The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Chamber of Horrors ed. Anon. (Octopus 0-7064-2053-5, 1985 [May 86], $6.00, 349pp, hc) Reissue (Octopus 1984) horror anthology from a British-based instant remainder publisher. This appeared in 1985, but we did not see it until 1986.
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Isaac Asimovs Choice ed. Anon. (Hale 0-7090-2764-8, Oct 86, £10.95, 255pp, hc) Anthology of stories from Isaac Asimovs SF Magazine selected from previous IASFM anthologies. No editor is named. There are stories by Aldiss, Asimov, Anderson, Clarke, etc. There doesnt seem to be an American equivalent volume.
- 7 · The Dim Rumble [Azazel] · Isaac Asimov · ss IASFM Oct 82
- 16 · With Thimbles, with Forks and Hope [Charlie Meiklejohn; Constance Leidl] · Kate Wilhelm · na IASFM Nov 23 81
- 59 · The Several Murders of Roger Ackroyd · Barry N. Malzberg · ss IASFM Win 77
- 65 · Quarantine · Arthur C. Clarke · vi IASFM Spr 77
- 67 · Cautionary Tales · Larry Niven · ss IASFM Jul/Aug 78
- 71 · The Missing Item [Black Widowers] · Isaac Asimov · ss IASFM Win 77
- 87 · The Small Stones of Tu Fu · Brian W. Aldiss · ss IASFM Mar/Apr 78
- 95 · Farside Station [Medea] · Jack Williamson · nv IASFM Nov/Dec 78
- 131 · The Suicide of Man · John Brunner · nv IASFM Jul/Aug 78
- 155 · Hellhole · David Gerrold · ss Asimovs SF Adventure Magazine Fll 79
- 171 · The Last Defender of Camelot · Roger Zelazny · nv Asimovs SF Adventure Magazine Sum 79
- 192 · Captive of the Centaurianess [revised from Planet Stories Mar 52] · Poul Anderson · na Asimovs SF Adventure Magazine Fll 78
- 246 · How It Happened · Isaac Asimov · vi Asimovs SF Adventure Magazine Spr 79
- 248 · Longshot · Jack C. Haldeman, II · ss Asimovs SF Adventure Magazine Spr 79
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Re/Search #10: Incredibly Strange Films ed. Anon. (Re/Search 0-940642-09-3, Mar 86, $12.99, 223pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical, large-format paperback, part of an ongoing series of publications. This one is on the weirdest genre films, with interviews, articles on genre types (biker, mondo, industrial jeopardy, etc.), a directory of film personalities, and quotations, etc. By mail its $15.00 ($20 air overseas).
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Rhysling Anthology 1986 ed. Anon. (SF Poetry Assc., Sep 86, $2.00, 34pp, ph) Anthology of sf poetry, finalists for the 1986 Rhysling Awards.
- · Preface · Anon. · pr
- 2 · The Evolution of the Death Murals · Bruce Boston · pm IASFM Sep 85
- 3 · The Last Pastoral · Michael R. Collings · pm Naked to the Sun, Starmont House, 1985
- 5 · Sputnik · Michael R. Collings · pm Naked to the Sun, Starmont House, 1985
- 6 · The Flight in the Cave of the Moonbutchers / The Mooncalf · Andrew Darlington · pm SF Spectrum #1 85
- 7 · Car Radio · Ron Ellis · pm Velocities #4 84
- 8 · Neutrino Mantra · Ron Ellis · pm Star*Line v8 #2 85
- 9 · Bardicide · Steve Eng · pm Eldritch Tales #11 85
- 10 · The Man in the Air · Michael Finley · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Spr 85
- 11 · Orbiting Structure · B. Buckley Finnegan · pm Star*Line v8 #3 85
- 12 · Perception Barriers · Robert Frazier · pm IASFM Dec 85
- 13 · Without Dreams · Rochelle Lynn Holt · pm Prelude to Fantasy #4 85
- 16 · Shipwrecked on Destiny Five · Andrew Joron · pm IASFM May 85
- 18 · One Thousand Painful Variations Performed Upon Divers Creatures Undergoing the Treatment of Dr. Moreau, Humanist · Thomas Ligotti · vi Songs of a Dead Dreamer, Silver Scarab Press, 1985
- 19 · Pantoum for a Switched Identity · Elissa Malcohn · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Sum 85
- 21 · The Last Day · Ken Poyner · pm Jam To-day #11 85
- 22 · Draculas Dentist · Richard McMullen · pm Jam To-day #11 85
- 23 · The Neighbors Wife · Susan Palwick · pm Amazing Jul 85
- 24 · To the Stars: Love Hypertext · Jonathan V. Post · pm To the Stars: Love Hypertext, Jonathan V. Post, Emerald City Press, 1985
- 25 · Post · Mark Rich · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Sum 85
- 26 · Rogue · Peter Viereck · pm The Poetry Review Sep 85
- 31 · Flickering Blue Extreme · t. Winter-Damon · pm Back Brain Recluse #4 85
- 32 · Into the Wood · Jane Yolen · pm IASFM Feb 85
- 33 · Rhysling Award Winners · Misc. Material · bi
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The Second Book of After Midnight Stories [by Amy Myers] ed. Anon. (Kimber 0-7183-0608-2, Oct 86, £8.95, 192pp, hc) Anthology of ghost stories, mainly originals, by Ramsey Campbell, Brian Lumley, and others. The editor is Ann Myers.
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Tor Horror Sampler ed. Anon. (Tor 0-812-51504-8, Jun 86, free at ABA, 120pp, pb) Anthology of 13 excerpts from future Tor horror releases; an ABA giveaway.
- vii · Introduction · Anon. · in
- 1 · Wildwood · John Farris · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 10 · The Waiting Room [Manhattan Ghost Story] · T. M. Wright · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 20 · Death Trance · Graham Masterton · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 30 · Soulstorm · Chet Williamson · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 37 · Ladies in Waiting · R. R. Walters · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 48 · Ghost Train · Stephen Laws · ex London: Souvenir, 1985
- 57 · Night Show · Richard Laymon · ex, 1984
- 67 · Forbidden Objects · Maggie Davis · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 74 · Love Child · Andrew Niederman · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 84 · Brujo · William Relling, Jr. · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 94 · The Orchard [Oxrun Station] · Charles L. Grant · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 102 · Song of Kali · Dan Simmons · ex New York: Bluejay, 1985
- 116 · Night Vision · K. W. Jeter · ex New York: Tor, 1986
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Unnatural Causes ed. Anon. (Javelin 0-7137-1921-4, Oct 86, £2.95, 267pp, pb) Mystery and horror anthology, a tie-in with the Psychodrama tv series.
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Anthonology Piers Anthony (Tor 0-812-53114-0, Apr 85 [Mar 86], $3.50, 381pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) collection.
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Anthonology Piers Anthony (Grafton 0-586-06973-9, Dec 86, £2.95, 432pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) sf collection.
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Battle Circle Piers Anthony (Avon 0-380-01800-4, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $4.50, 537pp, pb) [Battle Circle] Reissue (Avon 1978) omnibus edition of the post-holocaust sf/barbarian empire trilogy Sos the Rope (Pyramid 1968), Var the Stick (Faber 1972), and Neq the Sword (Corgi 1975); 8th Avon printing.
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Bearing an Hourglass Piers Anthony (Severn House 0-7278-1328-5, Sep 86, £8.95, 384pp, hc) [Incarnations of Immortality] Reprint (Del Rey 1984) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Incarnations of Immortality series.
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Bio of a Space Tyrant 1: Refugee Piers Anthony (Grafton 0-586-06259-9, Jan 86, £2.50, 333pp, pb) [Bio of a Space Tyrant] Reissue (Avon 1983) sf novel.
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Bio of a Space Tyrant 4: Executive Piers Anthony (Grafton 0-586-06271-8, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £2.95, 336pp, pb) [Bio of a Space Tyrant] Reprint (Avon 1985) sf novel.
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Bio of a Space Tyrant 5: Statesman Piers Anthony (Avon 0-380-89835-7, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $3.50, 312pp, pb) [Bio of a Space Tyrant] Sf novel, latest in the series.
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Castle Roogna Piers Anthony (Orbit 0-7088-8107-6, Nov 86 [Dec 86], £2.50, 329pp, pb) [Xanth] Reissue (Del Rey 1979) fantasy novel, Xanth #3.
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Crewel Lye Piers Anthony (Macdonald 0-356-12101-1, May 86 [Mar 86], £9.95, 256pp, hc) [Xanth] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) humorous fantasy novel, volume 8 of the Xanth series; library edition.
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Crewel Lye Piers Anthony (Orbit 0-7088-8148-3, Nov 86 [Dec 86], £2.50, 309pp, pb) [Xanth] Reissue (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel, Xanth #8.
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Ghost Piers Anthony (Tor 0-312-93272-3, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $14.95, 279pp, hc) Sf novel mixed with fantasy and social satire. A space captain explores a ghost universe. This is an older novel published for the first time. Theres an interesting note on its history as an afterword.
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Golem in the Gears Piers Anthony (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31886-2, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $3.95, 326pp, pb) [Xanth] Humorous fantasy novel, ninth in the Xanth series.
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Golem in the Gears Piers Anthony (SFBC #04567, Apr 86, $5.50, 246pp, hc) [Xanth] Reprint (Del Rey 1986) fantasy novel in the Xanth series. First hardcover edition.
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Golem in the Gears Piers Anthony (Orbit 0-7088-8212-9, Nov 86, £2.50, 326pp, pb) [Xanth] Reprint (Del Rey 1986) humorous fantasy novel, Xanth #9.
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Juxtaposition Piers Anthony (Grafton 0-586-05446-4, Dec 86, £2.95, 415pp, pb) [Apprentice Adept] Reissue (Del Rey 1982) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Apprentice Adept series.
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Macroscope Piers Anthony (Grafton 0-586-06584-9, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £2.95, 480pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1969) sf novel. First full text British edition.
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Macroscope Piers Anthony (Avon 0-380-00209-4, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $4.50, 480pp, pb) Reissue (Avon 1969) sf novel; 18th printing.
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Mute Piers Anthony (Avon 0-380-77578-6, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $3.95, 440pp, pb) Reissue (Avon 1981) sf novel. 7th printing.
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Night Mare Piers Anthony (Orbit 0-7088-8109-2, Nov 86 [Dec 86], £2.50, 307pp, pb) [Xanth] Reissue (Del Rey 1983) fantasy novel, Xanth #6.
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Of Man and Manta Piers Anthony (Corgi 0-552-99214-3, Aug 86, £4.95, 621pp, pb) [Mantas] Omnibus of Omnivore, Orn, and Ox.
- · Omnivore · n. New York: Ballantine, 1968
- · Orn · n. New York: Avon, 1970
- · Ox · n. New York: Avon, 1976
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Ogre, Ogre Piers Anthony (Orbit 0-7088-8108-4, Nov 86 [Dec 86], £2.50, 307pp, pb) [Xanth] Reissue (Del Rey 1982) fantasy novel, Xanth #5.
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On a Pale Horse Piers Anthony (Severn House 0-7278-1275-0, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £8.95, 352pp, hc) [Incarnations of Immortality] Reprint (Del Rey 1983) fantasy novel, Incarnations of Immortality #1.
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On a Pale Horse Piers Anthony (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33858-8, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $3.95, 325pp, pb) [Incarnations of Immortality] Reissue (Del Rey 1983) fantasy novel, Incarnations of Immortality #1. Sixth printing.
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Prostho Plus Piers Anthony (Tor 0-812-53116-7, Jun 86 [May 86], $2.95, 216pp, pb) [Dr. Dillingham] Reprint (Berkley 1973) comic sf fix-up novel of a spacefaring dentist.
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Shade of the Tree Piers Anthony (Tor 0-312-93724-5, May 86 [Apr 86], $15.95, 348pp, hc) Fantasy novel of an apparently haunted estate in modern Florida.
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Steppe Piers Anthony (Tor 0-812-53120-5, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $3.50, 252pp, pb) Reprint (Millington 1976) sf novel. There is an afterword on the publishing history of the book.
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Wielding a Red Sword Piers Anthony (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32220-7, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $16.95, 297pp, hc) [Incarnations of Immortality] Fantasy novel, Book Four of Incarnations of Immortality.
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With a Tangled Skein Piers Anthony (SFBC #02888, May 86, $5.98, 280pp, hc) [Incarnations of Immortality] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel, Vol. III of Incarnations of Immortality.
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With a Tangled Skein Piers Anthony (Grafton 0-586-06274-2, Aug 86, £2.95, 413pp, pb) [Incarnations of Immortality] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel, Incarnations of Immortality #3.
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With a Tangled Skein Piers Anthony (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31885-4, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $3.95, 404pp, pb) [Incarnations of Immortality] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel, Incarnations of Immortality #3.
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The E.S.P. Worm Piers Anthony & Robert E. Margroff (Tor 0-812-53105-1, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $2.95, 191pp, pb) Reprint (Paperback Library 1970) sf novel.
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The Ring Piers Anthony & Robert E. Margroff (Tor 0-812-53118-3, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $2.95, 250pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1968) sf novel.
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Uncollected Stars ed. Piers Anthony, Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg & Charles G. Waugh (Avon 0-380-89596-X, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $3.50, 312pp, pb) Anthology of 16 previously uncollected stories, with a foreword by Anthony and an afterword by Malzberg.
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The Steel, the Mist, and the Blazing Sun Christopher Anvil (Ace 0-441-78572-7, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $2.95, 282pp, pb) Reissue (Ace 1980) post-holocaust sf novel. 3rd printing.
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Time After Time Allen Appel (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-182-X, Nov 85 [Feb 86], $17.95, 372pp, hc) [Alex Balfour] Fantasy novel of a history teacher who travels back through time to the Russian Revolution. A first novel. This apparently came out in 1985, but we did not see it until 1986.
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The Clearing Alan Arkin (Harper & Row 0-06-250032-5, Feb 86, $12.95, 186pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel in the tradition of Watership Down and The Lord of the Rings more the former than the latter, apparently, since it features talking animals.
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To the Resurrection Station Eleanor Arnason (Avon 0-380-75110-0, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $3.50, 276pp, pb) Sf novel; sf/Gothic cross genre written somewhat tongue-in-cheek.
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Dark Runner Rosalind Ashe (Sphere 0-7221-1293-9, Dec 85 [Jan 86], £2.50, 235pp, pb) Horror novel of a sinister creature.
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Shelter Marty Asher (Arbor House 0-87795-772-X, May 86 [Apr 86], $12.95, 136pp, hc) Fantasy novella about an obsessed man and a rock concert that saves the world.
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Shelter Marty Asher (QPB/Arbor 62-1575, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $6.95, 136pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novella. Identical to the Arbor House edition except for the lack of an ISBN and the jacket printed as the soft cover.
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Asimovs Mysteries Isaac Asimov (Fawcett Crest 0-449-21075-8, Jun 86, $2.95, 255pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1977) collection of 13 stories. Mostly sf, in spite of the title.
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Banquets of the Black Widowers Isaac Asimov (Grafton 0-586-06588-1, Aug 86, £2.50, 250pp, pb) [Black Widowers] Reprint (Doubleday 1984) detective collection.
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The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov (Doubleday 0-385-19783-7, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $17.95, 345pp, hc) Mostly non-sf/fantasy, associational. Collection of 31 stories including some sf mysteries. 7 of the stories have not been collected before.
- xi · Introduction · in
- 3 · The Obvious Factor [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM May 73
- 17 · The Pointing Finger [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Jul 73
- 31 · Out of Sight [The Six Suspects; Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Dec 73
- 47 · Yankee Doodle Went to Town [Black Widowers] · ss Tales of the Black Widowers, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974
- 63 · Quicker Than the Eye [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM May 74
- 77 · The Three Numbers [All in the Way You Read It; Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Sep 74
- 93 · The One and Only East [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Mar 75
- 108 · The Cross of Lorraine [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM May 76
- 124 · The Next Day [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM May 78
- 139 · What Time Is It? [Black Widowers] · ss The Casebook of the Black Widowers, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980
- 155 · Middle Name [Black Widowers] · ss The Casebook of the Black Widowers, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980
- 170 · Sixty Million Trillion Combinations [64 Million Trillion Combinations; Black Widowers] · ss EQMM May 5 80
- 184 · The Good Samaritan [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Sep 10 80
- 199 · Can You Prove It? [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Jun 17 81
- 213 · The Redhead [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Oct 84
- 231 · He Wasnt There [The Spy Who Was Out-of-Focus; Union Club] · ss Gallery Feb 81
- 237 · Hide and Seek [Union Club] · ss Gallery May 81
- 243 · Dollars and Cents [Countdown to Disaster; Union Club] · ss Gallery Jan 82
- 249 · The Sign [The Telltale Sign; Union Club] · ss Gallery Apr 82
- 255 · Getting the Combination [Playing It by the Numbers; Union Club] · ss Gallery Jun 82
- 261 · The Library Book [Mystery Book; Union Club] · ss Gallery Jul 82
- 267 · Never Out of Sight [The Amusement Lark; Union Club] · ss Gallery Mar 83
- 273 · The Magic Umbrella [Stormy Weather; Union Club] · ss Gallery May 83
- 279 · The Speck [Union Club] · ss EQMM Dec 83
- 287 · The Key [Wendell Urth] · nv F&SF Oct 66
- 316 · A Problem of Numbers · ss EQMM May 70; ; as As Chemist to Chemist, IASFM Nov 78
- 321 · The Little Things · ss EQMM May 75
- 325 · Halloween · ss The American Way Oct 75
- 329 · The Thirteenth Day of Christmas · ss EQMM Jul 77
- 333 · The Key Word · ss The Key Word and Other Mysteries, New York: Walker, 1977
- 337 · Nothing Might Happen! · ss AHMM Dec 83
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The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov (Doubleday 0-385-19782-9, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $17.95, 320pp, hc) Collection of 28 stories recycled from earlier collections. There is a new introduction.
- xi · Introduction · in
- 1 · All the Troubles of the World · ss Super Science Fiction Apr 58
- 17 · A Loint of Paw · vi F&SF Aug 57
- 19 · The Dead Past · nv Astounding Apr 56
- 65 · Death of a Foy · vi F&SF Oct 80
- 67 · Dreaming Is a Private Thing · ss F&SF Dec 55
- 83 · Dreamworld · vi F&SF Nov 55
- 85 · Eyes Do More Than See · vi F&SF Apr 65
- 89 · The Feeling of Power · ss If Feb 58
- 99 · Flies · ss F&SF Jun 53
- 106 · Found! · ss Omni Oct 78
- 121 · The Foundation of Science Fiction Success · pm F&SF Oct 54
- 123 · Franchise · ss If Aug 55
- 139 · The Fun They Had · ss The Boys and Girls Page Dec 1 51; F&SF Feb 54
- 143 · How It Happened · vi Asimovs SF Adventure Magazine Spr 79
- 145 · I Just Make Them Up, See! · pm F&SF Feb 58
- 148 · Im in Marsport Without Hilda · ss Venture Nov 57
- 162 · The Immortal Bard · vi Universe May 54
- 165 · Its Such a Beautiful Day · nv Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1954
- 188 · Jokester · ss Infinity Science Fiction Dec 56
- 202 · The Last Answer · ss Analog Jan 80
- 209 · The Last Question · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Nov 56
- 222 · My Son, the Physicist! · vi Scientific American Feb 62
- 226 · Obituary · ss F&SF Aug 59
- 243 · Spell My Name with an S [S as in Zebatinsky] · ss Star Science Fiction Magazine Jan 58
- 258 · Strikebreaker [Male Strikebreaker] · ss Science Fiction Stories Jan 57
- 272 · Sure Thing · vi IASFM Sum 77
- 274 · The Ugly Little Boy [Lastborn] · nv Galaxy Sep 58
- 313 · Unto the Fourth Generation · ss F&SF Apr 59
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