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Adventures Mike Resnick (NAL/Signet 0-451-13867-8, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.95, 239pp, pb) [Lucifer Jones]; Humorous quasi-fantasy novel featuring adventurer Dr. Lucifer Jones.

Kiteworld Keith Roberts (Gollancz 0-575-03604-4, Jun ’85 [May ’85], £8.95, 288pp, hc) [Kiteworld]; Episodic sf novel of a strange post-holocaust culture. Parts of it previously appeared as three novelettes.

Melancholy Elephants Spider Robinson (Penguin Canada 0-14-007427-9, 1984 [May ’85], C$6.95, 239pp, pb); Collection of 12 stories. Published in a 1984 Canadian trade edition only. This is the first we’ve seen of it. Completists, take note.

Melancholy Elephants Spider Robinson (Tor 0-812-55231-8, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.95, 244pp, pb); Collection of 13 stories plus an introduction explaining the special 1984 Canadian trade edition. This edition drops one story and adds two stories plus a “concordiat” to another story.

Guardians of the Flame: The Warriors Joel Rosenberg (SFBC #02410, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $8.50, 722pp, hc) [Guardians of the Flame]; Omnibus edition of a fantasy trilogy.

Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Tales of Ray Russell Ray Russell (Maclay 0-940776-20-0, Nov ’85 [Sep ’85], $12.95, 187pp, hc); Collection of 7 stories, several revised. Horror in the grand old style, with some modern psychological twists. (FCM)

The Complete Book of Swords Fred Saberhagen (SFBC #1457, Jan ’85 [Feb ’85], $7.50, 626pp, hc) [Swords]; Omnibus edition of a fantasy trilogy. It isn’t really complete, since Saberhagen signed a contract to write 6 more.

Berserker Base ed. Fred Saberhagen (Tor 0-812-55316-0, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $6.95, 316pp, pb) [Berserker]; Collection of stories by 7 authors, including connecting material by Saberhagen, originator of the “Berserker” series. Author credits appear only in the acknowledgements, not on the contents page, making it look like a novel.

The Year’s Best Fantasy Stories: 11 ed. Arthur W. Saha (DAW 0-88677-097-1, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $2.95, 238pp, pb); Anthology of 1984 fantasy stories.

The Power of Time Josephine Saxton (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-2955-7, Aug ’85 [Oct ’85], £9.95, 222pp, hc); Collection of 14 stories.

Whispers V ed. Stuart David Schiff (Doubleday 0-385-18944-3, Feb ’85, $11.95, 208pp, hc); Anthology of 14 stories of horror/fantasy; most are originals.

Cuts Carter Scholz (Chris Drumm, Oct ’85, $6.00, 56pp, pb); Collection of ten new stories and one reprint. This is the limited edition version, 126 signed/numbered copies with a stiff cover and an inset Scholz checklist and poem. The regular edition price is $2.50. Drumm Booklet #20.

Great Ghost Stories ed. Betty Ann Schwartz (S&S/Little Simon 0-671-60179-2, 1985 [Dec ’85], $6.95, 177pp, hc); Anthology of 15 eerie tales, illustrated by Paul Geiger.

Tom O’Bedlam’s Night Out, and Other Strange Excursions Darrell Schweitzer (W. Paul Ganley 0-932445-14-4, Nov ’85, $7.50, 191pp, pb); Collection of 18 stories and a poem, with illustrations by Stephen E. Fabian. This has also been announced in hc for $20.00 and a “very limited” signed, numbered slipcased edition for $35; we have seen neither.

Liavek ed. Will Shetterly & Emma Bull (Ace 0-441-48180-9, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 274pp, pb) [Liavek]; Original anthology set in the fantasy city Liavek. Another “Thieves’ World” clone. The background is more interesting than the essentially one-note stories, though the Wolfe does stand out. (FCM)

Moonsinger’s Friends ed. Susan M. Shwartz (Bluejay 0-312-94325-3, Jun ’85 [Jul ’85], $16.95, 342pp, hc); Original anthology of fantasy stories dedicated to Andre Norton.

Needle in a Timestack Robert Silverberg (Ace 0-441-56872-6, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $2.95, 180pp, pb); Reprint (Sphere 1979) collection, following the revised Sphere edition. The original version appeared from Ballantine in 1966, but about half the stories are different here. This is the first American edition of the revision.

The Silent Invaders Robert Silverberg (Tor 0-812-55460-4, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.95, 216pp, pb); Although the title only mentions The Silent Invaders (Ace 1963), this is actually an omnibus which also contains the 1957 novella “Valley Beyond Time” (not to be confused with the collection of the same name).

The Time Travelers: A Science Fiction Quartet ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Donald I. Fine 0-917657-34-9, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $16.95, 284pp, hc); Anthology of four novellas.

The Third Target Book of Horror ed. Kurt Singer (Target 0-426-20154-X, 1985, £1.60, 142pp, pb); Stories from Tales from the Unknown (W.H. Allen 1970), Ghouls and Ghosts (W.H. Allen 1972), Satanic Omnibus (W.H. Allen 1973), Gothic Horror Book (W.H. Allen 1974), and They Are Posessed (W.H. Allen 1976).

The Best of Margaret St. Clair Margaret St. Clair (Academy Chicago 0-89733-164-8, 1985 [Nov ’85], $4.95, 271pp, pb); Collection of 20 stories plus a new introduction by the author, edited by Martin H. Greenberg.

The Cosmic Perspective/Custer’s Last Stand Brian M. Stableford (Chris Drumm, Oct ’85, $5.00, 19+25pp, pb); Collection of two new stories printed back-to-back, Ace Double style. This is the limited edition version, signed/numbered with variant cover stock and paper. The regular edition price is $2.00. Drumm Booklet #21.

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