The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011 – edited by Kevin J. Anderson

"The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011" - edited by Kevin J. Anderson.

“The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011” – edited by Kevin J. Anderson.


Title: The Nebula Awards Showcase 2011
Series: The Nebula Awards Showcase
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Saladin Ahmed, Paolo Bacigalupi, Kage Baker, Neal Barrett Jr., Michael Bishop, Richard Bowes, Michael A. Burstein, Amal El-Mohtar, Eugie Foster, Joe Haldeman, N.K. Jemisin, Kij Johnson, James Patrick Kelly, Ted Kosmatka, Geoffrey A. Landis, Will McIntosh, Rachel Swirsky
Editor(s): Kevin J. Anderson
Cover Artist: n/a
Language: English
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: May 2011
ISBN-10: 0765328429
ISBN-13: 9780765328427
Contents:
   “Hooves and the Hovel of Abdel Jameela” by Saladin Ahmed
   “I Remember the Future” by Michael A. Burstein
   “Non-Zero Probabilities” by N.K. Jemisin
   “Going Deep” by James Patrick Kelly
   “Bridesicle” by Will McIntosh
   “Spar” by Kij Johnson
   “Getting Dark” by Neal Barrett, Jr.
   “The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi
   “Vinegar Peace (or, The Wrong-Way, Used-Adult Orphanage)” by Michael Bishop
   “I Needs Must Part, the Policeman Said” by Richard Bowes
   “Divining Light” by Ted Kosmatka
   “A Memory of Wind” by Rachel Swirsky
   “Sinner, Baker, Fabulist, Priest; Red Mask, Black Mask, Gentleman, Beast” by Eugie Foster
   “A !Tangled Web” by Joe Haldeman
   “The Women of Nell Gwynne’s” by Kage Baker
   “Song for an Ancient City”, poem by Amal El-Mohtar
   “Search” poem by Geoffrey A. Landis
   “Fireflies” poem by Geoffrey A. Landis

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year – Volume Five – edited by Jonathan Strahan

"The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five" - edited by Jonathan Strahan.

“The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five” – edited by Jonathan Strahan.


Title: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year – Volume Five
Series: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year
Number in Series: 5 (five)
Author(s): Joe Abercrombie, Christopher Barzak, Holly Black, Sarah Rees Brennan, Damien Broderick, Pat Cadigan, Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Sara Genge, Theodora Goss, Elizabeth Hand, Kij Johnson, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Ellen Kushner, Margo Lanagan, Geoffrey A. Landis, Sandra McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, K.J. Parker, Diana Peterfreund, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, Bruce Sterling, Rachel Swirsky, Lavie Tidhar, Ian Tregillis, Genevieve Valentine, Peter Watts
Editor(s): Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Sparth
Language: English
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Published: March 2011
ISBN-10: 1597801720
ISBN-13: 9781597801720
Contents:
   “Elegy for a Young Elk” by Hannu Rajaniemi
   “The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains” by Neil Gaiman
   “Seven Sexy Cowboy Robots” by Sandra McDonald
   “The Spy Who Never Grew Up” by Sarah Rees Brennan
   “The Aarne-Thompson Classification Revue” by Holly Black
   “Under the Moons of Venus” by Damien Broderick
   “The Fool Jobs” by Joe Abercrombie
   “Alone” by Robert Reed
   “Names for Water” by Kij Johnson
   “Fair Ladies” by Theodora Goss
   “Plus or Minus” by James Patrick Kelly
   “The Man with the Knives” by Ellen Kushner
   “The Jammie Dodgers and the Adventure of the Leicester Square Screening” by Cory Doctorow
   “The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon” by Elizabeth Hand
   “The Miracle Aquilina” by Margo Lanagan
   “The Taste of Night” by Pat Cadigan
   “The Exterminator’s Want-Ad” by Bruce Sterling
   “Map of Seventeen” by Christopher Barzak
   “The Naturalist” by Maureen McHugh
   “Sins of the Father” by Sara Genge
   “The Sultan of the Clouds” by Geoffrey A. Landis
   “Iteration” by John Kessel
   “The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn” by Diana Peterfreund
   “The Night Train” by Lavie Tidhar
   “Still Life (A Sexagesimal Fairy Tale)” by Ian Tregillis
   “Amor Vincit Omnia” by K.J. Parker
   “The Things” by Peter Watts
   “The Zeppelin Conductors’ Society Annual Gentlemen’s Ball” by Genevieve Valentine
   “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky

The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – edited by John Joseph Adams

"The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes" edited by John Joseph Adams.

“The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” edited by John Joseph Adams.


Title: The Improbable Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
Series: Sherlock Holmes
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Stephen Baxter, Anthony Burgess, Neil Gaiman, Dominic Green, Barbara Hambly, Edward D. Hoch, H. Paul Jeffers, Laurie R. King, Stephen King, Mary Robinette Kowal, Geoffrey A. Landis, Tim Lebbon, Tanith Lee, Sharyn McCrumb, Vonda N. McIntyre, Michael Moorcock, Amy Myers, Naomi Novik, Anne Perry, Tony Pi, Chris Roberson, Barbara Roden, Christopher Roden, Rob Rogers, Robert J. Sawyer, Darrell Schweitzer, Bradley H. Sinor, Peter Tremayne, Mark Valentine
Editor(s): John Joseph Adams
Cover Artist: David Palumbo
Language: English
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Published: September 2009
ISBN-10: 1597801607
ISBN-13: 9781597801607
Contents:
   “A Sherlockiana Primer” by Christopher Roden
   “The Doctor’s Case” by Stephen King
   “The Horror of the Many Faces” by Tim Lebbon
   “The Case of the Bloodless Sock” by Anne Perry
   “The Adventure of the Other Detective” by Bradley H. Sinor
   “A Scandal in Montreal” by Edward D. Hoch
   “The Adventure of the Field Theorems” by Vonda N. McIntyre
   “The Adventure of the Death-Fetch” by Darrell Schweitzer
   “The Shocking Affair of the Dutch Steamship Friesland” by Mary Robinette Kowal
   “The Adventure of the Mummy’s Curse” by H. Paul Jeffers
   “The Things That Shall Come Upon Them” by Barbara Roden
   “Murder to Music” by Anthony Burgess
   “The Adventure of the Inertial Adjustor” by Stephen Baxter
   “Mrs Hudson’s Case” by Laurie R. King
   “The Singular Habits of Wasps” by Geoffrey A. Landis
   “The Affair of the 46th Birthday” by Amy Myers
   “The Specter of Tullyfane Abbey” by Peter Tremayne
   “The Vale of the White Horse” by Sharyn McCrumb
   “The Adventure of the Dorset Street Lodger” by Michael Moorcock
   “The Adventure of the Lost World” by Dominic Green
   “The Adventure of the Antiquarian’s Niece” by Barbara Hambly
   “Dynamics of a Hanging” by Tony Pi
   “Merridew of Abominable Memory” by Chris Roberson
   “Commonplaces” by Naomi Novik
   “The Adventure of the Pirates of Devil’s Cape” by Rob Rogers
   “The Adventure of the Green Skull” by Mark Valentine
   “The Human Mystery” by Tanith Lee
   “A Study in Emerald” by Neil Gaiman
   “You See But You Do Not Observe” by Robert J. Sawyer

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

Year’s Best SF 3 – edited by David G. Hartwell

Title: Year’s Best SF 3
Series: Year’s Best SF
Number in Series: 3 (three)
Author(s): Gregory Benford, Terry Bisson, Ray Bradbury, Tom Cool, S.N. Dyer, Greg Egan, William Gibson, James Patrick Kelly, Nancy Kress, Geoffrey A. Landis, Paul Levinson, Katherine MacLean, Michael Moorcock, Kim Newman, Tom Purdom, R. Garcia y Robertson, Robert Silverberg, Brian Stableford, Michael Swanwick, Jack Williamson, Gene Wolfe, John C. Wright
Editor(s): David G. Hartwell
Cover Artist: Chris Moore
Language: English
Original Publisher: Harper Prism
Originally Published: June 1998
Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
Published: July 1998
ISBN-10: 1568657668
ISBN-13: 9781568657660
Catalog Number: 17378 (SFBC)
Contents:
   “Petting Zoo” by Gene Wolfe
   “The Wisdom of Old Earth” by Michael Swanwick
   “The Firefly Tree” by Jack Williamson
   “Thirteen Views of a Cardboard City” by William Gibson
   “The Nostalginauts” by S.N. Dyer
   “Guest Law” by John C. Wright
   “The Voice” by Gregory Benford
   “Yeyuka” by Greg Egan
   “An Office Romance” by Terry Bisson
   “Itsy Bitsy Spider” by James Patrick Kelly
   “Beauty in the Night” by Robert Silverberg
   “Mr. Pale” by Ray Bradbury
   “The Pipes of Pan” by Brian Stableford
   “Always True to Thee, in My Fashion” by Nancy Kress
   “Canary Land” by Tom Purdom
   “Universal Emulators” by Tom Cool
   “Fair Verona” by R. Garcia y Robertson
   “Great Western” by Kim Newman
   “Turnover” by Geoffrey A. Landis
   “The Mendelian Lamp Case” by Paul Levinson
   “Kiss Me” by Katherine MacLean
   “London Bone” by Michael Moorcock

The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror – Eighth Annual Collection – edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

Title: The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror – Eighth Annual Collection
Series: The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror
Number in Series: 8 (eight)
Author(s): Dale Bailey, B. Brandon Barker, Nicholson Baker, Ray Bradbury, Scott Bradfield, John Bradley, Edward Bryant, Emma Bull, Jonathan Carroll, Lenora Champagne, Douglas Clegg, Ellen Datlow, Charles de Lint, Bradley Denton, Harlan Ellison, Margarita Engle, Kelley Eskridge, Gregory Feeley, James Frenkel, Neil Gaiman, David Garnett, Charles Grant, M. John Harrison, Linda Weasel Head, Noy Holland, Pagan Kennedy, Jack Ketchum, Stephen King, Andrew Klavan, Nancy Kress, Geoffrey A. Landis, Barry Lopez, Ian McDonald, Patricia A. McKillip, Steven Millhauser, Brian Mooney, A.R. Morlan, Emily Newland, David Nickle, Joyce Carol Oates, Leroy Quintana, Carme Riera, Kevin Roice, Nicholas Royle, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Darrell Schweitzer, Delia Sherman, Will Shetterly, Michael Marshall Smith, William Browning Spencer, Michael Swanwick, Judith Tarr, Steve Rasnic Tem, Rachel Wetzsteon, Terri Windling, Jack Womack, Jane Yolen
Editor(s): Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling
Cover Artist: Thomas Canty
Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Published: September 1995
ISBN-10: 0312132204
ISBN-13: 9780312132200
Notes: This is printed on really heavy paper!
Contents:
   “Summation 1994: Fantasy” by Terri Windling
   “Summation 1994: Horror” by Ellen Datlow
   “Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1994” by Edward Bryant
   “Comics 1994” by Will Shetterly and Emma Bull
   “Obituaries” by James Frenkel
   “Transmutations” by Patricia A. McKillip
   “Bottom’s Dream” by Rachel Wetzsteon
   “La Promesa” by Leroy Quintana
   “Aweary of the Sun” by Gregory Feeley
   “A Wheel in the Desert, the Moon on Some Swings” by Jonathan Carroll
   “Who Will Love the River God?” by Emily Newland
   “Brothers” by Joyce Carol Oates
   “Subsoil” by Nicholson Baker
   “Elvis’s Bathroom” by Pagan Kennedy
   “Yet Another Poisoned Apple for the Fairy Princess” by A.R. Morlan
   “The Big Game” by Nicholas Royle
   “Buenaventura and the Fifteen Sisters” by Margarita Engle
   “De Natura Unicorni” by Jane Yolen
   “Blue Motel” by Ian McDonald
   “A Friend Indeed” by David Garnett
   “Sometimes, in the Rain” by Charles Grant
   “Rain Falls” by Michael Marshall Smith
   “That Old School Tie” by Jack Womack
   “Animals Behind Bars!” by Scott Bradfield
   “Monuments to the Dead” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
   “Unterseeboot Doktor” by Ray Bradbury
   “Young Woman in a Garden” by Delia Sherman
   “The Man in the Black Suit” by Stephen King
   “‘In the Tradition…'” by Michael Swanwick
   “Words Like Pale Stones” by Nancy Kress
   “Marchen” poem by Jane Yolen
   “Giants in the Earth” by Dale Bailey
   “A Conflagration Artist” by Bradley Denton
   “Report” by Carme Riera
   “The Village of the Mermaids” poem by John Bradley
   “—And the Horses Hiss at Midnight” by A.R. Morlan
   “The Entreaty of the Wiideema” by Barry Lopez
   “White Chapel” by Douglas Clegg
   “The Stone Woman” poem by Linda Weasel Head
   “Coyote Stories” by Charles de Lint
   “The Box” by Jack Ketchum
   “A Fear of Dead Things” by Andrew Klavan
   “He Unwraps Himself” poem by Darrell Schweitzer
   “Chandira” by Brian Mooney
   “Fever” by Harlan Ellison
   “The Best Things in Life” by Lenora Champagne
   “Mending Souls” by Judith Tarr
   “The Ocean and All Its Devices” by William Browning Spencer
   “Strings” by Kelley Eskridge
   “Superman’s Diary” by B. Brandon Barker
   “Isobel Avens Returns to Stepney in the Spring” by M. John Harrison
   “The Sisterhood of Night” by Steven Millhauser
   “Winter Bodies” by Noy Holland
   “The Sloan Men” by David Nickle
   “Is That Them?” by Kevin Roice
   “The Kingdom of Cats and Birds” by Geoffrey A. Landis
   “Angel Combs” by Steve Rasnic Tem
   “Snow, Glass, Apples” by Neil Gaiman