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"The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything"
© F&SF, Oct 1984
The Old Funny Stuff, 1989
--short story : 1985 Hugo
--short story : 1985 Nebula
--short story : 1985 Locus /3
--short story : 1985 SF Chronicle /3

--/ cool sf story
--/ humour award

"All The Last Wars At Once"
© Universe # 1, 1971
Mixed Feelings, 1974
--short story : 1972 Hugo
--short fiction : 1972 Locus /2 (tie)


"And Us Too, I Guess"
© Chains of the Sea, ed. R. Silverberg, 1973
Irrational Numbers, 1976

"The Awesome Menace Of Polarizer"
© Fantastic, Dec 1971

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"B.K.A. The Master"
© F&SF, Jul 1976
Dirty Tricks, 1978
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ idea award

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"Chase Our Blues Away"
© New Dimensions # 6, 1976
Dirty Tricks, 1978

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"Contentment...Not Having To Get Up Early"
© Future Power, ed. J. Dann, 1976
Dirty Tricks, 1978
--/ cool sf story

"Dirty Tricks" (coll)
© 1978, Doubleday Books
--/ cool sf collection
--/ humour award

"Heartstop"
© The Haunt of Horror, May 1974
Dirty Tricks, 1978

"Heroics" (nv)
© 1979, Doubleday Books
--/ cool sf novel

"Ibid"
© Universe # 7, 1977

"Live, From Berchtensgaden"
© Orbit # 10, 1972
Dirty Tricks, 1978

"Marid And The Trail Of Blood"
© Sisters Of The Night, ed. B. Hambly, 1995
--/ cool sf story

"The Mother's March On Ecstasy"
© New Dimensions # 5, 1975
Dirty Tricks, 1978

"New New York New Orleans"
© The New Mind Frontiers # 2, ed. R. Elwood, 1973
Dirty Tricks, 1978
--/ cool sf story

"The Reinvention of War"
(Isaac's Universe series)
© Isaac Universe Vol.2, ed. M. Greenberg, 1991

"Sand And Stones"
© Clarion II, ed. R. Wilson, 1972
Dirty Tricks, 1978
--/ cool sf story

"Schroedinger's Kitten"
© OMNI, May 1988
Schroedinger's Kitten, 1990
--novelette : 1989 Hugo W
--novelette : 1989 Nebula W
--winner : 1989 Sturgeon W
--novelette : 1989 Locus /5
--novelette : 1989 SF Chronicle W
--foreign short fiction : 1991 Seiun W

--/ cool sf story
--/ idea award

"Strange Ragged Saintliness"
© Dirty Tricks, 1978

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"Target: Berlin!"
© New Dimensions # 6, 1976
Live! From Planet Earth, 2005
--/ idea award

Alternate history, as the title suggest, but so much more. Effinger's tales are always unconventional and go on unexpected "rabbit paths". Overall clever presentation - absurdist take on a decades-delayed World War II, fought now with... cars.
review: 18-Jul-06 (read in 2001)

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"Terrific Park"
© Proteus, ed. R. McEnroe, 1981
--/ cool sf story

"Timmy Was Eight"
(as by Susan Doenim)
© Fantastic, Feb 1972
Dirty Tricks, 1978
--/ cool sf story


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