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_SF in Non-Genre Publications [1988]

Alternatives ed. Robert & Pamela Crippen Adams (Baen 0-671-69818-4, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.50, 312pp, pb); Original anthology of six alternate history stories.

Friends of the Horseclans II ed. Robert & Pamela Crippen Adams (NAL Signet 0-451-15846-6, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.95, 287pp, pb) [Horseclans]; Original anthology of nine stories set in Adams’ “Horseclans” universe.

Give Yourself a Fright Joan Aiken (Delacorte 0-440-50120-2, Feb ’89, $14.95, 180pp, hc); Young-adult collection; 13 tales of the supernatural.

Foot in the Grave Joan Aiken & Jan Pienkowski (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02705-0, Oct ’89, £8.95, 128pp, hc); Collection of eight stories by Aiken written around fantastic paintings by Pienkowski.

Galaxies Like Grains of Sand Brian W. Aldiss (Gollancz 0-575-04180-3, Sep ’89, £2.99, 188pp, pb, cover by Brian Waugh); Reprint (NAL Signet 1960) sf collection. This edition follows the revised contents of the 1979 Panther edition; it adds one story plus an introduction by Norman Spinrad to the original American edition, and is the author’s preferred version. Volume 36 in the “VGSF Classics” series.

A Romance of the Equator: Best Fantasy Stories Brian W. Aldiss (Gollancz 0-575-04211-7, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], £13.95, 345pp, hc); Marvellous collection of 26 stories that Aldiss loosely labels as fantasy. (PSP)

Space Folk Poul Anderson (Baen 0-671-69805-2, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $3.50, 303pp, pb); Collection of 11 stories, a poem, and some commentary. Two of the stories have been revised, and several are from obscure sources.

The Saturn Game/Iceborn ed. Anon. (Tor 0-812-50277-9, Nov ’89, $3.50, 85/96pp, pb); Anthology of two novellas. The Anderson won both the Hugo Award and the Nebula Award. This contains a revised version of “Iceborn”.

No Truce with Kings/Ship of Shadows ed. Anon. (Tor 0-812-55958-4, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $2.95, 104+77pp, pb); Anthology of two Hugo Award-winning novellas.

Buck Rogers: Arrival ed. Anon. (TSR 0-88038-582-0, Mar ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 316pp, tp) [Buck Rogers]; Original shared-world anthology of seven Buck Rogers stories. No editor, in house or otherwise, is listed.

Rhysling Anthology 1988 ed. Anon. (Science Fiction Poetry Association, Jan ’89, $2.50, 52pp, ph); Anthology of sf poetry. The “best of 1987.” Nominated for the “Rhysling” award.

Rhysling Anthology 1989 ed. Anon. (Science Fiction Poetry Association, Aug ’89, $2.50, unpaginated, ph); Anthology of 21 poems containing the Rhysling nominees for the Best Fantastic Poetry of 1988.

Sweeping Beauties ed. Anon. (Attic Press 0-946211-71-X, Sep ’89, £3.50, 64pp, tp, cover by Barbara Nolan); Original anthology of fairy-tales with a feminist slant. Volume Four in the “Fairytales for Feminists” series.

Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos ed. Anon. (Arkham House 0-87054-159-5, Nov ’89, $23.95, 529pp, hc, cover by Jeffrey K. Potter); Anthology of 22 Mythos stories with an introduction by James Turner. This is a revised edition of the 1969 Arkham house edition. This drops four stories and adds seven. The earlier version was edited by August Derleth. The new edition was probably edited by James Turner.

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