The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Web: Sorceress Maggie Furey (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-551-7, Feb 98, £3.50, 98pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Web] Young-adult SF novella set in the worldwide Virtual Reality Web of 2027. Last in a series of six linked stories, each written by a different author. A hardcover edition was apparently cancelled.
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The Web: Spindrift Maggie Furey (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-647-5, Nov 98 [Dec 98], £3.50, 117pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Web] Young-adult SF novella. Book #10 in the series.
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Millennium: Gehenna Lewis Gannett (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648338-0, Jan 98 [Dec 97], £5.99, 220pp, pb) [Millennium] Novelization of an episode from the TV series. Simultaneous with US (HarperPrism) edition.
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Dont Mess with Angels Susan Gates (Walker UK 0-7445-5490-X, 1997 [Mar 98], £3.99, 111pp, pb, cover by Angelo Rinaldi) Young-adult fantasy novel. Published in 1997 but not seen until now.
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Ella Uri Geller (Headline 0-7472-7643-9, May 98, £9.99, 343pp, tp) Novel of girl with psychic powers.
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Echoes of the Great Song David Gemmell (Corgi 0-552-14255-7, Sep 98 [Jul 98], £5.99, 446pp, pb, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Bantam UK 1997) fantasy novel.
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The First Chronicles of Druss the Legend David Gemmell (Orbit 1-85723-680-7, Oct 98 [Dec 98], £5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Drenai; Druss the Legend] Reprint (Legend 1993) fantasy novel. In the Druss the Legend sequence of the Drenai novels.
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The King Beyond the Gate David Gemmell (Orbit 1-85723-665-3, Oct 98 [Dec 98], £5.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Drenai] Reprint (Century 1985) fantasy novel. A Drenai novel.
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Legend David Gemmell (Orbit 1-85723-681-5, Oct 98 [Dec 98], £5.99, 432pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Drenai] Reprint (Century 1984) fantasy novel. A Drenai novel.
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Quest for Lost Heroes David Gemmell (Orbit 1-85723-671-8, Oct 98 [Dec 98], £5.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Drenai] Reprint (Legend 1990) fantasy novel. A Drenai novel.
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Sword in the Storm David Gemmell (Bantam UK 0-593-03718-9, Sep 98 [Aug 98], £16.99, 364pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Rigante] Fantasy novel. Book One in the Rigante series.
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Waylander David Gemmell (Orbit 1-85723-621-1, Oct 98 [Dec 98], £5.99, 384pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Drenai; Waylander] Reprint (Arrow 1986) fantasy novel. A Drenai novel.
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Waylander II: In the Realm of the Wolf David Gemmell (Orbit 1-85723-581-9, Oct 98 [Dec 98], £5.99, 323pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Drenai; Waylander] Reprint (Legend 1992) fantasy novel. A Drenai novel.
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Blueprint for a Prophet Carl Gibeily (Black Swan 0-552-99731-5, Jun 98 [May 98], £6.99, 383pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1997) literary fantasy/SF novel of angels, extra-terrestrial communication, time theory, ancient myth and interracial romance, set against the Middle-East conflict. The original hardcover was not seen.
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Blood of the Fold Terry Goodkind (Orion/Millennium 0-75280-666-1, Oct 98, £6.99, 698pp, pb, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Sword of Truth] Reissue (Tor 1996) fantasy novel. Book Three of The Sword of Truth. Second printing.
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Stone of Tears Terry Goodkind (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-305-X, Oct 98, £6.99, 1056pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Reissue (Tor 1995) fantasy novel. Book Two of The Sword of Truth. Third printing.
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Temple of the Winds Terry Goodkind (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-550-8, Jun 98, £11.99, 528pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Tor 1997) fantasy novel. Book four of The Sword of Truth.
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Temple of the Winds Terry Goodkind (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-678-0, Oct 98, £6.99, 786pp, pb, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Tor 1997) fantasy novel. Book Four of The Sword of Truth.
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Wizards First Rule Terry Goodkind (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-235-5, Oct 98, £6.99, 774pp, pb, cover by Doug Beekman) [Sword of Truth] Reissue (Millennium 1994) fantasy novel. Book One of The Sword of Truth. Fourth printing.
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Queen City Jazz Kathleen Ann Goonan (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648317-8, Dec 98 [Nov 98], £5.99, 465pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Nanotech Cycle] Reprint (Tor 1994) SF novel of a future made apocalyptic by nanotechnology. [First U.K. edition]
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Changeling Frances Gordon (Headline 0-7472-1992-3, Jan 98, £17.99, 279pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel of music and myth, based on Rumpelstiltskin.
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Sextro Ray Gordon (NEL 0-340-68482-8, Nov 97 [Jan 98], £5.99, 346pp, pb) Explicitly sexual and erotic SF/fantasy novel. A UFO investigator is given telepathic powers of control by aliens.
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The Silver Scream Ed Gorman (Headline 0-7472-5327-7, Aug 98 [Sep 98], £5.99, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1998) associational novel.
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A Very Different Story: Studies on the Fiction of Charlotte Perkins Gilman ed. Val Gough & Jill Rudd (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-601-1, Nov 98 [Dec 98], £15.95, x+188pp, tp) Collection of critical essays on the author of Herland and The Yellow Wallpaper. A hardcover edition (-591-0, £32.00) was announced but not seen. [Charlotte Perkins Gilman]
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Fallen Dewey Gram (Penguin UK 0-14-026938-X, Mar 98 [Apr 98], £5.99, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Signet 1998) movie novelization about a demon inside an executed serial killer. [First U.K. edition]
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Ice Mage Julia Gray (Orbit 1-85723-689-0, Dec 98, £6.99, 535pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Ice Mage] Fantasy novel. Young rebels using lost magic arts are the only defence against the combined menaces of volcanoes, pirates, dragons, and the evil beneath them all. Gray is the pseudonym of an author who has sold over 300,000 copies.
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Furnace Muriel Gray (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649640-7, Sep 98, £5.99, 338pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday; HarperCollins UK 1997) supernatural mystery/horror novel.
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Deathstalker Honour Simon R. Green (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60178-7, Jun 98, £5.99, 621pp, pb, cover by Peter Mennim) [Deathstalker] SF novel. Book 4 in the Deathstalker series.
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Deathstalker Prelude Simon R. Green (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60330-5, Nov 98, £6.99, 542pp, pb, cover by Peter Mennim) [Twilight of Empire] Reprint (Penguin/Roc 1997 as Twilight of the Empire) SF omnibus of three Empire novels: Mistworld (1992), Hellworld (1993) and Ghostworld (1993). Hellworld is copyrighted 1995, suggesting the Gollancz first UK edition was revised. [First U.K. edition]
- 7 · Mistworld · n. New York: Ace, 1992
- 211 · Ghostworld · n. New York: Ace, 1993
- 373 · Hellworld · n. New York: Ace, 1993
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Mother of Plenty Colin Greenland (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649907-4, Jul 98, £5.99, 451pp, pb) [Tabitha Jute] Reprint (Avon Eos 1998) SF novel. Last in the Tabitha Jute trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
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The Dreaming Pool Gary Greenwood (RazorBlade Press 0-9531468-7-1, Oct 98, £4.99, 136pp, tp, cover by Chris Nurse) Dark fantasy thriller, with an introduction by Simon Clark. Jack Bradley learns that the dreaming pool of his childhood has hidden depths. Available from Turnaround, Unit 3, Olympia Trading Estate, Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6TZ.
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Lucifers Dragon Jon Courtenay Grimwood (NEL 0-340-67473-3, Jan 98, £6.99, 377pp, tp, cover by Gary Marsh) SF novel.
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Psylicon Beach Philip Gross (Scholastic Press 0-590-19808-4, Jun 98, £5.99, 184pp, tp, cover by Black Sheep) Young-adult SF novel set in a virtual playground that becomes a deadly nightmare.
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Attilas Treasure Stephan Grundy (Penguin 0-14-024489-1, 1997 [Feb 98], £6.99, 549pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Rhinegold] Reprint (Michael Joseph 1996) historical fantasy novel based on the myth-cycles of Northern Europe.
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The Merlin Mystery: The Secret Lies Inside Jonathan Gunson & Marten Coombe (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224675-9, Sep 98, £12.99, 48pp, hc) Illustrated fantasy novella based on the Merlin & Nimue legend. A treasure-hunt clue book published simultaneously throughout the world.
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Ayesha H. Rider Haggard (Pulp Fictions UK 1-902058-04-6, Sep 98 [Oct 98], £4.99, xvi+301pp, tp, cover by Wiley Dunsmore) [She] Reprint (Ward, Lock 1905) classic fantasy novel, sequel to She. Includes an introduction by David Pringle, reprinted from Interzone.
- v · Introductory Essay [Was Haggard a Pulpster?] · David Pringle · ar Interzone #135 98
- 1 · Ayesha: The Return of She · H. Rider Haggard · n. London: Ward, Lock, 1905
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The People of the Mist H. Rider Haggard (Pulp Fictions UK 1-902058-00-3, Mar 98 [Oct 98], £4.99, 343pp, tp, cover by Tania Lomas) Reprint (Longmans Green 1894) classic lost-race novel set in Africa.
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She H. Rider Haggard (Pulp Fictions UK 1-902058-03-8, Sep 98 [Oct 98], £4.99, xvi+246pp, tp, cover by Wiley Dunsmore) [She] Reprint (Harper 1886) classic fantasy novel.
- v · Introductory Essay [Was Haggard a Pulpster?] · David Pringle · ar Interzone #135 98
- 1 · She · H. Rider Haggard · n. New York: Harper, 1886
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She and Allan H. Rider Haggard (Pulp Fictions UK 1-902058-05-4, Sep 98 [Oct 98], £4.99, xvi+290pp, tp, cover by Wiley Dunsmore) [She; Allan Quatermain] Reprint (Longmans Green 1921) classic fantasy novel. Part of the She series, also in the Allan Quatermain series. Includes an introduction by David Pringle, reprinted from Interzone.
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When the World Shook H. Rider Haggard (Pulp Fictions UK 1-902058-07-0, Nov 98, £4.99, xx+272pp, tp, cover by Wiley Dunsmore) Reprint (Cassell 1919) SF/fantasy novel of a fight against the worlds death. Includes an introduction by David Pringle, reprinted from Interzone.
- v · Introductory Essay [Was Haggard a Pulpster?] · David Pringle · ar Interzone #135 98
- 1 · When the World Shook · H. Rider Haggard · n. London: Cassell, 1919
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Knights of Madness: Further Comic Tales of Fantasy ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press 0-285-63450-X, Sep 98, £16.99, 252pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) Anthology of 24 comic fantasy, historical and crime stories, one an original story by Stan McMurtry. Other authors include Terry Pratchett, Mervyn Peake, Philip K. Dick, Jerome K. Jerome, Evan Hunter, and Ray Bradbury.
- 9 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
- 13 · 1: Flights of Fantasy: Stories of the Absurd
- 15 · Hollywood Chickens · Terry Pratchett · ss More Tales from the Forbidden Planet, ed. Roz Kaveney, Titan, 1990
- 28 · The New Utopia · Jerome K. Jerome · ss Diary of a Pilgrimage, J.W. Arrowsmith, 1891
- 38 · The Angry Street [A Somewhat Improbable Story; Club of Queer Trades] · G. K. Chesterton · ss The Daily News Jan 25 08
- 44 · The Party at Lady Cusp-Canines · Mervyn Peake · ss New Worlds Sep/Oct 69
- 52 · The Little Man Who Wasnt All There [Lefty Feep] · Robert Bloch · ss Fantastic Adventures Aug 42
- 72 · The Year the Glop-Monster Won the Golden Lion at Cannes · Ray Bradbury · ss Cavalier Jul 67
- 85 · Lila the Werewolf [Farrell and Lila the Werewolf; Sam Farrell] · Peter S. Beagle · nv guabi #1 69
- 107 · The War with the Fnools · Philip K. Dick · ss Galaxy Feb 69; said to have been written for Galactic Outpost magazine in 1964.
- 121 · 2: The Muddle Ages: Tales of Heroic Times
- 123 · The Creation according to Spike Milligan · Spike Milligan · ss Punch Feb 89
- 129 · Mediaeval Romance [Mediaeval Romance: A story that will bring a smile upon the gruffest countenance] · Mark Twain · ss, 1871
- 137 · Ethelred the Unready · Ben Travers · ss, 192?
- 142 · Dream Damsel · Evan Hunter · ss Fantastic Universe Oct 54
- 152 · Three Months in a Balloon [from Mr Münchausen] · John Kendrick Bangs · ex, 1901
- 159 · How I Lost the Second World War and Helped Turn Back the German Invasion · Gene Wolfe · ss Analog May 73
- 177 · Fifi and the Chilean Truffle [Diplomatic Crisis; or, Fifi and the Chilean Truffle] · Orson Welles · ss EQMM Aug 56
- 183 · The Wastrel · Peter Sellers · ss London Evening News Apr 26 63
- 189 · 3: Malice in Blunderland: Cases of Crime
- 191 · Stirring the Pot · Tom Sharpe · ss The Daily Telegraph, 1994
- 197 · The Suicide of Kiaros · L. Frank Baum · ss The White Elephant Sep, 1897
- 210 · The Rape of the Sherlock · A. A. Milne · vi Vanity Fair Oct 15 03
- 213 · The White Rabbit Caper · James Thurber · ss New Yorker Nov 19 49
- 221 · Wot the Eye Dont See · Stan McMurtry · ss *
- 230 · The Condemned · Woody Allen · ss New Yorker Nov 21 77
- 237 · The Mulligan Stew · Donald E. Westlake · ss EQMM Jan 79
- 243 · The Dulwich Assassins [Dulwich] · David L. Stone · ss Xenos Apr 97
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The Mammoth Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories ed. Peter Haining (Robinson 1-85487-536-1, Oct 98, £6.99, 482pp, tp) Anthology of 30 stories, including an original by Haining. Authors include Doyle, James, Kuttner, Steinbeck, Wells, and Wodehouse.
- 1 · Introduction · Peter Haining · in
- 3 · One: The Golden Era
- 5 · The Third Person · Henry James · nv
- 41 · The Presence by the Fire · H. G. Wells · ss Penny Illustrated Paper Aug 14, 1897
- 49 · How It Happened · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Strand Sep 13
- 55 · A Ghostly Duel · Jack London · ss
- 65 · The Hand · Theodore Dreiser · ss Munseys May 19
- 88 · The Ghost of Down Hill · Edgar Wallace · nv The Haunted House & Other Ghost Stories, Readers Library, 1929
- 131 · Honeysuckle Cottage [Adrian Mulliner] · P. G. Wodehouse · nv The Saturday Evening Post Jan 24 25
- 158 · The Old Dark House [Night Sequence] · J. B. Priestley · nv, 1929
- 188 · Sophy Mason Comes Back · E. M. Delafield · ss Time & Tide, 1930
- 204 · In a Glass Darkly · Agatha Christie · ss Colliers Jul 28 34
- 213 · Two: The Phantom Army
- 215 · The Bowmen · Arthur Machen · ss London Evening News Sep 29 14
- 221 · The Other Side of the Medal · Stella Gibbons · ss, 1945
- 230 · Three Lines of Old French · A. Merritt · ss All-Story Weekly Aug 9 19
- 255 · The Lusitania Waits · Alfred Noyes · ss New York Tribune Dec 31 16
- 262 · Vengeance Is Mine · Algernon Blackwood · nv The Wolves of God, Cassell, 1921
- 304 · We Are the Dead · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales Apr 37
- 311 · The Escort · Daphne du Maurier · ss The Saturday Evening Post, 1940
- 330 · The Elf in Algiers · John Steinbeck · ss Pause to Wonder, 1944
- 334 · The Mirror in Room 22 · James Hadley Chase · ss, 1946
- 341 · Is There a Life Beyond the Gravy? · Stevie Smith · ss At Close of Eve, ed. Jeremy Scott, London: Jarrolds, 1947
- 359 · Three: The Modern Tradition
- 361 · Sloane Square · Pamela Hansford Johnson · ss At Close of Eve, ed. Jeremy Scott, London: Jarrolds, 1947
- 370 · The Leaf-Sweeper · Muriel Spark · ss London Mystery Magazine #31 56
- 378 · At the Chalet Lartrec · Winston Graham · ss The Japanese Girl, London: Collins, 1971
- 393 · The Love of a Good Woman · William Trevor · ss The Eighth Ghost Book, ed. Rosemary Timperley, Barrie & Rockliff, 1972
- 408 · The Haunting of Shawley Rectory · Ruth Rendell · ss EQMM Dec 17 79
- 428 · Voices in the Coalbin · Mary Higgins Clark · ss Sisters in Crime 2, ed. Marilyn Wallace, Berkley, 1990
- 440 · A Good Sound Marriage · Fay Weldon · ss Ladies Home Journal Oct 91
- 449 · A Self-Possessed Woman · Julian Barnes · ss The Times Anthology of Ghost Stories, Anon., London: Cape, 1975
- 467 · A Programmed Christmas Carol · John Mortimer · ss Daily Mail, 1994
- 478 · A Figment in Time · Peter Haining · ss
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Time Travelers: Fiction in the Fourth Dimension ed. Peter Haining (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-0914-9, 1998, no price, 288pp, hc, cover by Steve Pidan) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1997 as Timescapes: Stories of Time Travel) SF anthology.
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The Dedalus Book of French Horror: The 19th Century ed. Terry Hale (Dedalus 1-873982-87-9, Jul 98, £9.99, 361pp, tp, cover by David Smith) Anthology of 24 stories newly translated by Terry Hale and Liz Heron.
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Dragonsbane Barbara Hambly (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-823343-8, Aug 98, £5.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Winterlands] Reprint (Del Rey 1986) fantasy novel.
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Icefalcons Quest Barbara Hambly (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648303-8, Nov 98 [Oct 98], £5.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [Darwath] Reprint (Del Rey 1998) fantasy novel, sequel to Mother of Winter, a follow-up to the Darwath Trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
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Star Wars: Planet of Twilight Barbara Hambly (Bantam UK 0-553-50529-7, May 98, £5.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Bantam UK 1997) novelisation based on the films.
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The Neutronium Alchemist Peter F. Hamilton (Macmillan UK 0-333-72244-2, Mar 98, £10.99, 999pp, tp) [Nights Dawn] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1997) SF novel. Book Two of the Nights Dawn trilogy after The Reality Dysfunction.
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