The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Worlds of Power: Castlevania II: Simons Quest Christopher Howell (Hippo 0-590-76483-7, Apr 91 [Feb 91], £1.95, 138pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1990) young-adult horror computer game novelization. Volume 4 in the series. [First U.K. edition]
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Blades from the Willows Huanzhulouzhu (Wellsweep 0-948454-05-9, Nov 91, £7.95, 256pp, tp) [Swordsmens Haven at Willow Lake] Martial-arts fantasy novel, translated from the Chinese (Liu Hu Xia Yin, Shanghai: Zhengqi Press, 1946) by Robert Chard. Volume 1 in The Swordsmens Haven at Willow Lake.
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Battlefield Earth L. Ron Hubbard (Bridge 0-88404-155-7, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $4.95, 1066pp, pb) Reissue (St. Martins 1982) sf novel; third printing.
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Fear L. Ron Hubbard (Bridge 0-88404-599-4, Jan 91, $16.95, 188pp, hc, cover by Gerry Grace) Horror novel. This is the first solo edition of a short novel first published in Unknown in 1940. It first appeared in book form with Typewriter in the Sky (Gnome Press 1951).
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Fear L. Ron Hubbard (New Era 1-870451-29-5, Aug 91, £12.99, 182pp, hc, cover by Gerry Grace) Reprint (Gnome 1951 with Typewriter in the Sky) fantasy/horror novel.
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Final Blackout L. Ron Hubbard (Bridge 088404-651-6, Sep 91, $4.95, 218pp, pb) Reprint (Hadley 1948) classic sf novel about war, with an introduction by Algis Budrys.
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Mission Earth, Vol. 6: Death Quest L. Ron Hubbard (New Era 1-870451-12-0, Aug 91, £4.50, 385pp, pb, cover by Joe Spencer) [Mission Earth] Reprint (Bridge 1987) sf novel.
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Blood Price Tanya Huff (DAW 0-88677-471-3, May 91 [Apr 91], $3.99, 272pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Victory Vicki Nelson] Dark fantasy novel. A female PI and an immortal vampire join forces to save Toronto from an ancient evil.
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Eight Skilled Gentlemen Barry Hughart (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-41710-1, Jan 91, $10.95, 255pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Master Li] Oriental fantasy novel, third book in the series begun in Bridge of Birds. This is a mystery novel much like Robert Van Guliks Judge Dee books, but with the additional spice of gothic fantasy. Recommended (SW). Also available in hardcover (-41709-8, $21.95).
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Eight Skilled Gentlemen Barry Hughart (Corgi 0-552-13401-5, Mar 91 [Feb 91], £3.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Master Li] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1991) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in The Adventures of Master Li & Number Ten Ox.
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The Dream Catcher Monica Hughes (Mammoth 0-7497-0880-8, Oct 91, £2.99, 171pp, pb, cover by Stuart Hughes) [Arc One] Reprint (Julia Macrae 1986) young-adult sf novel.
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Earthdark Monica Hughes (Mammoth 0-7497-0404-7, Dec 91, £2.99, 122pp, pb, cover by Stuart Hughes) [Crisis on Conshelf Ten] Reissue (Hamish Hamilton 1977) young-adult sf novel. Sequel to Crisis on Conshelf Ten.
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Invitation to the Game Monica Hughes (Methuen 0-416-16002-6, Feb 91, £8.95, 179pp, hc, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (HarperCollins Canada 1990) young-adult sf novel about a future England with 95% unemployment.
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Invitation to the Game Monica Hughes (Simon & Schuster 0-671-74236-1, Sep 91, $14.00, 183pp, hc, cover by David Wenzel) Young-adult time-travel sf novel. Leftover kids in the 22nd century play a dangerous game with time. First American edition (HarperCollins Canada 1990).
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The Isis Pedlar Monica Hughes (Mammoth 0-7497-0215-X, Dec 91, £2.99, 121pp, pb, cover by Brian Salmon) [Isis] Reissue (Hamish Hamilton 1982) young-adult sf novel. Volume 3 in the Isis series.
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The Keeper of the Isis Light Monica Hughes (Mammoth 0-7497-0405-5, Oct 91, £2.50, 136pp, pb, cover by Brian Salmon) [Isis] Reprint (Atheneum 1981) young-adult sf novel. Volume 1 in the Isis series.
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The Promise Monica Hughes (Teens 0-7497-0582-5, Mar 91, £2.99, 157pp, pb, cover by Brian Salmon) [Sandwriter] Reprint (Methuen 1989) young-adult fantasy novel. Sequel to Sandwriter.
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Mother Lode Zach Hughes (DAW 0-88677-497-7, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $4.99, 208pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Sf novel. A young woman finds herself heir to an old mining ship and a coordinates of a world that could make her wealthy.
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The Walking Stones Mollie Hunter (Mammoth 0-7497-0571-X, Jan 91 [Mar 91], £2.99, 122pp, pb) Reprint (Blackie 1970 as The Bodach) young-adult fantasy novel.
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The Wicked One Mollie Hunter (Mammoth 0-7497-0570-1, Jan 91 [Mar 91], £2.99, 136pp, pb) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1977) young-adult fantasy novel.
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Fugitive Steele S. L. Hunter (Berkley 0-425-12767-2, May 91 [Apr 91], $3.50, 202pp, pb) [Big Jim Steele] Military sf adventure novel with a cyborg hero, seventh book of the Steele series. The previous six were all by Simon Hawke writing as J.D. Masters. This one was originally announced as by J.D. Masters.
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Molten Steele S. L. Hunter (Berkley 0-425-12965-9, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $3.99, 202pp, pb) [Big Jim Steele] Military sf adventure novel with a cyborg hero, eighth book of the Steele series. The first six were by Simon Hawke writing as J.D. Masters.
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Rules of Engagement Graham Hurley (Pan 0-330-31343-6, Apr 91, £4.99, 473pp, pb, cover by Nick Farmer) Reprint (Pan 1990) near-future thriller. Revised for this edition.
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Breeding Ground Shaun Hutson (Macdonald 0-356-20028-0, Jun 91 [1991], £12.95, 224pp, hc) [Slugs] Reprint (Star 1985) horror novel. Sequel to Slugs. [Not seen]
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Captives Shaun Hutson (Macdonald 0-356-19576-7, Dec 91 [Nov 91], £14.95, 432pp, hc) Horror novel.
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Erebus Shaun Hutson (Macdonald 0-356-20025-6, Jan 91 [1991], £12.95, 320pp, hc) Reprint (Star 1984) horror novel. [Not seen]
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Horror Film Quiz Book Shaun Hutson (Sphere 0-7474-0792-4, Oct 91 [Nov 91], £3.50, 232pp, pb) Quiz book containing 1000 multiple-choice questions about horror films.
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Nemesis Shaun Hutson (Sphere 0-7474-0789-4, Jan 91 [Dec 90], £3.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Mark Taylor) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1989) horror novel.
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Nemesis Shaun Hutson (Macdonald 0-356-20029-9, Jun 91 [1991], £12.95, 356pp, hc) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1989) horror novel. [Not seen]
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Relics Shaun Hutson (Macdonald 0-356-20027-2, Jan 91 [1991], £12.95, 272pp, hc) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1986) horror novel. [Not seen]
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Renegades Shaun Hutson (Macdonald 0-356-19536-8, Jan 91 [Nov 90], £12.95, 336pp, hc, cover by Mark Taylor) [Renegades] Horror novel.
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Renegades Shaun Hutson (Sphere 0-7474-0791-6, Dec 91 [Nov 91], £4.99, 434pp, pb, cover by Mark Taylor) [Renegades] Reprint (Macdonald 1991) horror novel.
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Shadows Shaun Hutson (Macdonald 0-356-20026-4, Jan 91 [1991], £12.95, 336pp, hc) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1985) horror novel. [Not seen]
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Victims Shaun Hutson (Macdonald 0-356-20030-2, Jun 91 [1991], £12.95, 272pp, hc) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987) horror novel. [Not seen]
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Echoes Jackie Hyman (Piatkus 0-7499-0050-4, Mar 91, £12.95, 228pp, hc, cover by Ken Leeder) Reprint (Morrow 1990) horror novel.
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The Nemesis Mission Dean Ing (Tor 0-312-85105-7, Oct 91, $19.95, 340pp, hc, cover by Joe DeVito) Technothriller with sf elements about a future solar-powered aircraft.
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Silent Thunder/Universe Dean Ing & Robert A. Heinlein (Tor 0-812-50265-5, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $3.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) Anthology of an original short novel by Ing concerning a Nazi secret weapon endangering the world, and a classic novella by Heinlein. Tor SF Double #31.
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The Patterns of Chaos #1: Radius of Doubt Charles Ingrid (DAW 0-88677-491-8, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $4.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Patterns of Chaos] Sf novel, first book of a new series. An alien star pilot involves the human race in a galactic conflict. Ingrid is a pseudonym for Rhonda V. Salsitz.
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The Human Zoo Virginia Ironside (Walker 0-7445-2068-1, Sep 91 [Oct 91], £2.99, 128pp, pb, cover by Caroline Holden) Young-adult fantasy novel with humans inside, rather than outside, the zoo.
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Phantom of Burlap Hall Virginia Ironside (Walker 0-7445-2153-X, Sep 91 [Oct 91], £8.99, 175pp, hc, cover by Mick Brownfield) [Burlap Hall] Humorous young-adult horror novel. Volume 3 in the Burlap Hall series.
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Spaceboy at Burlap Hall Virginia Ironside (Walker 0-7445-1351-0, Jan 91, £2.99, 195pp, pb, cover by Mick Brownfield) [Burlap Hall] Reprint (Walker 1989) humorous young-adult sf novel. Sequel to Vampire Master.
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The Best of Trek #16 ed. Walter Irwin & G. B. Love (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45047-7, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $3.99, 208pp, pb) [Star Trek] Collection of 16 non-fiction pieces about Star Trek.
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Carve the Sky Alexander Jablokov (Morrow 0-688-10324-3, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $21.95, 298pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Sf novel of an interplanetary quest for the source of a mysterious artifact. A first novel. Recommended. (FCM)
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Carve the Sky Alexander Jablokov (BOMC, May 91 [Apr 91], $18.95, 288pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Reprint (Morrow 1991) sf novel. This edition is the same as the Morrow hardcover except it lacks an ISBN and price, and has a BOMC mark on the back.
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Carve the Sky Alexander Jablokov (BOMC, Jun 91, $18.95, 288pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Reprint (Morrow 1991) sf novel. This edition is the same as the Morrow hardcover except it lacks an ISBN and price, and has a BOMC mark on the back.
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The Werewolfs Revenge Richard Jaccoma (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14628-6, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $4.95, 296pp, pb) [Werewolfs Tale] Horror novel, sequel to The Werewolfs Tale. New York City PI Jimmy Underhill is a covert lycanthropic assassin for the U.S. during WWII.
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The Lottery and Other Stories/The Haunting of Hill House/We Have Always Lived in the Castle Shirley Jackson (BOMC/QPBC, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $12.95, 784pp, tp) Omnibus of Jacksons three classics of the macabre and ghostly, The Lottery and Other Stories (Farrar, Straus 1949), The Haunting of Hill House (Viking 1959), and We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Viking 1962).
- · The Lottery and Other Stories · co Farrar Straus, 1949
- · The Intoxicated · ss
- · The Daemon Lover [The Phantom Lover] · ss Womans Home Companion Feb 49
- · Like Mother Used to Make · ss
- · Trial by Combat · ss New Yorker Dec 16 44
- · The Villager · ss The American Mercury Aug 44
- · My Life with R.H. Macy · ss
- · The Witch · ss The Lottery, Farrar Strauss, 1949
- · The Renegade · ss Harpers Nov 48
- · After You, My Dear Alphonse · ss New Yorker Jan 16 43
- · Charles · ss Mademoiselle Jul 48
- · Afternoon in Linen · ss New Yorker Sep 4 43
- · Flower Garden · nv
- · Dorothy and My Grandmother and the Sailors · ss
- · Colloquy · ss New Yorker Aug 5 44
- · Elizabeth · nv
- · A Fine Old Firm · ss New Yorker Mar 4 44
- · The Dummy · ss
- · Seven Types of Ambiguity · ss Story Sep/Oct 43
- · Come Dance with Me in Ireland · ss New Yorker May 15 43
- · Of Course · ss
- · Pillar of Salt · ss Mademoiselle Oct 48
- · Men with Their Big Shoes · ss The Yale Review Mar 47
- · The Tooth · ss New Yorker, 1948
- · Got a Letter from Jimmy · ss
- · The Lottery · ss New Yorker Jun 26 48
- · Epilogue · pm
- · The Haunting of Hill House · n. New York: Viking, 1959
- · We Have Always Lived in the Castle · n. New York: Viking, 1962
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Sleepers, Wake Paul Samuel Jacobs (Scholastic 0-590-42397-5, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $13.95, 183pp, hc, cover by Tim Jacobus) Young-adult sf novel of space pioneer children alone on a strange planet.
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Gojiro Mark Jacobson (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-396-2, Jan 91 [Feb 91], $22.95, 356pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) [Godzilla] Literary fantasy novel based on b-movies and comic books, of a little boy and Godzilla. A first novel.
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Mariel of Redwall Brian Jacques (Hutchinson 0-09-176405-X, Oct 91, £12.99, 387pp, hc, cover by Douglas Hall) [Redwall] Young-adult fantasy novel about talking mice. Volume 4 in the Redwall series.
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Mattimeo Brian Jacques (AvoNova 0-380-71530-9, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $4.99, 446pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1989) young-adult animal fantasy about mice, third book in the Redwall series.
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Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales Brian Jacques (Hutchinson 0-09-176364-9, Jun 91 [May 91], £7.99, 151pp, hc, cover by Terry Oakes) Collection of seven original young-adult ghost/horror stories.
- 1 · The Fate of Thomas P. Kanne · nv *
- 23 · Jamie and the Vampires · nv *
- 45 · Allie/Alma · ss *
- 63 · The Lies of Henry Mawdsley · nv *
- 89 · Bridgey · ss *
- 105 · The Sad History of Gilly Bodkin · ss *
- 125 · R.S.B. Limited · nv *
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Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales Brian Jacques (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-22103-4, Sep 91 [Oct 91], $14.95, 137pp, hc, cover by David Ray) Young-adult collection of seven ghost/dark fantasy stories. First American edition (Hutchinson 1991).
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The Turn of the Screw Henry James (Dover 0-486-26684-2, Feb 91 [Mar 91], $1.00, 87pp, pb) [Turn of the Screw] Reprint (in The Two Magics (Heinemann 1898)) classic supernatural short novel. A Dover Thrift Edition.
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Sorcerors Stone L. Dean James (TSR 1-56076-074-5, Apr 91, $3.95/£2.99, 313pp, tp, cover by Fred Fields) [Sorcerors Stone] Fantasy novel of a young prince who must master a magic sword to save his kingdom. A first novel. This is a worldwide edition with both U.S. and U.K. prices.
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Dreamer Peter James (St. Martins 0-312-92431-3, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $4.95, 357pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reprint (Gollancz 1989) horror novel.
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Sweet Heart Peter James (Sphere 0-7474-0895-5, Aug 91, £4.50, 335pp, pb, cover by John Avon) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) ghost/horror novel.
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Sweet Heart Peter James (St. Martins 0-312-06477-2, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $18.95, 278pp, hc, cover by Adam Niklewicz) Horror novel of a woman without a past haunted by something that is part memory and part supernatural evil. First American edition (Gollancz 1990).
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Twilight Peter James (Gollancz 0-575-05063-2, Oct 91 [Sep 91], £14.99, 316pp, hc, cover by David Farren) Horror novel about the twilight period between life and death.
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Comet in Moominland Tove Jansson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-31526-4, Dec 90 [Jan 91], $13.95, 192pp, hc, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Walck 1951) young-adult fantasy novel, translated from the Finnish (Kometjakten 1946) by Elizabeth Portch. Illustrations by the author.
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Comet in Moominland Tove Jansson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-41331-2, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $3.95, 192pp, tp, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Ernest Benn 1959) young-adult fantasy novel, translated from the Finnish (Kometjakten 1946) by Elizabeth Portch. Illustrations by the author.
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Moominsummer Madness Tove Jansson (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-35039-6, Apr 91 [Aug 91], $13.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Ernest Benn 1961) young-adult fantasy novel in the Finn Family Moomintroll series, translated by Thomas Warburton, with illustrations by the author. First published in Finland as Farling Midsommar.
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The Alchymists Cat Robin Jarvis (Sprint 0-7500-0890-3, Oct 91, £4.50, 330pp, tp, cover by Robin Jarvis) [Deptford Mice] Young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated throughout by Robin Jarvis. Also announced in hardcover (-0889-X, £8.99). Book One of The Deptford Histories.
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The Whitby Witches Robin Jarvis (Sprint 0-7500-0581-5, Apr 91, £3.99, 276pp, tp) [Whitby] Young-adult fantasy/horror novel. Also announced in hardcover (-0582-3, £8.99).
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The Rim-World Legacy and Beyond Frank A. Javor (DAW 0-88677-505-1, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $4.50, 253pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Eli Pike] Collection containing Javors first novel, The Rim-World Legacy (Signet 1967), and two stories, one original. All feature the interstellar adventurer Eli Pike.
- 7 · The Rim-World Legacy · n. New York: Signet, 1967
- 209 · Heavy, Heavy · ss Amazing Feb 64
- 230 · Moire · nv *
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Glitterspike Hall Mike Jefferies (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100227-5, Jun 91 [May 91], $4.95, 447pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Heirs to Gnarlsmyre] Fantasy novel, first book of The Heirs to Gnarlsmyre. First American edition (Fontana 1989).
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Shadows in the Watchgate Mike Jefferies (Grafton 0-586-21512-3, Nov 91 [Oct 91], £8.99, 368pp, tp) Fantasy/horror novel about an ancient magic unleashed in Norwich, illustrated throughout by Mike Jefferies. Recommended. (PSP)
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The Sacred Night Tahar Ben Jelloun (Ballantine 0-345-36417-1, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $4.95, 149pp, pb) [Sandchild] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989) Moroccan surrealistic fantasy novel, translated from the French by Alan Sheridan. This is the sequel to The Sandchild and was the winner of the 1987 Prix Goncourt.
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Mentor Kris Jensen (DAW 0-88677-464-0, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.50, 332pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) [Ardel] Sf adventure novel of human intervention in an alien culture, second book of the Ardel series.
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Baby Doll Ruby Jean Jensen (Zebra 0-8217-3598-5, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $4.99, 477pp, pb) Horror novel. Killer doll.
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Celia Ruby Jean Jensen (Zebra 0-8217-3446-6, Jul 91 [Aug 91], $4.50, 351pp, pb) Horror novel of a woman stalked by the abusive husband she killed.
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After Supper Ghost Stories and Other Tales Jerome K. Jerome (Alan Sutton 0-86299-762-3, 1990 [Apr 91], £3.95, 175pp, tp, cover by John Collier) Collection of twelve ghost stories, illustrated by K.M. Skeeping and G.G. Fraser. The first half of the book reprints Told After Supper (Leadenhall Press, 1891). This appeared in 1990 but has only just been seen.
- 1 · Introductory · in Told After Supper, Leadenhall Press, 1891
- 11 · How the Stories came to be told · in Told After Supper, Leadenhall Press, 1891
- 19 · Teddy Biffles Story - Johnson and Emily or the Faithful Ghost · ss Told After Supper, Leadenhall Press, 1891
- 28 · Interlude - The Doctors Story · ss Told After Supper, Leadenhall Press, 1891
- 31 · Mr Coombess Story - The Haunted Mill or The Ruined Home · ss Told After Supper, Leadenhall Press, 1891
- 39 · Interlude · lk Told After Supper, Leadenhall Press, 1891
- 42 · My Uncles Story - The Ghost of the Blue Chamber · ss Told After Supper, Leadenhall Press, 1891
- 51 · A Personal Explanation · ss Told After Supper, Leadenhall Press, 1891
- 55 · My Own Story · ss Told After Supper, Leadenhall Press, 1891
- 68 · Evergreens · nv
- 90 · Clocks · ss
- 105 · Tea-Kettles · ss
- 121 · A Pathetic Story · ss
- 135 · The New Utopia · ss Diary of a Pilgrimage, J.W. Arrowsmith, 1891
- 153 · Dreams · nv
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Dark Seeker K. W. Jeter (Pan 0-330-31680-X, Dec 91 [Nov 91], £4.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Glen Saville) Reprint (Tor 1987) sf/horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Madlands K. W. Jeter (St. Martins 0-312-06407-1, Oct 91, $18.95, 247pp, hc, cover by Bryn Barnard) Sf novel set in a near-future LA.
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The Night Man K. W. Jeter (Pan 0-330-31560-9, Mar 91, £3.99, 283pp, pb, cover by Derek Colligan) Reprint (NAL Onyx 1990) horror novel.
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A World Lost James B. Johnson (DAW 0-88677-498-5, Aug 91, $4.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Sf novel of a spacer trying to find his vanished planet.
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