The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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Writer of the Dark Robert E. Howard (Dark Carneval Press, Oct ’86 [Oct ’96], no price, viii+180pp, tp) Collection of six stories and ten poems by Howard, some previously unpublished, with an introduction by Glenn Lord. Published to mark the 50th anniversary of Howard’s death in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies.

Relics Shaun Hutson (W.H. Allen 0-491-03553-5, Jul ’86 [1986], £11.95, 272pp, hc) Horror novel. [Not seen]

The Journal of Nicholas the American Leigh Kennedy (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02349-7, Oct ’86 [1986], £9.95, 208pp, hc) Literary sf novel. [Not seen]

The Ceremonies T. E. D. Klein (Pan 0-330-28969-1, Feb ’86 [1986], £2.95, 549pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1984) fantasy/occult novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]

The Song of the Forest Colin Mackay (Canongate 0-86241-114-9, May ’86, £11.95, 240pp, hc) Celtic fantasy novel. [Not seen]

The Left-Handed Monkey Wrench Richard McKenna (Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 1986, 335pp, hc) Collection of stories, essays, and four excerpts from McKenna’s unfinished novel. Edited by Robert Shenk.

The Stove Haunting Bel Mooney (Methuen 0-416-59550-2, Jun ’86 [1986], £7.50, 160pp, hc) Young adult fantasy novel. [Not seen]

Breaking Glass Brian Morse (Lutterworth 0-7188-2648-5, Sep ’86 [1986], £6.95, 160pp, hc) Young adult sf novel. [Not seen]

Leaning in the Wind P. H. Newby (Faber 0-571-14512-4, Dec ’86 [1986], £9.95, 235pp, hc) Occult novel. [Not seen]

The Nuclear Age Tim O’Brien (Collins 0-00-223015-1, Mar ’86 [1986], £10.95, 320pp, hc) Literary sf novel. [Not seen]

Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories Philippa Pearce (Viking Kestrel 0-670-80907-1, Oct ’86 [1986], £6.50, 128pp, hc) Young adult ghost/horror collection. [Not seen]

Fenella Fang Ritchie Perry (Hutchinson 0-09-165820-9, 1986, £5.95, 124pp, hc) Humourous young adult horror novel. [Not seen]

In the Hand of the Goddess Tamora Pierce (Oxford University Press 0-19-271551-8, Oct ’86 [1986], £7.95, 232pp, hc) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult fantasy, second volume in “The Song of the Lioness” quartet. [Not seen]

The Light Fantastic Terry Pratchett (Colin Smythe 0-86140-203-0, May ’86, £9.95, 217pp, hc) [Discworld] Fantasy novel. [Not seen]

Adventures of Wim Luke Rhinehart (Grafton 0-246-12769-4, May ’86 [1986], £9.95, 320pp, hc) Literary sf novel. [Not seen]

Doctor Who: Slipback Eric Saward (W.H. Allen 0-491-03793-7, Aug ’86 [1986], £6.95, 144pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Young adult sf novelization. [Not seen]

Prelude to a Work in Progress/Who’s Who in the Universe E. C. Tubb & Chris Evans (Birmingham Science Fiction Group, Nov ’86, no price, 12+12pp, ph) Original back-to-back collection of an original short story each by E.C. Tubb & Chris Evans, issued in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies, to coincide with their Guest of Honour appearances at Novacon 16.

Cat’s Cradle Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (Penguin 0-14-002308-9, May ’86, £2.95, 179pp, tp) Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1963) sf novel. [Not seen]

Blanche Patricia Wendorf (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-11744-5, Apr ’86 [1986], £11.95, 384pp, hc) [Patteran] Historical romance with a touch of fantasy. [Not seen]

Supernatural Sleuths ed. Peter Haining (William London: Kimber 0-7183-0597-3, Mar ’86, £8.50, 226pp, hc) Anthology of 12 stories of occult investigators.

Great Tales of Mystery and Suspense ed. Bill Pronzini, Martin H. Greenberg & Barry N. Malzberg (A&W/Galahad 0-88365-700-7, 1985 [Jan ’86], $8.98, 601pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1981 as The Arbor House Treasury of Mystery and Suspense) anthology. This edition omits one story, “Crime Wave in Pinhole” by Julie Smith, in order to make it an abridgement of the original. This is an instant remainder book.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 1 ed. Eleanor Sullivan (London: Coronet, 1983, 190pp, pb)

Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 2 ed. Eleanor Sullivan (London: Coronet, 1984, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Dial 1977 as first half of Tales to Take Your Breath Away) anthology of horror stories.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 3 ed. Eleanor Sullivan (London: Coronet, 1984, 206pp, pb)

Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 4 ed. Eleanor Sullivan (London: Coronet, 1986, pb) Reprint (Dial 1978 as first half of Tales to Make Your Blood Run Cold) anthology of horror stories.

Alfred Hitchcock’s Book of Horror Stories: Book 5 ed. Eleanor Sullivan (London: Coronet 0-340-39452-8, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £1.95, 204pp, pb) Reprint (Dial 1978 as second half of Tales to Make Your Blood Run Cold) anthology of horror stories.

2AM [v1 #1, Fall 1986] ed. Gretta M. Anderson (2AM Publications, $3.95, 52pp, 8½" x 11" pb)

2AM [v1 #2, Winter 1986] ed. Gretta M. Anderson (2AM Publications, $3.95, 69pp, 8½" x 11" pb) Includes laid in page 17a which contains part of story “Black and White” by David B. Silva that was omitted in error during page makeup.

Aboriginal SF [v 1 #1, October 1986] ed. Charles C. Ryan (Aboriginal SF, $2.50, 24pp, 11.25 x 17 tb)

Aboriginal SF [v 1 #2, December 1986] ed. Charles C. Ryan (Aboriginal SF, $2.50, 32pp, 11.25 x 17 tb)

Amazing Science Fiction Stories [v60 #2, January 1986] ed. George H. Scithers (TSR, $1.75, 164pp, pb)

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