Title: The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror – Eighth Annual Collection
Series: The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror
Number in Series: 8 (eight)
Author(s): Dale Bailey, B. Brandon Barker, Nicholson Baker, Ray Bradbury, Scott Bradfield, John Bradley, Edward Bryant, Emma Bull, Jonathan Carroll, Lenora Champagne, Douglas Clegg, Ellen Datlow, Charles de Lint, Bradley Denton, Harlan Ellison, Margarita Engle, Kelley Eskridge, Gregory Feeley, James Frenkel, Neil Gaiman, David Garnett, Charles Grant, M. John Harrison, Linda Weasel Head, Noy Holland, Pagan Kennedy, Jack Ketchum, Stephen King, Andrew Klavan, Nancy Kress, Geoffrey A. Landis, Barry Lopez, Ian McDonald, Patricia A. McKillip, Steven Millhauser, Brian Mooney, A.R. Morlan, Emily Newland, David Nickle, Joyce Carol Oates, Leroy Quintana, Carme Riera, Kevin Roice, Nicholas Royle, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Darrell Schweitzer, Delia Sherman, Will Shetterly, Michael Marshall Smith, William Browning Spencer, Michael Swanwick, Judith Tarr, Steve Rasnic Tem, Rachel Wetzsteon, Terri Windling, Jack Womack, Jane Yolen
Editor(s): Ellen Datlow, Terri Windling
Cover Artist: Thomas Canty
Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Published: September 1995
ISBN-10: 0312132204
ISBN-13: 9780312132200
Notes: This is printed on really heavy paper!
Contents:
“Summation 1994: Fantasy” by Terri Windling
“Summation 1994: Horror” by Ellen Datlow
“Horror and Fantasy in the Media: 1994” by Edward Bryant
“Comics 1994” by Will Shetterly and Emma Bull
“Obituaries” by James Frenkel
“Transmutations” by Patricia A. McKillip
“Bottom’s Dream” by Rachel Wetzsteon
“La Promesa” by Leroy Quintana
“Aweary of the Sun” by Gregory Feeley
“A Wheel in the Desert, the Moon on Some Swings” by Jonathan Carroll
“Who Will Love the River God?” by Emily Newland
“Brothers” by Joyce Carol Oates
“Subsoil” by Nicholson Baker
“Elvis’s Bathroom” by Pagan Kennedy
“Yet Another Poisoned Apple for the Fairy Princess” by A.R. Morlan
“The Big Game” by Nicholas Royle
“Buenaventura and the Fifteen Sisters” by Margarita Engle
“De Natura Unicorni” by Jane Yolen
“Blue Motel” by Ian McDonald
“A Friend Indeed” by David Garnett
“Sometimes, in the Rain” by Charles Grant
“Rain Falls” by Michael Marshall Smith
“That Old School Tie” by Jack Womack
“Animals Behind Bars!” by Scott Bradfield
“Monuments to the Dead” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
“Unterseeboot Doktor” by Ray Bradbury
“Young Woman in a Garden” by Delia Sherman
“The Man in the Black Suit” by Stephen King
“‘In the Tradition…'” by Michael Swanwick
“Words Like Pale Stones” by Nancy Kress
“Marchen” poem by Jane Yolen
“Giants in the Earth” by Dale Bailey
“A Conflagration Artist” by Bradley Denton
“Report” by Carme Riera
“The Village of the Mermaids” poem by John Bradley
“—And the Horses Hiss at Midnight” by A.R. Morlan
“The Entreaty of the Wiideema” by Barry Lopez
“White Chapel” by Douglas Clegg
“The Stone Woman” poem by Linda Weasel Head
“Coyote Stories” by Charles de Lint
“The Box” by Jack Ketchum
“A Fear of Dead Things” by Andrew Klavan
“He Unwraps Himself” poem by Darrell Schweitzer
“Chandira” by Brian Mooney
“Fever” by Harlan Ellison
“The Best Things in Life” by Lenora Champagne
“Mending Souls” by Judith Tarr
“The Ocean and All Its Devices” by William Browning Spencer
“Strings” by Kelley Eskridge
“Superman’s Diary” by B. Brandon Barker
“Isobel Avens Returns to Stepney in the Spring” by M. John Harrison
“The Sisterhood of Night” by Steven Millhauser
“Winter Bodies” by Noy Holland
“The Sloan Men” by David Nickle
“Is That Them?” by Kevin Roice
“The Kingdom of Cats and Birds” by Geoffrey A. Landis
“Angel Combs” by Steve Rasnic Tem
“Snow, Glass, Apples” by Neil Gaiman
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The Year’s Best Science Fiction – Twelfth Annual Collection – edited by Gardner Dozois
“The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Twelfth Annual Collection” edited by Gardner Dozois.
Title: The Year’s Best Science Fiction – Twelfth Annual Collection
Series: The Year’s Best Science Fiction
Number in Series: 12 (twelve)
Author(s): Stephen Baxter, Michael Bishop, Terry Bisson, Pat Cadigan, Greg Egan, Eliot Fintushel, Michael F. Flynn, Lisa Goldstein, Joe Haldeman, Katharine Kerr, Nancy Kress, Ursula K. Le Guin, Maureen F. McHugh, Robert Reed, Mike Resnick, Mary Rosenblum, Geoff Ryman, William Sanders, Brian Stableford, George Turner, Howard Waldrop, Walter Jon Williams
Editor(s): Gardner Dozois
Cover Artist: Bob Eggleton
Language:English
Original Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Originally Published: July 1995
Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
Published: September 1995
ISBN-10: 0312132220
ISBN-13: 9780312132224
Catalog Number: 07849 (SFBC)
Contents:
“Forgiveness Day” by Ursula K. Le Guin
“The Remoras” by Robert Reed
“Nekropolis” by Maureen F. McHugh
“Margin of Error” by Nancy Kress
“Cilia-of-Gold” by Stephen Baxter
“Going After Old Man Alabama” by William Sanders
“Melodies of the Heart” by Michael F. Flynn
“The Hole in the Hole” by Terry Bisson
“Paris in June” by Pat Cadigan
“Flowering Mandrake” by George Turner
“None So Blind” by Joe Haldeman
“Cocoon” by Greg Egan
“Seven Views of Olduvai Gorge” by Mike Resnick
“Dead Space for the Unexpected” by Geoff Ryman
“Cri de Coeur” by Michael Bishop
“The Sawing Boys” by Howard Waldrop
“The Matter of Seggri” by Ursula K. Le Guin
“Ylem” by Eliot Fintushel
“Asylum” by Katharine Kerr
“Red Elvis” by Walter Jon Williams
“California Dreamer” by Mary Rosenblum
“Split Light” by Lisa Goldstein
“Les Fleurs Du Mal” by Brian Stableford
Alien Pregnant by Elvis – edited by Esther M. Friesner and Martin H. Greenberg
Title: Alien Pregnant by Elvis
Author(s): Eluki bes Shahar, John Gregory Betancourt, Bruce Boston, David Brin, James Brunet, Greg Cox, Kate Daniel, John DeChancie, David Drake, Roger Dutcher, George Alec Effinger , Gregory Feeley, Alan Dean Foster, Laura Frankos, Esther M. Friesner, G—r G—n, Richard Gilliam, Karen Haber, Jeff Hecht, Anthony Lewis, Barry N. Malzberg, Dennis McKiernan, Thomas F. Monteleone, Jody Lynn Nye, Laura Resnick, Mike Resnick, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Josepha Sherman, Dean Wesley Smith, Allen Steele, Mark Tiedemann, Harry Turtledove, David Vierling, Lawrence Watt-Evans, T. Winter-Damon, Deborah Wunder
Editor(s): Esther M. Friesner, Martin H. Greenberg
Cover Artist: Jim Warren
Language: English
Publisher: Daw Books
Published: June 1994
ISBN-10: 0886776104
ISBN-13: 9780886776107
Contents:
“Alien Pregnant by Elvis” essay by Esther M. Friesner
“The Source of it All” by Dennis McKiernan
“The Bride of Bigfoot” by Lawrence Watt-Evans
“Close-Up Photos Reveal JFK Skull on Moon!” by Barry N. Malzberg
“Marilyn, Elvis, and the Reality Blues” by James Brunet
“Those Rowdy Royals!” by Laura Resnick
“My Husband Became A Zombie and it Saved Our Marriage” by Karen Haber
“Rock Band Conjures Satan as Manager” by Deborah Wunder
“2,437 UFOs Over New Hampshire” by Allen Steele
“Pulitzer Kills Publishing Maggot” by Mark Tiedemann
“Elvis at the White House” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
“The Number of the Beast” by Jeff Hecht
“De Gustibus” by Anthony Lewis
“Is Your Coworker a Space Alien?” by Eluki bes Shahar
“A Beak for Trends” by Laura Frankos
“Hitler Clone in Argentina Plots Falklands Reprise, or Death and Transfiguration” by John DeChancie
“Group Phenomena” by Thomas F. Monteleone
“Unextinctions” poem by Bruce Boston and Roger Dutcher
“How Alien He Really Was” by Bruce Boston
“NASA Sending Addicts to Mars!” by Alan Dean Foster
“Vole” by John Gregory Betancourt
“In Search of the Perfect Orgasm” by Dean Wesley Smith
“Saving Sam’s Used UFOs” by Kate Daniel
“Danny’s Excellent Adventure” by Greg Cox
“Royal Tiff Yields Face of Jesus!” by Esther M. Friesner
“Magnetic Personality Triggers Nail-Biter’s Near-Death Ordeal!” by T. Winter-Damon
“They’d Never—” by Harry Turtledove
“Loch Ness Monster Found—In the Bermuda Triangle” by David Vierling
“Racehorse Predicts the Future!” by Josepha Sherman
“Printer’s Devils” by Gregory Feeley
“Cannibal Plants From Heck” by David Drake
“Psychic Bats 1000 For Accuracy!” by Jody Lynn Nye
“Caveat Atlantis” by Richard Gilliam
“Frozen Hitler Found in Atlantean Love Nest” by G—r G—n
“Those Eyes” by David Brin
“Stop Press” by Mike Resnick
“Martian Memorial to Elvis Sighted” by George Alec Effinger
Grails: Quests of the Dawn – edited by Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg, and Edward E. Kramer
Title: Grails: Quests of the Dawn
Author(s): Bruce D. Arthurs, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Orson Scott Card, James S. Dorr, Lionel Fenn, Alan Dean Foster, Neil Gaiman, Richard Gilliam, Lee Hoffman, Mercedes Lackey, Fritz Leiber, Lisa Lepovetsky, Andre Norton, Ilona Ouspenskaya, Diana L. Paxson, Jeremiah E. Phipps, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Margo Skinner, Dean Wesley Smith, Brad Strickland, Brian M. Thomsen, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Rick Wilber, Gene Wolfe, Janny Wurts, Jane Yolen
Editor(s): Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg, Edward E. Kramer
Cover Artist: Thomas Canty
Language: English
Publisher: Roc
Published: March 1994
ISBN-10: 0451453034
ISBN-13: 9780451453037
Contents:
“The Question of the Grail” poem by Jane Yolen
“The Cup and the Cauldron” by Mercedes Lackey
“That Which Overfloweth” by Andre Norton
“Chalice of Tears, or I Didn’t Want that Damned Grail Anyway” by Marion Zimmer Bradley
“The Feast of the Fisher King” by Diana L. Paxson
“The Gift of Gilthaliad” by Brad Strickland
“Curse of the Romany” by Ilona Ouspenskaya
“Dagda” poem by James S. Dorr
“The Sailor Who Sailed After the Sun” by Gene Wolfe
“Water” by Lee Hoffman
“What You See…” by Alan Dean Foster
“Storyville, Tennessee” by Richard Gilliam
“Somewhere in Her Dying Heart” poem by Lisa Lepovetsky
“Hell-Bent for Leather” by Jeremiah E. Phipps
“Atlantis” by Orson Scott Card
“Invisible Bars” by Dean Wesley Smith
“That Way Lies Camelot” by Janny Wurts
“Hitchhiking Across an Ancient Sea” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
“Visions” by Lawrence Watt-Evans
“The Awful Truth in Arthur’s Barrow” by Lionel Fenn
“Reunion” by Brian M. Thomsen
“Quest Now” poem by Margo Skinner
“Chivalry” by Neil Gaiman
“Falling to the Edge of the End of the World” by Bruce D. Arthurs
“Greggie’s Cup” by Rick Wilber
“The Grail Legend: An Afterword” by Fritz Leiber
The Second Generation by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman
Title: The Second Generation
Series: The Second Generation, Dragonlance universe
Number in Series: 1 (one), n/a
Author(s): Dezra Despain, Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis, Michael Williams
Cover Artist: Larry Elmore
Interior Artist(s): Ned Dameron
Language: English
Original Publisher: TSR
Originally Published: February 1994
Publisher: TSR
Published: unknown
ISBN-10: 0786902604
ISBN-13: 9780786902606
Notes: All works by Weis and Hickman unless otherwise noted.
Contents:
“Prologue” (poem) by Michael Williams
“Foreword”
“I” (poem) by Michael Williams
“Kitiara’s Son”
“II” (poem) by Michael Williams
“The Legacy”
“III” (poem) by Michael Williams
“‘Wanna Bet?'”
“IV” (poem) by Michael Williams
“Raistlin’s Daughter” by Margaret Weis and Dezra Despain
“V” (poem) by Michael Williams
“The Sacrifice”
“Epilogue” (poem) by Michael Williams
“Song of Huma” by Tracy Hickman
“Knights of Takhisis”
Washed by a Wave of Wind – Science Fiction from the Corridor – edited by M. Shayne Bell
Title: Washed by a Wave of Wind: Science Fiction from the Corridor
Author(s): Glenn L. Anderson, Virginia Ellen Baker, M. Shayne Bell, Pat Bezzant, Elizabeth H. Boyer, Orson Scott Card, James Cummings, Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury, David Doering, B.J. Fogg, Melva Gifford, Charlene C. Harmon, Diana Lofgran Hoffman, Barbara R. Hume, Carolyn Nicita, Michaelene Pendleton, D. William Shunn, Diann Thornley, Dave Wolverton, Lyn Worthen, M.W. Worthen
Editor(s): M. Shayne Bell
Cover Artist: n/a
Language: English
Publisher: Signature Books
Published: January 1994
ISBN-10: 1560850388
ISBN-13: 9781560850380
Contents:
“Editor’s Introduction: Toward a Science Fiction from the West” by M. Shayne Bell
“Prologue: Strange Bedfellows—A History of Science Fiction in the Corridor” by Barbara R. Hume
“Wheatfields Beyond” by Dave Wolverton✓
“Solitude” by Carolyn Nicita✓
“Outside the Tabernacle” by B.J. Fogg
“Space People” by James Cummings
“The Shining Dream Road Out” by M. Shayne Bell✓
“Other Time” by Diana Lofgran Hoffman
“Rise Up, Ye Women That Are at Ease” by D. William Shunn✓
“You Can’t Go Back” by M.W. Worthen✓
“Thunderbird’s Egg ” by Diann Thornley✓
“Scrap Pile” by Melva Gifford✓
“Signs and Wonders” by Kathleen Dalton-Woodbury✓
“Songs of Solomon” by Virginia Ellen Baker✓
“Pueblo de Sión” by Charlene C. Harmon✓
“A Foreigner Comes to Reddyville” by Elizabeth H. Boyer
“Snooze” by David Doering✓
“Shannon’s Flight” by Glenn L. Anderson
“Rumors of My Death” by Lyn Worthen✓
“Finale” by Pat Bezzant
“Dealer” by Michaelene Pendleton✓
“Pageant Wagon” by Orson Scott Card
The Random House Book of Bedtime Stories
“The Random House Book of Bedtime Stories”.
Title: The Random House Book of Bedtime Stories
Author(s): Aesop, Joan Aiken, Margaret Wise Brown, Walter de la Mare, Rose Dobbs, Eleanor Farjeon, Brothers Grimm, Deborah Hautzig, Adelaide Holl, Sue Kassirer, Gillian Kelly, Rudyard Kipling, Beatrix Potter, Anne Rockwell, Joanne Ryder, Marjorie Weinman Sharmat, Oscar Wilde
Editor(s): none
Cover Artist: Jane Dyer
Interior Artist(s): Jane Dyer
Language: English
Publisher: Random House
Published: 1994
ISBN-10: 0679808329
ISBN-13: 9780679808329
Notes: Many of these are traditional folk or fairy tales retold by these authors.
Contents:
“How the Camel Got His Hump” by Rudyard Kipling
“The Lion and the Mouse” by Aesop
“The Tale of Peter Rabbit” by Beatrix Potter
“The Selfish Giant” by Oscar Wilde
“Grumley the Grouch” by Marjorie Weinman Sharmat
“The Baker’s Cat” by Joan Aiken
“The Lad Who Went to the North Wind” by Anne Rockwell
“Under the Moon” by Joanne Ryder
“Young Kate” by Eleanor Farjeon
“The Gingerbread Boy” by Gillian Kelly
“The Golden Goose” by Brothers Grimm and Sue Kassirer
“The Three Billy Goats Gruff” by Brothers Grimm and Sue Kassirer
“The Little Snow Maiden” by Sue Kassirer
“The Bremen Town Musicians” by Walter de la Mare and Deborah Hautzig
“The Little Red Hen” by Gillian Kelly
“The Hare and the Hedgehog” by Walter de la Mare and Deborah Hautzig
“Goldilocks and the Three Bears” by Gillian Kelly
“The Man Who Had No Dream” by Adelaide Holl
“The Dreaming Bunny” by Margaret Wise Brown
“Snow White and Rose Red” by Brothers Grimm and Rose Dobbs
The Chronicles of Pern – First Fall by Anne McCaffrey
“The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall” by Anne McCaffrey.
Title: The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall
Series: Dragonriders of Pern, Federated Sentient Planets
Number in Series: 9 (nine), n/a
Author(s): Anne McCaffrey
Cover Artist: Keith Parkinson
Interior Artist(s): Bob Porter
Language: English
Original Publisher: Del Rey
Originally Published: November 1993
Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
Published: May 1994
ISBN-10: 0345368983
ISBN-13: 9780345368980
Catalog Number: 03101
Contents:
“The Survey: P.E.R.N.c”
“The Dolphins’ Bell”
“The Ford of Red Hanrahan”
“The Second Weyr”
“Rescue Run”
Masters of Fantasy – edited by Terry Carr and Martin H. Greenberg
Title: Masters of Fantasy
Author(s): Michael Bishop, James Blish, Robert Bloch, Anthony Boucher, Ray Bradbury, Fredric Brown, John Collier, Avram Davidson, Thomas M. Disch, Harlan Ellison, Philip José Farmer, H.L. Gold, Robert A. Heinlein, Zenna Henderson, Shirley Jackson, C.M. Kornbluth, Henry Kuttner, R.A. Lafferty, Fritz Leiber, H.P. Lovecraft, A. Merritt, C.L. Moore, Keith Roberts, Joanna Russ, Eric Frank Russell, Clark Ashton Smith, Theodore Sturgeon, Jack Vance, Manly Wade Wellman, Donald A. Wollheim, Roger Zelazny
Editor(s): Terry Carr, Martin H. Greenberg
Cover Artist: Henri Rousseau
Language: English
Publisher: Galahad Books
Published: August 1992
ISBN-10: 0883657864
ISBN-13: 9780883657867
Notes: Martin H. Greenberg is listed as “Martin Harry Greenberg” on the cover and inside the book.
Contents:
“The Rats in the Walls” by H.P. Lovecraft
“The Woman of the Wood” by A. Merritt
“Trouble with Water” by H.L. Gold
“Thirteen O’Clock” by C.M. Kornbluth
“The Coming of the White Worm” by Clark Ashton Smith
“Yesterday Was Monday” by Theodore Sturgeon
“They Bite” by Anthony Boucher
“Call Him Demon” by Henry Kuttner
“Daemon” by C.L. Moore
“The Black Ferris” by Ray Bradbury
“Displaced Person” by Eric Frank Russell
“Our Fair City” by Robert A. Heinlein
“Come and Go Mad” by Fredric Brown
“There Shall Be No Darkness” by James Blish
“The Loom of Darkness” by Jack Vance
“The Rag Thing” by Donald A. Wollheim
“Sail On! Sail On!” by Philip José Farmer
“One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts” by Shirley Jackson
“That Hell-Bound Train” by Robert Bloch
“Nine Yards of Other Cloth” by Manly Wade Wellman
“The Montavarde Camera” by Avram Davidson
“Man Overboard” by John Collier
“My Dear Emily” by Joanna Russ
“Descending” by Thomas M. Disch
“Four Ghosts in Hamlet” by Fritz Leiber
“Divine Madness” by Roger Zelazny
“Narrow Valley” by R.A. Lafferty
“Timothy” by Keith Roberts
“Through a Glass—Darkly” by Zenna Henderson
“Jeffty Is Five” by Harlan Ellison
“Within the Walls of Tyre” by Michael Bishop
Playgrounds of the Mind by Larry Niven
“Playgrounds of the Mind” by Larry Niven.
Title: Playgrounds of the Mind
Series: Berserker, Draco Tavern, Gil Hamilton, Heorot, Known Space, Magic Goes Away, Ringworld, State, Svetz
Number in Series: n/a
Author(s): Larry Niven
Cover Artist: David Archer
Interior Artist(s): Ellisa Mitchell
Language: English
Original Publisher: Tor Books
Originally Published: October 1991
Publisher: Tor Books
Published: July 1992
ISBN-10: 0812516958
ISBN-13: 9780812516951
Notes: Second printing.
Contents:
“Thraxisp: A Memoir”
“A Teardrop Falls” (Berserker)
“From Inferno” excerpt
“Rammer” (State)
“The Ethics of Madness” excerpt
“Becalmed in Hell” (Known Space)
“Wait It Out” (Known Space)
“A Relic of the Empire” (Known Space)
“Lucifer’s Hammer” excerpt by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
“The Soft Weapon” (Known Space)
“The Borderland of Sol” (Known Space)
“The Ringworld Engineers” excerpt (Ringworld)
“What Good Is a Glass Dagger?” (Magic Goes Away)
“The Magic Goes Away” excerpt (Magic Goes Away)
“The Defenseless Dead” (Gil Hamilton)
“The Patchwork Girl” excerpt
“Leviathan!” (Svetz)
“Oath of Fealty” excerpt by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
“Unfinished Story” (Magic Goes Away)
“Cautionary Tales”
“The Dreadful White Page”
“Retrospective” by Larry Niven and Steven Barnes
“The Green Marauder” (Draco Tavern)
“Assimilating Our Culture, That’s What They’re Doing!” (Draco Tavern)
“War Movie” (Draco Tavern)
“Limits” (Draco Tavern)
“The Lost Ideas”
“Bigger Than Worlds”
“Ghetto? But I Thought…”
“Adrienne and Irish Coffee”
“One Night at the Draco Tavern” (Draco Tavern)
“TrantorCon Report”
“Why Men Fight Wars, and What You Can Do About It!”
“Comics”
“The Green Lantern Bible”
“Criticism”
“The Legacy of Heorot” (Heorot) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle and Steven Barnes
“Portrait of Daryanree the King”
“The Wishing Game”
“The Lion in His Attic” (Magic Goes Away)
“Footfall” excerpt by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
“The Moat Around Murcheson’s Eye” excerpt
“Fallen Angels” excerpt
“Wanted Fan”
“The California Voodoo Game”
“Letter to Ralph Vicinanza Ltd.”