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Geckos Carrie Richerson (Roadkill Press, Oct ’94 [Dec ’94], $7.00, 28pp, ph, cover by Alan M. Clark); Horror short story printed as a limited edition pamphlet. A woman researching Texas history is haunted by pink lizards. Available from Little Bookshop of Horrors, 10380 Ralston Road, Arvada CO 80004; add $1.00 postage.

Dark Iowa, Bright Iowa James P. Roberts (White Hawk Press 0-9635644-1-1, Sep ’94, $8.95, 156pp, tp, cover by Rodger Gerberding); Original anthology of 11 dark fantasy stories and three poems set in Iowa, with an introduction by the editor and illustrations by Rodger Gerberding. Order from White Hawk Press, 950 Jenifer St., Madison WI 53703.

Remaking History and Other Stories Kim Stanley Robinson (Tor/Orb 0-312-89012-5, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $14.95, 528pp, tp); Collection of 25 stories, an omnibus of The Planet on the Table (Tor 1986) and Remaking History (Tor 1991).

Future Primitive: The New Ecotopias ed. Kim Stanley Robinson (Tor 0-312-85474-9, Jul ’94, $23.95, 352pp, hc); Anthology of 12 stories and three poems on the Ecotopia theme, with an introduction by the editor. The Ernest Callenbach story is original to this volume.

Live Robots Rudy Rucker (AvoNova 0-380-77543-3, Apr ’94, $5.99, 357pp, pb) [Software]; Omnibus of two sf novels, Software (Ace 1982) and its sequel Wetware (Avon 1988).

Unconquered Countries: Four Novellas Geoff Ryman (St. Martin’s 0-312-09929-0, Apr ’94, $20.95, 275pp, hc, cover by Dave McKean); Collection of four novellas, with an introduction by Samuel R. Delany and an afterword by the author.

The Lost Swords: Endgame Fred Saberhagen (SFBC #03410, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $10.98, 378pp, hc, cover by William O’Connor); Fantasy omnibus of the last two books of the “Lost Swords” series, The Seventh Book of Lost Swords: Wayfinder’s Story (Tor 1992) and The Last Book of Swords: Shieldbreaker’s Story (Tor 1994).

The King Is Dead: Tales of Elvis Post-Mortem ed. Paul M. Sammon (Delta 0-385-31253-9, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $12.95, 380pp, tp); Anthology of stories about Elvis after his death, many with fantastic elements, most apparently original (half the acknowledgements are missing, so it’s difficult to tell). Includes work by Harlan Ellison, Joyce Carol Oates, Joe R. Lansdale, and Alan Dean Foster. With an introduction by the editor.

The Best of Whispers ed. Stuart David Schiff (Borderlands Press 1-880325-11-X, Nov ’94, $65.00, 471pp, hc, cover by Lee Brown Coye); Anthology of 23 horror stories from Whispers magazine, seven of them new stories from the unpublished Whispers VII, and an earlier version of “The Golden”, originally planned for the Lucius Shepard issue. Other authors include Ray Bradbury, Karl Edward Wagner, Fritz Leiber, Connie Willis, Melanie Tem, and Roger Zelazny. Includes a preface, “The End”, and an afterword by the editor. Order from Borderlands Press, PO Box 146, Brooklandville MD 21022; 800-528-3310.

Black Leather Required David J. Schow (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-29-5, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $29.95, 244pp, hc, cover by Arnie Fenner); Collection of 14 horror stories with an introduction by John Farris. A signed limited edition (-30-9, $65.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088.

Return to the Twilight Zone ed. Carol Serling & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW 0-88677-576-0, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $4.99, 336pp, pb, cover by Jean-Francois Podevin); Original anthology of 19 stories, 18 original, with one reprint by Rod Serling, and an introduction by Carol Serling.

Stinker’s Return Pamela F. Service (Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70438-6, Aug ’94, $3.99, 88pp, pb) [Stinker]; Reprint (Scribners 1993) children’s SF novella about an alien, sequel to Stinker from Space.

Proteus Combined Charles Sheffield (Baen 0-671-87603-1, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $5.99, 485pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Behrooz Wolf]; Reprint (SFBC 1989 as Proteus Manifest) sf omnibus of Sight of Proteus (Ace 1978) and its sequel Proteus Unbound (NEL 1988). This is the author’s preferred text, with the first part revised slightly from the more significantly revised text of the 1988 NEL edition of Sight of Proteus.

Sports & Music Lucius Shepard (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-25-2, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $10.00, 50pp, ph, cover by Arnie Fenner); Collection of two stories, one a fantasy. Both are expanded from their magazine appearances. This is a 1,000-copy signed and numbered edition. Available from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088.

Universe 3 ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56580-X, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $5.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Michael David Ward); Original anthology of 15 stories, with an introduction by Silverberg.

Classic Star Wars: The Lando Calrissian Adventures L. Neil Smith (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39110-1, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $5.99, 409pp, pb, cover by William Schmidt) [Star Wars: Lando Calrissian]; Omnibus of three novelizations based on characters from the Star Wars films, Lando Calrissian and the Mindharp of Sharu (Ballantine 1983), Lando Calrissian and the Flamewind of Oseon (Ballantine 1983), and Lando Calrissian and the Starcave of Thonboka (Ballantine 1983). Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.

Meltdown! ed. Caro Soles (Masquerade/Richard Kasak 1-56333-203-5, Aug ’94, $12.95, 207pp, tp, cover by Judy Simonian); Anthology of 13 stories of gay men’s erotic SF and dark fantasy, nine of them original, plus an excerpt from Samuel R. Delany’s new novel The Mad Man.

Bizarre Dreams ed. Caro Soles & Stanislaus Tal (Masquerade/Badboy 1-56333-187-X, Jun ’94, $4.95, 289pp, pb); Anthology of 18 gay erotic horror stories, 14 apparently original, and one poem. With an introduction by Caro Soles.

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