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 Asimov’s Choice ed. Anon. (Hale 0-7090-2764-8, Oct ’86, £10.95, 255pp, hc) Anthology of stories from Isaac Asimov’s SF Magazine selected from previous IASFM anthologies. No editor is named. There are stories by Aldiss, Asimov, Anderson, Clarke, etc. There doesn’t 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 Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Fll ’79
- 171 · The Last Defender of Camelot · Roger Zelazny · nv Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Sum ’79
- 192 · Captive of the Centaurianess [revised from Planet Stories Mar ’52] · Poul Anderson · na Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Fll ’78
- 246 · How It Happened · Isaac Asimov · vi Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Spr ’79
- 248 · Longshot · Jack C. Haldeman, II · ss Asimov’s 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 it’s $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 · Dracula’s Dentist · Richard McMullen · pm Jam To-day #11 ’85
- 23 · The Neighbor’s 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. There’s 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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Asimov’s 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 Wasn’t 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 Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Spr ’79
- 145 · I Just Make Them Up, See! · pm F&SF Feb ’58
- 148 · I’m in Marsport Without Hilda · ss Venture Nov ’57
- 162 · The Immortal Bard · vi Universe May ’54
- 165 · It’s 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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