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Field of Fantasies – Baseball Stories of the Strange and Supernatural – edited by Rick Wilber

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"Field of Fantasies" edited by Rick Wilber.

“Field of Fantasies” edited by Rick Wilber.


Title: Field of Fantasies: Baseball Stories of the Strange and Supernatural
Author(s): Max Apple, T. Coraghessan Boyle, Ray Bradbury, Ron Carlson, Robert Coover, Gardner Dozois, Karen Joy Fowler, Ray Gonzalez, Jack Kerouac, John Kessel, Stephen King, W.P. Kinsella, Louise Marley, Bruce McAllister, Stewart O’Nan, Kim Stanley Robinson, David Sandner, Valerie Sayers, Wilbur Schramm, Rod Serling, Cecelia Tan, Harry Turtledove, Edo van Belkom, Jacob Weisman, by Rick Wilber
Editor(s): Rick Wilber
Language: English
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Published: October 2014
ISBN-10: 1597805483
ISBN-13: 9781597805483
Contents:
   “A Face in the Crowd” by Stephen King and Stewart O’Nan
   “The Further Adventures of the Invisible Man” by Karen Joy Fowler
   “The Hector Quesadilla Story” by T. Coraghessan Boyle
   “Arthur Sternbach Brings the Curveball to Mars” by Kim Stanley Robinson
   “Ronnie on the Mound” by Jack Kerouac
   “My Kingdom for Jones” by Wilbur Schramm
   “Diamond Girls” by Louise Marley
   “How to Read a Man” by Valerie Sayers
   “The Hanging Curve” by Gardner Dozois
   “The Franchise” by John Kessel
   “Understanding Alvarado” by Max Apple
   “The Southpaw” by Bruce McAllister
   “Ahab at the Helm” by Ray Bradbury
   “McDuff on the Mound” by Robert Coover
   “The Mighty Casey” by Rod Serling
   “The House That George Built” by Harry Turtledove
   “Baseball” by Ray Gonzalez
   “My Last Season with the Owls” by Ron Carlson
   “Pitchers and Catchers” by Cecelia Tan
   “Baseball Memories” by Edo van Belkom
   “Lost October” by David Sandner and Jacob Weisman
   “Stephen to Cora to Joe” by Rick Wilber
   “How I Got My Nickname” by W.P. Kinsella

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year – Volume Five – edited by Jonathan Strahan

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"The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five" - edited by Jonathan Strahan.

“The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume Five” – edited by Jonathan Strahan.


Title: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year – Volume Five
Series: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year
Number in Series: 5 (five)
Author(s): Joe Abercrombie, Christopher Barzak, Holly Black, Sarah Rees Brennan, Damien Broderick, Pat Cadigan, Cory Doctorow, Neil Gaiman, Sara Genge, Theodora Goss, Elizabeth Hand, Kij Johnson, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Ellen Kushner, Margo Lanagan, Geoffrey A. Landis, Sandra McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, K.J. Parker, Diana Peterfreund, Hannu Rajaniemi, Robert Reed, Bruce Sterling, Rachel Swirsky, Lavie Tidhar, Ian Tregillis, Genevieve Valentine, Peter Watts
Editor(s): Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Sparth
Language: English
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Published: March 2011
ISBN-10: 1597801720
ISBN-13: 9781597801720
Contents:
   “Elegy for a Young Elk” by Hannu Rajaniemi
   “The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains” by Neil Gaiman
   “Seven Sexy Cowboy Robots” by Sandra McDonald
   “The Spy Who Never Grew Up” by Sarah Rees Brennan
   “The Aarne-Thompson Classification Revue” by Holly Black
   “Under the Moons of Venus” by Damien Broderick
   “The Fool Jobs” by Joe Abercrombie
   “Alone” by Robert Reed
   “Names for Water” by Kij Johnson
   “Fair Ladies” by Theodora Goss
   “Plus or Minus” by James Patrick Kelly
   “The Man with the Knives” by Ellen Kushner
   “The Jammie Dodgers and the Adventure of the Leicester Square Screening” by Cory Doctorow
   “The Maiden Flight of McCauley’s Bellerophon” by Elizabeth Hand
   “The Miracle Aquilina” by Margo Lanagan
   “The Taste of Night” by Pat Cadigan
   “The Exterminator’s Want-Ad” by Bruce Sterling
   “Map of Seventeen” by Christopher Barzak
   “The Naturalist” by Maureen McHugh
   “Sins of the Father” by Sara Genge
   “The Sultan of the Clouds” by Geoffrey A. Landis
   “Iteration” by John Kessel
   “The Care and Feeding of Your Baby Killer Unicorn” by Diana Peterfreund
   “The Night Train” by Lavie Tidhar
   “Still Life (A Sexagesimal Fairy Tale)” by Ian Tregillis
   “Amor Vincit Omnia” by K.J. Parker
   “The Things” by Peter Watts
   “The Zeppelin Conductors’ Society Annual Gentlemen’s Ball” by Genevieve Valentine
   “The Lady Who Plucked Red Flowers Beneath the Queen’s Window” by Rachel Swirsky

The New Space Opera 2 – edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan

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"The New Space Opera 2" edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan.

“The New Space Opera 2” edited by Gardner Dozois and Jonathan Strahan.


Title: The New Space Opera 2
Series: The New Space Opera
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): Neal Asher, John Barnes, Cory Doctorow, John Kessel, Jay Lake, John Meaney, Elizabeth Moon, Garth Nix, Mike Resnick, Justina Robson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, John Scalzi, Bruce Sterling, Peter Watts, Sean Williams, Tad Williams, Bill Willingham, Robert Charles Wilson, John C. Wright
Editor(s): Gardner Dozois, Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Stephan Martinière
Language: English
Publisher: Eos Books
Published: July 2009
ISBN-10: 0061562351
ISBN-13: 9780061562358
Contents:
   “Utriusque Cosmi” by Robert Charles Wilson
   “The Island” by Peter Watts
   “Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance” by John Kessel
   “To Go Boldly” by Cory Doctorow
   “The Lost Princess Man” by John Barnes
   “Defect” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
   “To Raise a Mutiny Betwixt Yourselves” by Jay Lake
   “Shell Game” by Neal Asher
   “Punctuality” by Garth Nix
   “Inevitable” by Sean Williams
   “Join The Navy and See the Worlds” by Bruce Sterling
   “Fearless Space Pirates of the Outer Rings” by Bill Willingham
   “From the Heart” by John Meaney
   “Chameleons” by Elizabeth Moon
   “The Tenth Muse” by Tad Williams
   “Cracklegrackle” by Justina Robson
   “The Tale of the Wicked” by John Scalzi
   “Catastrophe Baker and a Canticle for Leibowitz” by Mike Resnick
   “The Far End of History” by John C. Wright

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year – Volume Three – edited by Jonathan Strahan

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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

Masterpieces – The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century – edited by Orson Scott Card

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"Masterpieces - The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century" edited by Orson Scott Card.

“Masterpieces – The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century” edited by Orson Scott Card.


Title: Masterpieces: The Best Science Fiction of the Twentieth Century
Author(s): Brian W. Aldiss, Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Lloyd Biggle Jr., Terry Bisson, James Blish, Ray Bradbury, C.J. Cherryh, Arthur C. Clarke, John Crowley, George Alec Effinger, Harlan Ellison, Karen Joy Fowler, William Gibson, Lisa Goldstein, Edmond Hamilton, Robert A. Heinlein, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, R.A. Lafferty, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R.R. Martin, Larry Niven, Frederik Pohl, Robert Silverberg, Theodore Sturgeon, Michael Swanwick, Harry Turtledove
Editor(s): Orson Scott Card
Cover Artist: Pyrographx
Language: English
Publisher: Ace Books
Published: March 2004
ISBN-10: 0441011330
ISBN-13: 9780441011339
Contents:
   “Call Me Joe” by Poul Anderson
   “‘All You Zombies—'” by Robert A. Heinlein
   “Tunesmith” by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
   “A Saucer of Loneliness” by Theodore Sturgeon
   “Robot Dreams” by Isaac Asimov
   “Devolution” by Edmond Hamilton
   “The Nine Billion Names of God” by Arthur C. Clarke
   “A Work of Art” by James Blish
   “Dark They Were, and Golden-Eyed” by Ray Bradbury
   “‘Repent, Harlequin!’ Said the Ticktockman” by Harlan Ellison
   “Eurema’s Dam” by R.A. Lafferty
   “Passengers” by Robert Silverberg
   “The Tunnel Under the World” by Frederik Pohl
   “Who Can Replace a Man?” by Brian W. Aldiss
   “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” by Ursula K. Le Guin
   “Inconstant Moon” by Larry Niven
   “Sandkings” by George R.R. Martin
   “The Road Not Taken” by Harry Turtledove
   “Dogfight” by Michael Swanwick and William Gibson
   “Face Value” by Karen Joy Fowler
   “Pots” by C.J. Cherryh
   “Snow” by John Crowley
   “Rat” by James Patrick Kelly
   “Bears Discover Fire” by Terry Bisson
   “A Clean Escape” by John Kessel
   “Tourists” by Lisa Goldstein
   “One” by George Alec Effinger

The Year’s Best Science Fiction – Fourteenth Annual Collection – edited by Gardner Dozois

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Title: The Year’s Best Science Fiction – Fourteenth Annual Collection
Series: The Year’s Best Science Fiction
Number in Series: 14 (fourteen)
Author(s): William Barton, Stephen Baxter, Gregory Benford, James P. Blaylock, Damien Broderick, Michael Cassutt, Jim Cowan, Tony Daniel, Gregory Feeley, Gwyneth Jones, John Kessel, Nancy Kress, Jonathan Lethem, Ian McDonald, Maureen F. McHugh, Paul Park, Robert Reed, Mike Resnick, Charles Sheffield, Robert Silverberg, Bud Sparhawk, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, Steven Utley, Cherry Wilder, Walter Jon Williams, Gene Wolfe
Editor(s): Gardner Dozois
Cover Artist: Michael Carroll
Language:English
Original Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Originally Published: June 1997
Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
Published: August 1997
ISBN-10: 0312157029
ISBN-13: 9780312157029
Catalog Number: 17061 (SFBC)
Contents:
   “Immersion” by Gregory Benford
   “The Dead” by Michael Swanwick
   “The Flowers of Aulit Prison” by Nancy Kress
   “A Dry, Quiet War” by Tony Daniel
   “Thirteen Phantasms” by James P. Blaylock
   “Primrose and Thorn” by Bud Sparhawk
   “The Miracle of Ivar Avenue” by John Kessel
   “The Last Homosexual” by Paul Park
   “Recording Angel” by Ian McDonald
   “Death Do Us Part” by Robert Silverberg
   “The Spade of Reason” by Jim Cowan
   “The Cost to Be Wise” by Maureen F. McHugh
   “Bicycle Repairman” by Bruce Sterling
   “The Weighing of Ayre” by Gregory Feeley
   “The Longer Voyage” by Michael Cassutt
   “The Land of Nod” by Mike Resnick
   “Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland” by Gwyneth Jones
   “The Lady Vanishes” by Charles Sheffield
   “Chrysalis” by Robert Reed
   “The Wind Over the World” by Steven Utley
   “Changes” by William Barton
   “Counting Cats in Zanzibar” by Gene Wolfe
   “How We Got In Town and Out Again” by Jonathan Lethem
   “Dr. Tilmann’s Consultant: A Scientific Romance” by Cherry Wilder
   “Schrödinger’s Dog” by Damien Broderick
   “Foreign Devils” by Walter Jon Williams
   “In the MSOB” by Stephen Baxter
   “The Robot’s Twilight Companion” by Tony Daniel

The Year’s Best Science Fiction – Sixth Annual Collection – edited by Gardner Dozois

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"The Year's Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection" edited by Gardner Dozois.

“The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Sixth Annual Collection” edited by Gardner Dozois.


Title: The Year’s Best Science Fiction – Sixth Annual Collection
Series: The Year’s Best Science Fiction
Number in Series: 6 (six)
Author(s): Pat Cadigan, Steven Gould, Eileen Gunn, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Kathe Koja, Stephen Kraus, Nancy Kress, James Lawson, Bruce McAllister, Judith Moffett, Kim Newman, Mike Resnick, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Lucius Shepard, Lewis Shiner, Robert Silverberg, D. Alexander Smith, Brian Stableford, Bruce Sterling, Michael Swanwick, Harry Turtledove, Walter Jon Williams, Connie Willis
Editor(s): Gardner Dozois
Cover Artist: Armand Cabrera
Language:English
Original Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Originally Published: May 1989
Publisher: Science Fiction Book Club
Published: October 1989
ISBN-10: none
ISBN-13: none
Catalog Number: 15451 (SFBC)
Contents:
   “Surfacing” by Walter Jon Williams
   “Home Front” by James Patrick Kelly
   “The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady” by Brian Stableford
   “Peaches for Mad Molly” by Steven Gould
   “The Last Article” by Harry Turtledove
   “Stable Strategies for Middle Management” by Eileen Gunn
   “In Memoriam” by Nancy Kress
   “Kirinyaga” by Mike Resnick
   “The Girl Who Loved Animals” by Bruce McAllister
   “The Last of the Winnebagos” by Connie Willis
   “Love in Vain” by
   “The Hob” by Judith Moffett
   “Our Neural Chernobyl” by Bruce Sterling
   “House of Bones” by Robert Silverberg
   “Schrödinger’s Kitten” by George Alec Effinger
   “Do Ya, Do Ya, Wanna Dance?” by Howard Waldrop
   “The Growth of the House of Usher” by
   “Glacier” by Kim Stanley Robinson
   “Sanctuary” by James Lawson
   “The Dragon Line” by Michael Swanwick
   “Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner” by John Kessel
   “Emissary” by Stephen Kraus
   “It Was the Heat” by Pat Cadigan
   “Skin Deep” by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
   “Dying in Hull” by D. Alexander Smith
   “Distances” by Kathe Koja
   “Famous Monsters” by Kim Newman
   “The Scalehunter’s Beautiful Daughter” by Lucius Shepard