The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Infinitys Shore David Brin (Easton Press, Jan 97, no price, 524pp, hc) [Uplift] SF novel, sequel to Brightness Reef and second in a new Uplift trilogy. This special leatherbound, gilt-edged edition is part of the Signed First Editions of SF available only by subscription. This is simultaneous with the Bantam Spectra edition listed two months ago.
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Infinitys Shore David Brin (SFBC #14540, Jan 97, $11.98, 525pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) [Uplift] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novel, sequel to Brightness Reef and second in a new Uplift trilogy. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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Infinitys Shore David Brin (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57777-8, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $6.99, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Uplift] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novel, sequel to Brightness Reef and second in a new Uplift trilogy.
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The Postman David Brin (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27874-6, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $6.50, 323pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1985) SF novel. Movie tie-in edition. 15th printing.
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The Postman David Brin (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27874-6, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $6.50, 333pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1985) SF novel. 16th printing.
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Exquisite Corpse Poppy Z. Brite (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-684-83627-0, Oct 97, $11.00, 240pp, tp) Reprint (Millennium) associational non-supernatural horror novel.
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Count Scar C. Dale Brittain & Robert Bouchard (Baen 0-671-87801-8, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $5.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Fantasy novel. A retired warrior and a holy man hold a castle in a deadly land.
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The White Abacus Damien Broderick (Avon 0-380-78559-5, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $12.50, 342pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) SF novel. A far-future retelling of Hamlet. A hardcover edition (-97476-2, $23.00) is also available.
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Zones Damien Broderick & Rory Barnes (HarperCollinsAustralia/Moonstone 0-7322-5760-3, May 97 [Dec 97], A$12.95, 223pp, pb) Young-adult SF novel of time travel and quantum mechanics. A girl gets telephone calls from the future.
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A Tale of a Hero and the Song of Her Sword Dylan Brody (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-412-8, Jun 97 [Aug 97], $7.99, 183pp, tp, cover by Ruth Thompson) Young-adult fantasy about a girls apprenticeship as a warrior. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
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First King of Shannara Terry Brooks (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39653-7, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $6.99, 435pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Shannara] Reprint (Del Rey; Legend 1996) prequel to The Sword of Shannara.
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Running with the Demon Terry Brooks (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37962-4, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $25.95, 420pp, hc, cover by Gerald Brom) [John Ross, Knight] Fantasy novel. Good and evil duke it out in Illinois on the Fourth of July.
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Running with the Demon Terry Brooks (SFBC #17885, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $12.98, 350pp, hc, cover by Gerald Brom) [John Ross, Knight] Reprint (Del Rey 1997) fantasy novel. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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Strange Deliverance Mary Brown (Baen 0-671-87795-X, Aug 97 [Jul 97], $5.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) Post-holocaust science fiction novel with fantasy elements. Human refugees settle in a seemingly safe village, unaware of stranded aliens nearby.
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Scared in School Roberta Simpson Brown (August House 0-87483-496-1, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $8.95, 144pp, tp) Collection of 17 young-adult stories, with four framing passages, about the horrifying happenings at 13th Street School. Available from August House, PO Box 3223, Little Rock AR 72203; orders 800-284-8784; email: order@augusthouse.com.
- 11 · A Grave Opening · lk *
- 13 · Dire Alarms · vi *
- 15 · The Chill-dren · ss *
- 19 · Clouds Shrouds · ss *
- 22 · Crybaby, Die Maybe · ss *
- 26 · School Spirit · ss *
- 31 · Opening Daze · lk *
- 32 · Creature Teacher · ss *
- 40 · Death Row · ss *
- 48 · Extinguished Educators · ss *
- 61 · Student Bodies · ss *
- 72 · Dead Ahead · ss *
- 75 · Five OClock Feedings · ss *
- 79 · Ghoul School · lk *
- 81 · Science Slab · ss *
- 97 · Belly Foot · ss *
- 110 · Hall Walker · ss *
- 120 · Shoe Souls · ss *
- 129 · Cutting · ss *
- 136 · Erasers · ss *
- 143 · Slay Ground · lk *
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Twelve Times Zero/Carbon-Copy Killer Howard Browne (Gryphon Books 0-936071-81-8, Mar 97, $10.00, 63+49pp, ph, cover by Alfred R. Klosterman) Chapbook collection of two SF mystery stories printed in the style of the classic Ace Doubles. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; 718-646-6126.
- 3 · Twelve Times Zero · na If Mar 52
- 3 · Carbon-Copy Killer [as by Alexander Blade] · nv Amazing Jul 43
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Freedom & Necessity Steven Brust & Emma Bull (Tor 0-312-85974-0, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $25.95, 444pp, hc, cover by G. Wappers) Historical novel with fantasy elements. Four relatives discuss social reform and philosphy while uncovering a deadly conspiracy in mid-19th-century England.
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Freedom & Necessity Steven Brust & Emma Bull (Tor 0-812-56261-5, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $6.99, 590pp, pb, cover by G. Wappers) Reprint (Tor 1997) historical novel with fantasy elements.
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The Kin of Ata Are Waiting for You Dorothy Bryant (Random House/Moon Books 0-679-77843-8, 1997 [Apr 97], $10.00, 220pp, tp, cover by Kevin Sloan) Reprint (Evan Press 1971 as The Comforter by D.M. Bryant) mystical fantasy with elements of SF.
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Entertainment Algis Budrys (NESFA Press 1-886778-05-1, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $12.00, 241pp, tp, cover by Don Maitz) Collection of 10 stories from the 1950s, with an introduction by Rick Katze, and An Incomplete Bibliography by Anthony R. Lewis. This edition was published in honor of Budrys appearance as Guest of Honor at LoneStarCon 2, the 1997 World SF convention. NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701-0809.
- vii · Introduction · Rick Katze · in
- 1 · The Executioner · nv Astounding Jan 56
- 45 · Silent Brother · ss Astounding Feb 56
- 67 · Never Meet Again · ss Infinity Science Fiction Mar 58
- 87 · Go and Behold Them [The End of Winter, as William Scarff] · ss Venture Jan 58
- 101 · The Burning World · nv Infinity Science Fiction Jul 57
- 145 · The Distant Sound of Engines · ss F&SF Mar 59
- 151 · Contact Between Equals · ss Venture Jul 58
- 169 · First to Serve · ss Astounding May 54
- 189 · The Skirmisher · ss Infinity Science Fiction Nov 57
- 197 · The End of Summer · nv Astounding Nov 54
- 229 · Algis BudrysAn Incomplete Bibliography · Anthony R. Lewis · bi
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Outposts: Literatures of Milieux Algis Budrys (Borgo Press 0-89370-447-4, 1996 [Feb 97], $19.00, 144pp, tp) Non-fiction, collection of five earlier essays on SF, with an introduction by Budrys, notes, an SF glossary, and an index. Available from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; 909-884-5813; fax 909-884-4942; add $2.50 postage.
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Dreamweavers Dilemma Lois McMaster Bujold (NESFA Press 0-915368-66-8, Feb 97 [Apr 97], $12.00, 250pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (NESFA 1996) collection of four essays, six stories, an interview with Bujold, Vorkosigan timeline. There is a brief biography, a list of awards, and an American bibliography. Order from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701-0203; add $2.00 postage.
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Ethan of Athos Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen 0-671-65604-X, Jul 97 [Jun 97], $5.99, 237pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Naismith] Reissue (Baen 1986) SF novel in the Miles Vorkosigan universe. Fourth printing.
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Memory Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen 0-671-87845-X, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $6.99, 462pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Miles Vorkosigan] Reprint (Baen 1996) Hugo-nominated SF novel in the Miles Vorkosigan series, sequel to Mirror Dance.
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The Warriors Apprentice Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen 0-671-72066-X, Mar 97, $5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Alan Gutierrez) [Miles Vorkosigan] Reissue (Baen 1986) Hugo-winning SF novel in the Miles Vorkosigan series. Fifth printing.
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Young Miles Lois McMaster Bujold (Baen 0-671-87782-8, Jun 97 [May 97], $15.00, 584pp, tp, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Miles Vorkosigan] Omnibus of The Warriors Apprentice, The Mountains of Mourning, and The Vor Game. There is a new afterword by Bujold discussing the genesis of these novels. A hardcover edition (-87787-9, $22.00) was announced but not seen.
- 1 · The Warriors Apprentice · n. New York: Baen, 1986
- 261 · The Mountains of Mourning · n. New York: Baen, 1989
- 327 · The Vor Game · n. New York: Baen, 1990
- 577 · Authors Afterword · aw
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Women at War ed. Lois McMaster Bujold & Roland J. Green (Tor 0-812-54458-7, Jun 97 [May 97], $10.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1995) original anthology of 17 military SF stories by and about women. Martin H. Greenberg is named by both editors as a collaborator, but his name does not appear elsewhere.
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Finder Emma Bull (Tor 0-312-86291-1, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $14.95, 317pp, tp, cover by Richard Bober) [Borderland] Reprint (Tor 1994) fantasy detective novel set in the Borderlands between human and faerie.
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The Darkness of God Chris Bunch (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38737-6, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $5.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Shadow Warrior] SF novel. Book three of the Shadow Warrior trilogy.
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The Seer King Chris Bunch (Warner Aspect 0-446-67282-3, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $13.99, 519pp, tp, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Seer King] Fantasy novel. A seer and a soldier change a corrupt empires fate.
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Bloodsport William R. Burkett, Jr. (HarperPrism 0-06-105822-X, Jan 98 [Dec 97], $5.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Bloodsport] SF novel. A big-game hunter and his robot Ball travel to the planet Pondoro to hunt the mysterious greer.
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The Reality Machine Cliff Burns (Black Dog Press 0-9694853-2-8, Sep 97, $16.95, 121pp, tp, cover by Clarence Holbrook Carter) Collection of 15 stories, one original. Introduction by Kim Newman. Order from Black Dog Press, 1142 105th St, North Battleford SK, S9A 1S6, Canada; add $3.00 postage.
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Tarzan and the Golden Lion/Tarzan and the Ant Men Edgar Rice Burroughs (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41348-2, May 97 [Apr 97], $5.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Charles Keegan) [Tarzan] Omnibus of Tarzan #9 & #10.
- · Tarzan and the Golden Lion · n. Argosy All-Story Weekly Dec 9 22 (+6)
- · Tarzan and the Ant Men · n. Argosy All-Story Weekly Feb 3 24 (+6)
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Tarzan at the Earths Core/Tarzan the Invincible Edgar Rice Burroughs (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41349-0, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $5.99, 422pp, pb, cover by Gerald Brom) [Tarzan] Omnibus of Tarzan #13 & #14.
- · Tarzan at the Earths Core · n. Blue Book Sep 29 (+6)
- · Tarzan the Invincible · n. Tarzana, CA: Burroughs Publishing, 1931
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Tarzan the Untamed/Tarzan the Terrible Edgar Rice Burroughs (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40832-2, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $5.99, 467pp, pb, cover by J. Allen St. John) [Tarzan] Omnibus of Tarzan #7 and #8.
- · Tarzan the Untamed · co Chicago: McClurg, 1920
- · Tarzan the Untamed · n. The Red Book Magazine Mar 19 (+5)
- · Tarzan and the Valley of Luna · n. All-Story Weekly Mar 20 20 (+5)
- · Tarzan the Terrible · n. Argosy All-Story Weekly Feb 12 21 (+6); Chicago: McClurg, 1921
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Tarzan Triumphant/Tarzan and the City of Gold Edgar Rice Burroughs (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41641-4, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $6.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Tarzan] Omnibus of Tarzan #15 & #16.
- 1 · Tarzan Triumphant · n. Blue Book Oct 31 (+5); Tarzana, CA: Burroughs Publishing, 1932
- 239 · Tarzan and the City of Gold · n. Argosy Mar 12 32 (+5)
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Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle/Tarzan and the Lost Empire Edgar Rice Burroughs (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41347-4, Jul 97 [Jun 97], $5.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Tarzan] Omnibus of Tarzan #11 & #12.
- 1 · Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle · n. Blue Book Dec 27 (+5)
- 209 · Tarzan and the Lost Empire · n. Blue Book Oct 28 (+4)
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Tarzan: The Lost Adventure Edgar Rice Burroughs & Joe R. Lansdale (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41273-7, Jun 97 [May 97], $5.99, 257pp, pb, cover by Raymond Verdaguer) [Tarzan] Reprint (Dark Horse 1996) associational novel expanded and adapted by Lansdale from a previously unpublished Tarzan story by Burroughs.
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Aftermath LeVar Burton (Warner Aspect 0-446-60501-8, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $6.50, 283pp, pb, cover by James Wang) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1997) post-holocaust SF novel.
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The Cobweb Stephen Bury (Bantam 0-553-57545-7, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $6.50, 432pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1996) associational thriller. Bury is a pseudonym for Neal Stephenson and J. Frederick George.
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Adulthood Rites Octavia E. Butler (Warner Aspect 0-446-60378-3, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $5.99, 279pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Xenogenesis] Reissue (Warner 1988) SF novel. Book two of the Xenogenesis trilogy. Eighth printing.
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Bloodchild and Other Stories Octavia E. Butler (Seven Stories Press 1-888363-36-3, Jan 97, $10.00, 145pp, tp) Reprint (Four Walls Eight Windows 1995) collection of five stories and two essays. Includes two Hugo winners; the title story also won the Nebula.
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Dawn Octavia E. Butler (Warner Aspect 0-446-60377-5, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $5.99, 249pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Xenogenesis] Reissue (Warner 1987) SF novel. Book one of the Xenogenesis trilogy. 12th printing.
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Imago Octavia E. Butler (Warner Aspect 0-446-60363-5, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $5.99, 220pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Xenogenesis] Reissue (Warner 1989) SF novel. Book three of the Xenogenesis trilogy. Sixth printing.
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The Djinn in the Nightingales Eye A. S. Byatt (Random House 0-679-42008-8, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $20.00, 274pp, hc) Collection of five adult fairy tales, two original. Two are excerpts from Possession. This is the first US edition (Chatto & Windus 1994).
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Wonder Woman: Gods and Goddesses John Byrne (Prima 0-7615-0483-4, Oct 97, $20.00, 307pp, hc, cover by Joe De Vito) Novelization based on the comic-book character. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
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Leavings P. D. Cacek (StarsEnd Creations 1-889120-10-3, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $5.99, 230pp, pb, cover by David Martin) Collection of 13 stories, six apparently original, with introduction by Cacek, and foreword by Edward Bryant. Order from StarsEnd Creations, 8547 East Arapahoe Rd. #J224, Greenwood Village, CO 80112.
- ix · Foreword: Believings · Edward Bryant · fw
- xiii · Introduction · in
- 1 · Leavings · nv *
- 25 · Baby Dolls · ss *
- 45 · Mime Games · ss Pulphouse #19 95
- 57 · The Princess · ss *
- 71 · Gilgamesh Recidivus · ss Peter S. Beagles Immortal Unicorn, ed. Peter S. Beagle, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1995
- 91 · Ancient One · nv Paper Moon, 1995
- 119 · Tomb with a View · ss Newer York, ed. Lawrence Watt-Evans, Roc, 1991
- 133 · Under the Haystack · ss *
- 153 · Heart of Stone · ss *
- 173 · Here There Be Dragons · ss Grails: Visitations of the Night, ed. Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Penguin/Roc, 1994
- 187 · Letting Go · ss *
- 199 · Yrena · ss Blood Muse, Esther M. Friesner & Martin H. Greenberg, Fine, 1995
- 219 · Just a Little Bug · ss David Copperfields Tales of the Impossible, ed. David Copperfield, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1995
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Dead Things Richard Calder (St. Martins 0-312-15103-9, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $21.95, 201pp, hc, cover by James Goodridge) [Dead Girls] SF novel, third in the trilogy that began with Dead Girls. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 1996).
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Aeromancer Don Callander (Ace 0-441-00472-5, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $5.99, 289pp, pb, cover by Don Clavette) [Mancer] Fantasy novel, fourth in the Mancer series.
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Fantastic Tales: Visionary and Everyday ed. Italo Calvino (Random House/Pantheon 0-679-41526-2, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $30.00, 588pp, hc) Anthology of 26 stories of 19th-century fantastic literature, by authors as varied as Rudyard Kipling, Nikolai Vasilyevich Gogol, Edgar Allan Poe, and H.G. Wells. Calvino divides the stories into two types, visionary and everyday, discussing this division in his introduction and prefatory notes to each story. Introduction, notes, and four stories are translated by Alfred MacAdam. Originally published in Italian in two volumes (Mondadori 1983 as Racconti Fantastici DellOttocento: Volume Primo, Il Fantastico Visionario and Volume Secondo, Il Fantastico Quotidiano).
- vii · Introduction · Italo Calvino · in
- 1 · I. The Visionary Fantastic of the Nineteenth Century
- 3 · The Story of the Demoniac Pacheco [1805] · Jan Potocki; trans. by Christine Donougher · ex Hippocrene, 1990; Historie du démoniaque Pacheco, from Manuscrit trouvé a Saragosse, 1805.
- 17 · Autumn Sorcery · Joseph von Eichendorff · ss, 1808; Die Zauberei im Herbste, 1808-1809.
- 33 · The Sandman · E. T. A. Hoffmann; trans. by J. T. Bealby · nv Best Tales of Hoffmann, Dover, 1967; in Nachtstücke vol. 1, 1816.
- 73 · Wandering Willies Tale [from Redgauntlet] · Sir Walter Scott · ex London: Constable, 1824
- 95 · The Elixir of Life · Honoré de Balzac · ss La Revue de Paris Oct, 1830; Lelixir de longue vie.
- 123 · The Eye with No Lid · Philarète Chasles · ss, 1832; Loeil sans paupière, 1832.
- 143 · The Enchanted Hand · Gérard de Nerval · nv, 1832; La main enchantée, 1832.
- 181 · Young Goodman Brown · Nathaniel Hawthorne · ss New England Magazine Apr, 1835
- 197 · The Nose · Nikolai Gogol; trans. by Andrew MacAndrew · ss Diary of a Madman and Other Stories, Signet, 1960; Nos, Sovremennik 1836.
- 227 · The Beautiful Vampire [Clarimonde] · Théophile Gautier · nv Chronique de Paris Jun 23, 1836 (+); La morte amoureuse.
- 261 · The Venus of Ille · Prosper Mérimée; trans. by Jean Kimber · nv The Venus of Ille and Other Stories, Oxford University Press, 1966; Revue des Deux Mondes 1837.
- 293 · The Ghost and the Bonesetter · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine Jan, 1838
- 305 · II. The Everyday Fantastic of the Nineteenth Century
- 307 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer Jan, 1843
- 315 · The Shadow [1847] · Hans Christian Andersen; trans. by M. R. James · ss Hans Andersen: Forty-two Stories, Faber & Faber, 1930
- 331 · The Signal-Man · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1866
- 347 · The Dream [1876] · Ivan Sergeyevich Turgenev; trans. by Robert Dessaix · nv The Mysterious Tales of Ivan Turgenev, Australian National University, 1979
- 371 · A Shameless Rascal · Nicolai Semyonovich Leskov; trans. by Michael Shotton · ss Five Tales, London: Angel Books, 1986; Chertogón, 1879.
- 389 · The Very Image · Auguste Villiers de lIsle-Adam · vi Contes Cruels, Calmann Levy, 1883; A Sy Méprende!.
- 395 · Night: A Nightmare · Guy de Maupassant · ss; La Nuit, 1887.
- 403 · A Lasting Love · Vernon Lee · nv, 1890; Amour Dure.
- 441 · Chickamauga · Ambrose Bierce · ss San Francisco Examiner Jan 20, 1889
- 451 · The Holes in the Mask · Jean Lorrain · ss; Les Trous du Masque.
- 461 · The Bottle Imp · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv New York Herald Feb 8-Mar 1, 1891
- 493 · The Friends of the Friends [The Way It Came] · Henry James · nv Chap Book May, 1896
- 523 · The Bridge-Builders · Rudyard Kipling · nv, 1898
- 559 · The Country of the Blind · H. G. Wells · nv The Strand Apr 04
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Nazareth Hill Ramsey Campbell (Tor 0-312-86344-6, Jun 97 [May 97], $23.95, 383pp, hc) Horror novel. An asylum made over into apartments causes new tenants live to repeat old evils. First US edition (Headline 1996 as The House on Nazareth Hill).
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The One Safe Place Ramsey Campbell (Tor 0-812-54555-9, Aug 97 [Jul 97], $6.99, 401pp, pb) Reprint (Headline 1995) associational psychological horror novel.
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