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Cocaine Nights J. G. Ballard (HarperPerennial UK 0-00-655064-9, Sep 2006, £7.99, 329+24pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 1996) associational novel. A colony of British ex-patriates in Spain conceals a hidden world of crime, drugs, and sexual abuse. This edition adds a short story, interview, and other pieces.

5 · Cocaine Nights · Ballard. J. G. · n. Flamingo, 1996
331 · P.S.: Ideas, Interviews & Features...
332 · The Man Who Walked on the Moon · J. G. Ballard · ss Interzone #13 ’85
345 · An Investigative Spirit: Travis Elborough talks to J. G. Ballard · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006 [J. G. Ballard]
346 · Life at a Glance · Travis Elborough · bi (*), 2006
347 · Top Ten Books · Travis Elborough · bg (*), 2006
349 · Writing Life · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006; 8 short questions and shorter answers.
350 · Have You Read? A Selection of J. G. Ballard’s other books · Anonymous · bg (*), 2006
The Complete Short Stories Volume I J. G. Ballard (Harper Perennial UK 0-00-724229-8, Sep 2006, £10.99, 773pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 2001 as half of The Complete Short Stories) SF/fantasy collection.

vii · Introduction · in, 2001
1 · Prima Belladonna [Vermilion Sands] · ss Science-Fantasy #20 ’56
16 · Escapement · ss New Worlds Dec ’56
30 · The Concentration City [“Build-Up”] · ss New Worlds Jan ’57
51 · Venus Smiles [“Mobile”; Vermilion Sands] · nv Science-Fantasy Jun ’57
66 · Manhole 69 · ss New Worlds Nov ’57
90 · Track 12 · ss New Worlds Apr ’58
96 · The Waiting Grounds · nv New Worlds Nov ’59
128 · Now: Zero · ss Science-Fantasy Dec ’59
142 · The Sound-Sweep · nv Science-Fantasy Feb ’60
184 · Zone of Terror · ss New Worlds Mar ’60
202 · Chronopolis · nv New Worlds Jun ’60
228 · The Voices of Time · nv New Worlds Oct ’60
264 · The Last World of Mr. Goddard · ss Science-Fantasy #43 ’60
281 · Studio 5, the Stars [Vermilion Sands] · nv Science-Fantasy Feb ’61
317 · Deep End · ss New Worlds May ’61
330 · The Overloaded Man · ss New Worlds Jul ’61
345 · Mr. F Is Mr. F · ss Science-Fantasy Aug ’61
362 · Billennium · ss New Worlds Nov ’61
379 · The Gentle Assassin · ss New Worlds Dec ’61
393 · The Insane Ones · ss Amazing Jan ’62
405 · The Garden of Time · ss F&SF Feb ’62
414 · The Thousand Dreams of Stellavista [Vermilion Sands] · nv Amazing Mar ’62
436 · Thirteen to Centaurus · nv Amazing Apr ’62
461 · Passport to Eternity · ss Amazing Jun ’62
482 · The Cage of Sand · ss New Worlds Jun ’62
507 · The Watch-Towers · nv Science-Fantasy #53 ’62
537 · The Singing Statues [Vermilion Sands] · ss Fantastic Jul ’62
550 · The Man on the 99th Floor · ss New Worlds Jul ’62
559 · The Subliminal Man · ss New Worlds Jan ’63
578 · The Reptile Enclosure [“The Sherrington Theory”] · ss Amazing Mar ’63
590 · A Question of Re-Entry · nv Fantastic Mar ’63
623 · The Time-Tombs · nv If Mar ’63
641 · Now Wakes the Sea · ss F&SF May ’63
652 · The Venus Hunters [“The Encounter”] · nv Amazing Jun ’63
685 · End-Game · ss New Worlds Jun ’63
708 · Minus One · ss Science-Fantasy Jun ’63
721 · The Sudden Afternoon · ss Fantastic Sep ’63
736 · The Screen Game [Vermilion Sands] · nv Fantastic Oct ’63
761 · Time of Passage · ss Science-Fantasy #63 ’64
The Complete Short Stories Volume II J. G. Ballard (Harper Perennial UK 0-00-724576-9, Sep 2006, £10.99, 775pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 2001 as half of The Complete Short Stories) SF/fantasy collection. This edition drops the story ‘The Ultimate City’ (1976).

vii · Introduction · in, 2001
1 · Prisoner of the Coral Deep · ss Argosy (UK) Mar ’64
8 · The Lost Leonardo · ss F&SF Mar ’64
29 · The Terminal Beach · ss New Worlds Mar ’64
51 · The Illuminated Man · nv F&SF May ’64
83 · The Delta at Sunset · ss The Terminal Beach, London: Gollancz, 1964
100 · The Drowned Giant · ss The Terminal Beach, London: Gollancz, 1964
111 · The Gioconda of the Twilight Noon · ss The Terminal Beach, London: Gollancz, 1964
121 · The Volcano Dances · ss The Terminal Beach, London: Gollancz, 1964
128 · The Beach Murders [“Confetti Royale”] · ss Rogue Jan/Feb ’66
136 · The Day of Forever · ss The Impossible Man, Berkley, 1966
155 · The Impossible Man · ss The Impossible Man, Berkley, 1966
174 · Storm-Bird, Storm-Dreamer · ss New Worlds Nov ’66
193 · Tomorrow Is a Million Years · ss Argosy (UK) Oct ’66
206 · The Assassination of John Fitzgerald Kennedy Considered as a Downhill Motor Race · ss Ambit #29 ’66
209 · Cry Hope, Cry Fury! [Vermilion Sands] · ss F&SF Oct ’67
227 · The Recognition · ss Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967
239 · The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral D [Vermilion Sands] · ss F&SF Dec ’67
257 · Why I Want to Fuck Ronald Reagan · ss The Magazine of Poetry Sum ’66
260 · The Dead Astronaut · ss Playboy May ’68
273 · The Comsat Angels · ss If Dec ’68
289 · The Killing Ground · ss New Worlds Mar ’69
298 · A Place and a Time to Die · ss New Worlds Sep/Oct ’69
307 · Say Goodbye to the Wind [Vermilion Sands] · ss Fantastic Aug ’70
323 · The Greatest Television Show on Earth · ss Ambit #53 ’72
330 · My Dream of Flying to Wake Island · ss Ambit #60 ’74
342 · The Air Disaster · ss Bananas Jan ’75
353 · Low-Flying Aircraft · ss Bananas Sum ’75
371 · The Life and Death of God · ss Ambit #66 ’76
381 · Notes Toward a Mental Breakdown · ss Bananas Spr ’76; Not the same as the story of the same title in The Atrocity Exhibition.
391 · The 60 Minute Zoom · ss Bananas Sum ’76
401 · The Smile · ss Bananas #6 ’76
413 · The Dead Time · nv Bananas Spr ’77
434 · The Index · ss Bananas Sum ’77
442 · The Intensive Care Unit · ss Ambit #71 ’77
452 · Theatre of War · nv Bananas Win ’77
473 · Having a Wonderful Time · ss Bananas Spr ’78
479 · One Afternoon at Utah Beach · ss Anticipations, ed. Christopher Priest, Scribner’s, 1978
493 · Zodiac 2000 · ss Ambit #75 ’78
502 · Motel Architecture · ss Bananas Aut ’78
517 · A Host of Furious Fancies · ss Time Out Dec 19 ’80
531 · News from the Sun · nv Ambit #87 ’81
569 · Memories of the Space Age · nv Interzone #2 ’82
602 · Myths of the Near Future · nv Myths of the Near Future, J. Cape, 1982
635 · Report on an Unidentified Space Station · ss City Limits Dec 10 ’82
641 · The Object of the Attack · ss Interzone #9 ’84
657 · Answers to a Questionnaire · ss Ambit Spr ’85
662 · The Man Who Walked on the Moon · ss Interzone #13 ’85
677 · The Secret History of World War 3 · ss Ambit #114 ’88
688 · Love in a Colder Climate · ss Interview Jan ’89
697 · The Enormous Space · ss Interzone #30 ’89
710 · The Largest Theme Park in the World · ss The Guardian Jul 7 ’89
718 · War Fever · nv F&SF Oct ’89
740 · Dream Cargoes · ss War Fever, Collins, 1990
757 · A Guide to Virtual Death · vi Interzone #56 ’92
760 · The Message from Mars · ss Interzone #58 ’92
772 · Report from an Obscure Planet · ss Leonardo Apr ’92
The Day of Creation J. G. Ballard (Harper Perennial UK 0-00-722789-2, Sep 2006, £7.99, 287+20pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1987) SF novel. This edition adds a short story, interview, and other pieces.

5 · The Day of Creation · J. G. Ballard · n. London: Gollancz, 1987
289 · P.S.: Ideas, Interviews & Features...
290 · The Secret History of World War 3 · J. G. Ballard · ss Ambit #114 ’88
299 · An Investigative Spirit: Travis Elborough talks to J. G. Ballard · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006 [J. G. Ballard]
300 · Life at a Glance · Travis Elborough · bi (*), 2006
301 · Top Ten Books · Travis Elborough · bg (*), 2006
303 · Writing Life · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006; 8 short questions and shorter answers.
304 · Have You Read? A Selection of J. G. Ballard’s other books · Anonymous · bg (*), 2006
The Drowned World J. G. Ballard (HarperPerennial UK 0-00-722183-5, Feb 2006, £7.99, 175+16pp, tp) Reprint (Berkley 1962) SF novel.

176 · Reality Is a Stage Set · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006 [J. G. Ballard]
185 · The End of My War · J. G. Ballard · ar The Sunday Times (London), 1995
Empire of the Sun J. G. Ballard (HarperPerennial UK 0-00-722152-5, Feb 2006, £7.99, 351+32pp, tp) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) associational novel.

352 · An Investigative Spirit: Travis · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006 [J. G. Ballard]
361 · The End of My War · J. G. Ballard · ar The Woman Journalist, 1963
High-Rise J. G. Ballard (Harper Perennial UK 0-586-04456-6, Sep 2006, £7.99, 173+18pp, tp) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1975) SF novel. This edition adds a short story, interview, and other pieces.

5 · High-Rise · J. G. Ballard · n., 1975
175 · P.S.: Ideas, Interviews & Features...
176 · The Intensive Care Unit · J. G. Ballard · ss Ambit #71 ’77
185 · An Investigative Spirit: Travis Elborough talks to J. G. Ballard · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006 [J. G. Ballard]
186 · Life at a Glance · Travis Elborough · bi (*), 2006
187 · Top Ten Books · Travis Elborough · bg (*), 2006
188 · Writing Life · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006; 8 short questions and shorter answers.
189 · Have You Read? A Selection of J. G. Ballard’s other books · Anonymous · bg (*), 2006
Kingdom Come J. G. Ballard (Fourth Estate 0-00-723246-2, Sep 2006, £17.99, 280pp, hc) Associational novel of a super-mall and social division.
Super-Cannes J. G. Ballard (Harper Perennial UK 0-00-655160-2, Sep 2006, £7.99, 392+22pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 2000) literary fantasy novel. This edition adds a short story, interview, and other pieces.

1 · Super-Cannes · J. G. Ballard · n. Flamingo, 2000
395 · P.S.: Ideas, Interviews & Features...
396 · The Enormous Space · J. G. Ballard · ss Interzone #30 ’89
407 · An Investigative Spirit: Travis Elborough talks to J. G. Ballard · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006 [J. G. Ballard]
408 · Life at a Glance · Travis Elborough · bi (*), 2006
409 · Top Ten Books · Travis Elborough · bg (*), 2006
411 · Writing Life · Travis Elborough · iv (*), 2006; 8 short questions and shorter answers.
412 · Have You Read? A Selection of J. G. Ballard’s other books · Anonymous · bg (*), 2006
King of Ayodhya Ashok Banker (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-331-7, Jun 2006, £8.99, 501pp, tp, cover by Art of Legend India) [Ramayana] Fantasy novel, the sixth book in the Ramayana sextet based on the ancient Indian epic.
Cry of the Newborn James Barclay (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07812-X, Sep 2006, £7.99, 861pp, tp, cover by Laura Brett) [Ascendants of Estorea] Reprint (Gollancz 2005) fantasy novel, the first book of The Ascendants of Estorea series.
Abarat: Days of Magic, Nights of War Clive Barker (Harper Voyager 0-00-722772-8, Oct 2006, £7.99, 557pp, pb) [Books of Abarat] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, the second in a quartet. This lacks the illustrations of the original.
Blart: The Boy Who Didn’t Want to Save the World Dominic Barker (Bloomsbury 0-7475-8074-X, Feb 2006, £5.99, 307pp, tp, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult humorous fantasy novel. An ungainly 14-year-old pig-herder is the only one who might save the world.
Peter and the Starcatchers Dave Barry & Ridley Pearson (Walker UK 1-4063-0116-7, Feb 2006, £12.99, 464pp, hc, cover by Greg Call) [Peter Pan] Reprint (Disney Editions 2004) young-adult fantasy novel, a prequel to J.M. Barrie’s Peter Pan. [First U.K. edition]
Emperor Stephen Baxter (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07433-7, Jul 2006, £10.99, 302pp, tp) [Time’s Tapestry] SF novel, the first book in the Time’s Tapestry series. A hardcover edition (-07432-9, £17.99) was announced but not seen.
Resplendent Stephen Baxter (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07896-0, Sep 2006, £12.99, 549pp, tp) [Xeelee] Collection of 19 stories, one original, the rest all revised, in the Xeelee series. Published somewhat inaccurately as Destiny’s Children Book Four. Includes three novellas originally published as separate editions: Reality Dust (2000), Riding the Rock (2002), and Mayflower II (2004). All the stories have been revised and are linked by the fictional Luru Parz as part of the same future history. A hardcover edition (-07895-2, £18.99) was announced but not seen.

· One: Resurgence
5 · Cadre Siblings: AD 5301 [Qax] · nv Interzone #153, 2000; revised
20 · Conurbation 2473: AD 5407 [Qax] · ss Live Without a Net, ed. Lou Anders, Roc, 2003; revised
32 · Reality Dust: AD 5408 · na PS Publishing, 2000; revised
81 · All in a Blaze: AD 5789 [Qax] · ss Stars: Original Stories Based on the Songs of Janis Ian, ed. Janis Ian and Mike Resnick, DAW, 2003; revised
· Two: The War with the Ghosts
93 · Silver Ghost: AD 5499 · ss Asimov’s Sep, 2000; revised
107 · The Cold Sink: AD 5802 · ss Asimov’s Aug, 2001; revised
118 · On the Orion Line: AD 6454 · nv Asimov’s Oct/Nov, 2000; revised
152 · Ghost Wars: AD 7004 [Xeelee: Destiny’s Children] · nv Asimov’s Jan, 2006; revised
190 · The Ghost Pit · ss Asimov’s Jul, 2001; revised
· Three: Assimilation
207 · Lakes of Light: AD 10,102 · nv Constellations, ed. Peter Crowther, DAW, 2005; revised
224 · Breeding Ground: AD 10,537 · nv Asimov’s Feb, 2003; revised
248 · The Dreaming Mould: AD 12,478 · ss Interzone May, 2002; revised
261 · The Great Game: AD 12,659 · ss Asimov’s Mar, 2003; revised
· Four: Resplendent
283 · The Chop Line: AD 20,424 · nv Asimov’s Dec, 2003; revised
313 · In the Un-Black: AD 22,254 · ss Redshift: Extreme Visions of Speculative Fiction, ed. Al Sarrantonio, Penguin/Roc, 2001; revised
331 · Riding the Rock: AD 23,479 · na PS Publishing, 2002; revised
· Five: The Shadow of Empire
377 · Mayflower II: AD 5420 - 24,974 · na PS Publishing, 2004; revised
439 · Between Worlds: AD 27,152 · na Between Worlds, ed. Robert Silverberg, SFBC, 2004; revised
· Six: The Fall of Mankind
497 · Siege of Earth: c. AD 1,000,000 · na *
547 · Timeline · ms (*), 2006
Transcendent Stephen Baxter (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07814-6, Sep 2006, £6.99, 522pp, pb) [Destiny’s Children] Reprint (Gollancz 2005) SF novel, third in the Destiny’s Children series.
Quantico Greg Bear (Harper UK 0-00-712979-3, Jul 2006, £6.99, 438pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 2005) SF novel. Near-future SF novel of terrorist attacks throughout the world opposed by perhaps the final FBI graduates.
The Stars My Destination Alfred Bester (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07909-6, Aug 2006, £7.99, x+254pp, tp, cover by Marc Adams) Reprint (Signet 1957) SF novel, with an introduction by Neil Gaiman. Part of the Ten Greatest SF Books of All Time series.

vii · Of Time and Gully Foyle · Neil Gaiman · in (*), 2006
The Pride Edie Bingham (Black Lace 0-352-33997-7, Oct 2005, £7.99, 274pp, pb) Fantasy novel. Erotic fantasy of a woman who belongs to a secret race of shapechangers, the Pride.
Fiends of the Eastern Front: Operation Vampyr David Bishop (BL Publishing/Black Flame 1-84416-274-5, Dec 2005, £6.99, 254pp, pb) [Fiends of the Eastern Front] Novelization based on the 2000AD comics, the first book in a trilogy.
Valiant Holly Black (Simon & Schuster UK Children’s Books 1-416-90118-3, Sep 2005, £9.99, 319pp, tp, cover by Sammy Yuen, Jr.) Reprint (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books 2005) young-adult contemporary fantasy novel. Published in 2005, but not seen until now. [First U.K. edition]
Valiant: A Modern Tale of Faerie Holly Black (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books UK 1-416-90119-1, Jul 2006, £6.99, 379pp, tp, cover by Sammy Yuen, Jr.) Reprint (Simon & Schuster Children’s Books 2005) young-adult fantasy novel.
Checkmate Malorie Blackman (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55194-5, Sep 2006, £6.99, 511pp, tp) [Noughts and Crosses] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2005) young-adult SF novel.
Noughts & Crosses Malorie Blackman (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-55570-3, Sep 2006, £6.99, 479pp, pb) [Noughts and Crosses] Reprint (Doubleday UK 2001) young-adult SF novel. This edition adds the novella An Eye for an Eye, originally issued on World Book Day, 6 Feb 2003.

445 · An Eye for an Eye · Malorie Blackman · na London: Corgi, 2003
Cities in Flight James Blish (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07898-7, Aug 2006, £7.99, xi+687pp, tp, cover by Marc Adams) [Cities in Flight] Reprint (Avon 1970) omnibus of four classic SF novels, with the 1970 afterword by Richard D. Mullen, and a new introduction by Stephen Baxter. Part of the Ten Greatest SF Books of All Time series.

vii · Introduction · Stephen Baxter · in (*), 2006
1 · They Shall Have Stars · n. London: Faber and Faber, 1956
139 · A Life for the Stars · n. New York: Putnam, 1962
255 · Earthman, Come Home · n. New York: Putnam, 1955
509 · The Triumph of Time · n. New York: Avon, 1958
655 · Afterword · Richard D. Mullen · aw, 1970
Beast Beneath the Skin Thomas Bloor (Faber and Faber 0-571-23111-X, Jul 2006, £6.99, 310pp, tp, cover by Ian Butterworth) [Worm in the Blood] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in a series after Worm in the Blood.
Worm in the Blood Thomas Bloor (Faber and Faber 0-571-22595-0, Jul 2005, £6.99, 345pp, tp, cover by Philip Hood & Diane Payne) [Worm in the Blood] Young-adult fantasy novel, the first in a series. This was published in 2005 but not seen until now.
Dreams of Inan: A Kind of Peace Andy Boot (Abaddon Books 1-905437-02-1, Aug 2006, £6.99, 302pp, tp, cover by Mark Harrison) [Dreams of Inan] Science fantasy novel, the first in a series of novels to be penned by different authors.
Titan Ben Bova (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-82396-8, Feb 2006, £18.99, 502pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Grand Tour] SF novel in the Grand Tour of the Solar System series.
Titan Ben Bova (Hodder 0-340-82397-6, Jun 2006, £7.99, 502pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Grand Tour] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 2006) SF novel in the loose Grand Tour of the Solar System series.
Streetcar Dreams Richard Bowes (PS Publishing 1-904619-38-X, Jul 2006, £25.00, 178pp, hc, cover by Ellen Klages) Collection of six stories. Introduction by Jeffrey Ford. This is a signed, limited edition of 500; a slipcased deluxe edition of 200 (-39-8, £60.00) is also available. Publishing, Grosvenor House, 1 New Road, Hornsea HU18 1PG, UK; [www.pspublishing.co.uk].

vii · 4 Things About the Work of the Time Ranger · Jeffrey Ford · in
1 · Circle Dance · ss Postscripts Spr, 2005; same narrator as “My Life in Speculative Fiction”.
27 · Someday I Shall Rise and Go · nv Tomorrow Jan ’93
53 · Transfigured Night · nv Tomorrow Apr ’95
77 · A Huntsman Passing By · ss F&SF Jun ’99
93 · Streetcar Dreams [Kevin Grierson] · nv F&SF Apr ’97
133 · My Life in Speculative Fiction · nv Transfigured Night and Other Stories, iPublish, 2001; same narrator as “Circle Dance”.
Frozen Fire Tim Bowler (Oxford University Press 0-19-271979-3, Sep 2006, £12.99, 352pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel.
Tales from the Dark Side: Walking with the Dead Tim Bowler (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-88175-5, Sep 2006, £4.99, 128pp, tp, cover by Jason Cockcroft) Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 2005) YA horror novel.
Something Wicked This Way Comes Ray Bradbury (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-07874-X, Mar 2006, £6.99, 261pp, tp, cover by Richard Carr) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1962) fantasy novel. Includes a Bradbury afterword from 1999. Volume 49 in the Fantasy Masterworks series.
Doctor Who: The Price of Paradise Colin Brake (BBC Books 0-563-48652-X, Sep 2006, £6.99, 249pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series featuring the 10th Doctor and Rose.
Angel Fire East Terry Brooks (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-546-8, Aug 2006, £7.99, 440pp, tp, cover by Steve Stone) [John Ross, Knight] Reprint (Orbit 1999) fantasy novel.
Armageddon’s Children Terry Brooks (Little, Brown UK/Orbit 1-84149-478-X, Sep 2006, £17.99, 369pp, hc, cover by Steve Stone) [Shannara: Genesis of Shannara] Fantasy novel. First in The Great Wars trilogy set 80 years after the end of The Word and the Void trilogy, and a bridging sequence to the Shannara series. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.

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