Slow Dancing Through Time

By Gardner Dozois

Listed here are the quick tale collaborations of mythical editor and a number of Nebula Award profitable writer Gardner Dozois with many of the maximum writers of recent technology fiction. each one tale is via an essay via the collaborator discussing Dozois and his impression on technology fiction and beyond.

Contents:
• “Touring” by way of Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, and Michael Swanwick, copyright © 1981 through Penthouse overseas, Ltd. First released in Penthouse, April 1981. Reprinted by way of permission of the authors and the authors’ agent, Virginia Kidd.
• “The Gods of Mars” through Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, and Michael Swanwick, copyright © 1985 via Omni courses foreign, Ltd. First released in Omni, March 1985. Reprinted via permission of the authors and the authors’ agent, Virginia Kidd.
• “Slow Dancing With Jesus” by means of Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann, copyright © 1983 by way of Penthouse foreign, Ltd. First released in Penthouse, July 1983. Reprinted by way of permission of the authors and the authors’ agent, Virginia Kidd.
• “Executive Clemency” by way of Gardner Dozois and Jack C. Haldeman II, copyright © 1980 via Gardner Dozois and Jack C. Haldeman II. First released in Omni, November 1981. Reprinted via permission of the authors and the authors’ agent, Virginia Kidd.
• “Afternoon at Schrafft’s” via Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, and Michael Swanwick, copyright © 1984 by means of TSR spare time activities, Inc. First released in remarkable tales, March 1984. Reprinted through permission of the authors and the authors’ agent, Virginia Kidd.
• “A switch within the Weather” by means of Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann, copyright © 1981 by means of HMH courses. First released in Playboy, June 1981. Reprinted by way of permission of the authors and the authors’ agent, Virginia Kidd.
• “Time Bride” through Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann, copyright © 1981 via HMH courses. First released in Playboy, June 1981. Reprinted via permission of the authors and the authors’ agent, Virginia Kidd.
• “Snow Job” through Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick, copyright © 1982 through Gardner Dozois and Michael Swanwick. First released in excessive instances, April 1982. Reprinted through permission of the authors and the authors’ agent, Virginia Kidd.
• “Send No Money” through Susan Casper and Gardner Dozois, copyright © 1985 through Davis guides, Inc. First released in Isaac Asimov’s technological know-how Fiction journal, Mid-December 1985.
• “Playing The Game” via Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann, copyright © 1981 by way of TZ courses, Inc. First released in Twilight sector journal, February 1982. Reprinted by means of permission of the authors and the authors’ agent, Virginia Kidd.
• “The Stray” by means of Susan Casper and Gardner Dozois, copyright © 1987 by means of TZ guides. First released in Twilight area journal, December 1987. Reprinted through permission of the authors and the authors’ agent, Virginia Kidd.
• “The Clowns” by way of Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, and Susan Casper, copyright © 1985 via Playboy. First released in Playboy, August 1985. Reprinted through permission of the authors and the authors’ agent, Virginia Kidd.
• “The Golden Apples of the Sun” via Gardner Dozois, Jack Dann, and Michael Swanwick, copyright © 1984 via Penthouse foreign. First released as “Virgin Territory” in Penthouse, March 1984; most well liked textual content model initially seemed less than its unique name within the Year’s top fable tales: II, edited through Arthur W. Saha.
• “Down one of the lifeless Men” through Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann, copyright © 1982 by means of Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann. First released in Oui, July 1982. Reprinted by means of permission of the authors and the authors’ agent, Virginia Kidd.
• “Write Like Dozois, I Can’t Even Say His Name” by way of Michael Bishop, copyright © 1990 via Michael Bishop.
• “How Did They Do That?” by way of Pat Cadigan, copyright © 1990 by way of Pat Cadigan.
• “Collaborating” via Gardner Dozois, copyright © 1990 via Gardner Dozois.
• “It Doesn’t Get Any Better” via Michael Swanwick, copyright © 1990 via Michael Swanwick.
• “Guilford Gafia Revisited” by means of Jack C. Haldeman II, copyright © 1990 through Jack C. Haldeman II.
• “New child at the Block” through Susan Casper, copyright © 1990 through Susan Casper.
• “Running Wild” by means of Jack Dann, copyright © 1990 through Jack Dann.
• “Afterword” and all Afterwords to every tale via Gardner Dozois, copyright © 1990 via Gardner Dozois.

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