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The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, July 14, 2006, 0786717300, $13.95, x+498pp, tp, oa)     Subtitled “24 Murder Mysteries from the Age of Gunpowder, Treason and Plot” with tales set against the backdrops of such events as Guy Fawkes’s Gunpowder Plot, the English civil war, and the early British colonization of America. Simultaneous with the UK (Robinson) edition. ix · Gunpowder, Treason and Plot · Mike Ashley · in 1 · The King’s First Achievement [Ursula Blanchard] · Fiona Buckley · nv 27 · The Duke of York [Sir Robert Carey] · P. F. Chisholm · ss 51 · The Tower’s Man · Michael Jecks · ss 68 · A Disobedient Daughter · Jean Davidson · ss 84 · Murder Unauthorized · Amy Myers · ss 101 · Ice Sailor · Laird Long · ss 116 · Satan in the Star Chamber [Hardy Drew] · Peter Tremayne · ss 140 · Green Tarts · Deryn Lake · ss 164 · “O, Poisonous Weed!” · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · nv 192 · A Dead Man’s Wish · John T. Aquino · ss 209 · Perfect Alibi · Philip Boast · ss 231 · The Restless Dead · Martin Edwards · ss 247 · A Taste for Ducking · Marilyn Todd · ss 268 · Death Knows No Compromise · Derek Wilson · nv 294 · A House Divided · Judith Cutler · ss 308 · Two Sides · Mike Stotter · ss 325 · The Palatable Truth · Carol Anne Davis · ss 330 · The Comedy That Became a Tragedy [Nell Gwyn] · F. Frankfort Moore · ss Pearson’s Magazine November 1899 346 · The Dumb Bell · Kate Ellis · ss 359 · The Curious Contents of a Coffin · Susanna Gregory · ss 384 · The Dutchman and the Madagascar Pirates [Tonneman Family] · Maan Meyers · nv 414 · Tom of Ten Thousand [Christopher Redmayne] · Edward Marston · ss 432 · The Philadelphia Slaughterman · Ian Morson · nv 459 · To Walk on Thorny Paths · Paul Finch · ss

The Mammoth Book of Jacobean Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, July 26, 2006, 978-1-84529-303-1, £7.99, x+498pp, tp, oa, cover by Laslett John Pott)     Anthology of tales set against the backdrops of such events as Guy Fawkes’s Gunpowder Plot, the English civil war, and the early British colonization of America. Simultaneous with the US (Carroll & Graf) edition.

The Mammoth Book of Locked-Room Mysteries and Impossible Crimes ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, September 2000, 1-84119-129-9, £6.99, 529pp, tp, oa, cover: [photo] by Ken Leeder)     Anthology of 27 mystery stories, 15 of them original. vii · Foreword · David Renwick · fw xi · Hey, Presto! · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Waiting for Godstow · Martin Edwards · ss 19 · The Odour of Sanctity · Kate Ellis · ss 36 · A Traveller’s Tale · Margaret Frazer (by Gail Frazer) · nv 58 · The Silver Curtain [Colonel March] · John Dickson Carr · ss The Strand Magazine August 1939, as by Carter Dickson 75 · The Stolen Saint Simon · Michael Kurland · nv 98 · The Problem of the Crowded Cemetery [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine May 1995 117 · Death Rides the Elevator · Lois H. Gresh & Robert Weinberg · ss 134 · The Burglar Who Smelled Smoke [Bernie Rhodenbarr] · Lynne Wood & Lawrence Block · nv Mary Higgins Clark Mystery Magazine Summer/Fall 1997 156 · No Way Out [“Slot Machine” Kelly] · Michael Collins · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine February 1964, as by Dennis Lynds 170 · Off the Face of the Earth [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #70, September 1949 196 · Murder Strips Off · Amy Myers · ss 215 · Out of His Head · Thomas Bailey Aldrich · ex Carleton, 1862 228 · The Doomdorf Mystery [Uncle Abner] · Melville Davisson Post · ss The Saturday Evening Post July 18 1914 241 · The Adventure of the Jacobean House [Christopher Race] · C. N. & A. M. Williamson · ss The Strand Magazine September 1907 268 · The Motor Boat [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · ss Associated Sunday Magazine September 9 1906, as “Problem of the Motor Boat” 285 · Murder in the Air · Peter Tremayne · nv 306 · The Pulp Connection [Nameless Private Eye] · Bill Pronzini · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1979, as “The Private Eye Who Collected Pulps” 324 · Stag Night [Claudia Seferius] · Marilyn Todd · nv 349 · Mr. Strang Accepts a Challenge [Leonard Strang] · William Brittain · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1976 367 · The Legs That Walked [Insp. Ganesh Ghote] · H. R. F. Keating · ss 380 · The Next Big Thing · Peter T. Garratt · nv 402 · The Second Drug [Chase & Delacroix] · Richard A. Lupoff · nv 429 · Ice Elation · Susanna Gregory · nv 453 · The Mystery of the Taxi-Cab · Howel Evans · ss The Novel Magazine 1922 472 · Heartstopper · Frank M. Robinson · ss 483 · Blind Eyes · Edward Marston · nv 504 · The Amorous Corpse · Peter Lovesey · ss 520 · Afterword: Impossible Crimes: A Brief History · Mike Ashley · aw

The Mammoth Book of Men O’War ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, September 30, 1999, 1-84119-060-8, £6.99, xvi+496pp, tp, an, cover by Geoff Hunt)     Anthology of 18 “Stories from the Glory Days of Sail” (the late 18th and early 19th centuries), including 7 originals (one by Walter Jon Williams) and an excerpt from a “Fox” novel by Ken Bulmer. x · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in xii · Foreword · Alexander Kent · fw 1 · The Steeple Rock [Nathaniel Drinkwater] · Richard Woodman · nv 41 · Siege of Toulon [Sidney Smith] · Showell Styles · ex from Path to Glory, Faber and Faber, 1952 65 · Billy Budd · Herman Melville · na Billy Budd & Other Prose Pieces by Herman Melville, Constable and Company, 1924 147 · The Rescue [George Abercrombie Fox] · Kenneth Bulmer · ex from Siege, as by Adam Hardy, New English Library, 1973, as by Adam Hardy 156 · A Midshipman at Copenhagen · John Finlayson · nv from 19th century unpublished memoirs. 177 · The Battle of Elephant Bay · Richard Butler · ss 197 · The China Fleet · Patrick O’Brian · ex from H. M S. Surprise, Collier’s 1973 244 · The Enemy Within · Jane Jackson · ss 263 · The Victory · John Frizell · ss 278 · A Murderous Conflict · Frederick Marryat · ex from Mr. Midshipman Easy, 1836 288 · Hornblower’s Charitable Offering [Horatio Hornblower] · C. S. Forester · ss Argosy January 18 1941, as “The Bad Samaritan” 301 · The Escape Agents · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · gp (r) _302 · The First Fifty-Four [Escape Agents] · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · ss Pearson’s Magazine August 1906 _320 · The Yellow Galley-Full [Escape Agents] · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · ss Pearson’s Magazine September 1906 _340 · The Pirate [Escape Agents] · C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne · ss Pearson’s Magazine October 1906 358 · The Commander’s Wife · Harriet Hudson · ss 375 · Davy Jones and the Yankee Privateer · Michael Scott · sl from “Tom Cringle’s Log”, Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine 1829 390 · The Nantucket Sleigh-Ride · Peter Garratt · nv; given as by Peter T. Garratt in the Table of Contents. 420 · Dawn’s Early Light · Kenneth B. Atkinson · ss Argosy October 14 1939 437 · The Last Battle · Admiral Sir Erasmus Ommanney, K.C.B.; edited by Walter Wood · ar The Royal Magazine April 1905, as “Navarino: The Last Battle Between Sailing Ships”; given as by Walter Wood. 450 · The Stolen Command · Walter Jon Williams · nv 491 · Checklist of Sea Stories of the Period 1790-1820 · Mike Ashley · bi; given as “Appendix: A Guide to Sea Stories of the Period 1790-1820” in the Table of Contents.

The Mammoth Book of Merlin ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, September 24, 2009, 978-1-84901-111-2, £7.99, 512pp, tp, an)     Fantasy anthology of 24 stories, revised from The Merlin Chronicles (Raven, 1995). This drops one story (“The Purpose of Merlin” by Colin Fry) and adds three stories (by Diana L. Paxson, Mike Ashley & Michael Swanwick). Details taken from online listing. ix · Dramatis Personae: A Guide to Arthurian Characters · Mike Ashley · ms The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 xvii · Introduction · Mike Ashley · in The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 1 · Dream Reader [Merlin’s Booke] · Jane Yolen · nv Merlin’s Booke by Jane Yolen, Ace, 1986 22 · The Temptations of Merlin · Peter Tremayne · na The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 98 · Infantasm · Robert Holdstock · ss The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 119 · The Pledged Word [Avalon] · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ex from The Mists of Avalon, Knopf, 1983; revised. 126 · The Horse Who Would Be King · Jennifer Roberson · ss Marion Zimmer Bradley’s Fantasy Magazine Spring/Summer 1992, as “Never Look at a Gift Sword in the Horse’s Mouth or: The Horse Who Would Be King” 144 · A Sword for Arthur · Vera Chapman · ex The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 excerpt from the unpublished novel, The Enchantress. 154 · The Rite of Challenge · Peter Valentine Timlett · ex The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 adapted excerpt from unpublished novel, Merlin and the Sword of Avalon. 189 · Merlin’s Dark Mirror · Phyllis Ann Karr · ss The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 199 · Merlin and Tom Thumb · Dinah Maria Mulock · ss The Fairy Book by Dinah Maria Mulock, Macmillan and Co., 1863 207 · The Seven Champions · E. M. Wilmot-Buxton · ss Britain Long Ago by E. M. [Etheldreda Wilmot-Buxton], George Harrap, 1906 224 · Morte d’Espier [King Arthur] · Maxey Brooke · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine June 1955 231 · King’s Mage · Tanith Lee · ss The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 242 · A Quest Must End [Sir Dennys ap Rhys] · Theodore Goodridge Roberts · na The Blue Book Magazine April 1948 301 · Cauldron of Light [Merlin] · Diana L. Paxson · ss Merlin ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1999 315 · Namer of Beasts, Maker of Souls: The Romance of Sylvester and Nimuë · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · nv The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 354 · The Corruption of Perfection · Mike Ashley · nv The Doom of Camelot ed. James Lowder, Green Knight Publishing, 2000 376 · The Sleeper and the Seer · H. Warner Munn · ex from King of the World’s Edge, Ace, 1967 393 · Midwinter · David Sutton · ss The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 402 · The Death of Nimuë · Esther Friesner · ss Fantasy Book June 1985 407 · The Knight of Pale Countenance · Darrell Schweitzer · ss The Merlin Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley, Raven, 1995 424 · The Castle of Kerglas · Emile Souvestre; translated by Mrs. Andrew Lang · ss The Lilac Fairy Book ed. Andrew Lang, Longmans, Green, and Co., 1910 translated from the French (“Peronnik l’idiot”, Le Foyer Breton, 1844). 436 · Ogier the Dane · William Morris; adapted by Madalen Edgar · ss Stories from the Earthly Paradise by William Morris & adapted by Madalen Edgar, 1919 prose adaptation of a narrative poem from The Earthly Paradise (1870). 450 · Merlin Dreams in the Mondream Wood [Ottawa and the Valley] · Charles de Lint · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #7, Spring 1990 463 · The Dragon Line · Michael Swanwick · nv Terry’s Universe ed. Beth Meacham, Tor, 1988

The Mammoth Book of Merlin ed. Mike Ashley (Running Press, December 2009, 978-0-7624-3830-3, $13.95, 480pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Reprint (Robinson 2009) fantasy anthology of 24 stories, revised from The Merlin Chronicles (Raven, 1995). Details taken from online listing.

The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson, July 30, 2009, 978-1-84529-891-3, £7.99, x+531pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Anthology of 21 SF stories, five original. Authors include Arthur C. Clarke, James Blish, and John Varley; original stories are by Stephen Baxter, Robert Reed, Paul Di Filippo, Adam Roberts, and Eric Brown. ix · That Sense of Wonder · Mike Ashley · in 1 · Out of the Sun · Arthur C. Clarke · ss If February 1958, as “Out from the Sun” 9 · The Pevatron Rats · Stephen Baxter · nv 30 · The Edge of the Map [Susanna Munro] · Ian Creasey · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2006 47 · Cascade Point [Pall Durriken] · Timothy Zahn · na Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact December 1983 105 · A Dance to Strange Musics · Gregory Benford · nv Science Fiction Age November 1998 131 · Palindromic · Peter Crowther · nv First Contact ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff, DAW, 1997 156 · Castle in the Sky · Robert Reed · nv 191 · The Hole in the Hole [Wilson Wu] · Terry Bisson · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 1994 224 · Hotrider · Keith Brooke · ss Aboriginal Science Fiction December 1991 237 · Mother Grasshopper · Michael Swanwick · nv A Geography of Unknown Lands by Michael Swanwick, Tigereyes Press, 1997 255 · Waves and Smart Magma · Paul Di Filippo · nv 282 · The Black Hole Passes [Eight Worlds] · John Varley · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1975 309 · The Peacock King · Ted White & Larry McCombs · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1965 325 · Bridge [Cities in Flight] · James Blish · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1952 355 · Anhedonia · Adam Roberts · nv 380 · Tiger Burning · Alastair Reynolds · nv Forbidden Planets ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2006 407 · The Width of the World · Ian Watson · ss Universe 13 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1983 421 · Our Lady of the Sauropods · Robert Silverberg · ss Omni September 1980 438 · Into the Miranda Rift · G. David Nordley · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact July 1993 504 · The Rest Is Speculation · Eric Brown · ss 524 · Vacuum States · Geoffrey A. Landis · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1988

The Mammoth Book of Mindblowing SF ed. Mike Ashley (Running Press, September 2009, 978-0-7624-3723-8, $13.95, x+531pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts)     Reprint (Robinson 2009) anthology of 21 SF stories, five original. Authors with original stories include Stephen Baxter, Paul Di Filippo, and Robert Reed. First US edition.

The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, 2001, 0-7867-0916-2, $11.95, 500pp, tp, oa)     Reprint (Robinson 2001 as The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Brand New Collection) anthology of 22 stories from Ancient Rome to the days of James I of England. First US edition.

The Mammoth Book of More Historical Whodunnits ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, 2005, 0-7867-1571-5, $13.95, 564pp, tp, oa)     Reprint (Robinson 2005 as The Mammoth Book of Historical Whodunnits: Third New Collection) anthology of 26 stories set from 950 BC to the fateful voyage of the Titanic. First US edition.

The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy ed. Mike Ashley (Carroll & Graf, July 2005, 0-7867-1574-X, $13.95, 544pp, tp, oa, cover by Julek Heller)     Anthology of 32 humorous fantasy stories, eight original. Authors of original stories include James Bibby, Tom Holt, and Adam Roberts. Simultaneous with the Robinson UK edition titled The Mammoth Book of Comic Fantasy: Fourth All-New Collection.

The Mammoth Book of New Comic Fantasy: Fourth All-New Collection ed. Mike Ashley (SFBC, October 2005, #1194032, $12.50, 544pp, hc, an, cover by John Steven Gurney)     Reprint (Carroll & Graf 2005) anthology of 32 humorous fantasy stories. This has ISBN 0-7394-5786-1; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

The Mammoth Book of New Jules Verne Adventures ed. Mike Ashley & Eric Brown (Carroll & Graf, February 15, 2005, 0-7867-1495-6, $13.95, xiii+498pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of 23 stories, one a reprint, another in its first English translation. Authors include Ian Watson, Stephen Baxter, Paul Di Filippo, and Richard A. Lupoff. ix · Return to the Centre of the Earth · Mike Ashley · in 1 · A Drama on the Railway · Stephen Baxter · ss 15 · Jehan Thun’s Quest [Master Zacharius] · Brian Stableford · nv 48 · Six Weeks in a Balloon · Eric Brown · ss 59 · Londre au XXIe Siècle · James Lovegrove · ss 74 · Giant Dwarfs · Ian Watson · nv 99 · Cliff Rhodes and the Most Important Journey: A Land at the End of the Working Day Story · Peter Crowther · na 144 · The True Story of Barbicane’s Voyage [Baltimore Gun Club] · Laurent Genefort; translated by Finn Sinclair · nv 169 · Columbiad [Baltimore Gun Club] · Stephen Baxter · ss Science Fiction Age May 1996 184 · Tableaux · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · nv 209 · The Secret of the “Nautilus” [Captain Nemo] · Michael Mallory · nv 230 · Doctor Bull’s Intervention · Keith Brooke · nv 257 · The Very First Affair [Phileas Fogg] · Johan Heliot; translated by Sheryl Curtis · nv 278 · Eighty Letters, Plus One [Phileas Fogg; Sherlock Holmes] · Kevin J. Anderson & Sarah A. Hoyt · ss 291 · The Adventurers’ League [Captain Nemo] · Justina Robson · nv 315 · Hector Servadac, fils [Hector Servadac] · Adam Roberts · nv 344 · The Mysterious Iowans [Robur the Conqueror] · Paul Di Filippo · nv 366 · Old Light [Orfanik] · Tim Lebbon · ss 383 · The Selene Gardening Society [Baltimore Gun Club] · Molly Brown · ss 402 · A Matter of Mathematics [Baltimore Gun Club] · Tony Ballantyne · nv 424 · The Secret of the Sahara · Richard A. Lupoff · nv 454 · The Golden Quest · Sharan Newman · ss 467 · The True Story of Wilhelm Storitz · Michel Pagel; translated by Finn Sinclair · ss 480 · The Shoal · Liz Williams · ss 491 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg