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Decision Points ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt (WordFire Press, April 28, 2016, 978-1-61475-424-4, $16.99, ii+356pp, tp, an)     Details taken from online listing. i · Introduction · Bryan Thomas Schmidt · in 1 · Sisters [Rot & Ruin] · Jonathan Maberry · nv 23 · Sankofa · Nnedi Okorafor · ss 35 · The Prince of Artemis V · Jennifer Brozek · ss Crossed Genres Magazine #15, February 2010 47 · Aftermaths [Miles Vorkosigan] · Lois McMaster Bujold · ex from Shards of Honor, Baen, 1986 59 · Driving a Bargain · Robert J. Sawyer · ss Be VERY Afraid!: More Tales of Horror ed. Edo van Belkom, Tundra Books, 2002 75 · My Father’s Eyes · E. C. Myers · ss Sybil’s Garage #7, 2010 89 · Like a Thief in the Light · Alethea Kontis · ss Orson Scott Card’s InterGalactic Medicine Show #48, November 2015 103 · Clockwork Fagin · Cory Doctorow · nv Steampunk! ed. Kelly Link & Gavin J. Grant, Walker, 2011 135 · Postcards · Rebecca Moesta · ss Gateways ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 2005 151 · The Outbreeders · Robert Silverberg · ss Fantastic Universe September 1959, as by Calvin M. Knox 165 · Rivalry on the Sky Course [Davi Rhii] · Bryan Thomas Schmidt · ss 183 · An Echo in the Shell · Beth Cato · ss Waylines #1, January 2013 197 · The Milky Way Dance Hall · Lou Antonelli · ss 207 · Blood and Water [Progenitor Saga] · Kate Corcino · nv Ignition Point by Kate Corcino, Kate Corcino, 2014 229 · The Boy Who Yelled “Dragon” (A Fable) · Mike Resnick · ss 237 · Newts · Kevin J. Anderson · ss Jim Baen’s Universe April 2007 257 · Babydoll [Lightbringer] · K. D. McEntire · ss 271 · Shade [Jumper] · Steven Gould · ss Tor.com August 26 2008 289 · Granted · Jody Lynn Nye · ss 297 · The War of Gifts [Ender Wiggin] · Orson Scott Card · nv

Galactic Games ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt (Baen, June 7, 2016, 978-1-4767-8158-7, $16.00, 303pp, tp, oa, cover by Dominic Harman)     Original anthology of 20 SF sports stories, five reprints. Authors include Seanan McGuire, Larry Correia, and Robert Reed. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Bryan Thomas Schmidt · in 3 · With Fones · Todd McCaffrey · ss 21 · Little Games · Mercedes Lackey · ss 29 · Regulation · Seanan McGuire · ss 43 · Earth, Corner Pocket · Lezli Robyn · ss 61 · The Great Kladnar Race · Randall Garrett & Robert Silverberg · ss Amazing Stories December 1956, as by Richard Greer 71 · Advantages · Louise Marley · nv 93 · Louisville Slugger [Slugger] · Jack C. Haldeman, II · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine Summer 1977 97 · For the Sake of the Game · Gray Rinehart · ss 115 · Shooter Ready · Larry Correia · ss 129 · Minor Hockey Gods of Barstow Station · Beth Cato · ss 143 · Pompoms and Circumstance · Esther M. Friesner · ss 163 · The Olympian · Mike Resnick · ss 171 · Petra and the Blue Goo · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 185 · Green Moss River · David Farland · ss 203 · The On-Deck Circle · Gene Wolfe · ss Postscripts #8, Autumn 2006 211 · Stress Cracks · Anthony R. Cardno · ss 225 · Run to Starlight · George R. R. Martin · nv Amazing Science Fiction Stories December 1974 255 · Mars Court Rules · Brad R. Torgersen · nv 277 · Last Shot, First Shot · Dean Wesley Smith · ss 289 · The Great Ignorant Race · Robert Reed · ss

Infinite Stars ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt (Titan, October 17, 2017, 978-1-7856-5593-7, £17.99, 671pp, hc, oa)     Collection of 24 “space opera” stories, 14 are original; almost all are in famous series. Authors include Anderson, Asaro, Brackett & Hamilton, Bujold, Card, Dietz, McCaffrey, Moon, Nagata, Niven & Pournelle, Silverberg, Cordwainer Smith, and Weber. Simultaneous with the US (Titan US) edition. 1 · Editor’s Note · Bryan Thomas Schmidt · in 3 · Space Opera: An Introduction · Robert Silverberg · ar 13 · Renegat [Ender Wiggin] · Orson Scott Card · nv 58 · The Waters of Kanly [Dune] · Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson · nv 87 · The Good Shepherd [Legion of the Damned] · William C. Dietz · nv 108 · The Game of Rat and Dragon [Instrumentality] · Cordwainer Smith · ss Galaxy Science Fiction October 1955 123 · The Borders of Infinity [Miles Vorkosigan] · Lois McMaster Bujold · na Free Lancers ed. Elizabeth Mitchell, Baen, 1987 191 · All in a Day’s Work [Vatta] · Elizabeth Moon · ss 203 · Last Day of Training [Lightship Chronicles] · Dave Bara · ss 218 · The Wages of Hinor [Skolian Empire] · Catherine Asaro · nv 249 · Binti [Binti] · Nnedi Okorafor · na Tor.com, September 2015 295 · Reflex [Moties] · Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle · ss There Will Be War ed. Jerry E. Pournelle & John F. Carr, Tor, 1983 310 · How to Be a Barbarian in the late 25th Century · Jean Johnson · ss 328 · Stark and the Star Kings [Eric John Stark; John Gordon] · Leigh Brackett & Edmond Hamilton · nv Stark and the Star Kings by Edmond Hamilton & Leigh Brackett, Haffner Press, 2005 359 · Imperium Imposter [View from the Imperium] · Jody Lynn Nye · nv 382 · Region Five [The Red] · Linda Nagata · ss 401 · Night Passage [Revelation Space] · Alastair Reynolds · nv 438 · Duel on Syrtis · Poul Anderson · ss Planet Stories March 1951 455 · Twilight World [Starbridge] · A. C. Crispin · nv Raygun Chronicles ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt, Every Day Publishing, 2013 482 · Twenty Excellent Reasons [Virtues of War] · Bennett R. Coles · ss 498 · The Ship Who Sang [Brainship] · Anne McCaffrey · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction April 1961 516 · Taste of Ashes · Charles E. Gannon · nv 558 · The Iron Star · Robert Silverberg · nv The Universe ed. Byron Preiss, Bantam Spectra, 1987 580 · Cadet Cruise [RCN] · David Drake · ss Baen.com May 2016 599 · Shore Patrol [The Lost Fleet] · Jack Campbell · nv 620 · Our Sacred Honor [Honor Harrington] · David Weber · na

Little Green Men—Attack! ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt & Robin Wayne Bailey--- see under Robin Wayne Bailey.

Mission: Tomorrow ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt (Baen, November 2015, 978-1-4767-8094-8, $15.00, 325pp, tp, oa, cover by Stephan Martiniere)     Original anthology of 19 stories, two reprints, about the future of space exploration with NASA no longer dominant. Authors include Jack McDevitt, Brenda Cooper, Mike Resnick, and Ben Bova (a Sam Gunn Tale). 1 · Introduction · Bryan Thomas Schmidt · in 3 · Tombaugh Station · Robin Wayne Bailey · ss 17 · Excalibur · Jack McDevitt · ss 29 · The Race for Arcadia · Alex Shvartsman · ss 47 · A Walkabout Amongst the Stars · Lezli Robyn · ss 61 · Sunrise on Mercury · Robert Silverberg · ss Science Fiction Stories May 1957, as by Calvin M. Knox 77 · In Panic Town, On the Backward Moon · Michael F. Flynn · ss 97 · The Ultimate Space Race · Jaleta Clegg · ss 107 · Orpheus’ Engines · Christopher McKitterick · nv 129 · Around the NEO in 80 Days · Jay Werkheiser · ss 149 · Iron Pegasus · Brenda Cooper · ss 163 · Airtight · Michael Capobianco · ss 175 · Windshear · Angus McIntyre · ss 195 · On Edge · Sarah A. Hoyt · ss 207 · Tartaros · Mike Resnick · ss 219 · Malf · David D. Levine · ss 239 · Ten Days Up · Curtis C. Chen · ss 259 · The Rabbit Hole [Adrian Mast] · James Gunn · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact December 2001 287 · Rare (Off) Earth Elements [Sam Gunn] · Ben Bova · ss 303 · Tribute · Jack Skillingstead · ss

Raygun Chronicles: Space Opera for a New Age ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt (Every Day Publishing, December 2013, 978-0-9881257-5-9, C$29.95, viii+347pp, hc, oa, cover by Paul Pederson)     Details taken from online listing. iv · Introduction · Bryan Thomas Schmidt · in vi · Essay: Taking Back the Sky · Johne Cook · ar 3 · Frontier ABCs: The Life and Times of Charity Smith, Schoolteacher · Seanan McGuire · ss 17 · Rick the Robber Baron · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss 30 · To the Shores of Triple, Lee! · A. M. Stickel · ss Deep Magic Special Edition 2006 41 · The Silver Dollar Saucer · Lou Antonelli · ss Ray Gun Revival #50, January 2009 56 · Around the Bend · Sarah A. Hoyt · ss 74 · Sword of Saladin · Michael S. Roberts · ss Ray Gun Revival 2.0 September 1 2012 89 · Malfunction · Jennifer Campbell-Hicks · ss Ray Gun Revival 2.0 May 15 2011 101 · Catastrophe Baker and the Ship Who Purred [Catastrophe Baker] · Mike Resnick · ss from The Outpost, Tor, 2001 113 · Holly Defiant · Brenda Cooper · ss 130 · Shooting the Devil’s Eye · Keanan Brand · nv 152 · Last, Full Measure · A. M. Roelke · ss Ray Gun Revival #39, February 1 2008 163 · Spider on a Sidewalk · Paula R. Stiles · ss Ray Gun Revival #51, 2009 174 · King of the Galaxy Knights · Robin Wayne Bailey · ss 191 · The Slavers of Ruhn · Rob Mancebo · ss Ray Gun Revival 2.0 April 26 2012 201 · Can Giraffes Change Their Spots? · Jenny Schwartz · ss Ray Gun Revival #23, June 1 2007 212 · Captain Quasar and the Insurmountable Barrier of Space Junk [Captain Bartholomew Quasar] · Milo James Fowler · ss Ray Gun Revival 2.0 September 1 2011 223 · Conversion · Shaun Farrell · ss Ray Gun Revival #13, January 1 2007 239 · Twilight World [Starbridge] · A. C. Crispin · nv 270 · Catastrophe Baker in the Hall of the Neptunian Kings [Catastrophe Baker] · Mike Resnick · ss from The Outpost, Tor, 2001 276 · Ever Dark [Aston West] · T. M. Hunter · ss Ray Gun Revival #37, January 1 2008 287 · Nor to the Strong · Michael Merriam · ss Ray Gun Revival #19, April 1 2007 296 · Space Opera · Peter J. Wacks · ss 305 · The Heiress of Air [Near Space] · Allen M. Steele · ss 317 · Saint Orick [Golden Queen] · David Farland · ss 333 · The Legend of Rae Raygun · Kaolin Fire · pm 337 · About the Contributors · Bryan Thomas Schmidt · ar

Robots Through the Ages ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt & Robert Silverberg (Blackstone Publishing, July 25, 2023, 979-8-212-38483-4, $15.99, 504pp, tp, an)     A hardcover edition (978-1-66510-965-9, $25.99) was announced but not seen. Details taken from online listing. 1 · Introduction · Robert Silverberg · in 11 · Perfection · Seanan McGuire · ss 27 · A Night at Moxon’s · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner April 16 1899 43 · With Folded Hands [Humanoids] · Jack Williamson · nv Astounding Science Fiction July 1947 99 · Goodnight, Mr. James · Clifford D. Simak · nv Galaxy Science Fiction March 1951 125 · Instinct · Lester del Rey · ss Astounding Science Fiction January 1952 145 · A Bad Day for Sales · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Science Fiction July 1953 157 · Second Variety [Claws] · Philip K. Dick · nv Space Science Fiction May 1953 217 · The Golem · Avram Davidson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction March 1955 229 · For a Breath I Tarry · Roger Zelazny · nv New Worlds SF #160, March 1966 273 · Good News from the Vatican · Robert Silverberg · ss Universe 1 ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1971 287 · Dilemma [Robots] · Connie Willis · ss Foundation’s Friends ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Tor, 1989 313 · The Robot’s Girl · Brenda Cooper · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact April 2010 347 · That Must Be Them Now · Karen Haber · ss Unidentified Funny Objects 3 ed. Alex Shvartsman, UFO Publishing, 2014 369 · R.U.R.-8? · Suzanne Palmer · pl Asimov’s Science Fiction September/October 2018 403 · Robinson Calculator · Paul Levinson · nv Urban Corridors: Fables and Gables by Paul Levinson, Connected Editions, 2019 439 · Of Homeward Dreams and Fallen Seeds and Melodies by Moonlight · Ken Scholes · ss 463 · Today I Know · Martin L. Shoemaker · ss 485 · Afterword and Recommended Reading · Bryan Thomas Schmidt · aw

Shattered Shields ed. Bryan Thomas Schmidt & Jennifer Brozek (Baen, November 4, 2014, 978-1-4767-3701-0, $15.00, x+261pp, tp, oa, cover by Todd Lockwood)     Details taken from online listing. ix · Introduction · Bryan Thomas Schmidt & Jennifer Brozek · in 3 · Ashes and Starlight [Runelords] · David Farland · ss 21 · The Fixed Stars [October “Toby” Daye] · Seanan McGuire · ss 35 · The Keeper of Names [Saga of the Forgotten Warrior] · Larry Correia · ss 49 · The Smaller We Are · John Helfers · ss 63 · Invictus · Annie Bellet · ss 75 · Rising Above · Sarah A. Hoyt · ss 93 · A Cup of Wisdom · Joseph Zieja · ss 105 · Words of Power · Wendy N. Wagner · ss 117 · Lightweaver in Shadow · Gray Rinehart · ss 129 · Hoofsore and Weary [Tabat] · Cat Rambo · ss 143 · Vengeance [Frost] · Robin Wayne Bailey · ss 161 · Deadfall · Nancy Fulda · ss 175 · Yael of the Strings · John R. Fultz · ss 189 · The Gleaners · Dave Gross · ss 201 · Bonded Men · James L. Sutter · ss 217 · Bone Candy [Black Company] · Glen Cook · ss 237 · First Blood [Paksenarrion] · Elizabeth Moon · ss

Shadows by Jonathan Schmidt (Lowell House Juvenile/Roxbury Park, September 1997, 1-56565-776-4, $5.95, 96pp, tp, oc)     Young-adult collection of seven horror stories. 5 · The Shadow Man · Jonathan Schmidt · ss 13 · Jump · Jonathan Schmidt · ss 23 · The Face in the Mirror · Jonathan Schmidt · ss 40 · Houston, We Have a problem · Jonathan Schmidt · ss 60 · Cassandra Calling · Jonathan Schmidt · ss 67 · The Boy Who Had It All · Jonathan Schmidt · ss 88 · The Campfire · Jonathan Schmidt · ss

Generation Gap and Other Stories by Stanley Schmidt (Gale Group/Five Star, June 2002, 0-7862-4161-6, $23.95, 296pp, hc, co) [edited by Martin H. Greenberg & Ed Gorman]     Collection of 11 stories. Packaged and edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Ed Gorman. 7 · Introduction · Stanley Schmidt · in 14 · The Prophet · Stanley Schmidt · nv Analog Science Fiction—Science Fact April 1972 46 · Floodgate · Stanley Schmidt · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine October 1988 67 · Panic · Stanley Schmidt · ss Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine January/February 1978 79 · Worthsayer · Stanley Schmidt · nv Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine June 1992 102 · Mascots · Stanley Schmidt · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction February 1982 130 · A Midsummer Newt’s Dream · Stanley Schmidt · vi Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine June 1979 134 · The Folks Who Live on the Hill · Stanley Schmidt · ss Habitats ed. Susan M. Shwartz, DAW, 1984 160 · Johnny Birdseed · Stanley Schmidt · nv Analog Science Fiction and Fact July 1993 206 · The Man on the Cover · Stanley Schmidt · ss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact October 1990 229 · Not Even a Chimney · Stanley Schmidt · ss Christmas Forever ed. David G. Hartwell, Tor, 1993 247 · Generation Gap · Stanley Schmidt · nv Artemis #1, Spring 2000