John Kessel

132 books

Another Orphan by John Kessel

Another Orphan

John Kessel

50 pages • first pub 1982 (editions)

fiction science fiction short stories challenging funny hopeful fast-paced
The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories by John Kessel

The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories

John Kessel

320 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

fiction fantasy science fiction short stories adventurous slow-paced
The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet by Ian McDowell, Veronica Schanoes, David Moles, Seana Graham, Sunshine Ison, David Erik Nelson, David J. Schwartz, Gwenda Bond, Mark Rudolph, Kelly Link, David Blair, Deborah Roggie, John Brown, Ray Vukcevich, Sarah Micklem, Sara Rojo, Richard Butner, James Sallis, Jeffrey Ford, D.M. Gordon, Jan Lars Jensen, Becca De La Rosa, Karen Russell, Harvey Welles, Geoffrey H. Goodwin, Margaret Muirhead, Karen Joy Fowler, Philip Raines, John Kessel, Douglas Lain, Gavin J. Grant, Dan Chaon, William Smith, Amy Beth Forbes, David Findlay, K.E. Duffin, Theodora Goss, Sarah Monette, Cara Spindler, Nalo Hopkinson, Lawrence Schimel, Nan Fry

The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet

Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet

Ian McDowell, Veronica Schanoes, David Moles, Seana Graham, Sunshine Ison, David Erik Nelson, David J. Schwartz, Gwenda Bond, Mark Rudolph, Kelly Link, David Blair, Deborah Roggie, John Brown, Ray Vukcevich, Sarah Micklem, Sara Rojo, Richard Butner, James Sallis, Jeffrey Ford, D.M. Gordon, Jan Lars Jensen, Becca De La Rosa, Karen Russell, Harvey Welles, Geoffrey H. Goodwin, Margaret Muirhead, Karen Joy Fowler, Philip Raines, John Kessel, Douglas Lain, Gavin J. Grant, Dan Chaon, William Smith, Amy Beth Forbes, David Findlay, K.E. Duffin, Theodora Goss, Sarah Monette, Cara Spindler, Nalo Hopkinson, Lawrence Schimel, Nan Fry

416 pages • first pub 2007 (editions)

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The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction by Maureen F. McHugh, Brian Stableford, Pat Cadigan, Robert Silverberg, Geoff Ryman, Connie Willis, Mike Resnick, Greg Bear, John Crowley, Ian McDonald, Nancy Kress, Gene Wolfe, James Patrick Kelly, Steven Utley, Charles Stross, David Marusek, Eileen Gunn, Terry Bisson, William Gibson, Michael Swanwick, Robert Reed, Tony Daniel, Molly Gloss, Howard Waldrop, Walter Jon Williams, Bruce Sterling, Greg Egan, John Kessel, Stephen Baxter, William Sanders, Ted Chiang, Paul McAuley, Ian R. MacLeod, Joe Haldeman, Lucius Shepard, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gardner Dozois

The Best of the Best: 20 Years of the Year's Best Science Fiction

Maureen F. McHugh, Brian Stableford, Pat Cadigan, Robert Silverberg, Geoff Ryman, Connie Willis, Mike Resnick, Greg Bear, John Crowley, Ian McDonald, Nancy Kress, Gene Wolfe, James Patrick Kelly, Steven Utley, Charles Stross, David Marusek, Eileen Gunn, Terry Bisson, William Gibson, Michael Swanwick, Robert Reed, Tony Daniel, Molly Gloss, Howard Waldrop, Walter Jon Williams, Bruce Sterling, Greg Egan, John Kessel, Stephen Baxter, William Sanders, Ted Chiang, Paul McAuley, Ian R. MacLeod, Joe Haldeman, Lucius Shepard, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gardner Dozois

655 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

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The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 5 by

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year Volume 5

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year #5

500 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

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The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 4 by Jonathan Strahan

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year, Volume 4

The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy of the Year #4

Jonathan Strahan

516 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century by Henry Kuttner, Robert Silverberg, L. Sprague de Camp, Charles Sheffield, Larry Niven, Ray Bradbury, Connie Willis, Jack Finney, Theodore Sturgeon, Nancy Kress, Arthur C. Clarke, Jack Dann, Martin H. Greenberg, John Kessel, Harry Turtledove, Richard Matheson, Poul Anderson, R.A. Lafferty, Joe Haldeman, Ursula K. Le Guin

The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century

Henry Kuttner, Robert Silverberg, L. Sprague de Camp, Charles Sheffield, Larry Niven, Ray Bradbury, Connie Willis, Jack Finney, Theodore Sturgeon, Nancy Kress, Arthur C. Clarke, Jack Dann, Martin H. Greenberg, John Kessel, Harry Turtledove, Richard Matheson, Poul Anderson, R.A. Lafferty, Joe Haldeman, Ursula K. Le Guin

448 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

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Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 124 by Chris Urie, Gary Kloster, Neil Clarke, Aliette de Bodard, Rich Larson, Lorenzo Crescentini, Emanuela Valentini, John Kessel, Vina Jie-Min Prasad, Lettie Prell, Kelly Robson, Benjamin C. Kinney

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 124

Clarkesworld Magazine #124

Chris Urie, Gary Kloster, Neil Clarke, Aliette de Bodard, Rich Larson, Lorenzo Crescentini, Emanuela Valentini, John Kessel, Vina Jie-Min Prasad, Lettie Prell, Kelly Robson, Benjamin C. Kinney

150 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 87 by Neil Clarke

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 87

Clarkesworld Magazine #87

Neil Clarke

102 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

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Corrupting Dr. Nice by John Kessel

Corrupting Dr. Nice

John Kessel

320 pages • first pub 1997 (editions)

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