The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999
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Midnight Falcon David A. Gemmell (Transworld/Bantam UK 0-593-03722-7, Jun 99 [May 99], £16.99, 404pp, hc, cover by John Bolton) [Rigante] Fantasy novel. Book Two in the Rigante series after Sword in the Storm.
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Sword in the Storm David A. Gemmell (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14256-5, Jun 99 [May 99], £5.99, 478pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Rigante] Reprint (Bantam UK 1998) fantasy novel. Book One in the Rigante series.
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All Tomorrows Parties William Gibson (Viking UK 0-670-87557-0, Oct 99, £15.99, 277pp, hc) [Virtual Light] SF novel, last in a trilogy after Virtual Light and Idoru. Simultaneous with the US (Putnam) edition.
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Blood & Roses: The Vampire in 19th Century Literature ed. Adèle Olivia Gladwell & James Havoc (Creation Books 1-84068-007-5, Oct 99 [Nov 99], £11.95, 286pp, tp, cover by Edvard Munch) Reprint (Creation Press 1992) dark fantasy anthology of 18 stories and novel excerpts. Revised from the original edition, and includes four works newly translated (one by Brian Stableford). Illustrated by Felicien Rops.
- 5 · Introduction: The Erogenous Disease · Adèle Olivia Gladwell & James Havoc · in
- 27 · The Vampyre [as by Lord Byron] · John Polidori · nv The New Monthly Magazine Apr, 1819
- 43 · Smarra · Charles Nodier; trans. by Judith Landry · ex Smarra & Trilby, Dedalus, 1993; Smarra, ou Les Démons de la Nuit, 1821.
- 45 · The Beautiful Dead [Clarimonde] · Théophile Gautier; trans. by Lafcadio Hearn · nv Chronique de Paris Jun 23, 1836 (+)
- 69 · Ligeia · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Museum Sep, 1838
- 81 · The Feast of Blood [from Varney, the Vampyre; or, The Feast of Blood] · J. M. Rymer · ex London: Lloyd, 1847
- 87 · Jane Eyre · Charlotte Brontë · ex London: Smith, Elder, 1847
- 89 · The Vampires Metamorphosis · Charles Baudelaire; trans. by Jeremy Reed · pm; from Les Fleurs du Mal, 1857.
- 91 · The House and the Brain [The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain] · Edward Bulwer Lytton · nv Blackwoods Aug, 1859
- 113 · Phantoms [1864] · Ivan Turgenev; trans. by Constance Garnett · nv, 1897
- 137 · Maldoror: The First Song [1868] · Le Comte de Lautréamont; trans. by Alexis Lykiard · nv, 1999
- 161 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue Dec, 1871 (+3)
- 217 · The Horla [1887] · Guy de Maupassant; trans. by Marjorie Laurie · nv
- 241 · La-Bas [Echo de Paris 1891] · Joris-Karl Huysmans; trans. by Keene Wallace · ex
- 245 · The Picture of Dorian Gray [Dorian Gray] · Oscar Wilde · ex Lippincotts Jul, 1890
- 249 · The Glass of Blood [1893] · Jean Lorrain; trans. by Brian Stableford · ss, 1999
- 255 · The Inmost Light [Dyson] · Arthur Machen · nv The Great God Pan, London: John Lane, 1894
- 277 · The True Story of a Vampire · Count Stenbock · ss Studies of Death: Romantic Tales, London, 1894
- 285 · Dracula [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ex London: Constable, 1897
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Eyes Joseph Glass (Pan 0-330-35379-9, Apr 99 [Mar 99], £5.99, 405pp, pb) [Susan Shader] Reprint (Villard 1998) fantasy mystery of a criminal psychiatrist with second sight. Volume one in the Susan Shader series.
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The Nowhere Boy Sandra Glover (Corgi 0-552-54647-X, May 99 [Apr 99], £3.99, 190pp, pb, cover by David Scutt) Reprint (Andersen Press 1997) young-adult SF novel. A fostered boy is telepathic, and alien(ated). The original edition was not seen.
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Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back Donald F. Glut (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-939-3, Jun 99 [May 99], £5.99, 219pp, pb) [Star Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 1980) Star Wars novelization, based on a story by George Lucas.
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The Open Door and Other Ghost Stories ed. Philip Gooden (Orion/Phoenix 0-75380-743-2, Sep 99, £4.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Liz Pyle) Anthology of 14 stories.
- v · Note on the Editor · Misc. · bg
- vii · Introduction · Philip Gooden · in
- 3 · The Open Door · Margaret Oliphant · nv Blackwoods Jan, 1882
- 43 · The Middle Toe of the Right Foot · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Aug 17, 1890
- 52 · Schalken the Painter · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Ghost Stories and Tales of Mystery, James McGlashan, 1851; revised from an earlier story in Dublin University Magazine May 39.
- 72 · The Ghost-Ship · Richard Middleton · ss The Century Apr 12
- 82 · Owen Wingrave · Henry James · nv The Graphic Nov 28, 1892
- 115 · The Smallest Ghost in the World [from The Adventures of Speedfall] · John Fuller · ex, 1985; Originally published by Salamander Press/Penguin.
- 129 · A Lady of Bayou St John · Kate Chopin · ss
- 134 · Thurnley Abbey · Perceval Landon · ss Raw Edges, Heinemann, 1908
- 149 · The Triumph of Night · Edith Wharton · nv Scribners Aug 14
- 173 · The Hanged Mans Bride · Charles Dickens · ss
- 191 · Man-Size in Marble [1886] · E. Nesbit · ss Grim Tales, London: Innes, 1893
- 203 · Wandering Willies Tale [from Redgauntlet] · Walter Scott · ex London: Constable, 1824
- 221 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv The Broken Shaft: Unwins Annual for 1886, ed. Sir Henry Norman, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1885
- 242 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette Nov 18 11
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Soul of the Fire Terry Goodkind (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-508-7, May 99 [Apr 99], £16.99, 508pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel. Book five of The Sword of Truth. [First U.K. edition]
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Soul of the Fire Terry Goodkind (Orion/Gollancz 1-85798-913-9, Nov 99, £10.99, 508pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Sword of Truth] Reprint (Tor 1999) fantasy novel. Book 5 of The Sword of Truth sequence.
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The Bones of Time Kathleen Ann Goonan (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648318-6, May 99 [Apr 99], £6.99, 382pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Tor 1996) near-future SF novel. Hawaiian king Kamehameha is illegally cloned from his bones. [First U.K. edition]
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Changeling Frances Gordon (Headline 0-7472-5742-6, Dec 98, £5.99, 376pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1998) dark fantasy novel based on Rumpelstiltskin.
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Wildwood Frances Gordon (Headline 0-7472-2177-4, Jan 99 [Feb 99], £16.99, 314pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel of a fabulous forest, and the wolves in the wildwood.
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The Flesh Eater John Gordon (Walker 0-7445-6073-X, Oct 98 [Jan 99], £3.99, 238pp, pb, cover by Julek Heller) Reprint (Walker 1998) young-adult horror novel of a mysterious beast, and the talisman it obeys. Published in 1998 but not seen until now. The earlier hardback (-5903-0, £9.99, 4.99) was not seen.
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The Midwinter Watch John Gordon (Walker 0-7445-6959-1, Sep 99 [Oct 99], £3.99, 196pp, pb, cover by Paul Robinson) Reprint (Walker 1998) young-adult ghost novel. The original hardcover (-5932-4, £9.99) was not seen.
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Skinners John Gordon (Scholastic/Point UK 0-439-01215-5, Oct 99 [Sep 99], £3.99, 178pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A horror writer begins to believe his own stories.
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The White Bone Barbara Gowdy (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-225834-X, May 99 [Jun 99], £16.99, 340pp, hc) Reprint (HarperFlamingo Canada 1998) animal fantasy novel of a young elephant possessed of visionary powers, and the mythical White Bone that may lead her kind to The Safe Place. [First U.K. edition]
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Baby No-Eyes Patricia Grace (The Womens Press 0-7043-4616-8, Apr 99, £10.00, 294pp, tp, cover by Michelle Thompson) Reprint (Penguin New Zealand 1998) literary fantasy novel. A young boy grows up seeing the ghost of his stillborn, eyeless sister. [First U.K. edition]
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Fire Music Julia Gray (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-735-8, Jul 99, £6.99, 538pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Ice Mage] Fantasy novel. The sequel to Ice Mage.
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Deathstalker Destiny Simon R. Green (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-877-9, Jul 99, £6.99, 473pp, pb, cover by Peter Mennim) [Deathstalker] SF novel. Fifth and final book in the series.
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Haven of Lost Souls Simon R. Green (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-900-7, Nov 99, £6.99, 616pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Hawk & Fisher] Repring (Roc 1999 as Swords of Haven: The Adventures of Hawk & Fisher) omnibus of the first three fantasy-detective novels of the Hawk and Fisher series: No Haven for the Guilty (1990 as Hawk & Fisher), Devil Take The Hindmost (1991 as Hawk & Fisher: Winner Takes All), and The God Killer (1991). [First U.K. edition]
- 5 · No Haven for the Guilty [Hawk & Fisher] · n. New York: Ace, 1990
- 197 · Devil Take The Hindmost [Winner Takes All] · n. New York: Ace, 1991
- 423 · The God Killer · n. New York: Ace, 1991
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reMix Jon Courtenay Grimwood (Simon & Schuster UK/Earthlight 0-671-02222-9, Apr 99, £6.99, 360pp, tp) SF novel, set in a world where a virus is eating all the steel and the Fourth Reich is besieging Paris.
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Facetaker Philip Gross (Scholastic UK 0-439-01232-5, Aug 99, £3.99, 181pp, pb) Young-adult dark fantasy novel. A photobooth takes pictures and souls.
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Allan and The Ice-Gods H. Rider Haggard (Pulp Fictions UK 1-902058-11-9, Mar 99 [Apr 99], £4.99, xii+287pp, tp, cover by Bezzina) [Allan Quatermain] Reprint (Hutchinson 1927) fantasy novel. Includes an introduction by David Pringle. In the Allan Quatermain series.
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Classic Science Fiction ed. Peter Haining (Pan 0-330-37417-6, 1998 [Feb 99], £5.99, 266pp, pb) Reprint (Severn House 1995 as Space Movies: Classic Science Fiction Films) anthology. An instant remainder edition. Published in 1998 but not seen until now.
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The Flying Sorcerers: More Comic Tales of Fantasy ed. Peter Haining (Orbit 1-85723-725-0, Feb 99 [Jan 99], £5.99, xi+372pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1997) humorous fantasy anthology. Edited, with an overall Introduction, and individual story introductions by Haining.
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Great Irish Tales of Fantasy ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press 0-285-63514-X, Sep 99 [Oct 99], £8.99, 309pp, tp, cover by Charles Bentley) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1994 as Great Irish Tales of the Unimaginable: Stories of Fantasy and Myth) anthology of 24 fantasy stories based on Irish myths and legends.
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Great Irish Tales of Horror: A Treasury of Fear ed. Peter Haining (Souvenir Press 0-285-63515-8, Sep 99, £8.99, 301pp, tp) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1995) anthology of 24 dark fantasy stories.
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The N.I.M.R.O.D. Conspiracy Ann Halam (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-677-7, Jul 99 [Aug 99], £4.50, 163pp, pb, cover by Ian Butterworth) Associational young-adult conspiracy novel. Halam is a pseudonym of Gwyneth Jones.
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Forever Peace Joe Haldeman (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-899-X, Nov 99, £5.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Forever War] Reprint (Ace 1997) near-future SF novel of remote-control war. A thematic follow-on from The Forever War, Haldemans 1975 Hugo and Nebula winner. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Award. [First U.K. edition]
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The Forever War Joe Haldeman (Millennium 1-85798-808-6, Jan 99, £6.99, 254pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Mandella; Forever War] Reprint (St. Martins 1974) award-winning, classic SF war novel. A new Authors Note calls this the definitive edition, reinstating (for the first time in the UK) the section You Can Never Go Back, which was substituted in the magazine serial and the original 1974 book. Copyrighted 1974, 1975, and 1997. Volume #1 in the SF Masterworks series.
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Dragonshadow Barbara Hambly (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648368-2, Jun 99, £6.99, 297pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Winterlands] Reprint (Del Rey 1999) fantasy novel, sequel to Dragonsbane. [First U.K. edition]
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The Naked God Peter F. Hamilton (Macmillan UK 0-333-68791-4, Oct 99, £20.00, 1174pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Nights Dawn] SF novel, third in the Nights Dawn trilogy. The Confederation begins to collapse and the battle extends even further into time and space, and beyond.
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A Second Chance at Eden Peter F. Hamilton (Macmillan UK 0-333-73853-5, Mar 99 [Feb 99], £10.99, ix+431pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) [Nights Dawn] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1998) SF collection of the new title novel and six stories, set in the Nights Dawn universe.
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A Second Chance at Eden Peter F. Hamilton (Macmillan/Pan 0-330-35182-6, Oct 99 [Sep 99], £6.99, x+496pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Nights Dawn] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1998) SF collection of the new title novel and six SF stories set in the Nights Dawn universe, three original and the rest altered to fit the Confederation timeline.
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Black Light Elizabeth Hand (Flamingo 0-00-655124-6, Nov 99, £6.99, 276pp, tp) Reprint (HarperPrism 1999) contemporary Dionysian fantasy/secret conspiracy novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Resurrection: Projekt Saucer: Book Five W. A. Harbinson (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-71543-X, Apr 99, £17.99, 500pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Projekt Saucer] SF novel, last in the series. Humanity rebels against the slavery of the UFOs and their cyborgs.
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When Dreams Travel Githa Hariharan (Macmillan UK/Picador 0-330-37236-X, Jun 99 [May 99], £12.99, 276pp, hc, cover by Tiffany Lynch) Literary novel. A grim retelling of the Sheherezade story.
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The Deity Dozen Andrew Harman (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-855-9, Mar 99 [Apr 99], £4.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Mortropolis] Reprint (Legend 1996) humorous fantasy novel. Book two in the 666 series.
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Fahrenheit 666 Andrew Harman (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-854-0, Mar 99 [Apr 99], £4.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Mortropolis] Reprint (Legend 1995) humorous fantasy novel. Book one in the 666 series.
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A Midsummers Night Gene Andrew Harman (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-853-2, Mar 99 [Apr 99], £4.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) Reprint (Legend 1997) humorous fantasy novel.
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The Scrying Game Andrew Harman (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-587-8, Mar 99 [Apr 99], £4.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) Reprint (Legend 1996) humorous fantasy novel.
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The Evil Seed Joanne Harris (Severn House 0-7278-2226-8, Feb 99, £17.99, 425pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) Reprint (Warner UK 1992) dark fantasy novel.
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Strakers Island Steve Harris (Orion/Vista 0-575-60309-7, May 99 [Jun 99], £6.99, 384pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Gollancz 1998) dark fantasy novel.
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Bill, the Galactic Hero Harry Harrison (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-905-8, Dec 99, £5.99, 160pp, pb, cover by blacksheep) [Bill the Galactic Hero] Reprint (Doubleday 1965) satirical SF novel. First in a series.
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The Deathworld Omnibus Harry Harrison (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-727-7, May 99 [Apr 99], £7.99, x+470pp, pb, cover by Jay Hurst) [Jason dinAlt] Reprint (Berkley Medallion 1975 as The Deathworld Trilogy) omnibus of the 3 classic Deathworld SF adventure novels, with a new introduction by Harrison. [First U.K. edition]
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The Stainless Steel Rat Joins the Circus Harry Harrison (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06866-3, Dec 99, £16.99, 269pp, hc, cover by Andy Parker) [Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz] Reprint (Tor 1999) humorous SF novel in the Stainless Steel Rat series. [First U.K. edition]
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The Return Andrea Hart (Transworld/Corgi 0-552-14623-4, Jul 99, £5.99, 380pp, pb) Dark fantasy novel. A serial killer reincarnates through the centuries.
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Minders Diana Hendry (Walker 0-7445-6940-0, 1999 [Aug 99], £3.99, 143pp, pb, cover by Mark Preston) Reprint (Walker 1998) young-adult fantasy novel. The original edition was not seen.
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Atlantis Frances Mary Hendry (Oxford University Press 0-19-275017-8, Jun 99 [Aug 99], £3.99, 153pp, tp, cover by Kevin Jenkins) Reprint (Oxford University Press 1997) young-adult fantasy novel. First in a series.
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Atlantis in Peril Frances Mary Hendry (Oxford University Press 0-19-275018-6, Jun 99 [Aug 99], £3.99, 154pp, tp, cover by Kevin Jenkins) Reprint (Oxford University Press 1998) young-adult fantasy novel. Second in a series. The original edition was not seen.
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Prelude to Dune: House Atreides Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-75174-6, Oct 99, £16.99, 605pp, hc, cover by Gerry Grace) [Dune] SF novel. First in a trilogy, telling the story of the generation before Dune began. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition. A (trade paperback) edition (-75175-4, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
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Children of Dune Frank Herbert (Hodder/NEL 0-450-03427-5, Oct 99, £6.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) [Dune] Reissue (Putnam 1976) SF novel. Volume three in the Dune series. 34th printing.
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Dune Frank Herbert (Hodder/NEL 0-450-01184-4, Oct 99 [Sep 99], £6.99, 605pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) [Dune] Reissue (Chilton 1965) SF novel, first in the Dune series. Winner of the Nebula and Hugo Awards. 48th printing.
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Dune Frank Herbert (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06856-6, Dec 99, £16.99, 447pp, hc, cover by John Schoenherr) [Dune] Reprint (Chilton 1965) Hugo and Nebula Award-winning novel. First in the Dune series. A quality hardback, illustrated with 12 colour plates by John Schoenherr.
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Dune Messiah Frank Herbert (Hodder/NEL 0-450-02285-4, Oct 99 [Sep 99], £6.99, 222pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) [Dune] Reissue (Putnam 1969) SF novel. Volume two in the Dune series. 39th printing.
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God Emperor of Dune Frank Herbert (Hodder/NEL 0-450-05262-1, Oct 99 [Sep 99], £6.99, 454pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) [Dune] Reissue (Putnam 1981) SF novel. Volume four in the Dune series. 28th printing.
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The Dark James Herbert (Pan 0-330-37620-9, Apr 99, £5.99, 439pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1980) horror novel.
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Fluke James Herbert (Pan 0-330-37617-9, Apr 99, £4.99, 215pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1977) fantasy novel.
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The Fog James Herbert (Pan 0-330-37615-2, Apr 99, £5.99, 345pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1975) horror novel.
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The Magic Cottage James Herbert (Pan 0-330-37625-X, Apr 99, £5.99, 394pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1986) ghost novel.
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Others James Herbert (Macmillan UK 0-333-78064-7, Apr 99 [Mar 99], £10.99, 504pp, hc) Horror novel. This special small-sized hardback is labelled a Special Travellers Edition and is available only in UK airports. It has the feel and appearance of a book club edition.
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Others James Herbert (Macmillan UK 0-333-76117-0, Apr 99, £16.99, 504pp, hc) Horror novel. A trade paperback (export only) edition (-76136-7, £10.99) was announced but not seen.
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The Rats James Herbert (Pan 0-330-37614-4, Apr 99, £5.99, 197pp, pb) [Rats] Reprint (NEL 1974) horror novel.
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Shrine James Herbert (Pan 0-330-37622-5, Apr 99, £5.99, 534pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1983) horror novel.
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The Siege of Arrandin Marcus Herniman (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-671-02189-3, Jul 99 [Jun 99], £5.99, 519pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Arrandin Trilogy] Fantasy novel, Book One of The Arrandin Trilogy. The city of Arrandin is undermined by magic, religious conflict, and treachery as the empire tries to hold off invaders. A first novel.
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Mad Ship Robin Hobb (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225479-4, Mar 99 [Jan 99], £17.99, 673pp, hc, cover by John Howe) [Liveship Traders] Fantasy novel, book two of The Liveship Traders. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition. Hobb is a pseudonym for Megan Lindholm.
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