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Moonrunner: Gathering Darkness Jane Toombs (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45237-2, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $4.99, 300pp, pb) [Moonrunner] Dark fantasy novel, second book of the “Moonrunner” series about a family of shapechangers hiding from the world in an isolated California stronghold.
Parsnips and Prune Juice: Comic Mayhem in the Year 2049 Burnett R. Toskey (University Editions 1-56002-180-2, Jul ’93, $8.95, 209pp, tp, cover by Jane Zich) Near-future satirical sf novel about black marketeering set in a disease-free world. A first novel. Available from University Editions, Inc., 59 Oak Lane, Spring Valley, Huntington WV 25704.
(Vampires) An Uneasy Essay on the Undead in Film Jalal Toufic (Station Hill Press 0-88268-146-X, Jun ’93 [Oct ’93], $12.95, 235pp, tp, cover by Ruan Jie) Non-fiction, a post-modern commentary on the vampire film. Available from Station Hill Press, Barrytown NY 12507. Credit card orders: 1-800-342-1993, ask for extension Station Hill Press.
The Scorpius Equation Larry Townsend (Masquerade/Badboy 1-56333-119-5, Aug ’93 [Sep ’93], $4.95, 270pp, pb) Gay sf erotica about a man caught between two warring galactic empires.
The Wild Palms Reader ed. Roger Trilling & Stuart Swezey (St. Martin’s 0-312-09083-8, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $14.95, 125pp, tp) Odd anthology of fiction and non-fiction material based on the Oliver Stone sf TV miniseries airing in May. Contributors include Thomas M. Disch, E. Howard Hunt, Bruce Sterling, Pat Cadigan, Norman Spinrad, and William Gibson.

8 · Letter from Manzanar · Hillary Johnson · vi *
10 · Tremendum of Dead Stars: Fragments from a Dead City · Bruce Wagner · vi *
12 · The Apotheosis of Richard Philo · Thomas Disch · vi *
14 · Turning Japanese · Hillary Johnson · vi *
18 · The Birth of Mimecon · Spain Rodriguez · cs *
19 · The End of History · Brenda Laurel · vi *
21 · An Invasive Approach · Hans Moravec · vi *
22 · Funding the Future · Ned Jackson · vi *
24 · The Body Electric · Hillary Johnson · vi *
25 · Letter to the Fathers · Jamie Malinowski · vi *
26 · Midnight Oath of the Fathers · NEUE SLOWENISCHE KUNST · vi *
27 · The World’s Smallest Violin · Hillary Johnson · vi *
28 · A Meditation · Mary Gaitskill · vi *
30 · The Face of Power · John Homans · vi *
31 · They Call Me Mad · Norman Spinrad · vi *
32 · Notes from the Underground · Peter Wollen · vi *
34 · The More Monkeys the Better · Hillary Johnson · vi *
35 · What I Did on My Summer vacation · Hillary Johnson · vi *
36 · The Sins of the Fathers · Hillary Johnson · vi *
37 · AIEEEEEE!!!! · Suehiro Maruo · ct *
38 · Paris Loves Me · Hillary Johnson · vi *
39 · He’s Not a Genius, But At Least He Knows It · Hillary Johnson · vi *
41 · Royal Wedding · Hillary Johnson · vi *
42 · Can We Afford Channel 3? · Howard Rodman · vi *
44 · Running to Paradise · Jamie Malinowski · vi *
46 · New Cathedrals · Norman Spinrad · vi *
49 · Lite Sublime · Ralph Rugoff · vi *
50 · Max Secret · E. Howard Hunt · vi *
52 · Tear Away · Lemmy Kilmister · pm *
53 · A Small Circle of Friends · Jamie Malinowski · vi *
54 · A Small Case of Mood Poisoning; Must Be Something I Hate · Thomas Disch · vi *
56 · Floating World - Los Angeles: 1993-2008 · Ralph Rugoff & Fred Dewey · vi *
60 · Diary of a Mad Housewife · Hillary Johnson · vi *
64 · Sister Soldier · Jamie Malinowski · vi *
65 · Song to Daddy · Malcolm McLaren · pm *
66 · You Can Change Channels to thee New Realities · J. G. Eccarius · vi *
68 · Report from the PHARM · Pat Cadigan · vi *
71 · The Pharmacology of Mimezine · Gary Henderson · vi *
72 · In “Touch” with Life · Melissa Hoffs · ms *
74 · E-Mail · Hans Moravec · vi *
76 · Milestones in Mental Augmentation · Hans Moravec · vi *
80 · Changing the World with Personal Reality Recording · Brenda Laurel · ms *
82 · Everything That Was Lost · Ned Jackson · vi *
86 · Win a Dream Date with Coty! · Jane Pratt · vi *
87 · TV Guide 2008 · Adam Dubov · vi *
90 · Hungry Ghosts · Hillary Johnson · vi *
92 · Amazon Grace · Stuart Swezey · vi *
105 · Excuse Me While I Slip Into a Warm Coma · Hillary Johnson · vi *
108 · Alchemical Letter · R. B. Donner · vi *
110 · Memo from the Perceptory · Pat Cadigan · vi *
114 · Memo from Turner · Bruce Sterling · vi *
120 · All Dressed Up to Go Away · Bruce Wagner · vi *
122 · Where the Holograms Go · William Gibson · vi *
124 · Chronology · Misc. · ms *
126 · Contributors · Misc. · bg
The History of Hell Alice K. Turner (Harcourt Brace 0-15-140934-X, Oct ’93, $29.95, 275pp, hc, cover by William Blake) Associational non-fiction, a survey of how hell has been imagined by artists, philosophers, and writers throughout history. With many full-color illustrations. Turner is the fiction editor of Playboy.
Playboy Stories: The Best of Forty Years of Short Fiction ed. Alice K. Turner (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-93735-8, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $24.95, 609pp, hc) Anthology of 41 stories that were published in Playboy, one for each year of publication (with two for 1971). A quarter of these are sf or fantasy.

vii · Preface · Alice K. Turner · pr
1 · Black Country · Charles Beaumont · ss Playboy Sep ’54
21 · All Married Women Are Bad, Yes? · Herbert Gold · ss Playboy Nov ’55
33 · A Flourish of Strumpets · Richard Matheson · ss Playboy Nov ’56
43 · In a Season of Calm Weather · Ray Bradbury · ss Playboy Jan ’57
51 · Just Like a Girl · James Jones · ss Playboy Jan ’58
61 · A Fine Son · Roald Dahl · ss Playboy Dec ’59
69 · A Great Voice Stilled · Shirley Jackson · ss Playboy Mar ’60
77 · The Killer in the TV Set · Bruce Jay Friedman · ss Playboy Aug ’61
87 · Brother Endicott · James Thurber · ss Playboy Dec ’62
101 · Naked Nude · Bernard Malamud · ss Playboy Aug ’63
119 · An Actor’s Life for Me · Philip Roth · nv Playboy Jan ’64
143 · Good Blonde · Jack Kerouac · ss Playboy Jan ’65
157 · The Manchild · James Baldwin · ss Playboy Jan ’66
175 · Where All Things Wise and Fair Descend · Irwin Shaw · ss, 1937; Playboy Feb ’67
191 · The Yellow Room · John Cheever · nv Playboy Jan ’68
215 · I Am Dying, Egypt, Dying · John Updike · nv Playboy Sep ’69
237 · Saul Bird Says: Relate! Communicate! Liberate! · Joyce Carol Oates · ss Playboy Oct ’70
259 · The Handsomest Drowned Man in the World · Gabriel García Márquez; trans. by Gregory Rabassa · ss Playboy Nov ’71
267 · The Dashing Fellow · Vladimir & Dmitri Nabokov · ss Playboy Dec ’71
277 · The Last Carrousel · Nelson Algren · nv Playboy Feb ’72
303 · The Conservationist · Nadine Gordimer · ss Playboy Mar ’73
315 · Brennbar’s Rant · John Irving · ss Playboy Dec ’74
323 · Asking for It · John Collier · ss Playboy Jan ’75
333 · Trial of the Warlock · Norman Mailer · nv Playboy Dec ’76
371 · The Other · Jorge Luís Borges; trans. by Norman Thomas di Giovanni · ss Playboy May ’77
379 · A Party in Miami Beach · Isaac Bashevis & Joseph Singer · ss Playboy Jun ’78
391 · White Lies · Paul Theroux · ss Playboy May ’79
405 · May I Have Some Marmalade, Please? · Sean O’Faolain · ss Playboy Dec ’80
421 · Anna · Andre Dubus · ss Playboy Jun ’81
441 · My Mistress · Laurie Colwin · ss Playboy Mar ’82
457 · Like a Leaf · Thomas McGuane · ss Playboy Jan ’83
471 · Julius Caesar and the Werewolf · John Gardner · ss Playboy Sep ’84
489 · Easy in the Islands · Bob Shacochis · nv Playboy Feb ’85
511 · The Middleman · Bharati Mukherjee · ss Playboy Apr ’86
527 · Yossarian Survives · Joseph Heller · ss Playboy Dec ’87
539 · Modern Love · T. Coraghessan Boyle · ss Playboy Mar ’88
551 · Lucky Pierre in the Doctor’s Office · Robert Coover · ss Playboy Dec ’89
563 · Unlocking the Air · Ursula K. Le Guin · ss Playboy Dec ’90
575 · Kwoon · Charles Johnson · ss Playboy Dec ’91
587 · The Second Bakery Attack · Haruki Murakami; trans. by Jay Rubin · ss Playboy Jan ’92
599 · How It Ended · Jay McInerney · ss Playboy Nov ’93
The Destiny Makers George Turner (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-12187-X, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $20.00, 321pp, hc, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Sf novel set in 21st-century Australia.
The Destiny Makers George Turner (SFBC #00381, Mar ’93, $9.98, 321pp, hc, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1993) sf novel set in 21st-century Australia. Similar to the AvoNova edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
The Destiny Makers George Turner (AvoNova 0-380-71887-1, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $4.99, 321pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1993) sf novel set in 21st-century Australia.
The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump Harry Turtledove (Baen 0-671-72196-8, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $5.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) Humorous fantasy novel set in a magical alternate-world modern America, about an EPA (Environmental Perfection Agency) bureaucrat faced with an evil force trying to invade LA.
Departures Harry Turtledove (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38011-8, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $4.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) Collection of 20 stories, one a collaboration with Elaine O’Byrne.

ix · Author’s Note · pr
1 · Counting Potsherds · nv Amazing Mar ’89
29 · Death in Vesunna [as by Eric G. Iverson] · Harry Turtledove & Elaine O’Byrne · nv IASFM Jan 19 ’81
51 · Departures · ss IASFM Jan ’89
63 · Islands in the Sea · nv Alternatives, ed. Robert Adams & Pamela Crippen Adams, Baen, 1989
88 · Not All Wolves · ss Werewolves, ed. Jane Yolen & Martin H. Greenberg, Harper & Row, 1988
96 · Clash of Arms · ss New Destinies, Vol. IV, ed. Jim Baen, Baen, 1988
103 · Pillar of Cloud, Pillar of Fire [Basil Argyros] · nv IASFM mid-Dec ’89
141 · Report of the Special Committee on the Quality of Life · ss What Might Have Been? Volume IV: Alternate Americas, ed. Gregory Benford & Martin H. Greenberg, Bantam Spectra, 1992
146 · Batboy · ss F&SF Dec ’88
156 · The Last Reunion · ss Amazing Jun ’92
174 · Designated Hitter · ss F&SF Jun ’90
184 · Gladly Wolde He Lerne · ss Analog Jan ’91
188 · The Barbecue, the Movie, and Other Unfortunately Not So Relevant Material · ss Analog Mar ’86
200 · In the Presence of Mine Enemies · nv IASFM Jan ’92
218 · The R Strain [as by Eric G. Iverson] · ss Analog Jun ’85
233 · Lure · vi Analog May ’88
237 · Secret Names · nv Analog Jan ’92
256 · Les Mortes D’Arthur [as by Eric G. Iverson] · nv Analog Aug ’85
290 · Last Favor · nv Analog mid-Dec ’87
321 · Nasty, Brutish, and... · ss Analog Apr ’89
The Guns of the South Harry Turtledove (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38468-7, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $5.99, 561pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) Reprint (Ballantine 1992) time-travel/alternate history sf novel of interference from the future causing the South to win the Civil War.
The Guns of the South: A Novel of the Civil War Harry Turtledove (SFBC #05759, Jan ’93, $9.98, 518pp, hc, cover by Tom Stimpson) Reprint (Ballantine 1992) time-travel/alternate history sf novel of interference from the future causing the South to win the Civil War. Similar to the Ballantine edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
Worldwar: In the Balance Harry Turtledove (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38241-2, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $21.00, 488pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Worldwar] Alternate history sf novel. World War II is interrupted by an alien invasion that forces all humanity to join forces.
Tintin in the New World Frederic Tuten (Morrow 0-688-12314-7, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $22.00, 239pp, hc, cover by Roy Lichtenstein) Literary fantasy thriller featuring Herge’s classic character, who is experiencing an identity crisis over being trapped eternally in the body of a teenager.
Star Wars: Truce at Bakura Kathy Tyers (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09541-2, Jan ’94 [Nov ’93], $21.95, 311pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Sf novelization based on characters from the Star Wars films.
The Messenger Donald Tyson (Llewellyn Publications 0-87542-836-3, Sep ’93 [Oct ’93], $4.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Martin Cannon) Psychic horror novel. A group of occultists battle an entity created by an evil magician lurking inside the secret room of an old mansion in Nova Scotia. A first novel. A Psi-Fi book. Order from Llywellyn Publications, PO Box 64383, St. Paul MN 55164-0383.
Fear Itself: The Early Works of Stephen King ed. Tim Underwood & Chuck Miller (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-174-2, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $12.95, 239pp, tp) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1982 as Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King) collection of essays on King’s work.
Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King ed. Tim Underwood & Chuck Miller (Warner 0-446-39505-6, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $9.99, 282pp, tp) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1989) non-fiction anthology of interviews with Stephen King.
Plague Jean Ure (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-036283-5, Sep ’93 [Oct ’93], $3.99, 218pp, pb, cover by James Bozzini) [Plague 99] Reprint (Methuen 1989 as Plague 99) young-adult sf disaster novel. A teenage girl returns from a camping trip to find her parents dead and London a ghost town where she must struggle to survive.
A Flash of White Andrew Vachss (Crossroads Press, Jul ’93, $12.00, 40pp, ph) Associational collection of three versions of Vachss’ non-fantasy horror short story — the original, the comic adaptation scipt by Rose Dawn Bradford, and the final graphic version, plus a non-fiction article. Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale. This edition is limited to 300 signed and numbered copies. Order from Crossroads Press, PO Box 10433, Holyoke MA 01041-2033. Please add $1.00 postage.
Drive-By Andrew Vachss & Joe R. Lansdale (Crossroads Press, Dec ’93, $13.00, 25pp, ph, cover by Mark Nelson) Associational collection of a crime story by Vachss, with a comic adaptation script by Joe R. Lansdale, and the actual comic with art by Gary Gianni. With an introduction by Neal Barrett, Jr. This is a 300-copy numbered limited edition signed by Vachss, Lansdale, and Barrett. Available for $13.00 postpaid from Crossroads Press, PO Box 10433, Holyoke MA 01041-2033. Make checks payable to Thomas Crouss.

i · Introduction · Neal Barrett, Jr. · in
1 · Drive By · Andrew Vachss · vi *
5 · Drive By: Comic Adaptation Script · Joe R. Lansdale · ms *
15 · Drive By · Joe R. Lansdale & Gary Gianni · gs
Sci Fi TV: from The Twilight Zone to Deep Space Nine James Van Hise (Pioneer Books 1-55698-362-X, Jun ’93, $14.95, 160pp, tp) Non-fiction, a history of sf on television. Order from Pioneer Books, 5715 N. Balsam Rd., Las Vegas NV 89130.
The Special Effects of Trek James Van Hise (Pioneer Books 1-55698-361-1, May ’93 [Jun ’93], $14.95, 157pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Non-fiction, a guide to the special effects on Star Trek, the Next Generation. Order from Pioneer Books, 5715 N. Balsam Rd., Las Vegas NV 89130.
Trek: The Next Generation Crew Book James Van Hise (Pioneer Books 1-55698-363-8, May ’93 [Jun ’93], $14.95, 155pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Non-fiction, a guide to the characters and actors who play them on Star Trek, the Next Generation. Order from Pioneer Books, 5715 N. Balsam Rd., Las Vegas NV 89130.
Trek: The Next Generation, Second Edition James Van Hise (Pioneer Books 1-55698-353-0, Feb ’93 [Dec ’93], $14.95, 186pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Non-fiction, a guide to Trek, the Next Generation. A revised and expanded version of an earlier Pioneer book.
Trek: The Printed Adventures James Van Hise (Pioneer 1-55698-356-5, Sep ’93 [Dec ’93], $14.95, 152pp, tp) [Star Trek] Non-fiction, criticism. A guide to Star Trek fiction, both professionally and fan-published. This includes descriptions of all, but little actual bibliographic data.
Trek: the Unauthorized Behind-the-Scenes Story of Trek: The Next Generation James Van Hise (Pioneer Books 1-55698-321-2, Sep ’92 [Oct ’93], $14.95, 132pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Non-fiction. An account of the creation and production of Star Trek, the Next Generation.
The Next Generation Tribute Book ed. James Van Hise (Pioneer Books 1-55698-366-2, Jul ’93 [Oct ’93], $14.95, 143pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Non-fiction. A collection of short pieces on various aspects of Star Trek, the Next Generation.
Empire of the Atom A. E. van Vogt (Macmillan Collier Nucleus 0-02-025991-3, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $8.00, 192pp, tp, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Clane] Reprint (Shasta 1957) sf novel, first book of the “Mutant Mage” series.
The Mind Cage A. E. van Vogt (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-980-4, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $3.95, 220pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1957) sf novel.
Twice Upon a Time Dennis Van Wey (Crossway Books 0-89107-742-1, Sep ’93 [Oct ’93], $9.99, 304pp, tp, cover by David Yorke) Christian sf novel of time-travelers who change history and try to correct things.
The Five Gold Bands Jack Vance (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-159-9, Apr ’93, $24.95, 164pp, hc, cover by Arnie Fenner) Reprint (Toby 1953 as The Space Pirate) sf novel. A signed slipcased 300-copy limited edition (-160-2, $50.00) is also available. Order from Underwood-Miller, 708 Westover Dr., Lancaster PA 17601.
Planet of Adventure Jack Vance (Tor/Orb 0-312-85488-9, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $12.95, 541pp, tp, cover by Dave Archer) [Planet of Adventure] Omnibus of the four sf novels in the “Planet of Adventure” series, City of the Chasch (Ace 1968), Servants of the Wankh (Ace 1969), The Dirdir (Ace 1969) and The Pnume (Ace 1970). Simultaneous with a Tor hardcover edition (-85487-0, $24.95). First American edition (Grafton 1985).
Throy Jack Vance (Tor 0-312-85133-2, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $18.95, 255pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) [Gaean Reach: Cadwal] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1992) sf novel, third book of the “Cadwal Chronicles”.
Throy Jack Vance (SFBC #01264, Aug ’93, $8.98, 255pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) [Gaean Reach: Cadwal] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1992) sf novel, third book of the “Cadwal Chronicles”. Similar to the 1993 Tor edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
To Live Forever Jack Vance (Tor 0-812-51142-5, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $3.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Paul Lehr) Reprint (Ballantine 1956) sf novel.
Millenium John Varley (Ace 0-441-53183-0, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $4.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Todd Cameron Hamilton) Reissue (Berkley 1983) sf novel; fourth printing.
The Ophiuchi Hotline John Varley (Ace 0-441-63484-2, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $4.50, 234pp, pb, cover by Todd Cameron Hamilton) [Eight Worlds] Reprint (Dial 1977) sf novel, part of the “Eight Worlds” series. Recommended (CNB).
Steel Beach John Varley (Ace 0-441-78565-4, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $5.99, 566pp, pb, cover by Todd Cameron Hamilton) [Eight Worlds] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1992) sf novel, part of Varley’s “Eight Worlds” series. A Hugo Award nominee. Recommended (CNB).
La Maravilla Alfredo Vea, Jr. (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-93588-6, Apr ’93 [Jul ’93], $20.00, 305pp, hc, cover by John Collier) Literary fantasy novel about a boy growing up in Arizona who encounters the mythical dog spirit that leads men’s souls to the land of the dead. A first novel.

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