The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird Vivian Vande Velde (Dell Yearling 0-440-41300-1, Jun 97 [May 97], $3.99, 128pp, tp, cover by Brad Weinman) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1995) young-adult collection of 13 tongue-in-cheek revisions of fairy tales. Illustrations by Brad Weinman.
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PRESS ENTER [] John Varley (SFBC #13973, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $7.98, 148pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) SF novella, winner of both the Hugo and Nebula awards. The introduction is by David G. Hartwell. First solo publication. This is part of the SFBC Collection and has ISBN 1-56865-279-8. There is a special price of $2.98 with any purchase.
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Professor Challenger In: Secrets of the Dreamlands Ralph E. Vaughan (Gryphon Books 0-936071-66-4, May 97 [Mar 97], $9.95, 63pp, ph, cover by Earl Geier) Lost world/Lovecraftian novella featuring Doyles famous character. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228; add $1.00 postage.
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Paris in the Twentieth Century Jules Verne (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42039-X, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $11.95, 222pp, tp, cover by Marc Burkhardt) Reprint (Random House 1996) SF novel, a dystopian view of the future as seen in 1863. This is the trunk novel published in 1994 by Hachette Livre as "Paris au XXª Siècle", translated by Richard Howard, with an introduction by Eugen Weber.
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Dreamfall Joan D. Vinge (Warner Aspect 0-446-60401-1, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $6.50, 450pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Psion] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1996) SF novel in the Catspaw series.
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Opalite Moon Denise Vitola (Ace 0-441-00465-2, Aug 97 [Jul 97], $5.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Neal McPheeters) [Ty Merrick] Near-future SF mystery, sequel to Quantum Moon, featuring lycanthropic detective Ty Merrick. Cult members are being murdered.
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Chills in the Night Jackie Vivelo (DK Ink 0-7894-2463-0, Sep 97 [Dec 97], $14.95, 123pp, hc, cover by Jennifer Eachus) Young-adult collection of eight ghost stories, three original, four previously collected in A Trick of the Light (Putnam 1987). First US edition (Dorling Kindersley 1997).
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The Gates of Twilight Paula Volsky (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57269-5, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $6.50, 389pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) quasi-historical fantasy novel, set in an analog of the British Raj.
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The White Tribunal Paula Volsky (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37846-5, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $13.95, 390pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) Fantasy novel. A young man pawns his soul to avenge his fathers death.
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Hocus Pocus Kurt Vonnegut (Berkley 0-425-16129-3, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $13.00, 322pp, tp) Reprint (Putnam 1990 as Hokus Pokus, Or Whats the Hurry, Son?) satirical literary SF novel.
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Timequake Kurt Vonnegut (Putnam 0-399-13737-8, Sep 97 [Oct 97], $23.95, 219pp, hc, cover by Paul Bacon) Satirical, semi-autobiographical, literary millennial SF novel. Kilgore Trout predicts a global timequake for 2001 that forces everyone to relive the 90s.
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Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Coyote Moon John Vornholt (Pocket Archway 0-671-01714-4, Jan 98 [Dec 97], $3.99, 164pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Young-adult novelization based on the TV show based on the movie. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
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Primal Rage: The Avatars John Vornholt (Boulevard 1-57297-230-0, Mar 97 [Jun 97], $5.99, 245pp, pb) Novelization based on the video game. Copyrighted by Atari Games.
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Star Trek: Mind Meld John Vornholt (Pocket 0-671-00258-9, Jun 97 [May 97], $5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
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Exorcisms and Ecstasies Karl Edward Wagner (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-28-3, Oct 97, $32.00, 459pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Collection of 32 horror and fantasy stories, two not previously published, and two poems, plus eight appreciations of Wagner by authors including Peter Straub, Brian Lumley, and Ramsay Campbell. Includes 16 unpaginated pages of photos, a working bibliography by Scott F. Wyatt and Stephen Jones, and an afterword by C. Bruce Hunter. Edited and with an introduction by Stephen Jones. A limited edition (-32-1) is also available. Order from Fedogan & Bremer, 3721 Minnehaha Ave S, Minneapolis MN 55406.
- xi · Introduction: Talking with Karl · Stephen Jones · in *
- xvii · Midnight Sun [Kane] · pm Midnight Sun #1 74
- · Exorcisms and Ecstasies
- 3 · Various Encounters with Karl · Peter Straub · ar * [Karl Edward Wagner]
- 11 · Did They Get You to Trade? · nv MetaHorror, ed. Dennis Etchison, Dell Abyss, 1992
- 28 · The Kind Men Like · ss Hotter Blood, ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Pocket, 1991
- 39 · Cedar Lane · ss Walls of Fear, ed. Kathryn Cramer, Morrow, 1990
- 47 · The Slug · nv A Whisper of Blood, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991
- 57 · Final Cut · ss Diagnosis: Terminal, ed. F. Paul Wilson, Tor/Forge, 1996
- 63 · Locked Away · ss Dark Love, ed. Nancy Collins, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Penguin/Roc, 1995
- 76 · Endless Night · ss The Architecture of Fear, ed. Kathryn Cramer & Peter D. Pautz, Arbor House, 1987
- 84 · A Walk on the Wild Side · ss The Ultimate Witch, ed. Byron Preiss & John Betancourt, Dell, 1993
- 95 · Passages · ss Phobias, ed. Wendy Webb, Richard Gilliam, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Pocket Books, 1994
- 104 · Little Lessons in Gardening · ss Touch Wood, ed. Peter Crowther, Little, Brown UK, 1993
- 115 · Ive Come to Talk with You Again · ss Dark Terrors, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, London: Gollancz, 1995
- 120 · An Awareness of Angels · ss Ripper!, ed. Gardner Dozois & Susan Casper, Tor, 1988
- 133 · But Youll Never Follow Me · ss Borderlands, ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Avon, 1990
- 138 · Plan 10 from Inner Space · nv It Came From the Drive-In, ed. Norman Partridge & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1996
- 159 · Prince of the Punks · vi 100 Vicious Little Vampire Stories, ed. Robert Weinberg, Stefan Dziemianowicz & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1995
- 162 · The Picture of Jonathan Collins · ss Forbidden Acts, ed. Nancy A. Collins, Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg, Avon, 1995
- 178 · Gremlin · ss Beyond Fantasy & Science Fiction #1 95
- 183 · Brushed Away · ss *
- 192 · In the Middle of a Snow Dream · ss South From Midnight, ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Thomas R. Hanlon, Southern Fried Press, 1994
- 207 · The Big Dutchman · Frances Wellman · ar * [Karl Edward Wagner]
- · Silver Dagger: Kane
- 211 · All Good Friends · David J. Schow · ar * [Karl Edward Wagner]
- 216 · In the Wake of the Night [Kane] · ex A Fantasy Reader, ed. Jeff Frane & Jack Rems, 1981
- 222 · The Treasure of Lynortis [Kane] · na Kadath Fll 84
- 260 · The Gothic Touch [Elric] · ss Elric: Tales of the White Wolf, ed. Edward E. Cramer, White Wolf, 1994
- 277 · At First Just Ghostly [Kane] · na Weird Tales Fll 89
- 326 · Deep in the Depths of the Acme Warehouse [Kane] · ss The King Is Dead, ed. Paul M. Sammon, Delta, 1994
- 335 · Friends Die · Ramsey Campbell · ar * [Karl Edward Wagner]
- · Satans Gun: Adrian Becker
- 339 · Doc Wagner · Jenny Campbell · ar * [Karl Edward Wagner]
- 341 · Satans Gun · ex Southern Fantasy, ed. Ron & Val Lakey Lindahn, Nashville World Fantasy Convention, 1987
- 356 · Hell Creek · ss Confederacy of the Dead, ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Roc, 1993
- 368 · One Paris Night · ss Grails: Quests, Visitations and Other Occurences, ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Atlanta, GA: Unnameable Press, 1992
- 379 · The Truth Insofar as I Know It · David Drake · ar * [Karl Edward Wagner]
- · Tell Me, Dark: Uncollected Stories
- 387 · Brother Karl: Stories First and Last · James R. Wagner · ar * [Karl Edward Wagner]
- 390 · The Education of Gergy-doo-doo · vi *
- 393 · Stardust · vi The Centralite Dec 18 59
- 396 · Killer · Karl Edward Wagner & David Drake · nv Midnight Sun #1 74
- 414 · The Coming of Ghor [Genserics Fifth-Born Son, Chapter 2: The Coming of Ghor] · rr Fantasy Crossroads #10 77
- 423 · A Fair Cop · ss Gauntlet #2 91
- 427 · Karl Edward Wagner: Sassenach · Brian Lumley · ar * [Karl Edward Wagner]
- 429 · Karl Edward Wagner: A Working Bibliography of English Language First Editions · Scott F. Wyatt & Stephen Jones · bi * [Karl Edward Wagner]
- 455 · Afterword: Karl Edward WagnerA Personal Farewell · C. Bruce Hunter · aw The British Fantasy Society Newsletter Nov/Dec 94
- 459 · Death Angels Shadow [Kane] · pm Midnight Sun #1 74
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The Merro Tree Katie Waitman (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41436-5, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $5.99, 437pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) SF novel. A performer famed on many worlds risks his life to defy the ban of his greatest act. A first novel.
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Going Home Again Howard Waldrop (Eidolon 0-9586864-0-8, Feb 97, A$19.95, 223pp, tp, cover by Rick Berry) Collection of nine stories, one original. There is an introduction by Waldrop, a foreword by Lucius Shepard, and a bibliography of Waldrops work. Order from Eidolon Publications, PO Box 225, North Perth, Western Australia 6006; eidolon@midnight.com.au
- 6 · Foreword · Lucius Shepard · fw
- 12 · Introduction · in
- 18 · You Could Go Home Again · na Cheap Street; New Castle, VA, 1993
- 57 · Household Words, or, The Powers-That-Be · ss Amazing Win 94
- 77 · The Effects of Alienation · ss Omni Jun 92
- 93 · The Sawing Boys · nv Black Thorn, White Rose, ed. Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling, Morrow AvoNova, 1994
- 113 · Why Did? · ss Omni Apr 94
- 132 · Occams Ducks · ss Omni Feb 95
- 149 · Flatfeet! · nv Asimovs Feb 96
- 172 · El Castillo de la Perseverancia · nv 21st Annual World Fantasy Convention Program Book, Baltimore, 1995
- 200 · Scientifiction · ss *
- 217 · Bibliography · Misc. · bi [Howard Waldrop]
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Feminist Fairy Tales Barbara G. Walker (HarperSanFrancisco 0-06-251320-6, Feb 97 [Aug 97], $12.00, 244pp, tp) Reprint (HarperSanFrancisco 1996) collection of 28 feminist revisions of fairy tales and myths.
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Erlings Word Lars Walker (Baen 0-671-87850-6, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $5.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) Historical fantasy novel. An Irishman captured by Vikings pretends to be a priest.
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Whiteout Sage Walker (Tor 0-312-86302-0, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $13.95, 352pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Tor 1996) near-future SF novel.
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The Broom of the System David Foster Wallace (Avon 0-380-73030-8, Jul 97 [Aug 97], $6.99, 530pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1987) literary SF novel.
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Dont Dream Donald Wandrei (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-27-5, Jun 97 [May 97], $29.00, 395pp, hc, cover by Jon Arfstrom) Collection of 26 stories, mostly horror and fantasy, with 14 miscellaneous items: prose poems, essays, and marginalia. Two stories and ten of the miscellany are original to this volume; three stories were previously uncollected. Introduction by Helen Mary Hughesdon; afterword by D.H. Olson. Illustrated by Rodger Gerberding. Available from Fedogan & Bremer, 4325 Hiawatha Ave #2115, Minneapolis MN 55406; 612-721-8848, fax -9491; add $2.00 shipping.
- ix · Editors Note · Philip J. Rahman & Dennis E. Weiler · pr
- xi · Introduction · Helen Mary Hughesdon · in
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- 3 · A Fragment of a Dream · ss The Minnesota Quarterly Win 26
- 9 · The Shadow of a Nightmare · ss Weird Tales May 29
- 18 · The Green Flame · vi Weird Tales Jul 30
- 21 · The Tree-Men of Mbwa · ss Weird Tales Feb 32
- 32 · When the Fire Creatures Came · ss *
- 57 · The Lives of Alfred Kramer · ss Weird Tales Dec 32
- 75 · The Fire Vampires · ss Weird Tales Feb 33
- 91 · Spawn of the Sea · ss Weird Tales May 33
- 104 · The Lady in Gray · ss Weird Tales Dec 33
- 111 · The Man Who Never Lived · ss Astounding Mar 34
- 119 · The Nerveless Man · ss Astounding Jul 34
- 129 · The Chuckler · vi Fantasy Magazine Sep 34
- 132 · A Scientist Divides · ss Astounding Sep 34
- 145 · The Destroying Horde · ss Weird Tales Jun 35
- 163 · The Monster from Nowhere · nv Argosy Nov 23 35
- 189 · The Witch-Makers · nv Argosy May 2 36
- 215 · The Eye and the Finger · ss Esquire Dec 36
- 223 · The Painted Mirror · ss Esquire May 37
- 231 · Uneasy Lie the Drowned · ss Weird Tales Dec 37
- 238 · Giant-Plasm · nv Weird Tales Feb 39
- 268 · Dont Dream · ss Unknown Aug 39
- 286 · It Will Grow On You · ss Esquire Apr 42
- 299 · Strange Harvest · nv Weird Tales May 53
- 320 · Nightmare · ss Strange Harvest, Arkham House, 1965
- · The Crater · ss Travellers By Night, ed. August Derleth, Arkham, 1967
- · Delirium of the Dead · ss *
- · Prose Poems, Essays, and Marginalia
- · The Messengers · pp The Minnesota Quarterly Fll 26
- · The Pursuers · pp The Minnesota Quarterly Fll 26
- · The Woman at the Window · pp Leaves #2 38
- · The Purple Land · pp *
- · Dreaming Away My Life · pp *
- · Black Flame · pp *
- · The Shrieking House · pp *
- · The Phantom City · pp *
- · The Kingdom of Dreams · pp *
- · The Lotus and the Poppy · pp *
- · Unforgotten Night · pp *
- · Santon Merlin · pp *
- · Cigarette Characterization · vi Fantasy Magazine Jul 34
- · The Imaginative Element in Modern Literature · ar *
- · Of Donald Wandrei, August Derleth and H.P.Lovecraft · D. H. Olson · aw
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The Elfin Brood Orville J. Wanzer (Commonwealth Publications 1-55197-312-X, 1997 [Aug 97], $5.99, 315pp, pb) Fantasy novel, book one in the Elfin Trilogy. Copyrighted 1996; the copyright page indicates this is a 1997 edition.
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The Terraformers Stone Waters (Commonwealth Publications 1-55197-122-4, 1997 [Feb 97], $4.99, 209pp, pb) SF/mystery novel. A man searches for his wifes murderer, while corporations and governments compete for control of the bacteria she genetically engineered. Copyrighted 1995; the copyright page indicates this is a 1996 edition; not seen until now. Commonwealth Publications, 9764-45th Ave, Edmonton AB Canada T6E 5C5; orders 800-491-7737; http://www.commonwealthpub.com; add $2.50 postage.
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Carry Me Back Laura Watt (St. Martins 0-312-15075-X, Feb 97 [Apr 97], $21.95, 247pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) Fantasy novel. An enchanted banjo carries a country-music lover back in time to meet Hank Williams. Compared to Jack Finneys Time & Again.
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Touched by the Gods Lawrence Watt-Evans (Tor 0-312-86060-9, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $24.95, 380pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) Fantasy novel. A man marked at birth as the champion of the empire is reluctant to fulfill his fate.
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Sci-Fi Private Eye ed. Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45592-4, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $5.99, 346pp, pb) Anthology of nine SF detective stories. Authors include Isaac Asimov, Donald Westlake, and Larry Niven.
- vii · Introduction · Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg · in
- 9 · The Singing Bell [Wendell Urth] · Isaac Asimov · ss F&SF Jan 55
- 34 · The Martian Crown Jewels · Poul Anderson · ss EQMM Feb 58
- 59 · A Scarletin Study [as by Jonathan Swift Somers III] · Philip José Farmer · nv F&SF Mar 75
- 100 · The Winner · Donald E. Westlake · ss Nova 1, ed. Harry Harrison, Delacorte, 1970
- 115 · The Detweiler Boy · Tom Reamy · nv F&SF Apr 77
- 166 · Time Exposures · Wilson Tucker · nv Universe 1, ed. Terry Carr, Ace, 1971
- 193 · Getting Across · Robert Silverberg · nv Future City, ed. Roger Elwood, Trident, 1973
- 237 · War Game · Philip K. Dick · ss Galaxy Dec 59
- 263 · ARM [Gil Hamilton] · Larry Niven · na Epoch, ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Berkley, 1975
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Mennyms Alive Sylvia Waugh (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-15201-5, Oct 97 [Nov 97], $16.00, 224pp, hc, cover by Patrick Benson) [Mennyms] Young-adult fantasy novel, fifth and supposedly final book in the series about a family of rag dolls passing for human. First American edition (Julia McRae 1996).
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Mennyms Under Siege Sylvia Waugh (Avon Camelot 0-380-72584-3, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $4.50, 212pp, tp, cover by Patrick Benson) [Mennyms] Reprint (Julia MacRae 1995) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the series.
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Stealing My Rules Don Webb (Cyber-Psychos AOD 1-886988-05-6, Oct 97, $5.00, 71pp, tp, cover by Christian Patchell) Collection of 12 stories and vignettes, five previously unpublished. Introduction by Paul Di Filippo. Illustrations by Christian Patchell. Order from Cyber-Psychos AOD, PO Box 581, Denver CO 80201; make checks payable to Jasmine Sailing; add $1.50 postage.
- 13 · The Game · ss Bone Chilling Tales #1 90
- 17 · That Old Time Religion · ss *
- 23 · Reaganomics · vi Tuyau #77 87
- 24 · Boy · ss *
- 29 · Red Queens Race · vi Beyond #5 86
- 32 · The Works of Hieronimous Bosch Considered as Realism · vi *
- 35 · The Garment Business · ss Cassandra Anthology #8 85
- 40 · Transactional Analysis · ss Grue #3 86
- 48 · Stan · ss Massacre #3 92
- 55 · Ubu in Outer Space · ss *
- 60 · Triangle Study · ss *
- 67 · Avocation · ss Figment #6 91
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Gothic Ghosts ed. Wendy Webb & Charles Grant (Tor 0-312-86130-3, Oct 97, $23.95, 256pp, hc, cover by Steven Johnson) Original anthology of 19 ghost stories. Authors include Esther M. Friesner, Brian Stableford, Nancy Holder, and Rick Hautala.
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Honor Harrington: Honor Among Enemies David Weber (Baen 0-671-87783-6, Jun 97 [May 97], $6.99, 538pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Honor Harrington] Reprint (Baen 1996) military SF novel, sixth in the series.
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Honor Harrington: In Enemy Hands David Weber (Baen 0-671-87793-3, Aug 97 [Jul 97], $22.00, 530pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) [Honor Harrington] Military SF novel, seventh in the series about a female space-navy captain. Honor is captured by the Peoples Republic of Haven.
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Honor Harrington: In Enemy Hands David Weber (SFBC #18425, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $10.98, 419pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) [Honor Harrington] Reprint (Baen 1997) SF novel, seventh in the series about a female space-navy captain. This is similar to the Baen edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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More than Honor David Weber, David Drake & S. M. Stirling (Baen 0-671-87857-3, Jan 98 [Dec 97], $5.99, 371pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Anthology of three novellas set in the Honor Harrington universe, but not featuring Honor herself. Weber provides a story of humans first meeting with tree cats, and an 80-page article on The Universe of Honor Harrington.
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In Death Ground David Weber & Steve White (Baen 0-671-87779-8, May 97 [Apr 97], $6.99, 629pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Military SF novel. Humans and their cat-like allies wage desperate war against invading Bugs.
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The Black Flame Stanley G. Weinbaum (Tachyon Publications 0-9648320-8-9, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $14.00, 202pp, tp, cover by Michael Dashow) [Black Margot] Reprint (Fantasy Press 1948) short SF novel about immortals. This is the complete text of part two only (the original book publication included the novella Dawn of Flame), from a rediscovered manuscript. Tachyon Publications, 1459 18th St. #139, San Francisco CA 94107; add $2.00 shipping per book.
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