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Daughter of Regals and Other Tales Stephen R. Donaldson (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31442-5, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $14.95, 337pp, hc); Collection including two new novellas.

The Unknown Conan Doyle Arthur Conan Doyle (Doubleday 0-385-19028-X, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $14.95, 456pp, hc); John Michael Gibson & Richard Lancelyn Green, eds. Collection of 33 stories, 10 of them “newly discovered”, covering a number of genres. First U.S. edition (Secker & Warburg 1982). Later reprinted (Avenel 1986) as 33 by Arthur Conan Doyle.

The Year’s Best Science Fiction, First Annual Collection ed. Gardner R. Dozois (Bluejay 0-312-94482-9, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $17.95, 575pp, hc); Anthology of the best sf from 1983; largest of the “bests.” Recommended. (CNB)

Kindred Spirits ed. Jeffrey M. Elliot (Alyson 0-932870-42-2, May ’84, $6.95, 262pp, tp); An Anthology of Gay and Lesbian Science Fiction Stories, with 12 works by authors including Joanna Russ and Robert Silverberg.

Red Dreams Dennis Etchison (Scream/Press 0-910489-04-1, Oct ’84 [Nov ’84], $35.00 limited boxed/signed/numbered; $15.00 trade, 220pp, hc); Collection of dark fantasy stories, illustrated by J.K. Potter. One story is an original.

The Classic Philip José Farmer, 1952-1964 Philip José Farmer (Crown 0-517-55193-4, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $7.95, 214pp, hc); Collection of 6 stories, edited by Martin H. Greenberg. Volume 4 of Crown’s new “Classics of Modern Science Fiction” series. Introduction by Greenberg.

The Classic Philip José Farmer, 1964-1973 Philip José Farmer (Crown 0-517-55193-4, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $8.95, 207pp, hc); Second volume of Farmer’s collected short fiction, edited and with an introduction by Martin H. Greenberg. 8 stories.

The Grand Adventure Philip José Farmer (Berkley 0-425-07211-8, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $7.95, 327pp, tp); Collection of six stories, including a newly revised novella, and autobiographical comments, with illustrations by a number of artists. This has very large print. A special deluxe $50.00 hardcover has been announced but is apparently not out yet.

...Who Needs Enemies? Alan Dean Foster (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31657-6, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.95, 257pp, pb); Collection of 12 stories, the sequel to With Friends Like These....

Countdown to Midnight: Twelve Great Stories About Nuclear War ed. H. Bruce Franklin (DAW 0-87997-983-6, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $2.95, 287pp, pb); Anthology. Authors include Joe Haldeman, Harlan Ellison, Kate Wilhelm, and Norman Spinrad.

Burning with a Vision: Poetry of Science and the Fantastic ed. Robert Frazier (Owlswick 0-913896-22-5, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $14.75, 139pp, hc); Anthology of poetry by authors including Brian Aldiss, Michael Bishop, Thomas M. Disch, Joe Haldeman, Ursula K. Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, and Roger Zelazny. Also available in tp (-23-3, $8.75).

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