Search Worlds Without End

Table of Contents:

• From Death's Other Side - (1991) - essay by Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
• Lazarus - (1921) - shortstory by Leonid Andreyev (1906)
• The Rose-Crystal Bell - (1954) - shortstory by Robert Arthur
• Glámr - (1863) - shortstory by Sabine Baring-Gould
• Beyond the Wall - (1907) - shortstory by Ambrose Bierce
• Mother of Serpents - (1936) - shortstory by Robert Bloch
• Lost Boys - (1989) - shortstory by Orson Scott Card
• The Man with Pin-Point Eyes - (1931) - novelette by Erle Stanley Gardner
• Grave Error - (1991) - shortstory by Cathie Griffith
• The Tortoise - (1910) - shortstory by William Fryer Harvey
• The Adventure of the German Student - (1824) - shortstory by Washington Irving
• Count Magnus - (1904) - shortstory by M. R. James
• A Thousand Deaths - (1889) - shortstory by Jack London
• The Outsider - (1926) - shortstory by H. P. Lovecraft
• Ligeia - (1838) - shortstory by Edgar Allan Poe
• Mop-Up - (1953) - shortstory by Arthur Porges
• Charlie - (1980) - shortstory by Talmage Powell
• If the Red Slayer - (1959) - shortstory by Robert Sheckley
• The Charnel God - (1934) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith
• It - (1940) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• Where the Woodbine Twineth - (1976) - shortstory by Manly Wade Wellman
• Afterward - (1910) - novelette by Edith Wharton

Contents:

• vii - Introduction (Caught in the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction) - [Asimov's Essays: Other's Work] - (1983) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 3 - Keep Out - (1954) - short story by Fredric Brown
• 9 - Student Body - (1953) - novelette by F. L. Wallace [as by Floyd L. Wallace]
• 37 - A Sound of Thunder - (1952) - short story by Ray Bradbury
• 55 - Invariant - (1944) - short story by John R. Pierce
• 63 - The Exterminator - (1931) - short story by A. Hyatt Verrill
• 71 - Tomorrow's Children - [Tomorrow's Children - 1] - (1947) - novelette by Poul Anderson and F. N. Waldrop [as by Poul Anderson]
• 107 - Mary and Joe - (1962) - short story by Naomi Mitchison
• 123 - Sea Change - (1956) - short story by Thomas N. Scortia
• 141 - Caught in the Organ Draft - (1972) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• 157 - Nine Lives - (1969) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 191 - Alien Earth - (1949) - novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• 225 - Grandpa - [The Hub] - (1955) - novelette by James H. Schmitz
• 257 - Notes (Caught in the Organ Draft: Biology in Science Fiction) - [Asimov's Essays: Other's Work] - (1983) - essay by Isaac Asimov

Contents

• Warning-- (Devil Worshipers) - essay by Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
• Sweet Sixteen (1958) - short story by Robert Bloch
• The Missing Item - [Black Widowers] (1977) - short story by Isaac Asimov
• The Compleat Werewolf - [Fergus O'Breen] (1942) - novella by Anthony Boucher
• No News Today (1941) - short story by Cleve Cartmill
• The Night Train to Lost Valley (1948) - short story by August Derleth
• The Sacrifice (1905) - short story by Perceval Gibbon
• Young Goodman Brown (1835) - short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne
• The Vicar of Hell - [Simon Ark - 5] (1956) - novelette by Edward D. Hoch
• The Words of Guru (1941) - short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• The Power (1945) - short story by Murray Leinster
• The Stranger from Kurdistan - [Ismeddin] (1925) - short story by E. Hoffmann Price
• The Globe of Memories (1937) - novella by Seabury Quinn
• School for the Unspeakable (1937) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• Such Nice Neighbors (1985) - short story by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
• The New People (1958) - short story by Charles Beaumont

Table of Contents:

• ix - Introduction (Dragons and Dreams) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh and Jane Yolen
• 1 - The Box - short story by Bruce Coville
• 12 - The Thing That Goes Burp in the Night - short story by Sharon Webb
• 32 - Baba Yaga and the Sorcerer's Son - short story by Patricia A. McKillip
• 43 - All the Names of Baby Hag - short story by Patricia MacLachlan
• 55 - The Three Men - short story by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
• 70 - Great-Grandfather Dragon's Tale - novelette by Jane Yolen
• 95 - Laughter in the Leaves - [Cerin Songweaver] - short story by Charles de Lint
• 108 - Carol Oneir's Hundredth Dream - [Chrestomanci] - novelette by Diana Wynne Jones
• 136 - The Singing Float - short story by Monica Hughes
• 151 - Uptown Local - [Young Wizards] - novelette by Diane Duane

In this outstanding collection of Sherlockian tales, the master of detection solves the most fantastic cases of his career. Herein are answered questions which have plagued loyal readers for decades, including: What is the truth about the mysterious menace of Sumatra? What occurs when Holmes must pursue an extra-terrestrial?

Stories by authors: Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, Gordon R. Dickson, Philip Jose Farmer; Sterling Lanier, Gene Wolfe, Edward Wellen and others, for your amusement and edification.

Table of Contents:

• Sherlock Holmes - essay by Isaac Asimov
• The Adventure of the Devil's Foot - (1910) - novelette by Arthur Conan Doyle
• The Problem of the Sore Bridge -- Among Others - (1975) - novelette by Philip José Farmer
• The Adventure of the Global Traveler - (1978) - short story by Anne Lear
• The Great Dormitory Mystery - (1976) - short story by Sharon N. Farber
• The Adventure of the Misplaced Hound - (1953) - novelette by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson
• The Thing Waiting Outside - (1977) - short story by Barbara Williamson
• A Father's Tale - (1974) - novelette by Sterling E. Lanier
• The Adventure of the Extraterrestrial - (1965) - novelette by Mack Reynolds
• A Scarletin Study - (1975) - novelette by Philip José Farmer
• Voiceover - novelette by Edward Wellen
• The Adventure of the Metal Murderer - (1980) - short story by Fred Saberhagen
• Slaves of Silver - (1971) - short story by Gene Wolfe
• God of the Naked Unicorn - (1976) - novelette by Richard A. Lupoff
• Death in the Christmas Hour - (1983) - short story by James Powell
• The Ultimate Crime - (1976) - short story by Isaac Asimov

Table of Contents:

• 1 - The Longest Voyage - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 7 - The Burning of the Brain - [The Instrumentality of Mankind] - short story by Cordwainer Smith
• 19 - Home the Hard Way - novelette by Richard McKenna
• 49 - Potential - short story by Robert Sheckley
• 69 - Bill for Delivery - [Federation of Humanity] - short story by Christopher Anvil
• 91 - Story of a Curse - short story by Doris Pitkin Buck
• 97 - The Oceans Are Wide - novella by Frank M. Robinson
• 177 - Far Centaurus - short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 203 - The Ship Who Sang - [The Ship Who ...] - novelette by Anne McCaffrey
• 227 - Avoidance Situation - novelette by James McConnell
• 273 - Chance Encounter - [John Grimes] - short story by A. Bertram Chandler
• 295 - Allamagoosa - short story by Eric Frank Russell
• 313 - Founding Father - short story by Isaac Asimov
• 323 - Wings Out of Shadow - [Berserker] - novelette by Fred Saberhagen

Thirteen tales in which detectives of the distant future roam a galaxy riddled with locked-room mysteries, ciphers to be decoded, and unearthly evidence to be sifted, all by the rules of the 13 kinds of mystery story.

Table of Contents:

• The Universe of Science Fiction (1979) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• The Detweiler Boy (1977) - novelette by Tom Reamy
• The Ipswich Phial [Lord Darcy] (1976) - novelette by Randall Garrett
• Second Game [Kalin Trobt] (1958) - novelette by Charles V. De Vet and Katherine MacLean
• The Ceaseless Stone [Doctor Eszterhazy] (1975) - short story by Avram Davidson
• Coup de Grace [Magnus Ridolph] (1958) - short story by Jack Vance
• The Green Car (1957) - novelette by William F. Temple
• War Game (1959) - short story by Philip K. Dick
• The Singing Bell [Wendell Urth] (1955) - short story by Isaac Asimov
• ARM [Gil Hamilton] (1975) - novella by Larry Niven
• Mouthpiece (1974) - novella by Edward Wellen
• Time Exposures (1971) - novelette by Wilson Tucker
• How-2 (1954) - novelette by Clifford D. Simak
• Time in Advance (1956) - novelette by William Tenn

Table of Contents:

• 1 - Introduction: The Creation of Rome (The Eternal City) - essay by David Drake
• 5 - Delenda Est - [Time Patrol - 5] - novelette by Poul Anderson
• 47 - Nightfall on the Dead Sea - short story by Ray Nelson
• 65 - The Prince - novella by C. J. Cherryh
• 103 - The Bottom of the Gulf - short story by Barry Pain
• 107 - An Elixir for the Emperor - novelette by John Brunner
• 129 - Some Very Odd Happenings at Kibblesham Manor House - short story by Michael Harrison
• 145 - Time Grabber - short story by Gordon R. Dickson
• 163 - Survey of the Third Planet - short story by Keith Roberts
• 181 - Don't Be a Goose - [Murchison Morks] - short story by Robert Arthur
• 197 - Domitia. - short story by Mrs. Richard S. Greenough
• 215 - Survival Technique - short story by Poul Anderson and Kenneth Gray
• 233 - Ranks of Bronze - [Ranks of Bronze] - short story by David Drake
• 245 - Kings of the Night - [Bran Mak Morn] - novelette by Robert E. Howard

Stories tell of the last survivor of an alien purge, a time traveler, an immortal who outlives all of his companions, a scientist who tries to postpone the end of his race, and an individual who stays behind when Earth is abandoned.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1982) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• The Underdweller - (1957) - short story by William F. Nolan
• Flight to Forever - (1950) - novella by Poul Anderson
• Trouble with Ants - [City] - (1951) - novelette by Clifford D. Simak
• The Coming of the Ice - (1926) - short story by G. Peyton Wertenbaker
• The Most Sentimental Man - (1957) - short story by Evelyn E. Smith
• Eddie for Short - (1953) - short story by Wallace West
• Knock - (1948) - short story by Fredric Brown
• Original Sin - (1946) - short story by S. Fowler Wright
• A Man Spekith - (1969) - novelette by Richard Wilson
• In the World's Dusk - (1936) - short story by Edmond Hamilton
• Kindness - (1944) - short story by Lester del Rey
• Lucifer - (1964) - short story by Roger Zelazny
• Resurrection - (1948) - short story by A. E. van Vogt
• The Second-Class Citizen - (1963) - short story by Damon Knight
• Day of Judgment - (1946) - short story by Edmond Hamilton
• Continuous Performance - (1974) - short story by Gordon Eklund
• The New Reality - (1950) - novelette by Charles L. Harness

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1979) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Sun - essay by Isaac Asimov
• The Weather on the Sun - (1970) - novelette by Theodore L. Thomas
• Mercury - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Brightside Crossing - (1956) - novelette by Alan E. Nourse
• Venus - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Prospector's Special - (1959) - novelette by Robert Sheckley
• Earth - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Waterclap - (1970) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
• Mars - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Hop-Friend - (1962) - short story by Terry Carr
• Asteroids - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Barnacle Bull - (1960) - short story by Poul Anderson
• Jupiter - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Bridge - (1952) - novelette by James Blish
• Saturn - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Saturn Rising - (1961) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• Uranus - essay by Isaac Asimov
• The Snowbank Orbit - (1962) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• Neptune - essay by Isaac Asimov
• One Sunday in Neptune - (1969) - short story by Alexei Panshin
• Pluto - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Wait It Out - (1968) - short story by Larry Niven
• Nikita Eisenhower Jones - (1960) - novelette by Robert F. Young
• Comets - essay by Isaac Asimov
• The Comet, the Cairn and the Capsule - (1972) - short story by Duncan Lunan (variant of Comet, Cairn and Capsule)

This is a combined edition of

The Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction: Science fiction stories deal with the themes of sloth, lust, envy, pride, anger, gluttony, avarice, and covetousness.

The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction: Science fiction stories center on the themes of temperance, justice, faith, prudence, fortitude, hope, charity, and love.

Contents:

• Introduction (The Seven Deadly Sins of Science Fiction) (1980) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• Sail 25 (1962) - novelette by Jack Vance (variant of Gateway to Strangeness)
• Peeping Tom (1954) - novelette by Judith Merril
• The Invisible Man Murder Case (1958) - novelette by Henry Slesar
• Galley Slave [Susan Calvin] (1957) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
• Divine Madness (1966) - short story by Roger Zelazny
• The Midas Plague (1954) - novella by Frederik Pohl
• The Man Who Ate the World (1956) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
• Margin of Profit [Nicholas Van Rijn] (1956) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• The Hook, the Eye and the Whip [The Peninsula] (1974) - novelette by Michael G. Coney
• Introduction (The Seven Cardinal Virtues of Science Fiction) (1981) - essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• Superiority (1951) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• Whosawhatsa? (1967) - novelette by Jack Wodhams
• Riding the Torch (1974) - novella by Norman Spinrad
• The Nail and the Oracle (1965) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• Jean Duprès (1970) - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
• Nuisance Value (1957) - novella by Eric Frank Russell
• The Sons of Prometheus (1966) - novelette by Alexei Panshin
• The Ugly Little Boy (1958) - novelette by Isaac Asimov (variant of Lastborn)

8 stories about conflicts in time travel.

Contents:

• 1 - Introduction (Time Wars) - essay by Poul Anderson
• 3 - Frost and Thunder - (1979) - novelette by Randall Garrett
• 27 - Gunpowder God - [Kalvan] - (1964) - novella by H. Beam Piper
• 75 - Amphiskios - (1949) - novelette by John D. MacDonald
• 110 - Delenda Est - [Time Patrol - 5] - (1955) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• 149 - Dragonrider - [Dragonriders of Pern short fiction] - (1967) - novella by Anne McCaffrey
• 265 - The Timesweepers - (1969) - novelette by Keith Laumer
• 296 - Run from the Fire - (1975) - novelette by Harry Harrison
• 329 - Skirmish on a Summer Morning - (1976) - novella by Bob Shaw

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Larger Than Life - (1984) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• The Gate of the Flying Knives - (1979) - novella by Poul Anderson
• Unicorn Tapestry - (1980) - novella by Suzy McKee Charnas
• Sleep Well of Nights - (1978) - novella by Avram Davidson
• Black Heart and White Heart - (1896) - novella by H. Rider Haggard
• Red Nails - (1936) - novella by Robert E. Howard
• Storm in a Bottle - (1977) - novella by John Jakes
• Ill Met in Lankhmar - (1970) - novella by Fritz Leiber
• The Lands Beyond the World - (1977) - novella by Michael Moorcock
• A Man and His God - (1981) - novella by Janet Morris
• Spider Silk - (1976) - novelette by Andre Norton
• Where is the Bird of Fire? - (1962) - novella by Thomas Burnett Swann
• Guyal of Sfere - (1950) - novella by Jack Vance
• Tower of Ice - (1981) - novella by Roger Zelazny

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1987) - essay by Charles G. Waugh
• Jerusalem's Lot - (1978) - novelette by Stephen King
• The Parasite - (1894) - novella by Arthur Conan Doyle
• Fearful Rock - (1939) - novella by Manly Wade Wellman
• Sardonicus - (1961) - novelette by Ray Russell
• Nightflyers - (1980) - novella by George R. R. Martin
• Horrible Imaginings - (1982) - novella by Fritz Leiber
• Jane Brown's Body - (1938) - novella by Cornell Woolrich
• Killdozer! - (1944) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
• The Shadow Out of Time - (1936) - novella by H. P. Lovecraft
• The Stains - (1980) - novella by Robert Aickman
• The Horror from the Hills - (1931) - novella by Frank Belknap Long
• Children of the Kingdom - (1980) - novella by T. E. D. Klein
• Frost and Fire - (1946) - novella by Ray Bradbury

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Novellas - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Profession - (1957) - novella by Isaac Asimov
• Who Goes There? - (1938) - novella by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• For I Am a Jealous People! - (1954) - novella by Lester del Rey
• The Mortal and the Monster - (1976) - novella by Gordon R. Dickson
• Time Safari - (1981) - novella by David Drake
• In the Western Tradition - (1981) - novella by Phyllis Eisenstein
• The Alley Man - (1959) - novella by Philip José Farmer
• The Sellers of the Dream - (1963) - short fiction by John Jakes
• The Moon Goddess and the Son - (1979) - novella by Donald Kingsbury
• Enemy Mine - (1979) - novella by Barry B. Longyear
• Flash Crowd - (1973) - novella by Larry Niven
• In the Problem Pit - (1973) - novella by Frederik Pohl
• The Desert of Stolen Dreams - (1981) - novella by Robert Silverberg

Stories deal with a magician's quest, a man who changes into an elephant, sorcerers, werewolves, storytellers, a magical necklace, ancient monsters revived by a spell, a daring rescue, and a mysterious wall...

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction: Wizards - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 11 - Mazirian the Magician - [Dying Earth] - (1950) - short story by Jack Vance
• 27 - Please Stand By - [Max Kearny] - (1962) - short story by Ron Goulart
• 49 - What Good Is a Glass Dagger? - [Magic Goes Away] - (1972) - novelette by Larry Niven
• 84 - The Eye of Tandyla - [Pusadian] - (1951) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• 107 - The White Horse Child - (1979) - short story by Greg Bear
• 126 - Semley's Necklace - [Hainish] - (1964) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin (variant of The Dowry of Angyar)
• 145 - And the Monsters Walk - (1952) - novella by John Jakes
• 182 - The Seeker in the Fortress - [Kardios] - (1979) - novelette by Manly Wade Wellman
• 204 - The Wall Around the World - (1953) - novelette by Theodore R. Cogswell
• 230 - The People of the Black Circle - [Conan] - (1934) - novella by Robert E. Howard

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction: Witches - (1984) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 12 - My Mother Was a Witch - (1966) - short story by William Tenn
• 18 - A Message from Charity - (1967) - short story by William M. Lee
• 37 - The Witch - (1943) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt
• 58 - The Witches of Karres - [Karres] - (1949) - novelette by James H. Schmitz
• 99 - Spree - (1984) - short story by Barry N. Malzberg
• 107 - Devil's Henchman - (1952) - short story by Murray Leinster
• 121 - Malice in Wonderland - (1957) - novelette by Rufus King
• 140 - Operation Salamander - [Operation Chaos] - (1957) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• 166 - Wizard's World - (1967) - novella by Andre Norton
• 212 - Sweets to the Sweet - (1947) - short story by Robert Bloch
• 221 - Poor Little Saturday - (1956) - short story by Madeleine L'Engle
• 236 - Squeakie's First Case - (1943) - novelette by Margaret Manners
• 258 - The Ipswich Phial - [Lord Darcy] - (1976) - novelette by Randall Garrett
• 303 - Black Heart and White Heart - (1896) - novella by H. Rider Haggard

Magical tales of chivalry and adventure include works by Poul Anderson, Vera Chapman, L. Sprague de Camp, Kenneth Grahame, Keith Laumer, Roger Zelazny, and others...

Table of Contents:

• 1 - Introduction: In Days of Old - (1985) - essay by Isaac Asimov (variant of In Days of Old)
• 7 - Crusader Damosel - (1978) - short story by Vera Chapman
• 21 - Divers Hands - [Julian] - (1979) - novelette by Darrell Schweitzer
• 49 - The Reluctant Dragon - (1898) - novelette by Kenneth Grahame
• 71 - The Immortal Game - (1954) - short story by Poul Anderson
• 85 - The Stainless-Steel Knight - (1961) - novelette by John T. Phillifent
• 117 - Diplomat-at-Arms - [Retief] - (1960) - novella by Keith Laumer
• 165 - Dream Damsel - (1954) - short story by Evan Hunter
• 177 - The Last Defender of Camelot - (1979) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
• 201 - A Knyght Ther Was - (1963) - novella by Robert F. Young
• 251 - Divide and Rule - (1939) - novella by L. Sprague de Camp

Short stories by authors such as Ray Bradbury, Stephen King, and Andre Norton depict the strange effects of curses and magic spells...

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Curses! - (1985) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 10 - The Candidate - (1961) - short story by Henry Slesar
• 18 - The Christmas Shadrach - (1891) - short story by Frank R. Stockton
• 37 - The Snow Women - [Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser] - (1970) - novella by Fritz Leiber
• 106 - Invisible Boy - (1945) - short story by Ray Bradbury
• 116 - The Hero Who Returned - (1979) - novelette by Gerald W. Page
• 140 - Toads of Grimmerdale - [Witch World Secrets] - (1973) - novella by Andre Norton (variant of The Toads of Grimmerdale)
• 188 - A Literary Death - (1985) - short story by Martin H. Greenberg
• 191 - Satan and Sam Shay - (1942) - short story by Robert Arthur
• 206 - Lot No. 249 - (1892) - novelette by Arthur Conan Doyle
• 239 - The Witch Is Dead - [Simon Ark - 3] - (1956) - short story by Edward D. Hoch
• 259 - I Know What You Need - (1976) - novelette by Stephen King
• 282 - The Miracle Workers - (1969) - novella by Jack Vance (variant of The Miracle-Workers 1958)

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction: Giants in the Earth - (1985) - essay by Isaac Asimov (variant of Giants in the Earth)
• 11 - The Riddle of Ragnarok - (1955) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 31 - Straggler from Atlantis - [Kardios] - (1977) - novelette by Manly Wade Wellman
• 57 - He Who Shrank - (1936) - novella by Henry Hasse
• 123 - From the Dark Waters - (1976) - short story by David Drake
• 139 - Small Lords - (1957) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
• 161 - The Mad Planet - [Burl - 1] - (1920) - novella by Murray Leinster
• 220 - Dreamworld - (1955) - short story by Isaac Asimov
• 222 - The Thirty and One - [Tales from Cornwall - 4] - (1938) - short story by David H. Keller, M.D.
• 235 - The Law-Twister Shorty - [Dilbia] - (1971) - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
• 279 - In the Lower Passage - (1902) - short story by Harle Oren Cummins
• 284 - Cabin Boy - (1951) - novelette by Damon Knight
• 312 - The Colossus of Ylourgne - [The Colossus of Ylourgne] - (1934) - novelette by Clark Ashton Smith

Table of Contents:

• 3 - Centaur Fielder for the Yankees - (1986) - short story by Edward D. Hoch
• 15 - The Ice Dragon - (1980) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
• 38 - Prince Prigio - (1889) - novella by Andrew Lang
• 90 - The Gorgon - (1982) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• 114 - The Griffin and the Minor Canon - (1885) - short story by Frank R. Stockton
• 131 - The Kragen - (1964) - novella by Jack Vance
• 205 - The Little Mermaid - (1837) - novelette by Hans Christian Andersen (trans. of Den Lille Havfrue)
• 230 - Letters from Laura - (1954) - short story by Mildred Clingerman
• 239 - The Triumph of Pegasus - (1964) - novelette by Frank A. Javor
• 271 - Caution! Inflammable! - (1955) - short story by Thomas N. Scortia
• 276 - The Pyramid Project - (1964) - novelette by Robert F. Young (variant of The Sphinx)
• 309 - The Silken-Swift - (1953) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• 332 - Mood Wendigo - [Howie Wyman] - (1980) - short story by Thomas A. Easton

Stories tell of a magical umbrella, a newspaper that predicts the future, a devil's advocate, a terrible curse, a witch, a wizard, nightmares, and a powerful genie...

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction: Wishing Will Make It So - (1986) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 12 - The Monkey's Paw - (1902) - short story by W. W. Jacobs
• 24 - Behind the News - (1952) - short story by Jack Finney
• 38 - The Flight of the Umbrella - [Umbrella / Fillmore] - (1977) - novella by Marvin Kaye
• 97 - Tween - (1978) - novelette by J. F. Bone
• 121 - The Boy Who Brought Love - (1974) - short story by Edward D. Hoch
• 125 - The Vacation - (1963) - short story by Ray Bradbury
• 133 - The Anything Box - (1956) - short story by Zenna Henderson
• 148 - A Born Charmer - [Dafydd Llewelyn] - (1981) - short story by Edward P. Hughes
• 166 - What If ... - (1952) - short story by Isaac Asimov
• 180 - Millennium - (1955) - short story by Fredric Brown
• 182 - Dreams Are Sacred - (1948) - novelette by Peter Phillips
• 206 - The Same to You Doubled - (1970) - short story by Robert Sheckley
• 216 - Gifts - (1958) - short story by Gordon R. Dickson
• 230 - I Wish I May, I Wish I Might - (1973) - short story by Bill Pronzini
• 234 - Three Day Magic - (1948) - novella by Charlotte Armstrong
• 321 - The Bottle Imp - (1891) - novelette by Robert Louis Stevenson

A collection of fantasy stories dealing with black magic, temptation, and demonic enchantment includes works by Arthur C. Clarke, Stephen Vincent Benet, Leo Tolstoy, Robert Bloch, Theodore Sturgeon, and Philip Jose Farmer...

Table of Contents:

• 9 - The Devil - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 13 - I'm Dangerous Tonight - (1937) - novella by Cornell Woolrich
• 91 - The Devil in Exile - [Devil & Belphagor - 3] - (1968) - short story by Brian Cleeve
• 105 - The Cage - (1959) - short story by Ray Russell
• 113 - The Tale of Ivan the Fool - (1890) - novelette 1886) [as by Leo Tolstoi]
• 143 - The Shepherds - (1941) - short story by Ruth Sawyer
• 151 - He Stepped on the Devil's Tail - (1955) - short story by Winston K. Marks
• 167 - Rustle of Wings - (1953) - short story by Fredric Brown
• 173 - That Hell-Bound Train - (1958) - short story by Robert Bloch
• 189 - Added Inducement - (1957) - short story by Robert F. Young
• 197 - The Devil and Daniel Webster - (1936) - short story by Stephen Vincent Benét
• 213 - Colt .24 - (1987) - short story by Rick Hautala
• 225 - The Making of Revelation, Part I - (1980) - novelette by Philip José Farmer
• 243 - The Howling Man - (1959) - short story by Charles Beaumont
• 261 - Trace - (1961) - short story by Jerome Bixby
• 265 - Guardian Angel - (1950) - novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
• 309 - The Devil Was Sick - (1951) - short story by Bruce Elliott
• 321 - Deal with the D.E.V.I.L. - (1981) - short story by Theodore R. Cogswell
• 325 - Dazed - (1971) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon

A collection of fantastic tales from some of the world's finest science fiction writers brings to life a lost world that still holds out the promise of magical secrets or fatal traps for the curious or unwary...

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction: The Lost City - (1988) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 15 - Treaty in Tartessos - (1963) - short story by Karen Anderson
• 23 - The Vengeance of Ulios - (1935) - novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• 61 - Scar-Tissue - (1946) - short story by Henry S. Whitehead
• 77 - The Double Shadow - [Poseidonis] - (1933) - short story by Clark Ashton Smith
• 95 - The Dweller in the Temple - [Kardios] - (1977) - novelette by Manly Wade Wellman
• 123 - Gone Fishing - (1988) - short story by J. A. Pollard
• 129 - The Lamp - [W. Wilson Newbury] - (1975) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp
• 153 - The Shadow Kingdom - [Kull of Valusia] - (1929) - novelette by Robert E. Howard
• 193 - The New Atlantis - (1975) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• 225 - Dragon Moon - [Elak] - (1941) - novelette by Henry Kuttner
• 273 - The Brigadier in Check -- and Mate - [Brigadier Ffellowes] - (1986) - novella by Sterling E. Lanier

Fourteen chilling tales--including Charles L. Grant's "Come Dance With Me on my Pony's Grave," Parke Godwin's "The Fire When it Comes," and Isaac Asimov's "Author Author"--tells of ghosts returned on quests of justice, love, and vengeance...

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction: Ghosts - (1988) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 11 - Ringing the Changes - (1955) - novelette by Robert Aickman
• 39 - Author! Author! - (1964) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 67 - Touring - (1981) - novelette by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick [as by Jack M. Dann and Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick]
• 85 - The Wind in the Rose-Bush - (1902) - novelette by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
• 102 - Come Dance with Me on My Pony's Grave - (1973) - short story by Charles L. Grant
• 115 - The Fire When It Comes - (1981) - novelette by Parke Godwin
• 159 - The Toll-House - (1907) - short story by W. W. Jacobs
• 169 - The Invasion of the Church of the Holy Ghost - (1983) - novelette by Russell Kirk
• 213 - A Terrible Vengeance - (1889) - novelette by Mrs. J. H. Riddell [as by Charlotte Riddell]
• 254 - Elle Est Trois, (La Mort) - (1983) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• 275 - A Passion for History - (1976) - short story by Stephen Minot
• 286 - Daemon - (1946) - short story by C. L. Moore
• 309 - The Lady's Maid's Bell - (1902) - novelette by Edith Wharton
• 329 - The King of Thieves - [Magnus Ridolph] - (1949) - short story by Jack Vance

Tales of dark magic, sinister spells, deadly vengeance, and terrifying powers highlight a collection featuring the work of Wilkie Collins, Robert Bloch, Arthur C. Clarke, and other authors...

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction: Malevolence - (1989) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 10 - The Curse - (1946) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• 13 - Julia Cahill's Curse - (1903) - short story by George Moore
• 19 - The Red Swimmer - (1939) - novelette by Robert Bloch
• 40 - The Doom of the Griffiths - (1858) - novelette by Mrs. Gaskell [as by Elizabeth Gaskell]
• 75 - You Know Willie - (1957) - short story by Theodore R. Cogswell
• 80 - Trouble with Water - (1939) - short story by H. L. Gold [as by Horace L. Gold]
• 102 - Mad Monkton - (1855) - novella by Wilkie Collins
• 164 - Long Chromachy of the Crows - (1905) - short story by Seumas MacManus
• 175 - The Little Black Train - [John the Balladeer] - (1954) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• 191 - The Curse of the Catafalques - (1882) - novelette by F. Anstey
• 217 - A Séance in Summer - (1974) - short story by Thomas F. Monteleone [as by Mario Martin, Jr.]
• 228 - Transformations - (1989) - short story by Christopher Fahy
• 237 - In Dark New England Days - (1890) - short story by Sarah Orne Jewett
• 256 - The Messenger - (1897) - novelette by Robert W. Chambers
• 292 - Or the Grasses Grow - (1958) - short story by Avram Davidson
• 301 - The Dollar - (1905) - short story by Morgan Robertson
• 317 - A Hunger in the Blood - (1989) - novelette by Talmage Powell

Table of Contents:

• 1 - Fairyland - (1991) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 4 - How the Fairies Came to Ireland - (1902) - short story by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh [as by Herminie Templeton]
• 15 - The Manor of Roses - [John & Stephen] - (1966) - novella by Thomas Burnett Swann
• 79 - The Fairy Prince - (1911) - short story by H. C. Bailey
• 93 - The Ugly Unicorn - (1991) - short story by Jessica Amanda Salmonson
• 105 - The Brownie of the Black Haggs - short story by James Hogg (variant of The Brownie of the Black Hags 1828)
• 121 - The Dream of Akinosuké - (1904) - short story by Lafcadio Hearn
• 128 - Elfinland - (1991) - novelette by Ludwig Tieck (trans. of Die Elfen 1812) [as by Johann Ludwig Tieck]
• 148 - Darby O'Gill and the Good People - (1901) - short story by Herminie Templeton Kavanagh [as by Herminie Templeton]
• 161 - No Man's Land - novella by John Buchan (variant of No-Man's-Land 1899)
• 208 - The Prism - (1901) - short story by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman [as by Mary E. Wilkins]
• 220 - The Kith of the Elf-Folk - (1908) - short story by Lord Dunsany
• 235 - The Secret Place - (1966) - short story by Richard McKenna
• 252 - The King of the Elves - (1953) - novelette by Philip K. Dick
• 274 - Flying Pan - (1956) - short story by Robert F. Young
• 284 - My Father, the Cat - (1957) - short story by Henry Slesar
• 292 - Kid Stuff - (1953) - short story by Isaac Asimov
• 307 - The Long Night of Waiting - (1974) - short story by Andre Norton
• 325 - The Queen of Air and Darkness - (1971) - novella by Poul Anderson

Stories deal with the rise and fall, government, exploration missions, incorporation, and defense of interstellar empires.

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction: Empires - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 11 - Cycles - essay by uncredited
• 13 - Chalice of Death - [Lest We Forget Thee, Earth - 1] - (1957) - novella by Robert Silverberg
• 47 - Orphan of the Void - [Terran Federation - 1] - (1972) - novelette by Lloyd Biggle, Jr. (variant of The Man Who Wasn't Home 1960)
• 92 - Down to the Worlds of Men - (1963) - novelette by Alexei Panshin
• 120 - Governance - essay by uncredited
• 122 - Ministry of Disturbance - [Empire Era] - (1958) - novelette by H. Beam Piper
• 163 - Blind Alley - [Foundation Universe] - (1945) - short story by Isaac Asimov
• 186 - A Planet Named Shayol - [The Instrumentality of Mankind] - (1961) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• 222 - Concerns - essay by uncredited
• 224 - Diabologic - (1955) - short story by Eric Frank Russell
• 245 - Fighting Philosopher - [Philosophical Corps] - (1954) - novelette by Everett B. Cole [as by E. B. Cole]
• 281 - Honorable Enemies - [Dominic Flandry] - (1951) - novelette by Poul Anderson

1984 Signet Classic mass market paperback. Edited by Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg and Charles G. Waugh. Sci-fi anthology includes stories by Asimov, George R.R. Martin, L. Sprague de Camp, Mike Resnick, Arthur C. Clarke. Alan Dean Foster and others.

Table of Contents:

• 1 - Introduction: Competition! - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 4 - Run to Starlight - (1974) - novelette by George R. R. Martin
• 33 - The Mickey Mouse Olympics - (1979) - short story by Tom Sullivan
• 47 - Dream Fighter - (1977) - short story by Bob Shaw
• 59 - The Kokod Warriors - [Magnus Ridolph] - (1952) - novelette by Jack Vance
• 94 - Getting Through University - [Dr. Dillingham] - (1968) - novelette by Piers Anthony
• 127 - For the Sake of Grace - [Coyote Jones] - (1969) - novelette by Suzette Haden Elgin
• 150 - The National Pastime - (1973) - novelette by Norman Spinrad
• 169 - A Day for Dying - (1969) - short story by Charles Nuetzel
• 179 - The People Trap - (1968) - short story by Robert Sheckley
• 197 - Why Johnny Can't Speed - (1971) - short story by Alan Dean Foster
• 210 - Nothing in the Rules - (1939) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• 239 - The Olympians - (1982) - short story by Mike Resnick
• 247 - The Wind from the Sun - (1964) - novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
• 267 - Prose Bowl - (1979) - novelette by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
• 293 - From Downtown at the Buzzer - (1977) - novelette by George Alec Effinger
• 313 - A Glint of Gold - (1980) - short story by Simon Hawke [as by Nicholas V. Yermakov]
• 329 - The Survivor - (1965) - novelette by Walter F. Moudy

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction: Super - (1984) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 11 - Angel, Dark Angel - (1967) - short story by Roger Zelazny
• 23 - Worlds to Kill - (1968) - novelette by Harlan Ellison
• 47 - In the Bone - (1966) - short story by Gordon R. Dickson
• 69 - What Rough Beast? - (1959) - novelette by Damon Knight
• 92 - Death by Ecstasy - [Gil Hamilton] - (1969) - novella by Larry Niven
• 154 - Un-Man - [Psychotechnic League] - (1953) - novella by Poul Anderson
• 236 - Muse - (1969) - short story by Dean R. Koontz
• 247 - Resurrection - (1948) - short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 265 - Pseudopath - (1959) - novelette by Philip E. High
• 288 - After the Myths Went Home - (1969) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• 296 - Before the Talent Dies - (1957) - novelette by Henry Slesar
• 317 - Brood World Barbarian

Tales by Mark Twain, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, Frederik Pohl, Arthur C. Clarke, Gregory Benford, and other masters of the science fiction genre explore the realm of comets.

Table of Contents:

• ix - Introduction: Comets - (1986) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 1 - A Blazing Starre Seene in the West - (1642) - short fiction by Jonas Wright
• 5 - Into the Sun - (1882) - short story by Robert Duncan Milne
• 23 - Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven - (1907) - short fiction by Mark Twain (variant of Extract from Captain Stormfield's Visit to Heaven)
• 32 - The Comet Doom - (1928) - novelette by Edmond Hamilton
• 71 - Sunspot - (1960) - short story by Hal Clement
• 93 - Inside the Comet - (1960) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke (variant of Into the Comet)
• 103 - Raindrop - (1965) - novelette by Hal Clement
• 149 - Comet Wine - (1967) - novelette by Ray Russell
• 167 - The Red Euphoric Bands - (1967) - short story by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham]
• 180 - Throwback - (1969) - short story by Sydney J. Bounds
• 189 - Kindergarten - (1970) - short story by James E. Gunn
• 192 - West Wind, Falling - (1971) - novelette by Gregory Benford and Gordon Eklund
• 213 - The Comet, the Cairn and the Capsule - (1972) - short story by Duncan Lunan (variant of Comet, Cairn and Capsule)
• 230 - Some Joys Under the Star - (1973) - short story by Frederik Pohl
• 243 - Future Forbidden - (1973) - short story by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham]
• 260 - The Death of Princes - (1976) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• 277 - The Funhouse Effect - [Eight Worlds] - (1976) - novelette by John Varley
• 302 - The Family Man - (1978) - short story by Theodore L. Thomas
• 309 - Double Planet - (1984) - short story by John Gribbin [as by Dr. John Gribbin]
• 317 - Pride - (1985) - novelette by Poul Anderson

A collection of science fiction tales of mystery, crime, and detection features works by Stephen R. Donaldson, Isaac Asimov, Larry Niven, Harlan Ellison, and others.

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction (Tin Stars) - (1986) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 11 - Into the Shop - (1964) - short story by Ron Goulart
• 22 - Cloak of Anarchy - [Known Space] - (1972) - novelette by Larry Niven
• 44 - The King's Legions - [Federation of Humanity] - (1967) - novelette by Christopher Anvil
• 98 - Finger of Fate - (1980) - short story by Edward Wellen
• 109 - Arm of the Law - (1958) - short story by Harry Harrison
• 126 - Voiceover - (1984) - novelette by Edward Wellen
• 154 - The Fastest Draw - (1963) - short story by Larry Eisenberg
• 163 - Mirror Image - [Elijah Baley / R. Daneel Olivaw] - (1972) - short story by Isaac Asimov
• 180 - Brillo - (1970) - novelette by Ben Bova and Harlan Ellison
• 214 - The Powers of Observation - (1968) - short story by Harry Harrison
• 230 - Faithfully Yours - (1955) - short story by Lou Tabakow
• 249 - Safe Harbor - (1986) - novelette by Donald Wismer
• 272 - Examination Day - (1958) - short story by Henry Slesar
• 277 - The Cruel Equations - (1971) - short story by Robert Sheckley
• 291 - Animal Lover - (1978) - novella by Stephen R. Donaldson

A medley of tales focusing on humankind's ancestor, the Neanderthal, features works by Poul Anderson, Philip Jose Farmer, Isaac Asimov, L. Sprague de Camp, and Bertram Chandler.

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction: Neanderthal Man - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 11 - Genesis - [Paratime Police] - (1951) - novelette by H. Beam Piper
• 39 - The Ugly Little Boy - (1958) - novelette by Isaac Asimov (variant of Lastborn)
• 91 - The Long Remembering - (1957) - short story by Poul Anderson
• 106 - The Apotheosis of Ki - (1956) - short story by Miriam Allen deFord
• 113 - Man o' Dreams - (1929) - short story by Will McMorrow
• 130 - The Treasure of Odirex - [Erasmus Darwin] - (1978) - novella by Charles Sheffield
• 196 - The Ogre - (1959) - short story by Avram Davidson
• 206 - Alas, Poor Yorick - [Howie Wyman] - (1981) - short story by Thomas A. Easton
• 223 - The Gnarly Man - (1939) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• 251 - The Hairy Parents - (1975) - short story by A. Bertram Chandler
• 263 - The Alley Man - (1959) - novella by Philip José Farmer
• 319 - Afterword: The Valley of Neander - (1964) - essay by Robert Silverberg

Hitchhiker; Truck Driver; Hermes to the Ages; Pushbutton War; The Getaway Special; Between a Rock and a High Place; To Grab Power; Coming of Age in Henson's Tube.

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction: Shuttles - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 13 - Truck Driver - (1972) - short story by Rob Chilson [as by Robert Chilson]
• 31 - Hermes to the Ages - (1980) - novelette by Frederick D. Gottfried
• 63 - Pushbutton War - (1960) - short story by Joseph P. Martino
• 81 - The Last Shuttle - (1981) - short story by Isaac Asimov
• 85 - The Getaway Special - (1985) - short story by Jerry Oltion
• 102 - Between a Rock and a High Place - (1982) - novella by Timothy Zahn
• 164 - To Grab Power - (1971) - short story by Hayden Howard
• 182 - Coming of Age in Henson's Tube - (1977) - short story by William John Watkins [as by William Jon Watkins]
• 187 - Deborah's Children - (1983) - short story by Grant Callin [as by Grant D. Callin]
• 207 - The Book of Baraboo - [Circus World] - (1980) - novella by Barry B. Longyear
• 279 - The Speckled Gantry - (1979) - short story by Joseph Green and Patrice Milton
• 285 - The Nanny - (1983) - novelette by Thomas Wylde
• 309 - Hitchhiker - (1987) - short story by Sheila Finch
• 323 - Dead Ringer - novella by Edward Wellen

Tells the stories of mental parasites, extraterrestrial creatures, clones, monstrous aliens, invaders, and colonists.

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction: Monsters - (1988) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 12 - Passengers - (1968) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• 25 - The Botticelli Horror - (1960) - novelette by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.
• 64 - The Shapes - (1968) - novelette by J. H. Rosny aîné (trans. of Les Xipéhuz 1887)
• 88 - The Clone - (1959) - short story by Theodore L. Thomas
• 99 - The Men in the Walls - (1963) - novella by William Tenn
• 174 - The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth - (1965) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
• 206 - Student Body - (1953) - novelette by F. L. Wallace [as by Floyd L. Wallace]
• 227 - Black Destroyer - [Space Beagle] - (1939) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt
• 258 - Mother - (1953) - novelette by Philip José Farmer
• 286 - Exploration Team - [Colonial Survey] - (1956) - novelette by Murray Leinster
• 332 - All the Way Back - (1952) - short story by Michael Shaara

Table of Contents:

• 9 - Introduction: Robots - (1989) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 13 - The Tunnel Under the World - (1955) - novelette by Frederik Pohl
• 44 - Brother Robot - (1958) - short story by Henry Slesar
• 59 - The Lifeboat Mutiny - [AAA Ace] - (1955) - short story by Robert Sheckley
• 73 - The Warm Space - (1985) - novelette by David Brin
• 89 - How-2 - (1954) - novelette by Clifford D. Simak
• 128 - Too Robot to Marry - (1959) - short story by George H. Smith
• 130 - The Education of Tigress McCardle - (1957) - short story by C. M. Kornbluth (variant of The Education of Tigress Macardle)
• 141 - Sally - (1953) - short story by Isaac Asimov
• 159 - Breakfast of Champions - (1980) - short story by Thomas A. Easton
• 165 - Sun Up - (1976) - short story by A. A. Jackson, IV and Howard Waldrop
• 178 - Second Variety - [Claws - 1] - (1953) - novelette by Philip K. Dick
• 223 - The Problem Was Lubrication - (1961) - short story by David R. Bunch
• 227 - First to Serve - (1954) - short story by Algis Budrys
• 245 - Two-Handed Engine - (1955) - novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
• 270 - Though Dreamers Die - (1944) - novelette by Lester del Rey
• 290 - Soldier Boy - (1953) - novelette by Michael Shaara
• 312 - Farewell to the Master - (1940) - novelette by Harry Bates

Fifteen short stories--by Piers Anthony, Henry Kuttner, A.E. Van Vogt, Lester del Rey, Isaac Asimov, Philip K. Dick, and others--explore the theme of an alien invasion of Earth.

Table of Contents:

• 7 - Introduction (Invasions) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 11 - Living Space - (1956) - short story by Isaac Asimov
• 26 - Asylum - (1942) - novella by A. E. van Vogt
• 85 - Exposure - (1950) - short story by Eric Frank Russell
• 104 - Invasion of Privacy - (1970) - novelette by Bob Shaw
• 127 - What Have I Done? - (1952) - short story by Mark Clifton
• 146 - Impostor - (1953) - short story by Philip K. Dick
• 161 - The Soul-Empty Ones - (1951) - novelette by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• 200 - The Cloud-Men: Being a Foreprint from the London News Sheet #1 - short story by Owen Oliver (variant of The Cloud-Men, Being a Foreprint from the London News Sheet of March 9, 1915 1911)
• 217 - Stone Man - [Berserker (Fred Saberhagen)] - (1967) - novelette by Fred Saberhagen
• 253 - For I Am a Jealous People! - (1954) - novella by Lester del Rey
• 296 - Don't Look Now - (1948) - short story by Henry Kuttner
• 310 - The Certificate - (1959) - short story by Avram Davidson
• 314 - The Alien Rulers - (1968) - novelette by Piers Anthony
• 350 - Squeeze Box - (1959) - short story by Philip E. High
• 365 - The Liberation of Earth - (1953) - short story by William Tenn

Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology. A great collection from 1843-1984. The 26 stories in this anthology were selected during 1984 and 1985 by the members of the Science Fiction Research Association. For years, those bringing SF into the classroom have had to improvise their course materials from anthologies and collections not designed for classwork. Now here is presented a carefully selected reading anthology reflecting the SF field in all its modern diversity.

Collection of 26 chronologically-arranged stories by 25 authors (H. G. Wells is represented twice) that illustrate the historical development of the genre from Nathaniel Hawthorne into the 1980s. All three of the editors are academics, and each story is followed by commentary from another academic critic; the sponsoring organization is dedicated to the study of science fiction, and the collection is intended as a college textbook. Come along for a fascinating glance into...Science Fiction.

Table of Contents:

• Preface (Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology) essay by editors
• The Birthmark (1854) / short story by Nathaniel Hawthorne (variant of The Birth-Mark 1843); Afterword to "The Birthmark" essay by Francis J. Molson
• The Star (1897) / short story by H. G. Wells; Afterword to "The Star" essay by James E. Gunn [as by James Gunn]
• The Country of the Blind (1904) / novelette by H. G. Wells;Afterword to "The Country of the Blind essay by Jack Williamson
• The Machine Stops (1909) / novelette by E. M. Forster; Afterword to "The Machine Stops" essay by Charles L. Elkins [as by Charles Elkins]
• A Martian Odyssey [Tweel 1] (1934) / novelette by Stanley G. Weinbaum; Afterword to "A Martian Odyssey" essay by Frederik Pohl
• Who Goes There? (1938) / novella by John W. Campbell Jr.; Afterword to "Who Goes There?" essay by Sam Moskowitz
• Nightfall (1941) / novelette by Isaac Asimov; Afterword to "Nightfall" essay by Donald M. Hassler
• No Woman Born (1944) / novella by C. L. Moore; Afterword to "No Woman Born" essay by Mary S. Weinkauf
• Thunder and Roses (1947) / novelette by Theodore Sturgeon; Afterword to "Thunder and Roses" essay by H. Bruce Franklin
• Private Eye (1950) / novelette by Henry Kuttner, C. L. Moore [as by Henry Kuttner]; Afterword to "Private Eye" essay by Merritt Abrash
• There Will Come Soft Rains [The Martian Chronicles] (1950) / short story by Ray Bradbury; Afterword to "There Will Come Soft Rains" essay by Patrick G. Hogan, Jr.
• The Sentinel [A Space Odyssey] (1951) / short story by Arthur C. Clarke; Afterword to "The Sentinel" essay by Thomas D. Clareson
• Common Time (1953) / short story by James Blish; Afterword to "Common Time" essay by Willis E. McNelly
• The Game of Rat and Dragon [The Instrumentality of Mankind] (1955) / short story by Cordwainer Smith; Afterword to "The Game of Rat and Dragon" essay by Muriel R. Becker
• The Men Who Murdered Mohammed (1958) / short story by Alfred Bester; Afterword to "The Men Who Murdered Mohammed" essay by Russell Letson
• Flowers for Algernon (1959) / novelette by Daniel Keyes; Afterword to "Flowers for Algernon" essay by Martin H. Greenberg
• A Rose for Ecclesiastes (1963) / novelette by Roger Zelazny; Afterword to "A Rose for Ecclesiastes" essay by Carl B. Yoke
• Driftglass (1967) / short story by Samuel R. Delany; Afterword to "Driftglass" essay by David N. Samuelson
• Faith of Our Fathers (1967) / novelette by Philip K. Dick; Afterword to "Faith of Our Fathers" essay by Patricia S. Warrick
• I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream (1967) / short story by Harlan Ellison; Afterword to "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream" essay by Richard D. Erlich
• Nine Lives (1969) / novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin; Afterword to "Nine Lives" essay by Veronica M. S. Kennedy
• When It Changed [Whileaway] (1972) / short story by Joanna Russ; Afterword to "When It Changed" essay by Mary Kay Bray
• Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand [Snake] (1973) / novelette by Vonda N. McIntyre; Afterword to "Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand" essay by Mary Kay Bray
• Houston, Houston, Do You Read? (1976) / novella by James Tiptree Jr.; Afterword to "Houston, Houston, Do You Read?" essay by Thomas P. Dunn
• Options [Eight Worlds] (1979) / novelette by John Varley; Afterword to "Options" essay by John Clute
• Bloodchild (1984) / novelette by Octavia E. Butler; Afterword to "Bloodchild" essay by Elizabeth Anne Hull
• Select Bibliography (Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology) essay by editors
• General Bibliography (Science Fiction: The Science Fiction Research Association Anthology) essay by editors

There is an additional index that rearranges the chronological list by Thematic Contents, broken down into the interest categories of biological, environmental, psychosocial, and technological (with several stories appearing in more than one category). Each story is followed by several paragraphs of editorial commentary (by college professors other than the trio of editors) that explains things about the author and the story's place in the history of science fiction.

Contents:

• ix - Introduction: Science Fiction Finds Its Voice - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 1 - The Shadow Out of Time - [Cthulhu Mythos] - (1936) - novella by H. P. Lovecraft
• 62 - A Matter of Form - (1938) - novella by H. L. Gold [as by Horace L. Gold]
• 119 - Jane Brown's Body - (1938) - novella by Cornell Woolrich
• 188 - Who Goes There? - [Who Goes There?] - (1938) - novella by John W. Campbell, Jr.
• 241 - Sidewise in Time - (1934) - novella by Murray Leinster
• 292 - Alas, All Thinking! - (1935) - novelette by Harry Bates
• 328 - Seeker of Tomorrow - (1937) - novella by Leslie J. Johnson and Eric Frank Russell (variant of Seeker of To-morrow) [as by L. T. Johnson and Eric Frank Russell]
• 367 - Dawn of Flame - [Margaret of Urbs] - (1936) - novella by Stanley G. Weinbaum
• 425 - Divide and Rule - (1939) - novella by L. Sprague de Camp
• 505 - Wolves of Darkness - (1932) - novella by Jack Williamson

Contents:

• 1 - Introduction: The Age of Campbell - (1989) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 7 - Time Wants a Skeleton - (1941) - novella by Ross Rocklynne
• 60 - The Weapons Shop - [Weapon Shops of Isher] - (1946) - novelette by A. E. van Vogt (variant of The Weapon Shop 1942)
• 97 - Nerves - (1942) - novella by Lester del Rey
• 167 - Daymare - (1943) - novelette by Fredric Brown
• 205 - Killdozer! - (1944) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
• 269 - No Woman Born - (1944) - novella by C. L. Moore
• 313 - The Big and the Little - [Foundation (Original Stories) - 3] - (1944) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 369 - Giant Killer - (1945) - novelette by A. Bertram Chandler
• 414 - E for Effort - (1947) - novelette by T. L. Sherred
• 462 - With Folded Hands... - [Humanoids] - (1947) - novelette by Jack Williamson

Contents:

• [7] - The Age of the Troika - (1990) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 1 - Flight to Forever - (1950) - novella by Poul Anderson
• 48 - The Martian Way - (1952) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
• 91 - Second Game - [Kalin Trobt] - (1958) - novelette by Charles V. De Vet and Katherine MacLean
• 130 - Dark Benediction - (1951) - novella by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• 180 - The Midas Plague - (1954) - novella by Frederik Pohl
• 231 - The Oceans Are Wide - (1954) - novella by Frank M. Robinson
• 296 - ... And Then There Were None - (1951) - novella by Eric Frank Russell
• 361 - Baby Is Three - (1952) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
• 414 - Firewater - (1952) - novella by William Tenn
• 464 - The Alley Man - (1959) - novella by Philip José Farmer

Contents:

• 1 - The Eve of RUMOKO - [Nemo] - (1969) - novella by Roger Zelazny
• 51 - The Night of the Trolls - [Bolo] - (1963) - novella by Keith Laumer
• 97 - Mercenary - [Joe Mauser] - (1962) - novella by Mack Reynolds
• 148 - Soldier, Ask Not - [Childe Cycle] - (1964) - novella by Gordon R. Dickson
• 201 - Weyr Search - [Dragonriders of Pern short fiction] - (1967) - novella by Anne McCaffrey
• 251 - Code Three - [Code Three] - (1963) - novella by Rick Raphael
• 301 - How It Was When the Past Went Away - (1969) - novella by Robert Silverberg
• 356 - The Highest Treason - (1961) - novella by Randall Garrett
• 409 - Hawk Among the Sparrows - (1968) - novella by Dean McLaughlin
• 454 - The Suicide Express - [Riverworld] - (1966) - novella by Philip José Farmer

Contents:

• 1 - Born with the Dead - [Born with the Dead - 1] - (1974) - novella by Robert Silverberg
• 65 - The Moon Goddess and the Son - (1979) - novella by Donald Kingsbury
• 118 - Tin Soldier - (1974) - novella by Joan D. Vinge
• 161 - In the Problem Pit - (1973) - novella by Frederik Pohl
• 213 - Riding the Torch - (1974) - novella by Norman Spinrad
• 276 - Mouthpiece - (1974) - novella by Edward Wellen
• 343 - ARM - [Gil Hamilton] - (1975) - novella by Larry Niven
• 398 - The Persistence of Vision - (1978) - novella by John Varley
• 443 - The Queen of Air and Darkness - [The Queen of Air and Darkness] - (1971) - novella by Poul Anderson
• 486 - The Monster and the Maiden - (1976) - novella by Gordon R. Dickson

Contents:

• 1 - Slow Music - (1980) - novella by James Tiptree, Jr.
• 47 - Le Croix (The Cross) - (1980) - novelette by Barry N. Malzberg
• 90 - Scorched Supper on New Niger - (1980) - novelette by Suzy McKee Charnas
• 126 - The Saturn Game - [Technic History] - (1981) - novella by Poul Anderson
• 179 - Hardfought - (1983) - novella by Greg Bear
• 244 - Swarmer, Skimmer - (1981) - novella by Gregory Benford
• 316 - Sailing to Byzantium - (1985) - novella by Robert Silverberg
• 377 - Trinity - (1984) - novella by Nancy Kress
• 426 - The Blind Geometer - (1986) - novella by Kim Stanley Robinson
• 476 - Surfacing - (1988) - novella by Walter Jon Williams

Although Rod Serling, who created the classic television series that ran from 1959 to 1965, is the writer most associated with The Twilight Zone, he was not, of course, the only one. Serling was a serious admirer of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, and he scoured every magazine and collection available to find stories suitable for his series. This anthology showcases almost every original story that had been adapted into an episode. The result is a masterful collection of 30 classic tales by Richard Matheson (who also wrote the warmly nostalgic introduction), Charles Beaumont, Ray Bradbury, Damon Knight, Lewis Padgett, Jerome Bixby, and Manly Wade Wellman, among others. Fans of The Twilight Zone will enjoy revisiting their favorite episodes in literary form, but even if you've never seen the show, you'll enjoy this fine anthology.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Carol Serling
• Introduction - essay by Richard Matheson
• One for the Angels - (1985) - short fiction by Anne Serling
• Perchance to Dream - (1958) - short story by Charles Beaumont
• Disappearing Act - (1953) - short story by Richard Matheson
• Time Enough at Last - (1953) - short story by Lyn Venable
• What You Need - (1945) - short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]
• Third from the Sun - (1950) - short story by Richard Matheson
• Elegy - (1953) - short story by Charles Beaumont
• Brothers Beyond the Void - (1952) - short story by Paul W. Fairman
• The Howling Man - (1959) - short story by Charles Beaumont
• It's a Good Life - (1953) - short story by Jerome Bixby
• The Valley Was Still - (1939) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• The Jungle - (1954) - novelette by Charles Beaumont
• To Serve Man - (1950) - short story by Damon Knight
• Little Girl Lost - (1953) - short story by Richard Matheson
• Four O'Clock - (1958) - short story by Price Day
• I Sing the Body Electric! - (1969) - novelette by Ray Bradbury
• The Changing of the Guard [by Rod Serling] - (1985) - essay by Anne Serling
• In His Image - (1957) - novelette by Charles Beaumont
• Mute - (1962) - novelette by Richard Matheson
• Death Ship - (1953) - short story by Richard Matheson
• The Devil, You Say? - (1951) - novelette by Charles Beaumont
• Blind Alley - (1943) - novelette by Malcolm Jameson
• Song for a Lady - (1960) - short story by Charles Beaumont
• Steel - (1956) - novelette by Richard Matheson
• Nightmare at 20,000 Feet - (1962) - short story by Richard Matheson
• The Old Man - (1962) - short story by Henry Slesar
• The Self-Improvement of Salvadore Ross - (1961) - short story by Henry Slesar
• The Beautiful People - (1952) - short story by Charles Beaumont
• Long Distance Call - (1953) - short story by Richard Matheson
• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge - (1890) - short story by Ambrose Bierce