The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 20 ed. Edward L. Ferman (Doubleday, 1973, hc)
- · Shaffery Among the Immortals · Frederik Pohl · ss F&SF Jul ’72
- · A Different Drummer · Raylyn Moore · ss F&SF Feb ’71
- · The Deathbird · Harlan Ellison · nv F&SF Mar ’73
- · Born to Exile [Alaric] · Phyllis Eisenstein · nv F&SF Aug ’71
- · Thus Love Betrays Us · Phyllis MacLennan · ss F&SF Sep ’72
- · The Animal Fair · Alfred Bester · nv F&SF Oct ’72
- · Is It the End of the World? · Wilma Shore · ss F&SF Mar ’72
- · The Bear with the Knot on His Tail [Stardust] · Stephen Tall · nv F&SF May ’71
- · Birdlime · B. L. Keller · ss F&SF Mar ’71
- · The Problem of Pain · Poul Anderson · nv F&SF Feb ’73
- · Sooner or Later or Never Never [Crispin Mobey] · Gary Jennings · nv F&SF May ’72
- · Cartoons · Gahan Wilson · ct F&SF
The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology ed. Edward L. Ferman & Gordon Van Gelder (Tor 0-312-86973-8, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $24.95, 381pp, hc) Anthology of 21 stories that appeared in the magazine from 1994-98. Authors include Kate Wilhelm, Ursula K. Le Guin, Bruce Sterling, and Gene Wolfe.
- 13 · Introduction · Gordon Van Gelder · in
- 15 · Last Summer at Mars Hill · Elizabeth Hand · na F&SF Aug ’94
- 64 · Maneki Neko · Bruce Sterling · ss F&SF May ’98; originally published in Japanese in Hayakawa S-F Magazine.
- 81 · No Planets Strike · Gene Wolfe · ss F&SF Jan ’97
- 92 · Sins of the Mothers · S. N. Dyer · ss F&SF May ’97
- 106 · The Finger · Ray Vukcevich · ss F&SF Apr ’95
- 112 · Lifeboat on a Burning Sea · Bruce Holland Rogers · nv F&SF Oct/Nov ’95
- 140 · Gone · John Crowley · ss F&SF Sep ’96
- 154 · First Tuesday · Robert Reed · ss F&SF Feb ’96
- 172 · The Fool, the Stick, and the Princess · Rachel Pollack · ss F&SF Oct/Nov ’98
- 183 · A Birthday · Esther M. Friesner · ss F&SF Aug ’95
- 200 · Sensible City · Harlan Ellison · ss F&SF Oct/Nov ’94
- 209 · All the Birds of Hell · Tanith Lee · nv F&SF Oct/Nov ’98
- 233 · We Love Lydia Love · Bradley Denton · nv F&SF Oct/Nov ’94
- 258 · Paul and Me · Michael Blumlein · ss F&SF Oct/Nov ’97
- Plumage from Pegasus:
___ 275 · Have Gun, Will Edit · Paul Di Filippo · cl F&SF Aug ’96 - 280 · Forget Luck [Tony Manetti] · Kate Wilhelm · ss F&SF Apr ’96
- 294 · Quinn’s Way · Dale Bailey · nv F&SF Feb ’97
- 326 · Partial People · Terry Bisson · vi Bears Discover Fire, Tor, 1993
- 329 · The Lincoln Train · Maureen F. McHugh · ss F&SF Apr ’95
- 344 · Another Fine Mess · Ray Bradbury · ss F&SF Apr ’95
- 353 · Solitude · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv F&SF Dec ’94
Actual review forthcoming!
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