The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Omicron Invasion Stephen Goldin (Berkley 0-425-07131-6, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.50, 184pp, pb) [Family dAlembert] Book 9 in the Family DAlembert series, credited to Doc Smith with Stephen Goldin, but actually by Goldin alone.
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The Omicron Invasion Stephen Goldin (Grafton 0-586-04342-X, Nov 84, £1.75, 205pp, pb) [Family dAlembert] Reprint (Berkley 1984) sf novel. [First U.K. edition] [Edward E. Smith]
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Star Trek: Trek to Madworld Stephen Goldin (Bantam 0-533-29676-3, Dec 84, $2.95, 177pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1978) Star Trek novelization. Third printing.
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The Princess Bride William Goldman (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31532-4, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $3.50, 283pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1973) fantasy novel; 13th printing, with over 900,000 copies available. A classic of humorous fantasy by a master writer. Highly recommended. (CNB)
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Maui: The Demigod Steven Goldsberry (Simon & Schuster 0-671-47788-9, May 84 [Apr 84], $18.95, 410pp, hc) Polynesia fantasy novel, illustrated with woodcuts by Dietrich Varez. Its leisurely, episodic, and well-written. A first novel. (FCM)
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The Steel Eye Chet Gottfried (Space & Time 0-917053-00-1, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $5.95, 151pp, tp) Sf/mystery novel featuring a hardboiled robot detective. This is the first book publication from Gordon Linzner of Space and Time Magazine.
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Hellquad Ron Goulart (DAW 0-87997-949-6, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $2.50, 158pp, pb) Humorous sf novel in typical Goulartian style.
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The Prisoner of Blackwood Castle Ron Goulart (Avon 0-380-88005-9, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $2.50, 174pp, pb) Humorous fantasy adventure novel.
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The Nestling Charles L. Grant (Pocket 0-671-41989-7, Jun 84 [May 84], $3.50, 406pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1982) horror novel.
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Night Songs Charles L. Grant (Pocket 0-671-45249-5, Jun 84 [May 84], $3.95, 346pp, pb) Horror novel.
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Shadows 7 ed. Charles L. Grant (Doubleday 0-385-18943-5, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $11.95, 181pp, hc) Original anthology of 14 tales of horror and dark fantasy by Ramsey Campbell, Tanith Lee, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, and others.
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Shadows II ed. Charles L. Grant (Berkley 0-425-07194-4, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $2.95, 215pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1979) original anthology of horror/fantasy stories.
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The Alchemists Geary Gravel (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31397-6, Feb 84 [Jan 84], $2.95, 289pp, pb) [Alchemists] Sf novel, a promising first novel (FCM).
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1982 Janine Alasdair Gray (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02094-3, Nov 84 [Oct 84], £8.95, 345pp, hc) Sadomaso-chistic fetishistic fantasy, according to the authors tongue-in-cheek blurb. Late in the book, God makes an appearance.
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1982 Janine Alasdair Gray (Viking 0-670-51387-3, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $16.95, 346pp, hc) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1984), first U.S. edition of the second novel by British award-winner Gray. Its more mainstream than fantasy.
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Unlikely Stories, Mostly Alasdair Gray (Penguin (US) 0-14-006925-9, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $6.95, 280pp, tp) Eccentric, fascinating collection of stories, drawings (by the author), and typographical curiosities. Recommended. (FCM) First U.S. edition (Canongate 1983).
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The Fear of Samuel Walton Roger J. Green (Oxford University Press 0-19-271474-0, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $14.95, 233pp, hc) [Fear of Samuel Walton] Young-adult fantasy novel about an evil Stone. This is a British edition with an American price on it.
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Chosen of Mida Sharon Green (DAW 0-87997-927-5, May 84 [Apr 84], $2.95, 365pp, pb) [Jalav, Amazon Warrior] Fantasy novel, third in the Jalav series, in the John Norman style.
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Mind Guest Sharon Green (DAW 0-87997-973-9, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $3.50, 415pp, pb) [Diana Santee Spaceways Agent] Sf novel, start of a new series, Diana Santee, Spaceways Agent. Its still another series in the John Norman vein.
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The Warrior Rearmed Sharon Green (DAW 0-87997-895-3, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $2.95, 153pp, pb) [Terrilian] Fantasy novel in the John Norman mode, third in the series.
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Daybreak on a Different Mountain Colin Greenland (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823255-6, Dec 84 [Nov 84], £8.95, 246pp, hc) Fantasy novel, a first novel.
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The Pandora Stone William Greenleaf (Ace 0-441-65089-9, Jun 84 [May 84], $2.75, 216pp, pb) [UNSA] Sf novel, set in the same universe as The Tartarus Incident.
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The Seventh Swan Nicholas Stuart Grey (Tempo 0-441-75955-6, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.25, 197pp, pb) [Wild Swan] Reprint (Dobson 1962) fantasy novel carrying on the story of The Wild Swan. Grays best novel. Recommended. (CNB)
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Apertures: A Study of the Writings of Brian Aldiss Brian Griffin & David Wingrove (Greenwood Press 0-313-23428-0, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $29.95, 261pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study with a bibliography and index. [Brian W. Aldiss]
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The Sword of Hachiman Lynn Guest (Zebra 0-8217-1104-0, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $3.50, pb) Fantasy adventure novel.
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The Joy Makers James E. Gunn (Crown 0-517-55188-5, Feb 84 [Jan 84], $7.95, 213pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1961) sf novel. New foreword by George Zebrowski. Volume 2 of the Classics of Modern Science Fiction series.
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Tiger! Tiger! James E. Gunn (Chris Drumm, 1984, $2.25, 55pp, ph) Sf novella written in 1952. Drumm Booklet #17.
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The Identity Plunderers Isidore Haiblum (Signet 0-451-12826-5, Mar 84 [Feb 84], $2.50, 207pp, pb) [Siscoe; Block] Sf novel.
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The Mutants Are Coming Isidore Haiblum (Doubleday 0-385-17513-2, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $11.95, 183pp, hc) [Mutants Are Coming] Sf novel.
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Dead of Night: Horror Stories from Radio, Television and Films ed. Peter Haining (Stein & Day 0-8128-2848-8, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $14.95, 203pp, hc) Reprint (William Kimber 1981) horror anthology.
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Perrys Planet Jack C. Haldeman, II (Bantam 0-553-24193-1, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.95, 132pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1980) Star Trek novel. Third printing.
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Vector Analysis Jack C. Haldeman, II (Ace 0-441-86071-0, Mar 84 [Feb 84], $2.50, 183pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley Putnam 1978) sf novel.
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Planet of Judgement Joe W. Haldeman (Bantam 0-553-24168-0, Jun 84 [May 84], $2.95, 151pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Bantam 1977) Star Trek novel; 4th printing.
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Worlds Apart Joe W. Haldeman (Ace 0-441-91072-6, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.95, 227pp, pb) [Worlds] Reprint (Viking 1983) sf novel, second in the Worlds trilogy.
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Slime John Halkin (Hamlyn 0-09-933840-8, 1984, £1.75, 252pp, pb) [Slither] Horror novel. [Not seen]
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Science Fiction Book Review Index, Volume 13, 1982 Hal W. Hall (SFBRI 0-935064-08-7, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $5.50, 54pp, tp) Bibliography. Lists the sf book reviews from 1982.
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Science Fiction Book Review Index, Volume 14, 1983 Hal W. Hall (SFBRI 0-935064-14-1, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $5.50 + $0.65 postage, 61pp, pb) Non-fiction; reference. Listing of book reviews from 1983. Includes many non-sf sources as well as the usual places.
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The Godmothers Sandi Hall (Womens Press (US) 0-7043-3888-2, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $6.95, 183pp, tp) Reissue (Womens Press 1982) lesbian feminist pacifist sf novel.
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The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes: Seventeen Supernatural Stories Leslie Halliwell (Granada/Academy Chicago 0-586-05995-4, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $5.95, 254pp, tp) Collection of ghost stories; all seem to be originals.
- 9 · Preface · pr
- 13 · The Late Mr. Llewellyn · ss *
- 26 · The Beckoning Clergyman · ss *
- 50 · The House of the Future · ss *
- 59 · The Centurions Road · ss *
- 72 · Blood Relation · ss *
- 90 · The Temple of Music and the Temple of Art · ss *
- 103 · Remembrance of Things Past · ss *
- 117 · Brain Scan · ss *
- 124 · The Blackamoors Drum · ss *
- 139 · The Girl by the River · ss *
- 150 · Hands with Long Fingers · ss *
- 163 · The Viaduct · ss *
- 169 · Lady of the Midnight Sun · ss *
- 178 · The Moving Rocks · ss *
- 197 · Demon · ss *
- 209 · The House on the Cliff · ss *
- 237 · The Ghost of Sherlock Holmes · ss *
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Mouth Open, Story Jump Out Grace Hallworth (Methuen 0-416-23550-6, Oct 84, £5.50, 128pp, hc) Original young-adult collection of supernatural stories based on Trinidadian folklore. Pagination from Magnet 1987 edition. [Not seen]
- 9 · Introduction · in
- 11 · The Soucouyant · ss *
- 23 · The Loup Garou · ss *
- 33 · La Diablesse · ss *
- 47 · LEsprits · ss *
- 65 · Le Diable · ss *
- 79 · Douennes · ss *
- 87 · Papa Bois · ss *
- 103 · Fairymaids and Mermaids · ss *
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The Ladies of Mandrigyn Barbara Hambly (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30919-7, Mar 84 [Feb 84], $2.95, 311pp, pb) [Sun Wolf] Fantasy novel of mercenaries training an unusual troupe. One of Hamblys best. Recommended. (FCM)
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The Shirt Off a Hanged Mans Back Dennis Hamley (Andre Deutsch 0-233-97650-7, Oct 84, £3.95, 160pp, tp) Young-adult occult collection. [Not seen]
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Dragon Winter Niel Hancock (Warner 0-446-31209-6, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $2.95, 351pp, pb) Reprint (Popular Library 1978) fantasy novel.
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Otherworld W. A. Harbinson (Corgi 0-552-12380-3, Jul 84 [Jun 84], £2.50, 512pp, pb) A novel of mysticism and evil turgid prose, matched with a lurid cover which can double as a reflector for readers who want a tan.
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The Outrider Richard Harding (Pinnacle 0-523-42212-1, Jun 84 [May 84], $2.50, 213pp, pb) [Bonner (Outrider)] Post-holocaust survivalist adventure novel, first in a series.
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The Outrider #3: Blood Highway Richard Harding (Pinnacle 0-523-42214-8, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $2.95, 209pp, pb) [Bonner (Outrider)] Post-holocaust series novel.
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Master of the Five Magics Lyndon Hardy (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31907-9, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.95, 373pp, pb) [Arcadia] Reissue (Del Rey 1980) fantasy novel; 5th printing.
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Secret of the Sixth Magic Lyndon Hardy (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30309-1, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.95, 366pp, pb) [Arcadia] Fantasy novel, sequel to Master of the Five Magics.
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The Paradox Men Charles L. Harness (Crown 0-517-55433-X, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $8.95, 205pp, hc) Reprint (Bouregy & Curl 1953 as Flight Into Yesterday) sf novel. This edition has been extensively revised and should be considered the definitive text of a major sf novel. New foreword by George Zebrowski; new afterword by the author; plus a reprint of another foreword by Brian Aldiss as an afterword. (CNB)
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Seven Citadels, Part 2: The Children of the Wind Geraldine Harris (Unicorn 0-04-823253-X, Oct 84 [Sep 84], £2.50, 196pp, pb) [Seven Citadels] Reprint (Macmillan U.K. 1982) fantasy novel, #2 in a tetralogy.
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Seven Citadels, Part 4: The Seventh Gate Geraldine Harris (Macmillan UK 0-333-34374-3, Feb 84 [Jan 84], £6.50, 243pp, hc) [Seven Citadels] Strong conclusion to a young-adult fantasy tetralogy. Harris deepens her main characters and introduces some fascinating new ones, with colorful settings to match. (FCM)
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Seven Citadels, Part 4: The Seventh Gate Geraldine Harris (Greenwillow 0-688-1759-2, Jun 84 [May 84], $9.00, 243pp, tp) [Seven Citadels] Fantasy novel, conclusion of a tetralogy. First U.S. edition (Macmillan U.K. 1984).
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Captive Universe Harry Harrison (Ace 0-441-09142-3, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $2.75, 160pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1969) sf novel.
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Homeworld Harry Harrison (Bantam 0-553-22647-9, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $2.50, 199pp, pb) [To the Stars] Reissue (Panther 1980) sf novel, To the Stars #1.
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Make Room! Make Room! Harry Harrison (Ace 0-441-51605-X, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.95, 309pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1966) sf novel.
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Starworld Harry Harrison (Bantam 0-553-20780-6, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $2.50, 198pp, pb) [To the Stars] Reissue (Bantam 1981) sf novel, To the Stars #3; 5th printing.
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West of Eden Harry Harrison (Bantam 0-553-05065-6, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $15.95, 483pp, hc) [Eden] Sf novel, illustrated by Bill Sanderson.
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Wheelworld Harry Harrison (Bantam 0-553-20774-1, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.50, 181pp, pb) [To the Stars] Reissue (Bantam 1981) sf novel, To the Stars #2; 4th printing.
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Viriconium Nights M. John Harrison (Ace 0-441-86570-4, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $2.75, 182pp, pb) [Viriconium] Collection of 8 stories set in the fantasy world Viriconium. Several seem to be originals.
- · Authors Note · pr
- 1 · The Lamia and Lord Cromis · nv New Worlds Quarterly, ed. Michael Moorcock, London: Sphere, 1971
- 25 · Lamia Mutable · ss Again, Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1972
- 36 · Viriconium Knights · nv Elsewhere v1, ed. Terri Winding & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1981
- 59 · Events Witnessed from a City · ss The Machine in Shaft Ten, Panther, 1975
- 67 · The Luck in the Head · nv *
- 96 · The Lords of Misrule · ss Savoy Dreams, ed. David Britton & Michael Butterworth, Savoy, 1984
- 109 · In Viriconium · na *
- 167 · Strange Great Sins · ss Interzone #5 83
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The Traveling Grave L. P. Hartley (Everyman 0-460-01349-1, Jun 84, £2.50, 240pp, pb) Reprint (Arkham House 1948) fantasy/horror collection. [Not seen]
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A Rustle in the Grass Robin Hawdon (Hamlyn 0-09-933240-X, 1984, £1.95, 288pp, pb) Fantasy novel. [Not seen]
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Timewars # 1: The Ivanhoe Gambit Simon Hawke (Ace 0-441-37762-9, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $2.75, 209pp, pb) [Time Wars] Time travel adventure novel, first in a series.
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Timewars # 2: The Timekeeper Conspiracy Simon Hawke (Ace 0-441-81136-1, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $2.75, 215pp, pb) [Time Wars] The time travel adventure series continues, with a foray into the days of the Three Musketeers.
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Timewars # 3: The Pimpernel Plot Simon Hawke (Ace 0-441-66409-1, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.75, 211pp, pb) [Time Wars] Sf novel, time travel adventure.
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Job: A Comedy of Justice Robert A. Heinlein (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31649-5, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $16.95, 376pp, hc) Supernatural fantasy novel about a modern-day test of faith.
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Job: A Comedy of Justice Robert A. Heinlein (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32060-3, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $75.00, 376pp, hc) Signed numbered limited edition of the above.
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A Dove of the East and Other Stories Mark Helprin (Dell 0-440-32151-4, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $3.95, 219pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1975) collection of 20 stories, including some fantasies, by the author of Winters Tale.
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Winters Tale Mark Helprin (Pocket 0-671-50987-X, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $4.50, 688pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1983) fantsy novel.
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The Book of Frank Herbert Frank Herbert (Berkley 0-425-07464-1, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.75, 218pp, pb) Reissue (DAW 1973) collection, 4th Berkley printing.
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Children of Dune Frank Herbert (Gollancz 0-575-03542-0, Dec 84 [Nov 84], £9.95, 304pp, hc) [Dune] Reissue (Putnam 1976), Dune #3.
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Dune Frank Herbert (Putnam 0-399-12896-4, May 84 [Apr 84], $16.95, 519pp, hc) [Dune] Reprint (Chilton 1965) of the start of the continuing sf series. This new hardcover edition should put the book back in libraries again.
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Dune Frank Herbert (Berkley, Jun 84 [May 84], no price, 535pp, pb) [Dune] Special ABA edition of 500 copies, available free to members of the ABA who waited in line for autographs. Reissue (Chilton 1965) of the first novel in the sf series, with a movie tie-in cover and credits page but no stills. Listed only for record purposes.
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Dune Frank Herbert (Berkley 0-425-08002-1, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $3.95, 535pp, pb) [Dune] Reissue (Chilton 1965), movie tie-in edition. 35th Berkley printing, this one for an amazing 1.4 million copies.
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Dune Frank Herbert (Gollancz 0-575-03540-4, Dec 84 [Nov 84], £9.95, 445pp, hc) [Dune] Reissue (Chilton 1965), first in the Dune saga.
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Dune Messiah Frank Herbert (Gollancz 0-575-03541-2, Dec 84 [Nov 84], £8.95, 181pp, hc) [Dune] Reissue (Putnam 1969), second novel in the Dune series.
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Four Complete Novels Frank Herbert (Avenel, 1984, hc) Omnibus edition of four Herbert novels from an instant remainder publisher.
- · Whipping Star [Jorj X. McKie] · n. New York: Putnam, 1970
- · The Dosadi Experiment [Jorj X. McKie] · n. New York: Putnam, 1977
- · The Santaroga Barrier · n. New York: Berkley Medallion Oct 68
- · Soul Catcher · n. New York: Putnam, 1972
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God Emperor of Dune Frank Herbert (Gollancz 0-575-03543-9, Dec 84 [Nov 84], £9.95, 349pp, hc) [Dune] Reissue (Putnam 1981), Dune #4.
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Heretics of Dune Frank Herbert (Gollancz 0-575-03423-8, Apr 84 [Mar 84], £8.95, 384pp, hc) [Dune] This British edition of a book in the Dune sf series preceded the U.S. edition.
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Heretics of Dune Frank Herbert (Putnam 0-399-12898-0, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $16.95, 480pp, hc) [Dune] First U.S. edition (Gollancz 1984). There is also a $75.00 limited signed edition [not seen].
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The Santaroga Barrier Frank Herbert (Berkley 0-425-07468-4, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.75, 255pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley Medallion 1968) sf novel; 18th Berkley printing.
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Whipping Star Frank Herbert (Berkley 0-425-06997-4, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.95, 188pp, pb) [Jorj X. McKie] Reissue (Berkley Medallion 1977) sf novel, 19th Berkley printing.
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The Jesus Incident Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom (Berkley 0-425-07467-6, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $3.50, 416pp, pb) [Destination Void] Reissue (Berkley Putnam 1979) sf novel.
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The Lazarus Effect Frank Herbert & Bill Ransom (Berkley 0-425-07129-4, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $3.50, 393pp, pb) [Destination Void] Reprint (Putnam 1983) sf novel, sequel to The Jesus Incident.
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Domain James Herbert (NEL 0-450-06076-4, Jul 84 [1984], £8.95, 380pp, hc) [Rats] Horror novel. [Not seen]
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The Earth Goddess Richard Herley (Heinemann 0-434-32763-8, 1984, £8.95, 212pp, hc) [Pagans] Prehistoric sf novel. [Not seen]
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The Dark Barbarian: The Writings of Robert E. Howard: A Critical Anthology ed. Don Herron (Greenwood Press 0-313-23281-4, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $29.95, 242pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference book. [Robert E. Howard]
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The Wandering Jew Stefan Heym (Holt Rinehart & Winston 0-03-064153-5, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $14.95, 298pp, hc) English translation of a 1981 German novel, an irreverent philosophical fantasy. First U.S. edition (U.K. 1983).
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