The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Essential Ellison Harlan Ellison (Morpheus International 0-9623447-4-5, Oct ’91, $19.95, 1019pp, tp, cover by Leo & Diane Dillon) Reprint (Nemo Press 1987) enormous collection of Ellison’s work, with introductory material. A hardcover edition (-3-7, $34.95) is also available.
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The Harlan Ellison Hornbook Harlan Ellison (Mirage Press 0-88358-200-7, Apr ’91 [Aug ’91], $100.00, 418pp, hc) Reprint (Penzler Books 1990) associational non-fiction, a collection of Ellison articles. This is a limited edition of 800 copies, slipcased with Harlan Ellison’s Movie.
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Harlan Ellison’s Movie Harlan Ellison (Mirage Press 0-88358-201-5, Apr ’91 [Aug ’91], no price, 151pp, hc) Associational; unproduced screenplay of a non-fantasy movie. This is a limited edition of 800 numbered copies, slipcased with the limited edition of The Harlan Ellison Hornbook.
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No Doors, No Windows Harlan Ellison (Borderlands Press, Jul ’91 [Oct ’91], $65.00, 239pp, hc) Reprint (Pyramid 1975) collection. This is the corrected text with a revised introduction. Signed 1000-copy limited edition.
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Spider Kiss Harlan Ellison (The Armchair Detective Library 0-922890-54-4, Nov ’90 [Apr ’91], $18.95, 261pp, hc) Reprint (Fawcett 1961 as Rockabilly) associational crime novel. A “collector’s” edition (-55-2, $25.00) and a signed limited edition (-56-0, $75.00) were announced but not seen. This is a 1990 publication not seen until now.
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Art in the Blood P. N. Elrod (Ace 0-441-85945-3, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.95, 195pp, pb, cover by Vito DeVito) [Jack Fleming (The Vampire Files)] Vampire/hard-boiled novel set in Chicago during the Depression, fourth book of the “Vampire Files” series. Vampire reporter Jack Fleming hunts for a killer in the world of high dollar art.
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Fire in the Blood P. N. Elrod (Ace 0-441-85946-1, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $3.95, 198pp, pb, cover by Vito DeVito) [Jack Fleming (The Vampire Files)] Vampire/hard-boiled detective novel set in Depression-era Chicago, fifth book of the “Vampire Files” series. Vampire/reporter/PI Jack Fleming is hired to locate a valuable bracelet stolen from a very dangerous heiress.
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Night-Threads Book Two: The Two in Hiding Ru Emerson (Ace 0-441-58086-6, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.50, 294pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Night-Threads] Fantasy novel, second book of a series about contemporary people in an alternate world.
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The Start of the End of It All Carol Emshwiller (Mercury House 1-56279-001-3, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $17.95, 204pp, tp, cover by Renée Flower) Collection of 18 literary sf & fantasy stories. Highly recommended (SW). First American edition (Women’s Press 1990). This is somewhat revised, and substitutes four different stories for four in the British edition. A trade paperback edition (-002-1, $10.95) is also available.
- 1 · The Start of the End of It All [“The Start of the End of the World”] · ss Universe 11, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1981
- 15 · Looking Down · ss Omni Jan ’90
- 30 · Eclipse · ss The Little Magazine v15 #2 ’86
- 37 · The Circular Library of Stones · ss Omni Feb ’87
- 48 · Fledged · ss Omni Dec ’88
- 58 · Vilcabamba · ss Twilight Zone Aug ’87
- 67 · There Is No Evil Angel But Love · ss
- 84 · If the Word was to the Wise · ss The Start of the End of it All and Other Stories, The Women’s Press, 1990
- 95 · Living at the Center · ss Ice River #4 ’89; revised
- 107 · Moon Songs · ss The Start of the End of it All and Other Stories, The Women’s Press, 1990
- 118 · Emissary · ss
- 132 · Peri · ss Strange Plasma #3 ’90
- 141 · Draculalucard · ss
- 152 · Pelt · ss F&SF Nov ’58
- 163 · Woman Waiting · ss Orbit 7, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1970
- 170 · Chicken Icarus [“A Dream of Flying”] · ss Cavalier Oct ’66
- 184 · Sex and/or Mr. Morrison · ss Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967
- 193 · Glory, Glory · ss The Start of the End of it All and Other Stories, The Women’s Press, 1990
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The Host Peter R. Emshwiller (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28984-5, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.50, 358pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) Sf adventure novel set on the streets of a future gritty Manhattan. Even the cover greatly resembles that of When Gravity Fails. A first novel.
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The Neverending Story Michael Ende (Roc UK 0-14-015243-1, Sep ’91 [Oct ’91], £4.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Kevin King) Reprint (Doubleday 1983) fantasy novel. Translated from the German Die Unendliche Geschichte (1983) by Ralph Manheim.
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Variant Alan Engel (Jove 0-515-10643-7, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.95, 291pp, pb) Reprint (Fine 1989) medical thriller about an eight-year-old boy dying of old age.
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Lizzie Borden Elizabeth Engstrom (Tor 0-312-93204-9, Jan ’91, $18.95, 342pp, hc, cover by Paul Stinson) Mystery/psychic thriller retelling the classic story of Lizzie with an occult angle.
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Devil’s Gate Elizabeth Ergas (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-498-2, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.50, 351pp, pb) Horror novel about a town where the women deal with the devil.
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Encounters Barbara Erskine (Fontana 0-00-647068-8, Oct ’91, £4.99, 540pp, pb) Reprint (Michael Joseph 1990) collection of short stories, including some sf.
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Kingdom of Shadows Barbara Erskine (Dell 0-440-50200-4, Nov ’89 [Nov ’91], $8.95, 673pp, tp) [Child of the Phoenix] Time-travel romance. A woman finds herself haunted by dreams of a mistress of Robert the Bruce and finds her way back into the past to live her dream. First American edition (Michael Joseph 1988). This is a 1989 book not seen until now.
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The Hunter on Arena Rose Estes (Warner Questar 0-446-36136-4, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.95, 267pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Hunter] Sf novel of a Ice Age hunter who becomes a gladiator in an alien arena, second book of the “Hunter” series.
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The Dark Country Dennis Etchison (Pulphouse 1-56146-521-6, Jul ’91, $1.95, 47pp, pb, cover by Rob Alexander) [Jack Martin] World Fantasy Award-winning horror story that originally appeared in Fantasy Tales #8, 1981. Short Story paperback #21. A leatherbound 100-copy limited edition (-913-0, $20.00) is also available.
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The Complete Masters of Darkness ed. Dennis Etchison (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-116-5, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $39.95, 766pp, hc, cover by Ilene Myer) Omnibus of three horror anthologies. This is the first appearance of Masters of Darkness III.
- 3 · Preface · Dennis Etchison · pr
- 5 · The Dead Man · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales Jul ’45
- 15 · Flash Point · Gardner R. Dozois · nv Orbit 13, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1974
- 35 · The Animal Fair · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy May ’71
- 51 · The End of the Carnival · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · nv Signs and Portents, Dream/Press, 1984
- 69 · Dance of the Dead · Richard Matheson · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1954
- 85 · The Words That Count · Ramsey Campbell · ss The Height of the Scream, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1976
- 95 · The Test Tube · Ray Russell · pm Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Fll ’78
- 96 · Doctor of Dreams · Ray Russell · pm Masters of Darkness, ed. Dennis Etchison, Tor, 1986
- 99 · Neither Brute Nor Human · Karl Edward Wagner · nv World Fantasy Convention Program Book, ed. Robert Weinberg, 1983
- 125 · Sea Change · George Clayton Johnson · ss Twilight Zone Oct ’81
- 135 · Teeth Marks · Edward Bryant · ss F&SF Jun ’79
- 151 · Third Wind · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Masques #1, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1984
- 161 · Preparations for the Day · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Whispers Aug ’82
- 173 · Armaja Das · Joe W. Haldeman · ss Frights, ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martins, 1976
- 191 · Saturday’s Shadow · William F. Nolan · nv Shadows #2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979
- 209 · Camps · Jack M. Dann · nv F&SF May ’79
- 239 · Preface · Dennis Etchison · pr
- 243 · Up Under the Roof [revised from Weird Tales Oct ’38] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Worse Things Waiting, Chapel Hill, NC: Carcosa, 1973
- 249 · The Other Room · Lisa Tuttle · ss Whispers Aug ’82
- 261 · A Garden of Blackred Roses · Charles L. Grant · nv Dark Forces, ed. Kirby McCauley, Viking, 1980
- 281 · Cottage Tenant · Frank Belknap Long · nv Fantastic Apr ’75
- 305 · The Hounds · Kate Wilhelm · nv A Shocking Thing, ed. Damon Knight, Pocket, 1974
- 329 · Zombique · Joseph Payne Brennan · ss AHMM Oct ’72
- 339 · Taking the Night Train · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Night Voyages #7 ’81
- 355 · Black Corridor · Fritz Leiber · ss Galaxy Dec ’67
- 367 · Strangers on Paradise [“Strangers in Paradise”] · Damon Knight · ss F&SF Apr ’86
- 383 · Gemini · Tanith Lee · nv Chrysalis 9, ed. Roy Torgeson, Doubleday, 1981
- 401 · Glimmer, Glimmer · George Alec Effinger · ss Playboy Nov ’87
- 409 · Perverts · Whitley Strieber · ss Whispers Oct ’83
- 421 · On Ice · Barry N. Malzberg · ss Amazing Jan ’73
- 429 · The Monkey Treatment · George R. R. Martin · nv F&SF Jul ’83
- 457 · Casey Agonistes · Richard M. McKenna · ss F&SF Sep ’58
- 471 · Preface · Dennis Etchison · pr
- 475 · The Secret · Jack Vance · ss Impulse Mar ’66
- 485 · The Patter of Tiny Feet · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain, London: Collins, 1949
- 497 · The Tenant · Avram Davidson · ss Shock May ’60
- 505 · Hallowe’en’s Child · James Herbert · ss Male & Femail (The Daily Mail) Oct 29 ’88
- 519 · After the Funeral · Hugh B. Cave · ss Fantasy Tales #16 ’86
- 531 · But at My Back I Always Hear · David Morrell · ss Shadows #6, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983
- 549 · The Whisperer · Brian Lumley · ss Frights, ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martins, 1976
- 563 · Doppelgänger · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv Ghosts from the Mist of Time, London: Kimber, 1985
- 595 · The Master of the Hounds · Algis Budrys · nv The Saturday Evening Post Aug 27 ’66
- 623 · Judgment Day · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Aug ’55
- 641 · In the Hills, the Cities · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood v1, Sphere, 1984
- 671 · Jamboree · Jack Williamson · ss Galaxy Dec ’69
- 683 · Family · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Omni Dec ’89
- 699 · Twilight of the Dawn · Dean R. Koontz · nv Night Visions 4, ed. Anon., Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1987
- 727 · The Woman in the Room · Stephen King · ss Night Shift, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978
- 741 · Notes on the Contributors · Misc. · bg
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Masters of Darkness III ed. Dennis Etchison (Tor 0-812-51766-0, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $3.95, 332pp, pb) Anthology of 18 horror stories. Previously published as the last third of The Complete Masters of Darkness (Underwood-Miller 1991).
- xiii · Preface · Dennis Etchison · pr
- 1 · The Secret · Jack Vance · ss Impulse Mar ’66
- 12 · The Patter of Tiny Feet · Nigel Kneale · ss Tomato Cain, London: Collins, 1949
- 25 · The Tenant · Avram Davidson · ss Shock May ’60
- 35 · Hallowe’en’s Child · James Herbert · ss Male & Femail (The Daily Mail) Oct 29 ’88
- 51 · After the Funeral · Hugh B. Cave · ss Fantasy Tales #16 ’86
- 64 · But at My Back I Always Hear · David Morrell · ss Shadows #6, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983
- 86 · The Whisperer · Brian Lumley · ss Frights, ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martins, 1976
- 102 · Doppelgänger · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · nv Ghosts from the Mist of Time, London: Kimber, 1985
- 141 · The Master of the Hounds · Algis Budrys · nv The Saturday Evening Post Aug 27 ’66
- 174 · Judgment Day · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Aug ’55
- 197 · In the Hills, the Cities · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood v1, Sphere, 1984
- 234 · Jamboree · Jack Williamson · ss Galaxy Dec ’69
- 248 · Family · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Omni Dec ’89
- 268 · Twilight of the Dawn · Dean R. Koontz · nv Night Visions 4, ed. Anon., Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1987
- 303 · The Woman in the Room · Stephen King · ss Night Shift, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978
- 321 · Notes on the Contributors · Misc. · bg
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Zulus Percival Everett (The Permanent Press 0-932966-97-7, Mar ’90 [Feb ’91], $19.95, 243pp, hc, cover by Bruce McGowin) Post-holocaust literary sf/surreal novel about the last woman left on Earth who isn’t sterile.
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Jerzy Kosinski: The Literature of Violation Welch D. Everman (Borgo Press 0-89370-276-5, Aug ’91, $19.95, 158pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. A guide to Kosinski’s fiction plus a chronology and primary and secondary bibliographies. A hardcover edition (-176-9, $29.95) was announced but not seen. [Jerzy Kosinski]
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Groundties Jane Fancher (Warner Questar 0-446-36148-8, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $4.50, 376pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Groundties] Sf novel of a threat to communications between interstellar colony worlds. A first novel.
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Thicker Than Water Penelope Farmer (Walker 0-7445-1366-9, Feb ’91, £2.99, 189pp, pb, cover by Ingrid Daracott) Reprint (Walker 1989) young-adult novel about supernatural possession.
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Dayworld Breakup Philip José Farmer (Tor 0-812-50889-0, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.95, 366pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Dayworld] Reprint (Tor 1990) sf novel, third book of the “Dayworld” series.
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Doc Savage: Escape from Loki Philip José Farmer (Bantam Falcon 0-553-29093-2, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Steve Assel) [Doc Savage] Associational adventure novel based on Kenneth Robeson’s classic character. This tells about the origins of the character and his henchmen.
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Red Orc’s Rage Philip José Farmer (Tor 0-312-85036-0, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $18.95, 282pp, hc, cover by Doug Beekman) Fantasy novel in which a boy undergoes Tiersian therapy, an imaginative roleplaying therapeutic technique based on Farmer’s “World of Tiers” series. There is an afterword by the therapist, Dr. James Giannini.
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Necrom Mick Farren (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36185-7, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 371pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) Sf novel about a has-been rocker traveling between dimensions to save the universe from an ancient evil.
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The Axeman Cometh John Farris (NEL 0-450-53717-X, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], £3.50, 269pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1989) horror novel.
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Fiends John Farris (Grafton 0-246-13774-6, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], £13.99, 331pp, hc, cover by Tim White) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1990) horror novel.
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When Michael Calls John Farris (Tor 0-812-50356-2, Nov ’91, $4.50, 251pp, pb, cover by David Fishman) Reprint (Trident 1967) horror novel.
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The Addams Family Elizabeth Faucher (Fantail 0-14-090367-4, Dec ’91, £2.99, 141pp, pb) Comedy horror film novelization, based on the screenplay by Caroline Thompson & Larry Wilson. This is simultaneous with the U.S. (Scholastic) edition.
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The Addams Family Elizabeth Faucher (Scholastic 0-590-45541-9, Dec ’91, $2.95, 141pp, pb) Young-adult movie tie-in novelization.
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The War Years #3: The Jupiter War ed. Bill Fawcett (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45098-1, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.99, 254pp, pb) Original anthology of nine military sf stories based on a premise by Gregory Benford, with connecting material by Fawcett. Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
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Lord of Atlantis John Russell Fearn (Zeon Books 1-874113-00-9, Sep ’91 [Nov ’91], £4.95, 68pp, ph) [Golden Amazon] First separate publication of a Golden Amazon novelette, first published in the Toronto Star Weekly in 1949. This edition contains an introduction by Phil Harbottle and a Golden Amazon bibliography. Order from 20 Whitecroft, Dilton Marsh, Westbury, BA13 4DJ, U.K.
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Daughter of the Empire Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27211-X, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $5.99, 421pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Riftwar: Empire] Reissue (Doubleday 1987) fantasy novel set in Feist’s “Riftwar” universe, first book of the “Empire” series.
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Servant of the Empire Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts (Grafton Overseas 0-586-20381-8, 1991 [Sep ’91], £4.99, 827pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) [Riftwar: Empire] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) fantasy novel. Volume Two in the “Empire” series.
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Servant of the Empire Raymond E. Feist & Janny Wurts (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29245-5, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $5.99, 691pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) [Riftwar: Empire] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) fantasy novel set in Feist’s “Riftwar” universe, second book of the “Empire” series.
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Iceman Cynthia Felice (Ace 0-441-18373-5, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $3.99, 185pp, pb, cover by Warren Chang) Sf romance novel of a space-born woman’s experiences on Earth during a future Ice Age.
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Kent Montana and the Once and Future Thing Lionel Fenn (Ace 0-441-43537-8, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $3.95, 200pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Kent Montana] Comic sf novel, third book of the “Kent Montana” series. Kent Montana becomes a love object to a slithering swamp creature. Fenn is a pen name for Charles L. Grant.
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Kent Montana and the Reasonably Invisible Man Lionel Fenn (Ace 0-441-43536-X, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.95, 198pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Kent Montana] Humorous sf novel, second book of the “Kent Montana” series. The out-of-work actor stumbles into the hunt for an invisible mad scientist/practical joker. Fenn is a pen-name for Charles L. Grant.
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Star Trek: A Flag Full of Stars Brad Ferguson (Pocket 0-671-73918-2, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.95, 241pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization, #54 in the series.
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Star Trek: A Flag Full of Stars Brad Ferguson (Titan 1-85286-354-4, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], £3.50, 241pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. The Second Book in the “Lost Years” saga. Simultaneous with U.S. (Pocket) edition.
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Star Trek: Crisis on Centaurus Brad Ferguson (Titan 1-85286-355-2, May ’91, £3.50, 254pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1986) sf novelization. [First U.K. edition]
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The Mace of Souls Bruce Fergusson (Avon 0-380-71180-X, Jun ’91, $3.95, 319pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Six Kingdoms] Reprint (Morrow 1989) fantasy quest novel, second book of the “Six Kingdoms” series.
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Warhammer: Shadowbreed David Ferring (GW Books 1-872372-10-4, Feb ’91, £4.99/$8.99, 239pp, tp, cover by Angus Fieldhouse) [Warhammer: Konrad] Fantasy novelization based on the “Warhammer” game, second book of the “Konrad” trilogy. This is a worldwide edition with both U.S. and U.K. prices. This is a pseudonym for David S. Garnett.
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Seti Frederick Fichman (Headline 0-7472-3679-8, Aug ’91, £4.50, 331pp, pb, cover by David O’Connor) Reprint (Roc 1990) sf novel about the first contact with extra-terrestrial intelligence. [First U.K. edition]
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Meridian 144 Meg Files (Soho Press 0-939149-59-1, Oct ’91, $19.95, 263pp, hc, cover by F. L. Schmeid) Post-holocaust sf novel. A first novel.
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Spelljammer: Into the Void Nigel Findley (TSR 1-56076-154-7, Oct ’91, $4.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) [Spelljammer: Cloakmaster] Fantasy novelization based on the “Forgotten Realms” game, second book of the “Cloakmaster Cycle”.
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Walk with the Dead E. Burke Finster (DimeNovels 1-56317-007-8, 1990 [Apr ’91], $1.99, 90pp, tp, cover by Diane Russell Kramer) Horror novella of the dead rising and walking in San Francisco. This is a small format paperback (11.5cm x 7.5cm.).
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