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The World Is Round Gertrude Stein (Shambhala/Barefoot Books 1-56957-905-9, Sep ’93 [Oct ’93], $6.00, 145pp, hc, cover by Roberta Arenson); Reprint (William R. Scott 1939) children’s fable, with new illustrations by Roberta Arenson and a preface by series editor Jonathan Cott. This is a minature (8x12 cm.) book.

Mysterious Cat Stories ed. John Richard Stephens & Kim Smith (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-948-0, Jun ’93 [Jul ’93], $19.95, 303pp, hc); Anthology of 26 ghost and horror stories (both fiction and pseudo-non-fiction) concerning cats, from sources as varied as Lovecraft and an anonymous contributor to the San Francisco Examiner. This also includes editor Stephens’ rewritten version of William Baldwin’s 1553 story, Beware the Cat.

The Spider #5 Grant Stockbridge (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-986-3, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $4.95, 317pp, pb) [Richard Wentworth (The Spider)]; Collection of two “Spider” pulp adventure novellas originally published in The Spider Magazine in 1937 and 1940.

The Spider #6 Grant Stockbridge (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-987-1, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $4.95, 317pp, pb) [Richard Wentworth (The Spider)]; Collection of two “Spider” pulp adventure novellas originally published in The Spider Magazine in 1939 and 1940.

The Spider #7 Grant Stockbridge (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0039-4, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $5.95, 317pp, pb) [Richard Wentworth (The Spider)]; Collection of two “Spider” pulp adventure novellas originally published in The Spider Magazine in 1935 and 1936.

The Spider #8 Grant Stockbridge (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0040-8, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $5.95, 316pp, pb) [Richard Wentworth (The Spider)]; Collection of two “Spider” pulp adventure novellas originally published in The Spider Magazine in 1941 and 1938.

Black Ships Before Troy Rosemary Sutcliff (Delacorte 0-385-31069-2, Oct ’93 [Dec ’93], $19.95, 128pp, hc, cover by Alan Lee); Novella retelling the story of the early days of the siege of Troy. With full-color illustrations by Alan Lee throughout. First American edition (Frances Lincoln 1993).

Telepaths Don’t Need Safewords and Other Stories from the Erotic Edge of SF/Fantasy Cecilia Tan (Circlet Press 0-9633970-0-1, Dec ’92 [Aug ’93], $2.95, unpaginated, pb, cover by D. Cameron Calkins); Original collection of three S&M sf and fantasy stories.

Forged Bonds: Erotic Tales of High Fantasy ed. Cecilia Tan (Circlet Press 0-9633970-3-6, May ’93, $4.95, 54pp, tp, cover by D. Cameron Calkins); Original anthology of three erotic high fantasy stories, with illustrations by D. Cameron Calkins. Order from Circlet Press, PO Box 15143, Boston MA 02215. Include 95¢ postage.

SexMagick: Women Conjuring Erotic Fantasy ed. Cecilia Tan (Circlet Press 0-9633970-4-4, Aug ’93, $5.95, 71pp, tp, cover by Judith Holman); Anthology of six erotic fantasy stories, five original, with a story by S.N. Lewitt revised from an earlier version.

The Hound & the Falcon Judith Tarr (Tor/Orb 0-312-85303-3, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $14.95, 688pp, tp) [Hound and the Falcon]; Omnibus of the three books in the “Hound and the Falcon” trilogy, The Isle of Glass (Bluejay 1985), The Golden Horn (Bluejay 1985), and The Hounds of God (Bluejay 1986).

The Unknown Jungle John Eugene Taylor (Dorrance Publishing 0-8059-3345-X, Apr ’93, $6.95, 73pp, tp, cover by Gary Postrech); Horror novella about an evil force that threatens a city. Order from Dorrance Publishing Co., 643 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh PA 15222.

Close to the Bone Lucy Taylor (Silver Salamander Press, Aug ’93, $10.00, 179pp, tp, cover by Mark Brill); Collection of ten erotic horror stories, seven original, with an introduction by Edward Bryant. The trade paperback is limited to 500 signed copies. A 300-copy numbered hardcover edition ($35.00) is also available and a 50-copy leatherbound edition ($65.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Silver Salamander Press, 22926 NE Old Woodinville-Duvall Rd., Woodinville WA 98072. (206) 788-9128.

The Oracle at Stoneleigh Court Peter Taylor (Knopf 0-679-41990-X, Feb ’93, $22.00, 241pp, hc, cover by Olivia Parker); Collection of 11 stories and three one-act plays, most of them ghost stories.

Tesseracts4 ed. Lorna Toolis & Michael Skeet (Beach Holme/Porcepic 0-88878-322-1, 1992 [Jan ’93], C$8.95, 426pp, tp, cover by Jeff Kuipers); Mostly original anthology of 21 Canadian sf stories and eight poems. Fourth in a series. This has a 1992 copyright date, but was not seen until 1993. Available from Beach Holme Publishers, 4252 Commerce Circle, Victoria BC V87 4M2, Canada.

The Wild Palms Reader ed. Roger Trilling & Stuart Swezey (St. Martin’s 0-312-09083-8, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $14.95, 125pp, tp); Odd anthology of fiction and non-fiction material based on the Oliver Stone sf TV miniseries airing in May. Contributors include Thomas M. Disch, E. Howard Hunt, Bruce Sterling, Pat Cadigan, Norman Spinrad, and William Gibson.

Playboy Stories: The Best of Forty Years of Short Fiction ed. Alice K. Turner (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-93735-8, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $24.95, 609pp, hc); Anthology of 41 stories that were published in Playboy, one for each year of publication (with two for 1971). A quarter of these are sf or fantasy.

Departures Harry Turtledove (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38011-8, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $4.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw); Collection of 20 stories, one a collaboration with Elaine O’Byrne.

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