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A Century of Fantasy 1980-1989 ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg (MJF Books, February 1997, 1-56731-156-3, $8.98, 342pp, hc, an, cover by Wayne D. Barlowe)     Anthology of 18 fantasy stories, with an introduction by Silverberg. Authors include Roger Zelazny, Joe Haldeman, and Charles de Lint. Series editor is Martin H. Greenberg; copyrighted by Agberg Ltd and Tekno Books. 1 · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 4 · The George Business · Roger Zelazny · ss Dragons of Light ed. Orson Scott Card, Ace, 1980 13 · Lindsay and the Red City Blues · Joe Haldeman · ss Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980 29 · The Quickening · Michael Bishop · nv Universe 11 ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1981 51 · A Pattern of Silver Strings [Cerin Songweaver] · Charles de Lint · nv A Pattern of Silver Strings by Charles de Lint, Triskell Press, 1981 80 · Remembering Melody · George R. R. Martin · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine April 1981 98 · The Unicorn Masque · Ellen Kushner · nv Elsewhere ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1981 122 · Instant with Loud Voices · Alan Dean Foster · ss Perpetual Light ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, 1982 133 · Not Our Brother · Robert Silverberg · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine July 1982 154 · Beyond the Dead Reef · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1983 172 · Wong’s Lost and Found Emporium [Wong] · William F. Wu · ss Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic May 1983 186 · Laugh Track · Harlan Ellison · ss Weird Tales Fall 1984 207 · Dead Run · Greg Bear · ss Omni April 1985 233 · The Boy Who Plaited Manes · Nancy Springer · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1986 247 · Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences by Ursula K. Le Guin, Capra Press, 1987 276 · The Dowry of the Rag Picker’s Daughter · Andre Norton · ss Arabesques ed. Susan M. Shwartz, Avon, 1988 294 · The Edge of the World · Michael Swanwick · ss Full Spectrum 2 ed. Lou Aronica, Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout & Patrick LoBrutto, Doubleday Foundation, 1989 310 · Lost Boys · Orson Scott Card · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October 1989 329 · The Wishing Game · Larry Niven · ss Aboriginal Science Fiction May/June 1989

A Century of Science Fiction 1950-1959 ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg (MJF Books, February 1997, 1-56731-154-7, $8.98, 341pp, hc, an, cover by Vincent DiFate)     Anthology of 18 SF stories, with an introduction by Silverberg. Authors include Fritz Leiber, Ray Bradbury, and Marion Zimmer Bradley. Series editor is Martin H. Greenberg; copyrighted by Agberg Ltd and Tekno Books. 1 · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 9 · Coming Attraction · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950 23 · The Mindworm · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Worlds Beyond December 1950 37 · The Pedestrian · Ray Bradbury · ss The Reporter August 7 1951 43 · Common Time · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Quarterly August 1953 65 · Crucifixus Etiam · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1953 86 · Mother · Philip José Farmer · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1953 114 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953 122 · Or Else · Henry Kuttner (with C. L. Moore) · ss Amazing Stories August/September 1953 132 · Warm · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1953 142 · Down Among the Dead Men · William Tenn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction June 1954 166 · The Father-Thing · Philip K. Dick · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1954 180 · Dreaming Is a Private Thing · Isaac Asimov · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1955 expanded from Saturday Review, May 28 ’55. 198 · The Game of Rat and Dragon [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1955 213 · The Gift of Gab · Jack Vance · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1955 264 · Call Me Joe · Poul Anderson · nv Astounding Science Fiction April 1957 299 · World of a Thousand Colors · Robert Silverberg · ss Super-Science Fiction June 1957 313 · The Man Who Lost the Sea · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1959 325 · The Wind People · Marion Zimmer Bradley · ss If February 1959

Chains of the Sea ed. Robert Silverberg (Thomas Nelson US, September 1973, 0-8407-6314-X, $6.50, 221pp, hc, oa) 9 · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 11 · And Us, Too, I Guess · George Alec Effinger · na 79 · Chains of the Sea · Gardner R. Dozois · na 153 · The Shrine of Sebastian · Gordon Eklund · na

The Crystal Ship ed. Robert Silverberg (Thomas Nelson US, September 1976, 0-8407-6527-4, $7.95, 208pp, hc, oa, cover by Mike Mariano) 7 · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 11 · The Crystal Ship · Joan D. Vinge · na 81 · Megan’s World · Marta Randall · na 151 · Screwtop · Vonda N. McIntyre · na

Dark Stars ed. Robert Silverberg (Ballantine, December 1969, 0-345-01796-X, 95¢, x+309pp, pb, an, cover by Ronald Walotsky) vii · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 1 · Shark Ship · C. M. Kornbluth · nv Vanguard Science Fiction June 1958, as “Reap the Dark Tide” 37 · Polity and Custom of the Camiroi [Habitable Worlds] · R. A. Lafferty · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1967 51 · Coming-of-Age Day · A. K. Jorgensson · ss Science Fantasy #76, September 1965 65 · Heresies of the Huge God · Brian W. Aldiss · fa Galaxy Science Fiction August 1966 77 · The Streets of Ashkelon · Harry Harrison · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #122, September 1962 94 · The Totally Rich · John Brunner · nv Worlds of Tomorrow June 1963 121 · Impostor · Philip K. Dick · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1953 137 · Road to Nightfall · Robert Silverberg · nv Fantastic Universe July 1958 163 · The Beast That Shouted Love at the Heart of the World · Harlan Ellison · nv Galaxy Science Fiction June 1968 174 · Psychosmosis · David I. Masson · ss New Worlds SF #160, March 1966 186 · The Cage of Sand · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #119, June 1962 212 · A Deskful of Girls [Change War] · Fritz Leiber · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1958 242 · On the Wall of the Lodge · James Blish & Virginia Kidd · nv Galaxy Magazine June 1962, as by James & Virginia Blish 275 · Masks · Damon Knight · ss Playboy July 1968 286 · Keepers of the House · Lester del Rey · ss Fantastic Universe January 1956 300 · Journeys End · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1957

Dawn of Time: Prehistory Through Science Fiction ed. Robert Silverberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander (Elsevier, 1979, 0-525-66624-9, $8.95, 224pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Robert Silverberg, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander · in 11 · A Gun for Dinosaur [Reginald Rivers] · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Galaxy Science Fiction March 1956 44 · The Sands of Time [Terry Donovan] · P. Schuyler Miller · nv Astounding Stories April 1937 79 · Paleontology: An Experimental Science · Robert R. Olsen · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1974 90 · The Doctor · Ted Thomas · ss Orbit 2 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1967 100 · The Link · Cleve Cartmill · ss Astounding Science-Fiction August 1942 115 · The Day Is Done · Lester del Rey · ss Astounding Science-Fiction May 1939 132 · The Gnarly Man · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Unknown June 1939 157 · Brave New Word · J. Francis McComas · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1954 172 · The Peat Bog · Poul Anderson · ss Homeward and Beyond by Poul Anderson, Doubleday, 1975

The Day the Sun Stood Still ed. Robert Silverberg--- see under Anon..

Deep Space ed. Robert Silverberg (Thomas Nelson US, March 1973, 0-8407-6264-X, $5.95, 223pp, hc, an) 9 · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 11 · Blood’s a Rover · Chad Oliver · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1952 72 · Noise · Jack Vance · ss Startling Stories August 1952 89 · Life Hutch [Kyben] · Harlan Ellison · ss If April 1956 104 · Ticket to Anywhere [The Analogues] · Damon Knight · nv Galaxy Science Fiction April 1952 136 · The Sixth Palace · Robert Silverberg · ss Galaxy Magazine February 1965 151 · Lulungomeena · Gordon R. Dickson · nv Looking Forward ed. Milton Lesser, The Beechhurst Press, 1953 175 · The Dance of the Changer and the Three · Terry Carr · ss The Farthest Reaches ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1968 196 · Far Centaurus · A. E. van Vogt · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1944

Earth Is the Strangest Planet ed. Robert Silverberg (Thomas Nelson US, 1977, 0-8407-6528-2, $6.95, 189pp, hc, an) 11 · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in (r) 13 · And Lo! The Bird · Nelson Bond · ss The Blue Book Magazine September 1950 30 · Narrow Valley · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1966 47 · The Empire of the Ants · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1905 66 · The Night That All Time Broke Out · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 80 · Davey Jones’ Ambassador · Raymond Z. Gallun · nv Astounding Stories December 1935 120 · Rock Diver · Harry Harrison · ss Worlds Beyond February 1951 133 · Or All the Seas with Oysters · Avram Davidson · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1958 145 · The Chrysalis · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Astounding Stories April 1936 165 · The Rotifers · Robert Abernathy · ss If March 1953 179 · When We Went to See the End of the World · Robert Silverberg · ss Universe 2 ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1972

Earthmen and Strangers ed. Robert Silverberg (Duell, Sloan and Pearce, September 1966, LC:66-10485, $3.95, 240pp, hc, an)     Dell pb, July 1968. ix · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 3 · Dear Devil · Eric Frank Russell · nv Other Worlds Science Stories May 1950 50 · The Best Policy · Randall Garrett · ss Astounding Science Fiction July 1957, as by David Gordon 74 · Alaree · Robert Silverberg · ss Saturn, Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy March 1958 91 · Life Cycle · Poul Anderson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1957 117 · The Gentle Vultures · Isaac Asimov · ss Super-Science Fiction December 1957 138 · Stranger Station · Damon Knight · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956 170 · Lower Than Angels · Algis Budrys · nv Infinity Science Fiction October 1956 212 · Blind Lightning · Harlan Ellison · ss Fantastic Universe June 1956 231 · Out of the Sun · Arthur C. Clarke · ss If February 1958, as “Out from the Sun”

The Edge of Space ed. Robert Silverberg (Elsevier, June 1979, 0-525-66625-7, $8.95, 224pp, hc, oa, cover by Freff) 7 · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 9 · The King’s Dogs · Phyllis Gotlieb · na 75 · In the Blood · Glenn Chang · na 144 · Acts of Love · Mark J. McGarry · na

The Ends of Time ed. Robert Silverberg (Hawthorn Books, 1970, $5.95, x+225pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 1 · Alpha Ralpha Boulevard [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1961 41 · The Awakening · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Future Science Fiction Stories January 1952 revised from Zenith, February 1942. 48 · Twilight [Dying Earth] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · nv Astounding Stories November 1934, as by Don A. Stuart 77 · Guyal of Sfere [Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · nv The Dying Earth by Jack Vance, Hillman, 1950 142 · At the End of Days · Robert Silverberg · vi New Worlds SF #154, September 1965 147 · Epilogue · Poul Anderson · na Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction March 1962 215 · When the Last Gods Die · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 223 · Last · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1957

Epoch ed. Robert Silverberg & Roger Elwood--- see under Roger Elwood.

Explorers of Space ed. Robert Silverberg (Thomas Nelson US, 1975, 0-8407-6439-1, $6.95, 253pp, hc, an) 11 · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 15 · Exploration Team [Colonial Survey] · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1956 73 · Beachhead · Clifford D. Simak · ss Fantastic Adventures July 1951, as ““You’ll Never Go Home Again!”” 98 · Kyrie · Poul Anderson · ss The Farthest Reaches ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1968 113 · Jupiter Five · Arthur C. Clarke · nv If May 1953 151 · Collecting Team · Robert Silverberg · ss Super-Science Fiction December 1956, as “Catch ’Em All Alive!” 169 · Each an Explorer · Isaac Asimov · ss Future Science Fiction #30, 1956 187 · Vaster Than Empires and More Slow [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971 226 · What’s It Like Out There? · Edmond Hamilton · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories December 1952

The Fantasy Hall of Fame ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Arbor House, October 1983, 0-87795-521-2, $16.95, 431pp, hc, an)     Stories voted by members of the World Fantasy Convention as being the best fantasy fiction of all time. Reprinted in UK as The Mammoth Book of Fantasy All-Time Greats (Robinson 1988). 9 · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 13 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May 1842, as “The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy” 21 · An Inhabitant of Carcosa · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Newsletter December 25 1886 26 · The Sword of Welleran · Lord Dunsany · ss The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany, George Allen & Sons, 1908 42 · The Women of the Wood · A. Merritt · nv The Fox Woman & Other Stories by A. Merritt, Avon, 1949 earlier version of “The Woman of the Wood”, Weird Tales Aug ’26. 76 · The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan [Hyperborea] · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales June 1932 86 · The Valley of the Worm [James Allison] · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales February 1934 110 · Black God’s Kiss [Jirel of Joiry] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales October 1934 143 · The Silver Key [Randolph Carter] · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales January 1929 157 · Nothing in the Rules · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Unknown July 1939 191 · A Gnome There Was · Henry Kuttner (with C. L. Moore) · nv Unknown Worlds October 1941 221 · Snulbug · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Worlds December 1941 239 · The Words of Guru · C. M. Kornbluth · ss Stirring Science Stories June 1941, as by Kenneth Falconer 248 · Homecoming [The Elliott Family] · Ray Bradbury · ss Mademoiselle October 1946 263 · Mazirian the Magician [Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · ss The Dying Earth by Jack Vance, Hillman, 1950 282 · O Ugly Bird! [Silver John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1951 296 · The Silken-Swift · Theodore Sturgeon · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1953 318 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 325 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958 341 · Kings in Darkness [Elric] · Michael Moorcock (with James Cawthorn) · nv Science Fantasy #54, 1962 375 · Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight May 1967 399 · Gonna Roll the Bones · Fritz Leiber · nv Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 424 · The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss New Dimensions 3 ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson Doubleday, 1973

The Fantasy Hall of Fame ed. Robert Silverberg (HarperPrism, March 1998, 0-06-105215-9, $14.00, 562pp, tp, an)     Anthology of 30 fantasy stories from 1939 to 1990, chosen by SFWA members. Introduction by Silverberg; individual story introductions by Martin H. Greenberg. vii · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 1 · Trouble with Water · H. L. Gold · ss Unknown March 1939 21 · Nothing in the Rules · L. Sprague de Camp · nv Unknown July 1939 47 · Fruit of Knowledge · C. L. Moore · nv Unknown October 1940 77 · Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius · Jorge Luís Borges; translated by James E. Irby · ss New World Writing #19 ed. Stewart Richardson & Corlies M. Smith, J.B. Lippincott Company, 1961 translated from the Spanish (“Tlön, Uqbar, Orbis Tertius”, Sur, May 1940). 91 · The Compleat Werewolf [Fergus O’Breen] · Anthony Boucher · na Unknown Worlds April 1942 137 · The Small Assassin · Ray Bradbury · nv Dime Mystery Magazine November 1946 153 · The Lottery · Shirley Jackson · ss The New Yorker June 26 1948 161 · Our Fair City · Robert A. Heinlein · nv Weird Tales January 1949 177 · There Shall Be No Darkness · James Blish · nv Thrilling Wonder Stories April 1950 211 · The Loom of Darkness [Dying Earth] · Jack Vance · ss The Dying Earth by Jack Vance, Hillman, 1950, as “Liane the Wayfarer” 221 · The Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles · Margaret St. Clair · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1951, as by Idris Seabright 225 · The Silken-Swift · Theodore Sturgeon · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1953 243 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 249 · Operation Afreet [Steven Matuchek; Ginny Greylock] · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1956 277 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1958 289 · Bazaar of the Bizarre [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] · Fritz Leiber · nv Fantastic Stories of Imagination August 1963 311 · Come Lady Death · Peter S. Beagle · ss The Atlantic Monthly September 1963 327 · The Drowned Giant · J. G. Ballard · ss The Terminal Beach by J. G. Ballard, Gollancz, 1964 337 · Narrow Valley · R. A. Lafferty · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1966 349 · Faith of Our Fathers · Philip K. Dick · nv Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1967 379 · The Ghost of a Model T · Clifford D. Simak · nv Epoch ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Putnam, 1975 393 · The Demoness · Tanith Lee · ss The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 2 ed. Lin Carter, DAW, 1976 405 · Jeffty Is Five · Harlan Ellison · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1977 423 · The Detective of Dreams · Gene Wolfe · nv Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980 439 · Unicorn Variations · Roger Zelazny · nv Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine April 13 1981 461 · Basileus · Robert Silverberg · ss The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 5 ed. Don Myrus, Omni, 1983 477 · The Jaguar Hunter · Lucius Shepard · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1985 501 · Buffalo Gals, Won’t You Come Out Tonight · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Buffalo Gals and Other Animal Presences by Ursula K. Le Guin, Capra Press, 1987 527 · Bears Discover Fire · Terry Bisson · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine August 1990 537 · Tower of Babylon · Ted Chiang · nv Omni November 1990