The Best from Fantasy & science fiction Book

Contents xi • Preface (The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 40th Anniversary Anthology) • (1989) • essay by Edward L. Ferman xiii • Introduction (The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 40th Anniversary Anthology) • (1989) • essay by Harlan Ellison 1 • The Cat Hotel • [Gummitch the Cat] • (1983) • shortstory by Fritz Leiber 17 • Slow Birds • (1983) • novelette by Ian Watson 44 • Judgment Call • (1987) • novelette by John Kessel 62 • The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything • (1984) • shortstory by George Alec Effinger 78 • The God Machine • (1985) • shortstory by Damon Knight 82 • Understanding Human Behavior: A Romance of the Rocky Mountains • (1982) • novelette by Thomas M. Disch (variant of Understanding Human Behavior) 105 • A Rarebit of Magic • [Kedrigern] • (1983) • shortstory by John Morressy 119 • In Midst of Life • (1987) • shortstory by James Tiptree, Jr. 139 • Surviving • (1986) • novelette by Judith Moffett 174 • Cage 37 • (1987) • novelette by Wayne Wightman 212 • While You're Up • (1988) • shortstory by Avram Davidson 215 • Eidolons • (1988) • shortstory by Harlan Ellison 230 • Face Value • (1986) • shortstory by Karen Joy Fowler 243 • Buffalo Gals, Won't You Come Out Tonight • (1987) • novelette by Ursula K. Le Guin 272 • The Boy Who Plaited Manes • (1986) • shortstory by Nancy Springer 285 • Out of All Them Bright Stars • (1985) • shortstory by Nancy Kress 293 • Salvador • (1984) • shortstory by Lucius Shepard 312 • State of the Art • (1985) • shortstory by Robert Charles Wilson 322 • Black Air • (1983) • novelette by Kim Stanley Robinson 349 • Uncle Tuggs • (1986) • novelette by Michael Shea