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Table of Contents:

• Foreword - (1980) - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing - (1978) - short story by Larry Niven
• Grammar Lesson - (1977) - short story by Larry Niven
• The Subject Is Closed - (1977) - short story by Larry Niven
• Cruel and Unusual - (1977) - short story by Larry Niven
• We Purchased People - (1974) - short story by Frederik Pohl
• Guesting Time - (1965) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
• And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side - (1972) - short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Angel's Egg - (1951) - novelette by Edgar Pangborn
• Oh, to Be a Blobel! - (1964) - novelette by Philip K. Dick
• Be Merry - (1966) - novelette by Algis Budrys
• Pattern - (1954) - short story by Fredric Brown
• An Honorable Death - (1961) - novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
• The Reality Trip - (1970) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• Rule Golden - (1954) - novella by Damon Knight
• Alien-Human Relations - A Guide to Further Reading - (1980) - essay by uncredited

Contents:

• Introduction to Avram Davidson's "The Spoor of the Unicorn" - (1982) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Spoor of the Unicorn - (1982) - essay by Avram Davidson
• The Silken-Swift - (1953) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• Eudoric's Unicorn - (1977) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Flight of the Horse - (1969) - short story by Larry Niven
• On the Downhill Side - (1972) - short story by Harlan Ellison
• The Night of the Unicorn - (1975) - short story by Thomas Burnett Swann
• Mythological Beast - (1979) - short story by Stephen R. Donaldson
• The Final Quarry - (1970) - novelette by Eric Norden
• Elfleda - (1981) - short story by Vonda N. McIntyre
• The White Donkey - (1980) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Unicorn Variation - (1981) - novelette by Roger Zelazny
• The Sacrifice - (1982) - short story by Gardner Dozois
• The Unicorn - (1952) - short story by Frank Owen
• The Woman the Unicorn Loved - (1981) - novelette by Gene Wolfe
• The Forsaken - (1982) - short story by Beverly Evans
• The Unicorn - (1939) - short fiction by T. H. White
• Selected Bibliography - (1982) - uncredited

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Space-Time for Springers - (1958) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• The Game of Rat and Dragon - (1955) - short story by Cordwainer Smith
• The Cat from Hell - (1977) - short story by Stephen King
• Out of Place - (1981) - short story by Pamela Sargent
• Schrödinger's Cat - (1974) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• Groucho - (1981) - short story by Ron Goulart
• My Father, the Cat - (1957) - short story by Henry Slesar
• The Cat Man - (1960) - short story by Byron Liggett
• Some Are Born Cats - (1973) - short story by Terry Carr and Carol Carr
• The Cat Lover - (1961) - short story by Knox Burger
• Jade Blue - (1971) - short story by Edward Bryant
• Tom Cat - (1970) - short story by Gary Jennings
• Sonya, Crane Wessleman, and Kittee - (1970) - short story by Gene Wolfe
• The Witch's Cat - (1939) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• Antiquities - (1977) - short story by John Crowley
• A Little Intelligence - (1982) - novelette by Robert Silverberg and Randall Garrett
• The Cat - (1983) - short story by Gene Wolfe
• Afternoon at Schrafft's - (1984) - short story by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann and Michael Swanwick

Stories about legendary creatures of myth and magic!

An anthology of extraordinary stories about legendary creatures of myth and magic features works by Tanith Lee, T.H. White, Jane Yolen, and Gene Wolfe.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Dragon - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule - (1984) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• Draco, Draco - (1984) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• The Rule of Names - (1964) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Unicorn - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Black Horn - (1984) - novelette by Jack Dann
• The Giant - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Walk Like a Mountain - (1955) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• The Centaur - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Treaty in Tartessos - (1963) - short story by Karen Anderson
• The Woman Who Loved the Centaur Pholus - (1979) - short story by Gene Wolfe
• The Dryad - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Sleep of Trees - (1980) - short story by Jane Yolen
• The Hardwood Pile - (1940) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• The Minotaur - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Blind Minotaur - (1985) - short story by Michael Swanwick
• The Sphinx - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Landscape With Sphinxes - (1962) - short story by Karen Anderson
• Simpson's Lesser Sphynx - (1984) - short story by Esther M. Friesner
• The Sea Serpent - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• God's Hooks! - (1982) - short story by Howard Waldrop
• The Phoenix - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• A Leg Full of Rubies - (1959) - short story by Joan Aiken
• The Troll - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Valor of Cappen Varra - (1957) - short story by Poul Anderson
• The Troll - (1935) - short story by T. H. White
• The Griffin - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Return of the Griffins - (1948) - short story by A. E. Sandeling
• The Pegasus - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Last of His Breed - (1984) - short story by Rob Chilson
• About the Editors - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

Table of Contents:

• The Prevalence of Mermaids - - (1986) - essay by Avram Davidson
• Nothing in the Rules - (1939) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• She Sells Sea Shells - (1983) - short story by Paul Darcy Boles
• The Soul Cages - (1825) - short story by Thomas Crofton Croker
• Sweetly the Waves Call to Me - (1981) - short story by Pat Murphy
• Driftglass - (1967) - short story by Samuel R. Delany
• Mrs. Pigafetta Swims Well - (1959) - short story by Reginald Bretnor
• The Nebraskan and the Nereid - (1985) - short story by Gene Wolfe
• The Lady and the Merman - (1976) - short story by Jane Yolen
• The White Seal Maid - (1977) - short story by Jane Yolen
• The Fisherman's Wife - (1982) - short story by Jane Yolen
• Till Human Voices Wake Us - (1984) - short story by Lewis Shiner
• A Touch of Strange - (1958) - short story by Theodore Sturgeon
• Something Rich and Strange - (1961) - short story by Randall Garrett and Avram Davidson
• The Crest of Thirty-six - (1980) - short story by Davis Grubb
• The Shannon Merrow - (1982) - short story by Cooper McLaughlin
• Fish Story - (1953) - short story by Leslie Charteris
• In the Islands - (1983) - short story by Pat Murphy
• Recommended Reading List - (1986) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (1986) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Bleak Shore - (1940) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• O Ugly Bird! - (1951) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• The Power of the Press - (1983) - novelette by Richard Kearns
• The Finger - (1980) - short story by Naomi Mitchison
• The Word of Unbinding - (1964) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• His Coat So Gay - (1965) - novelette by Sterling E. Lanier
• Narrow Valley - (1966) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
• Sleep Well of Nights - (1978) - novella by Avram Davidson
• Armaja Das - (1976) - short story by Joe Haldeman
• My Boat - (1976) - short story by Joanna Russ
• The Hag Séleen - (1942) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon and James H. Beard
• The Last Wizard - (1972) - short story by Avram Davidson
• The Overworld - (1965) - novelette by Jack Vance
• Recommended Reading - (1986) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

Table of Contents:

• Grail - (1981) - novelette by Harlan Ellison
• The Willow Platform - (1973) - short story by Joseph Payne Brennan
• The Night of White Bhairab - (1984) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• The Mangler - (1972) - novelette by Stephen King
• The Last Demon - (1964) - short story by Isaac Bashevis Singer
• The Golden Rope - (1983) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Basileus - (1983) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• Twilla - (1974) - novelette by Tom Reamy
• The Purple Pterodactyls - (1976) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp
• Goslin Day - (1970) - short story by Avram Davidson
• Nellthu - (1955) - short story by Anthony Boucher
• Snulbug - (1941) - short story by Anthony Boucher
• One Other - (1953) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• An Ornament to His Profession - (1966) - novelette by Charles L. Harness
• Further Reading - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• About the Editors - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann

Table of Contents:

• Auto-da-Fe - (1961) - short story by Damon Knight
• Roog - (1953) - short story by Philip K. Dick
• The Hounds - (1974) - novelette by Kate Wilhelm
• The Howling Tower - (1941) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• Demon Lover - (1984) - novelette by M. Sargent Mackay
• A Few Kindred Spirits - (1965) - short story by John Christopher
• Dogs' Lives - (1984) - novelette by Michael Bishop
• Here, Putzi! - (1953) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt
• Desertion - [City] - (1944) - short story by Clifford D. Simak
• I Lost My Love to the Space Shuttle Columbia - (1983) - short story by Damien Broderick
• The Master of the Hounds - (1966) - novelette by Algis Budrys
• One-Trick Dog - (1987) - short story by Bruce Boston
• Friend's Best Man - (1987) - short story by Jonathan Carroll
• Wish Hound - (1980) - short story by Pat Murphy
• A Boy and His Dog - (1969) - novella by Harlan Ellison
• Further Reading - (1988) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

Table of Contents

• Preface - (1989) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• Algy - (1976) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp
• Out of Darkness - (1987) - short story by Lillian Stewart Carl
• Leviathan! - (1970) - short story by Larry Niven
• The Horses of Lir - (1981) - short story by Roger Zelazny
• The Mortal and the Monster - (1976) - novella by Gordon R. Dickson
• Man Overboard - (1960) - novelette by John Collier
• The Dakwa - (1977) - short story by Manly Wade Wellman
• The Kings of the Sea - (1968) - novelette by Sterling E. Lanier
• Grumblefritz - (1981) - short story by Marvin Kaye
• The Devil of Malkirk - (1982) - novella by Charles Sheffield
• Further Reading - (1989) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (1990) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• A Gun for Dinosaur - (1956) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• Poor Little Warrior! - (1958) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• Green Brother - (1982) - short story by Howard Waldrop
• Hatching Season - (1985) - short story by Harry Turtledove
• Getting Away - (1976) - short story by Steven Utley
• The Runners - (1978) - short story by Bob Buckley
• The Last Thunder Horse West of the Mississippi - (1988) - novelette by Sharon N. Farber
• Strata - (1980) - novelette by Edward Bryant
• Time's Arrow - (1950) - short story by Arthur C. Clarke
• A Change in the Weather - (1981) - short story by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• The Night-blooming Saurian - (1970) - short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Dinosaur - (1987) - short story by Steve Rasnic Tem
• Dinosaurs - (1985) - short story by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Dinosaur on a Bicycle - (1987) - novelette by Tim Sullivan

Table of Contents:

• Kreativity for Kats - (1961) - short story by Fritz Leiber
• Life Regarded as a Jigsaw Puzzle of Highly Lustrous Cats - (1991) - short story by Michael Bishop
• Bright Burning Tiger - (1984) - short story by Tanith Lee
• I Love Little Pussy - (1988) - short story by Isaac Asimov
• The Boy Who Spoke Cat - (1973) - short story by Ward Moore
• The Jaguar Hunter - (1985) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• The Sin of Madame Phloi - (1962) - short story by Lilian Jackson Braun
• The Mountain Cage - (1983) - novelette by Pamela Sargent
• May's Lion - (1983) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• The Color of Grass, the Color of Blood - (1989) - short story by R. V. Barnham
• A Word to the Wise - (1940) - short story by John Collier
• Duke Pasquale's Ring - (1985) - novella by Avram Davidson

Table of Contents:

• Working With the Little People - (1977) - short story by Harlan Ellison
• United Imp - (1977) - short story by L. Sprague de Camp
• A Cabin on the Coast - (1984) - short story by Gene Wolfe
• Cargo - (1940) - novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• Housing Problem - (1944) - short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
• The Goobers - (1965) - short story by Avram Davidson
• Fairy Tale - (1981) - novelette by Jack Dann
• A Gift of the People - (1988) - short story by Robert Sampson
• Trouble with Water - (1939) - short story by H. L. Gold
• Send No Money - (1985) - short story by Gardner Dozois and Susan Casper
• The Hob - (1988) - novelette by Judith Moffett
• Further Reading - (1991) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

Contents:

• Preface - (1992) - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• The Calling of Paisley Coldpony - (1988) - novelette by Michael Bishop
• Unicornucopia - (1992) - short story by Lawrence Watt-Evans
• he Black Horn - (1984) - novelette by Jack Dann
• The Hole in Edgar's Hillside - (1991) - short story by Gregory Frost
• The Hunting of Death: The Unicorn - (1984) - novella by Tanith Lee
• Stalking the Unicorn with Gun and Camera - (1986) - short story by Mike Resnick
• The Boy Who Drew Unicorns - (1988) - short story by Jane Yolen
• Ghost Town - (1992) - short story by Jack C. Haldeman, II
• The Stray - (1987) - short story by Gardner Dozois and Susan Casper
• The Shade of Lo Man Gong - (1988) - short story by William F. Wu
• The Princess, the Cat, and the Unicorn - (1988) - short story by Patricia C. Wrede
• Naked Wish-Fulfillment - (1989) - novelette by Janet Kagan
• Selected Bibliography - (1992) - uncredited

Table of Contents:

• Bloodchild - (1984) - novelette by Octavia E. Butler
• Idiot Stick - (1958) - short story by Damon Knight
• Guesting Time - (1965) - short story by R. A. Lafferty
• Trading Post - (1986) - novelette by Neal Barrett, Jr.
• And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side - (1972) - short story by James Tiptree, Jr.
• Night of the Cooters - (1987) - short story by Howard Waldrop
• Roadside Rescue - (1985) - short story by Pat Cadigan
• The Liberation of Earth - (1953) - short story by William Tenn
• Roog - (1953) - short story by Philip K. Dick
• Speed Trap - (1967) - short story by Frederik Pohl
• The Perfect Host - (1992) - novelette by Robert Silverberg
• Heresies of the Huge God - (1966) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• Sepoy - (1992) - novelette by Tom Purdom
• Dress Rehearsal - (1974) - short story by Harvey Jacobs
• The Screwfly Solution - (1977) - novelette by Raccoona Sheldon
• Further Reading - (1993) - essay by uncredited

Table of Contents:

• Preface - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Draco, Draco - (1984) - novelette by Tanith Lee
• Two Yards of Dragon - (1976) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• Mrs. Byres and the Dragon - (1990) - novelette by Keith Roberts
• A Handful of Hatchlings - (1993) - short story by Mark Sumner
• Covenant With a Dragon - (1987) - short story by Susan Casper
• Paper Dragons - (1985) - novelette by James P. Blaylock
• Up the Wall - (1990) - novelette by Esther M. Friesner
• Lan Lung - (1980) - novelette by M. Lucie Chin
• Climacteric - (1960) - short story by Avram Davidson
• The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule - (1984) - novelette by Lucius Shepard
• Further Reading - essay by uncredited

Table of Contents:

• Classical Horses - (1991) - novelette by Judith Tarr
• The Wonder Horse - (1957) - short story by George Byram
• On the Gem Planet - (1963) - novelette by Cordwainer Smith
• The Thunder of the Captains - (1985) - short story by Garry Kilworth
• Brothers of the Wind - (1981) - short story by Jane Yolen
• Aunt Millicent at the Races - (1965) - short story by Len Guttridge
• The Circus Horse - (1988) - short story by Amy Bechtel
• Riding the Nightmare - (1986) - short story by Lisa Tuttle
• Wild, Wild Horses - (1988) - short story by Howard Waldrop
• The Boy Who Plaited Manes - (1986) - short story by Nancy Springer
• Horse Camp - (1986) - short story by Ursula K. Le Guin
• His Coat So Gay - (1965) - novelette by Sterling E. Lanier
• Further Reading - essay by uncredited

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (1995) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Big Splash - (1992) - novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• Just Like Old Times - (1993) - short story by Robert J. Sawyer
• The Virgin and the Dinosaur - (1992) - novella by R. Garcia y Robertson
• The Odd Old Bird - (1988) - short story by Avram Davidson
• Bernie - (1994) - novelette by Ian McDowell
• Small Deer - (1965) - short story by Clifford D. Simak
• Dinosaur Pliés - (1989) - short story by R. V. Branham
• Day of the Hunters - (1950) - short story by Isaac Asimov
• Herding with the Hadrosaurs - (1992) - short story by Michael Bishop
• Ontogeny Recapitulates Phylogeny - (1990) - short story by R. Garcia y Robertson
• Trembling Earth - (1990) - novella by Allen Steele

Table of Contents:

• Basileus - (1983) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• Angelica - (1979) - short story by Jane Yolen
• Angels - (1990) - short story by Bruce McAllister
• If Angels Ate Apples - (1993) - poem by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Alfred - (1992) - short story by Lisa Goldstein
• A Plethora of Angels - (1989) - short story by Robert Sampson
• The Man Who Loved the Faioli - (1967) - short story by Roger Zelazny
• Upon the Dull Earth - (1954) - novelette by Philip K. Dick
• Angel - (1987) - short story by Pat Cadigan
• Curse of the Angel's Wife - (1993) - poem by Bruce Boston
• Sleepers Awake - (1993) - short story by Jamil Nasir
• And the Angels Sing - (1990) - short story by Kate Wilhelm
• Grave Angels - (1986) - novelette by Richard Kearns
• All Vows - (1992) - short story by Esther M. Friesner

Twelve Dimension-shattering tales of travel across time...

Twelve dimension-shattering tales of time travel, featuring John Varley, Ursula K. LeGuin, Joe Haldeman, Avram Davidson, Damon Knight, Nancy Kress, R.A. Lafferty, Jack McDevitt, Bridget McKenna, Richard McKenna, Charles Sheffield, and James Tiptree, Jr. These stories take readers from everyday reality into the infinite vistas of time and space -- as far as the man can reach.

Table if Contents:

• "The Man Who Walked Home" by James Tiptree, Jr.
• "Air Raid" by John Varley
• "The Hole on the Corner" by R. A. Lafferty
• "Trapalanda" by Charles Sheffield
• "Arachon" by Damon Knight
• "Hole-in-the-Wall" by Bridget McKenna
• "Time's Arrow" by Jack McDevitt
• "Anniversary Project" by Joe Haldeman
• "The Secret Place" by Richard McKenna
• "The Price of Oranges" by Nancy Kress
• "Full Chicken Richness" by Avram Davidson
• "Another Story" by Ursula K. Le Guin

Ten mind-blowing tales from the cutting edge of technology...

Imagine a technology that can change the structure and function of your own body...or that can devour an entire country. This is nanotechnology--the creation of self-replicating machines with the capability to build or alter almost any structure, including the human form, by manipulating atoms or molecules--and it has captured the imaginations of science fiction writers and readers everywhere. Now these ten short tales will capture you...

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (1998) - essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann
• Blood Music - (1983) - novelette by Greg Bear
• Margin of Error - (1994) - short story by Nancy Kress
• Axiomatic - (1990) - short story by Greg Egan
• Remember'd Kisses - (1988) - novelette by Michael F. Flynn
• Recording Angel - (1996) - short story by Ian McDonald
• Sunflowers - (1995) - novelette by Kathleen Ann Goonan
• The Logic Pool - (1994) - short story by Stephen Baxter
• Any Major Dude - (1991) - novelette by Paul Di Filippo
• We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy - (1995) - novella by David Marusek
• Willy in the Nano-Lab - (1998) - poem by Geoffrey A. Landis
• Further Reading - (1998) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

New tales of genetic engineering and its impact on tomorrow...

Long before there was Dolly the sheep, there were brilliant science fiction authors speculating on the power and potential, the temptations and the terrors, of cloning. Join them as they explore the ideas, the implications, and the thrilling dramatic possibilities in this collection of nine stories by Ursula K. LeGuin, Joe Haldeman, John Varley, Greg Egan, Damon Knight, Ian R. MacLeod, Kate Wilhelm, Pamela Sargent, and Charles Sheffield.

Table of Contents:

• "The Extra" by Greg Egan
• "The Phantom of Kansas" by John Varley
• "Nine Lives" by Ursula K. Le Guin
• "Past Magic" by Ian R. MacLeod
• "Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang" by Kate Wilhelm
• "Out of Copyright" by Charles Sheffield
• "Mary" by Damon Knight
• "Clone Sister" by Pamela Sargent
• "Blood Sisters" by Joe Haldeman

Some see it as the ultimate blessing, others as an intolerable curse. Tempting or terrifying, the idea of immortality has inspired creative souls for thousands of years. In this brilliant collection, some of today's most ingeniously imaginative writers deal with the entrancing theme of eternal possibilities.

Features Thomas M. Disch, Greg Egan, Jack Vance, and other acclaimed masters of fantasy and science fiction.

Table of Contents:

• Preface - (1998) - essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois
• The Dying Man - (1957) - novelette by Damon Knight
• Death Do Us Part - (1996) - short story by Robert Silverberg
• The Worm That Flies - (1968) - short story by Brian W. Aldiss
• Child of All Ages - (1975) - short story by P. J. Plauger
• The Grotto of the Dancing Deer - (1980) - short story by Clifford D. Simak
• Learning to Be Me - (1990) - short story by Greg Egan
• The Secret - (1966) - short story by Jack Vance
• Mortimer Gray's History of Death - (1995) - novella by Brian Stableford