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Hobby Jane Yolen (Harcourt Brace 0-15-200815-2, Sep ’96, $15.00, 90pp, hc, cover by Bryan Leister) [Young Merlin]; Children’s Arthurian novella, second volume in “The Young Merlin” trilogy for younger (ages 7-10) readers. Young Merlin joins travelling performers.

Passager Jane Yolen (Harcourt Brace 0-15-200391-6, Mar ’96, $15.00, 76pp, hc, cover by Bryan Leister) [Young Merlin]; Children’s Arthurian novella, first volume in “The Young Merlin” trilogy for younger (ages 7-10) readers. A falconer tames a wild boy and names him Merlin.

Sunspacer Trilogy George Zebrowski (White Wolf 1-56504-856-3, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $14.99, 393pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton); Omnibus of three young-adult SF novels: Sunspacer (Harper & Row 1984), The Stars Will Speak (Harper & Row 1985), and Behind the Stars (Amazing June & July 1993).

Home Is the Hangman Roger Zelazny (SFBC #13969, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $7.98, 151pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Nemo]; SF novella; first individual publication. Part of the SFBC Collection, winner of both the Hugo and Nebula Award. Introduction by David G. Hartwell. There is a special price of $2.98 with any purchase.

Hymn to the Sun: An Imitation Roger Zelazny (DNA Publications 0-9640168-5-0, Feb ’96 [Apr ’96], $6.95, 22pp, ph, cover by Jim Zimmerman); Poetry collection. There is an introduction by Zelazny and a foreword by Jane M. Lindskold. Available from DNA Publications, PO Box 13, Greenfield MA 01302-0013.

The Williamson Effect ed. Roger Zelazny (Tor 0-312-85748-9, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $23.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg); Original anthology of 15 stories and one poem, about or inspired by Jack Williamson, with an introduction by David Brin. Authors include Frederik Pohl, Poul Anderson, Connie Willis, and Andre Norton.

Tales from Watership Down Richard Adams (Hutchinson 0-09-180166-4, Sep ’96, £14.99, x+198pp, hc, cover by John Lawrence) [Watership Down]; Collection of original animal fantasy stories in the “Watership Down” series. Simultaneous with the US (Knopf) edition.

The Winter Sleepwalker and other stories Joan Aiken (Red Fox 0-09-949641-0, Nov ’95 [Feb ’96], £2.99, 96pp, pb, cover by Quentin Blake); Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1994) young-adult fantasy collection of eight original stories.

Helliconia Brian Aldiss (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648223-6, Jul ’96, £9.99, xvi+1070pp, tp, cover by Peter Goodfellow) [Helliconia]; SF omnibus of the three novels: Helliconia Spring (1982), Helliconia Summer (1983) and Helliconia Winter (1985). A boxed set of the earlier books appeared with a separate ISBN, but this is the first combined edition. This edition adds a new introduction and 26 pages of appendices on the planet’s scientific, physical, and social background. The books are separately paginated.

Classic Ghost Stories ed. Anon. (Penguin 0-14-600314-4, Jun ’96, £0.60, 56pp, pb, cover by Gino D’Achille); Mini-paperback anthology of 3 stories; one of the ‘Penguin Children’s 60s’.

Point Horror Collection 8 ed. Anon. (Scholastic UK 0-590-13481-7, Mar ’96 [May ’96], £5.99, 537pp, pb); Young-adult horror omnibus of 3 novels: The Dead Game by A. Bates (1993), The Stranger by Caroline B. Cooney, and Call Waiting by R. L. Stine (1994), all Scholastic originals.

Classical Stories: Heroic Tales from Ancient Greece and Rome ed. Mike Ashley (Past Times 1-85487-462-4, Jul ’96 [Aug ’96], no price, xiv+370pp, tp); Associational anthology of stories set in Ancient Greece and Rome, including stories by Darrell Schweitzer, Thomas Burnett Swann, and E.C. Tubb, with an original story by L. Sprague de Camp. Only available as part of a boxed set The Collected Classical Stories & Classical Whodunnits (-812-3, £11.95).

Classical Whodunnits: Murder and Mystery from Ancient Greece and Rome ed. Mike Ashley (Past Times 1-85487-463-2, Jul ’96 [Aug ’96], no price, x+374pp, tp); Associational anthology of mystery stories set in Ancient Greece and Rome, including original stories by Darrell Schweitzer, Keith Taylor, and Brian Stableford. Only available as part of a boxed set The Collected Classical Stories & Classical Whodunnits (-812-3, £11.95).

Fantasy Stories ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson Children’s Books 1-85487-452-7, Sep ’96, £4.99, xii+403pp, tp, cover by Douglas Carrell); Young-adult anthology of 27 stories, some original, plus novel excerpts, including work by Dunsany, Tolkien, Lewis, Kilworth, and Ian Watson. Introduction by Garry Kilworth.

Space Stories ed. Mike Ashley (Robinson Children’s Books 1-85487-451-9, Sep ’96, £4.99, 402pp, tp); Young-adult anthology of 25 SF stories, some original, the earliest a 1935 story from Raymond Z. Gallun, the latest including a pair of stories in a new Stephen Baxter series. Introduction by Douglas Hill.

The Unicorn Sonata Peter S. Beagle (Headline 0-7472-1943-5, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], £9.99, 154pp, hc, cover by Michael J. Walsh); Reprint (Turner 1996) fantasy novel. A teenage girl follows the sound of music to the magical realm of Shei’rah. Illustrated with colour plates by Robert Rodriguez. [First U.K. edition]

Ghosts in the House A. C. & R. H. Benson (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-13-3, Sep ’96 [Jul ’96], £22.50, xvii+249pp, hc, cover by Richard Lamp); Collection of ghost stories, edited and with an Introduction by Hugh Lamb. Limited to 400 numbered copies. Illustrated with photographs of the authors. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.00. Available from Ashcroft, 2 Abbottsford Drive, Penyfford, Chester CH4 0JG.

Aliens: Tribes Steve Bissette & David Dorman (Boxtree 0-7522-0295-2, Apr ’96, £7.99, 72pp, tp, cover by David Dorman) [Aliens]; Aliens spin-off novella, written by Bissette, illustrated with 24 plates by Dorman. There was a Dark Horse Comics version in 1992.

A Dusk of Idols and other stories James Blish (Severn House 0-7278-4967-0, May ’96 [Apr ’96], £16.99, 182pp, hc); SF collection of 8 stories, edited and with an introduction by Francis Lyall.

Blood Waters Chaz Brenchley (Flambard 1-873226-19-5, Jun ’96, £7.99, 156pp, tp); Associational collection.

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