The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Fear in Yesterdays Rings George C. Chesbro (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-89296-396-4, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $18.95, 214pp, hc, cover by Tom McKeveny) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Mystery novel with fantasy elements, ninth book of the Mongo series.
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The Language of Cannibals George C. Chesbro (Warner/Mysterious Press 0-446-40003-3, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $4.95, 200pp, pb, cover by Tom McKeveny) [Dr. Robert Frederickson (Mongo)] Reprint (Mysterious Press 1990) mystery novel with fantasy elements, eighth book of the Mongo series.
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The Napoleon of Notting Hill G. K. Chesterton (Dover 0-486-26551-X, Feb 91 [Mar 91], $4.95, 163pp, tp) Reprint (Bodley Head 1904) satirical sf novel set in 1984.
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The Atheling Grace Chetwin (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45110-4, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $5.50, 380pp, pb) [Last Legacy] Reprint (Tor 1988) near-future anti-war novel set on an Earth ravaged by limited nuclear war. This edition has been slightly revised.
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Child of the Air Grace Chetwin (Macmillan Bradbury 0-02-718317-3, Apr 91 [Jul 91], $14.95, 231pp, hc, cover by Jonathan Hunt) Young-adult fantasy novel of a brother and sister on the run in an alternate world.
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The Curse of the Snake God Ronald Chetwynd-Hayes (Inner Circle 1-85018-087-3, Jan 91 [May 91], £11.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Chrissie Marks) Ghost/horror novel.
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The Scent of Magic Margaret Chittenden (Harlequin 0-373-70444-5, Feb 91 [Mar 91], $3.25, 300pp, pb) Fantasy romance about a boutique owner who discovers a magic potion that brings her love. A Harlequin Superromance.
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Cold Blood ed. Richard T. Chizmar (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-57-0, Jun 91 [Jul 91], $25.00, 401pp, hc, cover by Nancy Niles) Original anthology of 24 horror stories (some supernatural, some not) plus a stage version of Joe R. Lansdales short story By Bizarre Hands, with a foreword by the editor and an introduction by Douglas E. Winter. Recommended (SW).
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Wild Jack John Christopher (Macmillan Aladdin 0-02-042576-7, Oct 91, $3.95, 147pp, pb, cover by Brad Teare) Reprint (Macmillan 1974) young-adult sf novel set in 23rd-century England.
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Dark Twilight Joseph A. Citro (Warner 0-446-35837-1, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.50, 211pp, pb, cover by Mark & Stephanie Gerber) Horror novel. Sea serpent in Vermont lake.
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Grounded Chris Claremont (Pan 0-330-31281-2, Sep 91 [Aug 91], £4.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [FirstFlight] Reprint (Ace 1991 as Grounded!) sf novel. Sequel to First Flight. [First U.K. edition]
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Grounded! Chris Claremont (Ace 0-441-30416-8, Aug 91, $4.95, 323pp, pb, cover by Royo) [FirstFlight] Sf adventure novel about a grounded female space pilot, sequel to FirstFlight.
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High Frontier Chris Claremont (SFBC #18970, Dec 91, $9.98, 534pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) [FirstFlight] Omnibus of two sf novels, FirstFlight (Ace 1990) and Grounded! (Ace 1991).
- · FirstFlight · n. New York: Ace, 1990
- · Grounded! · n. New York: Ace, 1991
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Lewis Carroll Beverly Lyon Clark (Starmont House 1-557-42026-2, Apr 91, $9.95, 96pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. A guide to Lewis Carrolls work plus a primary and secondary bibliography. A hardcover edition (-42031-9, $19.95) was announced but not seen.
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Blood Sabbath Leigh Clark (Zebra 0-8217-3371-0, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $3.95, 416pp, pb) Horror novel. A woman and her family are under demonic attack after she attends a seance.
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2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke (Inner Circle 1-85018-000-8, Jan 91 [Feb 91], £12.95, 229pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (NAL 1968) sf novel. This edition contains the Authors Note from 2010: Odyssey Two as an Epilogue.
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2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45063-9, Jun 91, $4.99, 221pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (NAL 1968) sf novel, with a new introduction by the author; 42nd printing.
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2001: A Space Odyssey Arthur C. Clarke (Legend 0-7126-4776-7, Sep 91 [Aug 91], £8.99, 301pp, tp) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Legend 1990) collection of the title novel and the two stories that inspired it, The Sentinel and Encounter in the Dawn.
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The City and the Stars Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28853-9, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.95, 253pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1956) sf novel, including the original introduction and the one from the 1987 Signet edition. Expanded version of Against the Fall of Night (Gnome 1953), which is itself back in print as part of Beyond the Fall of Night.
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The Deep Range Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28925-X, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $4.95, 226pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1957) sf novel. This includes the introduction by Clarke from the 1987 Signet edition.
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A Fall of Moondust Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28986-1, May 91 [Apr 91], $4.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt, Brace & World 1961) Hugo-nominated sf novel. This edition also contains the 1987 introduction.
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The Ghost from the Grand Banks Arthur C. Clarke (Orbit Overseas 0-7088-8357-5, 1991 [Sep 91], £3.99, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel about two attempts to raise the Titanic. This is an Open Market edition and is available only in non-English-speaking countries.
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The Ghost from the Grand Banks Arthur C. Clarke (SFBC #18072, Apr 91, $9.98, 274pp, hc, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel.
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The Ghost from the Grand Banks Arthur C. Clarke (Orbit 0-7088-8361-3, Oct 91, £7.99, 253pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel.
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The Ghost from the Grand Banks Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29387-7, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) near-future sf novel of a 2012 race to raise the Titanic.
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Glide Path Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29052-5, Jun 91 [May 91], $4.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1963) associational WWII novel about the first use of radar. This includes both the 1963 and 1987 prefaces by Clarke.
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Imperial Earth Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28877-6, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $4.95, 342pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1976) sf novel set in 2276. A slightly shorter version first appeared in England (Gollancz 1975).
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More Than One Universe: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29189-0, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $4.99, 554pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Near-omnibus of four collections: Tales of Ten Worlds (Harcourt, Brace & World 1962), The Other Side of the Sky (Harcourt, Brace 1958), The Nine Billion Names of God (Harcourt, Brace & World 1967), and The Wind from the Sun (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1972). Several stories have been dropped, and the order changed. The vignettes from the revised 1987 Signet edition of The Wind from the Sun have been added, but all introductory material has been deleted.
- 1 · I Remember Babylon · ss Playboy May 60
- 13 · Summertime on Icarus [The Hottest Piece of Real Estate in the Solar System] · ss Vogue Jun 60
- 25 · Out of the Cradle, Endlessly Orbiting · ss Dude Mar 59
- 31 · Whos There? · ss New Worlds Nov 58
- 37 · Into the Comet [Inside the Comet] · ss F&SF Oct 60
- 48 · An Ape About the House · ss Dude May 62
- 56 · Let There Be Light · ss Dundee Sunday Telegraph Sep 5 57; Playboy Feb 58
- 63 · Death and the Senator · nv Analog May 61
- 84 · Trouble with Time [Crime on Mars] · ss EQMM Jul 60; F&SF Jun 61
- 90 · Before Eden · ss Amazing Jun 61
- 102 · A Slight Case of Sunstroke [The Stroke of the Sun] · ss Galaxy Sep 58
- 111 · Dog Star [Moondog] · ss Galaxy Apr 62
- 117 · The Nine Billion Names of God · ss Star Science Fiction Stories #1, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine, 1953
- 125 · Refugee [contest story, original title This Earth of Majesty] · ss F&SF Jul 55; ; as Royal Prerogative, New Worlds Jan 57
- 138 · The Other Side of the Sky · gp Infinity Science Fiction Sep 57 (+1); Special Delivery, ss Infinity Science Fiction Sep 57; Feathered Friend, ss Infinity Science Fiction Sep 57; Take a Deep Breath, ss Infinity Science Fiction Sep 57; Freedom of Space, ss Infinity Science Fiction Oct 57; Passer-By, ss Infinity Science Fiction Oct 57; The Call of the Stars, ss Infinity Science Fiction Oct 57
- 159 · Security Check · ss London Evening News Jan 13 56; F&SF Jun 57
- 164 · No Morning After · ss Time to Come, ed. August Derleth, Farrar, 1954; F&SF Jul 56
- 171 · Venture to the Moon · gp The (London) Evening Standard May 56; The Starting Line [Double-Crossed in Outer Space], ss The (London) Evening Standard May 23 56; Robin Hood, F.R.S. [Saved! By a Bow and Arrow], ss The (London) Evening Standard May 24 56; Green Fingers [Death Strikes Surov], ss The (London) Evening Standard May 25 56; All That Glitters [Diamonds! ... and then divorce], ss The (London) Evening Standard May 26 56; Watch This Space [Who Wrote That Message to the Stars? ...in Letters a Thousand Miles Long?], ss The (London) Evening Standard May 28 56; A Question of Residence [Alone on the Moon], ss The (London) Evening Standard May 29 56
- 198 · All the Time in the World · ss Startling Stories Jul 52
- 211 · Cosmic Casanova · ss Venture May 58
- 218 · The Star [Star of Bethlehem] · ss Infinity Science Fiction Nov 55
- 225 · Out of the Sun · ss If Feb 58
- 233 · Transience · ss Startling Stories Jul 49
- 240 · The Songs of Distant Earth · nv If Jun 58
- 271 · The Food of the Gods · ss Playboy May 64
- 276 · Maelstrom II · ss Playboy Apr 65
- 291 · The Shining Ones · ss Playboy Aug 64
- 309 · The Wind from the Sun [Sunjammer] · nv Boys Life Mar 64
- 329 · The Secret [The Secret of the Men in the Moon] · ss This Week Aug 11 63
- 335 · The Last Command · vi Bizarre! Mystery Magazine Nov 65
- 338 · Dial F for Frankenstein · ss Playboy Jan 65
- 346 · Reunion · vi Infinity #2, ed. Robert Hoskins, Lancer, 1971
- 348 · Playback · ss Playboy Dec 66
- 352 · The Light of Darkness · ss Playboy Jun 66
- 359 · The Longest Science-Fiction Story Ever Told [A Recursion in Metastories] · vi Galaxy Oct 66
- 361 · Herbert George Morley Roberts Wells, Esq. · ed If Dec 67
- 364 · Love That Universe · ss Escapade, 1967
- 368 · Crusade · ss The Farthest Reaches, ed. Joseph Elder, Trident, 1968
- 373 · The Neutron Tide · vi Galaxy May 70
- 376 · Transit of Earth · ss Playboy Jan 71
- 390 · A Meeting with Medusa · nv Playboy Dec 71
- 435 · When the Twerms Came · vi Playboy May 72
- 437 · Quarantine · vi IASFM Spr 77
- 439 · siseneG · vi Analog May 84
- 440 · Rescue Party · nv Astounding May 46
- 468 · The Curse [Nightfall] · vi Kings College Review Dec 46
- 471 · Hide and Seek · ss Astounding Sep 49
- 483 · The Possessed · ss Dynamic Science Fiction Mar 53
- 489 · Superiority · ss F&SF Aug 51
- 501 · A Walk in the Dark · ss Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 50
- 512 · The Reluctant Orchid [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · ss Satellite Dec 56
- 522 · Encounter at Dawn [Encounter in the Dawn] · ss Amazing Jun/Jul 53
- 534 · Patent Pending [The Invention; Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · ss Argosy Nov 54
- 545 · The Sentinel [Sentinel of Eternity] · ss Ten Story Fantasy Spr 51
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Rendezvous with Rama Arthur C. Clarke (Orbit 0-7088-4945-8, Feb 91, £3.99, 252pp, pb) [Rama] Reprint (Gollancz 1973) sf novel. Volume 1 in the Rama series.
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The Sands of Mars Arthur C. Clarke (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29095-9, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $4.99, 229pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Sidgwick & Jackson 1951) sf novel. Included in the unpaginated excerpts following the text is the complete Clarke short story The Nine Billion Names of God.
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The Sentinel Arthur C. Clarke (Grafton 0-586-21204-3, Sep 91, £3.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Berkley 1983) sf collection. This edition omits the interior illustrations from the previous editions.
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Against the Fall of Night and Beyond the Fall of Night Arthur C. Clarke & Gregory Benford (Gollancz 0-575-04765-8, Apr 91 [Mar 91], £13.99, 239pp, hc, cover by David Farren) [Against the Fall of Night] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1990 as Beyond the Fall of Night) collection of Clarkes classic short novel and a modern sequel by Greg Benford. [First U.K. edition]
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Beyond the Fall of Night Arthur C. Clarke & Gregory Benford (Ace 0-441-05612-1, May 91, $4.95, 339pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Against the Fall of Night] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1990) sf novel, Benfords sequel to Clarkes classic Against the Fall of Night plus the original (unchanged) short novel.
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The Garden of Rama Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee (Bantam Spectra 0-553-07261-7, Sep 91 [Jul 91], $20.00, 441pp, hc, cover by Paul Swendsen) [Rama] Sf novel, third book of the Rama series, a direct sequel to Rama II.
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The Garden of Rama Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee (Gollancz 0-575-05169-8, Sep 91, £14.99, 398pp, hc, cover by John Brettoner) [Rama] Sf novel. Simultaneous with the U.S. (Bantam Spectra) edition. Volume 3 in the Rama series.
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The Garden of Rama Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee (SFBC #14475, Oct 91, $9.98, 441pp, hc, cover by Paul Swendsen) [Rama] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Gollancz 1991) sf novel, third book of the Rama series. Similar to the 1991 Bantam Spectra edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
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Rama II Arthur C. Clarke & Gentry Lee (Orbit 0-7088-4826-5, Aug 91, £4.99, 495pp, pb) [Rama] Reprint (Gollancz; Bantam Spectra 1989) sf novel.
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The Chymical Wedding Lindsay Clarke (Ballantine Ivy 0-8041-0702-5, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $5.95, 501pp, pb, cover by Marty Blake) Reprint (Cape 1989) literary time-travel fantasy.
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Drinker of Souls Jo Clayton (DAW 0-88677-433-0, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $4.50, 335pp, pb, cover by Segrelles) [Drinker of Souls] Reissue (DAW 1986) fantasy novel, first book of the Drinker of Souls series; fourth printing.
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Shadowkill Jo Clayton (DAW 0-88677-467-5, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $4.99, 362pp, pb, cover by Jody Lee) [Diadem] Sf novel, third in the Shadiths Quest series, 12th in the overall Diadem series.
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Wild Magic Jo Clayton (DAW 0-88677-496-9, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $4.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Jody Lee) [Wild Magic] Fantasy novel, first book of a new series set in the same world as the Soul Drinker series.
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Breeder Douglas Clegg (NEL 0-450-55115-6, Jul 91, £4.50, 301pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1990) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Never Land Douglas Clegg (Pocket 0-671-67279-7, Apr 91, $4.95, 374pp, pb) Horror novel of evil lurking on a small island off the coast of Georgia.
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No Way Street Bruce Clemence (Pulphouse 1-56146-515-1, May 91, $1.95, 44pp, pb, cover by George Barr) Original sf short story about a human serial killer captured by aliens as a circus exhibit. Short story paperback #15.
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T.J.s Ghost Shirley Climo (Harper Trophy 0-06-440396-3, Apr 91 [Dec 91], $3.50, 151pp, tp, cover by Aleta Jenks) Reprint (Harper Crowell 1989) young-adult ghost novel. A girl befriends the ghost of a drowned boy.
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Interzone: The 5th Anthology ed. John Clute, Lee Montgomerie & David Pringle (NEL 0-450-54063-4, Aug 91 [Jul 91], £5.99, 273pp, pb) Anthology of 13 stories from Interzone plus two original stories.
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Max Lakeman and the Beautiful Stranger Jon Cohen (Warner 0-446-36061-9, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.95, 210pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Warner 1990) literary fantasy about a goddess visit to suburbia.
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Max Lakeman and the Beautiful Stranger Jon Cohen (Black Swan 0-552-99441-3, Nov 91 [Oct 91], £4.99, 208pp, tp, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Warner 1990) literary fantasy novel.
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Scoffing Marah Sarah Cohen (Three-Stones Publications 0-933673-13-2, Nov 90 [Apr 91], $12.95, 227pp, tp) Reissue (Three-Stones 1986) sf/new age novel of the Nashramh. Order from Three-Stones Publications, Box 24831, Seattle WA 98124.
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A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes ed. Thomas Colchie (Dutton 0-525-93367-0, Nov 91, $22.95, 430pp, hc, cover by Cathleen Toelke) Anthology of 26 stories by Latin American writers, virtually all with elements of horror or magic realism. There is an introduction by the editor and detailed biographical notes on the authors. All material is translated from the Spanish.
- ix · Introduction · Thomas Colchie · in
- 3 · The Dead Man [1976] · Horacio Quiroga; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden · ss
- 9 · Axolotl [1956] · Julio Cortázar; trans. by Paul Blackburn · ss End of the Game and Other Stories, Random House, 1967
- 16 · Waiting for Polidoro [1978] · Armonía Somers; trans. by Klaus Winkelmann · ss *
- 22 · The Circular Ruins [1941] · Jorge Luís Borges; trans. by James E. Irby · ss Labyrinths, New Directions, 1962
- 30 · The Dog Will Have Its Day [1976] · Juan Carlos Onetti; trans. by Andrew Hurley · ss *
- 42 · The Idol [1964] · Adolfo Bioy Casares; trans. by Ruth L. C. Simms · nv
- 66 · Relative Humidity 95% · Manuel Puig; trans. by Andrew Hurley · ss *
- 81 · Toads Mouth [1989] · Isabel Allende; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden · ss The Stories of Eva Luna, Antheneum, 1991
- 91 · The Miracle of the Birds [1979] · Jorge Amado; trans. by Barbara Merello · ss Harpers Apr 82
- 101 · The Ex-Magician from the Minhota Tavern [1965] · Murilo Rubião; trans. by Thomas Colchie · ss The American Poetry Review, 1979
- 108 · Love [1972] · Clarice Lispector; trans. by Giovanni Pontiero · ss
- 119 · The Psychiatrist · Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis; trans. by William L. Grossman · nv, 1963
- 163 · The Plagues [1989] · Moacyr Scliar; trans. by Eloah F. Giacomelli · ss *
- 177 · The Third Bank of the River · João Guimarães Rosa; trans. by William L. Grossman · ss, 1967
- 184 · It Was a Different Day When They Killed the Pig · João Ubaldo Ribeiro · ss *
- 192 · The Corset [1978] · Lygia Fagundes Telles; trans. by Eloah F. Giacomelli · nv *
- 222 · Lonelyhearts [1975] · Rubem Fonseca; trans. by Clifford E. Landers · ss *
- 237 · Twice with Helena [1977] · Paulo Emílio Salles Gomes; trans. by Margaret A. Neves · nv, 1984
- 265 · The Doll Queen [1969] · Carlos Fuentes; trans. by Margaret Sayers Peden · ss Antæus #13/14 74
- 282 · Luvina [1967] · Juan Rulfo; trans. by George D. Schade · ss
- 293 · The Gift · Rosario Ferré · nv, 1988
- 319 · Bestial Among the Flowers [1981] · Reinaldo Arenas; trans. by Andrew Hurley · nv *
- 348 · Story-Bound [1987] · Ana Lydia Vega; trans. by Mark McCaffrey · nv
- 373 · The Last Voyage of the Ghost Ship · Gabriel García Márquez; trans. by Gregory Rabassa · ss The Leaf Storm and Other Stories, London: Cape, 1972
- 380 · The Phantom of the Essoldo · Guillermo Cabrera Infante · nv, 1984
- 416 · Journey Back to the Source [1963] · Alejo Carpentier; trans. by Frances Partridge · ss
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