The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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After the Bomb Gloria D. Miklowitz (Scholastic/Point 0-590-33287-2, Jun 85 [Sep 85], $2.25, 156pp, pb) [After the Bomb] Young-adult post-holocaust sf novel.
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The Cybernetic Samurai Victor Milan (Arbor House 0-87795-642-1, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $15.95, 300pp, hc) [Cybernetic Samurai] Sf novel. Complex, careful treatment of both Japanese and computer themes doesnt save this novel from the problems of predictability and unsuccessful characterization. (DLN)
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The Skook J. P. Miller (Warner 0-446-32861-8, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $3.95, 307pp, pb) Reprint (Warner 1984) allegorical fantasy novel.
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Snail Richard Miller (Holt/Owl 0-03-063309-5, Oct 85 [Nov 85], $7.95, 294pp, pb) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1984) allegorical fantasy novel (one of whose characters is Kilgore Trout).
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Beyond Armageddon ed. Walter M. Miller, Jr. & Martin H. Greenberg (Donald I. Fine 0-917657-55-1, Oct 85, $18.95, 387pp, hc) Anthology of 21 post-holocaust sf stories, with an introduction by Miller.
- viii · Alibi · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · pm
- 1 · Forewarning (an Introduction) · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · in
- 13 · Salvador · Lucius Shepard · ss F&SF Apr 84
- 31 · The Store of the Worlds [The World of Hearts Desire] · Robert Sheckley · ss Playboy Sep 59
- 39 · The Big Flash · Norman Spinrad · nv Orbit 5, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnams, 1969
- 61 · Lot [David Jimmon] · Ward Moore · nv F&SF May 53
- 85 · Day at the Beach · Carol Emshwiller · ss F&SF Aug 59
- 95 · The Wheel · John Wyndham · ss Startling Stories Jan 52
- 103 · Jody After the War · Edward Bryant · ss Orbit 10, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnams, 1972
- 111 · The Terminal Beach · J. G. Ballard · nv New Worlds Mar 64
- 131 · Tomorrows Children · Poul Anderson · nv Astounding Mar 47
- 157 · Heirs Apparent · Robert Abernathy · nv F&SF Jun 54
- 177 · A Master of Babylon [The Music Master of Babylon] · Edgar Pangborn · nv Galaxy Nov 54
- 201 · Game Preserve · Rog Phillips · ss If Oct 57
- 215 · By the Waters of Babylon [The Place of the Gods] · Stephen Vincent Benét · ss The Saturday Evening Post Jul 31 37
- 227 · There Will Come Soft Rains · Ray Bradbury · ss Colliers May 6 50
- 235 · To the Chicago Abyss · Ray Bradbury · ss F&SF May 63
- 245 · Lucifer · Roger Zelazny · ss Worlds of Tomorrow Jun 64
- 251 · Eastward Ho! · William Tenn · ss F&SF Oct 58
- 267 · The Feast of Saint Janis · Michael Swanwick · nv New Dimensions 11, ed. Robert Silverberg & Marta Randall, Pocket, 1980
- 295 · If I Forget Thee, Oh Earth... · Arthur C. Clarke · ss Future Sep 51
- 301 · A Boy and His Dog [Vic & Blood] · Harlan Ellison · nv New Worlds Apr 69
- 337 · My Life in the Jungle · Jim Aikin · ss F&SF Feb 85
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The Threshold Marlys Millhiser (Putnam 0-399-13012-8, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $16.95, 334pp, hc) Novel of time travel and the supernatural, mixed with Colorado history.
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Robotics ed. Marvin Minsky (Doubleday/Anchor 0-385-19414-5, Jun 85 [May 85], $19.95, 317pp, hc) Non-fiction, a group of essays on robots in fact and fiction; it includes an essay by Robert Sheckley. I opened the book to an essay by T.A. Heppenheimer and found several wrong details in his citing of Asimov stories either poor scholarship or sloppy proofreading. (CNB)
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After the Flames ed. Elizabeth Mitchell (Baen 0-671-55998-2, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $2.95, 277pp, pb) Anthology of three novellas set after the Holocaust. Each is in slightly different form than as originally published. Alien Stars Vol. II.
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Alien Stars ed. Elizabeth Mitchell (Baen 0-671-55934-6, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $2.95, 254pp, pb) Anthology of three original novellas.
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Travel Light Naomi Mitchison (Virago Modern Classics 0-86068-562-4, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $7.95/-L2.95, 147pp, pb) Reprint (Faber & Faber 1952) historical fantasy novel, available in the U.S. as an import.
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The Hammer of Darkness L. E. Modesitt, Jr. (Avon 0-380-89798-9, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $2.95, 343pp, pb) Sf novel.
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Blood and Dreams Richard Monaco (Berkley 0-425-08024-2, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $2.95, 230pp, pb) [Parsival] Fantasy novel, fourth in the Parsival series; a surreal retelling of the legends.
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Broken Stone Richard Monaco (Ace 0-441-08134-7, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $2.95, 230pp, pb) [Runes] Fantasy novel, the sequel to Runes.
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Journey to the Flame Richard Monaco (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25373-5, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $3.50, 260pp, pb) [She] Fantasy adventure novel, a sort of sequel to She with Haggard and Kipling as minor characters.
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The Champion of Garathorm Michael Moorcock (Berkley 0-425-07646-6, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $2.75, 159pp, pb) [Count Brass] Reprint (Mayflower 1973) fantasy novel. Chronicles of Count Brass II.
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The Chronicles of Castle Brass Michael Moorcock (Granada 0-246-12714-7, Sep 85 [Jul 85], £9.95, 150+138+144pp, hc) [Count Brass] Omnibus edition of three fantasy novels of Dorian Hawkmoon, sequel to The History of the Runestaff.
- 7 · Count Brass · n. London: Mayflower, 1973
- 151 · The Champion of Garathorm · n. London: Mayflower, 1973
- 289 · The Quest for Tanelorn · n. London: Mayflower, 1975
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Count Brass Michael Moorcock (Berkley 0-425-07514-1, Feb 85 [Jan 85], $2.75, 147pp, pb) [Count Brass] Reprint (Mayflower 1973) fantasy novel. The First Book of the Chronicles of Count Brass and also Book 5 in the Dorian Hawkmoon series.
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Elric at the End of Time Michael Moorcock (DAW 0-88677-040-8, May 85 [Apr 85], $2.95, 221pp, pb) [Elric] Reprint (NEL 1984) collection of odds and ends including three Elric pieces. Not the seventh Elric novel, despite the cover copy.
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The Ice Schooner Michael Moorcock (Harrap 0-245-54284-1, 1985 [Oct 85], £8.95, 237pp, hc) Reprint (Sphere 1969) sf novel, a re-revision of the revised 1977 Harper & Row edition. It becomes the definitive edition until the next revision.
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The Jewel in the Skull Michael Moorcock (DAW 0-88677-043-2, May 85 [Apr 85], $2.75, 176pp, pb) [Runestaff] Reissue (DAW 1977) revised fantasy novel, Runestaff #1. First published by Lancer in 1968. 7th DAW printing.
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The Laughter of Carthage Michael Moorcock (Random House 0-394-52997-9, Feb 85 [Jan 85], $17.95 FPT, 561pp, hc) [Pyat] Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1984), first U.S. edition. A picaresque mainstream novel, sequel to Byzantium Endures. Some of Moorcocks sf characters show up in this one too. The text varies somewhat from the British edition.
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The Mad Gods Amulet Michael Moorcock (Grafton 0-583-11385-0, 1985, £1.95, 142pp, pb) [Runestaff] Reprint (Lancer 1968 as Sorcerers Amulet) fantasy novel, #2 in the Runestaff series.
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The Mad Gods Amulet Michael Moorcock (DAW 0-88677-044-0, May 85 [Apr 85], $2.75, 160pp, pb) [Runestaff] Reissue (DAW 1977) fantasy novel, Runestaff #2. Revised from Sorcerers Amulet (Lancer 1968). 5th DAW printing.
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The Quest for Tanelorn Michael Moorcock (Berkley 0-425-07707-1, Jun 85 [May 85], $2.75, 155pp, pb) [Count Brass] Reprint (Mayflower 1975) fantasy novel, Chronicles of Castle Brass III; also part of the Dorian Hawkmoon and Erekose groups.
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The Runestaff Michael Moorcock (DAW 0-88677-046-7, May 85 [Apr 85], $2.75, 158pp, pb) [Runestaff] Reissue (DAW 1977) fantasy novel, Runestaff #4 (conclusion of the series). Revised from The Secret of the Runestaff (Lancer 1969). 6th DAW printing.
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The Silver Warriors Michael Moorcock (Berkley 0-425-08078-1, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $2.95, 220pp, pb) [John Daker] Reprint (Mayflower 1970 as Phoenix in Obsidian) fantasy novel of The Eternal Champion.
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The Sword of the Dawn Michael Moorcock (DAW 0-88677-045-9, May 85 [Apr 85], $2.75, 173pp, pb) [Runestaff] Reissue (DAW 1977) fantasy novel, Runestaff #3. Revised from the 1968 Lancer edition. 6th DAW printing.
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The War Hound and the Worlds Pain Michael Moorcock (Pocket 0-671-60409-0, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $2.95, 207pp, pb) [Von Bek] Reissue (Simon & Schuster/Timescape 1981) fantasy novel. Second printing. Highly recommended. (CNB)
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Greener Than You Think Ward Moore (Crown 0-517-55866-1, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $9.95, 322pp, hc) Reprint (Sloane 1947) sf novel, with a new introduction by George Zebrowski.
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Kingsbane John Morressy (Ace 0-441-44575-6, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $2.75, 255pp, pb) [Iron Angel] Reprint (Playboy 1982) fantasy novel, The Iron Angel #3.
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The Time of the Annihilator John Morressy (Ace 0-441-81191-4, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $2.95, 217pp, pb) [Iron Angel] Fantasy novel, fourth in the Ironbrand trilogy.
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Beyond Sanctuary Janet Morris (Baen 0-671-55957-5, Jun 85 [May 85], $15.95, 312pp, hc) [Thieves World; Tempus] Fantasy novel set in the Thieves World universe.
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Beyond Sanctuary Janet Morris (SFBC #03843, Dec 85, $5.50, 247pp, hc) [Thieves World; Tempus] Reprint (Baen 1985) fantasy novel set in the Thieves World universe.
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Beyond the Veil Janet Morris (Baen 0-671-55984-2, Jan 86 [Dec 85], $15.95, 314pp, hc) [Thieves World; Tempus] Fantasy novel, second in the trilogy featuring Tempus, Morris character from Thieves World.
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The Carnelian Throne Janet Morris (Baen 0-671-55936-2, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $2.95, 310pp, pb) [Silistra] Reprint (Bantam 1979) sf novel. Silistra #4.
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Wind from the Abyss Janet Morris (Baen 0-671-55932-X, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $2.95, 369pp, pb) [Silistra] Reprint (Bantam 1978) sf novel, Book 3 of the Silistra series.
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Active Measures Janet Morris & David Drake (Baen 0-671-55945-1, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $3.95, 365pp, pb) Near-future spy adventure novel. Theres a $10,000 prize offered for the best answer to 7 questions. Unfortunately, you have to pay 50 cents to enter and have to use the official form only, which is part of the book....
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The 40-Minute War Janet & Chris Morris (Baen 0-671-55986-9, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $3.50, 281pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1984) near-future sf novel. Washington is destroyed by a nuclear terrorist attack.
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Afterwar ed. Janet Morris (Baen 0-671-55967-2, Jun 85, $2.95, 284pp, pb) Original anthology of 12 stories set after a nuclear holocaust.
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With Magical Horses to Ride Winifred Morris (Atheneum 0-689-31108-7, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $11.95, 152pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel.
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The Continent of Lies James Morrow (Gollancz 0-575-03659-1, Jun 85 [May 85], £9.95, 274pp, hc) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart 1984) sf novel. First British edition.
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The Continent of Lies James Morrow (Baen 0-671-55969-9, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $2.95, 281pp, pb) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart 1984) sf novel.
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A. Merritt: Reflections in the Moon Pool ed. Sam Moskowitz (Oswald Train, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $20.00, 399pp, hc) Collection of Merritt marginalia. Includes poems, letters, stories, and fragments, plus a long biographical introduction by Moskowitz and 16 pages of photos. [Abraham Merritt]
- 11 · The Life, Work and Times of A. Merritt · Sam Moskowitz · bg
- 167 · Pilgrimage, or, Obi Giese · A. Merritt · ss
- 187 · The Pool of the Stone God [as by W. Fenimore] · A. Merritt · ss The American Weekly Sep 23 23
- 191 · Bootleg and Witches. A Fragment · A. Merritt · ms
- 197 · The Devil in the Heart. An Outline · A. Merritt · ms
- 200 · The Challenge from Beyond (Weird Fantasy - II) · A. Merritt · rr Fantasy Magazine Sep 35
- 203 · An Unpublished Ending for Dwellers in the Mirage · A. Merritt · ms
- 207 · The Poems of A. Merritt · Sam Moskowitz · si
- 211 · 2000 (The Triple Cities) · A. Merritt · pm
- 215 · Song for Wood Horns... [The Wind Trail] · A. Merritt · pm The Smart Set Mar 10; Nepenthe v1 #1 40; Weird Tales Fll 73
- 216 · SylvaneThe Silver Birches · A. Merritt · pm Nepenthe v1 #1 40; Weird Tales Sum 73
- 217 · Madonna · A. Merritt · pm The Pilgrims Almanach, 1923; ; as In the Cathedral, Nepenthe v1 #2 41; Weird Tales Sum 74
- 219 · The Ladies of the Walnut Tree (A Legend of Tuscany) · A. Merritt · pm
- 222 · Court of the Moon (A Fragment) · A. Merritt · pm Nepenthe v1 #2 41
- 224 · The Birth of Art · A. Merritt · pm Bohemia, 1904
- 225 · Old Trinity Churchyard (5 A.M. Spring) · A. Merritt · pm The Phantagraph Jun 40; Stirring Science Stories Feb 41
- 226 · Lenvoi to Life · A. Merritt · pm
- 227 · Screens · A. Merritt · pm Nepenthe v1 #2 41
- 228 · Sir Barnabus · A. Merritt · pm
- 232 · In the Subway · A. Merritt · pm
- 233 · Runes · A. Merritt · pm
- 237 · Eheu Fugaces... · A. Merritt · pm
- 237 · A Song for Christmas · A. Merritt · pm
- 239 · Comic Ragtime Tune · A. Merritt · pm
- 240 · Behold in the Night He Cometh · A. Merritt · pm
- 241 · You Looked at Me · A. Merritt · pm
- 242 · Dream Song · A. Merritt · pm
- 243 · Castle of Dreams · A. Merritt · pm
- 244 · I Wonder Why? · A. Merritt · pm
- 245 · My Heart and I · A. Merritt · pm
- 246 · Think of Me · A. Merritt · pm
- 246 · The Ballad of the Cub · A. Merritt · pm
- 249 · Piddling Pete · A. Merritt · pm
- 252 · The Winged Flames · A. Merritt · pm
- 255 · A. Merritt · Lee Becker · pm
- 156 · Ballade to a Dream Maker (for A. Merritt) · Robert Clark Schaller · pm
- 257 · Song of Nimir · Robert A. W. Lowndes · pm Fantastic Novels Nov 40
- 258 · For A. Merritt: The Face in the Abyss · Robert A. W. Lowndes · pm Famous Fantastic Mysteries Oct 40
- 261 · Letters and Correspondence · A. Merritt · ms
- 329 · The Autobiography of A. Merritt · A. Merritt · bg; edited by Walter Wentz
- 342 · A. MerrittHis Life and Times · A. Merritt & Jack Chapman Miske · bg
- 352 · Man and the Universe · A. Merritt · ar Scienti-Snaps Apr 40
- 356 · Interview of A. Merritt · Julius Schwartz · iv
- 361 · What Is Fantasy? · A. Merritt · ar
- 364 · Background of Dwellers in the Mirage · A. Merritt · ar
- 367 · Background of Burn, Witch, Burn! · A. Merritt · ar
- 370 · Background of Creep, Shadow! · A. Merritt · ar
- 373 · A. Merritts Own Selected Credoes · A. Merritt · ar
- 377 · A Newsmans NotebookOne · Gilbert Brown · ar Los Angeles Evening Post-Record Jul 29 35
- 377 · A Newsmans Notebook · Gilbert Brown · ar
- 383 · Index · Misc. · ix
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Ghostbusters: The Supernatural Spectacular Richard Mueller (Tor 0-812-58598-4, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $2.95, 251pp, pb) Novelization based on the movie screenplay by Dan Aykroyd and Harold Ramis.
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The Wandering Unicorn Manuel Mujica Lainez (SFBC #3734, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $7.98, 322pp, hc) Reprint (Lester & Orpen Dennys 1982) fantasy novel. World Fantasy Award finalist.
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The Wandering Unicorn Manuel Mujica Lainez (Berkley 0-425-08386-1, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $2.95, 320pp, pb) Reprint (Lester & Orpen Dennys 1982) fantasy novel. Translated from the Spanish by Mary Fitton. A 1965 Argentinian book with an introduction by Jorge Luis Borges. It was a nominee for the World Fantasy Award.
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King, of the Khyber Rifles Talbot Mundy (Critics Choice 0-931773-14-8, 1985 [Oct 85], $2.95, 395pp, pb) Reprint (Bobbs-Merrill 1916) fantasy novel. This is the mass market edition of the Carroll & Graff edition issued earlier. Its identical except for the publisher, ISBN and price.
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King, of the Khyber Rifles Talbot Mundy (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-169-2, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $3.95, 395pp, pb) Reprint (Bobbs-Merrill 1916) fantasy adventure novel. The most famous of Mundys novels. Highly recommended. (CNB) The awful cover, left over from The Charge of the Light Brigade, has nothing to do with the book.
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Landscape with Landscape Gerald Murnane (Norstrilia 0-909106-15-0, 1985 [Sep 85], A$17.00, 267pp, hc) Collection of six loosely connected stories, some with elements of surreal fantasy.
- 1 · Landscape with Freckled Woman · nv *
- 27 · Sipping the Essence · nv *
- 71 · The Battle of Acosta Nu · na Helix
- 123 · A Quieter Place than Clun · nv *
- 171 · Charlie Alcocks Cock · nv *
- 217 · Landscape with Artist · na *
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The Plains Gerald Murnane (George Braziller 0-8076-1123-9, Aug 85 [Sep 85], $12.95, 126pp, hc) Reprint (Norstrilia 1982) short novel of an alternate Australia; first U.S. edition.
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Nightpool Shirley Rousseau Murphy (Harper & Row 0-06-024360-0, Sep 85, $11.95, 250pp, hc) [Dragonbards] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in a trilogy.
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The Harp and the Blade John Myers Myers (Ace 0-441-31750-2, Feb 85 [Jan 85], $2.75, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1941) quasi-fantasy novel. Theres a druid and a curse, but basically this is a fine Celtic historical novel set in the 10th century. Recommended. (CNB)
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Silverlock John Myers Myers (Ace 0-441-76674-9, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $3.95, 516pp, pb) [Silverlock] Reissue (Dutton 1949) fantasy novel. 9th Ace printing. One of the classics of modern fantasy literature. Highly recommended. (CNB)
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Timequest Ray Faraday Nelson (Tor 0-812-54650-4, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $2.95, 286pp, pb) Sf novel, extensively rewritten version of Blakes Progress (Laser 1975), featuring the adventures of William Blake and his wife Catherine in strange times and dimensions.
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The N.E.S.F.A. Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies 1983 NESFA Press (NESFA Press 0-915368-23-4, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $5.00, 68pp, pb) Non-fiction, bibliography of the 1983 short fiction field. Its a year later than the Twaci version but covers more. Although it covers British anthologies, for some reason it does not list Interzone. Still useful for the anthology listings.
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Guinevere Evermore Sharan Newman (St. Martins 0-312-35322-7, May 85 [Apr 85], $15.95, 277pp, hc) [Guinevere] Arthurian fantasy novel, conclusion of the Guinevere trilogy.
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The World of Fantastic Films: An Illustrated Survey Peter Nicholls (Dodd Mead 0-396-08381-1, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $22.95, 224pp, hc) Reprint (D.S. Colour 1983), first U.S. edition. Illustrated study of sf/fantasy films, with emphasis on movies made from 1968 to the 80s. Illustrated in color and black & white.
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The World of Fantastic Films: An Illustrated Survey Peter Nicholls (Dodd Mead 0-396-08382-X, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $14.95, 224pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
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