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- Puzzles of the Black Widowers Isaac Asimov (Doubleday 0-385-26264-7, Jan ’90, $19.95, 253pp, hc, cover by James Steinberg) [Black Widowers]; Associational collection of 12 mystery stories featuring the Black Widowers club. Three are originals.
- ix · Introduction · in
- 3 · The Fourth Homonym · ss EQMM Mar ’85
- 24 · Unique Is Where You Find It · ss The Edge of Tomorrow, Tor, 1985
- 46 · The Lucky Piece · ss *
- 69 · Triple Devil · ss EQMM Aug ’85
- 90 · Sunset on the Water · ss EQMM Jun ’86
- 112 · Where Is He? · ss EQMM Oct ’86
- 133 · The Old Purse [“The Snatched Purse”] · ss EQMM Mar ’87
- 153 · The Quiet Place · ss EQMM Mar ’88
- 174 · The Four-Leaf Clover · ss *
- 193 · The Envelope · ss EQMM Apr ’89
- 214 · The Alibi · ss EQMM Sep ’89
- 234 · The Recipe · ss *
- Robot Visions Isaac Asimov (NAL/Roc 0-451-45000-0, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $18.95, 482pp, hc, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series]; Collection of 18 stories (one original) and 16 essays, illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie and packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- 1 · Introduction: The Robot Chronicles · in *
- 19 · Robot Visions · ss *
- 37 · Too Bad! · ss The Microverse, Byron Preiss, Bantam, 1989
- 48 · Robbie [“Strange Playfellow”] · ss Super Science Stories Sep ’40
- 71 · Reason [Mike Donovan (Robot)] · ss Astounding Apr ’41
- 93 · Liar! [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · ss Astounding May ’41
- 113 · Runaround [Mike Donovan (Robot)] · nv Astounding Mar ’42
- 135 · Evidence [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · ss Astounding Sep ’46
- 161 · Little Lost Robot [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · nv Astounding Mar ’47
- 191 · The Evitable Conflict [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · nv Astounding Jun ’50
- 218 · Feminine Intuition [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · nv F&SF Oct ’69
- 245 · The Bicentennial Man · nv Stellar #2, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1976
- 291 · Someday · ss Infinity Science Fiction Aug ’56
- 302 · Think! · ss IASFM Spr ’77
- 312 · Segregationist · ss Abbottempo Apr ’67
- 319 · Mirror Image [Elijah (Lije) Baley] · ss Analog May ’72
- 338 · Lenny [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · ss Infinity Science Fiction Jan ’58
- 355 · Galley Slave [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · nv Galaxy Dec ’57
- 395 · Christmas Without Rodney · ss IASFM mid-Dec ’88
- 405 · Robots I Have Known · ar Computers and Automation Oct ’54
- 411 · The New Teachers · ar The American Way Jan ’77
- 414 · Whatever You Wish · ar The American Way Jul ’77
- 417 · The Friends We Make · ar The American Way Jun ’77
- 420 · Our Intelligent Tools · ar The American Way Oct ’77
- 423 · The Laws of Robotics · ar The American Way Jun ’79
- 426 · Future Fantastic · ar Special Reports Spr ’89
- 432 · The Machine and the Robot · ar Science Fiction: Contemporary Mythology, ed. Patricia S. Warrick, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander, Harper & Row, 1978
- 444 · The New Profession · ar The American Way Mar ’84
- 447 · The Robot as Enemy? · ar The American Way Aug 20 ’85
- 450 · Intelligences Together · ar The American Way Aug ’81
- 453 · My Robots · ar Isaac Asimov’s Robot City #1 ’87
- 458 · The Laws of Humanics · ar Isaac Asimov’s Robot City #2 ’87
- 463 · Cybernetic Organism · ar Isaac Asimov’s Robot City #3 ’87
- 470 · The Sense of Humor · ar Isaac Asimov’s Robot City #5 ’88
- 477 · Robots in Combination · ar Isaac Asimov’s Robot City #6 ’88
- Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories: 20 (1958) ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW 0-88677-405-5, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.95, 351pp, pb, cover by Robin Hidden); Anthology of 12 stories from 1958 plus commentary. This series is one of the best surveys of the modern sf short story. Recommended (CNB).
- Isaac Asimov Presents the Great SF Stories: 21 (1959) ed. Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW 0-88677-428-4, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 347pp, pb, cover by Robin Hidden); Anthology of 14 stories from 1959.
- Isaac Asimov’s Wonderful Worlds of Science Fiction #10: Invasions ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45027-2, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $4.95, 382pp, pb); Anthology of 15 stories, with an introduction by Asimov.
- Great Tales of Classic Science Fiction ed. Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Galahad 0-88365-755-4, 1990 [May ’90], $9.98, 498pp, hc, cover by Karen Nelson); Reprint (Robinson 1988 as The Mammoth Book of Great Sf Short Novels: The 1930s) anthology with an introduction by Asimov. This edition contains eight of the ten stories in the original, and is an instant remainder edition.
- The Mammoth Book of Vintage Science Fiction: Short Novels of the 1950s ed. Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Robinson 1-85487-068-8, Jul ’90, £4.99, 503pp, tp, cover by Peter Andrew Jones); Sf anthology.
- The Price of Victory ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey (SFBC #17006, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $11.98, hc, cover by Walter Velez) [Thieves’ World]; Omnibus of Thieves’ World 10: Aftermath (Ace 1987), Thieves’ World 11: Uneasy Alliances (Ace 1988), and Thieves’ World 12: Stealers’ Sky (Ace 1989).
- · Thieves’ World Book 10: Aftermath · oa New York: Ace Nov ’87
- x · Dramatis Personae · Lynn Abbey · pr
- 1 · Introduction · Robert Lynn Asprin · in Aftermath, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1987
- 5 · Cade · Mark C. Perry · nv Aftermath, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1987
- 54 · Wake of the Riddler · Janet Morris · nv Aftermath, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1987
- 95 · Inheritor · David Drake · na Aftermath, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1987
- 168 · Mercy Worse Than None · John Brunner · nv Aftermath, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1987
- 199 · Seeing Is Believing (But Love Is Blind) · Lynn Abbey · nv Aftermath, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1987
- 233 · Homecoming · Andrew J. Offutt · nv Aftermath, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1987
- · Thieves’ World Book 11: Uneasy Alliances · oa New York: Ace Aug ’88
- x · Dramatis Personae · Lynn Abbey · pr
- 1 · Introduction · Lynn Abbey · in Uneasy Alliances, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1988
- 17 · Slave Trade · Robert Lynn Asprin · ss Uneasy Alliances, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1988
- 34 · The Best of Friends · C. J. Cherryh · na Uneasy Alliances, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1988
- 80 · The Power of Kings · Jon DeCles · nv Uneasy Alliances, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1988
- 114 · Red Light, Love Light · Chris Morris · nv Uneasy Alliances, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1988
- 140 · A Sticky Business · C. S. Williams · nv Uneasy Alliances, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1988
- 177 · The Promise of Heaven · Robin Wayne Bailey · na Uneasy Alliances, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1988
- 224 · The Vision of Lalo · Diana L. Paxson · nv Uneasy Alliances, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1988
- · Thieves’ World Book 12: Stealers’ Sky · oa New York: Ace Dec ’89
- xi · Dramatis Personae · Lynn Abbey · pr
- 1 · Introduction · Robert Lynn Asprin · in Stealers’ Sky, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1989
- 5 · Night Work · Andrew J. Offutt · nv Stealers’ Sky, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1989
- 46 · The Incompetent Audience · Jon DeCles · nv Stealers’ Sky, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1989
- 78 · Our Vintage Years · Duane McGowen · nv Stealers’ Sky, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1989
- 107 · Quicksilver Dreams · Diana L. Paxson · nv Stealers’ Sky, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1989
- 134 · Winds of Fortune · C. J. Cherryh · nv Stealers’ Sky, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1989
- 159 · The Fire in a God’s Eye · Robin Wayne Bailey · nv Stealers’ Sky, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1989
- 197 · Web Weavers · Lynn Abbey · nv Stealers’ Sky, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1989
- 228 · To Begin Again · Robert Lynn Asprin · aw Stealers’ Sky, ed. Robert Lynn Asprin & Lynn Abbey, Ace, 1989
- The New York Trilogy Paul Auster (Penguin 0-14-013155-8, Apr ’90, $9.95, 371pp, tp); Omnibus of three literary mystery novels with surrealistic and fantasy elements, City of Glass (Sun & Moon 1985), Ghosts (Sun & Moon 1986), and The Locked Room (Sun & Moon 1986).
- · City of Glass · n. Sun & Moon, 1985
- · Ghosts · n. Sun & Moon, 1986
- · The Locked Room · n. Sun & Moon, 1986
- New Destinies, Vol. IX/Fall 1990 ed. Jim Baen (Baen 0-671-2016-3, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.50, 286pp, pb, cover by David A. Hardy); Original anthology of eight stories plus six non-fiction pieces on space and technology.
- The Atrocity Exhibition J. G. Ballard (Re/Search Publications 0-940642-18-2, Sep ’90, $14.99, 127pp, tp, cover by Phoebe Gloeckner); Revised classic avant-garde sf novel/collection. This edition contains four new chapters and annotations by Ballard, plus illustrations by Phoebe Gloeckner and photographs by Ana Barrado. The original version was published by Cape in 1970. A limited hardcover edition was announced but not seen.
- 6 · Preface · V. Vale & A. Juno · pr
- 7 · Preface · William S. Burroughs · pr
- 9 · The Atrocity Exhibition · ss New Worlds #166 ’66
- 19 · The University of Death · ss Transatlantic Review Sum ’68
- 31 · The Assassination Weapon · ss New Worlds Apr ’66
- 39 · You: Coma: Marilyn Monroe · ss Ambit #27 ’66; New Worlds Jun ’66
- 43 · Notes Toward a Mental Breakdown [“The Death Module”] · ss New Worlds Jul ’67
- 51 · The Great American Nude · ss Ambit #36 ’68
- 59 · The Summer Cannibals · ss New Worlds Jan ’69
- 67 · Tolerances of the Human Face · ss Encounter Sep ’69
- 81 · You and Me and the Continuum · ss Impulse Mar ’66
- 89 · Plan for the Assassination of Jacqueline Kennedy · ss Ambit #31 ’66
- 93 · Love and Napalm: Export U.S.A. · ss The Running Man Sum ’68
- 97 · Crash! · ss The ICA Eventsheet, 1969
- 101 · The Generations of America · ms New Worlds Oct ’68
- 105 · Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan · ss Ronald Reagan: The Magazine of Poetry Sum ’68
- 108 · The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race · ss Ambit #29 ’66; New Worlds Feb ’67
- 111 · Princess Margaret’s Facelift · vi New Worlds Mar ’70
- 114 · Mae West’s Reduction Mammoplasty · ss *
- 117 · Queen Elizabeth’s Rhinoplasty · vi
- 119 · The Secret History of World War 3 · ss Ambit #114 ’88
- War Fever J. G. Ballard (Collins 0-00-223770-9, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £12.95, 176pp, hc, cover by Peter Maynard); Collection of 14 sf stories from obscure sources, most previously uncollected.
- 1 · War Fever · nv F&SF Oct ’89
- 23 · The Secret History of World War 3 · ss Ambit #114 ’88
- 33 · Dream Cargoes · ss *
- 49 · The Object of the Attack · ss Interzone #9 ’84
- 65 · Love in a Colder Climate · ss Interview Jan ’89
- 73 · The Largest Theme Park in the World · ss The Guardian Jul 7 ’89
- 81 · Answers to a Questionnaire · ss Ambit, 1985
- 86 · The Air Disaster · ss Bananas Jan ’75
- 96 · Report on an Unidentified Space Station · ss City Limits, 1982
- 102 · The Man Who Walked on the Moon · ss Interzone #13 ’85
- 117 · The Enormous Space · ss Interzone #30 ’89
- 130 · Memories of the Space Age · nv Interzone #2 ’82
- 161 · Notes Toward a Mental Breakdown · ss Bananas #4 ’76; not the same as the story of the same title in The Atrocity Exhibition.
- 171 · The Index · ss Bananas #8 ’77
- Séraphita Honoré de Balzac (Dedalus 0-946626-53-7, Mar ’90, £4.95, 316pp, tp); Reprint (??? 1834) literary fantasy collection. This edition is translated by Clara Bell, has an introduction by David Blow, and is available in the US from Hippocrene Books.
- v · Introduction · David Blow · in
- 1 · Séraphita · n., 1834
- 158 · Louis Lambert · n., 1832
- 281 · The Exiles · nv, 1831
- Digital Dreams ed. David V. Barrett (NEL 0-450-53150-3, Oct ’90, £4.50, 347pp, pb); Original anthology of sf stories about computers, including brilliant pieces by Garry Kilworth and Terry Pratchett. Strongly recommended. (PSP)
- The Rewolf of Oz Roger Baum (Green Tiger Press 0-88138-152-7, Sep ’90 [Dec ’90], $13.95, 32pp, hc, cover by Charlotte Hart) [Oz]; Short Oz children’s story by Baum’s grandson with full-color illustrations, definitely not in the style of John R. Neill.
- Heads Greg Bear (Legend 0-7126-3538-6, Aug ’90, £25.00, 125pp, hc); Sf novella. This is a limited edition of 300 numbered copies, signed by the author.
- Heads Greg Bear (Legend 0-7126-2174-1, Sep ’90, £4.50, 125pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino); Sf novella, illustrated throughout by Fred Gambino. This trade edition was preceded by a limited edition. Also available in hardcover (-3678-1, £8.99).
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