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MURPHY, SHIRLEY ROUSSEAU (stories) (continued)

* *Cat Raise the Dead (HarperPrism 0-06-105602-2, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $5.50, 288pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) [Joe Grey] Fantasy mystery novel. Talking cat Joe Grey investigates an old folks home.
* *Cat under Fire (HarperPrism 0-06-105601-4, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.50, 244pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) [Joe Grey] Fantasy mystery, second in the series featuring talking-cat detectives Joe Grey and Dulcie.
* _Cat under Fire (HarperPrism 0-06-105601-4, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $5.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) [Joe Grey] Reissue (HarperPrism 1997) fantasy mystery, second in the series featuring talking-cat detectives Joe Grey and Dulcie. Second printing.
* *The Catswold Portal (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45146-5, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $22.00, 405pp, hc, cover by Richard Hescox) Fantasy novel of a California artist and a young woman searching for her past who realize they are the only hope of two worlds to defeat a cat/human shapeshifting sorceress and her plans for conquest.
* _The Catswold Portal (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45275-5, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $5.50, 418pp, pb) Reprint (Roc 1992) fantasy novel of a California artist and a young woman searching for her past who realize they are the only hope of two worlds to defeat a cat/human shapeshifting sorceress and her plans for conquest.
* *The Dragonbards (Harper & Row 0-06-024366-X, Mar ’88, $12.95, 249pp, hc) [Dragonbards] Young-adult fantasy novel. Bards and dragons battle the army of evil. third in a trilogy.
* _The Dragonbards (Harper Starwanderer 0-06-447008-3, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.50, 249pp, pb) [Dragonbards] Reprint (Harper & Row 1988) young-adult fantasy novel, third book in the “Dragonbards” trilogy.
* *The Ivory Lyre (Harper & Row 0-06-024362-7, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $12.95, 250pp, hc) [Dragonbards] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the “Dragonbards Trilogy”.
* _The Ivory Lyre (Harper Starwanderer 0-694-05612-X, Oct ’88, $3.25, 250pp, pb) [Dragonbards] Reprint (Harper & Row 1987) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Nightpool.
* *Medallion of the Black Hound (with Welch Suggs) (Harper & Row 0-06-024368-6, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $11.95, 182pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy about a boy pulled into a strange world by a magical medallion.
* *Nightpool (Harper & Row 0-06-024360-0, Sep ’85, $11.95, 250pp, hc) [Dragonbards] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in a trilogy.
* _Nightpool (Harper & Row/Starwanderer 0-694-05605-7, Apr ’87, $2.95, 250pp, pb) [Dragonbards] Reprint (Harper & Row 1985) young-adult fantasy novel.
MURPHY, WARREN B(urton) (1933- ) (stories) (assoc.)

* _The Broken Sword (with Molly Cochran) See entry under Molly Cochran.
* *Destiny’s Carnival (with Todd Elsinore) (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14754-1, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 197pp, pb) Horror novel of a boy with psychic powers endangered by a deadly carnival.
* *The Destroyer #102: Unite and Conquer (with Richard Sapir) (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63217-7, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $4.99, 346pp, pb) [Destroyer] Fantasy adventure thriller in the endless Remo Williams series, most without fantasy elements. An earthquake in Mexico releases a giant figure that might be a bloodthirsty god of the Aztecs — or an android out for revenge.
* *Destroyer #72: Sole Survivor (with Richard Sapir) (NAL Signet 0-451-15359-6, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.50, 223pp, pb) [Destroyer] Sf novel, part of a non-sf series. The publicity quote is wonderful: “...impotent against a deadly outer space invader set on sterilizing America!”
* *Destroyer #75: Rain of Terror (with Richard Sapir) (NAL Signet 0-451-15752-4, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.95, 256pp, pb) [Destroyer] Sf novel/adventure thriller. A supercomputer and UFOs continue to threaten the Earth.
* *The Destroyer #85: Blood Lust (with Richard Sapir) (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16990-5, Jul ’91, $4.50, 256pp, pb) [Destroyer] Fantasy adventure thriller in the seemingly endless series (most with no fantastic content). This is the first of a two-part adventure about Remo Williams’ battle with the goddess Kali.
* *The Destroyer #87: Mob Psychology (with Richard Sapir) (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17114-4, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.50, 250pp, pb) [Destroyer] Fantasy adventure thriller in the seemingly endless series, most without fantasy elements. Remo Williams learns that the Mafia has developed a computer system that can erase a person’s existence.
* *The Destroyer #88: The Ultimate Death (with Richard Sapir) (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17115-2, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $4.50, 255pp, pb) [Destroyer] Fantasy adventure thriller in the seemingly endless series. Remo Williams hunts for a vegetarian vampire loose in the health food racket.
* *The Destroyer #96: Infernal Revenue (with Richard Sapir) (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63211-8, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $4.99, 399pp, pb) [Destroyer] Fantasy adventure thriller in the endless Remo Williams series, most without fantasy elements. First book of the series since 1992, now coming from a new publisher. Copyrighted by M.C. Murphy.
* _The Forever King (with Molly Cochran) See entry under Molly Cochran.
* *High Priest (with Molly Cochran) (NAL 0-453-00537-3, Nov ’87, $17.95, 355pp, hc) [Grandmaster] Near-future thriller with sf/fantasy elements.
* _High Priest (with Molly Cochran) (Futura 0-7088-3586-4, Jul ’88, £3.50, 355pp, pb) [Grandmaster] Reprint (NAL 1987) thriller with fantasy elements. Sequel to Grandmaster. [First U.K. edition]
* _World Without End (with Molly Cochran) See entry under Molly Cochran.
MURPHY-GIBB, DWINA (stories) (assoc.)

* *Cormac: The Kingmaking (Pan 0-330-33236-8, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], £9.99, 275pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) [Cormac FitzGregory] Celtic fantasy novel. Sequel to Cormac: The Seers.
* *Cormac: The Seers (Pan 0-330-32390-3, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], £7.99, 328pp, tp, cover by David Bergen) Celtic fantasy novel. Volume one in a new trilogy.
* _Cormac: The Seers (Pan 0-330-32723-2, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], £4.99, 328pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) Reprint (Pan 1992) Celtic fantasy novel.
MURRAY, ANDREW (Nicholas) (1880-1928)

* *The Tolkien Quiz Book (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10346-6, Nov ’96 [Jan ’97], £4.99, 148pp, tp, cover by Ted Nasmith) Reference book. [Tolkien]
MURRAY, DOUG(las Louis, Jr.) (1947- ) (stories)

* *The World of Darkness: Rage: Call to Battle (White Wolf 1-56504-885-7, Jul ’96, $5.99, 418pp, pb) [World of Darkness] Dark fantasy novelization based on the Rage card game. Book one in the “Saga of Jay No-Name”. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
* *The World of Darkness: Vampire: Blood Relations (HarperPrism 0-06-105674-X, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $5.50, 296pp, pb, cover by J. Chandlee Stowe) [World of Darkness] Dark fantasy novelization based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
MURRAY, E(arl) PATRICK (1950- )

* *Dream House (Diamond 1-55773-538-7, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.50, 228pp, pb) Horror novel of a little girl who is brought to live in the evil house that haunts her dreams.
* *Ten Little Indians (Zebra 0-8217-2452-5, Sep ’88, $3.95, 350pp, pb) Horror novel about ancient Indian spirits using a little girl to insure their solitude.
MURRAY, FRIEDA A. (1948- ) (stories)

* _The Book of Kantela (with Roland J. Green) See entry under Roland J. Green
* _The Throne of Sherran, Vol. I: The Book of Kantela (with Roland J. Green) See entry under Roland J. Green
MURRAY, JANET H.

* _Hamlet on the Holodeck: The Future of Narrative in Cyberspace (MIT Press 0-262-63187-3, Aug ’98 [Dec ’98], $15.00, 324pp, tp) Reprint (The Free Press 1997) associational critical look at the changes computers bring to storytelling, with emphasis on interactive stories, games, and drama. MIT Press, 5 Cambridge Center, Cambridge MA 02142; order 800-356-0343.
MURRAY, WILL(iam Patrick) (1953- ); see under Kenneth Robeson; see pseudonym Ray W. Murill; see house pseudonym Kenneth Robeson (stories)

* _Doc Savage: Python Isle [as by Kenneth Robeson] See entry under Kenneth Robeson.
* _Doc Savage: The Frightened Fish [as by Kenneth Robeson] See entry under Kenneth Robeson.
* _Doc Savage: The Jade Ogre [as by Kenneth Robeson] See entry under Kenneth Robeson.
* _Doc Savage: White Eyes [as by Kenneth Robeson] See entry under Kenneth Robeson.
* _The H.P. Lovecraft Dream Book (with David E. Schultz & S. T. Joshi) See entry under S. T. Joshi
_____, ed. * _Tales of Zothique See entry under Clark Ashton Smith.
MURREY, MARY

* *The Inquisitor (Lapwing Books 0-965829-84-7, Oct ’97 [Apr ’98], $10.00, 238pp, tp) Horror novel about a depressed woman who gets into pagan rituals and myth, and becomes sexually obsessed with a male Doberman. Supernatural elements questionable in this tale of insanity. A Stoker Award nominee. A first novel.
MURRY, JOHN MIDDLETON (Jr.) (1926-2002); see pseudonym Richard Cowper (stories)
MUSTAZZA, LEONARD, ed.

* *The Critical Response to Kurt Vonnegut (Greenwood Press 0-313-28634-5, Nov ’94 [Jan ’95], $59.95, 346pp, hc) Critical collection of 40 reviews and essays discussing Vonnegut’s work. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [Vonnegut]
MYAGKOV, VITALY

* _In the Stream of Stars: The Soviet/American Space Art Book (with William K. Hartmann, Andrei Sokolov & Ronald Miller) See entry under William K. Hartmann
MYERS, AMY (1938- ); see under Anon. (stories)

* _The Second Book of After Midnight Stories [as by Anonymous] See entry under Anonymous.
_____, ed.

* *The Fifth Book of After Midnight Stories (Robert Hale 0-7090-4531-X, May ’91, £13.95, 208pp, hc, cover by Helen Hale) Original ghost/horror anthology. (Contents)
* *The Fourth Book of After Midnight Stories (Kimber 0-7183-0702-X, Nov ’88, £9.95, 192pp, hc) Original ghost anthology. (Contents)
* *The Third Book of After Midnight Stories (Kimber 0-7183-0667-8, Oct ’87, £9.50, 208pp, hc) Original ghost/occult anthology. (Contents)
MYERS, BILL (1953- )

* *Blood of Heaven (HarperCollins/Zondervan 0-310-20119-5, Sep ’96 [Dec ’96], $12.99, 326pp, tp, cover by Edwin Herder) [Fire of Heaven] Christian-oriented thriller in which non-human DNA is found in a relic of Christ, and injected into a human guinea pig.
MYERS, DORIS T.

* *C.S. Lewis in Context (Kent State University Press 0-87338-497-0, Sep ’94 [Jul ’94], $28.00, 248pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. An analysis of Lewis that attempts to put him in the same context as the mainstream literary fiction of his time. Includes specific sections analyzing the various fantasy novels. Available from Kent State University Press, PO Box 5190, Kent OH 44242-0001. [Lewis]
* _C.S. Lewis in Context (Kent State University Press 0-87338-617-5, Sep ’98 [Nov ’98], $16.00, 248pp, tp) Reprint (Kent State 1994) non-fiction, critical examination of Lewis in the contexts of his time, Christian Humanism, myth and history, etc. Order from Kent State University Press, PO Box 5190, Kent OH 44242. [Lewis]
MYERS, EDWARD (1950- ) (stories) (assoc.)

* *Fire and Ice (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45211-9, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $4.99, 432pp, pb) [Mountain Made of Light] Fantasy novel of a lost civilization in the Peruvian Andes, sequel to The Mountain Made of Light.
* *The Mountain Made of Light (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45136-8, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $4.99, 420pp, pb) [Mountain Made of Light] Fantasy novel, a “lost race” book. 1920s American explorer Jesse O’Keefe discovers a legendary lost city in the Peruvian Andes and becomes caught up in its civilization. Recommended (SW).
* *The Summit (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45419-7, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $5.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Mountain Made of Light] Fantasy novel, third in the “Mountain Made of Light” series. Refugees from a civil war seek a lost city in the Andes.
MYERS, JOHN L(ee) (1958- ) (stories) (assoc.)

* *Holy Family (Alyson 1-55583-200-8, Oct ’92 [Jan ’93], $8.95, 231pp, tp, cover by Richard Bulman) Gay horror/mystery novel of murder, ghosts, and demonic infestation set in Washington DC. A first novel and winner of the Lambda Rising First-Novel Contest.
MYERS, JOHN MYERS (1906-1988) (stories) (assoc.)

* _The Harp and the Blade (Ace 0-441-31750-2, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $2.75, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1941) quasi-fantasy novel. There’s a druid and a curse, but basically this is a fine Celtic historical novel set in the 10th century. Recommended. (CNB)
* _The Moon’s Fire-Eating Daughter (Ace 0-441-54172-0, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.75, 198pp, pb) [Silverlock] Reprint (Donning/Starblaze 1981) fantasy novel, sequel to Silverlock.
* _Silverlock (Ace 0-441-76674-9, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $3.95, 516pp, pb) [Silverlock] Reissue (Dutton 1949) fantasy novel. 9th Ace printing. One of the classics of modern fantasy literature. Highly recommended. (CNB)
* _Silverlock (Ace 0-441-76674-9, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $6.99, 516pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Silverlock] Reissue (Dutton 1949) classic referential fantasy novel. 11th printing.
_____, [ref.] * _A Silverlock Companion: The Life and Works of John Myers Myers See entry under Frederick Andrew Lerner.
MYERS, PEGGY ANN; see pseudonym Ann Williams
MYERS, ROBERT E(dward), ed. (1932- )

* *The Intersection of Science Fiction and Philosophy: Critical Studies (Greenwood Press 0-313-22493-5, Dec ’83 [Jan ’84], $29.95, 262pp, hc) Non-fiction, anthology of 17 scholarly essays. This was published in December 1983, but not seen until 1984.
MYERS, WALTER DEAN (1937- ) (stories)

* *Shadow of the Red Moon (Scholastic 0-590-45895-7, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $14.95, 183pp, hc, cover by Christopher Myers) Young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Christopher Myers. Young people seek help for the Crystal City, under seige by the savage Fens children.
* _Shadow of the Red Moon (Scholastic/Point 0-590-45896-5, Aug ’97, $4.50, 183pp, pb, cover by Christopher Myers) Reprint (Scholastic 1995) young-adult fantasy novel. Illustrated by Christopher Myers.
MYLES, DOUGLAS

* *Prince Dracula: Son of the Devil (McGraw-Hill 0-07-072176-9, 1988 [Nov ’88], $18.95, 288pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational. Biography of the real Prince Dracula, Vlad Tepes.
MYRA, HAROLD (Lawrence) (1939- )

* *Children of the Night (HarperCollins/Zondervan 0-310-57251-7, Aug ’91 [Apr ’92], $9.99, 301pp, tp, cover by Marilyn King) [Children of the Night] Christian fantasy novel set in a subterranean world. A 1991 book, not seen until now.
* *Morning Child (Zondervan 0-310-46221-5, Nov ’94, $9.99, 175pp, tp, cover by Tom Bookwalter) [Children of the Night] Christian fantasy novel, third book in the “Children of the Night” trilogy.
* *The Shining Face (HarperCollins/Zondervan 0-310-58771-9, Apr ’93 [Aug ’93], $9.99, 262pp, tp) [Children of the Night] Christian fantasy novel of a blind princess compelled to carry a lamp into the world of night, sequel to Children of the Night.
NABOKOV, VLADIMIR (Vladimirovich) (1899-1977) (stories)

* _The Eye (Vintage 0-679-72723-X, Sep ’90, $8.95, 104pp, tp, cover by Marc J. Cohen) Reprint (Phaedra 1965) literary fantasy set in the afterlife.
* _Invitation to a Beheading (Vintage 0-679-72531-8, Sep ’89 [Nov ’89], $7.95, 223pp, tp) Reprint (Putnam 1959) literary fantasy.
NADDAFF, SANDRA

* *Arabesque: Narrative Structure and the Aesthetics of Repetition in the 1001 Nights (Northwestern University Press 0-8101-0990-5, Dec ’91 [Mar ’92], $14.95, 156pp, tp, cover by R. Smirke) Non-fiction, criticism. Scholarly commentary on the classic fantasy epic. A hardcover edition (-0976-X; $26.95) was announced but not seen. This is a 1991 book not seen until now. Available from Northwestern University Press, 625 Colfax Street, Evanston IL 60201.
NADER, GEORGE (1921-2002)

* _Chrome (Alyson 1-55583-114-1, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $7.95, 369pp, tp) Reprint (Putnam 1978) gay sf novel about a man who loves a robot.
NADOLNY, STEN

* *The God of Impertinence (Viking 0-670-87301-2, Jul ’97 [Sep ’97], $23.95, 214pp, hc, cover by Richard Beards) Literary fantasy novel. Hermes returns after 2,187 years imprisonment and goes wild in the modern world. Translated by Breon Mitchell from the German Ein Gott der Frechheit (R. Piper 1994).
NADRAMIA, PEGGY, ed. (stories)

* *Narcopolis & Other Poems (Hell’s Kitchen Productions 0-962328-61-8, Nov ’89, $4.00, 63pp, tp, cover by Harry O. Morris) Anthology of macabre poetry with illustrations by several artists. (Contents)
NAGATA, LINDA (née Webb) (1960- ) (stories) (assoc.)

* *The Bohr Maker (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56925-2, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $4.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) SF novel of outlaw nanotechnology. A first novel.
* _The Bohr Maker (SFBC #07488, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $8.98, 325pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) SF novel of outlaw nanotechnology. This first hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the Bantam Spectra paperback edition; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
* *Deception Well (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57629-1, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $5.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Deception Well] Far-future SF novel set on a space elevator above a hostile planet.

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