The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Anno Dracula Kim Newman (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-967-7, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $21.00, 359pp, hc) [Dracula] Epic horror/dark fantasy thriller about an alternate-world Victorian England where the kingdom is under the sway of Dracula, new consort to Queen Victoria. A World Fantasy Award nominee. First American edition (Simon & Schuster UK 1992).
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DragonLance: Emperor of Ansalon Douglas Niles (TSR 1-56076-680-8, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $4.95, 308pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Villains] Fantasy novelization based on the DragonLance game, third book of the Villains series.
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Forgotten Realms: The Druid Queen Douglas Niles (TSR 1-56076-568-2, Mar 93 [Feb 93], $4.95, 312pp, tp, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Forgotten Realms: Druidhome] Fantasy novelization based on the Forgotten Realms game, third book of the Druidhome Trilogy.
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The Charm Adam Niswander (Integra Press 0-9626148-1-5, Oct 93, no price, 280pp, tp, cover by Armand Cabrera) [Shaman Cycle] Indian supernatural thriller set in Arizona. This is a special proof edition only available to attendees of the 1993 World Fantasy Convention. All copies are numbered and signed.
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The Charm Adam Niswander (Integra Press 0-9626148-1-5, Oct 93 [Nov 93], $21.95, 280pp, hc, cover by Armand Cabrera) [Shaman Cycle] Indian supernatural thriller set in Arizona. A first novel. Available from Integra Press, 1702 Camelback Rd., Suite 119, Phoenix AZ 85105.
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Bridging the Galaxies Larry Niven (San Francisco Science Fiction Conventions, Nov 93, $20.00, 197pp, hc, cover by Alicia Austin) Collection of four stories, three essays, and a planetarium script, most apparently original. With an introduction by Niven and illustrations by Alicia Austin. This is the Guest of Honor book for ConFrancisco.
- 1 · Introduction · in *
- 4 · Procrustes [Beowulf Shaeffer] · na *
- 64 · Where Next, Columbus? · Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle · ar SMJ, 1992
- 73 · The Color of Sunfire · ss *
- 86 · The Léshy Circuit: Unfinished Script for Planetarium Show · pl *
- 107 · Tabletop Fusion · ar *
- 114 · The South Los Angeles Broadcasting System · ss *
- 121 · Its Only a Story · ss *
- 135 · Intercon Trip Report: August 12, 1991 · ar *
- 143 · All the Bridges Rusting · nv Vertex Aug 73
- 173 · Bibliography · bi *
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The Magic Goes Away Larry Niven (Ace 0-441-51554-1, May 93 [Apr 93], $4.99, 212pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Mana] Reissue (Ace 1985) fantasy novel with illustrations by Esteban Maroto; 11th printing.
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The California Voodoo Game Larry Niven & Steven Barnes (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38148-3, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Dream Park] Reprint (Pan 1991 as Dream Park: The Voodoo Game) sf novel, the third book in the Dream Park series.
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The Gripping Hand Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (Pocket 0-671-79573-2, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $22.00, 401pp, hc, cover by Lee MacLeod) [Mote] Sf novel, the sequel to The Mote in Gods Eye.
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The Gripping Hand Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (SFBC #00784, Aug 93, $10.98, 402pp, hc, cover by Lee MacLeod) [Mote] Reprint (Pocket 1993) sf novel, the sequel to The Mote in Gods Eye. Similar to the Pocket edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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The Gripping Hand Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (Pocket 0-671-79574-0, Jan 94 [Dec 93], $5.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Lee MacLeod) [Mote] Reprint (Pocket 1993) sf novel, sequel to The Mote in Gods Eye.
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The Mote in Gods Eye Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (Pocket 0-671-74192-6, Feb 93 [Mar 93], $5.99, 560pp, pb, cover by Lee MacLeod) [Mote] Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1974) sf novel; 25th printing.
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The Mote in Gods Eye Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (SFBC #00956, Aug 93, $9.98, 560pp, hc, cover by Lee MacLeod) [Mote] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1974) sf novel. This edition lacks an ISBN and price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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Oath of Fealty Larry Niven & Jerry Pournelle (Pocket 0-671-53227-8, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $5.99, 524pp, pb) Reissue (Phantasia 1981) sf novel; seventh printing.
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The Legacy of Heorot Larry Niven, Jerry Pournelle & Steven Barnes (Pocket 0-671-69532-0, Feb 93 [Mar 93], $5.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Lee MacLeod) [Heorot] Reissue (Gollancz 1987) sf novel; fifth printing.
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The Magic May Return ed. Larry Niven (Ace 0-441-51549-5, Jun 93 [May 93], $4.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Alicia Austin) [Mana] Reissue (Ace 1981) shared-world anthology of five stories with illustrations by Alicia Austin; fourth printing.
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Helle on Wheels William F. Nolan (Maclay & Associates, Feb 93, $10.00, 44pp, tp) Associational thriller novelette. This is a signed 500-copy limited edition. Order from Maclay & Associates, PO box 16253, Baltimore MD 21210.
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Urban Horrors ed. William F. Nolan & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW 0-88677-548-5, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $5.50, 338pp, pb, cover by Ashley Pearce) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1990) anthology of 18 horror stories set in cities.
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The King John Norman (Warner Questar 0-446-36240-9, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $4.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Telnarian Histories] Sf/fantasy sword & spaceship novel, third book of The Telnarian Histories.
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Turning Point Lisanne Norman (DAW 0-88677-575-2, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $3.99, 267pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Sholan Alliance] Sf novel of the struggle of a telepathic girl and a felinoid alien telepath on a human colony world cut off from Earth and conquered by brutal invaders.
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Time Warriors: The Guardian Strikes David North (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63603-2, Dec 92 [Jan 93], $3.50, 197pp, pb) [Time Warriors] Time-travel sf adventure novel, third book of the Time Warriors series.
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Brother to Shadows Andre Norton (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-12758-4, Nov 93, $20.00, 311pp, hc, cover by Daniel Horne) Sf novel of a young outcast who joins forces with an alien lizard being.
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Fur Magic Andre Norton (Donald M. Grant 1-880418-20-7, May 93 [Jul 93], $30.00, 173pp, hc, cover by Alicia Austin) Reprint (World 1968) young-adult fantasy novel, with new illustrations by Alicia Austin. A signed slipcased limited edition (-19-3, $65.00) was announced but not seen. This is a 1992 book not seen until now. Available from Donald M. Grant, PO Box 187, Hampton Falls NH 03844.
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Golden Trillium Andre Norton (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09507-2, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $21.95, 296pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Trillium] Fantasy novel, second sequel to Black Trillium, the collaborative by Norton, Julian May, and Marion Zimmer Bradley. May wrote the first sequel.
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Golden Trillium Andre Norton (SFBC #01402-7, Aug 93, $7.98, 231pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Trillium] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) fantasy novel, second sequel to Black Trillium, the collaborative by Norton, Julian May, and Marion Zimmer Bradley. Similar to the Bantam edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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Ice Crown Andre Norton (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45248-8, May 93 [Apr 93], $4.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) [Forerunner] Reprint (Viking 1970) sf novel; part of the Forerunner series.
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The Mark of the Cat Andre Norton (Ace 0-441-51971-7, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $4.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) Reprint (Ace 1992) fantasy novel based on Karen Kuykendalls paintings in The Cat People, first book of a series.
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Uncharted Stars Andre Norton (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45232-1, Mar 93 [Feb 93], $4.50, 254pp, pb) [Murdoc Jern] Reprint (Viking 1969) sf novel, the sequel to The Zero Stone.
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Gryphons Eyrie Andre Norton & A. C. Crispin (Tor 0-812-53169-8, Jun 93, $4.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Witch World: Gryphon] Reissue (Tor 1984) fantasy novel in the Witch World series; third printing.
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Songsmith Andre Norton & A. C. Crispin (Tor 0-812-51107-7, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $4.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Doriau) [Witch World] Reprint (Tor 1992) fantasy novel in Nortons Witch World series.
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Redline the Stars Andre Norton & P. M. Griffin (Tor 0-312-85314-9, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $19.95, 304pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) [Solar Queen] Sf novel, the first book featuring the Solar Queen since Nortons 1969 novel Postmarked the Stars.
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The Elvenbane Andre Norton & Mercedes Lackey (Tor 0-812-51175-1, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $5.99, 566pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Halfblood Chronicles] Reprint (Tor 1991) fantasy novel set in a world ruled by cruel elves.
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On Wings of Magic Andre Norton, Patricia Mathews & Sasha Miller (Tor 0-312-85026-3, Jan 94 [Dec 93], $23.95, 409pp, hc, cover by Dennis A. Nolan) [Witch World] Fantasy novel in Nortons Witch World series, third book of Witch World: The Turning.
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Empire of the Eagle Andre Norton & Susan Shwartz (Tor 0-312-85169-3, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $22.95, 416pp, hc, cover by Peter Goodfellow) Historical fantasy novel of a Roman soldier enslaved by a Han emperor.
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An Offering for the Dead Hans Erich Nossack (Marsilio 0-941419-29-0, Mar 93 [Apr 93], $19.00, 124pp, hc) Literary post-apocalypse short novel about the sole survivor of the human race wandering through a deserted world. Newly translated from the German by Joachim Neugroschel, this was originally published in Germany in 1947.
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Wet Work Philip Nutman (Jove 0-515-11115-5, Jun 93 [May 93], $4.99, 262pp, pb) Horror novel of a world overrun by zombies. Based on Nutmans short story in the anthology Book of the Dead.
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Taylors Ark Jody Lynn Nye (Ace 0-441-79974-4, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $4.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Taylors Ark] Sf medical thriller. Dr. Shana Taylor and her vaccine-synthesizing dog try to stop an epidemic from spreading through the galaxys human colonies.
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Testing Charles Oberndorf (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56181-2, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $3.99, 134pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Sf novella set in a world where moral purity is the yardstick for success and survival.
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The Dalkey Archive Flann OBrien (Dalkey Archive 1-56478-019-8, Mar 93 [Jun 93], $9.95, 204pp, tp) Reprint (MacGibbon & Kee 1964) literary fantasy novel.
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The Writers Guide to Creating a Science Fiction Universe George Ochoa & Jeffrey Osier (Writers Digest Books 0-89879-536-2, Mar 93 [Apr 93], $18.95, 314pp, hc) Non-fiction, a guide to world-building, mostly simple science with references to various sf books. Available from Writers Digest Books, 1507 Dana Ave., Cincinnati OH 45207. Credit card orders 1-800-289-0963.
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Omega Blue Mel Odom (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-100616-5, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $3.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) Sf adventure thriller set in a 21st-century America whose economy has collapsed, featuring an independent team fighting corruption and high-tech crime.
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Stalker Analog Mel Odom (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45257-7, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $5.50, 367pp, pb) [Lethal Interference] Sf police procedural set in a near-future Houston terrorized by a serial killer, a sequel to Lethal Interference.
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Air Fish ed. Joy Oestreicher & Richard Singer (Catseye Books 0-9631755-2-1, Nov 93, $16.95, 320pp, tp, cover by Shaun Tan) Mostly original anthology of experimental speculative fiction and poetry, with b&w illustrations by various artists. Available from Catseye Books, 904 Old Town Court, Cupertino CA 95014-4024.
- xiii · Introduction · Richard Singer & Joy Oestreicher · in
- 1 · The Ragnarockenroll Overture · Michael Andre-Driussi · ss *
- 15 · The West Texas Sprouting of Loman Happenstance · Matt Clark · ss *
- 26 · Down Bound Train · Th. Metzger · ss *
- 39 · Crows · Pam Burr Smith · vi *
- 42 · A Whiff of Cat · Mark McLaughlin · pm *
- 46 · The Olfactory Inversion · Richard Gessner · pm The Ball and Other Micro-Tragedies, Rampike, 1987
- 47 · Safety In Numbers · Jacie Ragan · ss *
- 52 · Boons · W. Gregory Stewart · ss *
- 63 · Another Story about Hippos · Rick Henry · vi *
- 67 · Grovel for Treats · Ronald Anthony Cross · ss *
- 78 · Ishtar Over Berkeley · John Sullivan · vi *
- 81 · The Water Man · Ursula Pflug · ss Tesseracts 3, ed. Candas Jane Dorsey & Gerry Truscott, Victoria: Press Porcepic, 1990
- 91 · Spontaneous Human Combustion · Lisa Lepovetsky · pm *
- 94 · The Stone Badger · Misha · ss Fiction International #20 91
- 100 · Cars Swing · Cory Doctorow · ss *
- 105 · The Smell · Craig A. Strickland · ss *
- 111 · Bringers of the Dead · Gerard Daniel Houarner · ss *
- 123 · The Wound · Christopher Woods · vi Asylum v7 #3&4 92
- 125 · Alchemical Texts · Bruce Boston · co Mountain View, CA: Ocean View Books, 1985
- 125 · The Alchemist Is Born in a Sudden Changing of Seasons · Bruce Boston · pm
- 126 · The Alchemist in Transit · Bruce Boston · pm
- 127 · The Alchemist Discovers a Universal Solvent · Bruce Boston · pm IASFM Dec 84
- 128 · The Alchemist in Place · Bruce Boston · pm Velocities #4 84
- 129 · The Alchemist Takes a Lover in the Infinite Variety of Fire · Bruce Boston · pm Velocities #4 84
- 131 · A Thousand Faces · Bruce Boston · pm
- 132 · Tongues · Bruce Boston · pm
- 134 · Resumé · Bruce Holland Rogers · vi Asylum Annual, 1992, Asylum Arts, 1992
- 136 · The Five Year Plan · H. Andrew Lynch · ss EOTU Dec 90
- 145 · Spirit Journey · Sue Storm · ss *
- 158 · Loopy Is the Inner Ear · Keith Allen Daniels · pm *
- 161 · Altmanns Tongue · Brian Evenson · vi The Quarterly #23, Fll 92
- 162 · Dont Reject This!!! · Daveed Gartenstein-Ross · ss *
- 169 · WORKBOOK
- 170 · Introduction to a Users Manual for Suicide · S. C. Hahn · vi *
- 171 · What Is: Desire Fear Anger Hope Need Illusion · A. B. Emrys · ms *
- 172 · Murder, Mystery · Bruce Holland Rogers · vi The Quarterly #23, Fll 92
- 174 · The Zoo-Brary · Richard Gessner · vi Excerpts from the Diary of a Neanderthal Dilettante & the Man in the Couch, bomb shelter props., 1991
- 177 · The Square Planet · Raymond Federman · ss Witness Sum/Fll 89; revised
- 189 · Twenty Paradigms · Rob Hardin · ms *
- 191 · Puzzled · Randl Griffin · ss *
- 202 · Concluding Address to the Beheaders Convention · S. C. Hahn · vi *
- 204 · Still Falling · Kurt Giambastiani · ss *
- 215 · The Untethered · David Memmott · ss *
- 220 · On Becoming a Fish · David Kopaska-Merkel · pm *
- 223 · Your Faithful Servant · William Browning Spencer · ss *
- 233 · Behind the Shamans Mask of Leather · t. Winter-Damon · pm The Tome Spr 92
- 237 · The Emperors Reply · Jeff VanderMeer · ss Magic Realism Sum 93
- 244 · Milks Mirror · D. F. Lewis · vi *
- 245 · Old Blood · B. Chepaitis · pm *
- 250 · The Texture of Stars · Wendy Rathbone · ss *
- 268 · The Case of Mary Smith · Elsie A. Schmied · ss *
- 272 · Devourings · Steve Rasnic Tem · vi *
- 273 · Basement Flats · W. Gregory Stewart & Robert Frazier · pm *
- 278 · Loving Kansas · Rhonda Eikamp · ss *
- 285 · Place of Meeting · Cliff Burns · ss Bizarre Bazaar #2 93
- 289 · Dream Interpretation with Cows · Stephen R. Roberts · pm Red Dance Floor v1 #3 91
- 291 · Sweet Armageddon · John Shirley · ss *
- 304 · The House of Nails · Adam-Troy Castro · ss *
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The Shadow of Sorcery Andrew J. Offutt (Ace 0-441-76026-0, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $4.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Thieves World] Fantasy novelization continuing the Thieves World shared-world series, second book by Offutt featuring the thief Shadowspawn.
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Dragon Sword and Wind Child Noriko Ogiwara (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-30466-1, May 93 [Apr 93], $17.00, 329pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a young girl whose life is claimed by both the God of Light and the People of Darkness. Translated from the Japanese by Cathy Hirano, this was originally published as Sorairo-Magatama (Fukutake 1988).
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Ghosttide ed. Claudia OKeefe (Revenant Books 0-944494-22-6, Jan 93, $12.50, 221pp, tp, cover by Alan M. Clark) Anthology of 15 horror stories, all but two new, presented in an oversize trade paperback format, with an introduction by the editor. Available from Revenant Books, PO Box 55024, Sherman Oaks CA 91413.
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The Famished Road Ben Okri (Doubleday Anchor 0-385-42513-9, Jun 93 [May 93], $12.00, 500pp, tp, cover by Dirk Van Dooren) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1991) literary fantasy novel of an African boy who remains in touch with the spirit world all souls come from. Winner of the Booker Prize.
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Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future Mike & Denise Okuda (Pocket 0-671-79611-9, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $14.00, 184pp, tp) [Star Trek] Star Trek reference book, a chronology of the future history.
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Death and the Delinquent B. J. Oliphant (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14718-5, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $3.99, 231pp, pb) [Shirley McClintock] Associational mystery novel, fourth book featuring Colorado rancher Shirley McClintock. Oliphant is a pseudonym for Sheri S. Tepper.
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AC3: A Space Exploration Novel Stanley Oliver (Vantage Press 0-533-10151-4, Jan 93, $16.95, 261pp, hc) Sf novel about the first interstellar flight. Published by a vanity publisher. Available from Vantage Press, 516 West 34th St., New York NY 10001.
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Love Songs of a Mad Scientist: The Collected Short Stories of Jerry Oltion Volume One Jerry Oltion (Hypatia Press, Aug 93, no price, 319pp, hc) Collection of 18 stories, with an introduction by Stanley Schmidt, a preface by the author, and illustrations by Janet Aulisio. This edition is signed numbered and limited to 250 copies. A 26-copy leatherbound edition was announced but not seen. Available from Hypatia Press, 360 West First, Eugene OR 97401.
- v · Preface · pr
- xi · Introduction · Stanley Schmidt · in
- 3 · Chapter 1 · vi *
- 7 · The Sense of Discovery · ss Analog Mar 83
- 25 · Much Ado About Nothing · ss Analog Nov 82
- 43 · Oltions Complete, Unabridged History of the Universe · vi Analog Jun 83
- 47 · Frame of Reference · nv Analog Jan 84
- 95 · The Life of Boswell · ss Analog Dec 84
- 117 · The Getaway Special · ss Analog Apr 85
- 139 · All Your Dreams Come True · Jerry Oltion & Kevin Hardisty · ss Analog Jun 85
- 159 · The BASIC Universe · ss Analog Aug 85
- 167 · Déjà View · ss Analog Jul 86
- 189 · The Love Song of Laura Morrison · ss Analog Aug 87
- 213 · In the Creation Science Laboratory · ss Analog Sep 87
- 223 · Whats a Nice Girl Like You... · vi Analog Oct 87
- 227 · Neither Rain Nor Sleet Nor Weirdness · ss Analog Nov 87
- 249 · Sunstat · Jerry Oltion & Lee Goodloe · nv Analog Oct 88
- 277 · If You Wish Upon a Star... · ss Analog Dec 88
- 297 · Alternating Current · vi Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine: Issue Two, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1988
- 303 · Big Two-Sided River · ss Analog Feb 89
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