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Vettius and His Friends David Drake (Baen 0-671-69802-8, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $3.95, 304pp, pb); Collection of 12 connected historical fantasy stories including one original and one collaboration with Karl Edward Wagner.

The Fleet Book 3: Break Through ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett (Ace 0-441-24103-4, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 294pp, pb) [Fleet]; Shared-world anthology of 13 stories, packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates.

The Eternal City ed. David Drake, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Baen 0-671-69857-5, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.50, 280pp, pb, cover by John Rheaume); Anthology of 13 sf stories dealing with the Roman Empire. The cover, spine, title page, and introduction credit only Drake—Greenberg and Waugh appear only on the copyright page.

Heads to the Storm ed. David Drake & Sandra Miesel (Baen 0-671-69847-8, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.50, 273pp, pb); Anthology of fifteen stories, with both original and reprint introductions and essays. This is a tribute to Rudyard Kipling and his influence on sf.

A Separate Star ed. David Drake & Sandra Miesel (Baen 0-671-69832-X, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.50, 278pp, pb); Anthology of stories, poems and introductory essays published as a tribute to Rudyard Kipling and his influence on sf writers.

Space Gladiators ed. David Drake, Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Ace 0-441-77741-4, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 310pp, pb); Anthology of eight sf/gladiator stories.

Space Infantry ed. David Drake, Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Ace 0-441-77747-3, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 244pp, pb); Anthology of twelve military sf stories, with an introduction by Drake.

Author’s Choice Monthly Issue 1: The Old Funny Stuff George Alec Effinger (Pulphouse, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $4.95, 116pp, tp); Collection of six stories, including one original, with an introduction by the author. Also available in a signed hardcover edition ($25.00). A signed deluxe leatherbound edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen.

All the Lies That Are My Life Harlan Ellison (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-096-7, Nov ’89 [Dec ’89], $19.95, 130pp, hc, cover by Kent Bash); Reissue (Underwood-Miller 1980) associational novella with an introduction by Robert Silverberg and afterwords by Spinrad, McIntyre, Sheckley, Farmer, Disch, and Bryant; illustrated by Kent Bash. Also available in a signed slipcased deluxe edition (-097-5, $50.00). Second printing.

Footsteps Harlan Ellison (Footsteps Press, May ’89 [Jul ’89], $13.00, 28pp, ph); Short story originally published in Gallery, with an introduction and footnotes by the author. The complete introduction and preface appear here for the first time. Illustrated by Ken Snyder, this is a signed, numbered, 582 copy limited edition. In an age of signed limited editions costing several hundred dollars, it’s a pleasure to find a modest, but well reproduced one at a modest price.

Verging on the Pertinent Carol Emshwiller (Coffee House Press 0-918273-57-9, Nov ’89, $9.95, 130pp, tp, cover by Janice Perry); Collection of 17 stories.

Other Edens III ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock (Unwin 0-04-440400-X, Oct ’89, £4.50, 237pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns); Original sf/fantasy anthology.

Scare Tactics John Farris (Tor 0-812-50300-7, Nov ’89, $4.95, 343pp, pb); Collection of four stories and a short novel, revised from the 1988 Tor hardcover edition. Two stories, “I Scream. You Scream. We All Scream for Ice Cream.” and “Scare Tactics”, did not appear in the hardcover edition.

The Hexing and the Labyrinth Robert Faulcon (Legend 0-09-954470-9, Jan ’89, £3.50, 496pp, pb) [Night Hunter]; Horror omnibus. Volumes 5 & 6 in the Night Hunter series. This is a pseudonym for Robert Holdstock. [Not seen]

The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 40th Anniversary Anthology ed. Edward L. Ferman (St. Martin’s 0-312-03293-5, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $18.95, 376pp, hc); Anthology of 20 stories that originally appeared in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction after 1982, with a preface by the editor and an introduction by Harlan Ellison.

The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Vol. I ed. Edward L. Ferman & Anne Devereaux Jordan (St. Martin’s 0-312-91499-7, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 260pp, pb); Reprint (St. Martin’s 1988) horror anthology, the first 13 stories from the hc edition.

The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Volume II ed. Edward L. Ferman & Anne Devereaux Jordan (St. Martin’s 0-312-91603-5, Jan ’90, $3.95, 269pp, pb); Anthology of 11 stories, with a new introduction by Ferman. This was originally part of The Best Horror Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (St. Martin’s 1988).

The Killing Glance D. G. Finlay (Arrow 0-09-955860-2, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], £4.50, 646pp, pb) [Watchman Chronicle]; Condensed omnibus of the Watchman Chronicle series - Watchman, The Grey Regard, Deadly Relations and Graven Image.

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