The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Aunt Dimitys Good Deed Nancy Atherton (Viking 0-670-86715-2, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $20.95, 277pp, hc, cover by Jerry Lofaro) [Aunt Dimity] Mystery/ghost novel. Third in the series.
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The Dragon and the Unicorn A. A. Attanasio (HarperPrism 0-06-109297-5, Jun 96 [May 96], $16.00, 500pp, tp, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Arthor] Arthurian fantasy novel. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1994).
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The Dragon and the Unicorn A. A. Attanasio (SFBC #13589, Sep 96, $11.98, 500pp, hc, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Arthor] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1994) Arthurian fantasy novel. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the HarperPrism trade paperback edition; the jacket lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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Silent A. A. Attanasio & Robert S. Henderson (Dennis McMillan 0-939767-24-4, Mar 96 [Feb 96], $30.00, 295pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Associational novel of drugs and gangs. A contemporary retelling of The Illiad as the story of an outlaw biker who falls in love with a Mafia boss wife. Order from Dennis McMillan Publications, 2421 E. Speedway Boulevard, Tucson AZ 85719; 520-322-6315.
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Bluebeards Egg Margaret Atwood (Bantam 0-553-37860-0, Dec 96, $10.95, 244pp, tp, cover by Heather Cooper) Reprint (McClelland & Stewart 1983) literary collection with some fantasy.
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Deathlands: Bitter Fruit [by Laurence James] James Axler (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62535-9, Jan 97 [Dec 96], $5.50, 348pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
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Deathlands: Circle Thrice [by Laurence James] James Axler (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62532-4, Jun 96, $5.50, 349pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, set in the Tennessee.
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Deathlands: Crossways [by Laurence James] James Axler (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62530-8, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $4.99, 349pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, set in the Rockies.
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Deathlands: Eclipse at Noon [by Laurence James] James Axler (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.50, 347pp, pb, cover by Herring) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, #32 in the series.
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Deathlands: Stoneface [by Laurence James] James Axler (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62534-0, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $5.50, 347pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel. Ryan Cawdor visits Mt. Rushmore.
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The Lost Jonathan Aycliffe (HarperPrism 0-06-105225-6, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $16.00, 166pp, hc) Horror novel. A teacher discovers hes inherited more than just a castle in Transylvania. The author also writes as Daniel Easterman; the copyright is by Denis MacEoin.
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The Regulators Richard Bachman (SFBC #12345, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $8.98, 475pp, hc, cover by Mark Ryden) Reprint (Dutton; Hodder & Stoughton 1996) horror novel, companion to Stephen Kings Desperation from Viking. This is similar to the Dutton edition, but lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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The Face of Time Camille Bacon-Smith (DAW 0-88677-707-0, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $5.99, pb, cover by Jean-Francois Podevin) Dark fantasy novel. Scotland Yard officers track a serial killer, and find an ancient evil.
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Writing Horror and the Body Linda Badley (Greenwood Press 0-313-29716-9, Jun 96 [Oct 96], $55.00, 183pp, hc) Non-fiction, a critical examination of contemporary horror, subtitled The Fiction of Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Anne Rice; a sequel of sorts to Film, Horror, and the Body Fantastic, exploring the ways in which bodily forms and transformations in horror reflect the sense of self. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800.
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John Saul: A Critical Companion Paul Bail (Greenwood Press 0-313-29575-1, Jul 96 [Aug 96], $29.95, 203pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical guide to Sauls psychological and supernatural thrillers. There is a bibliography and an index. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [John Saul]
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Shadowdance Robin Wayne Bailey (White Wolf 1-56504-946-2, Mar 96 [Feb 96], $5.99, 537pp, pb, cover by Paul Lee) Dark fantasy novel. A spell requires a crippled man to dance every night, and those who watch him must act out their deepest, darkest desires.
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Shadowdance Robin Wayne Bailey (SFBC #12044, Jul 96 [Jun 96], $9.98, 370pp, hc, cover by Pat Morrissey) Reprint (White Wolf 1996) dark fantasy novel. The jacket lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back. First hardcover edition.
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Chaos Come Again Wilhelmina Baird (Ace 0-441-00369-9, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $12.00, 330pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Crashcourse] SF novel, set in the same universe as the Crashcourse series.
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Ancestral Hungers Scott Baker (Tor 0-312-86305-5, Jan 97 [Dec 96], $14.95, 320pp, tp, cover by Thomas Snowdon-Romer) Reprint (Tor 1995) vampire novel, an expanded version of Dhampire (Pocket 1982).
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Raptor Red Robert T. Bakker (Bantam 0-553-57561-9, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $6.50, 256pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) Reprint (Bantam UK; Bantam 1995) prehistoric novel about a female raptor, told from within her mind.
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The Defiance Bill Baldwin (Warner Aspect 0-446-60334-1, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $5.99, 361pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Helmsman] Military SF novel, seventh in the Helmsman series.
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Mathemagics Margaret Ball (Baen 0-671-87755-0, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) Fantasy novel. Brass Bra warrior Ruva moves to the suburbs in our universe so her daughter can get a better education, but an evil wizard follows.
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Crash J. G. Ballard (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Noonday 0-374-52412-2, Sep 96 [Oct 96], $12.00, 224pp, tp) [Crash] Reissue (Cape 1973) associational mainstream novel. This is a movie tie-in edition. Fifth printing.
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Rushing to Paradise J. G. Ballard (St. Martins/Picador 0-312-13415-0, May 96 [Apr 96], $12.00, 239pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 1994) associational novel about a Utopian compound on a remote tropical island.
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A Users Guide to the Millennium: Essays and Reviews J. G. Ballard (St. Martins/Picador 0-312-14440-7, May 96 [Apr 96], $23.00, 304pp, hc) Associational collection of reviews and essays. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1996).
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Feersum Endjinn Iain M. Banks (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57358-6, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Orbit 1994) SF novel. A man has only one life left in which to find his assassin, and save Earth from an encroaching gas cloud.
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The Venetians Wife Nick Bantock (Chronicle Books 0-8118-1140-9, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $22.95, 131pp, hc, cover by Nick Bantock) Literary, illustrated fantasy novel, subtitled A Strangely Sensual Tale of a Renaissance Explorer, a Computer, and a Metamorphosis. A museum worker is transformed by a quest for sculptures.
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The Venetians Wife Nick Bantock (BOMC/QPBC, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $17.95, 131pp, hc, cover by Nick Bantock) Reprint (Chronicle Books 1996) illustrated, epistolary fantasy novel. This is similar to the Chronicle Books edition, except it lacks a price and has the QPBC mark on the back jacket.
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Books of Blood, Volume One Clive Barker (Berkley 0-425-08389-6, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $5.99, 255pp, pb) Reissue (Sphere 1984) horror collection. 23rd printing.
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Books of Blood, Volume Three Clive Barker (Berkley 0-425-09347-6, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $5.99, 258pp, pb) Reissue (Sphere 1984) horror collection. 19th printing.
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Books of Blood, Volume Two Clive Barker (Berkley 0-425-08739-5, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $5.99, 261pp, pb) Reissue (Sphere 1984) horror collection. 17th printing.
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The Damnation Game Clive Barker (Berkley 0-425-12793-1, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $6.99, 433pp, pb, cover by M. C. Escher) Reissue (Weidenfeld & Nicholson 1985) horror novel. 11th printing.
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Forms of Heaven: Three Plays Clive Barker (HarperPrism 0-06-105270-1, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $23.00, 378pp, hc, cover by Clive Barker) Collection of three plays, all magical comedies: Crazyface, Paradise Street, and Subtle Bodies. There is an introduction by Barker, along with production notes for each play.
- ix · Laughter, Love and Chocolate: An Introduction · in
- 1 · Crazyface · pl
- 131 · Paradise Street · pl
- 229 · Subtle Bodies · pl
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Sacrament Clive Barker (HarperCollins 0-06-017949-X, Jul 96 [Jun 96], $25.00, 447pp, hc, cover by Phil Heffernan) Fantasy novel. A wildlife photographer worried about endangered species and AIDS experiences dark flashbacks after being clawed by a bear. Simultaneous with the UK (HarperCollins UK).
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Weaveworld Clive Barker (Pocket 0-671-70418-4, Jun 96 [May 96], $6.99, 704pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Reissue (Collins; Poseidon 1987) fantasy novel. Eighth printing.
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Barlowes Guide to Fantasy Wayne Barlowe (HarperPrism 0-06-100817-6, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $19.95, 101pp, tp, cover by Wayne Barlowe) Art book with portraits of (mostly non-human) fantasy characters, each with a page describing the book and character. A hardcover edition -105238-8, $35.00) is also available.
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Kaleidoscope Century John Barnes (Tor 0-812-53346-1, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel set in a dark, harrowing 21st century.
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One for the Morning Glory John Barnes (Tor 0-312-86106-0, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $22.95, 319pp, hc, cover by Charles Vess) Absurd fantasy novel. Four mysterious companions help a prince deal with a curse that made his left side completely disappear.
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Pattons Spaceship John Barnes (HarperPrism 0-06-105659-6, Jan 97 [Dec 96], $5.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Vincent DiFate) [Timeline Wars] Military SF novel of war across alternate Earths. First book in the Timeline Wars series.
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Blood Brothers Steven Barnes (Tor 0-312-85707-1, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $24.95, 382pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel of ancient African sorcery and contemporary racism.
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The Deepest Sea Charles Barnitz (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45504-5, May 96 [Apr 96], $5.99, 540pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) Fantasy novel. An Irish Viking goes questing in 8th-century Europe where old magics fight to survive new Christian ways. A first novel.
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Babylon 5: Book 5: The Touch of Your Shadow, the Whisper of Your Name Neal Barrett, Jr. (Dell 0-440-22230-3, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $5.50, 248pp, pb, cover by Bob Larkin) [Babylon 5] SF novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Dell Publishing.
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Skinny Annie Blues Neal Barrett, Jr. (Kensington 1-57566-058-X, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $21.95, 250pp, hc, cover by Lisa Henderling) Associational mystery novel.
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Peter Pan J. M. Barrie (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-036674-1, Jan 96 [Feb 96], $3.99, 242pp, tp, cover by Keith Scaife) [Peter Pan] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1911) classic young-adult fantasy novel. This is a repackaged, worldwide edition of the Puffin 1994 edition with an introduction by Naomi Lewis and illustrations by Elisa Trimby. Sixth printing.
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The Lost Years of Merlin T. A. Barron (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-23018-1, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $19.95, 326pp, tp, cover by Mike Wimmer) [Lost Years of Merlin] Young-adult Arthurian fantasy, volume one in a trilogy. A boy with amnesia washes up on the Welsh shore, and turns out to have strange powers and a great destiny.
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The Merlin Effect T. A. Barron (Tor 0-812-55169-9, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $5.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Reprint (Putnam/Philomel 1994) young-adult Arthurian fantasy about a modern girl and a sunken treasure ship.
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Acts of Conscience William Barton (Warner Aspect 0-446-67251-3, Jan 97 [Dec 96], $12.99, 400pp, tp, cover by Wayne Barlowe) SF novel.
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World of Darkness: As One Dead Don Bassingthwaite & Nancy Kilpatrick (White Wolf 1-56504-875-X, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $5.99, 412pp, pb, cover by Drew Tucker) [World of Darkness] Horror novelization set in the world of the role-playing game Vampire: the Masquerade. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
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Peter Nevsky and the True Story of the Russian Moon Landing John Calvin Batchelor (Holt/Owl 0-8050-4667-4, Jul 96 [Jun 96], $15.00, 499pp, tp, cover by Royce Becker) Reprint (Holt 1993) satirical SF novel.
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Branch and Crown Gael Baudino (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45553-3, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $5.99, 333pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) [Water!] Alternate-history/fantasy novel, book three of Water!.
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Thwonk Joan Bauer (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21980-9, Jun 96 [May 96], $3.99, 215pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 1995) young-adult fantasy novel about a girl with her own personal cupid.
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Our Landlady L. Frank Baum (University of Nebraska Press/Bison 0-8032-1221-6, Apr 96, $35.00, 285pp, hc) Associational collection of newspaper columns from the Aberdeen Saturday Pioneer (Aberdeen, South Dakota) edited and annotated by Nancy Tystad Koupal. University of Nebraska Press, Bison Books, 312 North 14th, Lincoln NE 68588-0484; 800-755-1105.
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Tik-Tok of Oz L. Frank Baum (Morrow Junior/Books of Wonder 0-688-13355-X, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $22.00, 272pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Britton 1914) young-adult fantasy, a Books of Wonder hardcover classic facsimile of the first edition, illustrated by John R. Neill. A brief new editors note by Peter Glassman discusses how the book started as a play.
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Ring Stephen Baxter (HarperPrism 0-06-105694-4, Jun 96 [May 96], $5.99, 502pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Xeelee] SF novel, final part of the Xeelee series. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 1994).
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Voyage Stephen Baxter (HarperPrism 0-06-105258-2, Jan 97 [Dec 96], $23.00, 511pp, hc) SF novel. First US edition (Voyager 1996).
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Prism Austin Bay (HarperCollins 0-06-017525-7, Jul 96 [Jun 96], $21.00, 234pp, hc) Near-future technothriller of psychic agents and global conspiracy.
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The Unicorn Sonata Peter S. Beagle (Turner 1-57036-288-2, Oct 96, $16.95, 154pp, hc, cover by Robert Rodriguez) Fantasy novella. A Chicana in Los Angeles follows ghostly music into a magical world, where the unicorns have a strange disease. Full-color illustrations by Robert Rodriguez.
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The Unauthorized Anne Rice Companion George Beahm (Andrews & McMeel 0-8362-1036-0, May 96 [Apr 96], $12.95, 246pp, tp) Non-fiction, reference; a guide to Rices life and works. [Anne Rice]
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Blood Music Greg Bear (Ace 0-441-00348-6, Jul 96 [Jun 96], $13.95, 247pp, tp, cover by Doug Struthers) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) classic biotech SF novel, expanded from a Hugo-winning novelette. The book was both a Nebula and Hugo nominee.
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Legacy Greg Bear (Tor 0-812-52481-0, Jun 96 [May 96], $6.99, 471pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Eon] Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel of The Way, a prequel to Eon.
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Songs of Earth and Power Greg Bear (Tor 0-812-53603-7, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $6.99, 697pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Infinity Concerto] Reprint (Legend 1992) omnibus of two fantasy novels, The Infinity Concerto and its sequel The Serpent Mage.
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New Legends ed. Greg Bear & Martin H. Greenberg (Tor 0-312-86201-6, Jun 96 [May 96], $13.95, 379pp, tp, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Legend 1995) original SF anthology.
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Bloodletter Warren Newton Beath (Tor 0-812-53393-3, Jun 96 [May 96], $5.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) Reprint (Tor 1994) horror novel about a writer who thinks his vampire creation is real.
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Bram Stoker: A Biography of the Author of Dracula Barbara Belford (Knopf 0-679-41832-6, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $30.00, 381pp, hc) Non-fiction biography, covering Stokers life both as an author and as manager of Londons Lyceum Theatre. There is a selected bibliography and and index. [Bram Stoker]
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Hard Curves Julie Bell (Thunders Mouth Press 1-56025-131-X, Sep 96 [Nov 96], $19.95, 127pp, tp, cover by Julie Bell) Art book with text by Nigel Suckling, and a forward by Hank Rose. First US edition (Dragons World 1995).
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The Curse of the Blue Figurine John Bellairs (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038005-1, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $3.99, 200pp, pb, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1983) young-adult fantasy novel, first in the Johnny Dixon series.
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The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt John Bellairs (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038007-8, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $3.99, 168pp, pb, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1983) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Johnny Dixon series.
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Sailing Bright Eternity Gregory Benford (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57332-2, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $5.99, 445pp, pb, cover by Pamela Lee) [Nigel Walmsley; Galactic Center] Reprint (Gollancz 1995) SF novel. Final book in both the Nigel Walmsley and the Galactic Center series.
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Far Futures ed. Gregory Benford (SFBC #11254, Mar 96, $11.98, 348pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 1995) original anthology of five previously unpublished stories by Poul Anderson, Charles Sheffield, Joe Haldeman, Greg Bear, and Donald M. Kingsbury. 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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Keeper of the King Nigel Bennett & P. N. Elrod (Baen/Starline 0-671-87759-3, Jan 97 [Dec 96], $21.00, 400pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Lancelot: vampire] Arthurian vampire novel. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett and Associates.
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The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson E. F. Benson (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0365-2, Nov 96 [Dec 96], $12.95, 624pp, tp) Reissue (Robinson; Carroll & Graf 1992) collection of 54 literary ghost stories. Edited by Richard Dalby, with a foreword by Joan Aiken. Second printing.
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The Disciples of Cthulhu ed. Edward P. Berglund (Chaosium 1-56882-054-2, Mar 96, $10.95, 258pp, tp, cover by H. E. Fassl) Reprint (DAW 1976) anthology of nine stories, one original. This second revised edition has a new preface by Edward P. Berglund, and new illustrations by Earl Geier. The Ramsey Campbell and Brian Lumley stories have been slightly revised. Dropped from this edition are stories by Lin Carter and Joseph Payne Brennan; new to this edition are stories by A.A. Attanasio and Robert M. Price (the one original).
- vi · Preface to the Revised Edition · Edward P. Berglund · pr
- viii · Preface to the Original Edition · Edward P. Berglund · pr
- x · Introduction · Robert Bloch · in
- 1 · The Fairground Horror · Brian Lumley · nv The Disciples of Cthulhu, ed. Edward P. Berglund, DAW, 1976; revised
- 35 · The Silence of Erika Zann · James Wade · ss The Disciples of Cthulhu, ed. Edward P. Berglund, DAW, 1976
- 45 · All-Eye · Bob Van Laerhoven · ss The Disciples of Cthulhu, ed. Edward P. Berglund, DAW, 1976
- 57 · The Tugging [Severn Valley] · Ramsey Campbell · nv The Disciples of Cthulhu, ed. Edward P. Berglund, DAW, 1976; revised
- 83 · Where Yidhra Walks · Walter C. DeBill, Jr. · nv The Disciples of Cthulhu, ed. Edward P. Berglund, DAW, 1976
- 111 · Glimpses · A. A. Attanasio · nv Nameless Places, ed. Gerald W. Page, Arkham House, 1975
- 140 · Dope War of the Black Tong · Robert M. Price · nv *
- 167 · Darkness, My Name Is · Eddy C. Bertin · nv The Disciples of Cthulhu, ed. Edward P. Berglund, DAW, 1976
- 214 · The Terror from the Depths · Fritz Leiber · na The Disciples of Cthulhu, ed. Edward P. Berglund, DAW, 1976
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Child of the Journey Janet Berliner & George Guthridge (White Wolf 1-56504-942-X, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $5.99, 469pp, pb, cover by Matt Manley) [Madagascar Manifesto] Dark fantasy novel, second book in the Madagascar Manifesto trilogy.
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The China Garden Liz Berry (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-31248-6, Mar 96, $18.00, 285pp, hc, cover by Hilary Mosberg) Young-adult fantasy novel. A teen discovers family secrets, a lost garden, and ancient magics. First US edition (Gollancz 1994).
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