TOC: ‘Resnick On The Loose’ by Mike Resnick
Mike Resnick has sent along the table of contents for Resnick On The Loose, his upcoming non-fiction collection of 77 articles, introductions and editorials coming out at Chicon 7 from Wildside Press:
Part 1: The Jim Baen’s Universe Editorials
- Howdy
- Welcome to the Future
- Straitjackets
- Slush
- Revealed Falsehoods
- Breeding Like Rabbits – or Hugos
- Television Has a Lot to Answer For
- Attending Worldcon
- Remembering Giants
- The Greatest Thinker of them All
- The Sun Will Come Up Tomorrow
- Words Matter
- Joe Smith
- Last Impressions
- Looking Close to Home
- What’s in a Name
- Pros and Cons
- The Critics, Lord Love ‘Em
- Chemo For Algernon
- So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish
Part 2: Introductions to Books by Friends
- Intro to A Thousand Deaths
- Intro to A Small and Remarkable Life
- Intro to Star Smashers of the Galaxy Rangers
- Intro to Tarzan Alive
- Intro to Darkness Falling
- Intro to Mad Scientist Meets Cannibal
- Intro to The Queen of Air and Darkness
- Intro to Nano Comes to Clifford Falls
- Intro to Relativity
- Intro to Fangs and Angel Wings
- Intro to Ships in the Night
- Intro to The Best of David Gerrold
- Intro to The Grey Prince
- Intro to Tides from the New World
- Intro to Picasso’s Cat
- Intro to The Tarzan Twins
- Intro to Who Fears the Devil?
- Intro to A Guide to Barsoom
- Intro to The Chicon III Proceedings
- Intro to Thunder in the Void
- Afterword to Simulacron-3
Part 3: Introductions to My Anthologies
- Intro to Down These Dark Spaceways
- Intro to Alien Crimes
- Intro to Men Writing SF as Women
- Intro to Women Writing SF as Men
- Intro to I, Alien
- Intro to Space Cadets
- Intro to Bug-Eyed Monsters and Bimbos
- Intro to This is My Funniest
- Intro to This is My Funniest 2
- Intro to New Voices in SF
- Intro to The Worldcon Guest of Honor Speeches
- Intro to The Dragon Done It
Part 4: Interviews
- German Interview
- Bulgarian Interview
- Czech Interview
- Interview with Phil Athens
- Facebook Interview
- Stellar Guild Interview
Part 5: Articles
- Efficiencies on the Dark Continent
- The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit
- Flavors of Fred
- I Have Seen the Future
- SF in the 1990s
- The Chilly Equations
- Terrorists Can’t Hold a Candle to Bureaucrats
- Me and Lucifer
- Hope for the Color-Blind
- Mau Mau
- Wings O’Bannon Rides Again
- The Dean
- Blood and Circuses
- American Science Fiction in 2009
- Western Steam
- My Favorite Fred Pohl Book
- PHORPHORescence and Beyond
- Making It