The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Worm Songs Ann Coburn (Red Fox 0-09-964311-1, Oct 96, £2.99, 118pp, pb, cover by Angelo Renaldi) [Borderland Sequence] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book One in The Borderlands Sequence set on the border of two countries, and the membrane between past and present. A hardcover from The Bodley Head (0-370-32342-4, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
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Dark Love ed. Nancy Collins, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-65442-2, Jan 96, £9.99, 402pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) original anthology of 22 sexual horror stories.
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Dark Love ed. Nancy Collins, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer (NEL 0-340-65439-2, Jul 96, £6.99, 402pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Roc; Hodder & Stoughton 1995) original anthology of dark fantasy.
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Back of Town Blues D. G. Compton (Gollancz 0-575-06253-3, May 96, £15.99, 208pp, hc) [Alec Duncan] Near-future SF mystery featuring black Scots ex-policeman Alec Duncan.
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Scenting Hallowed Blood Storm Constantine (Signet UK 0-451-18929-9, Oct 96, £5.99, 357pp, pb) [Grigori Trilogy] Fantasy novel. Second in the Grigori Trilogy after Stalking Tender Prey.
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Night School Caroline B. Cooney (Scholastic UK 0-590-13513-9, Mar 96, £3.50, 187pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic/Point 1995) young-adult horror novel. An instructor with strange powers leads students into evil. A Point Horror book. [First U.K. edition]
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Point Horror 3: The Caroline B. Cooney Special Edition Caroline B. Cooney (Scholastic UK 0-590-54288-5, Oct 96, £6.99, 378pp, hc) Young-adult horror omnibus of Freeze Tag, The Stranger, and Twins.
- 1 · Freeze Tag · n. Scholastic, 1992
- 129 · The Stranger · n. Scholastic, 1993
- 259 · Twins · n. Scholastic, 1994
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The Nightmares on Elm Street Omnibus Jeffrey Cooper & Joseph Locke (Warner UK 0-7515-1758-5, Dec 96, £7.99, vi+436pp, pb) [Freddy] Dark fantasy omnibus of two novelisations: The Nightmares on Elm Street: Parts 1, 2, 3: The Continuing Story by Cooper (St. Martins, 1987), and The Nightmares on Elm Street: Parts 4 &5 by Locke (St. Martins, 1989). Illustrated with 16 pages of stills.
- i · The Nightmares on Elm Street: Parts 1, 2, 3: The Continuing Story · Jeffrey Cooper · n. New York: St. Martins, 1987
- 265 · The Nightmares on Elm Street: Parts 4 & 5 · Locke. Joseph · n. New York: St. Martins, 1989
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Blood Dance Louise Cooper (Puffin 0-14-037638-0, May 96 [Aug 96], £2.99, 102pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult dark fantasy novel.
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Daughter of Storms Louise Cooper (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-64070-7, Apr 96 [May 96], £3.99, 255pp, pb, cover by John Avon) [Shar Tillmer] Young-adult fantasy novel.
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Firespell Louise Cooper (Puffin 0-14-037366-7, Jan 96, £2.99, 115pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult dark fantasy novel in Puffins new Dark Enchantment series. A topaz shows a young woman the man who will love her or destroy her.
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The Kings Demon Louise Cooper (Headline 0-7472-1715-7, Nov 96 [Oct 96], £16.99, 314pp, hc, cover by J. Sullivan) Fantasy novel. A young woman, bereft of memory but possessed of a ghostly vampiric twin, becomes a pawn in a plan of murderous revenge.
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Star Trek: Black Fire Sonni Cooper (Titan 1-85286-308-0, Apr 96, £4.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1983) SF novelization. Fourth printing.
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The Burning Mountain Alfred Coppel (Severn House 0-7278-4884-4, Feb 96 [Jan 96], £17.99, 438pp, hc, cover by Tony Masero) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1983) alternate-world historical novel, in which the atomic bomb fails its test at Los Alamos, and the bombing of Japan is postponed. This is the first UK hardback. Copyrighted 1993, but not seen until now.
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The Flesh Endures Cleo Cordell (Signet UK 0-451-18914-0, Dec 96, £5.99, 309pp, pb) [Flesh Endures] Erotic dark fantasy novel. Book 1 of a trilogy.
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The Sorrows of Satan Marie Corelli (Oxford University Press 0-19-283220-4, May 96 [Jun 96], £5.99, xxii+390pp, tp, cover by David Axtell) Reprint (Methuen 1895) fantasy novel. Subtitled or The Strange Experiencesof One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire: A Romance. Nineteenth century novel of the Devil seeking one person able to resist corruption. Adds a new introduction by Peter Keating.
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The Summer of the Haunting William Corlett (Red Fox 0-09-922081-4, Jun 95 [Feb 96], £3.50, 233pp, pb) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1993) young-adult dark fantasy novel. Issued in 1995 but not seen until now.
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Happy Endings Paul Cornell (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20470-0, May 96, £4.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Paul Campbell) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition, available in the US for $5.95. Volume 50 in The New Adventures.
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Enemy of God Bernard Cornwell (Michael Joseph 0-7181-0051-4, Sep 96, £15.99, 397pp, hc, cover by Bill Gregory) [Warlord Chronicles] Historical fantasy novel. The Warlord Chronicles: II. Second in an Arthurian trilogy after The Winter King.
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The Winter King Bernard Cornwell (Penguin 0-14-023186-2, Sep 96 [Oct 96], £5.99, 492pp, pb, cover by Bill Gregory) [Warlord Chronicles] Reprint (Michael Joseph 1995) historical Arthurian novel. First of a trilogy.
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Darkfell Mary Corran (Millennium 1-85798-456-0, Jul 96, £9.99, 326pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) [Imperial Light] Fantasy novel set in the same world as Imperial Light. A hardcover edition (-455-2, £15.99) is also available.
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Fate Mary Corran (Orion 1-85798-311-4, Jul 96, £4.99, 363pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Millennium 1995) fantasy novel.
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Star Trek: The Abode of Life Lee Correy (Titan 1-85286-182-7, Apr 96 [May 96], £4.99, 207pp, pb, cover by Rowena Morrill) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1982) Star Trek novelisation. Second printing.
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Aliens Ate My Homework Bruce Coville (Hodder ChildrensBooks 0-340-65115-6, Nov 95 [Feb 96], £2.99, 179pp, pb) [Rod Allbright] Reprint (Pocket Minstrel 1993) young-adult humorous SF novel of a boy whose excuse for not having his homework is not believed - though its true. The first Rod Allbright book. [First U.K. edition]
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I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X Bruce Coville (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-65116-4, Nov 95, £2.99, 181pp, pb) [Rod Allbright] Reprint (Pocket Minstrel 1994) young-adult humorous SF novel of a boykidnapped by a monster from another dimension. The Second Rod Allbright novel, after Aliens Ate My Homework. [First U.K. edition]
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Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens and Ghosts ed. Bruce Coville (Collins 0-00-675278-0, Oct 96, £3.99, 368pp, pb) Omnibus of the two anthologies, Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens: Tales to Warp Your Mind (Scholastic/Apple, 1994), and Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts (Scholastic, 1994). The books are separately paginated.
- · Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens · Bruce Coville · oa Scholastic, 1994
- vii · Introduction: Look Up! · Bruce Coville · in Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 1 · I, Earthling · Bruce Coville · ss Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 28 · Brian and the Aliens · Will Shetterly · ss Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 47 · Judgment Day · Jack C. Haldeman, II · vi Twilight Zone Mar/Apr 84
- 51 · The Buddy System · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 71 · To Serve Man · Damon Knight · ss Galaxy Nov 50
- 87 · How I Maybe Saved the World Last Tuesday Before Breakfast · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 102 · Pirates · Mark A. Garland · ss Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 109 · The Secret Weapon of Last Resort · Claudia Bishop · ss Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 134 · Just Like You · Bruce Coville · pm Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 137 · Zero Hour · Ray Bradbury · ss Planet Stories Fll 47
- 156 · Curing the Bozos · Sherwood Smith · ss Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 174 · About the Authors · Misc. · bg
- 179 · Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts · Bruce Coville · oa Scholastic, 1994
- vii · Introduction: Restless Spirits · Bruce Coville · in Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 1 · The Ghost Let Go · Bruce Coville · nv Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 35 · The Grounding of Theresa · Mary Downing Hahn · ss Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 46 · A True Story · James D. Macdonald · vi Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 48 · The Pooka · Michael Markiewicz · ss Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 64 · Ghost Walk · Mark A. Garland · ss Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 71 · For Love of Him · Vivian Vande Velde · ss Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 87 · Ghost Stories · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 96 · Mrs. Ambroseworthy · Jane Yolen · ss Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 114 · Not from Detroit · Joe R. Lansdale · ss Midnight Graffiti Fll 88
- 133 · Jaspers Ghost · Nancy Etchemendy · ss Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 150 · The Secret of City Cemetery · Patrick Bone · ss Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 177 · About the Authors · Misc. · bg
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Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts ed. Bruce Coville (Collins 0-00-675075-3, 1995 [Oct 96], £2.99, 180pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1994) Young-adult anthology of original ghost stories. Published in 1995 but not seen until now. [First U.K. edition]
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Iron Man: The Armor Trap Greg Cox (Boxtree 0-7522-0306-1, May 96, £4.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Gabriel Grecco) Reprint (Boulevard 1995) novelization of the Marvel comics character. [First U.K. edition]
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The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories ed. Michael Cox (Oxford University Press 0-19-214260-7, Oct 96, £17.99, xx+425pp, hc, cover by David Inshaw) Anthology of 33 stories, arranged chronologically from 1910 to date.
- xi · Introduction · Michael Cox · in
- 1 · In the Dark · E. Nesbit · ss Fear, London: S. Paul, 1910
- 12 · Rooum · Oliver Onions · ss The Fortnightly Review Dec 10
- 25 · The Shadowy Third · Ellen Glasgow · nv Scribners Dec 16
- 46 · The Diary of Mr Poynter · M. R. James · ss A Thin Ghost, Longmans, Green, 1919
- 56 · Mrs Porter and Miss Allen · Hugh Walpole · ss The Thirteen Travellers, Hutchinson, 1921
- 67 · The Nature of the Evidence · May Sinclair · ss Fortune May 23
- 77 · Night-Fears · L. P. Hartley · ss The Tatler Apr 30 24
- 82 · Bewitched · Edith Wharton · nv Pictorial Review Mar 25
- 101 · A Short Trip Home · F. Scott Fitzgerald · nv The Saturday Evening Post Dec 17 27
- 120 · Blind Mans Buff · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Old Mans Beard, Bles, 1929
- 124 · The Blackmailers · Algernon Blackwood · ss My Grimmest Nightmare, (ed. Cecil Madden), London: George Allen, 1935; originally broadcast on the BBC, 11 July 1934.
- 132 · Yesterday Street · Thomas Burke · ss Night-Pieces, London: Constable, 1935
- 144 · Smoke Ghost · Fritz Leiber, Jun. · ss Unknown Oct 41
- 158 · The Cheery Soul · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Listener Dec 24 42
- 167 · All But Empty · Graham Greene · ss The Strand Mar 47; later revised as A Little Place Off the Edgware Road (1947).
- 171 · Three Miles Up · Elizabeth Jane Howard · ss We Are for the Dark, London: Cape, 1951
- 188 · Close Behind Him · John Wyndham · ss Fantastic Jan/Feb 53
- 200 · The Quincunx · Walter de la Mare · ss A Beginning and Other Stories, London: Faber, 1955
- 210 · The Tower · Marghanita Laski · ss The Third Ghost Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 217 · Poor Girl · Elizabeth Taylor · ss The Third Ghost Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 234 · I Kiss Your Shadow · Robert Bloch · ss F&SF Apr 56
- 250 · A Woman Seldom Found · William Sansom · ss A Contest of Ladies and Other Stories, London: Hogarth Press, 1956
- 254 · The Portobello Road · Muriel Spark · nv Winters Tales 2, Macmillan, 1956
- 273 · Ringing the Changes · Robert Aickman · nv The Third Ghost Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1955
- 299 · On Terms · Christine Brooke-Rose · ss The Fourth Ghost Book, ed. James Turner, Barrie & Rockliff, 1965
- 309 · The Only Story · William Trevor · ss The Seventh Ghost Book, ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1971
- 320 · The Loves of Lady Purple · Angela Carter · ss Fireworks, 1974
- 331 · Revenant as Typewriter · Penelope Lively · ss Nothing Missing But the Samovar, Heinemann, 1978
- 344 · The Little Dirty Girl · Joanna Russ · nv Elsewhere v2, ed. Terri Winding & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1982
- 362 · Watching Me, Watching You · Fay Weldon · ss Womans Own Jan 81
- 376 · The July Ghost · A. S. Byatt · ss Firebird #1 82
- 390 · The Highboy [A Curious Haunting] · Alison Lurie · ss Redbook Oct 90
- 403 · The Meeting House · Jane Gardam · ss Going Into A Dark House, Sinclair Stevenson, 1994
- 411 · Notes and Sources · Misc. · bi
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The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories ed. Michael Cox & R. A. Gilbert (Oxford University Press 0-19-282666-2, Oct 95 [Feb 96], £7.99, 504pp, tp, cover by John Atkinson Grimshaw) Reissue (Oxford University Press 1986) anthology of stories published between 1829 and 1968.
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Earth 2 Melissa Crandall (Warner UK 0-7515-1743-7, Jun 96, £5.99, 264pp, pb) [Earth 2] Reprint (Ace 1994) novelisation of the teleplay. Earth colonists emigrating to a new world are stranded 1000s of miles from their planned destination. [First U.K. edition]
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The Lost World Michael Crichton (Arrow 0-09-963781-2, Jul 96, £5.99, 431pp, pb) [Jurassic Park] Reprint (Knopf 1995) SF novel. The sequel to Jurassic Park.
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The Terminal Man Michael Crichton (Arrow 0-09-944211-6, Jul 96 [Aug 96], £5.99, 268pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1972) SF novel.
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Blue Motel ed. Peter Crowther (Warner UK 0-7515-1650-3, Mar 96, £6.99, xiv+369pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) [Narrow Houses] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1994) anthology of high-quality stories of unease.
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DAlemberts Principle: Memory, Reason and Imagination Andrew Crumey (Dedalus 1-873982-32-1, Apr 96 [Mar 96], £7.99, 203pp, tp, cover by Lise Weisgerber) Literary fantasy novel in 3 parts, one starring Pfitz from Crumeys 1995 novel. Including an Introduction by John Clute.
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Merlin and Company Alvaro Cunqueiro (Everyman 0-460-87731-3, Jun 96 [Jul 96], £5.99, xxxiii+139pp, tp, cover by Ramon de Zubiaurre) Fantasy novel. Merlin and Guinevere retire to a house in Galicia, Northern Spain; but others still need the magicians aid. Translated from Merlín e familia i outras historias (Spain, 1955) by Colin Smith, who adds an introduction and annotations.
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Out of the Ordinary Annie Dalton (Mammoth 0-7497-0007-6, Jan 96 [Mar 96], £3.99, 173pp, pb, cover by Andy Walker) Reprint (Methuen 1988) young-adult fantasy novel.
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Earth 2: Puzzle Sean Dalton (Warner UK 0-7515-1744-5, Aug 96 [Jul 96], £5.99, 230pp, pb) [Earth 2] Reprint (Ace 1995) novelization of the TV series. Copyrighted by MCA Publishing Rights. [First U.K. edition]
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No Blood Spilled Les Daniels (Raven 1-85487-431-4, Mar 96, £4.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Don Sebastian] Reprint (Tor 1991) dark fantasy novel. Book 5 in The Don Sebastian Vampire Chronicles, set in 19th century India, at the time of the Thugs. [First U.K. edition]
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Wilderness Dennis Danvers (Pocket UK 0-671-00469-7, Oct 96, £4.99, 376pp, pb) Reprint (Poseidon 1991) dark fantasy novel about a female werewolf. A tie-in edition to the three-part TV serial.
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Neanderthal John Darnton (Hutchinson 0-09-179319-X, Jun 96, £9.99, 368pp, hc) SF/fantasy novel. The discovery of two living Neanderthal tribes; one peaceful, one warlike. [First U.K. edition]
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Lethal Kisses ed. Ellen Datlow (Millennium 1-85798-481-1, Dec 96, £9.99, x+370pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Anthology of 19 original stories about Sex, Horror and Revenge. A hardcover edition (-480-3, £15.99) is also available.
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Black Thorn, White Rose ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling (Signet UK 0-451-18444-0, Dec 96 [Nov 96], £6.99, 386pp, pb, cover by Edward Burne-Jones) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1994) fantasy anthology of rewritten & updated fairy tales. A companion to the editors Snow White, Rose Red. [First U.K. edition]
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Damaged Goods Russell T. Davies (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20483-2, Oct 96, £4.99, 263pp, pb, cover by Bill Donohoe) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition, available in the US for $5.95. Volume 55 in The New Adventures.
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Memory and Dream Charles De Lint (Pan 0-330-33959-1, Jul 96 [Aug 96], £6.99, 675pp, pb, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Tor 1994) contemporary urban fantasy novel.
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The Great Shadow (and other stories) Mário de Sá-Carneiro (Dedalus 1-873982-72-0, Oct 96 [Sep 96], £8.99, 249pp, tp, cover by Lise Weisgerber) Literary fantasy collection of 8 stories. Translated, with a Foreword, by Margaret Jull Costa from Céu em fogo (Portugal, 1915).
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