The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Varayan Memoir #2: The Hero of Varay Rick Shelley (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45091-4, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $3.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Varayan Memoir] Fantasy novel, second book of a series. A college student becomes a hero in a fantasy world.
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The Book of Dracula ed. Leslie Shepard (Wings 0-517-03758-0, Oct 91, $9.99, 269/288pp, hc, cover by Franco Accornero) Omnibus of two horror anthologies edited by Shepard, The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories (Citadel 1977) and The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories (Citadel 1981). This is an instant remainder edition.
- 7 · The Dracula Book of Great Vampire Stories · an Citadel Press, 1977
- 9 · Introduction · Leslie Shepard · in
- 17 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue Dec, 1871 (+3)
- 89 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Gil Blas Oct 26, 1886; Weird Tales Aug 26
- 115 · The Sad Story of a Vampire · Stanislaus Eric, Count Stenbock · ss Studies of Death: Romantic Tales, London, 1894
- 125 · Good Lady Ducayne · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv The Strand Feb, 1896
- 153 · The Tomb of Sarah · F. G. Loring · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Dec 00
- 169 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Colliers Dec 16 05
- 187 · The Room in the Tower · E. F. Benson · ss The Pall Mall Magazine Jan 12
- 201 · The Transfer · Algernon Blackwood · ss Country Life Dec 9 11
- 215 · Draculas Guest [Dracula] · Bram Stoker · ss Draculas Guest, London: Routledge, 1914; written in 1897 as part of Dracula, this chapter was omitted from the published book for reasons of length.
- 229 · The Vampire · Jan Neruda; trans. by Sarka B. Hrbkova · ss Czechoslovak Stories, ed. Sarka B. Hrbkova, Duffield & Co., 1920
- 235 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinsons Magazine Jun 22
- 251 · Four Wooden Stakes · Victor Rowan · ss Weird Tales Feb 25
- 265 · An Authenticated Vampire Story · Dr. Franz Hartmann · ar The Occult Review Sep 09
- 7 · The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories · an Citadel Press, 1981
- 9 · Introduction · Leslie Shepard · in
- 21 · Captain Murderer · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Sep 8, 1860
- 27 · The Pit and the Pendulum · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Gift: a Christmas and New Years Present, MDCCCXLIII, an, 1842, 1842
- 45 · The Haunted and the Haunters; or, The House and the Brain · Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton · nv Blackwoods Aug, 1859; Weird Tales May 23
- 85 · The Inn [ca. 1890] · Guy de Maupassant · ss
- 101 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Idler Mar, 1893
- 111 · The Cone · H. G. Wells · ss Unicorn Sep 18, 1895
- 125 · The Monkeys Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harpers Monthly Sep 02
- 139 · Caterpillars · E. F. Benson · ss The Room in the Tower and Other Stories, London: Mills Boon, 1912
- 151 · The Judges House · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves Dec 5, 1891; Weird Tales Mar 35
- 173 · The Voice in the Night · William Hope Hodgson · ss Blue Book Nov 07
- 189 · Count Magnus · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 205 · The Festival · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales Jan 25
- 217 · The Travelling Grave · L. P. Hartley · nv Shudders, Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson, 1929
- 241 · The Wendigo · Algernon Blackwood · na The Lost Valley and Other Stories, London: Nash, 1910
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The Dracula Book of Great Horror Stories ed. Leslie Shepard (Carol Paperbacks 0-8216-2505-5, Nov 91, $4.50, 288pp, pb, cover by Es Rouya) Reprint (Citadel 1981) anthology of 14 classic horror stories with an introduction by the editor.
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Kalimantan Lucius Shepard (St. Martins 0-312-07007-1, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $16.95, 160pp, hc, cover by Jamel Akib) Fantasy novella, illustrated by Jamel Akib. First American edition (Legend 1990).
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Life During Wartime Lucius Shepard (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29066-5, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $4.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) Reprint (Bantam 1987) sf novel of near-future war in Guatamala.
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Random Factor Joel Henry Sherman (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36226-8, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $4.95, 329pp, pb, cover by Paul Chadwick) Sf adventure novel of a man whose exile to a backwater space station puts him at the center of a brewing galactic war.
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The Shining Falcon Josepha Sherman (Corgi 0-552-13700-6, Dec 91 [Oct 91], £3.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (Avon 1989) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Elsewhere Will Shetterly (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-200731-8, Nov 91, $16.95, 248pp, hc, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Borderland] Young-adult fantasy novel of a runaway living among punk elves in a city where Faerie meets the real world.
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Elsewhere Will Shetterly (SFBC #19172, Dec 91, $7.98, 248pp, hc, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Borderland] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991) young-adult fantasy novel. Similar to the HBJ edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
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Deserted Cities of the Heart Lewis Shiner (Bantam 0-553-35457-4, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $9.50, 272pp, tp, cover by Tom Hallman) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1988) fantasy novel of old gods and near-future politics in Central America. Recommended (SW).
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The Edges of Things Lewis Shiner (WSFA Press 0-9621725-2-9, Jun 91 [Jul 91], $45.00, 216pp, hc, cover by Alicia Austin) Collection of 13 stories, four original, with illustrations by Alicia Austin and an introduction by Mark L. Van Name. This is a numbered limited edition of 600 copies signed by author and artist, commemorating the two GoHs at the 1991 Disclave.
- ix · Introduction · Mark L. Van Name · in
- 1 · Relay · ss *
- 9 · The Apparition · ss *
- 25 · Twilight Time · nv IASFM Apr 84
- 59 · Fractal Geometry · vi *
- 60 · Stompin at the Savoy · ss Shayol #7 85
- 79 · Brujo · ss F&SF Aug 82
- 111 · Odd Man Out · ss Trajectories Feb 88
- 120 · Rake-Off · ss Skullduggery May 80
- 131 · The Gene Drain · ss Semiotext(e) #14 89
- 151 · The Kiss · vi *
- 154 · Blood Relations · ss Twilight Zone May 81
- 175 · Till Human Voices Wake Us · ss F&SF May 84
- 196 · Tinkers Damn · ss Galileo #5 77
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Slam Lewis Shiner (Bantam 0-553-35449-3, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $8.50, 233pp, tp, cover by Tim Jacobus) Reprint (Doubleday 1990) associational mainstream novel.
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Twilight Time Lewis Shiner (Pulphouse 1-56146-530-5, Jul 91, $1.95, 46pp, pb, cover by Alan Giana) Sf short story about a time traveler who goes back to his own past and finds it changed. This originally appeared in IASFM. Short story paperback #30. A 100-copy limited leatherbound edition (-917-3, $20.00) is also available.
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When the Musics Over ed. Lewis Shiner (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28985-3, May 91 [Apr 91], $4.99, 322pp, pb, cover by Ken Jacobus) Original anthology of 18 antiwar stories, with an introduction by the editor and an afterword by Richard Kadrey. The editors proceeds are to be donated to Greenpeace.
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Fictional Space: Essays on Contemporary Science Fiction ed. Tom Shippey (Basil Blackwell/Humanities Press 0-391-03688-2, Jun 91, $70.00, 227pp, hc) Criticism, a collection of eight essays on sf. This is a world-wide edition.
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In Darkness Waiting John Shirley (Grafton 0-586-21010-5, Jan 91, £3.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Onyx 1988) horror novel.
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Deaths Gray Land Mike Shupp (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32552-4, Mar 91, $4.95, 322pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) [Destiny Makers] Time-travel sf novel, fourth book of the Destiny Makers series.
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Deaths Grey Land Mike Shupp (Headline 0-7472-3584-8, Jul 91, £4.50, 322pp, pb, cover by Brian Waugh) [Destiny Makers] Reprint (Del Rey 1991 as Deaths Gray Land) sf novel. Book Four of The Destiny Makers. [First U.K. edition]
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The Last Reckoning Mike Shupp (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37098-8, Apr 91, $4.95, 371pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) [Destiny Makers] Time-travel sf novel, fifth book of the Destiny Makers series.
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DragonLance Preludes II: Volume Three: Tanis, the Shadow Years Barbara & Scott Siegel (Penguin 0-14-014374-2, Apr 91, £4.50, 320pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [DragonLance: Preludes II] Reprint (TSR 1990) fantasy novelization. [First U.K. edition]
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Ghostworld: Beyond Terror Barbara & Scott Siegel (Pocket Archway 0-671-70904-6, Jul 91, $3.50, 148pp, pb, cover by Vincent Natale) [Ghostworld] Young-adult fantasy novel, first book of a series.
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Ghostworld: Midnight Chill Barbara & Scott Siegel (Pocket Archway 0-671-70905-4, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $2.99, 151pp, pb, cover by Vincent Natale) [Ghostworld] Young-adult fantasy novel, second book of a series.
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C.A.D.S. #12: Tech Assassins [by David Alexander] John Sievert (Zebra 0-8217-3600-0, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $3.50, 192pp, pb) [C.A.D.S.] Post-holocaust military sf novel in an ongoing series.
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Frank Frazettas Death Dealer: Tooth and Claw James R. Silke (Grafton 0-586-07019-2, Apr 91 [Mar 91], £3.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Frank Frazetta) [Death Dealer] Reprint (Tor 1989) fantasy novelization. Book 3 in the series. [First U.K. edition]
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The Book of Skulls/Nightwings/Dying Inside Robert Silverberg (BOMC/QPBC, Jun 91, $12.95, tp) Omnibus of three Silverberg novels, The Book of Skulls (Scribners 1972), Nightwings (Avon 1969), and Dying Inside (Scribners 1972).
- · The Book of Skulls · n. New York: Scribners, 1972
- · Nightwings [Watcher] · n. New York: Avon, 1969
- · Dying Inside · n. New York: Scribners, 1972
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Dying Inside Robert Silverberg (Easton Press, Jun 91, no price, 245pp, hc) Reprint (Scribners 1972) classic sf novel about telepathy, with an introduction by Richard D. Erlich and artwork by Frank Kelly Freas. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
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The Face of the Waters Robert Silverberg (Grafton 0-246-13718-5, May 91 [Apr 91], £13.99, 348pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Sf novel.
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The Face of the Waters Robert Silverberg (Bantam Spectra 0-553-07592-6, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $20.00, 353pp, hc) Sf novel set on an oceanic planet. First American edition (Grafton 1991).
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The Face of the Waters Robert Silverberg (Grafton 0-586-21502-6, Dec 91 [Nov 91], £8.99, 348pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Grafton 1991) sf novel.
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The New Springtime Robert Silverberg (Warner 0-446-36172-0, May 91 [Apr 91], $4.95, 472pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [New Springtime] Reprint (Gollancz 1989 as The Queen of Springtime) sf novel, sequel to At Winters End.
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The Queen of Springtime Robert Silverberg (Legend 0-09-980430-1, Mar 91, £5.99, 519pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [New Springtime] Reprint (Gollancz 1989) sf novel. Volume 2 in the New Springtime series.
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The Second Trip Robert Silverberg (Gollancz 0-575-04037-8, Apr 91, £3.99, 185pp, pb) Reprint (SFBC 1972) sf novel.
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Son of Man Robert Silverberg (Gollancz 0-575-04688-0, Aug 91, £3.99, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1971) sf novel.
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The Stochastic Man Robert Silverberg (Gollancz 0-575-05123-X, Dec 91, £3.99, 229pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1975) sf novel.
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The Horror Hall of Fame ed. Robert Silverberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-692-9, Jul 91, $21.95, 416pp, hc) Anthology of 18 classic horror stories. There is an uncredited introduction by Stefan Dziemianowicz.
- 9 · Introduction [by Stefan R. Dziemianowicz] · Anon. · in
- 17 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Burtons Gentlemens Magazine Sep, 1839
- 36 · Green Tea [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv All the Year Round Oct 23-Nov 13, 1869
- 69 · The Damned Thing · Ambrose Bierce · ss Tales from New York Town Topics Dec 7, 1893; Weird Tales Sep 23
- 79 · The Yellow Sign · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow, New York & Chicago: F. Tennyson Neely, 1895
- 101 · The Monkeys Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harpers Monthly Sep 02
- 113 · The White People · Arthur Machen · nv Horlicks Magazine Jan 04
- 152 · The Willows · Algernon Blackwood · na The Listener and Other Stories, London: Eveleigh Nash, 1907
- 202 · Casting the Runes · M. R. James · nv More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Arnold, 1911
- 224 · The Graveyard Rats · Henry Kuttner · ss Weird Tales Mar 36
- 234 · Pigeons from Hell · Robert E. Howard · nv Weird Tales May 38
- 263 · It · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Unknown Aug 40
- 289 · Smoke Ghost · Fritz Leiber · ss Unknown Oct 41
- 306 · Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper · Robert Bloch · ss Weird Tales Jul 43
- 324 · The Small Assassin · Ray Bradbury · ss Dime Mystery Magazine Nov 46
- 341 · The Whimper of Whipped Dogs · Harlan Ellison · ss Bad Moon Rising, ed. Thomas M. Disch, Harper & Row, 1973
- 360 · Calling Card · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Companions, Macmillan, 1982
- 367 · Coin of the Realm · Charles L. Grant · ss Tales from the Nightside, Arkham House, 1981
- 380 · The Reach [Do the Dead Sing?] · Stephen King · ss Yankee Nov 81
- 402 · Biographical Notes · Misc. · bg
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Universe 1 ed. Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28924-1, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $4.95, 449pp, pb, cover by Richard Kriegler) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) original anthology of 20 stories.
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Edgar Allan Poe: Mournful and Never-Ending Remembrance Kenneth Silverman (HarperCollins 0-06-016715-7, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $27.50, 564pp, hc) Non-fiction, a massive and detailed biography of Poe. This takes advantage of new discoveries and information.
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Catface Clifford D. Simak (Mandarin 0-7493-0599-1, Mar 91 [Feb 91], £3.99, 251pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1978 as Mastodonia) sf novel.
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City Clifford D. Simak (Mandarin 0-7493-0589-4, Mar 91 [Feb 91], £3.99, 255pp, pb) [City (Websters)] Reprint (Gnome 1952) sf collection. This edition follows the contents of the Ace 1981 edition by including the story Epilog.
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Immigrant and Other Stories Clifford D. Simak (Mandarin 0-7493-0644-0, Aug 91 [Jun 91], £3.99, 190pp, pb) Collection of seven short stories, two previously uncollected, edited and introduced by Francis Lyall. Recommended. (PSP)
- 7 · Introduction · Francis Lyall · in
- 15 · Neighbor · nv Astounding Jun 54
- 42 · Green Thumb · nv Galaxy Jul 54
- 65 · Small Deer · ss Galaxy Oct 65
- 81 · The Ghost of a Model T · nv Epoch, ed. Roger Elwood & Robert Silverberg, Berkley, 1975
- 98 · Byte Your Tongue! · nv Stellar #6, ed. Judy-Lynn del Rey, Ballantine, 1981
- 122 · I Am Crying All Inside · ss Galaxy Aug 69
- 131 · Immigrant · na Astounding Mar 54
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Our Childrens Children Clifford D. Simak (Mandarin 0-7493-0592-4, Jan 91 [Dec 90], £3.99, 186pp, pb) Reprint (Putnams 1974) sf novel.
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Banished Dreams Dan Simmons (Roadkill Press, 1991 [May 91], $4.00, 27pp, ph) Reissue (Roadkill Press 1990) horror short story, cut from Summer of Night; second printing. This is an unsigned and unlimited reprint of the earlier limited edition.
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The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28820-2, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $5.95, 517pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Hyperion] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) sf novel, sequel to Hyperion. A Nebula Award nominee. The combined novel is one of the high points in recent sf. Highly recommended (CNB).
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The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons (Headline Overseas 0-7472-3604-6, Mar 91 [Apr 91], £4.99, 632pp, pb) [Hyperion] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) sf novel. Sequel to Hyperion. This is an Open Market edition and is available only in non-English-speaking countries. [First U.K. edition]
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The Fall of Hyperion Dan Simmons (Headline 0-7472-7964-0, Apr 91, £7.99, 468pp, tp) [Hyperion] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) sf novel. Sequel to Hyperion. Also available in hardcover (-0344-X, £14.95). [First U.K. edition]
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Going After the Rubber Chicken Dan Simmons (Roadkill Press, Oct 91, $8.00, 72pp, tp, cover by Dan Simmons) Non-fiction, a collection of three con guest-of-honor speeches by Simmons.
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Hyperion Dan Simmons (Headline 0-7472-3482-5, Apr 91 [Mar 91], £4.99, 502pp, pb) [Hyperion] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) sf novel.
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Phases of Gravity Dan Simmons (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27764-2, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $4.95, 281pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1989) mainstream novel with some metaphysical fantasy elements, the story of a former astronaut coming to terms with earthbound life 20 years after his moonwalk; second printing. There is a new afterword by the author. Recommended. (FCM)
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Phases of Gravity Dan Simmons (Headline 0-7472-3602-X, Jun 91, £4.50, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) mainstream novel about an ex-astronaut coming to terms with life.
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Song of Kali Dan Simmons (Tor 0-812-51592-7, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $4.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Gary Smith) Reissue (Bluejay 1985) World Fantasy Award-winning horror novel; second printing.
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Summer of Night Dan Simmons (Putnam 0-399-13573-1, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $22.95, 555pp, hc, cover by Hector Garrido) [Dale Stewart] Horror novel of evil stalking young people in a small town.
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Summer of Night Dan Simmons (Headline 0-7472-7957-8, Feb 91, £8.99, 473pp, tp) [Dale Stewart] Reprint (Putnam 1991) horror novel about an ancient evil lurking in a school belltower. Recommended. (PSP) Also available in hardcover (-0370-9, £14.95).
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Summer of Night Dan Simmons (BOMC, Apr 91, $19.95, 560pp, hc, cover by Ann Spinelli) [Dale Stewart] Reprint (Putnam 1991) horror novel. This is identical to the Putnam edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
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Summer of Night Dan Simmons (Headline 0-7472-3653-4, Nov 91 [Oct 91], £4.99, 634pp, pb) [Dale Stewart] Reprint (Putnam 1991) horror novel.
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Sweet Revenge Jean Simon (Zebra 0-8217-3536-5, Oct 91 [Nov 91], $4.50, 319pp, pb) Horror novel of a teenage girl whose aunt is possessed by the spirit of a murdered woman out for revenge.
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