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Cascade Point Timothy Zahn (Bluejay 0-312-94041-6, Mar ’86 [Apr ’86], $15.95, 405pp, hc); Collection of 13 stories.

The Dragon Yevgeney Zamyatin (University of Chicago Press 0-226-97868-0, Sep ’86, $9.95, 291pp, pb); Reprint (Random House 1967) collection of 15 stories, including a few fantasy satires, from a Russian author who worked in the first decades of this century. Translated and edited by Mirra Ginsburg, who also provides an introduction.

Nebula Awards 21 ed. George Zebrowski (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-665478-4, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $8.95, 333pp, tp); Anthology of winners and runners-up from the 1985 Nebula Awards. A hardcover was also announced, but not yet seen.

The Last Defender of Camelot Roger Zelazny (Sphere 0-7221-9413-7, Jan ’86, £2.50, 246pp, pb); Reprint (Pocket 1980) collection, omits story “Damnation Alley”.

Axolotl Double A-1 [by John Pelan] ed. Anon. (The Axolotl Press, 1986, $6.00, vii+31+vi+8pp, ph); Two fantasy short stories, bound back to back and upside down, even to terminating in two separate limitation/signature pages.

Axolotl Double A-3 [by John Pelan] ed. Anon. (The Axolotl Press, 1986, $7.00, 75+iv+16+22pp, ph, cover by Donna Gordon); Collection of two short stories by Blaylock (one original) and a novella by Robinson, bound back to back and upside down.

Science Fiction by Asimov Isaac Asimov (Davis, 1986, no price, 62pp, tp); Collection of seven stories by Asimov, one previously unpublished, distributed free to subscribers of Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine. Edited by Sheila Williams.

Writer of the Dark Robert E. Howard (Dark Carneval Press, Oct ’86 [Oct ’96], no price, viii+180pp, tp); Collection of six stories and ten poems by Howard, some previously unpublished, with an introduction by Glenn Lord. Published to mark the 50th anniversary of Howard’s death in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies.

The Left-Handed Monkey Wrench Richard McKenna (Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 1986, 335pp, hc); Collection of stories, essays, and four excerpts from McKenna’s unfinished novel. Edited by Robert Shenk.

Prelude to a Work in Progress/Who’s Who in the Universe E. C. Tubb & Chris Evans (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, Nov ’86, no price, 12+12pp, ph); Original back-to-back collection of an original short story each by E.C. Tubb & Chris Evans, issued in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies, to coincide with their Guest of Honour appearances at Novacon 16.

Supernatural Sleuths ed. Peter Haining (William London: Kimber 0-7183-0597-3, Mar ’86, £8.50, 226pp, hc); Anthology of 12 stories of occult investigators.

Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg (A&W/Galahad 0-88365-700-7, 1985 [Jan ’86], $8.98, 601pp, hc); Reprint (Arbor House 1981 as The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense) anthology. This edition omits one story, “Crime Wave in Pinhole” by Julie Smith, in order to make it an abridgement of the original. This is an instant remainder book.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 4 ed. Eleanor Sullivan (London: Coronet, 1986, pb); Reprint (Dial 1978 as first half of Tales to Make Your Blood Run Cold) anthology of horror stories.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 5 ed. Eleanor Sullivan (London: Coronet 0-340-39452-8, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £1.95, 204pp, pb); Reprint (Dial 1978 as second half of Tales to Make Your Blood Run Cold) anthology of horror stories.

2AM [v1 #1, Fall 1986] ed. Gretta M. Anderson (2AM Publications, $3.95, 52pp, 8½" x 11" pb)

2AM [v1 #2, Winter 1986] ed. Gretta M. Anderson (2AM Publications, $3.95, 69pp, 8½" x 11" pb); Includes laid in page 17a which contains part of story “Black and White” by David B. Silva that was omitted in error during page makeup.

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