The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Dragonsdawn Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36286-1, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $4.95, 369pp, pb) [Pern] Reprint (Del Rey/Bantam UK 1988) sf novel, a prequel to the Dragonriders of Pern series.
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Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-29873-X, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $3.95, 359pp, pb) [Pern] Reissue (Severn House 1983) sf novel in the Pern series; eighth printing.
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Nerilkas Story Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33949-5, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $3.95, 188pp, pb) [Pern] Reissue (Del Rey 1986) short sf novel set on Pern, with illustrations by Edwin Herder; seventh printing.
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The Renegades of Pern Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34096-5, Nov 89 [Oct 89], $19.95, 384pp, hc) [Pern] Sf novel in the Pern series.
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The White Dragon Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34167-8, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $3.95, 468pp, pb) [Pern] Reissue (Del Rey 1978) sf novel, third book of the Dragonriders of Pern series; 23rd printing.
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Bethanys Sin Robert R. McCammon (Kinnell 1-870532-10-4, Aug 89 [Nov 89], £11.95, 343pp, hc, cover by Colin Sullivan) Reprint (Sphere 1980) horror novel.
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Blue World and Other Stories Robert R. McCammon (Grafton 0-246-13454-2, Apr 89, £7.95, 306pp, tp, cover by Bruno Elletori) Outstanding collection of 12 horror short stories, three original, and an original mainstream novel. Recommended. (PSP) Also available in hardcover (-13455-0, £12.95).
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- 1 · Yellowjacket Summer · ss Twilight Zone Oct 86
- 17 · Makeup · nv Modern Masters of Horror, ed. Frank Coffey, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1981
- 33 · Doom City · ss Doom City, ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1987
- 43 · Nightcrawlers · nv Masques #1, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1984
- 61 · Pin · ss *
- 66 · Yellachiles Cage · ss Southern Fantasy, ed. Ron & Val Lakey Lindahn, Nashville World Fantasy Convention, 1987
- 79 · I Scream Man · ss The Horror Show Win 85
- 85 · Hell Come Knocking at Your Door · ss Halloween Horrors, ed. Alan Ryan, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986
- 99 · Chico · ss *
- 107 · Night Calls the Green Falcon · nv Silver Scream, ed. David J. Schow, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1988
- 144 · The Red House · nv Greystone Bay, ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1985
- 160 · Something Passed By · ss *
- 173 · Blue World · n. *
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Mystery Walk Robert R. McCammon (Ballantine 0-345-31514-6, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $4.95, 419pp, pb) Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1983) horror novel; third printing.
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Stinger Robert R. McCammon (Grafton 0-586-20583-7, Apr 89, £3.99, 576pp, pb, cover by Bruno Elletori) Reprint (Pocket 1988) horror novel.
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Swan Song Robert R. McCammon (Dark Harvest 0-913165-46-8, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $21.95, 568pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1987) epic horror novel. This is a first hardcover edition, with illustrations by Charles Lang.
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Ushers Passing Robert R. McCammon (Ballantine 0-345-32407-2, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $4.95, 407pp, pb) Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1984) horror novel; sixth printing.
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Ushers Passing Robert R. McCammon (Severn House 0-7278-4010-X, Nov 89, £12.95, 401pp, hc, cover by Malvin Van Gelderen) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1984) horror novel.
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The Wolfs Hour Robert R. McCammon (Pocket 0-671-66485-9, Mar 89, $4.95, 603pp, pb) Werewolf/espionage/Nazi horror thriller. Sometimes lurid in the bestseller mode, but lots of fun. (FCM)
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The Wolfs Hour Robert R. McCammon (Grafton 0-246-13458-5, Oct 89, £7.95, 475pp, tp, cover by Bruno Elletori) Reprint (Pocket 1989) horror novel. Also available in hardcover (-13456-9, £12.95). [First U.K. edition]
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The Better Angels Charles McCarry (NAL Signet 0-451-16323-0, Aug 89, $3.95, 318pp, pb) [Christopher Family] Reprint (Dutton 1979) near future political/spy novel with sf elements. Part of an outstanding espionage series. Recommended (CNB).
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The Legacy of Olaf Stapledon ed. Patrick A. McCarthy, Charles Elkins & Martin H. Greenberg (Greenwood 0-313-26114-8, Jan 89, $37.95, 132pp, hc) Nonfiction, critical academic essays plus an unpublished manuscript consisting of several letters to the future. [Olaf Stapledon]
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Isaac Asimovs Fantasy! ed. Shawna McCarthy (Ace 0-441-05499-4, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $3.95, 264pp, pb, cover by David Archer) Reprint (Dial 1985) anthology of fantasy stories that first appeared in Asimovs. This is an abridged edition containing only 15 of the 19 stories in the first edition.
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Isaac Asimovs Space of Her Own ed. Shawna McCarthy (Ace 0-441-77871-2, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $3.95, 244pp, pb) Reprint (Davis 1983) anthology of sf and fantasy by women writers. This is an abridged edition containing only 17 of the 22 stories in the first edition.
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Flight to Thlassa Mey Dennis McCarty (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32653-9, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $3.95, 319pp, pb) [Thlassa Mey] Reissue (Del Rey 1986) fantasy novel, first book in a series. Fifth printing.
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Lords of Thlassa Mey Dennis McCarty (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33865-0, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $3.95, 294pp, pb) [Thlassa Mey] Fantasy novel, third book in the Thlassa Mey series.
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Warriors of Thlassa Mey Dennis McCarty (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33911-8, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $3.95, 337pp, pb) [Thlassa Mey] Reissue (Del Rey 1987) fantasy novel, sequel to Flight to Thlassa Mey. Fourth printing.
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The Official Splatter Movie Guide John McCarty (St. Martins 0-312-02958-6, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $10.95, 145pp, tp) Non-fiction; associational guide to splatter films, mostly fantasy/horror, with stills and over four hundred short reviews.
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Run with the Wind Tom McCaughren (Penguin 0-14-012131-5, Aug 89, £2.99, 160pp, pb, cover by Paul Robinson) Reprint (Wolfhound Press 1983) animal fantasy novel about foxes. First in a trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
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Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley (NAL Signet 0-451-16221-8, Oct 89, $4.95, 538pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1980) original horror anthology of 23 stories.
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Antares Dawn Michael McCollum (Grafton 0-586-20526-8, Jun 89, £3.50, 333pp, pb, cover by Chris Foss) [Antares Dawn] Reprint (Del Rey 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Antares Passage Michael McCollum (Grafton 0-586-20527-6, Aug 89, £3.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Chris Foss) [Antares Dawn] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel. Sequel to Antares Dawn. [First U.K. edition]
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A Greater Infinity Michael McCollum (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30167-6, Jun 89, $3.95, 214pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1982) sf novel; third printing.
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Thunder Strike! Michael McCollum (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35352-8, Jun 89 [May 89], $4.50, 403pp, pb) Sf disaster novel about a comet colliding with Earth.
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The Paradise Motel Eric McCormack (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-0426-1, Jun 89, £12.95, 210pp, hc, cover by Irene Von Treskow) Reprint (Viking Canada 1988). Surreal fantasy novel/collection of six interlinked stories. Recommended. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
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The Paradise Motel Eric McCormack (Viking 0-670-82425-9, Sep 89, $17.95, 210pp, hc) Literary horror novel with fantasy elements. A first novel. This is a Canadian edition being distributed in the U.S.
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Bimbos of the Death Sun Sharyn McCrumb (Penguin 0-14-011848-9, Jun 89, £2.99, 219pp, pb, cover by Jeff Easley) [Jay Omega] Reprint (TSR 1987) mystery novel about a murder at a US sf Convention. [First U.K. edition]
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A Talent for War Jack McDevitt (Ace 0-441-79553-6, Feb 89, $3.95, 310pp, pb) [Alex Benedict] Science fiction novel. A man searches for the truth behind the legend of mankinds greatest interstellar military hero.
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A Talent for War Jack McDevitt (Kinnell 1-870532-09-0, Jun 89 [Nov 89], £11.95, 310pp, hc, cover by Danny Flynn) [Alex Benedict] Reprint (Ace 1989) sf novel. First UK and first world hardcover edition. [First U.K. edition]
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A Talent for War Jack McDevitt (SFBC #14900, Jun 89, $8.98, 312pp, hc) [Alex Benedict] Reprint (Ace 1989) sf novel. First hardcover edition.
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A Talent for War Jack McDevitt (Sphere 0-7474-0333-3, Oct 89, £3.50, 310pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) [Alex Benedict] Reprint (Ace 1989) sf novel.
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Desolation Road Ian McDonald (Bantam UK 0-553-17532-7, Feb 89 [Jan 89], £3.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1988) sf novel. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Out on Blue Six Ian McDonald (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27763-4, May 89, $4.50, 335pp, pb) Sf novel about a hidebound utopia and the misfits who change it. Recommended (FCM).
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The Marauders Michael McGann (Jove 0-515-10150-8, Oct 89, $2.95, 154pp, pb) [Marauders] Post-holocaust military sf adventure novel, first of a series. The copyright is by Jove.
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Stallion Gordon McGill (Futura 0-7088-4334-4, Dec 89 [Oct 89], £2.99, 176pp, pb) Horror novel.
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Jason Cosmo Dan McGirt (NAL Signet 0-451-16288-9, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 235pp, pb) [Jason Cosmo] Comic fantasy novel of a young woodcutter who must prove himself a mighty champion. A first novel.
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The Magicians Challenge Tom McGowen (Dutton Lodestar 0-525-67289-3, Oct 89 [Nov 89], $13.95, 138pp, hc, cover by Michael Hays) [Magician] Young-adult sf novel with fantasy elements set in a post-Holocaust far-future world, third book in the Magician series.
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Blood and Water and Other Tales Patrick McGrath (Ballantine 0-345-35585-7, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $3.95, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Poseidon 1988) original literary horror collection. Highly recommended (FCM).
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The Grotesque Patrick McGrath (Simon & Schuster Poseidon 0-671-66509-X, May 89 [Apr 89], $17.95, 186pp, hc) Gothic mystery/horror/comic novel set in an English manor house. A first novel.
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Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre (Gollancz 0-575-04497-7, Jun 89, £3.50, 313pp, pb, cover by Brian Salmon) [Snake] Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1978) sf novel. Volume 33 in the VGSF Classics series.
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Starfarers Vonda N. McIntyre (Ace 0-441-78053-9, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $3.95, 280pp, pb) [Starfarers] Space adventure novel.
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Starfarers Vonda N. McIntyre (Easton Press, Apr 89, no price, 280pp, hc) [Starfarers] Space adventure novel with an introduction by James Gunn, illustrated by Byron Taylor. This is a signed, special leatherbound gilt-edge edition that is being published simultaneously with the Ace paperback edition seen a month earlier. It is part of the Signed First Editions of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
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Screwtop/The Girl Who Was Plugged In ed. Anon. (Tor 0-812-54554-0, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $2.95, 79+57pp, pb) Anthology of two novellas. The Tiptree won a Hugo Award. The book also includes the first three chapters of Swordspoint by Ellen Kushner as a promotional bonus. Tor Double #7.
- 1 · Screwtop · Vonda N. McIntyre · na The Crystal Ship, ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson, 1976
- 1 · The Girl Who Was Plugged In · James Tiptree, Jr. · nv New Dimensions 3, ed. Robert Silverberg, Nelson Doubleday, 1973
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The Changeling Kenneth McKenney (Ballantine 0-345-35990-9, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $3.95, 292pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1985) horror novel about werewolves. Sequel to Moonchild.
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The Moonchild Kenneth McKenney (Ballantine 0-345-35989-5, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.95, 276pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1978) horror novel about the resurrection of a dead child.
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The Offspring Kenneth McKenney (Ballantine 0-345-35991-7, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $3.95, 311pp, pb) Werewolf horror novel, third book in the series begun in The Moonchild.
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Backblast Lee McKeone (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20622-5, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $3.95, 218pp, pb) [Ghoster] Sf novel. Sequel to Ghoster. Humorous space adventure. A rogue and his companion droid find themselves on the wrong side of the law again.
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Charles McKeown & Terry Gilliam (Applause Books 1-55783-041-X, 1989 [Jul 89], $8.95, 174pp, tp) The screenplay of the comic fantasy film.
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Charles McKeown & Terry Gilliam (Mandarin 0-7493-0017-5, Mar 89, £2.99, 212pp, pb) Fantasy novelization.
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The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Charles McKeown & Terry Gilliam (Applause Books 1-55783-039-8, May 89 [Jul 89], $12.95, 175pp, tp) Novelization based on the authors screenplay, illustrated by James Victore and Joyce L. Houlihan. First American edition (Mandarin 1989).
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The Changeling Sea Patricia A. McKillip (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36040-0, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $3.95, 153pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Atheneum 1988) young-adult fantasy novel.
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Harpist in the Wind Patricia A. McKillip (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32440-4, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $3.95, 261pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Riddle-Master] Reissue (Atheneum 1979) fantasy novel, third book in the Riddle-Master trilogy; 11th printing.
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Heir of Sea and Fire Patricia A. McKillip (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35184-3, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $3.95, 213pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Riddle-Master] Reissue (Atheneum 1977) fantasy novel, second book in the Riddle-Master trilogy; 15th printing.
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The Riddle-Master of Hed Patricia A. McKillip (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33104-4, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $3.95, 228pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Riddle-Master] Reissue (Atheneum 1976) fantasy novel, first book of the Riddle-Master trilogy; 16th printing. There are over 1 million paperback copies of the trilogy in print.
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The Outlaws of Sherwood Robin McKinley (Ace 0-441-64451-1, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 278pp, pb) Reprint (Greenwillow 1988) associational young-adult novel, retelling the story of Robin Hood. Ace is marketing this as fantasy.
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The Outlaws of Sherwood Robin McKinley (Macdonald 0-356-17940-0, Aug 89, £11.95, 300pp, hc) Reprint (Greenwillow 1988) associational young-adult novel about Robin Hood. [First U.K. edition]
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Robotech # 1: Genesis Jack McKinney (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34133-3, Jan 90, $3.50, 214pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) [Robotech] Reissue (Del Rey 1987) sf novelization based on the television series; tenth printing.
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Robotech # 2: Battle Cry Jack McKinney (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34134-1, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $2.95, 216pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) [Robotech] Reissue (Del Rey 1987) sf novelization based on the television series; seventh printing.
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Robotech # 4: Battlehymn Jack McKinney (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34137-6, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $2.95, 212pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) [Robotech] Reissue (Del Rey 1987) sf novelization based on the television series; seventh printing.
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Robotech: The End of the Circle Jack McKinney (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36311-6, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $4.95, 343pp, pb) [Robotech] Sf novelization based on an animated tv show. 13th Robotech book, 18th in the overall series. This is the last book for now.
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Come Down into Darkness Clare McNally (Corgi 0-552-13034-6, Feb 89 [Jan 89], £2.99, 287pp, pb) Horror novel.
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Isaac Asimovs Robot City, Book 2: Suspicion Mike McQuay (Orbit 0-7088-8288-9, Mar 89 [Feb 89], £2.99, 177pp, pb) [Robot City] Reprint (Ace 1987) sf novelization. [First U.K. edition]
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Memories Mike McQuay (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25888-5, Aug 89, $4.95, 400pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1987) time-travel sf novel; third printing. This is listed as the winner of the Philip K. Dick special award which may be technically true, but it was the runner-up, not the winner, of the Philip K. Dick Award.
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The Nexus Mike McQuay (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28178-X, May 89 [Apr 89], $4.50, 474pp, pb) Near-future sf novel about the exploitation of a little girl who can work miracles.
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Terrys Universe ed. Beth Meacham (Tor 0-812-54592-3, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $3.50, 234pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1988) original anthology.
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Falling Out of Time O. R. Melling (Viking 0-670-81421-0, Sep 89 [Dec 89], $18.95, 201pp, hc, cover by Kevin N. Ghiglione) Literary fantasy novel that contrasts the life of a Canadian writer with that of her Irish philosophy student character and their lives with those of archetypal lovers in the mythic world of the Two Magicians. This is a joint Canadian/American edition printed in Canada.
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Mary Shelley: Her Life, Her Fiction, Her Monsters Anne K. Mellor (Routledge 0-415-02591-5, Aug 88 [Feb 89], $25.00, 276pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography of Mary Shelley. First American edition (Methuen 1988).
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Jerusalem Fire R. M. Meluch (NAL Signet 0-451-16115-7, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 331pp, pb) Reissue (NAL Signet 1985) sf novel; third printing.
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Sovereign R. M. Meluch (NAL Signet 0-451-16116-5, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 230pp, pb) Reissue (NAL Signet 1979) sf novel; fifth printing.
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