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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

Three Midnight Stories by Alexander W. Drake (The Century Co., 1916, $5.00, xv+117pp, hc, co)     Limited to 500 copies. Details taken from online listing. ix · A Memory · Albert Bigelow Paine · in 3 · The Yellow Globe · Alexander W. Drake · nv The Century Magazine November 1893 28 · Kensal Green (October 23, 1890) · Alexander W. Drake · pm The Century Magazine October 1892 31 · The Curious Vehicle · Alexander W. Drake · nv The Century Magazine December 1893 72 · Paderewski (December 27, 1891) · Alexander W. Drake · pm 75 · The Loosened Cord · Alexander W. Drake · nv The Century Magazine June 1894 93 · A Brief Biography · Clarence Clough Buel · bg 103 · An Appreciation · William Fayal Clarke · ar 113 · A Word of Tribute · Robert Underwood Johnson · ms

All the Way to the Gallows by David Drake (Baen, December 1996, 0-671-87753-4, $5.99, 293pp, pb, co, cover by Bob Eggleton)     Collection of eight humorous stories. 1 · Introduction · David Drake · in 4 · Enchanted Bunny · David Drake · na The Undesired Princess & The Enchanted Bunny, Baen, 1990 70 · The Noble Savages [Harriers] · David Drake · na Blood and Honor ed. Gordon R. Dickson, Baen, 1993 109 · Airborne All the Way! [Magic: The Gathering] · David Drake · ss Tapestries ed. Kathy Ice, HarperPrism, 1995 124 · Cannibal Plants from Heck · David Drake · ss Alien Pregnant by Elvis ed. Esther M. Friesner & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1994 144 · The Bond · David Drake · ss Far Frontiers Vol. III ed. Jerry Pournelle & Jim Baen, Baen, 1985 152 · Mom and the Kids [Fleet] · David Drake & Larry Niven · nv Sworn Allies ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace, 1990 188 · The Bullhead [Nathan] · David Drake · nv Old Nathan by David Drake, Baen, 1991 229 · A Very Offensive Weapon · David Drake · na Forever After ed. Roger Zelazny, Baen, 1995

Balefires by David Drake (Night Shade Books, April 2007, 978-1-59780-071-6, $26.95, 303pp, hc, co, cover by Richard Pellegrino)     Collection of 24 weird and fantastic stories, with extensive notes on each by Drake. A signed limited edition with added bibliography (-070-9, $49.00) is also available. 1 · The Red Leer · David Drake · ss Whispers II ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1979 19 · A Land of Romance · David Drake · nv The Enchanter Completed ed. Harry Turtledove, Baen, 2005 39 · Smokie Joe · David Drake · ss More Devil’s Kisses ed. Linda Lovecraft, Corgi, 1977 49 · Awakening · David Drake · ss Nameless Places ed. Gerald W. Page, Arkham House, 1975 53 · Denkirch · David Drake · ss Travellers by Night ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1967 65 · The False Prophet · David Drake · na Vettius and His Friends by David Drake, Baen, 1989 103 · Black Iron · David Drake · ss Nameless Places ed. Gerald W. Page, Arkham House, 1975 109 · The Shortest Way [Dama (& Vettius)] · David Drake · ss Whispers March 1974 119 · Lord of the Depths · David Drake · ss Dark Things ed. August Derleth, Arkham House, 1971 129 · Children of the Forest · David Drake · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1976 145 · The Barrow Troll · David Drake · ss Whispers December 1975 155 · Than Curse the Darkness [Cthulhu] · David Drake · nv New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos ed. Ramsey Campbell, Arkham House, 1980 175 · The Song of the Bone · David Drake · ss Whispers December 1973 181 · The Master of Demons · David Drake · vi Dark Horizons #11, Winter/Spring 1975 185 · The Dancer in the Flames · David Drake · ss Whispers August 1982 193 · Firefight · David Drake · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 209 · Best of Luck · David Drake · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VI ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1978 215 · Arclight · David Drake · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1973 229 · Something Had to Be Done · David Drake · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1975 235 · The Elf House [Isles] · David Drake · ss Masters of Fantasy ed. Bill Fawcett & Brian Thomsen, Baen, 2004 247 · The Hunting Ground · David Drake · nv Superhorror ed. Ramsey Campbell, W.H. Allen, 1976 263 · The Automatic Rifleman · David Drake · nv Destinies v2 #4, 1980 279 · Blood Debt · David Drake · ss The 4th Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry, Mayflower, 1976 289 · Men Like Us · David Drake · nv Omni May 1980

Caught in the Crossfire by David Drake (Baen, July 1998, 0-671-87882-4, $6.99, 394pp, pb, co, cover by Larry Elmore) [Hammer’s Slammers]     Collection/omnibus of two SF novels in the “Hammer’s Slammers” series: Counting the Cost (1987) and The Warrior (1991), plus two short stories, and an original novelette. 1 · Introduction · David Drake · in 6 · The Warrior [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · n. Baen, 1991 152 · Caught in the Crossfire [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Chrysalis, Volume 2 ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1978 167 · The Immovable Object [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv 209 · Counting the Cost [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · n. Baen, 1987 383 · The Interrogation Team [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · ss Warrior ed. Jerry E. Pournelle, Tor, 1986

The Complete Hammer’s Slammers, Vol. 1 by David Drake (Night Shade Books, March 2006, 1-892389-69-X, $35.00, 395pp, hc, co, cover by John Berkey) [Hammer’s Slammers]     Collection of 20 stories (one original) and two non-fiction pieces in the military SF series. This is the first in a three-volume set. Drake provides a new story and afterword; new introduction by Gene Wolfe. 1 · Introduction · Gene Wolfe · in The New York Review of Science Fiction #206, October 2005, as “In Praise of David Drake” [Ref. David Drake] 5 · Becoming a Professional Writer by Way of Southeast Asia · David Drake · fw The Butcher’s Bill by David Drake, Baen, 1998 9 · Under the Hammer [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1974 25 · Supertanks [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · ms Hammer’s Slammers by David Drake, Ace, 1979 29 · The Butcher’s Bill [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1974 45 · The Church of the Lord’s Universe [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · ms Hammer’s Slammers by David Drake, Ace, 1979 47 · But Loyal to His Own [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Galaxy Science Fiction October 1975 67 · Powerguns [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · ms Hammer’s Slammers by David Drake, Ace, 1979 71 · Caught in the Crossfire [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Chrysalis, Volume 2 ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1978 83 · Backdrop to Chaos [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · ms Hammer’s Slammers by David Drake, Ace, 1979 87 · Cultural Conflict [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Destinies v1 #2, 1979 101 · The Bonding Authority [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · ms Hammer’s Slammers by David Drake, Ace, 1979 105 · Hangman [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · na Hammer’s Slammers by David Drake, Ace, 1979 147 · Table of Organization and Equipment, Hammer’s Regiment [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · ms Hammer’s Slammers by David Drake, Ace, 1979 149 · Standing Down [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Hammer’s Slammers by David Drake, Ace, 1979 163 · Code-Name Feirefitz [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Men of War ed. Jerry E. Pournelle, Tor, 1984 189 · The Interrogation Team [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · ss Warrior ed. Jerry E. Pournelle, Tor, 1986 201 · The Tank Lords [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · na Far Frontiers Vol. VI ed. Jerry Pournelle & Jim Baen, Baen, 1986 237 · Liberty Port [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · na Free Lancers ed. Elizabeth Mitchell, Baen, 1987 289 · Night March [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv The Tank Lords by David Drake, Baen, 1997 305 · The Immovable Object [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Caught in the Crossfire by David Drake, Baen, 1998 337 · The Irresistible Force [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · na The Butcher’s Bill by David Drake, Baen, 1998 373 · A Death in Peacetime [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Oceans of the Mind #15, Spring 2005 391 · Accidentally and by the Back Door · David Drake · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #195, November 2004

The Complete Hammer’s Slammers, Volume 3 by David Drake (Night Shade Books, November 2007, 1-892389-80-0, $35.00, 514pp, hc, om, cover by David Martin) [Hammer’s Slammers]     Omnibus/collection of one novel, one collection and one story in the military SF series with an introduction by Barry N. Malzberg. Drake provides an obituary/tribute to Jim Baen. 1 · Inextricable Disengagement: The War Games of David Drake · Barry N. Malzberg · in The New York Review of Science Fiction #206, October 2005, as “In Praise of David Drake” [Ref. David Drake] 5 · The Sharp End [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · n. Baen, November 1993 231 · Paying the Piper [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · co Baen, July 2002 483 · The Darkness [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Jim Baen’s Universe June 2006 511 · Jim · David Drake · ob [Ref. Jim Baen]

The Complete Hammer’s Slammers, Volume Two by David Drake (Night Shade Books, January 2007, 978-1-892389-73-2, $35.00, 395pp, hc, co, cover by John Berkey) [Hammer’s Slammers]     Collection/omnibus of three stories and four novels in the military SF series: At Any Price (1985), Counting the Cost (1987), Rolling Hot (1989), and The Warrior (1991). This is the second in a three-volume set. Drake provides a foreword on the influence of the Viet Nam War. 1 · In Defense of David Drake’s Hammer’s Slammers Stories · David G. Hartwell · in The New York Review of Science Fiction #206, October 2005, as “In Praise of David Drake” [Ref. David Drake] 5 · We Happy Few · David Drake · aw The Tank Lords by David Drake, Baen, 1997 9 · At Any Price [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · n. Baen, 1985 109 · Counting the Cost [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · n. Baen, 1987 229 · Rolling Hot [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · n. Baen, 1989 379 · The Warrior [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · n. Baen, 1991 481 · The Day of Glory [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Elemental: The Tsunami Relief Anthology ed. Steve Savile & Alethea Kontis, Tor, 2006 503 · What’s for Sale · David Drake · ms The New York Review of Science Fiction #215, July 2006

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

From the Heart of Darkness by David Drake (Tor, November 1983, 0-812-53607-X, $2.95, 320pp, pb, co) 11 · Introduction · Karl Edward Wagner · in 19 · Men Like Us · David Drake · nv Omni May 1980 43 · Something Had to Be Done · David Drake · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1975 50 · The Automatic Rifleman · David Drake · nv Destinies v2 #4, 1980 74 · Than Curse the Darkness [Cthulhu] · David Drake · nv New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos ed. Ramsey Campbell, Arkham House, 1980 106 · Firefight · David Drake · nv Frights ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martin's, 1976 131 · The Red Leer · David Drake · ss Whispers II ed. Stuart David Schiff, Doubleday, 1979 159 · The Shortest Way [Dama (& Vettius)] · David Drake · ss Whispers March 1974 173 · Best of Luck · David Drake · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series VI ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1978 180 · Dragons’ Teeth [Dama (& Vettius)] · David Drake · nv Midnight Sun #2, Summer/Fall 1975 206 · Out of Africa · David Drake · ss 214 · The Dancer in the Flames · David Drake · ss Whispers August 1982 226 · Smokie Joe · David Drake · ss More Devil’s Kisses ed. Linda Lovecraft, Corgi, 1977 242 · Children of the Forest · David Drake · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1976 267 · Blood Debt · David Drake · ss The 4th Mayflower Book of Black Magic Stories ed. Michel Parry, Mayflower, 1976 283 · The Barrow Troll · David Drake · ss Whispers December 1975 297 · The Hunting Ground · David Drake · nv Superhorror ed. Ramsey Campbell, W.H. Allen, 1976

Grimmer Than Hell by David Drake (Baen, February 2003, 0-7434-3590-7, $23.00, 373pp, hc, co, cover by Stephen Hickman)     Collection of 14 military SF stories, one previously unpublished. Six are from the shared world of “The Fleet”. 1 · Coming Home by the Long Way · David Drake · in 5 · Rescue Mission [Fleet] · David Drake · ss The Fleet ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace, 1988 28 · When the Devil Drives [Fleet] · David Drake · nv Counterattack ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace, 1988 67 · Team Effort [Fleet] · David Drake · nv The Breakthrough ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace, 1989 95 · The End [Fleet] · David Drake · ss Sworn Allies ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace, 1990 113 · Smash and Grab [Fleet] · David Drake · nv Total War ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace, 1990 142 · Mission Accomplished [Fleet] · David Drake · ss The Crisis ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace, 1991 161 · Facing the Enemy [Fleet] · David Drake · nv Battlestation Book One ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace, 1992 185 · Failure Mode [Fleet] · David Drake · nv Battlestation Book Two: Vanguard ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace, 1993 210 · The Tradesmen · David Drake · ss Drakas! ed. S. M. Stirling, Baen, 2000 226 · Coming Up Against It · David Drake · ss 245 · With the Sword He Must Be Slain · David Drake · nv Armageddon ed. David Drake, Billie Sue Mosiman & Martin H. Greenberg, Baen, 1998 268 · Nation Without Walls [Jed Lacey] · David Drake · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact July 1977 299 · The Predators [Jed Lacey] · David Drake · nv Destinies v1 #5, 1979 329 · Underground [Jed Lacey] · David Drake · na Destinies v2 #1, 1980

Hammer’s Slammers by David Drake (Ace, April 1979, 0-441-31593-3, $1.95, xiii+274pp, pb, co, cover by Paul Alexander) [Hammer’s Slammers] v · Mercenaries and Military Virtue · Jerry E. Pournelle · in 1 · But Loyal to His Own [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Galaxy Science Fiction October 1975 39 · Supertanks [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · ms 43 · The Butcher’s Bill [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1974 74 · The Church of the Lord’s Universe [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · ms 78 · Under the Hammer [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1974 107 · Powerguns [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · ms 112 · Cultural Conflict [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Destinies v1 #2, 1979 137 · Backdrop to Chaos [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · ms 141 · Caught in the Crossfire [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Chrysalis, Volume 2 ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1978 161 · The Bonding Authority [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · ms 165 · Hangman [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · na 248 · Table of Organization and Equipment, Hammer’s Regiment [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · ms 252 · Standing Down [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv