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Fiction Series
- Moment Universes
- Some Like It Cold (1995) [SF]
- The Miracle of Ivar Avenue (1996) [SF]
-
Corrupting Dr. Nice (1997)
also appeared as:
- Variant: Corrupting Dr Nice (1998)
- Translation: L'amour au temps des dinosaures [French] (2001)
- It's All True (2003) [SF]
- Freedom Beach (1985) with James Patrick Kelly
-
Good News from Outer Space (1989)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Bonnes nouvelles de l'espace [French] (1994)
- Translation: Gute Nachricht von den Sternen [German] (1996)
-
Translation: Vești bune din spațiul extraterestru?Vesti bune din spatiul extraterestru[Romanian] (1998)
- The Moon and the Other (2017)
- Pride and Prometheus (2018)
- Meeting in Infinity (1992)
- The Pure Product (1997)
- The Baum Plan for Financial Independence and Other Stories (2008)
- Lune et l'autre [French] (2008)
- Ninety Percent of Everything (2011) with James Patrick Kelly and Jonathan Lethem
- The Collected Kessel (2012)
- The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel (2022)
- The Presidential Papers Plus... [forthcoming: Oct 22 2024]
- Nebula Awards
- 46
Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 (2012)
with
James Patrick Kelly
also appeared as:
- Translation: Antologia Nebula 2012 [Romanian] (2013)
- 46
Nebula Awards Showcase 2012 (2012)
with
James Patrick Kelly
also appeared as:
- Enemy Mine / Another Orphan (1989) with Barry B. Longyear
- Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology (1996) with Richard Butner and Mark L. Van Name
- Feeling Very Strange: The Slipstream Anthology (2006) with James Patrick Kelly
- Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology (2007) with James Patrick Kelly
- The Secret History of Science Fiction (2009) with James Patrick Kelly
- Kafkaesque: Stories Inspired by Franz Kafka (2011) with James Patrick Kelly
- Digital Rapture: The Singularity Anthology (2012) with James Patrick Kelly
- Crosswhen #1 (comic) (1978) with Terry Lee
- The Silver Man (1978)
- Crosswhen #2 (comic) (1978) with Terry Lee
- Crosswhen #3 (comic) (1978) with Terry Lee
-
The Incredible Living Man (1978)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Der unglaublich lebendige Mann [German] (1984)
- Just Like a Cretin Dog (1979)
- Crosswhen #4 (comic) (1979) with Terry Lee
- In an Alien Wood (1979)
- Crosswhen #5: The Slums of Space (comic) (1979) with Terry Lee
- Crosswhen #6 (comic) (1979) with Terry Lee
- Crosswhen #7: The Slums of Space (comic) (1979) with Terry Lee
- Crosswhen #8 (comic) (1980) with Terry Lee
- Herman Melville: Space Opera Virtuoso (1980)
- Last Things (1980)
- Animals (1980)
- The Monuments of Science Fiction (1980)
- Uncle John and the Saviour (1980)
-
Not Responsible! Park and Lock It! (1981)
also appeared as:
-
Translation: Auf der Straße?Auf der Strasse[German] (1984)
-
Translation:
-
Another Orphan (1982)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Eine andere Waise [German] (1984)
-
Below Zero (1983)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Unter Null [German] (1986)
-
Hearts Do Not in Eyes Shine (1983)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Nicht im Auge schaut man des Herzens Glanz [German] (1984)
-
Friend (1984)
with
James Patrick Kelly
also appeared as:
- Translation: L'ami [French] (1985)
-
The Big Dream (1984)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Ein schwerer Traum [German] (1985)
- Translation: Der große Traum [German] (1985)
- Translation: Veliki San [Serbian] (1986) [as by John Kessell]
- Freedom Beach (1984) with James Patrick Kelly
-
The Lecturer (1984)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Der Unterweiser [German] (1986)
-
A Clean Escape (1985)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Savršeno bekstvo [Serbian] (1987) [as by Džon Kesel]
- Translation: Ein glatter Ausstieg [German] (1990)
-
Translation: O evadare perfectă?O evadare perfecta[Romanian] (2008)
- Reduction (1986) with Gregory Frost
-
The Pure Product (1986)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Das reine Produkt [German] (1987)
- Translation: Il prodotto puro [Italian] (2008)
- Translation: O produto puro [Portuguese] (2017)
- Credibility (1987)
- Judgment Call (1987)
- Mrs. Shummel Exits a Winner (1988)
- Buddha Nostril Bird (1990)
- Invaders (1990) also appeared as:
- Buffalo (1991) also appeared as:
-
The Moral Bullet (1991)
with
Bruce Sterling
also appeared as:
- Translation: Il proiettile morale [Italian] (1994)
- Man (1992)
- Faustfeathers (1992)
- "SF Story" (1993)
- The Franchise (1993)
- The Einstein Express (1993)
-
The True History of the End of the World (1995)
with
James Patrick Kelly
and
Jonathan Lethem
also appeared as:
- Translation: La vera storia della fine del mondo [Italian] (1996)
- Translation: So endet die Welt wirklich [German] (1998)
- Gulliver at Home (1997)
- Faustfeathers: A Comedy (1997)
- Every Angel Is Terrifying (1998)
- The President's Channel (1998)
- Ninety Percent of Everything (1999) with James Patrick Kelly and Jonathan Lethem
-
The Juniper Tree (2000)
also appeared as:
-
Translation: Le genévrier?Le genevrier[French] (2008)
-
Translation:
- The Family Vacation (2002)
-
Stories for Men (2002)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Storie Da Uomini [Italian] (2005)
- Translation: Histoires pour hommes [French] (2008)
-
Translation: Povești pentru bărbați?Povesti pentru barbati[Romanian] (2009)
-
The Invisible Empire (2002)
also appeared as:
- Translation: El imperio invisible [Spanish] (2009)
- Of New Arrivals, Many Johns, and the Music of the Spheres (2003)
-
Under the Lunchbox Tree (2003)
also appeared as:
-
Translation: Sous l'arbre à goûter?Sous l'arbre a gouter[French] (2008)
-
Translation:
- The Baum Plan for Financial Independence (2004)
- The Red Phone (2005)
-
Sunlight or Rock (2006)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Sous le soleil ou le rocher [French] (2008)
-
The Last American (2007)
also appeared as:
- Translation: El último americano [Spanish] (2013)
- Downtown (2007)
-
Pride and Prometheus (2008)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Orgoglio e Prometeo [Italian] (2013)
- Powerless (2008)
- The Motorman's Coat (2009)
- Events Preceding the Helvetican Renaissance (2009)
- Iteration (2010)
- The Closet (2010)
- Clean (2011)
- Consolation (2015)
- The Mark of Cain (2019)
- Fix That House! (2019)
- Spirit Level (2020)
- The Dark Ride (2021)
- Money in the Bank (2023) with Bruce Sterling
- Mr. Hyde Visits the Home of Dr. Jekyll (1989)
- Reading Lesson (1990)
- Books (F&SF)
- Books (F&SF, March 1993) (1993)
- Books: Today's Truth (1993)
- Books: The Big Book, Women, and God (1993)
- Books: No Place Like Home (1993)
- Books: Forward into the Past (1993)
- Books: Just Like Real People (1994)
- Books: Canons Left and Right (1994)
- Books: Growing Up the Hard Way (1994)
- Books: Parables and Other Stuff (1994)
- Books: Hard Work (1994)
- Books: Prisoners of Perception (1995)
- Books: Grace Under Pressure (1995)
- Books (F&SF, January 2007) (2007)
- Curiosities (essays)
- Editorial (Interzone)
- Editorial (Interzone #283) (2019)
- Essay (Science Fiction Age)
- Judgment Calls
- An Opinion (1989)
- Why SF is Not Welcome in the Parlor (1989)
- Robert Heinlein: One Sane Man? (1989)
- Crowley's Blues (1990)
- Judgment Calls: Demonizing Literature (1990)
- Locus Obituary
- Carl Sherrell (1990)
- Read This
- Read This (NYRSF, July 1991) (1991)
- Letter (Locus #232) (1980)
- untitled (The Faces of Science Fiction) (1984)
- Bulletin Symposium, Part Two of Two (The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Summer 1987) (1987) with Greg Bear and Nancy Kress and James Morrow and Kim Stanley Robinson and Rudy Rucker
- The Humanist Manifesto (1987)
- Read This (NYRSF, October 1988) (1988)
-
About the Nominees for the 1989 Nebula Awards (1989)
with
Neal Barrett, Jr.
and
Gregory Benford
and
Lois McMaster Bujold
and
Orson Scott Card
and
Bradley Denton
and
Thomas M. Disch
and
George Alec Effinger
and
William Gibson
and
Steven Gould
and
Jack McDevitt
and
Ian McDonald
and
Judith Moffett
and
James Morrow
and
Pat Murphy
and
Steven Popkes
and
Mike Resnick
and
Lucius Shepard
and
Lewis Shiner
and
Norman Spinrad
and
George Turner
and
Howard Waldrop
and
Walter Jon Williams
and
Connie Willis
and
Jane Yolen
only appeared as:
- Variant: About the Nominees (1989)
- John Kessel: A Bibliography (1989)
- Why Listen to Lucius? (1989)
- AUthor's Note (Good News from Outer Space) (1989)
- Lucius Shepard: The Superior Liar (1989)
- Response to "The New Generation Gap" (1989)
- About His Novel Good News from Outer Space (1990)
- A Note on Richard Grant's "The Exile's Paradigm" (1990)
- Meeting in Infinity (1992)
- Letter (Science Fiction Eye #11) (1992)
- Letter (NYRSF, February 1993) (1993)
- The Brother from Another Planet: Science Fiction vs. Mainstream Short Stories (1993)
- Letter (Locus #393) (1993)
- Letter (NYRSF, December 1993) (1993)
- Letter (NYRSF, May 1994) (1994)
- Note de l'auteur (Bonnes nouvelles de l'espace) [French] (1994)
- The Year in Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Symposium (1996) with Jack Dann and Paul Di Filippo and Sheila Finch and Nicola Griffith and James E. Gunn and Pat Murphy [only as by Jack Dann and Paul Di Filippo and Sheila Finch and Nicola Griffith and James Gunn and John Kessel and Pat Murphy]
- Introduction: Fun in the Burn Ward (1996) with Richard Butner and Mark L. Van Name
- Uncle Henry, Uncle Zorp, and Crazy Cousin Bingo (1996)
- Screed (letters of comment) (NYRSF, September 1996) (1996)
- Foreword (Think Like a Dinosaur and Other Stories) (1997)
- Author's Note (The Pure Product) (1997)
- Postcyberpunk Manifesto Reaction (1998)
- Who I'll Cast When They Let Me Direct ... (1998)
- Jim Turner: An Appreciation (1999)
- Lists (2000)
- Afterword, Final Grade Report: Andy Duncan (2000)
- Final Grade Report: Andy Duncan (Afterword to _Beluthahatchie and Other Stories_) (2000)
- Jack: Out of the Box (2001)
- Introduction to Dinner Party (2001)
- On Damon Knight (2002)
-
Creating the Innocent Killer: Ender's Game, Intention, and Morality (2004)
also appeared as:
- Translation: Anatomía de un asesino inocente: Intención y moral en El juego de Ender [Spanish] (2005)
- Translation: Der unschuldige Killer [German] (2014)
- Introduction (Gunning for the Buddha) (2005)
- Afterword: The Damned Human Race (2005)
-
Slipstream, the Genre That Isn't (2006)
with
James Patrick Kelly
also appeared as:
- Translation: Willkommen im Nirgendwo! [German] (2007)
- James Gunn, Grandmaster (2007)
- Hacking Cyberpunk (Introduction to Rewired: The Post-Cyberpunk Anthology) (2007) with James Patrick Kelly
- Kessel-Sterling Correspondence (2007) with Bruce Sterling
- James Gunn, Grand Master (Nebula Awards Showcase 2008) (2008)
- In the Penal Colony (2009)
- Letter (NYRSF, April 2009) (2009)
- Remaking History: The Short Fiction (2009)
- The Modest One (2009)
- Encuentro Fractal '09 (2009) with James Patrick Kelly
- Introduction (The Secret History of Science Fiction) (2009) with James Patrick Kelly
- Imagining the Human Future: Up, Down, or Sideways (2010)
- The Care and Feeding of Authors (2010)
- On the Translation of 'A Hunger Artist' (2011)
- Stories After Kafka (2011) with James Patrick Kelly
- Discovering the Unique Voice of J3(P)K2+L (2011) with James Patrick Kelly and Jonathan Lethem
-
In Which Your Editors Consider the Nebula Awards of Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (2012)
with
James Patrick Kelly
also appeared as:
-
Translation: Introducere: în care editorii analizează Premiile Nebula de ieri, azi și mâine?Introducere: in care editorii analizeaza Premiile Nebula de ieri, azi si maine[Romanian] (2013)
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Translation:
- Introduction: Digital Rapture (2012) with James Patrick Kelly
- Digital Rapture (2012) with James Patrick Kelly
- Michael Bishop's Blues: An Introduction to Count Geiger's Blues (2012)
- When Jane Met Mary (2018)
- Gardner Dozois (2018)
- Story Notes (The Dark Ride: The Best Short Fiction of John Kessel) (2022)
- Alternate Worlds: The Illustrated History of Science Fiction (1975) by James Gunn
- Destination: Infinity (1976) by Henry Kuttner
- Final Blackout (1976) by L. Ron Hubbard
- Inferno (1976) by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle
- The Wanderer (1976) by Fritz Leiber
- The Best of A. E. van Vogt (1977) by A. E. van Vogt
- In Blue (1990) by John Crowley
- Doomsday Book (1992) by Connie Willis
- China Mountain Zhang (1993) by Maureen F. McHugh
- Count Geiger's Blues (1993) by Michael Bishop
- Nightside the Long Sun (1993) by Gene Wolfe
- Nightside the Long Sun (1993) by Gene Wolfe
- Globalhead (1993) by Bruce Sterling
- Kalifornia (1993) by Marc Laidlaw
- Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk and Postmodern Science Fiction (1993) by Larry McCaffery
- The Hacker Crackdown: Law and Disorder on the Electronic Frontier (1993) by Bruce Sterling
- Lost Boys (1993) by Orson Scott Card
- Rainbow Man (1993) by M. J. Engh
- Red Mars (1993) by Kim Stanley Robinson
- Time, Like an Ever-Rolling Stream (1993) by Judith Moffett
- Beginnings, Middles and Ends (1993) by Nancy Kress
- Blackburn (1993) by Bradley Denton
- The Writer's Guide to Creating a Science Fiction Universe (1993) by George Ochoa and Jeffrey Osier
- Was (1993) by Geoff Ryman
- The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (1993) by John Clute and Peter Nicholls
- The Year's Best Science Fiction: Tenth Annual Collection (1993) by Gardner Dozois
- Argyll: A Memoir (1994) by Theodore Sturgeon
- Bears Discover Fire and Other Stories (1994) by Terry Bisson
- Testing (1994) by Charles Oberndorf
- The Pure Cold Light (1994) by Gregory Frost
- The Rediscovery of Man (1994) by Cordwainer Smith
- White Queen (1994) by Gwyneth Jones
- Modern Classic Short Novels of Science Fiction (1994) by Gardner Dozois
- Modern Classics of Science Fiction (1994) by Gardner Dozois
- The Norton Book of Science Fiction: North American SF, 1960-1990 (1994) by Brian Attebery and Ursula K. Le Guin
- The Oxford Book of Science Fiction Stories (1994) by Tom Shippey
- Glimpses (1994) by Lewis Shiner
- Hugo and Nebula Anthology 1993 (1994) by Brad Templeton
- Off the Wall at Callahan's (1994) by Spider Robinson
- Parable of the Sower (1994) by Octavia Butler
- X, Y (1994) by Michael Blumlein
- Rationalizing Genius (1994) by John Huntington
- The Ascent of Wonder: The Evolution of Hard SF (1994) by David G. Hartwell and Kathryn Kramer
- Wildlife (1994) by James Patrick Kelly
- Slow Funeral (1995) by Rebecca Ore
- Half the Day is Night (1995) by Maureen F. McHugh
- Tom's A-Cold (2004) by John Collier
- In Persuasion Nation (2007) by George Saunders
- Paraspheres: Extending Beyond the Spheres of Literary and Genre Fiction (2007) by Rusty Morrison and Ken Keegan
- Skinny Dipping in the Lake of the Dead: Stories (2007) by Alan DeNiro
- Slipstreams (2007) by Martin H. Greenberg and John Helfers
- The Nimrod Flipout (2007) by Etgar Keret
- Greg Frost: Jaundiced View of Technology (1985) with Gregory Frost
- Over the Moon (2017) with John Kessel
- John Kessel: Literary Vampire? (1985) by Gregory Frost
- Good News from North Carolina: An Interview with John Kessel (1989) by Dwight Brown and Glen Engel-Cox and Jill Engel-Cox and Michael Sumbera
- Professor SF: An Interview with John Kessel (1991) by Charles Overbeck
- John Kessel: Between Two Worlds (1993) by uncredited
- John Kessel: No More Dr. Nice (1997) by uncredited
- An Alien in Raleigh (2001) by James Craig Holte and C. W. Sullivan, III
- Interview: John Kessel (2001) by Catherine Pellegrino
- Corrupting Dr. Kessel (2003) by Gwenda Bond and Richard Butner
- Esta luz nunca se apagará: Entevista a John Kessel [Spanish] (2007) by Arturo Villarrubia
- StarShipSofa Interrogations: John Kessel (2010) by Tony C. Smith
- John Kessel is at Work (2010) by Samuel Montgomery-Blinn
- Author Spotlight: John Kessel (2015) by Lee Hallison
- Over the Moon (2017) by John Kessel
- Classics, Companionship, and a Creature: A Conversation with John Kessel (2018) by Chris Urie
- Author Spotlight: John Kessel and Bruce Sterling (2023) by Laurel Amberdine (co-interviewed with Bruce Sterling)
Non-Genre Titles
Short Fiction
- The Snake Girl (2006)