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Fantasy: The Best of 2001 ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber (ibooks, June 2002, 0-7434-5247-X, $7.99, viii+424pp, pb, an, cover by Scott Grimando)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 11 stories. Authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, Lucius Shepard, and Ted Chiang. vi · Introduction · Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber · in 1 · The Bones of the Earth [Earthsea] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Tales from Earthsea by Ursula K. Le Guin, Harcourt, 2001 27 · Legerdemain · Jack O’Connell · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2001 64 · Diving the Coolidge · Brian A. Hopkins · nv Historical Hauntings ed. Jean Rabe & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2001 95 · The Mould of Form · Rosemary Edghill · nv Villains Victorious ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2001 117 · Eternity and Afterward · Lucius Shepard · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2001 239 · Wolves Till the World Goes Down · Greg van Eekhout · ss Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 2001 257 · The Lady of the Winds [Cappen Varra] · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2001 314 · Ave de Paso · Catherine Asaro · nv Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction ed. Al Sarrantonio, Roc, 2001 335 · Grass · Lawrence Miles · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2001 361 · Slipshod, at the Edge of the Universe · Robert Thurston · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction March 2001 375 · Hell Is the Absence of God · Ted Chiang · nv Starlight 3 ed. Patrick Nielsen Hayden, Tor, 2001 421 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Fantasy: The Best of 2002 ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber (ibooks, May 2003, 0-7434-5867-2, $7.99, 358pp, pb, an, cover by Ciruelo)     Best-of-the-year anthology of 11 stories. Authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, Robert Sheckley, and James Patrick Kelly. vii · Introduction · Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber · in 1 · Our Friend Electricity · Ron Wolfe · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2002 43 · King Rainjoy’s Tears [Persimmon Gaunt & Imago Bone] · Chris Willrich · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction July 2002 75 · Social Dreaming of the Frin · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction October/November 2002 87 · Agamemnon’s Run · Robert Sheckley · nv 30th Anniversary DAW: Science Fiction ed. Elizabeth R. Wollheim & Sheila E. Gilbert, DAW, 2002 119 · Creation · Jeffrey Ford · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 2002 135 · The Face of an Angel · Brian Stableford · nv Leviathan, Volume Three ed. Jeff VanderMeer & Forrest Aguirre, Ministry of Whimsy, 2002 171 · Dating Secrets of the Dead · David Prill · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction June 2002 194 · Luck · James Patrick Kelly · nv Asimov’s Science Fiction June 2002 231 · The Majesty of Angels · Robert Reed · nv The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2002 257 · Ailoura · Paul Di Filippo · nv Once Upon a Galaxy ed. Wil McCarthy, Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers, DAW, 2002 299 · Mr. Gaunt · John Langan · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction September 2002 354 · About the Authors · [uncredited] · bg (r)

Far Horizons: All New Tales from the Greatest Worlds of Science Fiction ed. Robert Silverberg (Avon Eos, May 1999, 0-380-97630-7, $27.50, 482pp, hc, oa)     Original anthology of 11 novellas, an SF version of Legends, with authors writing in their best-known worlds, including Frederik Pohl’s “Heechee”, Dan Simmons’s “The Hyperion Cantos”, Orson Scott Card’s “Ender”, and Ursula K. Le Guin’s “The Ekumen”. 1 · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 5 · The Ekumen · Ursula K. Le Guin · is 7 · Old Music and the Slave Women [Ekumen; Werel & Yeowe] · Ursula K. Le Guin · na 53 · The Forever War · Joe Haldeman · is 55 · A Separate War [The Forever War] · Joe Haldeman · nv 89 · The Ender Series · Orson Scott Card · is 92 · Investment Counselor [Ender Wiggin] · Orson Scott Card · nv 119 · The Uplift Universe · David Brin · is 121 · Temptation [Uplift] · David Brin · na 175 · Roma Eterna · Robert Silverberg · is 178 · Getting to Know the Dragon [Roma Eterna] · Robert Silverberg · nv 207 · The Hyperion Cantos · Dan Simmons · is 211 · Orphans of the Helix [Hyperion] · Dan Simmons · na 259 · The Sleepless · Nancy Kress · is 262 · Sleeping Dogs [Sleepless] · Nancy Kress · nv 295 · Tales of the Heechee · Frederik Pohl · is 297 · The Boy Who Would Live Forever [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] · Frederik Pohl · na 343 · The Galactic Center Series · Gregory Benford · is 346 · A Hunger for the Infinite [Galactic Center] · Gregory Benford · nv 379 · The Ship Who Sang · Anne McCaffrey · is 381 · The Ship That Returned [Brainship] · Anne McCaffrey · nv 419 · The Way · Greg Bear · is 421 · The Way of All Ghosts: A Myth from Thistledown [Thistledown] · Greg Bear · na

Four Futures ed. Robert Silverberg (Hawthorn Books, October 1971, $5.95, xii+195pp, hc, oa) ix · Four Themes for Four Futures · Isaac Asimov · fw 1 · Ishmael Into the Barrens · R. A. Lafferty · nv 51 · Brave Newer World · Harry Harrison · nv 93 · How Can We Sink When We Can Fly? · Alexei Panshin · nv 131 · Going · Robert Silverberg · na

Galactic Dreamers: Science Fiction as Visionary Literature ed. Robert Silverberg (Random House, August 1977, 0-394-49479-2, $8.95, xii+275pp, hc, an) ix · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 3 · Common Time · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Quarterly August 1953 29 · The New Prime · Jack Vance · nv Worlds Beyond February 1951, as “Brain of the Galaxy” 57 · Incentive · Brian W. Aldiss · ss New Worlds Science Fiction #78, December 1958 75 · The Waiting Grounds · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #88, November 1959 111 · Sky · R. A. Lafferty · ss New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971 125 · Night [Dying Earth] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · nv Astounding Stories October 1935, as by Don A. Stuart 151 · The Dead Lady of Clown Town [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · na Galaxy Magazine August 1964 242 · Breckenridge and the Continuum · Robert Silverberg · nv Showcase ed. Roger Elwood, Harper & Row, 1973

Great Fantasy ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg (W.H. Smith, 2004, 1-84529-106-9, £4.99, 431pp, tp, an)     Reprint (Arbor House 1983 as The Fantasy Hall of Fame) fantasy anthology. Only available in W.H. Smith’s bookshops.

Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Crown/Avenel, 1987, 0-517-64124-0, $8.98, 726pp, hc, an)     Anthology. This is an “instant remainder” of The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction, omitting one story, “The Marching Morons” by C.M. Kornbluth. vi · Introduction · Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg · in The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Arbor House, 1980 1 · Angel’s Egg · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Science Fiction June 1951 33 · Rescue Party · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1946 57 · Shape · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1953, as “Keep Your Shape” 71 · Alpha Ralpha Boulevard [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1961 97 · Winter’s King [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Orbit 5 ed. Damon Knight, Putnam, 1969 115 · Or All the Seas with Oysters · Avram Davidson · ss Galaxy Science Fiction May 1958 125 · Common Time · James Blish · nv Science Fiction Quarterly August 1953 145 · When You Care, When You Love · Theodore Sturgeon · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1962 181 · The Shadow of Space · Philip José Farmer · nv If November 1967 205 · “All You Zombies—” · Robert A. Heinlein · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1959 217 · I’m Scared · Jack Finney · ss Collier’s September 15 1951 229 · Child’s Play · William Tenn · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1947 255 · Grandpa [The Hub] · James H. Schmitz · nv Astounding Science Fiction February 1955 275 · Private Eye · Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore · nv Astounding Science Fiction January 1949, as by Lewis Padgett; given as by Kuttner alone. 301 · Sundance · Robert Silverberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1969 315 · In the Bowl [Eight Worlds] · John Varley · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1975 343 · Kaleidoscope · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories October 1949 353 · Unready to Wear · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Galaxy Science Fiction April 1953 365 · Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night · Algis Budrys · nv Galaxy Magazine December 1961 385 · Day Million · Frederik Pohl · ss Rogue February/March 1966 391 · Hobson’s Choice · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1952 405 · The Gift of Gab · Jack Vance · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1955 451 · The Man Who Never Grew Young · Fritz Leiber · ss Night’s Black Agents by Fritz Leiber, Jr., Arkham House, 1947 459 · Neutron Star [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv If October 1966 475 · Impostor · Philip K. Dick · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1953 489 · The Human Operators [Kyben] · Harlan Ellison & A. E. van Vogt · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction January 1971 507 · Poor Little Warrior! · Brian W. Aldiss · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1958 513 · When It Changed [Whileaway] · Joanna Russ · ss Again, Dangerous Visions ed. Harlan Ellison, Doubleday, 1972 521 · The Bicentennial Man [Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv Stellar #2 ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1976 557 · Hunting Machine · Carol Emshwiller · ss Science Fiction Stories May 1957 563 · Light of Other Days [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact August 1966 571 · The Keys to December · Roger Zelazny · nv New Worlds SF #165, August 1966 593 · Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand [Snake] · Vonda N. McIntyre · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact October 1973 613 · A Galaxy Called Rome · Barry N. Malzberg · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction July 1975 631 · Stranger Station · Damon Knight · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1956 653 · The Time of His Life · Larry Eisenberg · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1968 661 · The Women Men Don’t See · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction December 1973 687 · The Queen of Air and Darkness · Poul Anderson · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1971

The Great SF Stories: 1964 ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg (NESFA Press, January 2002, 1-886778-21-3, $25.00, 395pp, hc, an, cover by Eddie Jones)     Anthology of 15 stories first published in 1964, a continuation of the series originally edited by Isaac Asimov and Greenberg. Authors include Norman Spinrad, Poul Anderson, and John Brunner. Foreword and introduction by Silverberg, who discusses why he decided to do the anthology, and the state of the US and science fiction in 1964. · Foreword · Robert Silverberg · fw · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in · Outward Bound · Norman Spinrad · nv Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction March 1964 · The Kragen · Jack Vance · na Fantastic Stories of Imagination July 1964 · The Master Key [Nicholas van Rijn] · Poul Anderson · nv Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction July 1964 · The Crime and the Glory of Commander Suzdal [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · ss Amazing Stories May 1964 · The Graveyard Heart · Roger Zelazny · na Fantastic Stories of Imagination March 1964 · Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon · Leigh Brackett · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1964 · The Last Lonely Man · John Brunner · ss New Worlds SF #142, May/June 1964 · Soldier, Ask Not [Childe Cycle] · Gordon R. Dickson · na Galaxy Magazine October 1964 · A Man of the Renaissance · Wyman Guin · nv Galaxy Magazine December 1964 · The Dowry of Angyar [Ekumen] · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Amazing Stories September 1964 · When the Change-Winds Blow [Change War] · Fritz Leiber · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1964 · The Fiend · Frederik Pohl · ss Playboy April 1964 · The Life Hater [Berserker] · Fred Saberhagen · ss If August 1964 · Neighbor · Robert Silverberg · ss Galaxy Magazine August 1964 · Four Brands of Impossible · Norman Kagan · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction September 1964

Great Short Novels of Science Fiction ed. Robert Silverberg (Ballantine, July 1970, 0-345-01960-1, 95¢, viii+373pp, pb, an, cover by Donna Violetti) vii · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 1 · Giant Killer · A. Bertram Chandler · nv Astounding Science Fiction October 1945 57 · Two Dooms · C. M. Kornbluth · na Venture Science Fiction July 1958 114 · Telek · Jack Vance · na Astounding Science Fiction January 1952 192 · Second Game [Kalin Trobt] · Charles V. De Vet & Katherine MacLean · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1958 242 · Beyond Bedlam · Wyman Guin · na Galaxy Science Fiction August 1951 308 · The Graveyard Heart · Roger Zelazny · na Fantastic Stories of Imagination March 1964

Great Tales of Science Fiction ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg (A&W/Galahad, 1985, 0-88365-701-5, $8.98, 529pp, hc, an)     Abridged reprint (Arbor House 1983 as The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces) anthology, omitting one story, “Travels” by Carter Scholz and the postscript to “Doing Lennon” by Gregory Benford. This is an instant remainder book. 5 · Introduction · Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg · in The Arbor House Treasury of Science Fiction Masterpieces ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Arbor House, 1983 11 · Mellonta Tauta · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book February 1849 21 · In the Year 2889 · Jules Verne · ss The Forum February 1889 32 · Sold to Satan · Mark Twain · ss Europe and Elsewhere by Mark Twain, Harper Bros., 1923; written Jan 1904. 39 · The New Accelerator · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Magazine December 1901 49 · Finis · Frank Lillie Pollock · ss The Argosy June 1906 58 · As Easy as A.B.C. · Rudyard Kipling · nv The London Magazine March 1912 (+1) 78 · Dark Lot of One Saul · M. P. Shiel · nv The Grand Magazine February 1912 96 · R.U.R. · Karel Capek · pl (r) translated from the Czech (R.U.R., Aventinum, 1920). 144 · The Tissue-Culture King · Julian Huxley · nv The Cornhill Magazine April 1926 160 · The Metal Man · Jack Williamson · ss Amazing Stories December 1928 169 · The Gostak and the Doshes · Miles J. Breuer, M.D. · ss Amazing Stories March 1930 182 · Alas, All Thinking! · Harry Bates · nv Astounding Stories June 1935 210 · The Mad Moon · Stanley G. Weinbaum · nv Astounding Stories December 1935 227 · As Never Was · P. Schuyler Miller · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1944 239 · Desertion [City (Websters)] · Clifford D. Simak · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1944 249 · The Strange Case of John Kingman · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1948 261 · Dreams Are Sacred · Peter Phillips · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1948 279 · Misbegotten Missionary · Isaac Asimov · ss Galaxy Science Fiction November 1950 291 · Dune Roller · Julian C. May · nv Astounding Science Fiction December 1951 321 · Warm · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction June 1953 328 · A Bad Day for Sales · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July 1953 334 · Man of Parts · Horace L. Gold · ss 9 Tales of Space and Time ed. Raymond J. Healy, Henry Holt, 1954 344 · The Man Who Came Early · Poul Anderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1956 363 · The Burning of the Brain [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · ss If October 1958 371 · The Men Who Murdered Mohammed · Alfred Bester · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1958 381 · The Man Who Lost the Sea · Theodore Sturgeon · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction October 1959 391 · Goodlife [Berserker] · Fred Saberhagen · nv Worlds of Tomorrow December 1963 408 · The Sliced-Crosswise Only-on-Tuesday World [Dayworld] · Philip José Farmer · ss New Dimensions 1 ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971 420 · Gehenna · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Galaxy Science Fiction March 1971 424 · A Meeting with Medusa · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Playboy December 1971 455 · Painwise · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1972 470 · Nobody’s Home · Joanna Russ · ss New Dimensions II ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1972 482 · Think Only This of Me · Michael J. Kurland · nv Galaxy Science Fiction November 1973 499 · Capricorn Games · Robert Silverberg · nv The Far Side of Time ed. Roger Elwood, Dodd, Mead, 1974 513 · “The Author of the Acacia Seeds” and Other Extracts from the Journal of the Association of Therolinguistics · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Fellowship of the Stars ed. Terry Carr, Simon & Schuster, 1974 519 · Doing Lennon · Gregory Benford · ss Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact April 1975