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Battletech: Blood of Heroes Andrew Keith (Roc UK 0-14-023344-X, Aug ’93 [Sep ’93], £4.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Battletech] Reprint (Roc 1993) sf novelization. [First U.K. edition]
Battletech: Decision at Thunder Rift William H. Keith, Jr. (Roc UK 0-14-017549-0, Jan ’93, £4.99, 335pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Battletech] Reprint (FASA 1986) sf novelization. Volume six in the series. [First U.K. edition]
Battletech: Mercenary’s Star William H. Keith, Jr. (Roc UK 0-14-017550-4, Jan ’93, £4.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Battletech] Reprint (FASA 1987) sf novelization. Volume seven in the series. [First U.K. edition]
Battletech: The Price of Glory William H. Keith, Jr. (Roc UK 0-14-017551-2, Feb ’93, £4.99, 380pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Battletech] Reprint (FASA 1987) sf novelization. Volume eight in the series. [First U.K. edition]
Del-Del Victor Kelleher (Red Fox 0-09-918271-8, Mar ’93, £3.50, 195pp, pb) Reissue (Random House Australia 1991) young-adult horror novel.
Prime Evil Judith Kelman (Mandarin 0-7493-1207-6, Mar ’93, £3.99, 263pp, pb, cover by Mark Taylor) Reprint (Berkley 1986) horror novel.
The Puffin Book of Ghosts and Ghouls ed. Gene Kemp (Puffin 0-14-034748-8, Oct ’93, £3.99, 254pp, tp, cover by Mark Taylor) Reprint (Viking UK 1992) young-adult ghost/horror anthology.
Sugar Sleep ed. Chris Kenworthy (Barrington 1-897729-01-4, Apr ’93, £4.50, 125pp, pb) Original anthology of 13 “slipstream” stories.

9 · Black Coffee · Chris Kenworthy · in *
13 · The Distances Unfold · Chris Kenworthy · ss *
25 · Blackmead Cottage off the A1420 · Frank I. Swannack · ss *
29 · Wave Scars · Joel Lane · ss *
39 · What in Me is Dark, Illumine · Andrew Rollinson · ss *
55 · Angel · Sara Raphael-Jones · ss *
59 · The Brothers · Rick Cadger · ss *
71 · Night Geometry · Eileen Shaw · ss *
81 · The Walking Mat · D. F. Lewis · ss *
89 · Not Quite Forever: Six Stories · Ann Magnuson · gp *; The Manson Museum, vi; Sex with the Devil, vi; Zulus Killed My Brother, vi; Dirty Old Literary Genius, vi; Zoltar and Melois, vi; Wolfmen, vi
97 · The Nightingale · Nicholas Royle · ss *
109 · Sybilmeet and Retreata · Alan David Price · ss *
117 · All Our Dead Heavens · Conrad Williams · ss *
123 · At the Time of Writing · Misc. · bg *
The Sun Rises Red ed. Chris Kenworthy (Barrington 1-897729-00-6, Oct ’92 [Jan ’93], £3.95, 117pp, tp) Original anthology of seven “left-wing” sf stories.

9 · Free Radicals · Chris Kenworthy · in *
15 · Touching · Chris Kenworthy · ss *
27 · And Some Are Missing · Joel Lane · ss *
37 · The Mainstream · Nicholas Royle · nv *
63 · Movements · Chris Kenworthy · ss *
77 · The husband’s Stitch · Andrew Rollinson · ss *
87 · The Dead · Simon D. Ings & M. John Harrison · ss *
99 · The City Calls Her Home · Mike O’Driscoll & Chris Kenworthy · ss *
A Time of Omens Katharine Kerr (Grafton 0-586-21196-9, Jun ’93, £4.99, 464pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry: Westlands] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) fantasy novel. Book two of “The Westlands Cycle”; volume six in the “Deverry” series.
A Time of War: Days of Blood and Fire Katharine Kerr (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224068-8, Jun ’93, £8.99, 395pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry: Westlands] Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (0-246-13782-7, £14.99) was announced but not seen. Book three of “The Westlands Cycle”; volume seven in the “Deverry” series.
Billy Pink’s Private Detective Agency Garry Kilworth (Methuen 0-416-18754-4, May ’93, £8.99, 159pp, hc, cover by Max Schindler) Children’s book about a young boy and girl who set up a detective agency in 19th century Essex with the aid of a marsh spirit.
Dark Hills, Hollow Clocks: Stories from the Otherworld Garry Kilworth (Mammoth 0-7497-1048-9, Nov ’93, £2.99, 112pp, pb, cover by Frazer Shaw) Reprint (Methuen 1990) young-adult fantasy collection.
Frost Dancers Garry Kilworth (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21463-1, Nov ’93, £4.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Terry White) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) animal fantasy novel about hares.
In the Country of Tattooed Men Garry Kilworth (Grafton 0-586-21498-4, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £5.99, 224pp, tp, cover by Kevin Tweddell) Collection of 20 sf/fantasy/horror stories, two of which appear to be original. Recommended (PSP).

7 · Introduction · in
9 · Truman Capote’s Trilby: The Facts · ss Back Brain Recluse #15 ’90
19 · In the Country of Tattooed Men · ss Omni Sep ’90
35 · Surfing Spanish Style · ss The Gate #2 ’90
43 · Triptych · gp Other Edens, ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, London: Unwin, 1987; The Black Wedding, ss; Murderers Walk, ss; Hogfoot Right and Bird-Hands, ss
61 · The Men’s Room · ss Interzone #29 ’89
77 · Dop*elgan*er · ss Interzone #21 ’87
90 · 1948 · ss Strange Plasma #5 ’92
103 · Usurper · ss Dark Fantasies, ed. Chris Morgan, Legend, 1989
111 · Networks · ss Fantasy Tales, #5, ed. Stephen Jones & David A. Sutton, Robinson, 1990
123 · Hobblythick Lane · ss F&SF Jul ’86
130 · Giant · ss *
138 · Beyond Byzantium · ss Gaslight & Ghosts, ed. Stephen Jones & Jo Fletcher, 1988 World Fantasy Con/Robinson Pub., 1988
144 · Spiral Sands [“Spiral Winds”] · ss Interzone #9 ’84
161 · On the Watchtower at Plataea · nv Other Edens II, ed. Christopher Evans & Robert Holdstock, London: Unwin, 1988
183 · The Wall · vi Trivial Tales, Birmingham SF Group, 1988
187 · Memories of the Flying Ball Bike Shop · ss IASFM Jun ’92
208 · X-calibre · ss Zenith 2, ed. David S. Garnett, Orbit, 1990
215 · Bronze Casket for a Mummified Shrew-Mouse · ss Digital Dreams, ed. David V. Barrett, NEL, 1990
Angel Garry D. Kilworth (Gollancz 0-575-05523-5, Jun ’93 [May ’93], £14.99, 286pp, hc, cover by Peter Mennim) [Angel] Horror novel about an angel pursuing demons on Earth.
The Dead Zone Stephen King (Warner UK 0-7515-0432-7, Mar ’93, £5.99, 467pp, pb, cover by Christopher Brown) Reissue (Viking 1979) horror novel. Second printing.
Different Seasons Stephen King (Warner UK 0-7515-0433-5, Mar ’93, £5.99, 560pp, pb, cover by Christopher Brown) Reissue (Viking 1982) horror collection. Second printing.
Dolores Claiborne Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-54672-7, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £14.99, 241pp, hc) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1992) associational mainstream crime novel with passing references to the events in Gerald’s Game.
Dolores Claiborne Stephen King (NEL 0-450-58886-6, Oct ’93, £4.99, 307pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1992) associational novel.
Firestarter Stephen King (Warner UK 0-7515-0439-4, Mar ’93, £5.99, 510pp, pb, cover by Christopher Brown) Reissue (Viking 1980) horror novel. Second printing.
Gerald’s Game Stephen King (NEL 0-450-58623-5, May ’93 [Apr ’93], £5.99, 394pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1992) associational thriller about a woman trapped in a deadly bondage game.
Nightmares and Dreamscapes Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-60487-5, Sep ’93, £35.00, 594pp, hc) Horror collection. This edition is limited to 2000 copies and is printed with a deluxe embossed binding, in its own slipcase, together with two-colour endpapers and a facsimile of the author’s signature. Simultaneous with the US (Viking) edition. [Not seen]
Nightmares and Dreamscapes Stephen King (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-59282-6, Oct ’93, £16.99, 593pp, hc) Horror collection. Simultaneous with US (Viking) edition.
The Josh Kirby Discworld Portfolio Josh Kirby (Paper Tiger 1-85028-259-5, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], £10.95, 62pp, tp, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Portfolio of 28 full page (16" x 11") reproductions of Josh Kirby artwork for Terry Pratchett books (not all Discworld), with introductory text by Nigel Suckling. Recommended (PSP).
Bedlam Harry Adam Knight (Gollancz 0-575-05347-X, Apr ’93, £4.99, 215pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) Reprint (Gollancz 1992) horror novel.
Carnosaur Harry Adam Knight (Gollancz 0-575-05658-4, Oct ’93, £4.99, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Star 1984) horror novel about genetically-engineered dinosaurs.
Bad Brains Kathe Koja (Millennium 1-85798-129-4, Nov ’93, £4.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Martin Baker) Reprint (Dell Abyss 1992) Associational non-fantasy horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
Skin Kathe Koja (Millennium 1-85798-128-6, Nov ’93, £4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Martin Baker) Reprint (Delacorte Abyss 1993) horror novel.
Dean Koontz Omnibus Dean Koontz (Headline 0-7472-0805-0, Jul ’93, £7.99, 792pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Horror omnibus of Cold Fire, The Face of Fear, and The Mask.

1 · Cold Fire · Dean R. Koontz · n. New York: Putnam, 1991
343 · The Face of Fear [as by Brian Coffey] · Dean R. Koontz · n. Indianapolis: Bobbs-Merrill, 1977
573 · The Mask [as by Owen West] · Dean R. Koontz · n. Jove/HBJ Books, 1981
The Door to December Dean Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3705-0, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £4.99, 472pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (NAL 1985 as by Richard Paige) occult thriller.
Dragon Tears Dean Koontz (Headline 0-7472-0643-0, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], £15.99, 371pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Horror novel about a killer with god-like powers. Simultaneous with US (Putnam) edition.
Dragon Tears Dean Koontz (Headline 0-7472-4167-8, Dec ’93, £5.99, 502pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam; Headline 1993) horror novel about a killer with god-like powers.
The Funhouse Dean Koontz (Headline 0-7472-3898-7, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], £4.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Jove 1980 as by Owen West) novelization of a horror film scripted by Larry Block. This edition includes the 1992 afterword on the genesis of the book.
Mr Murder Dean Koontz (Headline 0-7472-0832-8, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], £16.99, 409pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) Sf/horror novel about a thriller writer pursued by an implacable foe. Recommended (PSP). A limited (200 copy), numbered and signed proof edition was distributed in July.
Trapped Dean Koontz (Eclipse UK 0-586-21753-3, Apr ’93, £6.99, 75pp, tp, cover by Graham Potts) Graphic adaptation by Ed Gorman of a short story about mutant rats, illustrated by Anthony Bilau. Simultaneous with US (Eclipse) edition.
Battletech: The Ideal War Christopher Kubasik (Roc UK 0-14-017552-0, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £4.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Battletech] Reprint (Roc 1993) sf novelization. [First U.K. edition]
Earth Dawn: The Longing Ring Christopher Kubasik (Roc UK 0-14-023354-7, Nov ’93, £3.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Romas) [Earthdawn] Fantasy novelization. Simultaneous with US (Roc) edition. Volume one in the series.
The Adept: Book Two: The Lodge of the Lynx Katherine Kurtz & Deborah Turner Harris (Severn House 0-7278-4420-2, Feb ’93 [Mar ’93], £14.99, 426pp, hc) [Adam Sinclair] Reprint (Ace 1992) fantasy novel. This is the first World hardcover edition. [First U.K. edition]
Spiral Terra Anke Landeau (Phoenix Publications 0-9518995-0-3, Jul ’93, £12.95, 286pp, hc) Futuristic novel about satanic abuse.
The Conjuror Jack Lasenby (Oxford University Press 0-19-558259-4, Sep ’93 [Mar ’93], £8.95, 238pp, hc) Reprint (OUP New Zealand 1992) young-adult sf novel set in post-holocaust New Zealand. [First U.K. edition]
The Silver Hand Stephen Lawhead (Lion 0-7459-2510-3, Oct ’93, £4.99, 416pp, pb, cover by Rodney Matthews) [Song of Albion] Reprint (Lion 1992) fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Song of Albion” trilogy.
The Endless Knot Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion 0-7459-2231-7, May ’93, £14.99, 415pp, hc, cover by Rodney Matthews) [Song of Albion] Fantasy novel. Book Three of “Song of Albion”.
The Paradise War Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion 0-7459-2466-2, Mar ’93, £4.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Rodney Matthews) [Song of Albion] Reprint (Lion 1991) fantasy novel. Volume one in the “Song of Albion” trilogy.
The Silver Hand Stephen R. Lawhead (Lion 0-7459-2245-7, Mar ’93, £7.99, 399pp, tp, cover by Rodney Matthews) [Song of Albion] Reprint (Lion 1992) fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Song of Albion” trilogy.
Darkfall Stephen Laws (NEL 0-450-58173-X, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £4.99, 358pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1992) horror novel about the occupants of an office building caught in an unholy storm.
Gideon Stephen Laws (NEL 0-450-56394-4, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £15.99, 342pp, hc) Horror novel about a man with supernatural powers.
Alarums Richard Laymon (Headline 0-7472-7900-4, Jun ’93 [May ’93], £8.99, 309pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Ziesing 1993 as Alarms) associational thriller. A hardcover edition (-0697-X, £15.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
Endless Night Richard Laymon (Headline 0-7472-0933-2, Sep ’93, £16.99, 310pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Thriller of associational interest.
Midnight’s Lair Richard Laymon (Headline 0-7472-3896-0, Jan ’93, £4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1988 as by Richard Kelly) horror novel.
Out Are the Lights and Other Tales Richard Laymon (Headline 0-7472-3581-3, Jun ’93 [May ’93], £4.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Mark Taylor) Collection of the title novel (NEL 1982) and five short stories, previously uncollected.

1 · Out Are the Lights · n. Sevenoaks: New English Library, 1982
241 · Mess Hall · nv Book of the Dead, ed. John M. Skipp & Craig Spector, Bantam, 1989
269 · Dinker’s Pond · ss Razored Saddles, ed. Joe R. Lansdale & Pat LoBrutto, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1989
287 · Madman Stan · ss Night Visions 7, ed. Stanley J. Wiater, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1989
303 · Bad News · ss Night Visions 7, ed. Stanley J. Wiater, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1989
321 · The Tub · ss Hotter Blood, ed. Jeff Gelb & Michael Garrett, Pocket, 1991
Savage: From Whitechapel to the Wild West on the Track of Jack the Ripper Richard Laymon (Headline 0-7472-7918-7, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], £8.99, 341pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Associational Western novel, in which Jack the Ripper emigrates to Tombstone, Arizona. A hardcover edition (-0645-7, £15.99) is also available.
Savage: From Whitechapel to the Wild West on the Track of Jack the Ripper Richard Laymon (Headline 0-7472-4120-1, Sep ’93, £4.99, 437pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Headline 1993) associational Western novel featuring Jack the Ripper.
In a Glass Darkly Sheridan Le Fanu (World’s Classics 0-19-282805-3, May ’93, £5.99, 347pp, tp, cover by Atkinson Grimshaw) [Martin Hesselius] Reprint (Richard Bentley 1872) ghost collection. This edition is edited and introduced by Robert Tracy.
Always Coming Home Ursula K. Le Guin (HarperCollins UK 0-00-647595-7, Aug ’93, £5.99, 563pp, tp) Reprint (Harper & Row 1985) sf novel/collection.
The Earthsea Quartet Ursula K. Le Guin (Puffin 0-14-034803-4, Jun ’93, £6.99, 691pp, tp, cover by David Bergen) [Earthsea] Young-adult fantasy omnibus. The first appearance of all four novels in a single volume.

9 · A Wizard of Earthsea · n. Parnassus Press: Berkeley, CA, 1968
169 · The Tombs of Atuan [Ged] · n. New York: Atheneum, 1971
301 · The Farthest Shore · n. New York: Atheneum, 1972
479 · Tehanu · n. New York: Atheneum, 1990
Tehanu: The Last Book of Earthsea Ursula K. Le Guin (Roc UK 0-14-023079-3, Nov ’93, £4.99, 204pp, pb) [Earthsea] Reprint (Atheneum 1990) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume four in the “Earthsea” series.
Dracula: The Novel and the Legend Clive Leatherdale (Desert Island Books 1-874287-04-X, Jan ’93, £14.99, 256pp, hc) Reprint (The Antiquarian Press 1985) story of Bram Stoker’s classic horror novel. This is the second edition and has been revised.
Dark Dance Tanith Lee (Warner UK 0-7515-0086-0, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £4.99, 409pp, pb, cover by Adrian Chesterman) [Blood Opera] Reprint (Macdonald 1992) dark fantasy about a decaying family of not-quite-vampires. First in the “Blood Opera” sequence.
Elephantasm Tanith Lee (Headline 0-7472-7897-0, May ’93 [Apr ’93], £8.99, 310pp, tp, cover by Mark Salwowski) Gothic fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-0758-5, £15.99) is also available.
Elephantasm Tanith Lee (Headline 0-7472-4106-6, Nov ’93, £4.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reprint (Headline 1993) horror novel.
Nightshades - Thirteen Journeys into Shadow Tanith Lee (Headline 0-7472-0877-8, Nov ’93, £16.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) Collection of an original short novel, Nightshade, and 12 short stories, most previously uncollected.

1 · Nightshade · n. *
101 · The Mermaid · ss Final Shadows, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday Foundation, 1991
113 · After the Guillotine · ss Amazing Jan ’85
129 · Meow · ss Shadows #4, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1981
141 · Il Bacio (Il Chiave) · ss Amazing Sep ’83
159 · A Room with a Vie · ss New Terrors #1, ed. Ramsey Campbell, London: Pan, 1980
175 · Paper Boat · ss New Stories 3, ed. Harwood & King, Hutchinson, 1978
191 · Blue Vase of Ghosts · nv Dragonfields Win ’83
213 · Pinewood · ss Whispers Dec ’84
219 · The Janfia Tree · ss Blood Is Not Enough, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1989
237 · The Devil’s Rose · nv Women of Darkness, ed. Kathryn Ptacek, Tor, 1988
261 · Huzdra · ss The Year’s Best Horror Stories: Series V, ed. Gerald W. Page, DAW, 1977
281 · Three Days · nv Shadows #7, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1984
Personal Darkness Tanith Lee (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90352-3, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £15.99, 435pp, hc, cover by Adrian Chesterman) [Blood Opera] Dark fantasy novel. Second in the “Blood Opera” sequence.
The Community Ben Leech (Pan 0-330-32973-1, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], £4.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Glen Saville) Horror novel about the inhuman Kin, living undetected among mankind.
The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 1: Landing Robert Leeson (Mammoth 0-7497-0840-9, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £2.99, 144pp, pb) [Zarnia Experiment] Reprint (Mammoth 1991 as Landing in Cloud Valley) young-adult sf novel.
The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 2: Fire! Robert Leeson (Mammoth 0-7497-0841-7, Apr ’93, £2.99, 159pp, pb) [Zarnia Experiment] Reprint (Mammoth 1991 as Fire on the Cloud) young-adult sf novel.
The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 3: Deadline Robert Leeson (Mammoth 0-7497-0842-5, Apr ’93, £2.99, 144pp, pb) [Zarnia Experiment] Young-adult sf novel.
The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 4: Danger Trail Robert Leeson (Mammoth 0-7497-0843-3, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £2.99, 160pp, pb) [Zarnia Experiment] Young-adult sf novel.
The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 5: Hide and Seek Robert Leeson (Mammoth 0-7497-0844-1, Jul ’93, £2.99, 160pp, pb) [Zarnia Experiment] Young-adult sf novel.
The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 6: Blast Off! Robert Leeson (Mammoth 0-7497-0845-X, Jul ’93, £2.99, 157pp, pb) [Zarnia Experiment] Young-adult sf novel.
Mortal Engines Stanislaw Lem (Andre Deutsch 0-233-98819-X, Jun ’93, £12.99, 239pp, hc, cover by John Alfred Dorn, III) Reprint (Seabury 1977) sf novel.

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