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A Treasury of Great Science Fiction, Volume Two ed. Anthony Boucher (Doubleday, November 1959, $5.95, 522pp, hc, an, cover by Sydney Butchkes)     SF anthology. 7 · Brain Wave · Poul Anderson · n. Ballantine, 1954 120 · Bullard Reflects [Bullard] · Malcolm Jameson · ss Astounding Science-Fiction December 1941 131 · The Lost Years · Oscar Lewis · ex Knopf, 1951 166 · Dead Center · Judith Merril · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1954 187 · Lost Art [Venus Equilateral] · George O. Smith · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1943 207 · The Other Side of the Sky · Arthur C. Clarke · gp Infinity Science Fiction September 1957 (+1) _ · Special Delivery · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction September 1957 _ · Feathered Friend · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction September 1957 _ · Take a Deep Breath · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction September 1957 _ · Freedom of Space · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction October 1957 _ · Passer-By · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction October 1957 _ · The Call of the Stars · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction October 1957 222 · The Man Who Sold the Moon [D.D. Harriman] · Robert A. Heinlein · na The Man Who Sold the Moon by Robert A. Heinlein, Shasta, 1950 293 · Magic City [Meg] · Nelson S. Bond · nv Astounding Science-Fiction February 1941 322 · The Morning of the Day They Did It · E. B. White · ss The New Yorker February 25 1950 334 · Piggy Bank · Henry Kuttner · nv Astounding Science-Fiction December 1942, as by Lewis Padgett 356 · Letters from Laura · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1954 361 · The Stars My Destination · Alfred Bester · n. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1956, as “Tiger! Tiger!”; revised.

Parietal Games: Critical Writings by and on M. John Harrison ed. Mark Bould & Michelle Reid (The Science Fiction Foundation, August 2005, 0-903007-05-3, £20.00, 357pp, tp, nf)     Collection of most of M. John Harrison’s critical writings plus some reviews of his books and essays on his work. 9 · Foreword · Elizabeth Hand · fw 13 · Let’s Make a Little Noise, Colorado: An Introduction in Eight Parts · Mark Bould · in 31 · Part A: By M. John Harrison 32 · The Einstein Intersection · M. John Harrison · br Speculation #18, May 1968 [Ref. Samuel R. Delany] 34 · Bug Jack Barron · M. John Harrison · br Speculation #19, September 1968 [Ref. Norman Spinrad] 37 · Body Schema Fantasies: Restoree · M. John Harrison · br Speculation #21, February 1969 [Ref. Anne McCaffrey] 39 · The Answer Is Chicago · M. John Harrison · br Speculation #24, September/October 1969 [Ref. Robert A. Heinlein] 39 · The Chalk Won’t Stay on the Biscuits: A Dialogue · M. John Harrison · ar Speculation #25, January 1970 44 · The Impotence of Being Stagg · M. John Harrison & R. G. Meadley · br New Worlds #184, November 1968 46 · The Angle of Attack · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds #185, December 1968, as by Joyce Churchill 49 · A Devil of a Job · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds #185, December 1968 51 · The Anthology Bag · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds #186, January 1969, as by Joyce Churchill 54 · Trouble at t’White House · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds #187, February 1969 57 · Mr. Throd and the Wise Old Crocodile · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds #188, March 1969 59 · The Cannon Kings · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds #189, April 1969, as by Joyce Churchill 62 · Twilight Crucifixion of the Beastly Black Sheep · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds #190, May 1969 65 · The Boy from Vietnam · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds #191, June 1969 68 · Paperbag · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds #192, July 1969, as by Joyce Churchill 70 · Come Alive—You’re in the William Sansom Generation · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds #194, September/October 1969, as by Joyce Churchill 73 · The Tangreese Gimmick · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds #195, November 1969 75 · Pot Pourri · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds #196, December 1969 [Ref. David Solomon]; review of The Marijuana Papers. 77 · Big Brother Is Twenty-One · M. John Harrison · ar New Worlds #197, January 1970, as by Joyce Churchill 78 · The Wireless School · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds #197, January 1970 80 · Broaden Your Horizons · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds #199, March 1970, as by Joyce Churchill 82 · Sawdust and Dead Reads · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds #200, April 1970, as by Joyce Churchill 84 · A Literature of Comfort · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds Quarterly ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1971 89 · By Tennyson Out of Disney · M. John Harrison · ar New Worlds Quarterly 2 ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1971 92 · The Black Glak · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds Quarterly 3 ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1972 96 · The Problem of Sympathy · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds Quarterly 4 ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1972 101 · To the Stars and Beyond on the Fabulous Anti-Syntax Drive · M. John Harrison · ar New Worlds Quarterly 5 ed. Michael Moorcock, Sphere, 1973 105 · Filling Us Up · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds 6 ed. Michael Moorcock & Charles Platt, Sphere, 1973 109 · Absorbing the Miraculous · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds 7 ed. Hilary Bailey & Charles Platt, Sphere, 1974 112 · Coming to Life · M. John Harrison · br New Worlds 8 ed. Hilary Bailey, Sphere, 1975 117 · Sweet Analytics · M. John Harrison · ar New Worlds 9 ed. Hilary Bailey, Corgi, 1975 122 · Science Fiction Book Reviews · M. John Harrison · rc New Manchester Review January 12 1979 123 · Science Fiction Book Reviews · M. John Harrison · rc New Manchester Review March 9 1979 125 · Science Fiction Book Reviews · M. John Harrison · rc New Manchester Review June 15 1979 127 · Science Fiction Book Reviews · M. John Harrison · rc New Manchester Review October 5 1979 129 · Science Fiction Book Reviews · M. John Harrison · rc New Manchester Review November 30 1979 131 · Science Fiction Book Reviews · M. John Harrison · rc New Manchester Review December 14 1979 133 · Port of Saints · M. John Harrison · br Foundation #22, June 1981 [Ref. William S. Burroughs] 135 · Kiteworld · M. John Harrison · br Foundation #35, Winter 1985/1986 [Ref. Keith Roberts] 138 · The Folk of the Air · M. John Harrison · br Foundation #38, Winter 1986/1987 [Ref. Peter S. Beagle] 141 · O-Zone · M. John Harrison · br Foundation #40, Summer 1987 [Ref. Paul Theroux] 144 · The Profession of Science Fiction, 40: The Profession of Fiction · M. John Harrison · ar Foundation #46, Autumn 1989 154 · Escape from Kathmandu · M. John Harrison · br Foundation #47, Winter 1989/1990 [Ref. Kim Stanley Robinson] 157 · The Paradise Motel · M. John Harrison · br Foundation #48, Spring 1990 [Ref. Eric McCormack] 158 · Heathern · M. John Harrison · br Foundation #50, Autumn 1990 [Ref. Jack Womack] 161 · Halo · M. John Harrison · br Foundation #57, Spring 1993 [Ref. Tom Maddox] 163 · Dream Cargoes: War Fever · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement November 23 1990 [Ref. J. G. Ballard] 165 · Speeding to Cradle from Grave: Time’s Arrow · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement September 20 1991 [Ref. Martin Amis] 168 · Adrift on a Sea of Stories: The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement November 15 1991 [Ref. John Barth] 170 · Nerd Into Shaman: Storming the Reality Studio · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement March 13 1992 [Ref. Larry McCaffery] 172 · Going Into the Void: The Water People · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement May 29 1992 [Ref. Joe Simpson] 173 · Beating the Retreat: Black Dogs · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement June 19 1992 [Ref. Ian McEwan] 175 · Following the Embalmer’s Trade: The Picador Book of the New Gothic · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement October 9 1992 [Ref. Patrick McGrath & Bradford Morrow] 177 · Lifting the Coffin-Lid: Where Does Kissing End? · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement November 20 1992 [Ref. Kate Pullinger] 179 · Cursors and Presursors: Hands On · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement February 26 1993 [Ref. Andrew Rosenheim] 180 · Love as Melodrama: Dr Haggard’s Disease · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement May 14 1993 [Ref. Patrick McGrath] 182 · Here Come the Style Pirates: Virtual Light · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement October 1 1993 [Ref. William Gibson] 184 · A Southern Child: Crazy in Alabama · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement October 29 1993 [Ref. Mark Childress] 185 · The Man Who Cut the Rope: Against the Wall · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement November 22 1996 [Ref. Simon Yates] 187 · On Simian Street with Dr Self: Great Apes · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement May 9 1997 [Ref. Will Self] 189 · Wars and Lies in Bars: The Story of My Disappearance · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement August 29 1997 [Ref. Paul Watkins] 191 · Second Time Around: Timequake · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement September 26 1997 [Ref. Kurt Vonnegut] 194 · Polluted Peak: Into Thin Air & Dark Shadows Falling: The Death Zone · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement December 26 1997 [Ref. Jon Krakauer, Joe Simpson & Matt Dickinson] 198 · Updike Man Faces the Infinite, Perhaps: Toward the End of Time · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement February 6 1998 [Ref. John Updike] 201 · We’re Talking Larger’n Life Here: A Man in Full · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement November 27 1998 [Ref. Tom Wolfe] 205 · That Old Magus: Super-Cannes · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement September 8 2000 [Ref. J. G. Ballard] 207 · Conversations with a Museum: The Bat Tattoo · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement October 18 2002 [Ref. Russell Hoban] 212 · Cheerfully Creepy: Seven Tales of Sex and Death · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement March 28 2003 [Ref. Patricia Duncker] 214 · All the Old Nostalgia: The North of England Home Service · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement May 9 2003 [Ref. Gordon Burn] 216 · Waiting for the End: These Foolish Things · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement February 6 2004 [Ref. Deborah Moggach] 219 · From Dream-Scene to Dream-Scene: The Coma · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement July 2 2004 [Ref. Alex Garland] 222 · Death and the Landscape: The Quarry · M. John Harrison · br The Times Literary Supplement September 10 2004 [Ref. Damon Galgut] 224 · Confessions of an Astrophysicist: Redemption Ark · M. John Harrison · br The Guardian August 10 2002 [Ref. Alastair Reynolds] 226 · Worlds Apart: The Birthday of the World · M. John Harrison · br The Guardian January 18 2003 [Ref. Ursula K. Le Guin] 227 · All Fired Up with Nowhere to Go: China · M. John Harrison · br The Guardian April 19 2003 [Ref. Alan Wall] 229 · Meat vs. Machine: Natural History · M. John Harrison · br The Guardian June 7 2003 [Ref. Justina Robson] 231 · Rubbing Salt in the Wounds: Thursbitch · M. John Harrison · br The Guardian October 18 2003 [Ref. Alan Garner] 233 · Be-Bop-A-Lula, and Lola: Her Name Was Lola · M. John Harrison · br The Guardian November 15 2003 [Ref. Russell Hoban] 234 · Rocky the Rasta versus Creosote Man: Dr Mukti and Other Tales of Woe · M. John Harrison · br The Guardian January 3 2004 [Ref. Will Self] 236 · A Memo from the Author to Herself: Brother and Sister · M. John Harrison · br The Guardian February 14 2004 [Ref. Joanna Trollope] 238 · Wallander’s World: Firewall · M. John Harrison · br The Guardian April 10 2004 [Ref. Henning Mankell] 240 · Muddy Waters: Siren Song · M. John Harrison · br The Guardian June 12 2004 [Ref. Robert Edric] 241 · This Boy’s Lives: The Ninth Life of Louis Drax · M. John Harrison · br The Guardian June 26 2004 [Ref. Liz Jensen] 243 · Go Tell It Off the Mountain: Touching the Void · M. John Harrison · br The Spectator June 10 1989 [Ref. Joe Simpson] 245 · What It Might Be Like to Live in Viriconium · M. John Harrison · ar Fantastic Metropolis October 2001; given as “What Might It Be Like to Live in Viriconium” on the article itself. 246 · Tolkien Is Not an Issue · M. John Harrison · ar The Third Alternative #33, Winter 2003 248 · Part B: On M. John Harrison 249 · A Young Man’s Journey to Ladbroke Grove: M. John Harrison and the Evolution of the New Wave in Britain · Rob Latham · ar 265 · Form and Content in The Centauri Device · Rjurik Davidson · ar 275 · “All the Cities That There Have Ever Been”: In Viriconium · Nick Freeman · ar 290 · Hard Very Severe: M. John Harrison’s Climbers · Graham Sleight · ar 299 · Loving the Loss of the World: Tesknota and the Metaphors of the Heart · Graham Fraser · ar 319 · Imagine, As That Dolphin, Breathing Light · John Clute · ar 323 · Light · Farah Mendlesohn · br 326 · Old, Mean and Misanthropic: An Interview with M. John Harrison · Mark Bould · iv Vector November/December 2002 lightly edited transcript of interview conducted on 13th April 2002 at Signs of Life event co-ordinated by BSFA & SFF. 343 · About the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg 345 · Bibliographies · [uncredited] · bi 351 · Index · [uncredited] · ix

Haunting the Dead ed. Philippe Boulle (White Wolf, September 2003, 1-58846-837-2, $6.99, 288pp, pb, oa, cover by Christopher Shy) [World of Darkness]     Original anthology of four novellas based on the dark fantasy roleplaying game. 6 · The Grass Is Always Greener [World of Darkness] · Stefan Petrucha · na 70 · Eurydice [World of Darkness] · Seth Lindberg · na 144 · Día de los Muertos [World of Darkness] · Allen Rausch · na 220 · Corridors [World of Darkness] · Rick Chillot · na 287 · The Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Lucifer’s Shadow ed. Philippe Boulle (White Wolf, December 2002, 1-58846-824-0, $6.99, 279pp, pb, oa, cover by Matt Milberger) [World of Darkness]     Original anthology of 10 stories based on the “Demon: The Fallen” dark fantasy role-playing game. 8 · Prologue · [uncredited] · pr 12 · Midnight in the Garden [World of Darkness] · Michael B. Lee · ss 24 · All Good Things [World of Darkness] · Myranda Kalis · nv 68 · Tiger by the Tail [World of Darkness] · Ellen Porter Kiley · ss 86 · What Shelter’s Them [World of Darkness] · Sarah Roark · nv 116 · The Devil’s Sugar [World of Darkness] · Greg Stolze · nv 146 · She Kindly Stopped for Me [World of Darkness] · Diane Piron-Gelman · nv 170 · A Legitimate Obligation [World of Darkness] · Carl Bowen · nv 196 · Gingerbread Houses [World of Darkness] · Lucien Soulban · nv 230 · Jilted [World of Darkness] · Matthew McFarland · nv 252 · Taking His Name in Vain [World of Darkness] · Adam Tinworth · nv 282 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Time Out of Mind by Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott (Secker & Warburg, 1966, 25/-, 254pp, hc, oc)     English translation of Contes de l’absurde suivis de E=mc2 (Julliard, 1963). 7 · Time Out of Mind · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · nv translated from the French (“Une nuit interminable”, Contes de l’absurde, Juillard, 1953). 43 · The Man Who Picked Up Pins · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · ss translated from the French (“L’homme qui ramassait les épingles”, Histoires charitables, Juillard, 1965). 52 · The Miracle · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · nv translated from the French (“Le miracle”, E=mc2, Juillard, 1957). 79 · The Perfect Robot · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · ss translated from the French (“Le parfait robot”, Contes de l’absurde, Juillard, 1953). 94 · The Enigmatic Saint · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · nv translated from the French (“Le saint énigmatique”, Histoires charitables, Juillard, 1965). 139 · The Lunians · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · nv translated from the French (“Les Luniens”, E=mc2, Juillard, 1957). 176 · The Diabolical Weapon · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · ss translated from the French (“L’arme diabolique”, Histoires charitables, Juillard, 1965). 187 · The Age of Wisdom · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · ss translated from the French (“Le règne des sages”, Contes de l’absurde, Juillard, 1953). 206 · The Man Who Hated Machines · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · nv translated from the French (“L’homme qui haïssait les machines”, Histoires charitables, Juillard, 1965).

Time Out of Mind and Other Stories (var. 1) by Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott (Vanguard Press, November 1966, LC:66-26792, $5.95, 352pp, hc, co, cover by JoAnn Randel)     Collection of 12 stories translated from the French, expanded from the Secker & Warburg edition by the addition of 3 other stories. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Time Out of Mind · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · nv Time Out of Mind by Pierre Boulle, tr. Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott, Secker & Warburg, 1966 translated from the French (“Une nuit interminable”, Contes de l’absurde, Juillard, 1953). 43 · The Man Who Picked Up Pins · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · ss Time Out of Mind by Pierre Boulle, tr. Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott, Secker & Warburg, 1966 translated from the French (“L’homme qui ramassait les épingles”, Histoires charitables, Juillard, 1965). 52 · The Miracle · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · nv Time Out of Mind by Pierre Boulle, tr. Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott, Secker & Warburg, 1966 translated from the French (“Le miracle”, E=mc2, Juillard, 1957). 79 · The Perfect Robot · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · ss Time Out of Mind by Pierre Boulle, tr. Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott, Secker & Warburg, 1966 translated from the French (“Le parfait robot”, Contes de l’absurde, Juillard, 1953). 94 · The Enigmatic Saint · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · nv Time Out of Mind by Pierre Boulle, tr. Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott, Secker & Warburg, 1966 translated from the French (“Le saint énigmatique”, Histoires charitables, Juillard, 1965). 139 · The Lunians · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · nv Time Out of Mind by Pierre Boulle, tr. Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott, Secker & Warburg, 1966 translated from the French (“Les Luniens”, E=mc2, Juillard, 1957). 176 · The Diabolical Weapon · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · ss Time Out of Mind by Pierre Boulle, tr. Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott, Secker & Warburg, 1966 translated from the French (“L’arme diabolique”, Histoires charitables, Juillard, 1965). 187 · The Age of Wisdom · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · ss Time Out of Mind by Pierre Boulle, tr. Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott, Secker & Warburg, 1966 translated from the French (“Le règne des sages”, Contes de l’absurde, Juillard, 1953). 206 · The Man Who Hated Machines · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · nv Time Out of Mind by Pierre Boulle, tr. Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott, Secker & Warburg, 1966 translated from the French (“L’homme qui haïssait les machines”, Histoires charitables, Juillard, 1965). 255 · Love and Gravity · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · ss translated from the French (“L’amour et la pesanteur”, E=mc2, Juillard, 1957). 275 · The Hallucination · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · ss translated from the French (“L’hallucination”, Contes de l’absurde, Juillard, 1953). 288 · E=mc2 · Pierre Boulle; translated by Xan Fielding & Elisabeth Abbott · nv translated from the French (“E=mc2 ou le roman d’une idée”, E=mc2, Juillard, 1957).