The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Black Cats and Broken Mirrors ed. Martin H. Greenberg & John Helfers (DAW 0-88677-788-7, Jun 98 [May 98], $5.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Jean-François Podevin) Original anthology of 17 fantasy stories about superstitions. Authors include Esther M. Friesner, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Charles de Lint. Introduction by Helfers.
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Battle Magic ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Larry Segriff (DAW 0-88677-820-4, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $5.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Original anthology of 15 fantasy stories of magical conflicts. Authors include Charles de Lint, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, and Rosemary Edghill. Introduction by Segriff.
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The Conspiracy Files ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Scott H. Urban (DAW 0-88677-797-6, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $5.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Original anthology of 14 stories of conspiracies and secret powers, some not human. Authors include Nancy Holder, Thomas F. Monteleone, and Norman Partridge. Introduction by Urban.
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Mother of Plenty Colin Greenland (Avon Eos 0-380-78776-8, Jun 98 [May 98], $5.99, 470pp, pb) [Tabitha Jute] SF novel, third in the Tabitha Jute space opera trilogy.
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Sunderlies Seeking Gayle Greeno (DAW 0-88677-805-0, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $6.99, 570pp, pb, cover by Mark Hess) [Ghattens Gambit] Fantasy novel, book one in Ghattens Gambit, follow-up series to The Ghattis Tale.
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Forgotten Realms: Elminster in Myth Drannor Ed Greenwood (TSR 0-7869-0661-8, Nov 97 [Jan 98], $19.99, 345pp, hc, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Forgotten Realms: Elminster] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Forgotten Realms: Elminster in Myth Drannor Ed Greenwood (TSR 0-7869-1190-5, Dec 98 [Nov 98], $5.99, 378pp, tp, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Forgotten Realms: Elminster] Reprint (TSR 1997) fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Forgotten Realms: The Mercenaries Ed Greenwood (TSR 0-7869-0866-1, Jan 98 [Feb 98], $2.99, 85pp, tp, cover by Heather LeMay) [Forgotten Realms: Double Diamond Triangle] Novelization based on the Forgotten Realms role-playing game. Book three in the Double Diamond Triangle Saga. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Forgotten Realms: The Temptation of Elminster Ed Greenwood (TSR 0-7869-1189-1, Dec 98 [Nov 98], $21.99, 345pp, hc, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Elminster] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game, third in the series about the young Elminster. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Forgotten Realms: Cormyr Ed Greenwood & Jeff Grubb (TSR 0-7869-0710-X, Apr 98, $6.99, 486pp, tp, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Forgotten Realms] Reprint (TSR 1996) novelization. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Forgotten Realms: The Diamond Ed Greenwood & J. Robert King (TSR 0-7869-0872-6, Jul 98, $2.99, 88pp, tp, cover by Heather LeMay) [Forgotten Realms: Double Diamond Triangle] Novellazation based on the role-playing game. Double Diamond Triangle Saga book nine. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Battletech: Shadows of War Thomas S. Gressman (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45721-8, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $5.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Battletech: Twilight of the Clans] Novelization, sixth in the Twilight of the Clans series, #40 in the overall series based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by FASA.
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Battletech: Sword and Fire Thomas S. Gressman (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45676-9, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $5.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Battletech: Twilight of the Clans] Novelization based on the role-playing games, fifth book of the Twilight of the Clans series. Copyrighted by FASA.
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Poking the Gun: The Selected Poetry of John Grey John Grey (Dark Regions Press, Sep 98 [Oct 98], $4.95, 58pp, ph, cover by Dale L. Sproule) Chapbook collection of 28 poems of horror and dark fantasy, seven original. Introduction by Michael Arnzen. Illustrated by Dale L. Sproule. This is a signed, limited edition of 125. Order from Dark Regions Press, PO Box 6301, Concord CA 94524.
- 7 · Poking the Gun · Michael A. Arnzen · in
- 10 · The One Poking a Gun in Your Face · pm Deathrealm Fll/Win 91
- 11 · Guy on the Bus · pm Tekeli-li! #2 91
- 12 · The Man of Worms · pm Phantasmagoria
- 15 · Corpus · pm *
- 17 · Post Card from the Desert · pm Not One of Us Mar 96
- 19 · Another View of the Grand Canyon · pm Stygian Articles Fll 95
- 22 · Hosts · pm Stygian Articles Win 95
- 24 · The Bleeding · pm Dead of Night Sum 95
- 25 · Real Groom · pm Talers Tales
- 27 · Fall Killer · pm Midnight Zoo v3 #10 93
- 28 · Serial Killer By Way of Comparison · pm In Darkness Eternal
- 30 · Room · pm The Tome #1 89
- 32 · Drowning · pm *
- 33 · A Man Tied to a Chair Forever · pm *
- 35 · The Knock · pm *
- 36 · Dead Canary · pm *
- 38 · Construction Site · pm Wicked Mystic
- 40 · At Ground Level · pm Fractal Spr 94
- 42 · Universe Show · pm Quantum Tao
- 43 · A Stranger in Your Midst · pm Prisoners of the Night #9 95
- 44 · The Plague Walk · pm Lore Spr 96
- 46 · Soda Fountain of the Damned · pm Night Songs
- 48 · Neutrinos · pm Zero Gravity Freefall Sep 95
- 49 · Free Fall · pm Pirate Writings Sum 95
- 50 · Storm Mother · pm TransVersions #3 95
- 51 · The Watchers · pm Thin Ice #17 95
- 53 · The Ghoul Gets Sick · pm Not One of Us Sep 95
- 56 · Greys Elegy on an Inner City Graveyard · pm *
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The Other Shepards Adele Griffin (Hyperion 0-7868-0423-8, Sep 98, $14.95, 218pp, hc, cover by Jim Carroll) Young-adult fantasy novel. Two sisters, shadowed by others memories of siblings they never knew, find their own identities with the help of an artist no one else sees.
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The Blue Place Nicola Griffith (Avon 0-380-97446-0, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $23.00, 308pp, hc) Associational thriller. A lesbian ex-cop falls for a woman caught up in an international conspiracy involving art forgery, drugs, and murder.
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Bending the Landscape: Science Fiction ed. Nicola Griffith & Stephen Pagel (Overlook Press 0-87951-856-1, Sep 98, $26.95, 375pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Original anthology of 21 SF stories about gays and lesbians. Authors include Rebecca Ore, Stephen Baxter, Charles Sheffield, and Nancy Kress. The jacket calls this Volume I in a series, but this is actually the second, following Bending the Landscape: Fantasy (White Wolf 1997).
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Replay Ken Grimwood (Morrow/Quill 0-688-16112-X, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $12.00, 311pp, tp, cover by Yuki Shiba) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) World Fantasy Award-winning fantasy time-travel novel.
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Forgotten Realms: An Opportunity for Profit Dave Gross (TSR 0-7869-0868-8, Mar 98, $2.99, 87pp, tp, cover by Heather LeMay) [Forgotten Realms] Novellazation based on the Forgotten Realms role-playing game, Double Diamond Triangle Saga #5. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Magic: The Gathering: The Brothers War Jeff Grubb (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1170-0, May 98, $6.99, 409pp, tp, cover by r. k. post) [Magic: The Gathering: Artifacts Cycle] Novelization based on the fantasy card game, book one in the Artifacts Cycle. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
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The Magical Land of Noom Johnny Gruelle (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-14117-X, Mar 98, $22.00, 158pp, hc, cover by Johnny Gruelle) Reprint (Volland 1922) childrens fantasy novel, inspired in part by Baums Oz books. This appears to be a facsimile of the first edition, with the authors original illustrations; there is a new afterword by Peter Glassman.
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Silicon Sunset Scott T. Grusky (InfoNet Press 0-9651190-0-9, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $15.95, 297pp, tp, cover by Darin Weisensel) Near-future SF novel, cautionary counter-cyberpunk. Computer-addicted humans have forgotten how to use their own brains. A first novel. Order from InfoNet Press, 23852 Pacific Coast Hwy, Suite 330, Malibu CA 90265; www.furthest.com
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Into the Path of Gods Kathleen Cunningham Guler (Bardsong Press 0-9660371-0-3, Mar 98 [Aug 98], $22.95, 413pp, hc, cover by Catrin) [Macsens Treasure] Historical Arthurian novel with some fantasy elements, first in the four-volume Macsens Treasure series. A first novel. Bardsong, PO Box 775396, Steamboat Springs CO 80477; credit card orders 970-870-1401; add $3.95 postage.
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The Road to Science Fiction Volume 5: The British Way ed. James Gunn (White Wolf 1-56504-158-5, Feb 98 [Mar 98], $14.99, 622pp, tp) SF teaching anthology of 35 British SF stories, each with an introduction discussing its theme and period. Authors include H.G. Wells, Eric Frank Russell, Anthony Burgess, Arthur C. Clarke, and Tanith Lee. The preface by Gunn discusses the books history, and the difficulties of doing an American view of the origins and development of British SF.
- 9 · Preface · James Gunn · pr
- 12 · Introduction · James Gunn · in
- 29 · Beginnings: From Frankenstein to Dorking · James Gunn · is
- 31 · From The Battle of Dorking: Reminiscences of a Volunteer · Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Tomkyns Chesney · ex Blackwoods May, 1871
- 45 · A Matter of Perspective · James Gunn · is
- 47 · From Flatland · Edwin A. Abbott · ex London: Seely & Co., 1884
- 58 · The Craving for Catastrophe · James Gunn · is
- 60 · From After London; or, Wild England · Richard Jefferies · ex Cassells, 1885
- 69 · The Medium and the Message · James Gunn · is
- 71 · The Doom of London · Robert Barr · ss The Idler Nov, 1892
- 80 · Fin de Siècle · James Gunn · is
- 83 · A Corner in Lightning · George Griffith · ss Pearsons Magazine Mar, 1898
- 94 · The Man Who Invented Tomorrow · James Gunn · is
- 97 · The Country of the Blind · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Apr 04
- 119 · Currents in the Mainstream · James Gunn · is
- 122 · As Easy as A.B.C. · Rudyard Kipling · nv The London Magazine Mar 12 (+1)
- 147 · The Great War and Its Aftermath · James Gunn · is
- 149 · A Negligable Experiment · John D. Beresford · ss Signs and Wonders, Putnam, 1921
- 154 · More Things in Heaven and Earth · James Gunn · is
- 156 · The Horror of the Heights · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Nov 13
- 170 · Before the Crash · James Gunn · is
- 172 · The Rat · S. Fowler Wright · ss Weird Tales Mar 29
- 191 · Looking Outward · James Gunn · is
- 193 · From The Star Maker · Olaf Stapledon · ex London: Methuen, 1937
- 198 · The American Lodestone · James Gunn · is
- 201 · The Great Fog · H. F. Heard · ss The Great Fog and Other Weird Tales, Vanguard, 1944
- 213 · The Postwar Explosion · James Gunn · is
- 215 · Hobbyist · Eric Frank Russell · nv Astounding Sep 47
- 245 · Meteors and Other Stars · James Gunn · is
- 247 · Dreams Are Sacred · Peter Phillips · nv Astounding Sep 48
- 269 · The Prolific Fifties · James Gunn · is
- 271 · Made in U.S.A. · J. T. McIntosh · nv Galaxy Apr 53
- 302 · Transit of Clarke · James Gunn · is
- 304 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Infinity Science Fiction Nov 55
- 310 · The Day of the Wyndhams · James Gunn · is
- 312 · The Emptiness of Space [Troons] · John Wyndham · ss New Worlds Nov 60
- 326 · The Universe Considered as a Concentration Camp · James Gunn · is
- 329 · The Voices of Time · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Oct 60
- 360 · The Drowned Giant · J. G. Ballard · ss The Terminal Beach, London: Gollancz, 1964
- 370 · Stand on Metaphor · James Gunn · is
- 373 · The Totally Rich · John Brunner · nv Worlds of Tomorrow Jun 63
- 396 · New Worlds, New Waves, New Options · James Gunn · is
- 399 · Mouth of Hell · David I. Masson · ss New Worlds Jan 66
- 410 · The Discontinuous D.G. Compton · James Gunn · is
- 413 · Its Smart to Have an English Address · D. G. Compton · ss sf Impulse Feb 67
- 428 · More Things in Heaven and Earth · James Gunn · is
- 431 · The Muse · Anthony Burgess · ss The Hudson Review Spr 68
- 448 · The Neptune of the New Wave · James Gunn · is
- 451 · The Nature of the Catastrophe [Jerry Cornelius] · Michael Moorcock · ss New Worlds Jan 70
- 464 · Breaking into the Club · James Gunn · is
- 467 · The Power of Time · Josephine Saxton · nv New Dimensions I, ed. Robert Silverberg, Doubleday, 1971
- 478 · New Maps and Old Waves · James Gunn · is
- 482 · Masons Life · Kingsley Amis · ss The Sunday Times (London), 1972
- 486 · The God Question · James Gunn · is
- 489 · Settling the World · M. John Harrison · nv The New Improved Sun, ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper, 1975
- 510 · Putting It All Together · James Gunn · is
- 513 · Working in the Spaceship Yards · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Punch Apr 9 69
- 519 · Appearance of Life · Brian W. Aldiss · ss Andromeda 1, ed. Peter Weston, London: Futura, 1976
- 534 · Images and Icons · James Gunn · is
- 537 · An Infinite Summer · Christopher Priest · nv Andromeda 1, ed. Peter Weston, London: Futura, 1976
- 557 · Alien Relations · James Gunn · is
- 559 · Custom Fitting [Sector General] · James White · nv Stellar #2, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1976
- 580 · Sex and Fantasy · James Gunn · is
- 583 · Written in Water · Tanith Lee · ss Perpetual Light, ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, 1982
- 594 · Transcending Generalities · James Gunn · is
- 596 · The Great Atlantic Swimming Race · Ian Watson · ss IASFM Mar 86
- 606 · The Romance of Science Fiction · James Gunn · is
- 608 · And He Not Busy Being Born · Brian M. Stableford · ss Interzone #16 86
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The Road to Science Fiction Volume 6: Around the World ed. James Gunn (White Wolf 1-56504-158-5, Jul 98, $14.99, 656pp, tp, cover by Kathy Ryan) SF teaching anthology with 35 stories divided into 10 countries or regions. The history of SF in each geographic division is covered, and each story has a thematic introduction. Elisabeth Vonarburg provides an appendix essay on the influence of American SF on the rest of the world.
- 10 · Preface · James Gunn · pr
- 13 · Introduction · James Gunn · in
- 26 · FRANCE
- 30 · Exploring Worlds Known and Unknown · James Gunn · is
- 33 · from Journey to the Center of the Earth · Jules Verne · ex Paris: J. Hetzel, 1864
- 47 · Visualizing the Future · James Gunn · is
- 56 · The War of the Twentieth Century · Albert Robida · ss
- 73 · Quest for the Right Stuff · James Gunn · is
- 75 · Another World · J.-H. Rosny-Aîné; trans. by Damon Knight · nv Revue Parisenne, 1895
- 99 · The Short, Happy Life of a Surreal Pataphyscian · James Gunn · is
- 102 · The Dead Fish [1955] · Boris Vian; trans. by Damon Knight · ss 13 French Science-Fiction Stories, ed. Damon Knight, Bantam, 1965
- 113 · An Alian Behind the Wine Bottle · James Gunn · is
- 115 · Heavier Than Sleep · Philippe Curval; trans. by Maxim Jakubowski · ss Twenty Houses of the Zodiac, ed. Maxim Jakubowski, London: NEL, 1979; Plus Lourd Que le Sommeil
- 113 · The Temptations of the SF Polymath · James Gunn · is
- 125 · The Valley of Echoes · Gérard Klein; trans. by Frank Zero · ss View from Another Shore, ed. Franz Rottensteiner, Seabury Press, 1973; La vallée des échos, Un Chant de Pierre, Paris: Eric Losfeld 1966.
- 134 · The French Voice in North America · James Gunn · is
- 136 · The Knot · Élisabeth Vonarburg; trans. by Aliocha Kondratiev · ss Amazing Mar 93; Lil de la nuit, Longueuil, Québec: Le Préambule 1980.
- 146 · GERMANY
- 150 · Creating a Genre · James Gunn · is
- 152 · The Sandman · E. T. A. Hoffmann · nv; in Nachtstücke vol. 1, 1816.
- 180 · The Father of German Science Fiction · James Gunn · is
- 182 · The Universal Library · Kurd Lasswitz; trans. by Willy Ley · ss, 1901
- 188 · The Influence of Literature · James Gunn · is
- 192 · The Hunter Gracchus [written 1917] · Franz Kafka · ss The Great Wall of China, 1946
- 197 · The Austrian Connection · James Gunn · is
- 199 · The Building · Herbert W. Franke; trans. by Vernon Chamberlin & James Gunn, adapt. · vi F&SF Jun 98
- 202 · The Power of the Press · James Gunn · is
- 205 · Loitering at Deaths Door · Wolfgang Jeschke; trans. by Sally Schiller & Anne Calveley · nv Full Spectrum 3, ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell, Doubleday Foundation, 1991; Nekyomanteion, 1984.
- 234 · The Meaning of Walls · James Gunn · is
- 236 · Ikaros · Erik Simon; trans. by Vernon A. Chamberlin & James Gunn, adapt. · ss Analog Jul/Aug 98; Wissenwertes uber den Planeten Ikaros, 1971.
- 240 · SCANDINAVIA AND FINLAND
- 243 · Experiment in Denmark · James Gunn · is
- 245 · Mnemosynes Children · Svend Åge Madsen; trans. by Johan Heje · ss; from Ole Ravn, 1984.
- 254 · Fantastic Sweden · James Gunn · is
- 256 · Time Everlasting · Sam J. Lundwall · ss Tales from the Planet Earth, ed. Frederik Pohl & Elizabeth Anne Hull, St. Martins, 1986
- 262 · EASTERN EUROPE
- 267 · The Man Who Invented the Robot · James Gunn · is
- 270 · R.U.R. · Karel Capek · pl, 1921
- 277 · The Polish Master · James Gunn · is
- 280 · The Hunt [Pirx] · Stanislaw Lem; trans. by Michael Kandel · nv Mortal Engines, Seabury Press, 1977
- 309 · Medical Report · James Gunn · is
- 311 · The Divided Carla · Josef Nesvadba · nv Literarni Mesicnik Jun 85
- 330 · Political Writing · James Gunn · is
- 332 · That Invincible Human Spirit, or, The Golden Ships · Alexandr Kramer; trans. by Nora Hronková & James Gunn, adapt. · vi Analog Jul/Aug 98
- 336 · The Romanian Exception · James Gunn · is
- 337 · The Neuhof Treaty · Ovid S. Crohmalniceanu; trans. by Ioana Robu · nv
- 358 · RUSSIA
- 361 · The Brothers Strugatski · James Gunn · is
- 364 · The Strangers · Arkady & Boris Strugatsky; trans. by Winifred Greenwood · nv; from ZnaniyeSila, 1959.
- 396 · Adventure and Science Fiction · James Gunn · is
- 398 · Share It with Me · Kirill Bulychev; trans. by Helen Saltz Jacobson · ss Analog Apr 79
- 409 · ITALY
- 412 · The Everyday and the Fantastic · James Gunn · is
- 414 · The Time Machine · Dino Buzzati; trans. by Lawrence Venuti · ss, 1984
- 420 · Surprising Realms and Forbidden Kingdoms · James Gunn · is
- 422 · Cancerqueen · Tommaso Landolfi; trans. by Raymond Rosenthal · na, 1971; Cancroregina, 1950.
- 467 · Fables for Our Time · James Gunn · is
- 469 · The Spiral · Italo Calvino; trans. by William Weaver · ss Cosmicomics, Harcourt Brace World, 1968
- 480 · SPAIN AND LATIN AMERICA
- 484 · Here There Be Tygers · James Gunn · is
- 485 · The Alabaster Garden · Teresa Inglés; trans. by Maxim Jakubowski · ss Nueva Dimension, 1977; El Jardin de Alabastro
- 500 · The Magician of Magic Realism · James Gunn · is
- 502 · The Babylon Lottery · Jorge Luís Borges; trans. by Anthony Kerrigan · ss, 1981
- 508 · Miracles in Colombia · James Gunn · is
- 510 · Blacamán the Good, Vendor of Miracles · Gabriel García Márquez; trans. by Gregory Rabassa · ss The Leaf Storm and Other Stories, London: Cape, 1971
- 518 · The Past, the Present, and the Future · James Gunn · is
- 520 · Chac-Mool · Carlos Fuentes; trans. by Margaret Sayers Pegen · ss Burnt Water, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1980; from Chac-Mool & otros cuentos, 1973.
- 529 · INDIA
- 533 · The Marathi Experience · James Gunn · is
- 535 · Einstein the Second · Laxman Londhe; trans. by Arundhati Deosthale · ss; from Doosara Einstein, 1989.
- 548 · CHINA
- 552 · The Chinese Pioneer · James Gunn · is
- 553 · The Mirror Image of the Earth [Shanghai wenxue Oct 80] · Zheng Wenguang; trans. by Sun Liang · ss The Penguin World Omnibus of Science Fiction, ed. Brian W. Aldiss & Sam J. Lundwall, London: Penguin, 1986
- 562 · The Professional Writer in China · James Gunn · is
- 563 · Corrosion [Fushi, Renmin wenxue Nov 81] · Ye Yonglie; trans. by Pei Minxin · nv Science Fiction from China, ed. Wu Dingbo & Patrick D. Murphy, Praeger, 1989
- 587 · JAPAN
- 591 · Author in the Dunes · James Gunn · is
- 593 · Beyond the Curve [1966] · Kobo Abe · nv Beyond the Curve, Kodansha, 1991
- 611 · The Japanese Robert Heinlein · James Gunn · is
- 613 · Take Your Choice · Sakyo Komatsu; trans. by Shiro Tamura & Grania Davis · ss SF International #1 87
- 627 · From Western Trash to Japanese Origami · James Gunn · is
- 629 · The Legend of the Paper Spaceship · Tetsu Yano; trans. by Gene Van Troyer & Tomoko Oshiro · nv, 1978
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- 651 · US SF and Us · Élisabeth Vonarburg · ar
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