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- The Best Science Fiction of the Year #13 ed. Terry Carr (Baen 0-671-55901-X, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $3.50, 382pp, pb); Anthology of outstanding stories from 1983, plus a recommended reading list and a summary of the year in science fiction. Recommended. (CNB)
- 9 · Introduction · Terry Carr · in
- 13 · Servant of the People · Frederik Pohl · ss Analog Feb ’83
- 35 · Slow-Birds · Ian Watson · nv F&SF Jun ’83
- 67 · The Sidon in the Mirror · Connie Willis · nv IASFM Apr ’83
- 104 · Hardfought · Greg Bear · na IASFM Feb ’83
- 181 · Amanda and the Alien · Robert Silverberg · ss Omni May ’83
- 202 · Kaleidoscope · Cherry Wilder · nv Omni Jul ’83
- 225 · The Tithonian Factor · Richard Cowper · ss Changes, ed. Michael Bishop & Ian Watson, Ace, 1983
- 246 · Blind Shemmy · Jack M. Dann · nv Omni Apr ’83
- 273 · Scenes from the Country of the Blind · John Sladek · ss A Book of Contemporary Nightmares, ed. Giles Gordon, Michael Joseph, 1977
- 293 · Her Habiline Husband · Michael Bishop · na Universe 13, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1983
- 376 · The Science Fiction Year · Charles N. Brown · ar, 1984
- 383 · Recommended Reading · Terry Carr · bi
- Universe 14 ed. Terry Carr (Doubleday 0-385-19134-0, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $11.95, 182pp, hc); Original anthology of 10 stories by Robert Silverberg, Damon Knight, Gregory Benford, Kim Stanley Robinson, and others. Recommended. (FCM)
- Dark Company: The Ten Greatest Ghost Stories ed. Lincoln Child (St. Martin’s 0-312-18231-7, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $12.95, 334pp, hc); Anthology of well-known stories by Poe, Le Fanu, M.R. James, W.W. Jacobs, Arthur Machen, Blackwood, Oliver Onions, William Hope Hodgson, and Lovecraft.
- vii · Introduction · Lincoln Child · in
- 1 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Burton’s Gentlemen’s Magazine Sep, 1839
- 19 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round Oct 23-Nov 13, 1869
- 49 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review Dec ’08
- 81 · The Mezzotint · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 92 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Sep ’02
- 103 · The Great God Pan · Arthur Machen · na The Great God Pan, London: John Lane, 1894; a portion appeared earlier in The Whirlwind, Dec 13, 1890.
- 152 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories, London: Eveleigh Nash, 1907
- 198 · The Beckoning Fair One · Oliver Onions · na Widdershins, Secker, 1911
- 260 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss Blue Book Nov ’07
- 273 · The Shadow Out of Time · H. P. Lovecraft · na Astounding Jun ’36
- The Tithonian Factor Richard Cowper (Gollancz 0-575-03440-8, May ’84 [Apr ’84], £7.95, 150pp, hc); Collection of 6 novelettes.
- 7 · The Tithonian Factor · ss Changes, ed. Michael Bishop & Ian Watson, Ace, 1983
- 27 · Brothers · ss Extro Apr/May ’82
- 45 · Incident at Huacaloc · nv F&SF Oct ’81
- 73 · What Did the Deazies Do? · nv F&SF Dec ’82
- 107 · The Scent of Silverdill · ss F&SF Jan ’84
- 123 · A Message to the King of Brobdingnag · nv F&SF May ’84
- The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories ed. J. A. Cuddon (Penguin 0-14-006800-7, Oct ’84, £4.95, 512pp, tp); Anthology of classic supernatural fantasy tales. [Not seen]
- 11 · Introduction · J. A. Cuddon · in
- 38 · The Beggarwoman of Locarno · Heinrich von Kleist · ss, 1810
- 41 · The Entail · E. T. A. Hoffmann · na, 1817
- 90 · Wandering Willie’s Tale [from Redgauntlet] · Sir Walter Scott · ex London: Constable, 1824
- 105 · The Queen of Spades [1834] · Alexander Sergeievitch Pushkin; trans. by Rosemary Edmonds · nv
- 128 · The Old Nurse’s Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas, 1852
- 148 · The Open Door · Margaret Oliphant · nv, 1868
- 181 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [“The Haunted House in Westminster”; Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia Jan, 1872
- 209 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Gil Blas Oct 26, 1886; Weird Tales Aug ’26
- 229 · Sir Edmund Orme · Henry James · nv Black and White Nov 25, 1891
- 253 · Angeline, or the Haunted House · Émile Zola; trans. by Clive Smith · ss, 1898
- 263 · The Moonlit Road · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Jan ’07
- 271 · A Haunted Island · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Apr, 1899
- 285 · The Rose Garden · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Arnold, 1911
- 295 · The Return of Imray [“The Recrudescence of Imray”; E. Strickland] · Rudyard Kipling · ss Life’s Handicap, Macmillan, 1891; EQMM Sep ’58
- 305 · My Adventure in Norfolk · A. J. Alan · ss The London Magazine Oct ’27; broadcast by the BBC Dec 24, 1926
- 311 · The Inexperienced Ghost [“The Story of the Inexperienced Ghost”] · H. G. Wells · ss The Strand Mar ’02
- 322 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Jan ’12
- 333 · One Who Saw [as by Ex-Private X] · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room, Jarrolds, 1931
- 347 · Afterward · Edith Wharton · nv The Century Jan ’10
- 373 · The Wardrobe [1899] · Thomas Mann · ss Stories of Three Decades, New York: Knopf, 1936
- 380 · The Buick Saloon [as by Mary O’Malley] · Ann Bridge · ss The Cornhill Magazine Jun ’30
- 394 · The Tower · Marghanita Laski · ss The Third Ghost Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 401 · Footsteps in the Snow · Mario Soldati; trans. by Gwyn Morris · ss, 1965
- 410 · The Wind · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales Mar ’43
- 419 · Exorcizing Baldassare · Edward Hyams · ss The Fourth Ghost Book, ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965
- 430 · The Leaf-Sweeper · Muriel Spark · ss London Mystery #31 ’56
- 435 · “Dear Ghost...” · Fielden Hughes · ss The Fourth Ghost Book, ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965
- 450 · Sonata for Harp and Bicycle · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) Aug ’58
- 458 · Come and Get Me · Elizabeth Walter · nv Come and Get Me, London: Harvill Press, 1973
- 479 · Andrina · George Mackay Brown · ss Andrina and Other Stories, Chatto & Windus, 1983
- 486 · The Axe · Penelope Fitzgerald · ss The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories, Anon., London: Cape, 1975
- 493 · The Game of Dice · Alain Danielou · ss The Fourth Ghost Book, ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965
- 499 · The July Ghost · Antonia S. Byatt · ss Firebird #1 ’82
- The Penguin Book of Horror Stories ed. J. A. Cuddon (Penguin 0-14-006799-X, 1984, £4.95, 607pp, tp); Anthology of dark tales from authors including Henry James, Poe, Kafka, William Hope Hodgson, Ray Bradbury, and other major authors. [Not seen]
- 11 · Introduction · J. A. Cuddon · in
- 59 · The Monk of Horror, or The Conclave of Corpses · Anon. · ss The Tales of the Crypt, London, 1796
- 62 · The Astrologer’s Prediction, or The Maniac’s Fate · Anon. · ss Legends of Terror, ed. Anon., London, 1826
- 69 · The Expedition to Hell [“George Dobson’s Expedition to Hell”] · James Hogg · ss Blackwood’s May, 1827
- 78 · Mateo Falcone · Prosper Mérimée · ss La Revue de Paris, 1829
- 89 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review Dec, 1845
- 97 · La Grande Breteche · Honoré de Balzac · ss
- 114 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss Atlantic Monthly Feb, 1868
- 131 · Who Knows? · Guy de Maupassant · ss Apr 6, 1890
- 142 · The Body-Snatcher · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss Pall Mall Christmas Extra, 1884
- 158 · The Death of Olivier Bécaille · Émile Zola; trans. by Elizabeth McNally · nv
- 180 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Jul 14, 1889
- 184 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Dec, 1895
- 193 · The Sea-Raiders · H. G. Wells · ss The Weekly Sun Literary Supplement Dec 6, 1896
- 202 · The Derelict · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine Dec 1 ’12
- 224 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss Raw Edges, Heinemann, 1908
- 237 · The Fourth Man · John Russell · ss Colliers Jan 6 ’17
- 254 · In the Penal Colony · Franz Kafka · nv; Kurt Wolff Verlag, May ’19.
- 277 · The Waxwork [as by Ex-Private X] · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room, Jarrolds, 1931
- 287 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Jun ’22
- 300 · The Reptile · Augustus Muir · ss The Strand May ’26
- 312 · Mr. Meldrum’s Mania · John Metcalfe · nv Judas and Other Stories, Constable, 1931
- 338 · The Beast with Five Fingers · William F. Harvey · nv The Beast With Five Fingers, J.M. Dent, 1928
- 361 · Dry September · William Faulkner · ss Scribner’s Jan ’31
- 372 · Couching at the Door · Dorothy K. Broster · nv The Cornhill Magazine Dec ’33
- 391 · Two Bottles of Relish [Mr. Linley] · Lord Dunsany · ss Time & Tide Nov 12 ’32 (+1); EQMM Mar ’51
- 402 · The Man Who Liked Dickens · Evelyn Waugh · ss Hearst’s International Sep ’33
- 415 · Taboo · Geoffrey Household · ss The Salvation of Pisco Gabar, London: Chatto, 1939; EQMM Win ’42
- 433 · The Thought · L. P. Hartley · ss The Travelling Grave and Other Stories, Arkham, 1948
- 443 · Comrade Death · Gerald Kersh · nv Courier Sum ’38
- 467 · Leiningen Versus the Ants · Carl Stephenson · nv Esquire Dec ’38
- 486 · The Brink of Darkness · Yvor Winters · ss
- 496 · Activity Time · Monica Dickens · ss 65 Great Tales of Horror, ed. Mary Danby, London: Octopus Books, 1981
- 506 · Earth to Earth · Robert Graves · ss Punch Feb ’55; ; as “The Steinpilz Method”, EQMM Apr ’56
- 510 · The Dwarf · Ray Bradbury · ss Fantastic Jan/Feb ’54
- 521 · The Portobello Road · Muriel Spark · nv Winter’s Tales 2, Macmillan, 1956
- 540 · No Flies on Frank · John Lennon · vi In His Own Write, 1964
- 542 · Sister Coxall’s Revenge · Dawn Muscillo · vi The 17th Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Herbert van Thal, London: Pan, 1976
- 545 · Thou Shalt Not Suffer a Witch... · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss At Close of Eve, ed. Jeremy Scott, London: Jarrolds, 1947
- 557 · The Terrapin · Patricia Highsmith · ss EQMM Oct ’62
- 569 · Man from the South [“Collector’s Item”] · Roald Dahl · ss Colliers Sep 4 ’48
- 579 · Uneasy Home-coming · Will F. Jenkins · ss Weird Tales Apr ’35
- 587 · The Aquarist · J. N. Allan · ss The London Magazine Aug ’81
- 599 · An Interview with M. Chakko · Vilas Sarang · ss The London Magazine Dec ’82
- The 17th Fontana Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Mary Danby (Fontana 0-00-616934-1, 1984, £1.50, 188pp, pb); Horror anthology of 12 new and reprint stories.
- 7 · Where No Wind Blows · Alan Temperley · ss *
- 17 · The Laocoön Complex · J. C. Furnas · ss Esquire Apr ’37
- 31 · Firstborn · David Campton · ss Whispers III, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981
- 48 · Waking or Sleeping · Willis Hall · ss The Midnight Ghost Book, ed. James Hale, 1978
- 62 · Back from the Grave [“Coffins Are for Corpses”, as by David Challon] · Robert Silverberg · ss Monster Parade Dec ’58
- 77 · Harry: A Ferret · Patricia Highsmith · ss The Animal Lover’s Book of Beastly Murder, Heinemann, 1975
- 95 · The Leather Funnel · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss McClure’s Nov ’02
- 110 · Reply Guaranteed · Ramsey Campbell · ss Tandem Horror 2, ed. Richard Davis, London: Tandem Books, 1968
- 128 · Fifth Sense · Tina Rath · ss *
- 144 · Fidel Bassin · W. J. Stamper · ss Weird Tales Jul ’25
- 154 · The Yellow Sign · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow, New York & Chicago: F. Tennyson Neely, 1895
- 177 · True Love · Mary Danby · ss *
- Nightmares 2 ed. Mary Danby (Armada 0-00-692346-1, Oct ’84, £1.25, 160pp, pb); Young-adult horror anthology of new and reprint stories. Illustrated by John Higgins. [Not seen]
- Magicats! ed. Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois (Ace 0-441-51530-4, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.95, 267pp, pb); Anthology of 18 stories by Fritz Leiber, Cordwainer Smith, Stephen King, Ursula Le Guin, and others, about cats. The cover is real cutesy.
- xiii · Preface · Gardner R. Dozois & Jack M. Dann · pr
- 1 · Space-Time for Springers [Gummitch] · Fritz Leiber · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #4, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1958
- 15 · The Game of Rat and Dragon · Cordwainer Smith · ss Galaxy Oct ’55
- 33 · The Cat from Hell · Stephen King · ss Cavalier Jun ’77
- 51 · Out of Place · Pamela Sargent · ss Twilight Zone Oct ’81
- 67 · Schrödinger’s Cat · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Universe 5, ed. Terry Carr, Random House, 1974
- 77 · Groucho · Ron Goulart · ss Twilight Zone Apr ’81
- 95 · My Father, the Cat · Henry Slesar · ss Fantastic Universe Dec ’57
- 105 · The Cat Man · Byron Liggett · ss Story Spr ’60
- 123 · Some Are Born Cats · Terry & Carol Carr · ss Science Fiction Tales, ed. Roger Elwood, Rand, McNally, 1973
- 137 · The Cat Lover [as by Nicholas Breckenridge] · Knox Burger · ss F&SF Jul ’61
- 147 · Jade Blue · Edward Bryant · ss Universe 1, ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1971
- 163 · Tom Cat · Gary Jennings · ss F&SF Jul ’70
- 179 · Sonya, Crane Wessleman, and Kittee · Gene Wolfe · ss Orbit 8, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1970
- 187 · The Witch’s Cat [as by Gans T. Field] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales Oct ’39
- 205 · Antiquities · John Crowley · ss Whispers, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1977
- 215 · A Little Intelligence [as by Robert Randall] · Randall Garrett · nv Future Oct ’58
- 245 · The Cat · Gene Wolfe · ss World Fantasy Convention Program Book, ed. Robert Weinberg, 1983
- 255 · Afternoon at Schrafft’s · Gardner R. Dozois, Jack M. Dann & Michael Swanwick · ss Amazing Mar ’84
- 265 · Selected Bibliography · Misc. Material · bi
- 269 · About the Editors · Misc. Material · bg
- Valentina: Soul in Sapphire Joseph H. Delaney & Marc Steigler (Baen 0-671-55916-8, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $3.50, 318pp, pb) [Valentina]; Sf novel about a sentient computer. A first novel, composed of 3 previously published segments.
- Robots, Androids, and Mechanical Oddities: The Science Fiction of Philip K. Dick Philip K. Dick (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1159-3, Jun ’84, $19.95, 261pp, hc); Collection of 15 stories dating from 1952 to 1980, edited by Patricia S. Warrick and Martin H. Greenberg, plus introductory material.
- vii · Introduction · Patricia S. Warrick & Martin H. Greenberg · in
- 1 · The Little Movement · ss F&SF Nov ’52
- 9 · The Defenders · nv Galaxy Jan ’53
- 29 · The Preserving Machine [Doc Labyrinth] · ss F&SF Jun ’53
- 38 · Second Variety · nv Space Science Fiction May ’53
- 77 · Impostor · ss Astounding Jun ’53
- 90 · Sales Pitch · ss Future Jun ’54
- 103 · The Last of the Masters · nv Orbit #5 ’54
- 129 · Service Call · nv Science Fiction Stories Jul ’55
- 145 · Autofac · nv Galaxy Nov ’55
- 167 · To Serve the Master · ss Imagination Feb ’56
- 178 · War Game · ss Galaxy Dec ’59
- 194 · A Game of Unchance · nv Amazing Jul ’64
- 213 · The Electric Ant · ss F&SF Oct ’69
- 229 · The Exit Door Leads In · ss Rolling Stone College Papers #1 ’79
- 246 · Frozen Journey · ss Playboy Dec ’80
- A Christmas Carol and Other Christmas Stories Charles Dickens (NAL/Signet 0-451-51869-1, Nov ’84 [1984], 223pp, pb); Collection of four Christmas stories with an introduction by Frederick Busch and a selected bibliography.
- 7 · Introduction (We Are Dead Now) · Frederick Busch · in
- 30 · A Christmas Carol · na London: Chapman & Hall, 1843
- 139 · A Christmas Tree · nv Household Words Dec 21, 1850
- 163 · A Christmas Dinner · ss Sketches by Boz, Macrone, 1836
- 171 · A Good-Humoured Christmas [chapters 28/29, also as “The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton”] · nv The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, Chapman & Hall, 1837
- 219 · Selected Bibliography · Misc. Material · bi
- Giant Cold Peter Dickinson (Gollancz 0-575-03185-9, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], £4.95, 69pp, hc); Juvenile fantasy novelette, illustrated by Alan E. Cober.
- Giant Cold Peter Dickinson (Dutton 0-525-44073-9, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $10.95, 69pp, hc); Illustrated juvenile fantasy novelette. First U.S. edition (Gollancz 1984).
- The Iron Lion Peter Dickinson (Peter Bedrick/Blackie 0-911745-18-1, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $10.95, unpaginated, hc); Reprint (Blackie 1983) short juvenile fairytale with illustrations by Pauline Baynes. This is a completely rewritten version of the 1973 text. The copyright is 1983 but it apparently is now being distributed by Harper, starting in 1984.
- Dickson! Gordon R. Dickson (NESFA Press 0-915368-27-7, Aug ’84 [Nov ’84], $13.00, 193pp, hc); Collection of 5 stories plus an article, with an introduction by Poul Anderson and story introductions by Sandra Miesel. Issued to commemorate Dickson’s GoH appearance at LACon. The 150 boxed, signed, numbered copies (0-915368-84-6) sold out at Worldcon.
- v · Introduction · Poul Anderson · in
- 3 · Childe Cycle: Status 1984 [updated] · ar SFWA Bulletin Fll ’79
- 19 · The Law-Twister Shorty [Dilbia] · nv The Many Worlds of Science Fiction, ed. Ben Bova, Dutton, 1971
- 61 · Steel Brother · nv Astounding Feb ’52
- 85 · The Hard Way · nv Analog Jan ’63
- 125 · Out of the Darkness · ss EQMM Feb ’61
- 137 · Perfectly Adjusted · na Science Fiction Stories Jul ’55
- Survival! Gordon R. Dickson (Baen 0-671-55927-3, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $2.75, 279pp, pb); Collection of 12 stories, with a preface by Sandra Miesel.
- vi · Preface · Sandra Miesel · pr
- 1 · The Question · ss Astounding May ’58
- 24 · Our First Death · nv F&SF Aug ’55
- 45 · No Shield from the Dead · ss If Jan ’53
- 54 · The Underground · nv Imagination Dec ’55
- 76 · After the Funeral · ss Fantastic Apr ’59
- 82 · The General and the Axe · nv Infinity Science Fiction Nov ’57
- 121 · Button, Button · ss F&SF Sep ’60
- 140 · Rescue · ss Future Jun ’54
- 152 · Friend for Life · ss Venture Mar ’57
- 171 · Carry Me Home · nv If Nov ’54
- 207 · Jean Duprès · nv Nova 1, ed. Harry Harrison, Delacorte, 1970
- 257 · Breakthrough Gang · ss F&SF Dec ’65
- Daughter of Regals Stephen R. Donaldson (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-63-1, Jul ’84, $50.00, 125pp, hc); Limited edition (1,000 copies) of the novella which also appears in the Del Rey collection of the same name. Color illustrations by David A. Cherry.
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