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The Best of Jim Baen's Universe 2006 Disk

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First published 2007
Publisher Baen Books
Format other
Type Omnibus
Price $0.00


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ISO image file created from the contents of the physical CD-ROM bound inside the first edition hardcover release of The Best of Jim Baen's Universe by Eric Flint.
Title based on the label printed on the physical CD-ROM. A .jpg image of the Physical CD-ROM label is included on the ISO image.
This is the second of two titles in the Baen CD-ROM Library series which is numbered 13.


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Date based on the full release date of the "July 2007 Monthly Baen Bundle".
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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)

No ISBN on record — searching by title and author.

Page Title Author(s) Type
2|2 1634: The Baltic War David Weber & Eric Flint Novel
4.1|4.101 Chilling Alan Dean Foster Novelette
4.2|4.201 Treasure in the Sand Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson Short Story
4.4|4.401 Incident on a Small Colony Kristine Smith Novella
|1.02 Dog Soldier Garth Nix Short Story
|1.03 The Girl with the Killer Eyes B. B. Kristopher Short Fiction
|1.04 Bow Shock Gregory Benford Novelette
|1.05 Decaf and Spaceship, to Go Katherine Sanger Short Story
|1.06 All the Things You Are Mike Resnick Novelette
|1.07 A Time to Kill S. Andrew Swann Short Story
|1.08 Local Boy Makes Good Ray Tabler Short Story
|1.09 The Old Woman in the Young Woman Gene Wolfe Short Story
|1.10 Candy-Blossom Dave Freer Short Story
|1.11 What Would Sam Spade Do? Jo Walton Short Story
|1.12 Giving It Fourteen Percent Ani S. Fox Short Story
|1.13 Every Hole Is Outlined John Barnes Novelette
|1.14 Fishing Thea Hutcheson Short Story
|1.15 Bob's Yeti Problem Lawrence Person Short Story
|1.16 Brieanna's Constant Eric Witchey Short Story
|1.17 The Darkness David Drake Novelette
|1.18 The Cold Blacksmith Elizabeth Bear Short Story
|1.19 The Nature of Things Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff Short Story
|1.20 Sisters of Sarronnyn; Sisters of Westwind L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Short Fiction
|1.21 The Opposite of Pomegranates Marissa Lingen Short Story
|1.22 As Black As Hell John Lambshead Novelette
|1.23 Benny Comes Home Esther Friesner Novelette
|1.24 Femme Fatale Jason Wittman Novelette
|1.25 A Hire Power Jeremy Simon Short Fiction
|1.26 Poga John Barnes Novelette
|1.27 The Legacy of Jim Baen Eric Flint Essay
|1.28 Why die? Jim Baen Essay
|1.29 A Genetic Model for Eternal Life as an Evolutionary Strategy Karl Inne Ugland Essay
|1.30 A Personal Remembrance of Jim Baen John Lambshead Essay
|1.31 Afterword (The Best of Jim Baen's Universe) Eric Flint Essay
|3.02 Preface (The World Turned Upside Down) Eric Flint Essay
|3.03 Rescue Party Arthur C. Clarke Novelette
|3.04 The Menace from Earth Robert Heinlein Novelette
|3.05 Code Three Rick Raphael Novella
|3.06 Hunting Problem Robert Sheckley Short Story
|3.07 Black Destroyer A. E. van Vogt Novelette
|3.08 A Pail of Air Fritz Leiber Short Story
|3.09 Thy Rocks and Rills Robert Ernest Gilbert Novelette
|3.10 A Gun for Dinosaur L. Sprague de Camp Novelette
|3.11 Goblin Night James H. Schmitz Novelette
|3.12 The Only Thing We Learn C. M. Kornbluth Short Story
|3.13 Trigger Tide Wyman Guin Short Story
|3.14 The Aliens Murray Leinster Novelette
|3.15 All the Way Back Michael Shaara Short Story
|3.16 The Last Command Keith Laumer Short Story
|3.17 Who Goes There? John W. Campbell Novella
|3.18 Quietus Ross Rocklynne Short Story
|3.19 Answer Fredric Brown Short Story
|3.20 The Last Question Isaac Asimov Short Story
|3.21 The Cold Equations Tom Godwin Novelette
|3.22 Shambleau C. L. Moore Novelette
|3.23 Turning Point Poul Anderson Short Story
|3.24 Heavy Planet Lee Gregor Short Story
|3.25 Omnilingual H. Beam Piper Novelette
|3.26 The Gentle Earth Christopher Anvil Novella
|3.27 Environment Chester S. Geier Short Story
|3.28 Liane the Wayfarer Jack Vance Short Story
|3.29 Spawn P. Schuyler Miller Novelette
|3.30 St. Dragon and the George Gordon R. Dickson Novelette
|3.31 Thunder and Roses Theodore Sturgeon Novelette
|4.104 Pimpf Charlie Stross Novelette
|4.112 Slanted Jack Mark L. Van Name Novelette
|4.122 Build-A-Bear Gene Wolfe Short Story
|4.126 'Ware the Sleeper Julie Czerneda Novelette
|4.128 The Thief of Stones Sarah Zettel Novelette
|4.130 Light of Other Days Bob Shaw Short Story
|4.132 The Facts Concerning the Recent Carnival of Crime in Connecticut Mark Twain Short Story
|4.134 The Ancient Ones, Episode 1 David Brin Short Story
|4.136 Travails with Momma, Part 1 John Ringo Novelette
|4.138 Fish Story, Episode 1 Andrew Dennis & Dave Freer & Eric Flint Short Story
|4.140 Introducing New Authors: Fancy Farmer Pamela Uphoff Essay
|4.142 The Puzzle of the Peregrinating Coach George Philles Short Story
|4.144 Astromonkeys! Tony Frazier Short Story
|4.146 Giving it 14 Percent A. S. Fox Short Story
|4.150 Jim Baen (Obituary) David Drake Essay
|4.151 Gods and Monsters in Hollywood Gregory Benford Essay
|4.153 Back To the Moon Travis S. Taylor Essay
|4.155 Publisher's Podium Jim Baen Essay
|4.156 June 2006: The Current State of the Short Fiction Market for Science Fiction and Fantasy Eric Flint Essay
|4.157 A Matter of Principle Eric Flint Essay
|4.158 Upload Your Life Now Mark L. Van Name Essay
|4.159 The History of Power From the Gutenberg Revolution to the Computer Revolution Michael Hart Essay
|4.205 When Sysadmins Ruled the Earth Cory Doctorow Novelette
|4.207 The Ruby Dice Catherine Asaro Novella
|4.209 Sisters of Sarronnyn: Sisters of Westwind L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Novelette
|4.213 For Blue Sky Wen Spencer Short Story
|4.215 What Sleeps in the Shallows Belongs to the Depths Julie Czerneda Short Story
|4.220 Lulu Clifford Simak Novelette
|4.221 Pollock and the Porroh Man H. G. Wells Short Story
|4.223 The Ancient Ones, Episode 2 David Brin Short Story
|4.225 Travails with Momma, Part 2 John Ringo Novelette
|4.227 Fish Story, Episode 2 Dave Freer & Eric Flint & Andrew Dennis Short Story
|4.231 Technical Exchange Kevin Haw Short Story
|4.233 Medic! William Ledbetter Short Story
|4.235 The Best Plaid Lans Loren K. Jones Short Story
|4.237 Supercargo M. T. Reiten Short Story
|4.241 Robowar Gregory Benford Short Story
|4.243 The Editor's Page August 2006 Eric Flint Essay
|4.244 Copyright: What Are the Proper Terms for the Debate? Eric Flint Essay
|4.245 McCauley on Copyright Eric Flint Essay
|4.246 A Speech Delivered in the House of Commons on the 5th of February 1841 Thomas Babington Macaulay Essay
|4.247 A Speech Delivered in a Committee of the House of Commons on the 6th of April 1842 Thomas Babington Macaulay Essay
|4.248 The Fifth Information Age Michael Hart Essay
|4.309 The Man Who Wasn't There Gregory Benford Short Story
|4.311 Little Sips Barbara J. Ferrenz Short Story
|4.313 Great Minds Edward M. Lerner Short Story
|4.315 The Power of Illusion Christopher Anvil Novelette
|4.317 Protection Money Wen Spencer Novelette
|4.319 Baby Girl Jon Skovron Novelette
|4.323 Gnome Improvement Rebecca Lickiss Short Story
|4.325 A Hire Power J. Simon Short Story
|4.327 A Matter of Fact Rudyard Kipling Short Story
|4.329 Travails with Momma, Episode 3 John Ringo Novelette
|4.331 Fish Story, Episode 3 Dave Freer & Eric Flint & Andrew Dennis Short Story
|4.333 The Men in the Mirror Steven Ray Short Story
|4.335 Songbird Jeremiah Sturgill Short Story
|4.337 Devil May Care Jason Kahn Short Story
|4.340 Doing a Slow Turn: The Poison of Cynicism David Brin Essay
|4.341 Terraforming: A Bumpy Road Ahead B. B. Kristopher Essay
|4.343 Copyright: How Long Should It Be? Eric Flint Essay
|4.344 The Editor's Page October 2006: The Prospects for Jim Baen's Universe Eric Flint Essay
|4.403 Tesseract Tom Brennan Short Story
|4.405 Alone Joe R. Lansdale & Melissa Mia Hall Novelette
|4.407 Olaf and the Merchandisers Barry N. Malzberg & Bill Pronzini Short Story
|4.409 Murphy's Law Douglas Smith Short Story
|4.411 The Big Ice Jay Lake & Ruth Nestvold Short Story
|4.415 Singing Them Back Marissa Lingen Short Story
|4.417 Servants to the Dead Steven Piziks Short Story
|4.419 Caught Forever Between Adrian Nikolas Phoenix Novelette
|4.421 Home Is the Hunter Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore Short Story
|4.423 The Ancient Ones, Episode 3 David Brin Short Story
|4.425 Slan Hunter (Part 1 of 3) A. E. van Vogt & Kevin J. Anderson Serial
|4.427 Fish Story, Episode 4 Eric Flint & Andrew Dennis & Dave Freer Short Story
|4.430 Pastry Run Nancy Fulda Short Fiction
|4.436 A Pocket History of MacroEngineering: The First Millennium Gregory Benford Essay
|4.438 The Essay with No Title (Until Its End) Stephen Euin Cobb Essay
|4.439 Schlock Cover for Dec 2006 Howard Tayler Essay
|4.441 What is Fair Use Eric Flint Essay
|4.442 The Editor's Page December 2006: New Members of the Magazine's Staff Eric Flint Essay
|4.443 The Future and You December 2006 Stephen Euin Cobb Essay