February Publications

The Science Fiction Hall of Fame: Volume Two A, edited by Ben Bova, gathers "the greatest science fiction novellas of all time chosen by the members of the Science Fiction Writers of America." The 11 entries include such classics as John W. Campbell's "Who Goes There?" and H.G. Wells's "The Time Machine." (Tor, $29.95 544p ISBN 0-765-30534-8)

Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction, edited by Gardner Dozois, collects 36 tales by some of the most notable authors currently active in the genre, among them Gene Wolfe, William Gibson, Connie Willis, Joe Haldeman and Tony Daniel. Robert Silverberg provides a foreword. (St. Martin's Griffin, $35.95 672p ISBN 0-312-33655-1; $19.95 paper ISBN 0-312-33656-X)

Night Shade offers two collections by pulp master Manley Wade Wellman (1903—1986), part of the publisher's Lost Wellman series edited by Jeremiah Rickert: Strangers on the Heights, which includes the title tale and "Nuisance Value" ([www.nightshadebooks.com], $25 164p ISBN 1-892389-95-9), and Giants from Eternity, which includes the title tale and "The Timeless Tomorrow" ($25 164p ISBN 1-892389-96-7).

Shadow Kingdoms: The Weird Works of Robert E. Howard, Volume 1, edited by Paul Herman, rounds up 24 stories by Howard (1906—1936), one of the "three musketeers," along with H.P. Lovecraft and Clark Ashton Smith, who contributed to Weird Tales in its heyday. Mark Finn supplies an introduction. (Wildside [www.wildsidepress.com], $35 206p ISBN 0-8095-1097-9)