The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Fantastic Civil War ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Baen 0-671-72063-5, Jun 91 [May 91], $4.50, 307pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) Anthology of ten sf & fantasy stories about the Civil War, with an introduction by S.M. Stirling. Only McSherrys name is on the cover, although the book is copyrighted by all three editors.
- 1 · Introduction · S. M. Stirling · in
- 6 · For the Love of Barbara Allen · Robert E. Howard · ss F&SF Aug 66
- 16 · Bring the Jubilee · Ward Moore · n. F&SF Nov 52
- 136 · The Valley Was Still · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales Aug 39
- 154 · Avenging Angel · Eric L. Davin · ss Far Frontiers Vol. II, ed. Jerry Pournelle & Jim Baen, Baen, 1985
- 168 · The Chronicle of the 656th · George Byram · nv Playboy Mar 68
- 204 · Slowly By, Lorena [Alternities, Inc.] · John M. Ford · ss IASFM Nov 80
- 224 · Quit Zoomin Those Hands Through the Air · Jack Finney · ss Colliers Aug 4 51
- 242 · The Long Drum Roll · Harry Turtledove · nv *
- 280 · Quarks at Appomattox · Charles L. Harness · ss Analog Oct 83
- 296 · Times Arrow [Hard Landings] · Jack McDevitt · ss Critical Mass Fll 89
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Great American Ghost Stories ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Rutledge Hill Press 1-55853-146-7, Nov 91 [Dec 91], $21.95, 506pp, hc) Anthology of 29 ghost stories, with an introduction by Frank D. McSherry, Jr.
- 7 · The Borders of the Unknown · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · in
- 9 · Double Vision · Mary Higgins Clark · nv Womans Day Aug 23 88
- 39 · This Is Death [In at the Death] · Donald E. Westlake · ss The Thirteenth Ghost Book, ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1977; EQMM Nov 78
- 53 · Pretty Maggie Moneyeyes · Harlan Ellison · nv Knight May 67
- 75 · Little Jimmy · Lester del Rey · ss F&SF Apr 57
- 91 · Poor Little Saturday · Madeleine LEngle · nv Fantastic Universe Oct 56
- 109 · On 202 · Jeff Hecht · ss Twilight Zone Dec 81
- 119 · Ransom Cowl Walks the Road · Nancy Varian Berberick · nv Women of Darkness, ed. Kathryn Ptacek, Tor, 1988
- 137 · School for the Unspeakable · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Weird Tales Sep 37
- 149 · The Stormsong Runner · Jack L. Chalker · ss Whispers II, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979
- 161 · Harrys Ghost · Talmage Powell · ss Mike Shayne Mystery Magazine Nov 73
- 177 · Herbert WestReanimator [Grewsome Tales] · H. P. Lovecraft · gp Home Brew Feb-Jul 22; From the Dark, ss Weird Tales Mar 42; The Plague Demon, ss Weird Tales Jul 42; Six Shots by Moonlight, ss Weird Tales Sep 42; The Scream of the Dead, ss Weird Tales Nov 42; The Horror from the Shadows, ss Weird Tales Sep 43; The Tomb-Legions, ss Weird Tales Nov 43
- 209 · The Caller in the Night · Burton Kline · ss Stratford Journal Dec 17
- 225 · Professor Kate · Margaret St. Clair · ss Weird Tales Jan 51
- 233 · The Guns of William Longley · Donald Hamilton · ss Iron Men and Silver Stars, ed. Donald Hamilton, Fawcett, 1967
- 249 · Clay-Shuttered Doors · Helen R. Hull · ss Harpers May 26
- 269 · The Stranger · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Feb 09
- 270 · Night-Side · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Night-Side, 1977
- 301 · Drawer 14 · Talmage Powell · ss AHMM Apr 65
- 313 · The Jest of Warburg Tantavul [Jules de Grandin] · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales Sep 34
- 343 · One of the Dead · William Wood · nv The Saturday Evening Post Oct 31 64
- 373 · Emmett · Dahlov Ipcar · ss Argosy Jun 64
- 389 · Night Court · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · nv Weird Tales Mar 53
- 409 · The Boarded Window · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Jul 14, 1889
- 415 · The Ghosts of Steamboat Coulee · Arthur J. Burks · nv Weird Tales May 26
- 443 · He Walked by Day · Julius Long · ss Weird Tales Jun 34
- 451 · The Phantom Farmhouse · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales Oct 23
- 475 · Stillwater, 1896 · Michael Cassutt · ss Shadows #7, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1984
- 487 · Ride the Thunder · Jack Cady · ss Overdrive, 1967
- 499 · The Resting Place · Oliver LaFarge · ss New Yorker Oct 16 54
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Hollywood Ghosts ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Rutledge Hill Press 1-55853-103-3, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $9.95, 210pp, tp, cover by Harriette Bateman) Anthology of 12 ghost stories set in Hollywood.
- vii · Shadows of Reality · Frank D. McSherry, Jr. · in
- 1 · Makeup · Robert R. McCammon · nv Modern Masters of Horror, ed. Frank Coffey, Coward, McCann & Geoghegan, 1981
- 23 · Laugh Track · Harlan Ellison · ss Weird Tales Fll 84
- 43 · Dead Image · David Morrell · nv Night Visions 2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1985
- 73 · House of Secrets · Ron Goulart · ss F&SF Sep 88
- 89 · The Making of Revelation, Part I · Philip José Farmer · nv After the Fall, ed. Robert Sheckley, Ace, 1980
- 107 · Old Loves · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Night Visions 2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1985
- 123 · Summerland · Avram Davidson · ss F&SF Jul 57
- 129 · The Courts of Xanadu · Charles Sheffield · nv IASFM Apr 88
- 167 · A Wig for Miss DeVore · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales May 43
- 177 · One for the Horrors · David J. Schow · ss Whispers Oct 83
- 189 · The Pool · William F. Nolan · ss Horrors, ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1981
- 199 · The Movie People · Robert Bloch · ss F&SF Oct 69
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New England Ghosts ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Rutledge Hill Press 1-55853-090-8, Oct 90 [Mar 91], $9.95, 213pp, tp, cover by Harriette Bateman) Anthology of 13 ghost stories set in New England.
- vii · Bon Apparition! · Charles G. Waugh · in
- 1 · This Is Death [In at the Death] · Donald E. Westlake · ss The Thirteenth Ghost Book, ed. James Hale, Barrie & Jenkins, 1977; EQMM Nov 78
- 15 · Rain · Dana Burnet · ss The Grim 13, ed. Frederick Stuart Greene, Dodd, Mead, 1917
- 24 · On 202 · Jeff Hecht · ss Twilight Zone Dec 81
- 34 · The Devil and Daniel Webster · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post Oct 24 36
- 50 · Emmett · Dahlov Ipcar · ss Argosy Jun 64
- 65 · The Little Silver Heart · Josephine Daskam Bacon · ss Harpers Monthly Oct 06
- 81 · The Changing of the Guard · Anne Serling · sa Twilight Zone Jan/Feb 85; screenplay by Rod Serling.
- 97 · Herbert WestReanimator [Grewsome Tales] · H. P. Lovecraft · gp Home Brew Feb-Jul 22; From the Dark, ss Weird Tales Mar 42; The Plague Demon, ss Weird Tales Jul 42; Six Shots by Moonlight, ss Weird Tales Sep 42; The Scream of the Dead, ss Weird Tales Nov 42; The Horror from the Shadows, ss Weird Tales Sep 43; The Tomb-Legions, ss Weird Tales Nov 43
- 129 · A Friendly Exorcise · Talmage Powell · ss AHMM Mar 68
- 142 · Safety Zone · Barry N. Malzberg · ss *
- 149 · The Phantom Farmhouse · Seabury Quinn · nv Weird Tales Oct 23
- 173 · Night-Side · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Night-Side, 1977
- 199 · The Dark Boy · August Derleth · ss F&SF Feb 57
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Edgar Rice Burroughs Memorial Collection: A Catalog George T. McWhorter (House of Greystoke, Nov 91, $25.00, 190pp, tp) Non-fiction, reference. A catalog of the collection at the University of Louisville in Kentucky, with black & white reproductions of the covers plus a biliographic overview by McWhorter and an essay by Burroughs, How I Wrote the Tarzan Books that originally appeared in the Washington Post 10/27/29. This edition is limited to 500 numbered copies. Available from George McWhorter, ERB Collection, University of Louisville Library, Louisville KY 40292.
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The Liquid Retreats Todd Mecklem & Jonathan Falk (Wordcraft of Oregon 1-877655-03-1, Sep 91, $6.95, 43pp, tp, cover by Roman Scott) Collection of 15 prose poems and short-short stories with illustrations by Roman Scott.
- 7 · Wagners Rite · ss *
- 14 · A Walk on the Beach · vi *
- 18 · Die Frau Nach der Man Sich Sehnt · vi *
- 18 · Diagnosis · vi *
- 21 · Das Kristall-Radio · vi *
- 24 · Der Wald · vi *
- 27 · An Extract from Sechs Seltene Anatomisch · vi Nocturne #2 89
- 28 · Das Fallgatter · vi Nocturne #1 88
- 29 · Sosse Zum Ganter · vi Poked with Sticks
- 30 · A Singular Anomaly · vi *
- 32 · Handgreiflich Katastrophe · pm A Frog in My Throat, ed. Janet Fox, Scavengers Newsletter, 1987
- 33 · The Quiet Island of Sambhoga-Kaya · vi *
- 34 · Albania · ss *
- 43 · The Liquid Retreats · vi Vice Versa
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Shadows Daughter Shirley Meier (Baen 0-671-72096-1, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $4.99, 323pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Fifth Millennium] Fantasy novel set in the world of the Fifth Millennium, first used in The Cage by Meier & S.M. Stirling.
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Shadows Son Shirley Meier, S. M. Stirling & Karen Wehrstein (Baen 0-671-72091-0, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $4.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Fifth Millennium] Fantasy novel set in the world of the Fifth Millennium, first used in The Cage by Meier and S.M. Stirling. Sequel to Shadows Daughter.
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Shape-Shifter Pauline Melville (Pantheon 0-679-40438-4, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $19.00, 164pp, hc, cover by Royce Becker) Collection of 12 stories, mostly literary fantasy. First American edition (The Womens Press 1990).
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Lingo Jim Menick (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-628-7, May 91 [Apr 91], $19.95, 334pp, hc) Sf novel about a home computer AI that runs amok.
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Dwellers in the Mirage A. Merritt (Macmillan Collier 0-02-022872-4, Nov 91 [Dec 91], $5.95, 283pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) Reprint (Liveright 1932) fantasy novel. This edition follows the magazine text, not the cut book version.
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The Face in the Abyss A. Merritt (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-01-1, Jul 91, $30.00, 286pp, hc, cover by Ned Dameron) [Nicholas Graydon] Reprint (Liveright 1931) classic pulp fantasy, with a preface by Paul Spencer and full-color illustrations by Ned Dameron. A slipcased limited edition of 350 copies signed by the artist (-00-3, $60.00) is also available.
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The Ship of Ishtar A. Merritt (Macmillan Collier 0-02-022871-6, Jun 91 [May 91], $4.95, 309pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) Reprint (Putnam 1926) fantasy novel, with interior art by Virgil Finlay. This edition, including the illustrations, is a photo-offset reprint of the 1946 Borden Memorial edition, which was the complete magazine text instead of the cut book text.
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Quad World Robert A. Metzger (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45057-4, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $4.99, 317pp, pb) Sf novel. An engineer is transported to a parallel world where a battle between good and evil is raging, being fought by prominent figures from human history. A first novel.
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Fear Itself Ric Meyers (Dell 0-440-20685-5, Jun 91 [May 91], $3.99, 264pp, pb) [Book of the Undead] Horror novel of love and vengeance, Book of the Undead #1.
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Living Hell Ric Meyers (Dell 0-440-20856-4, Oct 91, $4.50, 294pp, pb) [Book of the Undead] Horror novel, Book of the Undead #2.
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The Angel of the West Window Gustav Meyrink (Dedalus 0-946626-65-0, Sep 91 [Aug 91], £8.99, 421pp, tp, cover by Tim Gray) First English translation of an occult fantasy novel about the Elizabethan mage John Dee and his 20th Century descendant. Translated from the German (Der Engel Vom Westlichen Fenster, 1927) by Mike Mitchell. Also announced in hardcover (-72-3, £18.99).
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The Collapsing Castle Haydn Middleton (Ballantine 0-345-36797-9, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $18.95, 261pp, hc, cover by Kirk Reinert) [People in the Picture] Fantasy novel. The incidents in ancient Celtic myth control the lives of people in a small English village. First American edition (Hamish Hamilton 1990).
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The Goblin Plain War Carl Miller (Ace 0-441-29430-8, May 91 [Apr 91], $4.95, 245pp, pb, cover by Denis Beauvais) [Dragonbound] Fantasy novel, third book in the Dragonbound series.
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The Illusionists Faren Miller (Warner Questar 0-446-36131-3, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $4.95, 213pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) Fantasy novel of intrigue and murder in an ancient city. A first novel. An absorbing story set in a world reminiscent of Fritz Leibers Lankhmar. Recommended (SW).
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Sowboy Richard Miller (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-0985-9, Oct 91 [Nov 91], £5.99, 230pp, tp, cover by Ian Whadcock) [Squed] Literary sf novel. Sequel to Squed.
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Palaces and Prisons Ron Miller (Ace 0-441-64687-5, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $4.50, 246pp, pb, cover by Ron Miller) [Bronwyn] Fantasy novel by a well-known artist, first book of a series. A rebel princess leads an attack on the elf-lord who is the power behind her brothers throne. A first novel.
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Silk and Steel Ron Miller (Ace 0-441-76489-4, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $3.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Ron Miller) [Bronwyn] Fantasy novel by a well-known artist, sequel to Palaces and Prisons.
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Sherlock Holmes on the Roof of the World or the Adventure of the Wayfaring God Thos. Kent Miller (Rosemill House 0-944872-50-6, Jan 91, $5.95, 74pp, tp, cover by Linda Villareal) [She; Sherlock Holmes] Reissue (Rosemill House 1987) novella, simultaneously a Sherlock Holmes pastiche and a sequel to Haggards She; second printing. This printing has been slightly revised.
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The Barnum Museum Steven Millhauser (Penguin/Plume 0-452-26702-1, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $8.95, 237pp, tp, cover by Paul Cozzolino) Reprint (Poseidon 1990) collection of ten literary short stories, at least half fantasy. Includes the World Fantasy Award winner The Illusionist.
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Winter World: Branders Book C. J. Mills (Ace 0-441-89447-X, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $3.99, 185pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Winter World] Sf adventure novel of warfare and intrigue on a frozen world, fourth book of the Winter World series.
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Winter World: Egils Book C. J. Mills (Ace 0-441-89444-5, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $3.95, 202pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Winter World] Sf adventure novel of warfare and intrigue on a frozen world, second book of a series. The first, Winter World, appeared from Pageant in 1988, and is unavailable.
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Winter World: Kits Book C. J. Mills (Ace 0-441-89445-3, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $3.95, 181pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Winter World] Sf adventure novel of warfare and intrigue on a frozen world, third book of a series.
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The Power James Mills (Headline 0-7472-0380-6, Feb 91 [Mar 91], £14.95, 406pp, hc) Reprint (Warner 1990) occult thriller.
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The Power James Mills (Headline 0-7472-3663-1, Sep 91, £4.99, 406pp, pb) Reprint (Warner 1990) occult thriller.
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Dawn for a Distant Earth L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Tor 0-812-51613-3, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $3.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Wayne Douglas Barlowe) [Forever Hero] Reissue (Tor 1987) sf adventure novel, first book of the Forever Hero series; second printing.
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The Magic of Recluce L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Tor 0-312-85116-2, May 91 [Apr 91], $21.95, 440pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Recluce] Fantasy novel, first book of a new series.
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The Silent Warrior L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Tor 0-812-51616-8, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $3.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Pamela Lee) [Forever Hero] Reissue (Tor 1987) sf adventure novel, second book of the Forever Hero series; second printing.
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The Green Progression L. E. Modesitt, Jr. & Bruce Scott Levinson (Tor 0-312-85212-6, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $19.95, 332pp, hc) Associational ecological political thriller co-written by an sf writer.
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Authors Choice Monthly Issue 19: Two That Came True Judith Moffett (Pulphouse, May 91, $4.95, 104pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Collection of two novellas, with afterwords by the author. A signed hardcover limited edition ($25.00) is also available and a leatherbound deluxe edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen.
- 1 · Surviving · nv F&SF Jun 86
- 51 · Afterword to Surviving · aw
- 59 · Not Without Honor · nv IASFM May 89
- 99 · Afterword to Not Without Honor · aw
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The Ragged World Judith Moffett (St. Martins 0-312-05499-8, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $18.95, 341pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Ragged World] Sf novel based on a series of stories, of alien visitors who insist that Earth clean up its ecosystem. This includes the awards-nominated novella Tiny Tango. Highly recommended. (FCM)
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Borderlands 2 ed. Thomas F. Monteleone (Borderlands Press, Oct 91, $60.00, 275pp, hc, cover by Rick Lieder) Original anthology of 21 horror stories. This is a 750-copy limited edition signed by all authors.
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Borderlands 2 ed. Thomas F. Monteleone (Avon 0-380-76517-9, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $4.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Philip Singer) Reprint (Borderlands Press 1991) original anthology of 21 stories plus an introduction by the editor.
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Among the Shadows L. M. Montgomery (Bantam Starfire 0-553-28959-4, May 91 [Jul 91], $3.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Greg Ruhl) Reprint (McClelland & Stewart 1990) young-adult collection of 19 stories of the darker side of humanity.
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Barbarians of Mars Michael Moorcock (Ace 0-441-04887-0, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $3.95, 158pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Michael Kane] Reprint (Compact 1965 as by Edward P. Bradbury) fantasy novel, third book of the Michael Kane series. Subsequent editions were published as The Masters of the Pit by Moorcock.
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Blades of Mars Michael Moorcock (Ace 0-441-79144-1, May 91 [Apr 91], $4.95, 160pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Michael Kane] Reprint (Compact 1965 as by Edward P. Bradbury) fantasy novel, second book of the Michael Kane trilogy. Subsequent editions were published as Lord of the Spiders by Michael Moorcock.
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The Revenge of the Rose Michael Moorcock (Ace 0-441-71844-2, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $17.95, 244pp, hc, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric] Fantasy novel, ninth book in the Elric series. First American edition (Grafton 1991).
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The Revenge of the Rose Michael Moorcock (SFBC #17281, Dec 91, $6.98, 244pp, hc, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric] Reprint (Grafton 1991) fantasy novel, ninth book in the Elric series. Similar to the 1991 Ace edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
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The Revenge of the Rose: A Tale of the Albino in the Years of His Wandering Michael Moorcock (Grafton 0-246-13734-7, May 91 [Apr 91], £13.99, 233pp, hc, cover by Robert Gould) [Elric] Fantasy novel. Ninth in the Elric series.
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