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Points of Departure Pat Murphy (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28615-3, Jul ’90, $3.95, 316pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison); Collection of 19 stories, with an introduction by Kate Wilhelm and an afterword by the author.

Words Without Pictures ed. Steve Niles (Eclipse Books 1-56060-031-4, Oct ’90 [Nov ’90], $8.95, 180pp, tp, cover by Mark Cox); Original anthology of six stories and four poems by writers who work primarily in comics. Announced also in hardcover (-031-4) but not seen.

N-Space Larry Niven (Tor 0-312-85089-1, Sep ’90, $19.95, 529pp, hc, cover by Dave Archer); Collection of Niven material, both fiction and non-fiction, with stories, essays, and novel excerpts, with an introduction by Tom Clancy.

Man-Kzin Wars III ed. Larry Niven (Baen 0-671-72008-2, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $4.50, 310pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Man-Kzin Wars]; Original anthology of three stories set in the Kzin universe created by Niven.

Urban Horrors ed. William F. Nolan & Martin H. Greenberg (Dark Harvest 0-913165-54-9, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $19.95, 246pp, hc, cover by Robert W. Lavoie); Anthology of 18 stories, with illustrations by Robert W. Lavoie. A limited edition ($49.00) was announced but not seen.

Tales of the Unsuspected Graham Nordsieck (The Book Guild 0-86332-425-8, Mar ’90, £7.50, 88p, hc, cover by Teresa Brunton); Original sf collection.

Tales of the Witch World 3 ed. Andre Norton (Tor 0-312-85044-1, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $18.95, 467pp, hc, cover by Victoria Lisi) [Witch World]; Original anthology of 19 stories set in Norton’s “Witch World” universe. Includes brief author’s afterword to each story.

Catfantastic II ed. Andre Norton & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW 0-88677-461-6, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $4.50, 318pp, pb, cover by Braldt Bralds); Original anthology of 18 cat fantasy stories.

Strange Disappearances Elliott O’Donnell (Carol Publishing Group/Citadel Twilight 0-8065-1140-0, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $9.95, 297pp, tp, cover by René Magritte); Reprint (University 1972) collection of 13 tales of “real” mysterious disappearances, told as fiction.

As in Music and Other Stories Kathy Page (Methuen 0-413-62430-7, Nov ’90, £13.99, 205pp, hc, cover by Judy Stevens); Original collection of 14 short stories, including some sf.

Lady of Light, Lady of Darkness Diana L. Paxson (NEL 0-450-50938-9, Feb ’90, £4.99, 594pp, pb) [Westria]; Fantasy omnibus. Book One of “The Chronicles of Westria”.

Gifts of Blood Susan C. Petrey (OSFCI, Jul ’90 [Aug ’90], $20.00, 208pp, hc); Collection of nine stories, including the Hugo-nominated “Spidersong”, plus an introduction by the editors, Paul M. Wrigley and Debbie Cross, plus essays by Ursula K. Le Guin, Vonda N. McIntyre, and Kate Wilhelm. This is a limited edition of five hundred copies, 26 copies are lettered, the rest numbered. All proceeds will go to the Susan C. Petrey Clarion Scholarship Fund.

The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One ed. Richard Peyton (Souvenir Press 0-285-62991-3, Oct ’90, £14.95, 322pp, hc, cover by Kim Palmer); Anthology of pieces about phantoms of the railway in fact and fiction.

The Darkangel Trilogy Meredith Ann Pierce (SFBC #17340, Jul ’90 [Aug ’90], $12.98, hc, cover by Dawn Wilson) [Darkangel]; Fantasy omnibus of The Darkangel (Little, Brown 1982), A Gathering of Gargoyles (Atlantic Monthly 1984), and The Pearl of the Soul of the World (Little, Brown 1990).

The Blood of Ten Chiefs Vol. 4: Against the Wind ed. Richard Pini (Tor 0-812-54906-6, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $7.95, 277pp, tp, cover by Wendy Pini) [Elfquest]; Original shared-world anthology of 8 stories in the “Elfquest” series.

Tales of Mystery and Terror Edgar Allan Poe (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-035115-9, Oct ’90 [Nov ’90], $2.25, 191pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt); Collection of 13 stories. This is a worldwide edition.

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