Title: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year – Volume Three
Series: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year
Number in Series: 3 (three)
Author(s): Joan Aiken, Paolo Bacigalupi, Stephen Baxter, Peter S. Beagle, Elizabeth Bear, Holly Black, Richard Bowes, Ted Chiang, Greg Egan, Kij Johnson, John Kessel, Stephen King, Ted Kosmatka, Margo Lanagan, Kelly Link, Paul J. McAuley, Meghan McCarron, Ian McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, Garth Nix, Holly Phillips, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, M. Rickert, Ken Scholes, Michael Swanwick, Rachel Swirsky, Jeff VanderMeer
Editor(s): Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Fred Gambino
Language: English
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Published: May 2009
ISBN-10: 1597801496
ISBN-13: 9781597801492
Contents:
“Exhalation” by Ted Chiang
“Shoggoths in Bloom” by Elizabeth Bear
“Uncle Chaim and Aunt Rifke and the Angel” by Peter S. Beagle
“Fixing Hanover” by Jeff VanderMeer
“The Gambler” by Paolo Bacigalupi
“The Dust Assassin” by Ian McDonald
“Virgin” by Holly Black
“Pride and Prometheus” by John Kessel
“The Thought War” by Paul McAuley
“Beyond the Sea Gates of the Scholar Pirates of Sarsköe” by Garth Nix
“The Small Door” by Holly Phillips
“Turing’s Apples” by Stephen Baxter
“The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates” by Stephen King
“Five Thrillers” by Robert Reed
“The Magician’s House” by Meghan McCarron
“Goblin Music” by Joan Aiken
“Machine Maid” by Margo Lanagan
“The Art of Alchemy” by Ted Kosmatka
“26 Monkeys, Also the Abyss” by Kij Johnson
“Marry the Sun” by Rachel Swirsky
“Crystal Nights” by Greg Egan
“His Master’s Voice” by Hannu Rajaniemi
“Special Economics” by Maureen F. McHugh
“Evidence of Love in a Case of Abandonment: One Daughter’s Personal Account” by M. Rickert
“From Babel’s Fall’n Glory We Fled…” by Michael Swanwick
“If Angels Fight” by Richard Bowes
“The Doom of Love in Small Spaces” by Ken Scholes
“Pretty Monsters” by Kelly Link
Category Archives: short stories
Ages of Wonder – edited by Julie E. Czerneda and Rob St. Martin
Title: Ages of Wonder
Author(s): Kristen Bonn, Brad Carson, Jennifer Crow, Linda Davis, Urania Fung, K.J. Gould, Costi Gurgu, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Liz Holliday, Natalie Millman, Jana Paniccia, Tony Pi, Elizabeth Ann Scarborough, Karina Sumner-Smith, Caitlin Sweet, Sandra Tayler, Queenie Tyrone, Ika Vanderkoeck, Ceri Young
Editor(s): Julie E. Czerneda, Rob St. Martin
Cover Artist: n/a
Language: English
Publisher: Daw Books
Published: March 2009
ISBN-10: 0756405432
ISBN-13: 9780756405434
Contents:
“The Curse Tablet” by Nina Kiriki Hoffman
“To Play the Game of Men” by Caitlin Sweet
“Mist Wraith” by Urania Fung
“Written in Smoke” by Karina Sumner-Smith
“Cloud Above Water” by Natalie Millman
“Crossing the Waters” by Ika Vanderkoeck
“Here There Be Monsters” by Brad Carson
“A Swift Changing Course” by Jana Paniccia
“Blood and Soil” by Ceri Young
“Fletcher’s Ghost” by Liz Holliday
“Immigrant” by Sandra Tayler
“A Small Sacrifice” by Kristen Bonn
“Pony Up” by Linda Davis
“Gold at the End of the Railroad” by Elizabeth Ann Scarborough
“The Stone Orrery” by Jennifer Crow
“Sphinx!” by Tony Pi
“A Bird in the Hand” by Queenie Tyrone
“Mars Bound” by K.J. Gould
“Angels and Moths” by Costi Gurgu
Worlds by Eric Flint
“Worlds” by Eric Flint.
Title: Worlds
Author(s): Eric Flint
Cover Artist: Tom Kidd
Language: English
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: February 2009
ISBN-10: 1416591427
ISBN-13: 9781416591429
Contents:
“Preface”
“Islands” (Belisarius)
“The Wallenstein Gambit” (Assiti Shards)
“Portraits” (Anne Jefferson)
“Steps in the Dance” (Anne Jefferson)
“Postage Due” (Anne Jefferson)
“From the Highlands” (Honorverse)
“Entropy, and the Strangler” (Joe’s World)
“The Realm of Words” (Joe’s World)
“Genie Out of the Bottle” with Dave Freer (Rats, Bats and Vats)
“Cathargo Delenda Est” (Ranks of Bronze)
“Appendix: Eric Flint Bibliography”
The Tales of Beedle the Bard by J.K. Rowling
Title: The Tales of Beedle the Bard
Series: Harry Potter Universe
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): J.K. Rowling
Cover Artist: Mary GrandPré
Interior Artist(s): J.K. Rowling
Language: English
Publisher: Children’s High Level Group, Arthur A. Levine Books, Scholastic Press
Published: December 2008
ISBN-10: 0545128285
ISBN-13: 9780545128285
Blood Lite – edited by Kevin J. Anderson
“Blood Lite” edited by Kevin J. Anderson.
Title: Blood Lite
Series: Blood Lite
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Kelley Armstrong, Janet Berliner, Jim Butcher, Don D’Ammassa, Charlaine Harris, Nancy Holder, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Nancy Kilpatrick, J.A. Konrath, Joe Lansdale, Will Ludwigsen, Sharyn McCrumb, Mark Onspaugh, Mike Resnick, Steven Savile, D.L. Snell, Lucien Soulban, Jeff Strand, Eric James Stone, Matt Venne, Christopher Welch, F. Paul Wilson
Editor(s): Kevin J. Anderson
Cover Artist: n/a
Language: English
Original Publisher: Pocket Books
Originally Published: October 2008
Publisher: Pocket Books
Published: October 2009
ISBN-10: 1439148406
ISBN-13: 9781439148402
Contents:
“The Ungrateful Dead” by Kelley Armstrong
“Mr. Bear” by Joe Lansdale
“Hell in a Handbasket” by Lucien Soulban
“The Eldritch Pastiche from Beyond the Shadow of Horror” by Christopher Welch
“Elvis Presley and the Bloodsucker Blues” by Matt Venne
“No Problem” by Don D’Ammassa
“Old School” by Mark Onspaugh
“The Sound of Blunder” by J.A. Konrath and F. Paul Wilson
“An Evening with Al Gore” by Charlaine Harris
“Dear Prudence” by Steven Savile
“A Good Psycho Is Hard to Find” by Will Ludwigsen
“High Kicks and Misdemeanors” by Janet Berliner
“PR Problems” by Eric James Stone
“Where Angels Fear to Tread” by Sherrilyn Kenyon
“A Very Special Girl” (Harry the Book) by Mike Resnick
“Love Seat Solitaire” by D.L. Snell
“I Know Who You Ate Last Summer” by Nancy Holder
“Bitches of the Night” by Nancy Kilpatrick
“The Bell … FROM HELL!!!” by Jeff Strand
“Dead Hand” by Sharyn McCrumb
“Day Off” (The Dresden Files) by Jim Butcher
Worlds of Weber – Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington and Other Stories by David Weber
Title: Worlds of Weber – Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington and Other Stories
Author(s): David Weber✓
Cover Artist: Bob Eggleton
Language: English
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Published: October 2008
ISBN-10: 1596061774
ISBN-13: 9781596061774
Contents:
“Introduction”
“A Certain Talent”
“In the Navy” (Assiti Shards)
“The Captain from Kirkbean”
“Sir George and the Dragon” (Ranks of Bronze)
“Swordbrother” (Bahzell)
“A Beautiful Friendship” (Star Kingdom, Honorverse)
“Ms. Midshipwoman Harrington” (Honorverse)
“Miles to Go” (Bolo)
“The Traitor” (Bolo)
Otherworldly Main – edited by Noreen Doyle
Title: Otherworldly Main
Author(s): Karen Jordan Allen, Lee Allred, Jack L. Chalker, Noreen Doyle, Gardner Dozois, Tom Easton, Gregory Feeley, Elizabeth Hand, Daniel Hatch, Jeff Hecht, Lucy Suitor Holt, Edward Kent, Stephen King, John P. O’Grady, Edgar Pangborn, Jessica Reisman, Melanie Tem, Steve Rasnic Tem, Scott Thomas, Tom Tolnay, Mark Twain
Editor(s): Noreen Doyle
Cover Artist: Greg Mort
Language: English
Publisher: Down East
Published: September 2008
ISBN-10: 0892727462
ISBN-13: 9780892727469
Contents:
“Introduction: Musings on Maine and the Roots of Modern Science Fiction and Fantasy” by Noreen Doyle
“Longtooth” by Edgar Pangborn
“The Hermit Genius of Marshville” by Tom Tolnay
“Bass Fishing with the Enemy” by Daniel Hatch
“Dreams of Virginia Dare” by John P. O’Grady
“Echo” by Elizabeth Hand
“Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut” by Stephen King
“A Vision of Bangor, in the Twentieth Century” by Edward Kent
“By the Lake” (Probability Zero) by Jeff Hecht
“Awskonomuk” by Gregory Feeley
“The County” by Melanie Tem
“And Dream Such Dreams” by Lee Allred
“Flash Point” by Gardner Dozois
“The Loves of Alonzo Fitz Clarence and Rosannah Ethelton” by Mark Twain
“Trophy Seekins” by Lucy Suitor Holt
“The Autumn of Sorrows” by Scott Thomas
“Alternate Anxieties” by Karen Jordan Allen
“The Chapter of the Hawk of Gold” by Noreen Doyle
“The Bung-Hole Caper” by Tom Easton
“Dance Band on the Titanic” by Jack L. Chalker
“When the Ice Goes Out” by Jessica Reisman
“Creation Story” by Steve Rasnic Tem
Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show – edited by Edmund R. Schubert and Orson Scott Card
“Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show” edited by Edmund R Schubert and Orson Scott Card.
Title: Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show
Series: Orson Scott Card’s Intergalactic Medicine Show
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Tom Barlow, Bradley P. Beaulieu, Orson Scott Card, Brian Dolton, Rachel Ann Dryden, David Farland, Ty Franck, Aaron Johnston, David Lubar, James Maxey, Peter Orullian, Tim Pratt, Scott M. Roberts, Eric James Stone,
Editor(s): Orson Scott Card, Edmund R. Schubert
Cover Artist: Tomislav Tikulin
Interior Artist(s): Glen Bellamy, Lance Card, Nicole Cardiff, Julie Dillon, Laura Givens, Thorston Grambow, Jin Han, Aaron Johnston, Howard Lyon, James Owens, Nate Pinnock, Walter Simon, Jerimiah Syme, Tomislav Tikulin
Language: English
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: August 2008
ISBN-10: 0765320002
ISBN-13: 9780765320001
Notes: Each story has an afterword.
Contents:
“Foreword” by Orson Scott Card
“Introduction” by Edmund R. Schubert
“In the Eyes of the Empress’s Cat” by Bradley P. Beaulieu
“Mazer in Prison” by Orson Scott Card
“Tabloid Reporter to the Stars” by Eric James Stone
“Audience” by Ty Franck
“The Mooncalfe” by David Farland
“Cheater” by Orson Scott Card
“Dream Engine” by Tim Pratt
“Hats Off” by David Lubar
“Eviction Notice” by Scott M. Roberts
“To Know All Things That Are in the Earth” by James Maxey
“Beats of Seven” by Peter Orullian
“Pretty Boy” by Orson Scott Card
“Respite” by Rachel Ann Dryden
“Fat Farm” by Aaron Johnston
“The Box of Beautiful Things” by Brian Dolton
“Taint of Treason” by Eric James Stone
“Call Me Mr. Positive” by Tom Barlow
“A Young Man with Prospects” by Orson Scott Card
Laugh Lines by Ben Bova
“Laugh Lines” by Ben Bova.
Title: Laugh Lines
Author(s): Ben Bova
Cover Artist: Bob Eggleton
Language: English
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: July 2008
ISBN-10: 1416555609
ISBN-13: 9781416555605
Contents:
“Introduction”
“The Starcrossed”
“Cyberbooks”
“Crisis of the Month”
“The Great Moon Hoax or A Princess of Mars”
“The Supersonic Zeppelin”
“Vince’s Dragon”
“The Angel’s Gift”
“A Slight Miscalculation”
Grantville Gazette III – edited by Eric Flint
“Grantville Gazette III” – edited by Eric Flint.
Title: Grantville Gazette III
Series: Assiti Shards, Grantville Gazette anthologies
Number in Series: n/a, 3 (three)
Author: Karen Bergstralh, Rick Boatright, David Carrico, Andrew Clark, Virginia DeMarce, Eric Flint, Leonard Hollar, Bob Hollingsworth, George Huff, Wood Hughes, Eva Musch, Enrico M. Toro, Francis Turner, Tom Van Natta, John Zeek
Cover Artist: Tom Kidd
Language: English
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: June 2008
ISBN-10: 141655565X
ISBN-13: 9781416555650