Meditations on Middle-Earth – edited by Karen Haber

"Meditations on Middle-Earth" edited by Karen Haber.

“Meditations on Middle-Earth” edited by Karen Haber.


Title: Meditations on Middle-Earth
Author(s): Douglas A. Anderson, Poul Anderson, Orson Scott Card, Charles de Lint, Diane Duane, Raymond E. Feist, Esther M. Friesner, Lisa Goldstein, Greg Hildebrandt, Tim Hildebrandt, Robin Hobb, Glenn Hurdling, Ursula K. Le Guin, George R.R. Martin, Terry Pratchett, Michael Swanwick, Harry Turtledove, Terri Windling
Editor(s): Karen Haber
Cover Artist: John Howe
Interior Artist(s): John Howe
Language: English
Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Published: November 2001
ISBN-10: 0312275366
ISBN-13: 9780312275365
Notes: These are all essays about Middle-Earth, with one interview.
Contents:
   “Preface: The Beat Goes On” by Karen Haber
   “Introduction” by George R.R. Martin
   “Our Grandfather: Meditations on J.R.R. Tolkien” by Raymond E. Feist
   “Awakening the Elves” by Poul Anderson
   “A Changeling Returns” by Michael Swanwick
   “If You Give a Girl a Hobbit” by Esther M. Friesner
   “The Ring and I” by Harry Turtledove
   “Cult Classic” by Terry Pratchett
   “A Bar and a Quest” by Robin Hobb
   “Rhythmic Pattern in the Lord of the Rings” by Ursula K. Le Guin
   “The Longest Sunday” by Diane Duane
   “Tolkien After All These Years” by Douglas A. Anderson
   “How Tolkien Means” by Orson Scott Card
   “The Tale Goes Ever On” by Charles de Lint
   “The Mythmaker” by Lisa Goldstein
   “‘The Radical Distinction…’: A Conversation with Tim and Greg Hildebrandt” interview of Tim and Greg Hildebrandt by Glenn Hurdling
   “On Tolkien and Fairy-Stories” by Terri Windling

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

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 Fantasy and Horror – Eighth Annual Collection – edited by Ellen Datlow and Terri Windling

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

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.

“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

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.

“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

The Forever War by Joe Haldeman

"The Forever War" by Joe Haldeman.

“The Forever War” by Joe Haldeman.


Title: The Forever War
Series: Forever War
Number in Series: 1 (one)
Author(s): Joe Haldeman
Cover Artist: Brendon Dalton
Language: English
Original Publisher: St. Martin’s Press
Originally Published: January 1975
Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
Published: February 2009
ISBN-10: 0312536631
ISBN-13: 9780312536633