The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Caracole Edmund White (Picador 0-330-29603-5, Dec 86, £3.95, 342pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1985) literary fantasy novel.
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Ambulance Ship James White (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8183-1, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £1.95, 184pp, pb) [Sector General] Reprint (Ballantine 1979) collection of three linked sf stories in the Sector General series. This edition differs from the Corgi 1980 edition which adds the story The Spacebird.
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Hospital Station James White (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8181-5, May 86, £1.95, 191pp, pb) [Sector General] Reprint (Ballantine 1962) sf novel.
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Hospital Station James White (Macdonald 0-356-12149-6, Jun 86 [May 86], £9.95, 191pp, hc) [Sector General] Reprint (Ballantine 1962) sf novel; library edition.
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Star Surgeon James White (Orbit 0-7088-8188-2, Dec 86, £1.95, 156pp, pb) [Sector General] Reprint (Ballantine 1963) sf novel, Sector General #2.
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The Sword Bearer John White (InterVarsity 0-87784-590-5, 1986 [Jun 86], $7.95, 294pp, pb) [Archives of Anthropos] Fantasy novel, third in a trilogy of fantasies with religious elements.
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England Have My Bones T. H. White (Berkley 0-425-08668-2, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $6.95, 306pp, pb) Reprint (Collins 1936) non-fiction; Whites tribute to his native land. Its packaged like a fantasy, but is of associational interest only.
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Sapphire Road Wynne Whiteford (Ace 0-441-74962-3, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $2.95, 236pp, pb) Sf novel of a race for matter transmutation. Reprint of an Australian book (Cory & Collins 1982), first U.S. edition.
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Winters Daughter Charles Whitmore (Avon 0-380-70117-0, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $3.50, 220pp, pb) Reprint (S&S/Timescape 1984) post-holocaust sf novel.
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The Alchemist Les Whitten (Zebra 0-8217-1865-7, Jul 86, $3.95, 432pp, pb) Reprint (? 1983) horror novel.
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A Princess of the Chameln Cherry Wilder (Allen & Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823295-5, May 86, £3.50, 275pp, pb) [Rulers of Hylor] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) fantasy novel, Book 1 of the Rulers of Hylor trilogy.
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Second Nature Cherry Wilder (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823336-6, Sep 86, £8.95, 254pp, hc) [Rhomary Land] Reprint (Timescape 1982) sf novel.
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Second Nature Cherry Wilder (Unwin/Orion 0-04-823358-7, Sep 86, £3.50, 254pp, pb) [Rhomary Land] Reprint (Timescape 1982) sf novel. Paperback edition of the above.
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The Summers King Cherry Wilder (Atheneum/Argo 0-689-31118-4, Mar 86 [May 86], $15.95, 244pp, hc) [Rulers of Hylor] Fantasy novel, conclusion of the Rulers of Hylor trilogy.
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Yorath the Wolf Cherry Wilder (Allen & Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823310-2, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £2.95, 178pp, pb) [Rulers of Hylor] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) fantasy novel, Rulers of Hylor #2.
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Huysmans Pets Kate Wilhelm (Bluejay 0-312-94219-2, Jan 86, $15.95, 247pp, hc) Sf novel of genetic experimentation.
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Huysmans Pets Kate Wilhelm (Gollancz 0-575-03917-5, Oct 86, £8.95, 247pp, hc) Reprint (Bluejay 1986) sf thriller novel.
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Welcome, Chaos Kate Wilhelm (Gollancz 0-575-03802-0, Mar 86, £9.95, 297pp, hc) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1983) sf novel.
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The Hills Are Dancing Kate & Richard Wilhelm (Corroboree 0-911169-09-1, Jul 86, $20.00, 97pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational. A book on Oregon wilderness areas with text by Kate Wilhelm and photos by her son, Richard. There is also a signed, numbered deluxe edition of 70 copies, -08-3, $30.00, and a paperback, -10-5, $15.00.
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After the Bomb Vernon Wilkinson (Interface Press 0-86474-003-4, 1984 [May 86], $11.95, 146pp, pb) This 1984 sf novel appeared in New Zealand in 1984. It is now being distributed in the U.S. Order from ANZ Religious Publications.
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The Island of the Grass King: The Further Adventures of Anatole Nancy Willard (HBJ/Voyager 0-15-239083-9, Dec 85 [Jan 86], $5.95, 120pp, pb) [Anatole] Reprint (HBJ 1979) juvenile fantasy novella, second in the Anatole trilogy. Illustrations by David McPhail.
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Sailing to Cythera and Other Anatole Stories Nancy Willard (HBJ/Voyager 0-15-269961-9, Dec 85 [Jan 86], $5.95, 72pp, tp) [Anatole] Trade paperback reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1974) collection of three juvenile fantasy stories, Book One of the Anatole trilogy and winner of the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award. This first paperback edition has no copyright date, but it apparently came out in December 1985. Illustrations by David McPhail.
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Uncle Terrible: More Adventures of Anatole Nancy Willard (HBJ/Voyager 0-15-292794-8, Dec 85 [Jan 86], $5.95, 120pp, tp) [Anatole] Reprint (HBJ 1982) juvenile fantasy novella, third in the Anatole trilogy. Illustrations by David McPhail.
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Out of One Eye Kit Williams (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02809-X, Sep 86, £12.95, 112pp, hc) Art book with 78 colour illustrations from Williamss early work.
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The Haunted Garden Mary Williams (William Kimber 0-7183-0599-X, Mar 86, £8.50, 176pp, hc) Collection of 18 ghost stories.
- 9 · The Dolls House · nv *
- 32 · The Will · ss *
- 36 · Grey Chimneys · ss *
- 51 · Henry · ss *
- 57 · The Haunted Garden · ss *
- 63 · Holocaust · ss *
- 70 · Rags · ss *
- 77 · A Cornish Night · ss *
- 80 · The Apple Tree · ss *
- 84 · The Toupee · ss *
- 89 · Deja Vu · ss *
- 93 · Incident in the Mist · ss *
- 96 · The Walk · ss *
- 100 · The Open Door · ss *
- 105 · Daisies · ss *
- 108 · Ghostly Encounter · ss *
- 118 · Great-Aunt Abigail · ss *
- 131 · A Garden of Ghosts · nv *
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Martian Spring Michael Lindsay Williams (Avon 0-380-89633-8, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $3.50, 277pp, pb) [Martian Spring] Sf novel, a first novel.
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The Breaking of Northwall Paul O. Williams (Orbit 0-345-29259-6, 1985 [Jan 86], £1.00, pb) [Pelbar Cycle] Reprint (Del Rey 1981) fantasy novel.
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The Dome in the Forest Paul O. Williams (Orbit 0-7088-8165-3, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £2.50, 214pp, pb) [Pelbar Cycle] Reprint (Del Rey 1981) sf novel, #3 in the Pelbar Cycle.
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Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick Paul O. Williams (Arbor House 0-87795-800-9, May 86 [Apr 86], $7.95, 184pp, pb) Non-fiction, biographical study. [Philip K. Dick]
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Tailchasers Song Tad Williams (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8205-6, Aug 86, £2.95, 333pp, pb) Reprint (DAW 1985) fantasy novel.
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Tailchasers Song Tad Williams (DAW 0-88677-162-5, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $3.95, 375pp, pb) Reprint (DAW 1985) fantasy novel featuring cats.
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Hardwired Walter Jon Williams (Tor 0-312-93303-7, Jun 86 [May 86], $15.95, 343pp, hc) [Hardwired] Sf novel set in a future thats a cross between Gibsons cyberpunk and Zelaznys Damnation Alley. Though its not original, its well done. (FCM)
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Soulstorm Chet Williamson (Tor 0-812-52718-6, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $3.95, 311pp, pb) Horror novel of a deadly haunted mansion.
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Playmates J. N. Williamson (Leisure 0-8439-2362-8, Jun 86 [Jul 86], $3.50, 303pp, pb) Reissue (Leisure 1982) horror novel.
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Firechild Jack Williamson (Bluejay 0-312-94165-X, Aug 86, $16.95, 377pp, hc) Sf novel of a disastrous genetic engineering experiment and its strange outcome.
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Manseed Jack Williamson (Sphere 0-7221-9115-4, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £2.50, 249pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1982) sf novel.
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Fire Watch Connie Willis (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26045-6, Jul 86 [Jun 86], $3.50, 271pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) collection of 12 stories.
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The Personality Surgeon Colin Wilson (Mercury House 0-916515-04-4, 1986 [May 86], $17.95, 322pp, hc) Reprint (New English Library 1985) novel with elements of sf, about a technique to alter the brain via computer technology. First U.S. edition.
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The Tomb F. Paul Wilson (NEL 0-450-39753-X, Sep 86, £2.50, 365pp, pb) [Repairman Jack] Reprint (Whispers Press/Berkley 1984) horror novel.
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The Touch F. Paul Wilson (Putnam 0-399-13144-2, Apr 86, $18.95, 367pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a doctor who develops a miraculous healing power.
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The Touch F. Paul Wilson (NEL 0-450-39067-5, Jun 86 [May 86], £9.95, 313pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1986) medical fantasy novel of faith healing.
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The Touch F. Paul Wilson (Jove 0-515-08733-5, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $3.95, 327pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1986) fantasy/horror novel of a doctor with miraculous healing powers.
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Gahan Wilsons America Gahan Wilson (Simon & Schuster/Fireside 0-671-62789-9, Oct 86 [Dec 86], $7.95, 143pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1985) book of cartoons of a bizarre America.
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A Hidden Place Robert Charles Wilson (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26103-7, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $2.95, 212pp, pb) Sf novel. Aliens deeply affect two young people in a small American town in the 1930s. Evocative depiction of time and place and character, but weak sf plot. A first novel.
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Spaceache Snoo Wilson (Ballantine 0-345-33455-8, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $3.50, 203pp, pb) Satirical sf novel. First U.S. publication (Chatto & Windus 1984).
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Borderland ed. Terri Windling & Mark Arnold (NAL/Signet 0-451-14172-5, May 86 [Apr 86], $2.95, 252pp, pb) [Borderland] Original anthology in a shared-world setting featuring punk elves.
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Borderland #2: Bordertown ed. Terri Windling & Mark Arnold (NAL/Signet 0-451-14527-5, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $2.95, 253pp, pb) [Borderland] Original fantasy anthology of 4 stories, the second volume in a punk elves shared universe series. Youth-oriented, but fun if youre in a silly mood. (FCM)
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Legal Daisy Spacing Christopher Winn (Random House 0-394-74157-9, Mar 86, $7.95, 125pp, hc) Non-fiction; humor. Subtitled The BUILD-A-PLANET Manual of Official World Improvements. A bureaucratic guide to making a safe and tidy world. This is the first U.S. edition (Heinemann 1985).
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I, Martha Adams Pauline Glen Winslow (Baen 0-671-65569-8, May 86 [Apr 86], $3.50, 447pp, pb) Reprint (Arlington 1982) sf novel of America conquered by Russians. One cover quote describes it as resembling a Harlequin romance written by Jeanne Kirkpatrick. There is also a 1984 copyright, so the St. Martins U.S. hardcover may have been revised.
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A Sweet Familiarity Daoma Winston (Critics Choice 1-55547-111-0, Oct 86 [Dec 86], $3.50, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1981) horror novel of occult vengeance and reincarnation.
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Stephen King: The Art of Darkness, Updated Edition Douglas E. Winter (NAL/Plume 0-452-25804-9, Apr 86 [Jun 86], $7.95, 297pp, pb) Non-fiction, non-critical look at Kings work by a friend. Halfway between a critical book and a biography. This is an expansion of the NAL 1984 hardcover edition which was in itself an expansion of a 1982 Starmont House book. [Stephen King]
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Stephen King: The Art of Darkness, Updated Edition Douglas E. Winter (NAL/Signet 0-451-14612-3, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $4.50, 327pp, pb) Reprint (NAL/Plume 1986) Non-fiction, critical study. Update of the 1984 NAL hardcover which was itself an expansion of a 1982 Starmont Chapbook. This is the first mass market edition. [Stephen King]
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Black Wine ed. Douglas E. Winter (Dark Harvest 0-913165-15-8, Oct 86 [Nov 86], $12.00, 165pp, hc) Dual Anthology/collection of authors choice-favorite stories by C.L. Grant and Ramsey Campbell, (6 stories by each) with an introduction by Douglas E. Winter and illustrations by J.K. Potter the four contributors are the Guests of Honor at this years World Fantasy Convention. Limited to 1200 copies.
- 11 · Introduction · Douglas E. Winter · in
- 19 · After the Queen · Ramsey Campbell · ss Cold Fear, ed. Hugh Lamb, W.H. Allen, 1977
- 29 · Broadcast · Ramsey Campbell · ss New Writings in Horror and the Supernatural #1, ed. David A. Sutton, London: Sphere, 1971
- 39 · The Previous Tenant · Ramsey Campbell · ss The Satyrs Head and Other Tales of Terror, ed. David A. Sutton, London: Corgi, 1975
- 51 · Accident Zone · Ramsey Campbell · ss Fantasy Tales #2 77
- 63 · The Sunshine Club · Ramsey Campbell · ss The Dodd, Mead Gallery of Horror, ed. Charles L. Grant, Dodd Mead, 1983
- 69 · The Other House · Ramsey Campbell · ss New Writings in Horror and the Supernatural #2, ed. David A. Sutton, London: Sphere, 1972
- 95 · The Next Name You Hear [Oxrun Station] · Charles L. Grant · ss F&SF Jan 83
- 107 · Recollections of Annie · Charles L. Grant · ss Twilight Zone Jan/Feb 83
- 121 · Myra · Charles L. Grant · ss Fantasy Macabre #6 85
- 129 · I Never Could Say Goodbye · Charles L. Grant · ss Whispers IV, ed. Stuart David Schiff, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1983
- 141 · Pride [Oxrun Station] · Charles L. Grant · ss F&SF May 82
- 157 · Every Time You Say I Love You · Charles L. Grant · ss F&SF May 81; as Every Time I Say I Love You
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The Castle in the Attic Elizabeth Winthrop (Holiday House 0-8234-0579-6, 1985 [Mar 86], $12.95, 179pp, hc) [Castle in the Attic] Juvenile fantasy novel of a boy and an enchanted knight. Has a 1985 copyright, but not seen until 1986.
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The Castle in the Attic Elizabeth Winthrop (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15433-8, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $2.75, 179pp, pb) [Castle in the Attic] Reprint (Holiday House 1985) juvenile fantasy novel.
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Bad Times for Ghosts W. J. M. Wippersberg (HBJ/Gulliver 0-15-200413-0, Sep 86, $15.95, 156pp, hc) Humorous juvenile novel, illustrated by Kathi Bhend-Zaugg, of a ghost family in hard times looking for work and a new home. First American edition. Translated by Edna McCown from the Swiss Schlechte Zeiten Fur Gespenster (Benziger Verlag Zurich 1984).
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Bad Times for Ghosts W. J. M. Wippersberg (HBJ/Gulliver 0-15-200414-9, Oct 86, $6.95, 156pp, pb) Paperback edition of a humorous juvenile ghost story, translated from the German; probably simultaneous with the hardcover edition.
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The Antrian Messenger G. Clifton Wisler (Dutton/Lodestar 0-525-67174-9, Apr 86 [May 86], $12.95, 117pp, hc) [Antrian Messenger] Young-adult sf novel about a boy from an alien planet.
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Jewels of the Dragon Allen L. Wold (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20056-1, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $3.50, 263pp, pb) Despite the title (and dragons and a quest for treasure), this is an sf novel. A young man tries to trace his father on a planet of criminals and ancient ruins.
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Critical Terms for Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Glossary and Guide to Scholarship Gary K. Wolfe (Greenwood 0-313-22981-3, Jul 86 [Oct 86], $35.00, xxxvi + 162pp, hc) Non-fiction. Dictionary of terms used in sf critical studies. There is also a historical essay on sf criticism.
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Critical Terms for Science Fiction and Fantasy: A Glossary and Guide to Scholarship Gary K. Wolfe (Greenwood 0-313-22981-3, Nov 86, £32.50, 198pp, hc) Reprint critical work.
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The Citadel of the Autarch Gene Wolfe (Arrow 0-09-932060-6, Nov 86, £2.50, 317pp, pb) [Book of the New Sun] Reissue (Timescape 1982) sf novel, Book of the New Sun #4.
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The Claw of the Conciliator Gene Wolfe (Arrow 0-09-927470-1, Nov 86, £2.50, 301pp, pb) [Book of the New Sun] Reissue (Timescape 1981) sf novel, Book of the New Sun #2.
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Free Live Free Gene Wolfe (Arrow 0-09-942020-1, Oct 86, £2.95, 400pp, pb) Reprint (Ziesing 1984) sf novel. This edition follows the revised text of the 1985 Gollancz edition.
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Free Live Free Gene Wolfe (Tor 0-812-55813-8, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $3.50, 403pp, pb) Reprint (Ziesing 1984) sf novel. This edition follows the revised text of the 1985 Gollancz edition.
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The Shadow of the Torturer Gene Wolfe (Arrow 0-09-926320-3, Nov 86, £2.50, 303pp, pb) [Book of the New Sun] Reissue (Timescape 1980) sf novel, Book of the New Sun #1.
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Soldier of the Mist Gene Wolfe (Gollancz 0-575-03928-0, Oct 86, £10.95, 335pp, hc) [Latro] Fantasy novel set in 479 B.C. Simultaneous with U.S. edition from Tor.
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Soldier of the Mist Gene Wolfe (Tor 0-312-93734-2, Nov 86 [Sep 86], $15.95, 335pp, hc) [Latro] Fantasy novel of an ancient Greek soldier with an ability to see and converse with invisible beings. First of a series.
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The Sword of the Lictor Gene Wolfe (Arrow 0-09-929540-7, Nov 86, £2.50, 301pp, pb) [Book of the New Sun] Reissue (Timescape 1981) sf novel, Book of the New Sun #3.
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The Sword of the Lictor Gene Wolfe (Pocket 0-671-49945-9, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $3.50, 257pp, pb) [Book of the New Sun] Reissue (Simon & Schuster/Timescape 1981) sf novel #3 in The Book of the New Sun.
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The Dream Book Meg Wolitzer (Greenwillow 0-688-05148-0, Sep 86 [Dec 86], $10.25, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel of two girls who share each others dreams literally.
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The 1986 Annual Worlds Best SF ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha (DAW 0-88677-136-6, Jun 86 [May 86], $3.50, 303pp, pb) Anthology of 10 stories the editors choice of the best of 1985. Recommended. (CNB)
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The 1986 Annual Worlds Best SF ed. Donald A. Wollheim & Arthur W. Saha (SFBC #10047, Aug 86, $4.98, 274pp, hc) Reprint (DAW 1986) anthology; first hardcover edition.
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Yesterdays Child Barbara Wood (NAL/Signet 0-451-14608-5, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $3.50, 285pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday & Co 1979) novel of the supernatural and love and betrayal beyond time.
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In a Secret Place John Wood (Wolfhound Press 0-86327-180-4, Dec 86, £6.95, 128pp, hc) Fantasy novel.
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The Colonists and the Chronicles of Novae Susan T. Wood (Vantage Press 0-533-06689-1, Apr 86, $13.95, 215pp, hc) Sf novel from a vanity press.
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A Closer Look Patrick Woodroffe (Paper Tiger 1-85028-024-X, Sep 86, £7.95, 128pp, pb) Discussion of the art techniques of Patrick Woodroffe, with many accompanying illustrations.
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A Closer Look Patrick Woodroffe (Paper Tiger 1-85028-025-8, Sep 86, £12.95, 128pp, hc) Hardcover edition of the above.
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The Phoenix Legacy 1: Sword of the Lamb M. K. Wren (NEL 0-450-05848-4, May 86, £2.95, 436pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1981) sf novel, first in a series.
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The Phoenix Legacy 2: Shadow of the Swan M. K. Wren (NEL 0-450-05868-9, Sep 86, £2.95, 338pp, pb) [Phoenix Legacy] Reprint (Berkley 1981) sf novel, #2 in"The Phoenix Legacy".
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