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Casting Fortune John M. Ford (Tor 0-812-53815-3, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 249pp, pb) [Liavek]; Collection containing The Illusionist, an original fantasy short novel of wizardry and revenge set in a theater, part of Ford’s “Liavek” series. The book also includes two reprint short stories set in the same universe.

The Bureau of Lost Souls Christopher Fowler (Century 0-7126-3654-4, Sep ’89, £5.95, 244pp, tp, cover by Martin Butterworth & Mia Matson); Collection of off-beat horror stories, seven reprinted from More City Jitters (Dell 1988) and five original. Also available in hardcover (-2459-7, £11.95). This first trade edition was preceded by a limited edition a month earlier.

The Wanderings of Wuntvor Craig Shaw Gardner (SFBC #14593, Mar ’89, $6.98, 505pp, hc) [Wuntvor]; Humorous fantasy omnibus of A Difficulty with Dwarves (Ace 1987), An Excess of Enchantments (Ace 1988), and A Disagreement with Death (Ace 1989).

The Orbit Science Fiction Yearbook Two ed. David S. Garnett (Orbit 0-7088-8316-8, Aug ’89, £4.99, 347pp, tp); Sf anthology.

Zenith ed. David S. Garnett (Sphere 0-7474-0341-4, Jun ’89 [Apr ’89], £3.50, 298pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas); Original sf/fantasy anthology featuring some of the best of the current crop of British authors. The stories are of a consistently high calibre and this promises to be a series worth watching. Recommended. (PSP)

Hot Blood: Tales of Provocative Horror ed. Jeff Gelb & Lonn Friend (Pocket 0-671-66424-7, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 302pp, pb) [Hot Blood]; Horror anthology of 24 stories.

Scholars and Soldiers Mary Gentle (Macdonald 0-356-17893-5, Oct ’89, £11.95, 192pp, hc, cover by Nick Rogers); Collection of nine sf short stories, two of which are original.

Time Keepers Richard Gill (Merlin 0-86303-460-8, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], £4.95, 79pp, tp); Original sf collection.

The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Writings Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Bantam 0-553-21375-X, Nov ’89, $4.50, 240pp, pb, cover by Gertrude Fiske); Collection of eight stories, plus selections from two non-fiction works plus selections from the classic utopian fantasy novel Herland, edited and with an introduction by Lynne Sharon Schwartz. The stories include the horror classic “The Yellow Wallpaper” and the gender-switch fantasy “If I Were a Man”.

Upon a Star Jean Giraud (Titan 1-85286-044-8, Apr ’89, £5.95, 72pp, tp); Reprint (US 1988) art book, a collection of short graphic pieces by Moebius. Recommended. (PSP) Volume 1 in “The Collected Fantasies of Jean Giraud”. [First U.K. edition]

The Last War Martyn Godfrey (Macmillan Collier 0-02-041791-8, Oct ’88 [Feb ’89], $2.95, 91pp, pb); Young-adult post-holocaust sf novella, a “Collier Fast Fiction” book for easy reading. Illustrations by Greg Ruhl. First American edition (Collier Macmillan Canada 1986).

Author’s Choice Monthly Issue 3: Daily Voices Lisa Goldstein (Pulphouse, Dec ’89, $4.95, 99pp, tp, cover by George Barr); Collection of five stories 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.

Stalkers ed. Ed Gorman & Martin H. Greenberg (Dark Harvest 0-913165-47-6, Dec ’89 [Oct ’89], $19.95, 310pp, hc); Original anthology of 18 horror stories of predatory killers. Also available in a slipcased limited edition of 750 copies signed by all the authors including Koontz, McCammon, Rex Miller, Joe R. Lansdale, etc. ($65.00).

Three Dreams and a Nightmare and Other Tales of the Dark Judith Gorog (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-21578-6, Sep ’88 [May ’89], $13.95, 156pp, hc); Young-adult collection of 14 stories of the fantastic. Published in 1988, but not seen until 1989.

Nightmare Seasons Charles L. Grant (Futura 0-7088-4255-0, May ’89 [Apr ’89], £2.99, 256pp, pb) [Oxrun Station]; Reprint (Doubleday 1982) horror collection. In the “Oxrun Station” series. [First U.K. edition]

Foundation’s Friends ed. Martin H. Greenberg (Tor 0-312-93174-3, Sep ’89, $19.95, 403pp, hc); Original anthology of 17 stories set in various worlds created by Asimov, with prefaces by Ray Bradbury and Ben Bova, and afterwords by Janet and Isaac Asimov. There was an advance printing of 144 copies produced for New York Is Book Country. These books are identified by initials on page 50 and the lack of a bar code on the back jacket.

Phantoms ed. Martin H. & Rosalind M. Greenberg (DAW 0-88677-348-2, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 270pp, pb); Original horror anthology of 13 stories based on The Phantom of the Opera.

You Never Believe Me and Other Stories Davis Grubb (St. Martin’s 0-312-02997-7, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $16.95, 259pp, hc); Collection of 18 stories set in West Virginia. Some of these stories are horror.

Gaga Olaf Gunnarson (Penumbra Press 0-921254-00-8, 1988 [Mar ’89], no price, 68pp, tp); Associational mainstream novella about a man who goes insane from reading too much science fiction and takes a psychotic journey to Mars. Translated from the Icelandic (Forlagid 1984) by David McDuff. This has appeared in 1988, but was not seen until now. First American edition (Iceland 1984).

The Cathay Stories and Other Fictions Macdonald Harris (Story Line Press 0-934257-14-0, 1988 [Sep ’89], $16.00, 189pp, hc); Collection of 9 literary stories with significant fantasy content, with an afterword by the author. This was published in 1988 but was not seen until 1989.

Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder ed. David G. Hartwell (SFBC #14784, 1989 [Oct ’89], $7.98, 656pp, hc); Anthology of 39 stories with an introduction by the editor.

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