Grand Crusades – The Early Jack Vance Volume Five – edited by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan

Title: Grand Crusades – The Early Jack Vance Volume Five
Series: The Early Jack Vance
Number in Series: 5 (five)
Author(s): Jack Vance
Editor(s): Terry Dowling, Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Tom Kidd
Language: English
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Published: March 2015
ISBN-10: 1596067101
ISBN-13: 9781596067103
Contents:
   “Introduction” by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan
   “The Rapparee”
   “Crusade to Maxus”
   “Gold and Iron”
   “The Houses of Iszm” (Nopalgarth)
   “Space Opera”

Magic Highways – The Early Jack Vance Volume Three – edited by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan

Title: Magic Highways – The Early Jack Vance Volume Three
Series: The Early Jack Vance
Number in Series: 3 (three)
Author(s): Jack Vance
Editor(s): Terry Dowling, Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Tom Kidd
Language: English
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Published: March 2013
ISBN-10: 1596065605
ISBN-13: 9781596065604
Contents:
   “Introduction: The Ultimate Grandeur” by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan
   “Phalid’s Fate”
   “Planet of the Black Dust”
   “Dead Ahead”
   “The Ten Books”
   “The Uninhibited Robot”
   “Dover Spargill’s Ghastly Floater”
   “The Visitors”
   “Sabotage on Sulfur Planet”
   “The House Lords”
   “Sanatoris Short-Cut” (Magnus Ridolph)
   “The Unspeakable McInch” (Magnus Ridolph)
   “The Sub-Standard Sardines” (Magnus Ridolph)
   “The Howling Bounders” (Magnus Ridolph)
   “The King of Thieves” (Magnus Ridolph)
   “The Spa of the Stars” (Magnus Ridolph)
   “To B or Not to C or to D” (Magnus Ridolph)

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.

“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

Hard-Luck Diggings – The Early Jack Vance by Jack Vance

"Hard-Luck Diggings" by Jack Vance.

“Hard-Luck Diggings” by Jack Vance.


Title: Hard-Luck Diggings – The Early Jack Vance
Series: The Early Jack Vance
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Jack Vance
Editor(s): Terry Dowling, Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Tom Kidd
Language: English
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Published: June 2010
ISBN-10: 1596063017
ISBN-13: 9781596063013
Notes: All by Vance unless otherwise noted. Each story has an afterword by the author.
Contents:
   “Introduction” by Jonathan Strahan and Terry Dowling
   “Hard-Luck Diggings” (Magnus Ridolph)
   “The Temple of Han”
   “The Masquerade on Dicantropus”
   “Abercrombie Station”
   “Three-Legged Joe”
   “DP!”
   “Shape-Up”
   “Sjambak”
   “The Absent-Minded Professor”
   “When the Five Moons Rise”
   “The Devil on Salvation Bluff”
   “Where Hesperus Falls”
   “The Phantom Milkman”
   “Dodkin’s Job”

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

"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

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

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

Title: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year – Volume Two
Series: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year
Number in Series: 2 (two)
Author(s): Daniel Abraham, Stephen Baxter, Peter S. Beagle, Elizabeth Bear, Holly Black, Ted Chiang, Tony Daniel, Greg Egan, Jeffrey Ford, Neil Gaiman, Theodora Goss, Daryl Gregory, Elizabeth Hand, Alexander C. Irvine, Kelly Link, Ted Kosmatka, Nancy Kress, Ken MacLeod, Susan Palwick, M. Rickert, Chris Roberson, Bruce Sterling, Charles Stross, Michael Swanwick
Editor(s): Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: John Berkey
Language: English
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Published: March 2008
ISBN-10: 1597801240
ISBN-13: 9781597801249
Contents:
   “The Merchant and the Alchemist’s Gate” by Ted Chiang
   “The Last and Only, or Mr. Moskowitz Becomes French” by Peter S. Beagle
   “Trunk and Disorderly” by Charles Stross
   “Glory” by Greg Egan
   “Dead Horse Point” by Daryl Gregory
   “The Dreaming Wind” by Jeffrey Ford
   “The Coat of Stars” by Holly Black
   “The Prophet of Flores” by Ted Kosmatka
   “Wizard’s Six” by Alex Irvine
   “The Cambist and Lord Iron: A Fairy Tale of Economics” by Daniel Abraham
   “By Fools Like Me” by Nancy Kress
   “Kiosk” by Bruce Sterling
   “Singing of Mount Abora” by Theodora Goss
   “The Witch’s Headstone” by Neil Gaiman
   “Last Contact” by Stephen Baxter
   “Jesus Christ, Reanimator” by Ken MacLeod
   “Sorrel’s Heart” by Susan Palwick
   “Urdumheim” by Michael Swanwick
   “Holiday” by M. Rickert
   “The Valley of the Gardens” by Tony Daniel
   “Winter’s Wife” by Elizabeth Hand
   “The Sky Is Large and the Earth Is Small” by Chris Roberson
   “Orm the Beautiful” by Elizabeth Bear
   “The Constable of Abal” by Kelly Link

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

Title: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year – Volume One
Series: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Paolo Bacigalupi, Peter S. Beagle, Paul Di Filippo, Cory Doctorow, Jeffrey Ford, Neil Gaiman, Elizabeth Hand, Frances Hardinge, Ellen Klages, Jay Lake, Margo Lanagan, Kelly Link, Ian McDonald, Tim Powers, Robert Reed, M. Rickert, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Christopher Rowe, Geoff Ryman, Walter Jon Williams, Connie Willis, Robert Charles Wilson, Gene Wolfe
Editor(s): Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Stephan Martinière
Language: English
Publisher: Night Shade Books
Published: March 2007
ISBN-10: 1597800686
ISBN-13: 9781597800686
Contents:
   “How to Talk to Girls at Parties” by Neil Gaiman
   “El Regalo” by Peter S. Beagle
   “I, Row-Boat” by Cory Doctorow
   “In the House of the Seven Librarians” by Ellen Klages
   “Another Word for Map is Faith” by Christopher Rowe
   “Under Hell, Over Heaven” by Margo Lanagan
   “Incarnation Day” by Walter Jon Williams
   “The Night Whiskey” by Jeffrey Ford
   “A Siege of Cranes” by Benjamin Rosenbaum
   “Halfway House” by Frances Hardinge
   “The Bible Repairman” by Tim Powers
   “Yellow Card Man” by Paolo Bacigalupi
   “Pol Pot’s Beautiful Daughter (Fantasy)” by Geoff Ryman
   “The American Dead” by Jay Lake
   “The Cartesian Theater” by Robert Charles Wilson
   “Journey into the Kingdom” by M. Rickert
   “Eight Episodes” by Robert Reed
   “The Wizards of Perfil” by Kelly Link
   “The Saffron Gatherers” by Elizabeth Hand
   “D. A.” by Connie Willis
   “Femaville 29” by Paul Di Filippo
   “Sob in the Silence” by Gene Wolfe
   “The House Beyond Your Sky” by Benjamin Rosenbaum
   “The Djinn’s Wife” by Ian McDonald

The Jack Vance Treasury edited by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan

"The Jack Vance Treasury" edited by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan.

“The Jack Vance Treasury” edited by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan.


Title: The Jack Vance Treasury
Author: Jack Vance, George R.R. Martin, Terry Dowling, Jonathan Strahan
Editor(s): Terry Dowling, Jonathan Strahan
Cover Artist: Gnemo
Language: English
Publisher: Subterranean Press
Published: January 2007
ISBN-10: 1596060778
ISBN-13: 9781596060777
Notes: All by Vance unless otherwise noted.
Contents:
   “Preface”
   “Jack Vance: An Appreciation” by George R.R. Martin
   “Introduction: Fruit from the Tree of Life” by Terry Dowling and Jonathan Strahan
   “The Dragon Masters”
   “Liane the Wayfarer” (Dying Earth)
   “Sail 25”
   “The Gift of Gab”
   “The Miracle Workers”
   “Guyal of Sfere” (Dying Earth)
   “Noise”
   “The Kokod Warriors” (Magnus Ridolph)
   “The Overworld” (Dying Earth)
   “The Men Return”
   “The Sorcerer Pharesm” (Dying Earth)
   “The New Prime”
   “The Secret”
   “The Moon Moth”
   “The Bagful of Dreams” (Dying Earth)
   “The Mitr”
   “Morreion” (Dying Earth)
   “The Last Castle”
   “Biographical Sketch & Other Facts”

Modern Greats of Science Fiction – Nine Novellas of Distinction – edited by Jonathan Strahan

"Modern Greats of Science Fiction" 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