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Kipling’s Science Fiction Rudyard Kipling (Tor 0-312-85355-6, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $17.95, 178pp, hc, cover by David R. Deitrick); Collection of nine stories, with introductions by John Brunner plus a bibliography.

The Price of Oranges Nancy Kress (Pulphouse 1-56146-553-4, Jun ’92 [Jul ’92], $1.95, 46pp, pb, cover by Alan Giana); Sf short story that originally appeared in IASFM. Short Story Paperback #53. A 100-copy signed limited hardcover edition (-933-5, $20.00) is also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.

Secret of the Earth Star Henry Kuttner (Starmont House 1-55742-134-X, 1991 [Jul ’92], $10.95, 157pp, tp); Collection of the title novella and seven other sf and fantasy pulp stories edited by Sheldon Jaffery. This a facsimile edition with the original magazine illustrations. A hardcover edition (-135-8; $20.95) was announced but not seen. This has a 1991 copyright but was not seen until now. Available from Starmont House, Inc., PO Box 851, Mercer Island WA 98040.

Bedlam’s Bard Mercedes Lackey & Ellen Guon (SFBC #02791, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $12.98, 536pp, hc, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Bedlam’s Bard]; Fantasy omnibus of Knight of Ghosts and Shadows (Baen 1991) and Summoned to Tourney (Baen 1992).

Iron Tears R. A. Lafferty (Edgewood Press 0-9629066-2-X, Dec ’92, $10.00, 219pp, tp, cover by Leo & Diane Dillon); Collection of 15 previously uncollected stories. Introduction by Michael Swanwick.

Steppin’ Out, Summer, ’68 Joe R. Lansdale (Roadkill Press, Aug ’92 [Sep ’92], $7.00, 29pp, ph, cover by Mark A. Nelson); Horror short story with illustrations by Mark A. Nelson. This is a 500-copy signed limited edition. Order from Little Bookshop of Horrors, 10380 Ralston Rd., Arvada CO 80004.

Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man’s Back Joe R. Lansdale (Pulphouse 1-56146-546-1, Feb ’92, $1.95, 46pp, pb, cover by Brian Cooper); Horror novelette that first appeared in 1986 in Nukes and also appeared in the collection By Bizarre Hands. Short story paperback #46. A limited 100-copy signed leatherbound edition (-928-9, $20.00) is also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.

Dark at Heart ed. Joe R. & Karen Lansdale (Dark Harvest 0-913165-64-6, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $21.95, 307pp, hc, cover by Peter Scanlan); Associational original anthology of 20 crime and suspense stories, many by fantasy/horror writers. Order from Dark Harvest, Box 941, Arlington Heights IL 60006.

Abortion Stories: Fiction on Fire ed. Rick Lawler (MinRef Press 0-9624394-1-X, Jul ’92, $11.00, 246pp, tp, cover by Michael Taylor); Original anthology of 23 stories about abortion, two reprints, with a foreword by David Brin and an introduction by the editor. Most of the stories have sf, fantasy, or horror elements. Available from MinRef Press, 8379 Langtree Way, Sacramento CA 95823.

A Journey Into Mystery Richard Lazarus (University Editions 1-56002-158-6, Sep ’92, $7.95, 146pp, tp, cover by Charles Bernard); Original collection of seven sf stories. Order from University Editions, 59 Oak Lane, Spring Valley, Huntington WV 25704.

Catwings Ursula K. Le Guin (Scholastic 0-590-46072-2, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $2.95, 40pp, tp, cover by S. D. Schindler) [Catwings]; Reprint (Orchard 1988) children’s fantasy story with illustrations by S. D. Schindler. This is a miniature book, apparently shot down from the Scholastic trade paperback edition.

Catwings Return Ursula K. Le Guin (Scholastic 0-590-46074-9, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $2.95, 49pp, tp, cover by S. D. Schindler) [Catwings]; Reprint (Orchard 1989) children’s fantasy short story, illustrated by S.D. Schindler. This is a miniature book, apparently shot down from the Scholastic trade paperback edition.

Fish Soup Ursula K. Le Guin (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31733-6, Sep ’92, $13.95, 32pp, hc, cover by Patrick Wynne); Children’s fantasy story with black-and-white illustrations by Patrick Wynne.

Nine Lives [revised from Playboy Nov ’69] Ursula K. Le Guin (Pulphouse 1-56146-550-X, Feb ’92, $1.95, 47pp, pb, cover by Doug Herring); Sf short story that originally appeared in Playboy in 1969 as well as in the collection The Wind’s Twelve Quarters. This is Le Guin’s 1975 preferred text. Short story paperback #50. A leatherbound edition (-930-0, $20.00) is also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.

A Ride on the Red Mare’s Back Ursula K. Le Guin (Orchard 0-531-05991-X, Aug ’92 [Sep ’92], $15.95, 48pp, hc, cover by Julie Downing); Children’s fantasy story with full-color illustrations by Julie Downing.

Kreativity for Kats and Other Feline Fantasies Fritz Leiber (Wildside Press 1-880448-10-6, Sep ’92, $2.29, 64pp, tp, cover by Jill Bauman); Collection of three stories about cats in a smaller, thin paperback (13½ x 10½ cm) size. A 200-copy hardcover edition (-11-4, $13.99) and a 26-copy leatherbound hardcover edition (-12-2, $22.50) were announced but not seen. Available from Wildside Press, 37 Fillmore St. Newark NJ 07105.

Quarantine World Murray Leinster (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-844-1, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $3.95, 266pp, pb) [Calhoun (Med Service)]; Sf omnibus of two of the Med Service books, the novel The Mutant Weapon (Ace 1959), and the collection of three novellas S.O.S. from Three Worlds (Ace 1967). This is two-thirds of the longer omnibus The Med Series (Ace 1983), which also includes This World is Taboo (Ace 1961).

Canopus in Argus: Archives Doris Lessing (Random House/Vintage 0-679-74184-4, Dec ’92, $20.00, 1229pp, tp) [Canopus in Argus: Archives]; Sf omnibus of the “Canopus in Argus: Archives” series, Re: Colonised Planet 5: Shikasta (Knopf 1979), The Marriages Between Zones Three, Four, and Five (Knopf 1980), The Sirian Experiment (Knopf 1981), The Making of the Representative for Planet 8 (Knopf 1982), and Documents Relating to the Sentimental Agents in the Volyen Empire (Knopf 1983).

The Battle That Ended the Century/Collapsing Cosmoses H. P. Lovecraft & Robert H. Barlow (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-41-0, Mar ’92 [Apr ’92], $2.50, 14pp, ph, cover by Robert H. Knox); Collection of two short story collaborations, with anonymous notes. Available from Necronomicon Press, 101 Lockwood St., West Warwick RI 02893.

Sherlock Holmes In: The Loss of the British Bark Sophy Anderson/Sherlock Holmes In: The Grey Nun Legacy Gary Lovisi & P. Smith (Gryphon Books 0-93607-23-0, Mar ’92 [Jan ’92], $6.95, 42/17pp, ph, cover by Frank Hamilton) [Sherlock Holmes]; Associational original anthology of two Sherlock Holmes pastiches. Gryphon Double #3. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228.

The Complete Khash: Volume One: Never a Backward Glance Brian Lumley (W. Paul Ganley 0-932445-43-8, May ’91 [Jul ’92], $25.00, 181pp, hc, cover by Jim Pitts) [Tarra Khash]; Collection of six dark fantasy stories set in the Primal Land. A deluxe signed edition (-44-6, $40.00) was announced but not seen. This has a 1991 copyright date but was not seen until now. Available from W. Paul Ganley, PO Box 149, Buffalo NY 14226.

The Girl with the Green Ear: Stories About Magic in Nature Margaret Mahy (Knopf 0-679-82231-3, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $15.00, unpaginated, hc, cover by Shirley Hughes); Collection of nine young-adult fantasy stories previously published in various British Mahy collections, with the original illustrations by Shirley Hughes.

Futurecrime: An Anthology of the Shape of Crime to Come ed. Cynthia Manson & Charles Ardai (Donald I. Fine 1-55611-312-9, Jan ’92, $21.95, 323pp, hc, cover by Loretta Trezzo); Anthology of 15 sf/crime/thriller stories, with an introduction by the editors. There are three originals by C.J. Cherryh, George Alec Effinger, and Alan Dean Foster.

Somewhere in Time/What Dreams May Come Richard Matheson (Dream/Press 0-910489-06-8, Jan ’92, $25.00, 505pp, hc); Omnibus of two romantic fantasy novels, Somewhere in Time (Viking 1975 as Bid Time Return) and What Dreams May Come (Putnam 1978). There is an introduction by the author, and the text has been corrected for this edition.

The Chilling Hour: Tales of the Real and Unreal Collin McDonald (Penguin/Cobblehill 0-525-65101-2, Sep ’92, $14.00, 153pp, hc, cover by Stephen Marchesi); Collection of eight young-adult horror/dark fantasy stories.

Call to the Edge Sean McMullen (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-06-6, Mar ’92 [Apr ’92], $10.00, 245pp, tp, cover by Nick Stathopoulos); Collection of nine stories, four original, with an introduction by Michael J. Tolley. Available for $10.00 US airmail postpaid anywhere in the world. From Aphelion Publications, PO Box 619, North Adelaide S.A. 5006, Australia.

Great American Ghost Stories, Volume One ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Berkley 0-425-13470-9, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Barrall); Reprint (Rutledge Hill Press 1991) anthology of 13 ghost stories, originally part of the larger anthology Great American Ghost Stories, with an introduction by McSherry.

The Deed of Paksenarrion Elizabeth Moon (Baen 0-671-72104-6, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $12.00, 1024pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Deed of Paksenarrion]; Omnibus of the three books of the “Deed of Paksenarrion” trilogy, Sheepfarmer’s Daughter (Baen 1988), Divided Allegiance (Baen 1988), and Oath of Gold (Baen 1989). The text has been corrected and slightly revised.

Quick Chills II ed. Robert Morrish & Peter Enfantino (Deadline Press 0-9631367-3-9, Apr ’92 [May ’92], $45.00, 334pp, hc); Anthology of 25 horror stories that originally appeared in small press magazines from 1989-1991. This is a 575-copy leatherbound limited edition signed by the contributors. Order from Deadline Press, 4884 Pepperwood Way, San Jose CA 95124, (408) 267-1159.

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