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The Road to Science Fiction Volume 5: The British Way ed. James Gunn (White Wolf, February 1998, 1-56504-158-5, $14.99, 622pp, tp, an)     SF teaching anthology of 35 British SF stories, each with an introduction discussing its theme and period. Authors include H.G. Wells, Eric Frank Russell, Anthony Burgess, Arthur C. Clarke, and Tanith Lee. The preface by Gunn discusses the book’s history, and the difficulties of doing “an American view of the origins and development of British SF.” 9 · Preface · James Gunn · pr 12 · Introduction · James Gunn · in 29 · Beginnings: From Frankenstein to Dorking · James Gunn · is 31 · The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer · Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Tomkyns Chesney · ex Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine May 1871 45 · A Matter of Perspective · James Gunn · is 47 · Flatland [Flatland] · Edwin A. Abbott · ex Seely & Co., 1884, as by A Square 58 · The Craving for Catastrophe · James Gunn · is 60 · After London; or, Wild England · Richard Jefferies · ex Cassell’s Family Magazine 1885 69 · The Medium and the Message · James Gunn · is 71 · The Doom of London · Robert Barr · ss The Idler November 1892 80 · Fin de Siècle · James Gunn · is 83 · A Corner in Lightning · George Griffith · ss Pearson’s Magazine March 1898 94 · The Man Who Invented Tomorrow · James Gunn · is 97 · The Country of the Blind · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Magazine April 1904 119 · Currents in the Mainstream · James Gunn · is 122 · As Easy as A.B.C. · Rudyard Kipling · nv The London Magazine March 1912 (+1) 147 · The Great War and Its Aftermath · James Gunn · is 149 · A Negligable Experiment · John D. Beresford · ss Signs and Wonders by J. D. Beresford, Putnam, 1921 154 · More Things in Heaven and Earth · James Gunn · is 156 · The Horror of the Heights · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Magazine November 1913 170 · Before the Crash · James Gunn · is 172 · The Rat · S. Fowler Wright · ss The Radio Times #253, August 3 1928 191 · Looking Outward · James Gunn · is 193 · The Star Maker · Olaf Stapledon · ex Methuen, 1937 198 · The American Lodestone · James Gunn · is 201 · The Great Fog · H. F. Heard · ss Harper’s Magazine May 1942 213 · The Postwar Explosion · James Gunn · is 215 · Hobbyist · Eric Frank Russell · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1947 245 · Meteors and Other Stars · James Gunn · is 247 · Dreams Are Sacred · Peter Phillips · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1948 269 · The Prolific Fifties · James Gunn · is 271 · Made in U.S.A. · J. T. McIntosh · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1953 302 · Transit of Clarke · James Gunn · is 304 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 310 · The Day of the Wyndhams · James Gunn · is 312 · The Emptiness of Space [Troons] · John Wyndham · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #100, November 1960 326 · The Universe Considered as a Concentration Camp · James Gunn · is 329 · The Voices of Time · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #99, October 1960 360 · The Drowned Giant · J. G. Ballard · ss The Terminal Beach by J. G. Ballard, Gollancz, 1964 370 · Stand on Metaphor · James Gunn · is 373 · The Totally Rich · John Brunner · nv Worlds of Tomorrow June 1963 396 · New Worlds, New Waves, New Options · James Gunn · is 399 · Mouth of Hell · David I. Masson · ss New Worlds SF #158, January 1966 410 · The Discontinuous D.G. Compton · James Gunn · is 413 · It’s Smart to Have an English Address · D. G. Compton · ss sf Impulse February 1967 428 · More Things in Heaven and Earth · James Gunn · is 431 · The Muse · Anthony Burgess · ss The Hudson Review Spring 1968 448 · The Neptune of the New Wave · James Gunn · is 451 · The Nature of the Catastrophe [Jerry Cornelius] · Michael Moorcock · ss New Worlds #197, January 1970 464 · Breaking Into the Club · James Gunn · is 467 · The Power of Time · Josephine Saxton · nv New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971 478 · New Maps and Old Waves · James Gunn · is 482 · Mason’s Life · Kingsley Amis · ss The Sunday Times 1972 486 · The God Question · James Gunn · is 489 · Settling the World · M. John Harrison · nv The New Improved Sun ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, 1975 510 · Putting It All Together · James Gunn · is 513 · Working in the Spaceship Yards · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Punch April 9 1969 519 · Appearance of Life · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Andromeda 1 ed. Peter Weston, Futura, 1976 534 · Images and Icons · James Gunn · is 537 · An Infinite Summer [Dream Archipelago] · Christopher Priest · nv Andromeda 1 ed. Peter Weston, Futura, 1976 557 · Alien Relations · James Gunn · is 559 · Custom Fitting [Sector General] · James White · nv Stellar #2 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1976 580 · Sex and Fantasy · James Gunn · is 583 · Written in Water · Tanith Lee · ss Perpetual Light ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, 1982 594 · Transcending Generalities · James Gunn · is 596 · The Great Atlantic Swimming Race · Ian Watson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1986 606 · The Romance of Science Fiction · James Gunn · is 608 · And He Not Busy Being Born · Brian M. Stableford · ss Interzone #16, Summer 1986

Ironsides Sees Red by Victor Gunn (Collins, 1943, hc, co) [Bill “Ironsides” Cromwell] · Death in August [Bill “Ironsides” Cromwell] · Victor Gunn · nv · Death in December [Bill “Ironsides” Cromwell] · Victor Gunn · nv · Death in June [Bill “Ironsides” Cromwell] · Victor Gunn · nv

Running Tall by Sally Gunnell & Christopher Priest (Bloomsbury, May 19, 1994, 0-7475-1717-7, 199pp, hc, nf)     Autobiography of the runner Sally Gunnell, written with/by Christopher Priest.

Running Tall by Sally Gunnell & Christopher Priest (Bloomsbury, May 1995, 0-7475-2109-3, £4.99, 211pp, pb, nf, cover: [photo] by Allsport)     Reprint (Bloomsbury 1994) autobiography of the runner Sally Gunnell, written with/by Christopher Priest. This edition is updated.

The City of Mystery by Archibald Clavering Gunter (Ward Lock, 1904, 5/-, 275pp, hc, co) · Secret from Italy · Archibald Clavering Gunter · na (r) · The Mystery of the Garden Pavilion · Archibald Clavering Gunter · na (r) · The Agent of D’Argenson · Archibald Clavering Gunter · na (r)

After the End: Recent Apocalypses ed. Paula Guran (Prime Books, June 2013, 978-1-60701-390-7, $15.95, 382pp, tp, an, cover by Aurélien Police)     Anthology of 20 recent stories of non-zombie apocalypse. Authors inclued Nnedi Okorafor, Cory Doctorow, and Paolo Bacigalupi. E-book also available. Details taken from online listing. 7 · Introduction · Paula Guran · in 13 · The Books · Kage Baker · ss The Mammoth Book of Apocalyptic SF ed. Mike Ashley, Robinson, 2010 27 · Tumaki · Nnedi Okorafor · ex Without a Map by Nnedi Okorafor & Mary Anne Mohanraj, Aqueduct Press, 2010, as “Stormbringer” 49 · The Egg Man · Mary Rosenblum · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction February 2008 73 · Chislehurst Messiah · Lauren Beukes · ss Pandemonium: Stories of the Apocalypse ed. Anne C. Perry & Jared Shurin, Jurassic London, 2011 83 · Ragnarok · Paul Park · pm Tor.com April 17 2011 95 · Beat Me Daddy (Eight to the Bar) · Cory Doctorow · nv Black Gate Summer 2002 119 · After the Apocalypse · Maureen F. McHugh · ss After the Apocalypse by Maureen F. McHugh, Small Beer Press, 2011 137 · We Will Never Live in the Castle · Paul Tremblay · nv In the Mean Time by Paul Tremblay, ChiZine Publications, 2010 157 · Never, Never, Three Times Never · Simon Morden · ss Thy Kingdom Come by Simon Morden, Lone Wolf Publications, 2002 169 · Pump Six · Paolo Bacigalupi · nv Pump Six by Paolo Bacigalupi, Night Shade Books, 2008 201 · The Disappeared · Blake Butler · ss New Ohio Review #3, Spring 2008 209 · Amaryllis · Carrie Vaughn · ss Lightspeed #1, June 2010 223 · The Fifth Star in the Southern Cross · Margo Lanagan · ss Dreaming Again ed. Jack Dann, HarperCollins Australia, 2008 235 · True North · M. J. Locke · nv Welcome to the Greenhouse ed. Gordon Van Gelder, OR Books, 2011 271 · Horses · Livia Llewellyn · nv Postscripts #18, Spring 2009 295 · The Cecilia Paradox · John Mantooth · ss Shoebox Train Wreck by John Mantooth, ChiZine Publications, 2012 309 · The Adjudicator · Brian Evenson · ss Fugue State by Brian Evenson, Coffee House Press, 2009 323 · A Story, with Beans [7th Sigma] · Steven Gould · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact May 2009 333 · Goddess of Mercy · Bruce Sterling · nv The Future Is Japanese ed. Nick Mamatas & Masumi Washington, Haikasoru, 2012 367 · Isolation Point, California · John Shirley · ss Horrors Beyond 2: Stories of Strange Creations ed. William Jones, Elder Signs Press, 2007

Best New Paranormal Romance ed. Paula Guran (Juno Books, October 2006, 0-8095-5653-7, $12.95, 313pp, tp, an, cover by Timothy Lantz)     Best of the year anthology with 12 stories by authors including Elizabeth Bear, Jane Yolen, and Elizabeth Hand. 7 · What Is “Paranormal Romance”? · Paula Guran · in 19 · Follow Me Light · Elizabeth Bear · ss Sci Fiction January 12 2005 34 · Maze of Trees · Claudia O’Keefe · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction August 2005 68 · The Shadowed Heart · Catherine Asaro · nv The Journey Home ed. Mary Kirk, ImaJinn Books, 2005 105 · Walpurgis Afternoon · Delia Sherman · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 2005 130 · A Knot of Toads · Jane Yolen · nv Nova Scotia ed. Neil Williamson & Andrew J. Wilson, Crescent, 2005 157 · Calypso in Berlin · Elizabeth Hand · ss Sci Fiction July 13 2005 176 · Hero’s Welcome · Rebecca York · nv The Journey Home ed. Mary Kirk, ImaJinn Books, 2005 207 · Single White Farmhouse · Heather Shaw · ss Polyphony, Volume 5 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2005 219 · Magic in a Certain Slant of Light · Deborah Coates · ss Strange Horizons March 21 2005 231 · Fir Na Tine · Sandra McDonald · nv Realms of Fantasy February 2005 252 · A Treatise on Fewmets · Sarah Prineas · ss Lone Star Stories #10, August 2005 268 · The Hard Stuff · John Grant · nv Nova Scotia ed. Neil Williamson & Andrew J. Wilson, Crescent, 2005

Best New Romantic Fantasy 2 ed. Paula Guran (Juno Books, June 2007, 978-0-8095-5784-4, $13.95, 301pp, tp, an, cover by Timothy Lantz)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 15 stories from 2006, the second in a series after Best New Paranormal Romance. Authors include Esther Friesner, Sarah Monette, and Delia Sherman. Details taken from online listing. 9 · Titles & Things · Paula Guran · in 13 · An Autumn Butterfly · Esther Friesner · ss Polyphony 6 ed. Deborah Layne & Jay Lake, Wheatland Press, 2006 24 · A Light in Troy · Sarah Monette · ss Clarkesworld #1, October 2006 30 · The Moment of Joy Before · Claudia O’Keefe · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 2006 70 · Jane. A Story of Manners, Magic, and Romance · Sarah Prineas · ss Realms of Fantasy April 2006 87 · Journey Into the Kingdom · M. Rickert · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2006 114 · The Wizard of Eternal Watch · Eugie Foster · ss Sages & Swords ed. Daniel E. Blackston, Pitch-Black Books, 2006 128 · Moon Viewing at Shijo Bridge [Yamada Monogatari] · Richard Parks · nv Realms of Fantasy April 2006 165 · The Depth Oracle · Sonya Taaffe · ss Sirenia Digest #22, 2006 175 · Smoke & Mirrors · Amanda Downum · ss Strange Horizons November 20 2006 192 · The Desires of Houses · Haddayr Copley-Woods · ss Strange Horizons February 13 2006 195 · Evergreen · Angela Boord · nv Lone Star Stories #13, February 2006 219 · The Red Envelope · David Sakmyster · nv L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XXII ed. Algis Budrys, Galaxy, 2006 237 · The Mountains of Key West · Sandra McDonald · ss Lone Star Stories #15, June 2006 250 · The Story of Love · Vera Nazarian · ss Salt of the Air by Vera Nazarian, Prime Books, 2006 268 · La Fée Verte · Delia Sherman · nv Salon Fantastique ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Thunder's Mouth Press, 2006

Best New Romantic Fantasy 3 (unpublished) ed. Paula Guran (Juno Books, May 20, 2008, 978-0-8095-7279-3, $7.99, 400pp, pb, an)     While occasionally listed as a published title, this book was cancelled prior to publication.

Beyond the Woods: Fairy Tales Retold ed. Paula Guran (Night Shade Books, July 5, 2016, 978-1-59780-838-5, $15.99, 523pp, tp, an, cover by Marta Sokolowska)     Anthology of 30 fairy tale retellings. Authors include Peter S. Beagle, Neil Gaiman, Tanith Lee, and Kelly Link. Details taken from online listing. · Throwing In · Paula Guran · in · Red as Blood · Tanith Lee · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1979 · In the House of Gingerbread · Gene Wolfe · ss The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987 · The Bone Mother · Angela Slatter · ss The Girl with No Hands and Other Tales by Angela Slatter, Ticonderoga Publications, 2010 · Follow Me Light · Elizabeth Bear · ss Sci Fiction January 12 2005 · The Coin of Heart’s Desire · Yoon Ha Lee · ss Once Upon a Time ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books, 2013 · The Glass Bottle Trick · Nalo Hopkinson · ss Whispers from the Cotton Tree Root ed. Nalo Hopkinson, Invisible Cities Press, 2000 · The Maiden Tree · Catherynne M. Valente · ss Cabinet des Fées (online) July 1 2005 · The Coat of Stars · Holly Black · nv So Fey ed. Steve Berman, Haworth Positronic Press, 2007 · The Road of Needles · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Once Upon a Time ed. Paula Guran, Prime Books, 2013 · Travels with the Snow Queen · Kelly Link · ss Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet Winter 1996/1997 · Halfway People · Karen Joy Fowler · ss My Mother She Killed Me, My Father He Ate Me ed. Kate Bernheimer & Carmen Giménez Smith, Penguin US, 2010 · Catastrophic Disruption of the Head · Margo Lanagan · nv The Wilful Eye ed. Isobelle Carmody & Nan McNab, Allen & Unwin (Australia), 2011 · Lavanya and Deepika · Shveta Thakrar · ss Demeter’s Spicebox April 2011 · Princess Lucinda and the Hound of the Moon · Theodora Goss · ss Realms of Fantasy June 2007 · Fairy Tale · Gardner Dozois · ss Sci Fiction January 15 2003 · The Queen Who Could Not Walk · Peter S. Beagle · ss Weird Tales #361, Summer 2013 · Lebkuchen · Priya Sharma · ss Fantasy Magazine (online) #46, January 2011 · Diamonds and Pearls: A Fairy Tale · Neil Gaiman · ss from Who Killed Amanda Palmer, Eight Foot Books, 2009 · The Queen and the Cambion · Richard Bowes · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March/April 2012 · The Mussel Eater · Octavia Cade · ss The Book Smugglers November 18 2014 · Memoirs of a Bottle Djinn · Jane Yolen · ss Arabesques ed. Susan M. Shwartz, Avon, 1988, as “Memoirs of a Bottle Djinni” · Bears: A Fairy Tale of 1958 · Steve Duffy · ss Little Visible Delight ed. S. P. Miskowski & Kate Jonez, Omnium Gatherum, 2013 · The Moon Is Drowning While I Sleep [Newford] · Charles de Lint · nv Snow White, Blood Red ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova, 1993 · Rats · Veronica Schanoes · ss Interfictions: An Anthology of Interstitial Writing ed. Delia Sherman & Theodora Goss, Interstitial Arts Foundation, 2007 · Beyond the Naked Eye · Rachel Swirsky · nv Oz Reimagined ed. John Joseph Adams & Douglas Cohen, 47North, 2013 · Good Hunting · Ken Liu · ss Strange Horizons October 9 2012 (+1) · By the Moon’s Good Grace · Kirstyn McDermott · nv Review of Australian Fiction v12 #3, 2014 · The Juniper Tree [Blue Rose] · Peter Straub · nv Prime Evil ed. Douglas E. Winter, NAL Signet, 1988 · Greensleeves · Jeff VanderMeer · ss The Book of Frog by Jeff VanderMeer, Ministry of Whimsy, 1989 · Beauty · Tanith Lee · nv Red as Blood, or, Tales from the Sisters Grimmer by Tanith Lee, DAW, 1983

Blood Sisters: Vampire Stories by Women ed. Paula Guran (Night Shade Books, May 5, 2015, 978-1-59780-818-7, $15.99, 471pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 25 vampire stories by women. Authors include Caitlín R. Kiernan, Tanya Huff, and Laurell K. Hamilton. Details taken from online listing. · Learning Curve [Otherworld] · Kelley Armstrong · ss Evolve ed. Nancy Kilpatrick, Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy, 2010 · Needles · Elizabeth Bear · ss Blood and Other Cravings ed. Ellen Datlow, Tor, 2011 · The Coldest Girl in Coldtown · Holly Black · nv The Eternal Kiss ed. Trisha Telep, Running Press Teens, 2009 · The Power and the Passion · Pat Cadigan · ss Patterns by Pat Cadigan, Ursus, 1989 · Unicorn Tapestry · Suzy McKee Charnas · na New Dimensions 11 ed. Robert Silverberg & Marta Randall, Pocket, 1980 · Vampire King of the Goth Chicks [Sonja Blue] · Nancy A. Collins · ss Cemetery Dance #28, 1998 · Where the Vampires Live · Storm Constantine · ss The Bitten Word ed. Ian Whates, Newcon Press, 2010 · Chicago 1927 [Gilda] · Jewelle Gomez · ss Dark Matter ed. Sheree R. Thomas, Warner Aspect, 2000 · Selling Houses · Laurell K. Hamilton · ss Strange Candy by Laurell K. Hamilton, Berkley, 2006 · From the Teeth of Strange Children · Lisa L. Hannett · nv Bluegrass Symphony by Lisa L. Hannett, Ticonderoga Publications, 2011 · Tacky · Charlaine Harris · nv My Big Fat Supernatural Wedding ed. P. N. Elrod, St. Martin's Griffin, 2006 · Blood Freak · Nancy Holder · ss The Mammoth Book of Dracula ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1997 · Greedy Choke Puppy · Nalo Hopkinson · ss Dark Matter ed. Sheree R. Thomas, Warner Aspect, 2000 · This Town Ain’t Big Enough [Victory “Vicki” Nelson] · Tanya Huff · nv Vampire Detectives ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995 · Shipwrecks Above · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Sirenia Digest September 2009 · In Memory of… · Nancy Kilpatrick · ss The Time of the Vampires ed. P. N. Elrod & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1996 · La Dame · Tanith Lee · ss Sisters of the Night ed. Barbara Hambly & Martin H. Greenberg, Warner Aspect, 1995 · Sun Falls · Angela Slatter · ss Dead Red Heart ed. Russell B. Farr, Ticonderoga Publications, 2011 · Magdala Amygdala · Lucy Snyder · ss Dark Faith: Invocations ed. Maurice Broaddus & Jerry Gordon, Apex Publications, 2012 · Father Peña’s Last Dance · Hannah Strom-Martin · ss Realms of Fantasy August 2010 · The Better Half · Melanie Tem · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1989 · In the Future When All’s Well · Catherynne M. Valente · nv Teeth ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Harper, 2011 · A Princess of Spain [Kitty the werewolf] · Carrie Vaughn · nv The Secret History of Vampires ed. Darrell Schweitzer, DAW, 2007 · Fall of the House of Blackwater · Freda Warrington · ss The Bitten Word ed. Ian Whates, Newcon Press, 2010 · Renewal [Comte de Saint Germain] · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · na Shadows 5 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1982