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A Haunting Beauty by Charles Birkin ed. Mike Ashley--- see under Charles Birkin.

Heroic Adventure Stories: From the Golden Age of Greece and Rome ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, January 28, 1998, 1-85487-865-4, £6.99, xii+516pp, tp, an, cover by Lionel Noel Royer)     Reprint (Past Times 1996 as Classical Stories: Heroic Tales from Ancient Greece and Rome) associational anthology of stories. Includes stories by Darrell Schweitzer, Thomas Burnett Swann, E.C. Tubb, and L. Sprague de Camp. This edition adds stories and extracts by Herodotus, Lawrence, Day, Gautier, Bulwer-Lytton, Spero, Marchmont, and Benson; and an original story by Tom Holt. A simultaneous Magpie edition (export-only as Giant Book of Heroic Adventure Stories) was not seen. v · The Golden Age · Mike Ashley · in Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 vii · The Fiction of History · Mary Renault · ar The London Magazine March 1979 1 · Paris and Helen · Edward Lucas White · ex from Helen, Jonathan Cape, 1925 17 · No Place Like Home · Tom Holt · ss 25 · The Thread · Vera Chapman · ss The Phoenix Tree ed. Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski, Avon, 1980 36 · Where Is the Bird of Fire? [Mellonia] · Thomas Burnett Swann · na Science Fantasy #52, 1962 81 · The Story of Gyges · Herodotus; translated by George Rawlinson · ex from The History of Herodotus, John Murray, 1858 translated from the Greek. 85 · The Slave of Marathon [Grey Maiden] · Arthur D. Howden Smith · nv Adventure July 23 1926 105 · The Kidnapping · Margery Lawrence · ex from The Gate of Yesterday, Robert Hale, 1960 124 · The Wearer of Purple · Pierre Louÿs · ss The Collected Works of Pierre Louÿs by Pierre Louÿs, Liveright, 1932 143 · The Gods Play for High Stakes · Langston Day · nv Magic Casements by Langston Day, Rider, 1951 167 · The Horse from Thessaly · Mary Renault · ss The Twelfth Man ed. Martin Boddey, Cassell, 1971 176 · The Banquet of Death · Peter Tremayne · ss Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 195 · The Preparation · Naomi Mitchison · ex from The Conquered, Jonathan Cape, 1923 211 · The Mountain Wolves · John Maddox Roberts · nv Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 245 · The Rise of Augustus · Allan Massie · ex from Augustus, The Bodley Head, 1989 264 · One of Cleopatra’s Nights · Théophile Gautier; translated by Lafcadio Hearn · nv One of Cleopatra’s Nights by Théophile Gautier, tr. Lafcadio Hearn, R. Worthington, 1882 translated from the French (“Une Nuit de Cléopâtre”, La Presse, November 29 to December 6, 1838). 294 · The Chariot Race · Lew Wallace · ex from Ben-Hur, or The Days of the Messiah, 1880 313 · Caligula the God · Robert Graves · ex from I, Claudius, A. Barker, 1934 327 · Betrayed · Juliet Dymoke · ss Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 adapted from Prisoner of Rome, 1975. 344 · Captain Leopard · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 351 · Sword of Freedom · E. C. Tubb · ss Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 revised extract from Atilus the Gladiator, Futura Books, 1975. 360 · The Last Letter · Derek Wilson · ss Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 379 · The Last Day of Pompeii · Edward Bulwer-Lytton · ex from The Last Days of Pompeii, Richard Bentley, 1834 405 · Marcellus Takes the Biscuit [Marcellus] · Leopold Spero · ss Chambers’s Journal May 1945 419 · Fortunatus · R. H. Stewart · nv Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 446 · The Walking Walls of Rome · Keith Taylor · nv Classical Stories ed. Mike Ashley, Past Times, 1996 467 · Æolf the Martyr · A. W. Marchmont · ss The Royal Magazine November 1898 473 · The Temple of Death · A. C. Benson · ss The Hill of Trouble by A. C. Benson, Isbister, 1903 487 · The Great World and the Small · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine Winter 1993 499 · The Crown of the Golden Chain [Lady Zoë] · Max Pemberton · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1901 514 · Sources and Acknowledgements · [uncredited] · ms (r)

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 1: 1926-1935 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, 1974, 0-450-02182-3, £2.95, 239pp, hc, an) 7 · Preface · Mike Ashley · pr 11 · An Amazing Experiment · Mike Ashley · in 52 · The Coming of the Ice · G. Peyton Wertenbaker · ss Amazing Stories June 1926 67 · The Machine Man of Ardathia [Ardathia] · Francis Flagg · ss Amazing Stories November 1927 82 · Out of the Sub-Universe · R. F. Starzl · ss Amazing Stories Quarterly Summer 1928 91 · The Eternal Man [Herbert Zulerich] · D. D. Sharp · ss Science Wonder Stories August 1929 99 · The Power and the Glory · Charles Willard Diffin · ss Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 107 · The Voice from the Ether · Lloyd Arthur Eshbach · nv Amazing Stories May 1931 136 · The Asteroid of Gold · Clifford D. Simak · ss Wonder Stories November 1932 153 · The Island of Unreason · Edmond Hamilton · ss Wonder Stories May 1933 172 · One Prehistoric Night · Philip Barshofsky · ss Wonder Stories November 1934 187 · Davey Jones’ Ambassador · Raymond Z. Gallun · nv Astounding Stories December 1935 218 · Appendices _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Charles Willard Diffin] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Lloyd Arthur Eshbach] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Francis Flagg] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Raymond Z. Gallun] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Edmond Hamilton] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Maurice M. Kaplan] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Drury D. Sharp] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Clifford D. Simak] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. R. F. Starzl] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. G. Peyton Wertenbaker] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Miles J. Breuer, M.D.] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. John W. Campbell, Jr.] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Stanton A. Coblentz] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. David H. Keller] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Captain S. P. Meek] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. P. Schuyler Miller] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Nathan Schachner] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. E. E. Smith] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. A. Hyatt Verrill] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Donald Wandrei] _ · Summary of Magazine Issues, 1926-1935 · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Glossary of Magazine Editors · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Note on Key Illustrators · Mike Ashley · bi

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 1: 1926-1935 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, March 1977, 450-02484-9, £1.50, 239pp, pb, an, cover by Terry Griffiths)     Reprint (NEL 1974) SF anthology. This edition is revised and updated.

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 2: 1936-1945 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, 1975, 0-450-02574-8, £3.95, 298pp, hc, an) 8 · Preface · Mike Ashley · pr 11 · SF Bandwagon · Mike Ashley · in 77 · The Circle of Zero · Stanley G. Weinbaum · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1936 95 · Seeker of Tomorrow · Eric Frank Russell & Leslie J. Johnson · na Astounding Stories July 1937 137 · The Dead Spot · Jack Williamson · nv Marvel Science Stories November 1938 158 · The Four-Sided Triangle · William F. Temple · nv Amazing Stories November 1939 181 · Hermit of Saturn’s Ring · Neil R. Jones · ss Planet Stories Fall 1940 201 · The Abyss [Cthulhu] · Robert A. W. Lowndes · ss Stirring Science Stories February 1941 210 · Up There · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Science Fiction Quarterly #7, Summer 1942, as by Martin Pearson 219 · Almost Human · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures June 1943, as by Tarleton Fiske 238 · Wanderer of Time · John Russell Fearn · ss Startling Stories Summer 1944, as by Polton Cross 254 · The Power · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1945 271 · Appendices _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Robert Bloch] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. John Russell Fearn] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Neil R. Jones] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Leslie J. Johnson] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Murray Leinster] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Robert A. W. Lowndes] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Eric Frank Russell] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. William F. Temple] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Stanley G. Weinbaum] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Jack Williamson] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1936-1945 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Donald A. Wollheim] _ · Summary of Magazine Issues · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Glossary of Magazine Editors · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Note on Key Cover Artists · Mike Ashley · bi 297 · Bibliography · Mike Ashley · bi

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 2: 1936-1945 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, April 1978, 450-03296-5, £1.50, 298pp, pb, an)     Reprint (NEL 1975) SF anthology.

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 3: 1946-1955 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, 1976, 0-450-03051-2, 349pp, hc, an, cover by Bob Layzell) 11 · Preface · Mike Ashley · pr 13 · From Bomb to Boom · Mike Ashley · in 111 · Memorial · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Astounding Science Fiction April 1946 125 · The Fires Within · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Fantasy, The Magazine of Science Fiction August 1947, as by E. G. O’Brien 135 · Don’t Look Now · Henry Kuttner · ss Startling Stories March 1948 149 · Kaleidoscope · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1949 160 · To Serve Man · Damon Knight · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950 169 · Earthman, Beware! · Poul Anderson · nv Super Science Stories June 1951 191 · They Fly So High · Ross Rocklynne · ss Amazing Stories June 1952 205 · The Last Day · Richard Matheson · ss Amazing Stories April/May 1953 221 · Hands Off · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1954 245 · The Wager · E. C. Tubb · nv Science Fantasy #16, 1955 283 · Appendices _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Poul Anderson] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Ray Bradbury] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Arthur C. Clarke] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Damon Knight] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Henry Kuttner] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Richard Matheson] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Ross Rocklynne] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Robert Sheckley] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Theodore Sturgeon] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. E. C. Tubb] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. James Blish] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Leigh Brackett] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. John Christopher] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Lester del Rey] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Alan E. Nourse] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Frederik Pohl] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Eric Frank Russell] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Richard S. Shaver] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1946-1956 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. John Beynon Harris] _ · Summary of Magazine Issues 1946-55 · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Glossary of Magazine Editors · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Note on Key Cover Artists · Mike Ashley · bi 347 · Bibliography · Mike Ashley · bi

The History of the Science Fiction Magazine: Part 4: 1956-1965 ed. Mike Ashley (NEL, 1978, 450-03438-0, £6.50, 288pp, hc, an, cover by Gordon C. Davies) 9 · Preface · Mike Ashley · pr 11 · Ebb-Tide and New Wave · Mike Ashley · in 72 · Mr. Culpeper’s Baby · Kenneth Bulmer · ss Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #68, April 15 1956 85 · All the World’s Tears · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Nebula Science Fiction #21, 1957 97 · Ozymandias · Robert Silverberg · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1958, as by Ivar Jorgenson 115 · Love and the Stars—Today! · Kate Wilhelm · ss Future Science Fiction #43, June 1959 129 · Crazy Maro · Daniel Keyes · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1960 151 · The Overloaded Man · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #108, July 1961 165 · The Streets of Ashkelon · Harry Harrison · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #122, September 1962 181 · The Expendables [Centaurus] · A. E. van Vogt · nv If September 1963 213 · Problem Child · Arthur Porges · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction April 1964 219 · Speech Is Silver · John Brunner · ss Amazing Stories April 1965 233 · Appendices _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Ken Bulmer] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Brian W. Aldiss] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Robert Silverberg] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Kate Wilhelm] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Daniel Keyes] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. J. G. Ballard] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Harry Harrison] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. A. E. van Vogt] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Arthur Porges] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. John Brunner] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Algis J. Budrys] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Philip K. Dick] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Frank Herbert] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Fritz Leiber] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. J. T. McIntosh] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Clifford D. Simak] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Cordwainer Smith] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Jack Vance] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. James White] _ · Checklist of Author’s Works: 1956-1966 · Mike Ashley · bi [Ref. Roger Zelazny] _ · Summary of Magazine Issues · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Glossary of Magazine Editors · Mike Ashley · bi _ · Note on Key Cover Artists · Mike Ashley · bi 287 · Bibliography and Recommended Reading · Mike Ashley · bi