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The Past Through Tomorrow Vol. 1 Robert A. Heinlein (NEL 0-450-05463-2, Sep ’87, £2.95, 320pp, pb) [Future History]; Reissue (Putnam 1967, in one volume) sf collection. Part of the “Future History” series.

The Past Through Tomorrow Vol. 2 Robert A. Heinlein (NEL 0-450-04005-4, Sep ’87, £2.95, 347pp, pb) [Future History]; Reissue (Putnam 1967, in one volume) sf collection. Part of the “Future History” series.

The Second Great Dune Trilogy Frank Herbert (Gollancz 0-575-04018-1, Apr ’87, £10.95, 1111pp, hc) [Dune]; Omnibus edition of the last three “Dune” novels.

Tales of Natural and Unnatural Catastrophes Patricia Highsmith (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-0097-5, Dec ’87, £11.95, 189pp, hc); Original literary sf/occult collection.

Cthulhu: The Mythos and Kindred Horrors Robert E. Howard (Baen 0-671-65641-4, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $2.95, 245pp, pb); David A. Drake, ed. Collection of 13 pieces. One seems to be an original poem from the inexhaustible Howard trunk. I don’t know what, if any, editing in the actual stories was done by Drake. The author in all cases seems to be Howard alone.

Swords of Shahrazar Robert E. Howard (Ace 0-441-79237-5, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $2.95, 165pp, pb); Reprint (Berkley 1978) collection of 5 quasi-fantasy/adventure stories. An expansion of an earlier 3-story collection under the same title (Orbit 1976).

The Celery Stalks at Midnight James Howe (Dragon 0-583-30906-2, Mar ’87 [May ’87], £1.75, 96pp, pb) [Bunnicula]; Reprint (Atheneum 1983) juvenile ‘horror’ novel about a vampire rabbit.

Firefight 2000 Dean Ing (Baen 0-671-65648-1, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $2.95, 247pp, pb); Collection of stories and speculative articles.

The Voyage of the Poppykettle Robert Ingpen (Paper Tiger 1-85028-054-1, Sep ’87, £5.95, 48pp, hc); Juvenile fantasy novelette. Fully ilustrated by Ingpen. [Not seen]

Rip Van Winkle Washington Irving (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-07459-6, Sep ’87 [Oct ’87], $15.00, 94pp, hc); Reprint of the 1921 edition of the classic fantasy tale, with color illustrations by N.C. Wyeth.

Selected Tales of Grim and Grue from the Horror Pulps ed. Sheldon R. Jaffery (Bowling Green University Popular Press 0-87972-392-0, Aug ’87 [Oct ’87], $15.95, 195pp, tp); Anthology of 8 stories from the horror pulps, offset from the magazines — including illos and ads. There is also an index to Weird Menace pulps and an article about them. Also announced in hardcover; not seen.

The Weirds ed. Sheldon R. Jaffery (Starmont House 0-930261-92-5, Apr ’87, $9.95, 173pp, tp); Anthology of facsimiles of stories, illustrations, and some ads from “the era of the shudder-pulps.” These have all been taken from Terror Stories and Horror Stories. There is a historical introduction on the era.

Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories M. R. James (World’s Classics 0-19-281719-1, Apr ’87 [Jun ’87], £3.95, 352pp, pb); Collection of ghost stories, edited by Michael Cox.

Masters of Fantasy 3: M.R. James M. R. James (The British Fantasy Society, May ’87 [1987], £0.90, 24pp, pb); Ghost collection. Edited by Richard Dalby. Volume 10 in the BFS Booklet series.

A Warning to the Curious: The Ghost Stories of M.R. James M. R. James (Hutchinson 0-09-170080-9, Feb ’87, £9.95, 257pp, hc); Ghost story collection, selected and edited by Ruth Rendell.

Knave & the Game Laurence M. Janifer (Doubleday 0-385-15238-8, Aug ’87, $12.95, 173pp, hc) [Gerald Knave]; Collection of 9 sf stories about adventurer Gerald Knave.

Twisted Tales Bruce Jones (Blackthorne 0-932629-73-3, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $9.95, 243pp, tp); Collection of 13 horror stories, mostly originals, illustrated by Richard Corben. There’s also supposed to be a mass market edition (not seen).

Force Fields Andrew Joron (Starmont House 0-930261-86-0, Apr ’87, $8.95, 55pp, tp); Collection of sf poetry, illustrated by Richard Herman.

Ready or Not: Here Come Fourteen Frightening Stories! ed. Joan Kahn (Greenwillow 0-688-07167-8, Aug ’87 [Oct ’87], $11.75, 159pp, hc); Young-adult anthology of 14 horror stories. Most, but not all, are supernatural.

Tales from the Forbidden Planet ed. Roz Kaveney (Titan 1-85286-004-9, Aug ’87, £4.95, 256pp, tp); Original sf anthology. This is supposedly published on 29th October, but was made available for the Worldcon and is now in most specialist shops.

Devils & Demons ed. Marvin & Saralee Kaye (SFBC #10336, Sep ’87 [Nov ’87], $6.98, 587pp, hc); Anthology of 52 horror stories. The book club edition actually pre-dates the Doubleday trade edition.

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