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Communications Breakdown: SF Stories About the Future of Connection ed. Jonathan Strahan (The MIT Press, October 31, 2023, 978-0-262-54646-1, $22.95, 224pp, tp, oa, cover by Ashley Mackenzie)
Details taken from online listing.

vii · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

1 · Here Instead of There · Elizabeth Bear · nv

23 · Moral Hazard · Cory Doctorow · ss

41 · Sigh No More · Ian McDonald · ss

61 · Less Than · Lavanya Lakshminarayan · nv

81 · What About Privacy? · Tim Maughan · iv [Ref. Chris Gilliard]

91 · The Excommunicates · Ken MacLeod · ss

105 · Noise Cancellation · S. B. Divya · ss

123 · My City Is Not a Problem · Tim Maughan · ss

133 · Cuttlefish · Anil Menon · nv

155 · Company Man · Shiv Ramdas · nv

182 · At Every Door a Ghost · Premee Mohamed · nv

201 · Artwork: Ashley Mackenzie · Ashley Mackenzie · ar

205 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Desperate Days by Jack Vance ed. Jonathan Strahan & Terry Dowling--- see under Jack Vance.

Dream Castles by Jack Vance ed. Jonathan Strahan & Terry Dowling--- see under Jack Vance.

Drowned Worlds: Tales from the Anthropocene and Beyond ed. Jonathan Strahan (Solaris, July 14, 2016, 978-1-78108-450-2, £12.99, 381+viiipp, tp, oa, cover by Les Edwards)
Anthology of 15 original SF stories by McAuley, Liu, Goonan, Ford, Valente, Tidhar, Morrow, Hopkinson, Kim Stanley Robinson, and others. Simultaneous with the US (Solaris US) edition.

9 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

13 · Elves of Antarctica · Paul McAuley · nv

37 · Dispatches from the Cradle: The Hermit—Forty-Eight Hours in the Sea of Massachusetts · Ken Liu · nv

59 · Venice Drowned · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv Universe 11 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1981

87 · Brownsville Station · Christopher Rowe · nv

121 · Who Do You Love? · Kathleen Ann Goonan · nv

155 · Because Change Was the Ocean and We Lived by Her Mercy · Charlie Jane Anders · nv

177 · The Common Tongue, the Present Tense, the Known · Nina Allan · nv

207 · What is · Jeffrey Ford · nv

229 · Destroyed by the Waters · Rachel Swirsky · nv

249 · The New Venusians · Sean Williams · nv

277 · Inselberg · Nalo Hopkinson · ss

287 · Only Ten More Shopping Days Left Till Ragnarök · James Morrow · nv

313 · Last Gods · Sam J. Miller · nv

333 · Drowned · Lavie Tidhar · nv

353 · The Future Is Blue [Garbagetown] · Catherynne M. Valente · nv

383 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · ms

Eclipse One ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, October 2007, 978-1-59780-117-1, $14.95, 263pp, tp, oa, cover by Michael Whelan)
Original anthology of 15 stories, the first in a series. Authors include Bruce Sterling, Garth Nix, Peter S. Beagle, and Terry Dowling.

· Unique Chicken Goes in Reverse · Andy Duncan · ss

· Bad Luck, Trouble, Death, and Vampire Sex · Garth Nix · ss

· The Last and Only, or, Mr. Moscowitz Becomes French · Peter S. Beagle · ss

· Lost Boy: A Reporter at Large · Maureen F. McHugh · ss

· The Drowned Life · Jeffrey Ford · nv

· Toother [Dan Truswell] · Terry Dowling · nv

· Up the Fire Road · Eileen Gunn · nv

· In the Forest of the Queen · Gwyneth Jones · ss

· Quartermaster Returns [Califa] · Ysabeau S. Wilce · nv

· Electric Rains · Kathleen Ann Goonan · ss

· She-creatures · Margo Lanagan · ss

· Transformation of Targ · Paul Brandon & Jack Dann · ss

· Mrs. Zeno’s Paradox · Ellen Klages · ss

· The Lustration · Bruce Sterling · ss

· Larissa Miusov · Lucius Shepard · ss

Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, December 2008, 978-1-59780-136-2, $14.95, 287pp, tp, oa, cover by Donato Giancola)
Original anthology of 15 stories, the second in a series. Authors include Stephen Baxter, Margo Lanagan, Ted Chiang, and Peter S. Beagle.

1 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

5 · The Hero [Virga] · Karl Schroeder · nv

29 · Turing’s Apples · Stephen Baxter · ss

49 · Invisible Empire of Ascending Light · Ken Scholes · ss

61 · Michael Laurits Is: Drowning · Paul Cornell · ss

67 · Night of the Firstlings · Margo Lanagan · ss

77 · Elevator · Nancy Kress · ss

89 · The Illustrated Biography of Lord Grimm · Daryl Gregory · nv

109 · Exhalation · Ted Chiang · nv

125 · Down and Out in the Magic Kingdom · David Moles · nv

155 · The Rabbi’s Hobby · Peter S. Beagle · nv

181 · The Seventh Expression of the Robot General · Jeffrey Ford · ss

189 · Skin Deep · Richard Parks · nv

211 · Ex Cathedra · Tony Daniel · nv

237 · Truth Window: A Tale of the Bedlam Rose · Terry Dowling · ss

255 · Fury · Alastair Reynolds · nv

Eclipse Three ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, October 2009, 978-1-59780-162-1, $14.95, 289pp, tp, oa, cover by Richard Powers)
Original anthology of 15 stories. Authors include Karen Joy Fowler, Nnedi Okorafor, Peter S. Beagle, and Paul Di Filippo.

· Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

· The Pelican Bar · Karen Joy Fowler · ss

· Practical Girl · Ellen Klages · ss

· Don’t Mention Madagascar · Pat Cadigan · ss

· On the Road · Nnedi Okorafor · ss

· Swell · Elizabeth Bear · ss

· Useless Things · Maureen F. McHugh · nv

· Coral Heart · Jeffrey Ford · ss

· It Takes Two · Nicola Griffith · nv

· Sleight of Hand · Peter S. Beagle · nv

· Pretenders’ Tourney · Daniel Abraham · ss

· Yes We Have No Bananas · Paul Di Filippo · ss

· Mesopotamian Fire · Jane Yolen & Adam Stemple · ss

· Visited Man · Molly Gloss · ss

· Galápagos · Caitlín R. Kiernan · nv

· Dulce Domum · Ellen Kushner · ss

· About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg

Eclipse Four ed. Jonathan Strahan (Night Shade Books, May 2011, 978-1-59780-197-3, $14.99, 230pp, tp, oa, cover by Jeremy Geddes)
Original anthology of 14 stories. Authors include Andy Duncan, Nalo Hopkinson, Gwyneth Jones, and Jeffrey Ford. Night Shade Books,
Details taken from online listing.

1 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

5 · Slow as a Bullet · Andy Duncan · ss

17 · Tidal Forces · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss

33 · The Beancounter’s Cat · Damien Broderick · nv

51 · Story Kit · Kij Johnson · ss

63 · The Man in Grey · Michael Swanwick · ss

71 · Old Habits · Nalo Hopkinson · ss

81 · The Vicar of Mars [Aleutian Universe] · Gwyneth Jones · nv

103 · Fields of Gold · Rachel Swirsky · nv

125 · Thought Experiment · Eileen Gunn · ss

135 · The Double of My Double Is Not My Double · Jeffrey Ford · ss

149 · Nine Oracles · Emma Bull · ss

157 · Dying Young · Peter M. Ball · nv

175 · The Panda Coin · Jo Walton · ss

189 · Tourists [Mariska Volochkova] · James Patrick Kelly · nv

225 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · ms

Edge of Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan (Solaris, December 2012, 978-1-78108-055-9, £7.99, 373pp, pb, oa, cover by Adam Tredowski)
Original anthology of 13 SF stories about mankind’s expansion into the Solar System. Authors include Pat Cadigan, Hannu Rajaniemi, Stephen Baxter, and Bruce Sterling.
Details taken from online listing.

11 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

17 · The Girl-Thing Who Went Out for Sushi · Pat Cadigan · nv

49 · The Deeps of the Sky · Elizabeth Bear · nv

71 · Drive [The Expanse] · James S. A. Corey · nv

101 · The Road to NPS · Sandra McDonald & Stephen D. Covey · nv

131 · Swift as a Dream and Fleeting as a Sigh · John Barnes · nv

153 · Macy Minnot’s Last Christmas on Dione, Ring Racing, Fiddler’s Green, the Potter’s Garden [Quiet War] · Paul McAuley · nv

181 · Safety Tests · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv

209 · Bricks, Sticks, Straw · Gwyneth Jones · nv

237 · Tyche and the Ants · Hannu Rajaniemi · nv

259 · Obelisk · Stephen Baxter · nv

291 · Vainglory · Alastair Reynolds · nv

315 · Water Rights · An Owomoyela · ss

335 · The Peak of Eternal Light · Bruce Sterling · nv

Eidolon I ed. Jonathan Strahan & Jeremy G. Byrne (Eidolon Publications, June 2006, 0-9586864-7-5, A$29.95, 295pp, tp, oa, cover by Shaun Tan)

· The Third-Quarter King · Tim Pratt · ss

· The Angel of Gamblers · Hal Duncan · ss

· The Revenant · Lucy Sussex · ss

· Gin · Holly Phillips · ss

· A Fine Magic · Margo Lanagan · ss

· The Bridal Bier · Carol Ryles · ss

· The Conqueror · Grace Dugan · ss

· Cassandra’s Hands · Kim Westwood · ss

· My Report on the Secret Life of Shane Hamill · Jeff VanderMeer · vi

· Thievery · Deborah Roggie · ss

· Trimalchio’s Chamber Pot · William Eakin · ss

· The Legend of Greatmother June · Alistair Ong · ss

· Big Green Mama Falls in Love · Eleanor Arnason · ss

· Gone to Flowers · Elizabeth Bear · ss

· Hieronymus Boche · Chris Lawson · ss

· The Dying Light · Deborah Biancotti · nv

· Leviathan · Simon Brown · ss Eidolon: SF Online December 2005

Engineering Infinity ed. Jonathan Strahan (Solaris, January 6, 2011, 978-1-907519-51-2, £7.99, 333pp, tp, oa, cover by Stephan Martiniere)
SF anthology of 14 original stories. Authors include Barnes, Baxter, Benford, Goonan, Stross, and Broderick & Lamar.

9 · Beyond the Gernsback Continuum · Jonathan Strahan · in

13 · Malak · Peter Watts · ss

31 · Watching the Music Dance · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss

47 · Laika’s Ghost [Gennady] · Karl Schroeder · nv

81 · The Invasion of Venus · Stephen Baxter · ss

97 · The Server and the Dragon · Hannu Rajaniemi · ss

109 · Bit Rot [Saturn’s Children] · Charles Stross · nv

131 · Creatures with Wings · Kathleen Ann Goonan · nv

159 · Walls of Flesh, Bars of Bone · Damien Broderick & Barbara Lamar · nv

185 · Mantis · Robert Reed · ss

203 · Judgement Eve · John C. Wright · nv

231 · A Soldier of the City · David Moles · nv

257 · Mercies · Gregory Benford · nv

285 · The Ki-Anna [Aleutian Universe] · Gwyneth Jones · nv

311 · The Birds and the Bees and the Gasoline Trees · John Barnes · nv

Fantasy: The Best of 2004 ed. Jonathan Strahan & Karen Haber--- see under Karen Haber.

Fantasy: The Very Best of 2005 ed. Jonathan Strahan (Locus Press, August 2006, 0-9786210-1-8, $16.95, 243pp, tp, an, cover by John Picacio)
Year’s best anthology of 16 stories, with an introduction by the editor discussing the year in fantasy. Authors include Peter S. Beagle, Charles Stross, Neil Gaiman, and Paul Di Filippo.

1 · Introduction · Jonathan Strahan · in

5 · Two Hearts [Last Unicorn] · Peter S. Beagle · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2005

37 · Snowball’s Chance · Charles Stross · ss Nova Scotia ed. Neil Williamson & Andrew J. Wilson, Crescent, 2005

47 · Sunbird · Neil Gaiman · nv Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs ed. Ted Thompson & Eli Horowitz, McSweeney's Books, 2005

65 · A Knot of Toads · Jane Yolen · nv Nova Scotia ed. Neil Williamson & Andrew J. Wilson, Crescent, 2005

87 · Boatman’s Holiday · Jeffrey Ford · ss Book of Voices ed. Michael Butscher, Flame Books, 2005

101 · The Language of Moths · Christopher Barzak · ss Realms of Fantasy April 2005

125 · Anyway · M. Rickert · ss Sci Fiction August 24 2005

141 · The Emperor of Gondwanaland · Paul Di Filippo · ss Interzone #196, January/February 2005

157 · The Pirate’s True Love · Seana Graham · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet #17, November 2005

163 · Intelligent Design · Ellen Klages · ss Strange Horizons December 5 2005

167 · Pip and the Fairies · Theodora Goss · ss Strange Horizons October 3 2005

175 · Leviathan · Simon Brown · ss Eidolon: SF Online December 2005

191 · The Denial · Bruce Sterling · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2005

207 · The Farmer’s Cat · Jeff VanderMeer · ss Polyphony, Volume 5 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2005

213 · There’s a Hole in the City [Dust Devil] · Richard Bowes · ss Sci Fiction June 15 2005

229 · Monster · Kelly Link · nv Noisy Outlaws, Unfriendly Blobs ed. Ted Thompson & Eli Horowitz, McSweeney's Books, 2005

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