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Table of Contents:

• Introduction (A Decade of Fantasy and Science Fiction) - essay by Robert P. Mills
• The Martian Shop - (1959) - novelette by Howard Fast
• Walk Like a Mountain - [John the Balladeer] - (1955) - shortstory by Manly Wade Wellman
• Men of Iron - (1940) - shortstory by Guy Endore
• Rabbits to the Moon - (1959) - shortstory by Raymond E. Banks
• The Certificate - (1959) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
• The Sealman - (1913) - shortstory by John Masefield
• The Sky People - [Maurai] - (1959) - novelette by Poul Anderson
• The Causes - (1952) - shortstory by Margaret St. Clair [as by Idris Seabright ]
• The Hypnoglyph - (1953) - shortstory by John Ciardi [as by John Anthony ]
• A Tale of the Thirteenth Floor - (1955) - poem by Ogden Nash
• Spud and Cochise - (1936) - novelette by Oliver La Farge
• Unto the Fourth Generation - (1959) - shortstory by Isaac Asimov
• Jordan - [The People] - (1959) - novelette by Zenna Henderson
• Will You Wait? - (1959) - shortstory by Alfred Bester
• Proof Positive - (1947) - shortstory by Graham Greene
• Shock Treatment - (1954) - novelette by J. Francis McComas
• Gandolphus - [Fergus O'Breen] - (1952) - shortstory by Anthony Boucher
• The Last Shall Be First - (1958) - shortstory by Robert P. Mills
• A Trick or Two - (1957) - shortstory by John Novotny
• Lot's Daughter - [David Jimmon] - (1954) - novelette by Ward Moore
• Saturnian Celia - (1774) - essay by Horace Walpole
• Fear Is a Business - (1956) - shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon
• Meeting of Relations - (1941) - shortstory by John Collier
• First Lesson - (1956) - shortstory by Mildred Clingerman
• To Fell a Tree - (1959) - novelette by Robert F. Young

Table of Contents:

• F&SF and I - (1970) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• 5,271,009 - (1954) - novelette by Alfred Bester
• Free Dirt - (1955) - shortstory by Charles Beaumont
• Becalmed in Hell - (1965) - shortstory by Larry Niven
• Private - Keep Out! - (1949) - shortstory by Philip MacDonald
• Gladys's Gregory - (1963) - shortstory by John Anthony West
• Feminine Intuition - (1969) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
• That Hell-Bound Train - (1958) - shortstory by Robert Bloch
• A Touch of Strange - (1958) - shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon
• Gratitude Guaranteed - (1953) - novelette by Kris Neville and Reginald Bretnor
• Prime-Time Teaser - (1968) - shortstory by Bruce McAllister
• As Long as You're Here - (1963) - shortstory by Will Stanton
• Sweet Helen - (1969) - shortstory by Charles W. Runyon
• A Final Sceptre, a Lasting Crown - (1969) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury (variant of Henry the Ninth)
• Yes, We Have No Ritchard - (1960) - shortstory by Bruce Jay Friedman
• We Can Remember It for You Wholesale - (1966) - novelette by Philip K. Dick
• 237 Talking Statues, Etc. - (1963) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber
• M-1 - (1970) - shortstory by Gahan Wilson
• The Silly Season - (1950) - shortstory by C. M. Kornbluth
• The Holiday Man - (1957) - shortstory by Richard Matheson
• Something Else - (1965) - shortstory by Robert J. Tilley
• Afterword - (1970) - essay by Edward L. Ferman

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction publishes a special author issue on occasion; the author selected is honored by the inclusion of a major new story, a critical essay on his work, and a comprehensive bibliography. The special contents of the first six one-author issues is gathered in this volume.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction (The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction, 25th Anniversary) - (1974) - essay by Edward L. Ferman
• When You Care, When You Love - (1962) - novella by Theodore Sturgeon
• Theodore Sturgeon - (1962) - essay by Judith Merril
• Sturgeon Bibliography - (1962) - essay by Sam Moskowitz (variant of Fantasy and Science Fiction by Theodore Sturgeon (Bibliography))
• To the Chicago Abyss - (1963) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
• Ray Bradbury - (1963) - essay by William F. Nolan (variant of Bradbury: Prose Poet in the Age of Space)
• Bradbury Bibliography - (1963) - essay by William F. Nolan (variant of An Index to Works of Ray Bradbury)
• The Key - (1966) - novelette by Isaac Asimov
• Isaac Asimov - (1966) - essay by L. Sprague de Camp (variant of You Can't Beat Brains)
• Asimov Bibliography - (1966) - essay by Isaac Asimov (variant of Isaac Asimov: A Bibliography) [as by uncredited]
• Ship of Shadows - (1969) - novella by Fritz Leiber
• Fritz Leiber - (1969) - essay by Judith Merril (variant of Fritz Leiber (profile))
• Leiber Bibliography - (1969) - essay by Al Lewis (variant of Fritz Leiber: A Bibliography)
• The Queen of Air and Darkness - (1971) - novella by Poul Anderson
• Poul Anderson - (1971) - essay by Gordon R. Dickson (variant of Profile: Poul Anderson)
• Anderson Bibliography - (1971) - essay by uncredited (variant of Poul Anderson: Bibliography)
• Midsummer Century - (1972) - novella by James Blish
• James Blish - (1972) - essay by Robert A. W. Lowndes (variant of James Blish: Profile)
• Blish Bibliography - (1972) - essay by Mark Owings (variant of James Blish: Bibliography)

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1980) - essay by Edward L. Ferman
• F&SF at 30 - (1980) - essay by Isaac Asimov
• Fondly Fahrenheit - (1954) - novelette by Alfred Bester
• And Now the News... - (1956) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot - (1956) - shortstory by Reginald Bretnor
• Not With a Bang - (1950) - shortstory by Damon Knight
• Flowers for Algernon - (1959) - novelette by Daniel Keyes
• A Canticle for Leibowitz - (1955) - novelette by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
• Love Letter from Mars - (1965) - poem by John Ciardi
• One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts - (1955) - shortstory by Shirley Jackson
• The Women Men Don't See - (1973) - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Born of Man and Woman - (1950) - shortstory by Richard Matheson
• Jeffty Is Five - (1977) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• Ararat - (1952) - novelette by Zenna Henderson
• Me - (1959) - poem by Hilbert Schenck
• Sundance - (1969) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• Cartoon: no caption - (1974) - interior artwork by Gahan Wilson
• Cartoon: "This is Willy, and this is Willy's imaginary playmate." - (1965) - interior artwork by Gahan Wilson
• Cartoon: "You can tell she's thinking it over!" - (1967) - interior artwork by Gahan Wilson
• The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out - (1950) - shortstory by Reginald Bretnor [as by R. Bretnor]
• Dreaming Is a Private Thing - (1955) - shortstory by Isaac Asimov
• Poor Little Warrior! - (1958) - shortstory by Brian W. Aldiss
• Imaginary Numbers in a Real Garden - (1965) - poem by Gerald Jonas
• We Can Remember It for You Wholesale - (1966) - novelette by Philip K. Dick
• Selectra Six-Ten - (1970) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
• Dance Music for a Gone Planet - (1968) - poem by Sonya Dorman
• Problems of Creativeness - (1967) - shortstory by Thomas M. Disch
• The Quest for Saint Aquin - (1951) - novelette by Anthony Boucher

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (1989) - essay by Edward L. Ferman
• Introduction - (1989) - essay by Harlan Ellison
• The Cat Hotel - (1983) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber
• Slow Birds - (1983) - novelette by Ian Watson
• Judgment Call - (1987) - novelette by John Kessel
• The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything - (1984) - shortstory by George Alec Effinger
• The God Machine - (1985) - shortstory by Damon Knight
• Understanding Human Behavior: A Romance of the Rocky Mountains - (1982) - novelette by Thomas M. Disch
• A Rarebit of Magic - (1983) - shortstory by John Morressy
• In Midst of Life - (1987) - shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Surviving - (1986) - novelette by Judith Moffett
• Cage 37 - (1987) - novelette by Wayne Wightman
• While You're Up - (1988) - shortstory by Avram Davidson
• Eidolons - (1988) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• Face Value - (1986) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight - (1987) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Boy Who Plaited Manes - (1986) - shortstory by Nancy Springer
• Out of All Them Bright Stars - (1985) - shortstory by Nancy Kress
• Salvador - (1984) - shortstory by Lucius Shepard
• State of the Art - (1985) - shortstory by Robert Charles Wilson
• Black Air - (1983) - novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson
• Uncle Tuggs - (1986) - novelette by Michael Shea

The nineteen stories in this compilation comprise an excellent sample from the forty-five-year history of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, with works by such authors as Harlan Ellison, Karen Joy Fowler, and Dale Bailey.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction: Changes - (1994) - essay by Edward L. Ferman
• Introduction - (1994) - essay by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
• Kirinyaga - (1988) - novelette by Mike Resnick
• Touched - (1993) - shortstory by Dale Bailey
• Mom's Little Friends - (1992) - shortstory by Ray Vukcevich
• Cast on a Distant Shore - (1989) - novelette by R. Garcia y Robertson
• Graves - (1992) - shortstory by Joe Haldeman
• The Dark - (1991) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• Willie - (1992) - shortstory by Madeleine E. Robins
• The Last Feast of Harlequin - (1990) - novelette by Thomas Ligotti
• Coffins - (1992) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• The Resurrection of Alonso Quijana - (1992) - shortstory by Marcos Donnelly
• Steel Dogs - (1989) - novelette by Ray Aldridge
• Abe Lincoln in McDonald's - (1989) - shortstory by James Morrow
• On Death and the Deuce - (1992) - shortstory by Richard Bowes
• The Honeycrafters - (1991) - novelette by Carolyn Ives Gilman
• Ma Qui - (1991) - shortstory by Alan Brennert
• Next - (1992) - shortstory by Terry Bisson
• The Friendship Light - (1989) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• Susan - (1993) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• Guide Dog - (1991) - novelette by Mike Conner

Since its founding, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction has been acclaimed as one of the pinnacles of the field, the source of fantastic fiction of the highest literary quality. Now the magazine known to its readers as "F&SF" celebrates its fiftieth anniversary with a spectacular anthology of the best recent work from the magazine.

Included are stories from major writers like Bruce Sterling, John Crowley, and Harlan Ellison. Also here are award-winners like Ursula K. Le Guin's Nebula-winning "Solitude," Maureen F. McHugh's Hugo-winning "The Lincoln Train," and Elizabeth Hand's Nebula- and World Fantasy Award-winning "Last Summer at Mars Hill."

The fiftieth anniversary collection for the most distinguished magazine of the science fiction and fantasy world.

Table of Contents

• Introduction - essay by Gordon Van Gelder
• Last Summer at Mars Hill - (1994) - novella by Elizabeth Hand
• Maneki Neko - (1998) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• No Planets Strike - (1997) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• Sins of the Mothers - (1997) - shortstory by S. N. Dyer
• The Finger - (1995) - shortstory by Ray Vukcevich
• Lifeboat on a Burning Sea - (1995) - novelette by Bruce Holland Rogers
• Gone - (1996) - shortstory by John Crowley
• First Tuesday - (1996) - shortstory by Robert Reed
• The Fool, the Stick, and the Princess - (1998) - shortstory by Rachel Pollack
• A Birthday - (1995) - shortstory by Esther M. Friesner
• Sensible City - (1994) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• All the Birds of Hell - (1998) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• We Love Lydia Love - (1994) - novelette by Bradley Denton
• Paul and Me - (1997) - shortstory by Michael Blumlein
• Have Gun, Will Edit - (1996) - shortstory by Paul Di Filippo
• Forget Luck - (1996) - shortstory by Kate Wilhelm
• Quinn's Way - (1997) - novelette by Dale Bailey
• Partial People - (1993) - shortstory by Terry Bisson
• The Lincoln Train - (1995) - shortstory by Maureen F. McHugh
• Another Fine Mess - (1995) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
• Solitude - (1994) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin

Collecting more than two dozen stories that appeared for the first time in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction—the premiere speculative fiction magazine—this extraordinary anthology celebrates sixty years of top-notch genre fiction. Many of these highly acclaimed, award-winning authors' careers were jump-started by their appearances in Fantasy & Science Fiction.

Table of Contents

• Introduction - essay by Gordon Van Gelder
• Of Time and Third Avenue - (1951) - shortstory by Alfred Bester
• All Summer in a Day - (1954) - shortstory by Ray Bradbury
• One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts - (1955) - shortstory by Shirley Jackson
• A Touch of Strange - (1958) - shortstory by Theodore Sturgeon
• Eastward Ho! - (1958) - shortstory by William Tenn
• Flowers for Algernon - (1959) - novelette by Daniel Keyes
• Harrison Bergeron - (1961) - shortstory by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
• This Moment of the Storm - (1966) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
• The Electric Ant - (1969) - shortstory by Philip K. Dick
• The Deathbird - (1973) - novelette by Harlan Ellison
• The Women Men Don't See - (1973) - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
• I See You - (1976) - shortstory by Damon Knight
• The Gunslinger - (1978) - novelette by Stephen King
• The Dark - (1991) - shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler
• Buffalo - (1991) - shortstory by John Kessel
• Solitude - (1994) - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Mother Grasshopper - (1997) - shortstory by Michael Swanwick
• macs - (1999) - shortstory by Terry Bisson
• Creation - (2002) - shortstory by Jeffrey Ford
• Other People - (2001) - shortstory by Neil Gaiman
• Two Hearts - (2005) - novelette by Peter S. Beagle
• Journey into the Kingdom - (2006) - novelette by M. Rickert
• The Merchant and the Alchemist's Gate - (2007) - novelette by Ted Chiang

A mutant baby goes on a rampage through Central Park. An immigrant reveals secrets in the folds of a perfect gift. Lucky Cats extend their virtual paws to salute a generous revolution. The Internet invades a third-world village.

The premier speculative-fiction magazine Fantasy & Science Fiction continues to discover and showcase many of the most inventive authors writing in any genre. Now drawing even more deeply upon F&SF's impressive history, this extraordinary companion anthology expands upon sixty-five years' worth of top-notch storytelling. The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume Two is a star-studded tribute to the continuing vision of F&SF.

Table of Contents

• Foreword - essay by Gordon Van Gelder
• Introduction - essay by Michael Dirda
• The Third Level - (1950) - shortstory by Jack Finney
• The Cosmic Charge Account - (1956) - novelette by C. M. Kornbluth
• The Country of the Kind - (1956) - shortstory by Damon Knight
• The Anything Box - (1956) - shortstory by Zenna Henderson
• The Prize of Peril - (1958) - shortstory by Robert Sheckley
• "—All You Zombies—" - (1959) - shortstory by Robert A. Heinlein
• A Kind of Artistry - (1962) - novelette by Brian W. Aldiss
• Green Magic - (1963) - shortstory by Jack Vance
• Narrow Valley - (1966) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• Sundance - (1969) - shortstory by Robert Silverberg
• The Attack of the Giant Baby - (1975) - shortstory by Kit Reed
• The Hundredth Dove - (1977) - shortstory by Jane Yolen
• Jeffty Is Five - (1977) - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• Salvador - (1984) - shortstory by Lucius Shepard
• The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything - (1984) - shortstory by George Alec Effinger
• Rat - (1986) - shortstory by James Patrick Kelly
• The Friendship Light - (1989) - shortstory by Gene Wolfe
• The Bone Woman - (1992) - shortstory by Charles de Lint
• The Lincoln Train - (1995) - shortstory by Maureen F. McHugh
• Maneki Neko - (1998) - shortstory by Bruce Sterling
• Winemaster - (1999) - novelette by Robert Reed
• Suicide Coast - (1999) - shortstory by M. John Harrison
• Have Not Have - (2001) - novelette by Geoff Ryman
• The People of Sand and Slag - (2004) - novelette by Paolo Bacigalupi
• Echo - (2005) - shortstory by Elizabeth Hand
• The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates - (2008) - shortstory by Stephen King
• The Paper Menagerie - (2011) - shortstory by Ken Liu