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The Rape of Shavi Buchi Emecheta (George Braziller 0-8076-1118-2, 1985 [Feb ’86], $6.95, 178pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
High Command Aton Emmerton (Zebra 0-8217-1910-6, Sep ’86, $3.95, 384pp, pb) Futuristic thriller. A British ex-agent tries to help free Great Britain from the U.S.S.R.
Galaxy Four William Emms (Target 0-426-20202-3, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £1.60, 144pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1985) novel, Doctor Who #104, based on the tv series.
Mirror in the Mirror Michael Ende (Viking UK 0-670-80682-X, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £9.95, 224pp, hc) Collection of 30 “episodes” based on surrealist paintings by the author’s father, Edgar Ende. Translated by J. Maxwell Brownjohn.
Momo Michael Ende (Penguin 0-14-007916-5, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $5.95, 227pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1985) fantasy novel, translated by J. Maxwell Brownjohn from the 1973 German first edition. An earlier translation was published as The Gray Gentlemen (Burke 1974).
The Panic of ’89 Paul Erdman (Andre Deutsch 0-233-97957-3, Dec ’86, £9.95, 308pp, hc) Near-future financial thriller.
The Ark Paul Erickson (W.H. Allen 0-491-03963-8, Oct ’86, £7.25, hc) [Doctor Who] Sf novelisation, based on the “Doctor Who” tv series. Doctor Who #114.
Days Between Stations Steve Erickson (Random/Vintage 0-394-74685-6, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $6.95, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Poseidon 1985) surreal sf novel about life on a future ruined Earth.
Rubicon Beach Steve Erickson (Simon & Schuster/Poseidon 0-671-60458-9, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $15.95, 300pp, hc) Surreal sf novel of ruined Los Angeles and a quest for a mysterious beautiful girl.
Isaac Asimov: Scientist and Storyteller Ellen Erlanger (Lerner 0-8225-0482-0, Nov ’86, $7.95, 56pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography illustrated with many photos. This is a school textbook in library binding, part of “The Achievers” series, designed for grades 4 and up. [Isaac Asimov]
Lady of Hay Barbara Erskine (Michael Joseph 0-7181-2587-8, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £10.95, 562pp, hc) This satirical sf novel of a hardhitting hackette who’s hypnotized and finds herself time traveling is billed by the publisher as historical romance. (SJ/JF)
The Armlet of the Gods Lloyd Arthur Eshbach (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32463-3, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 261pp, pb) [Gates of Lucifer] Fantasy novel, second in “The Land Beyond the Gate” tetralogy.
Darkside Dennis Etchison (Charter 0-441-13819-5, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.50, 246pp, pb) Horror novel of teenagers experimenting with the powers of Evil.
Cutting Edge ed. Dennis Etchison (Doubleday 0-385-23430-9, Oct ’86, $16.95, 290pp, hc) Original anthology of 19 horror stories.

ix · Introduction · Dennis Etchison · in
3 · Blue Rose [Blue Rose] · Peter Straub · na Underwood-Miller; Columbia, PA, 1985
53 · The Monster · Joe W. Haldeman · ss *
63 · Lacunae [Kane] · Karl Edward Wagner · ss *
77 · “Pale, Trembling Youth” · W. H. Pugmire & Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss *
83 · Muzak for Torso Murders · Marc Laidlaw · ss *
93 · Goodbye, Dark Love · Roberta Lannes · ss *
99 · Out There · Charles L. Grant · ss *
109 · Little Cruelties · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss *
123 · The Man with the Hoe · George Clayton Johnson · ss *
135 · They’re Coming for You · Les Daniels · ss *
143 · Vampire · Richard Christian Matheson · ss *
147 · Lapses · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · ss *
165 · The Final Stone · William F. Nolan · ss *
185 · Irrelativity · Nicholas Royle · ss *
199 · The Hands · Ramsey Campbell · ss *
211 · The Bell · Ray Russell · ss *
221 · Lost Souls [Harry D’Amour] · Clive Barker · ss Time Out Dec 19 ’85-Jan 1 ’86
235 · Reaper · Robert Bloch · nv *
259 · The Transfer · Edward Bryant · ss Muse, 1985
269 · Pain · Whitley Strieber · nv *
Masters of Darkness ed. Dennis Etchison (Tor 0-812-51762-8, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.95, 338pp, pb) Anthology of 14 horror stories and 2 poems chosen by the authors, with new afterwords by each.

xi · Preface · Dennis Etchison · pr
1 · The Dead Man · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales Jul ’45
17 · Flash Point · Gardner R. Dozois · nv Orbit 13, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1974
46 · The Animal Fair · Robert Bloch · ss Playboy May ’71
66 · The End of the Carnival · Chelsea Quinn Yarbro · nv Signs and Portents, Dream/Press, 1984
93 · Dance of the Dead · Richard Matheson · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #3, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1954
115 · The Words That Count · Ramsey Campbell · ss The Height of the Scream, Sauk City, WI: Arkham House, 1976
130 · The Test Tube · Ray Russell · pm Asimov’s SF Adventure Magazine Fll ’78
131 · Doctor of Dreams · Ray Russell · pm *
134 · Neither Brute Nor Human · Karl Edward Wagner · nv World Fantasy Convention Program Book, ed. Robert Weinberg, 1983
171 · Sea Change · George Clayton Johnson · ss Twilight Zone Oct ’81
184 · Teeth Marks · Edward Bryant · ss F&SF Jun ’79
208 · Third Wind · Richard Christian Matheson · ss Masques #1, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1984
222 · Preparations for the Game · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Whispers Aug ’82
239 · Armaja Das · Joe W. Haldeman · ss Frights, ed. Kirby McCauley, St. Martins, 1976
265 · Saturday’s Shadow · William F. Nolan · nv Shadows #2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979
292 · Camps · Jack M. Dann · nv F&SF May ’79
329 · Notes on the Contributors · Misc. Material · bg
Jason & the Argonauts Bernard Evslin (Morrow 0-688-06245-8, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $13.00, 165pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel retelling the quest for the Golden Fleece. Illustrations by Bert Dodson.
The World of Oz: An Historical Expedition Over the Rainbow 1900-1985 Allen Eyles (Justin Knowles 0-907724-23-X, Oct ’85 [Mar ’86], $70.00, 96pp, hc) [Oz] Non-fiction; “the history of the Oz phenomenon.” It’s a limited edition, slipcased, signed, and numbered, and is the original of the HP reprint we listed previously. It appeared in 1985, but we didn’t see it until 1986. This British publisher is distributed by Scribner’s.
Tigrela and Other Stories Lygia Fagundes Telles (Avon/Bard 0-380-89627-3, Apr ’86, $3.95, 152pp, pb) Collection of 14 stories “of the marvelous and the bizarre” by a Brazilian writer. Originally published as Seminario Dos Ratos by Livraria Jose Olympio Editora 1977; translated by Margaret A. Neves.
Eve: Her Story Penelope Farmer (Abacus 0-349-11193-6, Jun ’86, £3.95, 185pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1985) retelling of Genesis myth from feminist viewpoint.
The Cache Philip José Farmer (Tor 0-812-53755-6, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.95, 292pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1981) collection. 3rd printing. A novel plus 2 short stories.
Dark Is the Sun Philip José Farmer (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33956-8, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $3.95, 405pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1979) sf novel of the very far future; 5th printing.
Dayworld Philip José Farmer (Berkley 0-425-08474-4, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $3.50, 258pp, pb) [Dayworld] Reprint (Putnam 1985) sf novel, first in a new series.
Dayworld Philip José Farmer (Grafton 0-586-06631-4, Sep ’86, £2.50, 322pp, pb) [Dayworld] Reprint (Putnam 1985) sf novel. First in a series.
Gods of Riverworld Philip José Farmer (Grafton 0-586-06232-7, 1986 [Dec ’86], £2.50, 368pp, pb) [Riverworld] Reissue (Phantasia 1983) sf novel. Volume 5 in the “Riverworld” series.
The Magic Labyrinth Philip José Farmer (Grafton 0-586-05387-5, 1986 [Dec ’86], £2.95, 496pp, pb) [Riverworld] Reissue (Putnam 1980) sf novel. Volume 4 in the “Riverworld” series.
Riverworld and Other Stories Philip José Farmer (Grafton 0-586-05379-4, 1986 [Dec ’86], £2.50, 303pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1979) sf collection.
World of Tiers 1 Philip José Farmer (Sphere 0-7221-3514-9, Nov ’86, £3.95, 467pp, pb) [World of Tiers] Omnibus edition of the first three sf novels in the “World of Tiers” series.

· The Maker of Universes · n. New York: Ace, 1965
· The Gates of Creation · n. New York: Ace, 1966
· A Private Cosmos · n. New York: Ace, 1968
World of Tiers 2 Philip José Farmer (Sphere 0-7221-3515-7, Nov ’86, £3.95, 325pp, pb) [World of Tiers] Omnibus edition of the last two sf novels in the “World of Tiers” series. These volumes would be a reprint of the 1981 SFBC edition if A Private Cosmos were in volume 2 instead of volume 1.

· Behind the Walls of Terra · n. New York: Ace, 1970
· The Lavalite World · n. New York: Ace Dec ’77
Forcible Entry Stewart Farrar (Robert Hale 0-7090-2651-X, Mar ’86, £8.95, 224pp, hc) Novel of sexual identity and its occult overtones.
Citizen Phaid Mick Farren (Ace 0-441-10602-1, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 234pp, pb) [Phaid the Gambler] Hardboiled near-future sf novel. First American edition. This and the earlier part, Phaid the Gambler (Ace 1986) were first published in England as one volume, The Song of Phaid the Gambler (NEL 1981).
Corpse Mick Farren (NEL 0-450-05841-7, Aug ’86, £2.50, 304pp, pb) Horror/sf novel of megacorporations and WWIII.
Phaid the Gambler Mick Farren (Ace 0-441-66232-3, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.50, 296pp, pb) [Phaid the Gambler] “Hard-boiled” sf novel of a far-future Earth, first of a series. First American edition (NEL 1981 as The Song of Phaid the Gambler, which included the second half, to be published next year as Citizen Phaid.)
All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By John Farris (Tor 0-812-58264-0, Jan ’86, $3.50, 350pp, pb) Reprint (1977) supernatural fantasy/horror novel of African sorcery and a Southern U.S. family.
Catacombs John Farris (Tor 0-812-58272-1, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $3.95, 522pp, pb) Reprint (1981) horror novel of evil creatures unearthed from Mt. Kilimanjaro by archaeologists.
Shatter John Farris (Tor 0-812-58268-3, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $3.50, 317pp, pb) Reprint (1981) horror novel. “A young woman is pursued across continents, oceans and time itself by a relentless evil unleashed by the man who loves her.”
Son of the Endless Night John Farris (Tor 0-812-58266-7, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $4.50, 503pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1984) horror novel. “In a peaceful Vermont courtroom humanity will be called to trial by endless evil.”
Wildwood John Farris (Tor 0-312-93919-1, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $16.95, 445pp, hc) Horror novel of a sinister mountain retreat.
Wildwood John Farris (Tor 0-812-58270-5, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $4.50, 445pp, pb) Horror novel, issued simultaneously in hardcover and paperback.
A Darkness at Sethanon Raymond E. Feist (Doubleday 0-385-19215-0, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $17.95, 425pp, hc) [Riftwar] Fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Magician” trilogy (or quadralogy in paperback).
A Darkness at Sethanon Raymond E. Feist (SFBC #02887, Jun ’86, $6.50, 410pp, hc) [Riftwar] Reprint (Doubleday 1986) fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Magician” trilogy/tetralogy.
A Darkness at Sethanon Raymond E. Feist (Grafton 0-246-12828-3, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £9.95, 368pp, hc) [Riftwar] Reprint (Doubleday 1986) fantasy novel, third in the “Riftwar Saga” (fourth by U.S. paperback count).
A Darkness at Sethanon Raymond E. Feist (Grafton 0-246-12946-8, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £6.95, 368pp, tp) [Riftwar] Trade paperback edition of the above.
Magician Raymond E. Feist (Grafton 0-586-05828-1, Nov ’86, £3.50, 831pp, pb) [Riftwar] Reissue (Doubleday 1982) fantasy novel, “Riftwar Saga” #1.
Magician: Apprentice Raymond E. Feist (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25575-4, Aug ’86 [Sep ’86], $3.50, 323pp, pb) [Riftwar] Reissue (Bantam 1986) fantasy novel, the first half of Magician (Doubleday 1982); 6th Bantam printing.
Magician: Master Raymond E. Feist (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25646-7, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $3.50, 366pp, pb) [Riftwar] Reprint of the second half of Magician (Doubleday 1982), a fantasy novel and part of a trilogy/tetralogy.
Silverthorn Raymond E. Feist (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25928-8, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $3.50, 343pp, pb) [Riftwar] Reprint (Doubleday 1985), fantasy novel, third in the “Rift War Saga”.
Silverthorn Raymond E. Feist (Grafton 0-586-06417-6, Nov ’86, £2.95, 432pp, pb) [Riftwar] Reprint (Doubleday 1985) fantasy novel, “Riftwar Saga” #2 (third by U.S. paperback count).
Double Nocturne Cynthia Felice (Bluejay 0-312-94114-5, Jun ’86, $16.95, 330pp, hc) Sf novel of a planet’s female-dominated tyranny.
Downtime Cynthia Felice (DAW 0-88677-170-6, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.95, 252pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) sf novel.
Blood River Down Lionel Fenn (Tor 0-812-53785-8, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.95, 310pp, pb) [Quest for the White Duck] Humorous fantasy novel with an ex-football player, a magic baseball bat, and an enchanted duck. Fenn is a pseudonym for Charles L. Grant.
Star Trek #28: Crisis on Centaurus Brad Ferguson (Pocket 0-671-61115-1, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $3.50, 254pp, pb) [Star Trek] Latest novel in the “Star Trek” series. The Enterprise has trouble with a malfunctioning computer, while Centaurus is crippled by a terrorist bomb.
Star Trek #28: Crisis on Centaurus Brad Ferguson (SFBC #01830, Jun ’86, $4.98, 184pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1986) Star Trek novel.
The Best Fantasy Stories from the Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ed. Edward L. Ferman (Octopus 0-7064-2568-5, 1985 [Jan ’86], $9.98, 792pp, hc) Anthology of 40 stories from F&SF. An instant remainder book.

9 · Far from Home · Walter S. Tevis · ss F&SF Dec ’58
13 · My Dear Emily · Joanna Russ · nv F&SF Jul ’62
33 · The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule [Griaule] · Lucius Shepard · nv F&SF Dec ’84
59 · The Vanishing American · Charles Beaumont · ss F&SF Aug ’55
69 · The Cloud-Sculptors of Coral D [Vermillion Sands] · J. G. Ballard · ss F&SF Dec ’67
85 · The Invasion of the Church of the Holy Ghost · Russell Kirk · nv F&SF Dec ’83
125 · The Accountant · Robert Sheckley · ss F&SF Jul ’54
134 · The Fire When It Comes · Parke Godwin · nv F&SF May ’81
176 · My Boy Friend’s Name Is Jello · Avram Davidson · ss F&SF Jul ’54
181 · San Diego Lightfoot Sue · Tom Reamy · nv F&SF Aug ’75
222 · Sooner or Later or Never Never [Crispin Mobey] · Gary Jennings · nv F&SF May ’72
250 · Jeffty Is Five · Harlan Ellison · ss F&SF Jul ’77
269 · The Third Level · Jack Finney · ss Colliers Oct 7 ’50; F&SF Oct ’52
274 · The Silken-Swift · Theodore Sturgeon · nv F&SF Nov ’53
292 · Another Orphan · John Kessel · na F&SF Sep ’82
334 · The Manor of Roses [John & Stephen] · Thomas Burnett Swann · na F&SF Nov ’66
389 · Please Stand By [Max Kearny] · Ron Goulart · nv F&SF Jan ’62
409 · Downtown · Thomas M. Disch · ss F&SF Oct ’83
419 · Man Overboard · John Collier · nv Argosy (UK) Jan ’60
441 · One Ordinary Day, with Peanuts · Shirley Jackson · ss F&SF Jan ’55
451 · Yes, We Have No Ritchard · Bruce Jay Friedman · ss F&SF Nov ’60
459 · The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet · Stephen King · na F&SF Jun ’84
504 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss F&SF Sep ’58
517 · Will You Wait? · Alfred Bester · ss F&SF Mar ’59
524 · Sule Skerry · Jane Yolen · ss F&SF Jul ’82
533 · La Ronde · Damon Knight · ss F&SF Oct ’83
546 · Narrow Valley · R. A. Lafferty · ss F&SF Sep ’66
559 · Not Long Before the End [Mana] · Larry Niven · ss F&SF Apr ’69
570 · $1.98 · Arthur Porges · ss F&SF May ’54
574 · The Tehama · Bob Leman · nv F&SF Dec ’81
594 · Ghost of a Crown [Brigadier Ffellowes] · Sterling E. Lanier · nv F&SF Dec ’76
634 · Pages from a Young Girl’s Journal · Robert Aickman · nv F&SF Feb ’73
666 · Narapoia [“The Origin of Narapoia”; Manly J. Departure] · Alan Nelson · ss What’s Doing Apr ’48; F&SF Apr ’51
672 · Born of Man and Woman · Richard Matheson · vi F&SF Sum ’50
675 · Mythago Wood [Mythago] · Robert Holdstock · nv F&SF Sep ’81
711 · Harrison Bergeron · Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. · ss F&SF Oct ’61
717 · Four Ghosts in Hamlet · Fritz Leiber · nv F&SF Jan ’65
748 · Gorilla Suit · John Shepley · ss F&SF May ’58
756 · Green Magic · Jack Vance · ss F&SF Jun ’63
768 · Black Air · Kim Stanley Robinson · nv F&SF Mar ’83
Wild Violets Ruth Baker Field (Zebra 0-8217-1973-4, Dec ’86, $3.95, 334pp, pb) Reissue (Zebra 1980) horror novel; 4th printing.
Triad Sheila Finch (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25792-7, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $3.50, 233pp, pb) Sf novel of explorers on a strange alien planet.
Not Wanted on the Voyage Timothy Findley (Arena 0-09-948070-0, Oct ’86, £3.95, 352pp, pb) Reprint (Penguin-Canada 1984) literary fantasy novel of Noah and the flood.
The Singing Stones Winifred Finlay (The Bodley Head 0-370-30761-5, Oct ’86, £4.50, 182pp, pb) Reprint (UK 1970) fantasy novel of Dark vs. Light in Scotland.
Vampires, Werewolves and Phantoms of the Night Winifred Finlay (Methuen/Magnet 0-416-62260-7, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £1.50, 125pp, tp) Reprint (Methuen 1983) young-adult horror collection.
About Time Jack Finney (S&S/Fireside 0-671-62887-9, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $7.95, 219pp, pb) Collection of 12 time travel stories originally published in either The Third Level (Rhinehart & Co. 1957) or I Love Galesberg in the Springtime (Simon & Schuster 1962).

11 · The Third Level · ss Colliers Oct 7 ’50; F&SF Oct ’52
17 · “I Love Galesburg in the Springtime” · nv McCall’s Apr ’60
37 · Such Interesting Neighbors · ss Colliers Jan 6 ’51
57 · The Coin Collector [“The Other Wife”] · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jan 30 ’60
75 · Of Missing Persons · ss Good Housekeeping Mar ’55
94 · Lunch-Hour Magic [“The Man with the Magic Glasses”] · nv McCall’s Mar ’62
112 · Where the Cluetts Are · nv McCall’s Jan ’62
130 · The Face in the Photo [“Time Has No Boundaries”] · ss The Saturday Evening Post Oct 13 ’62
148 · I’m Scared · ss Colliers Sep 15 ’51
165 · Home Alone [“An Old Tune”] · nv McCall’s Oct ’61
183 · Second Chance · ss Good Housekeeping Apr ’56
203 · Hey, Look at Me! · ss Playboy Sep ’62
Paper Thin Philip First (Paladin 0-586-08555-6, May ’86, £2.95, 174pp, tp) Enigmatic, perverse, and bizarre collection of short stories. (SJ/JF)

7 · Paper Thin · nv
40 · Smoke · nv
61 · Meanwhile, Back on Planet Earth... · ss
76 · Thirteen Minutes of Sunshine · ss
82 · Coming Out · nv
108 · A Man’s Best Friend and His Television · ss
118 · Sphinxes · nv
139 · Buddhazap! · nv
The Unexpected Universe of Doris Lessing: A Study in Narrative Technique Katherine Fishburn (Greenwood Press 0-313-23424-8, Dec ’85 [Jan ’86], $27.95, ix + 184pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study emphasizing Lessing’s shift from mainstream to sf narrative methods. [Doris Lessing]

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