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The Company of Camelot: Arthurian Characters in Romance and Fantasy Charlotte Spivack & Roberta Lynne Staples (Greenwood Press 0-313-27981-0, Dec ’94 [Feb ’95], $45.00, 162pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical discussion of the development of Arthurian characters as they appear in contemporary fantasy and romance. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: 800-225-5800.
The Blind God is Watching Nancy Springer (Silver Salamander Press 0-940841-67-3, Dec ’94 [Mar ’95], $30.00, 182pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Very dark fantasy novel, with an introduction by Lucy Taylor. Signed, limited edition; dated 1994, but just seen. A deluxe limited edition ($65.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Blue Moon Books, 360 West First, Eugene OR 97401; credit card orders 800-738-2660.
Larque on the Wing Nancy Springer (AvoNova 0-380-76742-2, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $4.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Rick Lovell) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1994) contemporary fantasy novel. Winner of the Tiptree Award.
My Soul to Take Steven Spruill (St. Martin’s 0-312-95253-8, Jan ’95, $5.50, 295pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1994) associational medical thriller with SF elements.
Rulers of Darkness Steven Spruill (St. Martin’s 0-312-13163-1, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $22.95, 358pp, hc, cover by Rob Wood) [Rulers of Darkness] Vampire medical thriller/horror novel.
Rulers of Darkness Steven Spruill (SFBC #07539, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $10.98, 358pp, hc, cover by Rob Wood) [Rulers of Darkness] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1995) vampire medical thriller/horror novel. This is similar to the St. Martin’s edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
Stern Fathers ’Neath the Mould: The Lovecraft Family in Rochester Richard D. Squires (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-70-4, Jan ’95 [Feb ’95], $7.95, 60pp, ph) Non-fiction biography, a heavily geneological look at one branch of Howard P. Lovecraft’s family tree, comparing some of HPL’s written comments with known historical fact, and speculating on possible influences on his works. Available from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893. [H. P. Lovecraft]
Algebraic Fantasies and Realistic Romances: More Masters of Science Fiction Brian Stableford (Borgo Press 0-89370-283-8, 1995 [Mar ’95], $15.00, 128pp, tp) Non-fiction collection of seven essays on writers John Gloag, Bob Shaw, Stephen R. Donaldson, Edgar Fawcett, M.P. Shiel, Douglas Adams, and Michael Jackson (for his Thriller video). A hardcover edition (-183-1, $25.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $2.50 shipping. Credit card orders: fax 909-888-4942.
The Angel of Pain Brian Stableford (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0286-9, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.95, 396pp, pb) [David Lydyard] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1991) dark fantasy novel, second in the “David Lydyard” series.
Firefly Brian Stableford (Borgo Press 0-89370-476-8, 1994 [Mar ’95], $17.00, 134pp, tp) SF novel, a rewrite of Stableford’s first, previously unpublished novel, a fix-up with his first published novellette, “Beyond Time’s Aegis”. In the far future, two men leave their medieval society to find a time traveller known as “Firefly”. This has a 1994 copyright date but not seen until now. A hardcover edition (-376-1, $27.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $2.50 shipping. Credit card orders: fax 909-888-4942.
Opening Minds: Essays on Fantastic Literature Brian Stableford (Borgo Press 0-89370-403-2, 1995 [May ’95], $17.00, 144pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical collection of essays written from 1974 to the present. A hardcover edition (-303-6, $27.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $2.50 shipping. Credit card orders: fax 909-888-4942.
Battletech 20: Lethal Heritage Michael A. Stackpole (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45383-2, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $4.99, 392pp, pb, cover by Roger Loveless) [Battletech: Blood of Kerensky] Reprint (FASA 1990) novelization, the first volume in the “Blood of Kerensky” trilogy. Copyrighted by FASA.
Battletech 21: Blood Legacy Michael A. Stackpole (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45384-0, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $4.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Roger Loveless) [Battletech: Blood of Kerensky] Reprint (FASA 1990) novelization based on the role-playing game, volume two in the “Blood of Kerensky” trilogy. Copyrighted by FASA.
Battletech 22: Lost Destiny Michael A. Stackpole (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45385-9, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 386pp, pb, cover by Roger Loveless) [Battletech: Blood of Kerensky] Reprint (FASA 1991) novelization, third in the “Blood of Kerensky” trilogy. Copyrighted by FASA.
Happy Deathday to You G. E. Stanley (Avon Flare 0-380-77741-X, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $3.99, 113pp, pb) Collection of 18 young-adult horror stories.

vii · Introduction · in
1 · A Greeting Card for Every Occasion · ss *
7 · Catch Me If You Can! · ss *
13 · Welcome to the Fairview Cemetery! · ss *
19 · Happy Deathday to You! · ss *
25 · Hand-Me-Down Clothes · ss *
33 · Buddy’s New Basketball Shoes · ss *
37 · The Classified Section of the Newspaper · ss *
45 · The Debutante’s Escort · ss *
49 · Career Day · ss *
55 · Bats! · ss *
61 · Along Came a Spider · ss *
67 · Who Wants to Play Old West? · ss *
73 · Telephone Conversations · ss *
79 · The Casket on the Front Porch · ss *
85 · Dad Came Home to Play War Games with Me · ss *
93 · My Parents Will Be Happy, Too · ss *
97 · Johnny’s Got a Girlfriend! · ss *
105 · Be Kind to the Animals · ss *
Rats in the Attic and Other Stories to Make Your Skin Crawl G. E. Stanley (Avon Flare 0-380-77389-9, Feb ’95 [May ’95], $3.99, 119pp, tp) Young-adult collection of 20 creepy tales.

1 · Rats in the Attic! · ss *
5 · The Only Friend I Have · ss *
11 · Aunt Hortense’s Room · ss *
18 · Don’t Write on the Chalkboard · ss *
24 · The Birthday Party · ss *
30 · The Death Channel · ss *
37 · Down in the Basement of the School · ss *
44 · Talking on the Telephone Can Be a Grave Mistake · ss *
52 · Switching Mothers · ss *
58 · Daniel’s Radio · ss *
63 · The Used Car · ss *
69 · Our House, Too · ss *
74 · Visiting Cousin Willy · ss *
80 · Inside Grandmother’s Pretty Pink Casket · ss *
86 · Jason’s Bleeding to Death Again · ss *
92 · Hide-and-Seek · ss *
98 · Stuffed Animals · ss *
103 · Hot and Cold Running Blood · ss *
108 · Life at the Nursing Home · ss *
114 · Home Sweet Funeral Home! · ss *
India’s Story Kathlyn S. Starbuck (HarperPrism 0-06-105445-3, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $4.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) SF novel about a young psychic pursued through many dimensions by unknown foes. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 1993).
Escape Velocity Christopher Stasheff (Ace 0-441-21603-X, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $4.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Warlock] Reissue (Ace 1983) SF novel, prequel to the “Warlock” series. Ninth printing.
King Kobold Revived Christopher Stasheff (Ace 0-441-44491-1, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $4.99, 216pp, pb, cover by Steve Hickman) [Warlock] Reissue (Ace 1984) of the revised version of King Kobold (Ace 1971), the second book in the “Warlock” series.
Quicksilver’s Knight Christopher Stasheff (Ace 0-441-00229-3, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.50, 281pp, pb, cover by Tara McGovern) [Warlock] SF novel, with a strong fantasy feel, in the “Warlock” series. Yet another Warlock offspring goes a-wooing and adventuring.
The Secular Wizard Christopher Stasheff (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37600-5, Jan ’95, $21.00, 357pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Wizard in Rhyme] Fantasy novel, fourth in the series “A Wizard in Rhyme”. The Lord Wizard goes undercover to investigate a neighboring ruler who prefers practical economics to Good or Evil.
The Secular Wizard Christopher Stasheff (SFBC #06695, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $9.98, 357pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Wizard in Rhyme] Reprint (Del Rey 1994) fantasy novel, book four of “A Wizard in Rhyme”. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, but lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
The Secular Wizard Christopher Stasheff (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38854-2, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $5.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Wizard in Rhyme] Reprint (Del Rey 1995) fantasy novel, book four of “A Wizard in Rhyme”.
The Star Stone Book One: The Shaman Christopher Stasheff (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39242-6, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $22.00, 361pp, hc, cover by Stephen Youll) [Star Stone] Fantasy novel. Tribes who live close to nature fend off a bloodthirsty god’s invading hordes.
The Warlock Heretical Christopher Stasheff (Ace 0-441-87286-7, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $4.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Warlock] Reissue (Ace 1987) quasi-SF novel, eighth in the “Warlock” series. Fifth printing.
The Warlock Is Missing Christopher Stasheff (Ace 0-441-84826-5, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $4.99, 201pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Warlock] Reissue (Ace 1986) SF novel with fantasy elements, seventh in the “Warlock” series. Sixth printing.
The Warlock Unlocked Christopher Stasheff (Ace 0-441-87332-4, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $4.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Warlock] Reissue (Ace 1982) SF/fantasy novel, fourth in the “Warlock” series. Fourteenth printing.
The Warlock Wandering Christopher Stasheff (Ace 0-441-87362-6, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $4.99, 297pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Warlock] Reissue SF novel in the “Warlock” series. Fifth printing.
The Warlock’s Companion Christopher Stasheff (Ace 0-441-87341-3, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $4.99, 235pp, pb, cover by Kinuko Craft) [Warlock] Reissue (Ace 1988) SF novel in the “Warlock” series. 2nd printing.
A Wizard in Bedlam Christopher Stasheff (Tor 0-812-53647-9, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $4.99, 289pp, pb, cover by Roger De Welks) [Warlock: Rogue Wizard] Reprint (Doubleday 1979) SF novel, actually the third “Warlock” novel written, but now part of a new spin-off series, the “Chronicles of Magnus d’Armand, Son of Rod Gallowglass”.
A Wizard in Mind Christopher Stasheff (Tor 0-312-85695-4, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $19.95, 222pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Warlock: Rogue Wizard] SF novel following the son of the “Warlock”.
A Wizard in Mind Christopher Stasheff (Tor 0-812-53648-7, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $4.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Warlock: Rogue Wizard] Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel, second in the series following the son of the “Warlock”.
A Wizard in War Christopher Stasheff (Tor 0-312-85696-2, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $20.95, 222pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Warlock: Rogue Wizard] Science-fantasy novel, third in “The Rogue Wizard” series featuring the eldest son of the “Warlock”, spreading democracy on backslid, medieval-style planets.
The Day the Magic Stopped ed. Christopher Stasheff & Bill Fawcett (Baen 0-671-87690-2, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $5.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) Original anthology of 13 stories about what happens in a fantasy world that runs out of magic. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett and Associates.

1 · Prologue · Bill Fawcett · pr
4 · Pride and Puppetry · Christopher Stasheff · nv *
38 · Now You See It · Morgan Llywelyn · ss *
55 · Loyalty · S. N. Lewitt · nv *
85 · Flicker · Jody Lynn Nye · nv *
110 · The Thief of Eyes · S. M. Stirling · nv *
150 · A Day in the Life · Laura Anne Gilman · ss *; given as “Facts of Life” in the toc.
167 · Elemental Tactics · Roland Green · ss *
186 · disIllusions · Mike Resnick & Lawrence Schimel · ss *
196 · What Price Magic? · Teresa Patterson · nv *
219 · The Scam · Brian Thomsen · nv *
252 · Alternative Medicine · Judith R. Conly · ss *
270 · The Beggar’s Revolt · Michael Scott · ss *
281 · Jacus the Slug · John Mina & William R. Forstchen · nv *
Witch Hunt Wendy Corsi Staub (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4878-5, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $3.99, 255pp, pb) Young-adult time-travel horror novel.
A Starfarer’s Dozen: Stories of Things to Come ed. Michael Stearns (Harcourt Brace 0-15-299871-3, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $17.00, 218pp, hc, cover by Michael Hussar) Original anthology of 13 young-adult SF stories. Authors include Will Shetterly, Sherwood Smith, Martha Soukup, and Nancy Springer.

xi · To the Stars! · Michael Stearns · in
1 · Jones and the Stray · Martha Soukup · ss *
16 · Ursa Minor · Gregory Feeley · ss *
32 · Secret Identity · Will Shetterly · ss *
48 · Suraki · Dave Trowbridge · nv *
74 · On Perdition · Dan Bennett · ss *
83 · Crossover · Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald · ss *
91 · Exchange Student · Janni Lee Simner · ss *
110 · Wilding · Jane Yolen · ss *
124 · Vet-o-Saurus · Joy Oestreicher · ss *
140 · Celestial Debris · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss *
157 · Flyboy · Deborah Coates · ss *
171 · I Was a Teenage Superhero · Sherwood Smith · nv *
201 · We Don’t Know Why · Nancy Springer · ss *
215 · About the Authors · Misc. · bg
The Jericho Iteration Allen Steele (Ace 0-441-00271-4, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $5.50, 279pp, pb, cover by Mark Smollin) Reprint (Ace 1994) near-future SF thriller set in St. Louis after a devastating earthquake.
Rude Astronauts Allen Steele (Ace 0-441-00184-X, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $4.99, 263pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Legend 1992) SF collection, with the introduction from the U.S. edition (Old Earth 1993).
The World of Darkness: Tower of Babel John H. Steele (White Wolf 1-56504-853-9, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.99, 288pp, tp, cover by Jeff Miracola) [World of Darkness] Novelization based on the “Mage: the Ascension” game series, copyrighted by White Wolf.
The Dark Chronicles Book 1: The Dance Barbara Steiner (Avon Flare 0-380-77441-0, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $3.99, 229pp, pb) [Dark Chronicles] Young-adult horror novel. A young ballerina joins a troupe that dances for the devil.
The Dark Chronicles Book 2: The Gallery Barbara Steiner (Avon Flare 0-380-77689-8, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $3.99, 170pp, pb) [Dark Chronicles] Young-adult horror novel. A young artist is helped by an invisible presence.
The Dark Chronicles Book 3: The Calling Barbara Steiner (Avon Flare 0-380-77994-3, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $3.99, 200pp, pb) [Dark Chronicles] Young-adult horror novel. A young dancer finds her company’s piece about vampires isn’t just a dance.
Disney’s Enter if You Dare!: Scary Tales from the Haunted Mansion Nicholas Stephens (Disney Press 0-7868-4003-X, Oct ’95 [Aug ’95], $3.50, 75pp, tp, cover by Sergio Martinez) Young-adult collection of six horror stories, with illustrations by Sergio Martinez. Also announced in hardcover (-5002-7) but not seen.

1 · Enter if You Dare! · pm *
2 · The Fortune-Teller · ss *
16 · The Face in the Mirror · ss *
31 · Music to Their Ears · ss *
46 · The Eyes Have It · ss *
63 · Late for the Wedding · ss *
Philip Kindred Dick: Metaphysical Conjurer Phil Stephensen-Payne & Gordon Benson, Jr. (Galactic Central Publications 1-871133-42-4, Feb ’95 [Mar ’95], $9.00, 154pp, ph) Non-fiction reference. The fourth revised edition (printed in two parts) of a primary and secondary bibliography. Available in the US from Gordon Benson, Jr., PO Box 40494, Albuquerque NM 87196. [Philip K. Dick]
The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09609-5, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $22.95, 455pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) Neo-Victorian SF novel. A poor girl gets hold of a stolen interactive teaching device intended for the upper-classes only.
The Diamond Age Neal Stephenson (SFBC #06937, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $8.98, 419pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Bantam 1995) neo-Victorian SF novel. Similar to the Bantam edition, except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
Zodiac Neal Stephenson (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57386-1, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $5.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1988) associational eco-thriller.
Heavy Weather Bruce Sterling (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57292-X, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) SF novel, set in a Texas fringe civilization in a world beset by ecological disaster.
Lazar Malkin Enters Heaven Steve Stern (Syracuse University Press 0-8156-0356-8, Oct ’95 [Dec ’95], $14.95, tp) Reprint (Viking 1986) collection of nine linked literary stories, many with fantasy elements, about a strange Jewish community in Memphis. In one, a boys sends his spinster aunt on a blind date with the archangel Azrael. Syracuse University Press, 1600 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse, NY 13244-5160; credit card orders 800-365-8929.
The Secret Prophecies of Nostradamus ed. Cynthia Sternau & Martin H. Greenberg (DAW 0-88677-646-5, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Jean François Podevin) Original anthology of 11 stories based on the works of Nostradamus.

1 · To the Reader · Cynthia Sternau · pr
3 · Quatrain One; The Book of Sarah · Karen Haber · nv *
29 · Not the German Mountains · Hamilton · ss *
45 · Radical Chick · Jack Nimersheim & Ralph Roberts · ss *
65 · S.T.O.P.—N.O.S. · Tina L. Jens · nv *
115 · Last of the Red-Lead Fleet · Nancy Holder · ss *
135 · Buckeye Jim in Egypt · Mort Castle · nv *
171 · Twenty Years Later, by Separation Peak · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · nv *
201 · Waging Peace · Nina Kiriki Hoffman · ss *
211 · The Fire of the Dark · Lawrence Greenberg · na *
257 · Playing in the Street · Dean Wesley Smith · nv *
289 · The Apocalypse Quatrain [Sidney Taine] · Robert Weinberg · nv *
The Circus of the Earth and the Air Brooke Stevens (Harcourt Brace/Harvest 0-15-600206-X, Mar ’95, $12.00, 411pp, tp, cover by Francisco Mora) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1994) literary fantasy novel.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson (Simon & Schuster/Washington Square Press 0-671-53210-3, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $3.99, 118pp, pb, cover by Darryl Zudeck) Reprint (Munro 1886) classic horror novel. This is a “WSP Enriched Classic” with a critical introduction by Barry V. Quake and Susan J. Wolfson, critical excerpts, comments by Stevenson, and notes on the text. Also includes 16 pp. of period illustrations and photos.
A College of Magics Caroline Stevermer (Tor 0-812-53005-5, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $4.99, 380pp, pb, cover by Richard Bober) [Jane Brailsford] Reprint (Tor 1994) fantasy novel. A turn-of-the-century girls’ school teaches deportment and magic.
Akhunaton, The Extraterrestrial King Daniel Blair Stewart (North Atlantic Books/Frog Ltd. 1-883319-34-X, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $16.95, 383pp, tp) New Age SF novel about aliens in Egypt. Order from North Atlantic Books, PO Box 12327, Berkeley CA 94712.
Isis Rising Jean Stewart (Rising Tide Press 0-9628938-8-9, Oct ’93 [Mar ’95], $9.95, 183pp, tp, cover by Evelyn Rysdyk) [Isis] Lesbian SF novel about women trying to rebuild society in a long-post-holocaust America. Sequel to Return to Isis. This book was originally scheduled to appear in 1993, but not seen until now. Order from Rising Tide Press, 5 Kivy Street, Huntington Station NY 11746. Credit card orders: 800-648-5333.
Warriors of Isis Jean Stewart (Rising Tide Press 1-883061-03-2, Jan ’95 [Mar ’95], $10.99, 245pp, tp, cover by Evelyn Rysdyk) [Isis] Lesbian SF novel about women trying to build a new society in a long-post-holocaust America. Third novel in the “Isis” series. Order from Rising Tide Press, 5 Kivy Street, Huntington Station NY 11746. Credit card orders: 800-648-5333.
Nobody’s Son Sean Stewart (Ace 0-441-00128-9, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $5.50, 273pp, pb, cover by Tara McGovern) Fantasy novel about a common man who weds a princess, and the harsh realities of “happily ever after.” Winner of the Canadian Aurora Award. First American edition (Maxwell Macmillan Canada 1993).

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