Christmas StarsDavid G. Hartwell Twenty-five classic science fiction and fantasy tales of Yuletide wonder, including stories by Ben Bova, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, John M. Ford, William Gibson, Anne McCaffrey, Frederik Pohl, Spider Robinson, Gene Wolfe, and the hard-to-find Philip Van Doren Stern fantasy that inspired the film It's A Wonderful Life. |
Contents
Adeste Fideles by Frederik Pohl | 15 |
The Santa Claus Compromise by Thomas M Disch | 35 |
Miracle by Connie Willis | 41 |
The Christmas Count by Henry Melton | 85 |
The Star by Arthur C Clarke | 96 |
When Jesus Comes Down the Chimney | 103 |
Sanity Clause by Edward Wellen | 132 |
Silent Night by Ben Bova | 138 |
Christmas Trombone by Raymond E Banks | 173 |
Dark Conception | 185 |
CyberClaus by William Gibson | 194 |
The Gift by Ray Bradbury | 220 |
The New Father Christmas by Brian W Aldiss | 235 |
The Gifts of the Magistrate by Spider Robinson | 258 |
The Greatest Gift by Philip Van Doren Stern | 291 |
Track of a Legend by Cynthia Felice | 307 |
A Proper Santa Claus by Anne McCaffrey | 156 |
A Little Girls Xmas in Moderan by David R Bunch | 166 |