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The Secret History of Science Fiction Edited by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel Tachyon Publications

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The Secret History of Science Fiction Copyright © 2009 by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel This is a work of collected fiction. All events portrayed in this book are ficti- tious, and any resemblance to real people or events is purely coincidental. All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form without the express permis- sion of the publisher. Interior design by John Coulthart Cover design by Ann Monn Cover art by Digital Vision Ltd. Tachyon Publications 1459 18th Street #139 San Francisco, CA 94107 (415) 285-5615 www.tachyonpublications.com tachyon@tachyonpublications.com Series Editor: Jacob Weisman ISBN 13: 978-1-892391-93-3 ISBN 10: 1-892391-92-9 Printed in the United States of America by Worzalla First Edition: 2009 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

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“Introduction” © 2009 by James Patrick Kelly and John Kessel.

“Angouleme” © 1971 by Thomas M. Disch. First appeared in New Worlds Quarterly #1, September 1971, edited by Michael Moorcock (Berkley Medallion: London). Reprinted by permission of the author’s literary executor, Gregory Feeley.

“The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” © 1975, 2003 by Ursula K. Le Guin. First appeared in New Dimensions 3, edited by Robert Silverberg (Doubleday: New York). Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, the Virginia Kidd Agency, Inc.

“Ladies and Gentlemen, This Is Your Crisis” © 1976 by Kate Wilhelm. First appeared in Orbit 18, edited by Damon Knight (Harper 8i Row: New York). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Descent of Man” © 1977 by T. C. Boyle. First appeared in Descent of Man (Doubleday: New York). Reprinted by permission of the author’s agent, Georges Borchardt.

“Human Moments in World War III” © 1983 by Don DeLillo. First appeared in Esquire, July 1983. Reprinted by permission of Wallace Literary Agency, Inc.

“Homelanding” © 1989, 1992, 1994 by Margaret Atwood. First appeared in Elle, 1989. Reprinted by permission of Doubleday, a division of Random House, Inc.

“The Nine Billion Names of God” © 1984 by Carter Scholz. First appeared in Light Years and Dark, edited by Michael Bishop (Berkley: New York). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Interlocking Pieces” © 1984 by Molly Gloss. First appeared in Universe 14, edited by Terry Carr (Doubleday: New York). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Salvador” © 1984 by Lucius Shepard. First appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1984. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Schwarzschild Radius” © 1987 by Connie Willis. First appeared in Universe, edited by Byron Preiss (Bantam Spectra: New York). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Buddha Nostril Bird” © 1990 by John Kessel. First appeared in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, March 1990. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Ziggurat” © 1995 by Gene Wolfe. First appeared in Full Spectrum 5, edited by Jennifer Hershey, Tom Dupree, and Janna Silverstein (Spectra: New York). Reprinted by permission of the author and the author’s agents, the Virginia Kidd Agency, Inc.

“The Hardened Criminals” © 1996 by Jonathan Lethem. First appeared in Intersections, edited by John Kessel, Mark L. Van Name, and Richard Butner (Tor: New York). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“Standing Room Only” © 1997 by Karen Joy Fowler. First appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, August 1997. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“10¹⁶ to 1” © 1999 by James Patrick Kelly. First appeared in Asimov's Science Fiction, June 1999. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“93990” © 2000 by George Saunders. First appeared in Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, Issue No. 4, Late Winter 2000 (McSweeney’s: San Francisco). Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Martian Agent, A Planetary Romance” © 2003 by Michael Ghabon. First appeared in McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales, Issue No. 10 (Vintage: New York). Reprinted by permission of the Mary Evans Agency.

“Frankenstein’s Daughter” © 2003 by Maureen F. McHugh. First appeared in SCIFICTION, April 2, 2003. Reprinted by permission of the author.

“The Wizard of West Orange” © 2008 by Steven Millhauser. First appeared in Dangerous Laughter: Thirteen Stories (Knopf: New York). Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf , a division of Random House, Inc.