The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Song of Kali Dan Simmons (Headline 0-7472-3044-7, Nov 90 [Oct 90], £3.99, 311pp, pb) Reissue (Bluejay 1985) horror novel. Also available in hardcover (-0033-5).
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In the Net of Dreams Wm. Mark Simmons (Popular Library Questar 0-445-21016-8, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $4.50, 307pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Dreamland] SF/fantasy novel set in a world of computer-generated dream games. A first novel.
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Darksong Jean Simon (Zebra 0-8217-2893-8, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $3.95, 347pp, pb) Horror novel about a haunted radio emitting waves of monstrous evil.
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Wild Card Jean Simon (Zebra 0-8217-3270-6, Jan 91 [Dec 90], $3.95, 288pp, pb) Horror novel of the evil lurking within a deck of Tarot cards.
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Partners in Time Pamela Simpson (Bantam 0-553-28472-X, Apr 90 [Mar 90], $4.50, 297pp, pb) Romantic suspense/time travel novel. A female detective in contemporary L.A. teams up with a US marshal from the 1880s.
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Charmed Marilyn Singer (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31619-4, Oct 90 [Nov 90], $14.95, 219pp, hc, cover by Toby Gowing) Young-adult fantasy novel of a girl named Miranda and her invisible cat-creature companion, Bastable, trying to stop the evil Charmer from taking over the universe.
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Demon Shadows Michael B. Sirota (Bantam 0-553-28366-9, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $3.95, 233pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) Horror novel of demonic evil in a small town.
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The Story of the Planet Candy Robert Skaf (Vantage Press 0-533-08393-1, Jan 90, $13.95, 201pp, hc) Anti-Utopian sf novel from a vanity publisher.
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Hollywood Gothic: The Tangled Web of Dracula from Novel to Stage to Screen David J. Skal (Norton 0-393-02904-2, Oct 90, $39.95, 242pp, hc) Non-fiction; reference. A detailed look at the 1931 Dracula and the Spanish-language version filmed simultaneously with a different cast. Fascinating material and many rare photographs. Recommended. (SW)
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As Green As Emeraude Margo Skinner (Dawn Heron Press 0-939790-04-1, 1990 [Dec 90], $15.00, 88pp, tp) Collection of fantasy poetry with an introduction by Fritz Leiber. This is a limited edition of 500 copies, signed by Skinner and Leiber.
- xi · Introduction · Fritz Leiber · in
- 3 · An Old Play · pm *
- 5 · Morning Thoughts · pm *
- 5 · Challenge · pm *
- 6 · The Silent Fountain · pm *
- 7 · Earth Bound · pm *
- 9 · Poets Are Always Drinkers of Wine · pm *
- 10 · I Can Sing Like a Bird · pm *
- 11 · The Dancer · pm *
- 13 · To Jennie Milberg, a Poet · pm *
- 14 · God and the Cat · pm *
- 15 · To Aphrodite · pm *
- 16 · Song · pm *
- 17 · To a Fantasy Writer Friend · pm *
- 19 · Gifts of Time · pm *
- 20 · To My Teacher · pm *
- 22 · Spock · pm *
- 23 · To Desa · pm *
- 24 · Untitled · pm *
- 25 · Unity and Diversity · pm *
- 27 · Friday · pm *
- 27 · Haiku-Liku · pm *
- 28 · Difference · pm *
- 29 · To an Atlantean Poet · pm Songs and Sonnets Atlantean, Arkham House, 1971
- 30 · The Tree · pm *
- 31 · To R.L. · pm *
- 32 · Woman Is · pm *
- 33 · At an Indian Wedding · pm *
- 34 · Haiku · pm *
- 35 · To Robots--A Protest · pm *
- 37 · Voyaging · pm *
- 38 · A Sinister of Siamese · pm *
- 39 · In the News · pm *
- 40 · The Polar Bear · pm *
- 41 · The Shark · pm *
- 42 · Pele · pm *
- 44 · Lullaby for a Cat Names Fatima · pm *
- 45 · The Shadow · pm *
- 46 · The Pangolin · Margo Skinner & Jane Snow · pm Tales of the Unanticipated #6 89
- 47 · The Snake · pm *
- 48 · Now · pm *
- 49 · To Three Beloved Teachers · pm *
- 51 · Block · pm *
- 52 · To Sister Mary · pm *
- 54 · Jealousy · pm *
- 55 · To Cathy Powell · pm *
- 56 · Four A.M. · pm *
- 57 · To the Violent · pm *
- 58 · Flower Girl · pm *
- 58 · Summer and Winter · pm *
- 59 · For Jean Cocteaus Orpheus · pm *
- 60 · To Deepak · pm *
- 61 · Love · pm *
- 62 · At Mahabalypuram I & II · pm *
- 63 · Vishnu · pm *
- 64 · New Frontiers · pm *
- 65 · The Sea Takes Back Its Own? · pm *
- 67 · Night Passage · pm *
- 68 · Death at Sea · pm *
- 71 · Tule Lake Sequence · pm *
- 81 · Creation · pm *
- 85 · Afterword and Notes · Donald Sidney-Fryer · aw
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Invasion Derek Slade (Oriflamme Publishing 0-948093-08-0, Jul 90 [1990], £4.50, 497pp, pb) Sf novel set in an alternative England in 1940 after a Nazi invasion.
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The Müller-Fokker Effect John Sladek (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-548-5, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $3.95, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Hutchinson 1970) sf black comedy novel of an encoded personality. Recommended (CNB).
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Roderick at Random John Sladek (Kerosina 0-948893-43-5, Apr 90 [1990], £13.95, 320pp, hc) [Roderick] Reprint (Granada 1983) sf novel. Also available in a limited edition (-42-7, £40.00). First world hardcover edition.
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Torg: The Possibility Wars Book One: Storm Knights Bill Slavicsek & C. J. Tramontana (West End 0-87431-301-5, May 90, $4.95, 317pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Torg] Sf novelization based on the Possibility Wars game.
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The Boy Who Reversed Himself William Sleator (Bantam Starfire 0-553-28570-X, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $2.95, 167pp, pb, cover by Catherine Huerta) Reprint (Dutton 1986) young-adult sf novel of a trip into the fourth dimension.
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The Duplicate William Sleator (Bantam Starfire 0-553-28634-X, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $2.95, 154pp, pb, cover by Catherine Huerta) Reprint (Dutton 1988) young-adult sf novel.
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Fingers William Sleator (Bantam Starfire 0-553-25004-3, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $2.95, 197pp, pb, cover by Catherine Huerta) Reissue (Atheneum 1983) young-adult occult novel; third printing.
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Interstellar Pig William Sleator (Bantam Starfire 0-553-25564-9, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $3.50, 196pp, pb, cover by Catherine Huerta) [Barney] Reissue (Dutton 1984) young-adult sf novel; seventh printing.
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Singularity William Sleator (Bantam Starfire 0-553-25627-0, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $2.95, 198pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) Reissue (Dutton 1985) young-adult sf novel; fifth printing.
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Horn: Blown Dead Ben Sloane (Worldwide Library/Gold Eagle 0-373-64002-1, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $4.50, 301pp, pb) Sf/crime novel set on the mean streets of 21st-century New York, where a cyborg cop takes on crime.
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Horn: Hot Zone Ben Sloane (Worldwide Library/Gold Eagle 0-373-64001-3, Dec 90, $3.95, 300pp, pb) Sf/crime novel of a cyborg cop in 21st-century New York, part of a series.
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The Wall Around Eden Joan Slonczewski (Avon 0-380-71177-X, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $3.95, 288pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Morrow 1989) post-holocaust ecological sf novel.
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Parchment House Cara Lockhart Smith (Macmillan/Four Winds 0-02-785845-6, Oct 89 [Apr 90], $12.95, 152pp, hc, cover by Cara Lockhart Smith) Young-adult fantasy novel set in a near-future English orphanage. First American edition (Methuen 1989). A dark and disturbing book, with a perverse gothic sensibility. Recommended (SW).
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The Falcon and the Serpent Cheryl A. Smith (Crossway Books 0-89107-556-9, Feb 90, $8.95, 318pp, tp, cover by David Yorke) Christian fantasy novel of an evil wizard and a battle for the souls of men.
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Trinity Grove David VanMeter Smith (Avon 0-380-75835-0, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $3.95, 277pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Horror novel of drug smugglers and druids. A first novel.
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Carnivore Guy N. Smith (Arrow 0-09-961090-6, Aug 90, £3.50, 202pp, pb) Horror novel.
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Phobia Guy N. Smith (Grafton 0-586-20502-0, Apr 90, £3.50, 252pp, pb, cover by Luis Rey) Horror novel.
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The Unseen Guy N. Smith (Sphere 0-7474-0345-7, May 90, £3.50, 268pp, pb) Horror novel.
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Almost Human James V. Smith, Jr. (Dell 0-440-20450-X, May 90 [Apr 90], $3.95, 338pp, pb) Horror novel about a government experiment in genetics that creates monsters in the Nevada desert.
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Beaststalker James V. Smith, Jr. (Grafton 0-586-20779-1, May 90, £3.99, 398pp, pb, cover by Bruno Elletori) [Beastmaker] Reprint (Dell 1988) horror novel. Sequel to Beastmaker.
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Call of Madness Julie Dean Smith (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36327-2, Apr 90, $4.95, 311pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) Fantasy novel of a kingdom endangered by renegade magic. A first novel.
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Future X Kent Smith (Holloway House 0-87067-549-4, Mar 90 [Apr 90], $3.95, 384pp, pb, cover by Glen Tarnowski) Sf novel of a future descendent of Malcolm X going back to the 60s to save him.
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Converse and Conflict L. Neil Smith (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20712-4, Jun 90 [May 90], $4.95, 199pp, pb, cover by Wayne Barlowe) Sf novel of a man from a parallel universe and his trusty talking dog hired to protect an alien secret from mankind.
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Heart of Valor L. J. Smith (Macmillan 0-02-785861-8, Oct 90 [Nov 90], $14.95, 227pp, hc, cover by Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh) [Night of the Solstice] Young-adult Arthurian fantasy novel, a sequel to The Night of the Solstice.
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Nightwing Martin Cruz Smith (Ballantine 0-345-37059-7, Jan 91 [Dec 90], $4.95, 210pp, pb) Reprint (Norton 1977) horror thriller of deadly vampire bats in the Southwest.
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Vampire Notes Robert Arthur Smith (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14541-7, Feb 90, $3.95, 241pp, pb) Vampire horror novel.
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Wren to the Rescue Sherwood Smith (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-200975-2, Sep 90, $15.95, 216pp, hc, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Wren] Young-adult fantasy of an orphan girl who discovers that her best friend is a Princess in hiding.
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Star Trek: The Tears of the Singers Melinda Snodgrass (Titan 1-85286-314-5, Sep 90, £2.99, 252pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1984) sf novelization.
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Andy Bradley Snow (Downhome Publishing 1-8895109-00-0, 1990, $4.95, 203pp, pb, cover by Rod Snow) Horror novel, with illustrations by John Mercer.
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Sadars Keep Midori Snyder (Unwin 0-04-440531-6, Jul 90, £3.99, 362pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Queens Quarter] Fantasy novel. Book Two of The Queens Quarter.
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Scream Play Douglas Soesbe (Charter Diamond 1-55773-387-2, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $3.95, 268pp, pb) Horror novel of a possessed theatre.
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The Vampire on the Farm Angela Sommer-Bodenburg (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-70236-X, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $2.95, 136pp, pb, cover by Amelie Glienke) [Little Vampire] Reprint (Andersen Press 1985) young-adult fantasy about a boy whose best friend is a vampire. Fourth book of a series. Translated from the German by Sarah Gibson and illustrated by Amelie Glienke.
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Moon Dance S. P. Somtow (Tor 0-312-93203-0, Jan 90, $24.95, 564pp, hc, cover by Joe DeVito) Werewolf horror/fantasy novel set in the nineteenth century American West. This is a splashy epic that never fails to surprise and entertain. Recommended (SW).
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The Downfall of the Gods Villy Sørensen (University of Nebraska Press 0-8032-4201-8, May 89 [Mar 90], $14.95, 123pp, hc) Allegorical retelling of the Edda. Translated from the Norwegian by Paula Hostrup-Jessen. Originally published in Norway by Centrum as En Gudefortaelling.
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The Eyes of Torie Webster Roy Sorrels (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-388-9, Aug 90 [Oct 90], $3.95, 288pp, pb) Horror novel of a beautiful tv anchorwoman and her cursed legacy.
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The Touch of Love Kermit Spears (Vantage Press 0-533-07791-5, Jun 90, $11.95, 158pp, hc) Sf novel of aliens stranded on Earth and trying to adapt.
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Destinys Lovers Flora Speer (Leisure 0-8439-2985-5, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $3.95, 361pp, pb) Romance novel with an sf setting, marketed as a futuristic romance.
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The Stephen King Quiz Book Stephen Spignesi (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16708-2, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $3.95, 203pp, pb) Non-fiction; quiz book of 100 quizzes with King and his work as the subject.
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Science Fiction in the Real World Norman Spinrad (Southern Illinois University Press 0-8093-1538-6, Jul 90 [Aug 90], $24.95, 234pp, hc) Non-fiction; critical analysis of the sf genre, rewritten and expanded from Spinrads Asimovs column. A trade paperback edition (-1671-4) is also available.
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Godbond Nancy Springer (Orbit 0-7088-4439-1, Jan 90 [Dec 89], £3.50, 278pp, pb) [Sea King] Reprint (Tor 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Sea King trilogy.
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Red Wizard Nancy Springer (Macmillan/Atheneum 0-689-31485-X, Mar 90, $13.95, 138pp, hc, cover by Toby Gowing) Young-adult fantasy novel of a boy transported to an alternate world where he must defeat an evil warlock.
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Stormbringer Ken St. Andre, Steve Perrin & John B. Monroe (Chaosium 0-933635-66-4, Apr 90, $19.95, 192pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) Non-fiction; art book. Fourth revised edition of a book for the Stormbringer game, with color and black and white illustrations by various artists and maps.
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The Centre Cannot Hold Brian M. Stableford (NEL 0-450-51107-3, Jun 90 [May 90], £3.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) [Asgard] Sf novel. Volume Three in the Asgard trilogy.
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The Empire of Fear Brian M. Stableford (Pan 0-330-30874-2, Jun 90 [May 90], £7.99, 520pp, tp, cover by Sanjulian) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1988) fantasy/horror novel about a parallel 17th-century Earth ruled by vampires.
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The Gates of Eden Brian M. Stableford (NEL 0-450-53203-8, Sep 90, £3.50, 176pp, pb) Reprint (DAW 1983) sf novel.
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Invaders from the Centre Brian M. Stableford (NEL 0-450-50103-5, Jan 90, £2.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) [Asgard] Sf novel. Volume 2 in the Asgard trilogy.
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The Werewolves of London Brian M. Stableford (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71711-1, Jul 90, £14.95, 390pp, hc, cover by Danny Flynn) [David Lydyard] Metaphysical fantasy/horror novel set in 19th century London, which forms the backdrop for a battle between two fallen angels. Recommended. (PSP) Volume 1 in a new trilogy.
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The Dedalus Book of Decadence (Moral Ruins) ed. Brian M. Stableford (Dedalus 0-946626-63-4, Dec 90, £7.99, 283pp, tp, cover by Gustave Moreau) Anthology of prose and poetry, illustrating the French and English decadent movements, with a long introductory essay by Brian Stableford. Recommended. (PSP)
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Battletech: Blood Legacy Michael A. Stackpole (FASA 1-55560-092-1, Nov 90, $4.95, 319pp, tp, cover by Les Dorscheid) [Battletech: Blood of Kerensky] Sf novelization based on the Battletech game, second book of the Blood of Kerensky trilogy.
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Battletech: Lethal Heritage Michael A. Stackpole (FASA 1-55560-091-3, Mar 90 [Apr 90], $4.95, 332pp, tp, cover by Les Dorscheid) [Battletech: Blood of Kerensky] Sf novelization based on the Battletech game, first book of the Blood of Kerensky trilogy. This is a new book despite the 1989 copyright date.
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Doomsday Warrior #17: Americas Sword Ryder Stacy (Zebra 0-8217-2872-5, Jan 90, $2.95, 221pp, pb) [Doomsday Warrior] Post-holocaust military sf adventure novel.
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Doomsday Warrior #18: American Dream Machine Ryder Stacy (Zebra 0-8217-3074-6, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $2.95, 190pp, pb) [Doomsday Warrior] Military sf adventure novel.
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Dark Toys and Consumer Goods Laurence Staig (Limelight 0-333-47562-3, Mar 90 [1990], £4.50, 160pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1989) young-adult sf/horror collection.
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The Beast Robert Stallman (Kinnell 1-870532-07-4, Oct 90, £12.95, 224pp, hc, cover by Don Maitz) [Book of the Beast] Reprint (Timescape 1982) sf novel. Volume 3 in The Book of the Beast. This is the first World hardcover edition.
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Double Blind Sara Stamey (Ace 0-441-16055-7, May 90, $3.95, 275pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) [Wild Card Run] Sf novel of interstellar intrigue and alien contact on a distant world, third book of the Wild Card Run series.
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Three-Fisted Tales of Bob" ed. Reverend Ivan Stang (Simon & Schuster Fireside 0-671-67190-1, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $10.95, 351pp, tp, cover by Paul Mavrides) Original anthology of 23 stories based on the Church of the SubGenius, many with fantasy elements. Authors include John Shirley, William S. Burroughs, Robert Anton Wilson, and Lewis Shiner.
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