The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Space Precinct #1: The Deity Father David Bischoff (HarperPrism 0-06-105612-X, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $4.99, 289pp, pb) [Space Precinct] Novelization based on the television show created by Gerry Anderson. Copyrighted by Grove Television Enterprises.
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Space Precinct #2: Demon Wing David Bischoff (HarperPrism 0-06-105613-8, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $4.99, 224pp, pb) [Space Precinct] Novelization based on the TV show created by Gerry Anderson. Copyrighted by Grove Television Enterprises.
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Ancient of Days Michael Bishop (Tor/Orb 0-312-89027-3, Feb 95, $13.95, 354pp, tp) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) SF novel about a homo habilis living in modern America.
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Brittle Innings Michael Bishop (Bantam 0-553-56943-0, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $5.99, 516pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Bantam 1994) baseball fantasy novel, a coming-of-age tale that combines baseball fantasy with the Frankenstein myth.
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Johnny Mnemonic Terry Bisson (Pocket 0-671-52300-7, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $5.50, 246pp, pb) Novelization of the screenplay based on the short story by William Gibson. Copyrighted by CineVisions.
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Virtuosity Terry Bisson (Pocket 0-671-53752-0, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $5.99, 214pp, pb) Novelization of the screenplay by Eric Bernt about an AI-modelled serial killer who escapes the computer. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
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All the Bells on Earth James P. Blaylock (Ace 0-441-00247-1, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $21.95, 376pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) Dark fantasy novel about California lifestyles and black magic.
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With All of Love: Selected Poems James Blish (Anamnesis Press 0-9631203-1-X, Sep 95 [Nov 95], $29.95, 207pp, hc) Associational poetry collection of 102 poems. There is an introduction by editor Keith Allen Daniels, and a poem by Virginia Kidd. A limited edition of 150. Available from Anamnesis Press, PO Box 581153, Salt Lake City UT 84158-1153; 801-583-3118.
- 7 · A Kind of King · Virginia Kidd · pm *
- 15 · Polymath · Keith Allen Daniels · in *
- 19 · The Building of the City and Other Poems · co *
- 21 · Dedication · pm *
- 22 · In Memoriam: Fletcher Pratt · pm F&SF Jan 57
- 23 · The Building of the City
- 25 · A Memory of Creation · pm *
- 26 · Scenario: The Edifice · pm Best Poems of 1975, ed. Anon., Pacific Books, 1976
- 28 · The Coming Forth · pm The Beloit Poetry Journal Spr 57
- 29 · Theory of Tragedy · pm Tumbrils #24 50
- 30 · Atalantidon · pm Tumbrils #24 50
- 31 · The Testament of Theseus · pm The Western Review Spr 50
- 32 · Two Songs from Eros and Psyche · gp; Come Away Death, pm The Quarterly Jan 50; Lullaby of Morpheus [Red April], pm Tumbrils #16 48
- 34 · Oryx in Phoenix · pm Priapus #19 70
- 35 · Letter from a Selenite · pm The Beloit Poetry Journal Spr 55
- 36 · Dies Irae · pm Accent Fll 50
- 37 · Trois Berceuses Ronronnées
- 39 · Song as Song · pm The Quarterly Sep 49
- 40 · Tabby, dead, · pm Tumbrils #12 47
- 41 · A Mirror Without Cloud · pm Workshop Work #2 69
- 43 · Four Sirventes
- 45 · Caprice After Ronsard · pm Workshop Work #2 69
- 46 · A Prayer for James Joyce [Prayer for Joyce as by Marcus Lyons] · pm Tumbrils #1 45
- 47 · Homage to Wm Carlos Wms · pm Workshop Work #2 69
- 48 · Hommage à E.P. [A Song for Music] · pm The Quarterly Sep 49
- 49 · Sestina
- 51 · Sestina [Song] · pm The Hopkins Review Fll 51
- 53 · The Journeys Rapture: XXVIII Valentines from Holofernes
- 55 · Aria for Shores · pm *
- 56 · Huysmans Discovers the Reciprocating Engine · pm Counter/Measures #2 73
- 57 · A Djinn of the Green Djinni · pm Kinesis Dec 70
- 58 · Serenade for Telephone · pm Prairie Schooner Sum 70
- 59 · More Costumes for Banquo · pm *
- 60 · A Morning Song · pm Open Places #11 72
- 61 · Photograph in Costume · pm *
- 62 · A Reprise · pm Open Places #11 72
- 63 · An Alembic · pm Ball State University Forum Fll 71
- 64 · Misprisions · pm Ball State University Forum Fll 70
- 65 · Notes to be Left at Isoldes Feet · pm *
- 66 · Aubade for Radio · pm Ball State University Forum Fll 70
- 67 · Grand Pause · pm Prairie Schooner Sum 72
- 68 · Tempo: Traduccare · pm *
- 69 · Witch Music · pm *
- 70 · Sennet Before Carbonek · pm Kinesis Dec 70
- 71 · Retreat and Flourish · pm Kinesis Dec 70
- 72 · A Passage of Champions · pm *
- 73 · Husbandry in Heaven · pm Open Places #11 72
- 74 · Gradient and Overtone · pm *
- 75 · Silence in Court · pm *
- 76 · All Hallows Leave · pm Ball State University Forum Fll 75
- 77 · Ricercare · pm *
- 78 · Epicurean Hymn · pm *
- 79 · Antiphony · pm Kinesis Dec 70
- 80 · Sancta Simplicitas · pm *
- 81 · Dove Sta Memoria · pm Kinesis Dec 70
- 82 · A Long Convalescence · pm Kinesis Dec 70
- 83 · A Riverside Miscellany
- 85 · An Expectation · pm The Quarterly Jan 50
- 86 · Sleepy Song · pm Workshop Work #2 69
- 87 · Theory of Right Action · pm The Quarterly Dec 49
- 88 · Two Brands for the Burning · pm Workshop Work #2 69
- 89 · Song of the Eye · pm *
- 90 · Caesura · pm Accent Fll 50
- 91 · The Poet Waiting for Charon · pm The Beloit Poetry Journal Sum 52
- 93 · Exeunt Omnes
- 95 · Exeunt Omnes [Exeunt as by Marcus Lyons] · pm Tumbrils #10 46
- 97 · Eros and Psyche: A Verse Drama · pl *
- 151 · Songs from a Falling House by H. and M. Atreides · James & Judith Ann Lawrence Blish · co Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 153 · Preface · Judith Ann Lawrence Blish · pr Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 155 · Notes for an Epic · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 156 · The Judgment of Helen · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 157 · The Daughter of Time · J. A. Lawrence · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 158 · To Be Thrown Over the Walls of Ilium · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 159 · Cranny Thought · J. A. Lawrence · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 160 · Stesichorus as Scribe · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 160 · By Pigeon from Ilium · J. A. Lawrence · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 161 · Postscriptum Vitae · J. A. Lawrence · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 163 · Mirror · J. A. Lawrence · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 164 · To Himself · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 165 · To the Soothsayer · J. A. Lawrence · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 165 · H. to M. · J. A. Lawrence · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 166 · A Blanket Answer · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 167 · Water for the Blanket · J. A. Lawrence · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 168 · Epithalamion · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 168 · Prothalamion · J. A. Lawrence · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 169 · Night on the Battlefield · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 170 · Definitions · J. A. Lawrence · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 171 · Helen Weaves a Garland · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 173 · A March for Menelaus · J. A. Lawrence · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 173 · After the Truce and the Duel · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 174 · Helen Alone · J. A. Lawrence · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 174 · Vengeance Despised · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 175 · Helen at the Funeral of Paris · J. A. Lawrence · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 176 · On Shipboard · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 177 · To Helen at Home · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 178 · Helen, Also Appearing in The Odyssey · J. A. Lawrence · pm Southeastern Review Spr 90
- 179 · Miscellaneous Poems
- 181 · Venice Observed, 1969 · pm Open Places #11 72
- 182 · Auto-da-Fé · pm The Quarterly Apr 48
- 183 · After the Glass Slipper Fit · pm *
- 185 · At the Globe: The Plays the Thing · pm *
- 186 · Cadavres Exquises · pm *
- 188 · Found Beauty in the Evening Land · pm *
- 189 · Consecration of Certain Clouds · pm *
- 190 · Maeterlinck: May 6, 1949 · pm The Quarterly, 1949
- 191 · Dispatch from Gaza · pm Tumbrils #24 50
- 192 · Ringel, Ringel, Rosenkranz · pm Tumbrils #17 47
- 193 · Psalm for This Fall · pm *
- 194 · Postlude for a Motion Picture · pm *
- 195 · Poem in the Form of a Triangle · pm Occasional #1 49
- 196 · Orpheus Descending · pm *
- 197 · A Chair Pushed Back · pm *
- 198 · Tuesday, the Last · pm *
- 199 · White Night [as by Marcus Lyons] · pm Renascence Jun 46
- 200 · The Silver Child · pm *
- 201 · Lachrimae Rerum Atque Tabula Rasa · pm *
- 202 · Atque · pm *
- 203 · About the Author · Misc. · bg
- 205 · Index of First Lines · Misc. · ix *
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Once Around the Bloch Robert Bloch (Tor 0-312-85975-9, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $14.95, 416pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1993) autobiography.
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Baby Be-Bop Francesca Lia Block (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-024879-3, Sep 95 [Oct 95], $13.95, 106pp, hc, cover by David Diaz) [Weetzie Bat] Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel, a prequel of sorts to Weetzie Bat; Dirk comes to terms with his homosexuality.
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Missing Angel Juan Francesca Lia Block (HarperTrophy 0-06-447120-9, Oct 95, $3.95, 138pp, pb, cover by David Diaz) [Weetzie Bat] Reprint (HarperCollins 1993) young-adult contemporary fantasy novel in the Weetzie Bat series.
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Classic Fantasy Writers ed. Harold Bloom (Chelsea House 0-7910-2229-3, Dec 94 [Jan 95], $12.95, 187pp, tp, cover by Edward Burne-Jones) Non-fiction guide to 14 authors considered most influential to the early development of the field: L. Frank Baum, William Beckford, James Branch Cabell, Lewis Carroll, Lord Dunsany, Kenneth Grahame, H. Rider Haggard, Lafcadio Hearn, Rudyard Kipling, Andrew Lang, George MacDonald, Beatrix Potter, and Oscar Wilde. Includes a brief biography, critical extracts of reviews, and bibliographical information on each author, with an introduction by the editor.
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Classic Horror Writers ed. Harold Bloom (Chelsea House 0-7910-2226-9, 1994 [Mar 95], $12.95, 180pp, tp, cover by Francisco José de Goya) Non-fiction guide to 12 authors considered most significant to the field in the 18th and 19th centuries: Ambrose Bierce, Charles Brockden Brown, Henry James, Joseph Sheridan LeFanu, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Charles Robert Maturin, Edgar Allen Poe, Ann Radcliffe, Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, and Horace Walpole. Includes a brief biography, critical extracts of reviews, and bibliographical information on each author, with an introduction by the editor.
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Classic Science Fiction Writers ed. Harold Bloom (Chelsea House 0-7910-2236-6, Mar 95, $12.95, 186pp, tp, cover by Constantine Juon) Non-fiction guide to 12 SF writers such as Edward Bellamy, Olaf Stapledon, and H.G. Wells. Each author has a brief biography, followed by critical extracts regarding their works, and a bibliography (listing titles and dates only). Includes an article on The Life of the Author and an introduction by Bloom.
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Modern Fantasy Writers ed. Harold Bloom (Chelsea House 0-7910-2248-X, 1995 [Mar 95], $12.95, 194pp, tp, cover by Max Ernst) Non-fiction guide to 15 authors: Ray Bradbury, John Collier, L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, E.R. Eddison, Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, C.S. Lewis, David Lindsay, A. Merritt, Mervyn Peake, M.P. Shiel, Clark Ashton Smith, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams. Includes a brief biography, critical extracts of reviews, and bibliographical information on each author, with an introduction by the editor.
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Modern Horror Writers ed. Harold Bloom (Chelsea House 0-7910-2249-8, 1995 [Nov 95], $12.95, 185pp, tp, cover by J. K. Potter) Non-fiction guide to 12 authors: Robert Aickman, E.F. Benson, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Bloch, Walter de la Mare, L.P. Hartley, William Hope Hodgson, Shirley Jackson, M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, and Richard Matheson. Includes a brief biography, critical extracts of reviews, and bibliographical information on each author, with an introduction by the editor.
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Science Fiction Writers of the Golden Age ed. Harold Bloom (Chelsea House 0-7910-2198-X, 1995 [Mar 95], $12.95, 203pp, tp, cover by David A. Hardy) Non-fiction guide to 12 authors considered most significant to the field in the Golden Age (1939-1950): Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, James Blish, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, Fritz Leiber, C.L. Moore & Henry Kuttner, Frederik Pohl, Theodore Sturgeon, and A.E. van Vogt. Includes a brief biography, critical extracts of reviews, and bibliographical information on each author, with an introduction by the editor.
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The Crystal Rose Maya Kaathryn Bohnhoff (Baen 0-671-87648-1, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $5.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Meri] Fantasy novel, third in the Meri series.
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A Hannes Bok Showcase Hannes Bok (Charles F. Miller 1-885611-05-6, Mar 95 [Apr 95], $29.95, 88pp, hc, cover by Hannes Bok) Art book, a collection of Boks illustrations, with eight pages in full color. Edited and with an introduction by Stephen D. Korshak. Foreword by Frederik Pohl. Also available in trade paperback (-06-4, $17.95). Available from Charles F. Miller, 708 Westover Drive, Lancaster PA 17601.
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Sick Jay R. Bonansinga (Warner 0-446-36516-5, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 327pp, pb) Horror novel of a disillusioned stripper with psychic powers.
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Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel Vanna Bonta (Meridian House 0-912339-10-1, Jun 95 [Sep 95], $23.95, 397pp, hc) Associational quasi-SF novel. An SF writers character becomes real, and makes an astounding revelation. A first novel. Meridian House, 6755 Mira Mesa Blvd. Dept 123-224, San Diego CA 92121-4311.
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Sensuous Debris: Selected Poems 1970-1995 Bruce Boston (Dark Regions Press 0-9626708-8-X, Sep 95, $6.95, 96pp, tp, cover by Thomas Wiloch) Collection of 45 (or 59) poems, many with SF themes, all surreal and/or fantastic. There is an introduction by t. winter-damon, and illustrations by Thomas Wiloch. This is a signed, limited edition; a hardcover edition ($40.00, postpaid) was also announced but not seen. Order from Dark Regions Press, Box 6301, Concord CA 94524; add $1.05 postage.
- · Introduction · t. winter-damon · in
- · Of Time and the Sidereal Shore · pm
- · The Tiger Does Not Know · pm
- · The Naming of Teas · pm
- · Breath Falls and Is Not Stone · pm
- · Night Flight · pm Star*Line, 1978
- · What Trees Dream About in Their Prodigious Silence · pm IASFM Aug 92
- · Alchemical Texts:
- · The Alchemist Is Born in a Sudden Changing of Seasons · pm
- · The Alchemist in Transit · pm
- · The Alchemist in Place · pm Velocities #4 84
- · The Alchemist Takes a Lover in the Infinite Variety of Fire · pm Velocities #4 84
- · Tongues · pm
- · Born a Royal Beast · pm
- · Tale of the Crone Goddess · pm Time, Titan, 1988
- · The Walnut Dark Sea Is Blooming Swiftly · pm Grimoire #5 83
- · Accursed Wives:
- · Curse of the Shapeshifters Wife · pm Accursed Wives, Troy, NC: Night Visions, 1993
- · Curse of the Telepaths Wife · pm Accursed Wives, Troy, NC: Night Visions, 1993
- · Curse of the Ghosts Wife · pm IASFM Jan 89
- · Curse of the Devils Wife · pm Amazing Nov 88
- · Curse of the Angels Wife · pm Accursed Wives, Troy, NC: Night Visions, 1993
- · Dead Heat · pm
- · The Nightmare Collector · pm Night Cry Spr 87
- · In the Darkened Hours · pm The Nightmare Collector, 2AM, 1988
- · Dream Webs · pm Night Cry Spr 87
- · The Muse as Lover Gone on Vacation · pm
- · America Comes · pm Ice River #4 89
- · And Soon a Wolf for Every Door · pm Weird Tales Spr 90
- · In the Wake of Sensuous Debris · pm Grue #10 89
- · Mean Time 2000 · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Oct 88
- · No Longer the Stars · pm Nuclear Futures, Velocities Chapbook Series, 1987
- · Beyond Procreation · pm IASFM Aug 88
- · The Last Existentialist · pm Polk City, IA: Chris Drumm Books, 1993
- · The Last Existentialist Eats · pm
- · The Last Existentialist Needs · pm
- · Then the Last Existentialist Tires · pm
- · If the Last Existentialist Could · pm
- · The Berserker Enters a Plea on the Death of Greater Los Angeles · pm IASFM May 85
- · The Evolution of the Death Murals · pm IASFM Sep 85
- · Human Remains · pm Star*Line v5 #4 82
- · Denizens · pm Star*Line, 1983
- · The Mutant Lovers · pm
- · The Cyborg · pm
- · Old Robots Are the Worst · pm IASFM Oct 89
- · If Gravity Were Like Weather · pm Star*Line, 1982
- · Polar Chronologies:
- · Up Flashing · pm IASFM Mar 89
- · Down Flashing · pm IASFM Mar 89
- · Nativity of Thought · pm
- · When Silver Plums Fall · pm Poly: New Speculative Writing, ed. Lee Ballentine, Ocean View Books, 1989
- · In the Eyes of the Pilot · pm Amazing Mar 87
- · A Wreckers Tale · pm The Magazine of Speculative Poetry Sum 85
- · Beyond the Edge of Alien Desire · pm
- · The FTL Addict Fixes · pm Velocities #2 83
- · Dont Drink the Sky at Myrmidon · pm IASFM Jan 84
- · The Star Drifter Grounded · pm Star*Line, 1979
- · For Spacers Snarled in the Hair of Comets · pm IASFM Apr 84
- · Gaea Dentata · pm Amazing Jan 88
- · Spacers Compass · pm Specula, Beech Grove, IN: Talisman, 1993
- · Against the Ebon Rush of Night · pm Aboriginal SF Sep/Oct 88
- · Defeat at the Hands of Alien Scholars · pm Star*Line, 1979
- · from Cantos for a Common Tongue · pm
- · The Wave We Ride · pm
- · Horses of Light · pm Grimoire #3 83
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Death Dream Ben Bova (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57256-3, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 560pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1994) SF thriller.
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Empire Builders Ben Bova (Tor 0-812-51165-4, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $5.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Privateers] Reprint (Tor 1993) SF novel, sequel to Privateers.
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Orion Among the Stars Ben Bova (Tor 0-312-85637-7, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $22.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Donato) [Orion] SF novel. The eternal warrior Orion fights in the far future as the godlike Creators go to war.
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Orion and the Conqueror Ben Bova (Tor 0-812-52376-8, Jun 95 [May 95], $5.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Orion] Reprint (Tor 1994) SF time-travel novel in the Orion series.
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Cyber Magick: Lesbian SF ed. G. R. Bowen (Obelesk Books/Triangle 1-887666-07-9, Oct 95, $5.00, 29pp, ph, cover by Jeff Haas) Chapbook anthology of four lesbian SF stories. Available from Obelesk Books, PO Box 1118, Elkton, MD 21922-1118; add $1.25 postage.
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Diary of a Vampire Gary Bowen (Masquerade 1-56333-331-7, Jul 95, $6.95, 232pp, pb) Erotic gay vampire novel. A first novel. Available from Masquerade Books, Dept U54AT, 801 2nd Ave, New York NY 10017; credit card orders: 800-375-2356.
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Winter of the Soul: Gay Vampire Fiction Gary Bowen (Obelesk Books 1-887666-06-0, Oct 95 [Aug 95], $5.00, 31pp, ph, cover by Tristan Alexander) Collection of three gay vampire stories. Available from Obelesk Books, PO Box 1118, Elkton, MD 21922-1118; add $1.25 postage.
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- · Dream-Eater · ss Dead of Night Sum 95
- · The Haunting of Andrew Brigg · ss
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Green Echo ed. Gary Bowen (Obelesk Books, Jun 95 [May 95], $5.00, 38pp, ph, cover by Jeffrey Haas) Chapbook original anthology of three stories of ecological SF. Available from Obelesk Books, PO Box 1118, Elkton, MD 21922-1118; add $1.25 postage.
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Midget Tim Bowler (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 0-689-80115-7, Oct 95 [Dec 95], $15.00, 159pp, hc, cover by Ann Bobco) Young-adult horror novel. An abused, undersized teen has strange psychic powers.
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Darkman #4: In the Face of Death Randall Boyll (Pocket 0-671-79436-1, May 95 [Apr 95], $5.50, 215pp, pb, cover by John Alvin) [Darkman] SF/horror novelization, fourth book in a series based on the Sam Raimi film. Copyrighted by MCA.
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Tales from the Crypt: Demon Knight Randall Boyll (Pocket 0-671-52696-0, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $4.99, 277pp, pb) Movie novelization. Copyrighted by Tales from the Crypt Holdings and Universal Pictures.
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Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34296-8, 1995 [Jul 95], $5.99, 179pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1953) classic SF novel. This edition has the 1982 afterword and 1979 coda by Bradbury. 12th printing.
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Animal Planet Scott Bradfield (St. Martins/Picador 0-312-13428-2, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $22.00, 231pp, hc) [Animal Farm] Satirical fantasy novel, an update of Orwells Animal Farm. An animal revolution is co-opted by the mass media.
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The Forest House [with Diana L. Paxson] Marion Zimmer Bradley (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45424-3, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $12.95, 417pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Avalon] Reprint (Michael Joseph 1993) historical fantasy novel set in early Roman Britain.
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