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"Book with No Name" Kit Williams (Knopf/Borzoi 0-394-53817-X, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $10.95, unpaginated, hc); A book which will remain untitled until someone wins a contest to choose the right name. Aside from being a contest (“void where prohibited by law”), this is a book of intricately beautiful illustrations and a short story/fable which is a fantasy of the seasons. It’s worth a look. (FCM)

Masques ed. J. N. Williamson (Maclay & Associates 0-940776-18-9, Oct ’84 [Nov ’84], $14.95, 306pp, hc); Original anthology of 21 previously unpublished stories by Bradbury, Bloch, Grant, Gene Wolfe, and others, plus an interview with Richard Matheson and an unpublished Beaumont story. These are “works of horror and the supernatural.” Probably not available in many bookstores—this is definitely worthwhile. (CNB)

Elsewhere, Vol. III ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold (Ace 0-441-20405-8, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $3.50, 402pp, pb); Third in the fantasy anthology series, with originals, reprints, and poetry. Recommended. (FCM)

The Book of the New Sun, Vols. I & II Gene Wolfe (Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-99029-5, 1983 [May ’84], £9.95, 604pp, hc) [New Sun]; This omnibus edition appeared in 1983, but we did not see it until 1984.

Plan[e]t Engineering Gene Wolfe (NESFA Press 0-915368-25-0, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $15.00, 155pp, hc); Collection of 9 stories, 3 poems, and a glossary-like “Anatomy of a Robot”. Limited edition of 1,000 copies.

The Wolfe Archipelago Gene Wolfe (Mark V. Ziesing 0-917488-13-X, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $15.95, 119pp, hc); Collection of four stories, including one new. Cover by Carl Lundgren, interior illustrations by Rick DeMarco. Limited to 820 copies.

The 1984 Annual World’s Best SF ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha (DAW 0-87997-934-8, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.95, 256pp, pb); Anthology of 10 stories. Recommended. (CNB)

Signs and Portents Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Dream/Press, Aug ’84 [Sep ’84], $35, 162pp, hc); Collection of 10 stories, with illustrations by Glen Iwasaki and a foreword by Charles L. Grant. There was an L.A.con preview edition of 200 ($20.00), followed by a signed, numbered, boxed edition of 250 copies.

A Quiver of Ghosts R. Chetwynd-Hayes (William Kimber 0-7183-0503-5, 1984, £6.95, 207pp, hc, cover by Ionicus)

Thorn Robert Holdstock (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, Nov ’84, no price, 26pp, ph); Original novelette issued in a limited edition of 450 numbered, and approximately 50 unnumbered, copies, to coincide with Holdstock’s Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 14.

A Step Farther Out Jerry Pournelle, Ph.D. (Star 0-352-31415-X, Jan ’84, £1.95, 400pp, pb); This binds up two (separately paginated) books - A Step Farther Out Part I (Star 1981 0-352-30883-4) and A Step Farther Out Part 2 (Star 1981 0-352-30906-7), which were the original book split in two. In reforming the book, the publishers have duplicated the Preface (Niven), Foreword (van Vogt) & Introduction. The essays have been revised for book publication. [Not seen]

Computer Crimes & Capers ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Academy Chicago 0-89733-082-X, 1983 [Jan ’84], $17.95, 235pp, hc); Anthology of 11 stories, including work by Asimov, Dickson, Anderson, and Silverberg. Also available in a trade paperback edition (-087-0, $7.95).

Sherlock Holmes Through Time and Space ed. Isaac Asimov, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Bluejay 0-312-94400-4, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $14.95, 355pp, hc); Anthology of 15 sf/fantasy stories about Holmes, by Anderson, Asimov, Farmer, etc. Illustrations by Tom Kidd. Also available in the U.K. (Severn House 1985).

Mysterious Railway Stories ed. William Pattrick (W.H. London: Allen, 1984, hc); Also available in pb (London: Star 1985).

Amazing Science Fiction Stories Combined with Fantastic [v57 #5, January 1984] ed. George H. Scithers (Dragon Publishing, $1.75, 164pp, digest)

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