Aliens who absorb the memories of those they've slain, magicians slugging it out in present-day Philadelphia, and Janis Joplin reborn as an obsessed-over saint in a barbarous post-technological U.S: these are a few of the motifs from one of science fiction's modern masters. Contents: A Midwinter's Tale (1988) The Feast of Saint Janis (1980) The Blind Minotaur (1985) The Transmigration of Philip K. (1985) Covenant of Souls (1986) The Dragon Line (1988) Mummer Kiss (1981) Trojan Horse (1984) Snow Angels (1989) The Man Who Met Picasso (1982) Foresight (1987) Ginungagap (1980) The Edge of the World (1989)