The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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Thinner Richard Bachman (NEL 0-450-05883-2, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], £2.50, 282pp, pb) Reprint (NAL 1984) horror novel.
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Bloodsongs Robin Wayne Bailey (Tor 0-812-53141-8, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 314pp, pb) [Frost] Fantasy novel, third in the “Frost” series. After a promising start, with the heroine as a 43-year-old widow relearning old skills, this becomes a fairly standard heroic fantasy, echoing the previous books. (FCM)
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Dimensions of Science Fiction William Sims Bainbridge (Harvard University Press 0-674-20725-4, Apr ’86, $20.00, 278pp, hc) Non-fiction, sociological study of the sf community and the literature, using the results of “hundreds of questionnaires.” There are some interesting ratings of authors from “hard” to “soft” sf. (CNB)
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Dimensions of Science Fiction William Sims Bainbridge (Harvard University Press 0-674-20725-4, Apr ’86, £16.95, 278pp, hc) Critical study. This is a false entry. The book is the U.S. edition with a new price sticker.
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Red Ice Nicholas Baker & Anthony Masters (Constable 0-09-467250-4, Sep ’86, £9.95, 250pp, hc) Near-future thriller.
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The Mark of the Rani Pip & Jane Baker (Target 0-426-20232-5, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £1.60, 135pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1985) sf novel/tv tie in. Doctor Who #107.
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Firedance Scott Baker (Tor 0-812-53145-0, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $2.95, 380pp, pb) [Ashlu Cycle] Fantasy novel. A young woman, burnt in ritual firewalking, heals herself with the help of a dead girl and a shaman.
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The Day of Forever J. G. Ballard (Gollancz 0-575-03770-9, Mar ’86, £8.95, 126pp, hc) Reprint (Panther 1967) collection, first hc edition. Note: later Panther editions have slightly different contents.
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The Venus Hunters J. G. Ballard (Gollancz 0-575-03771-7, Oct ’86, £8.95, 142pp, hc) Reprint (Panther 1980) sf collection. First hardcover edition.
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Cobwebwalking Sara Banerji (Gollancz 0-575-03702-4, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £8.95, 176pp, hc) Post-nuclear literary fantasy novel (it’s not billed as sf).
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Olympian Nights John Kendrick Bangs (Greenhill 0-947898-38-7, Sep ’86, £8.95, 225pp, hc) Reprint (Harper 1902) humorous fantasy novel. Afterword by Brian Stableford. Reproduction of original edition.
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The Bridge Iain Banks (Macmillan UK 0-333-41285-0, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £9.95, 259pp, hc) Bizarre fantasy about a car crash victim suffering amnesia.
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Walking on Glass Iain Banks (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-40048-1, Feb ’86, $15.95, 339pp, hc) Literary novel, part sf, part mainstream, some of it set in a surreal castle in (perhaps) the far future. A clever, if not entirely satisfying, experiment. (FCM) This is the first American edition (Macmillan UK 1985).
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Walking on Glass Iain Banks (Futura 0-7088-2774-8, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £1.95, 239pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1985) novel with elements of sf and horror.
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The Wasp Factory Iain Banks (Warner 0-446-34087-1, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $3.95, 185pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan U.K. 1984) horror novel of a boy with “some very strange hobbies.”
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The Return of the Indian Lynne Reid Banks (Doubleday 0-385-23497-X, 1986 [Oct ’86], $12.95, 189pp, hc) [Indian in the Cupboard] Juvenile fantasy novel, sequel to The Indian in the Cupboard. Plastic models come to life.
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The Odysseus Solution Michael Banks & Dean R. Lambe (Baen 0-671-65553-1, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 279pp, pb) Sf novel of humans vs. alien overlords. Possibly a first novel.
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Books of Blood, Vols. IV, V, and VI Clive Barker (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-78819-1, Jun ’86 [Aug ’86], £45.00, 151+149+152pp, hc) Reprint (Sphere 1985) hardcover limited, signed boxed set of the second three volumes of Barker’s original collection of horror/fantasy tales. The three volumes have covers by the author.
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Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. I Clive Barker (Sphere 0-7221-1412-5, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £1.95, 149pp, pb) Reissue (Sphere 1984) horror collection.
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Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. I Clive Barker (Berkley 0-425-08389-6, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 210pp, pb) Reprint (Sphere 1984) original collection of horror stories and dark fantasy. Recommended. (FCM)
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Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. II Clive Barker (Sphere 0-7221-1413-3, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £1.95, 150pp, pb) Reissue (Sphere 1984) horror collection.
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Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. II Clive Barker (Berkley 0-425-08739-5, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $2.95, 193pp, pb) Reprint (Sphere 1984) original collection of horror and dark fantasy stories — first separate U.S. edition following the omnibus from Scream/Press.
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Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. III Clive Barker (Sphere 0-7221-1414-1, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £1.95, 182pp, pb) Reissue (Sphere 1984) horror collection.
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Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. III Clive Barker (Berkley 0-425-09347-6, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 197pp, pb) Reprint (Sphere 1984) collection. This is the first separate U.S. edition after an omnibus volume.
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Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. IV Clive Barker (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-78816-7, Jun ’86, £8.95, 160pp, hc) Reprint (Sphere 1986) horror collection.
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Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. V Clive Barker (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-78817-5, Jun ’86, £8.95, 160pp, hc) Reprint (Sphere 1986) horror collection.
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Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. VI Clive Barker (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-78818-3, Jun ’86, £8.95, 160pp, hc) Reprint (Sphere 1986) horror collection.
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The Damnation Game Clive Barker (Sphere 0-7221-1416-8, Nov ’86, £3.50, 374pp, pb) Reprint (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1985) horror novel.
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In the Flesh Clive Barker (Simon & Schuster/Poseidon 0-671-62687-6, 1986 [Dec ’86], $19.95, 221pp, hc) Collection of 4 horror stories. First American edition (Sphere 1985 as Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. V).
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The Inhuman Condition Clive Barker (S&S/Poseidon 0-671-62686-8, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $12.95, 220pp, hc) Original collection of 5 horror stories. First U.S. edition. First published as an original paperback (Sphere 1985 as Clive Barker’s Books of Blood, Vol. IV).
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Staring at the Sun Julian Barnes (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02414-0, Sep ’86, £9.95, 195pp, hc) Literary near-future sf novel.
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The Kundalini Equation Steven Barnes (Tor 0-812-53150-7, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 347pp, pb) Sf/martial arts novel.
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Catmagic Jonathan Barry & Whitley Strieber (Tor 0-312-93112-3, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $17.95, 441pp, hc) Fantasy novel of modern witchcraft; Barry is “a practicing witch.”
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Child of Tomorrow Barbara Bartholomew (Grafton 0-246-12869-0, Mar ’86, £5.95, 160pp, hc) [Time Keeper] Reprint (Signet/Vista 1985) young-adult sf novel, second in the “Timekeeper Trilogy”.
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Child of Tomorrow Barbara Bartholomew (Dragon 0-583-30924-0, Sep ’86, £1.95, 160pp, pb) [Time Keeper] Reprint (Signet/Vista 1985) young-adult sf novel, #2 in the “Timekeeper” trilogy.
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The Timekeeper Barbara Bartholomew (Grafton 0-246-12868-2, Mar ’86, £5.95, 160pp, hc) [Time Keeper] Reprint (Signet/Vista 1985) young-adult sf novel, first in the “Timekeeper Trilogy”.
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The Timekeeper Barbara Bartholomew (Dragon 0-583-30923-2, Sep ’86, £1.95, 160pp, pb) [Time Keeper] Reprint (Signet/Vista 1985) young-adult sf novel, #1 in the “Timekeeper” trilogy.
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When Dreamers Cease to Dream Barbara Bartholomew (Grafton 0-246-12870-4, Mar ’86, £5.95, 160pp, hc) [Time Keeper] Reprint (Signet/Vista 1985) young-adult sf novel, conclusion of the “Timekeeper Trilogy”.
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When Dreamers Cease to Dream Barbara Bartholomew (Dragon 0-583-30925-9, Sep ’86, £1.95, 160pp, pb) [Time Keeper] Reprint (Signet/Vista 1985) young-adult sf novel, #3 in the “Timekeeper” trilogy.
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The Further Adventures of Halley’s Comet John Calvin Batchelor (Norton 0-393-30320-9, Apr ’86 [Jun ’86], $7.95, 424pp, pb) Reprint (Lattes 1980) satirical sf novel.
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The Way of Wyrd Brian Bates (Arrow 0-09-947790-4, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.95, 208pp, pb) Reprint (Century Hutchinson 1983) “documentary” fantasy novel.
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Steven Spielberg’s Amazing Stories Steven Bauer (Ace Charter 0-441-01906-4, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $3.50, 234pp, pb) Tv tie-in collection with adaptations of 11 episodes from the show.
- 1 · The Mission · sa *; teleplay by Menno Meyjes, story by Steven Spielberg
- 29 · Vanessa in the Garden · sa *; teleplay by Steven Spielberg
- 49 · Guilt Trip · sa *; teleplay by Gail Parent and Kevin Parent
- 67 · Mr. Magic · sa *; teleplay by Joshua Brand and John Falsey
- 91 · The Main Attraction · sa *; teleplay by Brad Bird and Mick Garris, story by Steven Spielberg
- 113 · Ghost Train · sa *; teleplay by Frank Deese, story by Steven Spielberg
- 135 · The Sitter · sa *; teleplay by Mick Garris, story by Joshua Brand and John Falsey
- 153 · Santa ’85 · sa *; teleplay by Joshua Brand and John Falsey, story by Steven Spielberg
- 173 · One for the Road · sa *; teleplay by James D. Bissell
- 195 · Hell Toupee · sa *; teleplay by Gail Parent and Kevin Parent
- 217 · No Day at the Beach · sa *; teleplay by Mick Garris, story by Steven Spielberg
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Volume II of Steven Speilberg’s Amazing Stories Steven Bauer (Charter (Ace) 0-441-01912-9, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.50, 225pp, pb) TV tie-in collection of 11 stories adapted from the teleplays.
- 1 · The Amazing Falsworth · sa *; teleplay by Mick Garris, story by Steven Spielberg
- 23 · Mirror, Mirror · sa *; teleplay by Joseph Minion, story by Steven Spielberg
- 43 · Fine Tuning · sa *; teleplay by Earl Pomerantz, story by Steven Spielberg
- 63 · Remote Control Man · sa *; teleplay by Douglas Lloyd McIntosh, story by Steven Spielberg
- 83 · Boo · sa *; teleplay by Lowell Ganz and Babaloo Mandel
- 105 · Grandpa’s Ghost · sa *; teleplay by Michael de Guzman, story by Timothy Hutton
- 123 · Mummy Daddy · sa *; teleplay by Earl Pomerantz, story by Steven Spielberg
- 145 · Alamo Jobe · sa *; teleplay by Joshua Brand and John Falsey, story by Steven Spielberg
- 165 · The Secret Cinema · sa *; teleplay by Paul Bartel
- 189 · Gather Ye Acorns · sa *; teleplay by Stu Krieger, story by Steven Spielberg
- 209 · Dorothy and Ben · sa *; teleplay by Michael de Guzman, story by Steven Spielberg
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The Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum (Magnet 0-423-01592-1, Dec ’86, £6.95, pb) [Oz] Reprint (Hill 1900) classic juvenile fantasy novel.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum (University of California Press 0-520-05822-4, Aug ’86, $19.95, 268pp, hc) [Oz] Reprint (Hill 1900) juvenile fantasy classic, with woodcut illustrations by Barry Moser. After December 1986, the price will rise to $25.00.
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The Wonderful Wizard of Oz L. Frank Baum (University of California Press 0-520-05822-4, Oct ’86, £21.25, 268pp, hc) [Oz] Reprint (George Hill 1900) juvenile fantasy novel. This is a false entry. The book is the U.S. edition with a new price sticker.
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The Folk of the Air Peter S. Beagle (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33782-4, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $16.95, 330pp, hc) Fantasy novel featuring a group resembling the Society for Creative Anachronism and set in a city resembling Berkeley, CA. Recommended. (FCM)
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I See By My Outfit Peter S. Beagle (Penguin 0-14-009553-5, Feb ’86, £3.95, 256pp, tp) Reprint (Viking 1965) travel book.
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When the Gods Returned Charles Beamer (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32676-8, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 231pp, pb) Fantasy novel of an alien wizard in post-Aztec Mexico. Probably a first novel.
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Beyond Heaven’s River Greg Bear (Tor 0-812-53172-8, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 192pp, pb) Reprint (Dell 1980) sf novel.
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Blood Music Greg Bear (Ace 0-441-06796-4, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) sf novel of genetic engineering taking an unexpected turn, with drastic results. Recommended. (FCM)
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Blood Music Greg Bear (Gollancz 0-575-03777-6, Mar ’86, £9.95, 262pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) sf novel.
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Eon Greg Bear (SFBC #04938, Apr ’86, $6.50, 436pp, hc) [Eon] Reprint (Bluejay 1985) sf novel. Highly recommended. (CNB)
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Eon Greg Bear (Tor 0-812-53170-1, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.50, 504pp, pb) [Eon] Reprint (Bluejay 1985) sf novel of a remarkable not-quite-alien spacecraft. Highly recommended. (FCM)
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Eon Greg Bear (Gollancz 0-575-03861-6, Oct ’86, £10.95, 503pp, hc) [Eon] Reprint (Bluejay 1985) sf novel.
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The Serpent Mage Greg Bear (Berkley 0-425-09337-9, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.50, 343pp, pb) [Infinity Concerto] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Infinity Concerto. Faery mixes with modern California as the Realm is destroyed; humans escaping from the Realm into the modern world include Mozart and Mahler. Intelligent fantasy, humorous in its incongruities, yet toughly apocalyptic.
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Star Trek #15: Corona Greg Bear (Gregg 0-8398-2889-6, Dec ’85 [Feb ’86], $11.95, 192pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1984) Star Trek novel. First hardcover edition.
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Lovecraft’s Providence & Adjacent Parts, 2nd Edition Revised Henry L. P. Beckwith, Jr. (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-84-4, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $15.00, 94pp, hc) Non-fiction, tour book. Updated from the 1979 book used for the last Providence World Fantasy Con. Limited to 600 copies. [H. P. Lovecraft]
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Children of Arable David Belden (NAL/Signet 0-451-14660-3, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 289pp, pb) [Gendering] Sf novel of a “real woman” in a genderless future. A first novel.
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Clan Ground Clare Bell (Gollancz 0-575-03888-8, Nov ’86, £7.95, 264pp, hc) [The Named] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult prehistoric fantasy, sequel to Ratha’s Creature.
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Ratha’s Creature Clare Bell (Gollancz 0-575-03796-2, Feb ’86 [Mar ’86], £7.95, 264pp, hc) [The Named] Reprint (Atheneum/Argo 1983) young-adult sf novel of sentient cats.
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Tomorrow’s Sphinx Clare Bell (Macmillan/McElderry 0-689-50402-0, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $14.95, 292pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of cheetahs and humans in the future and the past.
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The Curse of the Blue Figurine John Bellairs (Corgi 0-552-52364-X, Sep ’86, £1.75, 171pp, pb) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1983) juvenile supernatural novel.
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The Eyes of the Killer Robot John Bellairs (Dial 0-8037-0324-4, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $11.95, 167pp, hc) [Johnny Dixon] Juvenile fantasy novel, 4th in the “Johnny Dixon” series.
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The Face in the Frost John Bellairs (Ace 0-441-22531-4, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.95, 174pp, pb) Reissue (Macmillan 1969) fantasy novel of horror, humor, and wizardry. Recommended. (FCM) 7th Ace printing.
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The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt John Bellairs (Corgi 0-552-52365-8, Dec ’86, £1.75, 158pp, pb) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1983) juvenile horror novel.
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The Revenge of the Wizard’s Ghost John Bellairs (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15451-6, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.75, 147pp, pb) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1985) young-adult fantasy novel.
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Looking Backward: 2000-1887 Edward Bellamy (Penguin, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £2.95, pb) Reprint (Tiknor 1888) sf novel.
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The Stone and the Flute Hans Bemmann (Viking 0-670-80186-0, Sep ’86, £10.95, 856pp, hc) “Epic new fantasy novel in the same class as Lord of the Rings.” Translated from the German by Anthea Bell.
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Deviance and Moral Boundaries: Witchcraft, the Occult, Science Fiction, Deviant Sciences and Scientists Nachman Ben-Yehuda (University of Chicago Press 0-226-04335-5, Oct ’85 [Jan ’86], $25.00, 260pp, hc) Non-fiction, a sociological study ranging from European witch burnings to the activities of modern sf fans. Deviant cultures are unorthodox but not necessarily bad; sf fandom comes out ok.
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The Wicked Enchantment Margot Benary-Isbert (Ace 0-441-88669-8, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.75, 149pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace & World 1955) fantasy novel of the village Vogelsang and its mysterious secrets.
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Artifact Gregory Benford (Bantam UK 0-553-17206-9, Nov ’86, £3.50, 544pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel.
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Artifact Gregory Benford (Tor 0-812-50060-1, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $3.95, 533pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) sf/thriller novel, recommended. (CNB)
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In Alien Flesh Gregory Benford (Tor 0-312-93344-4, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $14.95, 280pp, hc) Collection of 13 stories and a poem plus commentary by the author.
- 1 · Blood on Glass · pm *
- 3 · In Alien Flesh · nv F&SF Sep ’78
- 33 · Time Shards · ss Universe 9, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1979
- 44 · Redeemer · ss Analog Apr ’79
- 59 · Snatching the Bot [“Homemaker”] · ss Cosmos SF&F Magazine May ’77
- 72 · Relativistic Effects · nv Perpetual Light, ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, 1982
- 96 · Nooncoming · ss Universe 8, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1978
- 107 · To the Storming Gulf · na F&SF Apr ’85
- 164 · White Creatures · ss New Dimensions 5, ed. Robert Silverberg, Harper & Row, 1975
- 182 · Me/Days · ss Universe 14, ed. Terry Carr, Doubleday, 1984
- 196 · Of Space-Time and the River · nv Cheap Street; New Castle, VA, 1985
- 231 · Exposures · ss IASFM Jul 6 ’81
- 248 · Time’s Rub · ss Cheap Street; New Castle, VA, 1984
- 264 · Doing Lennon · ss Analog Apr ’75
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The Stars in Shroud Gregory Benford (Sphere 0-7221-1571-7, Nov ’86, £2.95, 269pp, pb) [Galactic Center] Reissue (Putnam 1978) sf novel.
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Timescape Gregory Benford (Sphere 0-7221-1630-6, Dec ’86, £2.25, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1980) sf novel.
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Heart of the Comet Gregory Benford & David Brin (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05125-3, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $17.95, 468pp, hc) Sf novel of colonists on Halley’s Comet. A story that is as realistic, gritty, and profoundly moving as any within recent memory. Recommended. (GDC)
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Heart of the Comet Gregory Benford & David Brin (SFBC #05246, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], $6.98, 470pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1986) sf novel.
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Heart of the Comet Gregory Benford & David Brin (Bantam Spectra (UK) 0-553-05125-3, Aug ’86, £9.95, 468pp, hc) Reissue of US edition with new price sticker.
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Find the Changeling Gregory Benford & Gordon Eklund (Sphere 0-7221-1569-5, Dec ’86, £1.75, pb) Reprint (Dell 1980) sf/mystery novel.
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Hitler Victorious: 11 Stories of the German Victory in World War II ed. Gregory Benford & Martin H. Greenberg (Garland 0-8240-8658-9, Oct ’86 [Aug ’86], $19.95, 299pp, hc) Anthology of alternate-history sf stories. Several are originals.
- 1 · Preface: Imagining the Abyss · Gregory Benford · pr
- 5 · Introduction: Hitler Victorious · Norman Spinrad · in
- 11 · Two Dooms · C. M. Kornbluth · na Venture Jul ’58
- 57 · The Fall of Frenchy Steiner · Hilary Bailey · nv New Worlds Jul/Aug ’64
- 89 · Through Road No Whither · Greg Bear · ss Far Frontiers, ed. Jerry Pournelle & Jim Baen, Baen, 1985
- 95 · Weihnachtsabend [“Weihnachtabend”] · Keith Roberts · nv New Worlds Quarterly 4, ed. Michael Moorcock, London: Sphere, 1972
- 131 · Thor Meets Captain America · David Brin · nv F&SF Jul ’86
- 159 · Moon of Ice · Brad Linaweaver · na Amazing Mar ’82; revised.
- 221 · Reichs-Peace · Sheila Finch · nv *
- 243 · Never Meet Again · Algis Budrys · ss Infinity Science Fiction Mar ’58
- 259 · Do Ye Hear the Children Weeping? · Howard Goldsmith · ss *
- 271 · Enemy Transmissions · Tom Shippey · ss *
- 291 · Valhalla · Gregory Benford · ss F&SF Apr ’82
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Beyond the Draak’s Teeth Marcia J. Bennett (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33086-2, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 278pp, pb) [Ni-Lach] Sf novel in the “Ni-Lach” series (despite the dragon on the cover).
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Where the Ni-Lach Marcia J. Bennett (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33123-0, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 246pp, pb) [Ni-Lach] Reissue (Ballantine Del Rey 1983) sf novel, first in the “Ni-Lach” series. 3rd printing.
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