The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Vurt Jeff Noon (Crown 0-517-59991-0, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $22.00, 342pp, hc) [Vurt] Psychedelic SF novel. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. First American edition (Ringpull 1993).
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Vurt Jeff Noon (BOMC, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $17.50, 342pp, hc) [Vurt] Reprint (Ringpull 1993) psychedelic SF novel, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. This is identical to the Crown 1995 edition, except it lacks a price and has the BOMC code on the back jacket.
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Vurt Jeff Noon (BOMC/QPBC #73-8626, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $13.95, 342pp, tp) [Vurt] Reprint (Ringpull 1993) SF novel. This Quality Paperback Book Club edition is otherwise similar to the Crown hardcover, but lacks a price and ISBN.
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Fortunes Wheel Lisanne Norman (DAW 0-88677-675-9, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $5.99, 646pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Sholan Alliance] SF novel, sequel to Turning Point. Rescued from the reptiloid Valtegans by the cat-like Sholans, Carrie (Terran) and Kusac (Sholan) find a very mixed reception to their telepathic bond and resulting romance.
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The Hands of Lyr Andre Norton (AvoNova 0-380-77097-0, Jun 95 [May 95], $5.50, 388pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1994) fantasy novel.
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Mirror of Destiny Andre Norton (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-13988-4, Mar 95, $22.00, 394pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) Fantasy novel. A wisewomans apprentice uses a magic mirror to stop a war between humans and faerie, and prevent her own forced marriage.
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Mirror of Destiny Andre Norton (SFBC #07786, Aug 95, $10.98, 284pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1995) fantasy novel. This is similar to the AvoNova edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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Firehand Andre Norton & P. M. Griffin (Tor 0-812-51984-1, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $4.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Walter Velez) [Time Traders] Reprint (Tor 1994) SF novel in the Time Traders series.
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The Elvenbane Andre Norton & Mercedes Lackey (Tor 0-812-51175-1, Jun 95, $5.99, 566pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Halfblood Chronicles] Reissue (Tor 1991) fantasy novel. Fourth printing.
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Elvenblood Andre Norton & Mercedes Lackey (Tor 0-312-85548-6, Jun 95 [May 95], $22.95, 348pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Halfblood Chronicles] Fantasy novel, second book in The Halfblood Chronicles.
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Elvenblood Andre Norton & Mercedes Lackey (SFBC #10190, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $10.98, 348pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Halfblood Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 1995) fantasy novel, second book in The Halfblood Chronicles. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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The Key of the Keplian Andre Norton & Lyn McConchie (Warner Aspect 0-446-60220-5, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $5.50, 293pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Witch World: Secrets] Fantasy novel, volume 1 of the Secrets of the Witch World trilogy.
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Empire of the Eagle Andre Norton & Susan Shwartz (Tor 0-812-51393-2, May 95 [Apr 95], $5.99, 416pp, pb, cover by Peter Goodfellow) Reprint (Tor 1993) historical fantasy novel about an ancient Roman in China.
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Forgotten Realms: Masquerades Kate Novak & Jeff Grubb (TSR 0-7869-0152-7, Jul 95, $5.99, 376pp, tp) [Forgotten Realms: Harpers] Novelization based on the role-playing games, tenth in The Harpers sub-series. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Pawns Dream Eric Nylund (AvoNova 0-380-77887-4, May 95 [Apr 95], $4.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) Fantasy novel. A night clerk at a mini-mart finds his dreams merging with reality.
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Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque Joyce Carol Oates (Penguin/Plume 0-452-27374-9, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $10.95, 310pp, tp, cover by Edvard Munch) Reprint (Dutton 1994) collection of 16 stories of horror and the grotesque, with an afterword by the author.
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Aurora Sally Odgers (HarperCollinsAustralia/Moonstone 0-7322-5127-3, May 95 [Apr 95], A$9.95, 130pp, pb, cover by Tony Pyrzakowski) Young-adult SF story about a human-seeming orphaned alien girl secretly raised by humans.
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F.R.E.E.Lancers Mel Odom (TSR 0-7869-0113-6, Jun 95 [May 95], $4.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Robh Ruppel) [F.R.E.E.Lancers] SF novelization based on the Top Secret/S.I. role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
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Under the Healing Sign Nick ODonohoe (Ace 0-441-00180-7, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $4.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Vincent Segrelles) [Crossroads] Fantasy novel, second in the Crossroads series. Veterinarians help mythic creatures flee as Crossroads is invaded.
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Door Number Three Patrick OLeary (Tor 0-312-85872-8, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $23.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Philosophical SF novel in the Philip K. Dick quasi-reality style. A first novel.
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A Ceremonial Death B. J. Oliphant (Ballantine/Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14897-1, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $5.99, 283pp, pb) [Shirley McClintock] Associational autobiographical mystery novel, sixth book featuring New Mexico rancher/detective Shirley McClintock. Oliphant is a pseudonym for Sheri S. Tepper.
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Star Trek: Twilights End Jerry Oltion (Pocket 0-671-53873-X, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $5.99, 272pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization, #77 in the series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
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ON SPEC: The First Five Years The ON SPEC Editorial Collective (Tesseract 1-895836-08-5, Jun 95, C$7.95, 255pp, pb) Anthology of 22 stories from On Spec: the Canadian Magazine of Speculative Writing. There is an introduction by editor Barry Hammond. A hardcover edition (-12-3, C$21.95) was announced but not seen. Available from Tesseract Books/The Books Collective, 214-21 10405 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton Alberta Canada T5J 3S2; 403-448-0590.
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A Long Time Dead A. J. Orde (Ballantine/Fawcett 0-449-22359-0, Jun 95 [May 95], $5.50, 280pp, pb) Associational mystery novel. Orde is a pseudonym for Sheri S. Tepper.
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Gaias Toys Rebecca Ore (Tor 0-312-85781-0, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $22.95, 317pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Dystopian SF novel of nanotech, biotech, and eco-terrorism.
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Slow Funeral Rebecca Ore (Tor 0-812-51604-4, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $4.99, 314pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1994) fantasy novel about a witch from Berkeley drawn home to the Virginia backwoods.
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The Ethereal Corridors: Power of the Crystal Dave Orion (Northwest Publishing 1-56901-237-7, Jul 95, $9.95, 299pp, tp) Science-fantasy novel. A one-armed man learns to walk the corridors to different dimensions, and acquires a mechanical arm with a mind of its own. A first novel; Orion is a pen-name for Dave Carew. Available from Northwest Publishing Incorporated, 6906 South 300 West, Salt Lake City UT 84047.
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Iroshi Cary Osborne (Ace 0-441-00130-0, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $4.99, 216pp, pb, cover by Jean-Francois Podevin) [Iroshi] SF samurai novel. A woman ronin roams colony planets looking for Enlightenment.
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A Basket of Wishes Rebecca Paisley (Dell 0-440-21651-6, Aug 95, $4.99, 391pp, pb) Fantasy romance novel. An adult fairy tale: inbred fairies send a princess to mate with a human duke.
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Sweet William Jessica Palmer (Pocket 0-671-88017-9, Nov 95 [Dec 95], $5.50, 342pp, pb) Horror novel of a demonically possessed child.
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Out of This World ed. Andrea Paradis (Quarry Press/National Library of Canada 1-55082-150-4, May 95 [Nov 95], C$19.95, 264pp, tp, cover by Henri Julien) Non-fiction anthology of 26 essays on Canadian SF & F by authors incl. John Clute, Charles de Lint, Elisabeth Vonarburg, and Phyllis Gotlieb, with a foreword by Judith Merril, and an intro. by Allan Weiss and Hugh Spencer. This was part of the Out of This World exhibit of the Natl Library of Canada with the Merrill Collection of the Toronto Public Library, and includes a bibliography of books on exhibit. Copyrighted by Her Majesty the Queen in Right of Canada. A French-language edition (as Visions dautres mondes) was announced but not seen. Order from Quarry Press, PO Box 1061, Kingston ON K7L 4Y5, Canada; 613-548-8429.
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Battletech 18: Highlander Gambit Blaine Lee Pardoe (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45381-6, Jun 95 [May 95], $4.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Battletech] Novelization based on the SF role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA.
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Celestis Paul Park (Tor 0-312-85899-X, Jun 95 [May 95], $21.95, 287pp, hc, cover by Peter Elson) SF novel of human and alien interaction. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 1993 as Coelestis).
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Deep Thoughts: The Proceedings of Life, the Universe, & Everything XI ed. Marny K. Parkin (TLE Press, 1994 [Jan 95], $12.00, 215pp, tp) Non-fiction collection of 11 papers and speeches presented at the 1993 symposium by such guests as Barbara Hambly, Orson Scott Card, and Kevin J. Anderson. Available from LTU&E Proceedings Volume, 3163 JKHB, Provo UT 84602; checks must be made payable to Life, the Universe, & Everything.
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The Bars on Satans Jailhouse Norman Partridge (Roadkill Press, Jul 95, $7.00, 38pp, ph, cover by Melissa Sherman) Western horror short story printed as a limited-edition pamphlet. A gunslinger with magic boots goes after an evil rancher. Available from Roadkill Press, 10380 Ralston Road, Arvada CO 80004; add $1.00 postage.
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Spyder Norman Partridge (Subterranean Press, Nov 95, $8.00, 22pp, ph, cover by Timothy Standish) Horror story in chapbook form. This is a signed, limited edition of 500. Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519. The price includes postage.
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Kiss of the Vampire Francine Pascal (Bantam Sweet Valley 0-553-56690-3, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $4.50, 281pp, pb) [Sweet Valley Univerity] Young-adult vampire horror novel, #3 in the Sweet Valley Univerity Thriller Edition series. Copyrighted by the author; copyright page states Conceived by Francine Pascal, Produced by Daniel Weiss Associates.
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Fall-Out Gudrun Pausewang (Viking 0-670-86104-9, May 95 [Apr 95], $13.99, 172pp, hc, cover by Lynne Russell) Young-adult SF thriller. Two children flee nuclear disaster. Translated by Patricia Crampton from Die Wolke (Ravensburger Buchverlag Otto Maier 1987). First US edition (Viking UK 1994).
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The Dragons of the Rhine Diana L. Paxson (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-13986-8, Jan 95, $23.00, 371pp, hc, cover by Donato) [Wodans Children] Historical fantasy novel, volume two in a retelling of the Nibelungenlied.
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The Dragons of the Rhine Diana L. Paxson (AvoNova 0-380-76527-6, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $5.99, 371pp, pb, cover by Donato) [Wodans Children] Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1995) historical fantasy, second in the Wodans Children trilogy.
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The Shield Between the Worlds Diana L. Paxson & Adrienne Martine-Barnes (AvoNova 0-380-75802-4, May 95 [Apr 95], $4.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Fionn mac Cumhal] Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1994) Celtic fantasy novel, second in the Chronicles of Fionn mac Cumhal.
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Sword of Fire and Shadow Diana L. Paxson & Adrienne Martine-Barnes (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-14156-0, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $22.00, 426pp, hc, cover by Jean Targete) [Fionn mac Cumhal] Celtic fantasy novel, third in the Chronicles of Fionn Mac Cumhal.
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The Gormenghast Novels Mervyn Peake (Overlook/Tusk 0-87951-628-3, Nov 95 [Dec 95], $23.95, 1173pp, tp, cover by J. K. Potter) [Gormenghast] Revised (Overlook 1988 as The Gormenghast Trilogy) omnibus of the three restored Gormenghast novels, with introductions by Anthony Burgess (from the 1988 edition) and Quentin Crisp (from 1996), plus 12 critical essays, and the few extant pages from the unfinished fourth novel, Titus Awakes.
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The Final Dream & Other Fictions Daniel Pearlman (Permeable Press 1-882633-05-9, Jul 95 [Sep 95], $14.95, 268pp, tp, cover by Ellen Alva Hales) Collection of 12 SF stories, with an introduction by George Zebrowski and illustrations by Jill Tyler. Available from Permeable Press, 47 Noe Street, Suite 4, San Francisco CA 94114-1017.
- 7 · Introduction to a Book Full of Pearlmans · George Zebrowski · in *
- 11 · What Rough Beast · nv *
- 33 · The Heart of the Overchild · ss Real Win 93/94
- 45 · Taking from the Top · na Synergy #2, ed. George Zebrowski, HBJ Harvest, 1988
- 81 · The Ground Under Man · ss Writers Block Magazine Apr 95
- 97 · The Defenders of the Golden Tower · ss Amazing Sep 88
- 110 · Flies · ss *
- 128 · And Baby Makes Five · nv *
- 163 · A Möbius Trip · ss Collages & Bricolages Spr 95
- 177 · Megabride · ss Florida Review Jan 90
- 195 · Another Brush with the Fuzz · ss Semiotext(e) #14 89
- 201 · From Here to Eternitape · nv Simulations, ed. Karie Jacobson, Citadel Twilight, 1993
- 221 · The Final Dream · na Synergy v4, ed. George Zebrowski, HBJ Harvest, 1989
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Lost in Cyberspace Richard Peck (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-1931-0, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $14.99, 151pp, hc, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Lost in Cyberspace] Young-adult humorous SF. Joshs best friend thinks he can time-travel via computer and really disappears.
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Cybersurfers: Pirates on the Internet Ted Pedersen & Mel Gilden (Putnam/Price Stern Sloan 0-8431-3933-1, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $3.95, 143pp, pb, cover by Geoffrey Gove) [Cybersurfers] Young-adult cyber-adventure on the Internet. Series concept copyrighted by Price Stern Sloan; text copyrighted by the authors.
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St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers ed. Jay P. Pederson (St. James Press 1-55862-179-2, Dec 95, $135.00, 1175pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. A bio-bibliographical guide to over 600 science fiction writers. This is the fourth edition of the book previously titled Twentieth-Century Science Fiction Writers, with new editors, and extensively revised. Robert Reginald is Bibliographic Editor, and the entries are considerably more thorough than in previous editions. There is a preface by H. Bruce Franklin. Order from St. James Press, 835 Penobscot Building, 645 Griswold St., Detroit MI 48226; orders 800-877-4253.
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Maniac John Peel (Pocket Archway 0-671-88735-1, Jun 95 [May 95], $3.50, 195pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. Ancient, dream-stealing parasites drive students to madness and death.
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #6: Field Trip John Peel (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-88287-2, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $3.99, 111pp, tp, cover by Alan Gutierrez) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Young-adult Star Trek novelization with internal illustrations by Todd Cameron Hamilton. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
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Tombstones: Dances with Werewolves John Peel (Pocket Archway 0-671-53529-3, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $3.99, 152pp, pb, cover by Bill Schmidt) [Tombstones] Young-adult werewolf novel.
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Tombstones: The Last Drop John Peel (Pocket Archway 0-671-53530-7, Dec 95, $3.99, 150pp, pb, cover by Steven Stroud) [Tombstones] Young-adult horror novel. Are the towns teens being killed by polluters, or vampires?
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The Killing Star Charles Pellegrino & George Zebrowski (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-13989-2, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $22.00, 340pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) SF novel. Aliens try to wipe out the human race.
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The Killing Star Charles Pellegrino & George Zebrowski (Easton Press, Jun 95, no price, 340pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) SF novel in which aliens try to wipe out the human race. This special signed, leather-bound, gilt-edged edition is part of the Signed First Editions of Science Fiction series, available only by subscription. This is being published simultaneously with the Morrow edition which appeared in March.
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The Hanukkah Ghosts Malka Penn (Holiday House 0-8234-1145-1, Nov 95, $14.95, 76pp, hc, cover by Trina Schart Hyman) Young-adult time travel novella. A girl is mysteriously transported back to WWII England.
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Terminal Games Cole Perriman (Bantam 0-553-57243-1, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $5.99, 546pp, pb, cover by Larry Lurin) Reprint (Bantam 1994) SF cyberthriller. Perriman is a pen-name for Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin.
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The Forever Drug Steve Perry (Ace 0-441-0142-4, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $5.50, 287pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Venture Silk] SF novel of interplanetary espionage featuring Venture Silk; sequel to Spindoc.
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The House on Cherry Street #2: The Horror Rodman Philbrick & Lynn Harnett (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-25514-2, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $3.50, 142pp, tp) [House on Cherry Street] Young-adult horror novel, second in a series about a haunted house that doesnt like baby-sitters or children.
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The House on Cherry Street #3: The Final Nightmare Rodman Philbrick & Lynn Harnett (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-25515-0, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $3.50, tp) [House on Cherry Street] Young-adult horror novel, last in the trilogy about a haunted house.
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The House on Cherry Street #1: The Haunting Rodman Philbrick & Lynn Harnett (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-25513-4, Jun 95 [May 95], $3.50, 153pp, tp) [House on Cherry Street] Young adult horror, in which a family spends their summer vacation in a haunted house. First of a three-book series.
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Operation Elbow Room Joseph J. Phillips (Fithian Press 1-56474-138-9, Jul 95, $11.95, 240pp, tp) SF novel. Mars colonists are balked by a rock-like life form with an agenda of its own. Available from Fithian Press, PO Box 1525, Santa Barbara CA 93102; credit card orders: 800-662-8351.
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Teacher Vic is a Vampire...Retired Jerry Piasecki (Bantam Skylark 0-553-48281-5, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $3.50, 120pp, tp, cover by David Gaadt) Young-adult humorous vampire novel.
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Evil in the Attic Linda Piazza (Avon Flare 0-380-77576-X, Jun 95 [May 95], $3.99, 156pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A psychic teen tries to stop a cursed music box.
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Drylands End Felice Picano (Masquerade/Richard Kasak 1-56333-279-5, Nov 95 [Dec 95], $12.95, 500pp, tp) Dystopian novel of men in a decaying, matriarchal techno-empire 5,000 years in the future.
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Pentacle Tom Piccirilli (Pirate Writings 0-9640168-2-6, Jun 95 [May 95], $5.99, 124pp, tp, cover by Keith Minnion) Quasi-novel made up of five related horror stories about a necromancer and his demon familiar wandering contemporary America. There is an introduction by Jack Cady. Order from: Pirate Writings Publishing, 53 Whitman Ave., Islip NY 11751; 516-224-1130.
- 1 · Introduction · Jack Cady · in
- 5 · Neverdead · ss Terminal Fright Oct-Dec 94
- 19 · Bury St. Edmonds · ss Terminal Fright Spr 95
- 39 · Maleficia · nv *
- 61 · Paindance · nv *
- 87 · Eye-Biting and Other Displays of Affection · nv *
- 123 · Afterword · aw
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