I thought I should point out, in case I wasn’t entirely clear, that the ToC I posted for Wastelands is the permissions I’ve secured so far; so those stories will definitely be in the book. But there will also be a few more stories in the book that I didn’t list, because I haven’t secured the permissions yet. And I figured I shouldn’t mention them until I do so.

So, Bear, if you have altitude sickness now, it might get worse…

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I was mistakenly holding off announcing this, because in my glee-induced stupor I misunderstood many of the things my agent told me on the phone the other day. So anyway, here’s the announcement:

Night Shade Books will be publishing my post-apocalyptic reprint anthology Wastelands. Publication details are up in the air at this point, but it will probably be published in Summer 2007, as a trade paperback.
I’m still negotiating some of the permissions, but so far, the table of contents looks like this:

• Dark, Dark Were the Tunnels by George R. R. MartinVertex, 1973
• The Fringe by Orson Scott CardFantasy & Science Fiction, 1985 (Hugo/Nebula nominee)
• How We Got In Town and Out Again by Jonathan LethemAsimov’s Science Fiction, 1996
• Episode Seven: Last Stand Against the Pack by John LanganFantasy & Science Fiction (forthcoming)
• Never Despair by Jack McDevittAsimov’s Science Fiction, 1997
• And the Deep Blue Sea by Elizabeth BearSCI FICTION, 2005
• The People of Sand and Slag by Paolo BacigalupiFantasy & Science Fiction, 2004 (Hugo/Nebula nominee)
• Killers by Carol EmshwillerFantasy & Science Fiction, 2006
• Still Life With Apocalypse by Richard KadreyThe Infinite Matrix, 2002
• Bread and Bombs by M. RickertFantasy & Science Fiction, 2003
• Artie’s Angels by Catherine WellsRealms of Fantasy, 2001
• Mute by Gene WolfeWorld Horror Convention Program Book, 2002
• Inertia by Nancy KressAnalog Science Fiction & Fact, 1990
• The Last of the O-Forms by James Van PeltAsimov’s Science Fiction, 2002 (Nebula nominee)
• When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth by Cory DoctorowJim Baen’s Universe, 2006
• The End of the World as We Know It by Dale BaileyFantasy & Science Fiction, 2004 (Nebula nominee)
• Ginny Sweethips’ Flying Circus by Neal Barrett, Jr.Asimov’s Science Fiction, 1988 (Hugo & Nebula nominee)

So, there you have it. My first anthology. Yeah baby. Read more on the anthology’s website.

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