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Swords’ Masters Fritz Leiber (SFBC #15972, Apr ’90, $11.98, 536pp, hc, cover by Dean Morrissey) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser]; Omnibus of Swords Against Wizardry (Ace 1968), The Swords of Lankhmar (Ace 1968), and Swords and Ice Magic (Ace 1977).


The Mirror Maker Primo Levi (Schocken 0-8052-0989-1, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $9.95, 176pp, tp, cover by Louise Fili); Reprint (Schocken 1989) collection of 13 stories and 22 essays. Most of the stories are sf and fantasy. Translated from the Italian by Raymond Rosenthal.


The Sixth Day and Other Stories Primo Levi (Summit, May ’90 [Jun ’90], $19.95, hc); Collection of 23 literary fantasy stories. This is an omnibus of two collections originally published in Italian, Storie Natural (as by Damiano Malabaila) (1966) and Vizio di Forma (1977). Translated by Raymond Rosenthal.


The Cosmic Trilogy C. S. Lewis (The Bodley Head 0-370-31439-5, Mar ’90, £13.95, 651pp, hc, cover by Brian Froud) [Cosmic]; Sf omnibus of Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength.


Tales of Narnia: Prince Caspian & The Voyage of ‘The Dawn Treader’ C. S. Lewis (W.H. Smith 0-00-184667-1, Oct ’90, £4.99, 383pp, hc) [Narnia]; Young-adult fantasy omnibus of the fourth and fifth volumes in the “Narnia” series.


Tales of Narnia: The Silver Chair & The Last Battle C. S. Lewis (W.H. Smith 0-00-184669-8, Oct ’90, £4.99, 366pp, hc) [Narnia]; Young-adult fantasy omnibus of the sixth and seventh volumes in the “Narnia” series.


Saccharin Cyanide Anna Livia (Onlywomen Press 0-906500-35-4, Jun ’90 [May ’90], £4.95, 146pp, tp); Collection of fourteen lesbian feminist short stories, mainly original, including some science fiction and fantasy.


Crow and Weasel Barry Lopez (North Point Press 0-86547-439-7, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $16.95, 63pp, hc, cover by Tom Pohrt); Fantasy short story, an animal fable with full-color illustrations by Tom Pohrt.


At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror H. P. Lovecraft (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32945-7, Oct ’90, $4.95, 184pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan); Reissue (Beagle 1971) collection of four stories; 17th printing.


The Doom That Came to Sarnath and Other Stories H. P. Lovecraft (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33105-2, Oct ’90, $4.95, 208pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan); Reissue (Ballantine 1971) collection; 15th printing.


The Fantastic Poetry H. P. Lovecraft (Necronomicon Press, Jul ’90 [Aug ’90], $5.95, 63pp, ph, cover by Jason C. Eckhardt); Collection of Lovecraft’s poetry, edited and with an introduction by S.T. Joshi and illustrations by Jason Eckhardt.


Iced on Aran and Other Dreamquests Brian Lumley (Headline 0-7472-3510-4, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £3.50, 244pp, pb) [Dreamlands]; Collection of five stories, mainly original, about David Hero and Eldin the Wanderer in the “Dreamlands”.


Starfield ed. Duncan Lunan (The Orkney Press 0-907618-21-9, Oct ’89 [Jan ’90], £10.95, 211pp, hc, cover by Sydney Jordan); Anthology of stories by Scottish authors, many of them previously uncollected.


Author’s Choice Monthly Issue 10: Tales from a Vanished Country Elizabeth A. Lynn (Pulphouse, Jul ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.95, 109pp, tp, cover by George Barr); Collection of three stories plus an introduction by the author. Also available in a signed hardcover edition ($25.00). A deluxe leatherbound edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen.


Strange Roads Arthur Machen (Green Round Press 0-9515774-0-9, Aug ’90 [Nov ’90], £11.50, 55pp, hc); Reprint (The Classic Press 1923) collection of two articles by Machen, together with the introduction by Machen to the 1924 reprint edition and a new preface by Rita Tait. This edition is limited to 350 copies.


Obsessions Anthony S. Magistrale & Robert H. Knox (Niekas Publications 0-910619-05-0, Jan ’90 [Mar ’90], $3.95, 40pp, 4" x 11" pb); Collection of poetry by Magistrale with b/w illustrations by Knox. Niekas #41a.


Black Water 2: More Tales of the Fantastic ed. Alberto Manguel (Random House/Clarkson & Potter 0-517-57559-0, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $14.95, 941pp, tp, cover by George Tooker); Anthology of 65 stories and novel excerpts, primarily by literary and mainstream authors. First American edition (Lester & Orpen Dennys 1990).


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