The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Crystal Keeper James Jauncey (Hippo 0-590-13339-X, Jan ’96 [Mar ’96], £3.50, 245pp, pb, cover by David Scutt) Young-adult fantasy novel. A young girl must cure the Crystal Keeper before he destroys his world.
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Citadel of Shadows Mike Jefferies (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648218-X, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £5.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel. Book 5 in the “Loremasters of Elundium” series.
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Palace of Kings Mike Jefferies (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-617467-1, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], £5.99, 240pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Reprint (Fontana 1987) fantasy novel, volume II of the “Loremasters of Elundium” series.
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The Road to Underfall Mike Jefferies (Voyager 0-00-617346-2, Apr ’96, £4.99, 349pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Reprint (Fontana 1986) fantasy novel. Volume one in the “Loremasters of Elundium” series.
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Shadowlight Mike Jefferies (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-617468-X, Dec ’96, £5.99, 346pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Reprint (Fontana 1988) fantasy novel. Third in the “Loremasters of Elundium” series.
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Egg Dancing Liz Jensen (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-2402-5, Jan ’96 [Apr ’96], £5.99, 281pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 1995) near-future thriller.
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Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human K. W. Jeter (Orion 0-75280-360-3, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], £5.99, 340pp, pb, cover by BlackSheep) [Blade Runner] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Millennium 1995) SF novel. Sequel to the film, and the Philip K. Dick novel from which it was derived.
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Blade Runner 3: Replicant Night K. W. Jeter (Orion 1-85798-420-X, Oct ’96, £15.99, 309pp, hc) [Blade Runner] SF novelisation. Second sequel to Philip K Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? and its attendant film, Blade Runner.
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The Forging of the Shadows Oliver Johnson (Legend 0-09-968541-8, Oct ’96 [Jul ’96], £5.99, 596pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Lightbringer] Fantasy novel. Vampire worshippers of a dark god subjugate an isolated city. First of a trilogy. A first novel.
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The Angel of the Vail Wentworth M. Johnson (The Book Guild 1-85776-122-7, Nov ’96, £12.95, 101pp, hc, cover by David Johnson) SF/fantasy novel of a 1950s university dropout whisked through time to fight alongside Arthur and another English folk hero.
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Minor Arcana Diana Wynne Jones (Gollancz 0-575-06325-4, Nov ’96, £16.99, 287pp, hc, cover by Splash) Collection of six stories, and the short novel, The True State of Affairs (from Everard’s Ride, NESFA Press, 1995).
- 9 · Introduction · in, 1996
- 13 · The Sage of Theare [Chrestomanci] · nv Hecate’s Cauldron, ed. Susan M. Shwartz, DAW, 1982
- 43 · The Master · ss Hidden Turnings, ed. Diana Wynne Jones, London: Methuen, 1989
- 62 · The Girl Who Loved the Sun · ss Heartache, ed. Miriam Hodgson, 1990
- 80 · Dragon Reserve, Home Eight · nv Warlock At the Wheel and Other Stories, Macmillan, 1984
- 110 · What the Cat Told Me · nv Fantasy Stories, ed. Diana Wynne Jones, Kingfisher, 1994
- 133 · Nad and Dan adn Quaffy · nv Digital Dreams, ed. David V. Barrett, NEL, 1990
- 153 · The True State of Affairs · na Everard’s Ride, NESFA Press, 1995
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Power of Three Diana Wynne Jones (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-34528-1, May ’96, £3.99, 362pp, pb, cover by Claudio Berni) Reprint (Macmillan 1976) young-adult fantasy novel.
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A Sudden Wild Magic Diana Wynne Jones (Gollancz 0-575-06299-1, Jul ’96, £15.99, 380pp, hc, cover by Splash) Reprint (Morrow 1992) humorous fantasy novel. The Ring, a secret society of witches and warlocks, must battle the mages of a parallel universe for the future of Earth. [First U.K. edition]
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The Time of the Ghost Diana Wynne Jones (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-330-34527-3, May ’96, £3.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Matthew Williams) Reprint (Macmillan 1981) young-adult fantasy novel.
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The Tough Guide to Fantasyland Diana Wynne Jones (Gollancz 0-575-60106-X, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], £4.99, 223pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Humorous reference work. Illustrated A-Z guide to all the elements, places and characters of genre fantasy.
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The Baker’s Boy J. V. Jones (Orbit 1-85723-375-1, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], £6.99, 552pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Book of Words] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1995) fantasy novel. Book 1 in “The Book of Words” trilogy. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]
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A Man Betrayed J. V. Jones (Orbit 1-85723-402-2, Nov ’96, £6.99, 598pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Book of Words] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1996) fantasy novel, second in “The Book of Words” trilogy. A hardcover edition (-451-0, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
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The Blue Manor Jenny Jones (Vista 0-575-60010-1, May ’96, £5.99, 352pp, pb, cover by J. Atkinson Grimshaw) Reprint (Gollancz 1995) dark fantasy/romantic thriller.
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The House of Birds Jenny Jones (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-63592-4, May ’96, £3.99, 154pp, pb, cover by Fred Preston) Young-adult fantasy novel.
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Bad Therapy Matthew Jones (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20490-5, Dec ’96 [Oct ’96], £4.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition, available in the US for $5.95. Volume 57 in “The New Adventures”.
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Giant Book of Fantasy and the Supernatural ed. Stephen Jones (Magpie 1-85487-619-8, Oct ’96, £3.99, xvi+543pp, tp) Reprint (Tiger Books 1994 as The Anthology of Fantasy & The Supernatural) dark fantasy anthology. An instant remainder edition; simultaneous with the Parragon edition.
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Giant Book of Fantasy and the Supernatural ed. Stephen Jones (Parragon, Oct ’96, £2.99, xvi+543pp, tp) Reprint (Tiger Books 1994 as The Anthology of Fantasy & The Supernatural) dark fantasy anthology. An instant remainder edition; simultaneous with the Magpie edition.
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Giant Book of Horror ed. Stephen Jones (Magpie 1-85487-620-1, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], £3.99, xii+589pp, tp) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1991 as The Mammoth Book of Terror) dark fantasy anthology. This drops the Introduction from the original. An instant remainder edition; simultaneous with the Parragon edition.
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Giant Book of Horror ed. Stephen Jones (Parragon 0-75281-846-5, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], £2.99, xii+589pp, tp) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1991 as The Mammoth Book of Terror) dark fantasy anthology. This drops the Introduction from the original. An instant remainder edition; simultaneous with the Magpie edition.
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The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror: Volume Seven ed. Stephen Jones (Raven 1-85487-464-0, Sep ’96, £6.99, 592pp, tp, cover by Luis Rey) Dark fantasy anthology of 25 stories and 1 poem.
- 1 · Introduction: Horror in 1995 · Stephen Jones · in
- 44 · Tirkiluk · Ian R. MacLeod · nv F&SF Feb ’95
- 69 · The Most Boring Woman in the World · Christopher Fowler · ss Flesh Wounds, Warner UK, 1995
- 79 · Extinctions in Paradise · Brian Hodge · ss Werewolves, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995
- 98 · Food Man · Lisa Tuttle · ss Crank! #4 ’94
- 109 · More Tomorrow · Michael Marshall Smith · nv Dark Terrors, ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton, London: Gollancz, 1995
- 141 · Going Under · Ramsey Campbell · ss Dark Love, ed. Nancy Collins, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Penguin/Roc, 1995
- 157 · Survivor · Dave Smeds · nv Peter S. Beagle’s Immortal Unicorn, ed. Peter S. Beagle, Janet Berliner & Martin H. Greenberg, HarperPrism, 1995
- 185 · The Stones · Patrick Thompson · ss Time Out Net Books #2 ’95
- 194 · Back of Beyond · Cherry Wilder · ss Strange Fruit, ed. Paul Collins, Penguin Australia, 1995; revised (1975).
- 209 · A Hundred Wicked Little Witches · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss 100 Wicked Little Witch Stories, ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg, Barnes & Noble, 1995
- 215 · The Finger of Halugra · Manly Wade Wellman · ss Deathrealm Spr ’95
- 229 · The Toddler · Terry Lamsley · ss Ghosts & Scholars #20 ’95
- 251 · Not Here, Not Now · Stephen Gallagher · ss Cold Cuts III, ed. Paul Lewis & Steve Lockley, Wales: Alun Books, 1995
- 259 · The Bungalow House · Thomas Ligotti · nv The Urbanite #5 ’95
- 281 · Cradle · Alan Brennert · ss F&SF Jan ’95
- 292 · The Sixth Dog · Jane Rice · nv West Warwick, RI: Necronomicon Press, 1995
- 314 · Scaring the Train · Terry Dowling · nv The Man Who Lost Red, MirrorDanse Books, 1994
- 347 · La Serenissima · David Sutton · nv Beyond Fantasy & Science Fiction #3 ’95
- 368 · The Bars on Satan’s Jailhouse · Norman Partridge · nv Arvada, CO: Roadkill Press, 1995
- 400 · The Bone-Carver’s Tale · Jeff VanderMeer · ss Asimov’s Apr ’95
- 416 · Queen of Knives · Neil Gaiman · pm Tombs, Edward E. Kramer & Peter Crowther, White Wolf, 1995
- 425 · The True History of Doctor Pretorius · Paul J. McAuley · nv Interzone Aug ’95
- 450 · The Grey Madonna · Graham Masterton · ss Fear Itself, ed. Jeff Gelb, Warner, 1995
- 465 · Loop · Douglas E. Winter · nv Dark Love, ed. Nancy Collins, Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer, Penguin/Roc, 1995
- 484 · The Hunger and Ecstasy of Vampires [Edward Copplestone] · Brian Stableford · na Interzone Jan ’95 (+1)
- 569 · Lacuna · Nicholas Royle · vi Violent Spectres #3 ’95
- 571 · Necrology: 1995 · Stephen Jones & Kim Newman · bg
- 590 · Useful Addresses · Stephen Jones · ms
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Dark Terrors 2: The Gollancz Book of Horror ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton (Gollancz 0-575-06326-2, Oct ’96, £16.99, 379pp, hc) Dark fantasy anthology of 18 stories; 15 are original, while those by Barker, Ellison, and Straub are reprints.
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Dark Terrors: The Gollancz Book of Horror ed. Stephen Jones & David Sutton (Vista 0-575-60024-1, Oct ’96, £5.99, 379pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1995) anthology of mainly original dark fantasy stories. This is a continuation of the Dark Voices anthology series, from Pan.
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The Conan Chronicles Robert Jordan (Legend 0-09-978601-X, Jun ’96 [May ’96], £15.99, 510pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) [Conan] Reprint (Tor 1995) fantasy omnibus of 3 Conan novels. [First U.K. edition]
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Conan the Defender Robert Jordan (Legend 0-09-970401-3, Sep ’96, £4.99, 184pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Conan] Reprint (Tor 1982) fantasy novelization in the “Conan” series. Copyrighted 1996.
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Conan the Invincible Robert Jordan (Legend 0-09-970391-2, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £4.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Conan] Reprint (Tor 1982) fantasy novelization based on the character created by Robert E. Howard.
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Conan the Unconquered Robert Jordan (Legend 0-09-970411-0, Nov ’96, £4.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [Conan] Reprint (Tor 1983) fantasy novel.
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A Crown of Swords Robert Jordan (Orbit 1-85723-367-0, Jul ’96, £17.99, xii+658pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Wheel of Time] Reprint (Tor 1996) fantasy novel. Volume 7 in the “Wheel of Time” series. A trade paperback edition (-366-2, £9.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
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Sign of the Lion Sherryl Jordan (Puffin 0-140-37959-2, Feb ’96, £3.99, 106pp, tp) Reprint (Penguin New Zealand 1995) young-adult fantasy novel. A young girl, pledged before birth to a bizarre destiny, becomes her country’s only hope for survival. [First U.K. edition]
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The Tooth Fairy Graham Joyce (Signet UK 0-451-18435-1, Sep ’96, £5.99, 342pp, pb) Dark fantasy novel. An adolescent boy glimpses the real Tooth Fairy and is cursed with its presence as he grows up.
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Children of the Vampire Jeanne Kalogridis (Headline 0-7472-4925-3, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], £5.99, 303pp, pb, cover by Keith Scaife) [Family Dracul] Reprint (Headline 1995) horror novel. Volume two in “The Diaries of the Family Dracul”.
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Lord of the Vampires Jeanne Kalogridis (Headline 0-7472-1383-6, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], £16.99, 240pp, hc, cover by Keith Scaife) [Family Dracul] Dark fantasy novel. Last in the trilogy, “The Diaries of the Family Dracul”, which overlaps and acts as a prequel to Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Simultaneous with the US (Delacorte) edition.
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The Lions of Al-Rassan Guy Gavriel Kay (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648030-6, May ’96, £5.99, 592pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Penguin Canada 1995) fantasy novel.
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Hawkwood’s Voyage Paul Kearney (Vista 0-575-60034-9, Nov ’96, £5.99, 382pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Monarchies of God] Reprint (Gollancz 1995) historical alternate-Earth fantasy novel. Book One of “The Monarchies of God”.
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The Heretic Kings Paul Kearney (Gollancz 0-575-06312-2, Nov ’96, £16.99, 320pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) [Monarchies of God] Historical alternate-Earth fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Monarchies of God”.
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The Hedge of Mist Patricia Kennealy-Morrison (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648230-9, May ’96 [Jul ’96], £5.99, 493pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Keltiad] Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) fantasy novel. Volume three in “The Tales of Arthur”. Book 6 in the planned set of 12. [First U.K. edition]
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Daggerspell Katharine Kerr (Voyager 0-00-648224-4, Mar ’96, £5.99, 461pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Deverry” series. This is the first UK edition of the 1993 (Bantam Spectra) text, which corrected some errors and added some slight revisions.
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Darkspell Katharine Kerr (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648222-8, May ’96, £5.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday 1987) fantasy novel. First UK publication of the heavily revised “author’s definitive edition” (Bantam Spectra 1994) of the second book in the “Deverry” series.
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Polar City Blues Katharine Kerr (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20789-9, Dec ’96, £5.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Polar City] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1990) SF novel.
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Palace Katharine Kerr & Mark Kreighbaum (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224643-0, Jul ’96, £9.99, 437pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Palace] SF/fantasy novel of dark intrigue and cyberspace set on the planet Palace in the galactic sector known as “The Pinch”. There is a simultaneous Open Market edition. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition. A hardcover edition (-224642-2, £15.99) is also available.
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Gridiron Philip Kerr (Vintage UK 0-09-959431-5, Jun ’96, £5.99, 373pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1995) SF novel.
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Looking Through Glass Mukul Kesavan (Vintage UK 0-09-951611-X, Jan ’96 [Apr ’96], £6.99, 375pp, tp, cover by Chris Corr) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1995) literary fantasy novel.
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Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes (Indigo 0-575-40020-X, May ’96, £5.99, 216pp, pb, cover by Dan McCaul) Reprint (Harcourt Brace World 1966) classic award-winning novel about intelligence, emotion, and the li(v)es between.
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Wraiths & Ringers A. F. Kidd (A. F. Kidd, 1995 [Mar ’96], no price, 52pp, ph) Collection of 10 ghost stories, most original.
- 1 · Introduction · Chico Kidd · in *
- 2 · In the College Library · ss *
- 7 · Turned Into Corruption · ss *
- 13 · Claustrophobia · ss *
- 19 · The Witch’s Room [Carnacki] · ss All Hallows #7 ’94
- 24 · The Cankerworm and the Caterpillar and the Palmerworm · ss *
- 29 · Behold Now Behemoth · ss *
- 33 · The Vigil of St. Oswald [as by M. M. Thomas] · ss Saints and Relics, ed. Rosemary Pardoe, Runcorn, Cheshire: Haunted Library, 1983
- 37 · Poppy Nor Mandragora · ss *
- 42 · The Havildar’s Grave · ss *
- 49 · What of the Night · ss *
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Child of the Night Nancy Kilpatrick (Raven 1-85487-446-2, May ’96, £5.99, 314pp, pb) [Power of the Blood] Dark fantasy novel. First of a trilogy. When a woman exchanges more than blood with a vampire, the result is a little horror.. that grows.
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Cybercats Garry Kilworth (Bantam UK 0-553-50327-8, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], £3.50, 139pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Electric Kid] Young-adult SF novel. Sequel to The Electric Kid.
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House of Tribes Garry Kilworth (Corgi 0-552-14111-9, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £5.99, 430pp, pb, cover by Paul Robinson) Reprint (Bantam UK 1995) animal fantasy novel about mice.
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A Midsummer’s Nightmare Garry Kilworth (Bantam UK 0-593-04029-5, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £14.99, 325pp, hc, cover by Stephen Player) Fantasy novel. The faerie court of Oberon and Titania decamps from a diminishing Sherwood Forest to the New Forest, accompanied by a convoy of New Age travellers.
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The Raiders Garry Kilworth (Mammoth 0-7497-2818-3, Aug ’96, £3.99, 133pp, pb) Young-adult fantasy novel. The ghost of a Viking is disturbed by land developers.
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The Roof of Voyaging Garry Kilworth (Orbit 1-85723-422-7, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £16.99, 426pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Navigator Kings] Fantasy novel. Book I of “The Navigator Kings” series based on Polynesian myths and legends.
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Desperation Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-65427-9, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £16.99, 545pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint dark fantasy novel. Travellers find themselves trapped in Desperation, Nevada. A ghost town whose only inhabitant is a lone cop with strong ideas on law enforcement. This novel is a companion to The Regulators by “Richard Bachman”, containing many of the same characters in an alternate version of the world, or story, or both. A limited boxed edition of both appeared last month. This is the first trade edition. Simultaneous with the US (Viking) edition.
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The Green Mile, Part 1: The Two Dead Girls Stephen King (Penguin 0-14-025856-6, Mar ’96, £1.99, 92pp, pb) [Green Mile] First part of a thriller being published as a 6-part serial, with one part each month. Simultaneous with the US (Signet) edition.
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The Green Mile, Part 2: Mouse on the Mile Stephen King (Penguin 0-14-025857-4, Apr ’96, £1.99, 92pp, pb) [Green Mile] Second part of an associational thriller being published as a 6-part serial, with one part each month. Simultaneous with the US (Signet) edition.
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The Green Mile, Part 6: Coffey on the Mile Stephen King (Penguin 0-14-025861-2, Aug ’96, £1.99, 138pp, pb) [Green Mile] Final part of an associational thriller being published as a six-part serial, with one part each month. Simultaneous with the US (Signet) edition.
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The Green Mile, Part 3: Coffey’s Hands Stephen King (Penguin 0-14-025858-2, May ’96, £1.99, 90pp, pb) [Green Mile] Third part of an associational thriller being published as a 6-part serial with one part per month. Simultaneous with the US (Signet) edition.
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