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The Startling Worlds of Henry Kuttner Henry Kuttner (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20328-5, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $3.95, 357pp, pb) Omnibus of 3 science fantasy adventure novels: The Portal in the Picture (Ace 1954, as Beyond Earth’s Gates), Valley of the Flame (Ace 1964), and The Dark World (Ace 1965). All three, written in collaboration with C.L. Moore, appeared first in Startling Stories in the Forties.

1 · The Portal in the Picture · n. Startling Stories Sep ’49; ; as Beyond Earth’s Gate by Lewis Padgett, New York: Ace, 1954
133 · Valley of the Flame [as by Keith Hammond] · n. Startling Stories Mar ’46; New York: Ace, 1964
253 · The Dark World · n. Startling Stories Sum ’46; New York: Ace, 1965
Many Waters Madeleine L’Engle (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-34796-4, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $12.95, 310pp, hc) [Meg Murry] Fantasy novel, part of the Wrinkle in Time sequence. The Murry twins are transported to the world of Noah and the Ark.
Many Waters Madeleine L’Engle (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-34797-2, Nov ’86, $50.00, 310pp, hc) [Meg Murry] Signed, reprint (Farar/Strause/Giroux 1986) edition (250 copies) of a juvenile novel featuring characters from the Murry family of the “Time Trilogy”.
A Wrinkle in Time Madeleine L’Engle (Puffin, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £1.75, pb) [Meg Murry] Reprint (Farrar, Straus 1962) sf novel.
My Heart Leaps Up, Chapters 1 & 2 (1920-1928) R. A. Lafferty (Chris Drumm 0-936055-27-8, Dec ’86, $6.00, 54pp, 4.25 x 7 ph) The first two chapters of part one of In a Green Tree, a fantasy novel set in Lafferty’s Tulsa neighborhood. This is the 126 copy signed limited edition which includes the poem “Unregimented Hours”. A regular edition (ISBN 0-936055-26-X) is available for $2.75.
Dad’s Nuke Marc Laidlaw (Donald I. Fine 0-917657-52-7, 1985 [Jan ’86], $15.95, 255pp, hc) Black humor sf novel; neighborhood one-up-manship with a nuclear bent. A first novel.
Dad’s Nuke Marc Laidlaw (Gollancz 0-575-03905-1, Sep ’86, £9.95, 255pp, hc) Reprint (Fine 1986) satirical sf novel.
1988 Richard Lamm & Arnold Grossman (Severn House 0-7278-1310-2, Aug ’86, £9.95, 264pp, hc) Reprint near-future political thriller.
Pandora’s Children Kathryn Lance (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20066-9, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $3.50, 279pp, pb) [Pandora’s Genes] Sf novel, sequel to Pandora’s Genes.
The Curious Quests of Brigadier Ffellowes Sterling E. Lanier (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-89-5, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $30.00, 254pp, hc) [Brigadier Ffellowes] Collection of 6 fantasy stories featuring the Brigadier, including 1 original, plus an introduction. Signed, limited edition of 1200 copies; illustrated by Ned Dameron.

7 · Introduction · Donald M. Grant · in
11 · Fore/Thought/Word · fw
15 · Ghost of a Crown · nv F&SF Dec ’76
69 · And the Voice of the Turtle... · nv F&SF Oct ’72
107 · A Father’s Tale · nv F&SF Jul ’74
151 · Commander in the Mist · ss F&SF Mar ’82
173 · Thinking of the Unthinkable · ss F&SF Aug ’73
185 · The Brigadier in Check — and Mate · na *
Dead in the West Joe R. Lansdale (Space & Time 0-917053-04-4, Jun ’86, $6.95, 119pp, pb) [Rev. Jebidiah Rains] Western/horror novel.
Battlestar Galactica #12: “Die, Chameleon!" Glen A. Larson & Robert Thurston (Berkley 0-425-09095-7, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 217pp, pb) [Battlestar Galactica] Sf novel based on the tv series.
Battlestar Galactica #13: Apollo’s War Glen A. Larson & Robert Thurston (Berkley 0-425-09476-6, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 198pp, pb) [Battlestar Galactica] Novelization based on episodes of the tv sf series.
Home Free Kathryn Lasky (Four Winds Press 0-02-751650-4, Jan ’86 [Feb ’86], $13.95, 245pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of naturalists vs developers, and children with strange powers.
Cry Wolf Aileen La Tourette (Virago 0-86068-584-5, May ’86, £9.95, 193pp, hc) Post-holocaust sf novel.
Cry Wolf Aileen La Tourette (Virago 0-86068-589-6, May ’86, £3.95, 193pp, tp) Paperback edition of the above.
Beyond the Imperium Keith Laumer (Tor 0-812-54381-5, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 318pp, pb) [Imperium] Reissue (Tor 1981) omnibus volume of The Other Side of Time (Berkley 1965) and Assignment in Nowhere (Berkley 1968). 2nd Tor printing.
Bolo Keith Laumer (Ace 0-441-06997-5, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.95, 216pp, pb) [Bolo] Reprint (Berkley/Putnam 1976) collection of stories about fighting machines.
Dinosaur Beach Keith Laumer (Baen 0-671-65581-7, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.95, 204pp, pb) Reprint (Scribners 1971) sf novel of time travel and suspense.
Galactic Odyssey Keith Laumer (Tor 0-812-54385-8, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 252pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1967) sf novel; 2nd printing.
Retief and the Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude Keith Laumer (Baen 0-671-65556-6, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 278pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Collection of an original novelette which gives the book its new title plus the novel Retief’s Ransom (Putnam 1971).

3 · Retief and the Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude · na *
81 · Retief’s Ransom · n. New York: Putnam, 1971
Retief and the Warlords Keith Laumer (Baen 0-671-65575-2, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 266pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Reprint (Doubleday 1968) novel in the “Retief” series.
Retief in the Ruins Keith Laumer (Baen 0-671-65599-X, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.95, 247pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Collection of three stories: two originals (the title story and “The Woomy”) plus “There is a Tide”. “Retief” #5.

3 · Retief in the Ruins · na *
99 · There Is a Tide · na Far Frontiers Vol. V, ed. Jerry Pournelle & Jim Baen, Baen, 1986
183 · The Woomy · na *
Retief: Emissary to the Stars Keith Laumer (Baen 0-671-65605-8, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.95, 270pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Reprint (Dell 1975) collection of 7 stories about Retief.
The Star Treasure Keith Laumer (Baen 0-671-65596-5, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 271pp, pb) Collection, including the complete novel The Star Treasure (Putnam 1971), plus 3 short stories. There is no contents page.

1 · The Star Treasure · n. New York: Putnam, 1971
213 · A Relic of War [Bolo] · ss Analog Oct ’69
227 · Test to Destruction · nv Dangerous Visions, ed. Harlan Ellison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1967
261 · In the Queue · ss Orbit 7, ed. Damon Knight, G.P. Putnam’s, 1970
The Harlequin’s Son André Launay (Pan 0-330-29599-3, Dec ’86, £2.50, 240pp, pb) Horror novel.
Emphyrion I: The Search for Fierra Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion 0-7459-1110-2, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.95, 436pp, pb) [Empyrion] Reprint (Crossway 1985) sf novel.
Emphyrion II: The Siege of Dome Stephen R. Lawhead (Crossway Books 0-89107-381-7, Apr ’86 [Dec ’86], $8.95, 458pp, pb) [Empyrion] Christian-oriented sf novel, conclusion of a two-part book.
Howard Had a Spaceship Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion 0-7459-1101-3, Aug ’86, £2.95, 32pp, hc) Juvenile sf story with space art/photos.
In the Hall of the Dragon King Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion, 1985 [Mar ’86], £2.50, pb) [Dragon King] Reprint (Crossway 1982) fantasy novel, first in the “Dragon King” trilogy.
The Siege of Dome Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion 0-7459-1148-X, Aug ’86, £2.95, 448pp, pb) [Empyrion] Reprint (Crossway 1986) sf novel, second in the “Empyrion” series.
The Sword and the Flame Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion, 1985 [Mar ’86], £2.50, pb) [Dragon King] Reprint (Crossway 1984) fantasy novel, third in the “Dragon King” trilogy.
The Warlords of Nin Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion, 1985 [Mar ’86], £2.50, pb) [Dragon King] Reprint (Crossway 1983) fantasy novel, second in the “Dragon King” trilogy.
The A.I. Gang #2: The Cutlass Clue Jim Lawrence (NAL/Signet/Vista 0-451-14315-9, Jun ’86, $2.25, 154pp, pb) [A.I. Gang] Juvenile sf novel. A gang of whiz-kids protect a top-secret artificial intelligence research project from spies.
Children of the Dust Louise Lawrence (Armada 0-00-672621-6, Sep ’86, £1.95, 168pp, pb) Reprint (Harper 1985) sf novel.
The Earth Witch Louise Lawrence (Ace 0-441-18130-9, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 184pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1981) young-adult fantasy novel.
Moonwind Louise Lawrence (Harper & Row 0-06-023733-3, Oct ’86, $12.50, 180pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of a pair of teenagers plus an astral being stranded on the moon.
The Warriors of Taan Louise Lawrence (The Bodley Head 0-370-30715-1, Sep ’86, £4.50, 196pp, tp) Young-adult sf novel.
Ghost Train Stephen Laws (Tor 0-812-52100-5, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $3.95, 314pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir 1985) horror novel.
Spectre Stephen Laws (Souvenir Press 0-285-62747-3, May ’86, £8.95, 256pp, hc) Horror/fantasy novel. Someone — or something — is hunting down the Byker Chapter as their images disappear from an old photograph.
Allhallow’s Eve Richard Laymon (NEL 0-450-39531-6, Sep ’86, £2.50, 198pp, pb) Horror novel.
The Beast House Richard Laymon (NEL 0-450-39353-4, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £2.50, 304pp, pb) [Beast House Chronicles] Horror novel.
Night Snow Richard Laymon (Tor 0-812-52106-4, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $3.50, 283pp, pb) Reprint (1984) horror novel.
Always Coming Home Ursula K. Le Guin (SFBC #045666, Feb ’86 [Mar ’86], $14.98, 525pp, pb) This is a false entry. Although listed as a book club edition, the copies we’ve seen are copies of the first edition (Harper & Row 1985) with book club distribution.
Always Coming Home Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz 0-575-03855-1, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £10.95, 544pp, hc) Reprint (Harper & Row 1985) sf “novel” (really more of a collection), first British trade edition. It comes without the music cassette, “Music from the Valley”, which can be ordered separately (0-575-03859-4, £5.95).
Always Coming Home Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz 0-575-03860-8, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £40.00, 544pp, hc) Deluxe edition of the above, includes the cassette of music by Todd Barton.
Always Coming Home Ursula K. Le Guin (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26280-7, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $4.95, 563pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1985) sf novel.
Threshold Ursula K. Le Guin (Grafton 0-586-05407-3, Jun ’86 [Aug ’86], £1.95, 176pp, pb) Reissue (Harper & Row 1980 as The Beginning Place) young-adult fantasy novel.
A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin (Lythway Large Print 0-7451-0337-5, Nov ’86, £6.95, 328pp, hc) [Earthsea] Reprint (Parnassus 1968) young-adult fantasy novel, first in the “Earthsea Trilogy”. Large print edition.
Enemies and Other Strangers Christopher Leach (J.M. Dent 0-460-04686-1, Jan ’86 [Aug ’86], £9.50, 162pp, hc) Original collection of literary stories, apparently with elements of dark fantasy or horror.

1 · Strangers · ss *
9 · The Smallest Man in the World · ss *
21 · The Trouble with Nathan · ss The Eleventh Ghost Book, ed. Aidan Chambers, Barrie & Jenkins, 1975
33 · Afternoon School · ss *
43 · Private Meadows · ss The Tenth Ghost Book, ed. Aidan Chambers, Barrie & Jenkins, 1974
69 · The Second Mrs. Day · ss *
83 · Relations · ss *
97 · The White Horses of the Sea · ss *
107 · The Hockey-Player · ss *
121 · Last Instruction · ss *
131 · The Anniversary Dinner · ss *
141 · Enemies · nv *
Dracula: The Novel & the Legend: A Study of Bram Stoker’s Gothic Masterpiece Clive Leatherdale (Aquarian Press 0-85030-383-4, Nov ’85 [Mar ’86], £6.95/$8.95, 256pp, pb) [Dracula] Non-fiction critical exploration of the folklore and superstitions surrounding the “undead”, influences on Stoker, and Christian and sexual symbolism involved. Has 1985 copyright. It’s the original British book now distributed in the U.S. by Sterling Pub., 2 Park Ave, New York, NY 10016. Missed last year. [Bram Stoker]
Castles Alan Lee (McGraw-Hill 0-07-037280-2, Sep ’86 [Dec ’86], $12.95, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1984) fantasy art book by Alan Lee, with text by David Day.
The Unicorn Quest John Lee (Tor 0-812-54400-5, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 381pp, pb) [Unicorn Saga] Fantasy novel. An apprentice magician seeks a unicorn to help magic-wielding humans fight off technologically advanced aliens. Probably a first novel.
Dark Castle, White Horse Tanith Lee (DAW 0-88677-113-7, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $3.50, 302pp, pb) Omnibus edition of two short young-adult fantasy novels.

· The Castle of Dark · n. New York & London: Macmillan, 1978
· Prince on a White Horse · n. New York & London: Macmillan, 1982
Death’s Master Tanith Lee (DAW 0-88677-132-3, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $3.50, 348pp, pb) [Flat Earth] Reissue (DAW 1979) fantasy novel, #2 in the “Flat Earth” series.
Delirium’s Mistress Tanith Lee (DAW 0-88677-135-8, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $3.95, 416pp, pb) [Flat Earth] Fantasy novel, #4 in the “Flat Earth” series.
Dreams of Dark and Light: The Great Short Fiction of Tanith Lee Tanith Lee (Arkham House 0-87054-153-6, Jun ’86, $21.95, 507pp, hc) Collection of 23 stories with a foreword by Rosemary Hawley Jarman and amateurish illustrations by Douglas Smith. Some of the stories have appeared in earlier collections, but this is pretty much a definitive volume. (CNB)

vii · Foreword · Rosemary Hawley Jarman · fw
3 · Because Our Skins Are Finer · ss Twilight Zone Nov ’81
18 · Bite-Me-Not or, Fleur de Feu · nv IASFM Oct ’84
43 · Black as Ink · nv Red As Blood, DAW, 1983
73 · Bright Burning Tiger · ss IASFM Jan ’84
90 · Cyrion in Wax [Cyrion] · ss Dragonfields Sum ’80
107 · A Day in the Skin (or, The Century We Were Out of Them) · ss Habitats, ed. Susan Shwartz, DAW, 1984
126 · The Dry Season · nv Flashing Swords! #5, ed. Lin Carter, Dell, 1981
151 · Elle Est Trois, (La Mort) · nv Whispers IV, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983
173 · Foreign Skins · nv Tamastara, DAW, 1984
204 · The Gorgon · nv Shadows #5, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1982
223 · La Reine Blanche · ss IASFM Jul ’83
234 · A Lynx with Lions [Cyrion] · nv Cyrion, DAW, 1982
262 · Magritte’s Secret Agent · nv Twilight Zone May ’81
295 · Medra · ss IASFM Jun ’84
309 · Nunc Dimittis · nv The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror, ed. Charles L. Grant, Dodd Mead, 1983
329 · Odds Against the Gods · nv Swords Against Darkness #2, ed. Andrew J. Offutt, Zebra, 1977
359 · A Room with a Vie · ss New Terrors #1, ed. Ramsey Campbell, London: Pan, 1980
376 · Sirriamnis · nv Unsilent Night, Cambridge, MA: NESFA Press, 1981
404 · Southern Lights · nv Amazons II, ed. Jessica Amanda Salmonson, DAW, 1982
426 · Tamastara · nv Tamastara, DAW, 1984
450 · When the Clock Strikes · ss Weird Tales #1, ed. Lin Carter, DAW, 1981
466 · Wolfland · nv F&SF Oct ’80
496 · Written in Water · ss Perpetual Light, ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, 1982
Night’s Master Tanith Lee (DAW 0-88677-131-5, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $3.50, 220pp, pb) [Flat Earth] Reissue (DAW 1978) fantasy novel, first in the “Flat Earth” series; 3rd printing.
Quest for the White Witch Tanith Lee (DAW 0-88677-167-6, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $3.50, 381pp, pb) [Birthgrave] Reissue (DAW 1978) fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Birthgrave” series. 8th printing.
The Silver Metal Lover Tanith Lee (Unwin/Orion 0-04-823340-4, Sep ’86, £2.95, 240pp, pb) [Silver Metal Lover] Reprint (SFBC 1981) sf novel.
At War with Tomorrow Robert Leeson (Longman 0-582-25090-0, Mar ’86, £5.95, 129pp, hc) [Time Rope] Part 3 of a 4-part juvenile sf novel.
At War with Tomorrow Robert Leeson (Longman 0-582-25094-3, Mar ’86, £1.75, 129pp, pb) [Time Rope] Part 3 of a 4-part juvenile sf novel.
The Metro Gangs Attack Robert Leeson (Longman 0-582-25091-9, Mar ’86, £5.95, 147pp, hc) [Time Rope] Part 4 of a 4-part juvenile sf novel.
The Metro Gangs Attack Robert Leeson (Longman 0-582-25095-1, Mar ’86, £1.60, 147pp, pb) [Time Rope] Part 4 of a 4-part juvenile sf novel.
Three Against the World Robert Leeson (Longman 0-582-25089-7, Mar ’86, £5.95, 129pp, hc) [Time Rope] Part 2 of a 4-part juvenile sf novel.
Three Against the World Robert Leeson (Longman 0-582-25093-5, Mar ’86, £1.75, 129pp, pb) [Time Rope] Part 2 of a 4-part juvenile sf novel.
Time Rope Robert Leeson (Longman 0-582-25089-9, Mar ’86, £5.95, 135pp, hc) [Time Rope] Part 1 of a 4-part juvenile sf novel.
Time Rope Robert Leeson (Longman 0-582-25092-7, Mar ’86, £1.75, 135pp, pb) [Time Rope] Part 1 of a 4-part juvenile sf novel.
Swords Against Death Fritz Leiber (Grafton 0-583-13087-9, Sep ’86, £2.50, 222pp, pb) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reissue (Ace 1970) fantasy collection. “Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser” #2.
Swords Against Wizardry Fritz Leiber (Ace 0-441-79194-8, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 188pp, pb) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reissue (Ace 1968) fantasy collection of 4 stories (including a collaboration with Harry Otto Fischer) book 4 of the “Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser” series. 12th printing.
Swords Against Wizardry Fritz Leiber (Grafton 0-583-13089-5, Oct ’86, £2.50, 189pp, pb) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reissue (Ace 1968) fantasy collection, “Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser” #4.
Swords and Deviltry Fritz Leiber (Grafton 0-583-13084-4, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £2.50, 191pp, pb) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reprint (Ace 1970) fantasy collection; chronologically, the first tales of Fafhrd and the Mouser.
Swords and Ice Magic Fritz Leiber (Ace 0-441-79196-4, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $2.95, 243pp, pb) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reissue (Ace 1977) fantasy collection, “Fafhrd and the Gray Mouser” #6. 8th printing.
Swords and Ice Magic Fritz Leiber (Grafton 0-583-13113-1, Dec ’86, £2.50, 189pp, pb) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reissue (Ace 1977) fantasy collection, “Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser” #6.
Swords in the Mist Fritz Leiber (Grafton 0-583-13088-7, Sep ’86, £2.50, 189pp, pb) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reissue (Ace 1968) fantasy collection. “Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser” #3.
The Swords of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber (Ace 0-441-79195-6, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 310pp, pb) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reissue (Ace 1968) fantasy novel, “Fafhrd & the Gray Mouser” #5; 11th printing.
The Swords of Lankhmar Fritz Leiber (Grafton 0-583-11817-8, Nov ’86, £2.50, 222pp, pb) [Fafhrd & Gray Mouser] Reissue (Ace 1968) fantasy novel, “Fafhrd & the Grey Mouser” #5.
The Wanderer Fritz Leiber (Tor 0-812-54425-0, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 318pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1964) sf novel of the destruction of the world. A Hugo winner. 2nd Tor printing.
The Bones of God Stephen Leigh (Avon 0-380-89961-2, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.50, 289pp, pb) Sf novel of a possible new messiah in 2558.
The Investigation Stanislaw Lem (HBJ/Harvest 0-15-645158-1, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $4.95, 216pp, pb) Reprint (Seabury 1974) “metaphysical” mystery novel. Translated by Adele Milch from Sledztwo (Cracow 1959, 1969).
Memoirs Found in a Bathtub Stanislaw Lem (HBJ/Harvest 0-15-658585-5, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $4.95, 188pp, pb) Reprint (Continuum 1973) sf novel of an intricate “espionage society” in 3149. Translated by Michael Kandel and Christine Rose, from Pamietnik Znaleziony w Wannie (Cracow 1971).
Microworlds Criticism Stanislaw Lem (HBJ/Harvest 0-15-659443-9, Nov ’86, $5.95, 285pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1985) non-fiction criticism. Edited by Franz Rottensteiner, 10 essays with bibliography.

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