• Publication: The Best of Jim Baen's Universe 2006 DiskPublication Record # 866223
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• Date: 2007-07-00
• Publisher: Baen Books
• Pub. Series: Baen CD-ROM Library
• Pub. Series #: 13
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• Type: OMNIBUS
• Notes: Data from the ISO disk image file https://baencd.thefifthimperium.com/13-TheBestofJimBaensUniverseCD/Baen13-TheBestofJimBaensUniverseCD(The%20Best%20of%20Jim%20Baen's%20Universe)_iso.zip Date based on the full release date of the "July 2007 Monthly Baen Bundle". This ISO image file was initially made available as a free download from the Baen Webscriptions website when either the "July 2007 Monthly Baen Bundle" or the ebook of "The Best of Jim Baen's Universe" was purchased. (Source: https://baencd.thefifthimperium.com) Contents: • 7 complete publications, each in six file formats (.doc, .htm, .lit, .prc, .rb, and .rtf) • Artists' Tribute to Jim Baen slideshow consisting of a short essay and one or more drawings by the following artists: •• Tom Kidd •• Jeff Easley •• David Mattingly •• Pat Turner •• Jael •• Clyde Caldwell •• Veronica Casas •• Richard Martin •• Kurt Miller •• Kevin Wasden • An animated cover titled "Fly Cycle". • An animated cover titled "Cities in Flight". • Screen Saver installers titled "Fly Cycle" for Windows, Mac OS 9, and Mac OS 10 • Screen Saver installers titled "Cities in Flight" for Windows and Mac OS 10 All of the CIP data shown on the copyright page of 1634: The Baltic War is for a different book. The included CIP data is for 1635: Cannon Law by Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis. WARNING: Each number is the beginning of a series or a single book. Do not alter or remove numbering sequence. Placeholder numbers are used extensively to preserve the order of the contents. The following titles are included but not named in the Contents section: Title #4.1 is Jim Baen's Universe, June 2006 (titled in the publication as "Jim Baen's Universe Volume 1 Number 1") which is a magazine and unable to be directly included as a component title. • This title contains 25 works of short fiction (all but one with its own illustration) and eight essays (some with an illustration). • The following component short fiction and essay titles do not show in the Contents List sequence for this magazine title because they are duplicated within this Omnibus title: •• What Would Sam Spade Do? •• Brieanna's Constant •• Bob's Yeti Problem •• Candy-Blossom •• The Darkness •• The Cold Blacksmith •• Poga •• The Opposite of Pomegranates Title #4.2 is Jim Baen's Universe, August 2006 (titled in the publication as "Jim Baen's Universe Volume 1 Number 2") which is a magazine and unable to be directly included as a component title. • This title contains 19 works of short fiction (each with its own illustration) and eight essays (one with an illustration). • The following component short fiction and essay titles do not show in the Contents List sequence for this magazine title because they are duplicated within this Omnibus title: •• Dog Soldier •• As Black As Hell •• Benny Comes Home •• Decaf and Spaceship •• Jim Baen (Obituary) •• A Personal Remembrance of Jim Baen Title #4.3 is Jim Baen's Universe, October 2006 (titled in the publication as "Jim Baen's Universe Volume 1 Number 3") which is a magazine and unable to be directly included as a component title. • This title contains 19 works of short fiction (each with its own illustration) and five essays (one with an illustration). • The following component short fiction and essay titles do not show in the Contents List sequence for this magazine title because they are duplicated within this Omnibus title: •• All the Things You Are •• The Old Woman in the Young Woman •• Every Hole Is Outlined •• A Time to Kill •• Femme Fatale •• Jim Baen (Obituary) Title #4.4 is Jim Baen's Universe, December 2006 (titled in the publication as "Jim Baen's Universe Volume 1 Number 4") which is a magazine and unable to be directly included as a component title. • This title contains 17 works of short fiction (each with its own illustration) and seven essays (two with illustrations). • The following component short fiction and essay titles do not show in the Contents List sequence for this magazine title because they are duplicated within this Omnibus title: •• The Nature of Things •• The Girl with the Killer Eyes •• Fishing •• Jim Baen (Obituary)

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• 1 • The Best of Jim Baen's Universe • [The Best of Jim Baen's Universe] • anthology by Eric Flint
• Dog Soldier • (2006) • short story by Garth Nix
• The Girl with the Killer Eyes • (2006) • short fiction by B. B. Kristopher
• Bow Shock • (2006) • novelette by Gregory Benford
• Decaf and Spaceship, to Go • (2006) • short story by Katherine Sanger
• All the Things You Are • (2006) • novelette by Mike Resnick
• A Time to Kill • (2006) • short story by S. Andrew Swann
• Local Boy Makes Good • (2006) • short story by Ray Tabler
• The Old Woman in the Young Woman • (2006) • short story by Gene Wolfe
• Candy-Blossom • (2006) • short story by Dave Freer
• What Would Sam Spade Do? • (2006) • short story by Jo Walton
• Giving It Fourteen Percent • (2006) • short story by Ani S. Fox
• Every Hole Is Outlined • (2006) • novelette by John Barnes
• Fishing • (2006) • short story by Thea Hutcheson
• Bob's Yeti Problem • (2006) • short story by Lawrence Person
• Brieanna's Constant • (2006) • short story by Eric M. Witchey [as by Eric Witchey]
• The Darkness • [Hammer's Slammers] • (2006) • novelette by David Drake
• The Cold Blacksmith • (2006) • short story by Elizabeth Bear
• The Nature of Things • (2006) • short story by Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff
• Sisters of Sarronnyn; Sisters of Westwind • [Recluce Short Stories] • (2007) • short fiction by L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (variant of Sisters of Sarronnyn: Sisters of Westwind 2006)
• The Opposite of Pomegranates • (2006) • short story by Marissa Lingen
• As Black As Hell • [Lucy] • (2006) • novelette by John Lambshead
• Benny Comes Home • (2006) • novelette by Esther M. Friesner [as by Esther Friesner]
• Femme Fatale • (2006) • novelette by Jason D. Wittman [as by Jason Wittman]
• A Hire Power • (2007) • short fiction by J. Simon [as by Jeremy Simon]
• Poga • (2006) • novelette by John Barnes
• The Legacy of Jim Baen • (2007) • essay by Eric Flint
• Why die? • (2007) • essay by Jim Baen
• A Genetic Model for Eternal Life as an Evolutionary Strategy • (2007) • essay by Karl Inne Ugland
• A Personal Remembrance of Jim Baen • (2006) • essay by John Lambshead
• Afterword (The Best of Jim Baen's Universe) • essay by Eric Flint
• 2 • 1634: The Baltic War • [163x • 6] • (2007) • novel by Eric Flint and David Weber
• 3 • The World Turned Upside Down • (2005) • anthology by Jim Baen and David Drake and Eric Flint
• Preface (The World Turned Upside Down) • (2005) • essay by Eric Flint
• Rescue Party • (1946) • novelette by Arthur C. Clarke
• The Menace from Earth • [Future History] • (1974) • novelette by Robert A. Heinlein [as by Robert Heinlein]
• Code Three • [Code Three] • (1963) • novella by Rick Raphael
• Hunting Problem • (1955) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• Black Destroyer • [Space Beagle] • (1939) • novelette by A. E. van Vogt
• A Pail of Air • (1951) • short story by Fritz Leiber
• Thy Rocks and Rills • (1953) • novelette by Robert E. Gilbert [as by Robert Ernest Gilbert]
• A Gun for Dinosaur • [Reginald Rivers] • (1956) • novelette by L. Sprague de Camp
• Goblin Night • [Telzey Amberdon] • (1965) • novelette by James H. Schmitz
• The Only Thing We Learn • (1949) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
• Trigger Tide • (1950) • short story by Wyman Guin
• The Aliens • (1959) • novelette by Murray Leinster
• All the Way Back • (1952) • short story by Michael Shaara
• The Last Command • [Bolo] • (1967) • short story by Keith Laumer
• Who Goes There? • [Who Goes There?] • (1966) • novella by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by John W. Campbell]
• Quietus • (1940) • short story by Ross Rocklynne
• Answer • (1954) • short story by Fredric Brown
• The Last Question • [Multivac] • (1956) • short story by Isaac Asimov
• The Cold Equations • [Cold Equations (Godwin)] • (1954) • novelette by Tom Godwin
• Shambleau • [Northwest Smith] • (1933) • novelette by C. L. Moore
• Turning Point • (1963) • short story by Poul Anderson
• Heavy Planet • (1939) • short story by Milton A. Rothman [as by Lee Gregor]
• Omnilingual • [Federation • 1] • (1957) • novelette by H. Beam Piper
• The Gentle Earth • (1957) • novella by Christopher Anvil
• Environment • (1944) • short story by Chester S. Geier
• Liane the Wayfarer • [Dying Earth] • (1950) • short story by Jack Vance
• Spawn • (1939) • novelette by P. Schuyler Miller
• St. Dragon and the George • [The Dragon and the George] • (1957) • novelette by Gordon R. Dickson
• Thunder and Roses • (1947) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 4.1 • Chilling • [Humanx Commonwealth • 7] • (2006) • novelette by Alan Dean Foster
•  Chilling • (2006) • interior artwork by Milivoj Ceran
• Pimpf • [Laundry Files] • (2006) • novelette by Charles Stross [as by Charlie Stross]
•  Pimpf • (2006) • interior artwork by John Ward
•  What Would Sam Spade Do? • (2006) • interior artwork by Barb Jernigan
•  Brieanna's Constant • (2006) • interior artwork by Barb Jernigan
•  Bob's Yeti Problem • (2006) • interior artwork by David Maier
• Slanted Jack • [Jon & Lobo] • (2006) • novelette by Mark L. Van Name
•  Slanted Jack • (2006) • interior artwork by Phil Renne
•  Candy-Blossom • (2006) • interior artwork by Veronica Casas
•  The Darkness • (2006) • interior artwork by Rob Dumuhosky
•  The Cold Blacksmith • (2006) • interior artwork by Kevin Wasden
•  Poga • (2006) • interior artwork by Veronica Casas
• Build-A-Bear • (2006) • short story by Gene Wolfe
•  Build-A-Bear • (2006) • interior artwork by Paul Campbell
•  The Opposite of Pomegranates • (2006) • interior artwork by Veronica Casas
• 'Ware the Sleeper • (2006) • novelette by Julie E. Czerneda [as by Julie Czerneda]
•  'Ware the Sleeper • (2006) • interior artwork by Kevin Wasden
• The Thief of Stones • (2006) • novelette by Sarah Zettel
•  The Thief of Stones • (2006) • interior artwork by Chuck Lukacs
• Light of Other Days • [Slow Glass] • (1966) • short story by Bob Shaw
•  Light of Other Days • (2006) • interior artwork by Paul Campbell
• The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut • (1876) • short story by Mark Twain
•  The Facts Concerning The Recent Carnival Of Crime In Connecticut • (2006) • interior artwork by Barb Jernigan
• The Ancient Ones, Episode 1 • [The Ancient Ones] • (2006) • short story by David Brin
•  The Ancient Ones, Episode 1 • (2006) • interior artwork by Rob Dumuhosky
• Travails with Momma, Part 1 • (2006) • novelette by John Ringo
•  Travails with Momma, Part 1 • (2006) • interior artwork by Phil Renne
• Fish Story, Episode 1 • [Fish Story • 1] • (2006) • short story by Andrew Dennis and Eric Flint and Dave Freer
•  Fish Story, Episode 1 • (2006) • interior artwork by Barb Jernigan
• Introducing New Authors: Fancy Farmer • (2006) • essay by Pamela Uphoff
•  Introducing New Authors: Fancy Farmer • (2006) • interior artwork by Christoff Koelzer [as by Christof Koelzer]
• The Puzzle of the Peregrinating Coach • (2006) • short story by George Philles
•  The Puzzle of the Perigrinating Coach • (2006) • interior artwork by Richmont Gan
• Astromonkeys! • [Digger • 2] • (2006) • short story by Tony Frazier
•  Astromonkeys! • (2006) • interior artwork by Barb Jernigan
• Giving it 14 Percent • (2006) • short story by Ani S. Fox (variant of Giving It Fourteen Percent) [as by A. S. Fox]
•  Giving it 14 Percent • (2006) • interior artwork by Barb Jernigan
•  Local Boy Makes Good • (2006) • interior artwork by Phil Renne
• Jim Baen (Obituary) • (2006) • essay by David Drake
• Gods and Monsters in Hollywood • (2006) • essay by Gregory Benford
•  Gods and Monsters in Hollywood • (2006) • interior artwork by Christoff Koelzer
• Back To the Moon • (2006) • essay by Travis S. Taylor
•  Back To the Moon • (2006) • interior artwork by Laura Givens
• Publisher's Podium • (2006) • essay by Jim Baen
• June 2006: The Current State of the Short Fiction Market for Science Fiction and Fantasy • (2006) • essay by Eric Flint
• A Matter of Principle • (2006) • essay by Eric Flint
• Upload Your Life Now • (2006) • essay by Mark L. Van Name
• The History of Power From the Gutenberg Revolution to the Computer Revolution • (2006) • essay by Michael Hart
•  The History of Power From the Gutenberg Revolution to the Computer Revolution • (2006) • interior artwork by Alfred Klosterman
• 4.2 • Treasure in the Sand • [Dune Sequels] • (2006) • short story by Kevin J. Anderson and Brian Herbert
•  Treasure in the Sand • (2006) • interior artwork by Phil Renne
•  Dog Soldier • (2006) • interior artwork by Liz Clarke
• When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth • (2006) • novelette by Cory Doctorow
•  When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth • (2006) • interior artwork by Rob Dumuhosky
• The Ruby Dice • [Skolian Short Fiction • 11] • (2006) • novella by Catherine Asaro
•  The Ruby Dice • (2006) • interior artwork by Phil Renne
• Sisters of Sarronnyn: Sisters of Westwind • [Recluce Short Stories] • (2006) • novelette by L. E. Modesitt, Jr.
•  Sisters of Sarronnyn: Sisters of Westwind • (2006) • interior artwork by Kevin Wasden
•  As Black As Hell • (2006) • interior artwork by David Daniel
• For Blue Sky • [Elfhome / Steel City] • (2006) • short story by Wen Spencer (variant of Blue Sky)
•  For Blue Sky • (2006) • interior artwork by Jeremy D. Mohler and Thomas Scholes
• What Sleeps in the Shallows Belongs to the Depths • (2006) • short story by Julie E. Czerneda (variant of What Sleeps in the Shallows Belongs to the Deep 2005) [as by Julie Czerneda]
•  What Sleeps in the Shallows Belongs to the Depths • (2006) • interior artwork by Kevin Wasden
•  Benny Comes Home • (2006) • interior artwork by Apis Teicher
•  Lulu • (2006) • interior artwork by Rita Reed
• Lulu • (1957) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak [as by Clifford Simak]
• Pollock and the Porroh Man • (1895) • short story by H. G. Wells
•  Pollock and The Porroh Man • (2006) • interior artwork by Paul Campbell
• The Ancient Ones, Episode 2 • [The Ancient Ones] • (2006) • short story by David Brin
•  The Ancient Ones, Episode 2 • (2006) • interior artwork by Rob Dumuhosky
• Travails with Momma, Part 2 • (2006) • novelette by John Ringo
•  Travails with Momma, Part 2 • (2006) • interior artwork by Jennifer Miller
• Fish Story, Episode 2 • [Fish Story • 2] • (2006) • short story by Andrew Dennis and Eric Flint and Dave Freer
•  Fish Story, Episode 2 • (2006) • interior artwork by Barb Jernigan
•  Decaf and Spaceship, to Go • (2006) • interior artwork by Barb Jernigan
• Technical Exchange • (2006) • short story by Kevin N. Haw [as by Kevin Haw]
•  Technical Exchange • (2006) • interior artwork by David Maier
• Medic! • (2006) • short story by William Ledbetter
•  Medic! • (2006) • interior artwork by Laura Givens
• The Best Plaid Lans • (2006) • short story by Loren K. Jones
•  The Best Plaid Lans • (2006) • interior artwork by Nathan Rosario
• Supercargo • (2006) • short story by M. T. Reiten
•  Supercargo • (2006) • interior artwork by John Ward
• Robowar • (2006) • short story by Gregory Benford
•  Robowar • (2006) • interior artwork by Laura Givens
• The Editor's Page August 2006 • (2006) • essay by Eric Flint
• Copyright: What Are the Proper Terms for the Debate? • (2006) • essay by Eric Flint
• McCauley on Copyright • (2001) • essay by Eric Flint
• A Speech Delivered in the House of Commons on the 5th of February 1841 • (1841) • essay by Thomas Babington Macaulay
• A Speech Delivered in a Committee of the House of Commons on the 6th of April 1842 • (1842) • essay by Thomas Babington Macaulay
• The Fifth Information Age • (2006) • essay by Michael Hart
• 4.3 •  All the Things You Are • (2006) • interior artwork by Pamelina H.
•  The Old Woman in the Young Woman • (2006) • interior artwork by Emily Tolson
•  Every Hole Is Outlined • (2006) • interior artwork by Laura Givens
•  A Time to Kill • (2006) • interior artwork by Christoff Koelzer
• The Man Who Wasn't There • (2005) • short story by Gregory Benford
•  The Man Who Wasn't There • (2006) • interior artwork by Phil Renne
• Little Sips • (2006) • short story by Barbara J. Ferrenz
•  Little Sips • (2006) • interior artwork by David Maier
• Great Minds • (2006) • short story by Edward M. Lerner
•  Great Minds • (2006) • interior artwork by Paul Campbell
• The Power of Illusion • (2006) • novelette by Christopher Anvil
•  The Power of Illusion • (2006) • interior artwork by V. Shane
• Protection Money • (2006) • novelette by Wen Spencer
•  Protection Money • (2006) • interior artwork by Carol Heyer
• Baby Girl • (2006) • novelette by Jon Skovron
•  Baby Girl • (2006) • interior artwork by Liz Clarke
•  Femme Fatale • (2006) • interior artwork by Karl Nordman [as by Karl A. Nordman]
• Gnome Improvement • (2006) • short story by Rebecca Lickiss
•  Gnome Improvement • (2006) • interior artwork by Alison Williams
• A Hire Power • (2006) • short story by J. Simon
•  A Hire Power • (2006) • interior artwork by K. Thor Jensen
• A Matter of Fact • (1892) • short story by Rudyard Kipling
•  A Matter of Fact • (2006) • interior artwork by Kelley Hensing
• Travails with Momma, Episode 3 • (2006) • novelette by John Ringo
•  Travails With Momma, Episode 3 • (2006) • interior artwork by Jennifer Miller
• Fish Story, Episode 3 • [Fish Story • 3] • (2006) • short story by Andrew Dennis and Eric Flint and Dave Freer
•  Fish Story, Episode 3 • (2006) • interior artwork by Barb Jernigan
• The Men in the Mirror • (2006) • short story by Steven Ray
•  The Men in the Mirror • (2006) • interior artwork by Dan Skinner
• Songbird • (2006) • short story by Jeremiah Sturgill
•  Songbird • (2006) • interior artwork by Alison Williams
• Devil May Care • (2006) • short story by Jason Kahn
•  Devil May Care • (2006) • interior artwork by David Maier
• Doing a Slow Turn: The Poison of Cynicism • (2006) • essay by David Brin
• Terraforming: A Bumpy Road Ahead • (2006) • essay by B. B. Kristopher
•  Terraforming: A Bumpy Road Ahead • (2006) • interior artwork by Paul Campbell
• Copyright: How Long Should It Be? • (2006) • essay by Eric Flint
• The Editor's Page October 2006: The Prospects for Jim Baen's Universe • (2006) • essay by Eric Flint
• 4.4 • Incident on a Small Colony • [Jani Kilian] • (2006) • novella by Kristine Smith
•  Incident on a Small Colony • (2006) • interior artwork by Lee Kuruganti
• Tesseract • (2006) • short story by Tom Brennan
•  Tesseract • (2006) • interior artwork by V. Shane
• Alone • (2006) • novelette by Melissa Mia Hall and Joe R. Lansdale
•  Alone • (2006) • interior artwork by Paul Campbell
• Olaf and the Merchandisers • (2006) • short story by Barry N. Malzberg and Bill Pronzini
•  Olaf and the Merchandisers • (2006) • interior artwork by Dan Skinner
• Murphy's Law • (2006) • short story by Douglas Smith
•  Murphy's Law • (2006) • interior artwork by Richmont Gan
• The Big Ice • (2006) • short story by Jay Lake and Ruth Nestvold
•  The Big Ice • (2006) • interior artwork by Dean Spencer
•  The Nature of Things • (2006) • interior artwork by Emily Tolson
• Singing Them Back • (2006) • short story by Marissa Lingen
•  Singing Them Back • (2006) • interior artwork by Jessica Douglas
• Servants to the Dead • (2006) • short story by Steven Piziks
•  Servants to the Dead • (2006) • interior artwork by Karl Nordman
• Caught Forever Between • (2006) • novelette by Adrian Nikolas Phoenix
•  Caught Forever Between • (2006) • interior artwork by Nicole Cardiff
• Home Is the Hunter • (1953) • short story by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore
•  Home is the Hunter • (2006) • interior artwork by Laura Givens
• The Ancient Ones, Episode 3 • [The Ancient Ones] • (2006) • short story by David Brin
•  The Ancient Ones, Episode 3 • (2006) • interior artwork by Charles Bernard
• Slan Hunter (Part 1 of 3) • [Slan • 2] • (2006) • serial by Kevin J. Anderson and A. E. van Vogt
•  Slan Hunter (Part 1 of 3) • (2006) • interior artwork by Jennifer Miller
• Fish Story, Episode 4 • [Fish Story • 4] • (2006) • short story by Andrew Dennis and Eric Flint and Dave Freer
•  The Girl With the Killer Eyes • (2006) • interior artwork by Ural Akyuz
• Pastry Run • (2006) • short fiction by Nancy Fulda
•  Pastry Run • (2006) • interior artwork by Ural Akyuz
•  Fish Story, Episode 4 • (2006) • interior artwork by Barb Jernigan
•  Fishing • (2006) • interior artwork by Kelley Hensing
• A Pocket History of MacroEngineering: The First Millennium • (2006) • essay by Gregory Benford
•  A Pocket History of MacroEngineering: The First Millennium • (2006) • interior artwork by Adam Burch
• The Essay with No Title (Until Its End) • (2006) • essay by Stephen Euin Cobb
• Schlock Cover for Dec 2006 • (2006) • essay by Howard Tayler
•  Schlock Cover for Dec 2006 • (2006) • interior artwork by Howard Tayler
• What is Fair Use • (2006) • essay by Eric Flint
• The Editor's Page December 2006: New Members of the Magazine's Staff • (2006) • essay by Eric Flint
• The Future and You December 2006 • (2006) • essay by Stephen Euin Cobb