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Retief: Envoy to New Worlds by Keith Laumer (Baen, April 1987, 0-671-65635-X, $2.95, 245pp, pb, co)     Collection of Retief stories which includes the six stories from Envoy to New Worlds (Ace 1963) plus “Rank Injustice” (which first appeared in New Destinies earlier this year). To add to the confusion, five of the six Envoy stories appeared along with a short novel as Retief Unbound (Ace 1979). 1 · Protocol [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · ss If January 1962, as “The Yillian Way” 25 · Sealed Orders [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · ss If May 1962, as “Retief of the Red-Tape Mountain” 49 · Cultural Exchange [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · ss If September 1962 79 · Aide Memoire [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · ss If July 1962 109 · Policy [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If March 1962, as “The Madman from Earth” 149 · Palace Revolution [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If November 1961, as “Gambler’s World” 185 · Rank Injustice [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · na New Destinies, Vol. 1 ed. Jim Baen, Baen, 1987

Retief in the Ruins by Keith Laumer (Baen, November 1986, 0-671-65599-X, $2.95, 247pp, pb, co)     Collection of three stories: two originals (the title story and “The Woomy”) plus “There is a Tide”. 3 · Retief in the Ruins · Keith Laumer · na 99 · There Is a Tide [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · na Far Frontiers Vol. V ed. Jerry Pournelle & Jim Baen, Baen, 1986 183 · The Woomy · Keith Laumer · na

Retief of the CDT by Keith Laumer (Doubleday, July 1971, LC:73-150902, $4.95, 172pp, hc, co) [Jame Retief] 1 · Ballots and Bandits [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If September/October 1970 39 · Mechanical Advantage [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If April 1969, as “Retief, the Long-Awaited Master” 69 · Pime Doesn’t Cray [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If January/February 1971 105 · Internal Affair [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If March/April 1971, as “Retief, Insider” 139 · The Piecemakers [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If May/June 1970

Retief Unbound by Keith Laumer (Ace, May 1979, 0-441-71505-2, $1.95, 343pp, pb, co, cover by Bob Adragna) [Jame Retief]     Short stories are from Envoy to New Worlds, Ace 1963. 3 · Protocol [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · ss If January 1962, as “The Yillian Way” 25 · Sealed Orders [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · ss If May 1962, as “Retief of the Red-Tape Mountain” 47 · Aide Memoire [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · ss If July 1962 75 · Policy [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If March 1962, as “The Madman from Earth” 113 · Palace Revolution [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · nv If November 1961, as “Gambler’s World” 147 · Retief’s Ransom [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · n. Putnam, 1971

Rogue Bolo by Keith Laumer (Baen, January 1986, 0-671-65545-0, $2.95, 233pp, pb, oc) [Bolo]     Collection of two connected short novels, apparently new, plus a reprint of “A Short History of the Bolo Fighting Machines”. 3 · Rogue Bolo [Bolo] · Keith Laumer · na 149 · Final Mission [Bolo] · Keith Laumer · na 229 · A Short History of the Bolo Fighting Machines · Keith Laumer · ar Bolo by Keith Laumer, Berkley/Putnam, 1976

The Star Treasure by Keith Laumer (Baen, October 1986, 0-671-65596-5, $2.95, 271pp, pb, co)     Collection, including the complete novel The Star Treasure (Putnam 1971), plus 3 short stories. 1 · The Star Treasure · Keith Laumer · n. Putnam, 1971 expanded from the novella of the same name (Venture Science Fiction, February 1970). 213 · A Relic of War [Bolo] · Keith Laumer · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact October 1969 227 · Test to Destruction · Keith Laumer · nv Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 261 · In the Queue · Keith Laumer · ss Orbit 7 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970

Timetracks by Keith Laumer (Ballantine, April 1972, 345-02575-X, 95¢, 216pp, pb, co) 3 · The Timesweepers · Keith Laumer · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1969 45 · The Devil You Don’t · Keith Laumer · nv Alchemy and Academe ed. Anne McCaffrey, Doubleday, 1970 77 · The Time Thieves · Keith Laumer · nv Worlds of Tomorrow June 1963, as “The Star-Sent Knaves” 121 · The Other Sky [Niss] · Keith Laumer · na Amazing Stories December 1964, as “The Further Sky” 197 · Mind Out of Time · Keith Laumer · ss The Farthest Reaches ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1968

The Undefeated by Keith Laumer (Dell, June 1974, 09285, 95¢, 207pp, pb, co, cover by John Berkey) 7 · Worldmaster · Keith Laumer · nv Worlds of Tomorrow November 1965 56 · The Night of the Trolls [Bolo] · Keith Laumer · na Worlds of Tomorrow October 1963 115 · Thunderhead · Keith Laumer · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1967 168 · End as a Hero · Keith Laumer · nv Galaxy Magazine June 1963

Worlds of the Imperium by Keith Laumer (Tor, September 1982, 0-523-48546-8, $2.75, 288pp, pb, co) [Imperium]     Collection of the title novel (Ace 1962) plus two novelettes. 5 · Worlds of the Imperium [Imperium] · Keith Laumer · n. Ace, 1962 179 · The War Against the Yukks · Keith Laumer · nv Galaxy Magazine April 1965 231 · Worldmaster · Keith Laumer · nv Worlds of Tomorrow November 1965

Dangerous Vegetables ed. Keith Laumer, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Baen, December 1998, 0-671-57781-6, $5.99, 378pp, pb, oa, cover by Bob Eggleton)     Anthology of 22 stories, two original, featuring vegetables. A take-off on the “Dangerous Visions” anthologies. Authors include Ray Bradbury, Michael Bishop, and John D. MacDonald. The cover notes “Created by Keith Laumer”; Greenberg and Waugh are noted only in the copyright. The introduction by Ben Bova is about Laumer, and says the book was Laumer’s idea, but he died without doing it. 1 · Mostly About Keith Laumer · Ben Bova · in 5 · Boys! Raise Giant Mushrooms in Your Cellar! · Ray Bradbury · ss Galaxy Magazine October 1962, as “Come Into My Cellar” based on his tv script “Special Delivery,” broadcast on Alfred Hitchcock Presents 11/29/59. 25 · Pressure [Berserker] · Fred Saberhagen · ss If June 1967, as “Berserker’s Prey” 39 · Rogue Tomato · Michael Bishop · ss New Dimensions: Science Fiction: Number 5 ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1975 55 · The Ultimate Catalyst · John Taine · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1939 83 · Manna · John Christopher · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #33, March 1955 103 · The Potato · Bentley Little · ss Borderlands 2 ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1991 115 · Cannibal Plants from Heck · David Drake · ss Alien Pregnant by Elvis ed. Esther M. Friesner & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1994 137 · Black Harvest of Moraine · Arthur J. Burks · nv Weird Tales January 1950 175 · No Harm Done · Jack Sharkey · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination July 1961 181 · The Cactus · Mildred Johnson · ss Weird Tales January 1950 195 · Look, You Think You’ve Got Troubles · Carol Carr · ss Orbit 5 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1969 209 · The Pure Essence · Irwin Sonenfield · ss 219 · Pumpkin Head · Al Sarrantonio · ss Terrors ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1982 233 · You Say Potato, I Say… Trouble · Lawrence Schimel · ss 241 · The Crime of Micah Rood · Elia W. Peattie · ss The Cosmopolitan January 1888 257 · Root of Evil · Edward Wellen · ss Science Stories #2, December 1953 263 · Step Into My Garden · Frank Belknap Long · ss Unknown Worlds August 1942 285 · Cordle to Onion to Carrot · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy December 1969 303 · Night Bloomer · David J. Schow · nv Seeing Red by David J. Schow, Tor, 1990 327 · Strange Harvest · Donald Wandrei · nv Weird Tales May 1953 355 · Pumpkin · Bill Pronzini · ss Halloween Horrors ed. Alan Ryan, Doubleday, 1986 365 · The White Fruit of Banaldar · John D. MacDonald · ss Startling Stories September 1951

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 not the same as the story of the same name in Issue LXXIV, 2024 of The Strand Magazine. 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