Category Archives: humor

The 7 Deadly Sins of Science Fiction – edited by Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh, and Martin H. Greenberg

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Title: The 7 Deadly Sins of Science Fiction
Series: Susan Calvin, Nicholas Van Rijn
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Michael G. Coney, Judith Merril, Frederik Pohl, Henry Slesar, Jack Vance, Roger Zelazny
Editor(s): Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg, Charles G. Waugh
Cover Artist: Jerome Podwil
Language: English
Publisher: Fawcett Crest
Published: November 1980
ISBN-10: 0449243494
ISBN-13: 9780449243497
Contents:
   “Introduction” essay by Martin H. Greenberg
   “Sail 25” by Jack Vance
   “Peeping Tom” by Judith Merril
   “The Invisible Man Murder Case” by Henry Slesar
   “Galley Slave” (Susan Calvin) by Isaac Asimov
   “Divine Madness” by Roger Zelazny
   “The Midas Plague” by Frederik Pohl
   “The Man Who Ate the World” by Frederik Pohl
   “Margin of Profit” (Nicholas Van Rijn) by Poul Anderson
   “The Hook, the Eye and the Whip” by Michael G. Coney

Where Do You Think You’re Going, Christopher Columbus? by Jean Fritz

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Title: Where Do You Think You’re Going, Christopher Columbus?
Author(s): Jean Fritz
Cover Artist: Margot Tomes
Interior Artist(s): Margot Tomes
Language: English
Publisher: G.P. Putnam’s Sons
Published: October 1980
ISBN-10: 0399207341
ISBN-13: 9780399207341

Two Pairs of Shoes by P.L. Travers

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Title: Two Pairs of Shoes
Series: Arabian Nights
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): P.L. Travers
Cover Artists: Diane Dillon, Leo Dillon
Interior Artists: Diane Dillon, Leo Dillon
Language: English
Publisher: The Viking Press
Published: October 1980
ISBN-10: 0670736775
ISBN-13: 9780670736775
Notes: “For Bobby from Aunt Danielle & Uncle Steve”

More of Paul Harvey’s The Rest of the Story by Paul Harvey

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Title: More of Paul Harvey’s The Rest of the Story
Series: The Rest of the Story
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): Paul Harvey
Editor(s): Lynne Harvey
Language: English
Original Publisher: William Morrow
Originally Published: July 1980
Publisher: Bantam Books
Published: June 1981
ISBN-10: 055326074X
ISBN-13: 9780553260748

The Great Adventure of the Dirty Pair by Haruka Takachiho

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Title: The Great Adventure of the Dirty Pair
Series: Dirty Pair novels, Dirty Pair universe
Number in Series: 1 (one), n/a
Author(s): Haruka Takachiho, 高千穂遙
Cover Artist: Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, 安彦良和
Interior Artist(s): Yoshikazu Yasuhiko, 安彦良和
Language: English
Original Language: Japanese
Original Title: ダーティペアの大冒険
Original Publisher: Hayakawa Shobō, 早川書房
Originally Published: May 1980
Publisher: Dark Horse Books
Published: September 2007
ISBN-10: 1595821007
ISBN-13: 9781595821003
Contents:
   “The Great Adventure of the Dirty Pair” (ダーティペアの大冒険)
   “The Case of the Backwoods Murder” (田舎者殺人事件)

Thieves’ World – edited by Robert Lynn Asprin and Lynn Abbey

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Title: Thieves’ World
Series: Thieves’ World, Thieves’ World universe
Number in Series: 1 (one), n/a
Author(s): Lynn Abbey, Poul Anderson, Robert Asprin, Robert Lynn Asprin, Marion Zimmer Bradley, John Brunner, Christine DeWees, Joe Haldeman, Andrew Offutt
Editor(s): Lynn Abbey, Robert Lynn Asprin
Cover Artist: Gary Ruddell
Interior Artist(s): Jim Odbert
Language: English
Original Publisher: Ace Books
Originally Published: October 1979
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: September 1982
ISBN-10: 0441805914
ISBN-13: 9780441805914
Contents:
   “Sentences of Death” by John Brunner
   “The Face of Chaos” by Lynn Abbey
   “The Gate of the Flying Knives” by Poul Anderson
   “Shadowspawn” by Andrew Offutt
   “The Price of Doing Business” by Robert Asprin
   “Blood Brothers” by Joe Haldeman
   “Myrtis” by Christine DeWees
   “The Secret of the Blue Star” by Marion Zimmer Bradley
   “Essay: The Making of Thieves’ World” by Robert Lynn Asprin

A Wizard in Bedlam by Christopher Stasheff

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Title: A Wizard in Bedlam
Series: Rogue Wizard, Warlock in Spite of Himself
Number in Series: 2 (two), n/a
Author(s): Christopher Stasheff
Cover Artist: Ratler DeWelks
Language: English
Original Publisher: Doubleday
Originally Published: June 1979
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: March 1995
ISBN-10: 0812536479
ISBN-13: 9780812536478

Five Children and It / The Phoenix and the Carpet / The Story of the Amulet by E. Nesbit

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Title: Five Children and It / The Phoenix and the Carpet / The Story of the Amulet
Series: Five Children
Number in Series: 1-3 (one – three)
Author(s): E. Nesbit
Cover Artist: none
Interior Artist(s): H.R. Millar
Language: English
Publisher: Octopus Books
Published: 1979
ISBN-10: 0706410513
ISBN-13: 9780706410518
Notes: No cover artist as the book has no dust jacket.
Contents:
   “Five Children and It”
   “The Phoenix and the Carpet”
   “The Story of the Amulet”

More Saints Alive! by Virginia Maughan Kammeyer

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Title: More Saints Alive!
Series: Saints Alive
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Virginia Maughan Kammeyer
Cover Artist: Val Paul Taylor
Interior Artist(s): Val Paul Taylor
Language: English
Publisher: Far West Publishers
Published: 1979