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Against the Fall of Night and Beyond the Fall of Night Arthur C. Clarke & Gregory Benford (Gollancz 0-575-04765-8, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], £13.99, 239pp, hc, cover by David Farren) [Against the Fall of Night]; Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1990 as Beyond the Fall of Night) collection of Clarke’s classic short novel and a modern sequel by Greg Benford. [First U.K. edition]

No Way Street Bruce Clemence (Pulphouse 1-56146-515-1, May ’91, $1.95, 44pp, pb, cover by George Barr); Original sf short story about a human serial killer captured by aliens as a circus exhibit. Short story paperback #15.

Interzone: The 5th Anthology ed. John Clute, Lee Montgomerie & David Pringle (NEL 0-450-54063-4, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], £5.99, 273pp, pb); Anthology of 13 stories from Interzone plus two original stories.

A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes ed. Thomas Colchie (Dutton 0-525-93367-0, Nov ’91, $22.95, 430pp, hc, cover by Cathleen Toelke); Anthology of 26 stories by Latin American writers, virtually all with elements of horror or magic realism. There is an introduction by the editor and detailed biographical notes on the authors. All material is translated from the Spanish.

The Unusual Genitals Party and Other Stories ed. Veronica Colin (CRM No ISBN, Apr ’91 [Aug ’91], no price, 36pp, tp); Anthology of stories by members of the Glasgow SF Writers’ Circle.

The Tortuga Hill Gang’s Last Ride: The True Story Nancy A. Collins (Roadkill Press, 1991, $5.00, 25pp, ph, cover by Timothy Standish); Original “cowpunk” horror story, with illustrations by Timothy Standish. This is a signed and numbered limited edition of 500 copies.

Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology ed. Michael Cox & R. A. Gilbert (Oxford University Press 0-19-214202-X, Oct ’91, £16.95, 497pp, hc, cover by Atkinson Grimshaw); Anthology of 35 ghost stories from 1850 to 1910, with an introductory background article and an extensive survey of the main ghost story collections of the period. This is a worldwide edition available in the U.S. for $24.95. Recommended. (PSP)

Beasts/Engine Summer/Little, Big John Crowley (BOMC/QPBC, Jun ’91, $12.95, 184/182/627pp, tp); Omnibus of three novels, fantasy novel Beasts (Doubleday 1976), sf novel Engine Summer (Doubleday 1979), and the World Fantasy Award-winning Little, Big (Bantam 1981).

Great Work of Time John Crowley (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29319-2, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $3.99, 136pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty); World Fantasy Award-winning novella that previously appeared in the collection Novelty.

The Collected Short Stories of Roald Dahl Roald Dahl (Michael Joseph 0-7181-3545-8, Sep ’91, £15.99, 762pp, hc); Omnibus edition of Dahl’s four previous adult short story collections, Kiss Kiss, Over to You, Switch Bitch and Someone Like You, plus a further eight stories (four from More Tales of the Unexpected).

Fantastic Mr. Fox Roald Dahl (Collins 0-00-185433-X, Apr ’91 [May ’91], £3.99, 90pp, hc); Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1970) children’s fantasy novella.

George’s Marvelous Medicine Roald Dahl (Knopf 0-394-84600-1, Sep ’91, $12.00, 89pp, hc, cover by Quentin Blake); Reprint (Knopf 1982) young-adult fantasy novella, illustrated by Quentin Blake.

James and the Giant Peach Roald Dahl (Collins 0-00-185432-1, Apr ’91 [May ’91], £4.99, 136pp, hc); Reprint (Knopf 1961) children’s fantasy novel.

The Magic Finger Roald Dahl (Collins 0-00-185434-8, Apr ’91 [May ’91], £3.99, 64pp, hc); Reprint (Knopf 1966) children’s fantasy novella.

Crime for Christmas ed. Richard Dalby (O’Mara 1-85479-034-X, Oct ’91, £13.99, 279pp, hc, cover by William Geldart); Anthology of 16 crime and ghost stories, three original. Fourth in the series.

The Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 2 ed. Richard Dalby (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-701-1, Sep ’91 [Jul ’91], $9.95, 658pp, tp, cover by Peter Kettle); Anthology of 59 ghost stories, both obscure and famous, with a preface by Christopher Lee.

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