The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Maskerade Terry Pratchett (Gollancz 0-575-05808-0, Nov 95 [Oct 95], £15.99, 285pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Humorous fantasy novel. Book 18 in the Discworld series. Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg, still trying to make two do the work of three, spend a night at the opera.
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Mort Terry Pratchett (Gollancz 0-575-06167-7, Oct 95, £4.99, 375pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1987) humorous fantasy novel. Book 4 in the Discworld series. Mini-mini-hardback gift edition.
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Soul Music Terry Pratchett (Corgi 0-552-14029-5, May 95 [Mar 95], £4.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1994) humorous SF/fantasy novel. Volume 16 in the Discworld series.
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The Witches Trilogy Terry Pratchett (Gollancz 0-575-05896-X, Apr 95, £9.99, 592pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1994) first trade edition (originally for W.H. Smiths only) of the omnibus of three Discworld novels featuring the Discworld witches.
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The Discworld Companion Terry Pratchett & Stephen Briggs (Gollancz 0-575-06002-6, Jul 95 [Jun 95], £6.99, 288pp, tp, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1994) guide to the Discworld. Encyclopaedic list of all its places, people, histories, institutions, artifacts and creatures. Copyrighted 1994 and 1995, there may be some minor revisions.
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A Discworld Mapp Terry Pratchett & Stephen Briggs (Corgi 0-552-14324-3, Nov 95, £5.99, ii+28pp, pb, cover by Stephen Player) [Discworld] Humorous reference work. A fold-out poster-size map of the Discworld (artwork by Player), plus a 28-page booklet with introductions by Briggs and Pratchett, followed by biographies of some explorers who generally learned that Discworld travel broadened the mind and shortened the lifespan.
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Elfgift Susan Price (Scholastic UK 0-590-13157-5, Aug 95, £3.99, 256pp, pb, cover by David Scutt) [Elfgift] Young-adult fantasy novel. A dying king chooses his elf-born son as successor; the boys three brothers scheme to destroy him. A Point Fantasy book.
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Horror Stories ed. Susan Price (Kingfisher 1-85697-187-2, Sep 95 [Nov 95], £4.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Mark Taylor) Young-adult horror anthology of 24 stories, ranging from Poe, Dickens, and Blackwood to Philip K. Dick, T.H. White, and Stephen King. Illustrated by Harry Horse. A hardcover edition (-321-2, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
- 7 · The Kit-Bag · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Dec 08
- 24 · Here There Be Tygers · Stephen King · ss Ubris Spr 68
- 31 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Jan 12
- 47 · Beyond Lies the Wub · Philip K. Dick · ss Planet Stories Jul 52
- 59 · Feeding the Dog · Susan Price · ss Here Lies Price, Faber and Faber, 1987
- 63 · Teddies Rule, OK? · Nicholas Fisk · ss Sweets from a Stranger, Penguin, 1982
- 76 · Grendel the Monster · Eleanor Farjeon · ss Mighty Men, Basil Blackwell, 1925
- 85 · A Grave Misunderstanding · Leon Garfield · ss Guardian Angels, ed. Stephanie Nettell, Viking Kestrel, 1987
- 91 · Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Sep 8, 1860
- 96 · Something · Joan Aiken · ss A Fit of Shivers, London: Gollancz, 1990
- 107 · The Hand · Guy de Maupassant; trans. by Arnold Kellet · ss, 1989
- 116 · The Boy Next Door · Ellen Emerson White · nv Thirteen: Tales of Horror, ed. Tonya Pines, Scholastic, 1991
- 136 · The Murder Hole · Scottish Folktale · ss
- 140 · The Famous Five Go Pillaging · Terry Jones & Michael Palin · ss Bert Feggs Nasty Book for Boys and Girls, Eyre Methuen, 1974
- 143 · The Affair at 7, Rue de M · John Steinbeck · ss Harpers Bazaar Apr 55
- 153 · A Change of Aunts · Vivien Alcock · ss Ghostly Companions, London: Methuen, 1984
- 166 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Godeys Ladys Book Nov, 1846
- 175 · The Pear-Drum · English Folktale · vi Journal of Folklore #66 55
- 178 · The Dog Got Them · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural, New York: Crowell, 1977
- 189 · Gabriel-Ernest · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette May 23 09
- 198 · Nule · Jan Mark · ss Nothing to Be Afraid of, Kestrel, 1977
- 209 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Idler Mar, 1893
- 219 · The Ring · Margaret Bingley · nv Point Horror, ed. A. Finnis, Scholastic UK, 1994
- 241 · The Troll · T. H. White · ss Gone to Ground, 1935
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The Prestige Christopher Priest (Simon & Schuster UK/Touchstone 0-671-71924-6, Sep 95 [Jul 95], £15.99, 404pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. A journalist investigating a strange story finds his life entwined with a 19th century tragedy.
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The Ultimate Guide to Science Fiction: Second Edition David Pringle (Scolar Press UK 1-85928-071-4, Feb 95 [Jan 95], £35.00, 481pp, hc) Reference book. A major revision of the Grafton 1990 edition. Index to more than 3500 novels, collections and anthologies, with synopses, critical comments and extensive notes on sequels, related items, and film versions. Available from Gower House, Croft Rd, Aldershot, Hants GU11 3HR.
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Warhammer: Red Thirst ed. David Pringle (Boxtree 0-7522-0975-2, Mar 95, £4.99, 226pp, pb, cover by John Sibbick) [Warhammer] Reprint (GW Books 1990) collection of six fantasy stories set in the Warhammer universe, including Steve Baxter, plus Kim Newman, and Brian Stableford under pseudonyms.
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Warhammer: Wolf Riders ed. David Pringle (Boxtree 0-7522-0869-1, Mar 95, £4.99, 202pp, pb, cover by Paul Bonner) [Warhammer] Reprint (GW Books 1989) collection of eight fantasy stories set in the Warhammer universe, including pseudonymous work from Kim Newman, Brian Stableford, and Charles Platt.
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Angels of Mourning John Pritchard (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648013-6, Mar 95 [Feb 95], £4.99, 434pp, pb) [Night Sisters] Horror novel. Sequel to Night Sisters.
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His Dark Materials: Northern Lights Philip Pullman (Scholastic UK 0-590-54178-1, Jul 95, £12.99, 399pp, hc, cover by David Scutt) [His Dark Materials] Young-adult fantasy novel; Book 1 of a trilogy. Set in a world like, and unlike, our own, where daemons scuttle along English streets, and the mysterious Dust swirls invisibly through the air. A young womans search for her missing friend leads her to the incredible lands of the North, and their bleak horrors.
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Gravitys Rainbow Thomas Pynchon (Vintage UK 0-09-953321-9, Jul 95 [Sep 95], £6.99, 760pp, tp, cover by Paul Burgess) Reprint (Viking 1973) very literary SF novel.
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V. Thomas Pynchon (Vintage UK 0-09-953331-6, Feb 95, £6.99, 492pp, tp) Reprint (Lippincott 1963) literary novel with fantasy elements.
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The Garden of Unearthly Delights Robert Rankin (Doubleday UK 0-385-40515-4, Oct 95, £14.99, 253pp, hc, cover by Ian Murray) Fantasy novel: Earth leaves behind a time of science, cause and effect, and enters a time of magic, myth, and mirth.
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The Greatest Show Off Earth Robert Rankin (Corgi 0-552-13924-6, Apr 95 [Mar 95], £4.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Ian Murray) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1994) humorous SF novel. Having barely escaped being on a Venusian menu, Raymond finds sanctuary with a circus on its space-travelling Victorian steamship.
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The Most Amazing Man Who Ever Lived Robert Rankin (Doubleday UK 0-385-40514-6, Apr 95 [Mar 95], £14.99, 267pp, hc, cover by Ian Murray) Humorous fantasy novel. God closes down Hell and overcrowds Heaven, and one soul uses the confusion to reincarnate repeatedly and gain great power.
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Dragon Star: Book III: Skybowl Melanie Rawn (Pan 0-330-33318-6, Aug 95 [Jul 95], £5.99, 672pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Star] Reprint (DAW 1993) Fantasy novel. Last of the trilogy after Stronghold and The Dragon Token. Set in the same world as the Dragon Prince series.
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The Dragon Token Melanie Rawn (Pan 0-330-32898-0, Jan 95 [Dec 94], £5.99, 574pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Star] Reprint (DAW 1992) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Dragon Star series.
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Skybowl Melanie Rawn (Macmillan UK 0-333-62819-5, Jan 95 [Dec 94], £15.99, 672pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Dragon Star] Reprint (DAW 1993) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Dragon Star series. [First U.K. edition]
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Diamond Nebula Jeremy Reed (Peter Owen 0-7206-0922-4, May 95, £9.95, 200pp, tp, cover by Thomi Wroblewski) Reprint (Peter Owen 1994) literary SF novel. This is the original hardback internally, including its 1994 date and ISBN. including its 1994 date and ISBN of 0-7206-0891-0.
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Child of Thunder Mickey Zucker Reichert (Millennium 1-85798-234-7, Nov 95 [Oct 95], £5.99, 497pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Renshai] Reprint (DAW 1993) fantasy novel. Third book of the Last of the Renshai series.
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The Western Wizard Mickey Zucker Reichert (Millennium 1-85798-148-0, Apr 95 [Mar 95], £5.99, 502pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Renshai] Reprint (DAW 1992) fantasy novel, second book of the Last of the Renshai series.
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Star Wreck 6: Geek Space Nine Leah Rewolinski (Boxtree 0-7522-0692-3, Mar 95, £3.99, 136pp, pb, cover by Bob Larkin) [Star Wreck] Reprint (St. Martins 1994) humorous SF novel. Book 6 in the series of spoofs of Star Trek and its spin-offs. [First U.K. edition]
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Star Wreck 7: Fido Frontier Leah Rewolinski (Boxtree 0-7522-0697-4, Mar 95, £3.99, 134pp, pb, cover by Bob Larkin) [Star Wreck] Reprint (St. Martins 1994) humorous SF novel. Book 7 in the series of spoofs of Star Trek and Star Trek, The Next Generation. [First U.K. edition]
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Memnoch the Devil Anne Rice (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6320-8, Sep 95, £15.99, 354pp, hc) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1995) dark fantasy novel. Fifth, and perhaps last, of The Vampire Chronicles. [First U.K. edition]
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The Queen of the Damned Anne Rice (Warner UK 0-7088-6072-9, Nov 94, £5.99, 573pp, pb) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1988) horror novel. Volume 3 in the Vampire Chronicles.
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Taltos Anne Rice (Arrow 0-09-943681-7, Sep 95 [Aug 95], £5.99, 520pp, pb) [Mayfair Witches] Reprint (Knopf 1994) horror novel. Third in the Mayfair Witches series.
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The Vampire Lestat Anne Rice (Warner UK 0-7088-3153-2, Nov 94 [Jan 95], £5.99, 599pp, pb) [Vampire Chronicles] Reprint (Knopf 1985) horror novel. Volume 2 in the Vampire Chronicles.
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Doctor Who: System Shock Justin Richards (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20445-X, Jun 95, £4.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Martin Rawle) [Doctor Who] Novelisation based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
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Night Feast Tony Richards (Pan 0-330-33310-0, Jan 95, £5.99, 537pp, pb, cover by George Underwood) Horror novel. Gods of ancient Egypt live on in the immortal bodies of their high priests, feeding on mankinds dark emotions.
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December Phil Rickman (Pan 0-330-33677-0, Dec 95 [Nov 95], £5.99, 648pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1994) horror novel. The rediscovery of musical tapes recorded on the night of John Lennons murder awaken ancient evils.
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The Doctors: 30 Years of Time Travel Adrian Rigelsford (Boxtree 0-7522-0959-0, Feb 95 [Jan 95], £14.99, 192pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Illustrated study of the Doctor Who TV series. Including a synopsis of every serial broadcast from 1963 to 1989.
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The Oracle Glass Judith Merkle Riley (Coronet 0-340-60993-1, Feb 95 [Jan 95], £5.99, 486pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1994) fantasy novel set at the court of Louis XIV in 17th century France. Recommended (IC).
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The Aachen Memorandum Andrew Roberts (Weidenfeld 0-297-81619-5, Oct 95 [Dec 95], £15.99, 280pp, hc) SF novel. A dystopian satire in a European superstate of 2045.
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Dagger Lane Ann Victoria Roberts (Arrow 0-09-943601-9, May 95 [Apr 95], £4.99, 504pp, pb, cover by Ben Warner) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1994) ghost story. A writer enduring a troubled marriage discovers that a historical tragedy - an 18th century farmers wife condemned for witchcraft - is the mask for a more ancient and violent legend of a black hound that feeds on misery.
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Doctor Who: The Romance of Crime Gareth Roberts (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20435-2, Jan 95, £4.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on characters from the TV show, part of the new Missing Adventures series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
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Doctor Who: Zamper Gareth Roberts (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20450-6, Aug 95 [Sep 95], £4.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Tony Masero) [Doctor Who] Novelisation based on the TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
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Pavane Keith Roberts (Gollancz 0-575-06103-0, Dec 95 [Nov 95], £5.99, viii+279pp, pb, cover by Ian Miller) [Pavane] Reprint (Rupert Hart-Davis 1968) SF mosaic novel. Classic alternate-Earth novel of a world with Elizabeth I assassinated and 20th century England still held in the repressive grip of the Church of Rome feeling the first stirrings of rebellion. This edition follows the US edition (Doubleday 1968) which added The White Boat.
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The Gold Coast Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648020-9, Apr 95 [Mar 95], £4.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Orange County] Reprint (Tor 1988) SF novel in the Orange County series.
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Pacific Edge Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21457-7, Jul 95, £4.99, 280pp, pb) [Orange County] Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1990) SF novel in the Orange County trilogy.
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The Wild Shore Kim Stanley Robinson (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648019-5, Jan 95 [Dec 94], £4.99, 343pp, pb) [Orange County] Reprint (Ace 1984) SF novel.
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All Shook Up Nigel Robinson (Boxtree 0-7522-0986-8, Feb 95, £2.99, 133pp, pb, cover by Paul Campbell) Young-adult horror novel: an ancient stone circle, discovered beneath a schools grounds, is an evil entitys gateway into our world.
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Tomorrow People: Monsoon Man Nigel Robinson (Boxtree 0-7522-0642-7, Apr 95, £3.99, 123pp, pb) [Tomorrow People] SF novelisation.
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Tomorrow People: The Culex Experiment Nigel Robinson (Boxtree 0-7522-0637-0, Apr 95, £3.99, 155pp, pb) [Tomorrow People] SF novelisation from the TV series about teenagers who can teleport and read minds.
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The Tomorrow People: The Living Stones Nigel Robinson (Sapling 0-7522-0652-4, Nov 95, £3.99, 140pp, pb) [Tomorrow People] SF novelisation.
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The Tomorrow People: The Rameses Connection Nigel Robinson (Sapling 0-7522-0647-8, Nov 95, £3.99, 180pp, pb) [Tomorrow People] SF novelisation.
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Lady Stanhopes Manuscript and Other Supernatural Tales ed. Barbara Roden (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-01-X, Dec 94 [Apr 95], £5.00, 55pp, ph, cover by Pat Walsh) Anthology of 5 original ghost/supernatural tales, with an Introduction by the editor, and illustrations by Walsh, Goffin, Maloret and Hunter. Issued as a booklet in card covers.
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Pandora Alan Rodgers (Millennium 1-85798-248-7, Jun 95, £4.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Geoffrey Dove) Reprint (Bantam 1995) SF/horror novel. A government UFO coverup of a craft shot down in the 1950s includes an angry alien child with the power to alter space/time. [First U.K. edition]
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The Lord of Middle Air Michael Scott Rohan (Gollancz 0-575-06099-9, Oct 95, £5.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Ian Miller) Reprint (Gollancz 1994) fantasy novel set in the thirteenth century, and based on the Border stories of Scotland. Rohan is a descendant of the main protagonist.
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Two Ghost Stories L. T. C. Rolt (BC Enterprises 1-899562-00-1, Nov 94 [Apr 95], £5.50, iv+16pp, tp) Collection of two stories, plus an Introduction by Christopher Roden. Edited by Christopher and Barbara Roden, it was produced for The Ghost Story Society Convention in 1994. A card-covered booklet, with illustrations by Dallas Goffin.
- i · Introduction · Christopher Roden · in (*), 1994
- 1 · The Shouting · ss The Thrill of Horror, ed. Hugh Lamb, London: W.H. Allen, 1975
- 7 · The House of Vengeance · ss The Taste of Fear, ed. Hugh Lamb, London: W.H. Allen, 1976
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Counterparts Nicholas Royle (Penguin 0-14-024386-0, Mar 95, £5.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Colum Leith) Reprint (Barrington 1993) literary fantasy novel.
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Galax-Arena Gillian Rubinstein (Mammoth 0-7497-1984-2, May 95, £3.50, 138pp, pb) Reprint (Hyland House 1992) young-adult SF novel about two children kidnapped by aliens.
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Alien Influences Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Millennium 1-85798-249-5, Jun 95, £4.99, 424pp, pb) Reprint (Millennium 1994) SF novel. The impressionable children of human colonists come under the influence of aliens.
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The Fey: Sacrifice Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Millennium 1-85798-271-1, Aug 95, £8.99, 550pp, tp, cover by David OConnor) [Fey] Fantasy novel. The warlike Fey finally manage to invade the isolated Blue Isle, but are unable to subdue the inhabitants, and find themselves confined to an invisible forest fortress, waging guerilla warfare. A hardcover edition (-270-3, £15.99) is also available.
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Sins of the Blood Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Millennium 1-85798-450-1, May 95, £8.99, 357pp, tp, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Dell 1994) fantasy/horror novel. Contemporary vampires have evolved the ability to make children. [First U.K. edition]
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Sins of the Blood Kristine Kathryn Rusch (Millennium 1-85798-243-6, Dec 95, £5.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Dell Abyss 1994) dark fantasy novel.
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Midnights Children Salman Rushdie (Vintage UK 0-09-957851-4, May 95 [Jun 95], £5.99, 463pp, tp, cover by Ian Howard) Reprint (Cape 1980) literary fantasy novel.
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Doctor Who: Invasion of the Cat-People Gary Russell (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20440-9, Aug 95 [Sep 95], £4.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Colin Howard) [Doctor Who] Novelisation based on the TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
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The Barber of Aldebaran William Moy Russell (Janus 1-85756-129-5, Mar 95, £7.95, 190pp, tp) Humorous SF novel. When all the robots on Aldebaran malfunction, Harri Balsam, ideas man for Robotics Inc., attempts a solution that comically affects everyone. The second half is even funnier than the first, as pheromones run wildan astonishing and prescient plot, since this witty and adult tale was written in 1954 and 1955! (IC)
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Mask of the Night Mary Ryan (Headline 0-7472-1003-9, Nov 94 [Jan 95], £16.99, 312pp, hc, cover by Benjamin Russell-Warner) Romance novel with supernatural elements of witchcraft and reincarnation.
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Black Lightning John Saul (Bantam UK 0-593-03758-8, Aug 95, £15.99, 331pp, hc) Supernatural horror novel. The execution of a serial murder doesnt stop murders which resemble those of the killer. Simultaneous with the US (Fawcett Columbine) edition.
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The Homing John Saul (Bantam UK 0-553-40859-3, Aug 95, £4.99, 414pp, pb) Reprint (Fawcett Columbine 1994) horror novel about a small California town under the spell of an ancient evil.
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Far-Seer Robert J. Sawyer (NEL 0-340-61802-7, Jan 95 [Dec 94], £4.99, 257pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Quintaglio Ascension] Reprint (Ace 1992) SF novel. The first book of The Quintaglio Ascension. [First U.K. edition]
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Foreigner Robert J. Sawyer (NEL 0-340-61804-3, Jul 95, £5.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Quintaglio Ascension] Reprint (Ace 1994) SF novel. Third volume of The Quintaglio Ascension trilogy, set in a world of intelligent, tool-using dinosaurs. [First U.K. edition]
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