The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Killing Time Patricia Windsor (Pan 0-330-30111-X, Sep 87, £1.95, 188pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1980) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Judgement Day Pauline Glen Winslow (Baen 0-671-65646-5, Jun 87, $3.50, 308pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martins 1984) horror/dark fantasy novel.
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Adams Common David Wiseman (Blackie 0-216-92098-1, Feb 87, £7.95, 156pp, hc) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1985) juvenile supernatural novel. [Not seen]
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Warrior Planet Don Wismer (Baen 0-671-65642-2, May 87 [Apr 87], $2.95, 275pp, pb) Sf novel with fantasy elements thieves vs. wizards and the galaxy is the prize!
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Across the Acheron Monique Wittig (Dufour Editions/Peter Owen 0-7206-0664-0, Dec 87, $17.95, 119pp, hc) Surreal fantasy novel, translated from French. This is the 1987 British edition from Peter Owen, with a Dufour paste-in.
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Limbo Bernard Wolfe (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-327-X, Aug 87 [Jul 87], $4.95, 413pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1952) black-humor sf novel where war is prevented by voluntary amputation. A science fiction classic. Highly recommended (CNB). Also published as Limbo 90.
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Soldier of the Mist Gene Wolfe (Orbit 0-7088-8225-0, Aug 87, £2.95, 335pp, pb) [Latro] Reprint (Gollancz/Tor 1986) fantasy novel. Dreary start to yet another fantasy series.
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Soldier of the Mist Gene Wolfe (Tor 0-812-55815-4, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $3.95, 335pp, pb) [Latro] Reprint (Tor 1986) historical fantasy novel.
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The Urth of the New Sun Gene Wolfe (Gollancz 0-575-04116-1, Aug 87, £11.95, 372pp, hc) [Book of the New Sun] Fantasy novel. Volume 5 in the Book of the New Sun series.
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The Urth of the New Sun Gene Wolfe (Tor 0-312-93033-X, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $17.95, 372pp, hc) [Book of the New Sun] Sf novel, a coda to the Book of the New Sun series. First US edition (Gollancz 1987).
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The White Spider Joyce Wolfe (Leisure 0-8439-2513-2, Aug 87 [Jul 87], $3.95, 400pp, pb) Horror novel.
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The 1987 Annual Worlds Best SF ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha (DAW 0-88677-203-6, Jun 87 [May 87], $3.95, 303pp, pb) Anthology of bests from 1986 with 10 stories, including several Hugo and Nebula nominees. Has the Nebula-winning novella, R&R by Lucius Shepard. Recommended. (CNB)
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The 1987 Annual Worlds Best SF ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha (SFBC #11115, Jul 87 [Aug 87], $4.98, 271pp, hc) Reprint (DAW 1987) anthology with 10 sf stories.
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Ambient Jack Womack (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1-55584-082-5, Apr 87, $15.95, 259pp, hc) [Terraplane] Dystopian sf novel of 21st-century Manhattan in the style of A Clockwork Orange.
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Gabo Djara B. Wongar (Dodd Mead 0-396-08861-9, Jul 87 [Aug 87], $16.95, 242pp, hc) [Nuclear Trilogy] Allegorical literary fantasy novel (third in a trilogy) about the destruction of aboriginal Australia, told from the point of view of a giant green ant (part of aboriginal mythology). First American edition (Australia 1987).
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Amy Girl Bari Wood (NAL 0-453-00534-9, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $17.95, 346pp, hc) Horror novel about a 9-year-old psychic who can dominate other peoples minds.
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The Killing Gift Bari Wood (NAL/Signet 0-451-14003-6, Apr 87 [Jun 87], $3.95, 313pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1975) horror novel; 13th printing.
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The Tribe Bari Wood (NAL/Signet 0-451-14004-4, Apr 87 [Jun 87], $3.95, 339pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1981) horror novel; 6th printing.
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Twins Bari Wood & Jack Geasland (NAL/Signet 0-451-13654-3, Apr 87 [Jul 87], $3.95, 343pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1977) horror novel; 10th printing.
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The Minstrels Lute Bridget Wood (Robert Hale 0-7090-2880-6, Jan 87, £9.95, 208pp, hc) Supernatural thriller. [Not seen]
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Satanic Lute Bridget Wood (Robert Hale 0-7090-2881-4, May 87, £10.25, 208pp, hc) Supernatural thriller. Sequel to The Minstrels Lute. [Not seen]
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The Avatar Robert Wood (Poplar 0-907657-14-1, May 87 [Jul 87], £9.95, 290pp, hc) Mainstream novel with fantasy touches.
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A Closer Look: The Art Techniques of Patrick Woodroffe Patrick Woodroffe (Crown/Harmony 0-517-56506-4, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $14.95, 127pp, tp) Fantasy art including work in progress and discussions on technique. First U.S. edition (Paper Tiger 1986).
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The Second Earth Patrick Woodroffe (Paper Tiger 1-85028-042-8, Dec 87 [Jan 88], £12.95, 143pp, hc) Heavily revised version of The Pentateuch.
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The Second Earth Patrick Woodroffe (Paper Tiger 1-85028-043-6, Dec 87 [Jan 88], £7.95, 143pp, tp) Trade paperback edition of the above.
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Under the Lake Stuart Woods (Heinemann 0-434-87811-1, Aug 87, £10.95, 301pp, hc) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1987) ghost/horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Child of the Northern Spring Persia Woolley (Simon & Schuster Poseidon 0-671-62200-5, May 87, $17.95, 428pp, hc) [Guinevere] Arthurian fantasy novel, seen through the eyes of Guinevere.
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Star Wind Linda Woolverton (Corgi 0-552-52459-X, Jul 87, £1.95, 177pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Caught in Crystal Patricia C. Wrede (Ace 0-441-76006-6, Mar 87, $2.95, 293pp, pb) [Lyra] Fantasy novel set in the world of Shadow Magic and Daughter of Witches. Now settled as a mother and innkeeper, Kayl is forced to retrace her adventurers steps as dark forces resurface.
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Christinas Ghost Betty Ren Wright (Scholastic Apple 0-590-40284-6, Oct 87, $2.50, 105pp, pb) Reprint (Holiday House 1985) juvenile short novel of ghosts.
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Horror Shows Gene Wright (David & Charles 0-7153-9012-0, Mar 87 [Jun 87], £15.00, 296pp, hc) Reprint (Facts on File 1986) book on horror films, TV and radio shows. [First U.K. edition]
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Strange Seed T. M. Wright (Tor 0-812-52762-3, Dec 87, $3.95, 309pp, pb) [Strange Seed] Reprint (Everest House 1978) horror novel.
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A Little Fear Patricia Wrightson (Penguin Puffin 0-14-031847-X, Mar 87, £1.50, 111pp, pb) Reprint (Hutchinson 1983) young-adult fantasy novel. Inported to US at $3.95.
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Moon-Dark Patricia Wrightson (Hutchinson 0-09-172559-3, Oct 87 [Dec 87], £6.50, 147pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel.
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Isaac Asimovs Robot City, Book 3: Cyborg William F. Wu (Ace 0-441-37383-6, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $2.95, 169pp, pb) [Robot City] Sf novelization based on Isaac Asimovs robots.
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Masterplay William F. Wu (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20504-0, Aug 87 [Jul 87], $3.50, 215pp, pb) Sf wargaming novel, a first novel. Parts have appeared in magazines in slightly different form.
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The Centre of the Circle Jonathan Wylie (Corgi 0-552-13134-2, Jul 87 [Jun 87], £2.95, 351pp, pb) [Servants of Ark] Fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Servants of Ark trilogy. This is a pseudonym for Mark J.A. Smith & Julia Smith.
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The First Named Jonathan Wylie (Corgi 0-552-13101-6, Mar 87, £2.50, 349pp, pb) [Servants of Ark] Fantasy novel. Volume 1 of the Servants of Ark trilogy. This is a pseudonym for Mark J.A. Smith & Julia Smith. This is their first novel.
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The First Named Jonathan Wylie (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26953-4, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $3.95, 281pp, pb) [Servants of Ark] Fantasy novel, first in a trilogy, Servants of Ark. First U.S. edition (Corgi 1987). Wylie is a pen name for Mark and Julia Smith.
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The Night Visitor Laura Wylie (Critics Choice 1-55547-174-9, Jun 87 [May 87], $3.50, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Pinnacle 1979) horror novel.
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Chocky John Wyndham (Penguin 0-14-003121-9, Aug 87, £2.25, 153pp, pb) [Chocky] Reissue (Ballantine 1968) sf novel.
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The Chrysalids John Wyndham (Penguin 0-14-001308-3, Aug 87, £2.50, 200pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1955) sf novel.
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The Kraken Wakes John Wyndham (Penguin 0-14-001075-0, Aug 87, £2.50, 240pp, pb) Reissue (Michael Joseph 1953) sf novel.
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The Midwich Cuckoos John Wyndham (Penguin 0-14-001440-3, Aug 87, £2.50, 220pp, pb) Reissue (Michael Joseph 1957) sf novel.
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The Secret People John Wyndham (NEL 0-450-42014-0, Aug 87, £2.50, 192pp, pb) Reprint (George Newnes 1935) sf novel.
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Sleepers of Mars John Wyndham (NEL 0-450-42023-X, Aug 87, £2.25, 155pp, pb) Reprint (Coronet 1973) sf collection.
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Stowaway to Mars John Wyndham (NEL 0-450-42024-8, Aug 87, £2.50, 189pp, pb) Reprint (George Newnes 1936, as Planet Plane) sf novel.
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Wanderers of Time John Wyndham (NEL 0-450-42015-9, Aug 87, £2.25, 158pp, pb) Reprint (Coronet 1973) sf collection.
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Web John Wyndham (Penguin 0-14-005338-7, Jun 87, £1.95, 141pp, pb) Reissue (Michael Joseph 1979) sf novel.
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Ariosto Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Tor 0-812-55852-9, Jan 88 [Dec 87], $3.95, 361pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1980) alternate world historical fantasy novel.
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Firecode Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Popular Library 0-445-20229-7, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $3.95, 453pp, pb) Horror novel.
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A Flame in Byzantium Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Tor 0-312-93026-7, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $17.95, 470pp, hc) [Atta Olivia Clemens] First in a new historical/vampire trilogy, featuring Olivia. A spinoff from her Saint Germain series.
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Signs and Portents Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Jove 0-515-09345-9, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $2.95, 188pp, pb) Reprint (Dream Press 1984) collection of 10 stories, with an introduction by Charles L. Grant and an afterword by the author.
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Monster Makers, Inc. Laurence Yep (NAL/Signet 0-451-15055-4, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $2.95, 235pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) young-adult sf novel about a family that genetically engineers monsters for fun and profit.
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Shadow Lord Laurence Yep (Firecrest 0-85997-927-X, Jul 87 [1987], £7.95, 288pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1985) sf novel. Volume 37 in the Star Trek Novels series. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
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A Sending of Dragons Jane Yolen (Julia MacRae 0-86203-322-5, Sep 87, £7.95, 256pp, hc) [Pit Dragon] Juvenile fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Dragons Blood trilogy. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
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A Sending of Dragons Jane Yolen (Delacorte 0-385-29587-1, Oct 87, $14.95, 189pp, hc) [Pit Dragon] Young-adult sf novel, conclusion of the Dragons trilogy; illustrated by Tom McKeveny.
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Tales of Wonder Jane Yolen (Orbit 0-7088-8226-9, Apr 87, £2.95, 275pp, pb) Reprint (Schocken 1983) fantasy collection. [First U.K. edition]
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Spaceships and Spells ed. Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Harper & Row 0-06-026796-8, Nov 87, $12.95, 182pp, hc) Original anthology of 13 juvenile sf and fantasy stories.
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Nights in Ghostland Carol Beach York (Pocket Archway 0-671-63792-4, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $2.50, 121pp, pb) Juvenile novel of ghosts.
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The Peregrine Connection #3: In Search of the Dove Rebecca York (Dell 0-440-11038-6, Nov 86 [Feb 87], $2.95, 220pp, pb) [Peregrine Connection] Recruited by agents of the ultra-secret Peregrine Connection, Jessica Duval uses her special psychic gifts to help her trace a deadly drug and her missing brother, encountering a deadly voodoo cult. Adventure with fantasy elements.
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Hear the Silence: Stories of Myth, Magic and Renewal ed. Irene Zahava (The Trumansburg, NY: Crossing Press 0-89594-212-7, Sep 86 [Jan 87], $22.95, 194pp, hc) Original anthology of feminist sf and fantasy stories of spirituality and self-renewal; 11 of the stories are original, 4 are reprints. Several are pieces of novels in progress. Published in 1986 but not seen until 1987.
- ix · Preface · Irene Zahava · pr
- 1 · Magic in a World of Magic · Anne Cameron · nv *
- 34 · In the Beginning There Was Humming [from What Dinah Thought] · Deena Metzger · ex *
- 39 · Baby Town · Becky Birtha · ss *
- 56 · Why the Sea Is Salty · Kitty Tsui · ss Common Lives/Lesbian Lives, 1982
- 73 · Blood, Sweat and Fears · Dale Colleen Hamilton · ss *
- 89 · Fruit Drink · Bode Noonan · ss Red Beans and Rice, The Crossing Press: Freedom, CA, 1986
- 97 · The Healing · Sandy Boucher · nv *
- 120 · Sticktalk · Vickie L. Sears · ss Gathering Ground, ed. Jo Cochran, J. T. Stewart & Mayumi Tsutakawa, Seal Press, 1984
- 127 · The Saints and Sinners Run · Becky Birtha · ss *
- 137 · The Plasting Project · Merlin Stone · ss *
- 146 · Why the Moon Is Small and Dark When the Sun Is Big and Shiny · Judith Stein · ss *
- 152 · Ernesta [from Mundanes World] · Judy Grahn · ex *
- 168 · The Love Chapter [from Journal of a Plebian Witch] · Martha Waters · ex *
- 179 · The Tree on the Mountain [from What Dinah Thought] · Deena Metzger · ex *
- 192 · She Unnames Them · Ursula K. Le Guin · vi New Yorker Jan 21 85
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Hear the Silence: Stories of Myth, Magic and Renewal ed. Irene Zahava (The Crossing Press 0-89594-211-9, Sep 86 [Jan 87], $8.95, 194pp, tp) Paperback edition of the above.
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Cascade Point Timothy Zahn (Baen 0-671-65633-3, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $3.95, 405pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1986) collection of 13 stories.
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Cobra Timothy Zahn (Arrow 0-09-951410-9, Oct 87, £2.95, 346pp, pb) [Cobras] Reprint (Baen 1985) sf novel. Volume 15 in the Venture SF series. [First U.K. edition]
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Spinneret Timothy Zahn (Arrow 0-09-949690-9, Jul 87, £2.95, 339pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Triplet Timothy Zahn (Baen 0-671-65341-5, Aug 87, $3.50, 369pp, pb) A novel of magic and high technology, a la Zelaznys Jack of Shadows.
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We Yevgeny Zamyatin (Avon 0-380-63313-2, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $3.95, 232pp, pb) Reissue (Viking 1972) classic Russian sf novel, translated by Mira Ginsburg; 5th printing. The first English edition appeared in 1924, but this follows the 1972 retranslation. The book was first published in Russian in 1921.
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Nebula Awards 21: SFWAs Choices for the Best in Science Fiction & Fantasy 1985 ed. George Zebrowski (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-164928-6, Jan 87, $19.95, 333pp, hc) Reprint (HBJ 1986) anthology. The paperback, listed last year, apparently came out several months before the hardcover.
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Synergy: New Science Fiction, Vol. 1 ed. George Zebrowski (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-687700-7, Nov 87, $5.95, 234pp, tp) Original anthology of 6 stories, a poem, and an article on sf. The centerpiece is a novella by Frederik Pohl, My Life as a Born-Again Pig.
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Blood of Amber Roger Zelazny (SFBC #105197, Jan 87, $4.98, 182pp, hc) [Amber] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel, seventh in the Amber series.
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Blood of Amber Roger Zelazny (Avon 0-380-89636-2, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $3.50, 215pp, pb) [Amber] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel, seventh in the Amber series.
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Blood of Amber Roger Zelazny (Sphere 0-7221-9412-9, Oct 87, £2.75, 215pp, pb) [Amber] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 7 in the Amber series. [First U.K. edition]
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A Dark Traveling Roger Zelazny (Walker Millennium 0-8027-6686-2, Apr 87, $15.95, 143pp, hc) Parallel-world juvenile sf novel.
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The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth Roger Zelazny (Methuen 0-413-40970-8, Jan 87, £2.50, 271pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1971) collection of sf/fantasy stories.
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The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth Roger Zelazny (Avon 0-380-01146-8, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $3.50, 252pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1971) collection; 5th Avon printing.
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The Dream Master Roger Zelazny (Ace 0-441-16706-3, Mar 87 [Feb 87], $2.95, 182pp, pb) Reissue (Ace 1966) sf novel. Despite the cover blurb, this novel didnt win the Nebula. A shorter version did. Its still excellent and doesnt need any extra hype. The copyright page lists it as a third printing probably off by a factor of 10. Ace has had it continually in print for 20 years. (CNB)
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Lord of Light Roger Zelazny (Avon 0-380-44834-3, Feb 87 [Jan 87], $2.95, 319pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1967) sf novel, a Hugo Award winner; 21st printing!
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My Name Is Legion Roger Zelazny (Sphere 0-7221-9421-8, Oct 87 [Dec 87], £2.75, 204pp, pb) [Nemo] Reissue (Ballantine 1976) SF/fantasy collection.
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Sign of Chaos Roger Zelazny (Arbor House 0-87795-926-9, Sep 87 [Aug 87], $15.95, 214pp, hc) [Amber] Fantasy novel, 8th in the Amber series. It was supposed to be the final volume in the second series, but didnt make it. There will be two further books (or maybe more), making it a dekalogy.
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Sign of Chaos Roger Zelazny (SFBC #11625, Dec 87, $4.98, 184pp, hc) [Amber] Reprint (Arbor House 1987) fantasy novel, 8th in the Amber series.
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Unicorn Variations Roger Zelazny (Avon 0-380-70287-8, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $3.50, 249pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster/Timescape 1983) collection of 20 stories.
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A Gathering of Heroes Paul Edwin Zimmer (Ace 0-441-27421-8, Sep 87 [Aug 87], $3.50, 368pp, pb) [Dark Border] Fantasy novel, third in the Dark Border series.
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