The Hard SF Renaissance – edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer

Title: The Hard SF Renaissance
Author(s): Poul Anderson, Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, David Brin, Ted Chiang, Arthur C. Clarke, Hal Clement, Greg Egan, Michael Flynn, Joe Haldeman, James P. Hogan, James Patrick Kelly, Nancy Kress, Geoffrey A. Landis, David Langford, Paul Levinson, Paul McAuley, G. David Nordley, Frederik Pohl, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert J. Sawyer, Karl Schroeder, Charles Sheffield, Joan Slonczewski, Brian Stableford, Allen Steele, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, Vernor Vinge, Peter Watts, Sarah Zettel
Editor(s): Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell
Cover Artist: Gregory Manchess
Language: English
Original Publisher: Tor Books
Originally Published: November 2002
Publisher: Orb Books
Published: October 2003
ISBN-10: 031287636X
ISBN-13: 9780312876364
Contents:
   “Introduction: New People, New Places, New Politics” by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
   “Gene Wars” by Paul McAuley
   “Wang’s Carpets” by Greg Egan
   “Genesis” by Poul Anderson
   “Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars” by Kim Stanley Robinson
   “On the Orion Line” by Stephen Baxter
   “Beggars in Spain” by Nancy Kress
   “Matter’s End” by Gregory Benford
   “The Hammer of God” by Arthur C. Clarke
   “Think Like a Dinosaur” by James Patrick Kelly
   “Mount Olympus” by Ben Bova
   “Marrow” by Robert Reed
   “Microbe” by Joan Slonczewski
   “The Lady Vanishes” by Charles Sheffield
   “Bicycle Repairman” by Bruce Sterling
   “An Ever-Reddening Glow” by David Brin
   “Sexual Dimorphism” by Kim Stanley Robinson
   “Into the Miranda Rift” by G. David Nordley
   “The Shoulders of Giants” by Robert J. Sawyer
   “A Walk in the Sun” by Geoffrey A. Landis
   “For White Hill” by Joe Haldeman
   “A Career in Sexual Chemistry” by Brian Stableford
   “Reef” by Paul McAuley
   “Exchange Rate” by Hal Clement
   “Reasons to Be Cheerful” by Greg Egan
   “Griffin’s Egg” by Michael Swanwick
   “Great Wall of Mars” by Alastair Reynolds
   “A Niche” by Peter Watts
   “Gossamer” by Stephen Baxter
   “Madam Butterfly” by James P. Hogan
   “Understand” by Ted Chiang
   “Halo” by Karl Schroeder
   “Different Kinds of Darkness” by David Langford
   “Fast Times at Fairmont High” by Vernor Vinge
   “Reality Check” by David Brin
   “The Mendelian Lamp Case” by Paul Levinson
   “Kinds of Strangers” by Sarah Zettel
   “The Good Rat” by Allen Steele
   “Built Upon the Sands of Time” by Michael Flynn
   “Taklamakan” by Bruce Sterling
   “Hatching the Phoenix” by Frederik Pohl
   “Immersion” by Gregory Benford

The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy – edited by Mike Ashley

"The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy" edited by Mike Ashley.

“The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy” edited by Mike Ashley.


Title: The Mammoth Book of Awesome Comic Fantasy
Series: Mammoth Book
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Jack Adrian, F. Anstey, Anthony Armstrong, Cherith Baldry, James Bibby, Nelson S. Bond, Connie Booth, Fredric Brown, Emerson Browne, John Cleese, Michael G. Coney, Avram Davidson, Scott Edelman, Paul Di Filippo, Esther Friesner, Craig Shaw Gardner, Ron Goulart, E.K. Grant, John Grant, Tom Holt, Garry Kilworth, David Langford, Larry Lawrence, F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre, John Morressy, Stan Nicholls, Tina Rath, Tony Rath, Jack Sharkey, Marilyn Todd, Israel Zangwill
Editor(s): Mike Ashley
Cover Artist: Julek Heller
Language: English
Original Publisher: Robinson Publishing
Originally Published: April 2001
Publisher: Carroll & Graf
Published: June 2001
ISBN-10: 0786708670
ISBN-13: 9780786708673
Contents:
   “Another Introduction” essay by Mike Ashley
   “Happy Valley” by John Cleese and Connie Booth
   “Attack of the Charlie Chaplins” by Garry Kilworth
   “Mother Duck Strikes Again” by Craig Shaw Gardner
   “The Blackbird” by Jack Sharkey
   “Pale Assassin” by James Bibby
   “The Strawhouse Pavilion” by Ron Goulart
   “Dragonet” by Esther Friesner
   “The Diplodocus” by Porter Emerson Browne
   “Nothing in the Rules” by Nelson S. Bond
   “Bad Day on Mount Olympus” by Marilyn Todd
   “How Much Would You Pay?” by Craig Shaw Gardner
   “The Devil Times Three” by Fredric Brown
   “Fair-Weather Fiend” (Kedrigan) by John Morressy
   “The Byrds” by Michael G. Coney
   “Polly Put the Mockers On” by Stan Nicholls
   “Ferdie” by F. Anstey
   “The Queen’s Triplets” by Israel Zangwill
   “The Caliber of the Sword” by Larry Lawrence
   “Crispin the Turnspit” by Anthony Armstrong
   “Touched by a Salesman” by Tom Holt
   “Math Takes a Holiday” by Paul Di Filippo
   “Broadway Barbarian” by Cherith Baldry
   “The Winds of Fate” by Tony Rath
   “Not Ours to See” by David Langford
   “Gunsel and Gretel” by Esther Friesner
   “Frog” by Tina Rath
   “The Swords and the Stones” by E.K. Grant
   “A Case of Four Fingers” by John Grant
   “The Absolute and Utter Impossibility of the Facts in the Case of the Vanishing of Henning Vok” by Jack Adrian
   “Milord Sir Smiht, the English Wizard” (Doctor Eszterhazy) by Avram Davidson
   “Put Back That Universe!” (Smedley Faversham) by F. Gwynplaine MacIntyre
   “You’ll Never Walk Alone” by Scott Edelman