The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Chaos Balance L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Orbit 1-85723-566-5, Jul 98 [Jun 98], £6.99, vi+596pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Recluce] Reprint (Tor 1997) fantasy novel. Book 7 in the Recluce series. A hardcover edition was cancelled. [First U.K. edition]
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The Parafaith War L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Orbit 1-85723-558-4, Jun 98, £6.99, 471pp, pb, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Parafaith War] Reprint (Tor 1996) military SF novel. Religious fanatics fight secular humans for planets. [First U.K. edition]
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The Soprano Sorceress L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Orbit 1-85723-534-7, Feb 98, £6.99, 658pp, pb, cover by Mel Grant) [Spellsong Cycle] Reprint (Tor 1997) fantasy novel, first in The Spellsong Cycle. A singer wishing to escape Iowa ends up in a world where music is magic. [First U.K. edition]
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Godzilla Stephen Molstad (Boxtree 0-7522-1171-4, Jul 98, £4.99, 314pp, pb) [Godzilla] Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) novelisation based on the movie. [First U.K. edition]
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Independence Day: Silent Zone Stephen Molstad, Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648342-9, Apr 98, £5.99, 268pp, pb) [Independence Day] Reprint (HarperPrism; Voyager 1997) SF novelization based on the film.
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The Deed of Paksenarrion Book 2: Divided Allegiance Elizabeth Moon (Orbit 1-85723-602-5, Feb 98, £5.99, 522pp, pb, cover by Kevin Davies) [Deed of Paksenarrion] Reprint (Baen 1988) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
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The Deed of Paksenarrion, Book III: Oath of Gold Elizabeth Moon (Orbit 1-85723-691-2, Nov 98, £6.99, 501pp, pb) [Deed of Paksenarrion] Reprint (Baen 1989) fantasy novel, last in the trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
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The Ghost of Sadie Kimber Pat Moon (Orchard Books 1-86039-638-0, 1997, £4.99, 224pp, pb, cover by Gono Loco) Young-adult ghost novel. A hardcover edition (-180-X) was announced but not seen.
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Count Brass Michael Moorcock (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-720-5, Sep 98, £6.99, viii+401pp, pb, cover by Yoshitaka Amano) [Count Brass; Eternal Champion] Reprint (Granada 1985 as The Chronicles of Castle Brass) omnibus of Count Brass, The Champion of Garathorm and The Quest for Tanelorn. Further revised and updated for this paperback edition. Volume 14 and last in The Tale of the Eternal Champion.
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Skin and Bone Stephen Moore (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-70455-1, Sep 98 [Oct 98], £3.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Martin Macrae) [Tooth and Claw] Animal fantasy novel. A sequel to Tooth and Claw.
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Tooth and Claw Stephen Moore (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-70454-3, Apr 98 [Mar 98], £3.99, 260pp, pb, cover by Martin Macrae) [Tooth and Claw] Animal fantasy novel. Pet cats and dogs must fend for themselves in a deserted town in the depths of winter.
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Green Moon and Wolfsbane Sandra Morris (The Book Guild 1-85776-321-1, Nov 98, £14.95, 184pp, hc) Humorous dark fantasy novel set in 1899. A book of spells teaches Cecil Proot that becoming a wolf can be a social disadvantage.
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Doctor Who: Beltempest Jim Mortimore (BBC Books 0-563-40593-7, Nov 98, £4.99, 249pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series.
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Doctor Who: Eye of Heaven Jim Mortimore (BBC Books 0-563-40567-8, Feb 98, £4.99, 277pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series.
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The New Adventures: The Sword of Forever Jim Mortimore (New Adventures 0-426-20526-X, Jun 98 [Jul 98], £5.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Bernice Summerfield] Novelisation based on characters from Doctor Who novelisations, without the Doctor. Book 14 in the Bernice Summerfield series.
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Crucifix Lane Kate Mosse (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-69291-X, Nov 98, £10.00, 309pp, tp) Literary time-travel thriller.
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The Devils Advocate Andrew Neiderman (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651019-1, Jan 98, £5.99, 313pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1990) dark fantasy novel. A film tie-in edition.
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A Gathering of Shadows Stan Nicholls (Scholastic UK 0-590-19075-X, Mar 98, £3.99, 222pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Nightshade Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel. Third in The Nightshade Chronicles trilogy.
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The Paladin Adam Nichols (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-562-8, Apr 98 [Mar 98], £6.99, 503pp, pb) [Whiteblade Saga] Fantasy novel, set in the same world as The War of the Lords Veil, book one of The Whiteblade Saga.
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E.L.V. Nick Nielsen (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649888-4, Feb 98 [Jan 98], £5.99, 281pp, pb) Humorous fantasy novel.
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Destinys Road Larry Niven (Orbit 1-85723-548-7, May 98, £5.99, x+438pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Heorot] Reprint (Tor 1997) SF novel. Set in the same world as Nivens co-authored novels The Legacy of Heorot and Dragons of Heorot (Beowulfs Children).
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The Ringworld Engineers Larry Niven (Orbit 1-85723-111-2, Dec 97 [Jan 98], £5.99, 354pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Ringworld] Reissue (Phantasia 1979) SF novel. Second in the Ringworld series. 14th printing.
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Nymphomation Jeff Noon (Corgi 0-552-14479-7, Oct 98 [Sep 98], £6.99, 363pp, tp) [Vurt] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1997) SF novel in the Vurt series.
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Pixel Juice: Stories from the Avant Pulp Jeff Noon (Doubleday UK 0-385-40859-5, Oct 98 [Sep 98], £15.99, 306pp, hc) Original collection of almost 50 pieces, seven reprints, several in the Vurt cycle.
- 1 · Prologue: Watch · vi *
- 5 · Part One: Illusions Perfume
- 7 · The Shoppers · vi Waterstones Diary 1997, 1996
- 9 · Solace · ss The Big Issue Aug 4/10 97
- 15 · The Cabinet of Night Unlocked · ss *
- 26 · Super-Easy-No-Tag-Special · ss *
- 31 · Alphabox · vi *
- 34 · Metaphorazine · vi *
- 36 · Alphabox · vi *
- 38 · Qwertyphobia · ss *
- 42 · Alphabox (in the mix) · ss *
- 45 · Junior Pimp · ss *
- 63 · Shed Weapons · ss *
- 67 · Homo Karaoke · ss City Life
- 77 · Dub Karaoke (electric haiku remix) · pm *
- 79 · Part Two: Infections Courtship
- 81 · Bug Compass · ss *
- 92 · Fetish Booth # 7 · ss *
- 99 · Pimp! - The Boardgame · ss *
- 103 · Chromosoft Mirrors [V.4.2] · ss *
- 107 · Cloudwalkers · nv *
- 130 · Blurbs · ss *
- 136 · Dub Blurbs (press release twister remix) · vi *
- 138 · Tweedles · ss The Guardian
- 144 · Product Recall - Marilyn Monroe · vi *
- 146 · Xtrovurt · ss *
- 153 · The Perfumed Machine · ss *
- 157 · Instructions for the Use of · ss *
- 159 · Part Three: Poisons Flightpath
- 161 · Getting Home Safely (in the mix) · ss *
- 164 · Pixel Face · ss *
- 181 · Stigmatica · ss *
- 187 · Autopsy of a Hummingbird · ss *
- 192 · From The Book of Nymphomation · ss *
- 195 · Somewhere the Shadow · ss *
- 209 · Call of the Weird · ss The Big Issue
- 213 · Dub Weird (crawling kingdog remix) · pm *
- 215 · The Charisma Engine · ss *
- 232 · Spaceache and Heartships · ss *
- 237 · Dubships (blues for a lost astronaut) · pm *
- 239 · Part Four: Reflections Embrace
- 241 · Specimens · ss *
- 247 · Creeping Zero · ss *
- 253 · Crawl Town · ss *
- 266 · Orgmentations (in the mix) · vi *
- 268 · Hands of the DJ · ss *
- 276 · Bassdust · vi *
- 278 · Events in a Rock Stars Limousine · ss *
- 285 · Special Promotion - Hyper-Alice · vi *
- 287 · The Silvering · vi *
- 290 · Before It Disappears · ss Raise
- 297 · Pixel Dub Juice (sublimerix remix) · pm *
- 299 · Night Shopping · ss *
- 303 · Epilogue: Watch · vi *
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The Borrowers Afloat Mary Norton (Puffin 0-14-039041-3, Nov 97 [Jan 98], £3.99, 175pp, pb) [Borrowers] Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1959) young-adult fantasy novel. A film tie-in edition.
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Z for Zachariah Robert C. OBrien (Puffin UK 0-14-130031-0, Feb 98, £4.99, 192pp, pb, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Atheneum 1974) young-adult SF novel.
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Blade Mel Odom (Boxtree 0-7522-2467-0, Nov 98 [Oct 98], £4.99, 343pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) novelization of the film based on a Marvel Comics vampire character. Copyrighted by New Line Cinema. [First U.K. edition]
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The New Adventures: Walking to Babylon Kate Orman (New Adventures 0-426-20521-9, Feb 98, £4.99, 257pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) SF novelization; Doctor Who without the Doctor.
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Virtual Love Susan Oudot (Pocket UK 0-671-85470-4, Feb 98 [Apr 98], £5.99, 454pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1997) SF novel about virtual reality suits for feminists.
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Final Factor Jessica Palmer (Scholastic UK 0-590-19539-5, Aug 98 [Jul 98], £3.99, 272pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Random Factor] SF novel. Last in a trilogy after Random Factor and Human Factor. Internally dated/copyrighted 1997.
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Colours in the Steel K. J. Parker (Orbit 1-85723-557-6, Jun 98, £9.99, 503pp, tp, cover by Mick Van Houton) [Fencer Trilogy] Fantasy novel, volume one of the Fencer trilogy. A first novel.
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Doctor Who: The Infinity Doctors Lance Parkin (BBC Books 0-563-40591-0, Nov 98, £4.99, 280pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series. Published to celebrate the shows 35th, this controversially rewrites the Doctors early life on Gallifrey, and may begin a mini-series focusing on his earlier adventures.
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Beige Planet Mars Lance Parkin & Mark Clapham (New Adventures 0-426-20529-4, Oct 98, £5.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Bernice Summerfield] SF novelization, Doctor Who without the Doctor. Book 16 in the Bernice Summerfield series.
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Last Love in Constantinople: A Tarot Novel for Divination Milorad Pavic (Peter Owen 0-7206-1035-4, Mar 98 [Feb 98], £15.95, 184pp, hc, cover by Keith Savage) Literary fantasy novel, translated by Christina Pribichevich-Zoric from the Serbian original (1994). Illustrated by Pavic. Appendixed Tarot cards can be dealt to determine in which order the chapters should be read.
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A Book of Nonsense Mervyn Peake (Peter Owen 0-7206-1059-1, Oct 98 [Nov 98], £7.95, 88pp, tp, cover by Mervyn Peake) Reprint (Peter Owen 1972) associational collection of verse and illustrations, with an introduction by Peakes widow, Maeve Gilmore.
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Gormenghast Mervyn Peake (Random House/Vintage UK 0-7493-9482-X, Feb 98, £7.99, 511pp, tp, cover by Nick Robertson) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1950) fantasy novel. Book two in the eponymous series.
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Titus Alone Mervyn Peake (Random House/Vintage UK 0-7493-9487-0, Feb 98, £7.99, 263pp, tp, cover by Nick Robertson) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1970) fantasy novel. Book three in the Gormenghast series; this is the 1970 version completed by Langdon Jones.
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Titus Groan Mervyn Peake (Random House/Vintage UK 0-7493-9492-7, Feb 98, £7.99, 506pp, tp, cover by Nick Robertson) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1946) fantasy novel. Book one in the Gormenghast series.
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Toms Midnight Garden Philippa Pearce (Puffin 0-14-030893-8, Aug 98, £4.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Louise Brierley & Sarah McDonald) Reprint (Oxford University Press 1958) young-adult time-travel fantasy novel. 32nd printing.
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Dark of the Moon Maggie Pearson (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-70966-9, Sep 98 [Dec 98], £3.99, 253pp, pb) [Owl Light] Juvenile fantasy novel, sequel to Owl Light.
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Doctor Who: Legacy of the Daleks John Peel (BBC Books 0-563-40574-0, Apr 98 [Mar 98], £4.99, 245pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series.
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Man on a Murder Cycle Mark Pepper (NEL 0-340-69624-9, Mar 98 [Apr 98], £5.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) dark fantasy thriller.
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Aliens Omnibus Edition Steve Perry (Orion 0-75281-744-2, Nov 98, £5.99, vi+508pp, pb, cover by Dimitrios Patelis) [Aliens] Reissue (Millennium 1995) SF omnibus of Aliens: Earth Hive (1992) and Aliens: Nightmare Asylum (1993), books one and two in the Aliens series. The books are separately paginated; the cover title is Aliens: Omnibus: Volume One.
- i · Aliens: Book One: Earth Hive · n. Bantam Spectra, 1992
- 259 · Aliens: Book Two: Nightmare Asylum · n. Bantam Spectra, 1993
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Leonard Nimoys Primortals: Target Earth Steve Perry (Bantam UK 0-553-50666-8, Mar 98 [Feb 98], £5.99, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1997) SF novel based on the comic books created by Nimoy, with concepts by Isaac Asimov. Packaged and copyrighted by BIG Entertainment. [First U.K. edition]
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Aliens vs. Predator: Prey Steve & Stephani Perry (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-655-1, Jun 98, £4.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Dimitri Patelis) [Aliens vs. Predator] Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1994) SF novelization.
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Aliens: The Female War Steve & Stephani Perry (Orion 0-75281-742-6, Nov 98, £4.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Dimitrios Patelis) [Aliens] Reissue (Bantam 1993) SF novel. Book 3 in the Aliens series.
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The Walled City Elizabeth Pewsey (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-306-9, Jul 98 [Aug 98], £4.50, 186pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Otherworld] Young-adult fantasy novel. Third in a trilogy after The Talking Head & The Dewstone Quest.
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Alanna: The First Adventure Tamora Pierce (Scholastic UK 0-590-19796-7, Jul 98, £3.99, 216pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1983) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 1 of the Song of the Lioness quartet.
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Circle of Magic: The Magic in the Weaving Tamora Pierce (Scholastic Press 0-590-54221-4, Sep 98 [Oct 98], £5.99, 214pp, tp) [Circle of Magic] Reprint (Scholastic 1997 as Circle of Magic: Sandrys Book) young-adult fantasy novel. First of a quartet. Four very different youngsters each possess a power whose union may save them all. [First U.K. edition]
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In the Hand of the Goddess Tamora Pierce (Scholastic UK 0-590-19797-5, Jul 98, £3.99, 209pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 2 of the Song of the Lioness quartet.
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Lioness Rampant Tamora Pierce (Scholastic UK 0-590-19859-9, Jul 98, £3.99, 308pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1988) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 4 of the Song of the Lioness quartet.
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The Woman Who Rides Like a Man Tamora Pierce (Scholastic UK 0-590-19889-0, Jul 98, £3.99, 228pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1986) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 3 of the Song of the Lioness quartet.
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Hollow Skull Christopher Pike (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-68608-1, Mar 98, £3.99, 216pp, pb, cover by Christopher Forder) Reprint (Pocket Archway 1998 as The Hollow Skull) young-adult SF/horror novel. An alien force possesses the people of a small town. [First U.K. edition]
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The Last Vampire Book 5: Evil Thirst/Book 6: Creatures of Forever Christopher Pike (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-71670-3, Mar 98, £5.99, iv+365pp, pb) [Last Vampire] Young-adult horror omnibus of the fifth and sixth novels in the series (both Pocket Archway 1996). The books are separately paginated.
- 1 · The Last Vampire Book 5: Evil Thirst · n. Pocket Archway, 1996
- 181 · The Last Vampire Book 6: Creatures of Forever · n. Pocket Archway, 1996
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The Last Vampire: Red Dice/Phantom Christopher Pike (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-71669-X, Feb 98, £5.99, 373pp, pb) [Last Vampire] Omnibus of the third and fourth (Pocket Archway 1995, 1996) in the series. The books are separately paginated.
- 1 · The Last Vampire: Book 3: Red Dice · n. Pocket Archway, 1995
- 195 · The Last Vampire: Book 4: Phantom · n. Pocket Archway, 1996
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Sati Christopher Pike (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-59022-X, Jan 98 [Apr 98], £4.50, 222pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reissue (St. Martins 1990) young-adult fantasy novel. Seventh printing.
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The Star Group Christopher Pike (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-68607-3, Jan 98, £3.99, 188pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reprint (Archway 1997) young-adult dark fantasy/horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Tachyon Web Christopher Pike (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-61643-1, Jan 98, £4.50, 189pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Forder) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1986 as The Tachyon Web) young-adult SF novel. Third printing.
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The Empty Frame Ann Pilling (Collins 0-00-675293-4, Oct 98 [Dec 98], £4.99, 221pp, pb) Reprint (Collins 1997) young-adult ghost novel. The original edition was not seen.
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Murders in the Rue Morgue & other stories Edgar Allan Poe (Pulp Fictions UK 1-902058-02-X, Mar 98 [Oct 98], £4.99, 319pp, tp) Reprint (Lancer 1967 as Poes Tales of Mystery and Terror) collection of eight classic crime and horror stories.
- 7 · The Fall of the House of Usher · ss Burtons Gentlemens Magazine Sep, 1839
- 39 · The Masque of the Red Death · ss Grahams Ladys and Gentlemans Magazine May, 1842
- 50 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · ss Godeys Ladys Book Nov, 1846
- 61 · The Pit and the Pendulum · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Years Present, MDCCCXLIII, an, 1842, 1842
- 86 · The Gold-Bug · nv Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper Jun 21-28, 1843
- 147 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · nv Grahams Ladys and Gentlemans Magazine Apr, 1841
- 206 · The Mystery of Marie Rogêt [C. Auguste Dupin] · nv Snowdens Ladys Companion Nov, 1842 (+2)
- 289 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Years Present for 1845, an, 1844, 1844
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Selected Tales Edgar Allan Poe (Oxford University Press 0-19-283224-7, Apr 98, £2.50, xxviii+338pp, tp, cover by Harry Clarke) Fantasy/horror collection. This appears to be a new selection, edited and with an introduction and notes by David Van Leer.
- vii · Introduction · David Van Leer · in
- xxii · Note on the Text · David Van Leer · ms
- · Select Bibliography · Misc. · bi
- xxvi · A Chronology of Edgar Allan Poe · Misc. · ms
- 3 · MS. Found in a Bottle · ss Baltimore Saturday Visitor Oct 19, 1833
- 13 · Berenicë · ss Southern Literary Messenger Mar, 1835
- 21 · Morella · ss Southern Literary Messenger Apr, 1835
- 26 · Ligeia · ss American Museum Sep, 1838
- 40 · The Man That Was Used Up: A Tale of the Late Bugaboo and Kickapoo Campaign · ss Burtons Gentlemens Magazine Aug, 1839
- 49 · The Fall of the House of Usher · ss Burtons Gentlemens Magazine Sep, 1839
- 66 · William Wilson · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Years Present for 1840, an, 1839, 1839
- 84 · The Man of the Crowd · ss Burtons Gentlemens Magazine Dec, 1840
- 92 · The Murders in the Rue Morgue [C. Auguste Dupin] · nv Grahams Ladys and Gentlemans Magazine Apr, 1841
- 123 · Eleonora · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Years Present for 1842, an, 1841, 1841
- 129 · The Masque of the Red Death · ss Grahams Ladys and Gentlemans Magazine May, 1842
- 135 · The Pit and the Pendulum · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Years Present, MDCCCXLIII, an, 1842, 1842
- 148 · The Mystery of Marie Rogêt [C. Auguste Dupin] · nv Snowdens Ladys Companion Nov, 1842 (+2)
- 193 · The Tell-Tale Heart · ss The Pioneer Jan, 1843
- 198 · The Gold-Bug · nv Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper Jun 21-28, 1843
- 230 · The Black Cat · ss Philadelphia United States Saturday Post Aug 19, 1843
- 239 · A Tale of the Ragged Mountains · ss Godeys Ladys Book Apr, 1844
- 249 · The Purloined Letter [C. Auguste Dupin] · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Years Present for 1845, an, 1844, 1844
- 266 · The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether · ss Grahams Ladys and Gentlemans Magazine Nov, 1845
- 283 · The Imp of the Perverse · ss Grahams Ladys and Gentlemans Magazine Jul, 1845
- 289 · The Cask of Amontillado [Fortunato] · ss Godeys Ladys Book Nov, 1846
- 296 · The Domain of Arnheim · ss Columbian Ladys and Gentlemans Magazine Mar, 1847; expanded from The Landscape Garden (1842)
- 310 · Hop-Frog · ss The Flag of Our Union Mar 17, 1849
- 319 · Von Kempelen and His Discovery · ss The Flag of Our Union Apr, 1849
- 326 · Explanatory Notes · Misc. · ms
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