The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Second Chance Chet Williamson (CD Publications 1-881475-12-3, Dec 94 [Feb 95], $25.00, 449pp, hc, cover by Richard W. Huck) Horror novel of 60s nostalgia, alternate worlds, and ecological terrorism. Also announced in a limited hardcover edition (-13-1, $50.00). Order from CD Publications, PO Box 18433, Baltimore MD 21237.
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Demon Moon Jack Williamson (Tor 0-812-52226-5, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $5.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Reprint (Tor 1994) SF novel.
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Remake Connie Willis (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37437-0, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $11.95, 176pp, tp, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Ziesing 1994) short SF novel about making virtual movies in the future.
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Light Raid Connie Willis & Cynthia Felice (Ace 0-441-48312-7, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $4.99, 263pp, pb, cover by John Harris) Reissue (Ace 1989) near-future SF novel. Second printing.
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Mr. Templetons Toyshop Thomas Wiloch (Wordcraft of Oregon/Jazz Police Books 1-877655-16-3, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $9.95, 103pp, ph, cover by Thomas Wiloch) Collection of 45 prose poems, a series of dark fantasy vignettes, with illustrations by the author. Available from Wordcraft of Oregon/Jazz Police Books, PO Box 3235, La Grande, OR 97850.
- 9 · Mystical Intention · pp
- 10 · Carving Symbols · pp
- 11 · Delia · pp
- 12 · The Terrible Secret · pp Grue #17 95
- 13 · Early Morning · pp
- 14 · Falling Woman · pp Sozoryoku #3 91
- 17 · The City of K · pp
- 23 · Postcards from Jericho · pp
- 29 · A Week of Miniatures · pp
- 32 · Puppets Holding Mirrors · pp
- 34 · Messages from a Dark Orbit · pp
- 39 · The Word · pp *
- 40 · Dragging Father · pp
- 41 · Martyr · pp
- 42 · Eating · pp
- 43 · Remembrance of Alexandria · pp
- 44 · The Shadows of Angels · pp
- 45 · Save One · pp
- 46 · Never Meant to Be · pp
- 47 · Ceremonial Playground · pp
- 49 · The Apocalypse Is a Mirror · pp
- 54 · House of Butterflies · ss Fantasy and Terror #14 92
- 60 · A Round of Questions · pp
- 63 · Trucks · pp
- 65 · The Boy Who Climbed Trees · pp
- 66 · The Man Who Chopped Down Trees · pp
- 67 · The House on the Edge of Things · pp
- 68 · Never Disappear · pp Psychos: An Anthology of Psychological Horror in Verse, ed. Michael A. Arnzen, Mastication Publications, 1992
- 69 · The Visitor · pp Grue #14 92
- 71 · Mail-Order Bride · pp
- 72 · True Love · pp
- 73 · Gold Spikes · pp
- 74 · Little Boxes · pp
- 75 · Marionettes · pp
- 76 · The Feast of Delirium · pp
- 77 · My Lady of the Night · pp
- 80 · Gleaming Box · pp
- 81 · The Man in the Bottle · pp
- 82 · More Light · pp
- 83 · A Walk to the Edge of the World · ss
- 91 · Big Angel · pp
- 92 · Voices on the Telephone · pp
- 93 · Dead Bodies · pp
- 94 · Mr. Templetons Toyshop [Selections from Mr. Templetons Toyshop] · ss All the Devils Are Here, ed. David D. Deyo, Jr., Unnameable Press, 1986
- 102 · My Promise · pp
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Direct Descendant Charles Wilson (St. Martins 0-312-95515-4, Oct 95 [Dec 95], $5.50, 324pp, pb) SF thriller about the recreation of a prehistoric man from genetic material.
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Implant F. Paul Wilson (Tor/Forge 0-312-89034-6, Oct 95, $23.95, 348pp, hc, cover by Mario Simeone) Associational high-tech medical suspense novel. First US edition (Headline 1995 as by Colin Andrews).
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Mysterium Robert Charles Wilson (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56953-8, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Rob Wood) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) SF dystopian thriller.
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The Armless Maiden ed. Terri Windling (Tor 0-312-85234-7, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $22.95, 382pp, hc) Anthology of 46 stories, poems, and essays, 31 original, with a theme of childhood and its darker passages.
- 13 · Introduction · Terri Windling · in
- 17 · The Armless Maiden · Midori Snyder · ss *
- 31 · The Heros Journey · Midori Snyder · ar *
- 35 · Bedtime Story · Lisel Mueller · pm Waving from Shore, Louisiana State University Press, 1989
- 36 · Allerleirauh · Jane Yolen · ss *
- 40 · Snow White to the Prince · Delia Sherman · pm *
- 42 · She Sleeps in a Tower · Tanith Lee · ss *
- 46 · Briar Rose (Sleeping Beauty) · Anne Sexton · pm Transformations, New York: Houghton Mifflin, 1971
- 50 · In the House of My Enemy [Newford] · Charles de Lint · nv Dreams Underfoot, Tor, 1993
- 70 · Fear of Falling · Susan Palwick · pm *
- 71 · Princess in Puce · Annita Harlan · ss *
- 85 · The Stepsisters Story · Emma Bull · pm *
- 87 · The Session · Steven Gould · ss *
- 94 · The Mirror Speaks · Jane Yolen · pm *
- 96 · The Juniper Tree · Peter Straub · nv Prime Evil, ed. Douglas E. Winter, NAL, 1988
- 120 · Dolls · Guy Summertree Veryzer · pm *
- 124 · This Is Us, Excellent · Mark Richards · ss Ice at the Bottom of the World, Knopf, 1989
- 132 · Saturn · Sharon Olds · pm The Gold Cell, Knopf, 1987
- 133 · The Twelve-Windowed Tower · Silvana Siddali · ss *
- 143 · Now I Lay Me · Sharon Olds · pm The Gold Cell, Knopf, 1987
- 145 · Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep · Ellen Kushner · ss *
- 153 · Reading the Brothers Grimm to Jenny · Lisel Mueller · pm New Yorker Nov 4 67
- 155 · Knives · Munro Sickafoose · ss *
- 172 · Scars · Munro Sickafoose · pm *
- 173 · The Pangs of Love · Jane Gardam · ss Close Company: Stories of Mothers and Daughters, ed. Park & Heaton, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1990
- 182 · Brother and Sister · Terri Windling · pm *
- 183 · The Face in the Cloth · Jane Yolen · ss F&SF Feb 85
- 192 · Their Father · Gwen Strauss · pm Trail of Stones, Knopf, 1990
- 194 · The Chrysanthemum Robe · Kara Dalkey · ss *
- 204 · Watching the Bobolinks · Caroline Stevermer · ar *
- 206 · The Boy Who Needed Heroes · Kristine Kathryn Rusch · ss *
- 214 · Wolves · Sonia Keizc · ar *
- 218 · Wolfs Heart · Tappan Wright King · ss *
- 225 · The Story I Hadnt Planned to Write · Tappan Wright King · ar *
- 227 · Gretel in Darkness · Louise Gluck · pm New American Review Aug 69
- 228 · The Lily and the Weavers Heart · Nancy Etchemendy · ss *
- 245 · Silvershod · Ellen Steiber · pm *
- 252 · The Lion and the Lark · Patricia A. McKillip · ss *
- 268 · The Iron Shoes · Johnny Clewell · pm The Writing on the Wall, ed. Smith & Branson, UK: Ladies Night Press, 1986
- 269 · The Green Children · Terri Windling · ss *
- 275 · Guardian Neighbor · Lynda Barry · ar Newsweek Sum 91, Special Childrens Issue
- 279 · The Little Dirty Girl · Joanna Russ · nv Elsewhere v2, ed. Terri Winding & Mark Alan Arnold, Ace, 1982
- 295 · Donkeyskin · Terri Windling · pm *
- 300 · In the Night Country · Ellen Steiber · na *
- 346 · A Matter of Seeing · Ellen Steiber · ar *
- 355 · Afterword: Surviving Childhood · Terri Windling · ar *
- 374 · Dream Catcher · Will Shetterly · vi *
- 377 · About the Contributors to This Book · Misc. · bg
- 381 · A Short List of Recommended Reading · Misc. · bi
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Bordertown ed. Terri Windling & Mark Alan Arnold (Tor 0-812-52262-1, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $4.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Borderland] Reprint (NAL 1986) shared-world fantasy anthology. Borderland #2.
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Beneath the Tree of Heaven David Wingrove (Dell 0-440-50626-3, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $14.95, 542pp, tp) [Chung Kuo] SF novel, book five of the Chung Kuo series. Hans Ebert fights to bring revolution to Mars. First American edition (NEL 1994).
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Doubles, Dummies and Dolls ed. Leonard Wolf (Newmarket Press 1-55704-245-4, Nov 95 [Dec 95], $16.00, 210pp, tp) Horror anthology of 21 Terror Tales of Replication by authors including Edgar Allan Poe, E. Nesbit, Robert Bloch and Joyce Carol Oates. The introduction by Wolf discusses the use of semblables in horror literature and film. Available from Newmarket Press, 18 East 48th Street, New York NY 10017; 212-832-3575.
- vii · Introduction · Leonard Wolf · in
- 1 · The Double Knight · Théophile Gautier; trans. by Leonard Wolf · ss, 1993
- 8 · The Sandman · E. T. A. Hoffmann · nv; in Nachtstücke vol. 1, 1816.
- 35 · William Wilson · Edgar Allan Poe · nv The Gift: a Christmas and New Years Present for 1840, an, 1839, 1839
- 50 · The Crooked Mirror (A Christmas Story) · Anton Chekhov · vi
- 53 · The Dream of Duncan Parrenness · Rudyard Kipling · ss The Civil and Military Gazette Dec 25, 1884
- 57 · The Porcelain Doll [Mar 23, 1863] · Leo Tolstoy · ss The Kreutzer Sonata and Other Tales, Oxford University Press, 1940; from a letter to Tolstoys wifes sister.
- 60 · The Jolly Corner · Henry James · nv The English Review Dec 08
- 85 · Man-Size in Marble [1886] · E. Nesbit · ss Grim Tales, London: Innes, 1893
- 95 · Excerpt from The Student of Prague, Chapter IX · Hanns Heinz Ewers · ex
- 101 · Morlvera · Saki · ss
- 105 · The Terror of the Twins · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Westminster Gazette Nov 6 09
- 110 · Waxworks · W. L. George · ss The Strand Jul 22
- 119 · The Scar · Ramsey Campbell · ss Startling Mystery Stories Sum 69
- 131 · The Ghost of Me · Anthony Boucher · ss Unknown Jun 42
- 143 · Sweets to the Sweet · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Mar 47
- 150 · The Puppets · Francis King · ss The Japanese Umbrella, Longmans, 1964
- 160 · The Extraordinarily Horrible Dummy · Gerald Kersh · ss Penguin Parade #6, ed. Denys Kilham Roberts, Penguin, 1939
- 164 · The Dolls Room · Mercè Rodoreda · ss My Christina and Other Stories, Graywolf Press, 1984
- 172 · The Doll Queen [1969] · Carlos Fuentes · ss Burnt Water, Farrar, Strauss & Giroux, 1980
- 184 · The Doll · Joyce Carol Oates · nv Epoch, 1980
- 201 · The Dummy · Susan Sontag · ss I, Etcetera, Farraf, Straus & Giroux, 1963
- 207 · Author Bibliographies · Misc. · bg
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The Essential Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: The Definitive Annotated Edition of Robert Louis Stevensons Classic Novel ed. Leonard Wolf (Penguin/Plume 0-452-26969-5, Sep 95, $14.95, 295pp, tp, cover by Phil Zimelman) Non-fiction look at the classic SF/horror novel. The complete text is included, along with commentary from fans past and present, contemporary reviews, a filmography, photos, and a detailed introduction. There are interior illustrations by Michael Lank. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. [Robert Louis Stevenson]
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Imaginative Futures ed. Milton T. Wolf & Daryl F. Mallett (SFRA Press 0-913960-35-7, Jul 95, $31.00, 364pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism, an anthology of 28 essays and interludes subtitled Proceedings of the 1993 Science Fiction Research Association Conference. Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $2.50 shipping. Credit card orders: fax 909-888-4942.
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Bibliomen Gene Wolfe (Broken Mirrors Press 1-880910-01-2, Oct 95, $7.50, 94pp, tp, cover by Stephen Alcorn) Collection of 21 short, imaginary biographies, with interior illustrations by Ian Miller. This is an expanded version of the Cheap Street 1985 limited edition. Order from Broken Mirrors Press, PO Box 380473, Cambridge MA 02238.
- 7 · Foreword · fw Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 9 · Kirk Patterson Arthurs, Ph.D. · vi Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 13 · Hopkins Dalhousie · ss Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 17 · Gertrude S. Spinning Jenny Deplatta · ss Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 23 · Bernard A. French · vi Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 27 · Mary Beatrice Smoot Friarly, SPV · ss Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 37 · Sir Gabriel · vi Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 41 · John Glaskin · vi Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 43 · Kopman Goldfleas · vi Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 46 · Peter O. Henry · vi Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 51 · John J. Jons, Jr. · vi Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 53 · Xavier McRidy · vi Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 55 · Lieutenant James Ryan OMurphy, NYPD · ss Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 61 · Anne Parsons · vi Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 64 · Adam(?) Poor(?) · vi Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 67 · John K. (Kinder) Price · vi Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 71 · Paul Rico · vi Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 75 · Rishi · vi Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 79 · Skeeter Smyth · vi Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 83 · The Woman Who Resigned · vi Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 86 · Untitled Letter from the author to Mr. Hiroshi Hayakawa of Hayakawa Publishing Inc., Tokyo, Japan · lt Bibliomen, Cheap Street, 1984
- 89 · Seaman · vi *
- 93 · Captain Roy C. Mirk, B.A., M.A., Ph.D. · vi *
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Caldé of the Long Sun Gene Wolfe (Tor 0-812-53420-4, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $6.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Richard Bober) [Book of the Long Sun] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1994) SF novel, third volume in The Book of the Long Sun series.
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Castle of Days Gene Wolfe (Tor/Orb 0-312-89042-7, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $14.95, 447pp, tp, cover by Richard Bober) Reprint (Tor 1992) collection/omnibus, including the fiction collection Gene Wolfes Book of Days (Doubleday 1981), the non-fiction collection The Castle of the Otter (Ziesing 1982), and Castle of Days, a new non-fiction collection of articles on writing, writers, and books.
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Peace Gene Wolfe (Tor/Orb 0-312-89033-8, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $12.95, 264pp, tp, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Harper & Row 1975) fantasy/ghost novel.
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Storeys from the Old Hotel Gene Wolfe (Tor/Orb 0-312-89049-4, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $14.95, 331pp, tp) Reprint (Kerosina 1988) collection of 34 short pieces.
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Beyond the Gate Dave Wolverton (Tor 0-312-85770-5, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $23.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Golden Queen] SF novel, sequel to The Golden Queen. Maggie Flynn flees to other worlds through gates, trying to avoid the test of combat that will depose her as queen of the insectoid alien invaders.
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The Golden Queen Dave Wolverton (Tor 0-812-55255-5, Jun 95 [May 95], $5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Golden Queen] Reprint (Tor 1994) SF adventure novel about a cloned queen pursued by insectoid aliens.
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Star Wars: The Courtship of Princess Leia Dave Wolverton (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56937-6, May 95 [Apr 95], $5.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) Star Wars novelization.
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L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future Volume XI ed. Dave Wolverton (Bridge 0-88404-999-X, Jun 95, $6.99, 473pp, pb, cover by Frank Kelly-Freas) Original anthology of 14 stories by contest winners, illustrated by Illustrators of the Future winners. There is an introduction by the editor, and essays on writing and art by L. Ron Hubbard, Joseph P. Loftus, Alan Dean Foster, Bob Eggleton, and Charles Sheffield.
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Random Acts of Senseless Violence Jack Womack (Grove 0-8021-3424-6, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $12.00, 256pp, tp) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) near-future SF novel of urban decay and despair.
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The Basement Bari Wood (Morrow 0-688-13351-7, Jun 95 [May 95], $17.95, 326pp, hc, cover by Alan Ayers) Horror novel. Myra Ludens fears her basement is haunted by the ghost of a woman hanged for witchcraft.
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The Lost Prince Bridget Wood (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38853-4, May 95 [Apr 95], $5.99, 472pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Wolfking] Reprint (Headline 1992) Celtic time-travel fantasy novel, sequel to Wolfking.
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Talking to Dragons Patricia Wrede (Scholastic/Point 0-590-48475-3, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $3.99, 255pp, pb) [Enchanted Forest] Reprint (Ace/Tempo 1985) young-adult fantasy novel, first written but fourth in the Enchanted Forest Chronicles.
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The Raven Ring Patricia C. Wrede (Tor 0-812-51432-7, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $5.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Lyra] Reprint (Tor 1994) fantasy novel set in the world of Lyra.
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Christinas Ghost Betty Ren Wright (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-42709-1, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $3.50, 105pp, tp) Reprint (Holiday House 1985) young-adult ghost novel. 15th printing.
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The Dollhouse Murders Betty Ren Wright (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-43461-6, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $3.50, 149pp, tp) Reprint (Holiday House 1983) young-adult horror novel about a haunted dollhouse.
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Ghosts Beneath Our Feet Betty Ren Wright (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-43444-6, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $2.75, 137pp, tp) Reissue (Holiday House 1984) young-adult ghost novel. 11th printing.
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Going Native Stephen Wright (Delta 0-385-31386-1, Feb 95, $11.95, 305pp, tp, cover by Royce M. Becker) Reprint (Knopf 1994) fantasy version of Kerouacs On the Road.
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Star Trek Voyager: Violations Susan Wright (Pocket 0-671-52046-6, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek: Voyager] Star Trek novelization, fourth in the series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
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The Ascending T. M. Wright (Tor 0-812-50916-1, Jun 95 [May 95], $4.99, 222pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) Reprint (Tor 1994) horror novel.
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Goodlows Ghosts T. M. Wright (Tor 0-812-51390-8, Jan 95, $4.99, 222pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Goodlows Ghosts] Reprint (Tor 1993) supernatural detective/horror novel.
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Little Boy Lost T. M. Wright (Tor 0-812-55069-2, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $4.99, 247pp, pb, cover by John Zielinski) Reprint (Tor 1992) horror novel.
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Female Rule in Chinese and English Literary Utopias Qingyun Wu (Syracuse University Press 0-8156-2623-1, Jun 95 [Dec 95], $34.95, 225pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study of the theme of female rule in texts as diverse as The Faerie Queen, Le Guins The Dispossessed, and Chinese texts over the last several centuries. There are notes, a glossary, a bibliography, and an index. Order from Syracuse University Press, 1600 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse NY 13244-5160; credit card orders 800-365-8929.
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Keeper of the Keys Janny Wurts (HarperPrism 0-06-105461-5, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $4.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Cycle of Fire] Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel, book two of The Cycle of Fire.
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The Ships of Merior Janny Wurts (HarperPrism 0-06-105216-7, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $23.00, 917pp, hc, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Fantasy novel, second in The Wars of Light and Shadow. This edition follows a British edition of the same title (HarperCollins UK 1994) which contains the first half of the novel only.
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Ships of Merior Janny Wurts (HarperPrism 0-06-105465-8, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $5.99, 637pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Wars of Light and Shadow] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994 as The Ships of Merior) fantasy novel, volume two of The Wars of Light and Shadow. HarperPrism published this plus the next volume, Warhost of Vastmark, as one volume in 1995. This edition has a note on why the US hardcover was broken up into two volumes.
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Stormwarden Janny Wurts (HarperPrism 0-06-105462-3, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $4.99, 396pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Cycle of Fire] Reprint (Ace 1984) fantasy novel, first volume in the Cycle of Fire.
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