The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Dragonspell: The Southern Sea Katharine Kerr (Grafton 0-246-13637-5, May 90, £7.99, 378pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry] Fantasy novel. This is simultaneous with the US edition (Doubleday as The Dragon Revenant). Volume Four in the Deverry series. Also available in hardcover (-13558-1, £13.95).
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Polar City Blues Katharine Kerr (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28504-1, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $4.50, 262pp, pb, cover by Alan Daniels) [Polar City] Sf/police procedural novel set on a frontier planet.
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Good News from Outer Space John Kessel (Tor 0-812-50905-6, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $4.95, 402pp, pb, cover by Cityline Communications) Reprint (Tor 1989) Nebula-nominated sf novel set in a near-future America controlled by Christian fundamentalists waiting for Gods messenger to arrive in a spaceship. Highly recommended (SW).
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Second Law Peter Lawrence Kessler (The Book Guild 0-86332-513-0, Nov 90 [Oct 90], £14.95, 377pp, hc) Sf novel.
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Angel of Darkness Samuel M. Key (Jove 0-515-10422-1, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $3.95, 262pp, pb) Horror novel of a vengeful creature created from the screams of dying murder victims.
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Dragons Teeth Lee Killough (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20906-2, May 90 [Apr 90], $4.95, 250pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Janna Brill; Mama Maxwell] Sf/mystery novel, a futuristic police procedural, second book of the Brill & Maxwell series.
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Dark Hills, Hollow Clocks: Stories from the Otherworld Garry Kilworth (Methuen 0-416-15632-0, Aug 90 [Jul 90], £8.95, 112pp, hc, cover by Frazer Shaw) Original young-adult collection of fantasy stories. Recommended. (PSP)
- 7 · Dogfaerie · ss Hidden Turnings, ed. Diana Wynne Jones, London: Methuen, 1989
- 17 · Dark Hills, Hollow Clocks · ss *
- 29 · The Dragon Slayer · ss *
- 42 · The Goblin Jag · ss *
- 54 · Warrior Wizards · ss *
- 66 · The Sleeping Giants · ss *
- 74 · The Hungry Ghosts · ss *
- 81 · Changelings · ss *
- 90 · The Orkney Trows · ss *
- 103 · Scarecrows · ss *
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The Foxes of First Dark Garry Kilworth (Doubleday 0-385-26427-5, May 90 [Apr 90], $18.95, 371pp, hc, cover by Robert Goldstrom) Animal fantasy novel about foxes. First American edition (Unwin Hyman 1989 as Hunters Moon).
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Hunters Moon Garry Kilworth (Unwin 0-04-440615-0, Apr 90 [Mar 90], £3.99, 330pp, pb, cover by Bob Brampton) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) animal fantasy novel about foxes.
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Midnights Sun Garry Kilworth (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440683-5, Sep 90, £12.95, 317pp, hc, cover by The Pinpoint Design Company) Animal fantasy novel about wolves.
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The Rain Ghost Garry Kilworth (Scholastic 0-590-43415-2, Mar 90 [Sep 90], $2.75, 121pp, pb) Young-adult ghost/romance novel. First American edition (Hippo 1989).
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Blood Circle Bernard King (Sphere 0-7474-0416-X, Jun 90, £3.50, 312pp, pb) Horror novel.
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Mirth of Yore ed. James B. King (StarLance Publications 0-9627030-0-1, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $7.95, 95pp, tp) Anthology of fantasy cartoons.
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Mad Roys Light Paula King (Baen 0-671-72015-5, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $3.50, 275pp, pb, cover by Donald Clavette) Sf novel of a woman torn between loyalty to alien friends and her own people. A first novel.
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The Dark Half Stephen King (BOMC #77-7662, Jul 90 [May 90], $18.95, 413pp, hc) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1989) horror novel.
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The Dark Half Stephen King (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16731-7, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $5.95, 484pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1989) horror novel.
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The Dark Half Stephen King (NEL 0-450-52468-X, Oct 90 [Sep 90], £4.99, 469pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton/Viking 1989) horror novel about an author whose pseudonym takes on a life of its own. Recommended. (PSP)
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The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three Stephen King (Sphere Overseas 0-7474-0101-2, 1990 [May 90], £3.99, 400pp, pb, cover by John Avon) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Grant 1987) original fantasy collection. This edition omits the illustrations. This is an Open Market edition and is not generally available in the UK.
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The Dark Tower: The Drawing of the Three Stephen King (Sphere 0-7474-0101-2, Dec 90 [Nov 90], £3.99, 400pp, pb, cover by John Avon) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Grant 1987) fantasy collection. This edition omits the interior illustrations. Volume Two in the series.
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Four Past Midnight Stephen King (Viking 0-670-83538-2, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $22.95, 763pp, hc, cover by Rob Wood & Stansbury) Collection of four novellas with an introductory note by King.
- xi · Straight Up Midnight · in *
- 3 · One Past Midnight · si *
- 7 · The Langoliers · na *
- 249 · Two Past Midnight · si *
- 253 · Secret Window, Secret Garden · na *
- 403 · Three Past Midnight · si *
- 407 · The Library Policeman · na *
- 607 · Four Past Midnight · si *
- 613 · The Sun Dog · na *
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Four Past Midnight Stephen King (BOMC, Sep 90, $19.95, 713pp, hc, cover by Rob Wood & Stansbury) Reprint (Viking 1990) collection of four novellas. This edition differs from the original by a special BOMC mark on the back and the lack of an ISBN and price.
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Four Past Midnight Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-53526-1, Oct 90, £14.99, 676pp, hc) Reprint (Viking 1990) collection of four very long horror novellas, each almost a book in itself, ranging from the good to the brilliant. Strongly recommended. (PSP)
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It Stephen King (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16951-4, Nov 90, $5.95, 1090pp, pb) Reissue (Viking 1986) horror novel; 20th printing. A tv tie-in edition.
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Misery Stephen King (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16952-2, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $5.95, 338pp, pb) Reissue (Viking 1987) psychological thriller; 16th printing. A movie tie-in edition.
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Night Shift Stephen King (Doubleday 0-385-12991-2, May 90 [Apr 90], $19.95, 344pp, hc) Reissue (Doubleday 1978) collection; 13th printing.
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Salems Lot Stephen King (Doubleday 0-385-00751-5, May 90 [Apr 90], $21.95, 451pp, hc) Reissue (Doubleday 1975) vampire horror novel; 15th printing.
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The Shining Stephen King (Doubleday 0-385-12167-9, May 90 [Apr 90], $21.95, 450pp, hc) Reissue (Doubleday 1977) horror novel; 14th printing.
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The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition Stephen King (Doubleday 0-385-19957-0, May 90 [Apr 90], $24.95, 1152pp, hc, cover by John Cayea) Revised edition of Kings 1978 apocalyptic sf/horror novel, with more than 150,000 words added. A limited edition was announced but not seen.
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The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-35895-5, May 90 [Apr 90], £14.95, 1009pp, hc) Sf/horror novel. This version contains the full text of the original manuscript, much of which was deleted for the original (Doubleday 1978) edition, with some revisions and illustrations throughout by Berni Wrightson. This is simultaneous with the US (Doubleday) edition.
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The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition Stephen King (BOMC #90-1299, Jul 90 [May 90], $19.95, 1152pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1990) revised sf/horror novel.
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William Morris: The Construction of a Male Self, 1856-1872 Frederick Kirchhoff (Ohio University Press 0-8214-0954-9, May 90 [Dec 90], $29.95, 248pp, hc) Non-fiction; a critical look at Morris and his early romantic fiction applying eidectic and object-relations psychology. [William Morris]
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DragonLance Preludes II #2: Flint, the King Mary Kirchoff & Douglas Niles (TSR 0-88038-911-7, Jul 90, $4.95, 308pp, tp, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [DragonLance: Preludes II] Fantasy novelization based on the DragonLance game, with interior illustrations by Valerie Valusek.
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DragonLance Preludes II #2: Flint, the King Mary Kirchoff & Douglas Niles (Penguin 0-14-014369-6, Dec 90 [Nov 90], £4.50, 308pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [DragonLance: Preludes II] Reprint (TSR 1990) fantasy novelization. Volume Two in the trilogy.
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The Steerswoman Rosemary Kirstein (Pan 0-330-31348-7, Jul 90, £3.99, 299pp, pb, cover by John Higgins) [Steerswoman] Reprint (Del Rey 1989) fantasy novel.
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Earthblood James Kisner (Zebra 0-8217-3237-4, Dec 90, $3.95, 351pp, pb) Horror novel of a business built on ancient Indian sacrificial ground.
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Poison Pen James Kisner (Zebra 0-8217-3096-7, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $3.95, 320pp, pb) Horror thriller. A debunker of mediums is faced with genuine psychic vengeance.
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Back to the Future Michael Klastorin & Sally Hibbin (Hamlyn 0-600-57031-2, Jul 90, £4.95, 80pp, tp) [Back to the Future] Official book of the movie trilogy.
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The Silver Kiss Annette Curtis Klause (Delacorte 0-385-30160-X, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $14.95, 198pp, hc, cover by Christopher Rodin) Young-adult romantic vampire novel of a 300 year old teenage vampire and a girl in turmoil over her mothers death. A first novel.
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The Events at Poroth Farm T. E. D. Klein (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-31-3, Jul 90 [Aug 90], $7.95, 40pp, ph, cover by Jason C. Eckhardt) Lovecraftian short story that eventually became The Ceremonies, originally published in From Beyond the Dark Gateway #2, 1972. Text revised for this edition.
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Campfire Story Robert Y. Kline (Charter Diamond 1-55773-424-0, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $4.50, 264pp, pb) Horror novel of children stalked by their deepest fears made real.
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DragonLance Heroes II #1: Kaz, the Minotaur Richard A. Knaak (TSR 0-88038-910-9, Jun 90 [May 90], $4.95, 314pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Heroes II] Fantasy novelization based on the DragonLance game, first book of a new series.
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DragonLance Heroes II #1: Kaz, the Minotaur Richard A. Knaak (Penguin 0-14-014368-8, Nov 90, £3.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Heroes II] Reprint (TSR 1990) fantasy novelization.
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The Dragonrealm: Firedrake Richard A. Knaak (Orbit 0-7474-0665-0, Apr 90, £3.50, 258pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm] Reprint (Questar 1989) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the series.
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The Dragonrealm: Icedragon Richard A. Knaak (Orbit 0-7474-0666-9, Sep 90, £3.50, 248pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm] Reprint (Questar 1989) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the series.
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The Dragonrealm: Shadow Steed Richard A. Knaak (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20967-4, Dec 90, $4.95, 263pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm] Fantasy novel, third book of the Dragonrealm series.
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The Dragonrealm: Wolfhelm Richard A. Knaak (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20966-6, Jun 90 [May 90], $4.95, 251pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm] Fantasy novel, third book of the Dragonrealm series.
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Monad #1 ed. Damon Knight (Pulphouse, Oct 90, $5.00, 91pp, tp) Non-fiction; criticism. An anthology/irregular journal of sf criticism, with four essays plus a long poem by Thomas M. Disch. A 100 copy limited edition hardcover ($15.00) was announced but not seen.
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Death Spore Harry Adam Knight (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-348-X, May 90 [Jul 90], $3.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Star 1985 as The Fungus) sf/horror thriller. England is being destroyed by mutant fungi.
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The Fungus Harry Adam Knight (Gollancz 0-575-04801-8, Mar 90, £3.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Jean-François Podevin) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1985) horror novel.
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The Bad Place Dean R. Koontz (Putnam 0-399-13498-0, Jan 90, $19.95, 382pp, hc) Sf/horror/thriller.
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The Bad Place Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-0222-2, Mar 90 [Jan 90], £12.95, 372pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1990) very effective sf/horror novel about a pair of private investigators who become embroiled with a very strange family. One of Koontzs best. Very strongly recommended. (PSP)
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The Bad Place Dean R. Koontz (SFBC #58642, May 90, $9.98, hc, cover by Don Brautigam) Reprint (Putnam 1989) sf/horror novel.
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The Bad Place Dean R. Koontz (Berkley 0-425-12434-7, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $5.95, 417pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1990) sf/horror novel.
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Chase Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3525-2, May 90, £3.50, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1972, as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller of associational interest.
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Darkfall Dean R. Koontz (Berkley 0-425-10434-6, Apr 90, $4.95, 371pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1984) horror novel; 20th printing.
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Darkness Comes Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3520-1, May 90, £3.99, 351pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1984) horror novel.
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Darkness Comes Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-0296-6, Oct 90, £13.95, 351pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1984) horror novel.
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The Face of Fear Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-0174-9, Dec 89 [Jan 90], £12.95, 314pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Bobbs-Merrill 1977, as by Brian Coffey) occult thriller.
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The Key to Midnight Dean R. Koontz (Dark Harvest 0-913165-51-4, Jan 90, $19.95, 330pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks) Reprint (Pocket 1979 as by Leigh Nichols) sf/horror thriller, illustrated by Phil Parks. A signed limited edition ($48.00) was announced but not seen.
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Midnight Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3272-5, Mar 90, £4.50, 502pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1989) sf/horror novel.
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Night Chills Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3522-8, Mar 90 [Apr 90], £3.99, 334pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1976) sf novel. This is the Star edition with a Headline ISBN and price sticker.
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Night Chills Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3522-8, Jul 90, £3.99, 334pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1976) sf novel.
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Phantoms Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3524-4, Mar 90 [Apr 90], £3.99, 446pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1983) horror novel. This is the Star edition with a Headline ISBN and price sticker.
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Phantoms Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3524-4, Sep 90 [Aug 90], £4.50, 446pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1983) horror novel. Also available in hardcover (-0300-8, £13.95).
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The Servants of Twilight Dean R. Koontz (Berkley 0-425-12125-9, May 90 [Apr 90], $5.50, 418pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1984 as Twilight by Leigh Nichols) horror novel.
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Shadowfires Dean R. Koontz (Dark Harvest 0-913-165-53-0, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $21.95, 380pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks) Reprint (Avon 1987 as by Leigh Nichols) horror novel, with illustrations by Phil Parks.
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Shattered Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3523-6, Mar 90, £3.99, 207pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1973 as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller. This is the Star edition with a Headline ISBN and price sticker.
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Shattered Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3523-6, Sep 90 [Aug 90], £3.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Random House 1973, as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller of associational interest.
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Shattered Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-0299-0, Nov 90, £13.95, 245pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Random House 1973, as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller of associational interest.
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Strangers Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3516-3, May 90, £4.99, 710pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen/Putnam 1986) thriller with sf elements.
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Twilight Eyes Dean R. Koontz (Berkley 0-425-10065-0, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $4.95, 451pp, pb) Reissue (W.H. Allen 1987) dark fantasy novel; seventh printing.
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Twilight Eyes Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3517-1, Jul 90, £4.50, 478pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987) sf/horror novel, expanded from an earlier book of the same name (Land of Enchantment 1986).
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The Vision Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3518-X, Jul 90, £3.99, 270pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1977) horror novel.
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Voice of the Night Dean R. Koontz (Star 0-352-31608-X, Dec 89 [Jan 90], £3.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reissue (Doubleday 1980, as by Brian Coffey) horror novel.
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Voice of the Night Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3519-8, Mar 90 [Apr 90], £3.99, 277pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1980) horror novel. This is the Star edition with a Headline ISBN and price sticker.
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Voice of the Night Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3519-8, Sep 90 [Aug 90], £3.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Doubleday 1980) horror novel.
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Watchers Dean R. Koontz (Berkley 0-425-10746-9, Mar 90 [May 90], $4.95, 483pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1987) bio-engineering horror novel; 12th printing.
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Whispers Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3521-X, Mar 90 [May 90], £4.50, 502pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1980) horror novel. This is the Star edition with a Headline ISBN and price sticker.
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Whispers Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3521-X, Jul 90, £4.50, 502pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1980) horror novel.
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Whispers Dean R. Koontz (Headline 0-7472-0297-4, Dec 90, £14.95, 444pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1980) horror novel.
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Delta Pavonis Eric Kotani & John Maddox Roberts (Baen 0-671-72020-1, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $3.50, 250pp, pb) Sf adventure novel.
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Every Writers Guide to Copyright & Publishing Law Ellen M. Kozak (Henry Holt 0-8050-1222-2, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $7.95, 118pp, tp) Associational; non-fiction book on law problems for writers by an sf writer/lawyer.
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From Pen to Print: The Secrets of Getting Published Successfully Ellen M. Kozak (Henry Holt 0-8050-1013-0, Jun 90, $19.95, 257pp, hc) Associational non-fiction book on being a working writer by a sometimes sf writer.
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Star Trek: Home Is the Hunter Dana Kramer-Rolls (Pocket 0-671-66662-2, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $4.50, 278pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Number 52 in the series.
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Star Trek: Home Is the Hunter Dana Kramer-Rolls (Titan 1-85286-317-X, Dec 90 [Nov 90], £2.99, 278pp, pb, cover by J. Birdsong) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Pocket Books) edition.
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The Dragon Circle Stephen Krensky (Macmillan Aladdin 0-689-71365-7, Apr 90, $3.95, 110pp, tp, cover by Jeffrey Lindberg) [Wynd Family] Reprint (Atheneum 1977) young-adult fantasy novel, first book of the Wynd Family series.
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A Ghostly Business Stephen Krensky (Macmillan Aladdin 0-689-71364-9, Apr 90, $3.95, 144pp, tp, cover by Jeffrey Lindberg) [Wynd Family] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the Wynd Family series.
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The Witching Hour Stephen Krensky (Macmillan Aladdin 0-689-71366-5, Apr 90, $3.95, 148pp, tp, cover by Jeffrey Lindberg) [Wynd Family] Reprint (Atheneum 1981) young-adult fantasy novel, second book of the Wynd Family series.
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Brain Rose Nancy Kress (BOMC #30-1681, Jul 90 [May 90], $15.95, hc) Reprint (Morrow 1990) sf novel.
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The Quiet Pools Michael P. Kube-McDowell (Ace 0-441-69911-1, May 90 [Apr 90], $17.95, 371pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Sf novel of the conflict over the plan to send Earths best people on a lifelong star voyage. Recommended (CNB).
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Button Bright Michael Kurland (Jove 0-515-10295-4, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $3.95, 268pp, pb) Horror novel. A little girl has incredible psychic powers.
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Deryni Magic: A Grimoire Katherine Kurtz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36117-2, Jan 91 [Dec 90], $5.95, 370pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Deryni] Non-fiction; reference. This grimoire is a guide to the fantasy world of Kurtzs Deryni novels.
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