The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Haunting of Frances Rain Margaret Buffie (Scholastic 0-590-42834-9, Oct 89 [Nov 89], $12.95, 196pp, hc, cover by Michael Conway) Young-adult ghost story/fantasy about a haunting on a deserted Canadian island. A first novel. First American edition (Kids Can Press, Canada 1987).
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Borders of Infinity Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen 0-671-69841-9, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $3.95, 311pp, pb) [Miles Vorkosigan] Comic sf novel that is actually three loosely connected, slightly rewritten novellas featuring the same character, Miles Vorkosigan, who is also the hero of most of Bujolds other work. Hes appealing as usual (FCM).
- 9 · The Mountains of Mourning · na Analog May 89
- 103 · Labyrinth · na Analog Aug 89
- 215 · The Borders of Infinity · na Free Lancers, ed. Elizabeth Mitchell, Baen, 1987
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Borders of Infinity Lois McMaster Bujold (Easton Press, Nov 89, no price, 311pp, hc) [Miles Vorkosigan] Comic sf novel that is actually three loosely connected, slightly rewritten novellas featuring Miles Vorkosigan. There is an introduction by James Gunn and artwork by Ron Miller. This is a signed, limited, leatherbound, gilt-edge edition that is being published simultaneously with the Baen paperback edition listed above that appeared two months earlier. This edition is part of the Signed First Editions of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
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Ethan of Athos Lois McMaster Bujold (Headline 0-7472-3127-3, Feb 89 [Jan 89], £2.99, 237pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Naismith] Reprint (Baen 1986) sf novel. In the Naismith series. [First U.K. edition]
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Falling Free Lois McMaster Bujold (Headline 0-7472-3242-3, May 89, £3.50, 307pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) Reprint (Baen 1988) sf novel about a spaceman who takes on the corporation in order to save his workers. This years Nebula Award winner. Recommended. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
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Falcon Emma Bull (Ace 0-441-22569-1, Oct 89, $3.95, 281pp, pb) Sf adventure novel of a young gestalt pilot fighting to save a world.
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War for the Oaks Emma Bull (Ace 0-441-87073-2, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $3.95, 309pp, pb, cover by Pamela Patrick) Reissue (Ace 1987) fantasy novel; 3rd printing.
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The Coming Race Edward George Bulwer-Lytton (Woodbridge Press 0-88007-174-5, Sep 89 [Oct 89], $7.95, 128pp, tp) Reprint (Blackwood 1871 as by Anon.) classic utopian satire, with a new introduction by John Weeks.
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The Sensitives Herbert Burkholz (Headline 0-7472-3094-3, Jan 89, £2.99, 278pp, pb) [Sensitives] Reprint (Atheneum 1987) thriller about telepathic agents.
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The Sensitives Herbert Burkholz (Berkley 0-425-11581-X, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.95, 278pp, pb) [Sensitives] Reprint (Atheneum 1987) thriller with telepaths.
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Strange Bedfellows Herbert Burkholz (Headline 0-7472-0091-2, Jan 89, £11.95, 310pp, hc, cover by Alun Hood) [Sensitives] Reprint (Atheneum 1988) sequel to The Sensitives in which the agents foil a joint KGB/CIA plot to assassinate Gorbachev. Highly entertaining. Recommended. (PSP) Despite the 1988 publication date, this did not appear until 1989. [First U.K. edition]
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The Secret Garden Frances Hodgson Burnett (Viking Kestrel 0-670-82571-9, Mar 89, $18.95, 256pp, hc) Reprint (Stokes 1911) childrens fantasy classic, illustrated by Shirley Hughes. This edition is the first American reprint of a 1988 Gollancz edition.
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A Princess of Mars Edgar Rice Burroughs (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-462-4, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $2.95, 159pp, pb) [Barsoom (John Carter et al)] Reprint (McClurg 1917) of the first John Carter of Mars novel.
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Interzone William S. Burroughs (Viking 0-670-81347-8, Feb 89, $17.95, 194pp, hc) Associational. Collection of stories and journal entries, edited by James Grauerholz. Some of the stories are surreal.
- ix · Introduction · James Grauerholz · in
- · I. STORIES
- 3 · Twilights Last Gleamings · ss
- 13 · The Finger · ss Early Returns, Cadmus Editions, 1982
- 18 · Driving Lesson · ss
- 23 · The Junkeys Christmas · ss
- 32 · Lee and the Boys · ss
- 39 · In the Café Central · ss
- 43 · Dream of the Penal Colony · ss
- 47 · International Zone · ss
- · II. LEES JOURNALS
- 63 · Lees Journals · ms Early Returns, Cadmus Editions, 1982
- - 95 · An Advertising Short for Television · ms Early Returns, Cadmus Editions, 1982
- - 96 · Antonio the Portuguese Mooch · ms Early Returns, Cadmus Editions, 1982
- -100 · Displaced Fuzz · ms Early Returns, Cadmus Editions, 1982
- -102 · Spare Ass Annie · ms Early Returns, Cadmus Editions, 1982
- -104 · The Dream Cops · ms Early Returns, Cadmus Editions, 1982
- 106 · The Conspiracy · ms Kulchur
- 112 · Iron Wrack Dream · ms
- 117 · Ginsberg Notes · ms
- 133 · III. WORD
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The Job William S. Burroughs (Viking Penguin 0-14-011882-9, Mar 89, $7.95, 224pp, tp) Reprint (Grove 1974) non-fiction, associational. Interviews with Burroughs on a wide range of topics. Most of the material first appeared in book form in French translation (Editions Pierre Belfond 1969 as Entretiens avec William Burroughs).
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Nightshade Jack Butler (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-315-6, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $18.95, 276pp, hc) Vampire/sf novel set on an Earth-colonized Martian frontier.
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Adulthood Rites Octavia E. Butler (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20903-8, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.95, 277pp, pb) [Xenogenesis] Reprint (Warner 1988) sf novel, second book in the Xenogenesis trilogy. Highly recommended (CNB).
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Adulthood Rites Octavia E. Butler (Gollancz 0-575-04494-2, Jun 89 [May 89], £3.50, 277pp, pb, cover by George Underwood) [Xenogenesis] Reprint (Warner 1988) sf novel. Volume Two in the Xenogenesis trilogy.
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Imago Octavia E. Butler (Warner 0-446-51472-1, May 89 [Apr 89], $19.95, 264pp, hc) [Xenogenesis] Sf novel, third book of the Xenogenesis trilogy. An outstanding series about the possible future of Humanity. Highly recommended (CNB).
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Imago Octavia E. Butler (Gollancz 0-575-04239-7, Jul 89, £12.95, 264pp, hc) [Xenogenesis] Reprint (Warner 1989) sf novel. Triumphant conclusion to the Xenogenesis trilogy. Recommended. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
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Xenogenesis Octavia E. Butler (SFBC #15462, Nov 89, $9.98, 726pp, hc, cover by Pat Morrissey) [Xenogenesis] Omnibus edition of the Xenogenesis trilogy, consisting of Dawn (Warner 1987), Adulthood Rites (Warner 1988), and Imago (Warner 1989). Highly recommended (CNB).
- · Dawn · n. New York: Warner, 1987
- · Adulthood Rites · n. New York: Warner, 1988
- · Imago · n. New York: Warner, 1989
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Subterranean James Buxton (Orbit 0-7088-4358-1, Nov 89, £3.50, 288pp, pb) Horror novel.
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Fright Line Richard Lee Byers (New Infinities 0-425-11666-2, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $3.95, 330pp, pb) Horror novel.
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Mindplayers Pat Cadigan (Gollancz 0-575-04488-8, Mar 89, £3.50, 276pp, pb, cover by Chris Brown) Reprint (Bantam 1987) sf novel.
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Patterns Pat Cadigan (Ursus 0-942681-07X, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $19.95, 207pp, hc) Collection of 14 stories, with an introduction by Bruce Sterling. Highly recommended (FCM).
- ix · Introduction · Bruce Sterling · in
- 3 · Patterns · ss Omni Aug 87
- 10 · Eenie, Meenie, Ipsateenie · ss Shadows #6, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983
- 27 · Vengeance Is Yours · ss Omni May 83
- 39 · The Day the Martels Got the Cable · ss F&SF Dec 82
- 49 · Roadside Rescue · ss Omni Jul 85
- 57 · Rock On · ss Light Years and Dark, ed. Michael Bishop, Berkley, 1984
- 66 · Heal · vi Omni Apr 88
- 71 · Another One Hits the Road · nv F&SF Jan 84
- 94 · My Brothers Keeper · nv IASFM Jan 88
- 127 · Pretty Boy Crossover · ss IASFM Jan 86
- 139 · Two · nv F&SF Jan 88
- 163 · Angel · ss IASFM May 87
- 179 · It Was the Heat · ss Tropical Chills, ed. Tim Sullivan, Avon, 1988
- 195 · The Power and the Passion · ss *
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Beamriders! Martin Caidin (Baen 0671-69823-0, Jun 89 [May 89], $3.95, 411pp, pb) Near-future sf novel about the development of a laser transport system.
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The God Machine Martin Caidin (Baen 0-671-69827-3, Jun 89 [May 89], $3.50, 314pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1969) near-future sf novel on the dangers of artificial super-intelligence.
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Prison Ship Martin Caidin (Baen 0-671-69814-1, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $4.50, 596pp, pb) Sf space adventure/political novel.
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Star Bright Martin Caidin (Baen 0-671-69858-3, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $3.50, 251pp, pb, cover by Ken Kelly) Reprint (Bantam 1980) sf/political intrigue novel of a government nuclear experiment gone disastrously wrong.
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Virus Peter Caine (NAL Onyx 0-451-40144-1, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $4.50, 333pp, pb) Sf/medical thriller. A cult terrorizes a town by randomly injecting people with an even more deadly mutation of the AIDS virus, trying to force the next step in evolution.
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Daughter of Amun Moyra Caldecott (Arrow 0-09-959850-7, Jun 89 [May 89], £3.50, 366pp, pb) [Amun] Historical fantasy about the life of Hatshepsut. Volume 1 in the Amun trilogy.
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The Green Lady and the King of Shadows Moyra Caldecott (Gothic Image 0-906362-11-3, Jun 89, £4.95, 115pp, tp) Medieval fantasy about Glastonbury Tor.
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Ancient Images Ramsey Campbell (Legend 0-7126-2414-7, Feb 89 [Jan 89], £12.95, 299pp, hc, cover by Nicki Palin) Horror novel about a lost Karloff/Lugosi film and the secret it conceals. Recommended. (PSP)
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Ancient Images Ramsey Campbell (Macmillan Scribners 0-684-19081-8, Jun 89 [May 89], $18.95, 311pp, hc) Horror novel about a lost Karloff/Lugosi film and the secret it conceals. First American edition (Legend 1989).
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The Doll Who Ate His Mother Ramsey Campbell (Legend 0-09-953300-6, Feb 89, £2.99, 284pp, pb) Reissue (Bobbs-Merrill 1976) horror novel.
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The Influence Ramsey Campbell (Tor 0-812-51638-9, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $4.50, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1988) horror novel about a young child fighting the malignant influence of her dead aunt.
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The Influence Ramsey Campbell (Legend 0-09-955910-2, Feb 89, £3.50, 296pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1988) horror novel.
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The Parasite Ramsey Campbell (Tor 0-812-51668-0, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $4.95, 337pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1980) horror/occult novel.
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Scared Stiff: Tales of Sex and Death Ramsey Campbell (Macdonald 0-356-17945-1, Sep 89, £11.95, 177pp, hc) Reprint (Scream/Press 1987) erotic horror collection, with an introduction by Clive Barker, illustrations by J.K. Potter, and a new afterword by Ramsey Campbell. [First U.K. edition]
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H.P. Lovecraft Peter Cannon (G.K. Hall/Twayne 0-8057-7539-0, Jun 89, $18.95, 153pp, hc) Non-fiction; criticism. Part of Twaynes United States Authors Series. [H. P. Lovecraft]
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Krazy Kat Jay Cantor (Macmillan Collier 0-02-042081-1, Nov 88 [Mar 89], $7.95, 245pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1987) comic literary x-rated fantasy novel featuring George Herrimans comic strip characters.
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The Ridge Lisa W. Cantrell (Tor 0-812-50011-3, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $4.95, 338pp, pb) Horror novel about a little girl who is the catalyst for the murderous force that killed her family.
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The Black Reaper: Tales of Terror Bernard Capes (Equation 1-85336-121-6, Jul 89, £3.50, 192pp, tp) Collection of ghost and horror stories, edited and introduced by Hugh Lamb.
- 9 · Introduction · Hugh Lamb · in
- 15 · The Black Reaper · ss At a Winters Fire, C. Arthur Pearson, 1899
- 24 · The Thing in the Forest · vi The Fabulists, Mills & Boon, 1915
- 27 · The Accursed Cordonnier · nv The Dome Jun 00
- 54 · A Queer Cicerone · ss The Fabulists, Mills & Boon, 1915
- 61 · A Gallows-bird · ss Loaves & Fishes, London: Methuen, 1906
- 80 · The Sword of Corporal Lacoste · ss From Door to Door, Blackwoods, 1900
- 100 · Poor Lucy Rivers · ss Loaves & Fishes, London: Methuen, 1906
- 112 · The Green Bottle · ss Plots, London: Methuen, 1902
- 123 · The Marble Hands · ss The Fabulists, Mills & Boon, 1915
- 126 · The Moon Stricken · ss The Cornhill Magazine Dec, 1896
- 145 · The Mask · ss The Fabulists, Mills & Boon, 1915
- 160 · An Eddy on the Floor · nv At a Winters Fire, C. Arthur Pearson, 1899
- 191 · Bibliography · Hugh Lamb · bi
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The Snows of Jaspre Mary Caraker (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-48292-5, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $14.95, 234pp, hc) [Seven Worlds] Young-adult sf novel set in an exotic world; sequel to Seven Worlds.
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The Abyss Orson Scott Card (Pocket 0-671-67625-3, Jun 89 [May 89], $4.50, 363pp, pb) Movie tie-in novelization.
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The Abyss Orson Scott Card (Legend 0-09-969060-8, Oct 89 [Sep 89], £3.99, 363pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1989) sf novelization based on the screenplay by James Cameron, with afterwords by both Cameron and Card. [First U.K. edition]
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The Abyss Orson Scott Card (Legend 0-7126-3403-7, Oct 89, £12.95, 363pp, hc) Hardcover edition of the above. [First U.K. edition]
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The Abyss Orson Scott Card (SFBC #15581, Dec 89, $6.98, 363pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1989) sf movie novelization.
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The Folk of the Fringe Orson Scott Card (Phantasia Press 0-932096-49-2, Apr 89, $22.00, 243pp, hc) [Carpenter] Collection of five connected stories (including one original) set in a near future post-WWIII America among the Mormon survivors, plus an article on writing and an appreciation by fellow Mormon Michael Collings. Also available in a special signed boxed edition ($75.00) of 475 copies. The regular edition is limited to 3,000 copies.
- 1 · West · na Free Lancers, ed. Elizabeth Mitchell, Baen, 1987
- 68 · Salvage [Deaver Teague] · nv IASFM Feb 86
- 87 · The Fringe · nv F&SF Oct 85
- 110 · Pageant Wagon [Deaver Teague] · na *
- 191 · America · nv IASFM Jan 87
- 218 · Authors Note: On Sycamore Hill · ar Science Fiction Review, 1985
- 239 · Afterword · Michael R. Collings · aw
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Hatrack River Orson Scott Card (SFBC #4667, Apr 89, $9.98, 792pp, hc) [Alvin Maker] Omnibus of Seventh Son (Tor 1987), Red Prophet (Tor 1988), and Prentice Alvin (Tor 1989).
- 1 · Seventh Son · n. New York: Tor, 1987
- 213 · Red Prophet · n. New York: Tor, 1988
- 487 · Prentice Alvin · n. New York: Tor, 1989
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Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card (Tor 0-312-93141-7, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $17.95, 342pp, hc) [Alvin Maker] Fantasy novel. Book three of The Tales of Alvin Maker. One of the major fantasy series of the eighties.
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Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card (Tor 0-812-50212-4, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $4.95, 342pp, pb, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Alvin Maker] Reprint (Tor 1989) fantasy novel, third book of The Tales of Alvin Maker.
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Prentice Alvin Orson Scott Card (Legend 0-7126-2953-X, Dec 89 [Nov 89], £6.95, 342pp, tp) [Alvin Maker] Reprint (Tor 1989) fantasy novel. Third volume in the marvellous Tales of Alvin Maker, in which Alvin learns how to use his powers. Very strongly recommended. (PSP) Also available in hardcover (0-7126-2401-5, £12.95). [First U.K. edition]
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Red Prophet Orson Scott Card (Legend 0-7126-2417-1, Jun 89, £5.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Alvin Maker] Reprint (Tor 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in The Tales of Alvin Maker. This volume overlaps and extends the story in Seventh Son, concentrating this time on the Red Indians. The continued high quality of the series is amazing. Very strongly recommended. (PSP) Also available in hardcover (-2412-0), £11.95). [First U.K. edition]
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Red Prophet Orson Scott Card (Legend 0-09-960940-1, Dec 89, £3.99, 396pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Alvin Maker] Reprint (Tor 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in The Tales of Alvin Maker.
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Seventh Son Orson Scott Card (Legend 0-09-958930-3, Jun 89 [May 89], £3.50, 316pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Alvin Maker] Reprint (Tor 1987) fantasy novel about the settlement of America as it never was. A remarkable book. Strongly recommended. (PSP) Volume 1 in The Tales of Alvin Maker.
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Star Trek: Dreadnought! Diane Carey (Titan 1-85286-211-4, Nov 89, £2.95, 252pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek: Fortunes of War] Reprint (Pocket Books 1986) sf novelization. [First U.K. edition]
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Star Trek: Final Frontier Diane Carey (Pocket 0-671-64752-0, Feb 89, $4.50, 436pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1987) novelization, a Giant Star Trek novel. Fourth printing.
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Wings of Power Lillian Stewart Carl (Ace 0-441-85549-0, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.95, 309pp, pb) Quasi Arabian/Indian fantasy novel.
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Molecular Ramjet and Other Bedtime Stories Larry G. Carlson (TadAleX 0-929301-01-3, 1989 [Jun 89], $4.95, 212pp, tp) Young-adult collection of three sf stories with a glossary. These stories are designed for educational use, to familiarize teenagers with technology.
- v · Foreword · fw
- 9 · Molecular Ramjet · nv *
- 93 · The Game · ss *
- 123 · Stranger in Town · nv *
- 193 · Glossary · Misc. · ms
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J.R.R. Tolkien Humphrey Carpenter (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-48676-9, 1988 [Sep 89], $8.95, 287pp, tp) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1977) authorized biography of Tolkien, with photos. This was published in 1988 but was not seen until 1989.
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Conan the Hero Leonard Carpenter (Tor 0-812-53318-6, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $3.50, 278pp, pb) [Conan] Fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howards character.
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From My Guy to Sci Fi: Genre and Womens Writing Today ed. Helen Carr (Pandora 0-04-440408-5, Jun 89, £5.99, 252pp, tp) Collection of essays of peripheral interest. [Not seen]
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A Child Across the Sky Jonathan Carroll (Century 0-7126-3544-0, Aug 89, £35.00, 268pp, hc) [Bones of the Moon] Fantasy novel. This slip-cased edition is signed and numbered and limited to 250 copies. [Not seen]
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A Child Across the Sky Jonathan Carroll (Legend 0-7126-3441-X, Sep 89 [Aug 89], £5.95, 268pp, tp) [Bones of the Moon] Remarkable fantasy/horror novel about the nature of evil. Carroll just keeps getting better! Strongly recommended. (PSP) Also available in hardcover (-2588-7, £11.95). This first trade edition was preceded by a limited edition (Legend 1989).
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The Land of Laughs Jonathan Carroll (Legend 0-09-939260-7, Sep 89, £3.50, 241pp, pb, cover by Wayne Anderson) Reissue (Viking 1980) fantasy novel.
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Sleeping in Flame Jonathan Carroll (Doubleday 0-385-24957-8, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $17.95, 223pp, hc) [Bones of the Moon] Literary fantasy novel, second in a loose-knit trilogy that began with Bones of the Moon. Magical realism and ominous events in Vienna. First U.S. edition (Legend 1988). Recommended. (FCM)
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Sleeping in Flame Jonathan Carroll (Legend 0-09-957540-X, Sep 89 [Aug 89], £3.50, 244pp, pb, cover by Wayne Anderson) [Bones of the Moon] Reprint (Legend 1988) literary fantasy novel.
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Sleeping in Flame Jonathan Carroll (QPBC, Nov 89, $8.95, 273pp, tp) [Bones of the Moon] Reprint (Legend 1988) literary fantasy novel, second book of a loose-knit trilogy begun in Bones of the Moon. This is identical to the 1989 Doubleday edition except there is no ISBN and the jacket is printed as the pb cover.
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Alices Adventures in Wonderland: The Ultimate Illustrated Edition Lewis Carroll (Bantam 0-553-05385-X, Nov 89 [Oct 89], $19.95, 208pp, hc) [Alice] Reprint (Macmillan 1865) childrens fantasy classic, with more than 150 ilustrations from 25-plus previous editions; compiled and arranged by Cooper Edens.
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In the Long Dark Brian Carter (Century 0-7126-2484-8, Nov 89, £11.95, 256pp, hc) Animal fantasy novel about cats.
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The Vampire in Literature: A Critical Bibliography ed. Margaret L. Carter (UMI 0-8357-1998-7, May 89 [Jun 89], $39.95, 135pp, hc) Non-fiction; reference. Bibliographic listings of vampire fiction in English, anthologies of fiction and verse, foreign language fiction, dramatic works in English, and non-fiction books and articles, plus three essays on the subject.
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From a Changeling Star Jeffrey A. Carver (Bantam UK 0-553-40023-1, Dec 89, £3.50, 355pp, pb) [From a Changeling Star] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) sf novel. This is the US edition with a UK ISBN/price sticker on it. [First U.K. edition]
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