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The Stars Are the Styx by Theodore Sturgeon (Dell, October 1979, 0-440-18006-6, $2.25, 382pp, pb, co, cover by Rowena) 9 · Introduction · Theodore Sturgeon · in 11 · Tandy’s Story · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Magazine April 1961 37 · Rule of Three · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1951 75 · The Education of Drusilla Strange · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Science Fiction March 1954 111 · Granny Won’t Knit · Theodore Sturgeon · na Galaxy Science Fiction May 1954 171 · When You’re Smiling · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1955 201 · The Claustrophile · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1956 235 · The Other Man · Theodore Sturgeon · na Galaxy Science Fiction September 1956 289 · The Stars Are the Styx · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Science Fiction October 1950 333 · Occam’s Scalpel · Theodore Sturgeon · nv If July/August 1971 357 · Dazed · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Galaxy Science Fiction September/October 1971

The Odd Number by Jonathan Sturges--- see under Guy de Maupassant.

Memories and Visions: Women’s Fantasy & Science Fiction ed. Susanna J. Sturgis (Crossing Press, September 1989, 0-89594-391-3, $9.95, 201pp, tp, oa)     Anthology of 15 feminist sf and fantasy stories, with an introduction by the editor. Also announced in hardcover (-392-1). 1 · Editorial Memories & Visions, or Why Does a Bright Feminist Like You Read That Stuff Anyway? · Susanna J. Sturgis · in 10 · The Chaos Diaries · Lorraine Schein · ss 16 · Itu’s Sixth Winter Festival · Shirley Hartwell · ex excerpts from unpublished novel Daughters of Gelasia. 30 · Womankind · Rosaria Champagne · ss 36 · The Rational Ship · Caro Clarke · ss 45 · The Amazing Disappearing Girl · Judith Katz · ss 58 · Killing Color · Charlotte Watson Sherman · ss Obsidian II Spring 1989 72 · O’s Story · L. Timmel Duchamp · ss 92 · Conversation with a Legend · R. M. Meluch · ss 102 · Signs of Life · Barbara Krasnoff · nv 132 · A Token for Celandine [Nightseer] · Laurell K. Hamilton · ss 152 · Harmonic Conception · Nona M. Caspers · ss 161 · Children of Divers Kind · Mary Ellen Mathews · ss 175 · Meaningful Dialog · Kiel Stuart · ss 182 · Sign of Hope · Adrienne Lauby · ss 197 · womanmansion/to my sister/mourning her mother/ · Hattie Gossett · pm 203 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Tales of Magic Realism by Women: Dreams in a Minor Key ed. Susanna J. Sturgis (Crossing Press, April 1991, 0-89594-474-X, $10.95, 235pp, tp, oa, cover by Tom Trujillo)     Anthology of 15 fantasy/magic realism stories by women writers, ten of them original, with an introduction by the editor. 1 · Magic Realism: What’s in a Name? · Susanna J. Sturgis · in 6 · The Gifts of Diaz · Valerie Nieman Colander · ss 13 · Heading West · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 21 · Penguin Flight · Rosalind Warren · ss Fiction Network #5, 29 · Memo the the Universe · Gwynne Garfinkle · ss 37 · Degree Days at Home · Ellen Gruber Garvey · ss 46 · Flora’s Complaint · Kathleen J. Alcalá · ss 54 · Edgar Allan Poe in the Bronx · Lorraine Schein · ss 63 · The Miracle of Santa Maia · Kathleen de Azevedo · ss 76 · The Monument · Lianne Elizabeth Mercer · nv 102 · Bottles · Alcina Lubitch Domecq; translated by Ilan Stavans · vi Albany Review Winter 1989; dated 1988. 105 · In Unison, Softly · Mary Rosenblum · ss 122 · Old Night · Stephanie T. Hoppe · ss 136 · Hearts of Sand · Conda V. Douglas · ss 145 · The Man Hanged Upside Down · Lucy Sussex · nv My Lady Tongue & Other Tales by Lucy Sussex, Heinemann Australia, 1990 173 · Bapka in Brooklyn · Batya Weinbaum · na the first two sections appeared in slightly different form in Word of Mouth, ed. by Irene Zahava, The Crossing Press, 1990. 230 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

The Women Who Walk Through Fire: Women’s Fantasy & Science Fiction Vol. 2 ed. Susanna J. Sturgis (Crossing Press, September 1990, 0-89594-419-7, $9.95, 275pp, tp, oa, cover by Beth Avery)     Anthology of 16 sf and fantasy stories by women, ten original, with an introduction by the editor. A hardcover edition (-420-0) was announced. 1 · Introduction · Susanna J. Sturgis · in 12 · Earth and Sky Words · Cathy Hinga Haustein · ss 23 · The Inkblot Test · Rosalind A. Warren · ss 27 · New Age Baby · Deborah H. Fruin · ss 34 · Night of the Short Knives [Frostflower] · Phyllis Ann Karr · ss 53 · The Forbidden Words of Margaret A. · L. Timmel Duchamp · nv Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #8, Summer 1990 76 · Road Runner · G. K. Sprinkle · ss 85 · Picnic Days · Cleo Kocol · ss 93 · Net Songs · Elaine Bergstrom · ss 111 · Shark-Killer · Carol Severance · nv Dragon February 1988 132 · Firebird · J. L. Comeau · nv 162 · A Ceremony of Discontent · Eleanor Arnason · ss Room of One’s Own v6 #1/2, 1981 173 · Mamugrandae—The Second Tale · Merril Mushroom · ss Common Lives/Lesbian Lives Winter 1983 182 · The Girl Who Went to the Rich Neighborhood · Rachel Pollack · ss Beyond Lands of Never ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Unicorn, 1984 194 · Sahrel Short Swords · Ginger Simpson Curry · ss 208 · My Lady Tongue · Lucy Sussex · na Matilda at the Speed of Light ed. Damien Broderick, Angus & Robertson, 1988 256 · Hills of Blue, an Orange Moon · Ruth Shigezawa · ss 268 · Contributors’ Notes · [uncredited] · bg

Sex in the 21st Century ed. Milton Subotsky & Michel Parry--- see under Michel Parry.

Photocopies of Heaven by Maurice Suckling (Elastic Press, October 2006, 0-9548812-8-1, £5.99, 216pp, tp, co, cover by Allison Best)     Details taken from Table of Contents. · Part One 1 · Life with a Porn Queen · Maurice Suckling · vi 3 · What Happened Next? · Maurice Suckling · ss 15 · Identity Renting · Maurice Suckling · ss 21 · Things You Can See · Maurice Suckling · ss 25 · The Amazing Adventures of No One in Particular [Part 1 of 6] · Maurice Suckling · cs · Part Two 33 · A New Kitchen Is a Way to a New Life · Maurice Suckling · ss 37 · Nowhere and Other Destinations You Can Enjoy · Maurice Suckling · ss 51 · Things You Can Buy · Maurice Suckling · ss 55 · The Amazing Adventures of No One in Particular [Part 2 of 6] · Maurice Suckling · cs · Part Three 63 · The Seventh Colour · Maurice Suckling · vi 65 · Televisionism · Maurice Suckling · ss 81 · This Is Not a Virus (or Is It?) · Maurice Suckling · vi 83 · The Amazing Adventures of No One in Particular [Part 3 of 6] · Maurice Suckling · cs · Part Four 91 · Snapshots of Glastonbury 2003 · Maurice Suckling · ss 103 · 14 Everyday Brands · Maurice Suckling · ss 107 · Theory of Accidents · Maurice Suckling · ss 129 · The Amazing Adventures of No One in Particular [Part 4 of 6] · Maurice Suckling · cs · Part Five 137 · 160 chrctrs · Maurice Suckling · ss 153 · Chicken Supreme Ready Meal · Maurice Suckling · ss 159 · Disposable Planet · Maurice Suckling · ss 165 · Story Translated from Bleeps from Outer Space · Maurice Suckling · ss 173 · The Amazing Adventures of No One in Particular [Part 5 of 6] · Maurice Suckling · cs · Part Six 181 · Infinite Things to Do with Microwaves · Maurice Suckling · ss 189 · Two Incidents Several Years Apart · Maurice Suckling · vi 191 · The Spark of Divinely Random Intervention · Maurice Suckling · ss 203 · September 12th · Maurice Suckling · vi 205 · The Amazing Adventures of No One in Particular [Part 6 of 6] · Maurice Suckling · cs 211 · This Way for People · Maurice Suckling · ss

Science Fiction 3 ed. Murray Suid & Robert Pierce--- see under Robert Pierce.

Science Fiction for Young Readers ed. C. W. Sullivan, III (Greenwood Press, March 30, 1993, 0-313-27289-1, xv+214pp, hc, oa)     Non-fiction, criticism; anthology of 16 essays about sf for young adults, with introductory material by the editor. Details taken from online listing. 3 · The Tom Swift Books · Francis J. Molson · ar 21 · Heinlein’s Juveniles: Growing Up in Outer Space · C. W. Sullivan, III · ar [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein] 37 · The Formulaic and Rites of Passage in Andre Norton’s Magic Series · Roger C. Schlobin · ar [Ref. Andre Norton] 47 · Asimov: Man Thinking · Elizabeth Anne Hull · ar [Ref. Isaac Asimov] 65 · The “Terrible Journey” Past “Dragons in the Water” to House Like Lotus: Faces of Love in the Fiction of Madeleine L’Engle · M. Sarah Smedman · ar [Ref. Madeleine L’Engle] 87 · The Things of a Child: Coming Full-Circle with Alan E. Nourse’s Raiders from the Rings · Howard V. Hendrix · ar [Ref. Alan E. Nourse] 97 · Masters, Slaves, and Rebels: Dystopia as Defined and Defied by John Christopher · K. V. Bailey · ar [Ref. John Christopher] 113 · Danger Quotient, Fiskadoro, Riddley Walker, and the Failure of the Campbellian Monomyth · Millicent Lenz · ar 121 · Growing Home: The Triumph of Youth in the Novels of H.M. Hoover · Thom Dunn & Karl Hiller · ar [Ref. H. M. Hoover] 133 · The British Science Fiction of Louise Lawrence · Marilyn Fain Apseloff · ar [Ref. Louise Lawrence] 145 · The Debate Continues: Technology or Nature—A Study of Monica Hughes’s Science Fiction Novels · J. R. Wytenbroek · ar [Ref. Monica Hughes] 157 · Myth in Action: The Trials and Transformation of Menolly · Patricia Harkins · ar 169 · “True Myth”: Female Archetypes in Monica Hughes’s The Keeper of the Isis Light · Raymond E. Jones · ar [Ref. Monica Hughes] 179 · Neo-Gnostic Elements in Louise Lawrence’s Moonwind · Judith N. Mitchell · ar [Ref. Louise Lawrence] 187 · Captain Kirk and Dr. Who: Meliorist and Spenglerian World Views in Fiction for Young Adults · Joseph O. Milner · ar 197 · Raymond Briggs’s When the Wind Blows: Toward an Ecology of the Mind for Young Readers · Millicent Lenz · ar [Ref. Raymond Briggs] · Selected Bibliography · Michael Levy · bi

As Tomorrow Becomes Today ed. Charles W. Sullivan (Prentice-Hall, 1974, 0-13-050021-6, 456pp, tp, an) xiii · Preface · Charles W. Sullivan · pr 1 · Introduction · Charles W. Sullivan · in · Section I: Science Fiction and the Imagination 7 · Time Travel 8 · Backtracked · Burt K. Filer · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1968 13 · “All You Zombies—” · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1959 24 · The Men Who Murdered Mohammed · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1958 35 · Parallel Worlds 37 · Random Quest · John Wyndham · nv Consider Her Ways and Others by John Wyndham, Michael Joseph, 1961 68 · Thus We Frustrate Charlemagne [Institute for Impure Science] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction February 1967 78 · The Monster from Nowhere · Nelson S. Bond · ss Fantastic Adventures July 1939 93 · Mind Stretchers 95 · The New Reality · Charles L. Harness · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1950 127 · No-Sided Professor · Martin Gardner · ss Esquire January 1947 136 · “—And He Built a Crooked House” · Robert A. Heinlein · nv Astounding Science-Fiction February 1941 · Section II: Science Fiction and the Future 155 · Education 157 · The Fun They Had · Isaac Asimov · ss The Boys and Girls Page December 1 1951 160 · Primary Education of the Camiroi [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction December 1966 170 · HEMEAC · E. G. Von Wald · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1968 184 · World War III 186 · Personal · Tuli Kupferberg · vi East Side Review 1966 186 · A Boy and His Dog [Vic & Blood] · Harlan Ellison · nv New Worlds #189, April 1969 220 · Robots 222 · Runaround [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science-Fiction March 1942 237 · Calling Dr. Clockwork · Ron Goulart · ss Amazing Stories March 1965 245 · Masks · Damon Knight · ss Playboy July 1968 255 · Man: Himself and Aliens 257 · Specialist · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1953 271 · The Sentinel · Arthur C. Clarke · ss 10 Story Fantasy Spring 1951, as “Sentinel of Eternity” 279 · The Game of Rat and Dragon [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1955 292 · The Decision Makers [Allan Odegaard (Conscience)] · Joseph Green · nv Galaxy Magazine April 1965 311 · A Death in the House · Clifford D. Simak · nv Galaxy Magazine October 1959 327 · Technology 329 · Build-Up · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #55, January 1957 346 · Plenitude · Will Worthington · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1959 357 · The Wizards of Pung’s Corners [Jack Tighe] · Frederik Pohl · nv Galaxy Magazine October 1958 381 · “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · Harlan Ellison · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1965 392 · Population 394 · Nine Lives · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Playboy November 1969 416 · Golden Acres · Kit Reed · nv Mister Da V. and Other Stories by Kit Reed, Faber and Faber, 1967 432 · Population Implosion · Andrew J. Offutt · nv If July 1967 445 · The Tunnel Ahead · Alice Glaser · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1961 453 · Afterword · Charles W. Sullivan · aw 454 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi

Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology, 1977 Edition ed. Eleanor Sullivan--- see under Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology #1, 1976.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1978 ed. Eleanor Sullivan--- see under Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology #3, Fall/Winter 1978.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1979 ed. Eleanor Sullivan--- see under Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology #5, Fall/Winter 1979.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1980 ed. Eleanor Sullivan--- see under Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology #7, Fall/Winter 1980.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology, Fall-Winter 1981 ed. Eleanor Sullivan--- see under Alfred Hitchcock’s Anthology #9, Fall/Winter 1981.