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Wolf’s Complete Book of Terror (var. 1) ed. Leonard Wolf (Newmarket Press, November 1994, 1-55704-214-4, $16.00, 343pp, tp, an)     Horror anthology of 36 classic stories, by authors ranging from Lucius Apuleius to Kathe Koja, Ursula K. Le Guin, and Joyce Carol Oates, with an introduction by the editor. Revised from the Clarkson N. Potter 1979 edition. v · Introduction · Leonard Wolf · in 1 · Angels’ Moon · Kathe Koja · ss The Ultimate Werewolf ed. Byron Preiss, David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell, 1991 8 · Poor Bibi · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Tikkun May/June 1992, as “Poor Thing” 14 · The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson Doubleday, 1973 20 · The Tattooer · Junichiro Tanizaki; translated by Howard Hibbett · ss Seven Japanese Tales by Junichiro Tanizaki, Knopf, 1963 translated from the Japanese. 25 · Axolotl · Julio Cortázar; translated by Paul Blackburn · ss End of the Game, and Other Stories by Julio Cortázar, Pantheon Books, 1967 translated from the Spanish (1956). 29 · The Wish · Roald Dahl · ss Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953 32 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948 39 · It’s a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 53 · Born of Man and Woman · Richard Matheson · vi The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Summer 1950 56 · The South · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by Anthony Kerrigan · ss Ficciones by Jorge Luís Borges, Grove Press, 1962 translated from the Spanish (“El Sur”, La Nación, October 11, 1953). 61 · The Fly · George Langelaan · nv Playboy June 1957 86 · The Doll · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Doll, and One Other by Algernon Blackwood, Arkham House, 1946 110 · The Hunted Beast · T. F. Powys · ss The White Paternoster by T. F. Powys, Chatto & Windus, 1930 118 · The Rival Dummy · Ben Hecht · ss Liberty August 18 1928 126 · Lukundoo · Edward Lucas White · ss Weird Tales November 1925 137 · Sredni Vashtar · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 28 1910 141 · The Picture in the House · H. P. Lovecraft · ss The National Amateur July 1919 148 · Pollock and the Porroh Man · H. G. Wells · ss New Budget May 23 1895 160 · The Spider · Hanns Heinz Ewers · nv The International December 1915 translated from the German (“Die Spinne”, 1908). 175 · The White Wolf of the Hartz Mountains · Frederick Marryat · ex from The Phantom Ship, Henry Colburn, May 1839 190 · Tchériapin · Sax Rohmer · ss The Sovereign Magazine April 1920 203 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 212 · The Mark of the Beast · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Pioneer July 12 1890 (+1) 222 · Yuki-Onna · Lafcadio Hearn · ss Kwaidan by Lafcadio Hearn, Houghton Mifflin, 1904 225 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves December 2 1893 234 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss New England Magazine January 1892 247 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue December 1871 (+3) 272 · Not to Be Taken at Bed-Time · Rosa Mulholland · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1865, uncredited. 283 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv The Complete Writings of Guy de Maupassant by Guy de Maupassant, The Dunstan Society, 1903 translated from the French (“Le Horla”, Gil Blas, October 26, 1886). 301 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 308 · The Birthmark · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss The Pioneer March 1843 321 · La Belle Helene · Prosper Mérimée · ss (r) 325 · Nuckelavee · [uncredited] · vi (r) 327 · The Painted Skin · P’u Sung-Ling · ss Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio by Herbert A. Giles, De La Rue, 1880 translated from the Chinese (Liao Chai, 1679). 330 · Bluebeard · Charles Perrault · ss (r) translated from the French (“La Barbe Bleue”, Histoires ou Contes du temps passé, Paris, 1697). 334 · The Vampire · Lucius Apuleius · ex from The Golden Ass, ca. 160 340 · Author Biographies · [uncredited] · bg

Visions of Wonder ed. Milton T. Wolf & David G. Hartwell--- see under David G. Hartwell.

Planets and Dimensions by Clark Ashton Smith ed. Charles K. Wolfe--- see under Clark Ashton Smith.

New Voices: American Writing Today ed. Don M. Wolfe (Perma Books, 1953, P213, 50¢, 384pp, pb, an)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. A showcase for former students of The New School, being selections from several earlier anthologies. 11 · Salute to the New School · Don M. Wolfe · ar 18 · Introduction · Don M. Wolfe · in (r) · 1. Sons and Daughters 29 · Little Mule · John Burress · ex Vanguard Press, 1952 37 · The White Doe · J. Ernest Wright · ss (r) 45 · Feast of the Passing Over · Maurice Posner · ss (r) 53 · Jocelyn · Marilyn Miner · ss (r) 58 · Go to the Ant · Louis Doyle · vi (r) 60 · April Is the Cruelest Month · T. L. Berger · ss (r) 65 · Only Love Me · Irma Terr · ss (r) 71 · Kalman Thought of Tomorrow · Frank Spiro · ss American Vanguard ed. Don M. Wolfe, Cornell University Press, 1948 · 2. Frolic and Banter 78 · The White Sweater · Theresa Oakes · ss American Vanguard ed. Don M. Wolfe, Cornell University Press, 1948 85 · Bathroom Dilemma · Rebecca Boorstein · ss American Vanguard ed. Don M. Wolfe, Cornell University Press, 1948 90 · De Bello Gallico · William A. Keller · ss (r) 95 · The Girl’s Banana · William Carl Bondarenko · vi American Vanguard ed. Don M. Wolfe, Cornell University Press, 1948 97 · The Polka Dot Dress · Warren Adler · ss (r) · 3. Scars That Vanish and Scars That Stay 102 · Captain’s Beach · Sigrid de Lima · ex Scribner's, 1950 106 · The White Kitten · Diana Howe · ss American Vanguard 1952 ed. Don M. Wolfe, Greenberg, 1952 114 · The Man of the Family · Jack Boxer · ss American Vanguard ed. Don M. Wolfe, Cornell University Press, 1948 118 · The First Sad Facts · Mildred Stein · ss (r) 124 · The Rites of Spring · Leona Elizabeth Prevost · vi (r) 127 · Grass, Milk, and Children · Leonard Bishop · ss (r) 137 · You Didn’t Sign Your Name · Frances Gitelman · ss (r) 142 · Tiger! Tiger! · Irving Grablowsky · ss (r) 148 · Is My Coat Ready? · Joan Rattner · vi (r) · 4. How Far Can You Go? 150 · How Far Can You Go? · Ruth Popofsky · ss (r) 156 · Albert Knows His Place · Manning Moore · vi (r) 158 · The Jewel · Stella Stettner · ss (r) · 5. Love Knew No Anger 175 · Green Tendrils · Carmen Van Luik · ss (r) 179 · Rosie · William Van Buskirk · vi (r) · 6. Love of a Kind 181 · Limbo · Nancy Hallinan · ss (r) 192 · The Shape of the World · Marat Kaufman · ss American Vanguard ed. Don M. Wolfe, Cornell University Press, 1948 196 · The Beckoning Sea · George Mandel · ss (r) 202 · Week-End · Rebecca Boorstein · ss American Vanguard ed. Don M. Wolfe, Cornell University Press, 1948 209 · “Cherry” Nemo · [uncredited] · ss Purple Testament ed. Don M. Wolfe, Doubleday, 1947 212 · In the Cubicle · [uncredited] · vi Purple Testament ed. Don M. Wolfe, Doubleday, 1947 213 · Tina · Julius Chametsky · vi (r) · 7. Orange Blossoms in the Dust; given as Orange Blossoms in the Dusk in the Table of Contents. 214 · The Telescope and the Umbrella · Jacob Mevorach · ss American Vanguard 1952 ed. Don M. Wolfe, Greenberg, 1952 222 · Martha’s Yesterday · James Cavanaugh · ss American Vanguard 1952 ed. Don M. Wolfe, Greenberg, 1952 230 · A New Morning for Paula · Evelyn Elkind · ss (r) 237 · The Goldfish · Bernice Kavinoky · ss (r) 241 · The Mermaids Singing · Harold Applebaum · ss American Vanguard ed. Don M. Wolfe, Cornell University Press, 1948 · 8. Fathers Look Homeward 253 · Look out for the Wild Horse! · Earl Keith · ss (r) 258 · The Harvest · Helen Upshaw · ss (r) 261 · The Last Christmas · Mario Puzo · ss (r) 266 · Gift for a Birthday · Samuel Levine · ss American Vanguard 1952 ed. Don M. Wolfe, Greenberg, 1952 · 9. Give Birth to Beauty 277 · O’Hara’s Creation · Robert Carter · ss American Vanguard ed. Don M. Wolfe, Cornell University Press, 1948 288 · The Wake · Kenneth Henry · ss American Vanguard ed. Don M. Wolfe, Cornell University Press, 1948 299 · Genoese Street Song · Elizabeth Geer · ss American Vanguard 1952 ed. Don M. Wolfe, Greenberg, 1952 307 · After the Hay-Makin’ · Cynthia Johnson · ss American Vanguard 1952 ed. Don M. Wolfe, Greenberg, 1952 317 · Subway to Brooklyn · John J. Maloney · ss American Vanguard ed. Don M. Wolfe, Cornell University Press, 1948 · 10. Bring Back the Dead 323 · Up to a Yellow Grave · Robert Dawson · ss (r) 328 · I Couldn’t Cry · Marshall N. Levin · ss American Vanguard ed. Don M. Wolfe, Cornell University Press, 1948 331 · Chartered Rowboat · Bruce Millar, Jr. · ss American Vanguard 1952 ed. Don M. Wolfe, Greenberg, 1952 · 11. The Shape of War 336 · Last Sortie · Milton K. Williams · vi Purple Testament ed. Don M. Wolfe, Doubleday, 1947 338 · Dog Down the Deadlights · Hillel Frimet · ss American Vanguard ed. Don M. Wolfe, Cornell University Press, 1948 347 · A Moment in Trieste · William C. Styron, Jr. · ss American Vanguard ed. Don M. Wolfe, Cornell University Press, 1948 352 · My Room at the Lilac Inn · John J. Regan · vi Purple Testament ed. Don M. Wolfe, Doubleday, 1947 · 12. Symmetry in Fire and Ice 354 · Take My Hand Gently · Hillel Frimet · pm (r) 355 · In the Long Night · Edith Raymond · pm American Vanguard 1952 ed. Don M. Wolfe, Greenberg, 1952 356 · Eve’s Return · Marilyn Kalb · pm American Vanguard 1952 ed. Don M. Wolfe, Greenberg, 1952 357 · Grey Horses · James Vincent McGee · pm American Vanguard 1952 ed. Don M. Wolfe, Greenberg, 1952 358 · Miriam · James Vincent McGee · pm American Vanguard 1952 ed. Don M. Wolfe, Greenberg, 1952 358 · Monday Child · James Vincent McGee · pm American Vanguard 1952 ed. Don M. Wolfe, Greenberg, 1952 358 · Patterns at Dawn · Mark Fisher · pm American Vanguard 1952 ed. Don M. Wolfe, Greenberg, 1952 359 · Decrescendo · Mark Fisher · pm American Vanguard 1952 ed. Don M. Wolfe, Greenberg, 1952 359 · Long Gone · Linda Friedman · pm American Vanguard 1952 ed. Don M. Wolfe, Greenberg, 1952 360 · Agamemnon · William Alfred · pl American Vanguard 1952 ed. Don M. Wolfe, Greenberg, 1952

Bearings: Reviews 1997-2001 by Gary K. Wolfe (Beccon Publications, April 2, 2010, 978-1-870824-58-3, £16.00, 449pp, tp, nf, cover by Judith Clute)     Collection of over 50 columns from Locus, reviewing over 200 books. Second in a series after Soundings (2005); a third volume, Sightings is planned for 2011. Includes an “Introduction: The Simultaneous Reader” by Peter Straub, an Introduction by Wolfe, and complete Index to the contents by Leigh Kennedy Priest. 1 · Introduction 3 · The Simultaneous Reader · Peter Straub · in 7 · Unprincipled Criticism · Gary K. Wolfe · in 13 · Reviews 1997 93 · Reviews 1998 185 · Reviews 1999 267 · Reviews 2000 339 · Reviews 2001 425 · Index · Leigh Kennedy Priest · bi

The Best of Joe Haldeman by Joe Haldeman ed. Gary K. Wolfe & Jonathan Strahan--- see under Joe Haldeman.

Castle of Days by Gene Wolfe (Tor, December 1992, 0-312-85209-6, $22.95, 447pp, hc, co, cover by Richard Bober)     Collection/omnibus, including the fiction collection Gene Wolfe’s Book of Days (Doubleday 1981), the non-fiction collection The Castle of the Otter (Ziesing 1982), and “Castle of Days”, a new non-fiction collection of articles on writing, writers, and books. 11 · Gene Wolfe’s Book of Days · Gene Wolfe · co Doubleday, 1981 13 · Introduction · Gene Wolfe · in Gene Wolfe’s Book of Days by Gene Wolfe, Doubleday, 1981 14 · Date Due · Gene Wolfe · vi Gene Wolfe’s Book of Days by Gene Wolfe, Doubleday, 1981 16 · How the Whip Came Back · Gene Wolfe · ss Orbit 6 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1970 31 · Of Relays and Roses · Gene Wolfe · ss If September/October 1970 42 · Paul’s Treehouse · Gene Wolfe · ss Orbit 5 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1969 50 · St. Brandon · Gene Wolfe · ex from Peace, Harper & Row, 1975 54 · Beautyland · Gene Wolfe · ss Saving Worlds ed. Roger Elwood & Virginia Kidd, Doubleday, 1973 59 · Car Sinister · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1970 67 · The Blue Mouse · Gene Wolfe · ss The Many Worlds of Science Fiction ed. Ben Bova, Dutton, 1971 79 · How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion · Gene Wolfe · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact May 1973 95 · The Adopted Father · Gene Wolfe · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine December 1980 104 · Forlesen · Gene Wolfe · nv Orbit 14 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1974 150 · An Article About Hunting · Gene Wolfe · ss Saving Worlds ed. Roger Elwood & Virginia Kidd, Doubleday, 1973 160 · The Changeling · Gene Wolfe · ss Orbit 3 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1968 172 · Many Mansions · Gene Wolfe · ss Orbit 19 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1977 182 · Against the Lafayette Escadrille · Gene Wolfe · vi Again, Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1972 185 · Three Million Square Miles · Gene Wolfe · ss The Ruins of Earth ed. Thomas M. Disch, Putnam, 1971 189 · The War Beneath the Tree · Gene Wolfe · ss Omni December 1979 195 · La Befana · Gene Wolfe · ss Galaxy Science Fiction January/February 1973 200 · Melting · Gene Wolfe · ss Orbit 15 ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1974 205 · The Castle of the Otter · Gene Wolfe · oc Mark V. Ziesing, 1982 211 · The Feast of Saint Catherine · Gene Wolfe · ar The Castle of the Otter by Gene Wolfe, Ziesing, 1982 217 · Helioscope · Gene Wolfe · ar Empire for the SF Writer Winter 1980 223 · Sun of Helioscope · Gene Wolfe · ar The Castle of the Otter by Gene Wolfe, Ziesing, 1982 228 · Hands and Feet · Gene Wolfe · ar The Castle of the Otter by Gene Wolfe, Ziesing, 1982 234 · Words Weird and Wonderful · Gene Wolfe · ms The Castle of the Otter by Gene Wolfe, Ziesing, 1982 253 · Onomastics, The Study of Names · Gene Wolfe · ar The Castle of the Otter by Gene Wolfe, Ziesing, 1982 257 · Cavalry in the Age of the Autarch · Gene Wolfe · ar The Castle of the Otter by Gene Wolfe, Ziesing, 1982 266 · These Are the Jokes · Gene Wolfe · ms The Castle of the Otter by Gene Wolfe, Ziesing, 1982 279 · The Rewards of Authorship · Gene Wolfe · ar The Castle of the Otter by Gene Wolfe, Ziesing, 1982 290 · The Castle of the Otter · Gene Wolfe · ar The Castle of the Otter by Gene Wolfe, Ziesing, 1982 308 · Beyond the Castle of the Otter · Gene Wolfe · ar The Castle of the Otter by Gene Wolfe, Ziesing, 1982 311 · Castle of Days · Gene Wolfe · oc 313 · 1. Writers 315 · Lone Wolfe · Gene Wolfe · iv 1983 320 · Peace of My Mind · Gene Wolfe · ar 1985 325 · Algis Budrys I · Gene Wolfe · ar Twentieth Century Science Fiction Writers ed. Curtis C. Smith, Macmillan, 1981; revised. 328 · Algis Budrys II · Gene Wolfe · ar 330 · The Outline of Sanity · Gene Wolfe · br 1982 333 · From a Letter to Nancy Kress, Dated September 21, 1987 · Gene Wolfe · lt 336 · Explaining Nancy Kress · Gene Wolfe · ar Trinity and Other Stories by Nancy Kress, Bluejay, 1985 339 · Introduction for “Episodes of the Argo” · Gene Wolfe · ar Episodes of the Argo by R. A. Lafferty, United Mythologies Press, 1990 343 · From a Letter to Ron Antonucci, Dated June 22, 1983 · Gene Wolfe · pm 344 · From a Chain Letter to George R.R. Martin and Greg Benford, Dated July 10, 1982 · Gene Wolfe · lt 347 · Nebula Awards Speech, April 24, 1982 · Gene Wolfe · ar 349 · Vunce Around der Momma’s Kitchen py Hans Katzenjammer · Gene Wolfe · ar Quicks Around the Zodiac by Fritz Leiber, Cheap Street, 1983 351 · From the Desk of Gilmer C. Merton · Gene Wolfe · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1983 359 · 2. Writing 361 · Where I Get My Ideas · Gene Wolfe · ar The Science Fiction Sourcebook ed. David Wingrove, Van Nostrand, 1984 363 · An Idea That… · Gene Wolfe · ar L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume II ed. Algis Budrys, Bridge, 1986 367 · Four Letters · Gene Wolfe · gp 367 · From a Letter to Sharon Baker, Dated February 25, 1983 · Gene Wolfe · lt (r) 369 · From a Letter to Patty Bowne, Dated Memorial Day, 1983 · Gene Wolfe · lt (r) 370 · From a Letter to Sharon Butler, Dated November 11, 1983 · Gene Wolfe · lt (r) 371 · From a Letter to Ellen Kushner, Dated April 2, 1985 · Gene Wolfe · lt (r) 373 · Achieving Dramatic Scenes: The Cat in the Starfleet’s Attic · Gene Wolfe · ar 377 · The Writer’s Tool Kit · Gene Wolfe · ar 381 · A Few Points About Knife Throwing · Gene Wolfe · ar Fantasy Newsletter #58, 1983 387 · 3. Books 389 · The Right of Things to Come · Gene Wolfe · ar originally a presentation to the Science Fiction Research Association in 1978. 395 · The Ethos of Elfland · Gene Wolfe · ar Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine December 1987 400 · How Science Will Conquer the World for Fantasy · Gene Wolfe · ar Fantasy Newsletter #46, 1982 406 · From a House on the Borderland · Gene Wolfe · ar Horrorstruck 1987 415 · Secrets of the Greeks · Gene Wolfe · ar 1990 423 · From a Letter to Larry McCaffery, Dated October 1, 1987 · Gene Wolfe · lt 425 · Kipling’s Influence · Gene Wolfe · ar revised from the introductions to “Continuing Westward” in A Separate Star and to “Love, Among the Corridors” in Heads to the Storm, each edited by David Drake and Sandra Miesel, Baen, 1989. 427 · Where Castle? · Gene Wolfe · ar 1988 429 · Aussiecon Two Guest of Honor Speech · Gene Wolfe · ar 438 · The Pirates of Florida and Other Implausibilities · Gene Wolfe · ar talk at the International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts, 1991.