The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Aliens in the Family Margaret Mahy (Methuen 0-416-97360-4, Nov 86, £7.95, 176pp, hc) Reprint (Toronto: Scholastic 1985) young-adult sf novel.
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The Changeover Margaret Mahy (Magnet 0-416-52270-X, Nov 86, £1.75, 214pp, pb) Reissue (Dent 1984) young-adult novel of the supernatural.
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The Downhill Crocodile Whizz & Other Stories Margaret Mahy (J.M. Dent 0-460-06237-9, Mar 86, £6.95, 136pp, hc) Collection, illustrated by Ian Newsham.
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Leaf Magic and Five Other Favourites Margaret Mahy (Methuen/Magnet 0-416-63780-9, Jun 86 [May 86], £1.50, 64pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1984) young-adult fantasy collection.
- 6 · Leaf Magic · ss, 1976
- 14 · Stepmother · ss, 1974
- 26 · Ultra-Violet Catastrophe! · ss, 1975
- 39 · The Rare Spotted Birthday Party · ss, 1974
- 45 · Rooms to Let · ss, 1974
- 56 · Simons Witch Doctor · ss, 1976
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A Lion in the Meadow Margaret Mahy (J.M. Dent 0-460-06174-7, Mar 86, £5.95, 28pp, hc) Reprint (Puffin 1972). A marvelous juvenile fantasy story. (JF/SJ)
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The Tricksters Margaret Mahy (J.M. Dent 0-460-06203-4, Mar 86, £7.95, 272pp, hc) Intricate supernatural juvenile novel. (JF/SJ)
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Underlay Barry N. Malzberg (IPL 0-930330-41-2, May 86, $4.95, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1974) humorous novel about horseracing; not sf or fantasy associational. The 17 years of research mentioned on the cover were spent at the betting windows. This is Malzbergs funniest book, and one of his best. Recommended. (CNB)
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Crocodile Blood George Mandel (Arbor House 0-87795-742-8, 1985 [Feb 86], $17.95, 423pp, hc) Novel with elements of fantasy and horror, a tale of violence in the Everglades. This appeared in 1985, but we did not see it until 1986.
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Science Fiction: Ten Explorations C. N. Manlove (Kent State 0-87338-326-5, Sep 86, $22.50, 249pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study. This U.S. edition is a co-publication with Macmillan UK.
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Master of Paxwax Phillip Mann (Gollancz 0-575-03807-1, Jun 86 [May 86], £9.95, 288pp, hc) [Story of the Gardener] Sf novel where drama, philosophy, humans and aliens intermingle effortlessly. The first part of a sweeping far-future epic. (SJ/JF)
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The Computer That Ate My Brother Dean Marney (Target 0-426-20235-X, Mar 86, £1.80, 128pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton & Mifflin 1985) juvenile sf novel.
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The Tail of the Arabian Knight Geoffrey Marsh (Doubleday 0-385-19101-4, Jul 86 [Jun 86], $12.95, 181pp, hc) [Lincoln Blackthorne] Fantasy adventure novel, second in a series featuring New Jersey tailor/soldier of fortune Lincoln Blackthorne. Marsh is a pseudonym for Charles L. Grant.
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The Prometheus Design Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath (Firecrest 0-85997-633-5, Jun 86, £7.50, 192pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket Books 1982) sf novel, Star Trek #5.
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Star Trek # 5: The Prometheus Design Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath (Gregg 0-8398-2936-1, Mar 86, $11.95, 190pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1982) Star Trek novel. First hc edition.
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Star Trek # 9: Triangle Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath (Gregg 0-8398-2934-5, Mar 86, $11.95, 188pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1983) Star Trek novel. First hc edition.
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Triangle Sondra Marshak & Myrna Culbreath (Firecrest 0-85997-634-3, Jun 86, £7.50, 192pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket Books 1983) sf novel, Star Trek #9.
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Harry Sullivans War Ian Marter (Target 0-426-20250-3, Sep 86, £1.60, 148pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Juvenile sf novel. Volume 2 in The Companions of Doctor Who.
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Sandkings George R. R. Martin (Baen 0-671-65554-X, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $2.95, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1981) collection of 7 stories.
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Songs the Dead Men Sing George R. R. Martin (Sphere 0-7221-5736-3, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £2.50, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1983) collection. Follows the Gollancz 1985 edition which omits 2 stories.
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Tuf Voyaging George R. R. Martin (Baen 0-671-55985-0, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $15.95, 374pp, hc) [Haviland Tuf] Sf quasi-novel made up from a series of connected adventures from Analog.
- 1 · Prologue · pr
- 6 · The Plague Star · na Analog Jan 85 (+1)
- 100 · Loaves and Fishes · na Analog Oct 85
- 167 · Guardians · na Analog Oct 12 81
- 214 · Second Helpings · na Analog Nov 85
- 256 · A Beast for Norn · nv Andromeda 1, ed. Peter Weston, London: Futura, 1976; revised
- 291 · Call Him Moses · nv Analog Feb 78
- 327 · Manna from Heaven · na Analog mid-Dec 85
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Night Visions 3 ed. George R. R. Martin (Dark Harvest 0-913165-13-1, Oct 86 [Nov 86], $18.00, 225pp, hc) Original anthology of horror stories by Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Tuttle, and Clive Barker, illustrated by Stephen Gervais. Introduction by George R.R. Martin.
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Wild Cards ed. George R. R. Martin (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26190-8, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $3.95, 410pp, pb) [Wild Cards] Original shared-world anthology of alternate history and a virus that grants strange powers; first in a series.
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Time-Slip Graham Dunstan Martin (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823304-8, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £8.95, 164pp, hc) Sf novel of post-holocaust Scotland.
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Time-Slip Graham Dunstan Martin (Orion 0-04-823284-X, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £2.95, 164pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
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The Darkling Hills Lori Martin (NAL 0-453-00515-2, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $15.95, 327pp, hc) Fantasy novel of two star-crossed lovers in a mythical world. A first novel.
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The Playmasters Rod Martin & John Dalmas (Baen 0-671-65610-4, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $3.50, 371pp, pb) Sf novel of aliens who want to use Earth as a playing field for war gaming.
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The Stolen Law Anne Mason (Harper & Row 0-06-024118-7, Mar 86 [Apr 86], $12.50, 218pp, hc) [Dancing Meteorite] library edition -024119-5, $11.89. Young-adult sf novel, sequel to The Dancing Meteorite.
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Death Trance Graham Masterton (Tor 0-812-52187-0, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $3.95, 409pp, pb) Horror novel.
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Family Portrait Graham Masterton (Arrow 0-09-945100-X, 1985 [Jan 86], £2.50, 427pp, pb) Horror novel of the demonic power which gathers around a fading Victorian painting.
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Family Portrait Graham Masterton (Severn House 0-7278-1338-2, Nov 86, £10.95, 432pp, hc) Reprint (Arrow 1985) horror novel.
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Night Warriors Graham Masterton (Sphere 0-7221-6120-4, Nov 86, £2.95, 410pp, pb) [Night Warriors] Horror novel.
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Night Warriors Graham Masterton (Tor 0-812-52185-4, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $3.95, 405pp, pb) [Night Warriors] Horror novel, originally announced as Nightspawn. First U.S. edition (Sphere 1986).
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The Pariah Graham Masterton (Star 0-352-31367-6, Jan 86, £2.25, 381pp, pb) Reissue (Star 1983) horror novel.
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Tengu Graham Masterton (Sphere 0-7221-6029-1, Dec 86, £2.50, 380pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1983) horror novel.
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Time Out of Mind John R. Maxim (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-36801-4, Jan 86, $17.95, 502pp, hc) Time travel fantasy novel.
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Timeshadow Rider Ann Maxwell (Tor 0-812-54560-5, Jun 86 [May 86], $2.95, 313pp, pb) Sf novel of superhumans destined to save the galaxy and destroy the universe.
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Dragondrums Anne McCaffrey (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25855-9, May 86 [Apr 86], $3.50, 193pp, pb) [Pern: Harper Hall] Reissue (Atheneum 1979) sf novel of Pern, Vol. 3 of the Harper Hall trilogy. 11th Bantam printing.
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Dragonsinger Anne McCaffrey (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25854-0, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $3.50, 240pp, pb) [Pern: Harper Hall] Reissue (Atheneum 1977) sf novel of Pern, vol. 2 in the Harper Hall trilogy. 15th printing.
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Dragonsong Anne McCaffrey (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25852-4, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $3.50, 176pp, pb) [Pern: Harper Hall] Reissue (Atheneum 1976) sf novel of Pern, the dragon planet; this is the first of a juvenile trilogy within the main series. 18th printing.
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Killashandra Anne McCaffrey (Bantam UK 0-593-01014-0, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £8.95, 320pp, hc) [Killashandra] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel, sequel to Crystal Singer.
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Killashandra Anne McCaffrey (SFBC #02860, Jun 86, $4.98, 275pp, hc) [Killashandra] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel, sequel to Crystal Singer.
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Killashandra Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33768-9, Aug 86, $3.95, 373pp, pb) [Killashandra] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel in the Crystal Singer series.
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Killashandra Anne McCaffrey (Corgi 0-552-12556-3, Sep 86, £2.50, 346pp, pb) [Killashandra] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel.
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Killashandra Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31600-2, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $4.50, 373pp, pb) [Killashandra] Reissue (Del Rey 1985) sf novel in the Crystal Singer series. 2nd printing.
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Nerilkas Story Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33159-1, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $12.95, 182pp, hc) [Pern] Sf novel set on Pern. This is sort of a side-bar to the main Pern story a short gothic romance set during the plague covered in Moreta: Dragonlady of Pern. There are illustrations by Edwin Herder.
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Nerilkas Story Anne McCaffrey (SFBC #10135, Sep 86, $4.98, 138pp, hc) [Pern] Reprint (Del Rey 1986) sf short novel, a Pern adventure.
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Stitch in Snow Anne McCaffrey (Tor 0-812-58562-3, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $3.95, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Bradywyne 1984) suspense/romance novel; non-sf/fantasy listed for completists.
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The Year of the Lucy Anne McCaffrey (Brandywyne 0-88733-002-9, Jul 86, $40.00, 220pp, hc) Non-sf/fantasy, associational; romance novel about one womans search for fulfillment. Signed, boxed numbered edition of 350.
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The Year of the Lucy Anne McCaffrey (Tor 0-312-93981-7, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $15.95, 311pp, hc) Reprint (Brandywyne 1986), non-sf/fantasy, associational; romance novel.
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Ushers Passing Robert R. McCammon (Pan 0-330-29135-1, Mar 86, £2.50, 401pp, pb) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1984) horror/dark fantasy novel.
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Ushers Passing Robert R. McCammon (Ballantine 0-345-32407-2, Oct 86, $3.95, 407pp, pb) Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1984) horror novel.
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Flight to Thlassa Mey Dennis McCarty (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32653-9, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $2.95, 319pp, pb) [Thlassa Mey] Fantasy novel, first in a 4-book series. A first novel.
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Warriors of Thlassa Mey Dennis McCarty (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33911-8, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $3.50, 337pp, pb) [Thlassa Mey] Fantasy novel, sequel to Flight to Thlassa Mey.
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Dark Forces ed. Kirby McCauley (Futura 0-7088-1979-6, Jun 86 [Aug 86], £2.95, 551pp, pb) Reissue (Viking 1980) horror anthology.
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Antares Dawn Michael McCollum (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32313-0, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $2.95, 310pp, pb) [Antares Dawn] Sf novel.
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Timelash Glen McCoy (Target 0-426-20229-5, May 86, £1.60, 124pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1985) sf novel/tv novelization. Doctor Who #105.
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A Creed for the Third Millennium Colleen McCullough (Avon 0-380-70134-0, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $4.95, 458pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1985) sf novel of a new messiah.
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A Creed for the Third Millennium Colleen McCullough (Futura 0-7088-2953-8, Jun 86 [May 86], £2.95, 443pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1985) near-future sf novel.
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The Hercules Text Jack McDevitt (Ace 0-441-37367-4, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $3.50, 307pp, pb) Sf novel of a coded alien message from a remote part of the galaxy. A first novel, one of the new Ace Specials.
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Starlog Science Fiction Trivia et al David McDonnell (NAL/Signet 0-451-14397-3, Jul 86 [Aug 86], $2.95, 208pp, pb) Non-fiction. Questions, photos, etc., from the media-oriented sf magazine.
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Blackwater 5: The Fortune Michael McDowell (Corgi 0-552-12693-4, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £1.95, 172pp, pb) [Blackwater] Reprint (Avon 1983) horror novel, fifth in the series.
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Blackwater 6: Rain Michael McDowell (Corgi 0-552-12695-0, Mar 86, £1.95, 190pp, pb) [Blackwater] Reprint (Avon 1983) horror novel, conclusion of a series.
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Flight of Honour Richard S. McEnroe (Orbit 0-7088-8190-4, Sep 86, £1.95, 149pp, pb) [Far Stars and Future Times] Reprint (Bantam 1984) sf novel. Volume 2 in the Far Stars and Future Times series.
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The Shattered Stars Richard S. McEnroe (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8193-9, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £1.95, 182pp, pb) [Far Stars and Future Times] Reprint (Bantam 1983) sf novel. Volume 1 in the Far Stars and Future Times series.
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Skinner Richard S. McEnroe (Orbit 0-7088-8191-2, Dec 86, £2.50, 198pp, pb) [Far Stars and Future Times] Reprint (Bantam 1985) sf novel, Far Stars and Future Times #3.
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Not Quite Human #1: Batteries Not Included Seth McEvoy (Grafton/Dragon 0-583-30982-8, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £1.95, 147pp, pb) [Not Quite Human] Reprint (Pocket/Archway 1985) young-adult sf novel, part of a series.
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Not Quite Human #2: All Geared Up Seth McEvoy (Grafton/Dragon 0-583-30983-6, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £1.95, 149pp, pb) [Not Quite Human] Reprint (Pocket/Archway 1985) young-adult sf novel in a series about an android teenager.
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Not Quite Human #3: A Bug in the System Seth McEvoy (Grafton/Dragon 0-583-30984-4, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £1.95, 147pp, pb) [Not Quite Human] Reprint (Pocket/Archway 1985) young-adult sf novel, part of a series.
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Not Quite Human #4: Reckless Robot Seth McEvoy (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60084-2, Feb 86 [May 86], $2.25, 146pp, pb) [Not Quite Human] Juvenile sf novel, part of a series.
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Not Quite Human #4: Reckless Robot Seth McEvoy (Grafton/Dragon 0-583-30985-2, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £1.95, 160pp, pb) [Not Quite Human] Reprint (Pocket/Archway 1986) young-adult sf novel, part of a series.
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Not Quite Human #5: Terror At Play Seth McEvoy (Pocket/Archway 0-671-62562-4, Jun 86 [Oct 86], $2.50, 149pp, pb) [Not Quite Human] Juvenile sf novel in a series about Chip the robot; he takes a role in a school play threatened by strange accidents.
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Not Quite Human #6: Killer Robot Seth McEvoy (Pocket/Archway 0-671-62563-2, 1986 [Oct 86], $2.50, 146pp, pb) [Not Quite Human] Another in the series of juvenile sf novels; Chip faces a hurricane and a killer robot at school.
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Barbary Vonda N. McIntyre (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-41029-0, Oct 86, $12.95, 192pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of a space transport, a child, a stowaway cat, and an alien ship.
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Enterprise: The First Adventure Vonda N. McIntyre (SFBC #10447, Dec 86, $5.98, 340pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1986) Star Trek novel, first hardcover edition.
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Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home Vonda N. McIntyre (Pocket 0-671-63266-3, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $3.95, 274pp, pb) [Star Trek] Novelization of the latest movie in the series, based on a screenplay by Meerson, Krikes, Bennett, and Meyer, and a story by Leonard Nimoy and Harve Bennett.
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Star Trek: Enterprise: The First Adventure Vonda N. McIntyre (Pocket 0-671-62581-0, Sep 86, $3.95, 371pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novelization/novel. Captain Kirks first mission on the Enterprise.
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Superluminal Vonda N. McIntyre (NEL 0-450-05890-5, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £2.50, 289pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1983) sf novel.
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Vampire Vacation Thomas McKean (Avon Camelot 0-380-89808-X, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $2.50, 136pp, pb) Juvenile fantasy novel of the Smith kids vs. the secret of Hidden Mountain.
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The Brega Path Dennis L. McKiernan (Doubleday 0-385-23352-3, Jun 86 [May 86], $12.95, 221pp, hc) [Silver Call] Fantasy novel, conclusion of the Silver Call Duology.
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Trek to Kraggen-Cor Dennis L. McKiernan (Doubleday 0-385-23351-5, May 86 [Apr 86], $12.95, 188pp, hc) [Silver Call] Fantasy novel, Book One of the Silver Call Duology.
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The Moon and the Face Patricia A. McKillip (Berkley 0-425-09206-2, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $2.95, 146pp, pb) [Moon-Flash] Reprint (Atheneum 1985) young-adult sf novel, sequel to Moon-Flash.
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Beauty Robin McKinley (Orbit/Futura 0-7088-8172-6, Jan 86, £2.50, 247pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1978) fantasy novel.
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The Blue Sword Robin McKinley (Orbit/Futura 0-7088-8155-6, 1985 [Jan 86], £2.50, pb) [Damar] Reissue (Morrow 1982) fantasy novel.
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The Door in the Hedge Robin McKinley (Orbit 0-7088-2922-8, Sep 86, £2.50, 216pp, pb) Reprint (Greenwillow 1981) juvenile fantasy collection.
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The Door in the Hedge Robin McKinley (Berkley 0-425-09585-1, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $2.95, 216pp, pb) Reprint (Greenwillow 1981) collection of 4 retold fairytales.
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The Hero and the Crown Robin McKinley (Berkley 0-425-08907-X, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $2.95, 226pp, pb) [Damar] Reprint (Greenwillow 1984) fantasy novel, prequel to The Blue Sword, and winner of the Newbery Medal as best juvenile of the year.
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The Hero and the Crown Robin McKinley (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8164-5, May 86, £2.50, 246pp, pb) [Damar] Reprint (Greenwillow 1984) fantasy novel, first British edition.
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Imaginary Lands ed. Robin McKinley (Morrow/Greenwillow 0-688-05213-4, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $11.75, 246pp, hc) Reprint (Ace 1985) anthology of original fantasy stories by Peter Dickinson, P.C. Hodgell, Jane Yolen, and others. This edition adds an introduction by the editor. First hardcover edition. Recommended. (FCM)
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