The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Conan the Defender Robert Jordan (Tor 0-812-51394-0, Feb ’91, $3.95, 280pp, pb, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Conan] Reissue (Tor 1982) fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s classic character; seventh printing.
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Conan the Destroyer Robert Jordan (Tor 0-812-51401-7, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $3.99, 271pp, pb) [Conan] Reissue (Tor 1984) fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s classic character; second printing.
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Conan the Magnificent Robert Jordan (Tor 0-812-51593-5, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $3.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Conan] Reissue (Tor 1984) fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s classic character; seventh printing.
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Conan the Triumphant Robert Jordan (Tor 0-812-51398-3, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $3.95, 314pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Conan] Reissue (Tor 1983) fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s classic character; fifth printing.
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Conan the Unconquered Robert Jordan (Tor 0-812-51400-9, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $3.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Reivert) [Conan] Reissue (Tor 1983) fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s classic character; eighth printing.
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Conan the Victorious Robert Jordan (Tor 0-812-51399-1, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $3.95, 280pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Conan] Reissue (Tor 1984) fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s classic character; fifth printing.
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The Dragon Reborn Robert Jordan (Tor 0-312-85248-7, Nov ’91 [Sep ’91], $22.95, 595pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Wheel of Time] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Wheel of Time” series. This book has a November publication date but was available in bookstores by September 15th.
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The Eye of the World Robert Jordan (Orbit 0-7474-0817-3, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], £7.99, 670pp, tp, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Wheel of Time] Reprint (Tor 1990) fantasy novel. Book One of “The Wheel of Time”. This is a pseudonym for James Rigney, Jr.
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The Eye of the World Robert Jordan (Orbit 0-7474-0987-0, Dec ’91, £5.99, 814pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Wheel of Time] Reprint (Tor 1990) fantasy novel. Book One of “The Wheel of Time.” The cover is erroneously attributed to Melvyn Grant.
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The Great Hunt Robert Jordan (Orbit 0-356-19765-4, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], £13.95, 598pp, hc, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Wheel of Time] Reprint (Tor 1990) fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Wheel of Time”. [First U.K. edition]
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The Great Hunt Robert Jordan (Tor 0-812-51772-5, Oct ’91, $5.99, 707pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Wheel of Time] Reprint (Tor 1990) fantasy novel, second book of the “Wheel of Time” series.
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The Great Hunt Robert Jordan (Orbit 0-7088-8364-8, Dec ’91, £8.99, 598pp, tp, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Wheel of Time] Reprint (Tor 1990) fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Wheel of Time.” The cover is erroneously attributed to Melvyn Grant.
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The Juniper Game Sherryl Jordan (Scholastic 0-590-44728-9, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $13.95, 228pp, hc, cover by Joe DiCesare) Young-adult fantasy novel of a telepathic girl and her friend experimenting with her powers.
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Grandfather Anne Joseph (Zebra 0-8217-3317-6, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.95, 286pp, pb) Horror novel of a young girl whose honor is avenged by her dead grandfather.
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Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual Franz Joseph (Ballantine 0-345-34074-4, Sep ’91 [Oct ’91], $12.00, unpaginated, tp) [Star Trek] Reissue (Ballantine 1975) non-fiction guide to the world of Star Trek; 14th printing.
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Star Trek Star Fleet Technical Manual Franz Joseph (Ballantine 0-345-34074-4, Sep ’91 [Nov ’91], $12.00, unpaginated, tp) [Star Trek] Reissue (Ballantine 1975) non-fiction guide to the world of Star Trek; 15th printing. The front cover identifies this as the 25th Anniversary edition, but the copyright page only lists the 20th Anniversary edition.
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An Index to the Selected Letters of H.P. Lovecraft S. T. Joshi (Necronomicon Press, Sep ’91 [Oct ’91], $6.95, 50pp, ph) Non-fiction, reference. An index to the five-volume Arkham House edition of HPL’s selected letters, including a subject index and discussion of the material. This is a revised edition of a 1980 Necronomicon Press publication. [H. P. Lovecraft]
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The Centennial Conference Proceedings ed. S. T. Joshi (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-36-4, Mar ’91 [Apr ’91], $9.95, 80pp, ph) Non-fiction, criticism. A transcript of the panels at the H.P. Lovecraft Centennial Conference, both biographical and critical. [H. P. Lovecraft]
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Dreamside Graham Joyce (Pan 0-330-31339-8, May ’91, £4.50, 248pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) Fantasy novel.
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Mirabile Janet Kagan (Tor 0-312-85220-7, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $18.95, 278pp, hc, cover by Rick Sternbach) [Mama Jason] Collection of the six humorous “Mama Jason” sf adventure stories of interstellar colonization and scrambled gene programming that originally appeared in IASFM. This is being packaged as a novel. Recommended (SW).
- 1 · The Loch Moose Monster · nv IASFM Mar ’89
- 43 · The Return of the Kangaroo Rex · nv IASFM Oct ’89
- 85 · The Flowering Inferno · nv IASFM Mar ’90
- 128 · Getting the Bugs Out · nv IASFM Nov ’90
- 169 · Raising Cane · na IASFM Mar ’91
- 227 · Frankenswine · na IASFM Aug ’91
- 277 · Author’s Note · aw
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Captain Jack Zodiac Michael Kandel (Broken Mirrors Press 0-9623824-6-9, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], $13.95, 224pp, hc) Black comedy sf novel set in a future of teleportation drugs and carnivorous lawns. Clever, sometimes hilarious, and unique, Recommended (SW). A signed limited edition (-7-7, $50.00) was announced but not seen.
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Yamato: A Rage in Heaven: Part 1 Ken Kato (Warner Questar 0-446-36141-0, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.50, 336pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Yamato] Reprint (Warner 1990) first part of a space opera, originally published in a single volume.
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Yamato: A Rage in Heaven: Part 2 Ken Kato (Warner Questar 0-446-36189-5, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.50, 367pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Yamato] Reprint (Warner 1990) second part of a space opera novel originally published in one volume.
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Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay (Penguin 0-14-013010-1, May ’91, £4.99, 688pp, pb) Reprint (Viking UK 1990) fantasy novel.
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Tigana Guy Gavriel Kay (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45115-5, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $5.99, 673pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Viking UK 1990) Renaissance-flavored fantasy novel. A World Fantasy Award nominee.
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Phantom Susan Kay (Corgi 0-552-13758-8, Sep ’91, £4.99, 523pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1990) fictive biography of the Phantom of the Opera.
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The Penguin Book of Witches and Warlocks ed. Marvin Kaye (Penguin 0-14-014991-0, Oct ’91, $10.95, 529pp, tp, cover by Edward Gorey) Reprint (GuildAmerica 1989 as Witches and Warlocks) anthology of 41 stories of black magic and witchcraft.
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Haunted America: Star-Spangled Supernatural Stories ed. Marvin Kaye (SFBC #15993, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $9.98, 582pp, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) Anthology of 48 ghost and horror stories.
- ix · Introduction: The Lively Ghost of Liberty · Marvin Kaye · in
- 3 · The Triumph of Night · Edith Wharton · nv Scribner’s Aug ’14
- 28 · The White Old Maid [“The Old Maid in the Winding Sheet”] · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss New England Magazine Jul, 1835
- 39 · Victoria · Ogden Nash · ss Harper’s Bazaar Apr ’48
- 43 · The Terrible Old Man · H. P. Lovecraft · vi The Tryout Jul ’20; Weird Tales Aug ’26
- 47 · The Problem of the Pilgrims Windmill [Dr. Sam Hawthorne] · Edward D. Hoch · ss EQMM Sep 10 ’80
- 67 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss Atlantic Monthly Feb, 1868
- 87 · Bones · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Stirring Science Stories Feb ’41
- 94 · The Vacant Lot · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine Sep ’02
- 113 · A Curious Dream · Mark Twain · ss The Century Jan, 1882
- 123 · The Man Who Collected Poe · Robert Bloch · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries Oct ’51
- 138 · Guests from Gibbet Island · Washington Irving · ss Chronicles of Wolfert’s Roost and Other Papers, London: Constable, 1855
- 150 · Our Late Visitor [as by Joseph Lavinson] · Marvin Kaye · ss Brother Theodore’s Chamber of Horrors, ed. Marvin Kaye, Pinnacle, 1975
- 156 · The Girl with the Beckoning Eyes · Bernhardt J. Hurwood · ss, 1972
- 162 · ghosts [from Archy and Mehitabel] · don marquis · ex Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1927
- 165 · The Ghost of Washington · Anon. · ss
- 178 · The Headless Horseman of Paoli · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Fantastic Oct ’80
- 197 · Artemisia’s Mirror · Bertha Runkle · nv
- 221 · Unto the Fourth Generation · Isaac Asimov · ss F&SF Apr ’59
- 233 · The Spook House · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Jul 7, 1889
- 237 · The Shot-Tower Ghost · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales Sep ’49
- 251 · A Tale of the Ragged Mountains · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godey’s Lady’s Book Apr, 1844
- 262 · Come to the Party · Frances Garfield · ss Whispers IV, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983
- 271 · Nobody Ever Goes There [John] · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales #3, ed. Lin Carter, DAW, 1981
- 283 · Ghost of Buckstown Inn · Arnold M. Anderson · ss
- 289 · The Stuffed Alligator · L. Frank Baum · ss The Delineator Feb ’05
- 300 · The House of the Nightmare · Edward Lucas White · ss Smith’s Magazine Sep ’06
- 310 · The Elemental · Frank Belknap Long · ss Unknown Jul ’39
- 325 · We Are the Dead · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales Apr ’37
- 333 · The Destruction of Smith · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Eye-Witness Feb 29 ’12
- 341 · The Return of the Moresbys · Henry Slesar · ss EQMM Jan ’64
- 350 · The Rider on the Pale Horse · Helen Eustis · ss The Saturday Evening Post Feb 11 ’50
- 360 · The Glove · Fritz Leiber · ss Whispers Jun ’75
- 374 · Kaena Point · C. H. Sherman · ss *
- 384 · Atrocities · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss A Silver Thread of Madness, Ace, 1989
- 390 · Gibbler’s Ghost [“Full of, Mostly, Bagels and Cream Cheese”] · William F. Nolan · ss Alien Horizons, Pocket, 1974
- 396 · They Bite · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Aug ’43
- 409 · Miracle at Chimayo · Carole Buggé · ss, 1990
- 428 · Slaughter House · Richard Matheson · nv Weird Tales Jul ’53
- 465 · The Dead Remember · Robert E. Howard · ss Argosy Aug 15 ’36
- 474 · The Night the Ghost Got In · James Thurber · ss New Yorker Aug 12 ’33
- 480 · Dumb Supper · Henderson Starke · ss F&SF Sum ’50
- 492 · The Fear That Walks by Noonday · Willa Cather · ss Sombrero, 1895
- 504 · The Chadwick Pit [“The Pit”] · Carl Jacobi · ss Weird Tales #1, ed. Lin Carter, DAW, 1981
- 518 · The Return of Andrew Bentley · August Derleth & Mark Schorer · ss Weird Tales Sep ’33
- 535 · Away · Barry N. Malzberg · ss A Treasury of American Horror Stories, ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg, Bonanza/Crown Books, 1985
- 540 · The Strange Guests · Anon. · ss, 1837
- 547 · Another Chance for Casey · Larry Siegel · ss The American Legion Magazine, 1950
- 557 · Appendix: The Midnight Tourist’s Guide to Haunted America · Misc. · ms
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Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural ed. Marvin Kaye (Dorset 0-88029-518-X, Oct ’91, $8.95, 623pp, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) Reprint (Literary Guild 1985) anthology of 53 stories with an introduction by the editor, plus notes and a selected bibliography. This is an instant remainder edition and the first trade edition.
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Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural ed. Marvin Kaye (Macdonald 0-356-20221-6, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], £14.95, 658pp, pb, cover by Ashley Pearce) Reprint (Literary Guild 1985) anthology of 53 stories and poems by writers ranging from Bram Stoker and Poe to Walt Whitman and Tennessee Williams, with more recent authors represented as well. [First U.K. edition]
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Christmas Babies Christopher Keane & William D. Black (Pocket Star 0-671-72421-5, Dec ’91, $4.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) Horror/medical thriller about a secret experiment using innocent women to produce genetically engineered inhuman children.
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Death’s Head Mel Keegan (Gay Men’s Press 0-85449-162-7, Nov ’91 [Jan ’92], £6.95, 349pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Hoare) [Death’s Head] Sf novel. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $10.95.
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The Fifth Foreign Legion #1: March Or Die Andrew & Bill Keith (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45133-3, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.50, 253pp, pb) [Fifth Foreign Legion] Sf novel, first book of a new military sf series about the armed forces of a human star empire trying to keep down a conquered alien race.
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The School Ed Kelleher & Harriette Vidal (Leisure 0-8439-3204-X, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.50, 365pp, pb) Reissue (Leisure 1988) horror novel; second printing.
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Harmony Marjorie Bradley Kellogg (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45109-0, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $5.50, 473pp, pb) Sf novel set on a future Earth that is completely poisoned. People live in biosphere communities and only one dome on Earth preserves culture and the arts.
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The Cloud People Robert Kelly (TSR 1-56076-077-X, Oct ’91, $3.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Gerald Brom) Sf novel, a first novel.
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Moon of the Werewolf Ronald Kelly (Zebra 0-8217-3625-6, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.50, 368pp, pb) Horror novel. A clan of werewolves are driven from Ireland to run free under the Kentucky moon. Author’s name is given as Ron rather than Ronald on the cover.
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Something Out There Ronald Kelly (Zebra 0-8217-3338-9, Mar ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.50, 406pp, pb) Horror novel of a monstrous and legendary beast roaming the Tennessee mountains.
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White Wing Gordon Kendall (Tor 0-812-51770-9, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $3.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) Reissue (Tor 1985) military sf novel. Kendall is a pseudonym for Susan Shwartz and S.N. Lewitt. Second printing.
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The Silver Branch Patricia Kennealy (Grafton 0-586-21248-5, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], £4.99, 557pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Keltiad] Reprint (NAL 1988) Celtic fantasy novel. The First Book of “The Keltiad.” [First U.K. edition]
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The Reluctant Ghost-Hunter Rick Kennett (Haunted Library No ISBN, Oct ’91, £2.50, 35pp, ph, cover by Dallas Clive Goffin & Alan Hunter) [Ernie Pine] Collection of three stories about ghost-hunter Ernie Pine, two original. Volume 3 in the “Psychic Sleuths” series.
- 3 · Introduction · in
- 4 · Alley Ghost · ss Terror Australis Fll ’88
- 12 · The Impromptu Seance · ss *
- 20 · Time in a Rice Bowl · ss *
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The Dragon Revenant Katharine Kerr (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28909-8, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.95, 401pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) Celtic fantasy novel, fourth book of the “Deverry” series.
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Dragonspell: The Southern Sea Katharine Kerr (Grafton 0-586-20787-2, Jun ’91, £4.99, 495pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday as The Dragon Revenant; Grafton 1990) fantasy novel. Volume IV in the “Deverry” series.
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Polar City Blues Katharine Kerr (Grafton 0-246-13724-X, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], £7.99, 282pp, tp, cover by Mike Van Houten) [Polar City] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1990) sf novel. Includes an appendix by the author explaining the rules of baseball. Also available in hardcover (-13556-5, £13.99).
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A Time of Exile Katharine Kerr (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-41464-1, Jun ’91, $12.00, 434pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Deverry: Westlands] Celtic fantasy novel, fifth book of the “Deverry” series. A hardcover edition (-41463-3, $20.00) is also available.
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A Time of Exile Katharine Kerr (Grafton 0-246-13730-4, Jun ’91, £8.99, 353pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry: Westlands] Fantasy novel. Simultaneous with U.S. (Doubleday Foundation) edition. Also available in hardcover (-13555-7, £14.99). Book One of “The Westlands Cycle”. Volume 5 in the “Deverry” series.
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Good News from Outer Space John Kessel (Grafton 0-586-21011-3, Jan ’91, £5.99, 403pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Tor 1989) sf novel.
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Offspring Jack Ketchum (Diamond 1-55773-615-4, Nov ’91, $4.50, 265pp, pb) [Off Season] Horror novel of a cannibal clan in the Maine backwoods, sequel to Off Season.
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Bells Rung Backwards A. F. Kidd (A.F. Kidd No ISBN, Dec ’91 [Jan ’92], £2.80, 50pp, ph, cover by A. F. Kidd) Collection of six ghost stories set in the world of bell-ringing, plus two sf stories and a poem, all illustrated by the author. A seventh, 6 page, ghost story is provided as a loose insert. Available from 113 Clyfford Road, Ruislip Gardens, Middlesex, HA4 6PX.
- 4 · Introduction · Chico Kidd · in
- 6 · Lords of Misrule · ss The Ringing World Christmas ’90
- 13 · The Last Great Masterpiece of Andrea Giaiotti · ss *
- 19 · Momento Mori · ss *
- 23 · The Sins of the Fathers [“Grandsire Triples”] · ss Saints and Relics, ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Runcorn, Cheshire: Haunted Library, 1983
- 30 · Hunting the Wren · ss *
- 34 · Bread Eaten in Secret · ss *
- 39 · Philosopher’s Stone · Chico Kidd · ss *
- 47 · Deus ex Machina · Chico Kidd · ss *
- 49 · Towers · M. M. Thomas · pm *
- 50 · Glossary of Ringing Terms · Misc. · ms
- · Saint Sebastian and the Mona Lisa · ss *
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The Drowners Garry Kilworth (Methuen 0-416-17682-8, Jul ’91, £8.99, 153pp, hc, cover by Andrew Lloyd Jones) Atmospheric young-adult ghost story set in 19th century Hampshire. Recommended. (PSP)
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The Third Dragon Garry Kilworth (Hippo 0-590-76416-0, Feb ’91 [Jul ’91], £1.95, 147pp, pb, cover by Mel Bramich) Young-adult thriller set in China just after the Tiananmen Square massacre.
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Scanners II: The New Order Janus Kimball (Warner 0-446-36111-9, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.99, 188pp, pb) Sf/horror movie tie-in novelization based on the screenplay by B.J. Nelson.
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Hidden Fires Katharine Eliska Kimbriel (Warner Questar 0-446-36129-1, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.50, 277pp, pb, cover by Don Dixon) [Nuala] Sf novel, third book of the “Nuala” series.
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The Bachman Books Stephen King (BOMC, Oct ’91, $17.95, 692pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1985) omnibus of the four novels King wrote as “Richard Bachman”.
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Carrie Stephen King (NEL 0-450-02517-9, May ’91, £3.99, 222pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1974) horror novel.
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Carrie Stephen King (Penguin/Plume 0-452-26719-6, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $12.95, 152pp, tp, cover by Neil Stuart) Reprint (Doubleday 1974) horror novel, King’s first novel. This is a special “Stephen King Collector’s edition” with an introduction by Tabitha King.
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Christine Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-33161-5, May ’91, £15.99, 482pp, hc, cover by Gerald Grace) Reissue (Viking 1983) horror novel. Fifth impression.
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Cujo Stephen King (Futura 0-7088-2171-5, May ’91, £4.50, 345pp, pb) Reissue (Viking 1981) horror novel. 10th impression.
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Danse Macabre Stephen King (Futura 0-7088-2181-2, May ’91, £4.99, 479pp, pb) Reissue (Everest House 1981) non-fiction book about horror movies. 10th impression.
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The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands Stephen King (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-17-8, Sep ’91, $38.00, 512pp, hc, cover by Ned Dameron) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Dark fantasy novel, third book in the “Gunslinger” series, with full-color illustrations by Ned Dameron. A 1200 copy signed deluxe edition was announced but not seen.
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The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands Stephen King (Penguin/Plume 0-452-26740-4, Jan ’92 [Nov ’91], $15.00, 422pp, tp, cover by Don Brautigam & Phil Heffernan) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Donald M. Grant 1991) dark fantasy novel, third book in the “Dark Tower” series, with full-color illustrations by Ned Dameron. There are two different versions of this edition, one with a cover by Brautigam, the other with a cover by Heffernan. Other than the cover illustration, the two are identical.
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