Z. Lewin · ss Midwinter Mysteries 3 ed. Hilary Hale, Little, Brown UK, 1993 181 · Travel Plans [Lunghi Detective Agency] · Michael Z. Lewin · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine April 1994 195 · Pay Phone [Lunghi Detective Agency] · Michael Z. Lewin · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 2001 211 · Gunpoint [Lunghi Detective Agency] · Michael Z. Lewin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 2000 227 · Mr. Hard Man · Michael Z. Lewin · ss 237 · Story Notes · Michael Z. Lewin · ms (r) 241 · MZL in the Mystery Field: A Checklist · [uncredited] · bi (r) [Ref. Michael Z. Lewin]

1st Culprit ed. Michael Z. Lewin & Liza Cody--- see under Liza Cody.

2nd Culprit ed. Michael Z. Lewin & Liza Cody--- see under Liza Cody.

3rd Culprit: An Annual of Crime Stories ed. Michael Z. Lewin, Liza Cody & Peter Lovesey--- see under Liza Cody.

Sleight of Crime: Fifteen Classic Tales of Murder, Mayhem and Magic ed. Nicholas Lewin & Cedric E. Clute--- see under Cedric E. Clute.

The Best of Astounding ed. Tony Lewis (Baronet Publishing Co., March 1978, 0-89437-024-3, $5.95, 244pp, tp, an) 7 · Introduction · Tony Lewis · in 11 · Letter to a Phoenix · Fredric Brown · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1949; illustrated by Paul Orban 25 · Cold War · Kris Neville · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1949; illustrated by Brush 43 · Ex Machina [Galloway Gallegher] · Lewis Padgett (by Henry Kuttner) · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1948; illustrated by Edd Cartier 91 · Invariant · John Pierce · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1944; illustrated by Williams 101 · Police Operation [Paratime Police] · H. Beam Piper · nv Astounding Science Fiction July 1948; illustrated by Edd Cartier 147 · Ogre · Clifford D. Simak · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1944; illustrated by Frank Kramer 211 · Thunder and Roses · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1947; illustrated by Lester Elliot

The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 1: Trio for Slide Rule & Typewriter by Hal Clement ed. Anthony R. Lewis & Mark L. Olson--- see under Hal Clement.

The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 2: Music of Many Spheres by Hal Clement ed. Anthony R. Lewis & Mark L. Olson--- see under Hal Clement.

The Essential Hal Clement, Volume 3: Variations on a Theme by Sir Isaac Newton by Hal Clement ed. Anthony R. Lewis & Mark L. Olson--- see under Hal Clement.

Of Men and Machines ed. Arthur O. Lewis, Jr. (E.P. Dutton, 1963, D130, $1.95, 349pp, pb, an) xiii · Introduction · Arthur O. Lewis, Jr. · in 3 · R.U.R. · Karel Capek; translated by Paul Selver & Nigel Playfair · pl Doubleday, Page & Co., 1923 translated from the Czech (R.U.R., Aventinum, 1920). 59 · The Monastery and the Clock · Lewis Mumford · ar Technics and Civilization by Lewis Mumford, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1934 64 · Works and Days · Ralph Waldo Emerson · ar Society and Solitude by Ralph Waldo Emerson, Fields, Osgood, 1870 79 · From Cybernation: The Silent Conquest · Donald N. Michael · ar 1962 88 · Problem for Emmy · Robert S. Townes · ss Startling Stories June 1952 97 · The Bear · Robert Frost · pm The Nation April 18 1928 98 · When I Heard the Learn’d Astronomer · Walt Whitman · pm Drum-Taps by Walt Whitman, Peter Eckler, 1865 101 · The House of Salomon · Francis Bacon · ex from New Atlantis, Sylva Sylvarum by Francis Bacon, John Haviland for William Lee, 1626 110 · The Hammer · Carl Sandburg · pm Complete Poems by Carl Sandburg, Harcourt, Brace & Company, 1950 110 · The Division of Labour · Adam Smith · ar An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776 114 · Mechanic Arts · Samuel Miller · ar A Brief Retrospective of the Eighteenth Century by Samuel Miller, T. & J. Swords, 1803 125 · From Equality: A History of Lithconia · James Reynolds ,[?] · ex Deist May 15 1802, as “The Temple of Reason” 126 · The Pushbutton Cornucopia · [uncredited] · ar Time March 9 1959 131 · The Teaching Machine · George R. Price · ar Think 1959 140 · Robbie [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories September 1940, as “Strange Playfellow” 159 · The Portable Phonograph · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · ss The Yale Review Spring 1941 169 · Poetry in a Machine Age · Paul Engle · ar The English Journal June 1957 174 · I Like to See It Lap the Miles · Emily Dickinson · pm Poems by Emily Dickinson: Second Series by Emily Dickinson, Roberts Brothers, 1891, as “The Railway Train” 175 · To a Locomotive in Winter · Walt Whitman · pm Two Rivulets by Walt Whitman, self-published, 1876 176 · Prayers of Steel · Carl Sandburg · pm Cornhuskers by Carl Sandburg, Henry Holt, 1918 177 · Machinery · Macknight Black · pm 1929 177 · The Express · Stephen Spender · pm Poems by Stephen Spender, Faber and Faber, 1933 178 · The Landscape Near an Aerodrome · Stephen Spender · pm Poems by Stephen Spender, Faber and Faber, 1933 183 · Darwin Among the Machines · Samuel Butler · ar Press June 13 1863, as “To the Editor” by Cellarius 187 · Nightmare Number Three · Stephen Vincent Benét · pm The New Yorker July 27 1935 190 · Poem xxxi · Stephen Crane · pm The Black Riders by Stephen Crane, Copeland and Day, 1895 190 · Man Alone · Wolcott Gibbs · ss The New Yorker December 3 1932 194 · John Henry · [uncredited] · sg 1870 195 · Automation · Joe Glazer · pm 1960 196 · from Player Piano · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ex Scribner's, 1952 198 · Debate on the Frame-Work Bill · Lord Byron · ar from The Parliamentary Speeches of Lord Byron, 1824 speech delivered on February 27th, 1812. 205 · The Egg and the Machine · Robert Frost · pm The Second American Caravan ed. Alfred Kreymborg, Lewis Mumford & Paul Rosenfeld, Macaulay, 1928 206 · Tractoring Off · John Steinbeck · ex from The Grapes of Wrath, 1939 210 · Lift Up Thine Eyes · Sherwood Anderson · ar The Nation May 28 1930 216 · Joe, the Vanishing American · Harvey Swados · ss The Hudson Review Summer 1957 233 · My Watch · Mark Twain · vi Buffalo Express November 26 1870 236 · The Education of the Worker · Adam Smith · ar An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, 1776 239 · From The Long Way Back · Margot Bennett · ex John Lane, 1954 244 · The Unknown Citizen · W. H. Auden · pm The Listener August 3 1939 246 · Selection from Brave New World (pages 189-191) · Aldous Huxley · ex Chatto & Windus, 1932 247 · Sonnet: To Science · Edgar Allan Poe · pm Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane and Minor Poems by Edgar Allan Poe, Hatch & Dunning, 1829 247 · From The Road to Wigan Pier · George Orwell · ex Harcourt Brace & World, 1937 260 · Limited · Carl Sandburg · pm Chicago Poems by Carl Sandburg, Henry Holt, 1916 261 · pity this busy monster, manunkind · e. e. cummings · pm 1 x 1 by E. E. Cummings, H. Holt, 1944 261 · The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review November 1909 295 · Technological Change · Thomas J. Watson, Jr. · ar Goals for Americans, Prentice-Hall, 1960 309 · Recent Thoughts on the Two Cultures · C. P. Snow · ar Wesleyan University Alumnus 1962 315 · The Reading Machine · Morris Bishop · ss The New Yorker March 8 1947 318 · What Happened to the Teaching Machine? · Edward C. Weir · ar Teaching Machines: Industry Survey and Buyers Guide ed. Wilbur J. Ross, Center for Programmed Instruction, 1962 321 · Group Dynamics and Intergroup Relations · George Strauss · ar Money and Motivation by W. F. Whyte, Harper & Row, 1955 327 · A Lone Striker · Robert Frost · pm A Further Range by Robert Frost, Henry Holt, 1936 329 · The Hour of Letdown · E. B. White · ss The New Yorker December 22 1951 334 · A Projection · Reed Whittemore · pm The Yale Review December 1955 335 · But Who Can Replace a Man? · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Infinity Science Fiction June 1958 344 · There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950