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The Dream Auditor Lesley Choyce (Ragweed Press/Indivisible Books 0-920304-63-X, 1986 [Feb ’87], C$9.95, 87pp, tp); Very short story collection of 10 sf stories, 6 of them original. This small press edition has a 1986 copyright date, but we did not see it until now.

Beyond that River Paul Christopher (Pal Books 3-925942-00-9, Nov ’87 [Dec ’87], £4.95, 288pp, pb); Original horror collection.

2001: A Space Odyssey/The City and the Stars/The Deep Range/A Fall of Moondust/Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke (Octopus/Heinemann 0-905712-82-X, 1987 [Nov ’87], $11.98, 747pp, hc); Omnibus edition of the above titles. First U.S. edition.

The Wind from the Sun Arthur C. Clarke (NAL/Signet 0-451-14754-5, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.50, 244pp, pb); A slightly revised edition (3 new vignettes plus a new introduction) of the earlier collection (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1972). Even NAL doesn’t really consider it a new book, and lists it as the 9th printing of the earlier work. Nevertheless, Clarke completists should note the three new “stories.”

Intuit Hal Clement (NESFA Press 0-915368-35-8, Sep ’87, price unknown, 164pp, hc) [Laird Cunningham]; Collection of 4 “Laird Cunningham” sf stories, one original. Issued for the 1987 NASFiC where Clement was Guest of Honor. There are 820 copies, with 225 available in a signed, slipcased edition (-90-0).

Interzone: The 2nd Anthology ed. John Clute, David Pringle & Simon Ounsley (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-65450-0, Aug ’87, £10.95, 208pp, hc); Anthology of 15 stories. Published in Britain by the British arm of S&S only. Available in U.S. as an import.

Christmas Ghosts ed. Kathryn Cramer & David G. Hartwell (Arbor House 0-87795-873-4, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $17.95, 284pp, hc); Anthology of 17 “classic ghost stories of Christmas.”

The Architecture of Fear ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz (Arbor House 0-87795-921-8, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $18.95, 304pp, hc); Original anthology with 14 horror stories by Gene Wolfe, Ramsey Campbell, Charles L. Grant, and others.

Time Out Helen Cresswell (Lutterworth 0-7188-2658-2, Jun ’87 [Dec ’87], £5.95, 73pp, hc); Juvenile time-travel novella.

The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr. Willy Wonka Roald Dahl (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440074-8, Oct ’87 [Nov ’87], £9.95, 316pp, hc) [Charlie]; Omnibus of the two Charlie books. This is the first omnibus edition that includes the Michael Foreman illustration

Dracula’s Brood ed. Richard Dalby (Crucible 0-85030-594-2, May ’87, £8.99, 348pp, tp); Anthology of 30 ‘rare’ vampire stories, one original to this collection. Distributed in the U.S. by Inner Traditions International at $10.95.

The Virago Book of Ghost Stories ed. Richard Dalby (Virago 0-86068-810-0, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], £12.95, 331pp, hc); Wide-ranging selection of twentieth-century ghost stories written by women, including three stories commissioned especially for this volume.

Demons! ed. Jack M. Dann & Gardner R. Dozois (Ace 0-441-14264-8, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.50, 283pp, pb, cover by Hiro Kimura); Anthology of 14 fantasy stories about demons.

In the Field of Fire ed. Jeanne Van Buren & Jack M. Dann (Tor 0-312-93000-3, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $17.95, 416pp, hc); Mostly original anthology of sf and fantasy stories dealing with Vietnam. The hardcover is a fairly limited edition — probably 750 copies.

The Fifth Omni Book of Science Fiction ed. Ellen Datlow (Zebra 0-8217-2050-3, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.95, 381pp, pb); Anthology of sf from Omni plus one original story by Pat Cadigan.

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