The Eighth Science Fiction MEGAPACK ®. Pamela Sargent
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COPYRIGHT INFO
The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack is copyright © 2013 by Wildside Press LLC. All rights reserved. For more information, contact the publisher.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
“The True Darkness,” by Panela Sargent, is copyright © 2010 by World Literature Today and Board of Regents, University of Oklahoma; copyright reverted to author in 2012. First published in World Literature Today, vol. 84, no. 3 (May-June 2010). Reprinted by arrangement with the author and her agent, Richard Curtis Associates, Inc.
“Permanent Fatal Errors,” by Jay Lake, originally appeared in Is Anybody Out There? Copyright © 2010 by Joseph E. Lake. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Adjustment Team,” by Philip K. Dick, originally appeared in Orbit Science Fiction, Sept.–Oct. 1954. No record of copyright renewal; in the public domain.
“Robots Don’t Cry,” by Mike Resnick, originally appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, July 2013. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“No Great Magic,” by Fritz Leiber, originally appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1963. No record of copyright renewal; in the public domain.
“Escape Hatch,” by Brenda W. Clough, originally appeared in Paradox, Autumn 2003. Copyright © 2003 by Brenda W. Clough. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Backlash,” by Winston K. Marks, originally appeared in Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1954. No record of copyright renewal; in the public domain.
“The Pick-Up,” by Lawrence Watt-Evans, originally appeared in The Ultimate Alien. Copyright © 1995 by Lawrence Watt-Evans. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Population Implosion,” by Andrew J. Offutt, originally appeared in Worlds of If, July 1967. Copyright © 1967 by Andrew J. Offutt. Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate.
“Way Down East, by Tim Sullivan, originally appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction, December 2008. Copyright © 2008 by Timothy R. Sullivan. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: 28,” by Grendel Briarton, is taken from The Collected Feghoot. Copyright © 1992 by Reginald Bretnor. Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate.
“To Invade New York,” by Irwin Lewis, originally appeared in Analog Science Fact & Fiction, August 1963. No record of copyright renewal; in the public domain.
“They Were The Wind,” by C.J. Henderson, is copyright © 2006 by C.J. Henderson. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Stopover,” by William Gerken, originally appeared, in substantially different form, in Fantastic Universe, Sept. 1957. This version has been revised and edited, and is copyright © 2013 by John Gregory Betancourt.
“Consequences of Steam” was originally published in The Chronotope and Other Speculative Fictions. Copyright © 2013 by Michael Hemmingson. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Outside Looking In,” by Mark E. Burgess, is copyright © 2011 by Mark E. Burgess. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Dead World,” by Jack Douglas, originally appeared in Amazing Stories, May 1961. No record of copyright renewal; in the public domain.
“Nefertiti’s Tenth Life,” by Mary A. Turzillo, originally appeared in Analog, November 2001. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Quicksilver,” by Lonni Lees, originally appeared in Black Petals #59. Copyright ©2012 by Lonni Lees. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“After All,” by Robert Reginald, originally appeared in Katydid & Other Critters: Tales of Fantasy and Mystery. Copyright © 2001 by Robert Reginald. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“The Barbarians,” by Algis Budrys, originally appeared in If Worlds of Science Fiction, February 1958.
“Ex Machina,” by Cynthia M. Ward, originally appeared, in different form, in The NOVA Express Magazine #12 (Fall-Winter 1992). Copyright © 1992 by Cythia M. Ward. Reprinted by permission of the author.
“Monkey On His Back,” by Charles V. De Vet, originally appeared in Galaxy, June 1960. No record of copyright renewal; in the public domain.
The Survivors, by Tom Godwin, originally appeared in 1958. No record of copyright renewal; in the public domain.
“Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: 99,” by Grendel Briarton, is taken from The Collected Feghoot. Copyright © 1992 by Reginald Bretnor. Reprinted by permission of the author’s estate.
Speaking with George R.R. Martin is copyright © 2006 by Darrell Schweitzer. Reprinted by permission of the interviewer. It may also be found (with many other interviews) in Speaking of the Fantastic III (Wildside Press, publisher).
A NOTE FROM THE PUBLISHER
Welcome to the 8th volume in our Megapack series. I’m very happy with the mix of stories this time, ranging across all of time and space, and I’m pleased to introduce a new feature—an interview with a famous science fiction author (in this case George R.R. Martin.) The interview was conducted by one of our regular contributors, Darrell Schweitzer.
Those who follow such things may have noticed that The Eighth Science Fiction Megapack is appearing about a month ahead of schedule. We are going to try to publish new volumes every other month, beginning with this one. Six per year seems like a good number. Perhaps, if all goes well, we can get it up to monthly someday!
As always, we welcome feedback. Let me know what you think of this volume, what you’d like to see in future Megapacks, and if you’d like more non-fiction. (We plan on sticking to 25 short stories in each volume, regardless of what else we add—but we can easily include more interviews, essays, and other features…but only if readers want and enjoy them. Rest assured, the price won’t go up as a result of adding more content!)
And, as a bit of a shameless plug for our Megapacks, we are releasing our first “living author” megapacks in December, 2013, beginning with The Darrell Schweitzer Megapack and The C.J. Henderson Megapack. Both have had stories in our science fiction Megapacks (C.J. is in this one), and I hope you will check out these two “Best Of” samplers by a pair of great writers.
HELP WANTED—LOST WRITERS!
For those who read our message board, I’m sad to report that I have hit a dead end in tracing the heirs of Jay Williams, author of the Danny Dunn young adult series. We had a couple of requests to reprint these books. I’m also looking for the estate of Mack Reynolds, but cannot locate his son, Emil Reynolds and the estate of Rick Raphael. If anyone knows them, please get in touch!
—John Betancourt
Publisher, Wildside Press LLC
www.wildsidepress.com
ABOUT THE MEGAPACK SERIES
Over the last few years, our “Megapack” series of ebook anthologies has proved to be one of our most popular endeavors. (Maybe it helps that we sometimes offer them as premiums to our mailing list!) One question we keep getting asked is, “Who’s the editor?”
The Megapacks (except where specifically credited) are a group effort. Everyone at Wildside works on them. This includes John Betancourt, Mary Wickizer Burgess, Sam Cooper, Carla Coupe, Steve Coupe, Bonner Menking, Colin Azariah-Kribbs, Robert Reginald. A. E. Warren, and many of Wildside’s authors…who often suggest stories to include (and not just their own!).
A NOTE FOR KINDLE READERS
The Kindle versions of our Megapacks employ active tables of contents for easy navigation…please look for one before writing reviews on Amazon that complain about the lack! (They are sometimes at the ends of ebooks, depending on your reader.)
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