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Mystery for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby (O’Mara 1-85479-086-2, Nov ’90, £12.95, 291pp, hc, cover by William Geldart); Anthology of 23 mystery and ghost stories, 12 original.

Dinosaurs! ed. Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois (Ace 0-441-14883-2, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $3.50, 226pp, pb, cover by Bob Walters); Anthology of 14 stories featuring dinosaurs.

Alien Sex ed. Ellen Datlow (Dutton 0-525-24863-3, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $18.95, 251pp, hc, cover by Paul Bacon); Anthology of 19 stories, ten original, with an introduction by William Gibson. All the stories are provocative and remarkably varied. Highly recommended (SW).

The Year’s Best Fantasy and Horror: Third Annual Collection ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (St. Martin’s 0-312-04447-X, Aug ’90, $24.95, 563pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty); Best-of-the-year anthology of 47 stories and poems, with year-end summaries on fantasy by Windling and horror by Datlow, plus a cinema summary by Edward Bryant and a necrology. Also available in tp. Recommended (SW).

The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Volume 2: We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Philip K. Dick (Carol Publishing Group/Citadel Twilight 0-8065-1209-1, Sep ’90 [Oct ’90], $12.95, 381pp, tp, cover by Norris Burroughs); Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1987 as The Collected Stories of Philip K. Dick, Vol. Two: Second Variety) collection of 27 stories with an introduction by Norman Spinrad. This edition drops the story “Second Variety” and adds “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” from volume five.

We Can Remember It for You Wholesale Philip K. Dick (Dark Carnival, Jul ’90, $1.00, 18pp, ph); Classic Philip K. Dick novelette the film Total Recall was based on. This chapbook is available from Dark Carnival, 2978 Adeline, Berkeley CA 94703.

A Christmas Carol Charles Dickens (Tor 0-812-50434-8, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $2.50, 116pp, pb); Reprint (Chapman & Hall 1843) classic Christmas ghost story, with an introduction by Jane Yolen.

Rynosseros Terry Dowling (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-01-5, 1990, A$12.95, 228pp, tp, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) [Tom Tyson]; Sf collection of connected stories set in a future Australia.

When the World Screamed and Other Stories: The Professor Challenger Adventures: Volume 2 Arthur Conan Doyle (Chronicle Books 0-87701-652-6, Jun ’90 [Jul ’90], $8.95, 233pp, tp) [Prof. Challenger]; Collection of three Professor Challenger adventures, the novellas “When the World Screamed” and “The Disintegration Machine” plus the novel The Land of Mist (Hutchinson 1926).

Slow Dancing Through Time Gardner R. Dozois (Ursus/Ziesing 0-942681-03-7, Aug ’90, $22.00, 253pp, hc, cover by Vern Dufford); Collection of 14 Dozois stories written in collaboration with other writers, including Jack Dann, Michael Swanwick, Susan Casper, and Jack C. Haldeman II, plus introductions by Michael Bishop, Pat Cadigan, and Dozois, plus introductory material by each collaborator. A signed limited edition (-04-5, $60.00) is also available.

Isaac Asimov’s Aliens ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Ace 0-441-01672-3, Jan ’91, $3.95, 240pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe); Anthology of 12 stories about aliens that originally appeared in IASFM.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Seventh Annual Collection ed. Gardner R. Dozois (St. Martin’s 0-312-04451-8, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $24.95, 598pp, tp, cover by Tom Kidd); Anthology of 25 stories with an introductory summation of 1989 by Dozois. Also available in trade paperback (-04452-6, $14.95).

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