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Speculations ed. Evanechko, Theodore Clymer, Leo Ruth & Julia Higgs--- see under Theodore Clymer.

The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Arthur B. Evans, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr. & Joan Gordon, et al. (Wesleyan University Press, August 2010, 978-0-8195-6955-4, $39.95, xviii+766pp, tp, an)     Critical anthology of 52 stories, ranging in time from Nathaniel Hawthorne and Jules Verne to Charles Stross and Ted Chiang. Stories are each introduced with brief but detailed author biographies and historical/critical comments on the story. Assembled by the editors of Science Fiction Studies; additional editors are Veronica Hollinger, Rob Latham, & Carol McGuirk. An unjacketed hardcover edition (6954-7, $85.00) was announced but not seen. · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine” · A Journey to the Center of the Earth · Jules Verne · ex 1872 translated from the French (Voyage au centre de la terre, Hetzel, 1864). · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897 · The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review November 1909 · The Man Who Evolved · Edmond Hamilton · ss Wonder Stories April 1931 · The Conquest of Gola · Leslie F. Stone · ss Wonder Stories April 1931 · Shambleau [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales November 1933 · A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · Stanley G. Weinbaum · nv Wonder Stories July 1934 · Reason [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science-Fiction April 1941 · Desertion [City (Websters)] · Clifford D. Simak · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1944 · Thunder and Roses · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1947 · That Only a Mother · Judith Merril · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1948 · Coming Attraction · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950 · There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950 · The Sentinel · Arthur C. Clarke · ss 10 Story Fantasy Spring 1951, as “Sentinel of Eternity” · Specialist · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1953 · The Liberation of Earth · William Tenn · ss Future Science Fiction May 1953 · Fondly Fahrenheit · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 · The Game of Rat and Dragon [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1955 · “All You Zombies—” · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1959 · The Cage of Sand · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #119, June 1962 · Slow Tuesday Night · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine April 1965 · “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · Harlan Ellison · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1965 · Day Million · Frederik Pohl · ss Rogue February/March 1966 · We Can Remember It for You Wholesale · Philip K. Dick · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1966 · Aye, and Gomorrah… · Samuel R. Delany · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 · The Heat Death of the Universe · Pamela Zoline · ss New Worlds #173, July 1967 · Passengers · Robert Silverberg · ss Orbit 4 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1968 · Super-Toys Last All Summer Long [Supertoys] · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Harper’s Bazaar December 1969 · Nine Lives · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Playboy November 1969 · Seed Stock · Frank Herbert · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact April 1970 · The Seventh Voyage [Ijon Tichy] · Stanislaw Lem · ss The Star Diaries by Stanislaw Lem, Seabury Press, 1976 translated from the Polish (“Podroz siodma”, 1964). · When It Changed [Whileaway] · Joanna Russ · ss Again, Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1972 · And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill’s Side · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1972 · Air Raid · John Varley · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine Spring 1977, as by Herb Boehm · Abominable · Carol Emshwiller · ss Orbit 21 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1980 · Burning Chrome · William Gibson · nv Omni July 1982 · Speech Sounds · Octavia Butler · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1983 · Out of All Them Bright Stars · Nancy Kress · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1985 · Pretty Boy Crossover · Pat Cadigan · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1986 · Forever Yours, Anna · Kate Wilhelm · ss Omni July 1987 · We See Things Differently · Bruce Sterling · nv Semiotext(e) #14, 1989 · Chippoke Na Gomi · Misha Nogha · ss Witness Anthology of Experimental Fiction, 1989, as by Misha · Computer Friendly · Eileen Gunn · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1989 · Invaders · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1990 · Useful Phrases · Gene Wolfe · ss Tomorrow January 1993 · Closer · Greg Egan · ss Eidolon Winter 1992 · Think Like a Dinosaur · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1995 · Everywhere · Geoff Ryman · ss Interzone #140, February 1999 · Rogue Farm · Charles Stross · ss Live Without a Net ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2003 · Exhalation · Ted Chiang · nv Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008

Mind at Bay ed. Dr. Christopher Evans (Panther, 1969, 5/-, 186pp, pb, an)     Eleven horror stories exploring the recesses of inner-space. 7 · Introduction · Dr. Christopher Evans · in 11 · The Frontier Guards · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Illustrated London News November 25 1929 18 · The Ash-Tree · M. R. James · ss Ghost-Stories of an Antiquary by Montague Rhodes James & Litt.D., Edward Arnold, 1904 32 · Back to the Beginning · John Connell · ss The Second Ghost Book ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1952 39 · The Idol of the Flies · Jane Rice · nv Unknown Worlds June 1942 62 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories by E. F. Benson, Mills & Boon, 1912 71 · Silent Snow, Secret Snow · Conrad Aiken · nv The Virginia Quarterly Review October 1932 90 · The Master Plan · John Sladek · ss New Worlds #187, February 1969 106 · The Watch-Towers · J. G. Ballard · nv Science Fantasy #53, 1962 137 · Breakaway · Alex Hamilton · ss Beam of Malice by Alex Hamilton, Hutchinson, 1966 146 · We Fused Ones · Perry A. Chapdelaine · nv If July 1968 179 · Crab Apple Crisis · George MacBeth · ss Ambit #25, 1965

Mind in Chains ed. Dr. Christopher Evans (Panther, December 1970, 586-03423-4, 6/-, 223pp, pb, an) 7 · Editor’s Introduction · Dr. Christopher Evans · in 9 · The Cobweb · Saki · ss The Morning Post November 21 1911, as by H. H. Munro 15 · Faceless Card · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Science Fantasy #40, 1960 33 · The Playfellow · Cynthia Asquith · nv Shudders ed. Cynthia Asquith, Hutchinson, 1929 56 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine December 1895 66 · Thunder and Roses · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1947 89 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890 100 · The Dreams of the Computer · Dr. Christopher Evans & Jackie Wilson · ms New Worlds #190, May 1969 113 · Where Their Fire Is Not Quenched · May Sinclair · nv The English Review October 1922 134 · Breathe! Breathe! Oh God, How I Would Breathe! · Perry A. Chapdelaine · ss 141 · The Dead Astronaut · J. G. Ballard · ss Playboy May 1968 153 · No Ships Pass · Lady Eleanor Smith · nv The Story-teller May 1932 177 · The Line-up on the Shore · Giles Gordon · vi New Worlds #178, December 1967/January 1968 181 · Below the Shadow · Alex Hamilton · nv 209 · Anxietal Register B · John Sladek · ms New Worlds #186, January 1969

The Best of Elmer T. Hack by Chris Evans & Jim Barker--- see under Jim Barker.

Chimeras by Christopher Evans (Grafton, April 9, 1992, 0-586-21304-X, £5.99, 173pp, tp, co, cover by John Howe) [Vendavo]     Collection of five linked novelettes about the artist Vendavo, presented as a novel. 5 · Transmutations [Vendavo] · Christopher Evans · nv Interzone #53, November 1991 42 · Birth-Rites [Vendavo] · Christopher Evans · nv 81 · The Bridge [Vendavo] · Christopher Evans · nv Zenith ed. David S. Garnett, Sphere, 1989 121 · The Wailing Woman [Vendavo] · Christopher Evans · nv Other Edens III ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, Unwin, 1989 145 · Artefacts [Vendavo] · Christopher Evans · nv Interzone #23, Spring 1988 169 · Coda [Vendavo] · Christopher Evans · ss

Prelude to a Work in Progress/Who’s Who in the Universe by Chris Evans & E. C. Tubb--- see under E. C. Tubb.

Conspiracy Theories ed. Chris Evans (Chris Evans, November 1987, 50pp, ph, oa) · Introduction · Chris Evans · in · Strange Vibrations · Dave Langford · ar · Sympathy for the Devil · Stephen Jones · ar · After the Party · Chris Donaldson · ar · Rumour, Fear and the Madness of Crowds · Lisa Tuttle · ar · A Lot of Fog · Ian Watson · ar · Letter to Greg Pickersgill · Algis Budrys · ar · Innocents Abroad · Peter Nicholls · ar · And Now a Word from Our Sponsor · Geoff Ryman · ar · Concepts of the Beholder · Mike Christie · ar · The Unspeakable in Pursuit of the Unreadable · Chris Priest · ar · Scientology, Author Services and the Testimony of Bent Corydon · Charles Platt · ar · Lunch with AJ and the Wombats · John Clute · ar [Ref. Algis Budrys]

Other Edens ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock (Unwin, July 1987, 0-04-823378-1, £2.95, 237pp, pb, oa, cover by Jim Burns)     Original SF/fantasy anthology. vii · Introduction · Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock · in 1 · Crying in the Rain · Tanith Lee · ss 19 · The Facts of Life · Christopher Evans · ss 33 · Small Heirlooms · M. John Harrison · ss 47 · The Emir’s Clock · Ian Watson · ss 65 · The Price of Cabbages · Brian W. Aldiss · nv 95 · Fullwood’s Web · Graham Charnock · ss 107 · Scarrowfell · Robert Holdstock · nv 129 · The Frozen Cardinal · Michael Moorcock · ss The Time Centre Times v1 #2, 1985 141 · Triptych · Garry Kilworth · gp _141 · The Black Wedding · Garry Kilworth · ss _141 · Murderers Walk · Garry Kilworth · ss _141 · Hogfoot Right and Bird-Hands · Garry Kilworth · ss 159 · Sanctity · R. M. Lamming · ss 173 · Moonlighter · David S. Garnett · ss 189 · In a Land of Sand and Ruin and Gold · David Langford · ss 199 · Piper’s Wait · Keith Roberts · ss 217 · The Wound · Lisa Tuttle · nv 235 · List of Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Other Edens II ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock (Unwin, November 18, 1988, 0-04-440154-X, £3.95, 269pp, pb, oa, cover by Jim Burns)     Original SF/fantasy anthology. vii · Introduction · Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock · in 1 · On the Watchtower at Plataea · Garry Kilworth · nv 23 · She Shall Have Music · Graham Charnock · ss 41 · Dazzle [Dazzle] · Scott Bradfield · ss 57 · Waltz in Flexitime · Michael Cobley · ss 65 · The Resurrection Man · Ian Watson · ss 81 · Laiken Langstrand · Gwyneth Jones · ss 97 · Roman Games · Anne Gay · ss 107 · Eden Sounding · John Clute · ss 125 · Confluence Revisited · Brian W. Aldiss · ss 135 · Getting Together · Josephine Saxton · ss 151 · The Gift · M. John Harrison · nv 173 · The Wish · Colin Greenland · ss 185 · Remaking History · Kim Stanley Robinson · ss 201 · Approaching Perpendicular · Ian McDonald · nv 225 · Mars · Michael Moorcock · ss The Megaflow Manifesto October 1988 243 · A Madonna of the Machine · Tanith Lee · nv 267 · List of Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Other Edens III ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock (Unwin, October 5, 1989, 0-04-440400-X, £4.50, 237pp, tp, oa, cover by Jim Burns)     Original SF/fantasy anthology. vii · Introduction · Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock · in 1 · The Grey Wethers · Keith Roberts · nv 23 · The New Mapper · J. D. Gresham · ss 33 · The Disciples of Apollo · Eric Brown · ss 43 · The Way to His Heart · Sherry Coldsmith · ss 61 · Rainmaker Cometh · Ian McDonald · ss 75 · Blessed Fields · Simon D. Ings · ss Cassandra Anthology #8, 1985 85 · Country Matters · Gill Alderman · ss 97 · The Droplet · Stephen M. Baxter · ss 109 · Cry · Louise Cooper · ss 123 · The Wailing Woman [Vendavo] · Christopher Evans · nv 145 · When the Music Stopped · Christian Lehmann & Garry Kilworth · ss 155 · Wintertime Beauty · Christina Lake · ss 169 · Passion Play · Keith N. Brooke · ss 177 · Losing Control · Chris Morgan · ss 191 · Heart’s Desire · Lisa Tuttle · ss 205 · A Tupolev Too Far · Brian W. Aldiss · nv 235 · List of Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Adventures of the Great Crimebusters ed. Clyde Evans (New Power Publications, 1943, 256pp, pb, an)     Also with fewer stories and anonymous editor (Eerie). · The Invisible Eye · Emile Erckmann & Pierre Chatrian; translated by Charles S. Cheltnam · nv Temple Bar December 1870, as by Erckmann-Chatrian translated from the French (“L’œil invisible ou L’auberge des trois pendus”, 1857). · “Mother of Thieves” · François Eugène Vidocq · ar (r) · The “Black Thursday” of Jesse James · [uncredited] · ar (r) · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine April 1841 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Pall Mall Gazette Christmas 1884 · Billy the Kid Shoots It Out · Pat Garrett · ar (r) · The Extraordinary Self-Robbery · Allan Pinkerton · ar Criminal Reminiscences and Detective Sketches by Allan Pinkerton, G. W. Carleton, 1879 · The Trial for Murder · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, as “To Be Taken with a Grain of Salt”, uncredited. · A Terribly Strange Bed · William Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words #109, April 24 1852, uncredited. · On the Trail of Counterfeiters · John Spindler · ar (r) · The Englishman: Tale of a Man Hunter · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r) · Jonathan Wild · Daniel Defoe · ss (r) · Dolhard, Japan’s Master Spy · H. R. Leland · ar (r) · Mata Hari, the World’s Most Beautiful Spy · Frank Delroy · ar (r)