The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Firebrats #1: The Burning Land Barbara & Scott Siegel (Pocket Archway 0-671-55007-1, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $2.50, 152pp, pb) [Firebrats] First in a young-adult post-holocaust sf adventure series(!) A high school jock and an aspiring teenage actress survive WWIII.
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Firebrats #2: Survivors Barbara & Scott Siegel (Pocket Archway 0-671-55733-5, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $2.50, 150pp, pb) [Firebrats] Young-adult post-holocaust adventure novel.
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Firebrats #3: Thunder Mountain Barbara & Scott Siegel (Pocket Archway 0-671-55794-7, Sep 87 [Aug 87], $2.50, 146pp, pb) [Firebrats] Latest in a juvenile post-holocaust adventure series.
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C.A.D.S. # 4: Tech Strike Force [by Ryder Syvertsen] John Sievert (Zebra 0-8217-1993-9, Feb 87 [Jan 87], $2.95, 270pp, pb) [C.A.D.S.] Fourth novel in the sf post-holocaust adventure series.
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Beyond the Safe Zone Robert Silverberg (Warner 0-446-30174-4, Jun 87 [May 87], $3.95, 565pp, pb) Reprint (Donald I. Fine 1986) collection. These stories, written 1968 to 1974, are most of Silverbergs best. Highly recommended. (CNB)
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The Book of Skulls Robert Silverberg (NEL 0-450-42161-9, Aug 87, £2.50, 222pp, pb) Reissue (Scribners 1971) sf novel.
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Capricorn Games Robert Silverberg (Pan 0-330-25631-9, Apr 87 [May 87], £2.50, 191pp, pb) Reissue (Random House 1976) sf collection.
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The Feast of Saint Dionysus Robert Silverberg (NEL 0-450-42160-0, Aug 87, £2.95, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Scribners 1975) sf collection.
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Invaders from Earth Robert Silverberg (Tor 0-812-55464-7, Mar 87 [Feb 87], $2.95, 190pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1958) sf novel.
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The Man in the Maze Robert Silverberg (Avon 0-380-00198-5, May 87 [Apr 87], $2.95, 192pp, pb) Reissue (Avon 1969) sf novel; 5th printing.
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The Masks of Time Robert Silverberg (Gollancz 0-575-03990-6, May 87, £2.95, 252pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1968) sf novel.
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Nightwings Robert Silverberg (Avon 0-380-41467-8, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $3.50, 190pp, pb) [Watcher] Reissue (Avon 1969) sf novel. The first section of this book won a Hugo. Contains some of Silverbergs best writing. Recommended. (CNB)
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Nightwings Robert Silverberg (Futura 0-7088-8235-8, Jul 87, £2.50, 192pp, pb) [Watcher] Reprint (Avon 1969) sf novel.
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Project Pendulum Robert Silverberg (Walker 0-8027-6712-5, Sep 87 [Oct 87], $15.95, 200pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel with illustrations by Moebius.
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The Second Trip Robert Silverberg (Avon 0-380-54874-7, Jun 87 [May 87], $3.50, 192pp, pb) Reissue (SFBC 1972) sf novel.
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Son of Man Robert Silverberg (Warner 0-446-34511-3, Sep 87 [Aug 87], $3.95, 213pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1971) sf novel.
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Star of Gypsies Robert Silverberg (SFBC #10579, Feb 87, $5.98, 378pp, hc) Reprint (Fine 1986) sf novel.
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Star of Gypsies Robert Silverberg (Gollancz 0-575-04014-9, Mar 87 [Aug 87], £11.95, 397pp, hc) Reprint (Fine 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
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The Stochastic Man Robert Silverberg (Warner 0-446-34507-5, Jul 87, $3.95, 240pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1975) sf novel.
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Thorns Robert Silverberg (Orbit 0-7088-8238-2, Dec 87 [Nov 87], £2.50, 158pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1967) sf novel. This is arguably Silverbergs best novel. Strongly recommended.
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Those Who Watch Robert Silverberg (NAL/Signet 0-451-15019-8, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $2.95, 143pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1967) sf novel.
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To Live Again Robert Silverberg (Gollancz 0-575-03989-2, Jul 87, £2.95, 231pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1969) sf novel.
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Tom OBedlam Robert Silverberg (Orbit 0-7088-3372-1, May 87, £2.95, 320pp, pb) Reprint (Fine 1985) sf novel.
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Tower of Glass Robert Silverberg (Warner 0-446-34509-1, Aug 87 [Jul 87], $3.95, 184pp, pb) Reprint (Scribners 1970) sf novel.
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Tower of Glass Robert Silverberg (Orbit 0-7088-8243-9, Oct 87, £2.50, 206pp, pb) Reprint (Scribners 1970) sf novel.
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Up the Line Robert Silverberg (Gollancz 0-575-04038-6, Dec 87, £2.95, 250pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1969) sf novel.
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Robert Silverbergs Worlds of Wonder ed. Robert Silverberg (Warner 0-446-51369-5, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $17.95, 352pp, hc) Anthology of 13 stories. Introduction and biographical essay by Silverberg.
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Great Science Fiction of the 20th Century ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Crown/Avenel 0-517-64124-0, 1987 [Nov 87], $8.98, 726pp, hc) Anthology. This is an instant remainder of The Arbor House Treasury of Modern Science Fiction, omitting one story, The Marching Morons by C.M. Kornbluth.
- vi · Introduction · Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg · in
- 1 · Angels Egg · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Jun 51
- 33 · Rescue Party · Arthur C. Clarke · nv Astounding May 46
- 57 · Shape [Keep Your Shape] · Robert Sheckley · nv Galaxy Nov 53
- 71 · Alpha Ralpha Boulevard · Cordwainer Smith · nv F&SF Jun 61
- 97 · Winters King · Ursula K. Le Guin · nv Orbit 5, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnams, 1969
- 115 · Or All the Seas with Oysters · Avram Davidson · ss Galaxy May 58
- 125 · Common Time · James Blish · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Aug 53
- 145 · When You Care, When You Love · Theodore Sturgeon · nv F&SF Sep 62
- 181 · The Shadow of Space · Philip José Farmer · nv If Nov 67
- 205 · All You Zombies · Robert A. Heinlein · ss F&SF Mar 59
- 217 · Im Scared · Jack Finney · ss Colliers Sep 15 51
- 229 · Childs Play · William Tenn · nv Astounding Mar 47
- 255 · Grandpa · James H. Schmitz · nv Astounding Feb 55
- 275 · Private Eye [as by Lewis Padgett] · Henry Kuttner · nv Astounding Jan 49
- 301 · Sundance · Robert Silverberg · ss F&SF Jun 69
- 315 · In the Bowl · John Varley · nv F&SF Dec 75
- 343 · Kaleidoscope · Ray Bradbury · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Oct 49
- 353 · Unready to Wear · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss Galaxy Apr 53
- 365 · Wall of Crystal, Eye of Night · Algis Budrys · nv Galaxy Dec 61
- 385 · Day Million · Frederik Pohl · ss Rogue Feb/Mar 66
- 391 · Hobsons Choice · Alfred Bester · ss F&SF Aug 52
- 405 · The Gift of Gab · Jack Vance · nv Astounding Sep 55
- 451 · The Man Who Never Grew Young · Fritz Leiber · ss Nights Black Agents, Arkham, 1947
- 459 · Neutron Star [Beowulf Shaeffer] · Larry Niven · nv If Oct 66
- 475 · Impostor · Philip K. Dick · ss Astounding Jun 53
- 489 · The Human Operators · Harlan Ellison & A. E. van Vogt · ss F&SF Jan 71
- 507 · Poor Little Warrior! · Brian W. Aldiss · ss F&SF Apr 58
- 513 · When It Changed · Joanna Russ · ss Again, Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972
- 521 · The Bicentennial Man · Isaac Asimov · nv Stellar #2, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1976
- 557 · Hunting Machine · Carol Emshwiller · ss Science Fiction Stories May 57
- 563 · Light of Other Days [Slow Glass] · Bob Shaw · ss Analog Aug 66
- 571 · The Keys to December · Roger Zelazny · nv New Worlds Aug 66
- 593 · Of Mist, and Grass, and Sand [Snake] · Vonda N. McIntyre · nv Analog Oct 73
- 613 · A Galaxy Called Rome · Barry N. Malzberg · nv F&SF Jul 75
- 631 · Stranger Station · Damon Knight · nv F&SF Dec 56
- 653 · The Time of His Life · Larry Eisenberg · ss F&SF Apr 68
- 661 · The Women Men Dont See · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv F&SF Dec 73
- 687 · The Queen of Air and Darkness · Poul Anderson · na F&SF Apr 71
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Brother and Other Stories Clifford D. Simak (Severn House 0-7278-1417-6, Apr 87 [Mar 87], £8.95, 165pp, hc) A new collection of Simaks short stories, edited by Francis Lyall. This has a 1986 copyright date, but has only just appeared.
- 1 · Introduction · Francis Lyall · in
- 7 · Brother · nv F&SF Oct 77
- 31 · Over the River and Through the Woods · ss Amazing May 65
- 42 · Auk House · na Stellar #3, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1977
- 109 · Kindergarten · nv Galaxy Jul 53
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Cemetery World Clifford D. Simak (Methuen 0-413-41990-8, Mar 87, £2.50, 191pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1973) sf novel.
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The Fellowship of the Talisman Clifford D. Simak (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33957-6, Feb 87 [Jan 87], $3.50, 314pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1978) fantasy novel; 5th printing.
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The Goblin Reservation Clifford D. Simak (Methuen 0-413-14530-1, Mar 87, £2.50, 190pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1968) sf novel.
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Highway to Eternity Clifford D. Simak (Severn House 0-7278-1498-2, Aug 87 [Dec 87], £9.95, 289pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1986, as Highway of Eternity) sf novel. Listed as Highway of Eternity on title page only. [First U.K. edition]
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The Marathon Photograph Clifford D. Simak (Methuen 0-413-59060-7, Jun 87, £2.50, 171pp, pb) Reprint (Severn House 1986) sf collection.
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Out of Their Minds Clifford D. Simak (Methuen 0-413-15320-7, Sep 87, £2.50, 175pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1970) sf novel.
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Song of Kali Dan Simmons (Headline 0-7472-3044-7, Aug 87, £2.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Song of Kali Dan Simmons (Headline 0-7472-0033-5, Sep 87, £9.95, 320pp, hc) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) horror novel. [Not seen]
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Beloved Captain Jo Simon (Avon 0-380-89771-7, Jan 88 [Dec 87], $3.95, 320pp, pb) Time travel fantasy romance novel set in Nantucket.
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Ghost Host Marilyn Singer (Harper & Row 0-06-025623-0, Aug 87, $11.95, 182pp, hc) Juvenile ghost story, with a teenage football player and a poltergeist.
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The Clean-up John M. Skipp & Craig Spector (Bantam UK 0-553-17381-2, Aug 87, £2.95, 379pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1987) humorous horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
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The Cleanup John M. Skipp & Craig Spector (Bantam 0-553-26056-1, Mar 87, $3.95, 379pp, pb) Horror novel.
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Roderick John Sladek (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-325-3, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $3.95, 347pp, pb) [Roderick] Satiric sf novel. First complete American edition (Granada 1980). The first half has appeared in the U.S. as Roderick (Pocket Timescape 1982), but the second half appears here for the first time. This hilarious novel of a robot growing up is highly recom-mended. (CNB)
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Fingers William Sleator (Bantam Starfire 0-553-25004-3, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $2.50, 197pp, pb) Reissue (Atheneum 1983) young-adult humorous supernatural novel; 2nd Bantam printing.
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Interstellar Pig William Sleator (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-39787-X, Jan 87 [Jun 87], £6.95, 197pp, hc) [Barney] Reprint (Dutton 1984) juvenile sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
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A Door Into Ocean Joan Slonczewski (Avon 0-380-70150-2, Feb 87, $3.95, 406pp, pb) [Door Into Ocean] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) anthropological sf novel set on a watery world of women who share everything.
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A Door Into Ocean Joan Slonczewski (The Womens Press 0-7043-4069-0, May 87, £4.95, 403pp, tp) [Door Into Ocean] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) sf novel.
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My Robot Buddy Alfred Slote (Harper & Row/Trophy 0-06-440165-0, May 86 [Jan 87], $2.50, 70pp, tp) [Robot Buddy] Reissue (Lippincott 1975) juvenile sf novella. Published in 1986; missed.
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My Trip to Alpha 1 Alfred Slote (Harper & Row/Trophy 0-06-440166-9, May 86 [Jan 87], $2.50, 96pp, tp) Reprint (Lippincott 1978) juvenile sf novella. Published in 1986; missed.
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Aliens: The Anthropology of Science Fiction ed. George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1375-8, Nov 87 [Dec 87], $27.50, 243pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical studies; essays on aliens in sf. These essays are from the 1986 J. Lloyd Eaton conference.
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Intersections: Fantasy and Science Fiction ed. George E. Slusser & Eric S. Rabkin (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1374-X, Oct 87, $29.95, 252pp, hc) Non-fiction, 17 essays on fantasy and science fiction from the seventh annual J. Lloyd Eaton Conference. These tend to grapple with the differences and similarities between sf and fantasy. Nobody agrees, but theres lots of food for thought. Recommended. (CNB)
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Storm Warnings: Science Fiction Confronts the Future ed. George E. Slusser, Eric S. Rabkin & Colin Greenland (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1376-6, Apr 87, $26.95, xi + 278pp, hc) Non-fiction, 17 essays written for the sixth Eaton Conference on Fantasy and Science Fiction, held in 1984. The most interesting section is about 1984 the novel. (CNB)
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Labyrinth A. C. H. Smith (P. Maitland 0-03-062436-3, Oct 87 [1987], £3.25, 186pp, hc) Reprint (Holt 1986) juvenile fantasy novel. [Not seen]
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Quest of the Three Worlds Cordwainer Smith (Gollancz 0-575-04125-0, Dec 87, £2.50, 184pp, pb) [Instrumentality of Mankind; Casher ONeill] Reprint (Ace 1966) sf collection. [First U.K. edition]
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H.G. Wells, Desperately Mortal David C. Smith (Yale 0-300-03672-8, Sep 86, $29.95, 634pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography by a believer in the possibility of a Wellsian future. Published in 1986 but missed. This is a fascinating story of Wells life and loves. Wells the fiction writer gets little notice. (CNB) [H. G. Wells]
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Children of the Lens E. E. Doc Smith (Berkley 0-425-10034-0, Jun 87 [May 87], $2.95, 255pp, pb) [Lensmen] Reissue (Fantasy Press 1954) sf novel, Lensman #6. The finale of the most famous space opera series of all time. 3rd Berkley printing.
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Gray Lensman E. E. Doc Smith (Berkley 0-425-09664-5, Feb 87 [Jan 87], $2.95, 253pp, pb) [Lensmen] Reissue (Fantasy Press 1951) sf novel, #4 in the Lensman series; 3rd Berkley printing.
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The Imperial Stars E. E. Doc Smith (Grafton 0-586-04334-9, Feb 87 [Jul 87], £1.95, 155pp, pb) [Family dAlembert] Reissue (Pyramid 1976) sf novel. Volume 1 in the Family DAlembert series.
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Second Stage Lensman E. E. Doc Smith (Berkley 0-425-09787-0, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $2.95, 271pp, pb) [Lensmen] Reissue (Fantasy Press 1953) sf novel, Book 5 of the most famous space opera series.
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The Devil in the Dooryard Gregory Blake Smith (Ballantine 0-345-34706-4, Sep 87 [Aug 87], $4.95, 308pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 1980) fantasy novel, a comic ghost story.
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Starquest, Vol.2: Operation Master Planet Gregory J. Smith (Bethany House 0-87123-673-7, Oct 86 [Jan 87], $4.95, 189pp, tp) [Starquest] Sf novel, second in a Christian-oriented series. Issued in 1986 but not seen until now.
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Alligators Guy N. Smith (Arrow 0-09-950150-3, Mar 87, £2.25, 176pp, pb) Horror novel.
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Bats Out of Hell Guy N. Smith (NEL 0-450-03873-4, Oct 87 [Sep 87], £1.95, 157pp, pb) Reissue (NEL 1978) horror novel.
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Bloodshow Guy N. Smith (Arrow 0-09-952270-5, Jul 87, £2.50, 207pp, pb) Horror novel.
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Death Bell Guy N. Smith (Arrow 0-09-938230-X, Jul 87, £2.25, 200pp, pb) [Death Bell] Reissue (Hamlyn 1980) horror novel.
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Demons Guy N. Smith (Arrow 0-09-948470-6, Nov 87, £2.50, 184pp, pb) [Death Bell] Horror novel. Sequel to Death Bell.
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Entombed Guy N. Smith (Dell 0-440-12280-5, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $3.50, 189pp, pb) Horror novel. First U.S. edition (Arrow 1982).
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Locusts Guy N. Smith (Arrow 0-09-950300-X, Sep 87, £2.50, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Hamlyn 1979) horror novel.
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The Plague Guy N. Smith (NEL 0-450-41686-0, Oct 87 [Sep 87], £1.95, 160pp, pb) Horror novel. Sequel to Thirst.
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The Wood Guy N. Smith (Dell 0-440-19753-8, Dec 87 [Nov 87], $3.50, 191pp, pb) Horror novel. First U.S. edition (NEL 1985).
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The Night of the Solstice L. J. Smith (Macmillan 0-02-785840-5, Oct 87, $14.95, 231pp, hc) [Night of the Solstice] Young-adult fantasy novel of magic and an evil sorcerer trying to gain entrance to our world. A first novel.
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Nightwing Martin Cruz Smith (Hill & Co. 0-940595-05-2, May 87, $9.95, 224pp, tp) Reprint (Norton 1977) thriller/horror novel with an American Indian mythology background.
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The Boy Who Was Thrown Away Stephanie Smith (Atheneum 0-689-31343-8, Sep 87 [Oct 87], $14.95, 250pp, hc) [Snow-Eyes] Young-adult fantasy novel, a sequel to Snow Eyes.
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Samantha Slade #2: Confessions of a Teenage Frog Susan Smith (Pocket Archway 0-671-63714-2, Oct 87, $2.50, 133pp, pb) [Samantha Slade] Juvenile fantasy novel.
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