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Brother and Other Stories Clifford D. Simak (Severn House 0-7278-1417-6, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], £8.95, 165pp, hc); A new collection of Simak’s short stories, edited by Francis Lyall. This has a 1986 copyright date, but has only just appeared.

My Robot Buddy Alfred Slote (Harper & Row/Trophy 0-06-440165-0, May ’86 [Jan ’87], $2.50, 70pp, tp) [Robot Buddy]; Reissue (Lippincott 1975) juvenile sf novella. Published in 1986; missed.

My Trip to Alpha 1 Alfred Slote (Harper & Row/Trophy 0-06-440166-9, May ’86 [Jan ’87], $2.50, 96pp, tp); Reprint (Lippincott 1978) juvenile sf novella. Published in 1986; missed.

A Very Large Array ed. Melinda M. Snodgrass (University of New Mexico Press 0-8263-1013-3, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $16.95, 264pp, hc); Anthology of 12 sf stories (3 originals) by writers living in New Mexico.

The Ghost Story Treasury ed. Linda Sonntag (Putnam 0-399-21477-1, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $12.95, 93pp, hc); Anthology of 15 ghost stories. First U.S. edition (Kingfisher 1987).

The Stories of Muriel Spark Muriel Spark (The Bodley Head 0-370-31020-9, Apr ’87 [Oct ’87], £12.95, 314pp, hc); Collection of short stories, some with a supernatural element.

Chance & Other Gestures of the Hand of Fate Nancy Springer (Baen 0-671-65337-7, Sep ’87, $3.50, 240pp, pb); Collection of 8 stories and three poems; the second half of the title work is a new continuation. Grim, effective fantasy and horror (FCM).

More Tales for the Midnight Hour J. B. Stamper (Scholastic Apple 0-590-41184-5, Oct ’87, $2.50, 117pp, pb); Original collection of 13 juvenile horror stories.

Pruzy’s Pot Theodore Sturgeon (Hypatia Press, Oct ’86 [Jan ’87], $17.95, 32pp, hc); Short story by Sturgeon, with an introduction by Spider Robinson and an afterword by Jane Tannehill Sturgeon. There are 333 copies of this regular edition and 133 special leather slipcase with a cassette of Sturgeon reading the story. This came out in late 1986, but we did not see it until now.

To Marry Medusa Theodore Sturgeon (Baen 0-671-65370-9, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $2.95, 251pp, pb); Collection of two stories, “To Marry Medusa” (1958) and “Killdozer” (1944). The former is actually a reprint of The Cosmic Rape (Dell 1958) instead of “To Marry Medusa” (Galaxy 1958). The magazine version was much shorter.

A Touch of Sturgeon Theodore Sturgeon (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-65526-4, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], £10.95, 235pp, hc); Collection of 8 stories. Published in Britain only, by the British arm of Simon & Schuster. Available in U.S. as an import. Selected and introduced by David Pringle.

The Awakeners Sheri S. Tepper (SFBC #11277, Sep ’87, $6.98, hc) [Awakeners]; Omnibus edition of sf duology Northshore (Tor 1987) and Southshore (Tor 1987). They really form one novel, so this could be considered the first complete edition.

The End of the Game Sheri S. Tepper (SFBC #105205, Jan ’87, $7.98, 529pp, hc) [True Game: Jinian Footseer]; Omnibus edition of the “Jinian” fantasy trilogy and the third trilogy in the “True Game” deklogy sans uno.

The Lost Road and Other Writings J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin Hyman 0-04-823349-8, Aug ’87, £16.95, 455pp, hc) [Middle-Earth]; Collection of unpublished pieces written in the late 1930’s. Volume five in “The History of Middle-Earth”.

Agent of Byzantium Harry Turtledove (Congdon & Weed/Contemporary 0-86553-183-8, Apr ’87, $15.95, 246pp, hc) [Basil Argyros]; Historical alternate-world (14th century) quasi-novel. The stories originally appeared in Amazing and Isaac Asimov’s SF Magazine. They feature Basil Argyros, agent of the Empire. All are good by themselves, but they need bridging material to make them work as a novel. Although 15 years are said to elapse in the book, one gets little feeling of this; they could have taken place within months of each other. Still, the book is enjoyable and worth reading. (TM)

Noninterference Harry Turtledove (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34338-7, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.95, 213pp, pb) [Bilbeis IV]; Sf novel about alien contact and political intrigue in a galactic survey. It originally appeared as two short stories and a serial in Analog.

A Spaceship Built of Stone and Other Stories Lisa Tuttle (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4084-4, Aug ’87, £4.50, 192pp, tp); Sf collection.

14 Bellchamber Tower Mark Valentine (Crimson Altar Press No ISBN, Nov ’87 [1987], £1.30, 35pp, pb) [Ralph Tyler]; Three stories about psychic investigator Ralph Tyler. Illustrated by Stella Hender.

The Jade Demons Quartet Robert E. Vardeman (NEL 0-450-41351-9, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], £4.95, 829pp, tp) [Jade Demons]; Fantasy omnibus.

Tatja Grimm’s World Vernor Vinge (Baen 0-671-65336-9, Jul ’87, $3.50, 277pp, pb) [Tatja]; Collects 3 Tatja stories. The last 2 were previously published together as Grimm’s World (Berkley 1969).

True Names and Other Dangers Vernor Vinge (Baen 0-671-65363-6, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $2.95, 275pp, pb); Collection of 5 stories (one a collaboration with Joan D. Vinge), plus author’s notes.

A Trick of the Light Jackie Vivelo (Putnam 0-399-21468-2, Oct ’87, $13.95, 124pp, hc); Collection of 9 juvenile mystery/horror stories, subtitled “Stories to Read at Dusk”.

Why Not You and I? Karl Edward Wagner (Tor 0-812-52708-9, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.95, 306pp, pb); Collection of 9 horror stories, one as by “Curtiss Stryker”.

Why Not You and I? Karl Edward Wagner (Dark Harvest 0-913165-25-5, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $34.95, 240pp, hc); Collection of 11 horror stories. It contains all of the stories from the September ’87 Tor book of the same title, plus two additional stories, “Lacunae” and “Lost Exits”. Full page illustrations by Ron & Val Lakey Lindahn. Limited to 300 signed numbered boxed copies.

Echoes of Valor ed. Karl Edward Wagner (Tor 0-812-55750-6, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $2.95, 286pp, pb); Anthology of 3 novelettes by Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, and Henry Kuttner. The Howard Conan story, “The Black Stranger”, appears here complete for the first time. The Leiber, “Adept’s Gambit”, a Grey Mouser/Fafhrd tale, appears here in its original 1947 form, which is different from its later book versions.

The Year’s Best Horror Stories: XV ed. Karl Edward Wagner (DAW 0-88677-226-5, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $3.50, 300pp, pb); Anthology of 18 horror stories from 1986.

All About Strange Monsters of the Recent Past Howard Waldrop (Ursus Imprints 0-942681-00-2, Jun ’87, $35.00, 125pp, hc); Collection by one of the wildest talents in short fiction; includes one original story. Introduction by Gardner Dozois. Numbered, signed (by Waldrop, Dozois, and the artists), slipcased, limited edition of 600 copies; illustrations in b&w and color by various artists. An elegantly designed book — highly recommended. (FCM)

Evil Water Ian Watson (Gollancz 0-575-03953-1, Mar ’87 [Aug ’87], £10.95, 200pp, hc); Sf collection.

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