The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF 2015 – edited by David Afsharirad

"The Years Best Military and Adventure SF 2015" edited by David Afsharirad.

“The Years Best Military and Adventure SF 2015” edited by David Afsharirad.


Title: The Year’s Best Military & Adventure SF 2015
Series: The Year’s Best Military SF, Space Opera and Adventure SF
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Editor(s): David Afsharirad
Cover Artist: Kurt Miller
Language: English
Publisher: Baen Books
Published: June 2016
ISBN-10: 147678177X
ISBN-13: 9781476781778
Contents:
   “The Siege of Denver” by Brendan DuBois
   “Save What You Can” (Hammer’s Slammers) by David Drake
   “For the Love of Sylvia City” by Andrea M. Pawley
   “The Wizard of the Trees” by Joe R. Lansdale
   “Helping Hand” by Claudine Griggs
   “Morrigan in Shadow” by Seth Dickinson
   “Remember Day” by Sarah Pinsker
   “Gyre” (Sargasso Containment) by Brad R. Torgersen
   “Twilight on Olympus” by Eric Leif Davin
   “The Trouble with Telepaths” by Hank Davis
   “This Is the Way the Universe Ends: with a Bang” by Brian Dolton
   “The Tumbledowns of Cleopatra Abyss” by David Brin

Speculative Japan – Outstanding Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy – edited by Gene van Troyer and Grania Davis

Title: Speculative Japan – Outstanding Tales of Japanese Science Fiction and Fantasy
Series: Speculative Japan
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Hisashi Asakura, 浅倉久志, David Brin, Grania Davis, Masami Fukushima, 福島正実, Yoshimasu Gōzō, 吉増剛造, Ryō Hanmura, 半村良, Takashi Ishikawa, 石川喬司, Shinji Kajio, 梶尾眞治, Hiromi Kawakami, 川上弘美, Hirai Kazumasa, 平井和正, Sakyō Komatsu, 小松左京, Tensei Kōno, 河野典生, Taku Mayumura, 眉村卓, Mariko Ōhara, 大原まり子, Takumi Shibano , 柴野拓美, Aritsune Toyota, 豊田有恒, Yasutaka Tsutsui, 筒井康隆, Gene van Troyer, Kōichi Yamano, 山野浩一, Tetsu Yano, 矢野徹
Editor(s): Grania Davis, Gene van Troyer
Cover Artist: Naoyuki Katō, 加藤直之
Language: English
Original Language: Japanese
Publisher: Kurodahan Press
Published: August 2007
ISBN-10: 4902075261
ISBN-13: 9784902075267
Contents:
   “Preface” by David Brin
   “Judy-san – Judith Merril, 1923-1997” by Grania Davis
   “Introduction: Phase Shifting” by Gene van Troyer
   “The Savage Mouth” by Sakyō Komatsu (小松左京)
   “A Time for Revolution” by Kazumasa Hirai (平井和正)
   “Hikari” by Tensei Kōno (河野典生)
   “I’ll Get Rid of Your Discontent” by Taku Mayumura (眉村卓)
   “The Road to the Sea” by Takashi Ishikawa (石川喬司)
   “Where Do the Birds Fly Now” by Kōichi Yamano (山野浩一)
   “Another Prince of Wales” by Aritsune Toyota (豊田有恒)
   “The Flower’s Life Is Short” by Masami Fukushima (福島正実)
   “Girl” by Mariko Ōhara (大原まり子)
   “Standing Woman” by Yasutaka Tsutsui (筒井康隆)
   “Cardboard Box” by Ryō Hanmura (半村良)
   “The Legend of the Paper Spaceship” by Tetsu Yano (矢野徹)
   “Reiko’s Universe Box” by Shinji Kajio (梶尾眞治)
   “Mogera Wogura” by Hiromi Kawakami (川上弘美)
   “Adrenalin” by Yoshimasu Gōzō (吉増剛造)
   “Collective Reason: A Proposal” by Takumi Shibano (柴野拓美)
   “Afterword: “From Vertical to Horizontal”” by Hisashi Asakura (浅倉久志)
   “Editor’s Afterword: “Translator as Hero”” by Grania Davis

The Hard SF Renaissance – edited by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer

Title: The Hard SF Renaissance
Author(s): Poul Anderson, Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, Ben Bova, David Brin, Ted Chiang, Arthur C. Clarke, Hal Clement, Greg Egan, Michael Flynn, Joe Haldeman, James P. Hogan, James Patrick Kelly, Nancy Kress, Geoffrey A. Landis, David Langford, Paul Levinson, Paul McAuley, G. David Nordley, Frederik Pohl, Robert Reed, Alastair Reynolds, Kim Stanley Robinson, Robert J. Sawyer, Karl Schroeder, Charles Sheffield, Joan Slonczewski, Brian Stableford, Allen Steele, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, Vernor Vinge, Peter Watts, Sarah Zettel
Editor(s): Kathryn Cramer, David G. Hartwell
Cover Artist: Gregory Manchess
Language: English
Original Publisher: Tor Books
Originally Published: November 2002
Publisher: Orb Books
Published: October 2003
ISBN-10: 031287636X
ISBN-13: 9780312876364
Contents:
   “Introduction: New People, New Places, New Politics” by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Cramer
   “Gene Wars” by Paul McAuley
   “Wang’s Carpets” by Greg Egan
   “Genesis” by Poul Anderson
   “Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars” by Kim Stanley Robinson
   “On the Orion Line” by Stephen Baxter
   “Beggars in Spain” by Nancy Kress
   “Matter’s End” by Gregory Benford
   “The Hammer of God” by Arthur C. Clarke
   “Think Like a Dinosaur” by James Patrick Kelly
   “Mount Olympus” by Ben Bova
   “Marrow” by Robert Reed
   “Microbe” by Joan Slonczewski
   “The Lady Vanishes” by Charles Sheffield
   “Bicycle Repairman” by Bruce Sterling
   “An Ever-Reddening Glow” by David Brin
   “Sexual Dimorphism” by Kim Stanley Robinson
   “Into the Miranda Rift” by G. David Nordley
   “The Shoulders of Giants” by Robert J. Sawyer
   “A Walk in the Sun” by Geoffrey A. Landis
   “For White Hill” by Joe Haldeman
   “A Career in Sexual Chemistry” by Brian Stableford
   “Reef” by Paul McAuley
   “Exchange Rate” by Hal Clement
   “Reasons to Be Cheerful” by Greg Egan
   “Griffin’s Egg” by Michael Swanwick
   “Great Wall of Mars” by Alastair Reynolds
   “A Niche” by Peter Watts
   “Gossamer” by Stephen Baxter
   “Madam Butterfly” by James P. Hogan
   “Understand” by Ted Chiang
   “Halo” by Karl Schroeder
   “Different Kinds of Darkness” by David Langford
   “Fast Times at Fairmont High” by Vernor Vinge
   “Reality Check” by David Brin
   “The Mendelian Lamp Case” by Paul Levinson
   “Kinds of Strangers” by Sarah Zettel
   “The Good Rat” by Allen Steele
   “Built Upon the Sands of Time” by Michael Flynn
   “Taklamakan” by Bruce Sterling
   “Hatching the Phoenix” by Frederik Pohl
   “Immersion” by Gregory Benford

Infinity’s Shore by David Brin

Title: Infinity’s Shore
Series: Uplift Storm
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): David Brin
Cover Artist: Jim Burns
Interior Artist: Kevin Lenagh
Language: English
Original Publisher: Bantam Spectra
Originally Published: December 1996
Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
Published: January 1997
ISBN-10: 0553101730
ISBN-13: 9780553101737
Catalog Number: 14540 (SFBC)

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

Murasaki by Poul Anderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, David Brin, Nancy Kress, and Frederik Pohl

"Murasaki" by Poul Anderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, David Brin, Nancy Kress, and Frederick Pohl.

“Murasaki” by Poul Anderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, David Brin, Nancy Kress, and Frederick Pohl.


Title: Murasaki
Author(s): Poul Anderson, Greg Bear, Gregory Benford, David Brin, Nancy Kress, and Frederick Pohl
Editor(s): Robert Silverberg, Martin H. Greenberg
Cover Artist: Stephen Youll
Language: English
Publisher: Bantam Spectra
Published: May 1992
ISBN-10: 0553082299
ISBN-13: 9780553082296
Notes: A novel in six parts.

The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy 11 – edited by Jonathan D. Langford and Edward Liebing

Title: The Leading Edge Magazine of Science Fiction and Fantasy 11
Series: Leading Edge
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): April Allgaier, Cathleen Barney, Karl F. Batdorff, M. Shayne Bell, Todd Bennett, Charlene Carlisle, Dennis E. Clayson, Craig L. Dalley, Brian Keith Evenson, Clark Farmer, Teresa Keenan, Jonathan D. Langford, Edward Liebing , Frank Maxwell, Neil J. McMichaels, Chad R. Milliner, John B. Rosenman, Julia L. Taylor, Dave Wolverton
Editor(s): Jonathan D. Langford, Edward Liebing
Cover Artist: Steve Keele
Interior Artist(s): Cory Bartholemew, David Bastian, David Michael Bastian, Darin Bell, Blake Crary, Shareen D. Halliday, Keith Kennedy, Edward Liebing, Eddy Mueller, Beverly Nokes, Valerie Rees, Clint Sessions, Michael Woodbury
Language: English
Publisher: Quark – The Science and Fiction Club
Published: 1985
Notes:
Staff List:
   Executive Editor: Jonathan D. Langford
   Managing Editor: Edward Liebing
   Assistant Editor: Karl F. Batdorff
   Executive Secretary: Valerie Rees
   Editing Director: David Wolverton
   Fiction Director: Chris Halladay
   Nonfiction Director: April Allgaier
   Art Director: Shareen D. Halliday
   Marketing Director: Jennilyn Babcock
   Associate Editors: Charlene Carlisle, Mel L. Gifford, James Wilson
   Staff: David Bastian, Eric Blood, David Doering, Mike Eging, Beverly Farland, Laurel Fearnley, Tom Grover, Polly Harris, Steve Houston, Keith Kennedy, John Landbeck, Per Malm, Eddy Mueller, Beverly Nokes, Eric Nyer, John Pennock, Suzanne Slingerland, Connie Smith, Lareena Smith, Dale Stephenson, Keri Webb, David Wilson, Anne Woddard, Michael Woodbury
   Special Thanks to: Linda Hunter Adams, Elizabeth Pope, Susan Ream, Marion K. Smith, Marjorie Wright
Contents:
   “Driven to the Edge: Editor’s Page” by Jonathan D. Langford
   “Free Air” by John B. Rosenman
   “Approaching the Edge: Playing the Game: An Interview with Gregory Benford” by Frank Maxwell
   “Fire and Brimstone” by Chad R. Milliner
   “Bob” by Brian Keith Evenson
   “Moon” poem by Clark Farmer
   “A View from the Edge: The Great Shift from Science Fiction to Fantasy” by Jonathan D. Langford
   “It Happened Like This…” by Craig L. Dalley
   “Elegy for a Childhood Friendship” poem by Neil J. McMichaels
   “Road to Candarei” by M. Shayne Bell
   “Over the Edge: Life, the Universe and Everything IV” by April Allgaier
   “The Library” by Teresa Keenan
   “Laundromat: Night” poem by M. Shayne Bell
   “Derahn” by Cathleen Barney
   “The Postman” by David Brin – review by Karl F. Batdorff
   “Always Coming Home” by Ursula K. Le Guin – review by Dave Wolverton
   “Sentenced to Prism” by Alan Dean Foster – review by Julia L. Taylor
   “Myth-ing Persons” by Robert Asprin – review by Charlene Carlisle
   “Speaker for the Dead” by Orson Scott Card – review by Todd Bennett
   “In the Room of the Third Reflection” by Dennis E. Clayson
   “Evanescence” by Charlene Carlisle
   “A Word in Edgewise: Manic Maunderings of a Managing Editor” by Edward Liebing