Spider Robinson

A HOUSE OF HEALTHY REPUTE . . . Welcome to Lady Sally's, the House that is a home - the internationally (hell, Interplanetartily) notorious bordello. At Lady Sally's House, the customer' doesn't necessarily come first: even the staff are genuinely enjoying themselves.

Isham Stone, the world's second-best assassin, goes into the ruins of a city after the greatest killer of all time, Wendall Morgan Carlson. But Carlson is guarded by ghosts--beings from an ancient civilization that shared the Earth with humans for millions of years, and who have now declared war on the human race, all thanks to the man Isham has come to kill.

Mike, a young teen from the near future, escapes into a wonderful amusement park called Dreamworld. He teams with another refugee named Annie, and together they set out to save Dreamworld from its enemies.

A collection of Robert Heinlein-influenced stories includes tales of an alien symbiote-inhabited wife, the hit men of the suicidal rich, the lover who would change the course of Halley's comet, and fraudulent time travelers.

Souls - novella by Joanna Russ Fire Watch - novelette by Connie Willis Melancholy Elephants - short story by Spider Robinson Cascade Point - novella by Timothy Zahn Blood Music - novelette by Greg Bear Speech Sounds - short story by Octavia E. Butler Press Enter ▮ - novella by John Varley Bloodchild - novelette by Octavia E. Butler The Crystal Spheres - short story by David Brin

Collection of essays about space exploration, contact with ancient alien civilizations, debunking of charlatans, and the encounter with Stanley Kubrik for 2001: A Space Odyssey movie production.

On the slab / Harlan Ellison -- Lobotomy shoals / Juleen Brantigham -- Fivesight / Spider Robinson -- Icons / Barry N. Malzberg -- The genius house / Dmitri Bilenkin, translated from the Russian by Antonina W. Bouis -- The man who met Picasso / Michael Swanwick -- The vacuum-packed picnic / Rick Gauger -- Blind spot / Jayge Carr -- A sepulcher of songs / Orson Scott Card -- Colonel Stonesteel's genuine home-made truly Egyptian mummy / Ray Bradbury -- Triggering / John Shirley -- Out of luck / Walter Tevis -- Eyes I dare not meet in dreams / Dan Simmons -- Vox Olympica / Michael Bishop -- Forever / Damon Knight -- Johnny Mnemonic / William Gibson -- Waiting for the earthquake / Robert Silverberg.