The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Death Gate Cycle, Volume 3: Fire Sea Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (Bantam UK 0-553-40375-3, Jul 92, £4.99, 414pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Death Gate Cycle] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1991) fantasy novel. This edition contains 28 pages of extracts from other books by the authors.
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The Death Gate Cycle, Volume 4: Serpent Mage Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman (Bantam UK 0-593-02386-2, Jul 92, £14.99, 420pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Death Gate Cycle] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Growing Rich Fay Weldon (Flamingo 0-00-654495-9, Apr 92, £4.99, 250pp, pb) Fantasy novelization.
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Growing Rich Fay Weldon (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223982-5, Apr 92, £14.99, 250pp, hc) Hardcover edition of the above.
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The Time Machine H. G. Wells (Everymans Library 0-460-87120-X, May 92, £2.50, 104pp, tp) [Time Machine] Reissue (Heinemann 1895) classic sf novel.
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The Christmas Ghost Robert Westall (Methuen 0-416-18691-2, Aug 92 [Oct 92], £9.99, 64pp, hc, cover by John Lawrence) Childrens ghost story, illustrated by John Lawrence.
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The Fearful Lovers Robert Westall (Macmillan UK 0-333-56362-X, Aug 92, £8.99, 152pp, hc, cover by Barry Jones) Collection of five original young-adult fantasy/horror stories. Confusingly the book is called Fearful Lovers and Other Stories on the cover.
- 1 · In Camera · nv *
- 31 · Beelzebub · nv *
- 53 · Blind Bill · nv *
- 75 · Charlie Ferber · nv *
- 101 · Henry Marlborough · na *
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The Wind Eye Robert Westall (Pan Piper 0-330-32234-6, Dec 92, £3.50, 212pp, pb, cover by Barry Jones) Reprint (Macmillan 1976) young-adult horror novel.
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Yaxleys Cat Robert Westall (Pan Piper 0-330-32499-3, Aug 92, £2.99, 137pp, pb, cover by Barry Jones) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1991) young-adult horror novel.
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Calling All Monsters Chris Westwood (Puffin 0-14-034421-7, Apr 92 [May 92], £3.99, 192pp, pb, cover by Mark Longworth) Reprint (Viking UK 1990) young-adult horror novel.
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The Devil Rides Out and Gateway to Hell Dennis Wheatley (Chancellor Press 1-851-52186-0, Apr 92, £3.99, 397pp, hc, cover by Terry Oakes) [Duke de Richleau] Omnibus of two classic occult thrillers. This is an Instant Remainder edition.
- 9 · The Devil Rides Out · n. London: Hutchinson, 1935
- 227 · Gateway to Hell · n. London: Hutchinson, 1970
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Doctor Who: The Daleks David Whitaker (Target 0-426-10110-3, Jan 92, £2.99, 157pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (Muller 1964 as Doctor Who) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 16 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $4.95.
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A Dangerous Energy John Whitbourn (Gollancz 0-575-05355-0, Aug 92, £14.99, 317pp, hc, cover by Peter Mennim) [Dangerous Energy] Fantasy novel set in an alternate England where magic works and is regulated by the Church. Recommended (PSP). This was the winner of the 1991 Gollancz/"Bookshelf" Fantasy Competition.
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Popes & Phantoms John Whitbourn (Haunted Library 0-906153-24-7, Nov 92, £2.30, 31pp, ph, cover by Alan Hunter) Collection of two original stories about the psychic sleuth Admiral Slovo. This is Haunted Library Psychic Sleuths Booklet Number 4.
- 2 · Introduction · in
- 3 · Be Assured, He is Not There · ss *
- 19 · The Flowering of the Reformation · ss *
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The Lifted Veil: The Book of Fantastic Literature by Women: 1800 - World War II ed. A. Susan Williams (Xanadu 1-85480-190-2, Dec 92, £14.99, 566pp, hc) Anthology of 34 stories tracing the development of female fantasy writers from 1806 to 1936. Recommended (PSP).
- vii · Introduction · A. Susan Williams · in
- 1 · The Spectre; or, The Ruins of Belfont Priory · Sarah Wilkinson · ss London: A. Kemmish, 1806
- 20 · The Mortal Immortal: A Tale · Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley · ss The Keepsake, 1834, 1833
- 33 · Napoleon and the Spectre [written 1833] · Charlotte Brontë · ss C. Shorter, 1919; The Twelve Adventurers, Hodder & Stoughton, 1925
- 37 · The Old Nurses Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas, 1852
- 57 · The Lifted Veil [as by Anonymous] · George Eliot · nv Blackwoods Jul, 1859
- 97 · Circumstance · Harriet Prescott Spofford · ss Atlantic Monthly May, 1860
- 110 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1864
- 123 · The Abbots Ghost, or Maurice Trehernes Temptation · A. M. Barnard · na The Flag of Our Union, 1867
- 185 · Kentuckys Ghost · Elizabeth Stuart Phelps · ss Atlantic Monthly Dec, 1868
- 201 · The Ghost in the Capn Brown House · Harriet Beecher Stowe · ss Atlantic Monthly Dec, 1870
- 211 · Behold It Was a Dream · Rhoda Broughton · ss Temple Bar Nov, 1872
- 227 · The Secret Chamber · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwoods Edinburgh Magazine, 1876
- 255 · The Ghost of Charlotte Cray · Florence Marryat · ss A Moment of Madness, and Other Stories, Vol III, F.V. White & Co., 1883
- 272 · Lady Farquhars Old Lady, A True Ghost Story · Mrs. Molesworth · ss Tinsleys Magazine Dec, 1873
- 286 · In a Far-Off World · Olive Schreiner · vi Dreams, Donohoe, 1890
- 288 · Death and the Woman · Gertrude Atherton · ss Vanity Fair, 1892
- 293 · Man-Size in Marble [1886] · E. Nesbit · ss Grim Tales, London: Innes, 1893
- 306 · The Banshees Warning [Hertford ODonnells Warning] · Mrs. J. H. Riddell · ss London Society Christmas, 1867
- 325 · Caulfields Crime · Alice Perrin · ss Belgravia Annual Dec, 1892
- 333 · The Wind in the Rosebush · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · nv Everybodys Magazine Feb 02
- 350 · Sultanas Dream · Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain · ss The Indian Ladies Magazine, 1905
- 361 · The Woman with the Hood · L. T. Meade · ss A Lovely Fiend, and Other Stories, Digby, Long & Co., 1908
- 376 · If I Were a Man · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · ss Physical Culture Jul 14
- 383 · Consequences · Willa Cather · ss McClures Nov 15
- 402 · Kerfol · Edith Wharton · nv Scribners Mar 16
- 424 · A Suburban Fairy Tale · Katherine Mansfield · ss, 1917; Little Girl and Other Stories, Knopf, 1924
- 428 · A Haunted House · Virginia Woolf · vi Monday or Tuesday, London: Hogarth Press, 1921
- 430 · The Nature of the Evidence · May Sinclair · ss Fortune May 23
- 441 · The Unbolted Door · Marie Belloc Lowndes · ss The Fortnightly Review Nov 29
- 448 · The Buick Saloon · Mary OMalley · ss The Cornhill Magazine Jun 30
- 464 · Shambleau [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales Nov 33
- 492 · The Supper at Elsinore · Isak Dinesen · na Seven Gothic Tales, New York: Smith & Haas, 1934
- 537 · The English Gentlemans Tale - The Gold Bride · Christina Stead · ss Salzburg Tales, New York: Appleton, 1934
- 545 · The Mask of Sacrifice · Margery Lawrence · ss The Floating Cafe, Jarrolds, 1936
- 559 · Notes on the Authors · Misc. · bg
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Doctor Who: The Nightmare Fair Graham Williams (Target 0-426-20334-8, Jan 92, £2.99, 143pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reissue (Target 1989) young-adult sf novelization. This is not part of the normal series and contains the first of the scripts from the 1985 season that was never filmed. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $4.95.
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Creeping Fingers and Other Stories of the Occult Mary Williams (Robert Hale 0-7090-4801-7, May 92, £14.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Helen Hale) Collection of 15 original supernatural and ghost stories.
- 7 · Creeping Fingers · nv *
- 30 · Henry · ss The Haunted Garden, Kimber, 1986
- 47 · A Rare Specimen · ss *
- 53 · The Willow House · nv *
- 78 · Haunted · ss *
- 96 · A Jaunt Out · ss *
- 99 · Home · vi *
- 101 · The Golden Dragon · ss *
- 114 · Succubus · ss *
- 125 · They · ss *
- 131 · Blizzard · ss *
- 142 · Vis-a-Vis · ss *
- 159 · The Man with Six Thumbs · ss *
- 162 · The Pink Mushroom · ss *
- 175 · Mister · ss *
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Tailchasers Song Tad Williams (Legend 0-09-995940-2, Nov 92 [Oct 92], £4.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (DAW 1985) fantasy novel.
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Child of an Ancient City Tad Williams & Nina Kiriki Hoffman (Legend 0-7126-5499-2, Nov 92 [Oct 92], £7.99, 80pp, tp, cover by Bruce Pennington) Arabian Nights fantasy novella, illustrated throughout by Bruce Pennington. A hardcover edition (-5492-5, £12.99) is also available. Simultaneous with US (Atheneum) edition.
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Days of Atonement Walter Jon Williams (Grafton 0-586-21386-4, Jul 92 [Jun 92], £4.99, 437pp, pb, cover by Bruno Elletori) Reprint (Tor 1991) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Facets Walter Jon Williams (Grafton 0-586-21387-2, Oct 92, £4.99, 321pp, pb, cover by Bruno Elletori) Reprint (Tor 1990) collection of nine stories. [First U.K. edition]
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The Firstworld Chronicles 1: Dinbig of Khimmur Philip G. Williamson (Grafton 0-586-20680-9, Mar 92, £4.99, 589pp, pb, cover by Mike Van Houten) [Firstworld Chronicles] Reprint (Grafton 1991) fantasy novel.
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Doomsday Book Connie Willis (NEL 0-450-57986-7, Nov 92 [Oct 92], £15.99, 527pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novel about a history student who travels back in time to 14th century Oxford. [First U.K. edition]
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Spider World: The Magician Colin Wilson (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13443-7, Jan 92, £8.99, 345pp, tp, cover by Chris Foss) [Spider World] Sf novel. A hardcover edition (-13440-2, £14.99) is also available. Volume three in the series.
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The Keep F. Paul Wilson (NEL 0-450-05455-1, Jul 92, £4.99, 379pp, pb) [Adversary] Reissue (Morrow 1981) horror novel. Sixth printing. Volume one in the Nightworld cycle.
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Nightworld F. Paul Wilson (NEL 0-450-53665-3, May 92 [Apr 92], £15.99, 440pp, hc) [Adversary] Horror novel. Volume six in the Nightworld cycle.
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Reprisal F. Paul Wilson (NEL 0-450-56253-0, Jul 92 [Jun 92], £4.99, 323pp, pb) [Adversary] Reprint (Dark Harvest 1991) horror novel. Volume five in the Nightworld cycle.
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Chung Kuo: Book Four: The Stone Within David Wingrove (NEL 0-450-55283-7, Dec 92 [Oct 92], £16.99, 425pp, hc) [Chung Kuo] Sf novel.
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Chung Kuo: Book Three: The White Mountain David Wingrove (NEL 0-450-56847-4, Sep 92 [Aug 92], £5.99, 676pp, pb) [Chung Kuo] Reprint (NEL 1991) sf novel.
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Castleview Gene Wolfe (NEL 0-450-56254-9, Jul 92 [Jun 92], £4.99, 279pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1990) fantasy novel.
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The Little Book of Horrors: Tiny Tales of Terror ed. Sebastian Wolfe (Xanadu 0-947761-45-4, Apr 92, £6.99, 124pp, tp) Anthology of 70 short-short horror stories, poems and cartoons.
- 5 · Foreword · Sebastian Wolfe · fw
- 9 · In the Ruins · Roald Dahl · vi World Bookfair Programme Jun 64
- 11 · Randolfs Party · John Lennon · vi The Saturday Evening Post Mar 24 64
- 12 · Red · Richard Christian Matheson · vi Night Cry Sum 86
- 14 · A Wife Driven Insane by Husband Tickling Her Feet · Anon. · ms
- 15 · Moonlight Sonata · Alexander Woollcott · ts New Yorker Oct 3 31
- 17 · untitled (Ive Just Acquired Some Shrunken Heads...) · Alistair Sampson · pm
- 18 · untitled · Gahan Wilson · ct
- 19 · Meeting with a Double · George D. Painter · pm
- 20 · John Mortonsons Funeral · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Mar 06
- 23 · The Skeleton at the Feast · E. H. Visiak · pm The Phantom Ship, London, 1912
- 24 · untitled [from The Vampire] · Ornella Volta · ex London: Compact, 1969
- 25 · Cousin Jane · Colin West · pm Not to Be Taken Seriously, London: Hutchinson, 1982
- 26 · untitled (I Have a Man at Last, She Cried...) · Alistair Sampson · pm
- 27 · Out of the Country · Jeffry Scott · vi Tales of Unease, ed. John Burke, London: Pan, 1966
- 29 · Mousetrap · Stephen Gallagher · vi The Drabble Project, ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon Publications, 1988
- 30 · Singular Method of Execution · Anon. · ms
- 31 · The Model Wife · Robert Bloch · vi Swank Nov 61
- 33 · Good Dog Nigel · John Lennon · vi In His Own Write, 1964
- 34 · Dog, Cat, and Baby · Joe R. Lansdale · vi Masques #2, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1987
- 36 · untitled (The Nun is fearfully bedevilled...) · Edward Gorey · pm
- 37 · Masons Life · Kingsley Amis · ss The Sunday Times (London), 1972
- 40 · The Dorking Thigh · William Plomer · pm Lilliput Oct 45
- 42 · Henri Blot [from The Vampire] · Ornella Volta · ex London: Compact, 1969
- 43 · Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Sep 8, 1860
- 46 · untitled (In a dear little vine covered cottage...) · F. Scott Fitzgerald · pm The Notebooks of F. Scott FitzGerald, 1978
- 49 · Chompers · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Twilight Zone Jul 82
- 52 · Varney the Vampire [from Varney the Vampyre] · James Malcolm Rymer · ex London: Lloyd, 1847
- 53 · Grocery List · Gina Haldane · vi EQMM Mar 79
- 55 · Mujina · Lafcadio Hearn · vi Kwaidan, Houghton Mifflin, 1904
- 57 · At Parting · Raymond Chandler · pm The Notebooks of Raymond Chandler, Ecco Press, 1977
- 58 · untitled · Gahan Wilson · ct
- 59 · Love at First Sight · Richard Middleton · ss
- 61 · The Vampire · W. R. Hodder · ms
- 63 · Singular Attempt at Suicide · Anon. · ms
- 64 · One Summer Night · Ambrose Bierce · vi Cosmopolitan Mar 06
- 66 · The Edinburgh Landlady · Aubrey Davidson · pm EQMM Jun 30 80
- 67 · Delighted Debs Lament · Alistair Sampson · pm
- 68 · Sergeant Bertrand [from The Vampire] · Ornella Volta · ex London: Compact, 1969
- 69 · The Near Departed · Richard Matheson · vi Masques #2, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1987; erroneously attributed to Richard Christian Matheson.
- 71 · A Warning for Certain Victorian Ladies · Edward Lauterbach · pm The Mystery and Detection Annual, ed. Anon., Adams, 1972
- 72 · A Surprise for Little Bobby · John Lennon · vi In His Own Write, 1964
- 73 · Oil of Dog · Ambrose Bierce · ss Oakland Daily Evening Tribune Oct 11, 1890
- 77 · A Functional Proof of Immortality · Edward Bryant · vi The Drabble Project, ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon Publications, 1988
- 78 · My Dear How Dead You Look and Yet You Sweetly Sing · Priscilla Marron · vi The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Herbert van Thal, London: Pan, 1967
- 80 · Horrible Cannibalism · Anon. · ms
- 81 · Nightmare in Red · Fredric Brown · vi Dude May 61; Five Nightmares, gp
- 83 · Essay · Alistair Sampson · vi
- 84 · American Gothic · M. A. Lyon · vi EQMM Dec 75
- 86 · The Corpse Rises · Liao Chai · vi
- 87 · Revival Meeting · Dannie Plachta · vi Galaxy Sep 69
- 89 · Anything They Can Do... · Alphonse Allais · vi
- 91 · The Look of Death [from Le Grand Ecart] · Jean Cocteau · ex, 1923
- 92 · untitled · Gahan Wilson · ct
- 93 · Pierre Torture · Frederic Boutet · ar
- 96 · untitled (Dear, oh dear. These breasts of mine...) · Tommaso Landolfi · vi; given as by Tomasso Landolfi.
- 98 · A Horrible Discovery · Anon. · ms
- 99 · The Midnight Lover · Gerald Atkins · vi The Eleventh Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Herbert van Thal, London: Pan, 1970
- 101 · A Tale the English used to Tell · K. C. Mann · vi The Drabble Project, ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake, Beccon Publications, 1988
- 102 · Before the Law · Franz Kafka · vi
- 105 · Hell Hath No · Gloria Orlick · pm EQMM May 79
- 107 · The Five Boons of Life · Mark Twain · vi Harpers Weekly Jul 5 02
- 111 · Mass Without Voices · Arthur L. Samuels · vi Nightmares, ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1979
- 114 · Lord Dufferins Story · Anon. · nf
- 115 · Deathbed · Richard Christian Matheson · vi Masques #2, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1987
- 117 · Magdalene · W. B. Yeats · vi
- 118 · Thang · Martin Gardner · vi Comment Fll 48
- 120 · Shutting a Womans Head in a Box · Anon. · ms
- 121 · A Lot to Learn · Robert T. Kurosaka · vi
- 122 · Angels Exchange · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · vi Masques #1, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1984
- 124 · How to Write the Suicide Note · Derek Pell · ms Morbid Curiosities, Jonathan Cape, 1978
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Reel Terror ed. Sebastian Wolfe (Xanadu 0-947761-53-5, Apr 92 [Jun 92], £9.99, 249pp, tp) Anthology of 12 sf/horror stories that were made into films.
- 1 · Introduction · Sebastian Wolfe · in
- 8 · Duel · Richard Matheson · nv Playboy Apr 71
- 34 · Spurs · Tod Robbins · nv Munseys Feb 23
- 52 · While Zombies Walked · Thorp McClusky · nv Weird Tales Sep 39
- 82 · We Can Remember It for You Wholesale · Philip K. Dick · nv F&SF Apr 66
- 104 · The Fly · George Langelaan · nv Playboy Jun 57
- 138 · The Swimmer · John Cheever · ss New Yorker Jul 18 64
- 152 · The Beast with Five Fingers · William F. Harvey · nv The Beast With Five Fingers, J.M. Dent, 1928
- 180 · The Company of Wolves · Angela Carter · ss The Bloody Chamber and Other Tales, London: Gollancz, 1979; revised from Bananas, #7, Spring 77.
- 192 · The Golem · I. L. Peretz · vi A Treasury of Yiddish Stories, ed. Hone & Greenberg, Deutsch, 1955
- 194 · Lucy Comes to Stay · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Jan 52
- 202 · The Color Out of Space · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Amazing Sep 27
- 232 · Its a Good Life · Jerome Bixby · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #2, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
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The Lost Prince Bridget Wood (Headline 0-7472-7969-1, Jan 92, £9.99, 440pp, tp, cover by Ian Miller) [Wolfking] Dark fantasy blending the Ireland of Celtic myth and a bleak Ireland of the far future. A hardcover edition (-0291-5, £15.99) is also available. Sequel to Wolfking.
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The Lost Prince Bridget Wood (Headline 0-7472-3515-5, Aug 92 [Jul 92], £5.99, 566pp, pb, cover by Ian Miller) [Wolfking] Reprint (Headline 1992) fantasy novel. Volume two in the Wolfking series.
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Boundaries T. M. Wright (Gollancz 0-575-05027-6, May 92, £3.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (Tor 1990) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
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The Master of Whitestorm Janny Wurts (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223990-6, Apr 92, £8.99, 448pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-223932-9, £15.99) was announced but not seen. Simultaneous with US (Roc as The Master of White Storm) edition.
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The Master of Whitestorm Janny Wurts (Grafton 0-586-21068-7, Nov 92, £4.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (HarperCollins UK; Roc 1992) fantasy novel.
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Shadow-Maze Jonathan Wylie (Corgi 0-552-13929-7, Oct 92 [Sep 92], £3.99, 384pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Fantasy novel.
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Voices Tim Wynne-Jones (NEL 0-450-56249-2, May 92, £4.99, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Lester & Orpen Dennys 1988 as Fastyngange) literary fantasy novel, about a woman who finds, or thinks she finds, a haunted castle with a talking well.
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Star Wars: Dark Force Rising Timothy Zahn (Bantam UK 0-593-02515-6, Aug 92, £9.99, 376pp, hc, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novelization. Volume two in the series. [First U.K. edition]
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Star Wars: Volume 1: Heir to the Empire Timothy Zahn (Bantam UK 0-553-40471-7, Apr 92, £3.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1991) sf novelization.
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