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The Jack Vance Treasury edited by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan

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"The Jack Vance Treasury" edited by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan.

“The Jack Vance Treasury” edited by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan.


Title: The Jack Vance Treasury
Author: Jack Vance, George R.R. Martin, Terry Dowling, Jonathan Strahan
Editor(s): Terry Dowling, Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Gnemo
Language: English
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Published: January 2007
ISBN-10: 1596060778
ISBN-13: 9781596060777
Notes: All by Vance unless otherwise noted.
Contents:
   “Preface”
   “Jack Vance: An Appreciation” by George R.R. Martin
   “Introduction: Fruit from the Tree of Life” by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan
   “The Dragon Masters”
   “Liane the Wayfarer” (Dying Earth)
   “Sail 25”
   “The Gift of Gab”
   “The Miracle Workers”
   “Guyal of Sfere” (Dying Earth)
   “Noise”
   “The Kokod Warriors” (Magnus Ridolph)
   “The Overworld” (Dying Earth)
   “The Men Return”
   “The Sorcerer Pharesm” (Dying Earth)
   “The New Prime”
   “The Secret”
   “The Moon Moth”
   “The Bagful of Dreams” (Dying Earth)
   “The Mitr”
   “Morreion” (Dying Earth)
   “The Last Castle”
   “Biographical Sketch & Other Facts”

Exodus by Steve White and Shirley Meyer

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Title: Exodus
Series: Starfire
Number in Series: 5 (five)
Author(s): Shirley Meyer, Steve White
Cover Artist: Clyde Caldwell
Interior Artist(s): Randy Asplund
Language: English
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: January 2007
ISBN-10: 1416520988
ISBN-13: 9781416520986

We the Underpeople by Cordwainer Smith

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Title: We the Underpeople
Series: Instrumentality of Mankind, Rod McBan
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): John J. Pierce, Robert Silverberg, Cordwainer Smith
Editor(s): Hank Davis
Cover Artist: Bob Eggleton
Language: English
Original Publisher: Baen Books
Originally Published: December 2006
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: August 2008
ISBN-10: 1416555676
ISBN-13: 9781416555674
Contents:
   “Introduction” by Robert Silverberg
   “The Dead Lady of Clown Town”
   “Under Old Earth”
   “Mother Hitton’s Littul Kittons”
   “Alpha Ralpha Boulevard”
   “The Ballad of Lost C’Mell”
   “Norstrilia” (Rod McBan)
   “Timeline of The Instrumentality of Mankind” by John J. Pierce

Kris Longknife – Resolute by Mike Shepherd

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Title: Kris Longknife – Resolute
Series: Kris Longknife, Society of Humanity Universe
Number in Series: 4 (four), n/a
Author(s): Mike Shepherd
Cover Artist: Scott Grimando
Language: English
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: November 2006
ISBN-10: 0441014534
ISBN-13: 9780441014538

This Is My Funniest – edited by Mike Resnick

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Title: This Is My Funniest
Series: This Is My Funniest
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): David BrinNick DiChario, Gardner Dozois, Bill Fawcett, Esther M. Friesner, Tom Gerencer, David Gerrold, Joe Haldeman, Harry Harrison, James Patrick Kelly, Nancy Kress, Barry N. Malzberg, Jack McDevitt, Jody Lynn Nye, Laura Resnick, Mike Resnick, Ralph Roberts, Spider Robinson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Robert Sheckley, Josepha Sherman, Robert Silverberg, Michael Swanwick, William Tenn, Harry Turtledove, Howard Waldrop, Walter Jon Williams, Connie Willis, Jane Yolen
Editor(s): Mike Resnick
Cover Artist: Ralph Voltz
Language: English
Publisher: BenBella Books
Published: October 2006
ISBN-10: 1932100954
ISBN-13: 9781932100952
Contents:
   “Introduction” by Mike Resnick
   “Space Rats of the CCC” by Harry Harrison
   “The Lemon-Green Spaghetti-Loud Dynamite-Dribble Day” by William Tenn
   “Dick W. and His Pussy; or, Tess and Her Adequate Dick” by Jane Yolen
   “Night of the Cooters” by Howard Waldrop
   “A Delightful Comedic Premise” by Barry N. Malzberg
   “The Capo of Darkness” by Laura Resnick
   “Franz Kafka, Superhero!” by David Gerrold
   “Too Hot to Hoot” by Spider Robinson
   “Amanda and the Alien” by Robert Silverberg
   “Faith” by James Patrick Kelly
   “The Growling” by Jody Lynn Nye
   “Alien Radio” by Mike Resnick and Nick DiChario
   “Primordial Chili” by Tom Gerencer
   “The Dog Said Bow-Wow” by Michael Swanwick
   “Sweet, Savage Sorcerer” by Esther M. Friesner
   “The Hanging Curve” by Gardner Dozois
   “Deus Tex” by Jack McDevitt
   “The Flim-Flam Alien” by Ralph Roberts
   “Present” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
   “You’ll Catch Your Death of Colds” by Bill Fawcett
   “The Usurper Memos” by Josepha Sherman
   “Patent Infringement” by Nancy Kress
   “Ickies in Mirrorshades” by David Brin
   “Ligdan and the Young Pretender” by Walter Jon Williams
   “A !Tangled Web” by Joe Haldeman
   “Revolt of the Sugar Plum Fairies” by Mike Resnick
   “Myth Manners’ Guide to Greek Missology #1: Andromeda and Perseus” by Harry Turtledove
   “The Soul Selects Her Own Society: Invasion and Repulsion: A Chronological Reinterpretation of Two of Emily Dickinson’s Poems: A Wellsian Perspective” by Connie Willis
   “Cordle to Onion to Carrot” by Robert Sheckley

The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories by Susanna Clarke

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Title: The Ladies of Grace Adieu and Other Stories
Author(s): Susanna Clarke
Cover Artist: Charles Vess
Interior Artist(s): Charles Vess
Publisher: Bloomsbury
Published: October 2006
ISBN-10: 0747588678
ISBN-13: 9780747588672
Notes: First edition in a slipcase.
Contents:
   “Introduction by Professor James Sutherland, Director of Sidhe Studies, University of Aberdeen”
   “The Ladies of Grace Adieu”
   “On Lickerish Hill”
   “Mrs Mabb”
   “The Duke of Wellington Misplaces His Horse”
   “Mr Simonelli or the Fairy Widower”
   “Tom Brightwind, or, How the Fairy Bridge Was Built at Thoresby”
   “Antickes and Frets”
   “John Uskglass and the Cumbrian Charcoal Burner”

1812 – The Rivers of War by Eric Flint

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"1812: The Rivers of War" by Eric Flint.

“1812: The Rivers of War” by Eric Flint.


Title: 1812: The Rivers of War
Series: Trail of Glory
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author: Eric Flint
Cover Artist: Big Dot Design
Interior Artist(s): Jeffrey L. Ward
Language: English
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: October 2006
ISBN-10: 0345465687
ISBN-13: 9780345465689