''Off Limits'' (1997, ) is a science fiction
anthology
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In genre fiction, the term ''anthology'' typically categ ...
edited by
Ellen Datlow. It was published in 1996 by
St. Martin's Press
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. It includes four previously published stories and 14 new ones.
Contents
''partial listing:''
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Neil Gaiman
Neil Richard MacKinnon GaimanBorn as Neil Richard Gaiman, with "MacKinnon" added on the occasion of his marriage to Amanda Palmer. ; ( Neil Richard Gaiman; born 10 November 1960) is an English author of short fiction, novels, comic books, gr ...
: "Eaten"
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Gwyneth Jones: "Red Sonja and Lessingham in Dreamland"
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Simon Ings:"Grand Prix"
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Richard Christian Matheson
Richard Christian Matheson (born October 14, 1953) is an American writer of horror fiction and screenplays, the son of fiction writer and screenwriter Richard Matheson. He is the author of over 100 short stories of psychological horror and ma ...
: "Oral"
*Bruce McAllister: "Captain China"
*Susan Wade: "The Tattooist"
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Joyce Carol Oates
Joyce Carol Oates (born June 16, 1938) is an American writer. Oates published her first book in 1963, and has since published 58 novels, a number of plays and novellas, and many volumes of short stories, poetry, and non-fiction. Her novels '' Bla ...
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Samuel R. Delany
Samuel R. "Chip" Delany (, ) (born April 1, 1942), is an American author and literary critic. His work includes fiction (especially science fiction), memoir, criticism, and essays (on science fiction, literature, sexuality, and society). His ...
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Elizabeth Hand
Elizabeth Hand (born March 29, 1957) is an American writer.
Life and career
Hand grew up in Yonkers and Pound Ridge, New York. She studied drama and anthropology at The Catholic University of America. Since 1988, Hand has lived in coastal Maine ...
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Robert Silverberg:
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Joe Haldeman:
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Jane Yolen:
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Brian Stableford:
1997 anthologies
Science fiction anthologies
St. Martin's Press books
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