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A Case of Painter’s Ear John Brunner (Pulphouse 1-56146-502-X, Jan ’91, $1.95, 34pp, pb, cover by Paul Clift); Fantasy story. Short story paperback #2. Originally appeared in Tales from the Forbidden Planet (Titan 1987). This is its first book publication under Brunner’s byline. A 100-copy, signed leatherbound limited edition ($20.00) is also available.

Taltos the Assassin Steven Brust (Pan 0-330-31612-5, Feb ’91, £6.99, 684pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino) [Vlad Taltos]; Fantasy omnibus of Jhereg, Yendi and Teckla.

The Cutter Edward Bryant (Pulphouse 1-56146-508-9, Jan ’91, $1.95, 52pp, pb, cover by Doug Herring); Fantasy story. Short story paperback #8. This originally appeared in Silver Scream (Dark Harvest 1988) and is published under Bryant’s byline for the first time. A 100-copy signed, leatherbound limited edition ($20.00) is also available.

Fetish Edward Bryant (Pulphouse/Axolotl, Aug ’91, $10.00, 132pp, tp, cover by Jill Bauman); Short horror novel, Bryant’s longest work in many years. This trade paperback edition is limited to 525 copies. A 300-copy hardcover edition ($35.00) and a 75-copy deluxe leatherbound edition of 75 copies ($65.00) are also available. All states are signed by the author.

The Best Supernatural Stories of John Buchan John Buchan (Robert Hale 0-7090-4293-0, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], £15.95, 254pp, hc); Collection of 15 supernatural short stories by John Buchan, edited and with an introduction by Peter Haining.

L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume VII ed. Algis Budrys (Bridge 0-88404-641-9, Jul ’91, $5.95, 459pp, pb, cover by Frank Frazetta); Original anthology of 15 stories from the 1990 Writers of the Future contest, illustrated by the winners of the 1990 Illustrators of the Future contest, plus six non-fiction pieces by well-known authors and artists.

Sex & Other Acts of the Imagination Cliff Burns (Harman Burns Publications 0-9694853-0-1, Dec ’90 [Jan ’91], $6.95, 115pp, tp, cover by Laurel Johannesson); Collection of 19 horror stories from small press sources, with an introduction by Jeff Vandermeer.

The Evening and the Morning and the Night Octavia E. Butler (Pulphouse 1-56146-538-0, Nov ’91, $1.95, 45pp, pb, cover by Alan Giana); Nebula Award-nominated sf short story that originally appeared in Omni 5/87. Short story paperback #38. A signed leatherbound limited edition of 100 copies ($20.00) is also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.

Letters from Home Pat Cadigan, Karen Joy Fowler & Pat Murphy (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4280-4, Aug ’91, £6.95, 233pp, tp, cover by Elaine Kowalsky); Collection of six sf stories each from Pat Cadigan, Karen Joy Fowler and Pat Murphy, most previously uncollected.

Waking Nightmares Ramsey Campbell (Tor 0-312-85250-9, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $18.95, 273pp, hc, cover by Tim O’Brien); Collection of 11 horror stories with an introduction by the author.

I Remember, I Remember... Mary Caraker (Pulphouse 1-56146-524-0, Jul ’91, $1.95, 46pp, pb, cover by Alan Giana); Original sf short story of a woman who wakes from cold sleep on a colony ship with no memory of how she got there. Short Story paperback #24.

Future on Fire ed. Orson Scott Card (Tor 0-812-51183-2, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 376pp, pb, cover by Ron Walotsky); Anthology of 15 stories from the ’80s, with an introduction by the editor.

Black Cocktail Jonathan Carroll (St. Martin’s 0-312-06304-0, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $13.95, 76pp, hc, cover by Dave McKean); Dark fantasy novella, illustrated by Dave McKean. First American edition (Legend 1990).

More Shapes Than One Fred Chappell (St. Martin’s 0-312-06418-7, Sep ’91, $17.95, 197pp, hc, cover by Andrea Futter); Collection of 13 stories, nearly all dark fantasy or horror. Highly recommended (SW).

Listening to Brahms Suzy McKee Charnas (Pulphouse 1-56146-519-4, May ’91, $1.95, 46pp, pb, cover by Alan Giana); Nebula-nominated sf short story that originally appeared in Omni. This is its first book publication. Short story paperback #19.

Ealdwood C. J. Cherryh (Gollancz 0-575-04575-2, Jan ’91, £4.50, 432pp, pb, cover by Julek Heller) [Arafel’s Saga]; Reprint (SFBC 1983 as Arafel’s Saga) omnibus of The Dreamstone and The Tree of Sword and Jewels. The 1979 Donald Grant volume entitled Ealdwood was a novella that formed the first half of The Dreamstone.

Merovingen Nights #7: Endgame ed. C. J. Cherryh (DAW 0-88677-481-0, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Tim Hildebrandt) [Merovingen Nights]; Original anthology of seven stories, seventh in a series. These are presented in a “braided” format, with pieces of overlapping stories presented in chronological order.

Cold Blood ed. Richard T. Chizmar (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-57-0, Jun ’91 [Jul ’91], $25.00, 401pp, hc, cover by Nancy Niles); Original anthology of 24 horror stories (some supernatural, some not) plus a stage version of Joe R. Lansdale’s short story “By Bizarre Hands”, with a foreword by the editor and an introduction by Douglas E. Winter. Recommended (SW).

High Frontier Chris Claremont (SFBC #18970, Dec ’91, $9.98, 534pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) [FirstFlight]; Omnibus of two sf novels, FirstFlight (Ace 1990) and Grounded! (Ace 1991).

More Than One Universe: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29189-0, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 554pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen); Near-omnibus of four collections: Tales of Ten Worlds (Harcourt, Brace & World 1962), The Other Side of the Sky (Harcourt, Brace 1958), The Nine Billion Names of God (Harcourt, Brace & World 1967), and The Wind from the Sun (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1972). Several stories have been dropped, and the order changed. The vignettes from the revised 1987 Signet edition of The Wind from the Sun have been added, but all introductory material has been deleted.

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