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Stinker from Space Pamela F. Service (Macmillan Scribner’s 0-684-18910-0, Mar ’88 [Apr ’88], $11.95, 83pp, hc) [Stinker]; Young-adult sf novella. An alien takes over the body of a skunk.

Who Goes Here? Bob Shaw (Gollancz 0-575-04259-1, Apr ’88, £2.95, 253pp, pb) [Warren Peace]; Collection of the title humorous sf novel (Gollancz 1977) plus a humorous novelette, “The Giaconda Caper”.

Trader’s World Charles Sheffield (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34432-4, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 279pp, pb) [Mike Asparian]; Sf novel set on an Earth recovering from a worldwide war. Some sections previously published.

The Jaguar Hunter Lucius Shepard (Paladin 0-586-08719-2, Oct ’88, £5.95, 429pp, tp); Sf collection. This edition differs from the 1987 Arkham House version — it drops “R & R”, and adds “Solitario’s Eyes”, “Delta Sly Honey” and “The Exercise of Faith”.

The Scalehunter’s Beautiful Daughter Lucius Shepard (Mark V. Ziesing 0-9612970-9-3, Apr ’88, $16.95, 153pp, hc) [Griaule]; Fantasy short novel, indirect sequel to “The Man Who Painted the Dragon Griaule”. Also available in a signed, limited edition, $35.00.

Liavek: Spells of Binding ed. Will Shetterly & Emma Bull (Ace 0-441-48191-4, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.50, 245pp, pb) [Liavek]; Original fantasy shared world anthology of nine stories, “Liavek” #4.

Arabesques: More Tales of the Arabian Nights ed. Susan M. Shwartz (Avon 0-380-75319-7, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.50, 258pp, pb); Original anthology of Arabian Nights-type stories, with new work by Niven, Wolfe, Lee, Norton, etc. A quasi shared world book.

Best of the Horror Show, An Adventure in Terror ed. David B. Silva (2AM 0-937491-05-05, Nov ’87 [Mar ’88], $9.95, 125pp, tp); Anthology of 22 horror stories, plus an appendix giving contents of The Horror Show for its first 4 1/2 years. Dated 1987; not seen until 1988.

The Masks of Time/Born with the Dead/Dying Inside Robert Silverberg (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27286-1, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $4.95, 561pp, pb); Omnibus of 2 sf novels plus three novellas. “Going” and “Thomas the Proclaimer”, included with “Born with the Dead”, are not mentioned on the title page, and there is no contents page. (The three novellas made up the original Born with the Dead collection.) There is also a new introduction.

The Secret Sharer Robert Silverberg (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-056-8, Feb ’88, $35.00, 107pp, hc); Sf novella, signed, boxed edition of 250 copies. This Nebula nominee is a science fiction version of the famous Conrad story. Recommended. (CNB)

The Secret Sharer Robert Silverberg (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-057-6, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $14.95, 107pp, hc); Sf Nebula-nominated novella. Trade edition of the above.

The World Inside/Thorns/Downward to the Earth Robert Silverberg (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27287-X, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $4.95, 487pp, pb); Omnibus of 3 sf novels: Thorns (Ballantine 1967), The World Inside (Doubleday 1971), and Downward to the Earth (SFBC 1970). There is a new introduction by the author.

Born with the Dead/The Saliva Tree ed. Anon. (Tor 0-812-55952-5, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $2.95, 96 + 87pp, pb); Anthology of two novellas which both won the Nebula Award. Bound back-to-back a la the old Ace doubles. Tor Double #2.

Off-Planet Clifford D. Simak (Methuen 0-413-18500-1, Aug ’88, £10.95, 223pp, hc); A collection of seven stories not set on Earth, all but one of them previously uncollected. Edited and selected by Francis Lyall. Recommended. (PSP)

A Rendezvous in Averoigne: The Best Fantastic Tales of Clark Ashton Smith Clark Ashton Smith (Arkham House 0-87054-156-0, May ’88, $22.95, 472pp, hc); Collection culled from various other collections, including the original uncut version of “The City of Singing Flame”. Introduction by Ray Bradbury; illustrations by J.K. Potter.

Other Americas Norman Spinrad (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27214-4, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $3.95, 273pp, pb); Collection of four novellas. Recommended. (CNB)

The Body Snatcher and Other Stories Robert Louis Stevenson (NAL Signet 0-451-52153-6, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.50, 350pp, pb); Collection of 8 stories, some of which are fantasy. Edited by Jeffrey Meyers.

Merlin and Woman: Second Merlin Conference ed. R. J. Stewart (Blandford 0-7137-2015-8, Jul ’88 [Apr ’89], £14.95, 190pp, hc); Collection of mainly non-fiction pieces, plus three original short stories, one by Rachel Pollack.

Death Chants Craig Kee Strete (Doubleday 0-385-23353-1, Apr ’88, $12.95, 180pp, hc); Collection of 15 sf and fantasy stories, many appearing for the first time.

Tropical Chills ed. Tim Sullivan (Avon 0-380-75500-9, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 258pp, pb); Anthology of 14 horror short stories, most originals. Highly recommended. (FCM)

Avaryan Rising Judith Tarr (SFBC #13624, Jul ’88, $9.98, 851pp, hc) [Avaryan]; Omnibus of The Hall of the Mountain King (Bluejay 1986), The Lady of Han-Gilen (Tor 1987), and A Fall of Princes (Tor 1988), a fantasy trilogy.

Crown of Stars James Tiptree, Jr. (Tor 0-312-93105-0, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $18.95, 340pp, hc); Collection of ten stories, eight recent, one apparently new, and all previously uncollected.

The Return of the Shadow J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440162-0, Aug ’88, £17.95, 497pp, hc) [Middle-Earth]; Variant texts of The Fellowship of the Ring, collected and edited by Christopher Tolkien. Only material published previously has been indexed. Volume 6 in the “History of Middle-Earth” series. Volume 1 in the “History of The Lord of the Rings” series.

Tree and Leaf J. R. R. Tolkien (Unwin 0-04-440253-8, Aug ’88, £3.95, 101pp, tp); Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1964) fantasy collection. This edition contains a new poem. Also available in hc (-440254-6) for £7.95.

My Lady of Hy-Brasil Peter Tremayne (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-83-6, Jun ’88, $30.00, 160pp, hc); Collection of 6 Celtic dark fantasy stories. The book has a 1987 copyright but wasn’t seen until 1988. Limited to 800 copies signed by Tremayne and illustrator Duncan Eagleson.

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