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The Very Best of Tad Williams by Tad Williams (Tachyon Publications, May 13, 2014, 978-1-61696-137-4, $15.95, 415pp, tp, co, cover by Kerem Beyit)     Collection of 17 stories, one original, one in play form. Details supplied by Denny Lien. xi · Introduction · Tad Williams · in 1 · The Old Scale Game · Tad Williams · nv Unfettered ed. Shawn Speakman, Grim Oak, 2013 18 · The Storm Door · Tad Williams · nv The New Dead ed. Christopher Golden, St. Martin's Griffin, 2010 34 · The Stranger’s Hands · Tad Williams · nv Wizards ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Berkley, 2007 55 · Child of an Ancient City · Tad Williams · nv Weird Tales Fall 1988 96 · The Boy Detective of Oz: An Otherland Story [Otherland] · Tad Williams · nv Oz Reimagined ed. John Joseph Adams & Douglas Cohen, 47North, 2013 126 · Three Duets for Virgin and Nosehorn · Tad Williams · nv Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn ed. Peter S. Beagle, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1995 147 · Not with a Whimper, Either · Tad Williams · nv 30th Anniversary DAW: Science Fiction ed. Elizabeth R. Wollheim & Sheila E. Gilbert, DAW, 2002 173 · Some Thoughts Re: Dark Destructor · Tad Williams · ar Subterranean #5, 2006 179 · Z Is for… · Tad Williams · ss Midnight Zoo v1 #3, 1991 191 · Monsieur Vergalant’s Canard · Tad Williams · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 1995 195 · The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of · Tad Williams · nv David Copperfield’s Beyond Imagination ed. David Copperfield, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1996 224 · A Fish Between Three Friends · Tad Williams · ss Rite by Tad Williams, Subterranean Press, 2006, as “Fish Between Friends” 227 · Every Fuzzy Beast of the Earth, Every Pink Fowl of the Air · Tad Williams · ss originally appeared in the 2012 audio anthology Rip-Off! ed. Gardner Dozois. 237 · A Stark and Wormy Knight · Tad Williams · ss The Dragon Book ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois, Ace, 2009 247 · Omnitron, What Ho! · Tad Williams · ss 263 · Black Sunshine · Tad Williams · pl A Stark and Wormy Knight by Tad Williams, Beale-Williams Enterprise, 2011 385 · And Ministers of Grace · Tad Williams · nv Warriors ed. George R. R. Martin & Gardner Dozois, Tor, 2010

The Best of Walter Jon Williams by Walter Jon Williams (Subterranean Press, February 28, 2021, 978-1-64524-002-0, $45.00, 616pp, hc, co, cover by Lee Moyer)     Limited to 1000 signed, numbered, copies. Details taken from publisher website. 7 · Introduction · Daniel Abraham · in 11 · Daddy’s World · Walter Jon Williams · nv Not of Woman Born ed. Constance Ash, Roc, 1999 45 · The Golden Age · Walter Jon Williams · nv Dead Man’s Hand ed. John Joseph Adams, Titan, 2014 81 · Dinosaurs · Walter Jon Williams · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1987 111 · Surfacing · Walter Jon Williams · na Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 1988 179 · Video Star · Walter Jon Williams · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine July 1986 219 · The Millennium Party · Walter Jon Williams · vi Infinite Matrix August 5 2002 223 · The Bad Twin · Walter Jon Williams · nv Frankensteins and Foreign Devils by Walter Jon Williams, NESFA Press, 1998 265 · The Green Leopard Plague [College of Mystery] · Walter Jon Williams · na Asimov’s Science Fiction October/November 2003 341 · Diamonds from Tequila [Dagmar Shaw] · Walter Jon Williams · na Rogues ed. Gardner Dozois & George R. R. Martin, Bantam Spectra, 2014 397 · Margaux [Dread Empire’s Fall] · Walter Jon Williams · na Asimov’s Science Fiction May 2003 451 · Prayers on the Wind · Walter Jon Williams · na When the Music’s Over ed. Lewis Shiner, Bantam Spectra, 1991 503 · Wall, Stone, Craft · Walter Jon Williams · na Axolotl Press, 1993 595 · Story Notes · Walter Jon Williams · ms

The Boolean Gate by Walter Jon Williams (Subterranean Press, November 2012, 978-1-59606-460-7, $38.00, 119pp, hc, na, cover by J. K. Potter)     SF novella about Mark Twain and Nicola Tesla. This is a signed limited edition of 500.

Out of This World ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie & Son, 1971, £1.25, 175+187pp, hc, an, cover by Geoffrey Bargery)     Omnibus of the two young-adult SF anthologies Out of This World 3 (Blackie 1962) and Out of This World 4 (Blackie 1964), paginated separately. · Out of This World 3 · ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen · an Blackie and Son, May 1962 7 · Foreword · Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen · fw Out of This World 3 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen, Blackie, 1962 9 · Sands Our Abode · Francis G. Rayer · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #84, June 1959 29 · Round Trip to Esidarap · Lloyd Biggle, Jr. · nv If November 1960, as “Esidarap ot Pirt Dnuor” 54 · Living Space · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Stories May 1956 71 · The Apprentice · James White · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #99, October 1960 105 · Baxbr · Evelyn E. Smith · ss Time to Come ed. August Derleth, Farrar, Straus & Young, 1954, as “BAXBR/DAXBR” 114 · Dumb Martian · John Wyndham · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1952 142 · Who’s There? · Arthur C. Clarke · ss This Week May 11 1958, as “The Haunted Spacesuit” 148 · Ararat [People] · Zenna Henderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1952 · Out of This World 4 · ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen · an Blackie and Son, 1964 · Foreword · Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen · fw Out of This World 4 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen, Blackie, 1964 9 · Inside the Comet · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1960 22 · Hothouse [Gren (Hothouse)] · Brian W. Aldiss · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1961 55 · When the Engines Had to Stop · Elis Gwyn Jones · ss Out of This World 4 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen, Blackie, 1964 78 · Twice Bitten [Matthew Brady] · Donald Malcolm · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #127, February 1963 102 · Changeling · Amabel Williams-Ellis · nv Out of This World 4 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen, Blackie, 1964 138 · The Astronaut · Valentina Zhuravleva; translated by Leonid Kolesnikov · nv Destination: Amaltheia ed. Richard Dixon, tr. Leonid Kolesnikov, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1963 translated from the Russian (“Astronavt”, 1960). 156 · Billennium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #112, November 1961 174 · Six-Fingered Jacks · E. R. James · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #119, June 1962

Out of This World 1 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie & Son, September 1960, 12/6d, 197pp, hc, an) 9 · Foreword · Bertrand Russell · fw 11 · Breaking Strain · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1949, as “Thirty Seconds—Thirty Days” 46 · No Place Like Earth [Bert] · John Wyndham · nv New Worlds #9, Spring 1951, as by John Beynon 82 · The Ruum [Ruum] · Arthur Porges · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1953 98 · Friday · John Kippax · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #80, February 1959 113 · The Middle of the Week After Next · Murray Leinster · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories August 1952 132 · Placet Is a Crazy Place · Fredric Brown · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1946 149 · Chemical Plant · Ian Williamson · ss New Worlds #8, Winter 1950 174 · Men of the Ten Books · Jack Vance · ss Startling Stories March 1951

Out of This World 2 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie & Son, April 1961, 12/6d, 188pp, hc, an) 9 · Foreword · Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen · fw 13 · The Trouble with Emily [Sector General] · James White · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #77, November 1958 38 · The Dusty Death · John Kippax · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #77, November 1958 51 · Another Word for Man · Robert Presslie · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #78, December 1958 68 · The Railways Up on Cannis · Colin Kapp · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #87, October 1959 92 · Machine Made · J. T. McIntosh · ss New Worlds #10, Summer 1951 107 · But Who Can Replace a Man? · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Infinity Science Fiction June 1958 119 · The Gift of Gab · Jack Vance · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1955 168 · The Still Waters · Lester del Rey · nv Fantastic Universe June 1955, as “In the Still Waters”

Out of This World 3 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie & Son, May 1962, 12/6d, 175pp, hc, an) 7 · Foreword · Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen · fw 9 · Sands Our Abode · Francis G. Rayer · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #84, June 1959 29 · Round Trip to Esidarap · Lloyd Biggle, Jr. · nv If November 1960, as “Esidarap ot Pirt Dnuor” 54 · Living Space · Isaac Asimov · ss Science Fiction Stories May 1956 71 · The Apprentice · James White · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #99, October 1960 105 · Baxbr · Evelyn E. Smith · ss Time to Come ed. August Derleth, Farrar, Straus & Young, 1954, as “BAXBR/DAXBR” 114 · Dumb Martian · John Wyndham · nv Galaxy Science Fiction July 1952 142 · Who’s There? · Arthur C. Clarke · ss This Week May 11 1958, as “The Haunted Spacesuit” 148 · Ararat [People] · Zenna Henderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1952

Out of This World 4 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie & Son, 1964, 12/6d, 187pp, hc, an, cover by Gaynor Chapman) · Foreword · Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen · fw 9 · Inside the Comet · Arthur C. Clarke · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1960 22 · Hothouse [Gren (Hothouse)] · Brian W. Aldiss · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1961 55 · When the Engines Had to Stop · Elis Gwyn Jones · ss 78 · Twice Bitten [Matthew Brady] · Donald Malcolm · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #127, February 1963 102 · Changeling · Amabel Williams-Ellis · nv 138 · The Astronaut · Valentina Zhuravleva; translated by Leonid Kolesnikov · nv Destination: Amaltheia ed. Richard Dixon, tr. Leonid Kolesnikov, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1963 translated from the Russian (“Astronavt”, 1960). 156 · Billennium · J. G. Ballard · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #112, November 1961 174 · Six-Fingered Jacks · E. R. James · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #119, June 1962

Out of This World 5 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie & Son, 1965, 12/6d, 188pp, hc, an, cover by Harry Green) 7 · Preface · Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen · pr 13 · Four in One · Damon Knight · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1953 50 · Bottomless Pit · Philip E. High · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #128, March 1963 68 · The Hour of Letdown · E. B. White · ss The New Yorker December 22 1951 73 · Colonial [Max Larkin] · John Christopher · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1949, as by Christopher Youd 103 · Badman · John Brunner · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #92, March 1960 123 · Pushover Planet · Con Pederson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1963 130 · The Fiction Machines · Vadim Okhotnikov; translated by Doris Johnson · ss Russian Science Fiction ed. Robert Magidoff, New York University Press, 1964 translated from the Russian (“Avtomaty pisatyelya”, V Mire Iskaniy, 1949). 138 · Winthrop Was Stubborn · William Tenn · na Galaxy Science Fiction August 1957, as “Time Waits for Winthrop”

Out of This World 6 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie & Son, 1967, 15/-, 196pp, hc, an, cover by George Thompson) 11 · All the Troubles of the World · Isaac Asimov · ss Super-Science Fiction April 1958 30 · Fast Trip · James White · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1963 77 · The Sickness · William Tenn · nv Infinity Science Fiction November 1955 108 · The Heart of Blackness · Robert Ray · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #122, September 1962, as “The Craving for Blackness” 124 · The Aliens · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1959 165 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 173 · Stimulus · John Brunner · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #116, March 1962

Out of This World 7 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie & Son, 1968, 16/-, 214pp, hc, an, cover by David Brown) 5 · Preface · Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen · pr 13 · The Impersonators · C. C. MacApp · ss If January 1967 29 · Ordeal in Space · Robert A. Heinlein · ss Town & Country May 1948 47 · The Cold, Cold Box · Howard Fast · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1959 62 · To Change Their Ways · Joseph P. Martino · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact April 1967 88 · The Moon [Troons] · Lucas Parkes · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #72, June 1958, as “Idiot’s Delight” by John Wyndham 127 · Meeting of the Minds · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Magazine February 1960 170 · An Ounce of Dissension [Stephen Quist] · Martin Loran · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact July 1966 196 · Point of Focus · Robert Silverberg · ss Astounding Science Fiction August 1958

Out of This World 8 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie & Son, 1970, 0-216-88811-5, £1.10, 187pp, hc, an, cover by Geoffrey La Gerche) 13 · Victory Unintentional [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss Super Science Stories August 1942 36 · Coco-Talk · William F. Temple · ss New Writings in S-F 7 ed. John Carnell, Dobson, 1966 52 · Second Ending · James White · na Fantastic Stories of Imagination June 1961 (+1); abridged. 123 · A Discovery in the Woods · Graham Greene · nv Rogue March 1963 145 · The Human Factor · David Ely · ss The Saturday Evening Post November 16 1963 150 · Six Cubed Plus One · John Rankine · nv New Writings in S-F 7 ed. John Carnell, Dobson, 1966

Out of This World 9 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie & Son, 1972, 0-216-89331-3, £1.20, 191pp, hc, an, cover by David Brown) 9 · The Diamondwood Trees [The Hub] · James H. Schmitz · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction March 1965, as “Balanced Ecology” 31 · Allamagoosa · Eric Frank Russell · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1955 48 · A Message for Zoo Directors · Gerard Klein · nv (r) translated from the French (“Avis aux directeurs de jardins zoologiques”, Fiction #189, September 1969). 79 · The Vanishing Man · Richard Hughes · ss A Moment of Time by Richard Hughes, Chatto & Windus, 1926 83 · At Daybreak · Italo Calvino; translated by William Weaver · ss Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino, tr. William Weaver, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968; abridged. translated from the Italian (“Sul far del giorno”, Le Cosmicomiche, Einaudi, 1965). 93 · Rich and Strange · Amabel Williams-Ellis · ss (r) 116 · Blemish · John Christopher · ss Authentic Science Fiction Monthly #39, November 15 1953 126 · Catharsis · John Rackham · ss New Writings in S.F.—11 ed. John Carnell, Corgi, 1968 147 · Mantrap · Kathleen James · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #107, June 1961 175 · Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January 1954, as “The Big Trip Up Yonder”

Out of This World 10 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Michael Pearson (Blackie & Son, 1973, 0-216-89379-8, 190pp, hc, an, cover by Jim Russell) 13 · Uncommon Sense [Laird Cunningham] · Hal Clement · ss Astounding Science Fiction September 1945 34 · The Girls from Earth · Frank M. Robinson · nv Galaxy Science Fiction January 1952 59 · A Long Spoon · John Wyndham · ss Suspense (UK) September 1960 77 · Games Without End · Italo Calvino; translated by William Weaver · ss Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino, tr. William Weaver, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968 84 · The Feeling of Power · Isaac Asimov · ss If February 1958 96 · The Chessplayers · Charles L. Harness · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1953 111 · The Great Judge · A. E. van Vogt · ss Fantasy Book #3, 1948 117 · The Winter People · Gilbert Phelps · nv 1963 149 · Dead to the World · H. A. Hargreaves · ss New Writings in S.F.—11 ed. John Carnell, Corgi, 1968 167 · Dreams Are Sacred · Peter Phillips · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1948

Out of This World Choice ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie & Son, 1972, 0-216-89346-1, £1.50, 188+188pp, hc, om)     Omnibus of the two young-adult SF anthologies Out of This World 2 (Blackie 1961) and Out of This World 5 (Blackie 1965), paginated separately. · Out of This World 2 · ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen · an Blackie and Son, 1961 9 · Foreword · Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen · fw Out of This World 2 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen, Blackie, 1961 13 · The Trouble with Emily [Sector General] · James White · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #77, November 1958 38 · The Dusty Death · John Kippax · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #77, November 1958 51 · Another Word for Man · Robert Presslie · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #78, December 1958 68 · The Railways Up on Cannis · Colin Kapp · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #87, October 1959 92 · Machine Made · J. T. McIntosh · ss New Worlds #10, Summer 1951 107 · But Who Can Replace a Man? · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Infinity Science Fiction June 1958 119 · The Gift of Gab · Jack Vance · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1955 168 · The Still Waters · Lester del Rey · nv Fantastic Universe June 1955, as “In the Still Waters” · Out of This World 5 · ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen · an Blackie and Son, 1965 11 · Preface · Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen · pr Out of This World 5 ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen, Blackie, 1965 13 · Four in One · Damon Knight · nv Galaxy Science Fiction February 1953 50 · Bottomless Pit · Philip E. High · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #128, March 1963 68 · The Hour of Letdown · E. B. White · ss The New Yorker December 22 1951 73 · Colonial [Max Larkin] · John Christopher · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1949, as by Christopher Youd 103 · Badman · John Brunner · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #92, March 1960 123 · Pushover Planet · Con Pederson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1963 130 · The Fiction Machines · Vadim Okhotnikov · ss (r) 135 · Winthrop Was Stubborn · William Tenn · na Galaxy Science Fiction August 1957, as “Time Waits for Winthrop”