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BROWN, ERIC (1960- ) (stories) (assoc.)

* *Blues Shifting (Pan 0-330-33590-1, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], £4.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) SF collection of 8 long stories; two are original, including the title novella. (Contents)
* *Engineman (Pan 0-330-33043-8, Aug ’94, £4.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Sf novel.
* *Meridian Days (Pan 0-330-32287-7, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], £8.99, 165pp, tp, cover by Mark Salwowski) Sf novel about a community of artists on a small colony planet. A first novel. Recommended (PSP).
* _Meridian Days (Pan 0-330-32716-X, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], £3.99, 165pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reprint (Pan 1992) sf novel about a community of artists on a small colony planet.
* *The Time-Lapsed Man and Other Stories (Pan 0-330-31366-5, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], £3.99, 216pp, pb, cover by Philip Tonkyn) Sf collection. (Contents)
* _The Time-Lapsed Man and Other Stories (Drunken Dragon Press 0-947578-03-X, Oct ’90 [Nov ’90], £13.50, 216pp, hc, cover by Fangorn) Reprint (Pan 1990) sf collection. First world hardcover edition, and is beautifully produced. Recommended. (PSP) Also available in a limited, leatherbound with gold foil edges, edition of 100 numbered copies signed by the author (-53-6, £35).
* *The Web: Untouchable (Dolphin 1-85881-426-X, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], £3.50, 103pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Web] Young-adult SF novel set in the worldwide Virtual Reality Web of 2027. Book 3 in a series of six linked novels, each by a different author. A hardcover edition (-528-2, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
BROWN, FREDRIC (William) (1906-1972) (stories) (assoc.)

* *And the Gods Laughed (Phantasia Press 0-932096-47-6, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $19.00, 431pp, hc) Collection of 70 fantasy and SF stories, 6 written in collaboration with Mack Reynolds, with an introduction by Richard A. Lupoff. It contains the complete text of two earlier collections, Nightmares and Geezenstacks (1961) and Honeymoon in Hell (1958), plus additional stories. There is a signed, limited, boxed 475-copy edition ($50) with bound signed sheets left over from an earlier book. (Contents)
* *Before She Kills (Dennis McMillan, 1984, 197pp, hc) Collection; non-sf/fantasy associational. “Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps”, Vol. 2. Six pulp mystery stories plus a personal remembrance by William F. Nolan. (Contents)
* _Before She Kills (Dennis McMillan 0-9609986-3-2, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $5.95, 197pp, pb) Reprint (Dennis McMillan 1984) collection; non-sf/fantasy associational. “Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps”, Vol. 2. Six pulp mystery stories plus a personal remembrance by William F. Nolan.
* *Brother Monster (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Mar ’87 [Nov ’90], $40.00, 180pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Collection of mystery stories and poems. This edition is limited to 400 numbered copies signed by Harry Altshuler. Volume nine in the “Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps” series. (Contents)
* *Carnival of Crime (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1192-5, 1985, 314pp, hc) Mystery collection, included for Brown collectors. Edited by Francis M. Nevins, Jr. and Martin H. Greenberg. (Contents)
* *The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Jun ’85 [Feb ’92], $30.00, 218pp, hc, cover by William L. McMillan) Associational collection of the novella version of “The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches” plus the greatly enlarged (but unfinished and unpublished) novel version, with an introduction by Lawrence Block. Limited to 400 numbered copies signed by Lawrence Block. Volume four in the “Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps” series. (Contents)
* _The Freak Show Murders (Dennis McMillan 0-9609986-4-0, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $5.95, 206pp, pb, cover by William L. McMillan) Reprint (Dennis McMillan 1985) collection; non-sf/fantasy, associational. “Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps”, Vol. 5. Six pulp mystery stories plus an appreciation by Richard Lupoff. (Contents)
* *The Gibbering Night (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Jan ’91 [Dec ’91], $35.00, 190pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Associational mystery collection. This edition is limited to 425 numbered copies, signed by Joe Lansdale. Volume 18 in the “Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps” series. (Contents)
* *Happy Ending (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Jun ’90 [Aug ’90], $40.00, 230pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Collection of various pieces of Brown material, mostly sf stories, including poetry and an essay by Brown’s wife Elizabeth. Some of the stories are appearing for the first time. This is a numbered limited edition of 450 copies. Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps Volume 16. (Contents)
* *Homicide Sanitarium (Dennis McMillan, 1984, 194pp, hc) Associational, non-sf collection. Listed for Brown collectors. Limited hardcover edition. Contains seven pulp mysteries plus an introduction by Bill Pronzini. (Contents)
* _Homicide Sanitarium: Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps, Vol. 1 (Dennis McMillan 0-9609986-2-4, Nov ’85, $5.95, 194pp, pb) Reprint (Dennis McMillan 1984) associational, non-sf collection. Listed for Brown collectors. This is the first trade edition after a limited first hc. Contains seven pulp mysteries plus an introduction by Bill Pronzini.
* *Madman’s Holiday (McMillan, Dennis no ISBN, Mar ’85, $30.00, 133pp, hc, cover by William L. McMillan) Associational, non-sf collection, of two pulp mysteries plus an introduction by Newton Baird. Limited to 350 numbered copies, signed by Newton Baird. Volume three in the “Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps” series. (Contents)
* _Martians Go Home (Grafton 0-586-07164-4, Nov ’87, £2.95, 203pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1955) hilarious sf novel, available in the UK for the first time. [First U.K. edition]
* _Martians, Go Home (Baen 0-671-72120-8, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.50, 200pp, pb, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) Reprint (Dutton 1955) classic humorous sf novel of a peculiar Martian invasion. Recommended (SW).
* *Nightmare in Darkness (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Nov ’87 [Jan ’88], $30.00, 179pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Associational; collection of mysteries and one fantasy story, plus the unpublished fantasy ending to The Screaming Mimi. Dated 1987, but not seen until 1988. Volume 11 in the “Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps” series. (Contents)
* _Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter (Dennis McMillan 0-9609986-6-7, Oct ’87, $5.95, 163pp, tp) Reprint (Dennis McMillan 1986) collection of mystery stories, all involving vampires, voodoo, etc.; but only one is actually sf or fantasy. There is an introduction by Donald E. Westlake. (Contents)
* *The Pickled Punks (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Apr ’91 [Dec ’91], $35.00, 228pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Associational mystery collection. This edition is limited to 450 numbered copies. Volume 19 in the “Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps” series. (Contents)
* *Red Is the Hue of Hell (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], $40.00, 184pp, hc) Associational; a collection of 7 mysteries plus a reminiscence by Walt Sheldon and an article on writing. This is a limited edition of 300 copies, Vol. 7 of “Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps”. Those of you who only know Brown from his sf are missing out on some of his sharpest work. This worthwhile project of reprinting all his short detective fiction should be applauded. (CNB) (Contents)
* *Selling Death Short (McMillan, Dennis no ISBN, Nov ’88 [Dec ’91], $35.00, 189pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Collection of mystery stories. This edition is limited to 450 numbered copies, signed by Francis M. Nevins, Jr. Volume 14 in the “Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps” series. (Contents)
* *Sex Life on the Planet Mars (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Nov ’86 [Dec ’86], $40.00, 190pp, hc) Collection of 6 mystery stories plus part of an unfinished non-fiction book on sf, plus an appreciation by Charles Willeford. Limited edition of 400 copies. (Contents)
* _Thirty Corpses Every Thursday (Dennis McMillan 0-9609986-5-9, Aug ’86, $5.95, 193pp, pb) Reprint (Dennis McMillan 1986) collection of mysteries; associational. Brown was excellent in both sf and mystery writing. These 40-year-old pulp stories are still fine. (CNB) “Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps”, Vol. 6. (Contents)
* *Three-Corpse Parlay (McMillan, Dennis no ISBN, Sep ’88 [Dec ’91], $35.00, 185pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Collection of mystery stories. This edition is limited to 450 numbered copies, signed by Max Allan Collins. Volume 13 in the “Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps” series. (Contents)
* *The Water Walker (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Oct ’90, $35.00, 188pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Collection of 23 stories, including the novella versions of “The Wench Is Dead” and “Martians, Go Home!”. This edition is limited to 425 numbered copies. Volume 17 in the “Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps” series. (Contents)
* _What Mad Universe (Easton Press no ISBN, 1986 [Dec ’88], no price, 190pp, hc) Reprint (Dutton 1949) humorous sf novel. A science fiction editor is propelled into a universe where sf stories are real. This is part of the “Masterpieces of SF” series and is only available to members. Leatherbound, gilt-edge edition with illustrations by Frank Mayo in the style of 1940s pulp covers. Introduction by James Gunn. This has a 1986 copyright date but was not seen until 1988.
* _What Mad Universe (Grafton 0-586-07163-6, Aug ’87, £2.95, 238pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1949) humorous sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
* *Whispering Death (McMillan, Dennis no ISBN, Jan ’89 [Feb ’89], $35.00, 201pp, hc) Associational. Mystery collection. Limited, numbered edition of 450 copies. (Contents)
* *Who Was That Blonde I Saw You Kill Last Night? (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Mar ’88 [Apr ’88], $30.00, 216pp, hc) Associational. Collection of mystery and western stories, plus at least one sf tale. Introduction by Alan E. Nourse. Limited to 300 copies. Part of the excellent series reprinting the uncollected pulp fiction of an early master. Recommended. (CNB) (Contents)
_____, [ref.] * _Martians and Misplaced Clues: The Life and Work of Fredric Brown See entry under Jack Seabrook.
BROWN, GEORGE MACKAY (1921-1996) (stories)

* _Beside the Ocean of Time (Flamingo 0-00-654862-8, Aug ’95 [Sep ’95], £5.99, 217pp, tp, cover by Anders Lindholm) Reprint (John Murray 1994) literary fantasy novel.
* _Time in a Red Coat (Penguin 0-14-007401-5, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], £3.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Chatto 1984) novel.
BROWN, JANICE

* *A Dangerous Place (Lions 0-00-674946-1, Mar ’95, £3.99, 267pp, pb) Young-adult SF novel. In a 21st century Britain, a privileged-status boy, about to enter the security police, finds himself on the run.
BROWN, JERRY EARL (1940- )

* *Darkhold (Ace 0-441-13784-9, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $2.95, 342pp, pb) Sf novel — the hero “created a space-age paradise and then cloned five lovers.” Trouble ensues.
* *Earthfall (Ace 0-441-85914-3, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.95, 278pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) Sf novel about humans trying to survive on an Earth overrun by carnivorous mutants.
BROWN, JOSEPH F.

* *Dark Things (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-110-2, Aug ’95 [Oct ’95], $7.99, 189pp, tp, cover by Bucky Montgomery) [Dark Things] Young-adult horror novel. A 140-year-old boy with magic talents teams up with a computer expert, and accidentally releases a timeless horror. A hardcover edition (-111-0, $19.99) was announced but not seen. Order from Royal Fireworks Printing Co., First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; (914) 726-3824; add 3.00 shipping.
BROWN, KEN (stories)

* *Notes from the Nervous Breakdown Lane (Perennial Library 0-06-096014-0, Nov ’85, $7.95, unpaginated, pb) Book of cartoons, many of which originally appeared as postcards. The style and surrealism closely resemble the works of Briton Glen Baxter, but Brown’s wacked-out world is all-American. It’s weird, wonderful, and frequently hilarious. Recommended. (FCM)
BROWN, MARGARET WISE, [ref.] (1910-1952)

* _Margaret, Frank, and Andy See entry under Cynthia Rylant.
BROWN, MARY (1929-1999) (stories) (assoc.)

* *Master of Many Treasures (Baen 0-671-87693-7, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $5.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Unexpected Dragon] Fantasy novel, a sequel to Pigs Don’t Fly. Summer searches for the love of her life, a winged pig turned dragon.
* *Pigs Don’t Fly (Baen 0-671-87601-5, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $5.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Unexpected Dragon] Fantasy novel of a young girl’s adventures with a collection of odd animals and an amnesiac blind knight.
* _Pigs Don’t Fly (SFBC #05439, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $8.98, 370pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Unexpected Dragon] Reprint (Baen 1994) fantasy novel. First hardcover edition. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Strange Deliverance (Baen 0-671-87795-X, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $5.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) Post-holocaust science fiction novel with fantasy elements. Human refugees settle in a seemingly safe village, unaware of stranded aliens nearby.
* *The Unlikely Ones (Century 0-7126-9483-8, Feb ’86 [Mar ’86], £10.95, 430pp, hc) Fantasy novel.
* *The Unlikely Ones (Century 0-7126-9516-8, Feb ’86 [Mar ’86], £5.95, 430pp, tp) Trade paperback edition of the above.
* +The Unlikely Ones (McGraw-Hill 0-07-008296-0, Oct ’86, $15.95, 426pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a band of human and animal adventurers on a quest for the Dragon of the Black Mountain — not a young-adult book despite the packaging and theme — by the author of excellent historical romance Playing the Jack. First American edition (Century Hutchinson 1986).
* _The Unlikely Ones (SFBC #105403, Mar ’87, $5.50, 409pp, hc) Reprint (Century Hutchinson 1986) fantasy novel.
* _The Unlikely Ones (Arrow 0-09-950400-6, May ’87, £3.50, 426pp, pb) Reprint (Century 1986) fantasy novel.
* _The Unlikely Ones (Baen 0-671-65361-X, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.95, 426pp, pb) Reprint (Century-Hutchinson 1986) fantasy novel, an inventive new take on familiar motifs. You’ve never read a “talking animal” book like this one. Recommended. (FCM)
BROWN, MICHAEL (Douglas), ed. (1948- ) (stories)

* *Demons and Deviants (Phantom Press/Fantaco 0-938782-24-X, Dec ’92 [Jan ’93], $4.95, 70pp, tp, cover by John Bolton) Original anthology of four horror stories, including one by Clive Barker, set in the same universe as The Great and Secret Show. Illustrations by John Bolton, Clive Barker, Allen Koszowski, and Jim Whiting. Order from Phantom Press, 180 Woodward Ave., Staten Island NY 10314. (Contents)
BROWN, MOLLY (stories) (assoc.)

* *Virus (Scholastic UK 0-590-55816-1, Oct ’94, £2.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Bob Corley) Young-adult SF novel about a mysterious entity inside the computers of a devastated future Chicago which starts to kill people.
BROWN, NORMA, ed.

* *Herzone: Fantasy Short Stories by Women (with Jane Broughton & Di Williams) (Crocus 0-946745-80-3, Mar ’91 [Aug ’91], £4.50, 103pp, tp, cover by Anthea Helliwell) Anthology of 16 original fantasy short stories, all written by women. (Contents)
BROWN, OLIVIA (1927- ); see pseudonym Moyra Caldecott (stories)
BROWN, REBECCA (Bard) (1948- ); see pseudonym Rebecca Ore (stories)
BROWN, REBECCA (1956- )

* *The Haunted House (Picador 0-330-29175-0, Jun ’86 [1986], £8.95, 140pp, hc) Literary occult novel. [Not seen]
* _The Haunted House (Picador 0-330-29174-2, Apr ’87 [Dec ’87], £2.95, 139pp, tp) Reprint (Picador 1986) literary occult novel.
brown, rich; see under Brown, Richard W. (stories)
BROWN, RICHARD W. (1942-2006) (stories)

* _A Personal Demon (with Linda Richardson & David F. Bischoff) See entry under David F. Bischoff
BROWN, ROBERT McAFEE

* *Dark the Night, Wild the Sea (Westminster/John Knox Press 0-664-22128-9, Oct ’98, $15.00, 167pp, hc) Time-travel fantasy novel. A Scottish architect finds himself 150 years in the past.
BROWN, ROBERTA SIMPSON (1939- ) (stories)

* _Queen of the Cold-Blooded Tales (August House 0-87483-408-2, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $9.95, 175pp, tp) Reprint (August House 1993) collection of 23 horrific tales. Second printing. Available from August House, PO Box 3223, Little Rock AR 72203. We apparently missed the 1993 hardcover edition (-332-9, $19.95) and the first printing of the paperback.
* *Scared in School (August House 0-87483-496-1, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $8.95, 144pp, tp) Collection of 17 young-adult stories, with four framing passages, about the horrifying happenings at 13th Street School. Available from August House, PO Box 3223, Little Rock AR 72203; orders 800-284-8784; email: order@augusthouse.com. (Contents)
BROWN, ROSEL GEORGE (1926-1967) (stories)

* _Earthblood (with Keith Laumer) See entry under Keith Laumer.
BROWN, SIMON (1956- ) (stories) (assoc.)

* *Cannibals of the Fine Light (Ticonderoga Publications 0-9586856-2-2, May ’98, $16.00, 175pp, tp, cover by Emma Barber) Collection of 12 stories, two original. One original story is co-authored by Sean Williams, who also provides an afterword. Introduction By Jonathan Strahan. A limited edition of 250; a signed edition of 50 ($28.00) is also available. Order from Ticonderoga Publications, PO Box 407, Nedlands WA 6009, Australia. US orders add $5.00 shipping (prices are in US dollars). (Contents)
* *Winter (HarperCollins Australia 0-7322-5849-9, 1997 [Jan ’98], A$12.95, 292pp, pb, cover by Gregory Bridges) SF novel of a flourishing post-holocaust Australia. This is copyrighted 1997, but was not seen until now.
BROWN, TIMOTHY

* *Mystara: Dark Night of Karameikos (TSR 0-7869-0307-4, Oct ’95 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 316pp, tp, cover by Paul Jaquays) Fantasy novelization based on the game. Copyrighted by TSR.
BROWNE, ANTHONY

* *King Kong (Julia MacRae 1-85681-258-8, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], £12.99, 92pp, hc) Picture book, with text adapted and abbreviated from the original work by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper. The heroine is clearly meant to be Marilyn Monroe. Simultaneous with the U.S. edition (Turner).
* *King Kong (with Merian C. Cooper) (Turner 1-57036-107-X, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], $16.95, 92pp, hc, cover by Anthony Browne) Picture book version of the story of King Kong, from the story conceived by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper. Fay Wray has turned into Marilyn Monroe, but Kong varies in size as much as ever.
BROWNE, DOUGLAS G(ordon) (1884-1963)

* +yWhat Beckoning Ghost (Dover 0-486-25055-5, Mar ’86 [Jun ’86], $4.95, 240pp, pb) Reprint (MacDonald & Co. 1947) mystery novel with supernatural elements. First American edition.
BROWNE, GERALD A(ustin) (1924- )

* _Hazard (Penguin 0-14-009832-1, Jun ’88 [Nov ’88], £3.50, 322pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1973) thriller about a telepathic agent and his girl-friend.
* *Stone 588 (Arbor House 0-87795-539-5, Feb ’86, $17.95, 465pp, hc) Fantasy/suspense novel of a magical crystal which cures all ills.

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