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2009 Balticon Souvenir Book (The BSFan, 2009, 76pp, 8½″ x 11″, an, cover by Kurt Miller)     selected contents listed. 20 · This Is What You Must Do · Kirsty Logan · pm 21 · Aurora Aland · Tabitha Benedict · pm 21 · Orbit · Pat Tompkins · pm 65 · The Hoard Keeper · Brenden Bogley · ss 69 · Dreamland for Insomniacs · Margaret Renninger · ss 71 · Snow Angel · Helen Zhao · ss 74 · Eldorado · Edgar Allan Poe · pm The Flag of Our Union April 21 1849 74 · Tell-Tale Heart · Vonnie Winslow Crist · pm Late Knocking v4 #1, 1988 74 · A Dream Within a Dream · Edgar Allan Poe · pm The Flag of Our Union March 31 1839; these are listed as “Poe-try” since is his bicentennial—middle one came over the transom.

A.D. 2500 (Heinemann, 1955, 15/-, 241pp, hc, an)     The Observer Prize Stories 1954 vii · Introduction · Angus Wilson · in 1 · Return of the Moon Man · E. L. Malpass · ss The Observer January 2 1955, as by Samson Darley 10 · Not for an Age · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The Observer January 9 1955, as by Arch Mendicant 23 · The Right Thing · William Andrew · ss (r) 33 · Jackson’s Wong’s Story · John Bolsover · ss (r) 44 · Voice from the Gallery · Catherine Brownlow · ss (r) 54 · Walkabout · Stephen Earl · ss (r) 65 · The Shadow-Play · E. D. Fitzpatrick · ss (r) 75 · Venus and the Rabbit · E. M. FitzPatrick · ss (r) 87 · The Place of the Tigress · Isobel Mayne · ss (r) 96 · Another Antigone · D. A. C. Morrison · ss (r) 107 · Spud Failure Definite · Noel Peart · ss (r) 118 · The Three Brothers · William Moy Russell · ss The Observer December 26 1954, as by Ursus 131 · The Atavists · G. A. Rymer · ss (r) 144 · The Mission · Arthur Sellings · ss (r) 156 · Alpha in Omega · Jonathan Stones · ss (r) 170 · The Blond Kid · Herb Sutherland · ss (r) 184 · The Case of Omega Smith · Guthram Walsh · ss (r) 196 · The Machine That Was Lonely · Robert Wells · ss The Observer 1954 208 · Hitch-Hike to Paradise · Geoffrey Whybrow · ss (r) 222 · The Knitting · Margaret Wood · ss (r) 232 · Man Manifold · Peter Young · ss (r)

Aberrant Dreams I, The Awakening (Aberrant Dreams, August 2008, hc, oa, cover: The Watcher by Mike Bohatch)     Available in three editions, a (free) online version, a standard print edition which adds additional stories, and a special print edition which adds yet more stories. Cover on Special Edition is “Magie01” by Fabrice Lavollay. Details taken from magazine website. · Introduction · Jack McDevitt · in · Fiction in all three editions · The Feet Eaters · Paul Abbamondi · ss · Raincoat in August · Luisa María García Velasco · ss · A Parade of Taylups · Eugie Foster · ss · A Thousand Souls · Marie Brennan · ss · A.T.T.A. · Greg Beatty · ss · Follow the Monkey · Tom Pendergrass · ss · To Grow the Road · Wm. Michael Mott · ss · Dreamcatching · James Lafond Sutter · ss · Amalalaq’s Journey · Lawrence Barker · ss · Lisa’s Requiem · Joshua Thays · ss · Living with a Shoulder Monster · Eugie Foster · ss · The Egg’s Journal · Richard Raucci · ss · Children of an Idle Brain · Wendy Webb · ss · The Shogun and the Scientist · Tomas L. Martin · ss · A Very Minor Demon · P. M. Griffin · ss · Water, Flesh, and Stone · Marissa K. Lingen · ss · Discerning Tastes · Sara King · ss · The Toy Car · Luisa María García Velasco · ss · Things That Go… · C. Vincent Pritt · ss · I Found Love on Channel Three · Bruce Golden · ss North of Infinity II ed. Mark Leslie, Mosaic Press, 2006 · Mr. Templar · Jason Sizemore · ss · The Wizard’s Apprentice · Verna McKinnon · ss Aberrant Dreams #5, Autumn 2005 · The Trouble with Witches · Verna McKinnon · ss · BAC Squared · Kave Katheson · ss · The Ides of February · Bruce Holland Rogers & Joseph E. Lake, Jr. · ss · A Hasty Decision · Starra Andrews · ss · Circe’s Secret · Mike Howard · ss · Lesson Learned, Good Doctor · Scott A. Rolsen · ss · Parable of the Martian Husband · J. F. Peterson · ss · Phraetor the Upholder · Gerald W. Page · ss · Her Love Is Like a Blood Red Rose · Gerald W. Page · ss · The Witch of the Nebula · Gerald W. Page · ss · Fiction in Print Versions Only · The Manastedon Broadcasts · Alastair Reynolds · ss · Pawning the Queen · S. P. Somtow · ss · The Red Brain · Donald Wandrei · ss Weird Tales October 1927 · The Red Soul · Mary Rosenblum · ss · The Heart of Man’s Monster · Chesya Burke · ss · Avenger of the People · Rob Shelsky · ss · Tinenac · John C. Snider · ss · Redemption · Christina Barber · ss · Word of Zed · Jana G. Oliver · ss · The Hollow Earthlings · Howard V. Hendrix · ss · The Wild Pig’s Collar · Ian Watson · ss · The Strange Case of Mr. Geech · Henry Kuttner · ss Fantascience Digest March/April 1939 · The Moon’s Prophecy · A. A. Attanasio · ss · The Misfortunes of Bar Dan · E. N. Wilson · ss Aberrant Dreams #7, Spring 2006 · Dr. Prida’s Dream-Plagued Patient · Michael Bishop · ss Aberrant Dreams #7, Spring 2006 · Under the Radical Sign · Ralph Milne Farley · vi Spaceways #5, May 1939 · Fiction in Special Edition Only · The Telescopic Eye · W. H. Rhodes · ss Caxton’s Book by W. H. Rhodes, A.L. Bancroft and Company, 1876 · The Microscopic Eye · Paul C. Park · ss · Bradbury County · Rob Shelsky · ss Aberrant Dreams #9, Autumn 2006 · The Infinite Vision · Robert A. Madle · vi Spaceways #5, May 1939 · Plague Ship · Joseph Green · ss Aberrant Dreams #9, Autumn 2006 · The Malignant Peezle · Henry Kuttner · ss Fantascience Digest November/December 1937 · Azathoth’s Starship · Gerald W. Page & Jerry L. Burge · ss Aberrant Dreams #9, Autumn 2006 · Afterword · Gerald W. Page · aw

Absinthe (Bloodletting Press, 2006, $9.99, 41pp, tp, oa, cover by Mike Bohatch)     Limited edition of 500 signed, numbered copies. Details taken from online listing. · Papa · Jack Ketchum · ss · Bleeding Things · Tim Lebbon · ss

Adventure Book for Boys (Dean & Son, 193?, 92pp, hc, oa, cover: [man in pith helmet carrying rifle on the veldt])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 7 · The Stolen Papers · Michael Sullivan · nv Monster Book for Boys 1938 28 · The Last Lap · John Bostock · ss 39 · The Golden Moon · C. R. Baldock · ss 54 · Strange Shipmates · L. Barry Clifford · ss Monster Book for Boys 1938 65 · Mystery House · John Hunter · ss Breezy Book for Boys, Dean & Son, 1930 74 · Bringing Back the Falcon · G. G. Jackson · ss Monster Book for Boys 1932 85 · Lone Tank · W. H. Morris · ss

Adventure Book for Boys (Dean & Son, 194?, 92pp, hc, oa, cover: [downed airman in dinghy at sea being picked up by RAF motor launch])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 7 · Treasure Down Below! · S. T. James · ss 15 · The Opposite Code · Norman J. Fishlock · ss 27 · Balkan Adventure · Clive Ryland · ss 37 · Night at an Inn · John Bostock · ss Monster Book for Boys 1937 51 · Quits · W. H. Morris · ss 58 · A Close Shave · E. Miles · ss 66 · Patterson’s Patrol · F. W. Gumley · ss 73 · Shan of Siam · W. H. Morris · ss 83 · The Test Flight · Hector Barrie · ss

Adventure Stories (Dean & Son, 193?, 140pp, hc, oa, cover: [French legionnaire holding colours, blowing bugle])     Details supplied by Lia McGunigle from Table of Contents. 7 · The Trail of the Wolf · John Bostock · ss 23 · Terry the Speed ’Tec · W. H. Morris · ss Ideal Book for Boys 1934 31 · Attacked in Mid-Air · B. C. Lawley · ss Popular Book for Boys 1937 39 · The Secret of the Swamp · John Bostock · ss 49 · Three Lucky Spots · Wallace Carr · ss 58 · Outlawed · John Bostock · ss 72 · Trapped · Martin Bishop · ss 81 · Wrong Lines · F. W. Gumley · ss Ideal Book for Boys 1934 89 · Double Dealing in the Desert · James Morgan · ss Champion Book for Boys 1933 100 · The Highwayman’s Gift · F. W. Gumley · ss Champion Book for Boys 1933 113 · Wicks of ’Arry’s ’Ouse · R. A. Moss · ss Popular Book for Boys 1937 118 · Beyond the Hills · S. T. James · ss Popular Book for Boys 1936 125 · The Perilous Leap · Martin Bishop · ss 131 · The Winning Stunt · A. Edwards Chapman · ss

Adventure Stories for Boys (Hamlyn, 1967, 0-601-07070-4, 360pp, hc, an) 7 · The Crime Wave [Bill Holmes] · Fielden Hughes · nv The Adventures of Bill Holmes by Fielden Hughes, Oxford University Press, 1950 43 · A Man’s Job · L. J. White · ss (r) 58 · Hoodoo on the Rangers · W. McNeilly · nv (r) 107 · High Quest · Donne Avenell · na (r) 170 · Spell of Magic [Merlo the Magician] · Harry Harrison · na Boys’ World April 6 1963 (+12) 226 · The Ship That Vanished · [uncredited] · na (r) 279 · Adventure Incorporated · James Kenner · na (r) 332 · The Speed Kings · Robert Bateman · nv Boys’ World July 6 1963 (+10)

Adventure Stories for Boys (Octopus Books, 1988, 0-7064-3272-X, 269pp, hc, an, cover by Tom Stimpson)     Revised from the 1978 edition. 9 · Mowgli and the Bandar-Log · Rudyard Kipling · ss (r) 19 · The Railway Raid in Georgia · John Buchan · ar A Book of Escapes and Hurried Journeys by John Buchan, Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1922 28 · Capping Day · John Christopher · ex from The White Mountains, Hamish Hamilton, 1967 39 · The Ruum [Ruum] · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1953 53 · The Smashing of the Dam · Wing Commander Guy Gibson · ar (r) 64 · Mr and Mrs Juicy · Judy Blume · ss (r) 75 · One of the Missing · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner March 11 1888 88 · Picking Up Terrible Company · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1861, uncredited. 103 · The Haunted Tuckshop [Greyfriars] · Frank Richards (by Charles Hamilton) · ss The Greyfriars Holiday Annual 1928, 1927 116 · Accessory Before the Fact · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette September 2 1911 123 · Hammerman’s After Me! · Betsy Byars · ss (r) 132 · I Escape the Boers · Sir Winston Churchill · ex from My Early Life (r) 142 · The Hunting of Tarka · Henry Williamson · ex from Tarka the Otter, Putnam, 1927 150 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902 167 · The Boy Who Talked with Animals · Roald Dahl · nv The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More by Roald Dahl, Jonathan Cape, 1977 185 · Assignment with an Octopus · Sir Arthur Grimble · ar A Pattern of Islands by Sir Arthur Grimble, John Murray, 1952 191 · The Talking Head · Gerald Durrell · ex from Birds, Beasts and Relatives (r) 201 · The Voyage to South Georgia · Sir Ernest Shackleton · ar (r) 218 · Pick-Pocket Smith · Leon Garfield · ex from Smith (r) 228 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present, MDCCCXLIII, Carey & Hart, 1842 242 · A Dream of Death · James Hogg · ss (r) 253 · The Boy Spy · Alphonse Daudet · ss The Strand Magazine January 1891 translated from the French. 261 · The Toughest Race in the World · Stirling Moss · ar (r)

Adventures in the Arcane (The Syndicate, August 17, 2016, 978-1-5355-5705-4, $5.99, 117pp, tp, oa, cover by Jayson Kretzer)     Original anthology of four pulp-style paranormal stories by Mark Boss, S. Brady Calhoun, Jayson Kretzer, and Tony Simmons. Introduction by Lou Columbus. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Pulp Fictions · Lou Columbus · ar 9 · Bullshark Dempsey and the Curse of the Dagger · Mark Boss · nv 45 · A Low Threatening Sun · S. Brady Calhoun · ss 63 · A Gap at Sandy’s · Jayson Kretzer · ss 83 · Capt. Gideon Argo and the Flying Zombies vs. the Lost Lemurians · Tony Simmons · ss

The Adventures of Indiana Jones (Ballantine Del Rey, March 2008, 978-0-345-50127-1, $18.00, 602pp, tp, an, cover by Drew Struzan) [Indiana Jones]     Omnibus of three novelizations based on the movies: Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark by Campbell Black (1981 as Raiders of the Lost Ark), Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom by James Kahn (1984), and Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade by Rob MacGregor (1989). Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. 1 · Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark [Indiana Jones] · Campbell Black · n. Ballantine, 1981, as “Raiders of the Lost Ark” 179 · Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom [Indiana Jones] · James Kahn · n. Del Rey, 1984 361 · Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade [Indiana Jones] · Rob MacGregor · n. Ballantine, 1989