The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Time Out of Mind John R. Maxim (Legend 0-09-949140-0, Jan 88, £4.50, 502pp, tp) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1986) time-travel fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Dancers Illusion Ann Maxwell (Orbit 0-7088-8270-6, Sep 88, £2.99, 190pp, pb) [Dancer] Reprint (Signet 1983) sf novel. Volume 3 in the Dancer series. [First U.K. edition]
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Dancers Luck Ann Maxwell (Orbit 0-7088-3605-4, May 88, £2.50, 171pp, pb) [Dancer] Reprint (Signet 1983) sf novel. Volume 2 in the Dancer series. [First U.K. edition]
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The Adversary Julian May (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35244-0, Dec 88, $4.95, 472pp, pb) [Pliocene Exile] Reissue (Pan 1984) sf novel, fourth in the Pliocene saga. Fifth printing.
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The Golden Torc Julian May (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32419-6, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $4.95, 381pp, pb) [Pliocene Exile] Reissue (Houghton Mifflin 1982) sf novel, Pliocene Exile Vol. Two. Eighth printing.
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Intervention Julian May (Pan 0-330-30309-0, Oct 88 [Sep 88], £3.99, 673pp, pb) [Galactic Milieu] Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1987) sf novel. This novel sets the scene for the forthcoming Galactic Milieu trilogy.
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The Many-Colored Land Julian May (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32444-7, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $4.95, 429pp, pb) [Pliocene Exile] Reissue (Houghton Mifflin 1981) sf novel, Pliocene Exile Vol. One. Eighth printing.
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The Nonborn King Julian May (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34749-8, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $4.95, 429pp, pb) [Pliocene Exile] Reissue (Houghton Mifflin 1983) sf novel, Vol. Three in the Pliocene Exile series. Eighth printing.
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The Surveillance Julian May (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35523-7, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $4.95, 347pp, pb) [Pliocene Exile] Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1987 as Intervention) sf novel. This paperback has only the first half of the hardcover. This is a prequel to the Pliocene Exile series.
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A Place of Silver Silence Ardath Mayhar (Walker 0-8027-6825-3, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $15.95, 185pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel about first contact with an extraterrestrial race. Illustrations by Pat Ortega.
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The Quiet Place Richard Maynard (Souvenir Press 0-285-62798-8, Jan 88, £10.95, 240pp, hc) Literary sf novel.
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The Return Richard Maynard (Donald I. Fine 1-55611-083-9, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $17.95, 240pp, hc) Sf novel. Seven astronauts return to a primitive Earth which has rejected technology centuries before. First U.S. edition (Souvenir Press 1988 as The Quiet Place).
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All the Kings Men William Mayne (Delacorte 0-385-29626-6, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $14.95, 182pp, hc) Young-adult collection of fantasy stories. First American edition (Cape 1982).
- 9 · All the Kings Men · na
- 71 · Boy to Island · na
- 131 · Stony Ray · na
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The Krugg Syndrome Angus McAllister (Grafton 0-586-07331-0, Jan 88, £2.50, 218pp, pb) Novel about a boy who thinks hes an alien.
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The Plant That Ate Dirty Socks Nancy McArthur (Avon Camelot 0-380-75493-2, Jul 88 [May 88], $2.50, 119pp, pb) [Plant That Ate Dirty Socks] Childrens sf novel about two brothers and their pet sentient plants.
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Four Hundred Billion Stars Paul J. McAuley (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35175-4, May 88 [Apr 88], $3.50, 282pp, pb) [Four Hundred Billion Stars] Sf novel of a mysterious planet abandoned by aliens, a first novel.
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Four Hundred Billion Stars Paul J. McAuley (Gollancz 0-575-04260-5, Aug 88 [Jul 88], £11.95, 253pp, hc) [Four Hundred Billion Stars] Reprint (Del Rey 1988) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
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The Carradyne Touch Anne McCaffrey (Macdonald 0-356-14753-3, May 88, £11.95, 416pp, hc) Reprint (Ballantine 1987, as The Lady) mainstream novel about Ireland. [First U.K. edition]
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The Coelura Anne McCaffrey (SFBC #13542, Jun 88, $4.98, 166pp, hc) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1983) sf/romance short novel.
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The Dragonriders of Pern Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34024-8, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $14.95, 820pp, tp) [Pern] Reissue (SFBC 1978) omnibus of Dragonflight (1968), Dragonquest (1971), and The White Dragon (1978), three novels in the Pern sf/fantasy series, plus a Dragondex by Wendy Glasser.
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Dragonsdawn Anne McCaffrey (Easton Press, Oct 88, no price, 431pp, hc) [Pern] Sf novel. Signed, limited, leatherbound first edition, simultaneous with the Del Rey trade edition. Available only to Easton Press club members. This edition has an introduction by series editor James Gunn plus the Whelan jacket from the Del Rey edition as a frontis.
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Dragonsdawn Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33160-5, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $18.95, 431pp, hc) [Pern] Sf novel, prequel to the Pern series. It tells the story of the colonization of Pern and the development of the dragons to fight dangerous spores. Recommended. (TM)
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Dragonsdawn Anne McCaffrey (Bantam UK 0-593-01242-9, Nov 88, £11.95, 386pp, hc) [Pern] Sf novel. Prequel to the Pern series. Simultaneous with US (Del Rey) edition.
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The Lady Anne McCaffrey (Ballantine 0-345-35674-8, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $4.95, 369pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1987) associational, non-sf novel set in contemporary Ireland on a horse farm.
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The Year of the Lucy Anne McCaffrey (Inner Circle 1-85018-072-5, Jan 88 [May 88], £10.95, 333pp, hc) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1986) romantic novel, of associational interest.
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Baal Robert R. McCammon (Pocket 0-671-66484-0, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $4.50, 347pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1978) horror novel.
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Bethanys Sin Robert R. McCammon (Pocket 0-671-66482-4, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $4.50, 348pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1980) horror novel.
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The Night Boat Robert R. McCammon (Pocket 0-671-66483-2, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $4.50, 345pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1980) horror novel.
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Stinger Robert R. McCammon (Pocket 0-671-62412-1, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $4.95, 538pp, pb) Sf/alien horror novel. Hes here...and hes not friendly.
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Stinger Robert R. McCammon (Kinnell 1-870532-02-3, Oct 88, £12.95, 544pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1988) sf/alien horror novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
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Swan Song Robert R. McCammon (Sphere 0-7474-0040-7, 1988, £3.99, 956pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1987) horror novel. Special Open Market edition, not available in the UK.
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Swan Song Robert R. McCammon (Sphere 0-7474-0040-7, Jul 88, £3.99, 956pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1987) fantasy/horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
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They Thirst Robert R. McCammon (Pocket 0-671-66481-6, Oct 88, $4.95, 565pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1981) horror novel.
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The Little Shop of Horrors Book John McCarty & Mark Thomas McGee (St. Martins 0-312-01784-7, Aug 88, $12.95, 173pp, tp) Non-fiction, movie reference.
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The Meyeresco Helix Andrew McCoy (Grafton 0-586-07292-7, Sep 88 [Oct 88], £3.50, 416pp, pb) Near-future thriller about a superhuman being. [Not seen]
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Bimbos of the Death Sun Sharyn McCrumb (TSR 0-88038-455-7, Oct 88 [Nov 88], $3.95, 228pp, tp) [Jay Omega] Reissue (TSR 1988) sf/mystery novel murder at a science fiction con. Second printing.
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The Ladies of Missalonghi Colleen McCullough (Arrow 0-09-953640-4, Mar 88, £2.50, 187pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row/Hutchinson 1987) ghost novel.
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The Hercules Text Jack McDevitt (Sphere 0-7474-0157-8, Oct 88, £3.50, 307pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Desolation Road Ian McDonald (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27057-5, Feb 88, $3.95, 355pp, pb) Sf novel of terraformed Mars and magical realism. A first novel. Highly recommended. (FCM)
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Empire Dreams Ian McDonald (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27180-6, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $3.50, 220pp, pb) Collection of 10 sf stories. Recommended. (FCM)
- 1 · Empire Dreams · nv IASFM Dec 85
- 26 · Scenes from a Shadowplay · ss IASFM Jul 85
- 41 · Christian · nv IASFM Oct 84
- 65 · King of Morning, Queen of Day · nv *
- 95 · The Catharine Wheel [Desolation Road] · nv IASFM Jan 84
- 116 · Unfinished Portrait of the King of Pain by Van Gogh · nv *
- 144 · The Island of the Dead [The Islands of the Dead] · ss Extro Apr/May 82
- 154 · Radio Marrakech · ss *
- 174 · Visits to Remarkable Cities · ss *
- 193 · Vivaldi · nv *
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The Child in Time Ian McEwan (Picador 0-330-30406-2, Sep 88 [Aug 88], £3.95, 220pp, tp) Reprint (Cape 1987) literary sf novel.
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Roger Corman Mark Thomas McGee (McFarland 0-89950-330-6, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $24.95, 247pp, hc) Non-fiction. Short biography and then a picture-by-picture description of Cormans films.
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The Magicians Company Tom McGowen (Dutton Lodestar 0-525-67261-3, Oct 88 [Nov 88], $13.95, 119pp, hc) [Magician] Young-adult sf novel (despite the title), a sequel to The Magicians Apprentice, set in a far-future post-holocaust Earth.
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Blood and Water and Other Tales Patrick McGrath (Simon & Schuster 0-671-64405-X, Mar 88, $15.95, 184pp, hc) Collection of 13 horror stories eerie, sardonic, gruesome, fantastical. McGrath may be less brash than Barker, but hes no less talented. Recommended. (FCM)
- 11 · The Angel · ss, 1987
- 26 · The Lost Explorer · ss *
- 41 · The Black Hand of the Raj · ss *
- 51 · Lush Triumphant · ss *
- 64 · Ambrose Syme · ss *
- 76 · The Arnold Crombeck Story · ss *
- 89 · Blood Disease · nv *
- 111 · The Skewer · ss *
- 126 · Marmilion · ss *
- 145 · Hand of a Wanker · ss *
- 156 · The Boots Tale · ss *
- 167 · The E(ROT)IC POTATO · ss *
- 173 · Blood and Water · ss *
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Blood and Water and Other Tales Patrick McGrath (QPB, Aug 88, $7.95, 184pp, tp) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1988) collection of 13 horror stories. This is exactly the same as the Simon & Schuster hardcover, except that it has no ISBN.
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The Trouble with Jacob Eloise McGraw (Macmillan McElderry 0-689-50447-0, Apr 88 [Oct 88], $13.95, 280pp, hc) Young-adult ghost novel.
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The Beasts of Never Georgess McHargue (Delacorte 0-385-29573-1, Jun 88, $14.95, 118pp, hc) Non-fiction, young-adult fantasy reference of animals that never were, illustrated by Frank Bozzo. This is a revision of a 1968 edition (with the original illustrations) and the first of 4 volumes.
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Barbary Vonda N. McIntyre (Ace 0-441-04886-2, Jun 88 [May 88], $3.50, 183pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1986) young-adult sf novel of a girl, a smuggled cat, and first contact with aliens.
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Star Trek: The Entropy Effect Vonda N. McIntyre (Titan 1-85286-073-1, Nov 88 [Dec 88], £2.95, 219pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Timescape 1981) sf novelization. [First U.K. edition]
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Star Trek: The Wrath of Khan Vonda N. McIntyre (Titan 1-85286-071-5, Sep 88, £2.95, 223pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket Books 1982) sf film novelization.
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City Whitelight John McKenzie (Fontana 0-00-617503-1, Mar 88, £2.95, 191pp, pb) Reprint (Mainstream 1986) near-future thriller.
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Ghoster Lee McKeone (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20620-9, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $3.50, 218pp, pb) [Ghoster] Sf adventure novel of spaceship scavengers, space war, and cute droids.
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The Changeling Sea Patricia A. McKillip (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31436-1, Oct 88, $12.95, 137pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel.
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Fools Run Patricia A. McKillip (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20518-0, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $3.95, 244pp, pb) Reprint (Warner 1987) sf novel.
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The Outlaws of Sherwood Robin McKinley (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-07178-3, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $12.95, 282pp, hc) Associational; young-adult novel about Robin Hood.
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The Light Princess adaptation of a work by George MacDonald Robin McKinley (HBJ Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-245300-8, Apr 88, $13.95, 44pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy/art book, with color illustrations by Katie Thamer Treherne. A juvenile picture book aimed at adult art lovers.
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The Sentinels #1: The Devils Hand Jack McKinney (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35300-5, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $2.95, 214pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Sf novelization, in the Robotech series, based on the tv cartoon series.
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The Sentinels #2: Dark Powers Jack McKinney (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35301-3, May 88 [Apr 88], $2.95, 233pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Sf novelization, a spinoff from the Robotech tv series.
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The Sentinels #3: Death Dance Jack McKinney (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35302-1, Jun 88 [May 88], $2.95, 185pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Sf novelization, a spinoff from the Robotech tv series.
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The Sentinels #4: World Killers Jack McKinney (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35304-8, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $2.95, 279pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Sf novelization, part of the Robotech series.
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The Sentinels #5: Rubicon Jack McKinney (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35305-6, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $2.95, 215pp, pb) [Robotech: Sentinels] Sf Robotech novelization.
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Toolmaker Koan John McLoughlin (Orbit 0-7088-3977-0, Aug 88 [Jul 88], £3.99, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Toolmaker Koan John McLoughlin (Baen 0-671-69779-X, Sep 88, $3.50, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1987) sf novel.
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Ghost Stories from the American South ed. W. K. McNeil (Dell 0-440-20060-1, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $3.50, 212pp, pb) Reprint (August House 1985) anthology with very short stories organized by types, told in local vernacular.
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Pirate Ghosts of the American Coast: Stories of Hauntings at Sea ed. Frank D. McSherry, Jr., Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (August House 0-87483-077-X, Nov 88, $8.95, 206pp, tp) Anthology of 10 short stories of fantasy and horror.
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Terrys Universe ed. Beth Meacham (Tor 0-312-93058-5, Jul 88 [May 88], $16.95, 234pp, hc) Original anthology of 13 sf stories, a memorial for Terry Carr.
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Terrys Universe ed. Beth Meacham (Gollancz 0-575-04282-6, Oct 88, £11.95, 245pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1988) original anthology of 13 sf stories, a memorial for Terry Carr. [First U.K. edition]
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The Drabble Project ed. Rob Meades & David B. Wake (Beccon Publications 1-870824-12-1, Apr 88, £5.00, 110pp, hc) Anthology of 100 stories, each of which is exactly 100 words long. Limited to 1000 copies.
- 6 · Introduction · Rob Meades · in
- 7 · Drabble Rules: The One Hundred Word Variant · David B. Wake · in
- 11 · A Letter from Robert Holdstock · Robert Holdstock · vi *
- 12 · Happiness and Suffering, the Triumph of La Vie over Death · Brian W. Aldiss · vi *; expanded from a 50-word mini-saga in The Book of Mini-Sagas.
- 13 · Yesterdays Problem · Christopher Wilson · vi *
- 14 · Avenging Lepanto - the Long View · David Wingrove · vi *
- 15 · Fast Rewind · Dave Hardy · vi *
- 16 · The Turning Point · Isaac Asimov · vi *
- 17 · Too Late · Josephine Saxton · vi *
- 18 · IIXXT- · Robert L. Forward · vi *
- 19 · After the Flying Mutant Killer Gerbils Destroyed London and Squashed the Prime Minister · Marcus L. Rowland · vi *
- 20 · A Journey to the Last Wonder of the World · Garry Kilworth · vi *
- 21 · Going to the Dogs · Brian M. Stableford · vi *
- 22 · The Very Small Knife · E. C. Tubb · vi *; adapted from his story The Knife.
- 23 · TO WHOEVER FINDS THIS NOTE, HOLE DUG BEHIND HOUSE, PLEASE SHOVEL EARTH BACK IN · Patrick Tilley · vi *
- 24 · Next Time · Larry Niven · vi *
- 25 · Rubbish · David B. Wake · vi *
- 26 · The Bomb Had Been Dropped · Michael Abbott · vi *
- 27 · As It Really Was · E. C. Tubb · vi *
- 28 · Faith · Helen Conner · vi *
- 29 · An Apple from the Teacher · W. P. Dodd · vi *
- 30 · The Least of my Children · Mike Ibeji · vi *
- 31 · Why There are No Angels on this Planet · Jane Stableford · vi *
- 32 · A Moderately Dull Day in the Life of a Bored Demi-God. A Short Moral Tale · Sam J. Lundwall · vi *
- 33 · The Gateless Gate · David Elworthy · vi *
- 34 · Said One Man · Graham McKinnon · vi *
- 35 · When They Asked Him What Happens · Barrington J. Bayley · vi *
- 36 · The Cohen-Dolby Intelligent Noise Filter · R. A. Fox · vi *
- 37 · The Pruesome Gun · Ray Thompson · vi *
- 38 · Off the Case · Colin Greenland · vi *
- 39 · Away from it all · Helen Conner · vi *
- 40 · A Tale the English used to Tell · K. C. Mann · vi *
- 41 · The Innocent · Alice Kohler · vi *
- 42 · Tea for One · Mike Tebby · vi *
- 43 · On and on and on and on and... · John Grant · vi *
- 44 · The Striker, Struck · Patrick Curzon · vi *
- 45 · Once Upon a Time, Long, Long, Ago... · Nigel Robson · vi *
- 46 · The Disemboguement · Colin Greenland · vi *
- 47 · Ghost Soldier · Michael Abbott · vi *
- 48 · The Mantra · Ray Girvan · vi *
- 49 · A French Family of Cats... · Phil Rogers · vi *
- 50 · The Young Rosie, Convinced by Bees · Jonathan Wylie · vi *
- 51 · The Last Resort · Amy Jones · vi *
- 52 · Eyes Shining Light · Allman · vi *
- 53 · Incubust · Terry Pratchett · vi *
- 54 · Rose Brut · Helen Conner · pm *
- 55 · A Short Disservice to the Uncertainty Principle · Ian Cresswell · pm *
- 56 · Cosmic Solitude · Mike Tebby · pm *
- 57 · Burn · Mike Tebby · pm *
- 58 · For Her · Graham McKinnon · pm *
- 59 · To the Onlie Begetter · Ray Girvan · pm *
- 60 · Gottle of Geer · Mike Roberts · vi *
- 61 · The Moment of Creation · John Gribbin · vi *
- 62 · Read Me · Gene Wolfe · vi *
- 63 · If You Believe in the Future, It Might Come True · Christopher Wilson · vi *
- 64 · Close Encounter · Leo M. Stableford · vi *
- 65 · The Court Martial · Nigel Dorrington · vi *
- 66 · 10 Metres per Second per Second · Jaine Weddell · vi *
- 67 · Barrier · Geoffrey Pitchford · vi *
- 68 · Starsong · Alex Stewart · vi *
- 69 · The Curse of the Unborn Living Dead · Harry Harrison · vi *
- 70 · They Hunt... · Storm Constantine · vi *
- 71 · The Herd · James Steel · vi *
- 72 · The Story of the Stellar Saurians · John Brunner · vi *
- 73 · Tirra lirra, by the River, Sang Sir Lancelot. · Duncan Lunan · vi *
- 74 · When in Doubt, Plagiarize · David Langford · vi *
- 75 · More Dumb Monsters · James Steel · vi *
- 76 · When I Grow Up... · Alison Scott · vi *
- 77 · Landscape Modification in the Vicinity of Highgate Cemetery · Duncan Lunan · vi *
- 78 · The Human Condition · Janet Asimov · vi *
- 79 · A Molecular Chip on the Helical Curve · Brian Ameringen · vi *
- 80 · It is Always too Late · E. Miriam Kamp Pedersen · vi *
- 81 · Concrete Fire · Michael Cobley · vi *
- 82 · Mousetrap · Stephen Gallagher · vi *
- 83 · The New Klir Power Source · Ray Girvan · vi *
- 84 · Pyro · David B. Wake · vi *
- 85 · Home at Last, in a Cottage by the Sea · Mary Gribbin · vi *
- 86 · A Modern Joseph · E. Miriam Kamp Pedersen · vi *
- 87 · The Return of Digby Sponge · James Steel · vi *
- 88 · Prometheus III · Nigel Bannerman · vi *
- 89 · Seed Crystals in a Universal Lattice · Brian Ameringen · vi *
- 90 · Shrapnel · David Pearce · vi *
- 91 · Fragile Gold · Graham McKinnon · vi *
- 92 · A Functional Proof of Immortality · Edward Bryant · vi *
- 93 · Triplets · Paul Di Filippo · vi *
- 94 · Parallel Evolution · Bob Shaw · vi *
- 95 · One of Sandys Dreams · Gwyneth Jones · vi *
- 96 · Plus ca Change · Helen Conner · vi *
- 97 · Network · Nigel McFarlane · vi *
- 98 · Inside · T. I. Maude · vi *
- 99 · In Mans Image · Alan Poppitt · vi *
- 100 · The Message · Tony Rubin · vi *
- 101 · Brother Can You Spare a Word · Ken Bulmer · vi *
- 102 · (Strike the CR Key to Continue) · David B. Wake · vi *
- 103 · Skiffygram: Fifty Science-Fictional Concepts in 100 Words · Charles Platt · vi *
- 104 · Full Independent Entitlement Numbering Fifteen, Possessing Absolutely No Textual Associations Whatsoever, Was Only Just Accomplished · Mike Ibeji · vi *
- 105 · The Impossible Dream · Tony Rubin · vi *
- 106 · Human Clone and Android Automation: Are They Child or Creation? Work Designed with Monstrous Imagination · Nigel Cordon · pm *
- 107 · First Contact · T. I. Maude · pm *
- 108 · Aardvark Extremism is Obviously Undesirable · Mike Tebby · vi *
- 109 · How Odd · Michael Abbott · vi *
- 110 · Contribution from Himself · Phil Drabble · vi *
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