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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.
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.
Nerilka’s 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.
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.
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.
Bethany’s 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.
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).

vii · Introduction · in
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 · Yellachile’s 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 · He’ll 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. *
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.
Stinger Robert R. McCammon (Grafton 0-586-20583-7, Apr ’89, £3.99, 576pp, pb, cover by Bruno Elletori) Reprint (Pocket 1988) horror novel.
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.
Usher’s 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.
Usher’s 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.
The Wolf’s 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)
The Wolf’s 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]
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).
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]
Isaac Asimov’s 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 Asimov’s. This is an abridged edition containing only 15 of the 19 stories in the first edition.

1 · The Storming of Annie Kinsale · Lucius Shepard · ss IASFM Sep ’84
19 · Greek · Leigh Kennedy · ss IASFM Oct ’83
32 · A Surfeit of Melancholic Humours · Sharon N. Farber · nv IASFM Mar ’84
52 · Close of Night · Daphne Castell · ss IASFM May ’84
67 · What Seen but the Wolf · Gregg Keizer · nv IASFM Feb ’84
97 · Galatea · Kristi Olesen · ss IASFM Mar ’84
108 · How F. Scott Fitzgerald Became Beloved in Springfield · George Alec Effinger · ss IASFM Aug ’84
128 · Chand Veda · Tanith Lee · ss IASFM Oct ’83
140 · The Fire at Sarah Siddons · Robert Thurston · ss IASFM Aug ’84
155 · The Rim of the Wheel · Lillian Stewart Carl · ss IASFM Feb ’84
174 · The Laughter of Elves · Juleen Brantingham · ss IASFM Jan ’84
186 · Closing Time · George R. R. Martin · ss IASFM Nov ’82
196 · And Who Would Pity a Swan? · Connie Willis · ss IASFM Jan ’85
209 · Son of the Morning [Mordred mac Lot] · Ian McDowell · nv IASFM Dec ’83
231 · The Big Dream · John Kessel · nv IASFM Apr ’84
Isaac Asimov’s 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.

ix · Editor’s Note · Shawna McCarthy · pr
1 · The Sidon in the Mirror · Connie Willis · nv IASFM Apr ’83
30 · The Sorceress in Spite of Herself · Pat Cadigan · ss IASFM Dec ’82
42 · Night of the Fifth Sun · Mildred Downey Broxon · ss IASFM May ’82
51 · The Jarabon · Lee Killough · ss IASFM Dec 21 ’81
69 · The Horn of Elfland [Pshrinks Anonymous] · Janet O. Jeppson · ss IASFM Mar ’83
82 · Belling Martha · Leigh Kennedy · nv IASFM May ’83
102 · La Reine Blanche · Tanith Lee · ss IASFM Jul ’83
111 · Miles to Go Before I Sleep · Julie Stevens · ss IASFM Apr ’82
122 · A Letter from the Clearys · Connie Willis · ss IASFM Jul ’82
134 · The Ascent of the North Face · Ursula K. Le Guin · vi IASFM Jul ’83
137 · $CALL LINK4(CATHY) · Cherie Wilkerson · ss IASFM Apr ’83
152 · Heavenly Flowers · Pamela Sargent · ss IASFM Sep ’83
163 · Exorcycle · Joan D. Vinge · ss IASFM Jan 18 ’82
173 · Shadows from a Small Template · Sharon Webb · ss IASFM Oct ’82
189 · Packing Up · P. J. MacQuarrie · ss IASFM Dec 21 ’81
202 · Blue Heart · Stephanie A. Smith · ss IASFM Nov ’82
213 · Fire-Caller · Sydney J. Van Scyoc · nv IASFM Jun ’83
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.
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.
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.
The Official Splatter Movie Guide John McCarty (St. Martin’s 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.
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]
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.
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]
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]
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.
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.
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]
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.
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]
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 mankind’s greatest interstellar military hero.
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]
A Talent for War Jack McDevitt (SFBC #14900, Jun ’89, $8.98, 312pp, hc) [Alex Benedict] Reprint (Ace 1989) sf novel. First hardcover edition.
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.
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]
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).
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.
Stallion Gordon McGill (Futura 0-7088-4334-4, Dec ’89 [Oct ’89], £2.99, 176pp, pb) Horror novel.
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.
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.
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).
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.
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.
Starfarers Vonda N. McIntyre (Ace 0-441-78053-9, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 280pp, pb) [Starfarers] Space adventure novel.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen Charles McKeown & Terry Gilliam (Mandarin 0-7493-0017-5, Mar ’89, £2.99, 212pp, pb) Fantasy novelization.
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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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]
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.
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.
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.
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.
Come Down into Darkness Clare McNally (Corgi 0-552-13034-6, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], £2.99, 287pp, pb) Horror novel.
Isaac Asimov’s 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]
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.
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.
Terry’s Universe ed. Beth Meacham (Tor 0-812-54592-3, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.50, 234pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1988) original anthology.
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.
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).
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.
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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