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The Chinese Time Machine by Ian Watson (NewCon Press, April 2023, 978-1-914953-47-7, £13.99, 272pp, tp, co)     This volume gathers together ten uncollected stories previously published between 2016 and 2023 in Asimov’s, Analog, and elsewhere, along with a brand new novella - one of four tales set in a near future shaped by “The Chinese Time Machine”. · The Chinese Time Machine _ · 1st Trip: Brave New World, by Oscar Wilde · Ian Watson · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction May/June 2020 _ · 2nd Trip: The Kidnap of Fibonacci · Ian Watson · ss ParSec #3, Spring 2022 first published in Italian (“La Sottrazione di Fibonacci”, Ipotesi per Fibonacci, Università de Pisa, 2020). _ · 3rd Trip: The Emperor’s New Wallpaper · Ian Watson · na _ · 4th Trip: Sherlock Holmes and the Butterfly Effect [Sherlock Holmes] · Ian Watson & Cristina Macía · ss The Return of Sherlock Holmes ed. Maxim Jakubowski, Mango Publishing Group, 2021 · Hot Gates · Ian Watson · ss New Worlds ed. Peter Crowther & Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2022 · Monkey Business · Ian Watson · ss Thought X ed. Rob Appleby & Ra Page, Comma Press, 2017 · When the Aliens Stop to Bottle · Ian Watson · ss Analog Science Fiction and Fact January/February 2018 · Heinrich Himmler in the Barcelona Hallucination Cell · Ian Watson · ss Barcelona Tales ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2016, as “Himmler in the Barcelona Hallucination Cell” · Clickbeetle · Ian Watson · ss Sci Phi Journal #1, 2019, as “Subject: Clickbeetle” · Journey to the Anomaly · Ian Watson · ss Extrasolar ed. Nick Gevers, PS Publishing, 2017 · The Birth of Venus · Ian Watson · ss Prisms ed. Darren Speegle & Michael Bailey, PS Publishing, 2021 · About the Author · [uncredited] · bg

Draco by Ian Watson (Black Library, August 2002, 1-84154-254-7, £5.99, 238pp, pb, no, cover by Chris Langley) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War]     Reprint (GW Books 1990 as Inquisitor) SF novel set in the ’Warhammer 40,000′ universe. Book 1 in the “Inquisition War” trilogy. Copyrighted 1990, 2002.

Harlequin by Ian Watson (Boxtree, October 27, 1994, 0-7522-0965-5, £15.99, 246pp, hc, no, cover by Head Design) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War]     Sf novel set in the Warhammer universe of the 41st Century. Second in the “Inquisition War” trilogy, after Inquisitor.

The Inquisition War by Ian Watson (Black Library, July 5, 2004, 1-84416-138-2, £7.99, 762pp, tp, om, cover by Clint Langley) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War]     Omnibus of three novels and two stories set in the “Warhammer 40,000” universe, with an introduction by Watson. The novels are Draco (Inquisitor), Harlequin, and Chaos Child. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $9.99. 9 · Introduction · Ian Watson · in 13 · The Alien Beast Within [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] · Ian Watson · nv Deathwing ed. Neil Jones & David Pringle, GW Books, 1990 49 · Draco [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] · Ian Watson · n. Games Workshop, 1990 233 · Warped Stars [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] · Ian Watson · na Deathwing ed. Neil Jones & David Pringle, GW Books, 1990 275 · Harlequin [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] · Ian Watson · n. Boxtree, 1994 511 · Chaos Child [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War] · Ian Watson · n. Boxtree, 1995

Inquisitor by Ian Watson (GW Books, November 1990, 1-872372-29-5, £4.99, 246pp, tp, no, cover by Fangorn) [Warhammer 40,000: Inquisition War]     Sf novel set in the ’Warhammer 40,000′ universe. Book 1 in the “Inquisition War” trilogy. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $8.99.

Shell Shock by Ian Watson (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, November 2004, no ISBN, 20pp, ph, ss) [Novacon Booklets]     Original short story issued in a limited edition of 300 numbered copies, to coincide with Watson’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 34.

Space Marine by Ian Watson (Boxtree, February 25, 1993, 1-85283-840-X, £3.99, 264pp, pb, no, cover by Jim Burns) [Warhammer 40,000]     Sf novel set in the “Warhammer 40,000” universe.

Warhammer 40,000: Draco by Ian Watson--- see under Draco by Ian Watson, Black Library, 2002.

Warhammer 40,000: Harlequin by Ian Watson--- see under Harlequin by Ian Watson, Boxtree, 1994.

Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor by Ian Watson--- see under Inquisitor by Ian Watson, GW Books, 1990.

Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine by Ian Watson--- see under Space Marine by Ian Watson, Boxtree, 1993.

Warhammer 40,000: The Inquisition War by Ian Watson--- see under The Inquisition War by Ian Watson, Black Library, 2004.

Warhammer: Inquisitor by Ian Watson--- see under Inquisitor by Ian Watson, GW Books, 1990.

Afterlives ed. Ian Watson & Pamela Sargent--- see under Pamela Sargent.

Changes ed. Ian Watson & Michael Bishop--- see under Michael Bishop.

The Mammoth Book of SF Wars ed. Ian Watson & Ian Whates (Robinson, May 2012, 978-1-78033-040-2, £7.99, xi+497pp, tp, an, cover by Joe Roberts) xi · Introduction · Ian Watson & Ian Whates · in 1 · Peacekeeper · Mike Resnick & Brad R. Torgersen · ss 20 · From Out of the Sun, Endlessly Singing · Simon R. Green · ss 32 · All for Love · Algis Budrys · ss Galaxy Magazine June 1962, as “For Love” 52 · The War Artist · Tony Ballantyne · ss Further Conflicts ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2011 65 · The War Memorial [Near Space] · Allen Steele · ss Asimov’s Science Fiction September 1995 71 · Politics · Elizabeth Moon · nv The War Years #1: The Far Stars War ed. Bill Fawcett, Roc, 1990 98 · Arena · Fredric Brown · nv Astounding Science Fiction June 1944 125 · Peackeeping Mission · Laura Resnick · ss 2008 136 · The Peacemaker [Berserker] · Fred Saberhagen · ss If August 1964, as “The Life Hater” 145 · Junked · Andy Remic · ss So It Begins ed. Mike McPhail, Dark Quest Books, 2009 165 · The Liberation of Earth · William Tenn · ss Future Science Fiction May 1953 185 · A Clean Escape · John Kessel · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine May 1985 200 · Storming Hell · John Lambshead · nv Jim Baen’s Universe April 2009 238 · Solidarity · Walter Jon Williams · na Asimov’s Science Fiction April/May 2005 296 · The Price [Freehold Universe] · Michael Z. Williamson · nv Citizens ed. John Ringo & Brian M. Thomsen, Baen, 2010 322 · The HORARS of War · Gene Wolfe · ss Nova 1 ed. Harry Harrison, Delacorte, 1970 341 · The Traitor [Bolo] · David Weber · nv Bolos 4: Last Stand ed. Bill Fawcett, Baen, 1997 365 · The Game of Rat and Dragon [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1955 382 · Caught in the Crossfire [Hammer’s Slammers] · David Drake · nv Chrysalis, Volume 2 ed. Roy Torgeson, Zebra, 1978 397 · The Rhine’s World Incident · Neal Asher · ss Subterfuge ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2008 412 · Winning Peace · Paul McAuley · nv The New Space Opera ed. Gardner Dozois & Jonathan Strahan, Eos, 2007 439 · Time Piece · Joe Haldeman · ss If July/August 1970 449 · The Wake · Dan Abnett · ss Further Conflicts ed. Ian Whates, NewCon Press, 2011 463 · The Pyre of New Day · Catherine Asaro · ss

Pictures at an Exhibition ed. Ian Watson (Greystoke Mobray Ltd., November 1981, 0-906901-02-2, £1.25, 168pp, pb, oa) 6 · Introduction · Ian Watson · in 12 · Second Chance · Brian M. Stableford · ss 29 · A Spy in the Domain of Arnheim · Michael Bishop · nv 52 · Transcends All Wit · David Langford · ss 65 · Brief Lives · Chris Morgan · nv 90 · The Sacrament of the Last Supper · Roger Campbell · ss 110 · The Cry · Richard Downes · nv 132 · Et in Arcadia Ego · Patricia & Lionel Fanthorpe · ss 146 · The Mystic Marriage of Salome · Ian Watson · ss

Shoes, Ships and Cadavers: Tales from North Londonshire ed. Ian Watson & Ian Whates (NewCon Press, October 9, 2010, 978-1-907069-16-1, £15.99, 256pp, hc, oa, cover by Ian Whates)     Details taken from online listing. · Introduction · Alan Moore · in · A Walk of Solace with My Dead Baby · Ian Watson · ss · Lifeline · Susan Sinclair · ss · These Boots Weren’t Made for Walking · Ian Whates · ss · Mano Mart · Andy West · nv · What We Do Sometimes, Without Thinking · Mark West · nv · Arthur the Witch · Donna Scott · ss · Goethe’s Wig · Steve Longworth · ss · The Old Man of Northampton and the Sea · Sarah Pinborough · ss · The Last Economy · Paul Melhuish · ss · Hanging Around · Neil K. Bond · ss · I Won the Earth Evacuation Lottery · Tim Taylor · ss · The Tower · Nigel Edwards · ss

Transactions of the Flesh ed. D. P. Watt & Peter Holman--- see under Peter Holman.

The Big Apple Mysteries ed. Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg (Avon, June 1982, 0-380-80150-7, $2.75, 261pp, pb, an) 1 · New York, New York · Isaac Asimov · in 4 · The Good Samaritan [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 10 1980 20 · The Importance of Trifles · Avram Davidson · na Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine January 1969 60 · The Theft of the Four of Spades [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 6 1980 75 · Pattern for Murder [Mr. & Mrs. (Pam and Jerry) North] · Frances & Richard Lockridge · ss This Week November 6 1955, as “There’s Death for Remembrance” 90 · Green Ice [Hildegarde Withers] · Stuart Palmer · ss The Chicago Tribune April 13 1941, as “The Riddle of the Green Ice” 107 · Murder in One Scene [Lt. Timothy Trant] · Q. Patrick · ss This Week May 2 1948 118 · Jericho and the Studio Murders [John Jericho] · Hugh Pentecost · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1975 132 · The Adventure of the One-Penny Black [Ellery Queen] · Ellery Queen · ss Great Detective April 1933, as “The One-Penny Black” 151 · From Another World [The Great Merlini] · Clayton Rawson · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #55, June 1948 178 · The Crime of the Century · R. L. Stevens · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1977 186 · Murder Is No Joke [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · nv And Four to Go by Rex Stout, Viking, 1958 224 · The Phantom of the Subway · Cornell Woolrich · nv Argosy August 22 1936, as “You Pays Your Nickel” 243 · Mom in the Spring [Mom] · James Yaffe · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #126, May 1954

Holmes for the Holidays ed. Carol-Lynn Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg & Jon L. Lellenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Hound Dunnit ed. Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Isaac Asimov.

Manhattan Mysteries ed. Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Bill Pronzini & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Bill Pronzini.

More Holmes for the Holidays ed. Carol-Lynn Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg & Jon L. Lellenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

Murder and Mystery in Boston ed. Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg & Frank D. McSherry, Jr. (Dembner, 1987, 0-934878-95-1, $15.95, 298pp, hc, an) 1 · Lucky Penny [Carlotta Carlyle] · Linda Barnes · nv The New Black Mask No.3 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1985 20 · The Problem of the Boston Common [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine August 1979 38 · The Dipping of the Candlemaker · Hayden Howard · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1954 58 · It Was an Awful Shame · Charlotte MacLeod · ss 1986 74 · The Massachusetts Peep-O’Night [Captain Jeremy Cork] · S. S. Rafferty · nv Fatal Flourishes by S. S. Rafferty, Avon, 1979 99 · Muldoon and the Numbers Game · Robert L. Fish · ss The Saturday Evening Post July/August 1973 108 · Never Shake a Family Tree · Donald E. Westlake · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine March 1961 120 · The Scarlet Thread [Prof. Augustus S.F.X. Van Dusen (The Thinking Machine)] · Jacques Futrelle · nv Boston American December 11 1905 - December 17 1905, as “Mystery of the Scarlet Thread” 150 · The Man Who Went to Taltavul’s · David Alexander · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1956 164 · The Running Man · David Ely · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1976 176 · A Case of Chivas Regal · George V. Higgins · ss The New Black Mask Quarterly No.1 ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli & Richard Layman, HBJ, 1985 186 · The Swan-Boat Murder [Asey Mayo] · Phoebe Atwood Taylor · na The American Magazine October 1942 245 · Seed of Suspicion [Kent Murdock] · George Harmon Coxe · nv The American Magazine June 1947, as “Speak No Evil” 292 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Murder and Mystery in Chicago ed. Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Frank D. McSherry, Jr. & Martin H. Greenberg (Dembner, 1987, 0-934878-98-6, 252pp, hc, an) vii · Introduction · Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Frank D. McSherry, Jr. & Martin H. Greenberg · in 1 · At the Old Swimming Hole [V.I. Warshawski] · Sara Paretsky · nv Mean Streets ed. Robert J. Randisi, Mysterious Press, 1986 21 · I’ll Cut Your Throat Again, Kathleen · Fredric Brown · nv Mystery Book Magazine Winter 1948 39 · So Dark for April [Paul Pine] · Howard Browne · nv Manhunt February 1953, as by John Evans 62 · The Theft of the Overdue Library Book [Nick Velvet; Sandra Paris] · Edward D. Hoch · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1984 84 · The Play’s the Thing · Robert Bloch · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine May 1971 92 · His Heart Could Break [John J. Malone] · Craig Rice · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1943 113 · Dead Ringer · James Michael Ullman · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1964 130 · Malice at the Mike [Ed Gorgon] · Jon L. Breen · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine October 1973 141 · Before He Kills · Ray Russell · ss Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine December 1973 152 · Brother Orchid · Richard Edward Connell · nv Collier’s May 21 1938 169 · The Spotted Pup · Dorothy B. Hughes · na Mystery Book Magazine October 1945

Murder on the Menu ed. Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg (Avon, April 1984, 0-380-86918-7, $3.50, 310pp, pb, an) 1 · Poison! · Isaac Asimov · in 5 · The Chicken Soup Kid · R. L. Stevens · ss 12 · The Case of the Shaggy Caps [Chief Insp. Wexford] · Ruth Rendell · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1977 41 · Poison à la Carte [Nero Wolfe & Archie Goodwin] · Rex Stout · na Three at Wolfe’s Door by Rex Stout, Viking, 1960 99 · Garden of Evil · Carol Cail · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine December 1973 109 · The Specialty of the House · Stanley Ellin · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine #54, May 1948 130 · Lamb to the Slaughter · Roald Dahl · ss Harper’s Magazine September 1953 141 · When No Man Pursueth [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1974 159 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time and Tide November 12 1932 (+1) 173 · The Theft of the Used Teabag [Nick Velvet] · Edward D. Hoch · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1982 192 · The Refugees [Prof. Henry Poggioli] · T. S. Stribling · nv Adventure October 10 1925 228 · Recipe for a Happy Marriage · Nedra Tyre · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1971 246 · The Deadly Egg [Adjutent Grijpstra; Sgt. de Gier] · Janwillem van de Wetering · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine March 1979 265 · The Norwegian Apple Mystery [Martin Leroy & King Danforth] · James Holding · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine November 1960 281 · Gideon and the Chestnut Vendor [Commander George Gideon] · J. J. Marric · ss 1971 288 · The Same Old Grind · Bill Pronzini · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine September 1978 294 · Dogsbody [Milo Turner] · Francis M. Nevins, Jr. · ss Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine February 1977, as “The Dogsbody Case”

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes ed. Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.

The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes: Original Stories by Eminent Mystery Writers (var. 1) ed. Carol-Lynn Rössel Waugh, Martin H. Greenberg & Jon L. Lellenberg--- see under Martin H. Greenberg.