The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999
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Scenting Hallowed Blood Storm Constantine (Meisha Merlin 0-9658345-5-7, Aug ’99, $16.00, 400pp, tp, cover by Rick Berry) [Grigori Trilogy] Dark fantasy novel, second in the “Grigori” trilogy. Includes a bibliography of Constantine’s works. First US edition (Signet UK 1996). Order from Meisha Merlin Publishing, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031.
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The Thorn Boy Storm Constantine (Eidolon 0-9586864-3-2, Apr ’99 [Jun ’99], $12.95, 108pp, tp, cover by Rick Berry) [Magravandias Chronicles] Fantasy novella set in the same world as the “Sea Dragon Trilogy”. Introduction by Poppy Z. Brite. Available in the US from Firebird Distributing, 2030 First St, Unit 5, Eureka CA 95501; 800-353-3575.
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Faded Steel Heat Glen Cook (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45479-0, Jun ’99 [May ’99], $6.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Alan Pollack) [Garrett] Fantasy novel, seventh in the series featuring P.I. Garrett. A conspiracy is turning the non-humans of TunFaire against all humans.
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Water Sleeps Glen Cook (Tor 0-312-85909-0, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $24.95, 412pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Black Company: Glittering Stone] Military fantasy novel in the “Black Company” series, book three of “Glittering Stone”.
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Forgotten Realms: The Glass Prison Monte Cook (TSR 0-7869-1343-6, Apr ’99, $5.99, 292pp, tp, cover by Fred Fields) [Forgotten Realms] Novelization based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by TSR.
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The Engines of Dawn Paul Cook (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45736-6, Feb ’99 [Jan ’99], $5.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) SF novel. Humans travel space with alien engines they’re forbidden to see.
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The Engines of Dawn Paul Cook (SFBC #18106, May ’99 [Apr ’99], $8.98, 286pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Roc 1999) SF novel. Humans travel space with alien engines they’re forbidden to see. This SFBC edition has ISBN 0-7394-0170-X.
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Mutation Robin Cook (Berkley 0-425-11965-3, Oct ’99 [Nov ’99], $7.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reissue (Putnam 1989) medical thriller about genetic engineering. 24th printing.
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Secret Realms Tom Cool (Tor 0-812-54526-5, Apr ’99, $6.99, 304pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1998) SF novel of warriors raised in virtual reality.
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Prisoner of Time Caroline B. Cooney (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22019-X, Aug ’99, $4.99, 200pp, pb, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Time Travelers] Reprint (Delacorte 1998) young-adult time-travel romance, third in the series beginning with Both Sides of Time.
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The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin Newbery 0-689-82989-2, Sep ’99 [May ’99], $2.99, 244pp, tp, cover by David Wiesner) [Dark Is Rising] Reprint (Atheneum 1973) Newbery Honor award-winning YA fantasy novel, second book in “The Dark Is Rising” series. This is a special promotional edition.
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The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-82983-3, Sep ’99 [Oct ’99], $4.99, 244pp, tp, cover by David Wiesner) [Dark Is Rising] Reprint (Atheneum 1973) YA fantasy novel, second book in “The Dark Is Rising” series.
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The Grey King Susan Cooper (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin Newbery 0-689-82988-4, Sep ’99 [May ’99], $2.99, 165pp, tp, cover by David Wiesner) [Dark Is Rising] Reprint (Atheneum 1975) Newbery award-winning YA fantasy novel, fifth in “The Dark Is Rising” series. This is a special promotional edition.
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The Grey King Susan Cooper (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-82984-1, Sep ’99 [Oct ’99], $4.99, 165pp, tp, cover by David Wiesner) [Dark Is Rising] Reprint (Atheneum 1975) Newbery award-winning YA fantasy novel, fifth in “The Dark Is Rising” series.
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King of Shadows Susan Cooper (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 0-689-82817-9, Oct ’99, $16.00, 186pp, hc, cover by John Clapp) Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel. A young actor travels back in time to perform with Shakespeare at the Globe theater.
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Whispers in the Night Basil Copper (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-40-2, Jun ’99 [Jul ’99], $27.00, 271pp, hc, cover by Stephen Fabian) Original collection of 11 stories, three reprints, including suspense, supernatural horror, and SF. Introduction by Stephen Jones. Illustrations by Stephen Fabian. A slipcased, signed, limited edition of 100 (-41-0, $95.00) is also available — from Fedogan & Bremer, 3721 Minnehaha Ave. S., Minneapolis MN 55406; 612-721-8848.
- ix · Out of the Fog: Recollection · Stephen Jones · in *
- 3 · Better Dead · ss The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1994
- 13 · Reader, I Buried Him! · ss The Vampire Omnibus, ed. Peter Haining, Orion, 1995
- 23 · One for the Pot · ss *
- 29 · Wish You Were Here · na Horror for Christmas, ed. Richard Dalby, Michael O’Mara, 1992
- 97 · In a Darkling Wood · na *
- 153 · The Grass · ss *
- 159 · Riding the Chariot · nv *
- 185 · Final Destination · ss *
- 191 · The Obelisk · ss *
- 205 · Out There · na *
- 255 · The Summerhouse · ss *
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Excalibur Bernard Cornwell (St. Martin’s Griffin 0-312-20648-8, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $14.95, 436pp, tp, cover by David Bowers) [Warlord Chronicles] Reprint (Michael Joseph 1997) Arthurian novel, final in the trilogy that began with The Winter King.
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Girlfriend in a Coma Douglas Coupland (HarperPerennial/Regan Books 0-06-098732-4, Mar ’99 [Feb ’99], $13.00, 284pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo UK 1998) fantasy novel, narrated by a ghost, about a woman who sees the end of the world while comatose. We apparently missed the hardcover first US edition (Regan 1998).
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Odder than Ever Bruce Coville (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201747-X, May ’99, $16.00, 146pp, hc, cover by Michael Hussar) Young-adult collection of nine stories, three original, featuring unusual creatures including a ghost, a goblin, and a giant. “A Note from the Author” discusses how the stories came to be written.
- 1 · The Golden Sail · ss *
- 17 · Biscuits of Glory · ss The Haunted House, ed. Jane Yolen & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperCollins, 1995
- 25 · I, Earthling · ss Bruce Coville’s Book of Aliens, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1994
- 43 · The Giant’s Tooth · ss *
- 61 · There’s Nothing Under the Bed · ss Bruce Coville’s Book of Nightmares, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1995
- 79 · The Stinky Princess · ss *
- 97 · The Japanese Mirror · nv A Nightmare’s Dozen, ed. Michael Stearns, Harcourt Brace, 1996
- 115 · Am I Blue? · ss Am I Blue?, ed. Marion Dane Bauer, HarperCollins, 1994
- 127 · The Metamorphosis of Justin Jones · ss Bruce Coville’s Book of Magic II, ed. Bruce Coville, Scholastic/Apple, 1997
- 143 · A Note from the Author · aw
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The Skull of Truth Bruce Coville (Pocket/Minstrel 0-671-02343-8, Jan ’99 [Mar ’99], $3.99, 195pp, tp, cover by Mark Garro) [Magic Shop] Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1997) young-adult humorous fantasy novel in the “Magic Shop” series. Illustrated by Gary A. Lippincott.
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Song of the Wanderer Bruce Coville (Scholastic Press 0-590-45953-8, Nov ’99 [Oct ’99], $16.95, 330pp, hc, cover by Rebecca Guay) [Unicorn Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, book two of “The Unicorn Chronicles”. Cara must return to Earth and bring her grandmother back to the land of unicorns.
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Bruce Coville’s Alien Visitors ed. Bruce Coville (Avon Camelot 0-380-80254-6, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $4.99, 197pp, tp, cover by Ernie Colon) Young-adult, mostly original anthology of fourteen stories, four reprints, by authors including Esther M. Friesner, Lois Tilton, and Sherwood Smith. Illustrated by Alex Sunder & John Nyberg. Copyrighted by General Licensing Company.
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Bruce Coville’s Shapeshifters ed. Bruce Coville (Avon Camelot 0-380-80255-4, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], $4.99, 180pp, tp, cover by Ernie Colon) Young-adult, mostly original anthology of 14 stories, five reprints, by authors including Jack Dann, Jessica Amanda Salmonson, Jane Yolen, and Lawrence Watt-Evans. Illustrated by Ernie Colon and John Nyberg.
- vii · Introduction: What Shape Are Your Dreams? · Bruce Coville · in *
- 1 · Homeward Bound · Bruce Coville · ss The Unicorn Treasury, ed. Bruce Coville, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1988
- 19 · I Was a Bestselling Teenage Werewolf · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss *
- 25 · Myself · Mark A. Garland · ss *
- 37 · Frog Princes · Janni Lee Simner · ss *
- 43 · Tricky Coyote · Susan J. Kroupa · ss *
- 57 · Swan Sister · Anne Mazer · ss A Sliver of Glass, Hyperion, 1996
- 65 · The Changelings · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Phantom Waters, Sasquatch Press, 1995
- 73 · The Talking Sword · Jack Dann · ss Fantastic Worlds, ed. Paul Collins, Moonstone, 1998
- 95 · Freedom · Connie Wilkins · ss *
- 105 · Fever Dream · Ray Bradbury · ss Weird Tales Sep ’48
- 117 · The Electronic Werewolf · Lael Littke & Lori Littke Silfen · ss *
- 135 · Wilding · Jane Yolen · ss A Starfarer’s Dozen, ed. Michael Stearns, Harcourt Brace, 1995
- 149 · Jonas. Just Jonas · Nancy Varian Berberick & Greg LaBarbera · nv *
- 171 · A Million Copies in Print · John C. Bunnell · ss *
- 181 · About the Authors · Misc. · bg
- 183 · About the Artists · Misc. · bg
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The Night Wind Howls: Complete Supernatural Stories Frederick Cowles (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-66-4, Mar ’99, C$60.00, xx+391pp, hc, cover by Linda Dyde) Reprint (Ghost Story Press 1993 as Fear Walks the Night: The Complete Ghost Stories of Frederick Cowles) omnibus of three collections: The Night Wind Howls (Muller, 1938), The Horror of Abbot’s Grange (Muller, 1936) and Fear Walks the Night (Ghost Story Press, 1993). This edition is limited to 600 copies and includes a foreword by the author’s son, an introduction by Hugh Lamb, and an account of true hauntings by Cowles, never before reprinted. A world-wide edition available in the US for $50.00 and in the UK for £31.00.
- ix · Foreword · Michael Cowles · fw (*), 1999
- xi · Introduction · Hugh Lamb · in (*), 1999
- 1 · The Horror of Abbot’s Grange · co London: Frederick Muller, 1936
- 3 · The Horror of Abbot’s Grange · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 16 · The House on the Marsh · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 23 · Room for One · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 26 · The New Inn · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 32 · Terrible Mrs. Greene · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 37 · The Mandarin’s Chair · vi The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 39 · The Haunted Church · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 44 · The Castle in the Forest · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 50 · The Bell · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 57 · One Side Only · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 60 · Guardians of the Dead · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 67 · The Unfinished Tower · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 71 · The Headless Leper · ss Nightmares, ed. Anon., London: Philip Allan, 1933
- 75 · The Pink Columbine · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 82 · Passenger from Crewe · vi The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 85 · The Ring · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 87 · Eye for the Blind · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 92 · Treasure Trove · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 96 · The Limping Ghost · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 100 · The Thing from the Sea · ss The Horror of Abbot’s Grange, London: Muller, 1936
- 103 · The Night Wind Howls · co London: Frederick Muller, 1938
- 105 · Rendezvous · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 110 · The House of the Dancer · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 119 · Wood Magic · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 128 · Twisted Face · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 133 · June Morning · vi The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 135 · The Witch-Finder · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 139 · The Florentine Mirror · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 144 · The Vampire of Kaldenstein · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 159 · Lavender Love · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 166 · The Mask of Death · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 172 · King of Hearts · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 176 · Voodoo · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 182 · The Little Saint of Hell · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 186 · Confession · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 190 · The Lamasery of Beloved Dreams · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 196 · The Cadaver of Bishop Louis · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 206 · Out of the Darkness · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 210 · The Lover of the Dead · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 215 · The Caretaker · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 219 · Gypsy Violin · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 227 · Death in the Well · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 239 · Retribution · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 243 · Lady of Lyonnesse · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 252 · Rats · ss The Night Wind Howls, Muller, 1938
- 255 · Fear Walks the Night · co Ghost Story Press, 1993
- 257 · Introduction · in Fear Walks The Night, Frederick Cowles, Ghost Story Press, 1993
- 261 · Fear Walks the Night · ss Fear Walks The Night, Frederick Cowles, Ghost Story Press, 1993
- 270 · Punch and Judy · ss Star Book of Horror, No.1, ed. Hugh Lamb, London: Star Books, 1975
- 276 · The Florentine Chest · ss Fear Walks The Night, Frederick Cowles, Ghost Story Press, 1993
- 286 · Variety Show · ss Fear Walks The Night, Frederick Cowles, Ghost Story Press, 1993
- 289 · Princess of Darkness · ss Dracula’s Brood, ed. Richard Dalby, Crucible, 1987
- 305 · Death of a Rat · ss Fear Walks The Night, Frederick Cowles, Ghost Story Press, 1993
- 311 · The Echo of a Song · ss Fear Walks The Night, Frederick Cowles, Ghost Story Press, 1993
- 317 · The House in the Forest · ss Cold Fear, ed. Hugh Lamb, W.H. Allen, 1977
- 326 · Goosefeather Bed · ss Fear Walks The Night, Frederick Cowles, Ghost Story Press, 1993
- 330 · Christmas Eve · ss Fear Walks The Night, Frederick Cowles, Ghost Story Press, 1993
- 335 · Three Shall Meet · ss The Taste of Fear, ed. Hugh Lamb, London: W.H. Allen, 1976
- 343 · Lisheen · ss Fear Walks The Night, Frederick Cowles, Ghost Story Press, 1993
- 351 · Voodoo Drums · ss Fear Walks The Night, Frederick Cowles, Ghost Story Press, 1993
- 358 · The Strange Affair at Upton Stonewold · ss Ghosts and Scholars, ed. Rosemary Pardoe & Richard Dalby, Crucible, 1987
- 370 · Gypsy Hands · ss Fear Walks The Night, Frederick Cowles, Ghost Story Press, 1993
- 375 · The End of the Lane · ss Fear Walks The Night, Frederick Cowles, Ghost Story Press, 1993
- 382 · Twilight · ss Fear Walks The Night, Frederick Cowles, Ghost Story Press, 1993
- 388 · Do You Believe in Ghosts? · ar Swinton and Pendlebury Library Bulletin
- 391 · Afterword · Neil Bell · ob Swinton and Pendlebury Library Bulletin Jul ’48
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X-Men & the Avengers: Gamma Quest: Book I: Lost and Found Greg Cox (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-16973-1, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], $6.99, 263pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [X-Men; Avengers; Gamma Quest] Novelization based on the comic book characters. The “Lost and Found” part of the title does not appear on the cover. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Characters, Inc.
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X-Men and the Avengers: Gamma Quest, Book 2: Search and Rescue Greg Cox (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-16989-8, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $6.99, 263pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [X-Men; Avengers; Gamma Quest] Novelization, second in the trilogy based on the comic book characters. The “Search and Rescue” part of the title does not appear on the cover. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Entertainment Group.
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King Midas and the Golden Touch Charlotte & K. Y. Craft (Morrow Junior 0-688-13165-4, Apr ’99 [Mar ’99], $16.00, 32pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Children’s picture book, a re-telling of the Greek myth with lavish full-color Pre-Raphaelite-type paintings by Kinuko Craft.
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Fountain Society Wes Craven (Simon & Schuster 0-684-84660-8, Oct ’99 [Aug ’99], $25.00, 350pp, hc) SF horror novel. A dying genius is offered a top-secret brain transplant operation that leaves two men in one body.
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In Shadow Lands Gary William Crawford (Nashville House 0-910151-05-9, Oct ’99, $6.00, 29pp, ph, cover by Margaret Ballif Simon) Chapbook collection of 19 poems, many with gothic/dark fantasy elements. Illustrated by Margaret Ballif Simon. Order from Nashville House, PO Box 111864, Nashville TN 37222; postage included in price.
- 7 · Flies of Oblivion · pm
- 9 · Shadows Are Long in January · pm
- 10 · Press Release · pm
- 11 · Cotton Land · pm Dreams & Nightmares #40 ’93
- 12 · Dreaming Again · pm
- 14 · A Visitation · pm
- 15 · The Truth That Rings from the Bell Tower · pm
- 17 · For Howard (dead of AIDS at 38) · pm
- 18 · Your Body · pm
- 19 · The Silence of Sirens Screaming · pm
- 20 · The Hands That Reach Up from Under the Bed · pm
- 21 · Shadow Numbers · pm
- 22 · A Madness—Not a Madness · pm
- 23 · A Good Subject · pm
- 24 · Gothic Quest · pm Dreams & Nightmares #41 ’93
- 25 · Metamorphosis Devoured · pm
- 26 · Reincarnation · pm Star*Line v17 #5 ’94
- 28 · Fear · pm
- 29 · A Shadow in My Eye · pm
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The 13th Warrior Michael Crichton (Ballantine 0-345-35461-3, Jul ’99 [Aug ’99], $7.99, 278pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1976 as Eaters of the Dead) retelling of “Beowulf”. This is a movie tie-in edition. Despite the retitle, this retains the earlier ISBN. 45th printing.
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The Andromeda Strain Michael Crichton (Ballantine 0-345-37848-2, Oct ’99 [Dec ’99], $7.99, 288pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1969) SF thriller. 52nd printing.
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Jurassic Park Michael Crichton (Ballantine 0-345-37077-5, Oct ’99 [Dec ’99], $7.99, 400pp, pb, cover by Chip Kidd) [Jurassic Park] Reissue (Knopf 1990) SF thriller. 18th printing.
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Sphere Michael Crichton (Ballantine 0-345-35314-5, Oct ’99, $7.99, 371pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1987) SF novel. This is the 12th printing of the movie tie-in edition.
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Timeline Michael Crichton (Random House/Knopf 0-679-44481-5, Nov ’99, $26.95, 450pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) SF time-travel novel. A group of scientists try to rescue an elderly history professor trapped in 15th-century France.
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Timeline Michael Crichton (SFBC #06439, Feb 2000 [Dec ’99], $13.50, 443pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) Reprint (Knopf 1999) SF novel of time travel. This is similar to the Knopf edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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Star Trek: Time for Yesterday A. C. Crispin (Pocket 0-671-03857-5, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $3.99, 303pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek: Yesterday Saga] Reissue (Pocket; Titan 1988) Star Trek novelization, repackaged as a “classic Star Trek novel” and named Book 2 of “The Yesterday Saga”. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
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Star Trek: Yesterday’s Son A. C. Crispin (Pocket 0-671-03851-6, Aug ’99 [Jul ’99], $3.99, 191pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek: Yesterday Saga] Reissue (Pocket 1983) Star Trek novelization, repackaged as a “classic Star Trek novel” and named Book 1 of “The Yesterday Saga”. This has a new ISBN and indicates first printing. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
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Percival’s Angel Anne Eliot Crompton (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45757-9, Sep ’99 [Aug ’99], $5.99, 236pp, pb) Arthurian fantasy novel. A young Fey follows Percival to the court of King Arthur.
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DragonLance: The Rose and the Skull Jeff Crook (TSR 0-7869-1336-3, Mar ’99, $5.99, 312pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance: Bridges of Time] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game. “Bridges of Time” book four. A first novel. Copyrighted by TSR.
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