The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Singer to the Sea God Vivien Alcock (Mammoth 0-7497-1284-8, Jul 93, £2.99, 186pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Methuen 1992) young dult fantasy novel.
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Non-Stop Brian Aldiss (Roc UK 0-14-017353-6, Mar 93, £4.99, 269pp, pb, cover by Keith Scaife) Reprint (Faber 1958) sf novel.
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Remembrance Day Brian Aldiss (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224032-7, Mar 93, £14.99, 271pp, hc, cover by Laurits Andersen Ring) [Squire] Associational mainstream novel by a well-known sf author.
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A Tupolev Too Far Brian Aldiss (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224033-5, Jul 93 [Jun 93], £14.99, 200pp, hc, cover by Sergeí Sharov) Collection of 12 sf and fantasy stories, mainly from the last five years. Recommended (PSP).
- · Short Stories · pm *
- 1 · A Tupolev Too Far · nv Other Edens III, ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, London: Unwin, 1989
- 35 · Ratbird · ss New Worlds 2, ed. David S. Garnett, London: Gollancz, 1992
- 55 · FOAM · nv New Worlds 1, ed. David S. Garnett, London: Gollancz, 1991
- 77 · Summertime Was Nearly Over · ss The Ultimate Frankenstein, ed. Byron Preiss, David Kellor, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell, 1991
- 89 · Better Morphosis · ss Nasacon 11 Programbook, 1990; originally read aloud at the IAFA Conference of the Fantastic, March 1990.
- 95 · Three Degrees Over · nv Dark Fantasies, ed. Chris Morgan, Legend, 1989
- 117 · A Life of Matter and Death · nv Interzone #38 90
- 141 · A Day in the Life of a Galactic Empire [Days in the Life of a Galactic Empire] · ss Zenith, ed. David S. Garnett, London: Sphere, 1989
- 153 · Confluence · ss Punch Aug 30 67
- 161 · Confluence Revisited · ss Other Edens II, ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, London: Unwin, 1988
- 169 · North of the Abyss · nv F&SF Oct 89
- 199 · Alphabet of Ameliorating Hope · pm *
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Greybeard Brian W. Aldiss (Severn House 0-7278-4442-3, Apr 93 [Mar 93], £13.99, 207pp, hc, cover by Mark Taylor) Reprint (Harcourt Brace World 1964) sf novel. This edition contains a large number of minor textual revisions, although the basic story is unchanged.
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Isaac Asimovs Caliban Roger MacBride Allen (Millennium 1-85798-136-7, Aug 93, £8.99, 312pp, tp, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot] Reprint (Ace 1993) sf novel based on Asimovs three laws of Robotics, and on an original idea by Asimov. A hardcover edition (-135-9, £14.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
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Exploring Deep Space and Beyond Mark A. Altman & David Ian Solter (Boxtree 1-85283-571-0, Nov 93, £6.99, 126pp, tp) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Reprint (Cinemaker Press 1993) associational book about the making of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine. [First U.K. edition]
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Kinship with the Stars Poul Anderson (Severn House 0-7278-4512-8, Jul 93, £13.99, 276pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (Tor 1991) collection of eight early sf stories. First world hardcover edition. [First U.K. edition]
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Chilling Christmas Tales ed. Anon. (Scholastic UK 0-590-55333-X, Oct 93, £4.99, 285pp, tp) Reprint (Scholastic UK 1992) original anthology of ten young-adult horror stories, including pieces by Joan Aiken and Garry Kilworth.
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Mysterious Christmas Tales: Horror Stories for the Festive Season ed. Anon. (Scholastic UK 0-590-54127-7, Oct 93 [Nov 93], £9.99, 272pp, hc) Original anthology of nine young-adult horror stories, including pieces by Robert Swindells and Garry Kilworth.
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Tales of Horror and Mystery ed. Anon. (Dean 0-603-55222-6, Oct 93 [Nov 93], £2.99, 378pp, hc) Omnibus volume of Horror Stories (1980) and Mystery Stories (1981), issued as a bargain book.
- 8 · The Landlady · Roald Dahl · ss New Yorker Nov 28 59
- 18 · The Riddle · Walter de la Mare · ss Monthly Review Feb 03
- 23 · The Monkeys Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harpers Monthly Sep 02
- 34 · Through the Door · Ruth Ainsworth · ss The Phantom Roundabout, Andre Deutsch, 1977
- 47 · Man-Size in Marble [1886] · Edith Nesbit · ss Grim Tales, London: Innes, 1893
- 60 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer Jan, 1843
- 66 · A Kind of Swan Song · Helen Cresswell · ss Shades of Dark, ed. Aidan Chambers, P. Hardy, 1984
- 76 · The Clock Tower Ghost · Gene Kemp · ss
- 85 · The Gorge of the Churels · H. Russell Wakefield · ss F&SF Oct 51
- 95 · The Haunted Trailer [Death Thumbs a Ride] · Robert Arthur · ss Weird Tales Jan 42
- 113 · The Stranger · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Feb 09
- 119 · Bad Company · Walter de la Mare · ss A Beginning and Other Stories, London: Faber, 1955
- 127 · The Yellow Cat · Michael Joseph · ss Hutchinsons Mystery Story Magazine Jun 24
- 137 · The Well · W. W. Jacobs · ss The Lady of the Barge, Harper & Row, 1902
- 149 · Laura · Saki · ss Beasts and Super-Beasts, John Lane, 1914
- 155 · The Swan Child · Joan Aiken · ss A Whisper in the Night, London: Gollancz, 1982
- 167 · The Brown Hand [The Story of the Brown Hand] · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand May, 1899
- 182 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler Mar, 1896
- 192 · The Blades · Joan Aiken · ss
- 206 · Lost Hearts · M. R. James · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Dec, 1895
- 217 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1866
- 230 · The Picture of Dorian Gray [Dorian Gray] · Oscar Wilde · ex Lippincotts Jul, 1890
- 247 · The Silver Mirror · Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Aug 08
- 256 · The Stolen Cigar-Case · Bret Harte · ss Pearsons Magazine Dec 00
- 266 · The Mysterious Mansion · Honoré de Balzac · ss
- 277 · Sweets from a Stranger · Nicholas Fisk · ss, 1978
- 287 · The Hitch-Hiker · Roald Dahl · ss Atlantic Monthly Jul 77
- 299 · The Dream Woman · Wilkie Collins · nv Temple Bar Nov-Dec, 1874; revised from The Ostler, Household Words Christmas 1855.
- 323 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Grahams Ladys and Gentlemans Magazine May, 1842
- 329 · The Sailor-Boys Tale [as by Isak Dinesen] · Karen Blixen · ss Winters Tales, Putnam, 1942
- 341 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Gil Blas Oct 26, 1886
- 365 · The Mummys Foot · Théophile Gautier · ss One of Cleopatras Nights and Other Fantastic Romances, New York: B. Worthington, 1882; Le Pied de Momie, 1863.
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Horror by Lamplight ed. Anon. (Chancellor Press 1-85152-315-4, Aug 93, £4.99, 504pp, hc) Anthology of 42 classic horror stories from Sir Walter Scott to Anne Rice.
- 1 · Wandering Willies Tale [from Redgauntlet] · Sir Walter Scott · ex London: Constable, 1824
- 15 · The Monk · Matthew Lewis · ex London: J. Bell, 1796
- 25 · The White Wolf [Krantzs Narrative, chapter 39 of The Phantom Ship] · Captain Frederick Marryat · ex The New Monthly Magazine Jul, 1839
- 41 · Transformation · Mary Shelley · ss The Keepsake, 1831, 1830
- 54 · The Queen of Spades [1834] · Alexander Pushkin · nv
- 74 · The Blue Room · Prosper Mérimée · ss
- 84 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss New England Magazine Apr, 1835
- 94 · The Masque of the Red Death · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Grahams Ladys and Gentlemans Magazine May, 1842
- 99 · The Old Nurses Story · Elizabeth Gaskell · nv Household Words Christmas, 1852
- 115 · The Dreamland Bride [Clarimonde] · Théophile Gautier · nv Chronique de Paris Jun 23, 1836 (+)
- 130 · Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Sep 8, 1860
- 133 · Mr. Justice Harbottle [The Haunted House in Westminster; Martin Hesselius] · Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Belgravia Jan, 1872
- 157 · A Terribly Strange Bed · William Wilkie Collins · ss Household Words Apr 24, 1852
- 169 · The Banshees Warning [Hertford ODonnells Warning] · Charlotte Riddell · ss London Society Christmas, 1867
- 184 · The Bird Woman · Henry Spicer · ss Strange Things Among Us, Chapman & Hall, 1863
- 187 · Evelines Visitant · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss Belgravia Jan, 1867
- 195 · A Torture by Hope [from Contes Cruels, 1883] · Villiers de lIsle-Adam · ss The Strand Jun, 1891
- 199 · Barbara of the House of Grebe · Thomas Hardy · nv The Graphic Dec, 1890
- 223 · The Man and the Snake · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Jun 29, 1890
- 229 · The Romance of Certain Old Clothes · Henry James · ss Atlantic Monthly Feb, 1868
- 244 · Kens Mystery · Julian Hawthorne · nv Harpers Nov, 1883
- 261 · The Squaw · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves Dec 2, 1893
- 270 · The Wind in the Rose-Bush · Mary E. Wilkins · nv Everybodys Magazine Feb 02
- 284 · The Golem · Isaac Loeb Peretz · vi A Treasury of Yiddish Stories, ed. Hone & Greenberg, Deutsch, 1955
- 285 · Only a Dream [The Wedding Gift] · H. Rider Haggard · ss Harry Furnisss Christmas Annual, 1905
- 291 · Marsyas in Flanders · Vernon Lee · ss, 1900
- 301 · The Witch of the Marsh · H. B. Marriott-Watson · ss Diogenes of London, Methuen, 1893; given as by Ethel Marriott-Watson.
- 305 · The Power of Darkness · E. Nesbit · ss The Strand Apr 05
- 316 · Lot No. 249 · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Harpers Sep, 1892
- 341 · The Yellow Wallpaper · Charlotte Perkins Stetson · ss New England Magazine Jan, 1892
- 354 · The Mezzotint · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 363 · The Courting of Dinah Shadd · Rudyard Kipling · ss Macmillans Mar, 1890
- 381 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler Mar, 1896
- 388 · Ancient Sorceries [John Silence] · Algernon Blackwood · nv John Silence, London: Nash, 1908
- 423 · The Interlopers · Saki · ss The Bystander Jan 17 12
- 428 · The Ghost Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Apr 12
- 436 · The Lifting of the Veil · Dermot OByrne · ss
- 443 · The Tarn · Hugh Walpole · ss Success Oct 23
- 454 · A Place of No Return · Hugh B. Cave · ss Fantasy Tales #8 81
- 464 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Jul 43
- 480 · Peter and the Wolf · Angela Carter · ss Firebird #1 82
- 488 · Interview with the Vampire [Vampire Chronicles] · Anne Rice · ex New York: Knopf, 1976
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Bio of a Space Tyrant Volume 1: Refugee Piers Anthony (HarperCollins UK 0-586-06259-9, Sep 93, £4.99, 333pp, pb) [Bio of a Space Tyrant] Reprint (Avon 1983) sf novel.
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Bio of a Space Tyrant Volume 2: Mercenary Piers Anthony (HarperCollins UK 0-586-06268-8, Sep 93, £4.99, 415pp, pb) [Bio of a Space Tyrant] Reprint (Avon 1984) sf novel.
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Bio of a Space Tyrant Volume 3: Politician Piers Anthony (HarperCollins UK 0-586-06269-6, Sep 93, £4.99, 398pp, pb) [Bio of a Space Tyrant] Reprint (Avon 1985) sf novel.
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Demons Dont Dream Piers Anthony (NEL 0-450-58150-0, Mar 93, £15.99, 344pp, hc, cover by Mick Posen) [Xanth] Reprint (Tor 1993) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 16 in the Xanth series. [First U.K. edition]
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Fractal Mode Piers Anthony (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21347-3, Sep 93, £4.99, 414pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Mode] Reprint (Putnam 1992) fantasy novel. Volume two in the Mode series. An Open market version of this edition was released earlier in the year under the Grafton imprint. [First U.K. edition]
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Harpy Time Piers Anthony (NEL 0-450-58149-7, Oct 93, £15.99, 343pp, hc) [Xanth] Humorous fantasy novel. Volume 17 in the Xanth series.
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Isle of View Piers Anthony (NEL 0-450-57113-0, Mar 93, £4.99, 344pp, pb) [Xanth] Reprint (Avon; Morrow 1990) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 13 in the Xanth series.
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Mercycle Piers Anthony (Grafton 0-586-21451-8, Jan 93, £4.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Tafford 1991 as Mer-Cycle) sf novel about an alien intelligence and an undersea mission. [First U.K. edition]
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Question Quest Piers Anthony (NEL 0-450-58629-4, Sep 93, £4.99, 359pp, pb) [Xanth] Reprint (AvoNova; Morrow 1991) humorous fantasy novel. Volume 14 in the Xanth series.
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Chimaeras Copper Piers Anthony & Robert E. Margroff (Severn House 0-7278-4437-7, Jan 93, £13.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) [Kelvin of Rud] Reprint (Tor 1990) fantasy novel. Volume three in the Kelvin of Rud series.
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Orcs Opal Piers Anthony & Robert E. Margroff (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21673-1, Oct 93 [Sep 93], £4.99, 280pp, pb) [Kelvin of Rud] Reprint (Tor 1990) fantasy novel. Volume four in the Kelvin of Rud series. [First U.K. edition]
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Orcs Opal Piers Anthony & Robert E. Margroff (Severn House 0-7278-4534-9, Oct 93, £13.99, 316pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) [Kelvin of Rud] Reprint (Tor 1990) fantasy novel. Volume four in the Kelvin of Rud series. [First U.K. edition]
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Mindgames: Fools Mate Neal Asher (Club 199, 1992, £1.99, 128pp, tp) Sf novel, available from Gordon McGregor Ltd., P.O. Box 44, Ross-On-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 5YD. This is a 1992 book, but has only just been seen.
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The Star Trek Compendium Allan Asherman (Titan 1-85286-472-9, May 93, £8.99, 182pp, tp) [Star Trek] This is the third revised edition and is simultaneous with the US (Pocket) edition.
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Into the Spiral Charles Ashton (Walker 0-7445-3090-3, Sep 93, £2.99, 224pp, pb, cover by Wayne Anderson) [Jet Smoke and Dragon Fire] Reprint (Walker 1992) young-adult fantasy novel. Sequel to Jet Smoke and Dragon Fire.
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Jet Smoke and Dragon Fire Charles Ashton (Walker 0-7445-3020-2, Jan 93 [Feb 93], £2.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Wayne Anderson) [Jet Smoke and Dragon Fire] Reprint (Walker 1991) young-adult fantasy novel.
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The Singing Bridge Charles Ashton (Walker 0-7445-2461-X, Oct 93, £4.99, 238pp, tp, cover by Wayne Anderson) [Jet Smoke and Dragon Fire] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume three in the Jet Smoke and Dragon Fire trilogy.
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The Caves of Steel Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-586-00835-7, Oct 93, £4.99, 206pp, pb) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1954) sf novel. 23rd printing.
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The Complete Stories: Volume I Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224139-0, Mar 93 [Feb 93], £15.99, 614pp, hc, cover by Christopher Brown) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) omnibus collection of 46 stories, comprising the complete contents of Earth Is Room Enough (Doubleday 1957), Nine Tomorrows (Doubleday 1957), and Nightfall and Other Stories (Doubleday 1959). [First U.K. edition]
- vii · Introduction · in
- · Earth Is Room Enough · co Garden City, NY: Doubleday Oct 57
- 3 · The Dead Past · nv Astounding Apr 56
- 41 · The Foundation of Science Fiction Success · pm F&SF Oct 54
- 43 · Franchise · ss If Aug 55
- 57 · Gimmicks Three [The Brazen Locked Room] · ss F&SF Nov 56
- 62 · Kid Stuff · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Sep 53
- 73 · The Watery Place · ss Satellite Oct 56
- 77 · Living Space · ss Science Fiction Stories May 56
- 89 · The Message · vi F&SF Feb 56
- 91 · Satisfaction Guaranteed [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · ss Amazing Apr 51
- 104 · Hell-Fire · vi Fantastic Universe May 56
- 106 · The Last Trump · ss Fantastic Universe Jun 55
- 120 · The Fun They Had · ss The Boys and Girls Page Dec 1 51; F&SF Feb 54
- 123 · Jokester · ss Infinity Science Fiction Dec 56
- 135 · The Immortal Bard · vi Universe May 54
- 138 · Someday · ss Infinity Science Fiction Aug 56
- 146 · The Authors Ordeal · pm Science Fiction Quarterly May 57
- 149 · Dreaming Is a Private Thing · ss F&SF Dec 55
- · Nine Tomorrows · co Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1959
- 162 · Profession · na Astounding Jul 57
- 208 · The Feeling of Power · ss If Feb 58
- 217 · The Dying Night [Wendell Urth] · nv F&SF Jul 56
- 239 · Im in Marsport Without Hilda · ss Venture Nov 57
- 250 · The Gentle Vultures · ss Super Science Fiction Dec 57
- 263 · All the Troubles of the World · ss Super Science Fiction Apr 58
- 277 · Spell My Name with an S [S as in Zebatinsky] · ss Star Science Fiction Magazine Jan 58
- 290 · The Last Question · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Nov 56
- 301 · The Ugly Little Boy [Lastborn] · nv Galaxy Sep 58
- · Nightfall and Other Stories · co Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1969
- 334 · Nightfall · nv Astounding Sep 41
- 363 · Green Patches [Misbegotten Missionary] · ss Galaxy Nov 50
- 376 · Hostess · nv Galaxy May 51
- 408 · Breeds There a Man...? · nv Astounding Jun 51
- 438 · The C-Chute · nv Galaxy Oct 51
- 468 · In a Good Cause · nv New Tales of Space and Time, ed. Raymond J. Healy, Holt, 1951
- 489 · What If... · ss Fantastic Sum 52
- 500 · Sally · ss Fantastic May/Jun 53
- 515 · Flies · ss F&SF Jun 53
- 521 · Nobody Here But · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
- 531 · Its Such a Beautiful Day · nv Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1954
- 550 · Strikebreaker [Male Strikebreaker] · ss Science Fiction Stories Jan 57
- 561 · Insert Knob A in Hole B · vi F&SF Dec 57
- 563 · The Up-to-Date Sorcerer · ss F&SF Jul 58
- 575 · Unto the Fourth Generation · ss F&SF Apr 59
- 582 · What Is This Thing Called Love? [Playboy and the Slime God] · ss Amazing Mar 61
- 593 · The Machine That Won the War · ss F&SF Oct 61
- 598 · My Son, the Physicist! · vi Scientific American Feb 62
- 602 · Eyes Do More Than See · vi F&SF Apr 65
- 605 · Segregationist · ss Abbottempo Apr 67
- 610 · I Just Make Them Up, See! · pm F&SF Feb 58
- 613 · Rejection Slips · pm Nine Tomorrows, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1959
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Forward the Foundation Isaac Asimov (Doubleday UK 0-385-26942-0, Apr 93, £14.99, 417pp, hc, cover by Tony Roberts) [Foundation] Collection of four original novellas about the life of Hari Seldon. Simultaneous with US (Doubleday Foundation) edition.
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Forward the Foundation Isaac Asimov (Doubleday UK 0-385-40456-5, Oct 93, £8.99, 417pp, tp) [Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1993) sf collection. In the Foundation series.
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I, Robot Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-586-02532-4, Oct 93, £4.99, 249pp, pb) [Robot Series] Reprint (Gnome 1950) sf collection. 25th printing.
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The Naked Sun Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-586-01016-5, Oct 93, £4.99, 203pp, pb) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1957) sf novel. 24th printing.
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Pebble in the Sky Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-586-06952-6, Aug 93 [Sep 93], £4.99, 226pp, pb) [Trantorian Empire] Reprint (Doubleday 1950) sf novel. This edition includes the 1982 afterword.
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Robot Visions Isaac Asimov (Gollancz 0-575-05527-8, Sep 93, £4.99, 511pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series] Reprint (Roc 1990) sf collection.
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The Stars Like Dust Isaac Asimov (HarperCollins UK 0-586-02441-7, Aug 93 [Sep 93], £4.99, 189pp, pb) [Trantorian Empire] Reprint (Doubleday 1951) sf novel.
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Child of Time Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg (Pan 0-330-32579-5, Jun 93, £4.99, 342pp, pb, cover by David Farren) Reprint (Gollancz 1991) sf novel about a Neanderthal child transported to the present, expanded from Asimovs The Ugly Little Boy.
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