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Black Cocktail Jonathan Carroll (Legend 0-7126-3642-0, Aug ’90, £25.00, 76pp, hc); Literary fantasy/horror novella. This is a limited edition of 300 numbered copies, signed by the author.

Black Cocktail Jonathan Carroll (Legend 0-7126-2164-4, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], £4.50, 76pp, tp, cover by Dave McKean); Fantasy/horror novella, illustrated by Dave McKean. This trade edition was preceded by a limited edition. Also available in hardcover (-3680-3, £8.99).

From Sea to Shining Star A. Bertram Chandler (Dreamstone 0-9587968-1-5, 1989 [Nov ’90], no price, 342pp, hc, cover by Nick Stathopoulos); Collection of 30 stories, with a bibliography, and illustrations by Nick Stathopoulos. This edition is limited to 400 copies and has a 1989 copyright date, though not seen until now. A 100-copy special limited edition (-0-7) was announced but not seen. Edited by Keith Curtis and Susan Chandler.

Merovingen Nights #6: Floodtide ed. C. J. Cherryh (DAW 0-8677-452-7, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $4.50, 340pp, pb, cover by Tim Hildebrandt) [Merovingen Nights]; Original shared-world anthology of nine stories, sixth in a series. These are presented in a “braided” format, with pieces of overlapping stories presented in chronological order.

In the House of Secret Enemies George C. Chesbro (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-89296-395-6, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $18.95, 234pp, hc, cover by Tom McKeveny) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)]; Collection of ten early stories featuring Mongo, Chesbro’s dwarf detective, four of them sf or occult fantasy, with an introduction by the author. These are superb stories, presented in chronological order and giving an excellent demonstration of the development of a series character. Recommended (SW).

Monochrome: The Readercon Anthology ed. Bryan Cholfin (Broken Mirrors Press 0-9623824-3-4, Apr ’90, $9.95, 158pp, tp); Mostly original anthology of seven stories and five poems, with an introduction by Samuel R. Delany and a foreword by Robert Colby. The poems and five of the stories are original, including work by Wolfe, Kushner, Friesner, etc. A hardcover limited edition (-2-6, $25.00) was announced but not seen.

Blood & Grit Simon Clark (BBR Books 1-872588-03-4, Apr ’90 [Sep ’90], £3.99, 103pp, tp, cover by Dallas Goffin); Original sf/horror collection.

2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke (Legend 0-09-979800-X, Jul ’90, £3.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) [Space Odyssey]; Collection of the classic sf novel plus two related short stories, together with a new introduction by Arthur C. Clarke.

Tales from Planet Earth Arthur C. Clarke (Legend 0-7126-3480-0, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], £12.95, 313pp, hc); Collection of 16 short stories (2 previously uncollected) with new introductions by Clarke to most of them.

Tales from Planet Earth Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-34883-3, Jun ’90 [Apr ’90], $9.95, 307pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan); Collection of 14 stories, each illustrated by Michael Whelan. First American edition (Legend 1990). This edition drops three stories and adds one story and a preface compared to the Legend edition. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

Beyond the Fall of Night Arthur C. Clarke & Gregory Benford (Ace/Putnam 0-399-13499-9, Jul ’90, $19.95, 298pp, hc, cover by Stock Imagery & Ron Russell) [Against the Fall of Night]; Sf collection, Benford’s “sequel” to Clarke’s classic Against the Fall of Night plus the original (unchanged) short novel plus a new introduction by Clarke.

Project Solar Sail ed. Arthur C. Clarke (NAL/Roc 0-451-45002-7, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.50, 246pp, pb); Anthology of seven stories, three originals, featuring solar sails plus five essays, four poems, and introductions by Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov. The profits from this anthology are to go to the World Space Foundation to help fund a solar sail project.

Dark Transformations: Deadly Visions of Change Michael R. Collings (Starmont House 1-55742-196-X, 1990 [May ’90], $8.95, 95pp, tp); Collection of 25 horror poems and two stories. A hardcover edition (-197-8, $16.95) was announced but not seen.

Dick Tracy: The Secret Files ed. Max Allan Collins & Martin H. Greenberg (Tor 0-812-51010-0, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 310pp, pb, cover by Dick Locher) [Dick Tracy]; Original mystery anthology of 16 Dick Tracy stories, sone with fantasy elements.

The Best Supernatural Stories of Wilkie Collins Wilkie Collins (Robert Hale 0-7090-4224-8, Nov ’90, £14.95, 303pp, hc, cover by Helen Hale); Collection of 12 supernatural tales by Wilkie Collins, selected and introduced by Peter Haining.

Transactions of the Doppelgänger Society ed. David Cowperthwaite (The Doppelganger Society No ISBN, Oct ’90 [Nov ’90], £2.50, 47pp, ph); Off-beat anthology of original fantasy/horror stories including an early story by Ramsey Campbell. Available from Mark Valentine, 35 Grafton Way, New Duston, NORTHAMPTON, NN5 6NG.

Walls of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer (Morrow 0-688-08967-4, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $19.95, 395pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter); Original anthology of 16 horror stories, with an introduction by the editor.

The Strategem and Other Stories Aleister Crowley (Temple Press 1-871744-10-5, Jul ’90, £10.50, 108pp, hc, cover by Total 333); Reprint (Mandrake Press 1929) occult/horror collection. This edition contains a new foreword and a new, previously unpublished, short story, and is available in the US for $21.

James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440621-5, Sep ’90, £8.95, 136pp, hc); Reissue (Knopf 1961) young-adult fantasy novel. This edition contains new illustrations by Emma Chichester Clark.

The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Robinson 1-85487-055-6, Jul ’90, £4.99, 654pp, tp, cover by Gordon Crabb); Anthology of fifty ghost stories from the 19th and 20th centuries.

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