Breakfast in the Ruins: Science Fiction in the Last Millennium by Barry N. Malzberg (Baen, April 2007, 978-1-4165-2117-4, $14.00, 389pp, tp, nf, cover by Stephen Hickman)
Non-fiction collection of almost 70 pieces about science fiction, plus two stories, and new introductory material. This includes The Engines of the Night (Doubleday 1982) with the introduction to the 2001 electronic edition.
- 1 · Introduction to the Baen Edition · Barry N. Malzberg · in
- 3 · Part One: The Engines of the Night
- 7 · Introduction to the 2001 Electronic Edition · Barry N. Malzberg · in 2001
- 12 · Introduction to the Original Edition · Barry N. Malzberg · in Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982, as “Introduction”; slightly revised.
- 14 · The Number of the Beast · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Science Fiction Review #40, Fall 1981; slightly revised.
- 18 · L’Etat C’Est Moi · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Empire for the SF Writer Winter 1979
- 23 · I Could Have Been a Contender, Part One · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 26 · Anonymity & Empire · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Science Fiction Review #38, Spring 1981; slightly revised.
- 31 · I Don’t Know How to Put It Love but I’ll Surely Surely Try · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 37 · Memoir from Grub Street · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Science Fiction Review #39, Summer 1981; slightly revised.
- 40 · The Fifties · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Analog Yearbook ed. Ben Bova, Baronet, 1978
- 52 · The Fifties: Recapitulation and Coda · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 56 · Ah Tempora! Ah Portions! Ah Mores! Ah Outlines! · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Empire for the SF Writer Winter 1980
- 59 · Science Fiction and the Academy: Some Notes · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 63 · At the Divining Edge · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Heavy Metal May 1980, as “Divining at the Edge”
- 67 · Some Notes Toward the True and the Terrible · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Science Fiction Review #38, Spring 1981; slightly revised.
- 71 · Wrong Rabbit · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 75 · John W. Campbell: June 8, 1910 to July 11, 1971 · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact September 1980, as “John W. Campbell: Another Remembrance” [Ref. John W. Campbell, Jr.]
- 80 · The Science Fiction of Science Fiction · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Science Fiction Review #35, May 1980
- 87 · I Don’t Want Her You Can Have Her— · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 91 · Onward and Upward with the Arts, Part II · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 94 · Tell Me Doctor if You Can That It’s Not All Happening Again · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 103 · The Richard Nixon—John B. Mitchell—Spiro Agnew Blues · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 106 · Cornell George Hopley Woolrich: December 1903 to September 1968 · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982 [Ref. Cornell Woolrich]
- 111 · A Few Hard Truths for the Troops · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 114 · Onward and Upward with the Arts, Part III · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 119 · Science Fiction as Picasso · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Science Fiction Review #40, Fall 1981; slightly revised.
- 121 · Mark Clifton: 1906-1963 · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982 [Ref. Mark Clifton]
- 126 · September 1973: What I Did Last Summer · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 130 · The Cutting Edge · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Science Fiction Review #39, Summer 1981; slightly revised.
- 136 · Son of the True and Terrible · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Science Fiction Review #39, Summer 1981; slightly revised.
- 140 · The All-Time, Prime-Time, Take-Me-to-Your-Leader Science Fiction Plot · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Science Fiction Review #35, May 1980
- 151 · Grandson of the True and the Terrible · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 154 · Give Me That Old-Time Religion · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Science Fiction Review #38, Spring 1981; slightly revised.
- 156 · SF Forever · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 158 · What I Won’t Do Next Summer, I Guess · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 161 · Come Fool, Follify · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Science Fiction Review #40, Fall 1981; slightly revised.
- 164 · The Engines of the Night · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Science Fiction Review #40, Fall 1981; slightly revised.
- 167 · Con Sordino · Barry N. Malzberg · ar The Patchin Review July 1981
- 171 · Corridors [Ruthven] · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 186 · L’Envoi · [uncredited] · ms Engines of the Night by Barry N. Malzberg, Doubleday, 1982
- 186 · Son of L’Envoi · Barry N. Malzberg · ms 2001
- 187 · Grandson of l’Envoi · Barry N. Malzberg · ms
- 188 · Footnotes · Barry N. Malzberg · ar
- 193 · Interregnum: Preface to an Essay · Barry N. Malzberg · ms
- 195 · Rage, Pain, Alienation and Other Aspects of the Writing of Science Fiction · Barry N. Malzberg · ar The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1976
- 200 · Afterword · Barry N. Malzberg · aw (r)
- 203 · Part Two: Breakfast in the Ruins: Science Fiction in the Last Millenium
- 205 · Part I: Meditations
- 207 · Introduction to Part One: Meditations · Barry N. Malzberg · in
- 210 · On Engines Again · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine November 1992, as “From the Heart’s Basement”
- 216 · Atomic Power · Barry N. Malzberg · ar (r)
- 219 · Tripping with the Alchemist · Barry N. Malzberg · ar The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2003
- 244 · Some Reflections on Freud, Fantasy & the Jewish Condition · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Baltimore Jewish Times 1989
- 251 · I: Not I · Barry N. Malzberg · ar (r)
- 255 · On Decadence · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine #16, 1993, as “From the Heart’s Basement”
- 261 · Cliftonized · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine September/October 1992, as “From the Heart’s Basement” [Ref. Mark Clifton]
- 267 · Over the Waves · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine #17, 1994, as “From the Heart’s Basement”
- 274 · Thus Our Words Unspoken · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Amazing Stories September 1992
- 281 · A Formal Feeling Comes · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Amazing Stories November 1993
- 288 · Thinking About Compulsion · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Mystery Scene 1993
- 292 · The Shores of Suitability · Barry N. Malzberg · vi Omni June 1982, as “Last Word”
- 296 · Some Notes on the Lone Wolf [Burt Wulff (The Lone Wolf)] · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Mystery Scene #58, 1991
- 301 · Part II: Authors and Other Culprits; given as “Writers and Other Culprits” in Table of Contents.
- 303 · Introduction to Authors and Other Culprits · Barry N. Malzberg · si
- 305 · Flowers for Daniel · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Nebula Awards Showcase 2001 ed. Robert Silverberg, Harcourt, 2001 [Ref. Daniel Keyes]
- 308 · Falling from the Air · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine July 1992, as “From the Heart’s Basement” [Ref. Alice Sheldon]
- 313 · Dark of the Knight: An Introduction and Epilogue · Barry N. Malzberg · gp (r)
- _313 · Dark of the Knight · Barry N. Malzberg · in The Best of Damon Knight by Damon Knight, Pocket, 1976 [Ref. Damon Knight]
- _315 · Epilogue: After 27 Years · Barry N. Malzberg · ar The Bulletin of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America #155, Fall 2002 [Ref. Damon Knight]
- 318 · On Fredric Brown · Barry N. Malzberg · ar NESFA Press, 2001 [Ref. Fredric Brown]
- 321 · The Stochastic Writer · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Nebula Awards Showcase 2005 ed. Jack Dann, Roc, 2005 [Ref. Robert Silverberg]
- 326 · The Dean of Gloucester, Virginia · Barry N. Malzberg · pr A Logic Named Joe by Murray Leinster, Baen, 2005 [Ref. William F. Jenkins]
- 329 · Inextricable Disengagement: The War Games of David Drake · Barry N. Malzberg · in The New York Review of Science Fiction #206, October 2005, as “In Praise of David Drake” [Ref. David Drake]
- 331 · On Isaac Asimov · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Pulphouse: A Fiction Magazine August 1992, as “From the Heart’s Basement” [Ref. Isaac Asimov]
- 337 · The Bend at the End of the Road · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Mystery Scene 1993 [Ref. Gustav Hasford]
- 342 · The Cloud Sculptor of Terminal X · Barry N. Malzberg · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #29, January 1991 [Ref. J. G. Ballard]
- 351 · Presto: Con Malizia · Barry N. Malzberg · ar Mystery Scene 1994 [Ref. Cornell Woolrich]
- 355 · Repentance, Desire and Natalie Wood · Barry N. Malzberg · ar The New York Review of Science Fiction #31, March 1991 [Ref. Maurice Girodias]
- 363 · The Man Who Lost the Sea · Barry N. Malzberg · in A New Dawn by John W. Campbell, Jr., NESFA, 2003
- 375 · Part III: Ruthven Agonistes
- 377 · Ruthven Agonistes · Barry N. Malzberg · ms
- 379 · The Passage of the Light [Ruthven] · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Science Fiction Age November 1993
- 389 · The Last Millinium · Barry N. Malzberg · aw
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