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Just Like the Jetsons by Warren Lapine (Wilder Publication, March 2006, 0-9773040-4-3, $29.99, 219pp, hc, co)
Collection of 19 stories, two original.

7 · Introduction · Warren Lapine · in

13 · The Cyber Way · Warren Lapine · ss Absolute Magnitude #6, Winter 1996, as by Jamie Wild

30 · Far from Home · Warren Lapine · ss Chronicle June 2005, as by Jamie Wild

41 · Almost Human · Warren Lapine · ss Absolute Magnitude & Aboriginal Science Fiction #20, Fall 2003, as by Jamie Wild

56 · Don’t Jump · Warren Lapine · ss Altair #1, February 1998

66 · Can Spring Be Far Behind? · Warren Lapine · ss

75 · Raw Energy · Warren Lapine · vi Vision #17, 1993

77 · Junk Mail · Warren Lapine · ss Event Horizon Spring 1997

84 · Famous Dead People · Warren Lapine · ss Audiozine

90 · Mona Lisa · Warren Lapine · ss Dreams of Decadence #5, Fall/Winter 1997

98 · Angel of Darkness · Warren Lapine · ss Dreams of Decadence #3, Spring 1997, as “My Angel of Darkness”

103 · The Hunger · Warren Lapine · ss Blood Kiss ed. Cecilia Tan, Circlet Press, 1994

107 · Just Like the Jetsons · Warren Lapine · ss

111 · Gainful Employment · Warren Lapine · ss Weird Tales Summer 2000

118 · Fly in Peace · Warren Lapine · vi Pirate Writings #5, Fall 1994

122 · In Memoriam · Warren Lapine · ss Absolute Magnitude #11, Summer 1999, as by Jamie Wild

127 · The End of Old Age · Warren Lapine · vi Fantastic Collectibles Magazine #112, November 1992

133 · Fridays · Warren Lapine · ss Absolute Magnitude #17, Autumn 2001, as by Jamie Wild

147 · Siblings · Warren Lapine · ss Absolute Magnitude #3, Summer 1995

163 · Fair Game · Warren Lapine · nv Absolute Magnitude #4, Fall 1995, as by Jamie Wild

Absolute Magnitude ed. Warren Lapine & Stephen Pagel (Tor, May 1997, 0-312-86335-7, $23.95, 317pp, hc, an, cover by Kevin Murphy)
Anthology of 16 stories from the semi-professional SF adventure magazine. Introduction by Warren Lapine. Authors include Terry Bisson, Hal Clement, Geoffrey A. Landis, and Janet Kagan.

11 · Introduction · Warren Lapine · in

15 · Working for Mister Chicago [Near Space] · Allen Steele · ss Absolute Magnitude #4, Fall 1995

32 · The Minds Who Jumped · F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre · ss Absolute Magnitude #2, Spring 1995

57 · The Prize · Denise Lopes Heald · ss Harsh Mistress #2, Spring/Summer 1994

84 · The Dance of the Hunting Sun · Barry B. Longyear · ss Absolute Magnitude #7, Spring 1997

97 · 10:07:24 · Terry Bisson · vi Absolute Magnitude #2, Spring 1995

101 · Mice · Shariann Lewitt · ss Absolute Magnitude #4, Fall 1995

119 · Amp · Chris Bunch · ss Absolute Magnitude #4, Fall 1995

140 · Siblings · Warren Lapine · ss Absolute Magnitude #3, Summer 1995

156 · The Melancholy of Infinite Space · Geoffrey A. Landis · ar Absolute Magnitude #5, Fall 1996

159 · The Barefoot Mule · Frank O. Dodge · ss Harsh Mistress #1, Spring/Summer 1993

176 · Sortie · Hal Clement · na Harsh Mistress Spring/Summer 1994 (+3)

213 · Jack the Martian · Don D’Ammassa · ss Harsh Mistress #2, Spring/Summer 1994

223 · Undying Iron · Alan Dean Foster · nv Absolute Magnitude #7, Spring 1997

245 · Fermat’s Best Theorem · Janet Kagan · ss Absolute Magnitude #3, Summer 1995

256 · Yonada · Robin Wayne Bailey · ss Absolute Magnitude #7, Spring 1997

290 · Planting Walnuts · Linda Tiernan Kepner · nv Absolute Magnitude #3, Summer 1995

Daughters of Earth: Feminist Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century ed. Justine Larbalestier (Wesleyan University Press, May 2006, 0-8195-6676-4, $24.95, 397pp, tp, an, cover by Ed Emshwiller, Earle Bergey & Cat Sparks)
Anthology of 11 SF stories by 20th-century female authors, with new essays on each. Story authors include Clare Winger Harris, Kate Wilhelm, and Octavia Butler; essayists include Brian Attebery, Andrea Hairston, and L. Timmel Duchamp. A hardcover edition (-6675-6, $65.00) was announced but not seen.

xv · Introduction · Justine Larbalestier · in

1 · The Fate of the Poseidonia · Clare Winger Harris · ss Amazing Stories June 1927

20 · Illicit Reproduction: Clare Winger Harris’s “The Fate of the Poseidonia” · Jane Donawerth · as [Ref. Clare Winger Harris]

36 · The Conquest of Gola · Leslie F. Stone · ss Wonder Stories April 1931

50 · The Conquest of Gernsback: Leslie F. Stone and the Subversion of Science Fiction Troupes · Brian Attebery · as [Ref. Leslie F. Stone]

67 · Created He Them · Alice Eleanor Jones · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1955

76 · From Ladies’ Home Journal to The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: 1950s SF, the Offbeat Romance Story, and the Case of Alice Eleanor Jones · Lisa Yaszek · as [Ref. Alice Eleanor Jones]

97 · No Light in the Window · Kate Wilhelm · ss The Mile-Long Spaceship by Kate Wilhelm, Berkley Medallion, 1963

107 · Cold War Masculinity in the Early Work of Kate Wilhelm · Josh Lukin · as [Ref. Kate Wilhelm]

130 · The Heat Death of the Universe · Pamela Zoline · ss New Worlds #173, July 1967

144 · A Space of Her Own: Pamela Zoline’s “The Heat Death of the Universe” · Mary E. Papke · as [Ref. Pamela Zoline]

160 · 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

168 · (Re)reading James Tiptree Jr.’s “And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill Side” · Wendy Pearson · as [Ref. James Tiptree, Jr.]

190 · Wives · Lisa Tuttle · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1979

199 · The Universal Wife: Exploring 1970s Feminism with Lisa Tuttle’s “Wives” · Cathy Hawkins · as [Ref. Lisa Tuttle]

217 · Rachel in Love · Pat Murphy · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1987

244 · Simians, Cyborgs, and Women in “Rachel in Love” · Joan Haran · as [Ref. Pat Murphy]

265 · The Evening and the Morning and the Night · Octavia E. Butler · nv Omni May 1987

287 · Octavia Butler; Praise Song to a Prophetic Artist · Andrea Hairston · as [Ref. Octavia E. Butler]

305 · Balinese Dancer · Gwyneth Jones · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction September 1997

326 · “Prefutural Tension”: Gwyneth Jones’s Gradual Apocalypse · Veronica Hollinger · as [Ref. Gwyneth Jones]

340 · What I Didn’t See · Karen Joy Fowler · nv Sci Fiction July 10 2002

356 · Something Rich and Strange: Karen Joy Fowler’s “What I Didn’t See” · L. Timmel Duchamp · as [Ref. Karen Joy Fowler]

381 · Works Consulted · [uncredited] · bi

395 · Contributors · [uncredited] · bg

Zombies vs. Unicorns ed. Justine Larbalestier & Holly Black--- see under Holly Black.

The Haunters and the Haunted ed. M. Larigot & Ernest Rhys--- see under Ernest Rhys.

Worlds of Fiction ed. Charles R. Larson & Roberta Rubenstein--- see under Roberta Rubenstein.

Stockholm Noir ed. Nathan Larson & Carl-Michael Edenborg (Akashic Books, March 1, 2016, 978-1-61775-297-1, $15.95, 256pp, tp, oa) [Akashic Noir]
Details taken from ebook.

· While the City Sleeps · Nathan Larson & Carl-Michael Edenborg · in

· Part I: Crime & Punishment

· Stairway from Heaven · Åke Edwardson; translated by Laura A. Wideburg · ss; set in Birkastan.
translated from the Swedish.

· Still in Kallhäll · Johan Theorin; translated by Kerri Pierce · ss; set in Kallhäll.
translated from the Swedish.

· The Smugglers · Martin Holmén; translated by Laura A. Wideburg · ss; set in Rörstrandsgatan.
translated from the Swedish.

· The Splendors and Miseries of a Swedish Crime Writer · Malte Persson; translated by Laura A. Wideburg · ss; set in Gröndal.
translated from the Swedish.

· Horse · Anna-Karin Selberg; translated by Rika Lesser · ss; set in Rågsved.
translated from the Swedish.

· Part II: Fear & Darkness

· From the Remains · Inger Edelfeldt; translated by Laura A. Wideburg · ss; set in Tantolunden.
translated from the Swedish.

· Northbound · Lina Wolff; translated by Caroline Åberg · ss; set in Saltsjöbaden.
translated from the Swedish.

· Kim · Torbjörn Elensky; translated by Rika Lesser · ss; set in Gamla Stan.
translated from the Swedish.

· Black Ice · Inger Frimansson; translated by Laura A. Wideburg · ss; set in Södertälje.
translated from the Swedish.

· Part III: The Brutality of Beasts

· The Wahlberg Disease · Carl Johan De Geer; translated by Laura A. Wideburg · ss; set in Drottninggatan.
translated from the Swedish.

· Nineteen Pieces · Carl-Michael Edenborg; translated by Caroline Åberg · ss; set in Slakthusområdet.
translated from the Swedish.

· Death Star · Unni Drougge; translated by Rika Lesser · ss; set in Hammarbyhamnen.
translated from the Swedish.

· 10/09/03 · Nathan Larson · ss; set in Kungsträdgården.

Seven Great Detective Stories ed. William H. Larson (Western Publishing Co., 1968, LC:68-25323, 210pp, hc, an)

9 · Introduction · William H. Larson · in

13 · Suspect Unknown [Inspector Jessup] · Courtney Ryley Cooper · ss Collier’s September 23 1939

34 · The Blast of the Book [Father Brown] · G. K. Chesterton · ss Liberty August 26 1933, as “The Five Fugitives”

55 · The Missing Undergraduate [Insp. (Chief Insp.) Poole] · Henry Wade · nv The London Magazine May 1930

79 · The Problem of Cell 13 [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American October 30 1905 - November 5 1905, as “The Mystery of Cell 13”

131 · Silver Blaze [Sherlock Holmes] · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine December 1892, as “The Adventure of Silver Blaze”

168 · The Nine Mile Walk [Nicky Welt] · Harry Kemelman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #41, April 1947

182 · The Man in the Velvet Hat [Inspector Magruder] · Jerome & Harold Prince · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #16, May 1944

Foreshadows: The Ghosts of Zero ed. Jeff LaSala (Blindsided Books, February 21, 2012, 978-1-4675-1060-8, $99.00, xv+390pp, tp, oa, cover by Michael Komarck)
This edition is limited to 100 numbered copies and 32 presentation copies, bundled with a soundtrack album of music by members of The Very Us Artists.
Details taken from online listing.

xiii · Foreword · C. S. Friedman · fw

1 · The Ghosts of Zero · The Digital Alchemist · ss

9 · Geist Anthropic 1:4 · Jeremy L. C. Jones, Jeff LaSala & John LaSala · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

25 · Too Much Is Never Enough · Don Bassingthwaite · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

45 · Cenotaph, or We’ve Been Reduced to Lo-Fi · Mike Ferguson · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

63 · Graveduggery · Jeff LaSala & Brian W. Matthews · nv; illustrated by Talon Dunning

87 · Love Simulacra · Joe Rixman · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

105 · Cold As the Gun · Robert J. Randisi · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

125 · … And Weave the Spider’s Web · Keith Baker · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

143 · Geist Threnodic 2:4 · Jeff & John LaSala · nv; illustrated by Talon Dunning

181 · Best Served Flash-Frozen · Ed Greenwood · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

195 · Geist Eidetic 3:4 · Jeff & John LaSala · nv; illustrated by Talon Dunning

225 · All the Good Things You Are · Robert Velarde · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

243 · Twenty-One-Oh · Ari Marmell · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

259 · Made in Brazil | Living in Japan · Jaleigh Johnson · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

273 · Crossed Swords · Ken Hart · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

291 · Geist Intrinsic 4:4 · Jeff & John LaSala · nv; illustrated by Talon Dunning

329 · Anodyne Fading: The Wolf Without · Christopher Dinkins · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

337 · Lament · Brian W. Matthews · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

353 · Deep in the Deep: Reaction-Diffusion Dies Tonight · Rosemary Jones · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

367 · Unto the Interface · Ruth Lampi & Jessica Van Oort · ss; illustrated by Talon Dunning

The Gargoyle by Greye La Spina (Robert Weinberg, 1975, $5.00, 96pp, tp, co, cover by Vincent Napoli)
Details supplied by Bill Thom.

3 · Introduction · Robert Weinberg · in

4 · The Gargoyle · Greye La Spina · na Weird Tales September 1925 (+2)

62 · The Devil’s Pool · Greye La Spina · na Weird Tales June 1932

21 Great Stories ed. Abraham H. Lass & Norma L. Tasman (Mentor, February 1969, MY1223, $1.25, 352pp, pb, an)

ix · Foreword · Abraham H. Lass & Norma L. Tasman · fw

11 · War · Luigi Pirandello · ss (r)

17 · Eve in Darkness · Kaatje Hurlbut · ss (r)

25 · There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950

32 · Tobermory [Clovis Sangrail] · Saki · ss The Chronicles of Clovis by Saki, John Lane, 1911
revised from the original (Westminster Gazette, November 27, 1909) to feature Clovis rather than Bertie van Tahn.

41 · The Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1)

56 · Footfalls · Wilbur Daniel Steele · nv Pictorial Review October 1920

79 · Hook · Walter Van Tilburg Clark · nv The Atlantic Monthly August 1940

101 · Wine on the Desert · Max Brand · ss This Week June 7 1936

111 · The Lady or the Tiger? · Frank Stockton · ss The Century Magazine November 1882

119 · An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner July 13 1890

131 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book November 1846

140 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843

146 · So Much Unfairness of Things · C. D. B. Bryan · nv The New Yorker June 2 1962

183 · The Necklace · Guy de Maupassant · ss (r)
translated from the French (“La Parure”, Le Gaulois, Feb 17, 1884).

193 · The Adventure of the Speckled Band [Sherlock Holmes] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · nv The Strand Magazine February 1892

221 · To Build a Fire · Jack London · ss The Youth’s Companion May 29 1902

240 · Leiningen Versus the Ants · Carl Stephenson · nv Esquire December 1938
translated from the German (“Leiningens Kampf mit den Ameisen”, 1937).

265 · Eveline · James Joyce · ss The Dubliners by James Joyce, Cape, 1914

271 · The Secret Life of Walter Mitty · James Thurber · ss The New Yorker March 18 1939

278 · What Stumped the Bluejays · Mark Twain · ex from A Tramp Abroad, American Publishing Company, 1880

285 · The Pearl · John Steinbeck · na Viking, 1947

After Shocks: An Anthology of So-Cal Horror ed. Jeremy Lassen (Night Shade Books, 2000, 0-9700097-0-4, $21.00, 221pp, hc, oa)
Original horror/magic realism anthology with all stories set in California.

· Introduction · Jeremy Lassen · in

· Bodywork · Christa Faust · ss

· Mourning Glory · Michael Scott Bricker · ss

· Street Runes · Stephen Woodworth · ss

· A Flock of Drunk Witches · Dana Vander Els · ss

· El Cazador · Lisa Morton · ss

· Born to Wear Black · Denise Dumars · ss

· The Infant Kiss · Robert Guffey · ss

· Driving the Last Spike · Brian Hodge · ss

· The Heart in Darkness · Nancy Holder · ss

· Frayed Seams · Michael D. Frounfelter · ss

· Parallel Highways · James Van Pelt · ss

· Lies for Dessert · Jak Koke · ss

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