The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Denial Peter James (Orion 0-75281-314-5, Oct ’98 [Nov ’98], £9.99, 403pp, tp) Associational thriller set in the near-future. A hardback edition (-020-0, £16.99) is listed, but seems to be cancelled.
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The Truth Peter James (Orion 0-75281-666-7, Sep ’98 [Dec ’98], £5.99, 501pp, pb) Reprint (Orion 1997) SF/horror novel.
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The Crow Haunting Julia Jarman (Collins 0-00-675213-6, Jan ’98 [May ’98], £3.99, 125pp, pb) Reprint (Andersen Press 1996) young-adult fantasy novel.
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The Fatal Strand Robin Jarvis (Collins 0-00-185625-1, Apr ’98 [May ’98], £12.99, 512pp, hc) [Wyrd Museum] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book Three of the “Tales from the Wyrd Museum” trilogy.
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His Majesty’s Starship Ben Jeapes (Scholastic Press 0-439-01133-7, Nov ’98, £5.99, 347pp, tp) [His Majesty’s Starship] Young-adult SF novel set aboard a starship in Earth’s first interstellar delegation.
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The Siege of Candlebane Hall Mike Jefferies (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648219-8, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], £5.99, iii+325pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel. Book 4 in the “Cawdor” series, and seventh book overall in the “Loremasters of Elundium” series.
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Ark Baby Liz Jensen (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3526-4, Sep ’97 [Apr ’98], £15.99, 343pp, hc, cover by Emma Parker) Literary SF/fantasy novel. Published in 1997 but not seen until now.
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Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars: Book One: The Mandalorian Armor K. W. Jeter (Bantam UK 0-553-50601-3, Jul ’98 [May ’98], £5.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Wars] Novelisation based on the Star Wars films. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition.
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Star Wars: The Bounty Hunter Wars: Book Two: Slave Ship K. W. Jeter (Bantam UK 0-553-50603-X, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], £5.99, 324pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Wars] Star Wars novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.
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The Nations of the Night Oliver Johnson (Orbit 1-85723-600-9, Aug ’98, £6.99, 493pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Lightbringer] Fantasy novel, book two of “The Lightbringer” trilogy.
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My Friend’s a Werewolf Pete Johnson (Corgi Yearling 0-440-86342-2, 1997 [May ’98], £3.99, 176pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) Young-adult fantasy novel. Published in 1997 but not seen until now.
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The Phantom Thief Pete Johnson (Corgi Yearling 0-440-86370-8, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £3.99, 167pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) Young-adult ghost novel.
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Body Politic Paul Johnston (NEL 0-340-69491-2, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], £5.99, 345pp, pb) [Quinn (Quintilian) Dalrymple] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) SF novel.
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The Bone Yard Paul Johnston (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-69492-0, Jul ’98 [Nov ’98], £16.99, 297pp, hc, cover by Bill Gregory) [Quinn (Quintilian) Dalrymple] SF serial-murder thriller set in the Glasgow of 2022; second in the “Dalrymple” series after the award-winning Body Politic.
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Dark Lord of Derkholm Diana Wynne Jones (Gollancz 0-575-06676-8, Nov ’98, £16.99, 328pp, hc, cover by Paul Campion) [Dark Lord of Derkholm] Reprint (Greenwillow 1998) humorous fantasy novel. An inept farmer-wizard has to play the evil Dark Lord for tourist groups that are destroying his world. [First U.K. edition]
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Deep Secret Diana Wynne Jones (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60223-6, Nov ’98, £5.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Peter Mennim) [Deep Secret] Reprint (Gollancz 1997) fantasy novel.
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Minor Arcana Diana Wynne Jones (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60191-4, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Peter Mennim) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) collection of six stories, and the novel, The True State of Affairs (from Everard’s Ride, NESFA Press, 1995).
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Fantasy Stories ed. Diana Wynne Jones (Kingfisher 1-85697-209-7, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], £5.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Reissue (Kingfisher 1994) young-adult fantasy anthology. Second printing.
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North Wind Gwyneth Jones (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60248-1, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 281pp, pb, cover by David Farren) [Aleutian] Reprint (Gollancz 1994) SF novel. Book 3 in the “Aleutian” series.
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Phoenix Café Gwyneth Jones (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60075-6, Jan ’98, £5.99, 298pp, pb, cover by David Farren) [Aleutian] Reprint (Gollancz 1997) SF novel. Third in the “Aleutian” series after White Queen and North Wind.
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White Queen Gwyneth Jones (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60378-X, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by David Farren) [Aleutian] Reprint (Gollancz 1991) SF novel. Book 2 in the “Aleutian” series.
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The Barbed Coil J. V. Jones (Orbit 1-85723-568-1, Oct ’98 [Nov ’98], £6.99, 667pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1997) fantasy novel. A ring transports a woman from California to a world where patterns have magic power.
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Where the Children Cry Jenny Jones (Gollancz 0-575-06157-X, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], £16.99, 384pp, hc, cover by Splash) Dark fantasy novel of malevolent spirits in the present day, impelled by the 12th century massacre of all Jews in York.
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Nine ed. Stephen Jones (Robinson 1-85487-554-X, Nov ’98, £6.99, 494pp, tp) Anthology of 19 stories, with a detailed examination of the horror genre in 1997, and a necrology.
- 1 · Introduction: Horror in 1997 · The Editor · in
- 63 · Dying Words · David J. Schow · nv Midnight Graffiti Win ’97
- 85 · The Windmill · Conrad Williams · ss Dark Terrors 3, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, London: Gollancz, 1997
- 100 · The Right Ending · John Burke · ss Time Out Net Books, 1997
- 108 · Swallowing a Dirty Seed [Stephen Carter] · Simon Clark · ss Midnight Never Comes, ed. Barbara Roden & Christopher Roden, Ash-Tree Press, 1997
- 126 · This Is Your Life (Repressed Memory Remix) · Pat Cadigan · ss Dark Terrors 3, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, London: Gollancz, 1997
- 141 · Christmas Forever · Christopher Fowler · ss Independent on Sunday Dec 21 ’97
- 156 · Four Famines Ago · Yvonne Navarro · ss Terminal Frights Volume One, ed. Ken Abner, Black River, NY: Terminal Fright Press, 1997
- 165 · The Crawl · Stephen Laws · nv Dark of the Night, ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1997
- 196 · Serpent Eggs · David Langford · ss The Third Alternative #14 ’97; an earlier version appeared in Irrational Numbers, Necronomicon Press, 1994.
- 210 · No One You Know · Dennis Etchison · ss Brutarian #23 ’97
- 219 · The Dripping of Sundered Wineskins [Alchemy] · Brian Hodge · na Love in Vein II, ed. Poppy Z. Brite & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1997
- 263 · The Bells Will Sound Forever · Thomas Ligotti · ss In a Foreign Town, In a Foreign Land, 1997
- 273 · The Word · Ramsey Campbell · nv Revelations, ed. Douglas E. Winter, C.D. Publications, 1997
- 308 · The Map to the Homes of the Stars · Andy Duncan · ss Dying for It, ed. Gardner R. Dozois, HarperPrism, 1997
- 326 · Emptiness Spoke Eloquent · Caitlín R. Kiernan · ss Secret City: Strange Tales of London, 1997
- 346 · Save As... · Michael Marshall Smith · ss Interzone Jan ’97
- 360 · Coppola’s Dracula [Dracula] · Kim Newman · na The Mammoth Book of Dracula, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1997
- 412 · Grazing the Long Acre · Gwyneth Jones · ss Interzone Jan ’98
- 426 · The Zombies of Madison County · Douglas E. Winter · nv Dark of the Night, ed. Stephen Jones, Pumpkin Books, 1997
- 462 · Necrology: 1997 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · bg
- 490 · Useful Addresses · Stephen Jones · ms
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Dark Terrors 3 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60398-4, Oct ’98, £6.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Gollancz 1997) anthology of original horror stories.
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Dark Terrors 4 ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton (Gollancz 0-575-06581-8, Oct ’98, £16.99, 349pp, hc, cover by Les Edwards) Original anthology of 19 horror stories.
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Douglas Adams’s Starship Titanic Terry Jones (Pan 0-330-35446-9, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Oscar Chichoni) Reprint (Crown/Harmony 1997 as Douglas Adams’ Starship Titanic) SF novelization based on an Adams story that is also the basis for a new computer game. Copyrighted by The Digital Village and Simon and Schuster Interactive. Includes an introduction by Douglas Adams. [First U.K. edition]
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The Path of Daggers Robert Jordan (Orbit 1-85723-554-1, Oct ’98, £17.99, 604pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Wheel of Time] Fantasy novel, book eight of “The Wheel of Time”. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition. Maps by Ellisa Mitchell. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-721-8) was announced but not seen.
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Sailing to Sarantium Guy Gavriel Kay (Earthlight UK 0-684-85169-5, Sep ’98 [Oct ’98], £16.99, 438pp, hc) [Sarantine Mosaic] Historical fantasy novel. Book one of the duology “The Sarantine Mosaic”. A master mosaicist’s journey to Sarantium takes him through lands steeped in paganism and sorcery.
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The Ghosts of Albi Susan Kelly (Severn House 0-7278-5350-3, May ’98, £16.99, 248pp, hc) Fantasy/time-travel novel in which people of today affect the events of the Albigensian massacre, changing history.
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The Red Wyvern Katharine Kerr (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-647860-3, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], £6.99, 403pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry: Dragon Mage] Reprint (Voyager 1997) fantasy novel. Book one of “The Dragon Mage” sub-series of the “Deverry” series.
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Corrupting Dr. Nice John Kessel (Gollancz 0-575-06611-3, Jul ’98 [Aug ’98], £16.99, 287pp, hc, cover by Max Schindler) Reprint (Tor 1997) satirical SF novel. [First U.K. edition]
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The Blackgod Greg Keyes (Orbit 1-85723-663-7, Sep ’98, £6.99, 494pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Children of the Changeling] Reprint (Del Rey 1997 as by J. Gregory Keyes) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the series, “Children of the Changeling” after Waterborn. [First U.K. edition]
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Babylon 5: Dark Genesis: The Birth of the Psi Corps J. Gregory Keyes (Boxtree 0-7522-2112-4, Oct ’98, £5.99, 267pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Babylon 5: Psi-Corps] Novelization based on the TV series. First in a trilogy, tenth book overall. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition. Copyrighted by Warner Brothers.
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Child of the Night Nancy Kilpatrick (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-14-3, Nov ’98, £6.99, 276pp, tp, cover by Jay Hurst) [Power of the Blood] Reprint (Raven 1996) dark fantasy vampire novel. First volume (but second published) of the trilogy “Power of the Blood”. Available in the US for $12.00.
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Near Death Nancy Kilpatrick (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-17-8, Nov ’98, £6.99, 281pp, tp, cover by Jay Hurst) [Power of the Blood] Reprint (Pocket 1994) dark fantasy novel. Volume two of the vampire trilogy “Power of the Blood”. Available in the US for $12.00. [First U.K. edition]
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Reborn Nancy Kilpatrick (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-20-8, Nov ’98, £6.99, vi+280pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) [Power of the Blood] Dark fantasy novel. Volume three of the vampire trilogy, “Power of the Blood”. Available in the US for $12.00.
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Castle Storm Garry Kilworth (Corgi 0-552-54547-3, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], £4.99, 381pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Welkin Weasels] Animal fantasy novel, book two of “The Welkin Weasels”.
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Land-of-Mists Garry Kilworth (Orbit 1-85723-559-2, May ’98, £16.99, xvi+380pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Navigator Kings] Fantasy novel. Book III of “The Navigator Kings” trilogy based on Polynesian myths and legends.
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The Princely Flower Garry Kilworth (Orbit 1-85723-560-6, May ’98, £5.99, xvi+365pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Navigator Kings] Reprint (Orbit 1997) fantasy novel. Book II of “The Navigator Kings”.
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The Golden Cat Gabriel King (Century 0-7126-7890-5, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], £16.99, 350pp, hc) [Wild Road] Animal fantasy novel. Sequel to The Wild Road. King is a pseudonym for Jane Johnson and M. John Harrison.
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Bag of Bones Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-71819-6, Aug ’98 [Sep ’98], £16.99, 516pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) Dark fantasy novel of past evil and present guilt. A trade paperback (-71873-0, £9.99) open-market edition is also available.
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Bag of Bones Stephen King (BCA UK CN2545, Oct ’98, £9.99, 516pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1998) dark fantasy novel of past evil and present guilt.
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The Dark Tower: Wizard and Glass Stephen King (NEL 0-340-69662-1, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], £6.99, 845pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Donald M. Grant 1997) fantasy novel, fourth in the series.
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The Green Mile Stephen King (Orion 0-75282-146-6, Nov ’98, £10.99, xiv+465pp, tp) Reprint (Plume 1997) associational novel previously published as a six-part serial (Signet; Penguin UK 1996). There is a new introduction by King, along with the original ‘Foreword’ and ‘Afterword’. [First U.K. edition]
- v · Introduction · in, 1997
- ix · Foreword: A Letter · fw, 1996
- 1 · Part One: The Two Dead Girls · na New York: Signet, 1996
- 67 · Part Two: The Mouse on the Mile [“Part Two: Mouse on the Mile”] · na New York: Signet, 1996
- 141 · Part Three: Coffey’s Hands · na New York: Signet, 1996
- 216 · Part Four: The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix · na New York: Signet, 1996
- 291 · Part Five: Night Journey · na New York: Signet, 1996
- 367 · Part Six: Coffey on the Mile · na New York: Signet, 1996
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The Crowstarver Dick King-Smith (Doubleday UK 0-385-41008-5, Jul ’98, £10.99, 188pp, hc, cover by Peter Bailey) Young-adult fantasy novel. A foundling child has a strong affinity with animal life, but not with living.
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The Cold Calling Will Kingdom (Corgi 0-552-14584-X, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 494pp, pb) Dark fantasy thriller, a paranormal police procedural/serial killer novel.
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Demon Seed Dean Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3489-2, Jan ’98 [May ’97], £5.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) Reprint (Headline 1997) SF/horror novel. Revised version of the original (Bantam, 1973), which was made into a film. An export edition (same details) was available 1 December 1997.
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Fear Nothing Dean Koontz (Headline 0-7472-5832-5, Jun ’98 [May ’98], £5.99, 503pp, pb) [Fear Nothing] Reprint (Headline; CD Publications 1997) SF horror novel. First in a series. An export edition (same details) was available 1 May 98.
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Seize the Night Dean Koontz (Headline 0-7472-2056-5, Nov ’98, £16.99, 408pp, hc) [Fear Nothing] SF/dark fantasy novel. Sequel to Fear Nothing. Christopher Snow’s special talents are needed to solve the mystery of missing children in Moonlight Bay. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-7651-X, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
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Four and Twenty Blackbirds Mercedes Lackey (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648035-7, May ’98 [Apr ’98], £5.99, 423pp, pb) [Bardic Voices] Reprint (Baen 1997) fantasy novel, fourth in the “Bardic Voices” series. A constable chases a supernatural serial killer targeting female free bards. [First U.K. edition]
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Owlflight Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon (Orion 1-85798-543-5, Sep ’98, £9.99, 293pp, tp, cover by John Barber) [Valdemar: Darian’s Tale] Reprint (DAW 1997) fantasy novel in the “Valdemar” series, set after the “Mage Storms” trilogy. A hardcover edition (-542-7, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
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Bad Chili Joe R. Lansdale (Gollancz 0-575-40134-6, Sep ’98, £5.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Gary Day-Ellison) [Hap Collins; Leonard Pine] Reprint (Mojo Press 1997) associational mystery novel in the “Collins & Pine” series. [First U.K. edition]
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Rumble, Tumble Joe R. Lansdale (Gollancz 0-575-06661-X, Sep ’98, £9.99, 242pp, tp) [Hap Collins; Leonard Pine] Reprint (Warner/Mysterious Press 1998) associational mystery novel in the “Collins & Pine” series. [First U.K. edition]
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The Iron Lance Stephen Lawhead (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224665-1, Sep ’98, £17.99, 499pp, hc, cover by Mick Posen) [Celtic Crusades] Fantasy novel. First in “The Celtic Crusades” trilogy. During the Crusades of the 12th century, Murdo’s quest to find his father leads to a relic that his family must guard for a thousand years.
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The Iron Lance Stephen Lawhead (BCA UK CN9459, Oct ’98, £9.99, 499pp, hc, cover by Mick Posen) [Celtic Crusades] Reprint (Voyager 1998) fantasy novel. First book in “The Celtic Crusades” trilogy.
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Chasm Stephen Laws (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66611-0, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], £16.99, 546pp, hc, cover by Jon Blake) Dark fantasy novel. Desperate survivors trapped in a ruined town on the edge of a bottomless abyss confront an ancient evil from the depths.
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Chasm Stephen Laws (NEL 0-340-66612-9, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], £6.99, 546pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1998) dark fantasy novel.
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After Midnight Richard Laymon (Headline 0-7472-5102-9, Jun ’98, £5.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Headline 1997) associational thriller. An Export Only Edition was due 1 April 1998.
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The Midnight Tour Richard Laymon (Headline 0-7472-2050-6, Aug ’98, £16.99, 438pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) [Beast House Chronicles] Reprint (CD Publications 1998) horror novel, book three of “The Beast House Chronicles”. [First U.K. edition]
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The Midnight Tour Richard Laymon (BCA UK CN3325, Oct ’98, £9.99, 438pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) [Beast House Chronicles] Reprint (CD Publications 1998) dark fantasy novel. Book Three of “The Beast House Chronicles”.
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Faith in the Flesh: The First Law/From Bad Flesh Tim Lebbon (RazorBlade Press 0-9531468-4-7, Oct ’98 [Nov ’98], £4.99, 142pp, tp, cover by Ros Protheroe) Original dark fantasy/SF collection of two novellas, with an introduction by Peter Crowther. Available from Turnaround, Unit 3, Olympia Trading Estate, Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6TZ.
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- 9 · The First Law · na *
- 73 · From Bad Flesh · na *
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Mesmer Tim Lebbon (Tanjen 1-901530-02-7, 1998 [Dec ’98], £5.99, 182pp, pb, cover by Madeleine V. Finnegan) Horror novel.
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