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The Mammoth Book of Extreme Fantasy: To the Ultimate Limit ed. Mike Ashley (Running Press, August 2008, 978-0-7624-3383-4, $13.95, 562pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Reprint (Robinson 2008) fantasy anthology of 24 stories. Authors include Andy Duncan, Liz Williams, and Ted Chiang. First US edition.

The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, May 9, 2006, 0-7867-1727-0, $13.95, 562pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Anthology of 19 SF stories, three original; new stories by Stephen Baxter, Jerry Oltion, and Robert Reed. Simultaneous with the UK (Robinson) edition. ix · Extreme Science Fiction · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Anomalies · Gregory Benford · ss Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001 13 · …And the Dish Ran Away with the Spoon · Paul Di Filippo · ss Sci Fiction November 19 2003 32 · Crucifixion Variations · Lawrence Person · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1998 52 · The Pacific Mystery · Stephen Baxter · nv 74 · Flowers from Alice · Cory Doctorow & Charles Stross · nv New Voices in Science Fiction ed. Mike Resnick, DAW, 2003 89 · Merlin’s Gun [Merlin] · Alastair Reynolds · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May 2000 123 · Death in the Promised Land · Pat Cadigan · na Omni Online March 1995 184 · The Long Chase · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2002 197 · Waterworld · Stephen L. Gillett & Jerry Oltion · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 1994, as by Lee Goodloe & Jerry Oltion 239 · Hoop-of-Benzene [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · nv 268 · The New Humans · B. Vallance · nv Pearson’s Magazine December 1909 295 · The Creator · Clifford D. Simak · nv Marvel Tales March/April 1935 322 · The Girl Had Guts · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Venture Science Fiction January 1957 346 · The Region Between [Bailey (afterlife of)] · Harlan Ellison · na Galaxy Science Fiction March 1970; revised. 393 · The Days of Solomon Gursky · Ian McDonald · na Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1998 451 · Wang’s Carpets · Greg Egan · nv New Legends ed. Greg Bear & Martin Greenberg, Legend, 1995 485 · Undone · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2001 515 · Judgment Engine · Greg Bear · nv Far Futures ed. Gregory Benford, Tor, 1995 551 · Stuffing · Jerry Oltion · ss

The Mammoth Book of Extreme Science Fiction ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, June 22, 2006, 1-84529-307-X, £7.99, x+562pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     SF anthology of 19 stories based on speculative ideas taken to their extremes. Simultaneous with the US (Carroll & Graf) edition.

The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, August 14, 1997, 1-85487-508-6, £6.99, xii+628pp, tp, an, cover by Frederick Goodall)     Anthology of 56 fairy stories (three original) published over the last 300 years. xi · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in; subtitled “Tales of Wonder and Adventure” on contents page. 1 · A Bag of Poetry · Lawrence Schimel · ss 4 · Beauty and the Beast · Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont · ss The Young Misses Magazine by Madame Leprince de Beaumont, London, 1761 translated from the French (Magasin des Enfants, 1757). 18 · The Bells of Carrillon-Land · Edith Nesbit · ss The Magic World by E. Nesbit, 1912; given as “The Bells of Carillion-Land” in the Table of Contents. 34 · The Birthday Battle · Louise Cooper · ss 49 · Blue Roses · Netta Syrett · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1903 60 · The Boy Who Plaited Manes · Nancy Springer · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1986 74 · The Castle · George MacDonald · ss Adela Cathcart by George MacDonald, Hurst & Blackett, 1864 88 · Cinderella or, The Little Glass Slipper · Charles Perrault · ss (r) translated from the French (“Cendrillon, ou la petite pantoufle de verre”, Histoires ou Contes du temps passé, Paris, 1697). 96 · The Fortress Unvanquishable, Save for Sacnoth · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany, G. Allen, 1908 113 · The Cloak of Friendship · Laurence Housman · ss The Cloak of Friendship by Laurence Housman, John Murray, 1905 123 · The Cotton-Wool Princess · Luigi Capuana · ss Once Upon a Time by Luigi Capuana, 1892 translated from the Italian. 133 · The Drawing School · J. Muñez Escomez · ss Fairy Tales from Spain by J. Muñez Escomez, 1913 138 · The Dutch Cheese · Walter de la Mare · ss The Lady’s Realm May 1908 145 · The Elves · Ludwig Tieck · nv Popular Tales and Romances of the Northern Nations, Vol. 3, Simpkin, Marshall, 1823, as “Elfin-Land”, uncredited. translated from the German (“The Elves”, 1811). 165 · The Enchanted Watch · Charles Deulin · ss The Green Fairy Book ed. Andrew Lang, 1892 translated from the French. 170 · The Enchanted Whistle · Alexandre Dumas · ss The Strand Magazine May 1891; dated 1840s. translated from the French (“Le Sifflet Enchanté”, Contes pour les Grands et les Petits Enfants, Méline, Cans et Cie., 1859). 177 · The Fairy Gift · Charlotte Brontë · ss The Strand Magazine December 1918, as “The Four Wishes” 188 · The Forest Fairy · Lord Brabourne · ss Stories for My Children by Lord Brabourne, 1869 201 · The Forest of Dreams · Lawrence Schimel · vi Galaxy March/April 1994, as “Atmospheric Conditions” 204 · The Girl Who Loved the Wind · Jane Yolen · ss Thomas Y. Crowell, 1972; seemingly originally published as a juvenile book. 209 · The Glass Dog · L. Frank Baum · ss American Fairy Tales by Frank L. Baum, George M. Hill, 1901 218 · The Green Bird · Laurence Housman · ss What O’Clock Tales by Laurence Housman, Basil Blackwell, 1932 226 · The Happy Prince · Oscar Wilde · ss The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde, David Nutt, 1888 236 · How Wry-Face Played a Trick on One-Eye · Agnes Grozier Herbertson · ss Cap o’Yellow and Other Stories for Children by Agnes Grozier Herbertson, Hodder & Stoughton, 1908 243 · Jack and the Beanstalk · [uncredited] · ss 1807 253 · The Knave and the Fool · Juliana H. Ewing · ss Aunt Judy’s Magazine June 1872, as “Knave and Fool” 260 · Little Red Riding Hood · Laura Valentine · ss The Old, Old Fairy Tales ed. Mrs. Valentine, Frederick Warne, 1890 271 · Little Snowdrop; or, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs · The Brothers Grimm · ss (r) translated from the German (“Schneeweißchen”, Kinder und Hausmärchen, 1812). 281 · The Mad-Hatter’s Tea Party [Alice] · Lewis Carroll · ex from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Macmillan, 1865 289 · The Mistreated Fellow · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Fantasy Macabre #9, 1987 293 · Mother-of-All · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · ss 307 · The Necklace of Tears · Mrs. Egerton Eastwick · ss The Strand Magazine December 1896 318 · The Night the Stars Were Gone · Joan Aiken · ss Faithless Lollybird and Other Stories by Joan Aiken, Jonathan Cape, 1977 327 · Old Pipes and the Dryad · Frank R. Stockton · ss St. Nicholas June 1885 345 · The Pied Piper of Hamelin · Charles Marelles · ss (r) 352 · The Pot of Gold · Horace E. Scudder · ss 1887 360 · Princess Crystal; or, the Hidden Treasure · Isabel Bellerby · ss The Strand Magazine February 1896 367 · Princess Sansu · Tanith Lee · ss Princess Hynchatti and Some Other Surprises by Tanith Lee, Macmillan, 1972 378 · The Rat That Could Speak · Charles Dickens · ss from The Uncommercial Traveller, Chapman & Hall, 1860 384 · Rumpelstiltskin · The Brothers Grimm · ss German Popular Stories by trans. by Edgar Taylor, 1823 translated from the German (“Rumpelstilzchen”, Kinder und Hausmärchen, 1812). 388 · The Seekers · H. E. Bates · ss John & Edward Bumpus, 1926; originally published as a small booklet. 402 · The Seven Families of the Lake Pipple-Popple · Edward Lear · ss Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets by Edward Lear, 1870 412 · The Seven Ravens · Ludwig Bechstein · ss (r) translated from the German (Deutsches Märchenbuch, Leipzig, 1845). 417 · Sleeping Beauty · Charles Perrault · ss (r), as “The Sleeping Beauty in the Wood” translated from the French (“La Belle au Bois Dormant”, Mercure Galant, 1696). 427 · The Snow Queen · Hans Christian Andersen · nv (r) translated from the Danish (“Snedronningen”, Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Anden Samling, C.A. Reitzel, 1844). 456 · The Story of Nick · Christina Rossetti · ss 1857 463 · The Three Bears · Sarah Baker · ss Aunt Friendly’s Nursery Keepsake by Aunt Friendly (Sarah Baker), Frederick Warne, 1870 471 · The Three Goats Named Bruse; or, The Three Billy-Goats Gruff · Peter Asbjörnsen & Jørgen Moe · vi (r) 473 · The Three Tasks · Geraldine Elliot · ss The Hunter’s Cave by Geraldine Elliot, 1951 486 · The Touchstone · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Longman’s Magazine September 1895 493 · Touk’s House · Robin McKinley · nv Faery! ed. Terri Windling, Ace, 1985 517 · The Tree’s Wife · Jane Yolen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1978 523 · The Ugly Duckling · Hans Christian Andersen · ss (r) translated from the Danish (“Den grimme ælling”, Nye Eventyr. Første Bind. Første Samling, C.A. Reitzel, 1843). 532 · The Ugly Unicorn · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Faeries ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Roc, 1991 544 · The Unhappy Princess · Richard Cowper · ss Cheap Street, November 1982 562 · The White Cat · Marie-Cathérine d’Aulnoy; translated by Laura Valentine · nv The Old, Old Fairy Tales ed. Mrs. Valentine, Frederick Warne, 1890; slightly revised ed by Laura Valentine from 1698 original. translated from the French (Contes Nouvelles ou les Fées à la Mode, 1698). 599 · For those who want to know more · Mike Ashley · ms titled “Appendix: (etc)”, on the contents page.

The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, October 1997, 0-7867-0475-6, $10.95, 628pp, tp, an, cover by Frederick Goodall)     Reprint (Robinson 1997) anthology of 56 stories, three original. Authors include Walter de la Mare, Lewis Carroll, Louise Cooper, and Nancy Springer. First American edition.

The Mammoth Book of Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, September 27, 2001, 1-84119-374-7, £6.99, xii+500pp, tp, an, cover by John Howe)     Anthology of 23 stories, one an original by Louise Cooper. Authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, Michael Moorcock, A. Merritt, and James P. Blaylock. xi · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in 2001 1 · The Wall Around the World · Theodore R. Cogswell · nv Beyond Fantasy Fiction September 1953 30 · Darkrose and Diamond [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 1999 61 · The Valley of the Worm [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales February 1934 85 · The Golden Key · George MacDonald · nv Dealings with the Fairies by George MacDonald, Arthur Strahan, 1867 114 · The Hoard of the Gibbelins · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sketch January 25 1911 119 · The Last Hieroglyph [Zothique] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales April 1935 137 · The Sorcerer Pharesm [Cugel; Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1966 163 · King Yvorian’s Wager · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Weird Tales Winter 1989/1990 182 · The Howling Tower [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · ss Unknown June 1941 198 · Kings in Darkness [Elric] · Michael Moorcock & James Cawthorn · nv Science Fantasy #54, 1962, as by Michael Moorcock 230 · The Bells of Shoredan [Dilvish] · Roger Zelazny · ss Fantastic March 1966 249 · A Hero at the Gates [Cyrion] · Tanith Lee · ss Shayol #3, Summer 1979 265 · Lady of the Skulls · Patricia A. McKillip · ss Strange Dreams ed. Stephen R. Donaldson, Bantam Spectra, 1993 277 · The Sunlight on the Water · Louise Cooper · ss 291 · Paladin of the Lost Hour · Harlan Ellison · nv Universe 15 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1985 316 · Yesterday Was Monday · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Unknown June 1941 336 · Pixel Pixies · Charles de Lint · nv Triskell Press, 1999; first published as a chapbook by Triskell Press. 363 · The Moon Pool [Walter Goodwin] · A. Merritt · na All-Story Weekly June 22 1918 408 · The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule [Griaule] · Lucius Shepard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1984 439 · Nets of Silver and Gold · James P. Blaylock · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1984 457 · The Phantasma of Q------- · Lisa Goldstein · ss Ms. March/April 1998, as “The Fantasma of Q____” 471 · Audience · Jack Womack · ss The Horns of Elfland ed. Ellen Kushner, Delia Sherman & Donald G. Keller, Roc, 1997 484 · The Edge of the World · Michael Swanwick · ss Full Spectrum 2 ed. Lou Aronica, Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout & Patrick LoBrutto, Doubleday Foundation, 1989

The Mammoth Book of Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, November 2001, 0-7867-0917-0, $11.95, 500pp, tp, an, cover by John Howe)     Reprint (Robinson 2001) anthology of 23 fantasy stories, one original. Authors include Louise Cooper, Ursula K. Le Guin, Tanith Lee, and Robert E. Howard. First American edition.

The Mammoth Book of Hearts of Oak: Classic and New Stories from the Age of Fighting Sail ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, July 26, 2001, 1-84119-279-1, £6.99, xx+492pp, tp, oa, cover by John Groves)     Anthology of 22 historical war stories (14 original). Authors include Bulmer, Hodgson, Guy N. Smith, Peter Tremayne. and F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre. xi · Preface · Mike Ashley · pr xiii · Introduction · David Donachie · in 1 · Deadly Transit · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · nv 25 · Nelson: First Blood · David Donachie · ex from On a Making Tide, Orion, 2001 43 · Special Duties · Derek Wilson · nv 69 · Fountains of Resolve · Keith Taylor · na 117 · Davy Jones’s Locker · Harriet Hudson (by Amy Myers) · ss 137 · The Friendship of Monsieur Jeynois · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine August 2 1915 160 · The Burning Deck · Peter T. Garratt · nv 187 · Casabianca · Felicia Dorothea Hemans · pm The Monthly Magazine August 1826 190 · The Trap [George Abercrombie Fox] · Kenneth Bulmer · ex from Fox: Treasure, as by Adam Hardy, New English Library, 1973, as by Adam Hardy 217 · The Revenge · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Privateersman, 1846 240 · The Night Attack [Nathaniel Drinkwater] · Richard Woodman · nv 268 · King George’s Free Traders · M. B. Warriss · ss 283 · The Deserter · Guy N. Smith · ss 295 · Nelson Expects · Nigel Brown · ss 315 · The Knight Errant · Richard Butler · ss 333 · The Revenge of the Gunner’s Daughter · Peter Tremayne · nv 356 · The Gauntlet [Nick Penrose] · Jane Jackson · nv 378 · Hornblower and His Majesty [Horatio Hornblower] · C. S. Forester · ss Collier’s March 23 1940 394 · Gunfire off Makapuu · Jacland Marmur · nv The Blue Book Magazine April 1942 436 · The Guns of the Ghost [Jack Gallant] · Charles Partington · nv 466 · The Last Engagement · John Frizell · ss 478 · Goodbye to His Master [Brigadier Gerard] · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine May 1903, as “How Etienne Gerard Said Good-bye to His Master”

The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, August 18, 2011, 978-1-84901-435-9, £7.99, x+467pp, tp, oa, cover by Joe Roberts)     Original crime anthology. ix · Return to the Crime Scene · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Archimedes and the Scientific Method · Tom Holt · nv 24 · Something to Do with Diana [Gordianus the Finder] · Steven Saylor · nv 60 · Eyes of the Icon · Mary Reed & Eric Mayer · nv 99 · Night of the Snow Wolf [Sister Fidelma] · Peter Tremayne · nv 137 · Jettisoned · Deirdre Counihan · nv 183 · A Fiery Death [Niccolo Zuliani] · Ian Morson · nv 217 · Hide and Seek · Tony Pollard · nv 252 · The Fourth Quadrant · Dorothy Lumley · nv 291 · Brodie and the Regrettable Incident · Anne Perry · nv Murder, They Wrote II ed. Elizabeth Foxwell & Martin H. Greenberg, Boulevard Books, 1998, as “Brodie and the Regrettable Incident of the French Ambassador” 326 · Forty Morgan Silver Dollars [Tonneman Family] · Maan Meyers · na 386 · Trafalgar [Inspector Ian Rutledge] · Charles Todd (ghost written by Caroline Todd) · nv 423 · Dead of Winter · Richard A. Lupoff · nv

The Mammoth Book of Historical Crime Fiction ed. Mike Ashley (Running Press, September 2011, 978-0-7624-4267-6, $13.95, 467pp, tp, oa)     Reprint (Robinson 2011) twelve stories (eleven original, one reprint) set from Bronze-Age Britain to Medieval Venice to 1930s New York. 1st US Edition.