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The 1,000 Year Plan by Isaac Asimov (Ace, 1955, D-110, 35¢, 160pp, pb, na)     Abridged version of Foundation. Bound with No World of Their Own by Poul Anderson.

3 by Asimov: Three Science Fiction Tales by Isaac Asimov (Targ Editions, 1981, iv+22pp, hc, co)     Limited to 250 signed copies on handmade paper. · The Last Answer · Isaac Asimov · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1980 · True Love · Isaac Asimov · ss American Way February 1977 · Fair Exchange? · Isaac Asimov · ss Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Fall 1978

Through a Glass, Clearly by Isaac Asimov (Four Square Books, April 1967, 1866, 3/6d, 124pp, pb, co, cover by Josh Kirby) 7 · It’s Such a Beautiful Day · Isaac Asimov · nv Star Science Fiction Stories No. 3 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1955 28 · Belief · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1953 56 · Breeds There a Man…? · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science Fiction June 1951 92 · The C-Chute · Isaac Asimov · nv Galaxy Science Fiction October 1951

Triangle by Isaac Asimov (SFBC, May 1961, $1.20, 516pp, hc, om) [Trantorian Empire]     Omnibus of The Currents of Space, Pebble in the Sky and The Stars Like Dust. In England as An Isaac Asimov Second Omnibus. 1 · The Currents of Space [Trantorian Empire] · Isaac Asimov · n. Doubleday, 1952 172 · Pebble in the Sky [Trantorian Empire] · Isaac Asimov · n. Doubleday, 1950 347 · The Stars, Like Dust [Trantorian Empire] · Isaac Asimov · n. Doubleday, 1951

The Union Club Mysteries by Isaac Asimov (Doubleday, August 1983, 0-385-18806-4, $13.95, 216pp, hc, co) [Union Club] 9 · Foreword · Isaac Asimov · fw 15 · No Refuge Could Save [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery September 1980, as “To Spot a Spy” 22 · The Telephone Number [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery October 1980, as “The Winning Number” 28 · The Men Who Wouldn’t Talk [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery November 1980, as “Pigeon English” 34 · A Clear Shot [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery December 1980, as “Big Shot” 40 · Irresistible to Women [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery January 1981, as “Call Me Irresistible” 46 · He Wasn’t There [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery February 1981, as “The Spy Who Was Out-of-Focus” 52 · The Thin Line [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery March 1981, as “Taxicab Crackdown” 58 · Mystery Tune [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery April 1981, as “Death Song” 65 · Hide and Seek [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery May 1981 72 · Gift [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery June 1981, as “Decipher Detection” 79 · Hot or Cold [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery July 1981 86 · The Thirteenth Page [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery August 1981 93 · 1 to 999 [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery September 1981, as “One in a Thousand” 100 · Twelve Years Old [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery October 1981, as “The Twelve-Year-Old Problem 12-Year-Old Problem” 107 · Testing, Testing [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery November 1981, as “Cloak and Dagger Duel” 114 · The Appleby Story [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery December 1981, as “The Last Laugh” 121 · Dollars and Cents [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery January 1982, as “Countdown to Disaster” 128 · Friends and Allies [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery February 1982, as “Mirror Image” 135 · Which Is Which [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery March 1982, as “The Perfect Alibi” 142 · The Sign [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery April 1982, as “The Telltale Sign” 149 · Catching the Fox [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery May 1982, as “Stopping the Fox” 156 · Getting the Combination [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery June 1982, as “Playing It by the Numbers” 163 · The Library Book [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery July 1982, as “Mystery Book” 170 · The Three Goblets [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery August 1982, as “A Flash of Brilliance” 176 · Spell It! [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery September 1982, as “Book Smart” 183 · Two Women [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery October 1982, as “Cherchez la Femme: The Case of the Disappearing Woman” 190 · Sending a Signal [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery November 1982, as “A Piece of the Rock” 197 · The Favorite Piece [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery December 1982 203 · Half a Ghost [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery January 1983, as “A Ghost of a Chance” 209 · There Was a Young Lady [Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery February 1983, as “Poetic License” 215 · Afterword · Isaac Asimov · aw

The Winds of Change and Other Stories by Isaac Asimov (Doubleday, March 1983, 0-385-18099-3, $15.95, 269pp, hc, co) xiii · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in 1 · About Nothing · Isaac Asimov · vi Post Card Partnership, 1975, as “untitled (“All of Earth waited…”)” 3 · A Perfect Fit · Isaac Asimov · ss Cahners Publishing Co., October 14 1981 12 · Belief · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1953 46 · Death of a Foy · Isaac Asimov · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1980 49 · Fair Exchange? · Isaac Asimov · ss Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Fall 1978 61 · For the Birds · Isaac Asimov · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1980 72 · Found! · Isaac Asimov · ss Omni October 1978 88 · Good Taste · Isaac Asimov · ss Apocalypse Press, 1976 108 · How It Happened · Isaac Asimov · vi Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Spring 1979 111 · Ideas Die Hard · Isaac Asimov · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1957 130 · Ignition Point! · Isaac Asimov · ss Finding the Right Speaker, 1981 138 · It Is Coming · Isaac Asimov · ss 1979 154 · The Last Answer · Isaac Asimov · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1980 163 · The Last Shuttle · Isaac Asimov · ss Today April 10 1981 168 · Lest We Remember · Isaac Asimov · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 15 1982 198 · Nothing for Nothing · Isaac Asimov · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1979 210 · One Night of Song [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1982 217 · The Smile That Loses [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1982 227 · Sure Thing · Isaac Asimov · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine Summer 1977 230 · To Tell at a Glance · Isaac Asimov · nv The Saturday Evening Post January/February 1977, as “Tell at a Glance”; complete version. 254 · The Winds of Change · Isaac Asimov · ss Speculations ed. Isaac Asimov & Alice Laurance, Houghton Mifflin, 1982

After the End ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Raintree, 1981, 0-8172-1729-0, $15.15, 48pp, hc, an) 6 · Introduction · Isaac Asimov · in 8 · The Wheel · John Wyndham · ss Startling Stories January 1952 20 · There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950 30 · Maybe We Got Something · Josef Berger · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1959 39 · “If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth…” · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Future Combined with Science Fiction Stories September 1951

Amazing Stories: 60 Years of the Best Science Fiction ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg (TSR, July 1985, 0-88038-216-3, $7.95, 255pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 20 stories which originally appeared in Amazing, with a section of color illustrations showing magazine covers. 5 · Amazing Stories and I · Isaac Asimov · in 9 · The Revolt of the Pedestrians · David H. Keller, M.D. · nv Amazing Stories February 1928 29 · The Gostak and the Doshes · Miles J. Breuer, M.D. · ss Amazing Stories March 1930 43 · Pilgrimage [Meg] · Nelson Bond · nv The Thirty-First of February by Nelson Bond, Gnome Press, 1949 revised from “The Priestess Who Rebelled”, Amazing Oct ’39. 57 · I, Robot [Adam Link] · Eando Binder · ss Amazing Stories January 1939 67 · The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton · Robert Bloch · ss Amazing Stories March 1939 75 · The Perfect Woman · Robert Sheckley · vi Amazing Stories December 1953/January 1954 79 · Memento Homo · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss Amazing Stories March 1954, as “Death of a Spaceman” 93 · What Is This Thing Called Love? · Isaac Asimov · ss Amazing Stories March 1961, as “Playboy and the Slime God” 103 · Requiem · Edmond Hamilton · ss Amazing Stories April 1962 115 · Hang Head, Vandal! · Mark Clifton · ss Amazing Stories April 1962 125 · Drunkboat [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · nv Amazing Stories October 1963 ins. · 60 Years of Amazing Stories’ Covers · [uncredited] · pi (r) 147 · The Days of Perky Pat · Philip K. Dick · nv Amazing Stories December 1963; expanded to The Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldrich (Doubleday 1964). 165 · Semley’s Necklace [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Amazing Stories September 1964, as “The Dowry of Angyar” 179 · Calling Dr. Clockwork · Ron Goulart · ss Amazing Stories March 1965 187 · There’s No Vinism Like Chauvinism · John W. Jakes · nv Amazing Stories April 1965 215 · The Oögenesis of Bird City · Philip José Farmer · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories September 1970 225 · The Man Who Walked Home · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories May 1972 237 · Manikins · John Varley · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories January 1976 247 · In the Islands · Pat Murphy · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic March 1983

Asimov’s Extraterrestrials ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Dragon, October 1986, 0-583-30986-0, £1.95, 204pp, pb, an)     Reprint (Harper & Row 1984 as Young Extraterrestrials) juvenile sf anthology.

Asimov’s Ghosts ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Dragon Books, 1986, 0-583-30988-7, £1.95, 202pp, pb, an)     British edition of Young Ghosts (Harper, 1985), slightly abridged, omitting the story by Richard Matheson. ix · Ghosts · Isaac Asimov · in 9 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 25 · On the Brighton Road · Richard Middleton · ss The Ghost Ship by Richard Middleton, Unwin, 1912 31 · Poor Little Saturday · Madeleine L’Engle · nv Fantastic Universe October 1956 56 · The Lake · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1944 66 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q 85 · An Uncommon Sort of Spectre · Edward Page Mitchell · ss The Sun March 30 1879 99 · The House of the Nightmare · Edward Lucas White · ss Smith’s Magazine September 1906 114 · The Shadowy Third · Ellen Glasgow · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1916 152 · The Twilight Road · H. F. Brinsmead · ss Miscellany Four ed. Edward Blishen, Oxford University Press, 1967 161 · The Voices of El Dorado · Howard Goldsmith · ss Horror Tales ed. Roger Elwood, Rand McNally, 1974, as by Ward Smith 178 · The Changing of the Guard · Anne Serling-Sutton · sa Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine January/February 1985 [Ref. Rod Serling] screenplay by Rod Serling.

Asimov’s Ghosts ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Dragon, October 1986, 0-583-30988-7, £1.95, 202pp, pb, an)     Reprint (Dragon 1986) anthology, slightly abridged from Young Ghosts (Harper, 1985).

Asimov’s Ghosts & Monsters ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg & Charles Waugh (Armada, June 1988, 0-00-693176-6, £2.50, 413pp, pb, om)     Sf/occult omnibus derived from the original individual volumes. 5 · Asimov’s Ghosts · ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg & Charles Waugh · an Harper & Row, 1985, as “Young Ghosts” 11 · Ghosts · Isaac Asimov · in 1985 17 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 33 · On the Brighton Road · Richard Middleton · ss The Ghost Ship by Richard Middleton, Unwin, 1912 39 · Poor Little Saturday · Madeleine L’Engle · nv Fantastic Universe October 1956 64 · The Lake · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales May 1944 74 · A Pair of Hands · Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch · ss The Cornish Magazine December 1898, as by Q 93 · An Uncommon Sort of Spectre · Edward Page Mitchell · ss The Sun March 30 1879 107 · The House of the Nightmare · Edward Lucas White · ss Smith’s Magazine September 1906 122 · The Shadowy Third · Ellen Glasgow · nv Scribner’s Magazine December 1916 160 · The Twilight Road · H. F. Brinsmead · ss Miscellany Four ed. Edward Blishen, Oxford University Press, 1967 169 · The Voices of El Dorado · Howard Goldsmith · ss Horror Tales ed. Roger Elwood, Rand McNally, 1974, as by Ward Smith 186 · The Changing of the Guard · Anne Serling · sa Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine January/February 1985, as by Anne Serling-Sutton [Ref. Rod Serling] screenplay by Rod Serling. 213 · Asimov’s Monsters · ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin Greenberg & Charles Waugh · an Harper & Row, 1985, as “Young Monsters” 219 · The Power of Evil · Isaac Asimov · in 1985 225 · Homecoming [The Elliott Family] · Ray Bradbury · ss Mademoiselle October 1946 245 · Good-by, Miss Patterson · Phyllis MacLennan · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1972 250 · The Wheelbarrow Boy · Richard Parker · ss Lilliput October 1950 256 · The Cabbage Patch · Theodore R. Cogswell · ss Perspective Fall 1952 263 · The Thing Waiting Outside · Barbara Williamson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1977 272 · Red as Blood · Tanith Lee · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1979 288 · Gabriel-Ernest · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 29 1909 298 · Fritzchen · Charles Beaumont · ss Orbit v1 #1, 1953 314 · The Young One · Jerome Bixby · nv Fantastic April 1954 355 · Optical Illusion · Mack Reynolds · ss Science Stories #2, December 1953 360 · Idiot’s Crusade · Clifford D. Simak · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1954 383 · One for the Road [’Salem’s Lot] · Stephen King · ss Maine March 1977 408 · Angelica · Jane Yolen · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1979

Asimov’s Monsters ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Dragon, October 1986, 0-583-30987-9, £1.95, 203pp, pb, an)     Reprint (Harper & Row 1985 as Young Monsters) juvenile sf anthology.

Asimov’s Mutants ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Dragon, October 1986, 0-583-30967-4, £1.95, 201pp, pb, an)     Reprint (Harper & Row 1984 as Young Mutants) juvenile sf anthology.

Atlantis ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (NAL/Signet, January 1988, 0-451-15144-5, $3.95, 349pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 11 fantasy stories. Volume nine in the “Isaac Asimov’s Magical Worlds of Fantasy” series. 9 · The Lost City · Isaac Asimov · in 15 · Treaty in Tartessos · Karen Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction May 1963 23 · The Vengeance of Ulios · Edmond Hamilton · nv Weird Tales July 1935, as “The Avenger from Atlantis” 61 · Scar-Tissue · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Amazing Stories July 1946 77 · The Double Shadow [Poseidonis] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss The Double Shadow and Other Fantasies by Clark Ashton Smith, Auburn CA, 1933 95 · The Dweller in the Temple [Kardios, The Last Atlantean] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Swords Against Darkness II ed. Andrew J. Offutt, Zebra, 1977 123 · Gone Fishing · J. A. Pollard · ss 129 · The Lamp [Willy Newbury] · L. Sprague de Camp · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1975 153 · The Shadow Kingdom [Kull] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales August 1929 193 · The New Atlantis · Ursula K. Le Guin · na The New Atlantis ed. Robert Silverberg, Hawthorne, 1975 225 · Dragon Moon [Elak of Atlantis] · Henry Kuttner · nv Weird Tales January 1941 273 · The Brigadier in Check—and Mate [Brigadier Ffellowes] · Sterling E. Lanier · na The Curious Quests of Brigadier Ffellowes by Sterling E. Lanier, Donald M. Grant, 1986

Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Fantasy Novels ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Greenwich House, 1984, 0-517-44500-X, 612pp, hc, an)     Reprinted in Britain as The Mammoth Book of Short Fantasy Novels, Robinson, 1986, tp. vii · Larger Than Life · Isaac Asimov · in 3 · The Gate of the Flying Knives [Thieves’ World] · Poul Anderson · na Thieves’ World ed. Robert Lynn Asprin, Ace, 1979 37 · Unicorn Tapestry · Suzy McKee Charnas · na New Dimensions 11 ed. Robert Silverberg & Marta Randall, Pocket, 1980 93 · Sleep Well of Nights [Jack Limekiller] · Avram Davidson · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1978, as “A Good Night’s Sleep” 139 · Black Heart and White Heart · Sir H. Rider Haggard · na Africa Review January 1896 189 · Red Nails [Conan] · Robert E. Howard · na Weird Tales July 1936 (+2) 263 · Storm in a Bottle [Brak] · John Jakes · na Flashing Swords! #4 ed. Lin Carter, SFBC, 1977 303 · Ill Met in Lankhmar [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1970 347 · The Lands Beyond the World · Michael Moorcock · na Flashing Swords! #4 ed. Lin Carter, SFBC, 1977 395 · A Man and His God [Thieves’ World] · Janet Morris · na Shadows of Sanctuary ed. Robert Lynn Asprin, Ace, 1981 431 · Spider Silk [Witch World] · Andre Norton · na Flashing Swords! #3 ed. Lin Carter, Dell, 1976 469 · Where Is the Bird of Fire? [Mellonia] · Thomas Burnett Swann · na Science Fantasy #52, 1962 517 · Guyal of Sfere [Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · nv The Dying Earth by Jack Vance, Hillman, 1950 563 · Tower of Ice [Dilvish] · Roger Zelazny · na Flashing Swords! #5 ed. Lin Carter, Dell, 1981

Baker’s Dozen: 13 Short Science Fiction Novels ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Bonanza, 1985, 0-517-47646-0, $7.98, 574pp, hc, an)     Anthology of novellas, with an introduction by Asimov. An “instant remainder” book. vii · Novellas · Isaac Asimov · in 1 · Profession · Isaac Asimov · na Astounding Science Fiction July 1957 49 · Who Goes There? · John W. Campbell, Jr. · na Astounding Science-Fiction August 1938, as by Don A. Stuart 97 · For I Am a Jealous People! · Lester del Rey · na Star Short Novels ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1954 133 · The Mortal and the Monster · Gordon R. Dickson · na Stellar Short Novels ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1976 177 · Time Safari · David Drake · na Destinies v3 #2, 1981 227 · In the Western Tradition · Phyllis Eisenstein · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1981 269 · The Alley Man · Philip José Farmer · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1959 305 · The Sellers of the Dream · John W. Jakes · nv Galaxy Magazine June 1963 337 · The Moon Goddess and the Son · Donald Kingsbury · na Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact December 1979 385 · Enemy Mine [Dracon] · Barry B. Longyear · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1979 439 · Flash Crowd · Larry Niven · na Three Trips in Time and Space ed. Robert Silverberg, Hawthorn, 1973 485 · In the Problem Pit · Frederik Pohl · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1973 531 · The Desert of Stolen Dreams [Majipoor] · Robert Silverberg · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1981