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The Three Damosels Vera Chapman (Gollancz 0-575-06340-8, Nov ’96, £16.99, 383pp, hc, cover by Splash) [King Arthur]; Reprint (Magnum 1978) fantasy omnibus of three Arthurian novels, The Green Knight (Rex Collings 1975), The King’s Damosel (Collings 1976) and King Arthur’s Daughter (Collings 1976).


The Tale of the Next Great War, 1871-1914 I. F. Clarke (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-469-8, Sep ’95 [Nov ’95], £12.95, 382pp, tp, cover by Michael Mattingly); SF anthology of 16 stories and excerpts about the war-to-come at the end of the 19th century. Includes a long Introduction by Clarke on the plethora of such tales. A hardcover edition (-459-0, £32.00) was announced but not seen.


Look At the Evidence: Essays and Reviews John Clute (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-830-8, Apr ’96, £15.95, xii+465pp, tp, cover by Judith Clute); Reprint (Serconia 1995) collection of criticism and reviews published between 1987 and 1993, with some added comments on their formation, intent, and editorial cuts, among other matters. [First U.K. edition]


Point Horror 3: The Caroline B. Cooney Special Edition Caroline B. Cooney (Scholastic UK 0-590-54288-5, Oct ’96, £6.99, 378pp, hc); Young-adult horror omnibus of Freeze Tag, The Stranger, and Twins.


The Nightmares on Elm Street Omnibus Jeffrey Cooper & Joseph Locke (Warner UK 0-7515-1758-5, Dec ’96, £7.99, vi+436pp, pb) [Freddy]; Dark fantasy omnibus of two novelisations: The Nightmares on Elm Street: Parts 1, 2, 3: The Continuing Story by Cooper (St. Martins’, 1987), and The Nightmares on Elm Street: Parts 4 &5 by Locke (St. Martin’s, 1989). Illustrated with 16 pages of stills.


Bruce Coville’s Book of Aliens and Ghosts ed. Bruce Coville (Collins 0-00-675278-0, Oct ’96, £3.99, 368pp, pb); Omnibus of the two anthologies, Bruce Coville’s Book of Aliens: Tales to Warp Your Mind (Scholastic/Apple, 1994), and Bruce Coville’s Book of Ghosts (Scholastic, 1994). The books are separately paginated.


Bruce Coville’s Book of Ghosts ed. Bruce Coville (Collins 0-00-675075-3, 1995 [Oct ’96], £2.99, 180pp, pb); Reprint (Scholastic 1994) Young-adult anthology of original ghost stories. Published in 1995 but not seen until now. [First U.K. edition]


The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories ed. Michael Cox (Oxford University Press 0-19-214260-7, Oct ’96, £17.99, xx+425pp, hc, cover by David Inshaw); Anthology of 33 stories, arranged chronologically from 1910 to date.


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