Contents for anthologies and omnibuses from the Locus Index
to Science Fiction www.locusmag.com/index/
April
HE LITTLE COUNTRY by Charles de Lint
Missed this. I stopped reading de Lint around the time Svaha came out, whenever that was.
[I was sent later de Lints for review and do not regret my decision to avoid his books]
THE SINGERS OF TIME by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson
As I recall, Earth has been conquered by strange aliens. When the homeworld of the aliens goes pfft, a small mixed group of humans and aliens have to travel through time and space to find a solution.
I remember this as very minor Pohl & Williamson.
THE GHOST FROM THE GRAND BANKS by Arthur C. Clarke (Alternate)
I read this. I have no idea what, if anything, actually happened.
CHERNEVOG by C.J. Cherryh (Alternate)
Missed this.
May
THE LOST SWORDS: THE SECOND TRIAD (3-in-1 of FARSLAYER'S STORY,
COINSPINNER'S STORY and MINDSWORD'S STORY) by Fred Saberhagen
Avoided this.
BRAIN CHILD by George Turner
One of Turner's skillfully crafted but moody books, this involves an investigation into three groups of humans whose intelligence was enhanced using genetic engineering. One of the points of the book is that
intelligence is not simply one thing: each set is distinct from the next in way their intelligence was heightened.
Recommended but don't expect to be happy as a result of reading this.
GENERATION WARRIORS by Anne McCaffrey and Elizabeth Moon (Alternate)
Missed this.
Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves ed. Alan Dean Foster & Martin H.
Greenberg (Ace 0-441-18481-2, Apr '91 [Mar '91], $4.95, 340pp,
pb, cover by Robert Grace); Anthology of 18 humorous fantasy
stories with an introduction and an afterword by Foster.
+ ix o Introduction o Alan Dean Foster o in
+ 1 o As Is o Robert Silverberg o nv Worlds of Fantasy #1 '68
+ 21 o The Same to You Doubled o Robert Sheckley o ss Playboy
Mar '70
+ 33 o The Egg of the Glak o Harvey Jacobs o nv F&SF Mar '68
+ 81 o Beibermann's Soul o Mike Resnick o ss F&SF Aug '88
+ 87 o Thimgs o Theodore R. Cogswell o ss F&SF May '58
+ 103 o Ms. Lipshutz and the Goblin o Marvin Kaye o ss
Fantastic Oct '78
+ 111 o Unferno o George Alec Effinger o nv IASFM Jul '85
+ 137 o Unicorn Variation o Roger Zelazny o nv IASFM Apr 13 '81
+ 166 o Yes Sir, That's My o Daniel P. Dern o ss New Dimensions
8, ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1978
+ 179 o Please Stand By [Max Kearny] o Ron Goulart o nv F&SF
Jan '62
+ 205 o Bottle Party o John Collier o ss, 1939
+ 215 o My Mother Was a Witch o William Tenn o nf P.S. Aug '66
+ 223 o Djinn, No Chaser o Harlan Ellison o nv Twilight Zone
Apr '82
+ 246 o Up the Wall o Esther M. Friesner o nv IASFM Apr '90
+ 276 o Trouble with Water o Horace L. Gold o ss Unknown Mar
'39
+ 301 o Savage Breasts o Nina Kiriki Hoffman o ss Pulphouse:
The Hardback Magazine: Issue Two, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch,
Pulphouse, 1988
+ 310 o Or the Grasses Grow o Avram Davidson o ss F&SF Nov '58
+ 321 o Snulbug o Anthony Boucher o ss Unknown Dec '41; F&SF
May '53
+ 340 o Afterword o Alan Dean Foster o aw
Aside from the Tenn (which is good) I missed most of these.
June
THE WINGS OF PEGASUS (2-kin-1 of TO RIDE PEGASUS and PEGASUS IN FLIGHT) by Anne McCaffrey
Missed this.
HEAVY TIME by C.J. Cherryh
I bounced off this about a quarter of the way through and have gotten headaches every time I tried to read Cherryh ever since.
[I no longer get headaches, although I cannot say I am all that interested in atevi internal politics]
STAR TREK: GHOST WALKER by Barbara Hambly (Alternate)
Missed this.
D'SHAI by Joel Rosenberg (Alternate)
And this.
Summer
THE SECRET BOOKS OF PARADYS: I & II (2-in-1 of THE BOOK OF THE DAMNED
and THE BOOK OF THE BEAST) by Tanith Lee
Own them but have not gotten around to reading them.
[I did read them when they were assigned to me. Didn't care for The Book of the Damned; For me, a little bit of decadent languishing while waiting to expire of jaded ennui goes a long way. The Book of the Beast involves a struggle with a demon and was more to my taste.
STAR WARS: HEIR TO THE EMPIRE by Timothy Zahn
Missed this.
THE ILLEGAL REBIRTH OF BILLY THE KID by Rebecca Ore (Alternate)
I own this and have read it but couldn't tell you what it was about.
THE PAPER GRAIL by James P. Blaylock (Alternate)
Missed this.
[I always feel like I should be more enthusiastic about Blaylock than I am]
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