Friday, January 2, 2015

FFB: THE BEST FROM FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION, 20th Series, edited by Edward L. Ferman (Doubleday 1973); THE BEST FROM FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION: THE FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY ANTHOLOGY, edited by Edward L. Ferman and Gordon Van Gelder (Tor 1999)






















The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 20 ed. Edward L. Ferman (Doubleday, 1973, hc)
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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