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What Might Have Been? Volumes I & II ed. Gregory Benford & Martin H. Greenberg (SFBC #17261, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $12.98, 542pp, hc, cover by Pat Morrissey); Omnibus of two original anthologies, What Might Have Been? Volume I: Alternate Empires (Bantam Spectra 1989) and What Might Have Been? Volume II: Alternate Heroes (Bantam Spectra 1989).

Nebula Awards 24 ed. Michael Bishop (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-665474-1, Apr ’90, $13.95, 302pp, tp, cover by Michael Stuckey); Anthology of 14 Nebula Award-nominated stories plus the Rhysling Poetry Award winners plus a review of sf film in 1989. A hardcover edition (-164932-4, $21.95) was announced but not seen.

The Devil’s Day James Blish (Baen 0-671-69860-5, Feb ’90, $3.95, 312pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [After Such Knowledge]; Reprint (Gregg Press 1980 as Black Easter) fantasy omnibus of Black Easter (Doubleday 1968) and its sequel The Day After Judgment (Doubleday 1970). This is a wonderfully matter-of-fact exploration of what could happen if black magic worked. Highly recommended (SW).

After Magic Bruce Boston (Eotu Group 1-878780-01-8, 1989 [Apr ’90], $5.00, 54pp, ph, cover by Lari Davidson); Surrealistic fantasy novella, illustrated by Lari Davidson. An earlier version appeared in Germany as Der Flusternde Spiegel (Knaur 1985).

Faces of the Beast Bruce Boston (Starmont House 1-55742-195-1, 1990 [May ’90], $8.95, 57pp, tp, cover by Allen Koszowski); Collection of 33 speculative poems. A hardcover edition (-195-1, $16.95) was announced but not seen.

Hypertales and Metafictions Bruce Boston (Chris Drumm 0-936055-45-6, Jul ’90, $4.00, 62pp, ph, cover by t. Winter-Damon); Collection of four stories and two non-fiction pieces, Drumm booklet #34. A signed edition (-46-4, $7.00) was announced but not seen.

Future Crime Ben Bova (Tor 0-812-53241-4, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $4.95, 374pp, pb, cover by Colin Hay); Collection of eight sf/detective pieces, seven stories plus the novel City of Darkness (Scribner’s 1976).

The Best of the Nebulas ed. Ben Bova (Robert Hale 0-7090-4258-2, Nov ’90, £15.95, 573pp, hc, cover by Helen Hale); Reprint (Tor 1989) anthology of 21 of the “best” stories that won the Nebula Award. Unfortunately this edition omits the accompanying articles that made the original book so interesting.

Frontiersville High Stephen Bowkett (Gollancz 0-575-04755-0, Aug ’90 [Sep ’90], £8.95, 139pp, hc, cover by Angus McKie); Collection of four young-adult sf stories, all set on the space station Frontiersville.

Classic Stories 1 Ray Bradbury (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28637-4, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 342pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw); Collection of 31 stories that originally appeared in The Golden Apples of the Sun and R Is for Rocket. This is a semi-omnibus volume, lacking four stories from The Golden Apples of the Sun and one from R Is for Rocket, four appear in Classic Stories 2. “The Golden Apples of the Sun”, which appeared in both original volumes is not here at all, despite having inspired the cover illustration.

Classic Stories 2 Ray Bradbury (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28638-2, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 341pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz); Collection of 31 stories that originally appeared in A Medicine for Melancholy and S Is for Space. This is a semi-omnibus volume, containing all the stories in the originals plus others, but those that appeared in both volumes only appear once.

Zen in the Art of Writing Ray Bradbury (Capra Press 1-877741-02-7, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $18.95, 154pp, hc, cover by Garcia & James); Non-fiction, a collection of 9 essays on writing plus a series of poems. This is a much expanded version of the chapbook Zen & the Art of Writing (Capra 1973).

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