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- By Space Possessed: Essays on the Exploration of Space Arthur C. Clarke (Gollancz 0-575-05596-0, Jul ’93, £16.99, 221pp, hc, cover by Peter Mennim); Collection of 25 essays and extracts from previous Clarke books, most of which are now out of print, selected and edited by John Burke.
- 7 · Introduction · in
- 11 · Memoirs of an Armchair Astronaut (Retired) · ar Holiday May ’63
- 23 · Opening Frontiers · ex; brief extracts from Interplanetary Flight (Temple Press 1950) and The Exploration of Space (Temple Press 1951).
- 29 · The Challenge of the Spaceship · ar British Thought 1947, ed. Ivor Brown, Gresham Press, 1947; revised from a talk given to the British Interplanetary Society in 1946.
- 42 · Space Flight - Imagination and Reality · ar 1984: Spring, Arthur C. Clarke, Ballantine Del Rey, 1984; lecture at UNISPACE ’82, 10th August 1982.
- 56 · Where the Action Is [from “Beyond Apollo”] · ex First on the Moon, Arthur C. Clarke, Michael Joseph, 1970
- 62 · The Solar Century [from “Beyond Apollo”] · ex First on the Moon, Arthur C. Clarke, Michael Joseph, 1970
- 72 · The Shores of Infinity [from “Beyond Apollo”] · ex First on the Moon, Arthur C. Clarke, Michael Joseph, 1970
- 80 · The First Scouts · ex Beyond Jupiter - The Worlds of Tomorrow, Arthur C. Clarke & Chesley Bonestell, Little, Brown, 1972
- 86 · Appointment with Mars · ex Beyond Jupiter - The Worlds of Tomorrow, Arthur C. Clarke & Chesley Bonestell, Little, Brown, 1972
- 93 · So You’re Going to Mars? · ar Holiday Mar ’53
- 104 · The Winds of Space · ar Voices from the Sky, Arthur C. Clarke, New York: Harper, 1966
- 114 · Space Facts and Space Fallacies · ar 1984: Spring, Arthur C. Clarke, Ballantine Del Rey, 1984; Chancellor’s Address at the University of Moratuwa, 31st March 1983.
- 125 · When the Aliens Come · ar Playboy Jan ’68
- 139 · Report on Planet Three · ar Holiday May ’59
- 146 · Son of Dr Strangelove: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Stanley Kubrick · ar The Lost Worlds of 2001, Arthur C. Clarke, New York: New American Library, 1972
- 154 · The Myth of 2001 · ar Cosmos Apr ’69
- 157 · The Light of Common Day · ar Horizon Nov ’63
- 166 · How to Dig Space · ar Detroit Athletic Club News Dec ’64
- 174 · Last (?) Word on UFOs · br New York Times Book Review Jul 27 ’75
- 178 · Time for the Stars · ar Voices from the Sky, Arthur C. Clarke, New York: Harper, 1966
- 189 · The Meddlers · ar Playboy Mar ’64
- 195 · Into the Abyss · ex Beyond Jupiter - The Worlds of Tomorrow, Arthur C. Clarke & Chesley Bonestell, Little, Brown, 1972
- 199 · Predictions · ar The Book of Predictions, ed. David Wallechinsky, Amy Wallace & Irving Wallace, Morrow, 1980
- 202 · Of Space and the Spirit · ar The Challenge of the Spaceship, Arthur C. Clarke, New York: Harper, 1960
- 213 · ‘Dear Sir...’ · ar Voices from the Sky, Arthur C. Clarke, New York: Harper, 1966; revised
- Tanith Lee: Mistress of Delirium ed. David Cowperthwaite (The British Fantasy Society, Oct ’93, £3.00, 58pp, ph, cover by Dallas Clive Goffin); Collection of four original articles on Tanith Lee, a bibliography by Mike Ashley and the short story “Il Bacio (Il Chiave)”, previously uncollected.
- Jurassic Park/Congo Michael Crichton (Cresset 0-09-182134-7, Jul ’93, £6.99, 640pp, hc); Omnibus of Crichton’s recent best-selling novel about genetically-engineered dinosaurs and an earlier thriller.
- 1 · Jurassic Park [Jurassic Park] · n. New York: Knopf, 1990
- 375 · Congo · n. New York: Knopf, 1980
- Touch Wood ed. Peter Crowther (Little Brown UK 0-316-90732-4, Dec ’93, £15.99, 372pp, hc, cover by Jeff Potter) [Narrow Houses]; Original horror anthology. Volume two in the “Narrow Houses” series.
- The Mandarin (and Other Stories) Eça De Queiroz; trans. by Margaret Jull Costa (Dedalus 0-946626-98-7, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £6.99, 125pp, tp); Collection of three literary fantasy stories, translated from the Portuguese by Margaret Jull Costa. The book was edited by Robert Webb, who also contributes an afterword.
- 4 · The Mandarin · na *
- 75 · José Matias · nv *
- 4 · The Relic (an extract) · ex *
- 120 · Afterword · Robert Webb · aw
- Driftglass/Starshards Samuel R. Delany (Grafton 0-586-21422-4, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £5.99, 535pp, pb, cover by John Harris); Collection of 15 sf stories and two articles, including the entire contents of Driftglass (Signet 1971), the three stories and introduction first collected in Distant Stars (Bantam 1981), plus two stories and one article previously uncollected. Recommended (PSP).
- 1 · Of Doubts and Dreams: An Introduction · in Distant Stars, Bantam, 1981
- 15 · Part One
- 17 · The Star Pit · na Worlds of Tomorrow Feb ’67
- 94 · Corona · ss F&SF Oct ’67
- 118 · Aye, and Gomorrah... · ss Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967
- 131 · Driftglass · ss If Jun ’67
- 155 · We, in Some Strange Power’s Employ, Move on a Rigorous Line [“Lines of Power”] · na F&SF May ’68
- 223 · Cage of Brass · ss If Jun ’68
- 238 · High Weir · nv If Oct ’68
- 264 · Time Considered as a Helix of Semi-Precious Stones · nv New Worlds Dec ’68
- 312 · Omegahelm · ss Distant Stars, Bantam, 1981; revised from “Stars in my Pocket Like Grains of Sand”, Beyond This Horizon, Carrell, Ceolfrith, 1973.
- 327 · Part Two
- 329 · Prismatica · nv F&SF Oct ’77
- 368 · Ruins · ss Distant Stars, Bantam, 1981; revised from “In the Ruins”, Algol #13, Jan ’68.
- 379 · Dog in a Fisherman’s Net · ss Quark #3, ed. Samuel R. Delany & Marilyn Hacker, Paperback Library, 1971
- 404 · Night and the Loves of Joe Dicostanzo · ss Alchemy & Academe, ed. Anne McCaffrey, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1970
- 429 · Part Three
- 431 · Among the Blobs · ss New Moon
- 439 · Citre et Trans · nv *; sections I, III, IV, V, VI in Pacific Review, Spring 1991,; section II in Fiction International, Autumn 1992.
- 481 · Erik, Gwen, and D.H. Lawrence’s Esthetic of Unrectified Feeling · ar *; approximately half the article appeared in Callaloo Vol 14 #2, 1991.
- The Collected Griselda Oliver Dickinson (Reaching Moon Megacorp 1-898190-00-3, Aug ’93, £6.99, 157pp, tp) [Griselda]; Collection of stories set in the role-playing world of Glorantha, with a foreword by the game’s creator, Greg Stafford. Order from 21 Stephenson Court, Osborne St., Slough, SL1 1TN.
- vii · Oliver and Me · Greg Stafford · fw
- ix · Introduction · in
- 1 · Lucky Eddi · ss White Dwarf #29 ’82
- 7 · Grisdelda gets her Men · ss White Dwarf #30 ’82
- 14 · Shamus gets a Case · ss White Dwarf #42 ’83
- 21 · A Tasty Morsel · ss White Dwarf #41 ’83
- 27 · All in the Family · ss White Dwarf #51 ’84
- 35 · The Great Chart Caper · ss Pavis, Chaosium, 1983
- 43 · Hanufa’s Little Sister · ss White Dwarf #43 ’83
- 49 · Down Among the Dead Men · ss Different Worlds #43 ’86
- 55 · Good Advice · vi Different Worlds #87 ’87
- 57 · Wolfhead’s Story · ss Tales of the Reaching Moon #2 ’89
- 61 · Devil’s Play · ss Tales of the Reaching Moon #8 ’92
- 71 · Carving up Carver · ss Tales of the Reaching Moon #6 ’91
- 81 · Bad Example · ss Different Worlds #44 ’86
- 87 · Holding the Baby · ss Green Slime #1 ’88
- 93 · This Love Business · ss Tales of the Reaching Moon #5 ’91
- 101 · Serious Money · ss Tales of the Reaching Moon #3 ’90
- 113 · The Hero Bit · ss Tales of the Reaching Moon #7 ’92
- 121 · Worlds Apart · ss Convulsion ’92 Programme Book, 1992
- 129 · Griselda the Hero?? · vi *
- 131 · Red Hot · ss Tales of the Reaching Moon #9 ’93
- 145 · Happy Anniversary · ss *
- 153 · Griselda: A Brief Biography · bg *
- 155 · Griselda: The Songs · sg Convulsion ’92 Programme Book, 1992
- 157 · A Griselda Bibliography · bi *
- The Chronicles of Thomas Covenant, The Unbeliever Stephen Donaldson (Fontana 0-00-647329-6, Jul ’93, £9.99, 1160pp, tp, cover by Peter Goodfellow) [Thomas Covenant]; Omnibus of the first three novels in the “Thomas Covenant” series.
- The Elenium David Eddings (Grafton 0-586-21867-X, Jul ’93, £9.99, 1261pp, tp) [Elenium]; Omnibus of the three fantasy novels that make up “The Elenium”.
- 9 · The Diamond Throne · n. New York: Del Rey, 1989
- 397 · The Ruby Knight · n. London: Grafton Books, 1990
- 743 · The Sapphire Rose · n. London: Grafton Books, 1991
- Blood-Lust of the Devil Desmond Edwards (Spartacus Publications 1-873433-01-8, Jan ’93, £5.99, 128pp, tp, cover by Cyril Edwards); Collection of nine horror stories, all but one original.
- 9 · Introduction · in *
- 14 · Devil’s Casket · ss Fear! Dec ’89
- 28 · Gilderoy - The Demon Giant · ss *
- 41 · Cover from Hell · ss *
- 54 · The Cannibals of Ballantrae · ss *
- 65 · I’m Going to Kill You! · ss London Mystery #58 ’63
- 77 · The Angry Valley · ss *
- 90 · Cry of Ghosts · ss *
- 99 · Chaka - The Bloodthirsty Despot · ss *
- 118 · Chateau of Evil · ss *
- The Puffin Book of Science Fiction ed. Nicholas Fisk (Viking UK 0-670-83966-3, Apr ’93, £8.99, 151pp, hc, cover by George Smith); Anthology of 12 sf stories and excerpts aimed at a teenage audience.
- 1 · Introduction · Nicholas Fisk · in
- 4 · The Clipper of the Clouds · Jules Verne · ms; this contains an illustration for, and brief introduction to, the Jules; Verne novel of this title, but does not include any of the novel itself.
- 6 · The War of the Worlds · H. G. Wells · ex Pearson’s Magazine Apr, 1897 (+8)
- 16 · The Horror of the Heights · Arthur Conan Doyle · ex The Strand Nov ’13
- 22 · The Space Merchants [Space Merchants] · Frederik Pohl & C. M. Kornbluth · ex New York: Ballantine, 1953
- 29 · Captain Courage and the Rose Street Gang · Jan Mark · ex Out of Time, ed. Aidan Chambers, Bodley Head, 1984
- 47 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut · ss F&SF Oct ’61
- 58 · Confluence · Brian Aldiss · ex Punch Aug 30 ’67
- 60 · Of Polymuf Stock · John Christopher · nv Young Winter’s Tales 2, ed. M. R. Hodgkin, London: Macmillan, 1971
- 77 · Kai Lung Unrolls His Mat · Ernest Bramah · ex London: Richards Press, 1928
- 79 · The Holy Bible · Anon. · ex
- 81 · The Nine Billion Names of God · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
- 94 · There Will Come Soft Rains · Ray Bradbury · ss Colliers May 6 ’50
- 105 · Flowers for Algernon · Daniel Keyes · nv F&SF Apr ’59
- The Complete Alien Omnibus Alan Dean Foster (Warner UK 0-7515-0667-2, Oct ’93, £8.99, 649pp, tp) [Alien]; Omnibus of the novelizations of the three Alien films.
- 1 · Alien · n. New York: Warner, 1979
- 219 · Aliens · n. New York: Warner, 1986
- 463 · Alien3 · n. New York: Warner, 1992
- New Worlds 3 ed. David Garnett (Gollancz 0-575-05146-9, Sep ’93, £6.99, 219pp, tp, cover by Steve Read); Original anthology of nine sf stories. This is Vol 62, No. 219 in the overall numbering scheme.
- The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend David A. Gemmell (Legend 0-09-926331-9, Oct ’93, £14.99, 346pp, hc, cover by Fangorn) [Drenai; Druss the Legend]; Collection of four novellas about Druss the Legend, three of them original. Recommended (PSP). A trade paperback edition (-928071-X, £8.99, for export only) was announced but not seen. Volume six in the “Drenai” series.
- 1 · Birth of a Legend · na *
- 101 · The Demon in the Axe · na *
- 203 · The Chaos Warrior · na *
- 301 · Druss the Legend · nv Drenai Tales, Legend, 1991
- The Weerde: Book 2 ed. Mary Gentle & Roz Kaveney (Roc UK 0-14-016714-5, Apr ’93, £4.99, 386pp, pb); Original shared-world anthology about the occult underworld, devised by Neil Gaiman, Mary Gentle, and Roz Kaveney.
- The Dark Domain Stefan Grabinski (Dedalus 1-873982-25-9, Dec ’93, £6.99, 153pp, tp, cover by Franz von Stuck); Collection of literary fantasy stories, translated from the Polish, and introduced, by Miroslaw Lipinski, with an afterword by Madeleine Johnson.
- Tales My Mother Never Told Me Jennie Gray (The Gothic Society 1-874100-04-7, 1992 [May ’93], £7.00, 142pp, tp); Original collection of eight supernatural tales.
- 9 · Grimley · ss *
- 37 · Maple Ward · ss *
- 52 · Fanny · ss *
- 58 · The Black Cabinet · ss *
- 77 · Parallel Experiments · ss *
- 88 · The Malignants · nv *
- 115 · The Double Dream · ss *
- 123 · The Mouse in the Wainscot · ss *
- The Television Late Night Horror Omnibus ed. Peter Haining (Orion 1-85797-092-6, Sep ’93, £8.99, 578pp, tp); Anthology of 32 stories used as a basis for late-night horror shows on television. A hardcover edition (-091-8, £14.99) was announced but not seen.
- 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
- 5 · Vampire Tower [“Terror’s Dark Tower”] · John Dickson Carr · nv Detective Tales Oct ’36
- 27 · The Corpse and the Kid · Cornell Woolrich · nv Dime Detective Magazine Sep ’35
- 50 · The Hollow Man · Thomas Burke · ss Colliers Oct 14 ’33
- 63 · What Price Murder? · Steve Fisher · ss Detective Tales Sep ’36
- 74 · The Crystal Egg · H. G. Wells · ss The New Review May, 1897
- 90 · Back for Christmas · John Collier · ss New Yorker, 1939
- 97 · The Hand · Larry Marcus · ss
- 115 · Where Is Everybody? · Rod Serling · sa Stories from the Twilight Zone, Bantam, 1960
- 138 · The Incredible Dr Markesan [“Colonel Markesan”, as with Mark Schorer] · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales Jun ’34
- 153 · The Machine Stops · E. M. Forster · nv Oxford and Cambridge Review Nov ’09
- 182 · Farewell Performance · H. Russell Wakefield · ss The Clock Strikes Twelve, London: Herbert Jenkins, 1940
- 189 · The Terror of the Twins · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette Nov 6 ’09
- 196 · William and Mary · Roald Dahl · nv Kiss Kiss, Knopf, 1959
- 221 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Year’s Present for 1840, 1839, 1839
- 239 · The Duplicate Man [“Good Night, Mr. James”] · Clifford D. Simak · ss Galaxy Mar ’51
- 257 · Random Quest · John Wyndham · nv Consider Her Ways and Others, Joseph, 1961
- 292 · The Open Door · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwood’s Jan, 1882
- 329 · The Kiss of Blood [“The Case of Lady Sannox”] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Idler Nov, 1893
- 339 · The Killing-Bottle · L. P. Hartley · nv The Black Cap, ed. Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson, 1927
- 374 · Pickman’s Model · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales Oct ’27
- 387 · The Treasure of Abbot Thomas · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 404 · The Summer House · A. M. Burrage · ss The London Magazine Sep ’22
- 417 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Sep ’02
- 428 · The Ferryman · Kingsley Amis · ss, 1973
- 439 · The Tarroo-Ushtey · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain, London: Collins, 1949
- 448 · Countess Ilona · Robert Muller · nv Supernatural, ed. Robert Muller, London: Fontana Books, 1977
- 477 · Death Can Add · Philip Ketchum · ss AHMM May ’63
- 491 · The Partnership · William F. Nolan · ss Shadows #3, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1980
- 502 · Gramma · Stephen King · nv Weirdbook #19 ’84
- 531 · The Doll · Richard Matheson · pl Twilight Zone Jun ’82
- 539 · Distant Signals · Andrew Weiner · ss Twilight Zone May/Jun ’84
- 554 · The Coffin [“Wake for the Living”] · Ray Bradbury · ss Dime Mystery Magazine Sep ’47
- 563 · The Legacy · Robert Bloch · ss
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