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Racso and the Rats of NIMH Jane Leslie Conly (Harper & Row 0-06-021361-2, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $12.50, 278pp, hc) [Rats of NIMH] library edition -021362-0, $11.89. Juvenile fantasy novel, a sequel to Robert C. O’Brien’s Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH, by his daughter. Illustrations by Leonard Lubin.
Racso and the Rats of NIMH Jane Leslie Conly (Gollancz 0-575-03261-8, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £6.95, 192pp, hc) [Rats of NIMH] Reprint (Harper & Row 1986) juvenile fantasy novel, sequel to Robert C. O’Brien’s Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH.
Annals of the Black Company Glen Cook (SFBC #01792, Jun ’86, $8.98, 759pp, hc) [Black Company] Omnibus edition of a fantasy trilogy — wizardry combined with gritty military life.

1 · The Black Company · n. New York: Tor, 1984; chapter 3 is slightly revised from “Raker”; F&SF Aug ’82.
227 · Shadows Linger · n. New York: Tor, 1984
491 · The White Rose · n. New York: Tor, 1985
Darkwar Trilogy #3: Ceremony Glen Cook (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20031-6, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 281pp, pb) [Darkwar] Sf novel, conclusion of a trilogy featuring Marika the witchlike silth.
Shadowline Glen Cook (Warner 0-446-34214-9, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $3.95, 350pp, pb) [Starfishers] Reissue (Warner 1982) sf novel. Vol. 1 of the “Starfishers” trilogy.
The Wizards and the Warriors Hugh Cook (Colin Smythe 0-86140-244-8, Nov ’86, £8.95, 352pp, hc) [Age of Darkness] Fantasy novel, vol. 1 in the “Chronicles of an Age of Darkness” series.
The Wizards and the Warriors Hugh Cook (Corgi 0-552-12566-0, Nov ’86, £2.95, 544pp, pb) [Age of Darkness] Paperback edition of the above.
Halo Paul Cook (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26171-1, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $3.50, 291pp, pb) Sf novel of an alien invasion and a deadly artifact.
Mindbend Robin Cook (G.K. Hall Large Print 0-8161-3804-4, Feb ’86, £10.95, 400pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1985) medical horror thriller.
Mindbend Robin Cook (Pan 0-330-29165-3, Mar ’86, £2.50, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1985) medical horror thriller.
Mindbend Robin Cook (NAL/Signet 0-451-14108-3, May ’86, $4.95, 351pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1985) medical horror/sf novel; 3rd printing after the first paperback release in February.
Veil of Shadow Catherine Cooke (Tor 0-812-53386-0, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 286pp, pb) [Mask] Fantasy novel, sequel to Mask of the Wizard.
Best of Fiction Magazine ed. Judy Cooke & Elizabeth Bunster (J.M. Dent 0-460-02464-7, Mar ’86, £4.95, 312pp, tp) Anthology with stories by Brian Aldiss, Alasdair Gray, Russell Hoban, etc. Mostly associational.

1 · Foreword · Judy Cooke · fw
2 · The Bolt Hotel · Simon Burt · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1982
12 · Mad About the Boy · Georgina Hammick · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1985
30 · Buying a Dress · James Lasdun · pm The Fiction Magazine, 1985
34 · Box of Dreams · Maggie Brooks · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1984
46 · Lost in a Nightmare · Richard Rayner · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1986
54 · Sketches of London Pubs · Paul Cox · il The Fiction Magazine, 1986
58 · Full Fathom Five · Marina Warner · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1985
68 · Neighbours · V. S. Pritchett · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1982
86 · Feeding the Old Man · Tim Aspinall · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1982
98 · My Boat · Raymond Carver · pm The Fiction Magazine, 1985
99 · Where Water Comes Together with Other Water · Raymond Carver · pm The Fiction Magazine, 1985
102 · Show Me Yours · Russell Hoban · vi The Fiction Magazine, 1983
106 · Scream When You Burn · Charles Bukowski · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1983
114 · Prend ce Sac, Mendiant! · Frederic Raphael · pm The Fiction Magazine, 1986
116 · Train Talk · Allan Massie · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1982
124 · Fairy Tale · Janice Elliott · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1982
132 · The Local Reporter · George MacBeth · pm The Fiction Magazine, 1985
136 · Flying Injuries · Helen Harris · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1983
142 · The Green Boy · Lisa St. Aubin de Terán · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1983
152 · Snakes and Lovers · Lucy Pinney · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1985
160 · Feet · Duncan Bush · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1982
168 · The Love Object · Gillian Tindall · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1982
182 · Imaginary Meadows · Aidan Higgins · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1982
192 · Christmas 1931 · Dirk Bogarde · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1982
200 · The Art of Stanley Middleton · A. S. Byatt · ar The Fiction Magazine, 1985
208 · Like a Gangster on the Night of the Long Knives, But Somewhat in a Dream · Amos Oz · ar The Fiction Magazine, 1982
218 · In Conversation with Alasdair Gray · Christopher Swan & Frank Delaney · iv The Fiction Magazine, 1982
224 · In Conversation with Anthony Burgess · Richard Rayner & Jonathan Meades · iv The Fiction Magazine, 1984
230 · Love Me Do · John Saul · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1985
236 · The Tipperary Fanale · Desmond Hogan · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1986
250 · Sunny Jim in Love · Hugo Williams · pm The Fiction Magazine, 1985
251 · Sunny Jim’s House · Hugo Williams · pm The Fiction Magazine, 1985
252 · Cornwall · Steve Ellis · pm The Fiction Magazine, 1985
253 · Visiting Home · Steve Ellis · pm The Fiction Magazine, 1985
254 · An old plate’s farewell to the table (after Geoffrey of Vinsauf) · Steve Ellis · pm The Fiction Magazine, 1985
252 · Saint Francis’s ‘Cantico di Frate Sole’ (done into Hollywood gangsterese) · Steve Ellis · pm The Fiction Magazine, 1985
256 · The Creamery Manager · John McGahern · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1986
266 · Empire Building · Deborah Moggach · ss The Fiction Magazine, 1985
284 · Vietnam Encore · Brian W. Aldiss · nv *
306 · Notes on the Authors · Misc. Material · bg
The Night Walkers Otto Coontz (Pocket/Archway 0-671-62739-2, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.50, 163pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1982) young-adult horror novel.
Earthchange Clare Cooper (Lerner 0-8225-0730-7, Jun ’86, $9.95, 96pp, hc) Juvenile sf novella of an almost destroyed Earth. First U.S. edition. First published Hodder & Stoughton 1985.
The Initiate Louise Cooper (Allen & Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823300-5, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], £2.95, 278pp, pb) [Time Master] Reprint (Tor 1985) fantasy novel, volume 1 in the “Time Master” trilogy.
The Outcast Louise Cooper (Allen & Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823299-8, Aug ’86, £2.95, 301pp, pb) [Time Master] Fantasy novel; book 2 of the “Time Master” trilogy.
The Outcast Louise Cooper (Tor 0-812-53394-1, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 316pp, pb) [Time Master] Fantasy novel, Book II in the “Time Master” trilogy. First American edition (Allen & Unwin 1986).
Black Fire Sonni Cooper (Firecrest 0-85997-630-0, Jun ’86, £7.50, 224pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket Books 1983) sf novel, “Star Trek” #8.
Star Trek # 8: Black Fire Sonni Cooper (Gregg 0-8398-2935-3, Mar ’86, $11.95, 220pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1983) Star Trek novel. First hc edition.
The Dark Is Rising Susan Cooper (Collier 0-689-71087-9, Oct ’86 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 244pp, pb) [Dark Is Rising] Reprint (Atheneum 1973) fantasy novel, second in the excellent “Dark is Rising” pentalogy. The first book in the series, Over Sea, Under Stone, is rarely reprinted, and the series can be read without it. Highly recommended. (FCM)
The Dark Is Rising Sequence Susan Cooper (Puffin 0-14-031688-4, Apr ’86, £4.95, 786pp, tp) [Dark Is Rising] Reissue (Puffin 1984) omnibus of the five novels in the “Dark is Rising” series.
Greenwitch Susan Cooper (Collier 0-689-71088-7, Oct ’86 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 131pp, pb) [Dark Is Rising] Reprint (Atheneum 1974) fantasy novel, “The Dark is Rising” #3.
The Grey King Susan Cooper (Collier 0-689-71089-5, Oct ’86 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 165pp, pb) [Dark Is Rising] Reprint (Atheneum 1975) young-adult fantasy novel, “The Dark is Rising” #4. This book won the Newbery Medal for Best Juvenile of 1975.
Silver on the Tree Susan Cooper (Collier 0-689-71090-9, Oct ’86 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 274pp, pb) [Dark Is Rising] Reprint (Atheneum 1977) fantasy novel, “The Dark is Rising” #5.
Aesop’s Forest/The Plot of the Mice Robert Coover & Brian Swann (Capra Press 0-88496-252-0, Dec ’86, $7.50, 39 + 76pp, pb) Back-to-back edition of two fantasy/literary/surreal works, a novelette by Coover and a group of “bedtime [fantasy] stories...for adults” by Swann. Both are illustrated by Michael McCurdy.

7 · Aesop’s Forest · Robert Coover · nv *
7 · Story! Story! · Brian Swann · ss
25 · A Pair of Shoes · Brian Swann · ss
31 · Such Plots · Brian Swann · ss
46 · Guardians · Brian Swann · vi
48 · Dog · Brian Swann · ss
69 · General Washington Isn’t Sure the Whole Thing Is a Good Idea · Brian Swann · ss
72 · Buffalo Bill Rides Through the Front Door · Brian Swann · vi
74 · Season of the Moth · Brian Swann · vi
75 · The Racing Car Book · Brian Swann · vi
Song of Miriam and Other Stories Marie Corelli (Society of Metaphysicians 1-85228-492-7, Nov ’86, £6.00, 234pp, hc) Reprint (Munro 1898) occult collection.
Return to the Gate William Corlett (The Bodley Head 0-370-31012-8, Sep ’86, £4.50, 166pp, tp) Reprint (Bradbury Press 1977) dystopian sf novel.
The Official Price Guide to Star Trek and Star Wars Collectibles Sue Cornwell & Mike Kott (House of Collectibles [dist. Ballantine] 0-87637-299-X, Jul ’86, $7.95, 377pp, pb) [Star Wars; Star Trek] Non-fiction, reference book for collectors.
The Abode of Life Lee Correy (Firecrest 0-85997-631-9, Jun ’86, £7.50, 208pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket Books 1982) sf novel, “Star Trek” #6. This is a pseudonym for G. Harry Stine.
A Matter of Metalaw Lee Correy (DAW 0-88677-155-2, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 256pp, pb) Sf novel.
Star Trek # 6: The Abode of Life Lee Correy (Gregg 0-8398-2931-0, Mar ’86, $11.95, 207pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1982) Star Trek novel. First hc edition.
Imagine That! Fifteen Fantastic Tales ed. Sara & Stephen Corrin (Faber 0-571-13843-8, Oct ’86, £6.95, 176pp, hc) Collection of traditional fantasy tales.
The Gunfighters Don Cotton (Target 0-426-20195-7, Jan ’86, £1.60, 152pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1985) sf novel, tv tie-in. “Doctor Who” #101.
Science Fiction and Fantasy Series and Sequels, Vol. 1: Books Tim Cottrill, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Garland 0-8240-8671-6, May ’86 [Jul ’86], $35.00, xix + 398pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference book. Besides series and sequels, there is a list of anthology series. A useful volume for the collector, a must for large libraries. (CNB)
The A.I. Gang #1: Operation Sherlock Bruce Coville (NAL/Signet Vista 0-451-14314-0, May ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.25, 219pp, pb) [A.I. Gang] Juvenile sf novel. Five whiz kids, “The Artificial Intelligence Gang”, program a sleuthing computer to reveal a spy.
The A.I. Gang #3: Robot Trouble Bruce Coville (NAL/Signet Vista 0-451-14400-7, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], $2.25, 220pp, pb) [A.I. Gang] Young-adult sf novel of spies, artificial intelligence, and a robot rocket, third in a series.
The A.I. Gang #4: Forever Begins Tomorrow Bruce Coville (NAL/Signet Vista 0-451-14454-6, Aug ’86, $2.25, 219pp, pb) [A.I. Gang] Young-adult sf novel about “the whiz kids of scientists working on a mission to teach a computer to think on its own.”
A Dream of Kinship Richard Cowper (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8200-5, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £2.50, 239pp, pb) [White Bird of Kinship] Reprint (Gollancz 1981) sf novel.
A Dream of Kinship Richard Cowper (Pocket 0-671-62968-9, Sep ’86, $2.95, 240pp, pb) [White Bird of Kinship] Reissue (Gollancz 1981) sf novel, 2nd in the “Bird of Kinship” trilogy.
The Magic Spectacles and Other Tales Richard Cowper (Kerosina, Nov ’86, included with limited edition novel, pb) Booklet containing three original ghost stories included with the signed, limited, numbered edition of Shades of Darkness.

· The Magic Spectacles · ss The Magic Spectacles and Other Tales, Kerosina, 1986
· The King and the Swan · ss The Magic Spectacles and Other Tales, Kerosina, 1986
· The Snowman · ss The Magic Spectacles and Other Tales, Kerosina, 1986
The Road to Corlay Richard Cowper (Pocket 0-671-61213-1, Mar ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.95, 239pp, pb) [White Bird of Kinship] Reissue (Gollancz 1978) sf novel, first in the “Bird of Kinship” trilogy. 2nd printing.
The Road to Corlay Richard Cowper (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8195-5, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.25, 202pp, pb) [White Bird of Kinship] Reprint (Gollancz 1978) sf novel, Vol. 1 of “The White Bird of Kinship”. This edition adds the story “Piper at the Gates of Dawn”, not in the Gollancz or Pan editions.

· The Road to Corlay · Richard Cowper · n. London: Gollancz, 1978
· Piper at the Gates of Dawn · Richard Cowper · na F&SF Mar ’76
Shades of Darkness Richard Cowper (Kerosina 0-948893-04-4, Nov ’86, £10.95, 143pp, hc) Short novel, a ghost story.
Shades of Darkness Richard Cowper (Kerosina 0-948893-03-6, Nov ’86, £25.00, 143pp, hc) Signed, limited, numbered edition of the above, also including a separate booklet “The Magic Spectacles and Other Tales”.
A Tapestry of Time Richard Cowper (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8199-8, Aug ’86, £2.50, 186pp, pb) [White Bird of Kinship] Reprint (Gollancz 1982) sf novel, volume 3 of “The White Bird of Kinship”.
A Tapestry of Time Richard Cowper (Pocket 0-671-62500-4, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 222pp, pb) [White Bird of Kinship] Reprint (Gollancz 1982) sf novel, 3rd in the “Bird of Kinship” trilogy.
M.R. James: An Informal Portrait Michael Cox (Oxford University Press 0-19-281999-2, Oct ’86, £5.95, 288pp, pb) Non-fiction; biography of the noted writer of ghost stories. [M. R. James]
The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories ed. Michael Cox & R. A. Gilbert (Oxford University Press 0-19-214163-5, Oct ’86, £12.95, 504pp, hc) Anthology.

ix · Introduction · Michael Cox & R. A. Gilbert · in
1 · The Tapestried Chamber · Sir Walter Scott · ss The Keepsake, 1829, 1828; Weird Tales Sep ’26
13 · The Phantom Coach · Amelia B. Edwards · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1864
25 · Squire Toby’s Will · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Temple Bar Jan, 1868
51 · The Shadow in the Corner · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · ss All the Year Round Sum, 1879
69 · The Upper Berth · F. Marion Crawford · nv The Broken Shaft: Unwin’s Annual for 1886, ed. Sir Henry Norman, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1885
87 · A Wicked Voice · Vernon Lee · nv Hauntings, Fantastic Stories, London: Heinemann, 1890
109 · The Judge’s House · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves Dec 5, 1891
125 · Man-Size in Marble [1886] · E. Nesbit · ss Grim Tales, London: Innes, 1893
137 · The Roll-Call of the Reef · Sir Arthur T. Quiller-Couch · ss The Idler Jun, 1895
150 · The Friends of the Friends [“The Way It Came”] · Henry James · nv Chap Book May, 1896
172 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler Mar, 1896
180 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Sep ’02
190 · The Lost Ghost · Mary E. Wilkins Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine May ’03
205 · “Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad” · M. R. James · nv Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold, 1904
222 · The Empty House [Jim Shorthouse] · Algernon Blackwood · ss The Empty House, Eveleigh Nash, 1906
236 · The Cigarette Case · Oliver Onions · ss The Weekly Tale-Teller Aug 13 ’10
247 · Rose Rose · Barry Pain · ss The London Magazine May ’10
253 · The Confession of Charles Linkworth · E. F. Benson · ss The Cavalier Jan 13 ’12
266 · On the Brighton Road · Richard Middleton · ss The Ghost Ship, Unwin, 1912
270 · Bone to His Bone · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales, W. Heffer: Cambridge, 1912
277 · The True History of Anthony Ffryar [as by Ingulphus] · Arthur Gray · ss The Cambridge Review Feb 16 ’11
283 · The Taipan · W. Somerset Maugham · ss Pearson’s Magazine Oct ’22
289 · The Victim · May Sinclair · nv The Criterion Oct ’22
307 · A Visitor from Down Under · L. P. Hartley · ss The Ghost-Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson, 1926
322 · Fullcircle · John Buchan · ss Atlantic Monthly Jun ’20
335 · The Clock · William F. Harvey · ss The Beast With Five Fingers, J.M. Dent, 1928
339 · Old Man’s Beard · H. Russell Wakefield · ss Old Man’s Beard, Bles, 1929
354 · Mr. Jones · Edith Wharton · ss Ladies Home Journal Apr ’28
377 · Smee [as by Ex-Private X] · A. M. Burrage · ss Nash’s Pall Mall Magazine Dec ’29
387 · The Little Ghost · Hugh Walpole · ss The Red Book Magazine Oct ’22
399 · Ahoy, Sailor Boy! · A. E. Coppard · ss Dunky Fitlow Tales, London: Cape, 1933
410 · The Hollow Man · Thomas Burke · ss Colliers Oct 14 ’33
421 · Et in Sempiternum Pereant · Charles Williams · ss The London Mercury Dec ’35
430 · Bosworth Summit Pound · L. T. C. Rolt · ss Sleep No More, Constable, 1948
438 · An Encounter in the Mist · A. N. L. Munby · ss The Alabaster Hand and Other Ghost Stories, Dennis Dobson, 1949
444 · Hand in Glove · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Second Ghost Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, James Barrie, 1952
453 · A Story of Don Juan · V. S. Pritchett · ss, 1941
458 · Cushi · Christopher Woodforde · ss A Pad in the Straw, Dent, 1952
465 · Bad Company · Walter de la Mare · ss A Beginning and Other Stories, London: Faber, 1955
471 · The Bottle of 1912 · Simon Raven · ss The Compleat Imbiber, ed. Cyril Ray, Putnam, 1961
477 · The Cicerones · Robert Aickman · ss Travellers By Night, ed. August Derleth, Arkham, 1967
487 · Soft Voices at Passenham · T. H. White · ss The Maharajah and Other Stories, Macdonald, 1981
495 · Notes · Misc. Material · bi
500 · Select Bibliography · Misc. Material · bi
Aspects of Fantasy: Selected Essays from the Second International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film ed. William Coyle (Greenwood 0-313-24608-4, Feb ’86, $39.95, ix + 250pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical essays on fantasy in literature and film.
The Piercing John Coyne (Ace Charter 0-441-66310-9, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $3.50, 261pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1979) horror novel.
The Searing John Coyne (Charter 0-441-75694-8, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $3.50, 264pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1980) horror novel.
Continent Jim Crace (Heinemann 0-434-14824-5, Sep ’86 [1986], £4.95, 144pp, hc) Collection of seven loosely-connected stories set on an imaginary continent. Contents taken from Picador 1987 edition.

3 · Talking Skull · nv *
27 · The World with One Eye Shut · ss *
47 · Cross-Country · ss *
67 · On Heat · nv *
93 · Sins and Virtues · nv *
117 · Electricity · nv *
141 · The Prospect from the Silver Hill · ss *
Science Fiction Films Robin Cross (Gallery Books 0-8317-7713-3, 1985 [Mar ’86], $7.95, 96pp, 9" x 11" tp) Non-fiction, Reference. Instant remainder movie book, full color with little text. 1985 copyright; seems to be reprint or simultaneous release of British book.

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