The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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A Party To Die For Graham Lord (Little, Brown UK 0-316-88251-8, Feb ’97 [Apr ’97], £16.99, 455pp, hc, cover by Kevin Tweddell) SF novel. As celebrities and those in power jockey to be first to enter the next Millennium, a comet heads for Earth.
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Days James Lovegrove (Phoenix 0-75380-228-7, Nov ’97, £6.99, 329pp, tp) SF/dark fantasy satire. The giga-store Days sells everything, and everyone wants in, but getting out requires a higher price.
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Brian Lumley’s Mythos Omnibus Brian Lumley (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649937-6, Apr ’97, £6.99, 655pp, tp) [Titus Crow] Dark fantasy omnibus of three “Titus Crow” novels — The Burrowers Beneath (DAW 1974); The Transition of Titus Crow (DAW 1975 revised version); and The Clock of Dreams (HBJ/Jove 1978).
- 9 · The Burrowers Beneath · n. New York: DAW, 1974
- 213 · The Transition of Titus Crow · n. New York: DAW, 1975; revised.
- 465 · The Clock of Dreams · n. Jove/HBJ Books, 1978
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Brian Lumley’s Mythos Omnibus Volume II Brian Lumley (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649938-4, Jun ’97, £6.99, 684pp, pb) [Titus Crow] Dark fantasy omnibus of 3 novels: Spawn of the Winds (Vintage, 1978), In the Moons of Borea (Jove, 1979), and Elysia: The Coming of Cthulhu! (Ganley, 1989).
- 9 · Spawn of the Winds · n. New York: Vintage, 1978
- 223 · In the Moons of Borea · n. Jove/HBJ Books, 1979
- 461 · Elysia: The Coming of Cthulhu! · n. W. Paul Ganley: Buffalo, NY, 1989
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The Compleat Crow Brian Lumley (NEL 0-340-69544-7, Aug ’97 [Oct ’97], £5.99, 275pp, pb) [Titus Crow] Reprint (Ganley 1987) collection of 11 stories in the “Titus Crow” series. Copyrighted 1997. [First U.K. edition]
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The House of Doors: Second Visit Brian Lumley (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-70823-9, Dec ’97, £16.99, 409pp, hc, cover by George Underwood) [House of Doors] SF/dark fantasy novel. The sequel to House of Doors.
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Necroscope: The Lost Years: Volume II Brian Lumley (NEL 0-340-64964-X, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £6.99, 469pp, pb, cover by George Underwood) [Necroscope: Lost Years] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) horror/SF novel.
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Dragons on the Sea of Night Eric Lustbader (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-225005-5, Jun ’97 [May ’97], £16.99, 291pp, hc, cover by Don Maitz) [Sunset Warrior] Fantasy novel, fifth in the “Sunset Warrior” cycle.
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Doctor Who: The Murder Game Steve Lyons (BBC Books 0-563-40565-1, Jul ’97, £4.99, 284pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 2 of the BBC “Missing Adventures” series.
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Ornaments in Jade Arthur Machen (Tartarus Press 1-872621-24-4, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £12.99, x+54pp, hc) Reprint (Knopf 1924) dark fantasy collection of 10 stories, with an introduction by Barry Humphries, President of the Arthur Machen Society. A Limited Edition of 400 copies, including 25 marbled presentation copies, published in association with Caermaen Books. Available from 5 Birch Terrace, Hangingbirch Lane, Horam, East Sussex TN21 0PA. [First U.K. edition]
- vii · Introduction · Barry Humphries · in, 1997
- 7 · The Rose Garden · ss The Neolith Aug ’08
- 11 · The Turanians · ss *
- 16 · The Idealist · ss *
- 23 · Witchcraft · ss *
- 27 · The Ceremony [1897] · ss *
- 31 · Psychology · ss *
- 35 · Torture · ss *
- 41 · Midsummer · ss *
- 46 · Nature [“The Splendid Holiday”] · nf The Academy and Literature Jan 4 ’08
- 50 · The Holy Things · ss *
- 55 · Publisher’s Note · Misc. · ms
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Ritual and Other Stories Arthur Machen (Tartarus Press 1-872621-27-9, Oct ’97, £25.00, 289pp, hc) Reprint (Tartarus Press 1992) dark fantasy collection, revised by replacing stories now in Ornaments in Jade with “The Red Hand”. A Limited Edition of 200 copies, including 20 marbled copies for presentation. Available from 5 Birch Terrace, Hangingbirch Lane, Horam, East Sussex TN21 0PA.
- 1 · The Town of Long Ago · ss Globe Oct 22, 1889
- 6 · Of the Isle of Shadows, and of the Strange Customs of the men that dwell there · ss The St. James’s Gazette Jul 8, 1890
- 10 · A Further Account of the Academy of Lagado: A Fragment · ss The St. James’s Gazette Jul 16, 1890
- 14 · Tales from Barataria · ss Globe Jul 17, 1890
- 19 · Sir John’s Chef · ss The St. James’s Gazette Jul 17, 1890
- 23 · The Autophone · ss The St. James’s Gazette Aug 21, 1890
- 28 · A Remarkable Coincidence · ss The St. James’s Gazette Aug 26, 1890
- 32 · A Double Return · ss The St. James’s Gazette Sep 11, 1890
- 36 · A Wonderful Woman · ss The Whirlwind Dec 6, 1890
- 41 · The Lost Club · ss The Whirlwind Dec 20, 1890
- 49 · An Underground Adventure · ss The Whirlwind Dec 27, 1890
- 54 · The Decorative Imagination · in The Three Impostors, John Lane, 1895; dated 1890/1894. This is the frame for the following story.
- 56 · The Novel of the Iron Maid · ss The St. James’s Gazette Sep 13, 1890
- 63 · Jocelyn’s Escape · ss The World Jun 17, 1891
- 70 · The Red Hand [Dyson] · nv Chapman’s Magazine of Fiction Dec, 1895
- 106 · The Hidden Mystery · ss The Academy and Literature Jun 6 ’08; published in The Academy.
- 116 · The Soldier’s Rest · ss London Evening News Oct 20 ’14
- 122 · Drake’s Drum · nf Outlook Apr 26 ’19
- 126 · A New Christmas Carol [“Scrooge: 1920”; Christmas Carol] · vi London Evening News Dec 28 ’20
- 130 · 7B Coney Court · ss The London Graphic Sep 26 ’25
- 136 · The Gift of Tongues · ss T.P.’s and Cassell’s Weekly Dec 3 ’27
- 143 · The Islington Mystery · ss The Black Cap, ed. Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson, 1927
- 158 · Johnny Double · ss The Treasure Cave, ed. Cynthia Asquith, Jarrolds, 1928
- 167 · Awaking: A Children’s Story · ss The Cosy Room, Rich Cowan, 1936
- 171 · The Compliments of the Season · ss The Independent Jan 13 ’34
- 176 · The Dover Road · nv Missing from Their Homes, ed. Anon., Hutchinson, 1936
- 212 · The Exalted Omega · ss The Children of the Pool, Hutchinson, 1936
- 238 · Change · ss The Children of the Pool, Hutchinson, 1936
- 253 · Out of the Picture · nv The Children of the Pool, Hutchinson, 1936
- 284 · Ritual · ss Path and Pavement, ed. John Rowland, Eric Grant, 1937
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Tales of Horror and the Supernatural Arthur Machen (Tartarus Press 1-872621-25-2, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £25.00, xviii+391pp, hc) Dark fantasy collection of 13 classic stories, with an introduction by Roger Dobson. A Limited Edition of 500 copies, including 20 marbled copies for presentation. Available from 5 Birch Terrace, Hangingbirch Lane, Horam, East Sussex TN21 0PA.
- vii · Introduction · Roger Dobson · in
- 1 · The Novel of the Black Seal · nv The Three Impostors, John Lane, 1895
- 41 · The Novel of the White Powder · ss The Three Impostors, John Lane, 1895
- 58 · The Great God Pan · na The Great God Pan, London: John Lane, 1894; a portion appeared earlier in The Whirlwind, Dec 13, 1890.
- 113 · The White People · nv Horlick’s Magazine Jan ’04
- 152 · The Inmost Light [Dyson] · nv The Great God Pan, London: John Lane, 1894
- 181 · The Shining Pyramid · nv The Unknown World May 15, 1895 (+)
- 206 · The Bowmen · ss London Evening News Sep 29 ’14
- 210 · The Great Return · nv London Evening News Oct 21-Nov 16 ’15
- 245 · The Happy Children · ss The Masterpiece Library of Short Stories, ed. J. A. Hammerton, London: Educational Book Co., 1920
- 251 · Out of the Earth · ss T.P.’s Weekly Nov 27 ’15
- 258 · N · nv The Cosy Room, Rich Cowan, 1936
- 282 · The Children of the Pool · ss The Children of the Pool, Hutchinson, 1936
- 302 · The Terror [“The Great Terror”] · na The Evening News Oct 16 ’16 (+)
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The Stone Canal Ken MacLeod (Legend 0-09-955901-3, Aug ’97, £5.99, 322pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Fall Revolution] Reprint (Legend 1996) SF novel. Second in the “Jonathan Wilde” series.
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An Anthology of Scottish Fantasy Literature ed. Colin Manlove (Polygon 0-7486-6213-8, 1996 [Mar ’97], £10.99, 272pp, tp, cover by Fionna Robson) Anthology of fantasy stories, verse, and extracts from novels and plays over the last 1000 years. Published in 1996, but not seen until now.
- 7 · Introduction · Colin Manlove · in
- 19 · Fairy Tales
- 20 · Whuppity Stoorie · Anon. · ss
- 24 · The Black Bull of Norroway · Anon. · ss
- 27 · The Wal at the Warld’s End · Anon. · vi
- 29 · Thomas Rymer · Anon. · pm
- 31 · Tam Lin · Anon. · pm
- 37 · The Testament of Cresseid · Robert Henryson · pm, 14--
- 42 · The Goldyn Targe · William Dunbar · pm, 1495
- 51 · The Dance of the Sevin Deidly Synnis · William Dunbar · pm, 1506
- 55 · The Palice of Honour: The First Part · Gavin Douglas · pm
- 60 · Penardo and Laissa · Patrick Gordon · pm, 1615; extract from book published by George Waters.
- 71 · Ossian [from Fingal] · James Macpherson · ex, 1761
- 80 · Tam O’Shanter · Robert Burns · pm Edinburgh Magazine Mar, 1791
- 88 · Kilmeny (extract) · James Hogg · pm, 1813
- 91 · The Three Perils of Man: War, Women and Witchcraft · James Hogg · ex, 1822
- 95 · The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner · James Hogg · ex, 1824
- 98 · Sartor Resartus: Natural Supernaturalism · Thomas Carlyle · ex
- 108 · Phantastes · George MacDonald · ex London: Smith, Elder, 1858
- 114 · The Princess and the Goblin: Woven and Then Spun · George MacDonald · ex Routledge, 1871
- 118 · The City of Dreadful Night (extract) · James Thomson · pm, 1874
- 123 · A Beleaguered City · Margaret Oliphant · ex New Quarterly Magazine Jan, 1879
- 127 · Old Lady Mary · Margaret Oliphant · ex, 1885
- 130 · The Land of Darkness · Margaret Oliphant · ex, 1888
- 134 · Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: Henry Jekyll’s Full Statement of the Case [from The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde] · Robert Louis Stevenson · ex New York: Scribner’s, 1886
- 138 · The Tale of Tod Lapraik [chapter 4 from Catriona] · Robert Louis Stevenson · ex, 1893
- 144 · Gold of Fairnilee: The White Roses [from The Gold of Fairnilee] · Andrew Lang · ex Bristol: Arrowsmith, 1888
- 147 · Out of Fairyland [from The Gold of Fairnilee] · Andrew Lang · ex Bristol: Arrowsmith, 1888
- 150 · The Washer of the Ford · Fiona Macleod · ss The Washer of the Ford, Edinburgh: Patrick Geddes, 1896
- 162 · Peter Pan [from The Little White Bird; Peter Pan] · J. M. Barrie · ex London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1902
- 172 · A Voyage to Arcturus · David Lindsay · ex London: Methuen, 1920
- 178 · Haunted Woman: The Music of Spring [from The Haunted Woman] · David Lindsay · ex London: Methuen, 1922
- 182 · The Corn Queen and the Spring Queen · Naomi Mitchison · ex London: Cape, 1931
- 188 · Father Malachy’s Miracle · Bruce Marshall · ex, 1931
- 194 · Mr. Bolfry · James Bridie · ex, 1943; from Plays for Plain People (Constable, 1943).
- 201 · The Green Isle of the Great Deep · Neil Gunn · ex London: Faber and Faber, 1944
- 209 · The Well at the World’s End · Neil Gunn · ex London: Faber and Faber, 1950
- 213 · Magnus · George Mackay Brown · ex, 1973
- 219 · An Epiphany Tale · George Mackay Brown · ss, 1980
- 223 · Lanark [from Lanark: A Life in 4Books] · Alasdair Gray · ex Canongate: Edinburgh, Scotland, 1981
- 231 · The Grimm Sisters (extract) · Liz Lochhead · pm, 1981
- 239 · The Bridge · Iain Banks · ex New York & London: Macmillan, 1984
- 246 · Cells of Knowledge · Sian Hayton · ex, 1989; original publisher, Polygon.
- 254 · Green Man · Margaret Elphinstone · ex, 1991; from story in An Apple from a Tree (Women’s Press).
- 264 · Some Notes on His Departure · James Meek · ss, 1992; from Last Orders and Other Stories (Polygon, 1992).
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A Land Fit for Heroes Volume 4: The Burning Forest Phillip Mann (Vista 0-575-60070-5, May ’97, £5.99, 255pp, hc, cover by Adrian Chesterman) [Land Fit for Heroes] Reprint (Gollancz 1996) SF/fantasy novel. Last in the series set in a Britain still ruled by Rome.
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The Sex Files: File 1: Beyond Limits Carl K. Mariner (Headline Delta 0-7472-5718-3, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], £5.99, 248pp, pb) [Sex Files] Explicitly erotic SF/fantasy novel in a series emulating The X-Files.
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The Closing March Lynne Markham (Mammoth 0-7497-2876-0, Apr ’97, £4.50, 169pp, tp, cover by Andy Martin) Young-adult fantasy novel.
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Skitzo Graham Marks (Scholastic UK 0-590-13647-X, Feb ’97, £3.99, 204pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) Young-adult SF novel.
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Dry Max Marlow (Severn House 0-7278-5272-8, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £17.99, 311pp, hc) SF disaster novel. Worldwide drought in 2023 brings social breakdown and civil war. Marlow is a pseudonym for Christopher Nicole & Diana Bachmann.
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The X-Files 11: Ghost in the Machine Les Martin (Voyager 0-00-648313-5, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £3.99, 97pp, pb) [X-Files] SF novelisation. Simultaneous with the US (HarperTrophy) edition.
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The X-Files #6: Fresh Bones Les Martin (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648329-1, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £3.99, 137pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novelisation of the TV series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.
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The X-Files #8: The Host Les Martin (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648331-3, Nov ’97, £3.99, 109pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novelization of the TV series. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film. Simultaneous with the US (HarperTrophy) edition.
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Bypass: The Earth Fights Back? Anthony Masters (Bloomsbury 0-7475-2988-4, Dec ’96 [Jan ’97], £3.99, 154pp, pb, cover by Paul Kidby) Young-adult fantasy novel.
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Weird World 1: The Dark Side of the Brain Anthony Masters (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3575-2, 1997 [Dec ’97], £3.99, 96pp, pb) Young-adult SF/horror novel.
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Weird World 2: Cloning Me, Cloning You Anthony Masters (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3574-4, 1997 [Dec ’97], £3.99, 96pp, pb) Young-adult SF/horror novel.
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The Chosen Child Graham Masterton (Heinemann 0-434-00315-8, Jun ’97 [May ’97], £17.99, 424pp, hc, cover by Joseph Mills) Dark fantasy novel.
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The Chosen Child Graham Masterton (Mandarin 0-7493-2341-8, Oct ’97, £5.99, 424pp, pb, cover by Joe Mills) Reprint (Heinemann 1997) dark fantasy novel.
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Tooth and Claw Graham Masterton (Severn House 0-7278-5188-8, May ’97, £17.99, 234pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) [Jim Rook] Dark fantasy thriller, second in a series about Jim Rook, a teacher of special children, with a special gift of his own.
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Countdown to Millennium Rodney Matthews & Nigel Suckling (Paper Tiger 1-85028-394-X, Oct ’97, £13.99, 112pp, tp, cover by Rodney Matthews) Art book by Matthews, with text by Matthews and Suckling.
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Magnificat Julian May (Pan 0-330-32305-9, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], £5.99, 561pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [Galactic Milieu] Reprint (Knopf 1996) SF novel. Book three of “The Galactic Milieu Trilogy”.
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Sky Trillium Julian May (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224197-8, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], £16.99, 300pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Trillium] Reprint (Del Rey 1997) fantasy novel, sequel to Blood Trillium, May’s solo sequel to Black Trillium, the collaboration by Andre Norton, Julian May, and Marion Zimmer Bradley. [First U.K. edition]
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Sky Trillium Julian May (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648265-1, Sep ’97, £5.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Trillium] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 1997) fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Trillium” series.
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Over the Hills and Far Away William Mayne (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-65680-8, Nov ’97, £3.99, 162pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1968) young-adult fantasy novel of witchcraft and time travel.
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Child of the River Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz 0-575-06427-7, Sep ’97, £16.99, 286pp, hc, cover by Paul Young) [Confluence] SF novel set on an artificial world at the very edge of space and time. First Book of the “Confluence” trilogy.
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The Invisible Country Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60189-2, Sep ’97, £5.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) collection of nine reprint SF stories, including four stories in the series which led to the award-winning Fairyland. There is an Introduction by Kim Newman, and each story has an afterword discussing its genesis.
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Red Dust Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60213-9, May ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Gollancz 1993) SF novel.
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Secret Harmonies Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60372-0, Aug ’97 [Nov ’97], £5.99, 333pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1989 as Of The Fall) SF novel.
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Freedom’s Choice Anne McCaffrey (Bantam UK 0-593-03773-1, Jan ’97, £15.99, 304pp, hc, cover by Peter Elson) [Catteni] SF novel. Book Two of the “Catteni” sequence after Freedom’s Landing.
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Freedom’s Choice Anne McCaffrey (Corgi 0-552-14273-5, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], £5.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Catteni] Reprint (Bantam UK 1997) SF novel. Book Two of the “Catteni” sequence after Freedom’s Landing.
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Red Star Rising Anne McCaffrey (Corgi 0-552-14272-7, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], £5.99, 416pp, pb, cover by Steve Weston) [Pern] Reprint (Bantam UK 1996) SF novel in the “Pern” series. Subtitled “The Second Chronicles of Pern”. Published in the US as Dragonseye.
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Red Star Rising: The Second Chronicles of Pern Anne McCaffrey (Bantam UK 0-593-04081-3, Jan ’97, £9.99, 335pp, tp, cover by Steve Weston) [Pern] Reprint (Bantam UK 1996) SF novel in the “Pern” series. Note that the title page does not use the subtitle. Published in the US as Dragonseye (Del Rey, 1997).
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Survivors: Book Two of the Dinosaur Planet Saga Anne McCaffrey (Severn House 0-7278-4974-3, Apr ’97, £16.99, 281pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) Reprint (Del Rey 1984 as Dinosaur Planet Survivors) SF novel.
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A Diversity of Dragons Anne McCaffrey & Richard Woods (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-82112-5, Oct ’97 [Aug ’97], £16.99, 96pp, hc, cover by John Howe) Art book, illustrated by John Howe. A large-format hardcover. The text is a fictional account of a mysterious stranger who visits McCaffrey to learn all about dragons. Simultaneous with the US (Simon & Schuster) edition.
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Albion: The Last Companion Patrick McCormack (Raven 1-85487-412-8, Sep ’97, £7.99, 470pp, tp) [Albion] Arthurian fantasy novel set ten years after Arthur’s death.
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Sacrifice of Fools Ian McDonald (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60059-4, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £5.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) SF novel.
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The Child in Time Ian McEwan (Vintage UK 0-09-975501-7, May ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 220pp, tp) Reprint (Cape 1987) literary SF novel.
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In Between the Sheets Ian McEwan (Vintage UK 0-09-975471-1, May ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 134pp, tp) Reprint (Cape 1978) literary collection of seven stories, including several SF and fantasy.
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The Dark Path David A. McIntee (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20503-0, Mar ’97, £4.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelisation based on the Doctor Who TV series. Volume 32 in “The Missing Adventures”.
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The Child Queen Nancy McKenzie (Legend 0-09-922482-8, Jul ’97, £5.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Guinevere] Reprint (Del Rey 1994) fantasy novel. First book in an Arthurian series based around Guinevere. [First U.K. edition]
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The High Queen Nancy McKenzie (Legend 0-09-922472-0, Sep ’97, £5.99, 430pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Guinevere] Reprint (Del Rey 1995) Arthurian fantasy novel. Book 2 in the series based around Guinevere. [First U.K. edition]
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Someone in the House Barbara Michaels (Severn House 0-7278-5227-2, Jul ’97, £16.99, 300pp, hc) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1981) gothic horror novel. Michaels is a pseudonym for Elizabeth Peters.
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The Knight’s Vengeance Haydn Middleton (Little, Brown UK 0-316-91369-3, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £16.99, 281pp, hc, cover by Stephen Player) [Mordred Cycle] Arthurian fantasy novel. Third in the “Mordred Cycle”.
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The Queen’s Captive Haydn Middleton (Warner UK 0-7515-1661-9, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Stephen Player) [Mordred Cycle] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1996) Arthurian fantasy novel. Second in the “Mordred Cycle”.
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