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Oriental Tales Marguerite Yourcenar (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-22728-4, Aug ’85 [Sep ’85], $12.95, length not known, hc); Collection of 10 tales, many with elements of fantasy. This is the first English translation of a book that appeared in France in 1938. Translated by Alberto Manguel.

The Monadic Universe George Zebrowski (Ace 0-441-53541-0, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $2.95, 167pp, pb); Revised edition of a 1977 Ace collection, with a new introduction, some alterations, and two additional stories.

Nebula Awards 20: SFWA’s Choices for the Best in Science Fiction 1984 ed. George Zebrowski (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-164927-8, Nov ’85 [Dec ’85], $17.95, 372pp, hc); Anthology featuring winners and runners-up for the 1984 Nebula Awards.

The Disappearing Man and Other Mysteries Isaac Asimov (Walker and Company 0-8027-6602-1, 1985, $9.85, 50pp, hc, cover by Yoshi Miyake); Young-adult crime collection.

Haunted Travellers ed. Denys Val Baker (London: William Kimber 0-7183-0544-2, May ’85, £7.50, 190pp, hc)

Long After Ecclesiastes Ray Bradbury (Santa Anna, CA: Gold Stein Press, 1985, 19pp, hc); Reprint poem printed as a miniature (7 x 9 cm) book.

World Interdependence Fund Ray Bradbury (Beverly Hills, CA: World Interdependence Fund, Apr ’85, unpaginated, quarto); Promotional brochure and conference program for the orginization, of which Bradbury was chairman.

The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches Fredric Brown (Dennis McMillan, Jun ’85, $30.00, 218pp, hc, cover by William L. McMillan); Associational collection of the novella version of “The Case of the Dancing Sandwiches” plus the greatly enlarged (but unfinished and unpublished) novel version, with an introduction by Lawrence Block. Limited to 400 numbered copies signed by Lawrence Block. Volume four in the “Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps” series.

Madman’s Holiday Fredric Brown (McMillan, Dennis, Mar ’85, $30.00, 133pp, hc, cover by William L. McMillan); Associational, non-sf collection, of two pulp mysteries plus an introduction by Newton Baird. Limited to 350 numbered copies, signed by Newton Baird. Volume three in the “Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps” series.

Omnibus of New Terrors ed. Ramsey Campbell (Pan 0-330-28854-7, 1985 [Aug ’96], £7.99, xii+649pp, pb); Anthology of 37 horror stories originally published in New Terrors (Pan 1980) and New Terrors 2 (Pan 1980). The book is called New Terrors Omnibus on the cover and spine.

Ghosts from the Mist of Time R. Chetwynd-Hayes (London: William Kimber 0-7183-0562-0, 1985, £7.50, 205pp, hc, cover by Ionicus); Original collection of seven stories.

Nightmares 3 ed. Mary Danby (London: Armada 0-00-692551-0, Oct ’85, £1.50, 128pp, pb); Young adult horror anthology.

Space 9 ed. Richard Davis (Hutchinson 0-09-158850-2, 1985 [Feb ’96], £5.95, 95pp, hc, cover by Alan Daniels); Anthology of six stories, three original, aimed at young adults.

The Maracot Deep Arthur Conan Doyle (Leipzig: Berhard Tauchnitz, 1929, 272pp, hc); Collection of British Authors Vol. 4905. [EZ]

The Box Hunters and Others Albert J. Manachino (Potboiler, Sep ’85, pb, cover by Tim Hammell)

Elric at the End of Time Michael Moorcock (Granada 0-586-06342-0, May ’85, £1.95, 208pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Elric]; Reprint (NEL 1984) fantasy collection.

Ghostbreakers ed. Michel Parry (London: Granada 0-246-12758-9, 1985, £4.95, 128pp, hc); Young adult ghost anthology. A good representative young adult anthology of psychic detective stories.

Mysterious Sea Stories ed. William Pattrick (W.H. Allen 0-491-03114-9, Jan ’85, £9.95, 247pp, hc); Anthology of 14 sea fantasies. American edition: Salem House 1985.

Tales Edgar Allan Poe (Leipzig: Berhard Tauchnitz, 1905, 328pp, hc); Reprint (Tauchnitz 1884) collection. Collection of British Authors Vol. 2212, edited John H. Ingram. [EZ]

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