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"All The Sounds Of A Rainbow"
© Vertex, Jun 1973
No Direction Home, 1975
--/ cool sf story

"The Big Flash"
© Orbit # 5, 1969
No Direction Home, 1975
--novelette : 1970 Nebula
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ wonder award

"Brain Salad"
© Far Frontiers, 1985

"The Carsinoma Angels"
© 1967, Dangerous Visions
The Last Hurrah Of The Golden Horde, 1970
--/ cool sf story
--/ idea award

"The Conspiracy"
© New Worlds, Feb 1969
No Direction Home, 1975
--/ cool sf story
--/ wonder award

"Eye Of The Storm"
(also as "In The Eye Of The Storm")
© Worlds Of IF, Jan 1974
No Direction Home, 1975
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ wonder award

"Heirloom"
© Los Angeles Staff, 1972
No Direction Home, 1975

"The Helping Hand"
© Full Spectrum # 3, 1991

"Heroes Die But Once"
© IF, Dec 1969
No Direction Home, 1975
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ idea award


"In The Eye Of The Storm"
(also as "Eye Of The Storm")
© Worlds Of IF, Jan 1974
No Direction Home, 1975
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ wonder award

"The Iron Dream" (nv)
© 1972, Avon Books
--novel : 1973 Nebula
--novel : 1973 Locus /10
--1974 Apollo W

--/ cool sf novel
--/ idea award

"The Last Of The Romany"
© Analog, May 1963
The Last Hurrah Of The Golden Horde, 1970
--/ cool sf story

"The Lost Continent"
© Science Against Men, ed. A.Cheetham, 1970
No Direction Home, 1975
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ style award


"The National Pastime"
© 1973, Nova # 3
No Direction Home, 1975
The Star-Spangled Future, 1979
--/ cool sf story
--/ idea award

"New Ice Age Or Just Cold Feet?"
© Nature Magazine, 2000

"No Direction Home"
© New Worlds Quarterly # 2, 1971
No Direction Home, 1975
--/ cool sf story
--/ style award

"No Direction Home" (coll)
© 1975, Bantam Books
--single author collection : 1976 Locus /12
--/ fourth place sf collection
--/ wonder award

"Process" (nv)
© 1980, Pocket / Arrow
--/ cool sf novel

"Riding The Torch"
© Threads of Time, ed. R. Silverberg, 1974
book: Ace Books, 1998
--novella : 1975 Hugo
--novella : 1975 Locus /3
--novella : 1975 Jupiter W

--/ third place sf novella
--/ wonder award
--/ style award
--/ shock value


"A Thing Of Beauty"
© Analog, Jan 1973
No Direction Home, 1975
--short story : 1974 Nebula
--short story : 1974 Jupiter

--/ cool sf story

"The Void Captain's Tale" (nv)
© 1983, Timescape Books
--novel : 1984 Nebula
--sf novel : 1984 Locus /5

--/ fourth place sf novel
--/ wonder award
--/ shock value


"The Weed Of Time"
© Vertex Magazine, 1970
No Direction Home, 1975
--/ fourth place sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ idea award


"The Year Of The Mouse"
© IASFM, Apr 1998
--short story : 1999 Locus /12
--short story : 1999 HOMer


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