Anthologies edited by Michael Bishop
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Changes
A Cross of Centuries
Light Years and Dark
Nebula Awards 23
Nebula Awards 24
Nebula Awards 25


Changes
Stories of Metamorphosis

(edited with Ian Watson)

Changes, First Edition New York: Ace 10260
[ISBN 0-441-10260-3] [pb] ($2.75),
Jul 1983; 259 pp.
[cover artist not credited]
Contents
  • Introduction: Fleeing from the Baboon (Ian Watson)
  • Sporting With the Chid (Barrington Bayley)
  • The Wife's Story (Ursula K. Le Guin)
  • Rogue Tomato (Michael Bishop)
  • The New Me (Thomas M. Disch) *
  • Legacy (Charles Sheffield)
  • Sisohpromatem (Kit Reed)
  • The Byrds (Michael G. Coney) *
  • Desertion (Clifford D. Simak)
  • The First Christmas Tree (Thomas M. Disch) *
  • The Dark of the June (Gene Wolfe)
  • The Indian Rope Trick Explained (Rudy Rucker)
  • Flies by Night (Lisa Tuttle and Steven Utley)
  • The Day of the Wolf (Ian Watson) *
  • Between the Dark and the Daylight (Algis Budrys)
  • Once on Aranea (R. A. Lafferty)
  • Master (Angela Carter)
  • The Apotheosis of Myra (Walter S. Tevis)
  • The Tithonian Factor (Richard Cowper) *
    * Stories original to this anthology


Light Years and Dark
Science Fiction and Fantasy Of and For Our Time
Light Years and Dark, First Edition New York: Berkley 07214
[ISBN 0-425-07214-2] [trade pb] ($8.95),
Nov 1984; 498 pp.
[cover artist not credited]
Contents
  • Introduction (Michael Bishop)
  • You and Me and the Continuum (J. G. Ballard)
  • The Map (Gene Wolfe) *
  • Halfjack (Roger Zelazny)
  • Doing Lennon (Gregory Benford)
  • Strangeness, Charm and Spin (Kate Wilhelm) *
  • Brown Robert (Terry Carr)
  • The Bloomsday Revolution (Ian Watson) *
  • The Dybbuk Dolls (Jack Dann)
  • Dancing Chickens (Edward Bryant) *
  • When the Music's Over... (Michael Swanwick) *
  • Terrific Park (George Alec Effinger)
  • The Tale of the (Man) Who (Met) (God) (Norman Spinrad) *
  • Four Poems (Robert Frazier)
    • The Starry Message to Galileo Galilei
    • The Supremacy of Bacteria *
    • "We cannot escape humility."
    • Cetacean Dreams *
  • Summer's Lease (Joe W. Haldeman)
  • The Nine Billion Names of God (Carter Scholz) *
  • Nor Limestone Islands (R. A. Lafferty)
  • Fears (Pamela Sargent) *
  • SQ (Ursula K. Le Guin)
  • Scrimptalon's Test (Gerald W. Page & Michael Bishop) *
  • An Infinite Summer (Christopher Priest)
  • The Man Who Was Pregnant (ELizabeth A. Lynn)
  • Corridors (Barry N. Malzberg)
  • Limits (Larry Niven)
  • Crossing Into Cambodia (Michael Moorcock)
  • The Lecturer (John Kessel) *
  • Under the Hollywood Sign (Tom Reamy)
  • The Lords of Misrule (M. John Harrison)
  • Three Parodies (John Sladek)
    • Ralph 4F by Hugogre N. Backs
    • Solar Shoe-Salesman by Chipdip K. Kill
    • The Sublimation World by J. G. B------
  • School Days (Suzette Haden Elgin) *
  • The Wanda Lake Number (Robert Thurston)
  • Chambers of Memory (Gordon Eklund) *
  • Painwise in Yucatan (James Tiptree, Jr.)
  • Dinner Party (Gardner R. Dozois) *
  • The Cure (Lisa Tuttle) *
  • Paradise Beach (Richard Cowper)
  • Getting Away (Steven Utley)
  • The Cabinet of Edgar Allen Poe (Angela Carter)
  • Dead in Irons (Chelsea Quinn Yarbro)
  • Rock On (Pat Cadigan) *
  • The Death of Socrates (Thomas M. Disch)
  • Helpless, Helpless (Howard Waldrop) *
  • Dogs' Lives (Michael Bishop)
  • The Eichmann Variations (George Zebrowski) *
    * Stories original to this anthology


Nebula Awards 23
SFWA's Choices for the Best SF and Fantasy 1987
Nebula Awards 23 San Diego CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
  • [ISBN 0-15-164930-8] [hc] ($21.95)
  • [ISBN 0-15-665475-X] [trade pb] ($12.95)

    • Apr 1989; 370 pp.
    [cover design: Vaughn Andrews]
    Contents
    • Introduction (Michael Bishop)
    • The World Renews Itself: A View on the SF and Fantasy of 1987 (Ian Watson)
    • In Memoriam: Alfred Bester (Isaac Asimov)
    • Forever Yours, Anna (Kate Wilhelm)
    • Flowers of Edo (Bruce Sterling)
    • Schwarzschild Radius (Connie Willis)
    • Witness (Walter Jon Williams)
    • Judgment Call (John Kessel)
    • The Glassblower's Dragon (Lucius Shepard)
    • Rachel in Love (Pat Murphy)
    • Before the Big Bang: News from the Hubble Large Space Telescope (Jonathan V. Post)
    • A Dream of Heredity (John Calvin Rezmerski)
    • Daedalus (W. Gregory Stewart)
    • Angel (Pat Cadigan)
    • Freezeframe (Gregory Benford)
    • The Blind Geometer (Kim Stanley Robinson)
    • Spelling God with the Wrong Blocks (James Morrow)
    • DX (Joe Haldeman)
    • Science Fiction Movies of 1987 (Bill Warren)
    Nebula Awards 23 [Spanish edition] [as Premios Nebula 1987]
    [Spanish translations by Carlos Gardini]

    Barcelona: Ediciones B (Nova #29)
    [ISBN 84-406-1421-7] [pb] (?),
    Sep 1990; 493 pp.
    [cover: Oscar Chichoni]


    Nebula Awards 24
    SFWA's Choices for the Best SF and Fantasy 1988
    Nebula Awards 24 San Diego CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
  • [ISBN 0-15-164932-4] [hc] ($21.95)
  • [ISBN 0-15-665474-1] [trade pb] ($13.95)

    • Apr 1990; 302 pp.
    [cover art: Michael Stuckey; design: Vaughn Andrews]
    Contents
    • Introduction (Michael Bishop)
    • Themes and Variations: A View on the SF and Fantasy of 1988 (Ian Watson)
    • Free Associating About Falling Free (Lois McMaster Bujold)
    • Ray Bradbury: Ambassador to the Future (Greg Bear)
    • Collector Speaks (Ray Bradbury)
    • More Than One Way to Burn a Book (Ray Bradbury)
    • Bible Stories for Adults, No. 17: The Deluge (James Morrow)
    • The Devil's Arithmetic [excerpt] (Jane Yolen)
    • The Nightmare Collector (Bruce Boston)
    • Rocky Road to Hoe (Suzette Haden Elgin)
    • White Trains (Lucius Shepard)
    • Schrodinger's Cat (George Alec Effinger)
    • The Fourth Moxie Branch (Jack McDevitt)
    • In Memoriam: Clifford D. Simak (Gordon R. Dickson)
    • In Memoriam: Robert A. Heinlein (Frank M. Robinson)
    • Ginny Sweethips' Flying Circus (Neal Barrett, Jr.)
    • The Other Dead Man (Gene Wolfe)
    • The Daily Chernobyl (Robert Frazier)
    • The Last of the Winnebagos (Connie Willis)
    • My Alphabet Starts Where Your Alphabet Ends (Paul Di Filippo)
    • The Year of the Pratfall: SF Movies of 1988 (Bill Warren)


    Nebula Awards 25
    SFWA's Choices for the Best SF and Fantasy 1989
    Nebula Awards 25 San Diego CA: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
  • [ISBN 0-15-164933-2] [hc]($24.95)
  • [ISBN 0-15-665473-3] [trade pb] ($14.95)

    • Apr 1991; 346 pp.
    [cover design: Vaughn Andrews]
    Contents
    • Introduction (Michael Bishop)
    • What is Science Fiction? (Damon Knight)
    • Ripples in the Dirac Sea (Geoffrey A. Landis)
    • The Avalanche: A View on the SF and Fantasy Novels of 1989 (Ian Watson)
    • The Snake Charm [excerpt from The Healer's War] (Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
    • Some Reflections on The Healer's War (Elizabeth Ann Scarborough)
    • Solace (Gardner R. Dozois)
    • The Mountains of Mourning (Lois McMaster Bujold)
    • Salinity (Robert Frazier)
    • In the Darkened Hours (Bruce Boston)
    • Winter Solstice, Camelot Station (John M. Ford)
    • For I Have Touched the Sky (Mike Resnick)
    • Vulgar Art (Orson Scott Card)
    • The Ommatidium Miniatures (Michael Bishop)
    • The Great Nebula Sweep (Paul Di Filippo)
    • At the Rialto (Connie Willis)
    • Exile's Paradigm (Richard Grant)
    • In Blue (John Crowley)
    • Year of the Bat: Science Fiction Movies of 1989 (Bill Warren)


    A Cross of Centuries
    Twenty-five Imaginative Tales about the Christ
    A Cross of Centuries New York: Thunder's Mouth Press
    [ISBN-10: 1-56025-926-4] [trade pb] ($16.95)
    Apr 2007; 411 pp.
    [cover design: Justine Ives]
    Contents
    • Introduction: An Epistle to the Curious (Michael Bishop)
    • The Man (Ray Bradbury)
    • Early Marvels (Romulus Linney)
    • Miriam (Noni Tyent) *
    • Friends in High Places (Jack McDevitt) *
    • Behold the Man (Michael Moorcock)
    • Sequel on Skorpiós (Michael Bishop)
    • Shimabara (Karen Joy Fowler)
    • The Pale, Thin God (Mike Resnick)
    • The Inquisitor General (from The Brothers Karamazov) (Fyodor Dostoyevsky; adapted by Michael Bishop)
    • The Sin of Jesus (Isaac Babel)
    • The Detective of Dreams (Gene Wolfe)
    • The Gospel According to Mark (Jorge Luis Borges)
    • Ragman (Walter Wangerin, Jr.)
    • Christus Destitutus (Bud Webster)
    • Slow Dancing with Jesus (Gardner Dozois & Jack Dann)
    • On the Road to New Egypt (Jeffrey Ford)
    • Understanding Entropy (Barry Malzberg)
    • Murmur's Laws (Jack Slay, Jr.)
    • The Coming of Christ the Joker (George Zebrowski)
    • Passion (John M. Williams) *
    • Lignum Crucis (Paul Di Filippo) *
    • Touring JesusWorld (Gregory Frost)
    • Cross Carriers (Bruce Holland Rogers) *
    • A Cross of Centuries (Henry Kuttner)
    • The Selfish Giant (Oscar Wilde)
    • Recommended Reading List
      * Stories original to this anthology

    Compiled by Michael H. Hutchins

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