The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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An Alien Light Nancy Kress (Avon 0-380-70706-3, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $3.50, 360pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) sf novel set on a distant planet; a serious exploration of the nature of humanity. Recommended (TM).
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An Alien Light Nancy Kress (Legend 0-09-961990-3, Oct 89, £4.50, 480pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) sf novel.
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Brain Rose Nancy Kress (William Morrow 0-688-09452-X, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $22.95, 324pp, hc, cover by Don Bolognese) Fantasy thriller involving surgery to access memories of past lives as a plague rages, possibly related to the new technique. A fascinating exploration of ethical questions faced by New Age and traditional medicine. Recommended (SW).
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Alternities Michael Kube-McDowell (Sphere 0-7474-0458-5, Sep 89, £3.99, 383pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1988) thought-provoking sf novel about alternative Earths. Recommended. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
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A Study in Sorcery Michael Kurland (Ace 0-441-79092-5, Jun 89, $3.50, 184pp, pb) [Lord Darcy] Sherlockian fantasy novel set in the alternate world of Randall Garretts Lord Darcy series, second Lord Darcy novel by Kurland.
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Deryni Checkmate Katherine Kurtz (Legend 0-09-961950-4, Dec 89 [Nov 89], £3.50, 302pp, pb, cover by Melvyn) [Deryni] Reprint (Del Rey 1972) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Deryni series.
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Deryni Rising Katherine Kurtz (Legend 0-09-961940-7, Aug 89 [Jul 89], £3.50, 271pp, pb) [Deryni] Reprint (Del Rey 1970) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in The Chronicles of the Deryni.
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The Harrowing of Gwynedd Katherine Kurtz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33259-8, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $17.95, 384pp, hc) [Deryni: Heirs] Fantasy novel. Volume I in the Heirs of Saint Camber series, and 11th in the Deryni series.
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The Harrowing of Gwynedd Katherine Kurtz (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36314-0, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $4.95, 432pp, pb) [Deryni: Heirs] Reprint (Del Rey 1989) fantasy novel, first book of the Heirs of Saint Camber series, 11th in the overall Deryni series.
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The Harrowing of Gwynedd Katherine Kurtz (Legend 0-7126-3500-9, Dec 89 [Nov 89], £6.95, 384pp, tp) [Deryni: Heirs] Reprint (Del Rey 1989) fantasy novel. Also available in hardcover (-3495-9, £12.95). Volume 1 in the Heirs of Saint Camber trilogy. Volume 11 in the Deryni series. [First U.K. edition]
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The Legacy of Lehr Katherine Kurtz (Beaver 0-09-960960-6, Nov 89, £2.99, 205pp, pb, cover by Pete Lyon) Reprint (Walker 1986) young-adult sf novel.
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Swordspoint Ellen Kushner (Tor 0-812-54348-3, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $3.95, 269pp, pb) [Swordspoint] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1987) elegant fantasy novel set in a decadent civilization.
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An Acceptable Time Madeleine LEngle (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-30027-5, Nov 89, $13.95, 343pp, hc, cover by Charles Mikolaycak) [Meg Murry] Young-adult time-travel fantasy/new age novel, sequel to A Wrinkle in Time.
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Tegne: Warlord of Zendow Richard La Plante (Sphere 0-7474-0375-9, Jun 89, £3.50, 354pp, pb, cover by Melvyn) [Tegne] Reprint (Sphere 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Tegne trilogy.
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Arrows Fall Mercedes R. Lackey (Legend 0-09-962560-1, Nov 89 [Oct 89], £3.99, 319pp, pb) [Valdemar: Heralds] Reprint (DAW 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Heralds of Valdemar trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
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Arrows Flight Mercedes R. Lackey (Legend 0-09-962550-4, Jun 89, £3.50, 318pp, pb) [Valdemar: Heralds] Reprint (DAW 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Heralds of Valdemar trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
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Burning Water Mercedes R. Lackey (Tor 0-812-52104-8, Feb 89, $3.95, 314pp, pb) [Diana Tregarde] Occult horror novel. First in a series about a white witch who solves occult crimes.
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Magics Pawn Mercedes R. Lackey (DAW 0-88677-352-0, Jun 89 [May 89], $3.95, 349pp, pb) [Valdemar: Last Herald Mage] Fantasy novel set in the same world as the Heralds of Valdemar trilogy, first book in the Last Herald Mage trilogy.
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Magics Pawn Mercedes R. Lackey (DAW 0-88677-352-0, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $3.95, 349pp, pb, cover by Jody Lee) [Valdemar: Last Herald Mage] Reissue (DAW 1989) fantasy novel, first book in the Last Herald Mage series; third printing.
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Magics Promise Mercedes R. Lackey (DAW 0-88677-401-2, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $4.50, 320pp, pb, cover by Jody Lee) [Valdemar: Last Herald Mage] Fantasy novel, second book of The Last Herald Mage series.
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The Elliptical Grave R. A. Lafferty (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-12-7, Oct 89, $18.00, 100pp, tp) Sf short novel. This is a numbered limited edition of 300 copies. A signed, numbered, limited edition of 75 copies (-13-5, $35.00) was announced but not seen. The signed edition is supposed to include an additional short story, The Man Who Lost His Magic.
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How Many Miles to Babylon R. A. Lafferty (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-10-0, Apr 89, $3.00, 36pp, ph) [Argo] Sf short story set in the Argo mythos. This is a limited edition. Also available is a signed and numbered limited edition (-11-9, $6.00).
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True Believers R. A. Lafferty (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-06-2, 1989, $3.50, 36pp, ph) Collection of non-fiction articles and reviews. A signed limited edition was announced, but not seen. (0-921322-07-0, $6.50)
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Quest for Apollo Michael Lahey (DAW 0-88677-364-4, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 255pp, pb) Fantasy novel about an American writer on a mission for the Olympian gods. A first novel.
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West of the Moon David Lake (Hyland House 0-947062-44-0, 1988 [Apr 89], no price, 250pp, hc) Australian young-adult sf novel with fantasy elements. This was published in 1988 but not seen until now.
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Stories in the Dark ed. Hugh Lamb (Equation 1-85336-092-9, Jul 89, £3.50, 223pp, tp) Anthology of horror stories by Jerome K. Jerome, Barry Pain, and Robert Barr.
- 7 · Introduction · Hugh Lamb · in
- 15 · The Skeleton · Jerome K. Jerome · ss Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893
- 20 · The Snake · Jerome K. Jerome · ss Novel Notes, Leadenhall Press, 1893
- 26 · The Dancing Partner · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Idler Mar, 1893
- 33 · The Moon-Slave · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark, Grant Richards, 1901
- 38 · The Undying Thing · Barry Pain · nv Stories in the Dark, Grant Richards, 1901
- 58 · Purification · Robert Barr · ss Revenge!, Chatto & Windus, 1896
- 65 · The End of a Show · Barry Pain · vi Stories in the Dark, Grant Richards, 1901
- 69 · The Unfinished Game · Barry Pain · ss Here and Hereafter, London: Methuen, 1911
- 80 · The Haunted Mill · Jerome K. Jerome · ss Told After Supper, Leadenhall Press, 1891
- 88 · The Glass of Supreme Moments · Barry Pain · ss Stories and Interludes, Henry & Co., 1892
- 98 · The Vengeance of the Dead · Robert Barr · ss The English Illustrated Magazine May, 1894
- 109 · Smeath · Barry Pain · ss The London Magazine Apr 11
- 132 · The Hour and the Man · Robert Barr · ss The English Illustrated Magazine Aug, 1894
- 140 · The Green Light · Barry Pain · ss Phil Mays Annual Win, 1897
- 145 · The Woman of the Sæter · Jerome K. Jerome · ss John Ingerfield, McClure, 1894
- 157 · The Case of Vincent Pyrwhit · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark, Grant Richards, 1901
- 160 · Not According to the Code · Robert Barr · ss Black and White Jun 31, 1895
- 167 · Linda · Barry Pain · ss Stories in Grey, Laurie, 1911
- 178 · Silhouettes · Jerome K. Jerome · ss The Idler Feb, 1892
- 185 · The Tower · Barry Pain · ss Here and Hereafter, London: Methuen, 1911
- 192 · The Four-Fingered Hand · Barry Pain · ss Here and Hereafter, London: Methuen, 1911
- 197 · Transformation · Robert Barr · ss The Strand Jun, 1896
- 207 · The Gray Cat · Barry Pain · ss Stories in the Dark, Grant Richards, 1901
- 217 · An Alpine Divorce · Robert Barr · ss The English Illustrated Magazine Oct, 1893
- 222 · Bibliography · Hugh Lamb · bi
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Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep Frank Lambirth (Popular Library 0-445-20672-1, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $3.95, 235pp, pb) Horror novel about a man trapped on an island haunted by demonic forces.
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By Bizarre Hands Joe R. Lansdale (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-12-0, Dec 89, $25.00, 246pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Collection of 16 stories, with an introduction by Lewis Shiner. This first collection of Lansdales work contains his best known stories. Several have been revised, two are original and others have only appeared in small press sources. Also announced in a signed limited slipcased edition (-13-9, $65.00) but not seen.
- iv · Authors Preface · pr
- ix · Introduction · Lewis Shiner · in
- 3 · Fish Night · ss Specter!, ed. Bill Pronzini, Arbor House, 1982
- 13 · The Pit · ss The Black Lizard Anthology of Crime Fiction, ed. Ed Gorman, Black Lizard, 1987
- 29 · Duck Hunt · ss After Midnight, ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1986
- 33 · By Bizarre Hands · ss Hardboiled #9 88
- 49 · The Steel Valentine · ss *
- 67 · I Tell You Its Love · ss Modern Stories Apr 83
- 71 · Letter from the South, Two Moons West of Nacogdoches · ss Last Wave #5 86
- 77 · Boys Will Be Boys · nv Hardboiled #3 85
- 99 · The Fat Man and the Elephant · ss *
- 113 · Hell Through a Windshield [revised from Twilight Zone Apr 85] · ss *
- 125 · Down by the Sea Near the Great Big Rock · ss Masques #1, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1984
- 131 · Trains Not Taken · ss RE:AL Spr 87
- 145 · Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Mans Back · nv Nukes, ed. John Maclay, Maclay, 1986
- 165 · The Windstorm Passes · ss Pulpsmith Spr 86
- 181 · Night They Missed the Horror Show · ss Silver Scream, ed. David J. Schow, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1988
- 201 · On the Far Side of the Cadillac Desert with Dead Folks · na Book of the Dead, ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam, 1989
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Act of Love Joe R. Lansdale (Kinnell 1-870532-04-X, May 89 [Jun 89], £10.95, 301pp, hc) Reprint (Zebra 1981) horror novel. First world hardcover edition. [First U.K. edition]
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The Drive-In (A B Movie with Blood and Popcorn, Made in Texas) Joe R. Lansdale (Kinnell 1-870532-15-5, Oct 89, £11.95, 158pp, hc, cover by Danny Flynn) [Drive-In] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1988) gross-out comic sf/horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
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The Drive-In (A B Movie with Blood and Popcorn, Made in Texas) Joe R. Lansdale (NEL 0-450-51570-2, Dec 89, £2.99, 158pp, pb) [Drive-In] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1988) comic sf/horror novel about a drive-in movie theatre that is abducted en masse by unseen aliens.
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The Drive-In 2 (Not Just One of Them Sequels) Joe R. Lansdale (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27905-X, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $3.95, 179pp, pb) [Drive-In] Comic sf/horror novel, sequel to The Drive-In (A B-Movie with Blood and Popcorn, Made in Texas).
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The Nightrunners Joe R. Lansdale (Tor 0-812-52123-4, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $3.95, 245pp, pb) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1987) horror novel. Introduction by Dean R. Koontz.
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The New Frontier ed. Joe R. Lansdale (Doubleday 0-385-24569-6, May 89, $12.95, 180pp, hc) Associational; original western anthology of 18 stories and a poem with an introduction by Lansdale and an afterword to a lost Max Brand story by William F. Nolan. At least four of the stories are fantasy.
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Razored Saddles ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Patrick LoBrutto (Dark Harvest 0-913165-49-2, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $19.95, 268pp, hc) Original anthology of 17 western horror and fantasy stories, illustrated by Rick Araluce. A slipcased deluxe limited edition of 600 copies signed by the editors and contributors ($59.00) is also available.
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Pagoda R. Karl Largent (Leisure 0-8439-2756-9, May 89 [Apr 89], $4.50, 394pp, pb) Horror novel about a teak miniature pagoda that houses a terrible evil.
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The Prometheus Project R. Karl Largent (Leisure 0-8439-2748-8, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $3.95, 343pp, pb) Horror/sf thriller about a Nazi superweapon dormant on the bottom of the sea.
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Silk Road Jeanne Larsen (Henry Holt 0-8050-0958-2, Jul 89 [May 89], $19.95, 434pp, hc) Historical fantasy novel set in eighth century China. A first novel.
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Reward for Retief Keith Laumer (Baen 0-671-69804-4, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $3.95, 340pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Sf novel in the humorous Retief series.
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Arthur Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion 0-7459-1311-3, Aug 89 [Jul 89], £3.99, 504pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Pendragon Cycle] Fantasy novel. Volume 3 in The Pendragon Cycle. Simultaneous with US (Crossway) edition.
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Arthur Stephen R. Lawhead (Crossway Books 0-89107-475-9, Jul 89, $10.95, 446pp, tp) [Pendragon Cycle] Arthurian fantasy novel, book three of The Pendragon Cycle.
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Dream Thief Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion 0-85648-838-0, Jan 89, £3.50, 410pp, pb) Reissue (Crossway 1983) sf novel.
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Taliesin Stephen R. Lawhead (Avon 0-380-70613-X, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $4.95, 486pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Pendragon Cycle] Reprint (Crossway 1987) Arthurian fantasy novel, first book of The Pendragon Cycle.
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Andra Louise Lawrence (Collins 0-00-184084-3, Aug 89, £6.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Nick Mountain) Reissue (Collins 1971) young-adult sf novel.
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The Earth Witch Louise Lawrence (Lions 0-00-673378-6, Jun 89, £2.50, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1981) young-adult fantasy novel.
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The Power of Stars Louise Lawrence (Collins 0-00-184685-X, Aug 89, £6.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Geoff Cummings) Reissue (Collins 1972) young-adult occult novel.
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The Wyrm Stephen Laws (Sphere 0-7474-0268-X, Feb 89 [Jan 89], £3.50, 301pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1987) horror novel about a grotesque vampire-like creature let loose on the English countryside.
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The Cellar Richard Laymon (Star 0-352-32388-4, Jun 89, £2.99, 254pp, pb) [Beast House Chronicles] Reprint (Warner 1980) horror novel.
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Funland Richard Laymon (W.H. Allen 0-352-32532-1, Oct 89, £6.99, 447pp, tp) Horror novel. Also available in hardcover (-03449-0, £12.95).
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Resurrection Dreams Richard Laymon (NAL Onyx 0-451-40136-0, Jun 89 [May 89], $4.50, 319pp, pb) Horror novel of a zombie army devastating a small town. First US edition (W.H. Allen 1988).
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Resurrection Dreams Richard Laymon (Star 0-352-32306-X, Dec 89, £3.50, 352pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1988) horror novel. This follows the original British text instead of the rewritten U.S. version.
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Catwings Return Ursula K. Le Guin (Franklin Watts/Orchard 0-531-05803-4, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $10.95, 49pp, hc) [Catwings] Childrens talking animal fantasy short story, illustrated by S.D. Schindler.
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Dancing at the Edge of the World Ursula K. Le Guin (Grove 0-8021-1105-X, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $17.95, 306pp, hc) Non-fiction, collection of essays on fantasy, travel writing, etc., plus a collection of reviews.
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Dancing at the Edge of the World Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz 0-575-04508-6, Jun 89, £14.95, 302pp, hc) Reprint (Grove 1989) collection of essays and book reviews. [First U.K. edition]
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The Farthest Shore Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz 0-575-03326-6, Aug 89, £9.95, 206pp, hc, cover by David Smee) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1972) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume three in the Earthsea trilogy. This is the fifth Gollancz printing, incorrectly dated May 1989.
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The Language of the Night Ursula K. Le Guin (The Womens Press 0-7043-4202-2, Aug 89 [Jul 89], £5.95, 210pp, tp, cover by Fieroza Doorsen) Revised edition of a collection of essays and reviews, originally edited by Susan Wood, first published by Putnam in 1979. This edition contains a new preface by Le Guin, and revisions to, and/or notes on, most of the pieces, but omits Jeff Levins checklist.
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The Lathe of Heaven Ursula K. Le Guin (Avon 0-380-01320-7, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.50, 175pp, pb) Reissue (Scribners 1971) philosophical sf novel of multi-alternate worlds; 19th printing.
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The Tombs of Atuan Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz 0-575-03325-8, Aug 89, £9.95, 160pp, hc, cover by David Smee) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1971) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume two in the Earthsea trilogy. This is the fifth Gollancz printing, incorrectly dated May 1989.
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A Visit from Dr. Katz Ursula K. Le Guin (Collins 0-00-195496-2, Dec 88 [Jan 89], £4.95, 28pp, hc) Reprint (Atheneum 1988) childrens picture book, illustrated by Ann Barrow. [First U.K. edition]
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The Winds Twelve Quarters Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz 0-575-04607-4, Nov 89, £3.99, 303pp, pb, cover by Brian Waugh) Reprint (Harper & Row 1975) sf/fantasy collection. Volume 37 in the VGSF Classics series.
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A Wizard of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin (Gollancz 0-575-00717-6, Aug 89, £9.95, 191pp, hc, cover by David Smee) [Earthsea] Reprint (Parnassus 1968) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume one in the Earthsea trilogy. This is the fifth Gollancz printing, incorrectly dated May 1989.
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Fire and Stone Ursula K. Le Guin & Laura Marshall (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31408-6, Mar 89, $13.95, 31pp, hc) Childrens fantasy about dragons, text by Le Guin, illustrations by Laura Marshall.
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Way of the Waters Going: Images of the Northern California Coastal Range Ursula K. Le Guin, Ernest Waugh & Allan Nicholson (Harper & Row 0-06-016157-4, Nov 89 [Dec 89], $30.00, 139pp, hc, cover by Ernest Waugh) Book of black and white nature photos, accompanied by text excerpted from Always Coming Home.
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