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On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with the Dead Folks Joe R. Lansdale (Roadkill Press, 1991 [May ’91], $6.00, 45pp, ph, cover by Mark A. Nelson); Reprint Stoker-nominated horror story, with illustrations by Mark A. Nelson. This is a signed and numbered limited edition of 500 copies.

The Steel Valentine Joe R. Lansdale (Pulphouse 1-56146-511-9, May ’91, $1.95, 39pp, pb, cover by George Barr); Reprint horror short story that originally appeared in the collection By Bizarre Hands. Short story paperback #11. A 100-copy signed leatherbound deluxe edition ($20.00) is also available.

Alien Minds Keith Laumer (Baen 0-671-72055-4, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.50, 326pp, pb, cover by Doug Anderson); Collection of ten stories including two originals about alien races.

In a Glass Darkly Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (Alan Sutton 0-86299-379-2, 1990 [Apr ’91], £4.95, 314pp, pb, cover by Francisco Goya) [Martin Hesselius]; Reprint (Richard Bentley 1872) classic collection of five occult short stories. Recommended. (PSP) This appeared in 1990 but has only just been seen.

The Eye of the Heron & The Word for World Is Forest Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz 0-575-05060-8, Jun ’91 [May ’91], £3.99, 301pp, pb); Omnibus of two short novels, The Eye of the Heron and The Word for World is Forest with the introduction from the 1977 Gollancz edition of the latter.

The Lathe of Heaven/The Dispossessed/The Wind’s Twelve Quarters Ursula K. Le Guin (BOMC, Jun ’91, $17.95, 848pp, hc, cover by David Shannon); Omnibus of two Le Guin novels, The Lathe of Heaven (Scribner’s 1971) and The Dispossessed (Harper & Row 1974), plus the 17-story collection The Wind’s Twelve Quarters (Harper & Row 1975).

Searoad: The Chronicles of Klatsand Ursula K. Le Guin (HarperCollins 0-06-016740-8, Oct ’91, $20.00, 193pp, hc, cover by Steven McLeod); Associational mainstream collection of ten stories set on the coast of Oregon.

The Book of the Dead Tanith Lee (Overlook 0-87951-440-X, Dec ’91, $19.95, 215pp, hc, cover by Wayne Douglas Barlowe) [Secret Books of Paradys]; Collection of eight dark fantasy stories, third book in the “Secret Books of Paradys” series.

Into Gold Tanith Lee (Pulphouse 0-56146-532-1, Nov ’91, $1.95, 47pp, pb, cover by David & Elissa Martin); Fantasy short story originally appeared in IASFM 3/86 and in the collection Women As Demons. Short story paperback #32.

The Secret Books of Paradys I & II Tanith Lee (SFBC #18348, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $9.98, 401pp, hc, cover by Dawn Wilson) [Secret Books of Paradys]; Fantasy omnibus of the collection The Book of the Damned (Unwin 1988) and the novel The Book of the Beast (Unwin 1988).

Conjure Wife/Our Lady of Darkness Fritz Leiber (Tor 0-812-51296-0, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Wayne Douglas Barlowe); Omnibus of two classic dark fantasy novels, Conjure Wife (Twayne 1953) and Our Lady of Darkness (Berkley 1977). Two of Leiber’s best works. Highly recommended (SW).

Microworlds Stanislaw Lem (Mandarin 0-7493-0557-6, Mar ’91, £5.99, 285pp, tp, cover by Luis Rey); Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1985) collection of ten critical essays.

Grimscribe: His Lives and Works Thomas Ligotti (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-739-9, Dec ’91, $18.95, 214pp, hc); Collection of 13 gothic horror stories, tenuously connected. Simultaneous with the British (Robinson) edition.

The Watchers Out of Time H. P. Lovecraft (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-769-0, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $4.50, 320pp, pb); Reprint (Arkham House 1974 as by H.P. Lovecraft & August Derleth) collection of 15 stories begun by Lovecraft and finished by August Derleth. This edition lacks the novel The Lurker at the Threshold and the foreword that appeared in the Arkham House edition.

The Night Ocean H. P. Lovecraft & Robert H. Barlow (Necronomicon Press, Oct ’91, $2.50, 23pp, ph, cover by Jason Eckhardt); Lovecraft collaborative short story. This is a new edition, revised from previous texts, with illustrations by Jason Eckhardt. The first Necronomicon Press edition appeared in 1978 as part of Uncollected Prose & Poetry I.

The House of Cthulhu Brian Lumley (Headline 0-7472-3573-2, Feb ’91, £3.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Primal Land]; Reprint (Weirdbook 1984) horror collection. Note that this edition includes the previously uncollected “To Kill a Wizard!” and omits “Isles of the Suhm-Yi” and “Curse of the Golden Guardians.” Volume One in “The Tales of the Primal Land.”

The Door in the Air and Other Stories Margaret Mahy (Delacorte 0-385-30252-5, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $13.95, 106pp, hc, cover by Diana Catchpole); Young-adult collection of nine fantasy stories, illustrated by Diana Catchpole. First American edition (Dent 1988).

The Pear-Shaped Man George R. R. Martin (Pulphouse 1-56146-537-2, Nov ’91, $1.95, 46pp, pb, cover by George Barr); Bram Stoker Award-winning and World Fantasy Award-nominated horror short story that originally appeared in Omni 10/87. Short story paperback #37. A signed leatherbound limited edition of 100 copies ($20.00) is also available.

Wild Cards IX: Jokertown Shuffle ed. George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29174-2, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 390pp, pb, cover by Timothy Truman) [Wild Cards]; Original shared-world anthology, ninth book of the “Wild Cards” series.

Wild Cards VIII: One-Eyed Jacks ed. George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28852-0, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 326pp, pb, cover by Timothy Truman) [Wild Cards]; Original shared-world anthology, eighth book of the “Wild Cards” series.

The King of the Hill Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz 0-575-05001-2, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], £13.99, 216pp, hc); Collection of eight sf stories.

Storming the Reality Studio: A Casebook of Cyberpunk and Postmodern Science Fiction ed. Larry McCaffery (Duke University Press 0-8223-1168-2, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $17.95, 387pp, tp, cover by John Bergin); Anthology of short fiction, novel excerpts, poetry, and non-fiction. There is an introduction by the editor, a bibliography, and an annotated guide to “the cultural artifacts that helped to shape cyberpunk ideology and aesthetics” by the editor and Richard Kadrey. A hardcover edition (-1158-5, $49.95) was announced but not seen.

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