In The Atrocity Archive, English hacker and government agent Bob Howard, seconded to field-work with no training, tangles with a Nazi death-cult with access to parallel dimensions. In The Jennifer Morgue, a billionaire businessman, obsessed with a certain series of spy novels and movies, has concocted a fiendish scheme to raise a cyclopean entity from the ocean floor, and only Bob--in an ill-fitting tuxedo and a gimmicked econobox car--can stop him. Also includes the novellas "The Concrete Jungle" (a Hugo winner) and "Pimpf," along with an introduction by Ken MacLeod, afterwords by the author, and an extensive glossary of spy terms.

A historical novel involving Antoinette, Louis XVI, Voltaire, and the Archduke Joseph of Austria.

These two novellas— The Disinformer , a darkly humorous story of international intrigue, and A Nose by Any Other Name , an ironic tale the equal of the best of O. Henry—mark Peter Ustinov’s return to fiction.In The Disinformer , a British spy, just retired and far from content with his new status, decides to play a little game with his former colleagues, just for fun and to keep them on their toes. His “game” involves stirring up some Arab terrorists, both real and concocted, but before long the game has escalated out of his control, and he is caught up in his own too-clever machinations. A Nose by Any Other Name is the story of a girl who loves her parents but resents them for their most striking bequest—her enormous nose. An operation “normalizes” her nose, but ultimately she finds that running away from her heritage is not so easily done. In each of these novellas we see the hand of a master beyond the humor and brilliant language there is always a layer of darkness that shows a remarkable insight into the human psyche.Peter Ustinov’s graceful style and urbane wit often conceal a sharp stiletto ready to strike. He has been called “entertaining,” “sparkling,” “energetic,” “powerful,” “sophisticated,” “witty,” and “worldly-wise”—and he is doubtless all that and more, as these two immensely readable works of fiction amply demonstrate.

Book by Hentoff, Nat.

Imagine a technology that can change the structure and function of your own body...or that can devour an entire country. This is nanotechnology -- the creation of self-replicating machines with the capability to build or alter almost any structure, including the human form, by manipulating atoms or molecules -- and it has captured the imaginations of science fiction writers and readers everywhere. Now these, eleven short tales will capture you... Contents ix Preface (Nanotech) (1998) essay by Gardner Dozois and Jack Dann 1 Blood Music (1983) novelette by Greg Bear 32 Margin of Error (1994) shortstory by Nancy Kress 40 Axiomatic (1990) shortstory by Greg Egan 58 Remember'd Kisses (1988) novelette by Michael F. Flynn 99 Recording Angel (1996) shortstory by Ian McDonald 117 Sunflowers (1995) shortstory by Kathleen Ann Goonan 153 The Logic Pool (1994) shortstory by Stephen Baxter 174 Any Major Dude (1991) shortstory by Paul Di Filippo 203 We Were Out of Our Minds with Joy [North American future] (1995) novella by David Marusek 274 Willy in the Nano-Lab (1998) poem by Geoffrey A. Landis [as by Geoffrey Landis ] 275 Further Reading (Nanotech) (1998) essay by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois

This latest volume is the best-of series of 16 all-original new writings in science fiction. Contents: Find the Lady, story by Nicholas Fisk A Solfy Drink, a Saffel Fragrance, story by Dorothy Gilbert A Scarab in the City of Time, story by Marta Randall Theodora & Theodora, story by Robert Thurston A Day in the South Quad, story by Felix C. Gotschalk Rogue Tomato, story by Michael Bishop The Mothers' March on Ecstasy, story by George Alec Effinger The Local Allosaurus, poem by Steven Utley Achievements, story by David Wise The Dybbuk Dolls, novelette by Jack Dann The Mirror at Sunset, story by Gil Lamont Report to Headquarters, story by Barry N. Malzberg Museum Piece, story by Drew Mendelson White Creatures, story by Gregory Benford The Contributors to Plenum Four, story by Michael Bishop Sail the Tide of Mourning, story by Richard A. Lupoff