The FictionMags Index

Book Contents Lists: Page 1978

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”

Strange Orbits ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Michael Pearson (Blackie & Son, 1976, 0-216-89984-2, £3.00, 190pp, hc, an, cover by Chris Wood) 11 · Preface · Amabel Williams-Ellis & Michael Pearson · pr 13 · The International Smile · Brian Aldiss · nv The Airs of Earth by Brian W. Aldiss, Faber and Faber, 1963 40 · Killdozer · Theodore Sturgeon · na Astounding Science Fiction November 1944 95 · Report on Planet Three · Arthur C. Clarke · fa Holiday May 1959 103 · The Eye of the Beholder · Lucy Rees · nv 132 · Romance in a Twenty-First Century Used-Car Lot · Robert F. Young · ss The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction November 1960 156 · Gadget v. Trend · Christopher Anvil · ss Analog Science Fact—Science Fiction October 1962 170 · The Great Automatic Grammatizator · Roald Dahl · nv Someone Like You by Roald Dahl, Knopf, 1953

Strange Planets ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Michael Pearson (Blackie & Son, 1977, 0-216-90233-9, £3.00, 176pp, hc, an, cover by Michael Jackson)     Anthology of 10 stories. 7 · Preface · Amabel Williams-Ellis & Michael Pearson · pr 9 · The Pedestrian · Ray Bradbury · ss The Reporter August 7 1951 14 · Trurl’s Machine · Stanislaw Lem; translated by Michael Kandel · ss The Cyberiad by Stanislaw Lem, tr. Michael Kandel, Seabury Press, 1974 translated from the Polish (“Maszyna Trurla”, Bajki robotów, Wydawnictwo Literackie, 1964). 24 · Sunjammer · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Boys’ Life March 1964 45 · Certainty · Robert Silverberg · ss Astounding Science Fiction November 1959 61 · Viruses Don’t Talk · Gerard Klein; translated by Amabel Williams-Ellis · ss translated from the French (“Les virus ne parlent pas”, S.F. made in France, OPTA, 1967). 78 · The Fun They Had · Isaac Asimov · ss The Boys and Girls Page December 1 1951 82 · Hunting Problem · Robert Sheckley · ss Galaxy Science Fiction September 1955 95 · Gilead [People] · Zenna Henderson · nv The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction August 1954 127 · Made to Be Broken · E. C. Tubb · ss New Writings in SF 23 ed. Kenneth Bulmer, Sidgwick & Jackson, 1973 147 · Invisible Monster · John Wyndham · nv Wonder Stories December 1933, as by John Beynon Harris

Strange Universe ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Michael Pearson (Blackie & Son, 1974, 0-216-89714-9, £2.10, 192pp, hc, an, cover by Anthony Pilley) 7 · Preface · Amabel Williams-Ellis & Michael Pearson · pr 9 · Puppet Show · Fredric Brown · ss Playboy November 1962 19 · The Conspirators · James White · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #24, June 1954 47 · Ouch! · Piers Anthony · nv adapted from the first two chapters of Prostho Plus (Gollancz, 1971). 78 · Evidence [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv Astounding Science Fiction September 1946 104 · The Subways of Tazoo [Unorthodox Engineers] · Colin Kapp · nv New Writings in S-F 3 ed. John Carnell, Dobson, 1965 148 · The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review November 1909 182 · The Aquatic Uncle · Italo Calvino; translated by William Weaver · ss Cosmicomics by Italo Calvino, tr. William Weaver, Harcourt, Brace & World, 1968 translated from the Italian (“Lo zio acquatico”, Le Cosmicomiche, Einaudi, 1965).

Tales from the Galaxies ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Michael Pearson (Pan Piccolo, 1973, 0-330-23507-9, 25p, 126pp, pb, an, cover by Alan Lee) 7 · Preface · Michael Pearson & Amabel Williams-Ellis · pr 9 · The Red Stuff · John Wyndham · nv Marvel Science Stories February 1951, as by John Beynon; abridged. 29 · Miss Inman and the Kloots · Amabel Williams-Ellis · nv 55 · The Heritage · Malcolm Stokes · cs 61 · The Odour of Thought · Robert Sheckley · ss Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2 ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953; abridged. 76 · Exploration Team [Colonial Survey] · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding Science Fiction March 1956; abridged.

Worlds Apart ed. Amabel Williams-Ellis & Mably Owen (Blackie & Son, 1966, 15/-, 416pp, hc, an, cover by Laurence Cutting) 7 · Preface · Michael Pearson & Amabel Williams-Ellis · pr 1966 9 · Doctor · Murray Leinster · nv Galaxy Magazine February 1961 39 · Consider Her Ways · John Wyndham · na Sometime, Never, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1956 116 · An Eye for a What? · Damon Knight · nv Galaxy Science Fiction March 1957 146 · Captivity [People] · Zenna Henderson · na The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction June 1958 205 · O’Mara’s Orphan [Sector General] · James White · nv New Worlds Science Fiction #90, January 1960 246 · Number Ten Q Street · Helen McCloy · nv Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine September 1963 259 · Infra Draconis · G. Gurevich; translated by Violet L. Dutt · nv A Visitor from Outer Space, Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1961 translated from the Russian (“Infra Drakona”, Doroga v sto parsekov, ed. Anatoly Varshavsky, Molodaya Gvardiya, 1959). 281 · The Enormous Room · Robert W. Krepps & Horace L. Gold · na Amazing Stories October/November 1953 353 · Last and First Men · Olaf Stapledon · ex Methuen, 1930 373 · The Anarchist; or, the Doom of the Great City · Douglas Fawcett · ex from Hartmann the Anarchist; or, The Doom of the Great City, Edward Arnold, 1893

Figures in Rain by Chet Williamson (Ash-Tree Press, July 29, 2002, 1-55310-039-5, C$60.00, xii+313pp, hc, co, cover by Paul Lowe)     Collection of 27 supernatural stories, two specially written for this volume, with an Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale. This is a limited edition of 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $46.50 and in the UK for £29.00. vii · Preface · Chet Williamson · pr ix · Introduction · Joe R. Lansdale · in 3 · Offices · Chet Williamson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine October 1981 11 · A Lover’s Alibi · Chet Williamson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine May 1982 21 · Lares & Penates · Chet Williamson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine November/December 1983 31 · I’ll Drown My Book · Chet Williamson · ss Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine August 1986 39 · Prometheus’s Ghost · Chet Williamson · nv Afterlives ed. Pamela Sargent & Ian Watson, Vintage, 1986 55 · Miss Tuck and the Gingerbread Boy · Chet Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1988 62 · The Music of the Dark Time · Chet Williamson · nv Rod Serling’s The Twilight Zone Magazine June 1988 77 · Return of the Neon Fireball · Chet Williamson · ss Silver Scream ed. David J. Schow, Dark Harvest, 1988 88 · The House of Fear · Chet Williamson · ss Footsteps Press, 1989 100 · Blue Notes · Chet Williamson · ss Night Visions VII ed. Stanley J. Wiater, Dark Harvest, 1989 110 · O Come Little Children… · Chet Williamson · ss Spirits of Christmas ed. Kathryn Cramer & David G. Hartwell, Wynwood, 1989 118 · Other Errors, Other Times · Chet Williamson · ss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction January 1990 130 · Ex-Library [Greystone Bay] · Chet Williamson · ss The SeaHarp Hotel ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1990 139 · Jabbie Welsh · Chet Williamson · nv Weird Tales Fall 1990 157 · The Cairnwell Horror · Chet Williamson · nv Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990 170 · His Two Wives · Chet Williamson · ss Iniquities Autumn 1990 182 · From the Papers of Helmut Hecker · Chet Williamson · ss Lovecraft’s Legacy ed. Robert E. Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Tor, 1990 193 · The Bookman · Chet Williamson · ss Obsessions ed. Gary Raisor, Dark Harvest, 1991 204 · A Father’s Dream · Chet Williamson · ss Final Shadows ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991 213 · Coventry Carol · Chet Williamson · nv Peter Straub’s Ghosts ed. Peter Straub, Pocket Star, 1995 231 · A Place Where a Head Would Rest · Chet Williamson · bg Dancing with the Dark ed. Stephen Jones, Vista, 1997 234 · The Blood-Red Sea [Crow] · Chet Williamson · ss The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams ed. J. O'Barr & Ed Kramer, Del Rey, 1998 247 · Excerpts from the Records of the New Zodiac and the Diaries of Henry Watson Fairfax · Chet Williamson · ss 999 ed. Al Sarrantonio, Avon, 1999 258 · A Collector of Magic · Chet Williamson · ss Imagination Fully Dilated, Volume 2 ed. Elizabeth Engstrom, IFD Publishing, 2000 267 · Subtle Knowing · Chet Williamson · nv Strange Attraction ed. Edward E. Kramer, ShadowLands Press, 2000 281 · Figures in Rain · Chet Williamson · ss 289 · Sundowners · Chet Williamson · ss 303 · Story Notes and Sources · [uncredited] · bi

The Best of Masques ed. J. N. Williamson (Berkley, June 1988, 0-425-10693-4, $3.50, 228pp, pb, an)     Anthology of 20 horror stories, culled from Masques and Masques II. ix · Best of Masques · J. N. Williamson · in 1 · Nightcrawlers · Robert R. McCammon · nv Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 23 · Buried Talents · Richard Matheson · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 30 · Soft · F. Paul Wilson · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 43 · Second Sight · Ramsey Campbell · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 49 · Everybody Needs a Little Love · Robert Bloch · nv Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 65 · The Yard · William F. Nolan · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 73 · The Substitute · Gahan Wilson · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 84 · Maurice and Mog · James Herbert · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 this is a portion of the novel Domain that was deleted before publication. 92 · Angel’s Exchange · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 94 · Hidey Hole · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 99 · Long After Ecclesiastes · Ray Bradbury · pm Satellite Orbit September 1983 102 · The Night Is Freezing Fast · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 111 · The Old Men Know · Charles L. Grant · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 127 · Splatter: A Cautionary Tale · Douglas E. Winter · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 137 · Czadek · Ray Russell · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 147 · Wordsong · J. N. Williamson · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 154 · Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 159 · Outsteppin’ Fetchit · Charles R. Saunders · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 165 · Somebody Like You · Dennis Etchison · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 173 · Third Wind · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Masques ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1984 182 · The Boy Who Came Back from the Dead · Alan Rodgers · nv Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 209 · Popsy · Stephen King · ss Masques II ed. J. N. Williamson, Maclay, 1987 221 · Behind the Masques · J. N. Williamson · bg