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_SF in Non-Genre Publications [1984]

Tales of the Horseclans Robert Adams (NAL/Plume 0-452-25726-3, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $8.95, 578pp, pb) [Horseclans]; Omnibus edition of the first three novels in the “Horseclans” sf series.

Barbarians ed. Robert Adams, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (NAL/Signet 0-451-14054-0, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $3.95, 368pp, pb); Anthology of 13 stories.

Night Voices: Strange Stories Robert Aickman (Gollancz 0-575-03648-6, Nov ’85, £8.95, 185pp, hc); Collection of horror stories, with a foreword by Barry Humphries.

Up the Chimney Down and Other Stories Joan Aiken (Harper & Row 0-06-020036-7, Nov ’85 [Dec ’85], $11.95, 248pp, hc); Reprint (Cape 1984), first U.S. edition. Collection of fantasy stories. Also available in a library edition, 0-06-020037-5, $11.89.

The Horatio Stubbs Saga Brian W. Aldiss (Granada/Panther 0-586-06031-6, 1985 [Oct ’85], £3.50, 670pp, pb) [Horatio Stubbs]; Non-sf/fantasy, associational. An omnibus edition of three semi-autobiographical novels chronicling the bawdy (mis)adventures of Stubbs: The Hand-Reared Boy (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1970), A Soldier Erect (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1971), and A Rude Awakening (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1978).

Starswarm Brian W. Aldiss (Baen 0-671-55999-0, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $2.95, 246pp, pb); Reprint (Signet 1964) collection. This is labeled “first complete U.S. edition.” It adds one story “Intangibles, Inc.” to the earlier collection and drops all earlier copyright mention.

The Fantasy Sampler ed. Susan Allison (Berkley/Ace, Oct ’85 [Nov ’85], free to members of the 1985 World Fantasy Convention, unpaginated, galley); Excerpts from upcoming Ace and Berkley books. Available only in galley form.

Dialogue with Darkness Poul Anderson (Tor 0-812-53083-7, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $2.95, 320pp, pb); Collection of sf stories.

Mercenaries of Tomorrow ed. Poul Anderson, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Critic’s Choice 0-931773-41-5, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $2.95, 372pp, pb); Sf anthology. Anderson is listed as “Creator,” which could either mean editor or “you can put my name on the cover and I’ll write an introduction.” We don’t know which.

Terrorists of Tomorrow ed. Poul Anderson, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Critic’s Choice 0-931773-54-7, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $3.50, 376pp, pb); Sf anthology. According to the jacket, Anderson “created” it and Greenberg and Waugh edited it.

The Tower of Glass Ivan Angelo (Avon/Bard 0-380-89607-9, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $3.95, 195pp, pb); Collection of five interlocking stories with elements of dystopian sf, translated (from a 1979 Brazilian edition) by Ellen Watson.

The 1985 Rhysling Anthology ed. Anon. (Science Fiction Poetry Association, 1985 [Dec ’85], $1.00, 20pp, pb); Anthology of sf poems, finalists for the 1985 Rhysling awards.

Analog: The Best of Science Fiction ed. Anon. (A&W/Galahad 0-88365-637-X, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $12.95, 621pp, hc); Anthology of 32 stories, published as an “instant remainder.”

Anthonology Piers Anthony (Tor 0-312-93027-5, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $14.95, 381pp, hc); Collection with both reprint stories and originals, introduced by the author with lots of material between each story about Anthony and his trials and tribulations in the sf field.

The Bantam Spectra Sampler ed. Lou Aronica (Bantam Spectra 0-553-17925-X, Jun ’85 [May ’85], no price given, 93pp, pb); Special promotional book, distributed free at the ABA and various bookstores, with excerpts from 8 upcoming Spectra books.

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