Strange Days: Fabulous Journeys with Gardner Dozois
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Baen, 2012 NESFA Press, 2001 |
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A monumental collection of fiction and nonfiction by the award-winning writer and editor, Gardner Dozois, including perhaps the only World Science Fiction trip report you'll ever find that is a lyrical and evocative piece bit of journalism in itself!
These are Dozois short stories selected and introduced by writers, many of them legends themselves, who are friends and colleagues of Dozois. A sparkling collection of short fiction that contains some of the two-time Nebula winner's best work, including many topflight Dozois collaborations!
From the introduction:
Imagine you're at a party in Gardner's apartment. It's not large, but he's invited swarms of people, so it's very crowded. Gardner keeps his awards on a little table not far from the door. People who have never been there before, young editors and the like, will eventually drift over to admire the thicket of Hugos for his work as an editor, and while there notice two Nebulas gleaming in their midst. Inevitably, someone will say, "I didn't know Gardner was a writer."
"Oh, yes," one of us Old Hands will reply (we linger near the trophy table for this very purpose), "Gardner's a much better writer than he is an editor!"
Selection and introduction of Dozois-written stories by: Stephen Baxter, Michael Bishop, Pat Cadigan, Susan Casper, Jack Dann, Andy Duncan, Eliot Fintushel, Joe Haldeman, James Patrick Kelly, John Kessel, Nancy Kress, George R.R. Martin, Paul McAuley, Ian McCloud, Mike Resnick, Kim Stanley Robinson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Robert Silverberg, Michael Swanwick, Walter Jon Williams, Connie Willis, and Jane Yolen.
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: The Strange and Fabulous Journey of Gardner Dozois - essay by Michael Swanwick
- Author's Preface to Introduction to Travel Diary - essay by Gardner Dozois
- Introduction to Travel Diary - essay by George R. R. Martin
- Another Introduction to Travel Diary - essay by Mike Resnick
- Travel Diary - essay by Gardner Dozois
- Introduction to The Gods of Mars - essay by James Patrick Kelly
- The Gods of Mars - (1985) - novelette by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann and Michael Swanwick
- Introduction to Solace - essay by Nancy Kress
- Solace - (1989) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
- Introduction to Golden Apples of the Sun - essay by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- Golden Apples of the Sun - (1984) - novelette by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann and Michael Swanwick
- Introduction to The Mayan Variation - essay by Kristine Kathryn Rusch
- The Mayan Variation - (1984) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
- Introduction to The Clowns - essay by Andy Duncan
- The Clowns - (1985) - shortstory by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois and Susan Casper
- Introduction to Touring - essay by Paul J. McAuley
- Touring - (1981) - novelette by Michael Swanwick and Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
- Introduction to Dinner Party - essay by John Kessel
- Dinner Party - (1984) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
- Introduction to Snow Job - essay by Michael Swanwick
- Snow Job - (1985) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick
- Introduction to Flash Point - essay by Pat Cadigan
- Flash Point - (1974) - novelette by Gardner Dozois
- Introduction to Send No Money - essay by Susan Casper
- Send No Money - (1985) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois and Susan Casper
- Introduction to A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows - essay by Walter Jon Williams
- A Knight of Ghosts and Shadows - (1999) - novelette by Gardner Dozois
- Introduction to The Storm - essay by Kim Stanley Robinson
- The Storm - (1975) - novelette by Gardner Dozois
- Introduction to The Last Day of July - essay by Michael Bishop
- The Last Day of July - (1973) - novelette by Gardner Dozois
- Introduction to Afternoon at Schrafft's - essay by Eliot Fintushel
- Afternoon at Schrafft's - (1984) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann and Michael Swanwick
- Introduction to Playing the Game - essay by Andy Duncan
- Another Introduction to Playing the Game - essay by Joe Haldeman
- Playing the Game - (1982) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
- Introduction to Down Among the Dead Men - essay by Ian R. MacLeod
- Down Among the Dead Men - (1982) - novelette by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
- Introduction to Passage - essay by Jane Yolen
- Passage - (1993) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
- Introduction to Community - essay by Connie Willis
- Community - (1996) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
- Introduction to The Visible Man - essay by Stephen Baxter
- The Visible Man - (1975) - novelette by Gardner Dozois
- Introduction to A Cat Horror Story - essay by Jack Dann
- A Cat Horror Story - (1994) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois
- Introduction to Executive Clemency - essay by Michael Swanwick
- Executive Clemency - (1981) - shortstory by Gardner Dozois and Jack C. Haldeman, II
- Introduction to Strangers - essay by Robert Silverberg
- Strangers - (1974) - novella by Gardner Dozois
- Editors' Afterword & Acknowledgements - essay by Ann Broomhead and Timothy P. Szczesuil
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