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A Load of Old BoSh Bob Shaw (Beccon Publications 1-870824-34-2, Apr ’95, £4.95, 94pp, ph, cover by Sue Mason); Collection of ten of Bob Shaw’s funny speeches, mainly given at the British Eastercons between 1974 and 1988. This includes all of the speeches from The Eastercon Speeches (Paranoid/Inca Press, 1979) and Serious Science (Serious Scientific Talks), 1984; plus two others. Produced for Confabulation (Easter 1995); available from 75 Rosslyn Ave, Harold Wood, Essex RM3 0RG, with all proceeds going to the RNIB’s “Talking Book” fund.

Doctor Who: Decalog 2: Lost Property ed. Mark Stammers & Stephen James Walker (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20448-4, Jul ’95, £4.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Colin Howard) [Doctor Who]; Anthology of ten stories based on the Doctor Who TV series.

The Weight Allen Steele (Legend 0-09-948901-5, Jan ’95, £12.99, 98pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Near Space]; SF novella of a deep-space vessel owned by the extended family Smith.

Travesties Emma Tennant (Faber and Faber 0-571-17615-1, Sep ’95 [Oct ’95], £9.99, 409pp, tp, cover by Irene Von Treskow); Omnibus of three literary fantasy novels, The Bad Sister (1978), Two Women of London (1989) and Faustine (1992).

Overload ed. Martin Tudor (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, Nov ’95, no price, 31pp, ph, cover by David A. Hardy); Anthology of pieces by the four Guests of Honour at Novacon 25 - original stories by Brian Aldiss & Harry Harrison; a reprint story by Bob Shaw and two poems by Iain Banks. Limited to 500 numbered copies.

The R’Lyeh Text ed. Robert Turner (Skoob Books 1-871438-90-X, May ’95 [Jul ’95], £6.99, 175pp, tp, cover by Mark Lovell) [Necronomicon]; Companion text to The Necronomicon (1978), deciphering, as promised, the rest of the hidden manuscripts. Researched, transcribed and annotated by Robert Turner; edited with a preface by George Hay; plus a long Introduction by Colin Wilson. [H. P. Lovecraft]

Swords of Raemllyn: Book 3 Robert E. Vardeman & Geo. W. Proctor (NEL 0-340-61774-8, Jul ’95, £6.99, 600pp, tp, cover by Paul Davies) [Swords of Raemllyn]; Omnibus of three original fantasy novels. The third of three trilogies. Each novel is separately copyrighted.

From Earth To Moon and A Trip Round It: Direct in 97 Hours 10 Minutes Jules Verne (Alan Sutton 0-7509-0824-6, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], £5.99, xi+208pp, tp, cover by Donato Creti); Reprint (Sampson Low 1873) omnibus of From the Earth to the Moon (1865), and Round (All Around) the Moon (1870).

The Science Fiction Volume 1 H. G. Wells (J.M. Dent 0-460-87732-1, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], £15.99, 474pp, tp, cover by Cyril Power); Reprint (Dover 1951 as Seven SF Novels of H.G. Wells) SF Omnibus of The Time Machine, The Island of Dr Moreau, The War of the Worlds and The First Men in the Moon. A Phoenix Giant trade paperback edition (1-85799-352-7, £9.99, 474pp) is also available.

The Invisible Man H. G. Wells (Everyman 0-460-87628-7, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], £4.99, 182pp, pb, cover by René Magritte); Reprint (Pearson 1897) classic SF novel, with an introduction, annotations, and notes by Macdonald Daly. This is a textually corrected reprint of the first American edition (Arnold, 1897) which had added an Epilogue.

The Happy Prince and Other Stories Oscar Wilde (Penguin/Godfrey Cave 0-14-062137-7, Oct ’94 [Apr ’95], £1.00, 204pp, pb, cover by Ackerman); Reprint (??? ???) young-adult fantasy collection. Omnibus of The Happy Prince (1888) and A House of Pomegranates (1891). An Afterword by Jack Zipes plus other material is listed but not included. Published in 1994 but not seen until now.

The Happy Prince and Other Stories Oscar Wilde (Penguin 0-14-600025-0, Jul ’95, 60p, 56pp, pb, cover by James Pryde); Collection of four stories. One of the ‘Penguin 60s’ collection: mini-books celebrating their 60th anniversary.

The Penguin Book of Classic Fantasy by Women ed. A. Susan Williams (Penguin 0-14-024318-6, May ’95 [Jun ’95], £7.99, xv+572pp, tp, cover by Evelyn de Morgan); Reprint (Xanadu 1992 as The Lifted Veil) anthology of 34 stories by women, published between 1806 and 1936. Contents differ slightly from the earlier edition; several stories were dropped, one added.

The Penguin Book of Modern Fantasy by Women ed. A. Susan Williams & Richard Glyn Jones (Viking UK 0-670-85907-9, May ’95, £17.00, 560pp, hc, cover by Leonora Carrington); Fantasy/SF anthology of epic proportions - 38 stories (3 original) by women, published between 1941 and 1994. There is an Introduction by Joanna Russ.

Caliban’s Hour Tad Williams (Legend 0-09-926171-5, Sep ’95, £4.99, 180pp, pb, cover by Bruce Pennington); Reprint (Legend 1994) fantasy novel. A tale of magic and menace derived from Shakespeare’s “The Tempest”, wherein Caliban confronts Miranda twenty years after she left the island, seeking revenge for the cruelties she inflicted.

Chiller ed. Anon. (Dublin: Poolbeg 1853715123, 1995, £3.99, 217pp, tp, cover by P. J. Lynch); Original anthology of 18 spine tingling tales from some of Ireland’s leading writers.

The 1995 Rhysling Anthology ed. Anon. (Figment Press, Feb ’95, 59pp+, ph); Anthology of 49 poems, the nominees for the 1995 Rhysling Award.

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