The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Tom Swift #1: The Black Dragon Victor Appleton (Pocket Archway 0-671-67823-X, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $2.95, 165pp, pb, cover by Carla Sormanti) [Tom Swift] Young-adult contemporary sf adventure based on the classic character. Tom Swift “surfs” on a skyboard. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
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Tom Swift #2: The Negative Zone Victor Appleton (Pocket Archway 0-671-67824-8, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $2.95, 151pp, pb, cover by Carla Sormanti) [Tom Swift] Young-adult contemporary sf adventure based on the classic character. Tom Swift loses control of a black hole and enters a parallel universe and meets his evil twin. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
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Tom Swift #3: Cyborg Kickboxer Victor Appleton (Pocket Archway 0-671-67825-6, Jun ’91, $2.95, 166pp, pb) [Tom Swift] Young-adult contemporary sf adventure based on the classic character. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
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Tom Swift #4: The DNA Disaster Victor Appleton (Pocket Archway 0-671-67826-4, Aug ’91, $2.95, 154pp, pb, cover by Carla Sormanti) [Tom Swift] Young-adult contemporary sf adventure based on the classic character. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
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Tom Swift #5: Monster Machine [by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald] Victor Appleton (Pocket Archway 0-671-67827-2, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $2.99, 154pp, pb) [Tom Swift] Young-adult contemporary sf adventure novel based on the classic character. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
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Where No Man Has Gone Before: Women and Science Fiction ed. Lucie Armitt (Routledge 0-415-04448-0, Dec ’90 [Mar ’91], $16.95, 234pp, hc) Collection of 13 essays on women and sf with an introduction by the editor. A hardcover edition (-04447-2, $59.95) was announced but not seen. This is a worldwide edition printed in England.
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A Woman of the Iron People Eleanor Arnason (Morrow 0-688-10375-8, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $22.95, 525pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) Sf novel of the relationship between a human field team and native cultures on an alien world.
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A Woman of the Iron People Eleanor Arnason (SFBC #18549, Aug ’91 [Oct ’91], $10.98, 525pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Morrow 1991) sf novel. Similar to the 1991 Morrow edition without an ISBN or price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
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Full Spectrum III ed. Lou Aronica, Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-41802-7, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $12.00, 535pp, tp, cover by Barclay Shaw) Original anthology of 23 stories with an introduction by Aronica. A hardcover edition (-41801-9, $20.00) is also available. Highly recommended. (FCM)
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Copper Star ed. Bruce D. Arthurs (1991 World Fantasy Convention, Oct ’91, no price, 221pp, hc, cover by Arlin Robins) Original anthology of 15 fantasy stories set in the Southwest and written by Southwestern writers including Ed Bryant, Melanie Tem, and Jennifer Roberson. There is an introduction by the editor and illustrations by various artists. 900 copies were distributed free at the 1991 World Fantasy Convention in Tucson AZ. A “retail” signed, numbered, slipcased edition of 300 copies is available for $30.00, and a signed leatherbound edition of 26 lettered copies was also produced, mostly for free distribution to contributors and guests.
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Wicked Andrea Arven (Nexus 0-352-32799-5, Oct ’91, £3.99, 363pp, pb) [Wicked] Erotic novel set in the year 2075.
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Journey to Terezor Frank Asch (Knopf Bullseye 0-679-80425-0, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.95, 160pp, tp, cover by Ben Perini) [Orb] Reprint (Holiday House 1989) young-adult sf novel, first book of the “Orb” series.
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The Pendragon Chronicles ed. Mike Ashley (Peter Bedrick 0-87226-228-6, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $9.95, 417pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Robinson; Bedrick 1990) anthology of 16 Arthurian fantasy stories, with introductory Arthurian material by the editor.
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Jet Smoke and Dragon Fire Charles Ashton (Walker 0-7445-2210-2, Nov ’91, £8.99, 214pp, hc, cover by Wayne Anderson) [Jet Smoke and Dragon Fire] Young-adult fantasy novel about a group of hamlets cuts off from the rest of the world by the power of an evil dragon.
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The Alternate Asimovs Isaac Asimov (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45067-1, Mar ’91, $3.99, 316pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1986) collection of early unpublished drafts of Pebble in the Sky, The End of Eternity, and “Belief”; third printing.
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The Asimov Chronicles: Fifty Years of Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov (Legend 0-7126-4690-6, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], £14.99, 836pp, hc, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1989) collection of fifty of Asimov’s short stories and non-fiction — one from each year from 1939 to 1988. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg. [First U.K. edition]
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The Asimov Chronicles: Volume Five Isaac Asimov (Ace 0-441-03111-0, Apr ’91, $3.95, 183pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1989 as The Asimov Chronicles: 50 Years of Isaac Asimov) collection of ten stories, the fifth of six reprinted from the giant one-volume book of 50 items.
- 1 · Exile to Hell · ss Analog May ’68
- 6 · Feminine Intuition [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · nv F&SF Oct ’69
- 34 · A Problem of Numbers · ss EQMM May ’70; ; as “As Chemist to Chemist”, IASFM Nov ’78
- 40 · Bill and I · ar F&SF Jul ’71
- 53 · Mirror Image [Elijah (Lije) Baley] · ss Analog May ’72
- 73 · Light Verse · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep ’73
- 79 · —That Thou Art Mindful of Him! · nv F&SF May ’74
- 109 · Earthset and Evening Star [Black Widowers] · ss F&SF Aug ’75
- 129 · The Bicentennial Man · nv Stellar #2, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1976
- 178 · True Love · ss The American Way Feb ’77
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The Asimov Chronicles: Volume Four Isaac Asimov (Ace 0-441-03109-9, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.95, 182pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1989 as The Asimov Chronicles: 50 Years of Isaac Asimov) collection of ten stories, the fourth book of six reprinted from the giant one-volume book of 50 items.
- 1 · The Ugly Little Boy [“Lastborn”] · nv Galaxy Sep ’58
- 45 · Unto the Fourth Generation · ss F&SF Apr ’59
- 55 · Thiotimoline and the Space Age [Thiotimoline] · sf Analog Oct ’60
- 65 · The Machine That Won the War · ss F&SF Oct ’61
- 73 · My Son, the Physicist! · vi Scientific American Feb ’62
- 79 · T-Formation · ar F&SF Aug ’63
- 93 · Author! Author! · nv The Unknown 5, ed. D. R. Bensen, Pyramid, 1964
- 125 · Eyes Do More Than See · vi F&SF Apr ’65
- 129 · The Key [Wendell Urth] · nv F&SF Oct ’66
- 163 · The Billiard Ball · nv If Mar ’67
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The Asimov Chronicles: Volume One Isaac Asimov (Legend 0-7126-4770-8, Oct ’91, £8.99, 485pp, tp, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1989 as part of The Asimov Chronicles) collection of twenty-five of Asimov’s short stories and non-fiction — one from each year from 1939 to 1963. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg.
- 1 · Marooned Off Vesta [Brandon, Shea & Moore] · ss Amazing Mar ’39
- 15 · Robbie [“Strange Playfellow”] · ss Super Science Stories Sep ’40
- 33 · Nightfall · nv Astounding Sep ’41
- 64 · Runaround [Mike Donovan (Robot)] · nv Astounding Mar ’42
- 81 · Death Sentence · ss Astounding Nov ’43
- 98 · Catch That Rabbit [Mike Donovan (Robot)] · ss Astounding Feb ’44
- 116 · Blind Alley · ss Astounding Mar ’45
- 138 · Evidence [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · ss Astounding Sep ’46
- 159 · Little Lost Robot [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · nv Astounding Mar ’47
- 184 · No Connection · ss Astounding Jun ’48
- 202 · The Red Queen’s Race · nv Astounding Jan ’49
- 224 · Green Patches [“Misbegotten Missionary”] · ss Galaxy Nov ’50
- 239 · Breeds There a Man...? · nv Astounding Jun ’51
- 272 · The Martian Way · na Galaxy Nov ’52
- 315 · Sally · ss Fantastic May/Jun ’53
- 332 · The Fun They Had · ss The Boys and Girls Page Dec 1 ’51; F&SF Feb ’54
- 335 · Franchise · ss If Aug ’55
- 350 · The Last Question · ss Science Fiction Quarterly Nov ’56
- 362 · Profession · na Astounding Jul ’57
- 413 · The Ugly Little Boy [“Lastborn”] · nv Galaxy Sep ’58
- 451 · Unto the Fourth Generation · ss F&SF Apr ’59
- 458 · Thiotimoline and the Space Age [Thiotimoline] · sf Analog Oct ’60
- 466 · The Machine That Won the War · ss F&SF Oct ’61
- 471 · My Son, the Physicist! · vi Scientific American Feb ’62
- 475 · T-Formation · ar F&SF Aug ’63
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The Asimov Chronicles: Volume Six Isaac Asimov (Ace 0-441-03112-9, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $3.95, 182pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1989 as The Asimov Chronicles: 50 Years of Isaac Asimov) collection of 11 stories, the final book of six reprinted from the giant one-volume collection of 50 items. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg.
- 1 · Found! · ss Omni Oct ’78
- 19 · Nothing for Nothing · ss IASFM Feb ’79
- 31 · For the Birds · ss IASFM May ’80
- 43 · Ignition Point! · ss Finding the Right Speaker, 1981
- 53 · Lest We Remember · nv IASFM Feb 15 ’82
- 87 · Saving Humanity [Azazel] · ss IASFM Sep ’83
- 99 · Neither Brute Nor Human [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Apr ’84
- 117 · The Fourth Homonym [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Mar ’85
- 135 · The Eye of the Beholder [Azazel] · ss IASFM Jan ’86
- 149 · The Quiet Place [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Mar ’88
- 167 · I Love Little Pussy [Azazel] · ss IASFM Nov ’88
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The Asimov Chronicles: Volume Two Isaac Asimov (Legend 0-7126-4970-0, Oct ’91, £8.99, 351pp, tp, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1989 as part of The Asimov Chronicles) collection of twenty-five of Asimov’s short stories and non-fiction — one from each year from 1964 to 1988. Edited by Martin H. Greenberg.
- 1 · Author! Author! · nv The Unknown 5, ed. D. R. Bensen, Pyramid, 1964
- 28 · Eyes Do More Than See · vi F&SF Apr ’65
- 31 · The Key [Wendell Urth] · nv F&SF Oct ’66
- 59 · The Billiard Ball · nv If Mar ’67
- 77 · Exile to Hell · ss Analog May ’68
- 81 · Feminine Intuition [Susan Calvin (Robot)] · nv F&SF Oct ’69
- 103 · A Problem of Numbers · ss EQMM May ’70; ; as “As Chemist to Chemist”, IASFM Nov ’78
- 107 · Bill and I · ar F&SF Jul ’71
- 117 · Mirror Image [Elijah (Lije) Baley] · ss Analog May ’72
- 132 · Light Verse · ss The Saturday Evening Post Sep ’73
- 136 · —That Thou Art Mindful of Him! · nv F&SF May ’74
- 159 · Earthset and Evening Star [Black Widowers] · ss F&SF Aug ’75
- 173 · The Bicentennial Man · nv Stellar #2, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1976
- 211 · True Love · ss The American Way Feb ’77
- 215 · Found! · ss Omni Oct ’78
- 229 · Nothing for Nothing · ss IASFM Feb ’79
- 239 · For the Birds · ss IASFM May ’80
- 248 · Ignition Point! · ss Finding the Right Speaker, 1981
- 254 · Lest We Remember · nv IASFM Feb 15 ’82
- 281 · Saving Humanity [Azazel] · ss IASFM Sep ’83
- 290 · Neither Brute Nor Human [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Apr ’84
- 303 · The Fourth Homonym [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Mar ’85
- 316 · The Eye of the Beholder [Azazel] · ss IASFM Jan ’86
- 326 · The Quiet Place [Black Widowers] · ss EQMM Mar ’88
- 339 · I Love Little Pussy [Azazel] · ss IASFM Nov ’88
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The Best Science Fiction of Isaac Asimov Isaac Asimov (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45069-8, Mar ’91, $3.99, 379pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1986) collection of 28 stories; third printing.
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Cal Isaac Asimov (Doubleday, 1990 [Aug ’91], no price, 30pp, ph) Original Asimov short story free to members of the “Isaac Asimov Collection”, a subscription book club. The words “Not for sale in bookstores” seem to almost be part of the title. It’s copyright 1990 but not seen until now.
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The Caves of Steel Isaac Asimov (Doubleday 0-385-41952-X, Oct ’91, $12.95, 202pp, hc) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1954) sf novel. This special imitation leatherbound edition is part of the “Isaac Asimov Collection”, and is available from Doubleday by subscription only. There is no dustjacket, but the artwork from the forthcoming Bantam Spectra edition is pasted on the front cover.
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The Caves of Steel Isaac Asimov (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29340-0, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.99, 270pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1954) classic sf/mystery novel, the first featuring detective Elijah Baley.
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The Complete Stories, Volume One Isaac Asimov (SFBC #17907, Mar ’91, $10.98, 614pp, hc, cover by Barclay Shaw) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) omnibus collection of 46 stories, comprising the complete contents of Earth Is Room Enough (Doubleday 1957), Nine Tomorrows (Doubleday 1957), and Nightfall and Other Stories (Doubleday 1959).
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The Currents of Space Isaac Asimov (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29341-9, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Trantorian Empire] Reprint (Doubleday 1952) sf novel, third book of the “Empire” series, prequel to the “Foundation” series.
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Foundation Isaac Asimov (Doubleday 0-385-41950-3, Aug ’91, $12.95, 227pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Foundation] Reprint (Gnome 1951) sf novel, first book of the “Foundation” series (and of the original trilogy). This special imitation leatherbound edition is part of the “Isaac Asimov Collection”, and is available from Doubleday by subscription only. There is no actual dustjacket, but the Whelan artwork from the Del Rey edition is pasted on the cover.
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Foundation Isaac Asimov (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29335-4, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Foundation] Reprint (Gnome 1951) sf novel, first book of the classic “Foundation Trilogy” and the “Foundation” series.
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Foundation and Empire Isaac Asimov (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29246-3, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Foundation] Reissue (Gnome 1952) sf novel, second book of the classic “Foundation Trilogy” and the “Foundation” series.
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Foundation’s Edge Isaac Asimov (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29338-9, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $5.99, 450pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday 1982) sf novel, fourth book of the “Foundation” series.
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The Gods Themselves Isaac Asimov (Doubleday 0-385-41951-1, Nov ’91, $12.95, 293pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1972) Hugo and Nebula Award-winning sf novel. This special imitation leatherbound edition is part of the “Isaac Asimov Collection”, and is available from Doubleday by subscription only. There is no dustjacket, but the artwork from the forthcoming Bantam Spectra edition is pasted on the front cover.
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I, Robot Isaac Asimov (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29438-5, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.99, 272pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Robot Series] Reprint (Gnome Press 1950) classic collection of nine stories.
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The Naked Sun Isaac Asimov (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29339-7, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.99, 269pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Elijah (Lije) Baley; Robot Series] Reprint (Doubleday 1957) sf/mystery novel, the second featuring detective Elijah Baley.
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Nightfall and Other Stories Isaac Asimov (Grafton 0-586-21255-8, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], £4.99, 445pp, pb, cover by Chris Foss) Reprint (Doubleday 1969) sf collection, previously published in the U.K. in two volumes.
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Pebble in the Sky Isaac Asimov (Doubleday 0-385-41953-8, Sep ’91, $12.95, 223pp, hc) [Trantorian Empire] Reprint (Doubleday 1950) sf novel. This special imitation leatherbound edition is part of the “Isaac Asimov Collection”, and is available from Doubleday by subscription only. There is no dustjacket, but the artwork from the forthcoming Bantam Spectra paperback edition is pasted on the front cover.
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Pebble in the Sky Isaac Asimov (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29342-7, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Trantorian Empire] Reprint (Doubleday 1950) sf novel, first book of the “Empire” series, prequel to the “Foundation” series.
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Prelude to Foundation Isaac Asimov (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27839-8, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $5.99, 434pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Foundation] Reissue (Doubleday Foundation 1988) sf novel, prequel to the “Foundation” trilogy, fifth published book in the “Foundation” series; seventh printing.
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Prelude to Foundation Isaac Asimov (Doubleday 0-385-43301-2, Dec ’91, $12.95, 403pp, hc, cover by Steve Youll) [Foundation] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1988) sf novel, prequel to the “Foundation” trilogy, fifth published book in the “Foundation” series. This special imitation leatherbound edition is part of the “Isaac Asimov Collection”, and is available from Doubleday by subscription only. There is no dust jacket, but the Steve Youll artwork from the Bantam Spectra paperback edition is pasted on the front cover.
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Puzzles of the Black Widowers Isaac Asimov (Bantam UK 0-553-40201-3, Apr ’91, £3.99, 254pp, pb) [Black Widowers] Reprint (Doubleday 1990) associational collection of 12 detective stories, featuring the Black Widowers club. Fifth in the series.
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Robot Visions Isaac Asimov (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45064-7, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.99, 482pp, pb, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series] Reprint (Roc 1990) collection of 18 stories and 16 essays, illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie and packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
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Robot Visions Isaac Asimov (Gollancz 0-575-05056-X, May ’91 [Apr ’91], £5.99, 383pp, tp, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Robot Series] Reprint (Roc 1990) collection of stories and essays about robots, illustrated by Ralph McQuarrie.
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Second Foundation Isaac Asimov (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29337-0, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Foundation] Reprint (Gnome 1953) sf novel, third book of the classic “Foundation Trilogy” and the “Foundation” series.
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