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
Category Archives: short stories
This Is My Funniest – edited by Mike Resnick
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
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”
Outbound Flight by Timothy Zahn
“Outbound Flight” by Timothy Zahn.
Title: Outbound Flight
Series: Star Wars universe, Admiral Thrawn
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Timothy Zahn
Cover Artist: Dave Seeley
Language: English
Original Publisher: Del Rey
Originally Published: February 2006
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: July 1983
ISBN-10: 034545684X
ISBN-13: 9780345456847
Contents:
“Outbound Flight”
“Mist Encounter” (short story from August 1995, published in Star Wars Adventure Journal
Modern Greats of Science Fiction – Nine Novellas of Distinction – edited by Jonathan Strahan
“Modern Greats of Science Fiction” edited by Jonathan Strahan.
Title: Modern Greats of Science Fiction
Series: Best Short Novels
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Kage Baker, William Barton, Terry Bisson, John Meaney, Lucius Shepard, Robert Freeman Wexler, Walter Jon Williams, Connie Willis, John C. Wright
Editor(s): Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Les Munoz
Language: English
Publisher: ibooks
Published: January 2006
ISBN-10: 1596873078
ISBN-13: 9781596873070
Notes: This is a variant title for Best Short Novels 2004.
Contents:
“The Empress of Mars” by Kage Baker
“The Green Leopard Plague” by Walter Jon Williams
“In Springdale Town” by Robert Freeman Wexler
“The Swastika Bomb” by John Meaney
“Jailwise” by Lucius Shepard
“Just Like the Ones We Used to Know” by Connie Willis
“Greetings” by Terry Bisson
“Awake in the Night” by John C. Wright
“Off on a Starship” by William Barton
Harrowing the Dragon by Patricia A. McKillip
Title: Harrowing the Dragon
Author(s): Patricia A. McKillip
Cover Artist: Kinuko Y. Craft
Language: English
Original Publisher: Ace Books
Originally Published: November 2005
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: November 2006
ISBN-10: 0441014437
ISBN-13: 9780441014439
Contents:
“The Harrowing of the Dragon of Hoarsbreath”
“A Matter of Music”
“A Troll and Two Roses”
“Baba Yaga and the Sorcerer’s Son”
“The Fellowship of the Dragon”
“Lady of the Skulls”
“The Snow Queen”
“Ash, Wood, Fire”
“The Stranger”
“Transmutations ”
“The Lion and the Lark”
“The Witches of Junket”
“Star-Crossed”
“Voyage into the Heart”
“Toad”
.hack//AI Buster 2 by Tatsuya Hamazaki
Title: .hack//AI Buster 2
Series: AI Buster, .hack
Number in Series: 2 (two), n/a
Author(s): Tatsuya Hamazaki, 浜崎達也
Cover Artist: Rei Izumi, 依澄れい
Interior Artist(s): Rei Izumi, 依澄れい
Language: English
Original Language: Japanese
Original Title: .hack//AI Buster 2
Original Publisher: Kadokawa Shoten, 角川書店
Originally Published: May 2005
Publisher: TokyoPop
Published: February 2006
ISBN-10: 1598164074
ISBN-13: 9781598164077
Notes: “Izumi” is spelled “Idumi” for this volume.
Contents:
“History of ‘The World'”
“Foreword”
“2nd Character/Haruka Muzuhara’s Situation”
“Wotan’s Spear”
“Kamui”
“Rumor”
“Firefly”
“Afterword”
Elantris – Tenth Anniversary Author’s Definitive Edition by Brandon Sanderson
“Elantris” Tenth Anniversary Author’s Definitive Edition by Brandon Sanderson.
Title: Elantris Tenth Anniversary Author’s Definitive Edition
Series: Elantris, Cosmere
Number in Series: 1 (one), n/a
Author(s): Brandon Sanderson
Cover Artist: Stephan Martinière
Interior Artist(s): Isaac Stewart
Language: English
Original Publisher: Tor Books
Originally Published: April 2005
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: October 2015
ISBN-10: 0765383101
ISBN-13: 9780765383105
Notes: Has a scene with Hoid at the end.
Grantville Gazette – edited by Eric Flint
“Grantville Gazette”, edited by Eric Flint.
Title: Grantville Gazette
Series: Assiti Shards, Grantville Gazette anthologies
Number in Series: n/a, 1 (one)
Author: Karen Bergstralh, Rick Boatright, Virginia DeMarce, Eric Flint, Robert Gottlief, Gorg Huff, Loren Jones, Tom Van Natta
Cover Artist: Tom Kidd
Language: English
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: November 2004
ISBN-10: 0743488601
ISBN-13: 9780743488600
The John Varley Reader – Thirty Years of Short Fiction by John Varley
“The John Varley Reader – Thirty Years of Short Fiction” by John Varley.
Title: The John Varley Reader – Thirty Years of Short Fiction
Author(s): John Varley
Cover Artist: Ralph Mercer, Ian McKinnell
Language: English
Original Publisher: Ace Books
Originally Published: September 2004
Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
Published: October 2004
ISBN-10: 0739446711
ISBN-13: 9780739446713
Catalog Number: 1173161 (SFBC)
Notes:
Contents:
“Picnic on Nearside” (Eight Worlds)
“Overdrawn at the Memory Bank” (Eight Worlds)
“In the Hall of the Martian Kings”
“Gotta Sing, Gotta Dance” (Eight Worlds)
“The Barbie Murders” (Anna-Louise Bach)
“The Phantom of Kansas” (Eight Worlds)
“Beatnik Bayou” (Eight Worlds)
“Air Raid”
“The Persistence of Vision”
“Press Enter■”
“The Pusher”
“Tango Charlie and Foxtrot Romeo” (Anna-Louise Bach)
“Options” (Eight Worlds)
“Just Another Perfect Day”
“In Fading Suns and Dying Moons”
“The Flying Dutchman”
“Good Intentions”
“The Bellman” (Anna-Louise Bach)