The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Cold Sea Rising Richard Moran (Arbor House 0-87795-755-X, Feb 86, $16.95, 352pp, hc) Near-future disaster novel. Only three people stand between the cataclysmic flooding of the oceans and the safety of mankind. The jacket says this is fiction based on science, not science fiction.
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Albion! Albion! Dick Morland (Faber 0-571-13997-3, Sep 86, £3.95, 221pp, pb) Reissue (Faber 1974) near-future novel set in a riot-torn England.
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No Safe Place Anne Moroz (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20167-3, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $3.50, 323pp, pb) Sf novel of the only survivor of a deep space probe. A first novel.
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A Voice for Princess John Morressy (Ace 0-441-84800-1, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $2.95, 213pp, pb) [Kedrigern] Humorous fantasy novel of a wizard looking for a bride. First of a series. Portions appeared, in somewhat different form, in F&SF.
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Last Letters from Hav Jan Morris (Random House 0-394-53262-7, 1985 [Jun 86], $14.95, 203pp, hc) Collection of letters from the imaginary city of Hav, originally printed in New Gotham magazine. This appeared in 1985, but we did not see it until 1986.
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Last Letters from Hav Jan Morris (Penguin 0-14-006729-9, Oct 86, £2.95, 176pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 1985) collection of travel tales about an imaginary Mediterranean town.
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Beyond Sanctuary Janet Morris (Ace 0-441-05635-0, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $2.95, 262pp, pb) [Thieves World; Tempus] Reprint (Baen 1985) fantasy novel set in the Thieves World anthology series, and starring Tempus, the Morris character from the series.
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Beyond the Veil Janet Morris (SFBC #05774, May 86, $4.98, 215pp, hc) [Thieves World; Tempus] Reprint (Baen 1985) fantasy novel, #2 in the Tempus series, part of the Thieves World books.
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Beyond Wizardwall Janet Morris (Baen 0-671-65544-2, Jun 86 [May 86], $15.95, 278pp, hc) [Thieves World; Tempus] Fantasy novel set in Thieves World, conclusion of the Tempus trilogy.
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Beyond Wizardwall Janet Morris (SFBC #10136, Sep 86, $4.98, 220pp, hc) [Thieves World; Tempus] Reprint (Baen 1986) fantasy novel, conclusion of a trilogy set in Thieves World.
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M*E*D*U*S*A* Janet & Chris Morris (Baen 0-671-65573-6, Jun 86 [May 86], $3.50, 343pp, pb) Near-future sf thriller of Star Wars"/SDI defense systems.
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Heroes in Hell ed. Janet Morris (Baen 0-671-65555-8, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $3.50, 274pp, pb) [Heroes in Hell] Original anthology of 7 fantasy stories set in Hell, the greatest shared universe of all time.
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Rebels in Hell ed. Janet Morris (Baen 0-671-65577-9, Jul 86 [Jun 86], $3.50, 308pp, pb) [Heroes in Hell] Original anthology of 9 fantasy stories set in Hell, second in a series.
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Alpha Bug M. E. Morris (Presidio 0-89141-270-0, Oct 86 [Dec 86], $14.95, hc) Near-future sf novel of Star Wars technology, bionics, and derring-do.
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The Continent of Lies James Morrow (Arrow 0-09-945460-2, Dec 86, £2.50, 274pp, pb) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart 1984) sf novel.
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This Is the Way the World Ends James Morrow (Holt 0-03-008037-1, Jun 86 [May 86], $18.95, 319pp, hc) Darkly satiric post-Holocaust sf novel.
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This Is the Way the World Ends James Morrow (SFBC #10378, Nov 86 [Dec 86], $5.98, 273pp, hc) Reprint (Holt 1986) satirical post-holocaust sf novel.
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The Demon Lord Peter Morwood (Arrow 0-09-948930-9, Sep 86, £2.95, 304pp, pb) [Book of Years] Reprint (Century 1984) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Drusalan Empire series.
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The Dragon Lord Peter Morwood (Arrow 0-09-948660-1, Sep 86, £2.95, 318pp, pb) [Book of Years] Fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Drusalan Empire series.
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The Horse Lord Peter Morwood (Arrow 0-09-948920-1, Sep 86, £2.95, 254pp, pb) [Book of Years] Reprint (Century 1983) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Drusalan Empire series.
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The Horse Lord Peter Morwood (Century 0-7126-9550-8, Oct 86, £9.95, 254pp, hc) [Book of Years] Reissue (Century 1983) fantasy novel, part of a series.
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The Horse Lord Peter Morwood (DAW 0-88677-178-1, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $3.50, 268pp, pb) [Book of Years] Heroic fantasy novel, first in the Book of the Years tetralogy. First American edition (Century 1983).
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Game of the Pink Pagoda Roger Moss (Collins 0-00-222979-X, Jun 86 [May 86], £10.95, 256pp, hc) Murder mystery/fantasy novel.
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Demand the Impossible: Science Fiction and the Utopian Imagination Tom Moylan (University Paperbacks 0-416-00022-3, Nov 86, £7.95, 242pp, pb) Reprint (Methuen US 1986); non-fiction, critical study of The Female Man, The Dispossessed, Woman on the Edge of Time, and Triton.
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Jernigans Egg Richard Mueller (Bluejay 0-312-94246-X, Apr 86 [Jun 86], $9.95, 341pp, pb) Sf novel with elements of heroic fantasy.
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The Falling Woman Pat Murphy (Tor 0-312-93230-8, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $14.95, 287pp, hc) Fantasy/horror novel of an archaeologist, her daughter, and ancient Mayan magic.
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The Story So Far David Nathan (Grafton 0-586-06668-3, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £2.50, 208pp, pb) Satiric sf novel.
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Doctor Who: The Companions John Nathan-Turner (Piccadilly 0-946826-62-5, Oct 86, £7.95, 48pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Reference book associated with the tv series.
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Doctor Who: The Companions John Nathan-Turner (Piccadilly 0-946826-29-3, Oct 86, £4.95, 48pp, tp) [Doctor Who] Trade paperback edition of the above.
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Doctor Who: The Companions John Nathan-Turner (Random House 0-394-88291-1, Oct 86 [Dec 86], $7.95, 48pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Non-fiction illustrated scrapbook on sidekicks from the tv show; also available in a library edition, -98291-6, $8.99. First American edition (Piccadilly 1986).
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Doctor Who: The Tardis Inside Out John Nathan-Turner (Piccadilly Press 0-946826-65-X, Jan 86, £4.95, 40pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Non-fiction, associational, an inside view by the producer of Dr. Who for the last 6 years, with illustrations by Andrew Skilleter.
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Pioneering the Space Frontier National Commission on Space (Bantam 0-553-34314-9, May 86, $14.95, 211pp, pb) Non-fiction and art book. This edition of the report made by the National Commission on Space also has work by sf artists Robert McCall, Ron Miller, and William K. Hartmann, showing possible projects for further space exploration, etc.
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Sorcerers Jacob Needleman (Mercury House 0-916515-10-9, Oct 86, $16.95, 235pp, hc) Novel of stage magic and more fantastic powers; the author is an internationally known philosopher; this is his fiction debut.
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Imp Andrew Neiderman (Arrow 0-09-942480-0, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £1.95, 314pp, pb) Horror novel of an evil creature.
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Love Child Andrew Neiderman (Tor 0-812-52312-1, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $3.95, 319pp, pb) Horror novel of a teenage modern Jekyll and Hyde, half-human, half-Amazon.
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Night Howl Andrew Neiderman (Pocket 0-671-60634-4, Jun 86 [May 86], $3.50, 277pp, pb) Horror novel.
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The Book of Dragons E. Nesbit (Dell/Yearling Classics 0-440-40696-X, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $4.95, 160pp, pb) Reprint (Harper 1900) collection of 8 fantasy stories with a new afterword by Anne McCaffrey.
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Five Children and It E. Nesbit (Dell/Yearling 0-440-42586-7, Jan 86 [Apr 86], $4.95, 208pp, pb) [Psammead] Reprint (Unwin 1902) juvenile fantasy novel, with a new afterword by Lloyd Alexander.
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The Last of the Dragons E. Nesbit (Methuen 0-416-96700-0, Oct 86, £5.95, 32pp, hc) Reprint (from The Book of Dragons, 1900) juvenile fantasy story illustrated by Harald Nordberg.
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Leaning in the Wind P. H. Newby (Faber 0-571-14512-4, Dec 86, £9.95, hc) Novel from a Booker Prize winner, featuring a young girls obsession with Shakespeare against a background of paranormal manifestation and African politics.
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Guinevere Evermore Sharan Newman (St. Martins 0-312-35324-3, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $6.95, 277pp, tp) [Guinevere] Reprint (St. Martins 1985) fantasy novel, conclusion of the Guinevere trilogy. This has no new copyright date inside; apparently the trade paperback was printed at the same time as the 1985 hardcover, but bound & released in 1986.
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Guinevere Evermore Sharan Newman (Futura 0-7088-3088-9, Oct 86, £2.50, 277pp, pb) [Guinevere] Reprint (St. Martins 1985) Arthurian fantasy novel, #3 in the Guinevere series.
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Guinevere Evermore Sharan Newman (Macdonald 0-356-12464-9, Dec 86, £10.95, 288pp, hc) [Guinevere] Reprint (St. Martins 1985) Arthurian fantasy novel, Guinevere #3.
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A Walk Out of the World Ruth Nichols (Ace 0-441-87133-X, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $2.75, 138pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace & World 1969) young-adult fantasy novel.
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The Snow Spider Jenny Nimmo (Pied Piper 0-416-54530-0, Oct 86, £5.50, 144pp, hc) [Snow Spider] Juvenile fantasy novel.
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Space Clusters Alex Nino (DC Graphic 0-930289-14-5, Sep 86 [Nov 86], $5.95, unpaginated, pb) Graphic novel with artwork by Alex Nino, illustrating a story by Arthur Byron Cover.
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Convergent Series Larry Niven (Orbit 0-7088-8062-2, Aug 86, £2.50, 227pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1979) sf collection.
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The Flight of the Horse Larry Niven (Orbit 0-8600-7849-3, Aug 86, £2.25, 212pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1973) sf/fantasy collection.
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Inconstant Moon Larry Niven (Sphere 0-7221-6408-4, Aug 86, £2.50, 200pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1973) sf collection. Note that this edition contains only seven of the 12 stories in the original hardback edition.
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Limits Larry Niven (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8201-3, Aug 86, £2.50, 240pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1985) collection.
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Limits Larry Niven (Macdonald 0-356-12731-1, Nov 86, £9.95, 256pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1985) collection.
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A World Out of Time Larry Niven (Orbit 0-8600-7963-5, Aug 86, £2.50, 246pp, pb) Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1976) sf novel.
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Footfall Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32344-0, May 86 [Apr 86], $4.95, 579pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel of alien invasion. A Hugo nominee.
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Footfall Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle (Sphere 0-7221-6339-8, Sep 86, £3.95, 700pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel.
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The Mote in Gods Eye Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle (Pocket 0-671-49175-X, 1986 [Apr 86], $3.95, 560pp, pb) [Mote] Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1974) sf novel. 19th printing.
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Oath of Fealty Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle (Pocket 0-671-53227-8, Jun 86 [May 86], $3.95, 324pp, pb) Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1981) sf novel. 4th printing.
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The Duchess of Kneedeep Atanielle Annyn Noël (Avon 0-380-89917-5, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $2.95, 170pp, pb) Humorous sf novel, the fantastic adventures of a beautiful runaway and her faithful robot.
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Logan: A Trilogy William F. Nolan (Maclay & Associates 0-940776-23-5, Oct 86, $16.95, 384pp, hc) [Logan] Omnibus edition of an sf adventure series. There is also an interesting new introduction which gives the history of the books, movie, and tv series.
- 7 · Logan: A Media History · in
- 21 · Logans Run · William F. Nolan & George Clayton Johnson · n. New York: The Dial Press, 1967
- 139 · Logans World · n. New York: Bantam, 1977
- 261 · Logans Search · n. New York: Bantam, 1980
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Dancer of Gor John Norman (Star 0-352-31851-1, May 86, £2.95, 479pp, pb) [Gor] Reprint (DAW 1985) sf novel, Gor #22.
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Players of Gor John Norman (DAW 0-88677-116-1, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $3.95, 396pp, pb) [Gor] Reissue (DAW 1984) sf novel, Gor #20. 5th printing.
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Renegades of Gor John Norman (DAW 0-88677-112-9, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $3.95, 444pp, pb) [Gor] Sf novel, Gor #23.
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Renegades of Gor John Norman (Star 0-352-31861-9, Aug 86, £3.50, 444pp, pb) [Gor] Reprint (DAW 1986) sf novel, Gor #23.
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Eye of the Monster Andre Norton (Ace 0-441-22378-8, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $2.75, 135pp, pb) Reissue (Ace 1962) sf novel. 4th printing.
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Flight in Yiktor Andre Norton (Tor 0-312-93245-6, May 86 [Apr 86], $14.95, 251pp, hc) [Moonsinger] Sf adventure novel of magic, telepathy, and three quests, sequel to Moon of Three Rings (1966) and Exiles of the Stars (1971). Exiled Moonsinger Maelen returns to Yiktor with companions Krip Vorlund and the gutter-slave Faree, to face her people and the criminal Guild.
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Forerunner: The Second Venture Andre Norton (Tor 0-812-54747-0, May 86 [Apr 86], $2.95, 254pp, pb) [Forerunner] Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel, sequel to Forerunner.
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Iron Cage Andre Norton (Ace 0-441-37294-5, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $2.75, 288pp, pb) Reissue (Viking 1974) sf novel; 7th printing.
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Sorceress of the Witch World Andre Norton (Ace 0-441-77558-6, Jun 86 [May 86], $2.75, 280pp, pb) [Witch World] Reissue (Ace 1968) fantasy novel in the Witch World series; 5th printing of the 1978 reissue. There were also numerous printings between 1968 and 1978.
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Three Against the Witch World Andre Norton (Ace 0-441-80808-5, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $2.75, 251pp, pb) [Witch World] Reissue (Ace 1965) fantasy novel, Witch World #4. 13th printing.
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Trey of Swords Andre Norton (Ace 0-441-82346-7, Jul 86 [Jun 86], $2.75, 180pp, pb) [Witch World] Reissue (Grossett & Dunlap 1977) fantasy novel, Witch World #7. Seventh printing.
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Warlock of the Witch World Andre Norton (Ace 0-441-87316-2, May 86 [Apr 86], $2.75, 249pp, pb) [Witch World] Reissue (Ace 1967) fantasy novel, Witch World #5. 12th printing.
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Web of the Witch World Andre Norton (Ace 0-441-87879-2, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $2.75, 190pp, pb) [Witch World] Reissue (Ace 1964) fantasy novel, #2 in the Witch World series. 13th printing.
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Zarsthors Bane Andre Norton (Ace 0-441-95493-6, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $2.75, 204pp, pb) [Witch World] Reissue (Ace 1978) fantasy novel, Witch World #8; illustrated by Evan Ten-Broeck Steadman. 5th printing.
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Star Kaat Andre Norton & Dorothy Madlee (S&S/Minstrel 0-671-60384-1, Oct 86, $2.50, 102pp, pb) Reprint (Walker 1976) juvenile sf novel of two kids and super-intelligent alien cats.
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Magic in Ithkar 3 ed. Andre Norton & Robert Adams (Tor 0-812-54734-9, Oct 86, $6.95, 319pp, pb) [Ithkar] Original anthology of 16 fantasy stories, the latest group set in a shared world.
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The Borrowers Mary Norton (Lythway Large Print 0-7451-0331-6, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £6.95, 208pp, hc) [Borrowers] Reprint (Dent 1952) juvenile fantasy novel; large print edition.
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The Borrowers Mary Norton (HBJ/Voyager 0-15-613600-7, Nov 86 [Dec 86], $3.95, 180pp, pb) [Borrowers] Reissue (Dent 1952) juvenile fantasy novel, first in the classic series, with illustrations by Beth and Joe Krush. 24th printing.
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The Borrowers Afield Mary Norton (HBJ/Voyager 0-15-613601-5, Nov 86, $3.95, 215pp, pb) [Borrowers] Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1955) juvenile fantasy novel. 15th printing.
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The Borrowers Afloat Mary Norton (HBJ/Voyager 0-15-613603-1, Nov 86 [Dec 86], $3.95, 191pp, pb) [Borrowers] Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1959) juvenile fantasy novel; 11th printing.
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The Borrowers Aloft Mary Norton (HBJ/Voyager 0-15-613604-X, Nov 86 [Dec 86], $3.95, 192pp, pb) [Borrowers] Reissue (Dent 1961) juvenile fantasy novel; 10th printing.
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The Borrowers Avenged Mary Norton (HBJ/Voyager 0-15-210531-X, Nov 86 [Dec 86], $4.95, 298pp, pb) [Borrowers] Reissue (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1982) juvenile fantasy novel; 2nd printing.
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Final Command Warren C. Norwood (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25554-1, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $2.95, 254pp, pb) [Double Spiral War] Sf novel, conclusion of the Double Spiral War trilogy.
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Rocket to Limbo Alan E. Nourse (Ace 0-441-73339-5, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $2.95, 185pp, pb) Reprint (McKay 1957) juvenile sf novel.
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Star Surgeon Alan E. Nourse (Ace 0-441-78343-0, May 86 [Apr 86], $2.95, 170pp, pb) Reprint (David McKay 1960) young-adult sf novel of a doctor in space.
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Trouble on Titan Alan E. Nourse (Ace 0-441-82481-1, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $2.95, 177pp, pb) Reprint (Winston 1954) sf novel of interstellar sabotage and a deadly secret on Titan.
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A Secret Property Ralph Noyes (Quartet 0-7043-2486-5, 1985 [May 86], $13.95 in U.S., 186pp, hc) Sf novel about alien invasion. This book appeared in Britain last year. It is now available in the U.S. through Salem House. It seems to be the original British edition with an American sticker price.
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The Bogeyman Maxine OCallaghan (Tor 0-812-52350-4, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $3.95, 320pp, pb) Horror novel.
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Timeless Passion Constance ODay-Flannery (Zebra 0-8217-1837-1, Jun 86, $3.95, 493pp, pb) Time travel/romance novel. The heroine has an accident and wakes up in 19th century Louisiana.
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The Journeys of McGill Feighan, Book IV: Cliffs Kevin ODonnell, Jr. (Berkley 0-425-08387-X, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $2.95, 246pp, pb) Sf novel, latest in a series. Teleporter/Flinger McGill works to save an alien race from plague, against the schemes of the Organization.
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