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The Jungle David Drake (Tor 0-312-85197-9, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $18.95, 282pp, hc, cover by Alan Gutierrez) [Keeps]; Military sf novel set in the same universe as Henry Kuttner’s novella “Clash By Night”. Although not mentioned on the outside, the book also contains the text of “Clash By Night” with an appreciation by Drake.

The Military Dimension David Drake (Baen 0-671-72054-6, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.50, 273pp, pb, cover by John Rheaume); Collection of 11 military sf stories, including one original.

Old Nathan David Drake (Baen 0-671-72084-8, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $4.50, 228pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Nathan]; Collection of five interconnected fantasy stories, three original, featuring a backwoods wizard in early 19th-century America.

The Fleet Book 6: Crisis ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett (Ace 0-441-24106-9, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.50, 293pp, pb, cover by James Gurney) [Fleet]; Original shared-world military sf anthology of 13 stories with “interludes” by Bill Fawcett. Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates.

A Case of Mistaken Identity L. Timmel Duchamp (Pulphouse 1-56146-507-0, Jan ’91, $1.95, 46pp, pb, cover by Todd Cameron Hamilton); Time-travel fantasy story. Short story paperback #7.

Famous Fantastic Mysteries ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert E. Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Gramercy 0-517-05577-5, Aug ’91, $10.00, 449pp, hc, cover by Virgil Finlay); Anthology of 30 fantasy and horror stories that originally appeared in Famous Fantastic Mysteries and Fantastic Novels. This is an instant remainder edition.

Dreams with Sharp Teeth Harlan Ellison (BOMC/QPBC, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $12.95, 990pp, tp, cover by Sam Raffa); Omnibus of three collections; Shatterday (Houghton Mifflin 1980), Deathbird Stories (Harper & Row 1975), and I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream (Pyramid 1967). There is a new introduction, and material has been added to the introductions to each section. The entire text has been corrected and reset. Two stories, “Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes” and “Delusion for a Dragon Slayer”, that were duplicated in the original collections only appear once, and two stories, “A Friend to Man” and “The Sky Is Burning”, plus an essay, “Memoir”, have been added.

The Start of the End of It All Carol Emshwiller (Mercury House 1-56279-001-3, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $17.95, 204pp, tp, cover by Renée Flower); Collection of 18 literary sf & fantasy stories. Highly recommended (SW). First American edition (Women’s Press 1990). This is somewhat revised, and substitutes four different stories for four in the British edition. A trade paperback edition (-002-1, $10.95) is also available.

The Dark Country Dennis Etchison (Pulphouse 1-56146-521-6, Jul ’91, $1.95, 47pp, pb, cover by Rob Alexander) [Jack Martin]; World Fantasy Award-winning horror story that originally appeared in Fantasy Tales #8, 1981. Short Story paperback #21. A leatherbound 100-copy limited edition (-913-0, $20.00) is also available.

The Complete Masters of Darkness ed. Dennis Etchison (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-116-5, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $39.95, 766pp, hc, cover by Ilene Myer); Omnibus of three horror anthologies. This is the first appearance of Masters of Darkness III.

Masters of Darkness III ed. Dennis Etchison (Tor 0-812-51766-0, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $3.95, 332pp, pb); Anthology of 18 horror stories. Previously published as the last third of The Complete Masters of Darkness (Underwood-Miller 1991).

The War Years #3: The Jupiter War ed. Bill Fawcett (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45098-1, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.99, 254pp, pb); Original anthology of nine military sf stories based on a premise by Gregory Benford, with connecting material by Fawcett. Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates.

Lord of Atlantis John Russell Fearn (Zeon Books 1-874113-00-9, Sep ’91 [Nov ’91], £4.95, 68pp, ph) [Golden Amazon]; First separate publication of a Golden Amazon novelette, first published in the Toronto Star Weekly in 1949. This edition contains an introduction by Phil Harbottle and a Golden Amazon bibliography. Order from 20 Whitecroft, Dilton Marsh, Westbury, BA13 4DJ, U.K.

Walk with the Dead E. Burke Finster (DimeNovels 1-56317-007-8, 1990 [Apr ’91], $1.99, 90pp, tp, cover by Diane Russell Kramer); Horror novella of the dead rising and walking in San Francisco. This is a small format paperback (11.5cm x 7.5cm.).

Extraterrestrial Tales Nicholas Fisk (Puffin 0-14-034521-3, Jun ’91, £4.99, 387pp, pb); Omnibus of three of Fisk’s young-adult sf novels.

The Fantasy and Mystery Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald (Robert Hale 0-7090-4612-X, Jul ’91, £12.95, 192pp, hc); Collection of 14 fantasy/mystery stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, edited, and with an introoduction, by Peter Haining.

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