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Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Robert Silverberg
• A Special Kind of Morning - (1971) - novelette by Gardner Dozois
• The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World - (1971) - short story by Philip José Farmer
• At the Mouse Circus - (1971) - short story by Harlan Ellison
• Nobody's Home - (1972) - short story by Joanna Russ
• Eurema's Dam - (1972) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
• f(x)=(11/15/67) x=her, f(x)!=0 - (1972) - short story by George Alec Effinger
• The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas - (1973) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• They Live on Levels - (1973) - short story by Terry Carr
• Tell Me All About Yourself - (1973) - short story by F. M. Busby
• The Examination - (1974) - short story by Felix C. Gotschalk
• Find the Lady - (1975) - short story by Nicholas Fisk
• A Scarab in the City of Time - (1975) - short story by Marta Randall
• The Psychologist Who Wouldn't Do Awful Things to Rats - (1976) - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
• On the Air - (1976) - short story by Barry N. Malzberg
• A Quiet Revolution for Death - (1978) - short story by Jack Dann
• When the Morning Stars Sing Together - (1978) - short story by Donnan Call Jeffers, Jr.
• Calibrations and Exercises - (1979) - short story by Gregory Benford
• Yes, Sir, That's My - (1978) - short story by Daniel P. Dern

EXPLORING BEYOND... Beyond the everyday, beyond the commonplace, beyond even the traditional subject matter of science fiction. Written especially for this volume, these stories esplore new themes and notions in ways that are daringly different. Prize-winning science fiction author Robert Silverberg has assembled a unique collection: provoking, surprising, and totally original.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Robert Silverberg
• A Special Kind of Morning - novelette by Gardner Dozois
• The Trouble with the Past - shortstory by Alex Eisenstein and Phyllis Eisenstein
• The Power of Time - novelette by Josephine Saxton
• The Giberel - shortstory by Doris Pitkin Buck
• Vaster Than Empires and More Slow - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Great A - shortstory by Robert C. Malstrom
• At the Mouse Circus - shortstory by Harlan Ellison
• A Plague of Cars - shortstory by Leonard Tushnet
• Sky - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• Love Song of Herself - shortstory by Edward Bryant
• The Wicked Flee - shortstory by Harry Harrison
• The Sliced-Crosswise Only-On-Tuesday World - shortstory by Philip José Farmer
• Conquest - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
• Emancipation: A Romance of the Times to Come - novelette by Thomas M. Disch

STEPPING OUTSIDE Outside of the world we know... outside of our space, time, and reality... outside even the traditional subject matter of science fiction. Written especially for this volume, these stories share a freshness and originality that come from stepping outside of the conventional, into unknown territory. Prize-winning science fiction author Robert Silverberg has assembled a noteworthy, stimulating collection, continuing the bold tradition of NEW DIMENSIONS 1.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Robert Silverberg
• Nobody's Home - (1972) - shortstory by Joanna Russ
• Filomena & Greg & Rikki-Tikki & Barlow & the Alien - (1972) - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Out from Ganymede - (1972) - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
• No. 2 Plain Tank Auxiliary Fill Structural Limit 17,605 lbs. Fuel-PWA Spec. 522 Revised - (1972) - shortstory by Edward Bryant
• Eurema's Dam - (1972) - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• King Harvest - (1972) - novelette by Gardner Dozois
• Take a Match - (1972) - shortstory by Isaac Asimov
• f(x)=(11/15/67) x=her, f(x)!=0 - (1972) - shortfiction by George Alec Effinger
• White Summer in Memphis - (1972) - novelette by Gordon Eklund
• Lazarus II - (1972) - shortstory by Miriam Allen deFord
• The Men Inside - (1972) - novelette by Barry N. Malzberg

New Dimensions III - Through the portals of time and space...your passport to the infinite realms of science fiction! Featuring stories by: Ursula K Le Guin, Damon Knight, W Macfarlane, Terry Carr, James Tiptree Jr, R A Lafferty, Barry N Malzberg, Geo Alec Effinger, F M Busby, Gordon Eklund and Gardner R Dozois.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Robert Silverberg
• The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas - shortstory by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Down There - shortstory by Damon Knight
• How Shall We Conquer? - shortstory by W. Macfarlane
• They Live on Levels - shortstory by Terry Carr
• The Girl Who Was Plugged In - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Days of Grass, Days of Straw - shortstory by R. A. Lafferty
• Notes Leading Down to the Conquest - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
• At the Bran Foundry - (1973) - shortstory by George Alec Effinger
• Tell Me All About Yourself - shortstory by F. M. Busby
• Three Comedians - novelette by Gordon Eklund
• The Last Day of July - novelette by Gardner Dozois

TEN TALES OF INVASION, EXPLORATION AND THE UNKNOWN--

THE EXAMINATION by FELIX C. GOTSCHALK
A little "girl," a doctor, and a test--but who was doing the testing?

THE COLORS OF FEAR by TERRY CARR
They came from the stars to bring Earth light. Were they angels from heaven or harbingers of hell?

AMONG THE METAL-AND-PEOPLE PEOPLE by DAVID R. BUNCH
They lived to fight and fought to win, by the only prize was war.

ANIMAL FAIR by R.A. LAFFERTY
When man comes to sit his judgement day, will a rhinoceros sit on the jury?

STRANGERS by GARDNER R. DOZOIS
If you take an alien wife, will she or you be an alien for life?

NEW DIMENSIONS IV
A journey beyond space and time to the worlds of the imagination.

Table of Contents:

• After the Dreamtime - novelette by Richard A. Lupoff
• The Bible After Apocalypse - shortstory by Laurence M. Janifer
• Outer Concentric - shortstory by Felix C. Gotschalk
• The Examination - shortstory by Felix C. Gotschalk
• The Colors of Fear - shortstory by Terry Carr
• Ariel - shortstory by Roger Elwood
• State of the Art - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
• Among the Metal-and-People People - shortstory by David R. Bunch
• Animal Fair - novelette by R. A. Lafferty
• Strangers - novella by Gardner Dozois

Table of Contents:

• Find the Lady - (1975) - shortstory by Nicholas Fisk
• A Solfy Drink, a Saffel Fragrance - (1975) - shortstory by Dorothy Gilbert
• A Scarab in the City of Time - (1975) - shortstory by Marta Randall
• Theodora and Theodora - (1975) - shortstory by Robert Thurston
• A Day in the South Quad - (1975) - shortstory by Felix C. Gotschalk
• Rogue Tomato - (1975) - shortstory by Michael Bishop
• The Mothers' March on Ecstasy - (1975) - shortstory by George Alec Effinger
• The Local Allosaurus - (1975) - poem by Steven Utley
• Achievements - (1975) - shortstory by David Wise
• The Dybbuk Dolls - (1975) - novelette by Jack Dann
• The Mirror at Sunset - (1975) - shortstory by Gil Lamont
• Report to Headquarters - (1975) - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
• Museum Piece - (1975) - shortstory by Drew Mendelson
• White Creatures - (1975) - shortstory by Gregory Benford
• The Contributors to Plenum Four - (1975) - shortstory by Michael Bishop
• Sail the Tide of Mourning - (1975) - shortstory by Richard A. Lupoff

Table of Contents:

• Target: Berlin! - novelette by George Alec Effinger
• The Psychologist Who Wouldn't Do Awful Things to Rats - novelette by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Is Your Child Using Drugs? Seven Ways to Recognize a Drug Addict - shortstory by Rachel Pollack
• Charisma Leak - novelette by Felix C. Gotschalk
• Secret Rider - novelette by Marta Randall
• On the Air - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
• Dinosaurs - novelette by Tom Reamy
• Mask - shortstory by Donnan Call Jeffers, Jr.
• Water - novelette by David Marshak
• Osiris on Crutches - shortstory by Philip José Farmer and Leo Queequeg Tincrowdor
• Chase Our Blues Away - shortstory by George Alec Effinger
• The Alternates - novelette by James P. Girard

Seventh in a series of annual colections of original and significant science fiction writing. Authors are: Gordon Eklund, Marta Randall, Steven Utley and Howard Waldrop, Phylis and Alex Eisenstein, J. A. Lawrence, John Shirley, Barry N. Malzberg, Felix C. Gotschalk, A. A. Attanasio, Henry-Luc Planchat, Fritz Leiber.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - (1977) - essay by Robert Silverberg
• The Retro Man - (1977) - novelette by Gordon Eklund
• The State of the Art on Alyssum - (1977) - shortstory by Marta Randall
• Black as the Pit, from Pole to Pole - (1977) - novelette by Howard Waldrop and Steven Utley
• You Are Here - (1977) - novelette by Phyllis Eisenstein and Alex Eisenstein
• Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Bat - (1977) - shortstory by J. A. Lawrence
• The Almost Empty Rooms - (1977) - shortstory by John Shirley
• In the Stocks - (1977) - shortstory by Barry N. Malzberg
• Home Sweet Geriatric Dome - (1977) - shortstory by Felix C. Gotschalk
• Knowing Her - (1977) - shortstory by Gregory Benford
• The Blood's Horizon - (1977) - novelette by A. A. Attanasio
• Several Ways, and the Sun - (1977) - novelette by Henry-Luc Planchat
• The Princess in the Tower 250,000 Miles High - (1977) - shortstory by Fritz Leiber

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Robert Silverberg
• A Quiet Revolution for Death - shortstory by Jack Dann
• Yes, Sir, That's My - shortstory by Daniel P. Dern
• Whores - shortstory by Christopher Priest
• Sun-1 - shortstory by Gregor Hartmann
• This Is My Beloved - shortstory by J. A. Lawrence
• Metal - novelette by Robert R. Olsen
• I Graver - poem by Peter Dillingham
• Lifeboat - shortstory by Jeff Hecht
• Blind Man, Singing - shortstory by Drew Mendelson
• Three Dream Woman - shortstory by Michael Bishop and Craig Strete
• Mandala - novella by Greg Bear
• When the Morning Stars Sing Together - shortstory by Donnan Call Jeffers, Jr.

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Robert Silverberg
• The Pathways of Desire - novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Rauncher Goes to Tinker Town - shortstory by Tim Sullivan
• Calibrations and Exercises - shortstory by Gregory Benford
• Binding Energy - novelette by Peter S. Alterman
• The Attendant - shortstory by Bruce Taylor
• Square Pony Express - shortstory by Felix C. Gotschalk
• Crossing the Wastelands - shortstory by Jeff Hecht
• Of Wind, Song and the Pinnacles of Trona - poem by Peter Dillingham
• Perdidit Silentium - poem by Peter Dillingham
• I Chronophage - poem by Peter Dillingham
• The Sands of Libya Are Barren - shortstory by Donnan Call Jeffers, Jr.
• A Passionate State of Mind - novelette by Tony Sarowitz
• Last - shortstory by Mike Conner

Table of Contents:

• Introduction - essay by Robert Silverberg
• Holy - novelette by Orson Scott Card
• Animals - shortstory by John Kessel
• Amadeus - novelette by Carter Scholz
• Growing Up on Vlin - shortstory by Sydelle Shamah
• Deletions - novelette by Joseph V. Francavilla
• The Breath Amidst the Stones - shortstory by Bruce Taylor
• A Chrysalis Unbroken - shortstory by Peter Santiago C.
• Mare Somniorum - novelette by Stephen W. Potts
• Circus - shortstory by Marta Randall
• A Presidential Tape - shortstory by Felix C. Gotschalk

The exciting series that showcased the best of the 70's now launches the 80's with superb science fiction-from the terrifying to the sublime! Featuring: UNICORN TAPESTRY Suzy McKee Charnas. A vampire who teaches anthropology seeks psychiatric help and works an unorthodox spell on his therapist. A SUNDAY VISIT WITH GREAT-GRANDFATHER Craig Strete Aliens in a streamlined space vessel meet their match in a crusty old Indian with a taste for expensive chewing tobacco. THE HAUNTING Mary Pangborn A man slips in and out of time and is scared by his own ghost. Those are just a few of the stories in this book.

Table of Contents:

• Foreword: A Time of Changes - essay by Robert Silverberg
• Unicorn Tapestry - novella by Suzy McKee Charnas
• The Haunting - shortstory by Mary C. Pangborn
• The Eros Passage - novelette by Scott Russell Sanders
• A Sunday Visit With Great-Grandfather - (1974) - shortstory by Craig Strete
• Criers and Killers - shortstory by Pat Cadigan
• The Four - shortstory by Gary Woolard
• Comstock - novelette by Alan Ryan
• Kid Photon - shortstory by Steven Bryan Bieler
• The Feast of Saint Janis - novelette by Michael Swanwick

Table of Contents:

• Foreword: The Second Decade - essay by Marta Randall
• Walden Three - novelette by Michael Swanwick
• Cadenza - shortstory by Gregory Benford
• Drode's Equations - novelette by Richard Grant
• The Woman in the Phone Booth - shortstory by Elizabeth A. Lynn
• Elfleda - shortstory by Vonda N. McIntyre
• Elfleda - interior artwork by Wendy Rose
• Pain and Glory - novelette by Gordon Eklund
• Parables of Art - shortstory by Jack Dann and Barry N. Malzberg
• Delta D and She - shortstory by Michael Ward
• A Manner of Speaking - shortstory by Tony Sarowitz
• The Satyrs' and Dryads' Cotillion - shortstory by Juleen Brantingham
• The Last Concert of Pierre Valdemar - shortstory by Carter Scholz
• The Celebrants - novelette by Peter Santiago C.