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- Isaac Asimov’s Choice ed. Anon. (Hale 0-7090-2764-8, Oct ’86, £10.95, 255pp, hc); Anthology of stories from Isaac Asimov’s SF Magazine selected from previous IASFM anthologies. No editor is named. There are stories by Aldiss, Asimov, Anderson, Clarke, etc. There doesn’t seem to be an American equivalent volume.
- Rhysling Anthology 1986 ed. Anon. (SF Poetry Assc., Sep ’86, $2.00, 34pp, ph); Anthology of sf poetry, finalists for the 1986 Rhysling Awards.
- · Preface · Anon. · pr
- 2 · The Evolution of the Death Murals · Bruce Boston · pm IASFM Sep ’85
- 3 · The Last Pastoral · Michael R. Collings · pm Naked to the Sun, Starmont House, 1985
- 5 · Sputnik · Michael R. Collings · pm Naked to the Sun, Starmont House, 1985
- 6 · The Flight in the Cave of the Moonbutchers / The Mooncalf · Andrew Darlington · pm SF Spectrum #1 ’85
- 7 · Car Radio · Ron Ellis · pm Velocities #4 ’84
- 8 · Neutrino Mantra · Ron Ellis · pm Star*Line v8 #2 ’85
- 9 · Bardicide · Steve Eng · pm Eldritch Tales #11 ’85
- 10 · The Man in the Air · Michael Finley · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Spr ’85
- 11 · Orbiting Structure · B. Buckley Finnegan · pm Star*Line v8 #3 ’85
- 12 · Perception Barriers · Robert Frazier · pm IASFM Dec ’85
- 13 · Without Dreams · Rochelle Lynn Holt · pm Prelude to Fantasy #4 ’85
- 16 · Shipwrecked on Destiny Five · Andrew Joron · pm IASFM May ’85
- 18 · One Thousand Painful Variations Performed Upon Divers Creatures Undergoing the Treatment of Dr. Moreau, Humanist · Thomas Ligotti · vi Songs of a Dead Dreamer, Silver Scarab Press, 1985
- 19 · Pantoum for a Switched Identity · Elissa Malcohn · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Sum ’85
- 21 · The Last Day · Ken Poyner · pm Jam To-day #11 ’85
- 22 · Dracula’s Dentist · Richard McMullen · pm Jam To-day #11 ’85
- 23 · The Neighbor’s Wife · Susan Palwick · pm Amazing Jul ’85
- 24 · To the Stars: Love Hypertext · Jonathan V. Post · pm To the Stars: Love Hypertext, Jonathan V. Post, Emerald City Press, 1985
- 25 · Post · Mark Rich · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Sum ’85
- 26 · Rogue · Peter Viereck · pm The Poetry Review Sep ’85
- 31 · Flickering Blue Extreme · t. Winter-Damon · pm Back Brain Recluse #4 ’85
- 32 · Into the Wood · Jane Yolen · pm IASFM Feb ’85
- 33 · Rhysling Award Winners · Misc. Material · bi
- The Second Book of After Midnight Stories [by Amy Myers] ed. Anon. (Kimber 0-7183-0608-2, Oct ’86, £8.95, 192pp, hc); Anthology of ghost stories, mainly originals, by Ramsey Campbell, Brian Lumley, and others. The editor is Ann Myers.
- Tor Horror Sampler ed. Anon. (Tor 0-812-51504-8, Jun ’86, free at ABA, 120pp, pb); Anthology of 13 excerpts from future Tor horror releases; an ABA giveaway.
- vii · Introduction · Anon. · in
- 1 · Wildwood · John Farris · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 10 · The Waiting Room [Manhattan Ghost Story] · T. M. Wright · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 20 · Death Trance · Graham Masterton · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 30 · Soulstorm · Chet Williamson · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 37 · Ladies in Waiting · R. R. Walters · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 48 · Ghost Train · Stephen Laws · ex London: Souvenir, 1985
- 57 · Night Show · Richard Laymon · ex, 1984
- 67 · Forbidden Objects · Maggie Davis · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 74 · Love Child · Andrew Niederman · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 84 · Brujo · William Relling, Jr. · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 94 · The Orchard [Oxrun Station] · Charles L. Grant · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- 102 · Song of Kali · Dan Simmons · ex New York: Bluejay, 1985
- 116 · Night Vision · K. W. Jeter · ex New York: Tor, 1986
- Unnatural Causes ed. Anon. (Javelin 0-7137-1921-4, Oct ’86, £2.95, 267pp, pb); Mystery and horror anthology, a tie-in with the Psychodrama tv series.
- Of Man and Manta Piers Anthony (Corgi 0-552-99214-3, Aug ’86, £4.95, 621pp, pb) [Mantas]; Omnibus of Omnivore, Orn, and Ox.
- · Omnivore · n. New York: Ballantine, 1968
- · Orn · n. New York: Avon, 1970
- · Ox · n. New York: Avon, 1976
- Uncollected Stars ed. Piers Anthony, Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg & Charles G. Waugh (Avon 0-380-89596-X, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $3.50, 312pp, pb); Anthology of 16 previously uncollected stories, with a foreword by Anthony and an afterword by Malzberg.
- Shelter Marty Asher (Arbor House 0-87795-772-X, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $12.95, 136pp, hc); Fantasy novella about an obsessed man and a rock concert that saves the world.
- Shelter Marty Asher (QPB/Arbor 62-1575, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $6.95, 136pp, pb); Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novella. Identical to the Arbor House edition except for the lack of an ISBN and the jacket printed as the soft cover.
- The Best Mysteries of Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov (Doubleday 0-385-19783-7, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $17.95, 345pp, hc); Mostly non-sf/fantasy, associational. Collection of 31 stories including some sf mysteries. 7 of the stories have not been collected before.
- xi · Introduction · in
- 3 · The Obvious Factor [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM May ’73
- 17 · The Pointing Finger [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Jul ’73
- 31 · Out of Sight [“The Six Suspects”; Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Dec ’73
- 47 · Yankee Doodle Went to Town [Black Widowers] · ss Tales of the Black Widowers, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1974
- 63 · Quicker Than the Eye [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM May ’74
- 77 · The Three Numbers [“All in the Way You Read It”; Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Sep ’74
- 93 · The One and Only East [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Mar ’75
- 108 · The Cross of Lorraine [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM May ’76
- 124 · The Next Day [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM May ’78
- 139 · What Time Is It? [Black Widowers] · ss The Casebook of the Black Widowers, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980
- 155 · Middle Name [Black Widowers] · ss The Casebook of the Black Widowers, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1980
- 170 · Sixty Million Trillion Combinations [“64 Million Trillion Combinations”; Black Widowers] · ss EQMM May 5 ’80
- 184 · The Good Samaritan [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Sep 10 ’80
- 199 · Can You Prove It? [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Jun 17 ’81
- 213 · The Redhead [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Oct ’84
- 231 · He Wasn’t There [“The Spy Who Was Out-of-Focus”; Union Club] · ss Gallery Feb ’81
- 237 · Hide and Seek [Union Club] · ss Gallery May ’81
- 243 · Dollars and Cents [“Countdown to Disaster”; Union Club] · ss Gallery Jan ’82
- 249 · The Sign [“The Telltale Sign”; Union Club] · ss Gallery Apr ’82
- 255 · Getting the Combination [“Playing It by the Numbers”; Union Club] · ss Gallery Jun ’82
- 261 · The Library Book [“Mystery Book”; Union Club] · ss Gallery Jul ’82
- 267 · Never Out of Sight [“The Amusement Lark”; Union Club] · ss Gallery Mar ’83
- 273 · The Magic Umbrella [“Stormy Weather”; Union Club] · ss Gallery May ’83
- 279 · The Speck [Union Club] · ss EQMM Dec ’83
- 287 · The Key [Wendell Urth] · nv F&SF Oct ’66
- 316 · A Problem of Numbers · ss EQMM May ’70; ; as “As Chemist to Chemist”, IASFM Nov ’78
- 321 · The Little Things · ss EQMM May ’75
- 325 · Halloween · ss The American Way Oct ’75
- 329 · The Thirteenth Day of Christmas · ss EQMM Jul ’77
- 333 · The Key Word · ss The Key Word and Other Mysteries, New York: Walker, 1977
- 337 · Nothing Might Happen! · ss AHMM Dec ’83
- The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov (Doubleday 0-385-19782-9, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $17.95, 320pp, hc); Collection of 28 stories recycled from earlier collections. There is a new introduction.
- xi · Introduction · in
- 1 · All the Troubles of the World · ss Super Science Fiction Apr ’58
- 17 · A Loint of Paw · vi F&SF Aug ’57
- 19 · The Dead Past · nv Astounding Apr ’56
- 65 · Death of a Foy · vi F&SF Oct ’80
- 67 · Dreaming Is a Private Thing · ss F&SF Dec ’55
- 83 · Dreamworld · vi F&SF Nov ’55
- 85 · Eyes Do More Than See · vi F&SF Apr ’65
- 89 · The Feeling of Power · ss If Feb ’58
- 99 · Flies · ss F&SF Jun ’53
- 106 · Found! · ss Omni Oct ’78
- 121 · The Foundation of Science Fiction Success · pm F&SF Oct ’54
- 123 · Franchise · ss If Aug ’55
- 139 · The Fun They Had · ss The Boys and Girls Page Dec 1 ’51; F&SF Feb ’54
- 143 · How It Happened · vi Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Spr ’79
- 145 · I Just Make Them Up, See! · pm F&SF Feb ’58
- 148 · I’m in Marsport Without Hilda · ss Venture Nov ’57
- 162 · The Immortal Bard · vi Universe May ’54
- 165 · It’s Such a Beautiful Day · nv Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1954
- 188 · Jokester · ss Infinity Science Fiction Dec ’56
- 202 · The Last Answer · ss Analog Jan ’80
- 209 · The Last Question · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Nov ’56
- 222 · My Son, the Physicist! · vi Scientific American Feb ’62
- 226 · Obituary · ss F&SF Aug ’59
- 243 · Spell My Name with an S [“S as in Zebatinsky”] · ss Star Science Fiction Magazine Jan ’58
- 258 · Strikebreaker [“Male Strikebreaker”] · ss Science Fiction Stories Jan ’57
- 272 · Sure Thing · vi IASFM Sum ’77
- 274 · The Ugly Little Boy [“Lastborn”] · nv Galaxy Sep ’58
- 313 · Unto the Fourth Generation · ss F&SF Apr ’59
- Robot Dreams Isaac Asimov (Berkley 0-425-09345-X, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $7.95, 349pp, tp) [Robot Series]; Collection illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie, “Masterworks of Science Fiction & Fantasy” #5. The title story is original to this collection.
- 7 · Introduction · in
- 15 · Little Lost Robot [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · nv Astounding Mar ’47
- 39 · Robot Dreams [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · ss *
- 45 · Breeds There a Man...? · nv Astounding Jun ’51
- 77 · Hostess · nv Galaxy May ’51
- 112 · Sally · ss Fantastic May/Jun ’53
- 129 · Strikebreaker [“Male Strikebreaker”] · ss Science Fiction Stories Jan ’57
- 142 · The Machine That Won the War · ss F&SF Oct ’61
- 148 · Eyes Do More Than See · vi F&SF Apr ’65
- 152 · The Martian Way · na Galaxy Nov ’52
- 193 · Franchise · ss If Aug ’55
- 207 · Jokester · ss Infinity Science Fiction Dec ’56
- 220 · The Last Question · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Nov ’56
- 231 · Does a Bee Care? · ss If Jun ’57
- 236 · Light Verse · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep ’73
- 241 · The Feeling of Power · ss If Feb ’58
- 251 · Spell My Name with an S [“S as in Zebatinsky”] · ss Star Science Fiction Magazine Jan ’58
- 264 · The Ugly Little Boy [“Lastborn”] · nv Galaxy Sep ’58
- 300 · The Billiard Ball · nv If Mar ’67
- 316 · True Love · ss The American Way Feb ’77
- 320 · The Last Answer · ss Analog Jan ’80
- 326 · Lest We Remember · nv IASFM Feb 15 ’82
- The Hugo Winners, Volume 5: 1980-1982 ed. Isaac Asimov (Doubleday 0-385-18946-X, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $18.95, 372pp, hc); Anthology of the nine Hugo-winning stories from 1980, 1981, and 1982. Recommended. (CNB)
- Science Fiction Masterpieces ed. Isaac Asimov (Galahad 0-88365-713-9, 1986 [Oct ’86], $9.98, 633pp, hc); “Instant remainder” anthology of 59 stories.
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