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The Conjuror’s Game Catherine Fisher (Red Fox 0-09-985960-2, Dec ’91, £2.50, 97pp, pb, cover by Barbara Lofthouse) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1990) young-adult fantasy novel.
Backlash Nicholas Fisk (Walker 0-7445-1331-6, Jan ’91, £2.99, 137pp, pb, cover by Jean-Christian Knaaf) Reprint (Walker 1988) young-adult sf novel.
Extraterrestrial Tales Nicholas Fisk (Puffin 0-14-034521-3, Jun ’91, £4.99, 387pp, pb) Omnibus of three of Fisk’s young-adult sf novels.

7 · Trillions [Paranormal] · n. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1971
125 · Space Hostages · n. London: Hamish Hamilton, 1967
265 · On the Flip Side · n. Kestrel Books, 1983
A Hole in the Head Nicholas Fisk (Walker 0-7445-1942-X, Jul ’91 [Aug ’91], £8.99, 139pp, hc, cover by Paul Allen) Young-adult sf novel, set in the near future with the world on the brink of ecological disaster.
Midnight Blue Pauline Fisk (Lion 0-7459-1925-1, Feb ’91, £2.99, 217pp, pb, cover by John Houghton) Reprint (Lion 1990) young-adult fantasy novel.
The Fantasy and Mystery Stories of F. Scott Fitzgerald F. Scott Fitzgerald (Robert Hale 0-7090-4612-X, Jul ’91, £12.95, 192pp, hc) Collection of 14 fantasy/mystery stories by F. Scott Fitzgerald, edited, and with an introoduction, by Peter Haining.

9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
23 · The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage · ss Now and Then Oct ’09; EQMM Mar ’60
29 · The Ordeal · ss Nassau Literary Magazine Jun ’15
34 · Tarquin of Cheapside · ss Nassau Literary Magazine Apr ’17
40 · The Offshore Pirate · ss The Saturday Evening Post May 29 ’20
57 · His Russet Witch · nv Metropolitan Magazine Feb ’21
82 · The Curious Case of Benjamin Button · nv Colliers May 27 ’22
103 · Rags Martin-Jones and the Pr-nce of W-les · ss McCall’s Jul ’24
115 · The Adjuster · ss The Red Book Magazine Sep ’25
133 · The Dance · ss The Red Book Magazine Jun ’26; EQMM Mar ’53
145 · A Short Trip Home · nv The Saturday Evening Post Dec 17 ’27
162 · Outside the Cabinet-Maker’s · ss The Century Christmas ’28
166 · One Trip Abroad · ss The Saturday Evening Post Oct 11 ’30
185 · The Fiend · ss Esquire Jan ’35
190 · Shaggy’s Morning · ss Esquire May ’35
The Book of Conquests Jim FitzPatrick (Paper Tiger 0-905895-14-2, Apr ’91, £8.95, 112pp, tp, cover by Jim FitzPatrick) Reissue (Paper Tiger 1978) heavily illustrated retelling of various stories from Irish mythology.
The Fisher King Leonore Fleischer (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17222-1, Sep ’91, $3.99, 208pp, pb) Novelization based on the fantasy film.
The Ghost in the Noonday Sun Sid Fleischman (Scholastic 0-590-43662-7, Mar ’91 [Apr ’91], $2.75, 131pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 1986) young-adult fantasy novel about a young boy’s experiences with both real and ghostly pirates.
Stirring Within Russell Flinn (The British Fantasy Society, 1990 [Feb ’91], £1.00, 23pp, ph, cover by Jeff Salmon) Collection of three original horror short stories, edited by David Cowperthwaite and illustrated throughout by Jeff Salmon. Volume 15 in the “BFS Special Booklet” series.

3 · Ritual Observance · ss *
13 · In the Quiet, Among the Trees · ss *
17 · Subway Story · ss *
Cromm Kenneth C. Flint (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28851-2, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.95, 387pp, pb, cover by Chris Hopkins) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) Celtic dark fantasy novel.
Otherworld Kenneth C. Flint (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29415-6, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 384pp, pb) Dark fantasy thriller. A U.S. government agent investigating a murder discovers that dark forces are preparing to invade our universe.
The Gods of Ireland Book I: Most Ancient Song Casey Flynn (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28832-6, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.50, 261pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Gods of Ireland] Fantasy novel of ancient Ireland, first book of a new series. Flynn is a pseudonym for Kenneth C. Flint.
The Gods of Ireland Book II: The Enchanted Isles Casey Flynn (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29151-3, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.50, 275pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Gods of Ireland] Celtic fantasy novel set in ancient Ireland, second book of a series. Flynn is a pseudonym for Kenneth C. Flint.
The Nanotech Chronicles Michael Flynn (Baen 0-671-72080-5, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.95, 339pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Collection of six interconnected stories that appeared previously in Analog.

1 · Prelude · Michael F. Flynn · pr
5 · Soul of the City [Dr. Singer] · Michael F. Flynn · ss Analog Feb ’89
21 · The Washer at the Ford [Dr. Singer] · Michael F. Flynn · n. Analog Jun ’89 (+1)
171 · Remember’d Kisses · Michael F. Flynn · nv Analog Dec ’88
215 · The Laughing Clone [“The Adventure of the Laughing Clone”] · Michael F. Flynn · na Analog Oct ’88
295 · The Blood Upon the Rose · Michael F. Flynn · ss Analog Feb ’91
331 · Werehouse · Michael F. Flynn · nv New Destinies, Vol. IX, ed. Jim Baen, Baen, 1990
Torus James Follett (Mandarin 0-7493-0492-8, Feb ’91, £3.99, 404pp, pb) Reprint (Methuen 1990) sf novel.
Trojan James Follett (Lime Tree 0-413-45241-7, Jun ’91 [May ’91], £14.99, 490pp, hc) Near-future sf thriller about a Martian computer virus.
The Rocketeer Ron Fontes (Disney Press 1-56282-065-6, Jul ’91 [Dec ’91], $2.95, 76pp, pb) Young-adult sf movie tie-in novelization.
The Connecticut Yankee in the Twentieth Century: Travel to the Past in Science Fiction Bud Foote (Greenwood 0-313-24327-1, Nov ’90 [Jan ’91], $39.95, 209pp, hc) Non-fiction; criticism. A critical study of time travel in sf.
The Cuckoo Plant Adam Ford (Mammoth 0-7497-0613-9, Jul ’91, £3.50, 238pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Young-adult sf novel.
The Princes of the Air John M. Ford (Tor 0-812-50958-7, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $3.99, 248pp, pb) Reprint (Timescape 1982) sf novel.
The Lost Regiment #2: Union Forever William R. Forstchen (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45060-4, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 457pp, pb) [Lost Regiment] Sf novel, second book of a series about a Union regiment transported from Civil War America to an alternate world.
The Crystal Sorcerors William R. Forstchen & Greg Morrison (Avon 0-380-76021-5, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.95, 291pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) [Crystal Warriors] Fantasy novel of two WWII soldiers transported to a fantasy world, sequel to The Crystal Warriors.
Martian Rainbow Robert L. Forward (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34712-9, Jun ’91, $18.00, 319pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Sf novel about a human-colonized Mars as a pawn in a Russian-American power struggle. A 14-page “New Colonist’s Guide to Mars” mentioned in the story is appended.
Martian Rainbow Robert L. Forward (Easton Press, Sep ’91, no price, 319pp, hc) Sf novel about a human-colonized Mars, with artwork by Jim Burns. This edition is published “simultaneously” with the Del Rey edition which appeared three months earlier. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
The Chris Foss Portfolio Chris Foss (Paper Tiger 1-85028-140-8, Jan ’91, £9.95, 64pp, tp, cover by Chris Foss) Portfolio of 28 full page (16" x 11") reproductions of Chris Foss covers, with introductory text by Nigel Suckling. Recommended. (PSP)
Diary of a Spaceperson Chris Foss (Paper Tiger 1-85028-048-7, Jan ’91, £16.95, 143pp, hc, cover by Chris Foss) Collection of sf and erotic art illustrating an original short story in the form of a young spacewoman’s diary.
Diary of a Spaceperson Chris Foss (Paper Tiger 1-85028-049-5, Oct ’91 [Dec ’91], £10.95, 143pp, tp) Reprint (Paper Tiger 1991) collection of sf and erotic art illustrating an original short story.
A Call to Arms Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35855-4, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $18.95, 341pp, hc, cover by Syd Dutton) [Damned] Sf novel of human involvement in an alien war, first book of “The Damned.”
A Call to Arms Alan Dean Foster (Easton Press, May ’91, no price, 341pp, hc) [Damned] Sf novel with an intro by James Gunn, artwork by Barclay Shaw. This edition is published “simultaneously” with the Del Rey edition which appeared two months earlier. Leatherbound, gilt-edge edition, part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series, available by subscription only.
Cat-a-Lyst Alan Dean Foster (Ace 0-441-64661-1, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.95, 325pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) Humorous sf novel of a movie star and his cat encountering a lost civilization of alien Incas planning to conquer the world.
Cat-a-Lyst Alan Dean Foster (SFBC #18701, Sep ’91 [Oct ’91], $5.98, 206pp, hc, cover by Dean Morrissey) Reprint (Ace 1991) humorous sf novel about a movie star and his cat. First hardcover edition.
The End of the Matter Alan Dean Foster (Severn House 0-7278-4223-4, Jun ’91 [May ’91], £11.99, 206pp, hc) [Pip & Flinx] Reprint (Del Rey 1977) sf novel. First world hardcover edition.
Glory Lane Alan Dean Foster (Ace 0-441-51664-5, Aug ’91, $4.50, 295pp, pb, cover by James Gurney) Reissue (Ace 1987) humorous sf novel; fourth printing.
The Last Starfighter Alan Dean Foster (Ace 0-441-47213-3, Jun ’91 [Jul ’91], $3.95, 218pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1984) sf novelization.
Quozl Alan Dean Foster (NEL 0-450-55185-7, Sep ’91, £4.50, 344pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) Reprint (Ace 1989) humorous sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
Quozl Alan Dean Foster (Severn House 0-7278-4277-3, Dec ’91, £12.99, 344pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1989) humorous sf novel.
Slipt Alan Dean Foster (Ace 0-441-77155-6, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $3.95, 265pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reissue (Berkley 1984) sf novel; seventh printing.
Star Trek Log Eight Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-27602-7, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 183pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) [Star Trek Log] Reissue (Ballantine 1976) novelization of an episode from the animated Star Trek series; fourth printing.
Star Trek Log Five Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33351-9, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 195pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) [Star Trek Log] Reissue (Ballantine 1975) collection of three novelizations based on the animated Star Trek series; tenth printing.
Star Trek Log Four Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33350-0, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 215pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) [Star Trek Log] Reissue (Ballantine 1975) collection of three novelizations based on the animated Star Trek series; 11th printing.
Star Trek Log Nine Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-27165-3, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 183pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) [Star Trek Log] Reissue (Ballantine 1977) novelization of an episode from the animated Star Trek series; third printing.
Star Trek Log One Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33349-7, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 184pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) [Star Trek Log] Reissue (Ballantine 1974) collection of three novelizations based on episodes of the animated Star Trek series; 21st printing.
Star Trek Log Seven Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-27683-3, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 182pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) [Star Trek Log] Reissue (Ballantine 1976) novelization of an episode from the animated Star Trek series; fifth printing.
Star Trek Log Six Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33352-7, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 195pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) [Star Trek Log] Reissue (Ballantine 1976) collection of three novelizations based on the animated Star Trek series; sixth printing.
Star Trek Log Ten Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-27212-9, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) [Star Trek Log] Reissue (Del Rey 1978) novelization of an episode from the animated Star Trek series; second printing.
Star Trek Log Three Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33318-7, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 215pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) [Star Trek Log] Reissue (Ballantine 1975) collection of three novelizations based on the animated Star Trek series; 15th printing.
Star Trek Log Two Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32646-6, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.99, 176pp, pb, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) [Star Trek Log] Reissue (Ballantine 1974) collection of three novelizations based on the animated Star Trek series; 16th printing.
Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves ed. Alan Dean Foster & Martin H. Greenberg (Ace 0-441-18481-2, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.95, 340pp, pb, cover by Robert Grace) Anthology of 18 humorous fantasy stories with an introduction and an afterword by Foster.

ix · Introduction · Alan Dean Foster · in
1 · As Is · Robert Silverberg · nv Worlds of Fantasy #1 ’68
21 · The Same to You Doubled · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy Mar ’70
33 · The Egg of the Glak · Harvey Jacobs · nv F&SF Mar ’68
81 · Beibermann’s Soul · Mike Resnick · ss F&SF Aug ’88
87 · Thimgs · Theodore R. Cogswell · ss F&SF May ’58
103 · Ms. Lipshutz and the Goblin · Marvin Kaye · ss Fantastic Oct ’78
111 · Unferno · George Alec Effinger · nv IASFM Jul ’85
137 · Unicorn Variations · Roger Zelazny · nv IASFM Apr 13 ’81
166 · Yes Sir, That’s My · Daniel P. Dern · ss New Dimensions 8, ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1978
179 · Please Stand By [Max Kearny] · Ron Goulart · nv F&SF Jan ’62
205 · Bottle Party · John Collier · ss, 1939
215 · My Mother Was a Witch · William Tenn · nf P.S. Aug ’66
223 · Djinn, No Chaser · Harlan Ellison · nv Twilight Zone Apr ’82
246 · Up the Wall · Esther M. Friesner · nv IASFM Apr ’90
276 · Trouble with Water · Horace L. Gold · ss Unknown Mar ’39
301 · Savage Breasts · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue Two, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1988
310 · Or the Grasses Grow · Avram Davidson · ss F&SF Nov ’58
321 · Snulbug · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Dec ’41; F&SF May ’53
340 · Afterword · Alan Dean Foster · aw
Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves ed. Alan Dean Foster & Martin H. Greenberg (SFBC #18211, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $7.98, 276pp, hc, cover by Robert Grace) Reprint (Ace 1991) anthology of 18 stories with an introduction and an afterword by Foster.
The Bureau of Lost Souls Christopher Fowler (Ballantine 0-345-37371-5, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.99, 212pp, pb) Collection of 12 horror and fantasy stories. First American edition (Century 1989).
Rune Christopher Fowler (Ballantine 0-345-36473-2, Jan ’91, $18.95, 340pp, hc) [Bryant & May] Occult thriller. Big business is using ancient runes to destroy its enemies. First American edition (Century 1990).
Rune Christopher Fowler (Arrow 0-09-972000-0, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], £4.99, 368pp, pb) [Bryant & May] Reprint (Century 1990) horror novel based on the same idea as M.R. James’ classic “Casting the Runes”.
What’s Wrong with Valerie D. A. Fowler (Pocket 0-671-72658-7, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.50, 247pp, pb) [What’s Wrong with Valerie] Horror novel of a young woman who attracts evil.
Sarah Canary Karen Joy Fowler (Holt 0-8050-1753-4, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $21.95, 290pp, hc, cover by Raquel Jaramillo) Mainstream novel about a mysterious and scarcely human woman’s appearance in the late 19th-century Pacific Northwest. This has magic realism and fantasy elements. Fowler’s first novel. Highly recommended (SW).
The War of the Roses Karen Joy Fowler (Pulphouse 1-56146-528-3, Jul ’91, $1.95, 43pp, pb, cover by Donna Gordon) Sf short story that originally appeared in IASFM and Artificial Things. Short story paperback #28. A 100-copy leatherbound limited edition (-918-1, $20.00) is also available.
A Maggot John Fowles (Pan 0-330-32412-8, Dec ’91, £6.99, 460pp, pb) Reprint (Little, Brown 1985) literary fantasy novel. [Not seen]
The Terminator 2: Judgement Day Randall Frakes (Bantam 0-553-29169-6, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.99, 240pp, pb) [Terminator] Sf movie tie-in novelization.
Terminator 2: Judgment Day Randall Frakes (Sphere 0-7474-1032-1, Aug ’91, £3.99, 240pp, pb) [Terminator] Reprint (Bantam 1991) novelization of the sf film.
The Terminator Randall Frakes & Bill Wisher (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25317-4, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.99, 240pp, pb) [Terminator] Reissue (Bantam 1985) novelization of the sf cult film based on the screenplay by James Cameron & Gale Anne Hurd; second printing.
Fire Crossing Cheryl J. Franklin (DAW 0-88677-468-3, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.99, 541pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Network-Consortium; Magical Tales of the Taormin] Sf/fantasy novel, part of both the “Network/Consortium” and the “Seri” series.
War Stars: The Superweapon and the American Imagination H. Bruce Franklin (Oxford University Press 0-19-506692-8, Oct ’90 [Mar ’91], $10.95, 256pp, tp) Reprint (Oxford 1988) non-fiction study of how science fiction and other popular culture contributed to the development and use of superweapons. Highly recommemded (CNB).This is a 1990 book not seen until now. This is actually the 1988 hardcover with the boards removed and the new cover put on. The new ISBN is on the cover only.
Dark Dreaming Pat Franklin (Diamond 1-55773-613-8, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.50, 264pp, pb) Psychic thriller of a woman haunted by dreams and voices.
Black Sun Rising C. S. Friedman (DAW 0-88677-485-3, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $18.95, 489pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Coldfire] Sf/fantasy novel of human colonists on a planet where magic is reality. After 12 centuries of conflict, four people stand between the humans and an ancient alien evil.
Star Trek, the Next Generation: Fortune’s Light Michael Jan Friedman (Titan 1-85286-358-7, Jan ’91, £2.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with U.S. (Pocket) edition.
Star Trek, the Next Generation: Reunion Michael Jan Friedman (Pocket 0-671-74808-4, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $19.00, 343pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Unnumbered Star Trek novelization.
Star Trek: Legacy Michael Jan Friedman (Pocket 0-671-74468-2, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.95, 280pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization, #56 in the series.
Star Trek: Legacy Michael Jan Friedman (Titan 1-85286-382-X, Aug ’91, £3.50, 280pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with U.S. (Pocket) edition.
Author’s Choice Monthly Issue 23: It’s Been Fun Esther M. Friesner (Pulphouse, Sep ’91, $4.95, 110pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Collection of six stories, one original, with an introduction by the author. A signed hardcover edition ($20.00) is also available and a deluxe leatherbound edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen.

1 · Introduction · in
5 · The Sailor’s Bride · ss Amazing Nov ’85
17 · A New Chantey · pm Amazing May ’88
23 · A Friendly Game of Crola · ss Amazing Sep ’85
29 · Dragonet · ss Amazing Jan ’86
37 · Love’s Eldritch Ichor · nv World Fantasy Convention Program Book, ed. Robert Weinberg, 1990
71 · Pride and Prescience · nv *

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