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Wild Cards: Marked Cards ed. George R. R. Martin (Baen 0-671-72212-3, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $5.99, 434pp, pb) [Wild Cards] Original shared-world anthology, 14th book of the “Wild Cards” series overall and second book of the new cycle. The stories are presented in a chronologically “braided” format.

1 · The Color of His Skin · Stephen Leigh · na *
19 · Two of a Kind · Walton Simons · na *
71 · My Sweet Lord · Victor Milán · na *
129 · Paths of Silence and of Night · Leanne C. Harper · na *
183 · Feeding Frenzy · Walter Jon Williams · na *
255 · A Breath of Life · Sage Walker · na *
321 · A Dose of Reality · Laura J. Mixon & Melinda M. Snodgrass · na *
A Matter of Honor Thomas K. Martin (Ace 0-441-00107-6, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Donato) [Dreamer of Atlânaat] Fantasy novel about a sleep research subject trapped in a fantasy dream-world, sequel to A Two-Edged Sword.
Summer of Love Lisa Mason (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37330-7, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $12.95, 384pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) Time-travel SF novel about a man from the future in San Francisco’s Haight-Ashbury district in 1967.
Sineater Elizabeth Massie (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0061-0, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $21.00, 337pp, hc) Horror novel of dark forces released on a small town due to a break in their strange and dark religious beliefs. Winner of the Stoker Award for first novel. First American edition (Pan 1992).
Burial Graham Masterton (Tor 0-312-85681-4, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $22.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Donato) [Manitou] Horror novel, third book in the “Manitou” series. First US edition (Heinemann 1992).
By the Gun Richard Matheson (Berkley 0-425-14099-7, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.50, 179pp, pb) Reprint (M. Evans 1993) associational collection of six Western stories, two apparently original.
Earthbound Richard Matheson (Tor 0-312-85712-8, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $19.95, 223pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Ghost novel. A severely edited version appeared from Playboy (1982 as by Logan Swanson), but this is the first US appearance of the complete text. First American edition (Robinson 1989).
Seven Steps to Midnight Richard Matheson (Tor 0-812-55057-9, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Joe Curcio) Reprint (Tor 1993) associational suspense novel. A man’s encounter with a hitchhiker changes his life in frightening and mysterious ways.
Shadow on the Sun Richard Matheson (Berkley 0-425-14461-5, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.50, 177pp, pb) Associational Western novel.
Created By Richard Christian Matheson (Bantam 0-553-56610-5, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $5.995, 382pp, pb, cover by Larry Lurin) Reprint (Bantam 1993) associational non-fantasy horror novel of a TV producer whose new show features spectacular violence that spills over into the real world.
End Time G. A. Matiasz (AK Press 1-873176-51-1, 1994 [Jul ’94], $8.00, 299pp, tp, cover by Tim Gonzalez) Near-future apocalyptic sf novel set in the Bay Area just after the turn of the 21st century. Available postpaid from AK Press, PO Box 40682, San Francisco CA 94140-0682.
Time Out of Mind John R. Maxim (Bantam 0-553-56039-5, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $5.99, 608pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1986) time-travel fantasy novel.
Diamond Mask Julian May (Knopf 0-679-43310-4, Mar ’94, $22.00, 461pp, hc) [Galactic Milieu] Sf novel, second book of the “Galactic Milieu” trilogy, the third series in May’s overall future history, placed chronologically between “Intervention” and “The Sage of Pliocene Exile.”
Diamond Mask Julian May (SFBC #03602, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $9.98, 461pp, hc, cover by Archie Ferguson) [Galactic Milieu] Reprint (Knopf 1994) SF novel, second book of the “Galactic Milieu” trilogy, the third series in May’s overall future history, placed chronologically between “Intervention” and “The Sage of Pliocene Exile.” Similar to the Knopf edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
Dream Baby Bruce McAllister (Tor/Orb 0-312-89025-7, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $13.95, 434pp, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Tor 1989) novel of the Vietnam War with significant fantasy elements, based on McAllister’s eponymous Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated novella.
Siduri’s Net P. K. McAllister (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45319-0, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.99, 271pp, pb, cover by Donato) [Cloudships of Orion] SF novel, first in a series, “The Cloudships of Orion”. A gypsy sailmaster on the cloudship “Siduri’s Net” faces prejudice and unscrupulous competitors in space. McAllister is a pseudonym for Paula King.
Eternal Light Paul J. McAuley (SFBC #02662, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $8.98, 424pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) [Four Hundred Billion Stars] Reprint (Gollancz 1991) sf novel, sequel to Four Hundred Billion Stars. Similar to the 1993 Morrow AvoNova edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
Eternal Light Paul J. McAuley (AvoNova 0-380-76623-X, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.99, 424pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) [Four Hundred Billion Stars] Reprint (Gollancz 1991) sf novel, sequel to Four Hundred Billion Stars.
Red Dust Paul J. McAuley (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-13793-8, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $22.00, 392pp, hc, cover by Tim Jacobus) SF novel set on a future Mars dominated by the Chinese. First American edition (Gollancz 1993).
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall Anne McCaffrey (Easton Press, Apr ’94, no price, 306pp, hc) [Pern] Collection of five Pern pieces; with an introduction by James Gunn and a frontis by Jill Bauman. This edition is being published “simultaneously” with the Del Rey edition listed six months ago. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall Anne McCaffrey (SFBC #03101, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $9.98, 226pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Pern] Reprint (Del Rey 1993) collection of five Pern pieces. Similar to the Del Rey edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
The Chronicles of Pern: First Fall Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36899-1, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $5.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Pern] Reprint (Del Rey 1993) collection of five Pern pieces.
Damia’s Children Anne McCaffrey (Ace 0-441-00007-X, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $5.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Romas) [Tower and the Hive] Reprint (Ace 1992) sf novel, third book of the “Rowan” series.
The Dolphins of Pern Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36894-0, Oct ’94 [Aug ’94], $22.00, 340pp, hc, cover by Rowena Morrill) [Pern] SF novel in the “Pern” series. The people of Pern learn that their shipfish are really talking dolphins from Earth.
The Dolphins of Pern Anne McCaffrey (SFBC #05900, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $10.98, 340pp, hc, cover by Rowena Morrill) [Pern] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 1994) SF novel in the “Pern” series. Similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC code on the back jacket.
The Girl Who Heard Dragons Anne McCaffrey (Tor 0-312-93173-5, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $22.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) Collection of 15 McCaffrey stories. With interior illustrations by Michael Whelan and an introduction by the author.

11 · Introduction: So You’re Anne McCaffrey · in *
21 · The Girl Who Heard Dragons [Pern] · nv Cheap Street; New Castle, VA, 1986
65 · Velvet Fields · ss Worlds of If Nov/Dec ’73
77 · Euterpe on a Fling · ss *
89 · Duty Calls [Fleet] · nv The Fleet, ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace, 1988
119 · A Sleeping Humpty Dumpty Beauty [Fleet] · ss The Fleet Book 4: Sworn Allies, ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace, 1990
139 · The Mandalay Cure [“Mandalay”; Fleet] · ss Total War, ed. David Drake & Bill Fawcett, Ace, 1990
153 · A Flock of Geese · ss Moonsinger’s Friends, ed. Susan Shwartz, Bluejay, 1985
169 · The Greatest Love · na Futurelove, ed. Roger Elwood, Bobbs-Merril, 1977
227 · A Quiet One · nv 2041, ed. Jane Yolen, Delacorte, 1991
255 · If Madam Likes You... · ss New Destinies, Vol. VIII, ed. Jim Baen, Baen, 1989
269 · Zulei, Grace, Nimshi and the Damnyankees · nv World Fantasy Convention Program Book, 1992
295 · Cinderella Switch · ss Stellar #6, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1981
309 · Habit Is an Old Horse · ss Visitors’ Book, ed. Anon., Poolbeg Press, 1979
319 · Lady-in-Waiting · ss Cassandra Rising, ed. Alice Laurance, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1978
333 · The Bones Do Lie · ss *
The Girl Who Heard Dragons Anne McCaffrey (SFBC #03993, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $11.98, 352pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Tor 1994) collection of 15 McCaffrey stories. With interior illustrations by Michael Whelan and an introduction by the author. Similar to the Tor edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
Lyon’s Pride Anne McCaffrey (Ace/Putnam 0-399-13907-9, Feb ’94, $22.95, 272pp, hc, cover by Romas) [Tower and the Hive] Sf adventure novel, fourth book of the “Rowan” series.
Lyon’s Pride Anne McCaffrey (SFBC #02663, Mar ’94, $8.98, 272pp, hc, cover by Romas) [Tower and the Hive] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1994) sf adventure novel, fourth book of the “Rowan” series. Similar to the Ace/Putnam edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
The Ship Who Searched Anne McCaffrey & Mercedes Lackey (Baen 0-671-72129-1, Apr ’94 [Feb ’94], $5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Ship Who Sang] Reissue (Baen 1992) sf novel, second book of the new “Ship Who Sang” series; second printing. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
The Ship Who Won Anne McCaffrey & Jody Lynn Nye (Baen 0-671-87595-7, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $21.00, 330pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Ship Who Sang] Sf novel, third book of the “The Ship Who Sang” series. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
Treaty at Doona Anne McCaffrey & Jody Lynn Nye (Ace 0-441-00089-4, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $5.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Doona] SF novel, third book in the “Doona” series. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates. First American edition (Orbit 1994 as Treaty Planet).
Power Lines Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38174-2, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $20.00, 313pp, hc, cover by Rowena) [Petaybee] SF novel, sequel to Powers That Be. First American edition (Bantam UK 1994).
Power Lines Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (SFBC #05437, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $7.98, 297pp, hc, cover by Rowena Morrill) [Petaybee] Reprint (Del Rey 1994) SF novel, sequel to Powers that Be. Similar to the Del Rey edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
Powers That Be Anne McCaffrey & Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38779-1, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $5.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Rowena) [Petaybee] Reprint (Del Rey 1993) SF novel of a company spy on a frozen planet where unauthorized genetic engineering is taking place. First book of a series.
The City Who Fought Anne McCaffrey & S. M. Stirling (Baen 0-671-87599-X, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $5.99, 436pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Ship Who Sang] Reprint (Baen 1993) sf novel, third book of the series that follows up The Ship Who Sang. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
The City Who Fought Anne McCaffrey & S. M. Stirling (SFBC #01548, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $7.98, 327pp, hc, cover by Peter Peebles) [Ship Who Sang] Reprint (Baen 1993) SF novel, third book of the series that follows up The Ship Who Sang. This edition lacks an ISBN and price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
Aggressor Six Wil McCarthy (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45405-7, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $4.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Aggressor Six] Military SF novel about interstellar war in the 34th century. A first novel.
Stan Lee’s Riftworld: Villains Bill McCay (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45333-6, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.50, 254pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Riftworld] Sf novel; second book of a new series based on a concept and with an introduction by Stan Lee, with illustrations by Dave Gibbons. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art Scott McCloud (HarperPerennial 0-06-097625-X, May ’94, $20.00, 215pp, tp, cover by Scott McCloud) Reprint (Tundra 1993) non-fiction in comic form which demonstrates the value of comics as an art form and a quick and comprehensible vehicle for disseminating information. A Hugo Award nominee.
Quantum Leap: Prelude Ashley McConnell (Ace 0-441-00076-2, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Quantum Leap] SF novelization, fourth book of a series based on the time-travel TV series. Copyrighted by MCA.
She Walks These Hills Sharyn McCrumb (Simon & Schuster/Scribners 0-684-19556-9, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $21.00, 336pp, hc, cover by Marc Burckhardt) [Sheriff Spencer Arrowood] Mystery novel with ghost/fantasy elements, third book of the “Ballad” series centered around Appalachian folklore.
Dead Voices Abigail McDaniels (Zebra 0-8217-4695-2, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.50, 252pp, pb) Horror novel of a small Louisiana town where the dead rise from a lake to attack the living.
The Uprising Abigail McDaniels (Zebra 0-8217-4501-8, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $4.50, 317pp, pb) Horror novel of teen suicides who come back from the grave. Copyrighted by Dan and Lynda Trent.
The Engines of God Jack McDevitt (Ace 0-441-00077-0, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $21.00, 419pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins] SF novel. Mankind seeks an answer in the artifacts of a long-vanished starfaring race that may save Earth from ecological disaster.
The Engines of God Jack McDevitt (Easton Press, Nov ’94, no price, hc) [Priscilla “Hutch” Hutchins] SF novel. Mankind seeks answer to ecological disaster in alien artifacts. This is being published “simultaneously” with the Ace edition listed two months ago. This signed, leatherbound, gilt-edged edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available only by subscription.
The Chilling Hour: Tales of the Real and Unreal Collin McDonald (HarperTrophy 0-06-440493-5, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $3.95, 153pp, tp, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) Reprint (Cobblehill 1992) collection of eight young adult horror/dark fantasy stories.
Shadows and Whispers: Tales from the Other Side Collin McDonald (Penguin/Cobblehill 0-525-65184-5, Oct ’94, $13.99, 135pp, hc, cover by Stephen Marchesi) Young-adult collection of eight horror stories, all apparently original.

1 · Rumors · ss *
19 · The Soda Machine · ss *
38 · The Slumber Party · ss *
56 · The Shooting · ss *
70 · Nantucket Sleigh Ride · ss *
Scissors Cut Paper Wrap Stone Ian McDonald (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56116-2, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $3.99, 133pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) Sf novella of computer-generated images with spectacular powers.
Terminal Café Ian McDonald (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37416-8, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $12.95, 277pp, tp, cover by Stephen Youll) SF novel of a future Earth where nanotechnology makes it possible to resurrect the dead. First American edition (Gollancz 1994 as Necroville).
Sea-Cursed ed. T. Liam McDonald, Stefan R. Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble 1-56619-191-2, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $9.98, 545pp, hc, cover by Lynn J. Binder) Anthology of 30 nautical horror stories, with an introduction by McDonald and Dziemianowicz. This is an instant remainder edition.

ix · Introduction · T. Liam McDonald & Stefan Dziemianowicz · in
1 · A Descent into the Maelström · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Graham’s Lady’s and Gentleman’s Magazine May, 1841
15 · The Captain of the “Pole-Star” · Arthur Conan Doyle · nv Temple Bar Jan, 1883
34 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv The Broken Shaft: Unwin’s Annual for 1886, ed. Sir Henry Norman, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1885
52 · The Brute · Joseph Conrad · ss The Daily Chronicle Dec 5 ’06
70 · The Boats of the Glen Carrig · William Hope Hodgson · ex London: Chapman & Hall, 1907
181 · The Song of the Sirens · Edward Lucas White · nv, 1919
207 · The Ship of Silent Men · Philip M. Fisher · nv All-Story Weekly Jan 3 ’20
240 · The Temple · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales Sep ’25
251 · Bells of Oceana · Arthur J. Burks · ss Weird Tales Dec ’27
262 · Second Night Out [“The Black, Dead Thing”] · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales Oct ’33
270 · The Black Kiss [Michael Leigh] · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Jun ’37; originally with Henry Kuttner, who asked that his name be removed from later publication.
287 · The Sea Thing · A. E. van Vogt · nv Unknown Jan ’40
313 · Sea Curse [Faring Town] · Robert E. Howard · ss Weird Tales May ’28
319 · A Vintage from Atlantis · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales Sep ’33
325 · Derelict · Hugh B. Cave · ss Adventure Apr ’37
337 · Sea-Tiger · Henry S. Whitehead · ss Strange Tales of Mystery and Terror Oct ’32
345 · The Women · Ray Bradbury · ss Famous Fantastic Mysteries Oct ’48
354 · The Doors of His Face, the Lamps of His Mouth · Roger Zelazny · nv F&SF Mar ’65
383 · The Wine-Dark Sea · Robert Aickman · nv Powers of Darkness, Collins, 1966
413 · The Ferries · Ramsey Campbell · ss The Eighteenth Fontana Book of Great Ghost Stories, ed. R. Chetwynd-Hayes, Fontana, 1982
424 · The Night the Sea-Maid Went Down · Brian Lumley · ss The Caller of the Black, Arkham, 1971
433 · Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Masques #1, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1984
437 · Message Found in a Bottle II, or: An Invitation from Your Captain · Nancy Holder · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 7, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1990
443 · A Sailor’s Pay · Jack Cady · ss Final Shadows, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991
459 · Deep Sleep · Matthew J. Costello · ss Dracula: Prince of Darkness, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1992
470 · Scape-goats · Clive Barker · nv Clive Barker’s Books of Blood v3, Sphere, 1984
493 · Between the Windows of the Sea · Jack M. Dann · ss Shadows #8, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1985
505 · Dip in the Pool · Roald Dahl · ss New Yorker Jan 19 ’52
515 · The Night Ocean · Robert H. Barlow · nv The Californian Win ’36
534 · Spawn of the Sea · Donald Wandrei · ss Weird Tales May ’33
Dr. Haggard’s Disease Patrick McGrath (Random House/Vintage 0-679-75261-7, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $10.00, 191pp, tp, cover by Pamela Scheier) Reprint (S&S/Poseidon 1993) literary quasi-fantasy gothic novel.
Half the Day Is Night Maureen F. McHugh (Tor 0-312-85479-X, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $21.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Paul Lehr) SF thriller set in a 21st-Century undersea city.
Dreamsnake Vonda N. McIntyre (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29659-0, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Snake] Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1978) Hugo and Nebula Award-winning SF novel.
Metaphase Vonda N. McIntyre (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29223-4, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $5.99, 353pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Starfarers] Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1992) SF novel, third books of the “Starfarers” series; second printing.
Nautilus Vonda N. McIntyre (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56026-3, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $5.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Starfarers] SF adventure novel of alien contact, fourth book of the “Starfarers” series.
Star Wars: The Crystal Star Vonda N. McIntyre (Bantam Spectra 0-553-08929-3, Dec ’94 [Sep ’94], $21.95, 309pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] SF novelization based on the characters from the Star Wars films. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.

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