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A Science Fiction Omnibus ed. Brian Aldiss (Penguin Classic, November 29, 2007, 978-0-141-18892-8, £9.99, xii+578pp, tp, an)     Revised edition of A Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus (Penguin, 1973) which removes 15 stories and adds 10 more recent stories (including a long novella by John Crowley). i · Introduction · Brian Aldiss · in 1 · Sole Solution · Eric Frank Russell · vi Fantastic Universe April 1956 4 · Lot [David Jimmon] · Ward Moore · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1953 31 · Skirmish · Clifford D. Simak · ss Amazing Stories December 1950, as “Bathe Your Bearings in Blood!” 52 · And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1972 61 · Poor Little Warrior! · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1958 67 · Grandpa [The Hub] · James H. Schmitz · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1955 89 · Nightfall · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science-Fiction September 1941 119 · The Snowball Effect · Katherine MacLean · ss Galaxy Science Fiction September 1952 133 · Swarm [Mechanist-Shapers] · Bruce Sterling · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1982 159 · Blood Music · Greg Bear · nv Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact June 1983 184 · Answer · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships by Fredric Brown, E.P. Dutton, 1954 185 · The Liberation of Earth · William Tenn · ss Future Science Fiction May 1953 203 · An Alien Agony · Harry Harrison · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #122, September 1962, as “The Streets of Ashkalon” 214 · Track 12 · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #70, April 1958 225 · Sexual Dimorphism · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss The Martians by Kim Stanley Robinson, Voyager, 1999 242 · The Tunnel Under the World · Frederik Pohl · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1955 275 · Friends in Need · Eliza Blair · ss Bug-Eyed Magazine 2006 290 · The Store of the Worlds · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy September 1959, as “The World of Heart’s Desire” 297 · Jokester · Isaac Asimov · ss Infinity Science Fiction December 1956 311 · The Short-Short Story of Mankind · John Steinbeck · ss Lilliput November 1955, as “We’re Holding Our Own” 317 · Night Watch · James Inglis · ss New Writings in S-F 3 ed. John Carnell, Dobson, 1965 329 · Story of Your Life · Ted Chiang · na Starlight 2 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 1998 378 · Protected Species · H. B. Fyfe · ss Astounding Science Fiction March 1951 390 · The Rescuer · Arthur Porges · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction July 1962 397 · I Made You · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Astounding Science Fiction March 1954 409 · The Country of the Kind · Damon Knight · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1956 423 · The Cage · Bertram Chandler · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1957 435 · Fulfillment · A. E. van Vogt · nv New Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1951 462 · Common Time · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Quarterly August 1953 485 · Alien Embassy · Garry Kilworth · ss In the Country of Tattooed Men and Other Cyphers by Garry Kilworth, Humdrumming, 2006 498 · Great Work of Time · John Crowley · na Novelty by John Crowley, Doubleday Foundation, 1989 572 · Acknowledgments · ms (r)

Space Odysseys: A New Look at Yesterday’s Futures ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Orbit, December 1974, 0-8600-7816-7, 75p, 324pp, pb, an, cover by Eddie Jones)     Also in hc (Weidenfeld & Nicolson Mar ’75). 7 · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in 13 · Section I: The Search for Knowledge · Brian W. Aldiss · si 16 · The Sentinel · Arthur C. Clarke · ss 10 Story Fantasy Spring 1951, as “Sentinel of Eternity” 28 · Galactic Patrol [Lensmen] · Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. · ex Fantasy Press, 1950 40 · The Lake of the Gone Forever · Leigh Brackett · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1949 80 · Reason [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science-Fiction April 1941 103 · Section II: The Search for Illusion · Brian W. Aldiss · si 106 · Time Is the Traitor · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1953 132 · The Impossible Planet · Philip K. Dick · ss Imagination October 1953 143 · The Unfinished · Frank Belknap Long · ss Super Science Stories April 1951 159 · Section III: A Pinch of Otherness · Brian W. Aldiss · si 161 · And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1972 172 · The Empress of Mars · Ross Rocklynne · nv Fantastic Adventures May 1939 212 · I’m Going to Get You · F. M. Busby · vi Fantastic Stories March 1974 219 · Section IV: “A Human Being Is the Smallest Thing…” · Brian W. Aldiss · si 222 · Strange Exodus · Robert Abernathy · ss Planet Stories Fall 1950 237 · Star Ship [Psychotechnic League] · Poul Anderson · nv Planet Stories Fall 1950 276 · To Each His Star · Bryce Walton · ss Space Science Fiction May 1952 290 · The Big Hunger · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Astounding Science Fiction October 1952 309 · Night Watch · James Inglis · ss New Writings in S-F 3 ed. John Carnell, Dobson, 1965

Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Futura, August 1974, 0-8600-7058-1, 50p, 324pp, pb, an, cover by Eddie Jones)     Differs from Weidenfeld & Nicolson edition. · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in · Is Everything an Illusion? · Brian W. Aldiss · si · Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead · Robert Sheckley · ss Nova 2 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1972 · A Honeymoon in Space [Honeymoon in Space] · George Griffith · ex Pearson’s Magazine January 1900, as “A Visit to the Moon” · Tonight the Sky Will Fall! [Tarl Brent] · Daniel F. Galouye · na Imagination May 1952 · “Precipices of Light That Went Forever Up…” · Brian W. Aldiss · si · The Star of Life · Edmond Hamilton · ex Startling Stories January 1947 · After Ixmal · Jeff Sutton · ss Amazing Stories October 1962 · Sea Change · Thomas N. Scortia · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1956 · Exile Is Our Lot · Brian W. Aldiss · si · The Sword of Rhiannon · Leigh Brackett · ex Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949, as “Sea-Kings of Mars” · All Summer in a Day · Ray Bradbury · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1954 · The Mitr · Jack Vance · ss Vortex Science Fiction v1 #1, 1953 · The Godlike Machines · Brian W. Aldiss · si · The Storm [Dellian Robots] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Science-Fiction October 1943 · The Paradox Men · Charles L. Harness · ex Bouregy & Curl, 1953, as “Flight Into Yesterday”; the novel The Paradox Men is an expanded version of “Flight Into Yesterday”, Startling Stories May 1949. · Time Fuze · Randall Garrett · ss If March 1954 · The Last Question [Multivac] · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Quarterly November 1956 · The Red Brain · Donald Wandrei · ss Weird Tales October 1927 · Breaking Point · James E. Gunn · na Space Science Fiction March 1953 · Answer · Fredric Brown · vi Angels and Spaceships by Fredric Brown, E.P. Dutton, 1954 · Envoi · Brian W. Aldiss · aw

Space Opera ed. Brian Aldiss (Book Club Associates, 1975, no ISBN, 324pp, hc, an)     Reprint (Futura 1974) SF anthology. Subtitled “an anthology of way-back-when futures”. The cover is a black & white rendition of the Futura.

Space Opera (var. 1) ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Weidenfeld & Nicolson, November 1974, hc, an)     Contents differ from the earlier Futura edition. US editions: Doubleday 1975 (hc) and Berkley Mar ’77 (pb). ix · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Futura, 1974 1 · Is Everything an Illusion? · Brian W. Aldiss · si Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Futura, 1974 5 · Zirn Left Unguarded, the Jenghik Palace in Flames, Jon Westerley Dead · Robert Sheckley · ss Nova 2 ed. Harry Harrison, Walker US, 1972 11 · A Honeymoon in Space [Honeymoon in Space] · George Griffith · ex Pearson’s Magazine January 1900, as “A Visit to the Moon” 20 · Tonight the Sky Will Fall! [Tarl Brent] · Daniel F. Galouye · na Imagination May 1952 93 · “Precipices of Light That Went Forever Up…” · Brian W. Aldiss · si Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Futura, 1974 97 · The Star of Life · Edmond Hamilton · ex Startling Stories January 1947 115 · After Ixmal · Jeff Sutton · ss Amazing Stories October 1962 129 · Sea Change · Thomas N. Scortia · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1956 145 · Exile Is Our Lot · Brian W. Aldiss · si Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Futura, 1974 150 · Colony · Philip K. Dick · nv Galaxy Science Fiction June 1953 172 · The Sword of Rhiannon · Leigh Brackett · ex Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1949, as “Sea-Kings of Mars” 189 · All Summer in a Day · Ray Bradbury · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1954 196 · The Mitr · Jack Vance · ss Vortex Science Fiction v1 #1, 1953 205 · The Godlike Machines · Brian W. Aldiss · si Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Futura, 1974 210 · The Storm [Dellian Robots] · A. E. van Vogt · nv Astounding Science-Fiction October 1943 248 · The Paradox Men · Charles L. Harness · ex Bouregy & Curl, 1953, as “Flight Into Yesterday”; the novel The Paradox Men is an expanded version of “Flight Into Yestersay”, Startling Stories May 1949. 284 · Time Fuze · Randall Garrett · ss If March 1954 290 · The Last Question [Multivac] · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Quarterly November 1956 305 · Envoi · Brian W. Aldiss · aw Space Opera ed. Brian W. Aldiss, Futura, 1974

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 1 ed. Brian W. Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 2 ed. Brian W. Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 3 ed. Brian W. Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 4 ed. Brian Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 5 ed. Brian Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 6 ed. Brian Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 7 ed. Brian Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 8 ed. Brian W. Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction No. 9 ed. Brian Aldiss & Harry Harrison--- see under Harry Harrison.

Yet More Penguin Science Fiction ed. Brian W. Aldiss (Penguin, 1964, 3/6d, 205pp, pb, an)     Also in The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus. 9 · Introduction · Brian W. Aldiss · in 15 · The Wall Around the World · Theodore R. Cogswell · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953 42 · Protected Species · H. B. Fyfe · ss Astounding Science Fiction March 1951 55 · Before Eden · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Amazing Stories June 1961 67 · The Rescuer · Arthur Porges · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction July 1962 74 · I Made You · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Astounding Science Fiction March 1954 86 · The Country of the Kind · Damon Knight · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1956 100 · MS. Found in a Chinese Fortune Cookie · C. M. Kornbluth · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1957 112 · The Cage · A. Bertram Chandler · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1957 125 · Eastward Ho! · William Tenn · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1958 142 · The Windows of Heaven · John Brunner · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #47, May 1956, as “Two by Two” 155 · Common Time · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Quarterly August 1953 177 · Fulfillment · A. E. van Vogt · nv New Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1951

When The Feast Is Finished: Reflections on Terminal Illness by Margaret & Brian Aldiss--- see under Brian Aldiss.

A Is for Brian ed. Margaret Aldiss, Frank Hatherley & Malcolm Edwards--- see under Frank Hatherley.

The Ballad of Babie Bell, and Other Poems by Thomas Bailey Aldrich (Rudd & Carleton, 1859, 117pp, hc, oc) · I. The Ballad of Babie Bell 11 · Babie Bell · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm · II. Swallow-Flights 19 · Cloth of Gold · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 20 · The Faded Violet · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 21 · My North and South · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 22 · The Ghost’s Lady · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 24 · We Knew It Would Rain · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 25 · After the Rain · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 26 · A Ballad (“The blackbird sings in the hazel dell”) · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 27 · Last Night and To-Night · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 28 · Tiger-Lilies · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 30 · The Betrothal · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 31 · Madam, As You Pass Us By · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 33 · The Merry Bells Shall Ring · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 34 · May · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 35 · Little Maud · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 36 · Perdita · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 37 · Nameless Pain · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 38 · The Moorland · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 40 · At the Dead-House · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 41 · Song (“Maiden Maud and Marian”) · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 42 · Palabras Cariñosas · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 43 · I Sat Beside You While You Slept · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 44 · Dead · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 45 · In the Woods · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 47 · Autumnalia · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 48 · Song (“It was with doubt and trembling”) · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 49 · Barbara · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 51 · It Was a Knight of Aragon · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 53 · When the Sultan Goes to Ispahan · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 56 · L’Envoi (“Men turn to angels when dead”) · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm · III. Poems and Ballads 59 · Infelicissimus · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 62 · A Ballad of Nantucket · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 64 · The Spendthrift’s Feast · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 65 · A Pastoral Hymn to the Fairies · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 68 · The Unforgiven · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 70 · A Poet’s Grave · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 72 · Invocation to Sleep · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 75 · A Great Man’s Death · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 76 · The Bluebells of New England · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 78 · A Legend of Elsinore · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm 84 · Passing St. Helena · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm · IV. The Set of Turquoise 87 · The Set of Turquoise · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pl 113 · Sonnets · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · gp _113 · I. Ghosts · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm _114 · II. To— · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm _115 · III. Miracles · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm _116 · IV. Hassan’s Music · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm _117 · V. Fairy Punishment · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · pm