Piers Anthony
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"Alien Plot" (coll) © Tor Books, 1992 "Alien Plot" © Alien Plot, 1992 "The Alien Rulers" © Analog, Mar 1968 --/ cool sf story "Bio of a Space Tyrant: Refugee" (nv) (Bio of a Space Tyrant series 1) © 1983, Avon Books "The Cloud" © 1962, IF --/ cool sf story --/ idea award "Cluster" (nv) (Cluster Series) © Avon Books, 1977 --/ cool sf novel "Demons Don't Dream" (nv) (Xanth Series) © 1992, Ballantine Books "Getting Through University" (Prostho Plus series) © IF, Sep 1968 --novelette : 1969 Hugo --/ cool sf story --/ humour award ---------------------------------------------- "The Ghost Galaxies"  (basis for the novel "Ghost") © 1966, IF --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award --/ idea award Piers Anthony was a lot more fun in the Sixties, even coming up with cool ideas from time to time. You can not have a wilder idea than this one: Galaxy-sized ghosts terrorize immense reaches of space. Anthony does not elaborate on how these ghosts came to be, but they are sufficiently ghostly and sufficiently... big. review: 12-Sep-06 (read in 2001) ---------------------------------------------- "Imp to Nymph" © Southern Fantasy, ed. R. Lindahn, 1987 Alien Plot, 1992 "Macroscope" (nv) © Avon Books, 1969 --novel : 1970 Hugo --/ cool sf novel --/ idea award: macro quarks "None But I" © 1969, IF russ. as "Nikto Inoi Kak Ya" --/ third place sf story --/ wonder award --/ style award --/ humour award --/ rare find "Nonent" © Alien Plot, 1967 "Orn" (nv) (Omnivore series) © 1970, Amazing novel: Corgi Books, 1971 --/ fourth place sf novel --/ wonder award --/ adventure award "Ox" (nv) (Omnivore series) © Corgi Books, 1977 --/ cool sf novel --/ wonder award "Phog" © 1965, Fantastic Anthonology, 1985 "Phthor" (nv) (Aton / Chthon Series) © Berkley Books, 1975 --/ cool sf novel --/ wonder award "Quinquepedalian" © Amazing Stories, Nov 1963 Anthonology, 1985 --/ fourth place sf story --/ wonder award "Soft Like A Woman" © The Fleet: Counterattack, ed. by D. Drake, 1988 Alien Plot, 1992 --/ cool sf story "SOS The Rope" (nv) (Battle Circle series) © F&SF, July 1968 book: 1968, Pyramid Books --/ cool apocalyptic sf novel "Thousandstar" (nv) (Cluster series) © 1985, Avon --/ fourth place sf novel --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ awesome scale "Triple Detente" (nv) © 1968, Ace Books "Wood you?" © F&SF, Oct 1970 Anthonology, 1985 --------------------------------------- |
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