The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Concrete Island J. G. Ballard (Paladin 0-586-09225-0, Mar ’92, £4.50, 126pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Crash] Reprint (Cape 1974) associational mainstream novel.
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The Disaster Area J. G. Ballard (Paladin 0-586-09071-1, Mar ’92, £4.99, 191pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Cape 1967) collection of nine sf stories.
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The Drowned World J. G. Ballard (J.M. Dent 0-460-02257-1, Aug ’92, £3.50, 175pp, tp, cover by Nick Hardcastle) Reissue (Berkley 1962) sf novel.
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Empire of the Sun J. G. Ballard (Grafton 0-586-06430-3, Oct ’92, £4.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Empire of the Sun] Reissue (Gollancz 1984) associational autobiographical novel.
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The Kindness of Women J. G. Ballard (Grafton 0-586-21099-7, Oct ’92, £4.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) [Empire of the Sun] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1991) associational autobiographical novel, paralleling Ballard’s life during the 1960’s. Sequel to Empire of the Sun.
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Low-Flying Aircraft J. G. Ballard (Flamingo 0-586-04503-1, Dec ’92, £4.99, 191pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Cape 1976) sf collection.
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The Terminal Beach J. G. Ballard (J.M. Dent 0-460-02265-2, Aug ’92, £3.99, 221pp, tp, cover by James Marsh) Reissue (Gollancz 1964) sf collection. This differs in content from the American first, Terminal Beach (Berkley 1964), although the most recent US edition (Carroll & Graf) follows the British.
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The Unlimited Dream Company J. G. Ballard (Flamingo 0-586-08995-0, Dec ’92, £5.99, 220pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Cape 1979) sf novel.
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The Venus Hunters J. G. Ballard (Flamingo 0-586-05187-2, Dec ’92, £4.99, 142pp, tp, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Panther 1980) sf collection.
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Vermilion Sands J. G. Ballard (Phoenix 1-85799-005-6, Sep ’92, £4.99, 208pp, tp, cover by René Magritte) Reprint (Berkley 1971) sf collection. This edition follows the revised contents of the 1973 Cape edition.
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The Voices of Time J. G. Ballard (Phoenix 1-85799-000-5, Sep ’92, £4.99, 197pp, tp, cover by Salvador Dali) Reprint (Gollancz 1963 as The Four-Dimensional Nightmare) sf collection. This edition follows the revised contents of the 1974 Gollancz edition.
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The Crow Road Iain Banks (Scribners UK 0-356-20652-1, Apr ’92, £15.99, 501pp, hc, cover by Peter Brown) Mainstream novel of associational interest.
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Use of Weapons Iain M. Banks (Orbit 0-7088-8358-3, Mar ’92, £5.99, 379pp, tp) [Culture] Reprint (Orbit 1990) sf novel.
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Griffin & Sabine: An Extraordinary Correspondence Nick Bantock (Macmillan UK 0-333-57866-X, Oct ’92, £12.99, 40pp, hc, cover by Nick Bantock) [Griffin & Sabine] Reprint (Chronicle 1991) remarkable collection of postcards, art, and letters between artist Griffin Moss and Sabine, who is either telepathic or a figment of his imagination. Recommended (PSP). [First U.K. edition]
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Imajica Clive Barker (Fontana 0-00-617804-9, Aug ’92, £5.99, 1136pp, pb, cover by David O’Connor) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) epic fantasy/horror novel.
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The Thief of Always Clive Barker (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224144-7, Nov ’92, £9.99, 230pp, hc, cover by Clive Barker) Young-adult dark fantasy novel, illustrated throughout by Clive Barker. Simultaneous with US (HarperCollins) edition.
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Dawn’s Uncertain Light Neal Barrett, Jr. (Grafton 0-586-21274-4, Mar ’92, £3.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Through Darkest America] Reprint (Signet 1989) post-holocaust sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
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The Last Voyage of Somebody the Sailor John Barth (Sceptre 0-340-55910-1, Oct ’92, £6.99, 573pp, tp, cover by Carol Wald) Reprint (Little, Brown 1991) literary fantasy novel.
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Timelike Infinity Stephen Baxter (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224016-5, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], £15.99, 253pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Xeelee] Sf novel about an attempt to free the Earth from tyrannical occupation by the Qax. Volume one in the “Xeelee” series.
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Raft Stephen Baxter (Grafton 0-586-21091-1, Jun ’92, £3.99, 251pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Grafton 1991) sf novel, about a universe where the force of gravity is a billion times stronger than normal.
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Beyond World’s End Nina Beachcroft (Mammoth 0-7497-0971-5, Dec ’92, £2.99, 140pp, pb, cover by Bruce Hogarth) Reprint (Heinemann 1985) young-adult fantasy novel.
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Anvil of Stars Greg Bear (Legend 0-7126-3890-3, Feb ’92 [Dec ’91], £8.99, 442pp, tp, cover by Nick Rodgers) [Forge of God] Hard sf novel, in which the survivors of The Forge of God seek revenge on those who destroyed the Earth. A hardcover edition (-3885-7, £14.99) is also available. A 200 copy, numbered, signed & slip-cased edition (-4769-4, £50.00) was announced but not seen.
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Eon Greg Bear (Legend 0-09-954710-4, Feb ’92, £4.99, 503pp, pb) [Eon] Reissue (Bluejay 1985) sf novel.
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The Forge of God Greg Bear (Legend 0-09-961870-2, Feb ’92, £4.99, 473pp, pb) [Forge of God] Reissue (Gollancz; Tor 1987) sf novel.
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Songs of Earth and Power Greg Bear (Legend 0-7126-5494-1, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £9.99, 693pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Infinity Concerto] Omnibus of The Infinity Concerto and The Serpent Mage, containing slight revisions to the text and a new afterword. A hardcover edition (£15.99) was announced but not seen. This book is dated 2/92 inside.
- 1 · The Infinity Concerto · n. New York: Berkley, 1984
- 343 · The Serpent Mage · n. New York: Berkley, 1986
- 688 · Afterword · aw
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Strength of Stones Greg Bear (Gollancz 0-575-04090-4, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], £3.99, 221pp, pb, cover by John Harris) Reissue (Ace 1981) sf novel.
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The Venging Greg Bear (Legend 0-7126-5051-2, Feb ’92 [Dec ’91], £8.99, 269pp, tp, cover by Nick Rodgers) Collection of eight sf stories. This reprints the contents of the 1983 collection The Wind from a Burning Woman (Arkham House) and adds two early stories, newly revised for this edition. A hardcover edition (-5050-4, £14.99) is also available.
- 1 · The Wind from a Burning Woman · nv Analog Oct ’78
- 29 · The White Horse Child · ss Universe 9, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1979
- 51 · Petra · nv Omni Feb ’82
- 73 · Scattershot · nv Universe 8, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1978
- 107 · Mandala · na New Dimensions 8, ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1978
- 153 · Hardfought · na IASFM Feb ’83
- 221 · Two Early Stories: Preface · is
- 223 · The Venging · nv Galaxy Jun ’75; revised
- 255 · Perihesperon · ss Tomorrow: New Worlds of Science Fiction, ed. Roger Elwood, Evans, 1975; revised
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Underworld III Peter Beere (Hippo 0-590-55039-X, Sep ’92 [Oct ’92], £2.99, 160pp, pb) Young-adult sf novel, set in a future London.
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The Collected Ghost Stories E. F. Benson (Robinson 1-85487-110-2, Nov ’92, £7.99, 624pp, tp) Collection of 54 ghost stories previously collected in four volumes - The Room in the Tower (1912), Visible and Invisible (1923), Spook Stories (1928), and More Spook Stories (1934). Edited and introduced by Richard Dalby, with a foreword by Joan Aiken. Despite the title this volume does not include the ghost stories published in The Flint Knife (Equation 1988). Simultaneous with the US edition from Carroll & Graf.
- vii · Foreword · Joan Aiken · fw
- xiii · Introduction · Richard Dalby · in
- 1 · The Room in the Tower · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Jan ’12
- 12 · The Dust-Cloud · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Jan ’06
- 23 · Gavon’s Eve · ss The Illustrated London News Jan 13 ’06
- 32 · The Confession of Charles Linkworth · ss The Cavalier Jan 13 ’12
- 45 · At Abdul Ali’s Grave [“A Curious Coincidence”] · ss The Graphic Jun 24, 1899
- 55 · The Shootings of Achnaleish · ss The Illustrated London News Oct 27-Nov 3 ’06
- 67 · How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery · ss The Windsor Magazine Dec ’11
- 79 · Caterpillars · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories, London: Mills Boon, 1912
- 86 · The Cat · ss The Illustrated London News Nov 27 ’05
- 98 · The Bus-Conductor · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Dec ’06
- 105 · The Man Who Went Too Far · nv The Pall Mall Magazine Jun ’04
- 123 · Between the Lights · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories, London: Mills Boon, 1912
- 132 · Outside the Door · ss The London Magazine Jan ’10
- 139 · The Terror by Night · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories, London: Mills Boon, 1912
- 145 · The Other Bed · ss The Popular Magazine Apr ’08
- 154 · The Thing in the Hall · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories, London: Mills Boon, 1912
- 164 · The House with the Brick-Kiln · ss The London Magazine Dec ’08
- 173 · And the Dead Spake · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Oct ’22
- 189 · The Outcast · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Apr ’22
- 203 · The Horror Horn · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Sep ’22
- 214 · Machaon · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Jan ’23
- 227 · Negotium Perambulans [“Visible and Invisible”] · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Nov ’22
- 239 · At the Farmhouse · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Mar ’23
- 252 · Inscrutable Decrees · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Apr ’23
- 264 · The Gardener · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Aug ’22
- 275 · Mr. Tilly’s Séance · ss Munsey’s Dec ’22
- 288 · Mrs. Amworth · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Jun ’22
- 300 · In the Tube · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Dec ’22
- 312 · Roderick’s Story · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine May ’23
- 323 · Reconciliation · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Jul ’24
- 335 · The Face · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Feb ’24
- 346 · Spinach · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine May ’24
- 361 · Bagnell Terrace · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Jul ’25
- 371 · A Tale of an Empty House · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Jun ’25
- 382 · Naboth’s Vineyard · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Dec ’23
- 394 · Expiation · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Nov ’23
- 408 · Home Sweet Home · ss Woman Jun ’27
- 419 · “And No Bird Sings” · ss Woman Dec ’26
- 430 · The Corner House · ss Woman May ’26
- 440 · Corstophine · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Sep ’24
- 451 · The Temple · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Nov ’24
- 465 · The Step · ss The Windsor Magazine Dec ’26
- 476 · The Bed by the Window · ss Hutchinson’s Story Magazine Jul ’29
- 485 · James Lamp · ss Weird Tales Jun ’30
- 496 · The Dance · ss More Spook Stories, London: Hutchinson, 1934
- 507 · The Hanging of Alfred Wadham · ss Britannia Dec 21 ’28
- 518 · Pirates · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Oct ’28
- 532 · The Wishing-Well · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Feb ’29
- 543 · The Bath-Chair · ss More Spook Stories, London: Hutchinson, 1934
- 555 · Monkeys · ss Weird Tales Dec ’33
- 568 · Christopher Comes Back · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine May ’29
- 577 · The Sanctuary · ss More Spook Stories, London: Hutchinson, 1934
- 594 · Thursday Evenings · ss Pears’ Annual, 1920
- 604 · The Psychical Mallards · ss Pears’ Annual Christmas ’21
- 617 · The Clonmel Witch Burning · ar Nineteenth Century Jun, 1895
- 624 · Postscript · Richard Dalby · aw
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Voyage to the Red Planet Terry Bisson (Pan 0-330-32104-8, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], £4.50, 236pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) Reprint (Morrow 1990) humorous sf novel about the first manned voyage to Mars — by a Hollywood film crew! Recommended (PSP). [First U.K. edition]
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The Piper Campbell Black (Mandarin 0-7493-0899-0, Mar ’92, £3.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Nick Farmer) Reprint (Pocket 1986) horror novel.
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The Piper Campbell Black (Severn House 0-7278-4381-8, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], £13.99, 343pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (Pocket 1986) horror/suspense novel. This is the first world hardcover edition.
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The Homing Campbell Black & Jeffrey Caine (Mandarin 0-7493-1315-3, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], £4.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Putnam 1980 as by Jeffrey Campbell) sf thriller about an experiment in human conditioning.
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Doctor Who: The Savages Ian Stuart Black (Target 0-426-20230-9, Nov ’92, £2.99, 127pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (W.H. Allen 1986) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 109 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $4.95.
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Doctor Who: The War Machines Ian Stuart Black (Target 0-426-20332-1, Nov ’92, £2.99, 142pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (Target 1989) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 136 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $4.95.
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Trust Me Malorie Blackman (Livewire 0-7043-4931-0, Oct ’92, £3.99, 212pp, tp, cover by Caroline Binch) Young-adult vampire novel.
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Orion in the Dying Time Ben Bova (Mandarin 0-7493-0582-7, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], £4.99, 356pp, pb) [Orion] Reprint (Tor 1990) science fantasy novel set in the Cretaceous period. Volume three in the “Orion” series.
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Peacekeepers Ben Bova (Severn House 0-7278-4318-4, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], £13.99, 337pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1988 as The Peacekeepers) sf novel.
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Sam Gunn, Unlimited Ben Bova (Methuen 0-413-65730-2, May ’92, £15.99, 342pp, hc) [Sam Gunn] Sf novel about the adventurer Sam Gunn, based in part on short stories.
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Sam Gunn, Unlimited Ben Bova (Mandarin 0-7493-0979-2, Nov ’92, £4.99, 342pp, pb) [Sam Gunn] Reprint (Methuen 1992) sf novel about the adventurer Sam Gunn, based in part on a number of short stories.
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Voyagers III: Star Brothers Ben Bova (Mandarin 0-7493-0532-0, Nov ’92, £4.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Nick Rodgers) [Voyagers] Reissue (Tor 1990) sf novel.
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Green Shadows, White Whale Ray Bradbury (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224105-6, Oct ’92, £14.99, 266pp, hc, cover by Catherine Havard) Reprint (Knopf 1992) associational mainstream novel, based on Bradbury’s time spent in Ireland with John Huston. [First U.K. edition]
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The Inheritor Marion Zimmer Bradley (Severn House 0-7278-4298-6, Mar ’92, £14.99, 414pp, hc) [Claire Moffat] Reprint (Tor 1984) occult horror novel. Volume two in the “Claire Moffat” series. First world hardcover edition. [First U.K. edition]
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Witch Hill Marion Zimmer Bradley (Severn House 0-7278-4357-5, Sep ’92, £13.00, 244pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) [Claire Moffat] Reprint (Tor 1990) occult horror novel. Volume three in the “Claire Moffat” series. This is the first world hardcover edition and is available in the US for $19.00. [First U.K. edition]
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Black Trillium Marion Zimmer Bradley, Julian May & Andre Norton (Grafton 0-586-21102-0, Jan ’92, £4.99, 491pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Trillium] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) collaborative fantasy novel.
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The Brain Eaters Gary Brandner (Severn House 0-7278-4287-0, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], £12.99, 278pp, hc) Reprint (Gold Medal 1985) horror novel about a poison gas that drives people mad. [First U.K. edition]
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Expatria Keith Brooke (Corgi 0-552-13725-1, May ’92, £3.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Brian Waugh) [Expatria] Reprint (Gollancz 1991) sf novel about a colony cut off from Earth for centuries.
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Expatria Incorporated Keith Brooke (Gollancz 0-575-04922-7, May ’92, £14.99, 319pp, hc, cover by Peter Mennim) [Expatria] Sf novel. Sequel to Expatria.
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The Druid of Shannara Terry Brooks (Orbit 0-7088-5328-5, May ’92, £5.99, 471pp, tp) [Shannara: Heritage of Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 1991) fantasy novel. Volume five in the “Shannara” series.
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The Elf Queen of Shannara Terry Brooks (Legend 0-7126-5555-7, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], £14.99, 403pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Shannara: Heritage of Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey 1992) fantasy novel. Book three of “The Heritage of Shannara”. Volume six in the “Shannara” series. [First U.K. edition]
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Hook Terry Brooks (Arrow 0-09-911031-8, Mar ’92, £4.99, 211pp, pb) [Peter Pan] Reprint (Arrow 1991) fantasy novelization based on the screenplay by Jim V. Hart and Malia Scott Marmo.
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Meridian Days Eric Brown (Pan 0-330-32287-7, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], £8.99, 165pp, tp, cover by Mark Salwowski) Sf novel about a community of artists on a small colony planet. A first novel. Recommended (PSP).
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Borders of Infinity Lois McMaster Bujold (Pan 0-330-32221-4, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], £4.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Keith Scaife) [Miles Vorkosigan] Reprint (Baen 1989) sf novel formed from three short stories about Miles Vorkosigan. [First U.K. edition]
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Brain Damage Herbert Burkholz (Headline 0-7472-0138-2, Feb ’92, £14.99, 286pp, hc, cover by Alun Hood) [Sensitives] Thriller about telepathic agents working for the CIA. Simultaneous with US (Atheneum) edition. Volume three in the “Sensitives” series.
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Saint Peter’s Wolf Michael Cadnum (Arrow 0-09-918991-7, Dec ’92, £4.99, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1991) horror novel about werewolves. [First U.K. edition]
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The Claw Ramsey Campbell (Warner UK 0-7088-5258-0, Jul ’92, £4.50, 380pp, pb, cover by Oliver Hunter) Reprint (Grafton 1983 as Claw by Jay Ramsay) horror novel. This edition contains a new afterword by the author, including some sections of variant text from early drafts of the book.
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The Claw Ramsey Campbell (Little, Brown UK 0-356-09150-3, Jul ’92, £13.99, 380pp, hc, cover by Oliver Hunter) Hardcover edition of the above.
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The Count of Eleven Ramsey Campbell (Warner UK 0-7515-0088-7, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £4.99, 374pp, pb) Reprint (Macdonald 1991) bleak comedy thriller about a man plagued by bad luck.
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Incarnate Ramsey Campbell (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90451-1, Nov ’92 [Dec ’92], £14.99, 490pp, hc) Reprint (Macmillan 1983) horror novel. This edition reprints the text and afterword from the revised 1990 (Futura) edition.
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The Nameless Ramsey Campbell (Warner UK 0-7088-5257-2, Jul ’92, £4.50, 278pp, pb, cover by Oliver Hunter) Reprint (Macmillan 1981) horror novel. This edition follows the revised text of the 1985 (Panther) edition and adds a new afterword discussing the revisions that were made.
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The Nameless Ramsey Campbell (Little, Brown UK 0-356-20777-3, Jul ’92, £13.99, 278pp, hc, cover by Oliver Hunter) Reprint (Macmillan 1981) horror novel. This edition follows the revised text of the 1985 (Panther) edition and adds a new afterword discussing the revisions that were made. [Not seen]
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Obsession Ramsey Campbell (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90453-8, Nov ’92 [Dec ’92], £14.99, 283pp, hc) Reprint (Macmillan 1985) horror novel. This edition contains the afterword from the 1990 (Futura) edition.
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Waking Nightmares Ramsey Campbell (Little, Brown UK 0-356-20341-7, Jul ’92, £13.99, 273pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1991) collection of 11 horror stories with an introduction by the author. [First U.K. edition]
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Uncanny Banquet ed. Ramsey Campbell (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90311-6, Nov ’92, £14.99, 338pp, hc) Anthology of ten supernatural horror stories, including an original novelette by Ramsey Campbell and Adrian Ross’ rare 1914 novel The Hole of the Pit.
- 1 · Introduction · Ramsey Campbell · in
- 3 · Behind the Stumps · Russell Kirk · ss London Mystery Magazine #4 ’50
- 25 · A Horizon of Obelisks · Dorothy K. Haynes · ss Peacocks and Pagodas, 1981
- 35 · The Loony · Alison Prince · ss Nightmares 2, ed. Mary Danby, London: Armada, 1984
- 55 · The First-Nighter · Henry Normanby · ss Destinies, Sisley’s, 1908
- 65 · The Hill and the Hole · Fritz Leiber · ss Unknown Aug ’42
- 83 · Ravissante · Robert Aickman · nv Sub Rosa, London: Gollancz, 1968
- 117 · The Lady in Gray · Donald Wandrei · ss Weird Tales Dec ’33
- 129 · A Mote [as by Walter Ramal] · Walter de la Mare · ss The Cornhill Magazine Aug, 1896
- 147 · McGonagall in the Head · Ramsey Campbell · nv *
- 171 · The Hole of the Pit · Adrian Ross · n. London: Edward Arnold, 1914
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Ender’s Game Orson Scott Card (Legend 0-09-949610-0, Aug ’92, £4.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Ender Wiggin] Reissue (Tor 1985) sf novel. Volume one in the “Ender” series. This contains the revised text and long introduction from the 1991 Tor edition.
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