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The Mars You Have In Me Terry Dowling (Eidolon Publications, Mar ’92, no price, unpaginated, ph, cover by Nick Stathopoulos); Sf short story with interior art by Stephen Stanley. This is a signed limited 200-copy edition, distributed as a gift to friends and subscribers of Eidolon, the Australian sf magazine. Available from Eidolon Publications, PO Box 225, North Perth WA 6006 Australia.

Geodesic Dreams: The Best Short Fiction of Gardner Dozois Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s 0-312-08197-9, Oct ’92, $19.95, 271pp, hc, cover by Karl Kofoed); Collection of 14 stories with a foreword by Robert Silverberg.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction: Ninth Annual Collection ed. Gardner Dozois (St. Martin’s 0-312-07891-9, Jul ’92, $15.95, 575pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton); Best-of-the-year anthology of 28 stories plus a summation of the year in the field by Dozois. A hardcover edition (-07889-7, $27.95) is also available, but the limited edition listed on the copyright page was cancelled. This is the best of the yearly books and the only one devoted to sf. Highly recommended (CNB).

Isaac Asimov’s Earth ed. Gardner Dozois & Sheila Williams (Ace 0-441-37377-1, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.50, 210pp, pb, cover by Dave Archer); Anthology of nine sf stories about Earth from IASFM.

Battlestation Book One ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett (Ace 0-441-04878-1, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $4.99, 258pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Fleet]; Original shared-world anthology of 11 stories with a prologue and “interludes” by Fawcett. First book of a new series that is a direct sequel to “The Fleet” series.

Zimiamvia: A Trilogy E. R. Eddison (Dell 0-440-50300-0, Aug ’92, $16.00, 985pp, tp, cover by Keith Henderson); Fantasy omnibus of the “Zimiamvian” trilogy, Mistress of Mistresses (Faber and Faber 1935), A Fish Dinner in Memison (Dutton 1941), and The Mezentian Gate (Curwen Press 1958), with a new introduction, an essay on the writing of the final volume, and notes by Paul Edmund Thomas. Foreword by Douglas E. Winter. This edition contains sections of the unfinished third volume which have never appeared before.

Suicide Art Scott Edelman (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-51-8, Oct ’92 [Nov ’92], $4.50, 30pp, ph, cover by Robert H. Knox); Collection of two original horror stories, with illustrations by Robert H. Knox. Order from Necronomicon Press, 101 Lockwood St., West Warwick RI 02893.

Schrödinger’s Kitten George Alec Effinger (Pulphouse 1-56146-542-9, Feb ’92, $1.95, 46pp, pb, cover by Rob Alexander) [Budayeen]; Hugo and Nebula Awards-winning sf novelette that originally appeared in Omni in 1988. Short story paperback #42. A limited 100-copy signed leatherbound hardcover edition (-925-4, $20.00) is also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, PO Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.

Venus Rising Carol Emshwiller (Edgewood Press 0-9629066-0-3, Jan ’92, $5.00, 36pp, ph); Original novelette. Order from Edgewood Press, PO Box 264, Cambridge MA 02238. Include $1.00 for postage.

Nightmare Flower Elizabeth Engstrom (Tor 0-312-85404-8, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $19.95, 304pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark); Collection of 20 horror and fantasy stories, ten apparently original.

MetaHorror ed. Dennis Etchison (Dell Abyss 0-440-20899-8, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $4.99, 377pp, pb); Original anthology of 21 stories; one, “Blues and the Abstract Truth” by Malzberg and Dann, is a reprint. With an introduction by the editor.

Riders of the Purple Wage Philip José Farmer (Tor 0-812-51905-1, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $3.99, 216pp, pb, cover by David Hardy); Collection of eight short stories, including one not previously in book form.

Tales of Riverworld ed. Philip José Farmer (Warner Questar 0-446-36269-7, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Don Ivan Punchatz) [Riverworld]; Original shared-world anthology of nine stories set on Farmer’s Riverworld, with an introduction and part of a serial by him.

Torg: Strange Tales from the Nile Empire ed. Greg Farshtey, Greg Gorden & Ed Stark (West End Games 0-87431-343-0, Mar ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.95, 343pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Torg]; Anthology of eight short novelizations based on the “Torg: The Possibility Wars” game, with an introduction by Greg Farshtey. Available from West End Games, RR 3, Box 2345, Honesdale PA 18431.

Cats in Space and Other Places ed. Bill Fawcett (Baen 0-671-72118-6, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Dean Morrissey); Anthology of 17 sf stories about cats and cat-like aliens, three original. Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates.

The Midnight Horse Sid Fleischman (Dell Yearling 0-440-40614-5, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $3.50, 84pp, pb, cover by Peter Sis); Reprint (Greenwillow 1990) young-adult fantasy novella about an orphan boy and his relationship with the ghost of a great magician. A 1991 Edgar Award nominee.

Star Trek: Log One/Log Two/Log Three Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38247-1, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $4.99, 564pp, pb) [Star Trek Log]; Omnibus of three collections of novelizations based on the animated Star Trek series, Star Trek Log One (Ballantine 1974), Star Trek Log Two (Ballantine 1974), and Star Trek Log Three (Ballantine 1975).

Chronicles of the Mutant Rain Forest Robert Frazier & Bruce Boston (Horror’s Head Press, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $8.95, 80pp, tp, cover by Robert Frazier); Collection of connected poems set in the authors’ Mutant Rain Forest world (also used in fiction), with an introduction by Lucius Shepard. Order from Horror’s Head Press, 140 Dickie Ave., Staten Island NY 10314.

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