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Lasgun Wedding by Will McDermott (Black Library, May 2007, 978-1-84416-462-2, £6.99, 254pp, pb, n., cover by Clint Langley) [Necromunda]     Novelization based on the SF roleplaying game, featuring bounty hunter Kal Jerico. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $7.99.

Cryptic: The Best Short Fiction of Jack McDevitt by Jack McDevitt (Subterranean Press, February 2009, 978-1-59606-195-8, $38.00, 587pp, hc, co, cover by Lee Moyer)     Collection of 38 stories. Foreword by McDevitt; introduction by Robert J. Sawyer. A signed, leatherbound limited edition of 150 ($60.00) was announced but not seen. 11 · Jack McDevitt, This One’s for You · Robert J. Sawyer · in 15 · Foreword · Jack McDevitt · fw · Part I: Unlikely Connections 25 · Cryptic · Jack McDevitt · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1983 41 · The Fort Moxie Branch · Jack McDevitt · ss Full Spectrum ed. Lou Aronica & Shawna McCarthy, Bantam Spectra, 1988 55 · Nothing Ever Happens in Rock City · Jack McDevitt · ss Artemis #5, Summer 2001 59 · Tweak · Jack McDevitt · ss Jim Baen’s Universe October 2007 63 · Melville on Iapetus · Jack McDevitt · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1983 79 · Lighthouse [Kristi Lang] · Jack McDevitt & Michael Shara · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 2006 97 · Cool Neighbor [Kristi Lang] · Jack McDevitt & Michael Shara · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 2007 115 · Whistle · Jack McDevitt · ss Full Spectrum 2 ed. Lou Aronica, Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout & Patrick LoBrutto, Doubleday Foundation, 1989 123 · In the Tower · Jack McDevitt · nv Universe 17 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1987 · Part II: Lost Treasures 163 · Ignition · Jack McDevitt · ss Future Washington ed. Ernest Lilley, WSFA, 2005 173 · Indomitable · Jack McDevitt · ss Jim Baen’s Universe April 2008 179 · Last Contact · Jack McDevitt · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1988 195 · Never Despair · Jack McDevitt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April 1997 205 · Windows · Jack McDevitt · ss Cosmic Tales: Adventures in Sol System ed. T. K. F. Weisskopf, Baen, 2004 215 · Dutchman · Jack McDevitt · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine February 1987 237 · The Tomb · Jack McDevitt · ss Alternate Wars ed. Gregory Benford & Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam Spectra, 1991 251 · Promises to Keep · Jack McDevitt · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1984 271 · To Hell with the Stars · Jack McDevitt · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1987 277 · The Mission · Jack McDevitt · ss Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic ed. Brett Cox & Andy Duncan, Tor, 2004 · Part III: Out There 287 · Report from the Rear · Jack McDevitt · ss Aboriginal Science Fiction Spring 1998 293 · Black to Move · Jack McDevitt · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine September 1982 301 · The Far Shore · Jack McDevitt · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1982 315 · Sunrise · Jack McDevitt · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine March 1988 335 · Kaminsky at War · Jack McDevitt · na Forbidden Planets ed. Marvin Kaye, SFBC, 2006 · Part IV: Touching the Infinite 395 · Fifth Day · Jack McDevitt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2007 405 · Deus Tex · Jack McDevitt · ss Realms of Fantasy February 1996 415 · Gus · Jack McDevitt · nv Sacred Visions ed. Andrew M. Greeley & Michael Cassutt, Tor, 1991 437 · Welcome to Valhalla · Kathryn Lance & Jack McDevitt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction December 2008 445 · Tyger · Jack McDevitt · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1991 453 · Auld Lang Boom · Jack McDevitt · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine October 1992 · Part V: Inventions and Fallout 467 · Cruising Through Deuteronomy · Jack McDevitt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1995 473 · The Candidate · Jack McDevitt · vi Nature #7083, March 23 2006 477 · Act of God · Jack McDevitt · ss Microcosms ed. Gregory Benford, DAW, 2004 487 · Ellie · Jack McDevitt · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1995 505 · Time’s Arrow · Jack McDevitt · ss Critical Mass Autumn 1989, as “Hard Landings” 513 · Dead in the Water · Jack McDevitt · ss Not of Woman Born ed. Constance Ash, Roc, 1999 529 · Henry James, This One’s for You · Jack McDevitt · ss Subterranean #2, 2005 539 · Time Travellers Never Die · Jack McDevitt · na Asimov’s Science Fiction May 1996

Doorway to the Stars by Jack McDevitt (Subterranean Press, March 2024, 978-1-64524-188-1, $40.00, 112pp, hc, na, cover by Edward Miller)     Limited to 500 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website.

Outbound by Jack McDevitt (ISFiC Press, November 2006, 0-9759156-4-9, $30.00, 341pp, hc, co, cover by Stephan Martiniere)     Collection of 16 stories and six non-fiction pieces by McDevitt. This has an introduction by Barry Malzberg, an interview with McDevitt, an afterword by Michael Bishop, and a bibliography. vii · Ways of Considering an Absent Introduction · Barry N. Malzberg · in [Ref. Jack McDevitt] · Local Aberrations 3 · The Candidate · Jack McDevitt · vi Nature #7083, March 23 2006 7 · Henry James, This One’s for You · Jack McDevitt · ss Subterranean #2, 2005 17 · Date with Destiny · Jack McDevitt · nv When the Music’s Over ed. Lewis Shiner, Bantam Spectra, 1991 39 · Windows · Jack McDevitt · ss Cosmic Tales: Adventures in Sol System ed. T. K. F. Weisskopf, Baen, 2004 49 · Combinations · Jack McDevitt · ss Chess Life December 1986 60 · Nothing Ever Happens in Rock City · Jack McDevitt · ss Artemis #5, Summer 2001 · Deep Space 67 · The Mission · Jack McDevitt · ss Crossroads: Tales of the Southern Literary Fantastic ed. Brett Cox & Andy Duncan, Tor, 2004 76 · Melville on Iapetus · Jack McDevitt · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine November 1983 91 · The Far Shore · Jack McDevitt · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1982 105 · In the Tower · Jack McDevitt · nv Universe 17 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1987 · Cosmic Cocktails 147 · Whistle · Jack McDevitt · ss Full Spectrum 2 ed. Lou Aronica, Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout & Patrick LoBrutto, Doubleday Foundation, 1989 155 · Valkyrie · Jack McDevitt · ss There Won’t Be War ed. Harry Harrison & Bruce McAllister, Tor, 1991 165 · Act of God · Jack McDevitt · ss Microcosms ed. Gregory Benford, DAW, 2004 175 · Ignition · Jack McDevitt · ss Future Washington ed. Ernest Lilley, WSFA, 2005 185 · Lighthouse [Kristi Lang] · Jack McDevitt & Michael Shara · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 2006 203 · Collaboration for “Lighthouse,” with Michael Shara · Jack McDevitt · ar (r) · The Big Downtown 213 · The Big Downtown · Jack McDevitt · na Down These Dark Spaceways ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC, 2005 · Shots in the Dark 281 · Where Do You Get Those Crazy Ideas? · Jack McDevitt · ar Altair #4, August 1999 289 · Infinity Beach · Jack McDevitt · ar (r) 293 · Why We Should All Be Reading Science Fiction · Jack McDevitt · ar (r) 298 · Blundering Through · Jack McDevitt · ar (r) 316 · A Golden Dozen: Twelve Stories to Demonstrate to Reluctant Seniors What They’re Missing · Jack McDevitt · ms Nova Express Fall/Winter 2000 318 · Science Fiction: An Eye on Tomorrow · Jack McDevitt · ar (r) 323 · Interview · Thomas Harbach · iv Phantastisch 2004 [Ref. Jack McDevitt] 330 · Celebrating Jack McDevitt · Michael Bishop · ar [Ref. Jack McDevitt] · Bibliography 338 · Bibliography · [uncredited] · bi [Ref. Jack McDevitt]

Return to Glory by Jack McDevitt (Subterranean Press, October 2022, 978-1-64524-073-0, $50.00, 567pp, hc, co, cover by Edward Miller)     Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from online listing. 11 · Dangerous Information · Tom Easton · in · Unlikely Gifts 17 · The Emerson Effect · Jack McDevitt · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine December 1981 30 · The Jersey Rifle · Jack McDevitt · ss Critical Mass Magazine November/December 1988 revised from Chess Life, January 1983. 55 · Voice in the Dark · Jack McDevitt · ex from The Hercules Text, Ace, 1986 137 · Tau Ceti Said What? · Jack McDevitt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2021 145 · The Oppenheimer Club · Jack McDevitt · ss 153 · What’s the Point of Being Alive if You’re a Tree? · Jack McDevitt · ss · Deep Space 169 · Tidal Effects · Jack McDevitt · ss Universe 15 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1985 175 · Standard Candles · Jack McDevitt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1994 195 · The Cat’s Pajamas · Jack McDevitt · nv Armored ed. John Joseph Adams, Baen, 2012 221 · Enjoy the Moment · Jack McDevitt · ss The End Is Nigh ed. John Joseph Adams & Hugh Howey, Broad Reach Publishing, 2014 235 · Arcturean Nocturne · Jack McDevitt · ss Extrasolar ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2017 257 · Tea Time with Aliens · Jack McDevitt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact March/April 2019 277 · Cosmic Harmony · Jack McDevitt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction July/August 2022 285 · The Gold Signal · Jack McDevitt & Larry Wasserman · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction March/April 2022 · High Hopes 299 · Crossing Over · Jack McDevitt · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine January/February 1983 319 · Holding Pattern · Jack McDevitt · ss Realms of Fantasy December 1996 335 · The Big Downtown · Jack McDevitt · na Down These Dark Spaceways ed. Mike Resnick, SFBC, 2005 409 · Return to Glory · Jack McDevitt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2020 423 · The Sunrise Club · Jack McDevitt · ss 429 · Good News · Jack McDevitt · vi Nature #7664, July 27 2017 · Incoming Tech 435 · Variables · Jack McDevitt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 1997 443 · Eyes on the Prize · Jack McDevitt · ss 451 · The Eagle Project · Jack McDevitt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November 2013 459 · Riding with the Duke · Jack McDevitt · nv Future Visions: Original Science Fiction Inspired by Microsoft ed. Jennifer Henshaw & Allison Linn, Microsoft, 2015 481 · The Wrong Way · Jack McDevitt · ss Nature June 23 2021 485 · Bring on the Night · Jack McDevitt · ss · Looking Back 495 · Leap of Faith · Jack McDevitt · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1989 505 · Lake Agassiz · Jack McDevitt · ss Full Spectrum III ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 517 · The Cassandra Project · Jack McDevitt · ss Lightspeed #1, June 2010 533 · Dig Site · Jack McDevitt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact November 2011 545 · Excalibur · Jack McDevitt · ss Mission: Tomorrow ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Baen, 2015 557 · Timely Visitor · Jack McDevitt · ss Galaxy’s Edge #50, May 2021

A Voice in the Night by Jack McDevitt (Subterranean Press, August 28, 2018, 978-1-59606-880-3, $40.00, 462pp, hc, co, cover by Edward Miller)     Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from online listing. 11 · Jack McDevitt, History Builder · Martin L. Shoemaker · in 15 · Searching for Oz · Jack McDevitt · ss Impossible Futures ed. Judith K. Dial & Thomas Easton, Pink Narcissus Press, 2013 23 · The Law of Gravity Isn’t Working on Rainbow Bridge · Jack McDevitt · ss Buffalo Fantasy League, April 2003 41 · The Adventure of the Southsea Trunk · Jack McDevitt · ss Sideways in Crime ed. Lou Anders, Solaris, 2008 61 · Combinations · Jack McDevitt · ss Chess Life December 1986 75 · It’s a Long Way to Alpha Centauri · Jack McDevitt · nv Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine #8, Summer 1990 89 · Lucy · Jack McDevitt · nv Going Interstellar ed. Les Johnson & Jack McDevitt, Baen, 2012 119 · Listen Up, Nitwits · Jack McDevitt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2012 139 · Midnight Clear · Jack McDevitt · ss Christmas Forever ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 1993 155 · The Lost Equation · Jack McDevitt · ss Beyond Watson ed. Derrick Belanger, Belanger Books, 2016 175 · Blood Will Tell · Tom Easton & Jack McDevitt · vi Nature #7627, November 3 2016 179 · Blinker · Jack McDevitt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact March 1994 197 · Friends in High Places · Jack McDevitt · ss A Cross of Centuries ed. Michael Bishop, Thunder's Mouth, 2007 207 · Maiden Voyage · Jack McDevitt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction January 2012 227 · Waiting at the Altar · Jack McDevitt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2012 243 · The Play’s the Thing · Jack McDevitt · ss Carbide Tipped Pens ed. Ben Bova & Eric Choi, Tor, 2014 253 · Oculus · Jack McDevitt · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact July/August 2002 269 · Good Intentions · Jack McDevitt & Stanley Schmidt · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 1998 299 · Molly’s Kids · Jack McDevitt · ss Fast Forward 2 ed. Lou Anders, Pyr, 2008 313 · Ships in the Night · Jack McDevitt · nv Amazing Stories October 1993 379 · The Pegasus Project · Jack McDevitt · ss To Shape the Dark ed. Athena Andreadis, Candlemark & Gleam, 2016 395 · Cathedral · Jack McDevitt · nv The Other Half of the Sky ed. Athena Andreadis & Kay T. Holt, Candlemark & Gleam, 2013 419 · The Last Dance · Jack McDevitt · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction November/December 2017 431 · Weighing In · Jack McDevitt · ss 447 · A Voice in the Night · Jack McDevitt · ss Futuredaze ed. Erin Underwood & Hannah Strom-Martin, Underwords Press, 2013

Going Interstellar ed. Jack McDevitt & Les Johnson--- see under Les Johnson.

Caribbean Blues by Gregory Mcdonald, Mary Higgins Clark, Molly Cochran, Max Allan Collins, Richard Meyers, Warren Murphy & Robert J. Randisi--- see under Mary Higgins Clark.

Last Laughs ed. Gregory Mcdonald (The Mysterious Press, 1986, 0-89296-246-1, $16.95, 196pp, hc, an)     The 1986 Mystery Writers of America Anthology 1 · Introduction · Gregory Mcdonald · in 7 · Grief Counselor · Julie Smith · vi Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1978 13 · Kindly Dig Your Grave · Stanley Ellin · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1970 37 · The Nine Best Movies · Gregory Mcdonald · ss 45 · I Do Not Like Thee, Dr. Feldman · Henry Slesar · ss Playboy June 1969 55 · The Most Dangerous Man [Sherlock Holmes] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1973, as by R. L. Stevens 63 · The Last Meeting of the Butlers Club · Geoffrey Bush · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 10 1980 85 · Sidney, Seth and S.A.M. · Charles R. McConnell · ss 101 · You Drive, Dear · Fred S. Tobey · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine January 1961 107 · The Problem of Li T’ang · Geoffrey Bush · nv The Atlantic Monthly August 1977 131 · Hizzoner’s Water Supply · Gerald Tomlinson · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1982 149 · Light Fingers · Henry Slesar · ss Cavalier #112, October 1962 159 · It’s All a Matter of Luck · Tonita S. Gardner · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine October 1979 173 · Providence Will Provide · Thelma C. Sokoloff · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1 1981 183 · Dogbane · Frank Sisk · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1972

The Twenty Five Mile High Club by Ian McDonald (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 2002, no ISBN, 28pp, ph, nv, cover by Sue Mason) [Novacon Booklets]     SF novelette. Limited to 325 numbered copies.

The Lethal Sex ed. John D. MacDonald (Dell, November 1959, B141, 35¢, 256pp, pb, an)     A Mystery Writers of America Anthology. Also available in the U.K. (Collins 1962, 12/6d, 192pp, hc). 9 · Introduction · John D. MacDonald · in (r) 15 · Dear Mr. MacDonald · Christianna Brand · ss 25 · Snowball · Ursula Curtiss · ss 38 · McGowney’s Miracle · Margaret Millar · ss Cosmopolitan July 1954 59 · He Got What He Deserved · Bernice Carey · ss 67 · Two for Tea · Margaret Manners · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine September 1958 91 · You’ll Be the Death of Me · Anthony Gilbert · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1958, as “The Goldfish Button” 111 · The Withered Heart · Jean Potts · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1957 127 · To Be Found and Read · Miriam Allen deFord · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1958 143 · Sleeping Dogs · Gladys Cluff · ss 154 · A Matter of Ethics · Carolyn Thomas · ss 170 · What Is Going to Happen? · Nedra Tyre · ss 180 · Thirty-Nine · D. Jenkins Smith · ss 188 · No Trace · Veronica Parker Johns · ss The Saint Detective Magazine December 1957 207 · There Are No Snakes in Hawaii · Juanita Sheridan · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1954