Victoria Schochet et al : The Berkley Showcase


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The Berkley Showcase was a "house" anthology, put together by the editors of Berkley Books as a non-profit venture, supplementing the 5-titles a month schedule of successful books by Heinlein, Herbert, White, and others, with an eye toward discovering and developing new talent. The editors provide brief story introductions and biographical notes throughout the series, though only the first volume has a book introduction. Aside from the stories, Volume #2 includes an interview with Barry B. Longyear, Volume #3 a profile of Theodore Sturgeon by Paul Williams, Volume #4 an interview with Elizabeth A. Lynn.

Jack Dann's story in Vol. 3 was a Nebula nominee; Jack Dann's in volume 4 was a WFA finalist; several others placed on Locus Polls.

Most frequent authors: Ronald Anthony Cross (4), then Thomas M. Disch and Karl Hansen (3 each).

  • The Berkley Showcase Vol. 1, Victoria Schochet & John Silbersack, eds. (Berkley, 1980) [isfdb]
  • The Berkley Showcase Vol. 2, Victoria Schochet & John Silbersack, eds. (Berkley, 1980) [isfdb]
  • The Berkley Showcase Vol. 3, Victoria Schochet & John Silbersack, eds. (Berkley, 1981) [isfdb]
  • The Berkley Showcase Vol. 4, Victoria Schochet & John Silbersack, eds. (Berkley, 1981) [isfdb]
  • The Berkley Showcase Vol. 5, Victoria Schochet & Melissa Singer, eds. (Berkley, 1982) [isfdb]


Combined Contents by Author and Title


David Andreissen
  • Stepfather Bank -- Vol. #1
    • Piers Anthony
  • On the Uses of Torture -- Vol. #3
    • Ross Appel
  • Song of Mutes -- Vol. #2
    • Gregory Benford
  • Sandy Lust -- Vol. #5
    • David Bischoff
  • Waterloo Sunset -- Vol. #5
    • Edward Bryant
  • To See -- Vol. #2
    • Pat Cadigan
  • The Pathosfinder -- Vol. #4
    • Orson Scott Card
  • The Princess and the Bear -- Vol. #1
    • Michael Conner
  • The Ninth Path -- Vol. #5
    • Glen Cook
  • Soldier of an Empire Unacquainted with Defeat -- Vol. #2
    • John Coyne
  • Call Me -- Vol. #3
    • Ronald Anthony Cross
  • The Adventures of Lance the Lizard -- Vol. #1
  • Air Kwatz -- Vol. #4
  • The Dolls: A Tragic Romance -- Vol. #3
  • New Olympus -- Vol. #5
    • Jack Dann
  • Amnesia -- Vol. #3
  • Fairy Tale -- Vol. #4
    • Thomas M. Disch
  • Can You Hear Me, Thinktank Two? -- Vol. #3
  • The Foetus -- Vol. #2
  • Love and Clover: A White Paper -- Vol. #3
    • George Alec Effinger
  • Born Yesterday -- Vol. #5
    • Freff
  • Amana Mañana -- Vol. #5
  • Hear Today -- Vol. #2
    • Phyllis Gotlieb
  • Blue Apes -- Vol. #4
    • Karl Hansen
  • Dolls' Eyes -- Vol. #2
  • The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Void -- Vol. #5
  • Sergeant Pepper -- Vol. #1
    • P. C. Hodgell
  • Child of Darkness -- Vol. #2
    • John Kessel
  • Last Things -- Vol. #1
    • R. A. Lafferty
  • In Deepest Glass: An Informal History of Stained Glass Windows -- Vol. #4
  • Lord Torpedo Lord Gyroscope -- Vol. #2
    • Stephen Leigh
  • Tapestry -- Vol. #5
    • Eric Van Lustbader
  • Hejira -- Vol. #2
    • Elizabeth A. Lynn
  • The Gods of Reorth -- Vol. #1
    • Janet Morris
  • Raising the Green Lion -- Vol. #1
    • Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.
  • Encroachment -- Vol. #5
  • Younggold -- Vol. #4
    • Marge Piercy
  • Absolute Zero in the Brain -- Vol. #4
  • The World in the Year 2000 -- Vol. #4
    • Alan Ryan
  • Margaret Dead, Margaret Alive -- Vol. #4
    • Jessica Amanda Salmonson
  • A Child of Earth and Hell -- Vol. #5
  • Lincoy's Journey -- Vol. #3
    • Robert Thurston
  • Alternate 51: Bliss -- Vol. #4
  • The Oonaa Woman -- Vol. #3
    • Doris Vallejo
  • Descent -- Vol. #3
  • Seduction -- Vol. #4
    • Howard Waldrop
  • Billy Big-Eyes -- Vol. #1
    • Lois June Wickstrom
  • The Care and Feeding of Earthling George -- Vol. #5
    • Connie Willis
  • Distress Call -- Vol. #4
    • Nicholas Yermakov
  • Crash Course for the Ravers -- Vol. #3

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