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Heatseeker John Shirley (Scream/Press 0-910489-26-2, Apr ’89, $25.00, 246pp, hc); Collection of 19 stories including three originals and revised texts of others. Also announced in a limited edition.

Arabesques 2 ed. Susan M. Shwartz (Avon 0-380-75570-X, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 370pp, pb); Original anthology of 16 stories, with framing material by Susan Shwartz. Second anthology of Arabian Nights-style stories Shwartz has edited.

MagiCon Original Bookmark Anthology ed. Joseph D. Siclari (MagiCon, Aug ’89, free, 8pp, bookmarks); “Anthology” of eight original vignettes, each printed on a bookmark, with illustrations by Vincent DiFate, Phil Foglio, and others. A promotional item from the “Orlando in ’92” Worldcon campaign.

To the Land of the Living Robert Silverberg (Gollancz 0-575-04461-6, Apr ’89, £12.95, 308pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Gilgamesh]; Fantasy adventure “novel” about Gilgamesh in the Afterworld, based on three novellas.

Sailing to Byzantium/Seven American Nights ed. Anon. (Tor 0-812-50079-2, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.50, 99+84pp, pb); Anthology of two novellas; the Silverberg won the Hugo and the Nebula awards.

Time Gate ed. Robert Silverberg (Baen 0-671-69850-8, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 277pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Time Gate]; Original shared-world anthology of five stories, set in a world created by Silverberg, packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates.

Worlds Imagined ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Avenel 0-517-68029-7, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $8.98, 704pp, hc); Reprint (Arbor House 1980 as The Arbor House Treasury of Great Science Fiction Short Novels) anthology; this instant remainder book omits “The Miracle Workers” by Jack Vance which appeared in the original edition.

Book of the Dead ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector (Bantam 0-553-27998-X, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $4.50, 390pp, pb) [Living Dead]; Original anthology of 16 zombie stories set in the same universe as George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead.

Strange Shadows: The Uncollected Fiction and Essays of Clark Ashton Smith Clark Ashton Smith (Greenwood 0-313-26611-5, May ’89, $39.95, 281pp, hc); Annotated collection of Smith’s previously unpublished work including short stories, prose-poems, plays, fragments and story synopses. Edited by Steve Behrends, Donald Sidney-Fryer, and Rah Hoffman, with an introduction by Robert Bloch.

Dark Toys and Consumer Goods Laurence Staig (Macmillan 0-333-47561-5, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], £6.95, 151pp, hc); Original young-adult sf/horror collection.

Wishes + Fears David Starkey (2AM 0-937491-01-2, Dec ’88, $4.95, 48pp, ph); Horror novella, illustrated by Douglas C. Klauba.

Odd Warlock Out Christopher Stasheff (SFBC #15361, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $9.98, 640pp, hc) [Warlock]; Omnibus of three quasi-science fiction novels in the “Warlock” series, The Warlock Heretical (Ace 1987), The Warlock’s Companion (Ace 1988), and The Warlock Insane (Ace 1989).

The Warlock’s Night Out Christopher Stasheff (SFBC #13750, Aug ’88 [Jan ’89], $7.98, 437pp, hc) [Warlock]; Omnibus of the sf novels The Warlock Wandering (Ace 1986) and The Warlock Is Missing (Ace 1986).

Crystal Express Bruce Sterling (Arkham House 0-87054-158-7, May ’89, $17.95, 264pp, hc); Collection of 12 stories, five set in the Shaper/Mechanist universe. Illustrations by Rick Lieder based on computerized fractal imagery.

Lazar Malkin Enters Heaven Steve Stern (Viking Penguin 0-14-010948-X, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $6.95, 249pp, tp); Reprint (Viking (1986) contemporary fantasy novel formed of linked stores.

Arrows of Eros ed. Alex Stewart (NEL 0-450-50249-X, Nov ’89, £3.50, 262pp, pb); Original sf anthology, concentrating on the less pleasant aspects of sex.

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