#Jack C. Haldeman II

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Review: The Unicorn Anthology

Editors: Peter S. Beagle, Jacob WeismanAuthors: Marina Fitch, Dave Smeds, Nancy Springer, Carlos Hernandez, Karen Joy Fowler, Sara A. Meuller, David D. Levine, Carrie Vaughn, Jack C. Haldeman II, Margo Lanagan, Caitlin R. Kiernan, A.C. WisePublisher: Tachyon PublicationsReleased: April 19, 2017Received: NetGalleyFind it on Goodreads | More Anthologies Book Summary: Did you grow up on fairy…

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'There Is No Darkness' Explores the Trials of Youth

'There Is No Darkness' is science fiction in the tradition of Robert A. Heinlein's juvenile stories. Not without its flaws, but a good story all the same. #scifi #books #bookreview #bildungsroman

[lenievi]

“Do I really have to go through with this, Jim?” asked McCoy, standing in the transporter room, tugging at his full-dress uniform. “As a ranking officer, Bones, you should be along for the negotiations. Besides, I think you cut a dashing figure all dressed up like that. It ought to help our image.”

(Perry's Planet - Jack C. Haldeman II)

50% of why Kirk always insists that McCoy has to tag along on diplomatic missions is just to see McCoy in the dress uniform 😤

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"At first this story reminded me a little of the first Star Trek novel Mission to Horatius, with the human colony ships that set up societies outside the Federation, all of which took a bizarre twist. This book also shows what Star Trek novels can really do. It’s a self-contained story where the crew encounters an alien civilization—even though its human—they go on adventure and at the end of the story all the main characters are back on the ship where they started. However, unlike a traditional episode the omniscience narrator allows the reader to get inside the heads of the crew in a way live action could not. An example would be Scotty’s internal monologue as he defeated the Klingons using the nice virus."

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Norman Adams’ 1978 cover art to Vector Analysis, by Jack C. Haldeman, II

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Reviewers, booksellers, and librarians get THE UNICORN ANTHOLOGY, the new book from World Fantasy Award-winning editors Peter S. Beagle and Jacob Weisman

Review copies of THE UNICORN ANTHOLOGY are now available via NETGALLEY and EDELWEISS.

These copies are only for reviewers and librarians. For more details, visit NETGALLEY and EDELWEISS.

And while you are there, check out other Tachyon titles for review on NETGALLEY.

“What a treasure trove! This anthology is filled with stories that will surprise, fascinate, and delight you.” —Sarah Beth Durst, author of Queen of the Blood

Unicorns: Not just for virgins anymore. Here are sixteen lovely, powerful, intricate, and unexpected unicorn tales from fantasy icons including Garth Nix, Peter S. Beagle, Patricia A. McKillip, Bruce Coville, Carrie Vaughn, and more. In this volume you will find two would-be hunters who enlist an innkeeper to find a priest hiding the secret of the last unicorn. A time traveler tries to corral an unruly mythological beast that might never have existed at all. The lover and ex-boyfriend of a dying woman join forces to find a miraculous remedy in New York City. And a small-town writer of historical romances discovers a sliver of a mysterious horn in a slice of apple pie.

Peter S. Beagle’s new anthology contains a marvellous collection of stories about the animal that probably never existed, but that we still can’t stop dreaming about. Like the creature itself, the stories are wild and wistful, graceful and glorious, kind and crazy. Everything we need to help us believe . . . in something worth believing in.” —Simon R. Green, author of  Night Fall and Blue Moon Rising

TABLE OF CONTENTS

“The Magical Properties of Unicorn Ivory” Carlos Hernandez

“The Brew” Karen Joy Fowler

“Falling Off the Unicorn” David D. Levine and Sara A. Mueller

“A Hunter’s Ode to His Bait” Carrie Vaughn

“Ghost Town” Jack C. Haldeman II

“A Thousand Flowers” Margo Lanagan

“The Maltese Unicorn” Caitlín R. Kiernan

“Stampede of Light” Marina Fitch

“The Highest Justice” Garth Nix

“The Lion and the Unicorn” A. C. Wise

“Survivor” Dave Smeds

"Homeward Bound" Bruce Coville

“Unicorn Triangle” Patricia A. McKillip

“My Son Heydari and the Karkadann” Peter S. Beagle

“Unicorn Series” Nancy Springer

For more info about THE UNICORN ANTHOLOGY, visit the Tachyon page.

Cover by Thomas Canty

Design by Elizabeth Story

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Star Trek - Perry’s Planet by Jack C. Haldeman II, Bantam Books 1984, cover art by Enric Torres-Prat

[paperbacksciencefiction]

The Fall Of Winter by Jack C. Haldeman II $4 Baen Books (1969) This book is by the late brother of the far better known Joe Haldeman. Terraforming expert Roger Trent was only doing his job: finding out what was preventing a skilled engineering team from turning Frost into an Earth-like world. It was almost as if the planet were resisting their efforts. And their failure left an entire space program in jeopardy. Cover art by Bob Eggleton. . Overall Great Condition, Pages Look Great, Binding Tight, A Few Light Creases In Spine . . . #thefallofwinter #jackchaldemanii #jackchaldeman #paperbacksciencefiction https://www.instagram.com/p/CC8sbFGAYUT/?igshid=1oqd8lohhqwlr

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Books I Read in 2019

Star Trek II: The Wrath of Kahn- Vonda N. McIntyre

Hidden Universe Travel Guides: Star Trek: Vulcan- Dayton Ward

The Illustrated Man-Ray Bradbury

Star Trek: Department of Temporal Investigations: Forgotten History-Christopher L. Bennet

Solaris-Stanislaw Lem

Star Trek: The Price of the Phoenix-Sondra Marshak, Myrna Culbreath

The Listeners-James E. Gunn

V for Vendetta-Alan Moore, David Lloyd

2001: A Space Odyssey-Arthur C. Clarke

Motel of the Mysteries-David Macaulay

The Devine Comedy of Dante Alighieri: Volume I: Inferno- Dante Alighieri

Pride and Prejudice- Jane Austen

Humans Wanted-Jody Lynn Nye, Vivian Caethe

The Monuments Men: Allied Heroes, Nazi Thieves and the Greatest Treasure Hunt in History-Robert M. Edsel, Bret Writter

Star Trek III: The Search for Spock-Vonda N. McIntyre

Star Trek: Spock’s World-Diane Duane

The Time Machine-H.G. Wells

Star Trek: Deviations #1-Danny Cates

The Box: Uncanny Stories-Richard Matheson

The Pearl-John Steinbeck

Star Trek (1963) #11, 15, 22, 23, 25, 26, 33, 36, 37, 42, 45, 46 -Alberto Giolitti, Alden McWilliams, Allan Moniz, Angelo Todaro

Watchmen-Alan Moore, Dave Gibbons

The Dead Zone-Stephen King

White Fang-Jack London

Star Trek: World Without End-Joe Haldeman

Star Trek: The Fate of the Phoenix- Sondra Marshak, Myra Culbreath

Star Trek: The Original Series #11: Yesterday’s Son-A.C. Crispin

Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home-Vonda N. McIntyre

Star Trek: Spock Must Die! -James Blish

The Twilight Zone (1962) #36, 45, 46-Len Wein, John Celardo, Luis Dominguez

Like Water for Chocolate: A Novel in Monthly Installments with Recipes, Romances and Home Remedies- Laura Esquivel

Star Trek: Spock, Messiah! -Theodore R. Cogswell, Charles A. Spano, Jr.

The Black Cauldron: The Chronicles of Prydain, Book 2-Lloyd Alexander

The People of Sparks: The second Book of Ember-Jeanne Duprau

The Lamb Will Slaughter the Lion- Margaret Killjoy

Star Trek Adventures 01: The Galactic Whirlpool-David Gerrold

The Picture of Dorian Gray- Oscar Wilde

Star Trek: Spock: Reflections #1-Scott Tipton, David Tipton

Star Trek: Countdown #1-Roberto Orci, Alex Kurtzman, Mike Johnson, Tim Jones

Book of Death: The Fall of Bloodshot #1-Jeff Lemire

Star Trek: Planet of Judgement-Joe Haldeman

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In an article last month, I noted that this past April (April 2016), Amazing Stories had celebrated its 90th anniversary.

This is not entirely true. As many may know, magazine cover dates are the date after which the periodical should be removed from the shelves (and presumably replaced with the next issue). A magazine with a cover date of April is “out dated” come May 1st.

If you are familiar with that concept, then you also know that the “April” issue is usually placed on the stands approximately mid-way through the preceding month. In Amazing’s case, that would be March 12th, 1926 for the first (April 1926) issue.

Thanks to many SF and pulp historians (chief among them Michael Ashley), we actually have a birth date for the world’s first magazine devoted entirely to scientifiction.

But this presents a quandary.  Most people looking at the magazine’s first issue when confronted with a March celebration will, at best be confused.  At this present time in history, if they seek clarification, most sources will tell them that the first issue of the magazine was dated April.  Surmounting that potential confusion will required an explanation every single time the birthday is announced.

So I’ve decided to split the baby.  Hence forth, Amazing Stories birth day is March 12th.  The magazine’s anniversary is celebrated in April, in honor of its cover date,

With that out of the way, we can celebrate Amazing Stories’ 90th January today (with no explanation needed or required).

January 2005, Volume 74, Number 1

Jeff Berkwitz, Editor Paizo Publishing

$5.99 per copy

Bedsheet 84 Pages

Contents

Nowhere in Particular by Mike Resnick The Wisdom of Disaster by Nina Kiriki Hoffman Brainspace shortstory by Robin D. Laws Jimmy and Cat shortstory by Gail Sproule Wishful Thinking shortstory by J. Gregory Keyes      

Summer, 1998, Volume 70, Number 1*

Kim Mohan, Editor Wizards of the Coast

$4.00 per copy

Bedsheet 100 Pages

Contents Unbelievable – but True by Kim Mohan Dispatches (Amazing Stories, Summer 1998) by The Editor The Observatory: It All Started by Being Amazing by Bruce Sterling Scientifiction: From Silver Screen to Superstore       

January, 1987 Volume 61, Number 5

Patrick Price, Editor TSR. Inc.

$1.75 per copy

Bedsheet 162 pages

Contents Among the Stones by Paul J. McAuley Forward from What Vanishes by Mark Rich Harbard by Larry Walker Max Weber’s War by Robert Frezza Kleinism by Arthur L. Klein Temple to a Minor Goddess by Susan Shwartz Upon Hearing New Evidence That Meteors Caused the Great Extinctions by Robert Frazier Transients by Darrell Schweitzer Light Reading by John Devin Vergil and the Caged Bird by Avram Davidson Snorkeling in The River Lethe by Rory Harper Able Baker Camel by Richard Wilson      

March, 1977 Volume 50, Number 4*

Ted White, Editor Ultimate Publishing

$1.00 per copy

Digest 134 Pages

Contents Alec’s Anabasis Robert F. Young Shibboleth by Barry N. Malzberg Our Vanishing Triceratops by Joseph F. Pumilia and Steven Utley The Bentfin Boomer Girl Comes Thru by Richard A. Lupoff The Recruiter by Glen Cook Two of a Kind by Rich Brown Those Thrilling Days of Yesteryear by Jack C. Haldeman, II An Animal Crime of Passion by Vol Haldeman      

February, 1967 Volume 40, Number 10*

Joseph Ross, Editor Ultimate Publishing

50 cents per copy

Digest 164 pages

Contents Two Days Running and Then Skip a Day by Ron Goulart Tumithak of the Corridors by Charles R. Tanner Methuselah, Ltd. by Richard Barr and Wallace West The Man with Common Sense by James E. Gunn Born Under Mars (Part 2 of 2) by John Brunner      

January, 1957 Volume 31, Number 1

Paul W. Fairman, Editor Ziff-Davis Publshishing Company

35 cents per copy

Digest 132 pages

Contents Quest of the Golden Ape (Part 1 of 3) • serial by Paul W. Fairman and Milton Lesser [as by Ivar Jorgensen and Adam Chase ] Savage Wind • shortstory by Harlan Ellison Reluctant Genius by Henry Slesar Heart by Henry Slesar Before Egypt by Robert Bloch      

January, 1947 Volume 21, Number 1

Raymond A. Palmer, Editor Ziff-Davis Publishing Company

25 cents per copy

Pulp 180 Pages

Contents I Have Been in the Caves by Margaret Rogers Rejuvenation Asteroid by William L. Hamling The Secret of Sutter’s Lake by Don Wilcox Like Alarm Bells Ringing by Robert Moore Williams The Mind Rovers by Richard S. Shaver Death Seems So Final by Richard S. Shaver Mr. Wilson’s Watch by H. B. Hickey      

February, 1937 Volume 11, Number 1*

T. O’Conor Sloane, Editor Teck Publications

25 cents per copy

Pulp 148 pages

Contents The Planet of Perpetual Night by John Edwards Prometheus by Arthur K. Barnes “By Jove!” (Part 1 of 3)by Dr. Walter Rose Denitro by Stanton A. Coblentz The Last Neanderthal Man by Isaac R. Nathanson      

January, 1927, Volume 1, Number 10

Hugo Gernsback, Editor Experimenter Publishing Company

25 cents per copy

Bedsheet 108 Pages

Contents The Red Dust by Murray Leinster The Man Who Could Vanish by A. Hyatt Verrill The First Men in the Moon (Part 2 of 3) by H. G. Wells The Man with the Strange Head by Miles J. Breuer, M.D. The Second Deluge (Part 3 of 4) by Garrett P. Serviss  

Perhaps the most interesting statistic is that we’re producing a series of anthologies and facsimile reprint editions, drawn from all of these years of STF goodness and keeping them accessible.

If art is your thing, take a gander at the posters we’ve got for sale; if fiction is what you’re after, here are the titles we’ve currently got on sale – with more coming every month; (click on any cover to purchase).

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Best of 1926

Best of 1927

Best of 1928

Best of 1940

35TH Anniversary Issue

May 1940 Facsimile Edition

September 1940 Facsimile Edition

Amazing Stories Annual Facsimile Edition

Amazing Stories Classic Novels

Ammazing Stories 88th Anniversary Issue

Also note: this article could not have been prepared without the resources of ISFDB.ORG and Galactic Central – Philsp.com. We are continually grateful for the work that they do in preserving genre history.

*As always, we try to get as close to an actual anniversary issue as possible, but given Amazing’s interesting publishing history, this is not always possible.

The Amazing Years – January 2017 In an article last month, I noted that this past April (April 2016), Amazing Stories had celebrated its 90th anniversary.

[lenievi]

“That’s ridiculous, Mr. Spock.” “Indeed?” asked Spock. “I am not usually given to ridiculous statements. I suggest you conduct your own investigation. A suitable subject is available at the table.”

(Perry’s Planet - Jack C. Haldeman II)

lmao he's properly annoyed

[lenievi]

"You're right, damn it, Bones. You always are."

(Perry's Planet - Jack C. Haldeman II)

two books in a row where Kirk is all "you're right, Bones" is chef's kiss

(The new “I need you. Damn it, Bones, I need you. Badly.” ☺️)

[lenievi]

Finished reading Perry’s Planet by Jack C. Haldeman II. It was short and fun and very much like a TOS episode.

I thought the characterization was fine, Kirk was stressed like in the Immunity Syndrome, Spock and Kirk's interactions reminded me of their interactions in TVH and up, because Kirk was very exasperated. And since I enjoyed their interactions, I assume fans wouldn't LOL since what I like about Kirk and Spock isn't compatible with what the fandom likes.

There was one exchange that was quite lovely, which reminded me of the scene between Spock and McCoy in A Piece of the Action with the radio, because it had the same wording: "How are you at picking locks?" "It appears to be one of my talents." Spock succeeded this time tho :D (I feel like this is the first novel I've read with this much Spock and Kirk in the same place at the same time lol)

McCoy and Spock didn't get much scenes together, which is sad, but at least what they did get wasn't a disservice so yay for that. Spock also bandaged McCoy's head.

Kirk and McCoy had nice scenes at the beginning and the end, and a few nice interactions throughout <3

McCoy had a relatively big role in the book, with good characterization and good things to do (more to do than Kirk himself tbh. In some way, Kirk was a bit dumbed down, he obviously has the most page time, but you know)

In some way, it's a bit sad that the book wasn't longer and wasn't allowed to get introspective because I feel like that'd be interesting.

Anyway, a fun, non-shippy episode-like book <3

"Fascinating," said Spock. McCoy and Kirk glared at him.

is one way how to describe the book :D

[lenievi]

Star Trek books I've read in full

and therefore enjoyed

Characters and dynamics are just my own impression, your mileage may vary. When I use mckirk or spones, I just mean they have good, quality scenes together.

☆ favourite <3

☆ Ice Trap - L. A. Graf

McCoy and Kirk. Uhura and Chekov. Good mckirk content.

Ex Machina - C. L. Bennett

post-TMP; For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky. McCoy/Natira. Triumvirate-y. A bit of good spones content. Good Kirk.

☆ The Captain's Oath - C. L. Bennett

pre-canon, Kirk's first command. Kirk's first meeting with McCoy and Spock. Good mckirk content. (Spock and McCoy never meet in this book because of the time setting.) Good Kirk.

The Better Man - Howard Weinstein

McCoy. Good mckirk content. Scotty and Spock duo. Good Kirk, but he's in a supporting role. McCoy romance.

The Covenant of the Crown - Howard Weinstein

McCoy (Kirk in the first half). McCoy and Spock. Good mckirk content. Good Kirk. McCoy romance.

Double, Double - Michael Jan Friedman

sequel to What Are Little Girls Made Of? Kirk. Very plot focused.

Doctor's Orders - Diane Duane

McCoy. mckirk. McCoy commands the ship and Spock is there, but they don't work as a team. Spock's just there doing his job. And he brings McCoy a pillow. Kirk saves the day lol

The Trellisane Confrontation - David Dvorkin

everyone, but not dynamic focused. Good McCoy. Chapel has an interesting sub-plot. Kirk does not save the day and is mad about it lol

Spock, Messiah! - Charles A. Spano Jr. and Theodore R. Cogswell

Kirk and McCoy. mckirk-ish.

Perry’s Planet - Jack C. Haldeman II

no special dynamic. fun mckirk scenes.

☆ Deep Domain - Howard Weinstein

Kirk. McCoy. mckirk. pre-TWOK.

[lenievi]

Kirk: Why didn't you tell me right away? Spock: reason 1. reason 2. reason 3. Kirk: Enough. I suppose you have other reasons. Spock: Seven major ones, ten minor ones, with endless permutations and subcategories to follow. Kirk (no reaction): Bones, what you do think about this [situation]?

(Perry’s Planet - Jack C. Haldeman II)

:D love when Kirk does this. Too much Spock is too much Spock sometimes.