The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Science Fiction Fandom ed. Joe Sanders (Greenwood Press 0-313-23380-2, Nov 94 [Dec 94], $55.00, 293pp, hc) Non-fiction survey of SF fandom with 24 essays, glossary, and annotated bibliography. Order from Greenwood Press, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders 800-225-5800.
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Shadowrun: Nosferatu Carl Sargent & Marc Gascoigne (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45302-6, Aug 94 [Jul 94], $4.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Shadowrun] Fantasy novelization based on the Shadowrun game, with interior illustrations by Karl Waller. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
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Guardian John Saul (Fawcett 0-449-22304-3, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $5.99, 370pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1993) horror novel.
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The Homing John Saul (Fawcett Columbine 0-449-93651-3, Aug 94 [Jul 94], $21.50, 389pp, hc, cover by Danilo Ducak) Horror novel about a small California town under the spell of an ancient evil.
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The Millennial Project Marshall T. Savage (Little, Brown 0-316-77163-5, Aug 94 [Jul 94], $16.95, 508pp, tp) Associational non-fiction, a step-by-step plan and imperative for extraterrestrial colonization with an introduction by Arthur C. Clarke. A hardcover edition (-77165-1, $27.95) is also available.
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End of an Era Robert J. Sawyer (Ace 0-441-00114-9, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $4.99, 222pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) SF novel. Rival paleontologists travel back in time to see what really killed the dinosaurs.
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Foreigner Robert J. Sawyer (Ace 0-441-00017-7, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $4.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Quintaglio Ascension] Sf novel, third book of the Dinosaur trilogy.
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The Blue and Distant Hills Judith Saxton (St. Martins 0-312-10944-X, May 94 [Jun 94], $25.95, 518pp, hc, cover by Gwyneth Jones) Romance set in England after World War II, where a lonely young woman meets a spirit from the Roman occupation of Britain and learns to love again. First American edition (Heinemann 1993).
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The Godmother Elizabeth Ann Scarborough (Ace 0-441-00096-7, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $19.95, 294pp, hc, cover by Tara McGovern) [Godmother] Fantasy novel about a Seattle social worker who encounters a fairy godmother.
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The Best of Whispers ed. Stuart David Schiff (Borderlands Press 1-880325-11-X, Nov 94, $65.00, 471pp, hc, cover by Lee Brown Coye) Anthology of 23 horror stories from Whispers magazine, seven of them new stories from the unpublished Whispers VII, and an earlier version of The Golden, originally planned for the Lucius Shepard issue. Other authors include Ray Bradbury, Karl Edward Wagner, Fritz Leiber, Connie Willis, Melanie Tem, and Roger Zelazny. Includes a preface, The End, and an afterword by the editor. Order from Borderlands Press, PO Box 146, Brooklandville MD 21022; 800-528-3310.
- 9 · Preface · Stuart David Schiff · pr
- 11 · Sticks · Karl Edward Wagner · nv Whispers Mar 74
- 31 · The Chimney · Ramsey Campbell · ss Whispers, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1977
- 47 · The Button Molder · Fritz Leiber · nv Whispers Oct 79
- 79 · The Dead Line · Dennis Etchison · ss Whispers Oct 79
- 91 · The Barrow Troll · David Drake · ss Whispers Dec 75
- 101 · At the Bottom of the Garden · David Campton · ss Armada Sci-Fi 1, ed. Richard Davis, London: Armada, 1975; Whispers Dec 76
- 111 · Paging Dr. Death · S. N. Dyer · ss *
- 127 · Lex Talionis · Russell Kirk · nv Whispers II, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979
- 147 · The Francis File · William F. Nolan · ss *
- 155 · The Screaming Woman · Ray Bradbury · ss Today May 27 51; this version has Bradburys preferred ending.
- 169 · The Bones Wizard · Alan Ryan · ss Whispers Dec 84
- 181 · Dr. Aldrichs Head · Jerry Sohl · ss *
- 191 · Substitution Trick · Connie Willis · ss Whispers V, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1985
- 201 · Fingers · Melanie Tem · ss *
- 209 · Where the Snowmen Go · Scott Middleton · ss *
- 217 · One for the Horrors · David Schow · ss Whispers Oct 83
- 227 · From the Lower Deep · Hugh B. Cave · ss Whispers II, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1979
- 239 · A Fly One · Steve Sneyd · ss Whispers Oct 79
- 245 · Leaks · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Whispers VI, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1987
- 259 · The Horses of Lir · Roger Zelazny · ss Whispers III, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1981
- 271 · I Walk the Night · Whitley Strieber · ss *
- 281 · Beyond Any Measure · Karl Edward Wagner · na Whispers Mar 82
- 327 · The Golden · Lucius Shepard · n. Mark V. Ziesing, 1993; early version
- 469 · The End · Stuart David Schiff · aw
- 471 · Afterword · Stuart David Schiff · aw
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Sacred Prey Vivian Schilling (Truman Press 0-9637846-0-9, Jan 94, $19.95, 245pp, hc, cover by Manny Rodriguez) Horror novel of a killer loanshark who finds himself in the body of one of his victims before the murder happens. A first novel.
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Pilgrims Progress: A Retelling of John Bunyans Pilgrims Progress Gary D. Schmidt & Barry Moser (Eerdmans 0-8028-5080-4, Oct 94, $24.99, 77pp, hc, cover by Barry Moser) Young-adult retelling of Bunyans classic, in picture-book format with color illustrations by Barry Moser.
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Black Leather Required David J. Schow (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-29-5, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $29.95, 244pp, hc, cover by Arnie Fenner) Collection of 14 horror stories with an introduction by John Farris. A signed limited edition (-30-9, $65.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088.
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- 5 · The Shaft · ss Weird Tales Spr 90
- 23 · Sedalia · nv Razored Saddles, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Pat LoBrutto, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1989
- 43 · A Week in the Unlife · ss A Whisper of Blood, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991
- 49 · Scoop Makes a Swirly · nv *
- 73 · Kamikaze Butterflies · ss Midnight Graffiti Fll 89
- 83 · Beggars Banquet, with Summer Sausage · ss *
- 95 · Pitt Night at The Lewistone Boneyard · nv Iniquities Aut 90
- 123 · Jerrys Kids Meet Wormboy · nv Book of the Dead, ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam, 1989
- 147 · Life Partner · ss Dark Voices 5, ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, London: Pan, 1993
- 161 · Last Call for the Sons of Shock · ss The Ultimate Frankenstein, ed. Byron Preiss, David Kellor, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt, Dell, 1991
- 175 · Where the Heart Was · ss Hottest Blood, ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Pocket, 1993
- 191 · Sand Sculpture · nv *
- 215 · Bad Guy Hats · nv, 1989
- 239 · Perps · ss
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The Werewolfs Sin Cheri Scotch (Diamond 1-55773-973-0, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $4.99, 239pp, pb) [Werewolfs Kiss] Romantic horror novel of werewolves in the Louisiana bayous, third book of a series.
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Burning Bright Melissa Scott (Tor 0-812-52175-7, May 94 [Apr 94], $4.99, 362pp, pb, cover by Joe Curcio) Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel of a virtual reality game designer caught up in the conflict between two interstellar empires.
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Trouble and Her Friends Melissa Scott (Tor 0-312-85733-0, May 94 [Apr 94], $22.95, 379pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Cyberpunk sf novel about 21st-century law-and-order cracking down on the cyberspace frontier.
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Trouble and Her Friends Melissa Scott (SFBC #05178, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $8.98, 379pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1994) cyberpunk SF novel about 21st-century law-and-order cracking down on the cyberspace frontier. Similar to the Tor edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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Gemini Game Michael Scott (Holiday House 0-8234-1092-7, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $14.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Jeff Fisher) Young-adult SF novel about two 21st-Century virtual reality game designers who enter their own creation to find out who is sabotaging it. First American edition (OBrien Press 1993).
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Martians and Misplaced Clues: The Life and Work of Fredric Brown Jack Seabrook (The Popular Press 0-87972-591-5, Oct 93 [May 94], $16.95, 312pp, tp, cover by Gary Dumm) Non-fiction, a biography of Fredric Brown that concentrates on his writing life and his fiction, with a complete bibliography. A hardcover edition (-590-7, $39.95) was announced but not seen. This book has a 1993 copyright but was not seen until now. Available from Bowling Green University Popular Press, Bowling Green OH 43403.
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Cock and Bull Will Self (Random House/Vintage 0-679-75092-4, Apr 94, $11.00, 310pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 1992) collection of two literary fantasy novellas about a woman and a man who suddenly develop the genitalia of the other sex.
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The Critical Response to Bram Stoker ed. Carol A. Senf (Greenwood Press 0-313-28527-6, Dec 93 [Feb 94], $55.00, 195pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A collection of reviews of Stokers work, both period and contemporary, with a long introduction on Stokers life and works by the editor. Available from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [Bram Stoker]
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The Fantastic Journeys of Baron Brambeus Osip Senkovsky (Peter Lang 0-8204-2203-7, Dec 93 [May 94], $32.95, 232pp, tp) Collection of four Russian SF stories from the mid-19th century, translated and with a long introduction and notes by Louis Pedrotti. This has a 1993 copyright date but was not seen until now. Available from Peter Lang Publishing, 62 West 45th St., New York NY 10036.
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Return to the Twilight Zone ed. Carol Serling & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW 0-88677-576-0, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $4.99, 336pp, pb, cover by Jean-Francois Podevin) Original anthology of 19 stories, 18 original, with one reprint by Rod Serling, and an introduction by Carol Serling.
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Over My Dead Body: The Sensational Age of American Paperbacks 1945-1955 Lee Server (Chronicle Books 0-8118-0550-6, May 94 [Apr 94], $16.95, 108pp, tp) Associational non-fiction. A brief history of American paperbacks (including some sf) before 1955, copiously illustrated with full-color cover reproductions. A hardcover edition (-0646-4, $29.95) was announced but not seen.
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Stinkers Return Pamela F. Service (Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70438-6, Aug 94, $3.99, 88pp, pb) [Stinker] Reprint (Scribners 1993) childrens SF novella about an alien, sequel to Stinker from Space.
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DragonLance: Hederick the Theocrat Ellen Dodge Severson (TSR 1-56076-817-7, Feb 94 [Jan 94], $4.95, 310pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Villains] Fantasy novelization based on the DragonLance game, fourth book of the DragonLance Villains series. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Star Trek Movie Memories William Shatner (HarperCollins 0-06-017617-2, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $25.00, 357pp, hc) [Star Trek] Movie memoir.
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Tek Power William Shatner (Ace/Putnam 0-399-13997-4, Nov 94, $19.95, 220pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Jake Cardigan] SF novel in the Tek series. Drug lords plan to replace the President of the United States with an android.
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Tek Secret William Shatner (Ace 0-441-00119-X, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $5.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Jake Cardigan] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1993) SF novel, fifth in the Jake Cardigan series.
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Star Trek Memories William Shatner & Chris Kreski (SFBC #02631, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $10.98, 306pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (HarperCollins 1993) associational non-fiction Shatners autobiographical account of the making of the original series. Similar to the HarperCollins edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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Star Trek Memories William Shatner & Chris Kreski (HarperSpotlight 0-06-109235-5, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $6.99, 411pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (HarperCollins 1993) associational non-fiction. Shatners autobiographical account of the making of the original series.
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Nifft the Lean Michael Shea (Darkside Press 0-940841-39-8, Nov 94 [Dec 94], $60.00, 350pp, hc) [Nifft the Lean] Reprint (DAW 1982) Vancean fantasy novel, actually a collection of four related stories, with illustrations by Alan M. Clark, and a new introduction by Tim Powers. Limited edition of 440 signed copies.
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Godspeed Charles Sheffield (SFBC #02890, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $7.98, 352pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel concerning human colonists efforts to regain an alien ultralightspeed technology. Similar to the Tor edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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Godspeed Charles Sheffield (Tor 0-812-51992-2, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $4.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Reprint (Tor 1993) young-adult SF novel.
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Proteus Combined Charles Sheffield (Baen 0-671-87603-1, May 94 [Apr 94], $5.99, 485pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Behrooz Wolf] Reprint (SFBC 1989 as Proteus Manifest) sf omnibus of Sight of Proteus (Ace 1978) and its sequel Proteus Unbound (NEL 1988). This is the authors preferred text, with the first part revised slightly from the more significantly revised text of the 1988 NEL edition of Sight of Proteus.
- 1 · Sight of Proteus · n. New York: Ace, 1978; revised
- 223 · Proteus Unbound · n. Sevenoaks: New English Library, 1989
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The Judas Cross Charles Sheffield & David Bischoff (Warner Aspect 0-446-60102-0, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $5.50, 361pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) World War I thriller/horror novel. A Frenchman hopes to use a sacred artifact to save his country, not understanding the full horror of the sacrifice he has to make.
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The World of 2044: Technological Development and the Future of Society ed. Charles Sheffield, Marcelo Alonso & Morton A. Kaplan (Professors World Peace Academy/Paragon House 0-943852-57-9, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $19.95, 381pp, tp) Associational non-fiction, a collection of essays by scientists and SF writers, including Pohl, Bova, etc., predicting future technological developments and their impact. A hardcover edition (-49-8, $29.95) was announced but not seen. Order from Paragon House, 370 Lexington Ave, New York NY 10017.
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Frankenstein Mary Shelley (Dover 0-486-28211-2, Oct 94 [Nov 94], $1.00, 166pp, tp) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Lackington 1818) classic horror novel. Unabridged reprinting of the third edition (Colburn & Bentley 1831), with publishers note and authors introduction.
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Frankenstein Mary Shelley (Penguin/Signet Classic 0-451-18377-0, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $3.99, 224pp, pb) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Lackington 1818) classic horror novel. Movie tie-in with 8 pages of movie stills. The text follows the 1831 third edition.
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Frankenstein Mary Shelley (Tor 0-812-55150-8, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $4.99, 236pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Frankenstein] Reissue (Lackington 1818) classic horror novel. Third printing.
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The Last Man Mary Shelley (Bantam 0-553-21436-5, Oct 94 [Nov 94], $5.50, 488pp, pb, cover by Thomas Coke) Reprint (Colburn 1826) very early SF novel, with a new introduction by Marge Piercy.
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Frankenstein Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (University of California Press 0-520-08942-1, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $14.95, 254pp, tp, cover by Barry Moser) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Lackington 1818) classic horror novel. This is a facsimile of the 1983 Pennyroyal Press edition, with woodcuts by Barry Moser and an afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. The text is that of the original 1818 edition rather than the more common 1831 revision. Available from the University of California Press, Berkeley CA 94720.
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Bernie Wrightsons Frankenstein Mary Shelley & Bernie Wrightson (Charles F. Miller 0-88733-193-9, Dec 94, $15.95, 188pp, tp, cover by Bernie Wrightson) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Marvel Comics; Dodd, Mead & Co. 1983 as Mary Wollstonecraft Shelleys Frankenstein). This reprint edition has darker reproductions of the artwork; some detail has been lost. Introduction by Stephen King. Also available in hardcover (-194-7, $24.95).
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The Seven Towers: The Wizard at Home Rick Shelley (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45422-7, Jan 95 [Dec 94], $4.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Jean-Francois Podevin) [Seven Towers] Fantasy novel, second in the series. In medieval England, the wizard Silvas acquires the powers of a goddess and some angry gods want him dead.
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The Seven Towers: The Wizard at Mecq Rick Shelley (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45361-1, Jun 94 [May 94], $4.99, 285pp, pb) [Seven Towers] Historical fantasy novel set in 12th-century England, first book of a new series.
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Side Show Rick Shelley (Ace 0-441-00123-8, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $4.99, 232pp, pb, cover by Steve Gardiner) [Lucky 13th] Military SF novel, second in the series featuring the Lucky 13th Spaceborne fighting force. This series is packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
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Until Relieved Rick Shelley (Ace 0-441-00019-3, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $4.99, 236pp, pb, cover by Roger Loveless) [Lucky 13th] Military sf novel about the exploits of the 13th Spaceborne. First book of a new series packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
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Sports & Music Lucius Shepard (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-25-2, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $10.00, 50pp, ph, cover by Arnie Fenner) Collection of two stories, one a fantasy. Both are expanded from their magazine appearances. This is a 1,000-copy signed and numbered edition. Available from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088.
- 1 · Sports in America · nv Playboy Jul 91; revised and expanded
- 33 · A Little Night Music · ss Omni Mar 92; revised and expanded
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Elvendude Mark Shepherd (Baen 0-671-87630-9, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Serrated Edge] Fantasy novel about an elven prince raised as a normal suburban teen. Part of Mercedes Lackeys Serrated Edge series.
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The Porcelain Dove Delia Sherman (Penguin/Plume 0-452-27226-2, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $11.95, 404pp, tp, cover by Jean-Honore Fragonard) Reprint (Dutton 1993) fantasy novel of an 18th-century chateau where magical things occur, taken out of the bounds of time after the French Revolution.
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The Bards Tale: The Chaos Gate Josepha Sherman (Baen 0-671-87597-3, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $5.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Bards Tale] Fantasy novel, a sequel to Sherman and Mercedes Lackeys Castle of Deception, based on the computer game The Bards Tale.
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Gleaming Bright Josepha Sherman (Walker 0-8027-8296-5, Mar 94, $16.95, 170pp, hc, cover by Sue Ellen Brown) Young-adult fantasy novel of a young princess who must save her people by regaining the magical wish-granting box stolen from them by the evil Dark Druid.
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Kings Son, Magics Son Josepha Sherman (Baen 0-671-87602-3, Jun 94 [May 94], $5.99, 323pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) Fantasy novel. An unambitious magician is forced to provide his half-brother the King with magical assistance.
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Once Upon a Galaxy Josepha Sherman (August House 0-87483-386-8, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $19.95, 251pp, hc) Associational non-fiction collection of the original folktales and myths behind contemporary legends such as Superman, Star Trek, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and Bugs Bunny. Includes brief introductions and notes by Sherman, and lists of recommended reading and viewing. A tp edition (-387-6, $11.95) was announced but not seen. Order from August House, Box 3223, Little Rock AR 72203. Credit cards: 800-284-8784.
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