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The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Thirty-Fifth Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s Griffin, July 3, 2018, 978-1-250-16463-6, $23.99, xxxvi+679pp, tp, an, cover: The Water-Walls of Enceladus by Jim Burns from 2016)     Details taken from online listing. xiii · Summation: 2017 · Gardner Dozois · in 1 · The Moon Is Not a Battlefield · Indrapramit Das · nv Infinity Wars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2017 15 · My English Name · R. S. Benedict · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2017 35 · An Evening with Severyn Grimes · Rich Larson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2017 50 · Vanguard 2.0 · Carter Scholz · ss Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities ed. Ed Finn, Joey Eschrich & Juliet Ulman, Center for Science and the Imagination, 2017 63 · Starlight Express · Michael Swanwick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September/October 2017 71 · The Martian Obelisk · Linda Nagata · ss Tor.com July 19 2017 84 · We Who Live in the Heart [The Lucky Peach] · Kelly Robson · nv Clarkesworld #128, May 2017 114 · Winter Timeshare [Istanbul Protectorate] · Ray Nayler · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January/February 2017 127 · Dear Sarah · Nancy Kress · ss Infinity Wars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2017 136 · Night Passage [Revelation Space] · Alastair Reynolds · nv Infinite Stars ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Titan, 2017 163 · The Dragon That Flew Out of the Sun [Xuya] · Aliette de Bodard · ss Cosmic Powers ed. John Joseph Adams, Saga Press, 2017 171 · Waiting Out the End of the World in Patty’s Place Cafe · Naomi Kritzer · ss Clarkesworld #126, March 2017 180 · The Hunger After You’re Fed · James S. A. Corey · ss Wired January 2017 188 · Assassins · Burt Courtier & Jack Skillingstead · ss Clarkesworld #125, February 2017 194 · The Martian Job · Jaine Fenn · na NewCon Press, December 19 2017 252 · The Road to the Sea · Lavie Tidhar · ss Sunvault ed. Phoebe Wagner & Brontë Christopher Wieland, Upper Rubber Boot Books, 2017 258 · Uncanny Valley · Greg Egan · nv Tor.com August 9 2017 283 · The Worldless · Indrapramit Das · ss Lightspeed #82, March 2017 293 · Pan-Humanism: Hope and Pragmatics · Jess Barber & Sara Saab · nv Clarkesworld #132, September 2017 317 · Zigeuner · Harry Turtledove · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2017 328 · The Proving Ground · Alec Nevala-Lee · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2017 358 · Zen and the Art of Starship Maintenance · Tobias S. Buckell · nv Cosmic Powers ed. John Joseph Adams, Saga Press, 2017 371 · The Influence Machine · Sean McMullen · ss Interzone #269, March/April 2017 390 · Canoe · Nancy Kress · ss Extrasolar ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2017 403 · The History of the Invasion Told in Five Dogs · Kelly Jennings · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May/June 2017 408 · Prime Meridian · Silvia Moreno-Garcia · na Innsmouth Free Press, December 2017 456 · Triceratops · Ian McHugh · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2017 465 · Mines · Eleanor Arnason · nv Infinity Wars ed. Jonathan Strahan, Solaris, 2017 478 · There Used to Be Olive Trees · Rich Larson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January/February 2017 494 · Whending My Way Back Home [Martin and Artie] · Bill Johnson · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2017 525 · Death on Mars · Madeline Ashby · nv Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities ed. Ed Finn, Joey Eschrich & Juliet Ulman, Center for Science and the Imagination, 2017 541 · Elephant on Table · Bruce Sterling · ss Chasing Shadows ed. David Brin & Stephen W. Potts, Tor, 2017 557 · Number Thirty-Nine Skink · Suzanne Palmer · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2017 567 · A Series of Steaks · Vina Jie-Min Prasad · nv Clarkesworld #124, January 2017 583 · The Last Boat-Builder in Ballyvoloon · Finbarr O’Reilly · ss Clarkesworld #133, October 2017 596 · The Residue of Fire [The Great Ship Universe] · Robert Reed · ss Extrasolar ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2017 611 · Sidewalks · Maureen F. McHugh · ss Omni Winter 2017 622 · Nexus · Michael F. Flynn · na Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2017 671 · Honorable Mentions: 2017 · Gardner Dozois · bi

Cormac Mac Art by David Drake & Robert E. Howard--- see under Robert E. Howard.

More Than Honor by David Drake, David Weber & S. M. Stirling--- see under David Weber.

Night & Demons by David Drake (Baen, October 2012, 978-1-4516-3847-9, $13.00, 562pp, tp, co, cover by Alan Pollack)     Collection of 28 stories. This adds four stories to the contents of Balefires (Night Shade 2007), and updates the “Working Bibliography” of Drake’s work. Details taken from online listing. 1 · The Red Leer · David Drake · ss Whispers II ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1979 25 · A Land of Romance · David Drake · nv The Enchanter Completed ed. Harry Turtledove, Baen, 2005 51 · Smokie Joe · David Drake · ss More Devil’s Kisses ed. Linda Lovecraft, Corgi, 1977 65 · Awakening · David Drake · ss Nameless Places ed. Gerald W. Page, Arkham House, 1975 71 · Denkirch · David Drake · ss Travellers by Night ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1967 87 · Dragon, the Book · David Drake · ss Catfantastic V ed. Andre Norton & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1999 99 · The False Prophet · David Drake · na Vettius and His Friends by David Drake, Baen, 1989 147 · Black Iron · David Drake · ss Nameless Places ed. Gerald W. Page, Arkham House, 1975 157 · The Shortest Way [Dama (& Vettius)] · David Drake · ss Whispers March 1974 171 · Lord of the Depths · David Drake · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971 183 · The Land Toward Sunset [Cormac Mac Art] · David Drake · na Cormac Mac Art by Robert E. Howard & David Drake, Baen, 1995 241 · Children of the Forest · David Drake · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1976 263 · The Barrow Troll · David Drake · ss Whispers December 1975 277 · Than Curse the Darkness [Cthulhu] · David Drake · nv New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos ed. Ramsey Campbell, Arkham House, 1980 305 · The Song of the Bone · David Drake · ss Whispers December 1973 313 · The Master of Demons · David Drake · vi Dark Horizons #11, Winter/Spring 1975 319 · The Dancer in the Flames · David Drake · ss Whispers August 1982 329 · Codex · David Drake · ss Sidecar Preservation Society, 2003 349 · Firefight · David Drake · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 371 · Best of Luck · David Drake · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VI ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1978 377 · Arclight · David Drake · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1973 395 · Something Had to Be Done · David Drake · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1975 403 · The Waiting Bullet · David Drake · ss Whispers 1997 417 · The Elf House [Isles] · David Drake · ss Masters of Fantasy ed. Bill Fawcett & Brian Thomsen, Baen, 2004 433 · The Hunting Ground · David Drake · nv Superhorror ed. Ramsey Campbell, W.H. Allen, 1976 455 · The Automatic Rifleman · David Drake · nv Destinies v2 #4, 1980 475 · Blood Debt · David Drake · ss The 4th Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry, Mayflower, 1976 489 · Men Like Us · David Drake · nv Omni May 1980 509 · A Working Bibliography of David Drake’s Writing · Karen Zimmerman · bi

Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors by Robert E. Howard ed. David A. Drake--- see under Robert E. Howard.

The Eternal City ed. David Drake, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Baen, January 1990, 0-671-69857-5, $3.50, 280pp, pb, an, cover by John Rheaume)     Anthology of 13 sf stories dealing with the Roman Empire. The cover, spine, title page, and introduction credit only Drake—Greenberg and Waugh appear only on the copyright page. 1 · The Creation of Rome · David Drake · in 5 · Delenda Est [Manse Everard (Time Patrol)] · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1955 47 · Nightfall on the Dead Sea · Ray Faraday Nelson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1978 65 · The Prince [Heroes in Hell] · C. J. Cherryh · na Far Frontiers Vol. IV ed. Jerry Pournelle & Jim Baen, Baen, 1986 103 · The Bottom of the Gulf · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark by Barry Pain, Grant Richards, 1901 107 · An Elixir for the Emperor · John Brunner · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination November 1964 129 · Some Very Odd Happenings at Kibblesham Manor House · Michael Harrison · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1969 145 · Time Grabber · Gordon R. Dickson · ss Imagination December 1952 163 · Survey of the Third Planet · Keith Roberts · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1966 181 · Don’t Be a Goose [Murchison Morks] · Robert Arthur · ss Argosy May 3 1941 197 · Domitia · Mrs. Richard S. Greenough · ss (r) 215 · Survival Technique · Poul Anderson & Kenneth Gray · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1957 233 · Ranks of Bronze [Ranks of Bronze] · David Drake · ss Galaxy Science Fiction August 1975 245 · Kings of the Night [Bran Mak Morn; Kull] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales November 1930

Space Dreadnoughts ed. David Drake, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Ace, July 1990, 0-441-77735-X, $3.95, 220pp, pb, an, cover by Walter Velez)     Anthology of nine stories of future war, with an introduction by Drake. ix · A Quick Look at Battle Fleets · David Drake · in 1 · The Only Thing We Learn · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Startling Stories July 1949 13 · C-Chute · Isaac Asimov · nv Galaxy Science Fiction October 1951 55 · Allamagoosa · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1955 71 · A Question of Courage · J. F. Bone · nv Amazing Stories December 1960 97 · Superiority · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1951 109 · Hindsight · Jack Williamson · ss Astounding Science-Fiction May 1940 131 · The Last Battalion · David Drake · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact September 1977 151 · Shadow on the Stars · Algis Budrys · nv Fantastic Universe November 1954 183 · Time Lag · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1961

Space Gladiators ed. David Drake, Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Ace, April 1989, 0-441-77741-4, $3.95, 310pp, pb, an)     Anthology of eight sf/gladiator stories. 1 · Let the Games Begin… · David Drake · in 5 · Diplomat-at-Arms [Jame Retief] · Keith Laumer · na Fantastic Science Fiction Stories January 1960 51 · In the Arena · Brian W. Aldiss · ss If July 1963 63 · The Kokod Warriors [Magnus Ridolph] · Jack Vance · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1952 99 · Fiesta Brava [United Planets] · Mack Reynolds · na Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact September 1967 167 · Arena · Fredric Brown · nv Astounding Science Fiction June 1944 195 · Brood World Barbarian · Perry A. Chapdelaine · nv If September 1969 229 · The Dueling Machine [Star Watch] · Ben Bova & Myron R. Lewis · na Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction May 1963; given as by Bova alone. 291 · Killer · Karl Edward Wagner & David Drake · nv Midnight Sun #1, 1974

Space Infantry ed. David Drake, Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Ace, November 1989, 0-441-77747-3, $3.95, xii+244pp, pb, an)     Anthology of twelve military sf stories, with an introduction by Drake. ix · Heroes · David Drake · in 1 · The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears · Keith Bennett · nv Planet Stories Spring 1950 37 · His Truth Goes Marching On · Jerry E. Pournelle · nv Combat SF ed. Gordon R. Dickson, Doubleday, 1975 63 · But as a Soldier, For His Country · Stephen Goldin · ss Universe 5 ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1974 75 · Soldier Boy · Michael Shaara · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1953 95 · Code-Name Feirefitz [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Men of War ed. Jerry E. Pournelle, Tor, 1984 123 · The Foxholes of Mars · Fritz Leiber · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories June 1952 132 · Conqueror · Larry Eisenberg · ss If October 1967 137 · Warrior [Childe Cycle] · Gordon R. Dickson · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact December 1965 157 · Message to an Alien · Keith Laumer · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact June 1970 173 · …Not a Prison Make · Joseph P. Martino · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact September 1966 197 · The Hero [Thousand Worlds] · George R. R. Martin · ss Galaxy Science Fiction February 1971 208 · End Game [The Forever War] · Joe W. Haldeman · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact January 1975

His3: Brilliant New Fiction by Gay Writers ed. Robert Drake (Faber and Faber US, June 1999, 0571199631, $15.00, 256pp, tp, an) · Introduction · Robert Drake · in 1 · Queerbait · Mark A. Shaw · nv (r) 22 · Arson · Bernard Cooper · ss (r) 36 · Tar Pit Heart · Tim Miller · ss (r) 45 · Heroes · Gil Cuadros · ss (r) 52 · To Nam and Bac · Henri Tran · ss (r) 61 · Affairs of the Day · Robert Rodi · ss (r) 66 · The Road to Mary’s Place · David Kelly · ss (r) 77 · Levi · Rick Sandford · ss (r) 95 · Love Problem · Matthew Stadler · ss (r) 100 · Bitter Homes and Gardens · Luis Alfaro · ss (r) 108 · Love Is Thin Ice · David Vernon · ss (r) 122 · The Seizure · Peter Cashorali · ss (r) 138 · Wig · Patrick Gale · ss (r) 158 · The Wedding Dress · Jason Friedman · ss (r) 176 · The Horses · David Watmough · ss (r) 183 · Guardian · Scott W. Peterson · ss (r) 200 · Going to Japan · Paul Attinello · ss (r) 202 · The Option of the Coat · Frank DiPalermo · nv (r) 233 · Notes on the Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Best Detective Stories of the Year: 16th Annual Collection ed. Davis Dresser--- see under Brett Halliday.

Best Detective Stories of the Year: 17th Annual Collection ed. Davis Dresser--- see under Brett Halliday.

Big-Time Mysteries ed. Davis Dresser--- see under Brett Halliday.

Dangerous Dames ed. Davis Dresser--- see under Mike Shayne.

Murder, Murder, Murder ed. Davis Dresser & Helen McCloy--- see under Helen McCloy.

Murder in Miami ed. Davis Dresser--- see under Brett Halliday.

The Second Book of Crime-Craft ed. Davis Dresser & Helen McCloy--- see under Helen McCloy.

20 Great Tales of Murder ed. Davis Dresser & Helen McCloy--- see under Helen McCloy.

You Killed Elizabeth ed. Davis Dresser--- see under Brett Halliday.

Hard-Boiled Dames ed. Bernard Drew (St. Martin’s, 1986, 0-312-36188-2, $16.95, 330pp, hc, an) vii · Preface · Marcia Muller · pr xi · Introduction · Bernard A. Drew · in 1 · Riddle in Silk [Carrie Cashin] · Theodore Tinsley · ss Crime Busters December 1938 21 · Cash or Credit [Sarah Watson] · D. B. McCandless · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 18 1937 35 · The Deadly Orchid [Trixie Meehan & Mike Harris] · T. T. Flynn · ss Detective Fiction Weekly April 15 1933 51 · Hit the Baby! [Grace “Redsie” Culver] · Roswell Brown · ss The Shadow Magazine February 15 1936 67 · Flowers for Violet [Violet McDade] · Cleve F. Adams · nv Clues Detective Stories May 1936 91 · Murder by Mail [Jack Cardigan] · Frederick Nebel · nv Dime Detective Magazine June 1936 118 · The Domino Lady Doubles Back [The Domino Lady] · Lars Anderson · ss Saucy Romantic Adventures June 1936 136 · Fingers of Fear [Steve Thatcher (The Moon Man)] · Frederick C. Davis · nv Ten Detective Aces September 1934 164 · The Duchess Pulls a Fast One [Katie Blayne (The Duchess)] · Whitman Chambers · ss Detective Fiction Weekly September 19 1936 177 · Double Trouble [Daffy Dill] · Richard B. Sale · nv Detective Fiction Weekly October 31 1936 205 · Death to the Hunter [Ivy Trask] · Judson Pentecost Philips · nv Detective Fiction Weekly February 18 1933 233 · The Jane from Hell’s Kitchen · Perry Paul · nv Gun Molls Magazine October 1930 256 · Snowbound [Queen Sue] · C. B. Yorke · nv Gangster Stories October 1931 280 · The Lady from Hell: The Episode of the Secret Service Blackmail [Vivian Legrand (The Lady from Hell)] · Eugene Thomas · ss Detective Fiction Weekly February 9 1935 295 · Wolves of Monte Carlo [Madame Rosika Storey] · Hulbert Footner · nv Argosy August 5 1933