at last, another FFB: SUPERNATURAL FICTION WRITERS: CONTEMPORARY FANTASY AND HORROR 2nd Edition, edited by Richard Bleiler (Scribners 2003)

In this ridiculously busy week, after a busy and extremely sad week, I've been considering doing posts on several books (and notable magazine issues) but have been putting them aside for now, so that I could read further and think about them some more...and I've noted that while several libraries share online an awkward table that lists the subjects and contributors to this fine (if very expensive) supplementary second edition to Richard Bleiler's father's 1985 Supernatural Fiction Writers, I've taken the data from that table and made it a bit easier to parse...subjects in italics first, contributors second:

Volume 1 Introduction	p. xi
List of Contributors	p. xvii
Peter Ackroyd Paul Kincaid	p. 1
Robert Aickman John Clute	p. 9
Joan Aiken John Clute	p. 21
Poul Anderson Ed McKnight	p. 33
Piers Anthony Solomon Davidoff	p. 45
Paul Auster Paul Kincaid	p. 53
Clive Barker K. A. Laity	p. 61
Peter Beagle Darrell Schweitzer	p. 71
Michael Bishop Paul Di Filippo	p. 79
James P. Blaylock Mark Wingenfeld	p. 89
Robert Bloch Stefan Dziemianowicz	p. 99
Ray Bradbury Willis McNelly	p. 115
Scott Bradfield Claude Lalumiere	p. 123
Marion Zimmer Bradley Paula Johanson	p. 129
Poppy Z. Brite Brian Stableford	p. 147
Terry Brooks Nick Andreychuk	p. 153
Steven Brust Patricia Brogan	p. 161
Pat Cadigan Don Riggs	p. 169
Ramsey Campbell K. A. Laity	p. 177
Orson Scott Card Gary Westfahl	p. 189
Jonathan Carroll Brian Stableford	p. 201
Angela Carter Gina Wisker	p. 209
Nancy Collins Monica J. O'Rourke	p. 221
Storm Constantine Christopher Treagus	p. 227
Glen Cook Gary Westfahl	p. 233
Susan Cooper Elizabeth Hand	p. 239
John Crowley Elizabeth Hand	p. 245
Avram Davidson Henry Wessells	p. 253
Charles de Lint Christine Mains	p. 267
Samuel R. Delany Brian Stableford	p. 277
Paul di Filippo Claude Lalumiere	p. 285
Thomas M. Disch Darrell Schweitzer	p. 293
Stephen R. Donaldson Walter E. Meyers	p. 299
Tananarive Due Mary Anne Mohanraj	p. 309
Dave Duncan Martin Morse Wooster	p. 315
David Eddings John D. Teehan	p. 323
Harlan Ellison Gary K. Wolfe	p. 331
Steve Erickson Paul Kincaid	p. 341
Dennis Etchison Fiona Kelleghan	p. 347
Raymond Elias Feist Scott D. Vander Ploeg	p. 355
Esther M. Friesner Gary Westfahl	p. 361
Neil Gaiman Gary K. Wolfe	p. 369
Alan Garner Brian Attebery	p. 377
Ray Garton Michael T. Huyck, Jr.	p. 385
Charles L. Grant T. Liam McDonald	p. 391
Alasdair Gray Jeff VanderMeer	p. 403
Elizabeth Hand Cherie Wein	p. 413
M. John Harrison Elizabeth Hand	p. 419
Mark Helprin Maureen Speller	p. 427
Russell Hoban Brian Stableford	p. 435
Robert Holdstock David Langford	p. 445
Tom Holt Ian Nichols	p. 455
Barry Hughart Jeff VanderMeer	p. 461
Rhys Henry Hughes E. F. Bleiler	p. 467
Robert Irwin Brian Stableford	p. 473
Shirley Jackson Jack Sullivan	p. 479
Diana Wynne Jones Helen H. Thompson	p. 485
Robert Jordan Neal Baker	p. 493
Graham Joyce Brian Stableford	p. 503
Volume 2 Guy Gavriel Kay Christine Mains	p. 509
Jack Ketchum Fiona Kelleghan	p. 517
Stephen King Richard Bleiler	p. 525
Kathe Koja Steffen Hantke	p. 541
Dean Koontz Greg Beatty	p. 551
William Kotzwinkle Bud Webster	p. 561
Nancy Kress Maureen Speller	p. 569
Katherine Kurtz Kelly A. O'Connor-Salomon	p. 575
Mercedes Lackey Justin Gustainis	p. 585
R. A. Lafferty Chris Morgan	p. 593
Joe R. Lansdale Stefan Dziemianowicz	p. 603
Ursula K. Le Guin Elizabeth Cummins	p. 613
Tanith Lee Jessica Reisman	p. 633
Fritz Leiber Brian Stableford	p. 643
Thomas Ligotti Darrell Schweitzer	p. 653
Bentley Little Keith Neilson	p. 659
George R. R. Martin E. C. McMullen Jr.	p. 667
Richard Matheson Keith Neilson	p. 673
William Mayne John Clute	p. 685
Anne McCaffrey David Langford	p. 693
Robert McCammon Richard Bleiler and Hunter Goatley	p. 705
Ian McEwan Jack Slay, Jr.	p. 715
Patrick McGrath Jay McRoy	p. 723
Patricia A. McKillip Jessica Reisman	p. 729
Michael Moorcock Rhys Hughes	p. 737
James Morrow Brian Stableford	p. 749
Kim Newman Claude Lalumiere	p. 757
Andre Norton Charlene Brusso	p. 767
Joyce Carol Oates (and, briefly, Kate Wilhelm) Todd Mason	p. 775
Tim Powers Ian Nichols	p. 785
Terry Pratchett David Langford	p. 791
Katherine Ptacek Richard Bleiler	p. 803
Philip Pullman Andrew Butler	p. 809
Anne Rice Christopher Treagus	p. 817
J. K. Rowling Brian Stableford	p. 825
David J. Schow Darrell Schweitzer	p. 833
Michael Shea Brian Stableford	p. 839
Lucius Shepard Graham Sleight	p. 845
*John Shirley* Jeff Prickman	p. 855
Robert Silverberg Arthur Hlavaty	p. 863
Dan Simmons Greg Beatty	p. 875
S. P. Somtow Gary Westfahl	p. 883
Brian Stableford David Langford	p. 891
Peter Straub John Clute	p. 903
Thomas Burnett Swann John Clute	p. 915
Lisa Tuttle Janice M. Bogstad	p. 923
Sydney J. Van Scyoc Janice M. Bogstad	p. 929
Jack Vance Thomas Marcinko	p. 935
Jeff VanderMeer Ian Nichols	p. 945
Howard Waldrop John Clute	p. 951
Nancy Willard Brian Stableford	p. 959
Chet Williamson T. Liam McDonald	p. 967
F. Paul Wilson Justin Gustainis	p. 973
Gene Wolfe Robert Borski	p. 981
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro Janice M. Bogstad	p. 993
*Jane Yolen* Gary K. Wolfe	p. 1003
Roger Zelazny Jane Lindskold	p. 1011
Index	p. 1025

That first, 1985, edition, with a much though not totally different "cast"...

The essays in the 2003 set are a mixed bag, with the worst of them offering at least useful pointers and some interesting observations about the writers in question; my own essay is neither the worst nor the best, was written and (more importantly) researched in the time around my often overtime-heavy job among other matters, and manages at least to slip some discussion of Kate Wilhelm into the book, she being more worthy than a few who were selected by editor and contributor Richard Bleiler, probably in negotiation with his editors. (The copy-editors did an excellent job on my essay, by the way...not something one hears often these years, even or perhaps particularly in academic publishing.) And the best of them are excellent surveys of their topics, as one could hope from the assembled scholars (several of these essays are by the most devoted scholars one could imagine undertaking the task, such as Henry Wessells on Avram Davidson...that John Clute doesn't do the Elizabeth Hand essay robs us of a certain perspective that life-partnership can bring, but otherwise is probably a good idea, even as not having Hand do the Hand essay herself. The gang here ranges from fellow UConn present and former faculty (such as Kate Laity)(Go Huskies!) to folks spread, rather thinly at some edges, around the Anglophone world (there are no primarily non-English-text writers in this volume, arguably a flaw, but so many other such surveys would seek Respectability in highlighting self-tagged or (like Mark Helprin) foolishly fantasy-resentful magical realists at the expense of the Robert Blochs, or even the Shirley Jacksons or Angela Carters). Perhaps at this point, S. P. Somtow, who would sign early work as Somtow Sucharitkul, has published a fair amount of fiction also in Siamese; other exceptions might apply.

The writers covered are a mixed bag, as well, most among the key fantasists of our time, some in for being important rather than actually good (Terry Brooks, Stephen Donaldson, Robert Jordan, Piers Anthony most of the time; I would perhaps more controversially also suggest Orson Scott Card, as, say, Brooks's appeal has never been strong to critical readers) and a few in for being more excellent than influential (Pat Cadigan as fantasist probably qualifies thus and Oates almost does--though she's continuing to notably contribute to the fantasticated; R. A. Lafferty almost so, though if there's a single grandfather, rather than nine hundred [labored injoke warning], to the New Weird, he's Lafferty)[engine-searching "Nine Hundred" and Lafferty will answer the question you might now have...it the book is reasonably priced, you should buy it].

This remains the only writing of mine between boards (aside from a high-school yearbook and passages quoted in someone's doctoral thesis, published by a small press) that I'm aware of, but the scope and ambition of the work is most of the reason I can send to Go Look at library copies, unless you're very wealthy and/or very lucky in stumbling across an inexpensive copy...younger Bleiler, with some obstacles in his way, tapped some of our best critics and researchers and sophisticated fans for these essays, and this, particularly collectively, carries the day.

The proud editor/contributor, Richard Bleiler

For far more prompt FFBs on this holiday (this one either several hours or a week late or both, depending on how you look at it), please see Patti Abbott's blog.

at last, another FFB: SUPERNATURAL FICTION WRITERS: CONTEMPORARY FANTASY AND HORROR 2nd Edition, edited by Richard Bleiler (Scribners 2003)

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