The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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The Red Queen Dirk Draulans (St. Martin’s 0-312-15636-7, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $21.95, 212pp, hc) Orwellian SF novel of genetic engineering. Female warriors hunt the last non-sterile man on Earth. Translated from the Dutch (Atlas 1994) by Sam Garrett.
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Babylon 5: Book 9: To Dream in the City of Sorrows Kathryn M. Drennan (Dell 0-440-22354-7, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $5.50, 337pp, pb, cover by Bob Larkin) [Babylon 5] Novelization based on the SF TV show. Copyrighted by Dell; characters etc. copyrighted by Warner Bros.
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The Two Georges Richard Dreyfuss & Harry Turtledove (Tor 0-812-54459-5, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $6.99, 596pp, pb, cover by David Kramer) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) SF alternate history novel.
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The Book of Night with Moon Diane Duane (Warner Aspect 0-446-67302-1, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $12.99, 390pp, tp, cover by Robert Goldstrom) [Book of Night with Moon] Fantasy novel about the cats of Central Station who guard mystic gates to other worlds. A spin-off from the “Young Wizards” series. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1997).
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High Wizardry Diane Duane (Harcourt Brace/Magic Carpet 0-15-201241-9, Mar ’97, $6.00, 338pp, pb, cover by David Bowers) [Nita & Kit] Reprint (Delacorte 1990) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the “Wizardry” series.
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Spider-Man: The Octopus Agenda Diane Duane (SFBC #14466, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $10.98, 277pp, hc, cover by Dave DeVries) [Spider-Man] Reprint (Boulevard 1996) novelization from the comic. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel. This is similar to the Boulevard edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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Spider-Man: The Octopus Agenda Diane Duane (Boulevard 1-57297-279-3, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $6.50, 260pp, pb, cover by Dave DeVries) [Spider-Man] Reprint (Boulevard 1996) novelization from the comic. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Characters.
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Star Trek, the Next Generation: Intellivore Diane Duane (Pocket 0-671-56832-9, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $5.99, 239pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
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A Wizard Abroad Diane Duane (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201209-5, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $15.00, 342pp, hc, cover by David Bowers) [Nita & Kit] Reprint (Corgi 1993) young-adult fantasy novel, volume four in the “wizardry” series. Nita is packed off to an aunt in Ireland, where she discovers more magical doings.
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X-Men: Empire’s End Diane Duane (Boulevard/Putnam 0-399-14334-3, Oct ’97, $23.95, 347pp, hc, cover by Duane O. Myers) [X-Men] Novelization based on the comic book. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Characters.
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My Soul to Keep Tananarive Due (HarperCollins 0-06-018742-5, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $24.00, 347pp, hc) [My Soul to Keep] Supernatural suspense. A perfect husband turns out to be an immortal with dark secrets.
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My Soul to Keep Tananarive Due (SFBC #17010, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $11.98, 347pp, hc) [My Soul to Keep] Reprint (HarperCollins 1997) horror novel. This is similar to the HarperCollins edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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Element 115 Cynthia J. Duke (Commonwealth Publications 1-55197-310-3, 1997 [May ’97], $6.99, 610pp, pb) SF novel. An agent sent to recover a strange element from a downed alien aircraft discovers changes in her memory. Copyrighted 1996; the copyright page indicates this is a 1997 edition. Commonwealth Publications, 9764-45th Ave, Edmonton AB Canada T6E 5C5; orders 800-491-7737; http://www.commonwealthpub.com; add $2.50 postage.
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Future Indefinite Dave Duncan (Avon 0-380-97586-6, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $23.00, 334pp, hc, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Great Game] Fantasy novel, subtitled “Round Three of the Great Game”.
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Present Tense Dave Duncan (AvoNova 0-380-78130-1, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $5.99, 418pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Great Game] Reprint (Avon 1996) fantasy novel, subtitled “Round Two of the Great Game”.
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Gallows Hill Lois Duncan (Delacorte 0-385-32331-X, May ’97, $15.95, 229pp, hc, cover by Cynthia Torp) Young-adult horror. A girl has visions and dreams of the Salem Witch Trials.
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Night Terrors ed. Lois Duncan (Simon & Schuster 0-689-80724-4, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $3.99, 192pp, pb, cover by John Dawson) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1996) original anthology of 11 young-adult horror stories.
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Days of Cain J. R. Dunn (Avon 0-380-79280-X, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $13.00, 328pp, tp) Time-travel novel. A far-future monitor must stop a renegade time traveller from changing WWII history at Auschwitz. A hardcover edition (-97433-9, $23.00) is also available.
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Changespell Doranna Durgin (Baen 0-671-87765-8, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $5.99, 338pp, pb) [Dun Lady’s Jess] Fantasy novel, sequel to Dun Lady’s Jess.
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100 Fiendish Little Frightmares ed. Stefan Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-0144-X, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], $7.98, 596pp, hc, cover by Lucy Corvino) Horror anthology of 100 horror stories. Introduction by Dziemianowicz. This is an instant remainder edition.
- ix · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in
- 1 · 3.47 AM · David Langford · ss The Gruesome Book, ed. Ramsey Campbell, Piccolo, 1983
- 8 · Angry Man · Darrell Schweitzer · ss Fear! Apr ’90
- 15 · Another House, Another Home · Bruce Boston · ss, 1987
- 20 · The Back of the Mirror · Hugh B. Cave · ss Borderland Oct ’87
- 27 · Blood Ghost · John Helfers · ss Phantoms of the Night, ed. Richard Gilliam & Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1996
- 34 · The Burned House · Vincent O’Sullivan · ss The Century Oct ’16
- 40 · The Cage · Ray Russell · ss, 1959
- 46 · The Case of Lady Sannox · Sir Arthur Conan Doyle · ss The Idler Nov, 1893
- 54 · The Cat-Woman · Mary Elizabeth Counselman · ss Weird Tales Oct ’33
- 58 · The Champion · Richard Laymon · ss Cavalier Oct ’78
- 63 · The Closed Window · A. C. Benson · ss The Hill of Trouble, London: Isbister, 1903
- 71 · The Clown · Jessica Amanda Salmonson · ss Potboiler Spr/Sum ’85
- 74 · The Cocomacaque · Carl Jacobi · ss The Arkham Collector Win ’71
- 81 · Cold Heart · Peter D. Pautz · ss Shadows #6, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983
- 87 · The Dancer in the Flames · David Drake · ss Whispers Aug ’82
- 95 · The Dark Beasts · Frank Belknap Long · ss Marvel Tales Jul/Aug ’34
- 102 · Dark Winner · William F. Nolan · ss Whispers Dec ’76
- 106 · Daylight Shadows · Arthur J. Burks · ss Weird Tales Apr ’25
- 113 · The Devil and Simon Flagg · Arthur Porges · ss F&SF Aug ’54
- 119 · The Devilet · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Unbidden, London: Tandem, 1971
- 125 · The Devil’s Debt · James Platt · ss Tales of the Supernatural, Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent, 1894
- 134 · The Diary of Mr. Poynter · M. R. James · ss A Thin Ghost, Longmans, Green, 1919
- 142 · Dollburger · Lisa Tuttle · ss F&SF Feb ’73
- 147 · Down Home · Edward Bryant · ss Obsessions, ed. Gary Raisor, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1991
- 153 · Dwindling · David B. Silva · ss Spectrum Stories #1, Wonder Press ’85
- 160 · Echoes · Lawrence C. Connolly · vi Twilight Zone Jan/Feb ’83
- 162 · The Eerie Mr. Murphy · Howard Wandrei · ss Esquire Nov ’37
- 171 · An Elegy for Mr. Danielson · August Derleth · vi Weird Tales Aug ’33
- 176 · Empty Walls · Elizabeth Engstrom · ss Cemetery Dance Sum ’96
- 181 · An Eye for an Eye, A Tooth for a Tooth · Lawrence Schimel · ss Young Blood, ed. Mike Baker, Zebra, 1994
- 183 · The Festival · H. P. Lovecraft · ss Weird Tales Jan ’25
- 191 · The Foghorn · Gertrude Atherton · ss Good Housekeeping Nov ’33
- 198 · The Garrison [as by David Grinnell] · Donald A. Wollheim · ss Magazine of Horror Apr ’65
- 203 · Gavon’s Eve · E. F. Benson · ss The Illustrated London News Jan 13 ’06
- 212 · The Ghastly Priest Doth Reign · Manly Wade Wellman · ss F&SF Mar ’75
- 220 · The Gorgon · Clark Ashton Smith · ss Weird Tales Apr ’32
- 229 · Grandma’s Hobby · Elizabeth Engstrom · ss Nightmare Flower, Tor, 1992
- 233 · Imperfect Strangers · Joel Lane · ss Transactions of the Doppelgänger Society, ed. David Cowperthwaite, The Doppelganger Society, 1990
- 239 · In Case of Disaster Only · Henry S. Whitehead · ss
- 247 · In the Hour Before Dawn · Brad Strickland · ss F&SF Aug ’86
- 251 · Is This a Horror Story? · Scott Edelman · ss Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine Issue 5, ed. Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Pulphouse, 1989
- 253 · The Journal of Edward Hargood · D. N. J. · ss
- 258 · Kisses from Auntie · Craig Shaw Gardner · ss Horrors, ed. Charles L. Grant, Playboy, 1981
- 265 · The Last Drop · Nicholas Royle · ss Dark Voices 4, ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones, London: Pan, 1992
- 268 · Left Hand Drive · Christopher Fowler · ss City Jitters, London: Sphere, 1986
- 275 · A Legend of Sonora · Hildegarde Hawthorne · vi Harper’s Monthly Oct, 1891
- 277 · Lemon Drops · Donald Burleson · vi Grue #8 ’88
- 279 · A Man of Discretion (A Tale of Gai Paris) · Richard L. Tierney · ss Etchings & Odysseys #1 ’73
- 287 · The Man Who Made Friends with Electricity · Fritz Leiber · ss F&SF Mar ’62
- 295 · The Man with the Roller · E. G. Swain · ss The Stoneground Ghost Tales, W. Heffer: Cambridge, 1912
- 302 · A Maniac · Maurice Level · vi Hearst’s International Magazine Mar ’20; in Les Portes de l’Enfer, 1910.
- 305 · Midnight House · William Fryer Harvey · ss
- 311 · Midnight Promises · Richard T. Chizmar · ss Midnight Promises, Gauntlet Publications, 1996
- 317 · Misadventures in the Skin Trade · Don D’Ammassa · ss Borderlands 4, ed. Thomas F. Monteleone, Borderlands Press, 1994
- 323 · Missed Connection · Ramsey Campbell · ss Night Visions 3, ed. George R. R. Martin, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1986
- 329 · Missing · Poppy Z. Brite · ss The Horror Show Fll ’86
- 335 · Mistress Marion’s Light · Gertrude Morton · ss
- 340 · Mrs Vail · Kim Newman · ss The Dedalus Book of Femmes Fatales, ed. Brian M. Stableford, Dedalus, 1992
- 343 · The Mystics of Muelenburg · Thomas Ligotti · ss Crypt of Cthulhu #51 ’87
- 349 · The Night Gil Rhys First Met His Love · Alan Rodgers · ss Scare Care, ed. Graham Masterton, Tor, 1989
- 356 · A Night in Possum Holler · Ardath Mayhar · ss After Midnight, ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1986
- 361 · The Night Is Freezing Fast · Thomas F. Monteleone · ss Masques #2, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1987
- 369 · No Need for Words · R. Chetwynd-Hayes · ss The Night Ghouls, London: Fontana, 1975
- 376 · Oasis · Brian Hodge · ss The Horror Show Win ’84
- 383 · Old Mrs. Cartwright · Basil Copper · ss, 1967
- 389 · The Overcoat · Steve Rasnic Tem · ss Night Visions 1, ed. Alan Ryan, Arlington Heights, IL: Dark Harvest, 1984
- 395 · Playing for Keeps · Lawrence Watt-Evans · ss Weird Tales Spr ’91
- 403 · Proxy · John Metcalfe · ss
- 410 · The Rose of Knock · Alan Ryan · ss Perpetual Light, ed. Alan Ryan, Warner Books, 1982
- 418 · Sandprint · Norman Partridge · ss Mr. Fox and Other Feral Tales, Arvada, CO: Roadkill Press, 1992
- 422 · Seasons of Belief · Michael Bishop · ss Shadows #2, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1979
- 429 · The Shaggy House · Joe R. Lansdale · ss The Horror Show Fll ’86
- 436 · Silted In · Karl Edward Wagner · ss Why Not You and I?, Tor, 1987
- 443 · Sitting in the Corner, Whimpering Quietly · Dennis Etchison · vi Whispers Dec ’76
- 446 · Sneakers · Marc Laidlaw · ss Shadows #6, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1983
- 449 · Someone to Dump On · Terry Lamsley · ss All Hallows #8 ’95
- 457 · Something More · Gordon Van Gelder · ss Young Blood, ed. Mike Baker, Zebra, 1994
- 460 · The Spider · Basil Copper · ss The Fifth Pan Book of Horror Stories, ed. Herbert van Thal, London: Pan, 1964
- 465 · Still Frame · Jack C. Haldeman, II · ss Shadows #7, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1984
- 472 · The Stranger · Ambrose Bierce · ss Cosmopolitan Feb ’09
- 476 · A Street Was Chosen · Ramsey Campbell · ss Weird Tales Sum ’91
- 482 · Surrogate · Janet Fox · ss Fears, ed. Charles L. Grant, Berkley, 1983
- 487 · They’re Coming for You · Les Daniels · ss Cutting Edge, ed. Dennis Etchison, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, 1986
- 492 · Thirst · Bill Pronzini · ss F&SF Nov ’73
- 497 · To Receive Is Better · Michael Marshall Smith · ss The Mammoth Book of Frankenstein, ed. Stephen Jones, Robinson, 1994
- 502 · Tomorrow Is Forever · Hugh B. Cave · vi Adventure Sep ’43
- 505 · Traps · F. Paul Wilson · ss Night Cry Sum ’87
- 513 · The Traveller · R. H. Benson · ss The Light Invisible, London: Isbister, 1903
- 520 · The Tuckahoe · Nancy Etchemendy · ss Shadows #8, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1985
- 528 · Uneasy Lie the Drowned · Donald Wandrei · ss Weird Tales Dec ’37
- 533 · The Village Bully · J. Sheridan Le Fanu · ss Dublin University Magazine Jan, 1851
- 537 · The Visit · William F. Nolan · ss MetaHorror, ed. Dennis Etchison, Dell Abyss, 1992
- 541 · A Week in the Unlife · David J. Schow · ss A Whisper of Blood, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1991
- 545 · When the Door Is Shut · D. N. J. · ss
- 550 · Where Does Watson Road Go? · William Relling, Jr. · ss Eldritch Tales #14 ’87
- 558 · Where Flies Are Born · Douglas Clegg · ss Tekeli-li! #2 ’91
- 565 · Who Walks at Night · John Maclay · ss The Horror Show Sum ’86
- 570 · The Winter Ghosts · Tanith Lee · ss Weird Tales Win ’91
- 577 · Wish Hound · Pat Murphy · ss Shadows #3, ed. Charles L. Grant, Doubleday, 1980
- 584 · The Wrong Way · Chet Williamson · ss, 1981
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Girls’ Night Out: Twenty-Nine Female Vampire Stories ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert E. Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-0424-4, Sep ’97, $9.98, 545pp, hc) Horror anthology of 29 stories. Authors include F. Marion Crawford, Pat Cadigan, Brian Stableford, and Joanna Russ. Introduction by Dziemianowicz. This is an instant remainder edition.
- ix · Introduction · Stefan Dziemianowicz · in
- 1 · The Insufficient Answer · Robert Aickman · nv We Are for the Dark, London: Cape, 1951
- 46 · Mrs. Amworth · E. F. Benson · ss Hutchinson’s Magazine Jun ’22
- 60 · The Scent of Vinegar · Robert Bloch · nv Dark Destiny, ed. Edward E. Kramer, White Wolf, 1994
- 88 · Good Lady Ducayne · Mary Elizabeth Braddon · nv The Strand Feb, 1896
- 114 · Sometimes Salvation · Pat Cadigan · ss Sisters of the Night, ed. Barbara Hambly & Martin H. Greenberg, Warner Aspect, 1995
- 131 · The Brotherhood of Blood · Hugh B. Cave · nv Weird Tales May ’32
- 152 · A Mystery of the Campagna · Anne Crawford · nv The Witching Time: Unwin’s Annual for 1887, ed. Sir Henry Norman, London: T. Fisher Unwin, 1887
- 183 · For the Blood Is the Life · F. Marion Crawford · ss Colliers Dec 16 ’05
- 198 · I Vant to Be Alone · Barb D’Amato · ss Celebrity Vampires, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995
- 205 · Nellie Foster · August Derleth · ss Weird Tales Jun ’33
- 211 · Madeleine · Barbara Hambly · ss Sisters of the Night, ed. Barbara Hambly & Martin H. Greenberg, Warner Aspect, 1995
- 228 · Ken’s Mystery · Julian Hawthorne · nv Harper’s Nov, 1883
- 249 · Revelations in Black · Carl Jacobi · nv Weird Tales Apr ’33
- 271 · The First Time · K. W. Jeter · ss Alien Sex, ed. Ellen Datlow, Dutton, 1990
- 285 · Girl’s Night Out · Kathe Koja & Barry N. Malzberg · ss Vampire Detectives, ed. Martin H. Greenberg, DAW, 1995
- 300 · Night Laughter · Ellen Kushner · ss After Midnight, ed. Charles L. Grant, Tor, 1986
- 304 · La Dame · Tanith Lee · ss Sisters of the Night, ed. Barbara Hambly & Martin H. Greenberg, Warner Aspect, 1995
- 316 · The Girl with the Hungry Eyes · Fritz Leiber · ss The Girl With the Hungry Eyes, ed. Donald A. Wollheim, Avon, 1949
- 331 · Dress of White Silk · Richard Matheson · ss F&SF Oct ’51
- 336 · Shambleau [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · nv Weird Tales Nov ’33
- 365 · My Dear Emily · Joanna Russ · nv F&SF Jul ’62
- 387 · American Gothic · Ray Russell · ss Masques #2, ed. J. N. Williamson, 1987
- 402 · The Pearls of the Vampire Queen [Nifft the Lean] · Michael Shea · nv Nifft the Lean, 1982
- 436 · The End of the Story · Clark Ashton Smith · nv Weird Tales May ’30
- 453 · The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady · Brian Stableford · nv F&SF Aug ’88
- 475 · The Last Grave of Lill Warran [John Thunstone] · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Weird Tales May ’51
- 496 · Luella Miller · Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman · ss Everybody’s Magazine Dec ’02
- 509 · ...To Feel Another’s Woe · Chet Williamson · ss Blood Is Not Enough, ed. Ellen Datlow, Morrow, 1989
- 523 · The Canal · Everil Worrell · ss Weird Tales Dec ’27
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100 Ghastly Little Ghost Stories ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble 1-56619-921-2, 1997 [Jun ’97], $4.98, 546pp, tp) Reprint (Barnes & Noble 1993) anthology of 100 horror stories, 88 original, about witches. This is an instant remainder edition. We have not listed a previous trade paperback edition, but the copyright page indicates a second printing.
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100 Wicked Little Witch Stories ed. Stefan R. Dziemianowicz, Robert Weinberg & Martin H. Greenberg (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-0208-X, 1997 [Jun ’97], $4.98, 610pp, tp) Reprint (Barnes & Noble 1995) anthology of 100 horror stories, 88 original, about witches. This is an instant remainder edition. We have not listed a previous trade paperback edition, but the copyright page indicates a second printing.
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Silicon Karma Thomas Easton (White Wolf 1-56504-818-0, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $11.99, 283pp, pb) SF novel. A woman is copied into virtual reality, just as criminals begin siphoning memory away from the program. An earlier version was published on disk in 1995 by Serendipity Systems.
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Periodic Stars Tom Easton (Borgo Press 0-8095-1202-5, 1997 [Jul ’97], $27.00, 263pp, tp) Collection of 250 of Tom Easton’s reviews published in Analog in the 1980s and ’90s. Reviews are arranged by author; an index is included. Available from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $3.00 shipping. Credit card orders: fax 909-888-4942.
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Castle of Wizardry David Eddings (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41885-9, May ’97 [Nov ’97], $11.95, 375pp, tp) [Belgariad] Reprint (Del Rey 1984) fantasy novel, book four of “The Belgariad”.
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Demon Lord of Karanda David Eddings (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41918-9, Aug ’97 [Dec ’97], $12.95, 423pp, tp) [Belgariad: Malloreon] Reprint (Del Rey 1988) fantasy novel, book three of “The Malloreon”.
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Enchanter’s End Game David Eddings (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41886-7, May ’97 [Nov ’97], $11.95, 373pp, tp) [Belgariad] Reprint (Del Rey 1984) fantasy novel, book five of “The Belgariad”.
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Guardians of the West David Eddings (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41919-7, Aug ’97 [Dec ’97], $12.95, 454pp, tp) [Belgariad: Malloreon] Reprint (Del Rey; Bantam UK 1987) fantasy novel, book one of “The Malloreon”.
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King of the Murgos David Eddings (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41920-0, Aug ’97 [Dec ’97], $12.95, 455pp, tp) [Belgariad: Malloreon] Reprint (Bantam UK; Del Rey 1988) fantasy novel, book two of “The Malloreon”.
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Magician’s Gambit David Eddings (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41887-5, May ’97 [Nov ’97], $11.95, 308pp, tp) [Belgariad] Reprint (Del Rey 1983) fantasy novel, book three of “The Belgariad”.
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Pawn of Prophecy David Eddings (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41888-3, May ’97 [Nov ’97], $11.95, 263pp, tp) [Belgariad] Reprint (Del Rey 1982) fantasy novel, book one of “The Belgariad”.
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