The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Kiteworld Keith Roberts (SFBC #105239, Jan ’87, $6.98, 288pp, hc) [Kiteworld] Reprint (Gollancz 1985) episodic sf novel.
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The Lordly Ones Keith Roberts (David & Charles/Gollancz 0-575-03864-0, Apr ’87 [Jan ’87], $18.95, 160pp, hc) Collection of 7 stories; first U.S. appearance. This is a false entry, the 1986 British edition with a U.S. price.
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Doc Savage Omnibus # 2 Kenneth Robeson (Bantam 0-553-26207-6, Jan ’87, $3.95, 410pp, pb) [Doc Savage] Omnibus of 4 Doc Savage short novels from the magazine.
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Doc Savage Omnibus # 3 Kenneth Robeson (Bantam 0-553-26738-8, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.95, 378pp, pb) [Doc Savage] Omnibus of 4 Doc Savage short novels from the magazine.
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Doc Savage Omnibus # 4 Kenneth Robeson (Bantam 0-553-26802-3, Oct ’87 [Dec ’87], $3.95, 392pp, pb) [Doc Savage] Omnibus edition of four short “Doc Savage” adventure novels.
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The Memory of Whiteness Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit 0-7088-8211-0, Jan ’87, £2.95, 351pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel.
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The Planet on the Table Kim Stanley Robinson (Tor 0-812-55237-7, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.50, 241pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1986) collection of 8 stories.
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The Planet on the Table Kim Stanley Robinson (Orbit 0-7088-8232-3, Aug ’87, £2.95, 241pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1986) sf collection. [First U.K. edition]
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Evil Star Logan Robinson (Zebra 0-8217-1992-0, Feb ’87, $2.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Norton 1986) near-future sf novel of strange astronomic happenings and the threat of global war.
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The Sensorites Nigel Robinson (W.H. Allen 0-491-03455-5, Feb ’87, £7.50, 143pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Juvenile sf novel. Volume 118 in the Doctor Who series.
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The Sensorites Nigel Robinson (Target 0-426-20295-3, Jul ’87, £1.95, 143pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987) juvenile sf novel. Volume 118 in the Doctor Who series.
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The Time Meddler Nigel Robinson (W.H. Allen 0-491-03337-0, Oct ’87 [Dec ’87], £7.95, 141pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Juvenile sf novel. Volume 126 in the Doctor Who series.
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Who’s Hugh?: An SF Reader’s Guide to Pseudonyms comp. Roger Robinson (Beccon Publications 1-870824-02-4, Aug ’87 [Oct ’87], £9.50, 173pp, tp) Despite some infuriating misprints, this is the most accurate and comprehensive guide to sf pseudonyms around. Recommended. Order from Beccon Publications, 75 Rosslyn Ave, Harold Wood, ROMFORD, RM3 0RG, England.
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Who’s Hugh?: An SF Reader’s Guide to Pseudonyms comp. Roger Robinson (Beccon Publications 1-870824-01-6, Aug ’87 [Oct ’87], £14.50, 173pp, hc) Hardback edition of the above.
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The Writings of Henry Kenneth Bulmer ed. Roger Robinson (Beccon Publications 1-870824-00-8, Aug ’87 [Oct ’87], £1.00, 52pp, pb) Latest edition of the definitive bibliography of Ken Bulmer. [Not seen] [Kenneth Bulmer]
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Time Pressure Spider Robinson (Ace 0-441-80932-4, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $16.95, 217pp, hc) [Lifehouse] Sf novel. Sequel and prequel to Mindkiller.
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Time Travelers Strictly Cash Spider Robinson (Berkley 0-425-09722-6, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $2.95, 200pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1981) collection of 11 items plus even more introductions.
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Frobisch’s Angel Doris Rochlin (Taplinger 0-8008-3058-X, Jun ’87 [Sep ’87], $16.95, 331pp, hc) Seriocomic fantasy novel. Frobisch sees an angel in Rome who tells him to “do good”, and gives him clairvoyance. A first novel.
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Forbidden Sequence Michael Rogers (Bantam 0-553-27080-X, Jan ’88 [Nov ’87], $4.50, 329pp, pb) Very-near-future sf novel of gene splicing and high-tech skullduggery.
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The Anvil of Ice Michael Scott Rohan (Orbit 0-7088-8210-2, Feb ’87, £2.95, 352pp, pb) [Winter of the World] Reprint (Macdonald 1986) fantasy novel with a superb cover. Volume 1 in the “Winter of the World” trilogy. Highly recommended. (PS-P)
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The Forge in the Forest Michael Scott Rohan (Macdonald 0-356-10750-7, Feb ’87, £10.95, 408pp, hc) [Winter of the World] Fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Winter of the World” trilogy. Sustains the promise of Volume 1. Highly recommended. (PS-P)
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The Forge in the Forest Michael Scott Rohan (Morrow 0-688-07367-0, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $15.95, 379pp, hc) [Winter of the World] Epic fantasy novel, second in the “Winter of the World” saga. First American edition (Macdonald 1987).
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Starmageddon Richard Rohmer (Irwin 0-7725-1560-3, 1986 [May ’87], price unknown, 241pp, hc) Near-future star wars thriller. This is a 1986 Canadian edition being distributed in the U.S. We missed it last year.
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The Curious Case of Richard Fielding and Other Stories Paul Roland (Lary Press No ISBN, Nov ’87 [1987], £1.80, 95pp, pb) Collection of 10 weird stories and 16 lyrics to songs. Illustrated throughout by Alan Hunter.
- 4 · Foreword · fw
- 5 · The Curious Case of Richard Fielding · ss *
- 12 · The Miracle Man · ss Winter Chills #2 ’87
- 17 · Mr. Mephisto · ss Back Brain Recluse #8 ’87
- 25 · Pulp · ss *
- 33 · Nocturne · ss *
- 42 · Stowaway · ss *
- 54 · A Hangman Waits · ss *
- 65 · The Hired Executioner · ss *
- 77 · Return to Raebourne · ss *
- 80 · A Most Singular Specimen · ss *
- 88 · The Puppet Master · sg *
- 88 · Ghost Ships · sg *
- 89 · The Hanging Judge · sg *
- 89 · Requiem · sg *
- 90 · Beau Brummel · sg *
- 90 · Death or Glory · sg *
- 91 · The Great Edwardian Airaid · sg *
- 91 · Twilight of the Gods · sg *
- 92 · Cairo · sg *
- 92 · Green Glass Violins · sg *
- 93 · Madame Guillotine · sg *
- 93 · In the Opium Den · sg *
- 94 · Madelaine · sg *
- 94 · Stranger Than Strange · sg *
- 95 · Jumbee · sg *
- 95 · Demon in a Glass Case · sg *
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Ghoul Mark Ronson (Critic’s Choice 1-55547-153-6, Mar ’87, $2.95, 202pp, pb) Reprint (? 1980) horror novel.
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Ogre Mark Ronson (Critic’s Choice 1-55547-161-7, Apr ’87, $2.95, 198pp, pb) Horror novel featuring a prehistoric monster. First U.S. edition (Hamlin UK 1980).
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Plague Pit Mark Ronson (Critic’s Choice 1-55547-169-2, Apr ’87, $2.95, 191pp, pb) Horror/plague novel. First U.S. edition (Hamlin 1981).
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The Heir Apparent Joel Rosenberg (NAL/Signet 0-451-14820-7, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.50, 319pp, pb) [Guardians of the Flame] Fantasy novel, Book Four of “Guardians of the Flame”.
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The Silver Crown Joel Rosenberg (NAL/Signet 0-451-14947-5, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.50, 302pp, pb) [Guardians of the Flame] Reissue (NAL/Signet 1985) fantasy novel, Book 3 of “Guardians of the Flame”.
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The Sleeping Dragon Joel Rosenberg (NAL/Signet 0-451-14833-9, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.50, 253pp, pb) [Guardians of the Flame] Reissue (NAL/Signet 1983) fantasy novel, Book 1 of “Guardians of the Flame”.
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The Sword and the Chain Joel Rosenberg (NAL/Signet 0-451-14946-7, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.50, 251pp, pb) [Guardians of the Flame] Reissue (NAL/Signet 1984) fantasy novel, Book 2 of “Guardians of the Flame”.
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The Encyclopedia of Superheroes Jeff Rovin (Facts on File 0-8160-1679-8, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $19.95, 443pp, tp) Reissue (Facts on File 1985) reference book on comic superheroes. Second printing. UK price £10.95.
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The Encyclopedia of Supervillains Jeff Rovin (Facts on File 0-8160-1356-X, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $29.95, 416pp, hc) Non-fiction, illustrated reference book, a “Who’s Who” of comic book villains. This is a companion volume to Rovin’s earlier Encyclopedia of Superheroes. The current volume mentions a softcover edition on the copyright page, but we have not seen it. UK price £17.95.
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Re-Animator Jeff Rovin (Pocket 0-671-63723-1, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.50, 223pp, pb) Horror novelization.
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The Black Ship Christopher B. Rowley (Arrow 0-09-949260-1, Jan ’87, £2.95, 310pp, pb) [Fenrile] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel. Sequel to The War for Eternity. [First U.K. edition]
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The Black Ship Christopher B. Rowley (Century 0-7126-1589-X, Mar ’87, £10.95, 320pp, hc) [Fenrile] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel.
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Golden Sunlands Christopher B. Rowley (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33174-5, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.50, 340pp, pb) Sf novel of “a whole world abducted into a Universe of strange possibilities.”
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Star Hammer Christopher B. Rowley (Arrow 0-09-949270-9, Jul ’87, £2.50, 297pp, pb) [Vang] Reprint (Del Rey 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Star Hammer Christopher B. Rowley (Century 0-7126-1627-6, Sep ’87, £10.95, 304pp, hc) [Vang] Reprint (Del Rey 1986) sf novel. [Not seen]
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Devil in the Darkness Archie Roy (Apogee 1-869935-04-7, Apr ’87 [Jul ’87], £1.95, 184pp, pb) Reprint (John Long 1978) horror novel.
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Sable Night Archie Roy (Apogee 1-869935-03-9, Apr ’87 [Jul ’87], £1.95, 184pp, pb) Reprint (John Long 1973) horror novel.
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Our Father Bernice Rubens (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-11979-0, Mar ’87 [Aug ’87], £9.95, 212pp, hc) Reprint (Delacorte) novel about a woman who keeps meeting God.
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The Boiled Frog Syndrome Marty Rubin (Alyson 1-55583-108-7, Sep ’87 [Nov ’87], $7.95, 231pp, tp) Sf novel, set in the near future, about the U.S. government repressing gays, and the resistance against it.
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Mind Tools Rudy Rucker (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-38315-3, Apr ’87, $17.95, 327pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational. A study subtitled “The Five Levels of Mathematical Reality”. Rucker writes non-fiction in much the same way he writes sf.
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Software Rudy Rucker (Avon 0-380-70177-4, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $2.95, 167pp, pb) [Software] Reprint (Ace 1982) sf novel. Winner of the first Philip K. Dick Award.
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Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder ed. Rudy Rucker (Arbor House 0-87795-891-2, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $18.95, 300pp, hc) Anthology of sf stories dealing with (or taking off from) mathematical concepts.
- xi · Introduction · Rudy Rucker · in
- 1 · 1 to 999 [“One in a Thousand”; Union Club] · Isaac Asimov · ss Gallery Sep ’81
- 8 · Four Brands of Impossible · Norman Kagan · nv F&SF Sep ’64
- 37 · Tangents · Greg Bear · ss Omni Jan ’86
- 54 · A New Golden Age · Rudy Rucker · ss Randolph-Macon Woman’s College Alumnae Bulletin Sum ’81
- 62 · Professor and Colonel · Ruth Berman · ss *
- 69 · The Maxwell Equations · Anatoly Dnieprov · ss Destination: Amaltheia, ed. Richard Dixon, Moscow: Foreign Languages Publishing House, 1963
- 108 · Left or Right? · Martin Gardner · ss Esquire Feb ’51
- 112 · Immune Dreams · Ian Watson · ss Pulsar #1, ed. George Hay, Penguin, 1978
- 125 · Forbidden Knowledge · Kathryn Cramer · ss *
- 136 · Gödel’s Doom · George Zebrowski · ss Popular Computing Feb ’85
- 146 · The Tale of Happiton · Douglas Hofstadter · ss Metamagical Themas, Basic Books, 1985
- 158 · The Finagle Fiasco · Don Sakers · ss, 1983
- 162 · Convergent Series [“The Long Night”] · Larry Niven · ss F&SF Mar ’67
- 168 · No-Sided Professor · Martin Gardner · ss Esquire Jan ’47; F&SF Feb ’51
- 179 · Euclid Alone · William F. Orr · nv Orbit 16, ed. Damon Knight, Harper & Row, 1975
- 211 · Love Comes to the Middleman · Marc Laidlaw · ss *
- 216 · Miss Mouse and the Fourth Dimension · Robert Sheckley · ss Twilight Zone Jan ’82
- 225 · The Feeling of Power · Isaac Asimov · ss If Feb ’58
- 235 · Cubeworld · Henry R. Gross · nv *
- 257 · The Schematic Man · Frederik Pohl · ss Playboy Jan ’69
- 263 · Time’s Rub · Gregory Benford · ss Cheap Street; New Castle, VA, 1984
- 276 · Message Found in a Copy of Flatland · Rudy Rucker · ss The 57th Franz Kafka, Ace, 1983
- 286 · The Mathenauts · Norman Kagan · ss If Jul ’64
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Mathenauts: Tales of Mathematical Wonder ed. Rudy Rucker (Arbor House 0-87795-890-4, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $9.95, 300pp, tp) Published simultaneously with the hardback edition.
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Memory Board Jane Rule (Pandora 0-86358-190-0, Oct ’87, £10.95, 256pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. [Not seen]
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Memory Board Jane Rule (Pandora 0-86358-191-9, Oct ’87 [Dec ’87], £4.95, 256pp, tp) Literary fantasy novel.
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Moonbranches Anne Rundle (Macmillan 0-02-777190-3, Oct ’86 [Jan ’87], $11.95, 163pp, hc) Young-adult Victorian gothic novel of ghosts and terror. Published in 1986 but not seen until now.
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The Female Man Joanna Russ (Beacon Press 0-8070-6313-4, 1986 [Jan ’87], $7.95, 214pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam 1975) polemic sf novel. This has a 1986 date, but we did not see it until now.
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Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans & Perverts Joanna Russ (The Crossing Press 0-89594-164-3, 1987 [Jan ’87], $16.95, 119pp, hc) Reprint (Crossing Press 1985); associational, collection of essays — mostly not sf-oriented. Instant hardcover of last year’s paperback, previously unseen.
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On Strike Against God Joanna Russ (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4074-7, Mar ’87 [Jul ’87], £2.95, 107pp, pb) Reprint (Out & Out Books 1982) of associational interest. A feminist ‘coming-out’ story. [First U.K. edition]
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We Who Are About To Joanna Russ (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4085-2, Aug ’87, £3.50, 170pp, pb) Reprint (Dell 1977) sf novel. This is billed as “First UK publication”, but has previously appeared from Methuen.
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The Best of Eric Frank Russell Eric Frank Russell (Del Rey 0-345-33223-7, Mar ’87 [Jul ’87], £2.95, 366pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1978) sf collection. Distributed in the UK by Futura.
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Sentinels from Space Eric Frank Russell (Methuen 0-413-15640-0, Nov ’87, £2.95, 227pp, pb) Reprint (Bouregy & Curl 1953) sf novel. This contains the Jack Chalker introduction from the Del Rey edition.
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Three to Conquer Eric Frank Russell (Methuen 0-413-15650-8, Nov ’87, £2.95, 211pp, pb) Reprint (Avalon 1956) sf novel. This contains the Jack Chalker introduction from the Del Rey edition.
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Supernatural Stories: 13 Tales of the Unexpected ed. Jean Russell (Franklin Watts Orchard 0-531-05723-2, Sep ’87, $11.95, 156pp, hc) Anthology of young-adult horror stories. First American edition (Orchard UK 1987).
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Inhuman John Russo (Grafton 0-586-07314-0, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], £2.50, 223pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1986) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
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Voodoo Dawn John Russo (Imagine 0-911137-12-2, Jul ’87, $9.95, 190pp, tp) Voodoo horror novel.
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Dreams Are Wiser Than Men ed. Richard A. Russo (North Atlantic 0-938190-94-6, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $14.95, 374pp, tp) Anthology of articles, poems, and stories about dreams, most surreal or fantastic, including five poems by Ursula K. Le Guin from Wild Angels.
- 1 · Introduction · Richard A. Russo · in
- 3 · Waking · Archibald MacLeish · pm, 1972
- 4 · That Odd Oculist · Dan Burns · pm
- 5 · On Dreams · Elizabeth Rose Campbell · ar
- 15 · Night Visits with the Family · May Swenson · pm Shenandoah Win ’78
- 18 · Dream-Poems · Ursula K. Le Guin · ar; part of this article was published in Dreamworks Vol. I, No. 2, Summer 1980 and Parabola, Vol. VII, No. 2, 1982.
- 18 · The Old Falling Down · Ursula K. Le Guin · pm Io, 1987
- 19 · Telling It Quietly · Ursula K. Le Guin · pm
- 19 · Dreampoem II · Ursula K. Le Guin · pm Wild Angels, Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1975
- 20 · Dreampoem · Ursula K. Le Guin · pm Wild Angels, Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1975
- 21 · Offering · Ursula K. Le Guin · pm Wild Angels, Santa Barbara, CA: Capra Press, 1975
- 22 · Seven Snaps of the Shutter · Janet Carncross Chandler · pm
- 23 · Touching Base · Janet Carncross Chandler · pm
- 25 · Somewhere Between Living and Dreaming · Brenda Murphree · ar
- 33 · A Dream of Retarded Children · Robert Bly · pm, 1979
- 34 · The Realness of Dreams · P. Erik Craig · ar
- 58 · A World of Magic and Mystery · Miran Ahn · pi
- 60 · Narrative of the Broken Winter (extract) · Mark Karlins · pm
- 61 · Feast · Jerry Ratch · vi
- 62 · Puppet X (extract) · Jerry Ratch · pm
- 63 · Interweavings: Reflections on the Role of Dream in the Making of Poems · Denise Levertov · ar Dreamworks Sum ’80
- 77 · Dreamscape · Philip Booth · pm The New Republic, 1973
- 78 · States · Philip Booth · pm
- 79 · Poems After Dreams · Philip Booth · ar
- 86 · Twenty-Two Dreams · Charles Stein · pm
- 113 · Dreams and Creativity · Richard M. Jones · ar
- 129 · Fever · Louis Jenkins · pm
- 130 · During the Night · Louis Jenkins · vi
- 130 · Those Ships · Louis Jenkins · pm
- 131 · Cancer in Myth and Dream: An Exploration into the Archetypal Relation Between Dreams and Disease · Russell A. Lockhart · ar Spring, 1977
- 152 · Imagery in Dreams of Illness · Meredith Sabini · ar Quadrant Fll ’81
- 174 · The Body Is Dreaming · Arnold Mindell · ar, 1982
- 191 · The Dream Work (extracts) · Richard Grossinger · ar
- 247 · An Intriguing Result Connected with Beginning Dream Yoga Practice · Charles T. Tart · ar
- 254 · The Sun and the Shadow: My Experiment with Lucid Dreaming · Kenneth Kelzer · ar, 1986
- 276 · Catholic Dreams · Richard A. Russo · ar
- 281 · Dream Journal · Howard Schwartz · ms
- 291 · Archetypes Surrounding Death · Marie-Louise von Franz · ar Quadrant Sum ’79
- 310 · A Meditation on Philosophy · Robert Bly · pm, 1981
- 311 · A Dream of an Afternoon with a Woman I Did Not Know · Robert Bly · pm, 1979
- 312 · Dream Sculptures · Lorraine Capparell · pi
- 314 · Dreams Are Wiser Than Men · John G. Neihardt · ss Tom Watson’s Magazine Feb ’06
- 322 · The Feast of Fools · Laura Glenn · pm
- 324 · The Fool at the Threshold of Dreams · Peggy V. Beck · ar
- 334 · The Sundance Experiment · Henry Reed, Ph.D. · ar Sundance Community Dream Journal v1 #1 ’77
- 345 · Taking Jesus Off the Cross or Sundance the Clown · Janice O’Brien · vi
- 347 · The Mt. Rushmore Full Moon Medicine Wheel Dream Quest · Robert Wm. Krajenke & Full Moon Dream Community · ar
- 368 · The Task [“The Task of the Analyst”] · Max Zeller · ar Psychological Perspectives Spr ’75
- 373 · Notes on the Contributors · Misc. · bg
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Halloween Horrors ed. Alan Ryan (Ace Charter 0-441-31607-7, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $3.50, 245pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1986) horror original anthology.
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