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Chronicles of the Kencyrath P. C. Hodgell (NEL 0-450-42400-6, May ’88 [Apr ’88], £4.50, 608pp, tp) [Kencyrath]; Omnibus edition of a fantasy novel, originally published in two parts as God Stalk and Dark of the Moon.

There’s a Bat Wing in My Lunchbox Ann Hodgman (Avon Camelot 0-380-75426-6, Jan ’88, $2.50, 96pp, pb); Juvenile fantasy novella, third in a series.

Minds, Machines & Evolution James P. Hogan (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27288-8, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $4.50, 324pp, pb); Collection of 17 stories and non-fiction essays, including autobiographical sketches.

Sultana’s Dream Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (Feminist Press 0-935312-83-8, Jun ’88 [Aug ’88], $6.95, 89pp, tp); Edited by Roushan Jahan and Hanna Papanek. Collection of the title story — the first feminist Utopia story written in English (1905) — plus translations of selections from The Secluded Ones, a 1929 series of stories on purdah. (“Sultana’s Dream” is a reverse purdah story.) A hardcover is listed at $16.95 — not seen. Order from The Talman Company, 150 5th Ave., New York NY 10011.

Tales of the Early World Ted Hughes (Faber and Faber 0-571-15126-4, Jul ’88, £5.95, 122pp, hc); Fantasy collection about God during the Creation.

The Lottery: Adventures of the Daemon Lover Shirley Jackson (Robinson 0-948164-75-1, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], £3.50, 222pp, tp); Reprint (Farrar Strauss 1949) collection.

Born Into Light Paul Samuel Jacobs (Scholastic 0-590-40710-4, Mar ’88 [Jun ’88], $11.95, 149pp, hc); Young-adult sf novella of extraterrestrial “feral children.” A first novel.

The Bug Life Chronicles Phillip C. Jennings (Baen 0-671-69801-X, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.50, 304pp, pb); Collection of 15 stories set in the same universe as Tower to the Sky.

Gaslight & Ghosts ed. Stephen Jones & Jo Fletcher (Robinson Pub./1988 World Fantasy Con 0-9513892-0-3, Oct ’88, £9.95, 258pp, hc); Original anthology of 21 stories and articles published for the 1988 World Fantasy Convention held in London.

The Best Horror from Fantasy Tales ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton (Robinson 0-948164-73-5, Oct ’88, £11.95, 264pp, hc); Illustrated anthology of horror stories from Fantasy Tales.

The Best Horror Stories from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ed. Anne Devereaux Jordan & Edward L. Ferman (St. Martin’s 0-312-01894-0, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $22.95, 403pp, hc); Anthology of horror stories.

Weird Tales: The Magazine That Never Dies ed. Marvin Kaye (SFBC #11698, Oct ’88, $7.98, 582pp, hc); Anthology of stories from Weird Tales.

The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt W. P. Kinsella (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-47593-7, May ’88, $7.95, 179pp, tp); Collection of fantasy baseball stories. Also announced in hardcover; not seen.

The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales Rudyard Kipling (R.S. Surtees Society 0-948560-09-6, Dec ’88, £3.75, 104pp, tp); Reprint (A.H. Wheeler 1888) classic collection of supernatural stories. This is a marvellous ‘near facsimile’ to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first edition, with a new introduction by Philip Mason. Recommended. (PSP)

Oddkins Dean R. Koontz (Warner 0-446-51490-X, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $17.95, 183pp, hc); Modern children’s fable lavishly illustrated in full color by Phil Parks. This is not a horror book; it’s closer to a Grimm fairy tale. The book was “created” by Christopher Zavisa and packaged by Land of Enchantment.

Oddkins Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-0112-9, Nov ’88, £12.95, 183pp, hc); Reprint (Warner 1988) delightful young-adult fantasy novel about a battle between a group of good toys and a group of bad toys. Heavily illustrated throughout by Phil Parks. Recommended. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]

Kuttner Times Three Henry Kuttner (Virgil Utter, Feb ’88, $4.00, 29pp, ph); Associational. Collection of 3 non-sf stories from various pulps, in pamphlet form. Edition of 200 copies.

The Early Lafferty R. A. Lafferty (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-00-3, Mar ’88, $3.50 + $0.50 postage, 38pp, ph); Collection of 6 stories from the ’50s and ’60s, 2 of them previously unpublished. Also available in a signed edition, $6.00 + $0.50 postage (prices in U.S. dollars).

East of Laughter R. A. Lafferty (Morrigan 1-870338-36-7, Jun ’88, £35.00, 200pp, hc); Special slip-cased, cloth-bound edition of the above, including a separate story by Lafferty, ‘The Story of Little Briar-Rose’, and an article by Gene Wolfe. Limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by Lafferty and Wolfe.

Gaslit Nightmares ed. Hugh Lamb (Futura 0-7088-3658-5, Mar ’88, £4.50, 358pp, tp); Ghost/horror anthology.

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