The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Puppet Masters Robert A. Heinlein (Ballantine 0-345-33014-5, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $3.95, 347pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1951) sf novel. An excellent treatment of the alien invasion theme recommended. (CNB)
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Revolt in 2100 Robert A. Heinlein (Baen 0-671-65589-2, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $3.50, 336pp, pb) [Future History] Reprint (Shasta 1953) sf novel plus 2 short stories. Volume 3 of Heinleins Future History series.
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Rocketship Galileo Robert A. Heinlein (NEL 0-450-00695-6, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £1.95, 159pp, pb) Reissue (Scribners 1947) young-adult sf novel.
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Space Cadet Robert A. Heinlein (NEL 0-450-00737-5, Aug 86, £1.95, 172pp, pb) Reissue (Scribners 1948) young-adult sf novel.
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Starship Troopers Robert A. Heinlein (NEL 0-450-00573-9, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £2.25, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1959) sf novel.
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Waldo & Magic, Inc. Robert A. Heinlein (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33015-3, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $3.95, 294pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1950) collection of two short novels, one sf with a fantasy problem, the other fantasy with an sf solution. Forty years has not dimmed their luster. Recommended. (CNB)
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Waldo and Magic, Inc. Robert A. Heinlein (NEL 0-450-39730-0, Nov 86, £1.95, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1950) collection of two novellas, one sf and one fantasy.
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William Morris: His Life, Work and Friends Philip Henderson (Andre Deutsch 0-233-97855-0, Mar 86, £7.95, 400pp, tp) Reprint; non-fiction, comprehensive biography. [William Morros]
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Sudanna, Sudanna Brian Herbert (W.H. Allen 0-491-03510-1, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £9.95, 256pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) sf novel.
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Sudanna, Sudanna Brian Herbert (Berkley 0-425-08786-7, Jun 86 [May 86], $2.95, 215pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) humorous satirical sf novel.
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Chapter House Dune Frank Herbert (NEL 0-450-05886-7, Mar 86, £2.95, 476pp, pb) [Dune] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) sf novel, Dune #6.
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Chapterhouse: Dune Frank Herbert (Berkley 0-425-09214-3, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $7.95, 464pp, pb) [Dune] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) sf novel, sixth in the Dune series.
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Children of Dune Frank Herbert (NEL, 1985 [Mar 86], pb) [Dune] Reissue (Berkley 1976) sf novel, Dune #3.
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Dune Frank Herbert (NEL 0-450-01184-4, Mar 86, £3.50, 605pp, pb) [Dune] Reissue (Chilton 1965) sf novel, first in the series.
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Dune Messiah Frank Herbert (NEL 0-450-02285-4, Mar 86, £2.50, 222pp, pb) [Dune] Reissue (Putnam 1969) sf novel, Dune #2.
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Eye Frank Herbert (SFBC #01819, Jun 86, $8.98, 328pp, hc) Reprint (Berkley 1985) collection, illustrated by Jim Burns.
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Eye Frank Herbert (Gollancz 0-575-03906-X, Sep 86, £9.95, 328pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1985) sf collection, illustrated by Jim Burns.
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The Eyes of Heisenberg Frank Herbert (Berkley 0-425-09046-9, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $2.95, 158pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1966) sf novel; 17th printing.
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God Emperor of Dune Frank Herbert (NEL 0-450-05262-1, Mar 86, £2.95, 454pp, pb) [Dune] Reissue (Putnam 1981) sf novel, Dune #4.
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The Godmakers Frank Herbert (Berkley 0-425-09327-1, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $2.95, 221pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1972) sf novel; 17th Berkley printing.
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The Green Brain Frank Herbert (NEL 0-450-01521-1, Mar 86, £1.95, 158pp, pb) Reissue (Ace 1966) sf novel.
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Heretics of Dune Frank Herbert (NEL, 1985 [Mar 86], pb) [Dune] Reissue (Gollancz 1984) sf novel, Dune #5.
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Heretics of Dune Frank Herbert (Berkley 0-425-08732-8, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $4.50, 471pp, pb) [Dune] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) sf novel, fifth in the Dune series, the most popular sf series of all time. The first 5 books have over 12 million copies in print and this one had a 200,000 copy hardcover edition.
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The White Plague Frank Herbert (NEL 0-450-05598-1, Sep 86, £3.50, 628pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1982) sf novel.
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Man of Two Worlds Frank & Brian Herbert (Putnam 0-399-13132-9, May 86 [Apr 86], $18.95, 429pp, hc) Humorous sf novel.
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Man of Two Worlds Frank & Brian Herbert (Gollancz 0-575-03834-9, May 86, £9.95, 317pp, hc) Humorous sf novel; simultaneous with the U.S. edition.
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The Magic Cottage James Herbert (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-39066-2, May 86, £9.95, 309pp, hc) Fantasy/horror novel. A young couple move into a rundown woodland cottage, where they encounter magic, mystery, and a touch of horror.
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Moon James Herbert (NEL 0-450-38999-5, May 86, £2.95, 312pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1985) horror novel.
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Moon James Herbert (Crown 0-517-56278-2, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $14.95, 272pp, hc) Horror novel. First U.S. edition (NEL 1985).
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The Flint Lord Richard Herley (Morrow 0-688-04852-8, 1986? [Mar 86], $12.95, 214pp, hc) [Pagans] Reprint (William Heinemann/Peter Davies 1981) sf novel of British prehistory, second in The Pagans trilogy. First U.S. edition. The title page gives only the date of the British book, but this has apparently just appeared here.
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The Pagans Richard Herley (Grafton 0-586-06618-7, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £4.95, 684pp, pb) [Pagans] Omnibus edition of a stone-age trilogy.
- · The Stone Arrow · n. London: Davies, 1978
- · The Flint Lord · n. London: Davies, 1981
- · The Earth Goddess · n. London: Heinemann, 1984
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From Tolkien to Oz: The Art of Greg Hildebrandt Greg Hildebrandt (Unicorn 0-88101-019-7, 1985 [Jan 86], $19.95, unpaginated,, hc) Color book of his sf and fantasy art. Mostly pictures, some text (by William McGuire) all in white on black.
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The Ghost Squad and the Halloween Conspiracy E. W. Hildick (Tor 0-812-56852-4, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $1.95, 170pp, pb) [Ghost Squad] Reprint (Dutton 1985) juvenile fantasy novel of kids and four young ghosts; part of a series.
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The Ghost Squad Breaks Through E. W. Hildick (Tor 0-812-56850-8, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $1.95, 138pp, pb) [Ghost Squad] Reprint (Dutton 1984) juvenile fantasy novel of kid crime fighters aided by ghosts.
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The Ghost Squad Flies Concorde E. W. Hildick (Tor 0-812-56854-0, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $2.50, 186pp, pb) [Ghost Squad] Reprint (Dutton 1985) young-adult fantasy adventure novel featuring kids and ghosts vs. crooks, a suicide bomber, and a fanatic ghost. Third in a series.
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The Caves of Klydor Douglas Hill (Puffin 0-14-031768-6, Jan 86, £1.25, 128pp, pb) [Colsec] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) young-adult sf novel.
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The Caves of Klydor Douglas Hill (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25929-6, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $2.75, 132pp, pb) [Colsec] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) young-adult sf novel, Vol. 2 in the Colsec Trilogy.
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Colsec Rebellion Douglas Hill (Puffin 0-14-031769-4, Oct 86, £1.50, 128pp, pb) [Colsec] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) young-adult sf novel, conclusion of the Colsec trilogy.
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Colsec Rebellion Douglas Hill (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26145-2, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $2.75, 161pp, pb) [Colsec] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) young-adult sf novel, conclusion of the Colsec trilogy.
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Exiles of Colsec Douglas Hill (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25785-4, Jun 86 [May 86], $2.75, 164pp, pb) [Colsec] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) young-adult sf novel, first in the Colsec trilogy.
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Warriors of the Wasteland Douglas Hill (Piccolo 0-330-28452-5, Sep 86, £1.50, 124pp, pb) [Warriors of the Wasteland] Reprint (Gollancz 1983) juvenile sf novel, sequel to The Huntsman.
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Planetfall ed. Douglas Hill (Oxford 0-19-278113-8, Jun 86, £7.95, 96pp, hc) Juvenile, illustrated, sf original anthology.
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Collected Poems Geoffrey Hill (Andre Deutsch 0-233-97838-0, Jun 86 [Mar 86], £9.95, 208pp, hc) Poetry including many works on magic and myth.
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Cold Creek Cash Store Russell Hill (Ballantine 0-345-33124-9, Jun 86 [May 86], $2.95, 151pp, pb) Sf novel of post-catastrophe California and a haven against barbarism.
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Spacecamp B. B. & Neil W. Hiller (Scholastic/Point 0-590-40384-2, May 86, $2.50, 92pp, pb) Juvenile adaptation/novelization based on a movie script by Wickett and Mitchell, with photos from the film.
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Falling Angel William Hjortsberg (Warner 0-446-31432-3, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $3.95, 243pp, pb) Reprint (HBJ 1978) fantasy, horror, hardboiled detective thriller.
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The Marzipan Pig Russell Hoban (Jonathan Cape 0-224-01687-4, Oct 86, £4.95, 40pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy, illustrated by Quentin Blake.
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The Rain Door Russell Hoban (Gollancz 0-575-03097-6, May 86, £5.95, 32pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy story, illustrated by Quentin Blake.
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Turtle Diary Russell Hoban (Pocket/Washington Square Press 0-671-61833-4, Mar 86, $3.95, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1975) mainstream literary novel; enjoyable, but not a fantasy as the publicity material suggests. (FCM)
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Dark of the Moon P. C. Hodgell (SFBC #01655, Apr 86, $4.98, 370pp, hc) [Kencyrath] Reprint (Atheneum 1985) fantasy novel, sequel to God Stalk.
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The Proteus Operation James P. Hogan (SFBC #05755, Jan 86, $5.98, 403pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1985) alternate world sf novel.
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The Proteus Operation James P. Hogan (Bantam 0-553-25698-X, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $4.50, 407pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1985) sf novel.
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The Proteus Operation James P. Hogan (Century 0-7126-9527-3, Nov 86, £9.95, 496pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1985) sf novel.
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Horrifying and Hideous Hauntings ed. Helen & Franklin Hoke (Dutton/Lodestar 0-525-67179-X, May 86, $14.95, 116pp, hc) Young-adult anthology of horror tales.
- ix · About This Book · Helen & Franklin Hoke · in
- 1 · Fever Dream · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales Sep 48
- 9 · The Man Who Didnt Believe in Ghosts · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Ghosts Go Haunting, London: Odhams, 1965
- 16 · Dead Trouble · Aidan Chambers · nv Ghosts 2, ed. Aidan Chambers, Macmillan, 1972
- 34 · The Shepherds Dog · Joyce Marsh · ss Spectre 2, ed. Richard Davis, London: Abelard-Schumann, 1975
- 48 · Meeting in the Park · Ruth Rendell · ss EQMM Dec 75
- 62 · The Cyprian Cat · Dorothy L. Sayers · ss Harpers Bazaar (UK) May 33
- 76 · A Haunted Island · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Apr, 1899
- 94 · Gay as Cheese [As Gay as Cheese] · Joan Aiken · ss Argosy (UK) Dec 56
- 100 · That Hell-Bound Train · Robert Bloch · ss F&SF Sep 58
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Forms of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Third International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film ed. Jan Hokenson & Howard Pearce (Greenwood 0-313-25035-9, May 86 [Jun 86], $45.00, xiv + 262pp, hc) Non-fiction, a group of critical studies.
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Tin Toys Ursula Holden (Methuen 0-413-60450-0, Mar 86, £8.95, 132pp, hc) Horror novel. Mordantly humorous exploration of a childs world, with all its subversive horrors. (JF/SJ)
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Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock (Grafton 0-586-06585-7, Jan 86, £2.50, 317pp, pb) [Mythago] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel, winner of the British Science Fiction Award and the World Fantasy Award. Highly Recommended. (PS-P)
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Mythago Wood Robert Holdstock (Berkley 0-425-08785-9, Jun 86 [May 86], $2.95, 274pp, pb) [Mythago] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel, winner of the World Fantasy Award. Highly recommended. (FCM)
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Pillar of the Sky Cecelia Holland (Ballantine 0-345-33336-5, May 86 [Apr 86], $9.95, 534pp, tp) Trade paperback reprint (Knopf 1985) historial novel with some elements of fantasy, on the builder of Stonehenge.
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The Maze of Peril John Eric Holmes (Space & Time 0-917053-05-2, Nov 86 [Dec 86], $6.95, 147pp, pb) Fantasy novel inspired by Dungeons & Dragons.
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Macabre Railway Stories ed. Ronald Holmes (Star 0-352-31293-9, Jan 86, £1.95, 231pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1982) anthology of stories of fantasy, horror, and the supernatural.
- 7 · Introduction · Ronald Holmes · in
- 13 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1866
- 29 · The Garside Fell Disaster · L. T. C. Rolt · ss Sleep No More, Constable, 1948
- 41 · The Engineer · Amelia B. Edwards · nv All the Year Round Christmas, 1866
- 63 · The Tunnel · Raymond Harvey · ss The Eighth Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Herbert van Thal, London: Pan, 1967
- 75 · The Eighth Lamp · Roy Vickers · ss The Novel Magazine Jul 16
- 91 · The Compensation House [from Mugby Junction] · Charles Allston Collins · nv All the Year Round Christmas, 1866
- 111 · All Change · John Edgell · ss John Edgells Ghosts, ed. John Edgell, Hove: Wayland, 1970
- 119 · Midnight Express · Alfred Noyes · ss This Week Nov 3 35
- 127 · The Last Train · Harry Harrison · ss The Second Bedside Book of Strange Stories, ed. Herbert van Thal, London: Arthur Barker, 1976
- 135 · A Tale of a Gas-Light Ghost · Anon. · ss New Christmas Annual, 1867, 1866
- 149 · The Attic Express · Alex Hamilton · ss The Fourth Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Herbert van Thal, London: Pan, 1963
- 171 · The Woman in the Green Dress · Joyce Marsh · ss Spectre 3, ed. Richard Davis, London: Abelard-Schumann, 1976
- 185 · The Very Silent Traveller · Paul Tabori · ss Lilliput Sep-Oct 53
- 193 · Take the Z-Train · Allison V. Harding · ss Weird Tales Mar 50
- 205 · The Third Level · Jack Finney · ss Colliers Oct 7 50; F&SF Oct 52
- 213 · The Man Who Rode the Trains · Paul A. Carter · ss Travellers By Night, ed. August Derleth, Arkham, 1967
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Edgar Rice Burroughs Erling B. Holtsmark (Twayne 0-8057-7459-9, Jul 86, $15.95, 133pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study with a chronology and selected bibliography. [Edgar Rice Burroughs]
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Fandom Directory #8: 1986-1987 Edition ed. Mariane S. Hopkins (Fandom Computer Services 0-933215-08-8, Feb 86, $9.95, 448pp, pb) Reference book, a guide to fans, clubs, stores, artists, and other sf and comic items. The emphasis is on comics.
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The Devils Door-Bell Anthony Horowitz (Berkley Pacer 0-425-08891-X, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $2.50, 159pp, pb) [Power of Five] Reprint (UK 1983) young-adult horror novel.
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The Night of the Scorpion Anthony Horowitz (Methuen/Magnet 0-416-54550-5, May 86, £1.75, 160pp, pb) [Power of Five] Reprint (Hardy 1984) juvenile horror novel, sequel to The Devils Doorbell.
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The Silver Citadel Anthony Horowitz (Berkley Pacer 0-425-08890-1, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $2.50, 150pp, pb) [Power of Five] Young-adult horror novel of twin brothers vs. the Old Ones. A sequel to The Devils Door-Bell and The Night of the Scorpion.
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Assault on Omega 4 Dilwyn Horvat (Lion 0-7459-1048-3, Sep 86, £1.50, 128pp, pb) [Operation Titan] Juvenile sf novel. Sequel to Operation Titan.
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The Bard of Sorcery Gerard Daniel Houarner (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31138-8, May 86 [Apr 86], $2.95, 279pp, pb) Fantasy novel of an itinerant bards quest. A first novel.
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Arrows of Desire Geoffrey Household (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-045-9, Feb 86 [Mar 86], $12.95, 136pp, hc) Short sf novel of political muddles in post-holocaust Britain. Reprint (U.K. 1985); first U.S. edition.
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Conan the Warrior Robert E. Howard (Ace 0-441-11586-1, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $2.95, 222pp, pb) [Conan] Reissue (Lancer 1967) collection of 3 stories edited by L. Sprague de Camp, Conan #7. 12th printing.
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The Lost Valley of Iskander Robert E. Howard (Ace 0-441-49515-X, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $2.95, 207pp, pb) Reissue (FAX 1974) collection of three novelettes.
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The Pool of the Black One Robert E. Howard (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-89-5, Oct 86, $25.00, 134pp, hc) [Conan] Collection with the title story plus Drums of Tombalku, an unfinished story. This is part of a series of Howards original text with lavish illustrations. This one is illustrated in color and b&w by Hank Jankus.
- · The Pool of the Black One · nv Weird Tales Oct 33
- · Drums of Tombalku · uw Conan the Adventurer, Lancer, 1966
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Son of the White Wolf Robert E. Howard (Ace 0-441-77521-7, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $2.95, 184pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1978) collection of 3 adventure stories.
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Sword Woman Robert E. Howard (Ace 0-441-79279-0, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $2.95, 169pp, pb) Reprint (Zebra 1977) collection of 5 stories, some fantasy, about a woman warrior. Theres an introduction by Leigh Brackett. These were all trunk stories and fragments.
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Conan of Aquilonia Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter & L. Sprague de Camp (Ace 0-441-11475-X, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $2.95, 171pp, pb) [Conan] Reissue (Ace 1977) collection of stories based on the Robert E. Howard character. Conan #11. 12th printing.
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Conan the Adventurer Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp (Ace 0-441-11604-3, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $2.95, 224pp, pb) [Conan] Reissue (Lancer 1966) fantasy collection, Conan #5. 14th Ace printing.
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Conan the Conqueror Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp (Ace 0-441-11588-8, Jun 86 [May 86], $2.95, 222pp, pb) [Conan] Reissue (Gnome 1950) fantasy novel, Conan #9. 11th printing.
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Conan the Usurper Robert E. Howard & L. Sprague de Camp (Ace 0-441-11469-5, May 86 [Apr 86], $2.95, 254pp, pb) [Conan] Reissue (Lancer 1967) fantasy collection, Conan #8. 11th printing.
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Conan the Avenger Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp & Bjorn Nyberg (Ace 0-441-11474-1, Jul 86 [Jun 86], $2.95, 192pp, pb) [Conan] Reissue (Lancer 1968) novel by Nyberg and de Camp, based on Howards character. Conan #10. 12th printing.
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Babes in Toyland James Howe (HBJ/Gulliver 0-15-200411-4, Sep 86 [Dec 86], $14.95, 81pp, hc) Juvenile Christmas fairytale in a new retelling, with color illustrations by Allen Atkinson. Its based on the operetta by Victor Herbert and Glen MacDonough.
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The Celery Stalks at Midnight James Howe (Hodder 0-340-36190-5, Jan 86, £5.95, 112pp, hc) [Bunnicula] Reprint (Atheneum 1983) humorous juvenile fantasy novel.
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Bunnicula James & Deborah Howe (Dragon 0-583-30801-5, Jun 86 [May 86], £1.50, 96pp, pb) [Bunnicula] Reprint (Atheneum 1979) juvenile humorous horror novel.
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Comet Halley Fred Hoyle (St. Martins 0-312-15098-9, Feb 86, $14.95, 410pp, hc) Satiric sf novel featuring a professor named Isaac Newton. This is the first American edition of a 1985 Michael Joseph U.K. novel. Its actually the same printing with a new title page, binding, and jacket.
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The Small World of Fred Hoyle Fred Hoyle (Michael Joseph 0-7181-2740-4, Aug 86, £10.95, 187pp, hc) Autoboigraphy of a famous phycisist and sf writer.
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The Last Gasp Trevor Hoyle (Zebra 0-8217-1508-9, Aug 86 [Nov 86], $3.95, 590pp, pb) Reissue (Crown 1983) sf novel.
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Mission Earth, Vol. 1: The Invaders Plan L. Ron Hubbard (New Era 8-7733-6428-2, May 86, £10.95, 559pp, hc) [Mission Earth] Reprint (Bridge 1985) sf novel; part of a dekalogy.
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