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Federation World James White (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35263-7, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 283pp, pb); Sf novel, a Galactic Federation/First Contact tale based on several short stories from Analog.

Futures Past James White (Orbit 0-7088-8250-1, Jan ’88, £2.50, 228pp, pb); Sf collection, revised from Ballantine 1982 edition. This version drops ‘Spacebird’ and includes the previously-uncollected ‘Custom Fitting’ — worth the price of admission on its own! Highly recommended. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]

Black Magic Nigel Williams (Hutchinson 0-09-170950-4, Jul ’88, £8.95, 117pp, hc); Fantasy novella. Illustrated throughout by Julek Heller.

The Best of Masques ed. J. N. Williamson (Berkley 0-425-10693-4, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 228pp, pb); Anthology of 20 horror stories, culled from Masques and Masques II.

Schrödinger’s Cat Trilogy Robert Anton Wilson (Dell 0-440-50070-2, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $10.95, 545pp, pb) [Schrodinger’s Cat Trilogy]; Omnibus of The Universe Next Door, The Trick Top Hat, and The Homing Pigeons (all Pocket 1979).

Night Visions 5 ed. Paul J. Mikol (Dark Harvest 0-913165-31-X, May ’88, $75.00, 274pp, hc); Original horror anthology with three stories by Stephen King, three by Dan Simmons, and a novelette by George R.R. Martin. Limited to 850 signed, numbered, boxed copies.

Prime Evil ed. Douglas E. Winter (NAL Signet 0-453-00572-1, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $18.95, 322pp, hc); Original horror anthology of 13 stories, including work by Stephen King and Clive Barker.

For Rosemary Gene Wolfe (Kerosina 0-948893-31-1, Nov ’88, £4.50, 46pp, tp); Poetry collection. Limited to 350 copies.

Storeys from the Old Hotel Gene Wolfe (Kerosina 0-948893-29-X, Nov ’88, £13.95, 299pp, hc); Collection of 34 short pieces, three original. Limited to 1000 copies.

Up There and Other Strange Directions Donald A. Wollheim (NESFA Press 0-915368-92-7, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $30.00, 148pp, hc); Collection of 16 stories; printed for Wollheim’s Guest of Honor appearance at Nolacon II. This is the boxed edition; the trade edition (-30-0, $15.00) is the same except for the box. There were 1,000 copies, the first 250 boxed.

The 1988 Annual World’s Best SF ed. Donald A. Wollheim (DAW 0-88677-281-8, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 303pp, pb); Anthology of 10 sf stories, including two Nebula winners. Recommended. (CNB)

The Dorbott of Vacuo Patrick Woodroffe (Paper Tiger 1-85028-047-9, Feb ’88, £7.95, 89pp, tp); Delightful novella about a world where everything must be tied down to stop it moving around. Woodroffe’s depictions, in words and drawings, of “itinerant semi-detached bungalows and volcanoes of no fixed address” are hilarious. Strongly recommended. (PSP) Also avaliable in hc (-046-0) for £12.95.

Darkness at Dawn: the Early Suspense Classics of Cornell Woolrich Cornell Woolrich (Peter Bedrick 0-87226-204-9, Jun ’88, $8.95, 297pp, tp); Edited by Francis M. Nevins Jr. & Martin H. Greenberg. Collection of early mystery/horror/suspense stories, some with supernatural elements.

Werewolves ed. Jane Yolen & Martin H. Greenberg (Harper & Row 0-06-026798-4, Aug ’88, $13.95, 271pp, hc); Original young-adult anthology of 15 stories.

Miss Know It All and the Magic House Carol Beach York (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15649-7, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $2.75, 90pp, tp) [Miss Know It All]; Children’s fantasy short novel about a house under a magic spell. Part of the “Miss Know It All” series, which sometimes has fantasy elements.

Time Bomb and Zahndry Others Timothy Zahn (Baen 0-671-65431-4, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.50, 312pp, pb); Collection of eight sf stories.

Nebula Awards 22 ed. George Zebrowski (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-164929-4, Apr ’88, $19.95, 363pp, hc); Anthology of the Nebula winners plus runners-up. Also includes articles on the year, movies, etc.

Synergy: New Science Fiction, Vol. 2 ed. George Zebrowski (HBJ Harvest 0-15-687701-5, Apr ’88, $7.95, 225pp, tp); Original anthology of 5 sf stories plus poetry.

Busy About the Tree of Life Pamela A. Zoline (The Women’s Press 0-7043-3998-6, Jan ’88 [Jun ’88], £4.95, 187pp, pb); Sf collection.

The Heat Death of the Universe and Other Stories Pamela A. Zoline (McPherson 0-914232-88-6, Apr ’88, $10.00, 204pp, tp); Collection of 5 stories from an author of the New Worlds era. Also announced in hardcover (-89-4, $20.00) but not seen. First American edition (The Women’s Press 1988 as Busy About the Tree of Life). This edition adds an introduction by Thomas M. Disch.

The Anthology of Fear: 20 Haunting Stories for Winter Nights ed. Anon. (Marshall Cavendish 1-85435-117-6, Dec ’88, £3.95, 368pp, hc); Ghost/horror anthology, published with the December issue of the Marshall Cavendish part-work series “The Great Writers”. [Not seen]

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