John Kessel

118 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)

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

The Best of Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet

Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet

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

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

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

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

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

528 pages • first pub 2010 (editions)

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

The Best Time Travel Stories of the 20th Century

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

448 pages • first pub 2004 (editions)

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

Clarkesworld Magazine, Issue 124

Clarkesworld Magazine #124

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

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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