Category Archives: collections

Collections of individual smaller works, either by multiple creators (anthologies) or multiple works by the same person (omnibus).

Tales of the Ghost Sword by Hideyuki Kikuchi

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"Tales of the Ghost Sword" by Hideyuki Kikuchi.

“Tales of the Ghost Sword” by Hideyuki Kikuchi.


Title: Tales of the Ghost Sword
Author(s): Hideyuki Kikuchi, 菊地秀行
Cover Artist: unknown
Language: English
Original Language: Japanese
Original Title: 幽剣抄 (Yūkenshō)
Original Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten, 角川書店
Originally Published: December 2001
Publisher: Thames River Press
Published: September 2013
ISBN-10: 0857281275
ISBN-13: 9780857281272
Notes: Translated by Ian MacDonald
Contents:
   “Shadow Wife” (影女房)
   “The Consultation” (茂助に関わる談合)
   “Metamorphosis” (這いずり)
   “On Plover’s Legs” (千鳥足)
   “The Return of Jūzaburō” (帰ってきた十三郎)
   “The Cuckoo’s Child” (子預け)
   “Two Peas in a Pod” (似たもの同士)
   “The Sparring Partner” (稽古相手)
   “The Uninvited Guest” (宿場の武士)

Classic Books from the Library of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry by J.K. Rowling

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Title: Classic Books from the Library of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
Series: Harry Potter Universe
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): J.K. Rowling
Cover Artist: n/a
Interior Artist(s): Peter Bollinger
Language: English
Publisher: Arthur A. Levine Books, Scholastic Press
Published: November 2001
ISBN-10: 043932162X
ISBN-13: 9780439321624
Contents:
   “Quidditch Through the Ages”
   “Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them”

Meditations on Middle-Earth – edited by Karen Haber

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"Meditations on Middle-Earth" edited by Karen Haber.

“Meditations on Middle-Earth” edited by Karen Haber.


Title: Meditations on Middle-Earth
Author(s): Douglas A. Anderson, Poul Anderson, Orson Scott Card, Charles de Lint, Diane Duane, Raymond E. Feist, Esther M. Friesner, Lisa Goldstein, Greg Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrandt, Robin Hobb, Glenn Hurdling, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R.R. Martin, Terry Pratchett, Michael Swanwick, Harry Turtledove, Terri Windling
Editor(s): Karen Haber
Cover Artist: John Howe
Interior Artist(s): John Howe
Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Published: November 2001
ISBN-10: 0312275366
ISBN-13: 9780312275365
Notes: These are all essays about Middle-Earth, with one interview.
Contents:
   “Preface: The Beat Goes On” by Karen Haber
   “Introduction” by George R.R. Martin
   “Our Grandfather: Meditations on J.R.R. Tolkien” by Raymond E. Feist
   “Awakening the Elves” by Poul Anderson
   “A Changeling Returns” by Michael Swanwick
   “If You Give a Girl a Hobbit” by Esther M. Friesner
   “The Ring and I” by Harry Turtledove
   “Cult Classic” by Terry Pratchett
   “A Bar and a Quest” by Robin Hobb
   “Rhythmic Pattern in the Lord of the Rings” by Ursula K. Le Guin
   “The Longest Sunday” by Diane Duane
   “Tolkien After All These Years” by Douglas A. Anderson
   “How Tolkien Means” by Orson Scott Card
   “The Tale Goes Ever On” by Charles de Lint
   “The Mythmaker” by Lisa Goldstein
   “‘The Radical Distinction…’: A Conversation with Tim and Greg Hildebrandt” interview of Tim and Greg Hildebrandt by Glenn Hurdling
   “On Tolkien and Fairy-Stories” by Terri Windling

Agent of Vega & Other Stories by James H. Schmitz

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Title: Agent of Vega & Other Stories
Series: Agents of Vega
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Mercedes Lackey, James H. Schmitz
Editor(s): Eric Flint, Guy Gordon
Cover Artist: Bob Eggleton
Language: English
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: November 2001
ISBN-10: 0671318470
ISBN-13: 9780671318475
Contents:
   “That was an epiphany…” by Mercedes Lackey
   “Agent of Vega” (Agents of Vega)
   “The Illusionists” (Agents of Vega)
   “The Second Night of Summer” (Agents of Vega)
   “The Truth About Cushgar” (Agents of Vega)
   “The Custodians”
   “Gone Fishing”
   “The Beacon to Elsewhere”
   “The End of the Line”
   “Watch the Sky”
   “Greenface”
   “Rogue Psi”

The Harry Potter Boxed Set by J.K. Rowling

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Title: The Harry Potter Boxed Set
Series: Harry Potter
Number in Series: 1-4 (one – four)
Author(s): J.K. Rowling
Cover Artist: Thomas Taylor
Interior Artist(s):
Language: English
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: October 2001
ISBN-10: 0747557012
ISBN-13: 9780747557012
Notes: UK editions
Contents:
   “Harry potter and the Philosopher’s Stone”
   “Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets”
   “Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban”
   “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”

After the King – Stories in Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien – edited by Martin H. Greenberg

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Title: After the King – Stories in Honor of J.R.R. Tolkien
Author(s): Karen Anderson, Poul Anderson, Peter S. Beagle, Gregory Benford, John Brunner, Emma Bull, Charles de Lint, Stephen R. Donaldson, Karen Haber, Barry N. Malzberg, Dennis L. McKiernan, Patricia A. McKillip, Andre Norton, Terry Pratchett, Mike Resnick, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Robert Silverberg, Judith Tarr, Harry Turtledove, Jane Yolen
Editor(s): Martin H. Greenberg
Cover Artist: Keith Parkinson
Language: English
Originally Published: January 1992
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: October 2001
ISBN-10: 0765302071
ISBN-13: 9780765302076
Contents:
   “Reave the Just” by Stephen R. Donaldson
   “Troll Bridge” by Terry Pratchett
   “A Long Night’s Vigil at the Temple” by Robert Silverberg
   “The Dragon of Tollin” by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
   “Faith” by Poul and Karen Anderson
   “In the Season of the Dressing of the Wells” by John Brunner
   “The Fellowship of the Dragon” by Patricia A. McKillip
   “The Decoy Duck” by Harry Turtledove
   “Nine Threads of Gold” by Andre Norton
   “The Conjure Man” by Charles de Lint
   “The Halfling House” by Dennis L. McKiernan
   “Silver or Gold” by Emma Bull
   “Up the Side of the Air” by Karen Haber
   “The Naga” by Peter S. Beagle
   “Revolt of the Sugar Plum Fairies” by Mike Resnick
   “Winter’s King” by Jane Yolen
   “Götterdämmerung” by Barry N. Malzberg
   “Down the River Road” by Gregory Benford
   “Death and the Lady” by Judith Tarr

Bones of the World – Tales from Time’s End – edited by Bruce Holland Rogers

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Title: Bones of the World – Tales from Time’s End
Series: Darkfire
Number in Series: 4 (four)
Editor(s): Bruce Holland Rogers
Cover Artist: Melisa Michaels
Language: English
Publisher: SFF Net
Published: September 2001
ISBN-10: 0966969847
ISBN-13: 9780966969849
Contents:
   “Introduction” by Bruce Holland Rogers
   “The Seeds of Time” by Jerry Oltion
   “Red Queen” by Ken Wharton
   “We Came Back” by Lois Tilton
   “The Dove Cage” by Brian Plante
   “Love and Glass” by Michael Scott Bricker
   “Hymnal” by Lee Allred
   “Clever People” by Mary Soon Lee
   “We Finally Go Back to Mars” by Ray Vukcevich
   “Old Immortality” by David Ira Cleary
   “The Niman Project” by Susan J. Kroupa✓
   “Wind from a Dying Star” by David D. Levine
   “To the Sea, Our Tears Returned” by Justin Stanchfield
   “The Guerdon Earth” by Jonathon Sullivan
   “A Good Move in Design Space” by Daniel Abraham
   “The Sol Supernova Bakeoff” by Christos Tsirbas
   “They Went Up” by Lawrence Fitzgerald
   “Ragnarok of the Post-Humans: Final Transmissions, Sam 43 Unit 763” by M. Shayne Bell
   “Fallow” by Todd R. Supple
   “New Song of Old Earth” by Philip Brewer
   “The Courtesy of Guests” by Jay Lake
   “The Last of the Black Wine” by Darrell Schweitzer
   “Engines of Similarity” by Joe Murphy
   “The Last Age Should Show Your Heart” by James Van Pelt

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

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"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

The Hub: Dangerous Territory by James H. Schmitz

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Title: The Hub: Dangerous Territory
Series: Complete Federation of the Hub, The Hub, Hub Universe
Number in Series: 4 (four), n/a, n/a
Author(s): James H. Schmitz
Editor(s): Eric Flint, Guy Gordon
Cover Artist: Bob Eggleton
Language: English
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: April 2001
ISBN-10: 0671319841
ISBN-13: 9780671319847
Contents:
   “The Searcher” (The Hub)
   “Grandpa” (The Hub)
   “Balanced Ecology” (The Hub)
   “A Nice Day for Screaming” (The Hub)
   “The Winds of Time” (The Hub)
   “The Machmen” (The Hub)
   “The Other Likeness” (The Hub)
   “Attitudes” (The Hub)
   “Trouble Tide” (The Hub)
   “The Demon Breed” (The Hub)
   “Afterword” by Eric FLint
   “Recurring Characters in the Hub Series” by Guy Gordon

The Sound & the Furry – The Complete Hoka Stories by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson

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Title: The Sound & the Furry – The Complete Hoka Stories
Series: Hoka series
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson
Cover Artist: Tom Kidd
Language: English
Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
Published: March 2001
ISBN-10: 0739416839
ISBN-13: 9780739416839
Catalog Number: 35928 (SFBC)
Contents:
   “Hoka! Hoka! Hoka!”
   “Hokas Pokas!”