The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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King Deaths Garden Ann Halam (Orchard 1-85213-003-2, Aug 86, £6.95, 128pp, hc) Superb young-adult ghost story. (SJ/JF) Author is Gwyneth Jones.
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Dealing in Futures Joe W. Haldeman (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8197-1, Mar 86, £2.50, 227pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1985) collection.
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Dealing in Futures Joe W. Haldeman (Macdonald 0-356-12186-0, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £9.95, 382pp, hc) Reprint (Viking 1985) collection; library edition.
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Dealing in Futures Joe W. Haldeman (SFBC #02873, May 86, $4.98, 277pp, hc) Reprint (Viking 1985) collection of 14 stories.
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Dealing in Futures Joe W. Haldeman (Ace 0-441-14139-0, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $3.50, 277pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1985) collection.
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There Is No Darkness Joe W. & Jack C. Haldeman, II (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8145-9, Mar 86, £2.25, 245pp, pb) [Carl] Reissue (Ace 1983) sf novel.
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Body Armor: 2000 ed. Joe W. Haldeman, Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh (Ace 0-441-06976-2, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $3.50, 311pp, pb) Anthology of 11 tales of military sf.
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The Other Child Michael Hale (Avon 0-380-89950-7, Oct 86, $3.95, 297pp, pb) Sf-horror novel. An abused child dies and becomes part of an experimental A.I. computer, only to be joined by a twisted man known as the Scissors Murderer.
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Slime John Halkin (Critics Choice 0-931773-74-1, Aug 86 [Dec 86], $2.95, 252pp, pb) [Slither] Horror novel of man-eating jellyfish, by the author of Slither. First American edition (UK 1984).
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Slither John Halkin (Critics Choice 0-931773-63-6, Mar 86 [May 86], $2.95, 215pp, pb) [Slither] Reprint (U.K. 1980) horror novel: Out of the murky sewers they suddenly attacked snapping, biting, ripping....
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Squelch John Halkin (Critics Choice 1-55547-135-8, Nov 86 [Dec 86], $3.50, 250pp, pb) [Slither] Horror novel about lethal caterpillars, sequel to Slither and Slime. First American edition (UK 1985).
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Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Index, 1980-1984 ed. Hal W. Hall (Gale Research Co. 0-8103-1646-3, Oct 85 [Jan 86], $160.00, xxiv + 761pp, hc) 8.5" x 11". Non-fiction, reference. The first half of this oversize book is the actual index. The second half is part of the data base for a research index on any sf reference by author and subject. It doesnt discuss listing criteria but seems to be just everything added in 1984, regardless of how old. Confusing without earlier volumes or an earlier printout. (CNB)
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Contemporary Literary Criticism Yearbook 1985 ed. Sharon K. Hall (Gale 0-8103-4413-0, Oct 86 [Sep 86], 723pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference/critical studies 1985 in review, with articles on general topics and individual authors, including sf/fantasy prize winners William Gibson, Robert Holdstock, and Barry Hughart, plus obituaries of Sturgeon, Calvino, Graves, etc.
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The Antelope Company Ashore Willis Hall (The Bodley Head 0-370-30775-5, Oct 86, £5.50, 156pp, hc) [Antelope Company] TV tie-in juvenile fantasy novel about a group of Lilliputians.
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The Antelope Company Ashore Willis Hall (Fontana Lion 0-00-672765-4, Nov 86, £1.95, 149pp, pb) [Antelope Company] Reprint (Bodley Head 1986) TV tie-in juvenile fantasy novel about a group of Lilliputians.
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The Dead That Walk Leslie Halliwell (Grafton 0-246-12834-8, Nov 86, £12.95, 262pp, hc) Collection of essays on horror films, including some unpublished scripts.
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Dragonsbane Barbara Hambly (Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823343-9, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £2.95, 292pp, pb) [Winterlands] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel.
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Dragonsbane Barbara Hambly (SFBC #10049, Aug 86, $5.98, 274pp, hc) [Winterlands] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel. First hardcover edition.
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The Ladies of Mandrigyn Barbara Hambly (Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823312-9, Oct 86, £2.95, 311pp, pb) [Sun Wolf] Reprint (Del Rey 1984) fantasy novel.
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The Silent Tower Barbara Hambly (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33764-6, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $3.95, 369pp, pb) [Windrose] Fantasy novel of sorcery and computers. First of two parts.
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Chronicles of the Star Kings Edmond Hamilton (Arrow/Venture SF 0-09-947860-9, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £2.50, 397pp, pb) [John Gordon] Omnibus of the two Star Kings novels.
- · The Star Kings · n. Fredrick Fell, Inc. Oct 49
- · Return to the Stars · n. New York: Lancer, 1969
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The Shirt Off a Hanged Mans Back Dennis Hamley (Fontana Lion 0-00-672530-9, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £1.75, 160pp, pb) Reprint (Deutsch 1984) juvenile collection of nine supernatural stories.
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The Last Knight of Albion Peter Hanratty (Bluejay 0-312-94281-8, Aug 86, $8.95, 267pp, pb) Arthurian fantasy novel.
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Max Headrooms Guide to Life David Hansen & Paul Owen (Bantam 0-553-34352-1, Oct 86, $4.95, 144pp, pb) Humor book a computer-generated superstars guide to life. First U.S. edition (Corgi 1985).
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Displaced Person Lee Harding (Puffin 0-14-031141-6, Aug 86, £1.75, 138pp, pb) Reissue (Hyland House, Australia 1979) young-adult fantasy novel.
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Secret of the Sixth Magic Lyndon Hardy (Corgi 0-552-12680-2, Jan 86, £2.50, 394pp, pb) [Arcadia] Reprint (Ballantine 1984) fantasy novel. Sequel to Master of the Five Magics.
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The Aurum Film Encyclopedia, Volume 3: Horror ed. Phil Hardy (Aurum Press 0-948149-04-3, Oct 86, £18.95, 408pp, hc) Superb film reference guide, which includes cast, credits, and more than 450 photos. (SJ)
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Redworld Charles L. Harness (DAW 0-88677-125-0, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $2.95, 229pp, pb) Sf novel about a future world split equally between science and religion.
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The Burning Stone Deborah Turner Harris (Tor 0-812-53950-8, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $7.95, 307pp, pb) [Mages of Garillon] Fantasy novel, Book One of The Mages of Garillon. A first novel.
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The Little People MacDonald Harris (Morrow 0-688-06132-X, Feb 86 [Mar 86], $16.95, 299pp, hc) Fantasy novel of an American medievalist and English fairies. Mostly a mainstream examination of the borderland between fantasy and mental illness.
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The Broken Worlds Raymond Harris (Ace 0-441-08143-6, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $2.95, 248pp, pb) Sf novel. A group of adventurers travels through space seeking assistance against alien invaders, encountering strange cultures and characters along the way. A first novel.
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Bill, the Galactic Hero Harry Harrison (Avon 0-380-00395-3, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $3.50, 185pp, pb) [Bill the Galactic Hero] Reissue (Doubleday 1965) humorous satiric sf novel; a parody of Starship Troopers. 2nd Avon printing.
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Homeworld Harry Harrison (Severn House 0-7278-1327-7, Jul 86, £8.95, 192pp, hc) [To the Stars] Reprint (Panther 1980) sf novel. Volume 1 in the To the Stars series.
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In Our Hands the Stars Harry Harrison (Arrow 0-09-910450-4, May 86, £1.95, 217pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1970 as The Daleth Effect) sf novel.
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Make Room! Make Room! Harry Harrison (Penguin 0-14-002664-9, May 86, £2.50, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1966) sf novel.
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Spaceship Medic Harry Harrison (Puffin 0-14-030853-9, Feb 86, £1.50, 141pp, pb) Reissue (Faber 1970) juvenile sf novel.
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The Stainless Steel Rat Harry Harrison (Ace 0-441-77924-7, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $2.95, 160pp, pb) [Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz] Reprint (Pyramid 1961) sf novel, first in a series of humorous books about a smalltime crook with a heart of fools gold.
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A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born Harry Harrison (Titan 0-907610-52-8, Aug 85 [Jan 86], £9.95, 183pp, hc) [Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz] Reprint (Bantam 1985) sf novel, prequel to other adventures in the Stainless Steel Rat series. First trade hardcover edition.
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A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born Harry Harrison (Titan 0-907610-53-6, Nov 85 [Jan 86], £20.00, 183pp, hc) [Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz] Signed, boxed edition of the above; limited to 250 copies. Issued without a dust jacket.
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A Stainless Steel Rat Is Born Harry Harrison (SFBC #04565, Feb 86 [Mar 86], $4.98, 214pp, hc) [Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1985) sf novel, prequel to the rest of the series.
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The Stainless Steel Rat Saves the World Harry Harrison (Ace 0-441-77913-1, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $2.95, 160pp, pb) [Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz] Reprint (Putnam 1972) humorous sf novel in the Stainless Steel Rat series.
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The Stainless Steel Rats Revenge Harry Harrison (Ace 0-441-77912-3, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $2.95, 191pp, pb) [Slippery Jim (James Bolivar) diGriz] Reprint (Walker 1970) sf novel, #2 in the Stainless Steel Rat series.
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War with the Robots Harry Harrison (Grafton, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £1.95, pb) Reissue (Pyramid 1962) collection.
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Winter in Eden Harry Harrison (Grafton 0-246-12612-4, Sep 86, £10.95, 485pp, hc) [Eden] Sf novel. Volume 2 in the West of Eden trilogy. Illustrated by Bill Sanderson.
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Winter in Eden Harry Harrison (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05163-6, Nov 86 [Sep 86], $18.95, 398pp, hc) [Eden] Sf novel, sequel to West of Eden. First U.S. edition (Grafton 1986).
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The Centauri Device M. John Harrison (Orion 0-04-823364-1, Sep 86, £2.95, 212pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1974) sf novel.
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Viriconium Nights M. John Harrison (Allen & Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823330-7, Aug 86, £2.95, 158pp, pb) [Viriconium] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) collection of fantasy tales set in Viriconium. Not the same as the Ace paperback.
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The Traveling Grave L. P. Hartley (Everyman, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £2.50, pb) Reprint (Arkham House 1948) collection of fantasy/horror tales.
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Bored of the Rings The Harvard Lampoon (Pan 0-330-29313-3, Jan 86, £1.95, pb) [Middle-Earth] Reprint (Signet 1969) spoof on Tolkien by Henry N. Beard and Douglas C. Kenney.
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Night Stone Rick Hautala (Zebra 0-8217-1843-6, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $3.95, 592pp, pb) Horror novel of a child, a doll, and terror in an old house in Maine.
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Nelson Malone Meets the Man from Mush-Nut Louise Hawes (Dutton/Lodestar 0-525-67181-1, Apr 86 [May 86], $11.95, 116pp, hc) [Nelson Malone] Juvenile humorous fantasy novel of a boys wacky and fantastic adventures...filled with close encounters of the weird kind. Nelson has magical pink sneakers, among other things.
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The Khyber Connection Simon Hawke (Ace 0-441-43725-7, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $2.95, 195pp, pb) [Time Wars] Sf time travel/alternate world novel, Time Wars #6. This one takes place in 1897 in India, with Gunga Din and Winston Churchill. The author is actually Nick Yermakov.
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Blaze of Wrath Ward Hawkins (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32735-7, Jul 86 [Jun 86], $2.95, 231pp, pb) [Harry Borg] Sf novel, latest in the series about Harry Borg and Guss, the lizard-man.
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Sword of Fire Ward Hawkins (Ballantine/Futura 0-345-32348-3, Dec 86, £2.50, 297pp, pb) [Harry Borg] Sf novel. US edition with UK price sticker.
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The Mammoth Book of Classic Chillers ed. Tim Haydock (Robinson 0-948164-25-5, Sep 86 [Oct 86], £4.95/$9.95, 693pp, pb) Anthology of classic horror stories by Stoker, Poe, Le Fanu, Hodgson, and others. Distributed in the U.S. by Salem House, Ltd., c/o Mercedes Distribution Center, 160 Imlay St., Brooklyn NY 11231.
- 14 · The Man Who Liked Dickens · Evelyn Waugh · ss Hearsts International Magazine Sep 33
- 30 · The Case of M. Valdemar [The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar] · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review Dec, 1845
- 40 · The Pipe-Smoker · Martin Armstrong · ss The Fortnightly Review Oct 32
- 50 · The Red Room · H. G. Wells · ss The Idler Mar, 1896
- 60 · The Derelict · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine Dec 1 12
- 86 · The Judges House · Bram Stoker · ss Holly Leaves Dec 5, 1891
- 106 · From What Strange Land · Blanche Bane Kuder · ss
- 114 · El Verdugo · Honoré de Balzac · ss, 1829
- 126 · Telling · Elizabeth Bowen · ss The Black Cap, ed. Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson, 1927
- 136 · The Treasure of Abbot Thomas · M. R. James · ss Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, Edward Arnold, 1904
- 156 · The Birthright · Hilda Hughes · ss When Churchyards Yawn, ed. Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson, 1931
- 166 · Lazarus Returns · Guy Endore · nv
- 188 · The Island of the Ud [Captain Jat] · William Hope Hodgson · nv The Red Magazine May 15 12
- 212 · Fear · Guy de Maupassant · ss, 1882
- 220 · Twelve OClock · Charles Whibley · ss The Ghost-Book, ed. Cynthia Asquith, London: Hutchinson, 1926
- 226 · A Descent into the Maelström · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Grahams Ladys and Gentlemans Magazine May, 1841
- 244 · The Stranger · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Feb 09
- 250 · The Pioneers of Pikes Peak · Basil Tozer · ss The Strand Sep, 1897
- 260 · The Fourth Man · John Russell · ss Colliers Jan 6 17
- 280 · 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.
- 294 · The Fall of the House of Usher · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Burtons Gentlemens Magazine Sep, 1839
- 314 · A Warning to the Curious · M. R. James · ss The London Mercury Aug 25
- 332 · Nobodys House · A. M. Burrage · ss Some Ghost Stories, London: Cecil Palmer, 1927
- 346 · The Werewolf [Krantzs Narrative, chapter 39 of The Phantom Ship] · Captain Frederick Marryat · ex The New Monthly Magazine Jul, 1839
- 368 · The Mysterious Mansion · Honoré de Balzac · ss
- 380 · No. 1 Branch Line: The Signalman [The Signalman] · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas, 1866
- 392 · The Monkeys Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harpers Monthly Sep 02
- 404 · The Turn of the Screw [Turn of the Screw] · Henry James · n. Colliers Jan 27-Apr 16, 1898
- 506 · Wandering Willies Tale [from Redgauntlet] · Sir Walter Scott · ex London: Constable, 1824
- 526 · The Horla · Guy de Maupassant · nv Gil Blas Oct 26, 1886; Weird Tales Aug 26
- 550 · The Haunted and the Haunters · Sir Edward George Bulwer-Lytton, Lord Lytton · nv Blackwoods Aug, 1859; Weird Tales May 23
- 588 · Carmilla [Martin Hesselius] · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · na The Dark Blue Dec, 1871 (+3)
- 646 · Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde [The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde] · Robert Louis Stevenson · na New York: Scribners, 1886
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The Cosmic Web: Scientific Field Models and Literary Strategies in the Twentieth Century N. Katherine Hayles (Cornell University Press 0-8014-9290-4, Sep 86, $8.95, 209pp, pb) Reprint (Cornell 1984) non-fiction, critical study which includes examinations of Pynchon and Borges works.
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The Finnbranch Paul E. Hazel (Sphere 0-7221-4545-4, Nov 86, £4.95, 594pp, pb) [Finnbranch Trilogy] Omnibus of a fantasy trilogy.
- · Yearwood · n. Atlantic Monthly Press, 1980
- · Undersea · n. Atlantic Monthly Press, 1983
- · Winterking · n. Atlantic Monthly Press, 1985
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The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum ed. Michael Patrick Hearn (Schocken 0-8052-3812-3, Apr 86, $19.95, 305pp, hc) [Oz] Reissue (Schocken 1983) juvenile fantasy classic, with 21 critical essays by James Thurber, Alix Kate Shulman, Gore Vidal, and others, plus the original text and illustrations by W.W. Denslow.
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The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum ed. Michael Patrick Hearn (Schocken 0-8052-0803-8, Apr 86, $8.95, 305pp, tp) [Oz] Trade paperback edition of the above.
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The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Robert A. Heinlein (Berkley 0-425-09164-3, Feb 86, 388pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1985) sf novel. This is an international edition for countries where the regular edition isnt available. First paperback edition.
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The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Robert A. Heinlein (NEL 0-450-06149-3, Feb 86, £9.95, 374pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1985) sf novel.
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The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Robert A. Heinlein (NEL Open Market 0-450-39315-1, Jun 86 [Aug 86], £2.95, 416pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1985) sf novel. This Open Market edition is for countries where the regular edition isnt available.
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The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Robert A. Heinlein (Berkley 0-425-09332-8, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $3.95, 388pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1985) sf novel.
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The Cat Who Walks Through Walls Robert A. Heinlein (NEL 0-450-39315-1, Nov 86, £2.95, 420pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1985) sf novel.
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The Door Into Summer Robert A. Heinlein (Gollancz 0-575-03850-0, Sep 86, £2.95, 190pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1957) classic sf novel.
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The Door Into Summer Robert A. Heinlein (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33012-9, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $3.95, 291pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1957) sf novel. Classic novel and one of Heinleins best. Highly recommended. (CNB)
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Double Star Robert A. Heinlein (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33013-7, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $3.95, 243pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1956) sf novel. This is my personal favorite of Heinleins novels. Highly recommended. (CNB)
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Double Star Robert A. Heinlein (Grafton 0-586-02502-2, Nov 86, £1.95, 189pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1956) sf novel.
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The Green Hills of Earth Robert A. Heinlein (Baen 0-671-65608-2, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $3.50, 270pp, pb) [Future History] Reprint (Shasta 1951) collection of 10 stories, volume 2 of the famed Future History series. Highly recommended. (CNB)
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Have Space Suit, Will Travel Robert A. Heinlein (NEL 0-450-00729-4, Jun 86 [May 86], £1.95, 175pp, pb) Reissue (Scribners 1958) science fiction novel.
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Job: A Comedy of Justice Robert A. Heinlein (NEL 0-450-05840-9, Dec 86, £2.95, 368pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1984) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Methuselahs Children Robert A. Heinlein (NEL 0-450-00914-9, May 86, £1.95, 175pp, pb) [Future History; Lazarus Long] Reissue (Gnome 1958) sf novel.
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Methuselahs Children Robert A. Heinlein (Baen 0-671-65597-3, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $3.50, 276pp, pb) [Future History; Lazarus Long] Reprint (Gnome 1958) sf novel.
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The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Robert A. Heinlein (Berkley 0-425-09924-5, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $3.50, 302pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1966) sf novel; 37th Berkley printing.
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The Number of the Beast Robert A. Heinlein (Ballantine/Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-13070-3, Nov 86, $4.50, 511pp, pb) Reissue (Fawcett 1980) 13th printing sf novel.
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