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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

The Boats of the “Glen Carrig” and Other Nautical Adventures by William Hope Hodgson ed. Jeremy Lassen--- see under William Hope Hodgson.

The Ghost Pirates and Other Revenants of the Sea by William Hope Hodgson ed. Jeremy Lassen--- see under William Hope Hodgson.

The Night Land and Other Perilous Romances by William Hope Hodgson ed. Jeremy Lassen--- see under William Hope Hodgson.

Like Father, Like Son by Mark Latham (Black Library, December 21, 2012, ebook, ss) [Warhammer]     Details taken from online listing.

The Wesleyan Anthology of Science Fiction ed. Rob Latham, Veronica Hollinger, Joan Gordon, Istvan Csicsery-Ronay, Jr., Arthur B. Evans & Carol McGuirk (Wesleyan University Press, August 1, 2010, 978-0-8195-6955-4, $39.95, xviii+767pp, tp, an, cover by Georges Méliès)     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. An unjacketed hardcover edition (6954-7, $85.00) was announced but not seen. xi · Introduction · [uncredited] · ms 1 · Rappaccini’s Daughter [Rappaccini] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · nv United States Magazine and Democratic Review December 1844, as “Writings of Aurépine” 26 · Journey to the Center of the Earth · Jules Verne · ex 1872 translated from the French (Voyage au centre de la terre, Hetzel, 1864). 39 · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897 50 · The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review November 1909 79 · The Man Who Evolved · Edmond Hamilton · ss Wonder Stories April 1931 96 · The Conquest of Gola · Leslie F. Stone · ss Wonder Stories April 1931 110 · Shambleau [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales November 1933 136 · A Martian Odyssey [Tweel] · Stanley Weinbaum · nv Wonder Stories July 1934 160 · Reason [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Astounding Science-Fiction April 1941 177 · Desertion [City (Websters)] · Clifford D. Simak · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1944 189 · Thunder and Roses · Theodore Sturgeon · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1947 211 · That Only a Mother · Judith Merril · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1948 221 · Coming Attraction · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950 234 · There Will Come Soft Rains [Mars] · Ray Bradbury · ss Collier’s May 6 1950 241 · The Sentinel · Arthur C. Clarke · ss 10 Story Fantasy Spring 1951, as “Sentinel of Eternity” 250 · Specialist · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1953 266 · The Liberation of Earth · William Tenn · ss Future Science Fiction May 1953 283 · Fondly Fahrenheit · Alfred Bester · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 303 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 309 · The Game of Rat and Dragon [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1955 324 · “All You Zombies—” · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1959 337 · The Cage of Sand · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #119, June 1962 359 · Slow Tuesday Night · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Magazine April 1965 367 · “Repent, Harlequin!” Said the Ticktockman · Harlan Ellison · ss Galaxy Magazine December 1965 379 · Day Million · Frederik Pohl · ss Rogue February/March 1966 385 · We Can Remember It for You Wholesale · Philip K. Dick · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1966 405 · Aye, and Gomorrah… · Samuel R. Delany · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 415 · The Heat Death of the Universe · Pamela Zoline · ss New Worlds #173, July 1967 430 · Passengers · Robert Silverberg · ss Orbit 4 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1968 443 · Super-Toys Last All Summer Long [Supertoys] · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Harper’s Bazaar December 1969 452 · Nine Lives · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Playboy November 1969 477 · Seed Stock · Frank Herbert · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact April 1970 490 · The Seventh Voyage [Ijon Tichy] · Stanislaw Lem; translated by Michael Kandel · ss The Star Diaries by Stanisław Lem, tr. Michael Kandel, Seabury Press, 1976 translated from the Polish (“Podróż siódma”, Niezwyciężony i inne opowiadania, Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Obrony Narodowej, 1964). 507 · When It Changed [Whileaway] · Joanna Russ · ss Again, Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1972 516 · 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 525 · Air Raid · John Varley · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine Spring 1977, as by Herb Boehm 539 · Abominable · Carol Emshwiller · ss Orbit 21 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1980 547 · Burning Chrome · William Gibson · nv Omni July 1982 566 · Speech Sounds · Octavia E. Butler · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine mid December 1983 580 · Out of All Them Bright Stars · Nancy Kress · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 1985 587 · Pretty Boy Crossover · Pat Cadigan · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January 1986 598 · Forever Yours, Anna · Kate Wilhelm · ss Omni July 1987 611 · We See Things Differently · Bruce Sterling · nv Semiotext(e) #14, 1989 630 · Chippoke Na Gomi · Misha Nogha · ss Witness Anthology of Experimental Fiction, 1989, as by Misha 637 · Computer Friendly · Eileen Gunn · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1989 654 · Invaders · John Kessel · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1990 675 · Useful Phrases · Gene Wolfe · ss Tomorrow January 1993 683 · Closer · Greg Egan · ss Eidolon Winter 1992 698 · Think Like a Dinosaur · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 1995 717 · Everywhere · Geoff Ryman · ss Interzone #140, February 1999 727 · Rogue Farm · Charles Stross · ss Live Without a Net ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2003 742 · Exhalation · Ted Chiang · nv Eclipse Two ed. Jonathan Strahan, Night Shade Books, 2008 761 · Further Reading · [uncredited] · ms