The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Deadly Quicksilver Lies Glen Cook (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45305-0, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $4.99, 347pp, pb) [Garrett] Fantasy PI novel, seventh book of the Garrett series.
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Aisling Louise Cooper (Tor 0-812-50808-4, May 94 [Apr 94], $4.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Indigo] Fantasy novel, eighth book of the Indigo series. First American edition (Grafton 1993).
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Glory Alfred Coppel (Tor 0-812-52393-8, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $5.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Goldenwing] Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel.
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Magic of the Plains: By the Sword Greg Costikyan (Tor 0-812-52268-0, May 94 [Apr 94], $4.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) Reprint (Tor 1993 as By the Sword) fantasy novel of a young barbarian who must leave his tribe and make his way in the world. First book of the Magic of the Plains series.
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Goblins Vincent Courtney (Zebra 0-8217-4630-8, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $4.50, 411pp, pb) Horror novel. A horror filmmakers wife gives birth to a goblin.
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The Nightmare Club #10: Die Laughing Vincent Courtney (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4511-5, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $3.50, 220pp, pb) [Nightmare Club] Young-adult horror novel in a loosely-connected series centered around a club where strange things happen. A teenage practical joker is possessed by the ghost of a practical joker who makes the gags turn deadly.
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The Dragonslayers Bruce Coville (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-79832-4, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $3.50, 119pp, tp, cover by Tim Hildebrandt) Young-adult fantasy novella about a kingdom threatened by a dragon conjured up by a witch. Interior illustrations by Katherine Coville.
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I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X Bruce Coville (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-79833-2, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $3.99, 180pp, tp, cover by Stephen Peringer) [Rod Allbright] Young-adult humorous SF novel about a kid kidnapped by a monster from another dimension, the second featuring Rod Allbright. Illustrations by Katherine Coville.
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Into the Land of the Unicorns Bruce Coville (Scholastic 0-590-45955-4, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $12.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Neal McPheeters) [Unicorn Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, first book of The Unicorn Chronicles. Clara enters the fantasy world of Luster and joins a young unicorn on a quest to find the elusive Unicorn Queen.
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Oddly Enough Bruce Coville (Harcourt Brace 0-15-200093-3, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $15.95, 122pp, hc, cover by Michael Hussar) Collection of nine young-adult fantasy stories, three original. With illustrations by Michael Hussar.
- 1 · The Box · ss Dragons & Dreams, ed. Jane Yolen, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh, Harper & Row, 1986
- 11 · Duffys Jacket · ss Things That Go Bump in the Night, ed. Jane Yolen & Martin H. Greenberg, Harper & Row, 1989
- 19 · Homeward Bound · ss The Unicorn Treasury, ed. Bruce Coville, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1988
- 33 · With His Head Tucked Underneath His Arm · ss A Wizards Dozen, ed. Michael Stearns, Harcourt Brace, 1993
- 43 · Clean as a Whistle · ss *
- 61 · The Language of Blood · ss *
- 79 · Old Glory · ss 2041, ed. Jane Yolen, Delacorte, 1991
- 87 · The Passing of the Pack · ss Werewolves, ed. Jane Yolen & Martin H. Greenberg, Harper & Row, 1988
- 105 · A Blaze of Glory · ss *
- 119 · A Note from the Author · aw
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Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens: Tales to Warp Your Mind ed. Bruce Coville (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-46162-1, Feb 94, $2.95, 177pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) Young-adult collection of 11 sf stories. Three are reprints, and the rest seem to be original. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors names.
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Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts: Tales to Haunt You ed. Bruce Coville (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-46160-5, Sep 94, $2.95, 180pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) Young-adult original collection of 12 ghost stories, one a reprint. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors names.
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Dar and the Spear-Thrower Marjorie Cowley (Clarion Books 0-395-68132-4, May 94, $13.95, 118pp, hc, cover by Colin Poole) Associational young-adult prehistoric novel about a Cro-Magnon boys quest for a spear-thrower.
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Tomorrow Sucks ed. Greg Cox & T. K. F. Weisskopf (Baen 0-671-87626-0, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $4.99, 274pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Anthology of 11 SF vampire stories with an introductory piece by Cox and a concluding one by Weisskopf.
- ix · A Scientific History of Vampirism · Greg Cox · in
- 1 · Pillar of Fire · Ray Bradbury · nv Planet Stories Sum 48
- 45 · And Not Quite Human · Joe L. Hensley · ss Beyond Fantasy Fiction Sep 53
- 54 · The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady · Brian Stableford · nv F&SF Aug 88
- 81 · Born Again [as by Sharon Farber] · S. N. Dyer · ss IASFM May/Jun 78
- 100 · Kaetis Nights [Kaeti Fredericks] · Keith Roberts · nv F&SF Oct 81
- 141 · Pyotrs Story [Callahans Place] · Spider Robinson · nv Analog Oct 12 81
- 179 · Vanishing Breed [as by Niel Straum] · Leslie Roy Carter · ss The Curse of the Undead, ed. M. L. Carter, Greenwich, CT: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1970; revised
- 190 · Fleas · Dean Ing · ss Destinies Apr 79
- 197 · Leechcraft · Susan Petrey · nv F&SF May 82
- 236 · Shambleau [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales Nov 33
- 271 · The Stainless Steel Leech [as by Harrison Denmark] · Roger Zelazny · ss Amazing Apr 63
- 277 · An Anthropological Approach to Vampirism · T. K. F. Weisskopf · aw
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Seven Gothic Dramas, 1789-1825 Jeffrey N. Cox (Ohio University Press 0-8214-1065-2, Feb 94 [Aug 94], $24.95, 425pp, tp) Reprint (Ohio University Press 1992) anthology of seven Gothic dramas, including two by Matthew G. Lewis and R.B. Peakes Presumption; Or, the Fate of Frankenstein, the first dramatic adaptation of Mary Shelleys novel. Edited and with a long introduction on gothics in general by Jeffrey N. Cox. Available from Ohio University Press, Athens OH 45701.
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A Night in Moonbeam County Alexander Cramer (Macmillan Scribners 0-684-19704-9, Apr 94 [May 94], $15.95, 197pp, hc, cover by Gregory Manchess) Young-adult collection of ten connected ghost stories told by a group of hobos to two teenage boys over a campfire, plus a framing story.
- 1 · Arrival · ss *
- 9 · The Boy Who Stole the Moon · ss *
- 25 · The Wheels of the World · ss *
- 47 · Emily and the Soul Painter · ss *
- 63 · The Land of the Might-Have-Been · ss *
- 74 · Call Me Scratch · ss *
- 93 · The Sorceresss Apprentice · ss *
- 117 · Caleb Johnston · ss *
- 126 · Whos Gonna Marry Sally Ann? · ss *
- 142 · The Deserter · ss *
- 166 · Another Shore · ss *
- 189 · Howsoever Far Theyve Traveled · ss *
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Earth 2 Melissa Crandall (Ace 0-441-00146-7, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $4.99, 264pp, pb) [Earth 2] Novelization of the teleplay by Michael Duggan, Carol Flint, and Mark Levin. Copyrighted by MCA.
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Quantum Leap: Search and Rescue Melissa Crandall (Ace 0-441-00122-X, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $4.9, 232pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Quantum Leap] Novelization based on the SF television show. Copyrighted by MCA.
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The Sure Death of a Mouse Dan Crawford (Ace 0-441-00024-X, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $4.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Bryant Eastman) [Cat and Mouse] Fantasy novel, sequel to Rouse a Sleeping Cat.
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A New Collection of Novels Michael Crichton (Wings 0-517-10135-1, Mar 94 [Apr 94], $12.99, 711pp, hc) Omnibus of lost race novel Congo (Knopf 1980), sf novel Sphere (Knopf 1987), and adventure novel Eaters of the Dead (Knopf 1976). This is an instant remainder edition.
- · Congo · n. New York: Knopf, 1980
- · Sphere · n. New York: Knopf, 1987
- · Eaters of the Dead · n. New York: Knopf, 1976
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Three Complete Novels Michael Crichton (Wings 0-517-08479-1, 1993 [Apr 94], $11.99, 675pp, hc) Omnibus of three novels, The Andromeda Strain (Knopf 1969), The Terminal Man (Knopf 1972), and the mainstream The Great Train Robbery. This is an instant remainder edition.
- · The Andromeda Strain · n. New York: Knopf, 1969
- · The Terminal Man · n. New York: Knopf, 1972
- · The Great Train Robbery · n. New York: Knopf, 1975
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Star Trek: Sarek A. C. Crispin (Pocket 0-671-79561-9, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $22.00, 440pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
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Star Trek: Sarek A. C. Crispin (SFBC #03606, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $8.98, 440pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1994) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. Similar to the Pocket edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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StarBridge Book Five: Silent Songs A. C. Crispin & Kathleen OMalley (Ace 0-441-00061-4, Jun 94 [May 94], $4.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [StarBridge] SF novel in the StarBridge series.
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Sweet Terror Mark Crose (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4818-1, Jan 95 [Dec 94], $3.99, 187pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A magic ring makes Kendra pretty and popular, but demands a very high price in return.
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The Fourth Guardian Ronald Anthony Cross (Tor 0-312-85634-2, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $14.95, 444pp, tp, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Eternal Guardians] Sf alternate historical conspiracy-theory novel about four Roman conspirators who stole stones of power and have used them to shape human history. First book of The Eternal Guardians series.
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Olaf Stapledon: Speaking for the Future Robert Crossley (Syracuse University Press 0-8156-0281-2, Jul 94, $39.95, 474pp, hc) Non-fiction, a biography of Stapledon with a foreword by Brian Aldiss. Available from Syracuse University Press, 1600 Jamesville Ave., Syracuse NY 13244-5160. [Olaf Stapledon]
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Ægypt John Crowley (Bantam 0-553-37430-3, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $12.95, 390pp, tp) [AEgypt] Reissue (Bantam 1987) alternate-world literary fantasy novel; third printing.
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Little, Big John Crowley (Bantam 0-553-37397-8, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $12.95, 538pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam 1981) fantasy novel. Winner of the 1982 World Fantasy Award.
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Love & Sleep John Crowley (Bantam 0-553-09642-7, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $22.95, 503pp, hc) [AEgypt] Fantasy novel of the magic hiding beneath the surface of human history, a sequel to Ægypt.
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Love & Sleep John Crowley (Easton Press, Sep 94, no price, 502pp, hc) [AEgypt] Fantasy novel of the magic hiding beneath the surface of human history; a sequel to Ægypt. Published simultaneously with the Bantam edition listed last month. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Signed First Editions of Science Fiction series, and is available by subscription only.
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Three Novels John Crowley (Bantam 0-553-37398-6, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $12.95, 548pp, tp) Omnibus of The Deep (1975), Beasts (1976), and Engine Summer (Doubleday 1979), Crowleys first three novels.
- · The Deep · n. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1975
- · Beasts · n. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1976
- · Engine Summer · n. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979
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Narrow Houses ed. Peter Crowther (Warner Aspect 0-446-60157-8, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $5.50, 460pp, pb, cover by Rick Berry) [Narrow Houses] Original anthology of 28 stories and one poem, with an introduction by Douglas E. Winter. First American edition (Little, Brown UK 1992).
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Forgotten Realms: Elfsong Elaine Cunningham (TSR 1-56076-679-4, Feb 94 [Jan 94], $4.95, 310pp, tp, cover by John & Laura Lakey) [Forgotten Realms: Songs and Swords] Fantasy novelization based on the Forgotten Realms game, eighth book of The Harpers series. Copyrighted by TSR.
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The Return of the Goddess Elizabeth Cunningham (Station Hill Press 0-88268-115-X, Feb 93 [Mar 94], $22.50, 313pp, hc) Fantasy/New Age novel about a ministers wife who molds a figure out of playdough and accidentally awakens the goddess. This is a 1993 book not seen until now.
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Witch and Wombat Carolyn Cushman (Warner Questar 0-446-60086-5, May 94 [Apr 94], $5.50, 316pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) Humorous fantasy novel of a witch and her wombat familiar, charged with guiding human gamers through a real fantasy world. A first novel. Recommended (SW).
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The Drifter Richie Tankersley Cusick (Pocket Archway 0-671-88741-6, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $3.99, 231pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel about a girl and her family trying to make a go of a haunted inn and getting involved with a mysterious drifter who seems to hold the key to the ghost.
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The Locker Richie Tankersley Cusick (Pocket Archway 0-671-79404-3, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $3.99, 213pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. Marlees locker at her new school shows her nightmarish visions of the missing girl who used to have it.
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The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me Roald Dahl (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037009-9, Jun 94, $3.99, 79pp, tp, cover by Quentin Blake) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1985) childrens story, with illustrations by Quentin Blake.
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The Minpins Roald Dahl (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-054970-6, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $5.99, 48pp, pb, cover by Patrick Benson) Reprint (Cape 1991) childrens fantasy illustrated by Patrick Benson.
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The Vicar of Nibbleswicke Roald Dahl (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-036837-X, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $3.99, 41pp, tp, cover by Quentin Blake) Reprint (Century 1991) satiric short story with illustrations by Quentin Blake.
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Modern Ghost Stories by Eminent Women Writers ed. Richard Dalby (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0089-0, Aug 94 [Nov 94], $10.95, 318pp, tp) Reprint (Virago 1991 as The Virago Book of Ghost Stories: The Twentieth Century: Volume Two) anthology of 27 ghost stories by 20th-century women writers, with an introduction by Sara Maitland.
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Star Wars: The NPR Radio Dramatization Brian Daley (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39109-8, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $11.00, 346pp, tp) [Star Wars] Radio play adapted from the Star Wars film scripts, with an introduction by the author. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
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The Yngling in Yamato John Dalmas (Baen 0-671-87634-1, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by David O. Miller) SF novel in a long-running series. The post-holocaust neo-Viking travels to Japan.
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Restoration Sean Dalton (Ace 0-441-00034-7, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $4.50, 187pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Meyers) [Time-Trap] Time-travel sf adventure novel, fourth book of the Time/Trap series. A 26th-century time traveler must defeat a twisted variant of himself on the streets of London during the Great Fire. Dalton is a pen-name for Deborah Chester.
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Turncoat Sean Dalton (Ace 0-441-00117-3, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $4.99, 188pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [Time-Trap] SF novel, fourth in the Time/Trap series. A 26th-century man is trapped in the middle of Americas Revolutionary War. Dalton is a pen name for Deborah Chester.
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Warpath Tony Daniel (Tor 0-812-51966-3, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $4.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Nick Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel set in a universe where pre-Columbian American Indians discovered space exploration.
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Horses! ed. Jack Dann & Gardner Dozois (Ace 0-441-00057-6, May 94 [Apr 94], $4.99, 224pp, pb, cover by Den Beauvais) Anthology of 12 fantastic stories about horses.
- 1 · Classical Horses · Judith Tarr · nv Horse Fantastic, ed. Martin H. Greenberg & Rosalind M. Greenberg, DAW, 1991
- 22 · The Wonder Horse · George Byram · ss Atlantic Monthly Aug 57
- 37 · On the Gem Planet [Casher ONeill] · Cordwainer Smith · nv Galaxy Oct 63
- 66 · The Thunder of the Captains · Garry Kilworth · ss IASFM Jun 85
- 87 · Brothers of the Wind · Jane Yolen · ex Philomel Books, 1981
- 104 · Aunt Millicent at the Races · Len Guttridge · ss F&SF Apr 65
- 117 · The Circus Horse · Amy Bechtel · ss Analog Jun 88
- 132 · Riding the Nightmare · Lisa Tuttle · ss Night Visions 3, ed. George R. R. Martin, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1986
- 154 · Wild, Wild Horses · Howard Waldrop · ss Omni Jun 88
- 175 · The Boy Who Plaited Manes · Nancy Springer · ss F&SF Oct 86
- 189 · Horse Camp · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss New Yorker Aug 25 86
- 194 · His Coat So Gay [Brigadier Ffellowes] · Sterling E. Lanier · nv F&SF Jul 70
- 223 · Further Reading · Misc. · bi
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Time and Time Again Dennis Danvers (Simon & Schuster 0-671-78800-0, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $22.00, 296pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) Gothic romance with fantasy elements, told partly through an 18th-century diary and partly through the text of a novel written by one of the characters.
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Horrowshow David Darke (Zebra 0-8217-4783-5, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $4.50, 349pp, pb) Horror novel about a TV horror show host who returns from the dead for vengeance. Darke is a pen name for Ron Dee.
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Shade David Darke (Zebra 0-8217-4566-2, May 94 [Apr 94], $4.50, 348pp, pb) Horror novel. A bestselling vampire novelist is actually a vampire herself... Darke is a pen name for Ron Dee.
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The Painted Alphabet Diana Darling (Graywolf Press 1-55597-214-4, Nov 94 [Dec 94], $12.00, 209pp, tp) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1992) literary fantasy novel based on a Balinese epic poem. Order from Graywolf Press, 2401 University Ave #203, St. Paul MN 55114.
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Blood Is Not Enough ed. Ellen Datlow (Ace 0-441-00109-2, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $4.99, 308pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 1989) mostly original anthology of 18 vampire stories.
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Omni Visions Two ed. Ellen Datlow (Omni Books 0-87455-308-3, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $10.00, 222pp, tp, cover by Gervasio Gallardo) Anthology of 13 stories from Omni.
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