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Live Now, Pay Later by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, May 19, 1980, 0-86130-029-7, £1.25, 139pp, tp, n., cover by Harry Douthwaite) [Albert Argyle]     Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1963) classic novel about the world of hire purchase debt. Volume one in the series.

Man Pinches Bottom by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, August 9, 1979, 0-86130-026-2, £1.25, 168pp, tp, n., cover by Harry Douthwaite)     Reprint (W.H. Allen 1962) humorous novel about a professional comic strip writer who gets caught up in a case of mistaken identity via a murder hunt.

The Money Goes Round and Round (unpublished) by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, n.d., 0-86130-054-8, £1.50, 160pp, tp, n.)     Reprint (Alvin Redman 1958) whacky English farce about a writer who is rich and celebrated in Spain, but poor and ignored in England.

One Last Mad Embrace (unpublished) by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, n.d., 0-86130-053-X, £1.50, 224pp, tp, n.) [Horace Spurgeon Fenton]     Reprint (Allison & Busby 1970) fast-paced comedy thriller set amidst the dying echoes of the 1960s. Volume three in the series.

The Screwrape Lettuce by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, December 15, 1980, 0-86130-038-6, £1.50, 136pp, tp, no, cover by Harry Douthwaite)     Reprint (Duckworth 1979 as Up River) satirical SF novel Given as Screwrape Lettuce on the cover and spine.

Something for Nothing by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, May 19, 1980, 0-86130-031-9, £1.25, 174pp, tp, n., cover by Harry Douthwaite) [Albert Argyle]     Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1963) classic novel about the world of hire purchase debt. Volume two in the series.

The Trouble with Harry (unpublished) by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, n.d., 0-86130-035-1, £1.25, 112pp, tp, n.)     Reprint (Boardman 1949) classic novel that was adapted by Alfred Hitchcock for his film of the same name in 1955.

The Urban District Lover by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, June 16, 1980, 0-86130-033-5, £1.25, 195pp, tp, n., cover by Harry Douthwaite) [Albert Argyle]     Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1963) classic novel about the world of hire purchase debt. Volume three in the series.

The Wind in the Snottygobble Tree (unpublished) by Jack Trevor Story (Savoy, n.d., 0-86130-055-6, £1.50, 172pp, tp, n.)     Reprint (Allison & Busby 1971) socio-mystery comedy involving spies and travel agents.

Full Spectrum 2 ed. Amy Stout, Lou Aronica, Shawna McCarthy & Patrick LoBrutto--- see under Lou Aronica.

Full Spectrum 3 ed. Amy Stout, Lou Aronica & Betsy Mitchell--- see under Lou Aronica.

Full Spectrum III ed. Amy Stout, Lou Aronica & Betsy Mitchell--- see under Lou Aronica.

Full Spectrum 4 ed. Amy Stout, Lou Aronica & Betsy Mitchell--- see under Lou Aronica.

Full Spectrum IV ed. Amy Stout, Lou Aronica & Betsy Mitchell--- see under Lou Aronica.

Eat, Drink, and Be Buried ed. Rex Stout (Viking, October 1956, LC:56-10479, 246pp, hc, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Has endnotes by each story’s author. Also avaliable in the U.K. (Macdonald 1958 abridged as For Tomorrow We Die). vii · Introduction · Rex Stout · in 1 · Scarecrow · David Alexander · ss Manhunt July 1955 14 · The Big Kiss-Off · Ben Benson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1956 30 · Red Wine · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Adventure June 1 1930 49 · Crime Must Have a Stop [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #87, February 1951 68 · The Great Hunger · Joseph Commings · ss 77 · No Loose Ends · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty July 1948 92 · Piece of Cake [Roger West] · John Creasey · ss 98 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948 117 · The Sequel to Murder · Anthony Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard September 11 1950, as “What Would You Have Done?” 124 · After All These Years [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard July 10 1954, as “A Long Time Ago” 128 · Homecoming · Veronica Parker Johns · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #103, June 1952 149 · The Friends of Pietro · James A. Kirch · ss Weekend Magazine 1956 154 · The Case of the Voracious Victim · Henry Kuttner · ss Astounding Science-Fiction 1943 157 · Turmoil · Fred Levon · ss Maclean’s 1948 171 · The Impossible Murder · Dana Lyon · ss 181 · Homicidal Hiccup · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales June 1948 188 · The Contradictory Case [Lt. David Pascal] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #93, August 1951 203 · The Telltale Bottle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #36, November 1946, as “The Adventure of the Telltale Bottle” 220 · By His Own Hand [Alphabet Hicks] · Rex Stout · ss Manhunt April 1955, as “His Own Hand” 234 · Proof of the Pudding · Lawrence Treat · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 16 1938

For Tomorrow We Die ed. Rex Stout (Macdonald, 1958, hc, an)     Has endnotes by each story’s author. Abridged from Eat, Drink, and Be Buried (Viking 1956). v · Introduction · Rex Stout · in Eat, Drink, and Be Buried ed. Rex Stout, Viking, 1956 9 · Scarecrow · David Alexander · ss Manhunt July 1955 24 · The Big Kiss-Off · Ben Benson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1956 42 · Red Wine · Lawrence G. Blochman · nv Adventure June 1 1930 63 · Crime Must Have a Stop [Nick Noble] · Anthony Boucher · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #87, February 1951 85 · The Great Hunger · Joseph Commings · ss Eat, Drink, and Be Buried ed. Rex Stout, Viking, 1956 95 · No Loose Ends · George Harmon Coxe · ss Liberty July 1948 112 · Piece of Cake [Roger West] · John Creasey · ss Eat, Drink, and Be Buried ed. Rex Stout, Viking, 1956 119 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948 140 · The Sequel to Murder · Anthony Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard September 11 1950, as “What Would You Have Done?” 148 · After All These Years [Henry Montague Bohun] · Michael Gilbert · ss The Evening Standard July 10 1954, as “A Long Time Ago” 153 · Homecoming · Veronica Parker Johns · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #103, June 1952 177 · The Friends of Pietro · James A. Kirch · ss Weekend Magazine 1956 183 · The Impossible Murder · Dana Lyon · ss Eat, Drink, and Be Buried ed. Rex Stout, Viking, 1956 194 · Homicidal Hiccup · John D. MacDonald · ss Detective Tales June 1948 202 · The Contradictory Case [Lt. David Pascal] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #93, August 1951 219 · The Telltale Bottle [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #36, November 1946, as “The Adventure of the Telltale Bottle” 239 · By His Own Hand [Alphabet Hicks] · Rex Stout · ss Manhunt April 1955, as “His Own Hand”

Rue Morgue No. 1 ed. Rex Stout & Louis Greenfield (Creative Age Press, 1946, LC:46-231144, $2.75, 403pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Rex Stout · in 1 · The Listening House · Paul Hoffman · ss Woman’s Home Companion August 1945 13 · What More Can Fortune Do? [Quest, Inc.] · Henry Bedford-Jones · ss The Blue Book Magazine March 1945, as by Gordon Keyne 35 · It Had to Be… · Dorothy Dunn · ss Street & Smith’s Detective Story Magazine December 1944 46 · Slay-Mates · Charles Larson · ss Popular Detective December 1944 67 · The Green God’s Ring [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales January 1945 101 · Gun from Gotham [Dan Turner] · Robert Leslie Bellem · ss Speed Detective March 1944 122 · Second Childhood · Jack Snow · ss Weird Tales March 1945 130 · Cold Figures! · William Hellman · ss Detective Tales May 1945 134 · The Watchers · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1945 154 · Manhattan Manhunt · Matt Taylor · ss Cosmopolitan March 1945 169 · Dead as in Blonde [Rex Sackler] · D. L. Champion · ss Black Mask March 1945 202 · Death in the Tank [Dr. Gabriel] · Hugh Speer · ss Speed Detective May 1944 224 · Death Lies Waiting · Roland Phillips · nv Clues September 1931 265 · Need a Body Cry · H. Wolff Salz · nv The Shadow May 1944 287 · Suicide [Johnny Liddell] · Frank Kane · ss Crack Detective Stories January 1945 298 · Midnight Rendezvous · Margaret Manners · ss Argosy June 1945 307 · I’ll Slay You in My Dreams · Bruno Fischer · nv Dime Detective Magazine September 1944 346 · Murder Is Stupid [Detective Jerry Mooney] · Kerry O’Neil · nv The Blue Book Magazine December 1944 385 · The Cat’s-Eye · John van Druten · ss The Atlantic Monthly March 1945

Above the Human Landscape: A Social Science Fiction Anthology ed. Leon E. Stover & Willis E. McNelly--- see under Willis E. McNelly.

Apeman, Spaceman: Anthropological Science Fiction ed. Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison (Doubleday, June 1968, LC:68-14170, $5.95, 355pp, hc, an, cover by Ann & Donald Crews) 11 · Foreword · Carleton S. Coon · fw 13 · Introduction · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · in 17 · Man… 19 · Fossils · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si 20 · Neanderthal · Marijane Allen · pm The New York Times 1956 21 · Throwback · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1949 41 · The Hairless Ape · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si 42 · Apology for Man’s Physique · Earnest A. Hooton · ar (r) 45 · The Renegade · Lester del Rey (with James H. Beard) · ss Astounding Science-Fiction July 1943, as by Marion Henry 60 · Dominant Species · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si 61 · Eltonian Pyramid · Ralph W. Dexter · ms The Scotsman October 1952 62 · Goldfish Bowl · Robert A. Heinlein · nv Astounding Science-Fiction March 1942, as by Anson MacDonald 94 · The Second-Class Citizen · Damon Knight · ss If November 1963 102 · Culture · Jerry Shelton · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1944 120 · Unfinished Evolution · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si 121 · The Man of the Year Million · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Gazette November 6 1893; subtitled “A Scientific Forecase”. 127 · 1,000,000 A.D. · [uncredited] · pm Punch 1893 128 · In the Beginning · Morton Klass · ss Astounding Science Fiction July 1954 142 · The Future of the Races of Man · Carleton S. Coon · ar 1965 149 · …and His Works 151 · Prehistory · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si 152 · The Evolution Man · Roy Lewis · ex from What We Did to Father, Hutchinson, 1960 157 · The Kon-Tiki Myth · Robert C. Suggs · ar 1960 165 · A Medal for Horatius · William C. Hall · ss Armada, 1955 170 · Archaeology · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si 171 · Omnilingual [Federation] · H. Beam Piper · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1957 212 · For Those Who Follow After · Dean McLaughlin · ss Astounding Science Fiction July 1951 227 · A Preliminary Investigation of an Early Man Site in the Delaware River Valley · Charles W. Ward & Timothy J. O’Leary · fa (r) 236 · Local Customs · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si 237 · Body Ritual Among the Nacirema · Horace M. Minor · fa American Anthropologist March 1966 243 · The Wait · Kit Reed · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1958 259 · Everybodyovskyism in Cat City · Lao Shaw; translated by Leon E. Stover · ex translated from the Chinese (Mao Ch’Eng Chi, 1933). 261 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 268 · Peanuts · Charles M. Schulz · ct United Features Syndicate, January 21 1964 269 · Applied Anthropology · Leon E. Stover & Harry Harrison · si 270 · The Captives · Julian Chain · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1953 292 · Men in Space · Harold D. Lasswell · ar (r) 298 · Of Course · Chad Oliver · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1954 311 · Afterword · Leon E. Stover · aw 352 · References Cited · [uncredited] · bi

Nighttouch ed. Stephen Stovoschuk, Gerry Goldberg & Fred Corbett--- see under Gerry Goldberg.

Greatest Hits by Harlan Ellison ed. J. Michael Straczynski--- see under Harlan Ellison.

The Last Dangerous Visions ed. J. Michael Straczynski--- see under Harlan Ellison.

The Best Science Fiction & Fantasy of the Year Volume One ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, March 2007, 978-1-59780-068-6, $19.95, 479pp, tp, an, cover by Stephan Martiniere)     Year’s best anthology with 24 stories. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Peter S. Beagle, Connie Willis, and Gene Wolfe. 1 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in 5 · How to Talk to Girls at Parties · Neil Gaiman · ss Fragile Things by Neil Gaiman, Hodder Headline, 2006 15 · El Regalo · Peter S. Beagle · nv The Line Between by Peter S. Beagle, Tachyon, 2006 43 · I, Row-Boat · Cory Doctorow · nv Flurb #1, Fall 2006 73 · In the House of the Seven Librarians · Ellen Klages · nv Firebirds Rising ed. Sharyn November, Firebird, 2006 93 · Another Word for Map Is Faith · Christopher Rowe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2006 105 · Under Hell, Over Heaven · Margo Lanagan · nv Red Spikes by Margo Lanagan, Allen & Unwin Australia, 2006 117 · Incarnation Day · Walter Jon Williams · na Escape from Earth ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, SFBC, 2006 149 · The Night Whiskey · Jeffrey Ford · nv Salon Fantastique ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006 167 · A Siege of Cranes · Benjamin Rosenbaum · nv Twenty Epics ed. David Moles & Susan Marie Groppi, All-Star Stories, 2006 189 · Halfway House · Frances Hardinge · ss Alchemy #3, 2006 201 · The Bible Repairman · Tim Powers · nv Subterranean Press, January 31 2006 211 · Yellow Card Man [The Windup Universe] · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2006 239 · Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy) · Geoff Ryman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2006 267 · The American Dead · Jay Lake · ss Interzone #203, April 2006; illustrated by Rik Rawling 275 · The Cartesian Theater · Robert Charles Wilson · nv FutureShocks ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2006 299 · Journey Into the Kingdom · M. Rickert · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2006 321 · Eight Episodes · Robert Reed · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2006 331 · The Wizards of Perfil · Kelly Link · na Firebirds Rising ed. Sharyn November, Firebird, 2006 361 · The Saffron Gatherers [Lost Domain] · Elizabeth Hand · nv Saffron and Brimstone: Strange Stories by Elizabeth Hand, M Press, 2006 375 · D.A. · Connie Willis · nv Space Cadets ed. Mike Resnick, SCIFI, 2006 401 · Femaville 29 · Paul Di Filippo · nv Salon Fantastique ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006 419 · Sob in the Silence · Gene Wolfe · ss Strange Birds by Gene Wolfe, Dreamhaven Books, 2006 435 · The House Beyond Your Sky · Benjamin Rosenbaum · ss Strange Horizons September 4 2006; illustrated by Vladimir Vitkovsky 445 · The Djinn’s Wife [India 2047] · Ian McDonald · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2006

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year: Volume Two ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, March 2008, 978-1-59780-124-9, $19.95, 461pp, tp, an, cover by John Berkey)     Year’s best anthology with 24 stories. Authors include Ted Chiang, Peter S. Beagle, Bruce Sterling, and Holly Black. 1 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in 5 · The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate · Ted Chiang · nv Subterranean Press, July 2007 27 · The Last and Only, or, Mr. Moscowitz Becomes French · Peter S. Beagle · ss Eclipse One ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2007 41 · Trunk and Disorderly · Charles Stross · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2007 73 · Glory [Incandescence] · Greg Egan · nv The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007 95 · Dead Horse Point · Daryl Gregory · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction August 2007 109 · The Dreaming Wind · Jeffrey Ford · nv The Coyote Road ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2007 121 · The Coat of Stars · Holly Black · nv So Fey ed. Steve Berman, Haworth Positronic Press, 2007 135 · The Prophet of Flores · Ted Kosmatka · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2007 159 · Wizard’s Six [Wizard’s Six] · Alex Irvine · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2007 181 · The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics · Daniel Abraham · nv Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007 199 · By Fools Like Me · Nancy Kress · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September 2007 211 · Kiosk · Bruce Sterling · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 2007 247 · Singing of Mount Abora · Theodora Goss · ss Logorrhea: Good Words Make Good Stories ed. John Klima, Bantam Spectra, 2007 261 · The Witch’s Headstone · Neil Gaiman · nv Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007 281 · Last Contact · Stephen Baxter · ss The Solaris Book of New Science Fiction ed. George Mann, Solaris, 2007 291 · Jesus Christ, Reanimator · Ken MacLeod · ss Fast Forward 1 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2007 301 · Sorrel’s Heart · Susan Palwick · ss The Fate of Mice by Susan Palwick, Tachyon, 2007 311 · Urdumheim [Iron Dragon’s Daughter] · Michael Swanwick · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2007 337 · Holiday · M. Rickert · ss Subterranean #7, 2007 347 · The Valley of the Gardens · Tony Daniel · nv The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007 375 · Winter’s Wife · Elizabeth Hand · nv Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007 403 · The Sky Is Large and the Earth Is Small [Celestial Empire] · Chris Roberson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction July 2007 425 · Orm the Beautiful · Elizabeth Bear · ss Clarkesworld #4, January 2007 433 · The Constable of Abal · Kelly Link · nv The Coyote Road ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Viking, 2007