The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Deus Machine Pierre Ouellette (NEL 0-450-60398-9, Mar 95 [Apr 95], £5.99, 446pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Villard 1993) thriller with SF elements, set in 2005.
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The Year of the Hare Arto Paasilinna (Peter Owen 0-7206-0949-6, Jan 95 [Feb 95], £14.50, 135pp, hc, cover by Mette Heinz) Picaresque novel with fantasy elements, based on an ecological theme, and some legends of Finland. Translated by Herbert Lomas from Jäniksen vuosi.
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Return of the Wizard Jessica Palmer (Scholastic UK 0-590-55857-9, May 95 [Jun 95], £3.99, 336pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Renegades] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book Three in the Renegades series, after Healers Quest and Fire Wars.
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Horrorscopes: Cancer: Black Death [by J. H. Brennan] Maria Palmer (Mammoth 0-7497-2398-X, Jun 95, £2.99, 151pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult horror novel. Book 8 in the series. Palmer is a house name; this volume is by J. H. Brennan.
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Horrorscopes: Capricorn - Capricorns Children [by J. H. Brennan] Maria Palmer (Mammoth 0-7497-1862-5, Feb 95, £2.99, 134pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult horror novel. Palmer is a house name; this volume is by J.H. Brennan. Volume two in the series.
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Horrorscopes: Sagittarius - Missing [by Theresa Breslin] Maria Palmer (Mammoth 0-7497-1856-0, Feb 95, £2.99, 120pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult horror novel. Palmer is a house name; this volume is by Theresa Breslin. Volume one in the series.
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Horrorscopes: Leo: Blood Ties [by Paul Cornell] Maria Palmer (Mammoth 0-7497-1861-7, Aug 95 [Jul 95], £2.99, 115pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult novel with fantasy elements; a teenage girl with an imaginary friend finally uncovers a family tragedy. Volume 9 in the series, this volume is by Paul Cornell.
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Horrorscopes: Aries - Blood Storm [by Terrance Dicks] Maria Palmer (Mammoth 0-7497-1860-9, Apr 95, £2.99, 130pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult horror novel. Selfish and negative thoughts are intensified into destructive forces. Book 5 in the series, this particular volume is by Terrance Dicks.
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Horrorscopes: Pisces - Revenge [by Anthony Masters] Maria Palmer (Mammoth 0-7497-1857-9, Feb 95, £2.99, 137pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult horror novel. Palmer is a house name; this volume is by Anthony Masters. Volume four in the series.
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Horrorscopes: Taurus - Mirror Image [by Dave Morris] Maria Palmer (Mammoth 0-7497-1885-4, Apr 95, £2.99, 128pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult horror novel. A young girl is the unwitting centre of increasingly violent and supernatural events. Book 6 in the series, this volume is by Dave Morris.
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Horrorscopes: Aquarius - Trapped [by Alick Rowe] Maria Palmer (Mammoth 0-7497-1886-2, Feb 95, £2.99, 96pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult horror novel. Palmer is a house name; this volume is by Alick Rowe. Volume three in the series.
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Horrorscopes: Gemini: Sliced Apart [by Ian C. Strachan] Maria Palmer (Mammoth 0-7497-1858-7, Jun 95, £2.99, 137pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult horror novel. Book 7 in the series. Deadly sibling rivalry, and a serial killer somehow connected to human sacrificial rites. Palmer is a house name; this volume is by Ian Strachan.
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Horrorscopes: Virgo: Snake Inside [by Lisa Tuttle] Maria Palmer (Mammoth 0-7497-1855-2, Aug 95 [Jul 95], £2.99, 138pp, pb) [Horrorscopes] Young-adult associational non-supernatural horror novel. A young girl believes she is the child of a cursed woman. Volume 10 in the series, this is written by Lisa Tuttle.
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Minds of the Empire Warren James Palmer (Ripping Publishing 1-899884-00-9, May 95 [Jul 95], £4.99, 423pp, pb, cover by Warren Palmer) [Dyason] SF novel: humanity is enslaved by the alien Dyason race; a youth with exceptional mental powers emerges from the prison ghettos of London, and tries to escape from the Dyason and the Resistance. A homage to pulp fiction, this lavish adventure finally reveals an age-old mythic battle. A first novel, it is available from PO Box 286, Epsom, Surrey KT19 9YG.
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Shadows of the Future: H G Wells, Science Fiction and Prophecy Patrick Parrinder (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-449-3, Jul 95 [Aug 95], £15.00, xii+170pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. This views Wells early and seminal SF works in the context of his whole career. Most of the book was previously published as essays, all being revised for this edition. A hardcover edition (-439-6, £27.50) was announced but not seen. [H. G. Wells]
- viii · Preface and Acknowledgements · Patrick Parrinder · pr
- 1 · Part I: The Impatient Imagination
- 3 · Science Fiction and the Shape of Things to Come · Patrick Parrinder · ar
- 18 · The Broken Tripod and the Impatient Imagination · Patrick Parrinder · ar
- 34 · Possibilities of Space and Time (The Time Machine) · Patrick Parrinder · ar; parts appeared in The Wellsian.
- 49 · A Sense of Dethronement (The Time Machine and The Island of Doctor Moreau) · Patrick Parrinder · ar; parts appeared in The Wellsian.
- 65 · The Fall of Empires · Patrick Parrinder · ar Foundation, 19??; revised
- 80 · New Worlds for Old: The Prophet at Large · Patrick Parrinder · ar; from The Ends of the Earth, ed Simon Gatrell.; An earlier version appeared in The Wellsian.
- 96 · Utopia and Meta-Utopia · Patrick Parrinder · ar; from H. G. Wells and Modern Science Fiction, edited by Darko Suvin &; Robert M. Philmus. An earlier version appeared in Science Fiction Studies.
- 113 · Part II: Wells Legacy
- 115 · The Future as Anti-Utopia: Wells, Zamyatin and Orwell · Patrick Parrinder · ar Science Fiction Studies, 19??; revised
- 127 · From Prophecy to Parody: Science Fiction and the Scientific Enlightenment · Patrick Parrinder · ar; an earlier version appeared in Science Fiction: A Critical Guide by Parrinder.
- 152 · Select Bibliography · Misc. · bi
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Krap the Conqueror Rich Parsons & Tony Keaveny (Michael OMara 1-85479-962-2, Feb 95, £3.99, 150pp, pb, cover by Robin Lawrie) [Colin the Librarian] Humorous fantasy satire, sequel to Colin the Librarian.
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The Gormenghast Trilogy Mervyn Peake (Mandarin 0-7493-1426-5, Mar 95 [May 95], £9.99, 953pp, tp, cover by Stephen Player) [Gormenghast] Reissue (Viking Overlook 1988) fantasy omnibus of the three classic novels.
- 1 · Titus Groan · n. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1946
- 369 · Gormenghast · n. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1950
- 753 · Titus Alone · n. London: Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1959
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Dread and Delight: A Century of Childrens Ghost Stories ed. Philippa Pearce (Oxford University Press 0-19-212605-9, Oct 95 [Dec 95], £17.99, xx+348pp, hc, cover by Frederick Smallfield) Young-adult anthology of 40 ghost stories, several original, plus a critical introduction and lengthy background notes on the stories and their authors.
- ix · Introduction · Philippa Pearce · in *
- 1 · A School Story · M. R. James · ss More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Arnold, 1911
- 7 · Out of the Sea · A. C. Benson · ss The Isles of Sunset, London: Isbister, 1904
- 18 · Manfreds Three Wishes · H. F. W. Tatham · ss The Footprints in the Snow, London: Macmillan, 1910
- 23 · The Light in the Dormitory · William J. Wintle · ss Ghost Gleams, London: Heath Cranton, 1921
- 32 · Miss Jemima · Walter de la Mare · nv Joy Street Number 1, Blackwell, 1923
- 52 · Johnny Double · Arthur Machen · ss The Treasure Cave, ed. Cynthia Asquith, Jarrolds, 1928
- 58 · Elsie Piddock Skips in her Sleep · Eleanor Farjeon · ss The Treasure Cave, ed. Cynthia Asquith, Jarrolds, 1928
- 70 · The Tiger-Skin Rug · Lucy Boston · ss *; Written in 1933.
- 84 · Elisabeth the Cow Ghost · William Pène du Bois · ss, 1936; First published in New York (Nelson, 1936).
- 87 · Georgie · Robert Bright · vi, 1944; First published in New York (Doubleday, 1944).
- 89 · All in the Nights Work · David Severn · ss Junior #4 47
- 96 · Richard · Christopher Woodforde · ss A Pad in the Straw, Dent, 1952
- 102 · The Wee Ghostie · Alison Uttley · ss The Little Knife Who Did All The Work, Faber, 1962
- 106 · The Haunted Trailer [Death Thumbs a Ride] · Robert Arthur · ss Weird Tales Jan 42
- 122 · The House That Lacked a Bogle · Sorche Nic Leodhas · ss Gaelic Ghosts, Henry Holt & Co., 1963
- 128 · The January Queen · Pamela Ropner · ss Winters Tales for Children 2, ed. Caroline Hiller, Macmillan, 1966
- 138 · Brownie · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Third Armada Ghost Book, ed. Mary Danby, Armada, 1970
- 151 · The Ghost of Top Wood · Michael Kenyon · ss Allsorts #7, ed. Ann Thwaite, 1975
- 155 · The Old White Ghost and the Old Grey Granddad · Dorothy Edwards · ss The Magician Who Kept a Pub, Kestrel, 1975
- 159 · Looking for a Ghost · Margaret Mahy · ss The Second Margaret Mahy Story Book, Dent, 1975
- 164 · At the River-Gates · Philippa Pearce · ss The Shadow Cage and Other Tales of the Supernatural, New York: Crowell, 1977
- 170 · Somebody Lives in the Nobody House · Ruth Park · ss Spooks and Spirits, ed. Margaret Hamilton, Sydney: Hodder & Stoughton, 1978
- 180 · The Ghostly Goat of Glaramara [The Silvery Tinkle of a Bell] · J. S. Leatherbarrow · ss Berrows Worcester Journal Dec 27 79
- 188 · She Was Afraid of Upstairs · Joan Aiken · ss The Methuen Book of Strange Tales, ed. Jean Russell, London: Methuen, 1980
- 195 · The Extinguished Lights · Isaac Bashevis Singer · ss, 1980; From The Power of Light by Singer.
- 200 · Whos a Pretty Boy, Then? · Jan Mark · ss Black Eyes and Other Spine Chillers, ed. Lance Salway, Leeds: Pepper Press, 1981
- 208 · Uninvited Ghosts · Penelope Lively · ss, 1974
- 213 · The Bride · Farrukh Dhundy · ss Trip Trap, Gollancz, 1982
- 223 · Ivor · George Mackay Brown · ss Shades of Dark, ed. Aidan Chambers, P. Hardy, 1984
- 233 · Siren Song · Vivien Alcock · ss Ghostly Companions, London: Methuen, 1984
- 237 · The Tower · Aidan Chambers · ss A Quiver of Ghosts, ed. Aidan Chambers, Bodley Head, 1987
- 251 · The Guitarist · Grace Hallworth · vi Mouth Open Story Jump Out, London: Methuen, 1984
- 253 · A Grave Misunderstanding · Leon Garfield · ss Guardian Angels, ed. Stephanie Nettell, Viking Kestrel, 1987
- 255 · Ghost Trouble · Ruskin Bond · ss Julia MacRae Books, 1989
- 265 · Spirits of the Railway · Paul Yee · ss Tales from Gold Mountain, Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1987
- 269 · Many Happy Returns! · Barbara Griffiths · ss Frankensteins Hamster, ABC, 1990
- 275 · The Beach · Robert Westall · ss *; Written circa 1990-1.
- 285 · Across the Fields · Susan Price · nv Haunting Christmas Tales, ed. Anon., Scholastic, 1991
- 301 · The Clearing · Tim Wynne-Jones · ss Some of the Kinder Planets, Toronto: Groundwood Books, 1993
- 312 · The Burning Baby · John Gordon · ss The Burning Baby and Other Stories, London: Walker Books, 1992
- 325 · Biographical Notes · Misc. · bg
- 346 · Acknowledgements · Misc. · ms
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The Oxford Book of Scary Tales ed. Dennis Pepper (Oxford University Press 0-19-278110-3, Sep 95 [Dec 95], £6.99, 160pp, tp, cover by Louise Brierley) Reprint (Oxford University Press 1992) anthology of more than three dozen horror, ghost and fantasy stories aimed at pre-teenagers, but including work for older readers and adults.
- 4 · Scary Tales.. · Dennis Pepper · in *
- 5 · This is the Key to the Castle · Dave Calder · pm, 1987
- 8 · Dear Jane · Sheila Lavelle · ss *
- 14 · Slam and the Ghosts · Kevin Crossley-Holland · vi, 1987
- 16 · Crossing Over · Catherine Storr · ss Cold Marble and other ghost stories, Faber, 1985
- 22 · Miller End · Charles Causley · pm, 1975
- 24 · A Change of Aunts · Vivien Alcock · ss Ghostly Companions, London: Methuen, 1984
- 36 · Tiger in the Snow · Daniel Wynn Barner · ss The Horror Show Fll 84
- 44 · Camilla · Adèle Geras · ss, 1991
- 50 · Emperors of the Island · Dannie Abse · pm
- 52 · The Shiner · Grace Hallworth · vi Mouth Open Story Jump Out, London: Methuen, 1984
- 54 · Prince Kano · Edward Lowbury · pm, 1990
- 55 · Wiley and the Hairy Man · Virginia Haviland · ss
- 62 · The Start of a Memorable Holiday · Roy Fuller · pm
- 64 · Great Swallowing Monster · Geraldine McCaughrean · ss *
- 70 · The Slitherydee · Robert Scott · cs *
- 72 · Whos That? · James Kirkup · pm
- 74 · Bush Lion · Robert Scott · vi *
- 76 · Eyes of the Cat · Ruskin Bond · ss Time Stops at Shamli and other stories, Penguin Books India
- 79 · Timmy · Alison Prince · ss Haunted Children, Methuen, 1982
- 84 · The Visitor · Ian Serraillier · pm A Second Poetry Book, ed. John Foster, Oxford Univ. Press, 1980
- 86 · The Big Black Umbrella · Maria Leach · vi, 1958
- 88 · Dare You · Robert Scott · ss *
- 94 · My Great-Grandfathers Grave-Digging · Susan Price · vi Here Lies Price, Faber and Faber, 1987
- 96 · Poem · Hugh Sykes Davies · pm
- 98 · Bronwen and the Crows · Alison Leonard · ss *
- 106 · Supermarket · Dennis Hamley · ss *
- 112 · The Cave · Gregory Harrison · pm, 1985
- 114 · The Hawk · John Gordon · ss, 1985
- 123 · No-Good Claus · Jan Mark · ss *
- 130 · Pteranadon · Douglas Livingstone · pm, 1964
- 132 · The Leopard in the Rafters · Marilyn Watts · ss *
- 137 · The Friendly Ghost · A. C. Bolton · ss Super Book of Ghost Stories, ed. Leonard J. Matthews, London: Hamlyn, 1977
- 144 · Kiltos! Kiltos! · Rachel Hands · ss *
- 150 · Empty Fears · Brian Lee · pm, 1985
- 152 · Exit · Patricia Miles · ss The Methuen Book of Strange Tales, ed. Jean Russell, London: Methuen, 1980
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Aliens Omnibus Edition Steve Perry (Millennium 1-85798-413-7, Mar 95 [Feb 95], £5.99, 555pp, pb, cover by Denis Beauvais & Dave Dorman) [Aliens] SF omnibus of the first two novelisations in the Dark Horse Comics Aliens series: Aliens: Earth Hive and Aliens: Nightmare Asylum. The books are separately paginated, and the cover title is Aliens: Omnibus: Volume One.
- 1 · Aliens: Book One: Earth Hive · n. Bantam Spectra, 1992
- 279 · Aliens: Book Two: Nightmare Asylum · n. Bantam Spectra, 1993
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Aliens Omnibus Edition Steve Perry (Millennium, Nov 95 [Oct 95], £8.99, vi+661pp, tp) [Aliens] Reprint (Millennium 1995) SF novelization omnibus.
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Aliens vs. Predator: Prey/Hunters Planet Steve & Stephani Perry & David Bischoff (Millennium 1-85798-419-6, Aug 95, £5.99, viii+526pp, pb, cover by Nelson DeCastro & John Bolton) [Aliens vs. Predator] Omnibus of the first two novelisations in this series. The books are separately paginated.
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Geronimus Rex Alistair Peters (Janus 1-85756-152-X, Feb 95, £6.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Alistair Peters) Humorous fantasy novel. When a dragon is shot down, and demands one of the Kings daughters in recompense, an enemy power schemes to take advantage of the situation by thwarting Princess Hornicutts attempts to sacrifice herself. A first novel. Available from Edinburgh House, 19 Nassau Street, London W1N 7RE.
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The Cold One Christopher Pike (Hodder & Stoughton 0-450-61357-7, Jan 95 [Dec 94], £16.99, 294pp, hc, cover by Paul Davies) Horror novel. An ancient evil exists only to destroy humanity. Simultaneous with the US (Tor) edition.
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The Cold One Christopher Pike (NEL 0-450-61358-5, Jun 95 [May 95], £4.99, 393pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton; Tor 1995) horror novel. An ancient evil that exists only to destroy humanity confronts the last defenders of our race.
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The Eternal Enemy Christopher Pike (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-60698-3, Oct 94 [Jan 95], £3.99, 167pp, pb, cover by Paul Davis) Reprint (Archway 1990) young-adult horror novel.
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The Last Vampire: Black Blood Christopher Pike (NEL 0-340-61170-7, Mar 95, £3.99, 196pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Last Vampire] Reprint (Pocket Archway 1994) young-adult horror novel. Sequel to The Last Vampire. [First U.K. edition]
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Monster Christopher Pike (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-59020-3, Oct 94, £3.99, 122pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1993) young-adult horror novel.
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Monster and Die Softly Christopher Pike (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-61685-7, Mar 95, £3.99, 362pp, pb) Omnibus of the two novels - one SF/horror, and a thriller of associational interest. The books are separately paginated.
- 3 · Monster · n. Pocket Archway, 1992
- 177 · Die Softly · n. Pocket Archway, 1991
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Remember Me 2: The Return Christopher Pike (Hodder 0-340-61169-3, Aug 95, £3.99, 210pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Remember Me] Reprint (Archway 1995) young-adult horror novel. Second in the series. [First U.K. edition]
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Remember Me 3: The Last Story Christopher Pike (Hodder 0-340-61171-5, Aug 95, £3.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Remember Me] Reprint (Archway 1995) young-adult horror novel. Third in the series. [First U.K. edition]
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Witch Christopher Pike (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-56889-5, Oct 94, £3.99, 188pp, pb) Reprint (Archway 1990) young-adult horror novel.
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13 Tales of Horror ed. T. Pines (Hippo 0-590-55081-0, Jul 95, £4.99, 330pp, pb) Reissue (Scholastic 1991 as Thirteen: Tales of Horror) Ninth printing.
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Tales of Mystery and Terror Edgar Allan Poe (Puffin 0-14-036720-9, Jan 95 [Feb 95], £3.50, 235pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) Reissue (Puffin 1990) collection of 13 fantasy and horror stories.
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Temporary Agency Rachel Pollack (Orbit 1-85723-267-4, Apr 95 [Mar 95], £4.99, 202pp, pb, cover by David OConnor) [Unquenchable Fire] Reprint (Orbit 1994) alternate world fantasy novel set in the same world as Unquenchable Fire.
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The Manuscript Found in Saragossa Jan Potocki (Viking UK 0-670-83428-9, Jan 95, £16.00, 631pp, hc, cover by Francisco Goya) Fantasy novel in the form of tales, many horror or fantasy, told by travelers in 1739 Europe. First English language publication of the complete work (first partially published in 1805). Translated by Ian Maclean from the 1989 French edition. This is a world-wide edition, available in the US for $27.95.
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Expiration Date Tim Powers (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21856-4, Mar 95, £5.99, 616pp, pb) [Last Call] Fantasy novel. The seemingly ordinary life of a technician is disrupted forever by a phonecall, the ghosts of Edison and Houdini, and the revelations of his past.
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The Kingdom of Fanes Amanda Prantera (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-2003-8, Jun 95, £13.99, 245pp, hc, cover by Connie Prantera) Fantasy novel inspired by Italian folk tales. In an imaginary country on the edge of known history, a princess is (badly) married off. Her subsequent earthy, basic, all-too-human adventures and perils are the essence for many of our fairy stories.
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The Colour of Magic Terry Pratchett (Gollancz 0-575-06165-0, Oct 95 [Nov 95], £4.99, 335pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Reprint (Colin Smythe 1983) humorous fantasy novel. Book 1 in the Discworld series. Mini-mini-hardback gift edition.
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Equal Rites Terry Pratchett (Gollancz 0-575-06166-9, Oct 95, £4.99, 333pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1987) humorous fantasy novel. Book 3 in the Discworld series. Mini-mini-hardback gift edition.
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Interesting Times Terry Pratchett (Corgi 0-552-14235-2, Nov 95 [Oct 95], £4.99, 352pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1994) humorous fantasy novel. Book 17 in the Discworld series.
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Johnny and the Dead Terry Pratchett (Corgi 0-552-52842-0, Apr 95 [Mar 95], £3.99, 188pp, pb) [Johnny Maxwell] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1993) young-adult fantasy novel in which the inhabitants of a cemetery object to its redevelopment. A tie-in to the TV serial.
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The Light Fantastic Terry Pratchett (Gollancz 0-575-06164-2, Oct 95, £4.99, 333pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Reprint (Colin Smythe 1985) humorous fantasy novel. Book 2 in the Discworld series. Mini-mini-hardback gift edition.
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