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Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder ed. David G. Hartwell (SFBC, 1989, #14784, xvi+656pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 39 stories with an introduction by the editor. xiii · Worlds of Wonder, Worlds of Difference · David G. Hartwell · in 3 · Green Is the Color [Liavek] · John M. Ford · na Liavek: Wizard’s Row ed. Will Shetterly & Emma Bull, Ace, 1987 58 · Wooden Tony · Lucy Lane Clifford · ss The English Illustrated Magazine December 1890 71 · Lest Levitation Come Upon Us · Suzette Haden Elgin · nv Perpetual Light ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, 1982 93 · Prince Bull · Charles Dickens · ss Household Words #256, February 17 1855, uncredited. 99 · The Triumph of Vice · W. S. Gilbert · ss The Savage Club Papers ed. Andrew Halliday, Tinsley Brothers, 1867 111 · Turandina · Fyodor Sologub · ss The Sweat-Scented Name by Fyodor Sologub, Putnam, 1915 122 · The Princess and the Frog · Robin McKinley · ss The Door in the Hedge by Robin McKinley, Greenwillow, 1981 139 · Darkness Box · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fantastic Stories of Imagination November 1963 148 · Jack and the Beanstalk · Osbert Sitwell · ss Argosy (UK) January 1959 157 · Peter Pan · Sir James M. Barrie · ex from The Little White Bird, Hodder & Stoughton, 1902 164 · The Thrush’s Nest · Sir James M. Barrie · ex from The Little White Bird, Hodder & Stoughton, 1902 171 · Lock-out Time [Peter Pan] · Sir James M. Barrie · ex from The Little White Bird, Hodder & Stoughton, 1902 180 · The Mouse Festival · Johannes Bobrowski; translated by Kathryn Cramer · vi; dated 1965. 183 · A Proper Santa Claus · Anne McCaffrey · ss Get Off the Unicorn by Anne McCaffrey, Ballantine, 1977 revised from Demon Kind, ed. Roger Elwood, Avon 1973. 192 · Inside Out · Rudy Rucker · nv Synergy: New Science Fiction, Vol. 1 ed. George Zebrowski, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987 213 · The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime · Mark Twain · ss The Stolen White Elephant by Mark Twain, Webster, 1882 229 · The Woman Who Thought She Could Read · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1959 238 · The Third Level · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s October 7 1950 245 · The Griffin and the Minor Canon · Frank R. Stockton · nv St. Nicholas October 1885 259 · The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles · Margaret St. Clair · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951, as by Idris Seabright 264 · The Dragons · Murilo Rubião; translated by Thomas Colchie · ss Ex-Magician and Other Stories by Murilo Rubião, Harper & Row, 1979 translated from the Portuguese (“Os dragões”, 1965). 269 · On the Downhill Side · Harlan Ellison · ss Universe 2 ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1972 284 · The Parrot · Isaac Bashevis Singer; translated by Ruth Whitman · ss Harper’s Magazine June 1966 300 · The Gray Wolf · George MacDonald · ss Works of Fancy and Imagination by George MacDonald, Alexander Strahan, 1871 306 · The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath · Patricia A. McKillip · nv Elsewhere Vol. II ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1982 325 · The Last of the Dragons [Seven Dragons] · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Magazine September 1899, as “The Heart of Stone and the Heart of Gold” 332 · Lila the Werewolf [Sam Farrell] · Peter S. Beagle · nv guabi #1, 1969, as “Farrell and Lila the Werewolf” 353 · The Drowned Giant · J. G. Ballard · ss The Terminal Beach by J. G. Ballard, Gollancz, 1964 367 · The Enchanted Buffalo · L. Frank Baum · ss The Delineator May 1905 375 · Narrow Valley · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1966 389 · Beyond the Dead Reef · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1983 406 · The King’s Bride · E. T. A. Hoffmann; translated by Michael Bullock · na Four Tales by E. T. A. Hoffmann, tr. Michael Bullock, NEL, 1962 translated from the German (“Die Königsbraut”, Die Serapionsbrüder: Vierter Band, Easter 1821). 451 · Under the Garden · Graham Greene · na A Sense of Reality by Graham Greene, The Bodley Head, 1963 503 · The Things That Are Gods [Traveller in Black] · John Brunner · na Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Fall 1979 540 · The King of Nodland and His Dwarf · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv American Whig Review December 1852 571 · The Seventeen Virgins [Cugel; Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1974 596 · The Bagful of Dreams [Cugel; Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · nv Flashing Swords! #4 ed. Lin Carter, SFBC, 1977 623 · The Hollow Land · William Morris · nv Oxford and Cambridge Magazine September 1856 (+1)

The Medusa in the Shield ed. David G. Hartwell (Grafton, November 8, 1990, 0-246-13751-7, £7.99, 368pp, tp, an, cover by Tim White)     Reprint of the second third of The Dark Descent (Tor, 1987), a massive anthology of horror stories, which attempted to trace the history of horror short fiction as well as covering the contemporary field. A hardcover edition (-13750-9, £12.99) was announced but not seen. 1 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in The Dark Descent ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 1987 13 · The Swords · Robert Aickman · nv The Fifth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories ed. Robert Aickman, Fontana, 1969 35 · The Roaches · Thomas M. Disch · ss Escapade October 1965 44 · Bright Segment · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Caviar by Theodore Sturgeon, Ballantine, 1955 64 · Dread · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. II by Clive Barker, Sphere, 1984 94 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · nv Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine September 1839 109 · The Monkey · Stephen King · nv Gallery November 1980 139 · Within the Walls of Tyre · Michael Bishop · nv Weirdbook #13, 1978 161 · The Rats in the Walls · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales March 1924 176 · Schalken the Painter · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, James McGlashan, 1851 revised from “Strange Event in the Life of Schalken the Painter” (Dublin University Magazine May 1839). 192 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 205 · A Rose for Emily · William Faulkner · ss The Forum April 1930 213 · How Love Came to Professor Guildea · Robert S. Hichens · na Pearson’s Magazine October 1897, as “The Man Who Was Beloved” 248 · Born of Man and Woman · Richard Matheson · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Summer 1950 251 · My Dear Emily · Joanna Russ · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1962 268 · You Can Go Now · Dennis Etchison · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1980 278 · The Rocking-Horse Winner · D. H. Lawrence · ss Harper’s Bazar July 1926 290 · Three Days · Tanith Lee · nv Shadows 7 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1984 314 · Good Country People · Flannery O’Connor · ss Harper’s Bazaar June 1955 330 · Mackintosh Willy · Ramsey Campbell · ss Shadows 2 ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979 343 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review December 1908

Northern Stars ed. David G. Hartwell & Glenn Grant (Tor, September 1994, 0-312-85747-0, $21.95, 384pp, hc, an, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg)     Anthology of 28 SF stories by Canadian writers, two apparently original, plus an essay on Canadian SF by Candas Jane Dorsey and an appendix listing Canadian SF awards nominees and winners. 11 · Introducton · Glenn Grant · in 15 · We Have Met the Alien (And It Is Us) · Judith Merril · aw 24 · A Niche · Peter Watts · nv Tesseracts3 ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Gerry Truscott, Porcepic, 1990 50 · Mother Lode · Phyllis Gotlieb · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1973 68 · Home by the Sea · Elisabeth Vonarburg; translated by Jane Brierley · ss Tesseracts ed. Judith Merril, Porcepic, 1985 translated from the French (“La maison au bord de la mer”, Dix nouvelles de science-fiction québécoise ed. André Carpentier, Les Quinze, 1985). 82 · Under Another Moon · Dave Duncan · nv Tesseracts3 ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Gerry Truscott, Porcepic, 1990 101 · Remember, the Dead Say · Jean-Louis Trudel · ss Tesseracts4 ed. Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet, Porcepic, 1992 114 · One · Heather Spears · nv Tesseracts2 ed. Phyllis Gotlieb & Douglas Barbour, Porcepic, 1987 133 · The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Writer · Lesley Choyce · ss Orion v1 #2, 1982 140 · User Friendly · Spider Robinson · ss Tales from the Planet Earth ed. Frederik Pohl & Elizabeth Anne Hull, St. Martin's, 1986 148 · Distant Signals · Andrew Weiner · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine May/June 1984 161 · The Woman Who Is the Midnight Wind · Terence M. Green · ss Tesseracts ed. Judith Merril, Porcepic, 1985 171 · The Winter Market · William Gibson · nv Vancouver November 1985 188 · The Byrds · Michael G. Coney · ss Changes ed. Michael Bishop & Ian Watson, Ace, 1983 200 · Soluble-Fish · Joël Champetier; translated by Louise Samson · vi Tesseracts2 ed. Phyllis Gotlieb & Douglas Barbour, Porcepic, 1987 translated from the French (“Poisson-Soluble”, Solaris #59, January/February 1985). 203 · Memetic Drift · Glenn Grant · ss Interzone #34, March/April 1990 219 · The Reckoning of Gifts · James Alan Gardner · nv Tesseracts4 ed. Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet, Porcepic, 1992 236 · The Cauldron · Donald M. Kingsbury · ex; from a work in progress. 254 · Happy Days in Old Chernobyl · Claude-Michel Prévost; translated by John Greene · ss Tesseracts3 ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Gerry Truscott, Porcepic, 1990 translated from the French (“La Marquise de Tchernobyl”, Imagine, No. 41, 1987). 263 · Pity the Monsters [Newford] · Charles de Lint · ss The Ultimate Frankenstein ed. Byron Preiss, David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell, 1991 275 · Carpe Diem · Eileen Kernaghan · ss On Spec Fall 1989 282 · Xils · Esther Rochon; translated by Lucille Nelson · ss Tesseracts2 ed. Phyllis Gotlieb & Douglas Barbour, Porcepic, 1987 translated from the French (“Xils”, Aurores Boreales 2 ed. Daniel Sernine, Le Préambule, 1985). 286 · Stolen Fires · Yves Meynard · ss Edge Detector #3, Summer 1991 296 · Retrieval · John Park · ss Tesseracts2 ed. Phyllis Gotlieb & Douglas Barbour, Porcepic, 1987 308 · Outport · Garfield Reeves-Stevens · ss Ark of Ice ed. Lesley Choyce, Pottersfield Press, 1992 318 · Just Like Old Times · Robert J. Sawyer · ss On Spec Summer 1993 329 · Stardust Boulevard · Daniel Sernine; translated by Jane Brierley · ss Tesseracts ed. Judith Merril, Porcepic, 1985 translated from the French (“Le vieil homme et l’espace”, L’Vieil Homme et l’Espace, Le Preambule, 1981). 343 · Ballads in 3/4 Time · Robert Charles Wilson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction April 1987 354 · (Learning About) Machine Sex · Candas Jane Dorsey · ss Machine Sex and Other Stories by Candas Jane Dorsey, Porcepic Tesseract, 1988 370 · Towards a Real Speculative Literature: Writer as Asymptote · Candas Jane Dorsey · aw Tesseracts3 ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Gerry Truscott, Porcepic, 1990 374 · Canadian SF Awards · [uncredited] · bi

Northern Suns ed. David G. Hartwell & Glenn Grant (Tor, April 1999, 0-312-86461-2, $24.95, 382pp, hc, an)     Anthology of 22 stories by Canadian authors, companion to Northern Stars. Authors include Robertson Davies, Nalo Hopkinson, W.P. Kinsella, and Nancy Kilpatrick. Includes an appendix listing Canadian SF awards from 1994-1998. 11 · Another Music from Another Kitchen · Glenn Grant · in 17 · Freeforall · Margaret Atwood · ss Star Weekly September 20 1986 25 · Divisions · Eric Choi · nv Tesseracts6 ed. Robert J. Sawyer & Carolyn Clink, Tesseract, 1997 46 · The Eighth Register · Alain Bergeron; translated by Howard Scott · nv 1996 77 · Doing Time · R. Boyczuk · ss Erotica Vampirica ed. Cecilia Tan, Circlet Press, 1996 85 · The Fragrance of Orchids · Sally McBride · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1994 106 · The Sages of Cassiopeia · Scott Mackay · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction December 1994 121 · Domestic Slash and Thrust · Jan Lars Jensen · ss Tesseracts5 ed. Robert Runt^e' & Yves Meynard, Tesseract, 1996 134 · Halo · Karl Schroeder · ss Tesseracts5 ed. Robert Runt^e' & Yves Meynard, Tesseract, 1996 153 · A Habit of Waste · Nalo Hopkinson · ss Fireweed #53, 1996 167 · Things Invisible to See · W. P. Kinsella · ss On Spec Winter 1994 171 · The Dummy Ward · David Nickle · ss TransVersions #1, Autumn 1994 186 · Near Enough to Home · Michael Skeet · ss Arrowdreams ed. Mark Shainblum & John Dupuis, Nuage Editions, 1998 201 · Farm Wife · Nancy Kilpatrick · ss The Vampire’s Crypt #5, Spring 1992 207 · Beyond the Barriers · Charles Montpetit · ss Prairie Fire Summer 1994 214 · Bugtown · Ursula Pflug · ss TransVersions #6, Winter 1996/1997 232 · The History of Photography · Derryl Murphy · ss Prairie Fire Summer 1994 247 · Craphound · Cory Doctorow · ss Science Fiction Age March 1998 268 · Twilight of the Real · Wesley Herbert · ss On Spec Winter 1997 287 · Offer of Immortality · Robertson Davies · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine July 1982 299 · Rêve Canadien · Jean Pierre April · ss Tesseracts Q ed. Elisabeth Vonarburg & Jane Brierley, Tesseract, 1996 318 · Fan · Geoff Ryman · na Interzone #81, March 1994 365 · Fables of Transcendence · John Clute · ss Out of This World ed. Andrea Paradis, Quarry Press, 1995 373 · Appendix: Canadian SF Awards · [uncredited] · ms

The Palencar Project ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor, February 29, 2012, 978-1-4668-1240-6, $2.99, ebook, oa, cover by John Jude Palencar)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in · New World Blues · L. E. Modesitt, Jr. · ss · Dormanna · Gene Wolfe · ss · Thanatos Beach · James Morrow · ss · The Woman Who Shook the World-Tree · Michael Swanwick · ss · The Sigma Structure Symphony [SETI Library] · Gregory Benford · nv

The Science Fiction Century ed. David G. Hartwell (Tor, November 1997, 0-312-86338-1, $40.00, 1005pp, hc, an, cover by John Harris)     Anthology of 45 stories, an ambitious attempt at a definitive anthology of SF. Each story is introduced by a brief discussion of the author’s works. 17 · Introduction · David G. Hartwell · in 21 · Beam Us Home · James Tiptree, Jr. · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1969 31 · Ministering Angels · C. S. Lewis · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1958 39 · The Music Master of Babylon · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1954 57 · A Story of the Days to Come · H. G. Wells · gp (r) _58 · I.The Cure for Love · H. G. Wells · ss The Pall Mall Magazine June 1899 _68 · II.The Vacant Country · H. G. Wells · ss The Pall Mall Magazine July 1899 _79 · III.The Ways of the City · H. G. Wells · ss The Pall Mall Magazine August 1899 _91 · IV.Underneath · H. G. Wells · ss The Pall Mall Magazine September 1899 _101 · V.Bindon Intervenes · H. G. Wells · ss The Pall Mall Magazine October 1899, as “The Magnanimity of the Man of Pleasure” 112 · Hot Planet · Hal Clement · nv Galaxy Magazine August 1963 127 · A Work of Art · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Stories July 1956, as “Art-Work” 139 · The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review November 1909 161 · Brightness Falls from the Air · Margaret St. Clair · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1951, as by Idris Seabright; published without a title as part of a $100 title contest. 166 · 2066: Election Day · Michael Shaara · ss Astounding Science Fiction December 1956 177 · The Rose · Charles Harness · na Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #31, March 15 1953 232 · The Hounds of Tindalos [Cthulhu] · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales March 1929 242 · The Angel of Violence · Adam Wisniewski-Snerg; translated by Tomasz Mirkowicz · ss translated from the Polish (“Aniol przemocy”, Wehikul wyobraźni, 1978). 251 · Nobody Bothers Gus [Gus] · Algis Budrys · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1955, as by Paul Janvier 261 · The Time Machine · Dino Buzzati; translated by Lawrence Venuti · ss The Siren by Dino Buzzati, tr. Lawrence Venuti, North Point Press, 1984 translated from the Italian (“La macchina che fermera il tempo”, Corriere della Sera, January 19, 1952). 265 · Mother · Philip José Farmer · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1953 285 · As Easy as A.B.C. · Rudyard Kipling · nv The London Magazine March 1912 (+1) 304 · Ginungagap · Michael Swanwick · nv TriQuarterly #49, Fall 1980 327 · Minister Without Portfolio · Mildred Clingerman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1952 333 · Time in Advance · William Tenn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction August 1956 352 · Good Night, Sophie · Lino Aldani; translated by L. K. Conrad · nv View from Another Shore ed. Franz Rottensteiner, Seabury Press, 1973 translated from the Italian (“Buonanotte Sofia”, Futuro #1, Mar/Apr ’63, as by N.L. Janda). 369 · Veritas · James Morrow · nv Synergy: New Science Fiction, Vol. 1 ed. George Zebrowski, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1987 382 · Enchanted Village · A. E. van Vogt · ss Other Worlds Science Stories July 1950 393 · The King and the Dollmaker · Wolfgang Jeschke; translated by Patricia Simon-Krieger · na The Best from the Rest of the World ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Doubleday, 1976 translated from the German (“Der König und der Puppenmacher”, Munich Round Up #43, 1961). 435 · Fire Watch · Connie Willis · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 15 1982 462 · Goat Song · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1972 486 · The Scarlet Plague · Jack London · na The London Magazine June 1912 518 · Drunkboat [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · nv Amazing Stories October 1963 539 · Another World · J.-H. Rosny-Aîné; translated by Damon Knight · nv A Century of Science Fiction ed. Damon Knight, Simon & Schuster, 1962 translated from the French (“Un autre monde”, La Revue Parisienne, September/October 1895). 558 · If the Stars Are Gods [Bradley Reynolds] · Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund · nv Universe 4 ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1974 585 · I Still Call Australia Home · George Turner · ss Aurealis #1, 1990 598 · Liquid Sunshine · Alexander Kuprin; translated by Leland Fetzer · nv Pre-Revolutionary Russian Science Fiction ed. Leland Fetzer, Ardis, 1982 translated from the Russian (“Zhidkoye solntse”, 1913). 632 · Great Work of Time · John Crowley · na Novelty by John Crowley, Doubleday Foundation, 1989 683 · Sundance · Robert Silverberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1969 694 · Greenslaves · Frank Herbert · nv Amazing Stories March 1965 716 · Rumfuddle · Jack Vance · nv Three Trips in Time and Space ed. Robert Silverberg, Hawthorn, 1973 754 · The Dimple in Draco · Philip Latham · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 765 · Consider Her Ways · John Wyndham · na Sometime, Never, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956 805 · Something Ending · Eddy C. Bertin · ss New Worlds from the Lowlands ed. Manuel van Loggem, Merrick, 1982 translated from the Dutch (“Het einde van iets”, Morgen 1, October 1971). 812 · He Who Shapes · Roger Zelazny · na Amazing Stories January 1965 (+1) 869 · Swarm [Mechanist-Shapers] · Bruce Sterling · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1982 886 · Beggars in Spain [Sleepless] · Nancy Kress · na Axolotl Press, 1991 939 · Johnny Mnemonic [Molly Millions] · William Gibson · nv Omni May 1981 952 · “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · Harlan Ellison · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1965 961 · Blood’s a Rover · Chad Oliver · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1952 993 · Sail the Tide of Mourning [Bentfin Boomers] · Richard A. Lupoff · ss New Dimensions: Science Fiction: Number 5 ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1975