The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1999
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Kissing the Beehive Jonathan Carroll (Orion/Vista 0-575-60281-3, Jun ’99, £6.99, 251pp, tp) [Frannie McCabe] Reprint (Doubleday 1998) associational non-supernatural mystery. This has the three-page epilog from the Gollancz 1998 edition.
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The Marriage of Sticks Jonathan Carroll (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06615-6, May ’99 [Apr ’99], £16.99, 282pp, hc) [Frannie McCabe] Dark fantasy novel. Miranda Romanec sees her long-dead boyfriend waving to her from across the street.
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The Wise Andrew Cartmell (Virgin Worlds 0-7535-0373-5, Jul ’99 [Jun ’99], £6.99, 471pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Contemporary dark fantasy novel of a psychiatrist in love with her all-too-sane patient.
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Brotherly Love & Other Tales of Trust and Knowledge David Case (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-12-7, May ’99 [Jun ’99], £16.99, x+276pp, hc, cover by Les Edwards) Original collection of six pieces of SF and dark fantasy, including the novella “The Terrestrial Fancy”. Introduction by Ramsey Campbell. Limited to a hardcover edition of 750 copies. Order from Pumpkin Books, MeG Publishing, PO Box 297, Nottingham NG2 4GW, England.
- vii · Introduction · Ramsey Campbell · in *
- 1 · Brotherly Love · na *
- 57 · The Foreign Bride · ss *
- 68 · Ogre of the Cleft · nv *
- 104 · Jimmy · na *
- 156 · Anachrona · ss *
- 167 · The Terrestrial Fancy · n. *
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Isle of the Whisperers Hugh B. Cave (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-15-1, May ’99 [Jun ’99], £16.99, 265pp, hc, cover by John Coulthart) Dark fantasy/SF novel of entities waiting on the threshold of an inter-dimensional doorway, finally given admittance to our world and its resources. Illustrated by John Coulthart. Limited to a hardcover edition of 750 copies. Order from Pumpkin Books, MeG Publishing, PO Box 297, Nottingham NG2 4GW, England.
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World’s End Mark Chadbourn (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06680-6, Aug ’99, £16.99, 424pp, hc, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Age of Misrule] Fantasy novel. Book One in “The Age of Misrule” trilogy. Magic returns to modern Britain, and a group of companions must quest for four items to save the world. A trade paperback edition (-06782-9, £9.99) is also available.
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The Enchantresses Vera Chapman (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60325-9, Feb ’99, £5.99, 223pp, pb, cover by Harvey Parker) Reprint (Gollancz 1998) Arthurian fantasy novel. All revisions and amendments are copyright to Mike Ashley, who finished and edited the book after Chapman’s death.
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Fortress of Eagles: A Galasien Novel C. J. Cherryh (Voyager 0-00-648370-4, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], £5.99, 335pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Fortress] Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) fantasy novel, sequel to Fortress in the Eye of Time. [First U.K. edition]
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Laptop of the Gods Peter Chippindale (Pocket UK 0-671-85568-9, Jun ’99, £6.99, 420pp, tp, cover by Stephen Player) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1998) humorous fantasy novel.
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Cold Fusion Windsor Chorlton (Orion 0-7528-2500-3, Apr ’99 [May ’99], £9.99, 308pp, tp) SF novel. A meteor impact triggers a worldwide winter in 2018. A hardcover edition (-0211-9, £16.99) was announced but not seen.
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The New Adventures: Twilight of the Gods Mark Clapham & Jon de Burgh Miller (New Adventures 0-426-20536-7, Dec ’99 [Nov ’99], £5.99, 242pp, pb) [Bernice Summerfield] SF novelization, “Doctor Who” without the Doctor. Book 23 in the “Bernice Summerfield” series. The publisher’s afterword by a departing Peter Darvill-Evans suggests this may be the last, for a long time (or ever), of the series.
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Judas Tree Simon Clark (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-73913-4, Dec ’99, £17.99, 423pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) Dark fantasy novel. A young woman on a Greek island holiday encounters ancient forces.
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Expedition to Earth Arthur C. Clarke (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-903-2, May ’99, £9.99, xii+180pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Ballantine 1953) collection of 11 stories, with a new (1998) preface by Clarke.
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Expedition to Earth Arthur C. Clarke (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-918-0, Oct ’99 [Apr ’99], £5.99, xii+180pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Ballantine 1953) collection of 11 stories, with a 1998 preface by Clarke.
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Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! Arthur C. Clarke (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224697-X, Sep ’99, £19.99, xviii+555pp, hc) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1999) collection of 110 non-fiction works published between 1934 and 1998. Essays, articles, memoirs, reviews, introductions, and afterwords, each with a brief introduction setting the piece in context. Includes 16pp. of photographs. Edited by Ian T. Macauley. [First U.K. edition]
- xvii · Preface · Arthur C. Clarke · pr
- 1 · Part One. The 1930s and 1940s: Rockets and Radar
- 3 · Introduction [extracts from first few chapters of Astounding Days] · Arthur C. Clarke · si London: Gollancz, 1989
- 7 · Dunsany, Lord of Fantasy · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Futurian War Digest Dec ’44
- 13 · Rockets · Arthur C. Clarke · br Futurian War Digest Dec ’44 [Willy Ley]
- 17 · The Coming Age of Rocket Power · Arthur C. Clarke · br Spacewards #6 ’45 [G. Edward Pendray]
- 19 · Extraterrestrial Relays · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Wireless World Oct ’45
- 26 · The Moon and Mr. Farnsworth · Arthur C. Clarke · ar; Probably written in 1945-1946.
- 30 · The Challenge of the Spaceship · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Dec ’46
- 44 · First Men in the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Star Jan 30 ’47
- 48 · The Problem of Dr. Campbell · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Sep ’48
- 54 · The Lackeys of Wall Street · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Fantasy Review Feb/Mar ’49
- 58 · Voyages to the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · br Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Sep ’49 [Marjorie Hope Nicholson]
- 63 · You’re on the Glide Path, I Think · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Aeroplane Sep 23 ’49
- 72 · Morphological Astronomy · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Feb ’49
- 75 · The Conquest of Space · Arthur C. Clarke · br Journal of the British Astronomical Society Dec ’49 [Chesley Bonestell; Willy Ley]
- 79 · Part Two. The 1950s: Beneath the Seas of Ceylon
- 81 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · si
- 82 · The Effect of Interplanetary Flight · Walter H. Gillings · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society May ’50; Report on Clarke speech at British Interplanetary Society, 4 Feb 1950.
- 84 · Space Travel in Fact and Fiction · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Sep ’51; An address to the British Interplanetary Society, 1 April 1950.
- 99 · Review: Destination Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · mr Journal of the British Astronomical Society Oct ’50
- 102 · Interplanetary Flight · Arthur C. Clarke · ex London: Temple Press, 1950
- 105 · The Exploration of Space · Arthur C. Clarke · ex London: Temple Press, 1951
- 108 · Review: When Worlds Collide · Arthur C. Clarke · mr Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Jan ’52; Adds 1998 footnote.
- 111 · Review: Man on the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Jun ’53
- 114 · Flying Saucers · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society May ’53
- 119 · Review: Flying Saucers Have Landed · Arthur C. Clarke · br Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Mar ’54 [Desmond Leslie; George Adamski]
- 123 · Undersea Holiday [“The Submarine Playground”] · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Challenge of the Sea, Arthur C. Clarke, Holt, Rinehart & Winston, 1961; an earlier version appeared in Holiday for August 1954.
- 132 · The Exploration of the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · ex London: Frederick Muller, 1954
- 136 · Eclipse · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Astronomical Society Oct ’54
- 139 · Astronautical Fallacies · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Journal of the British Interplanetary Society Nov ’54
- 145 · The Star of Bethlehem · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Holiday Dec ’54
- 153 · Capricorn to Cancer [from The Reefs of Taprobane] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex New York: Harper & Row, 1957
- 157 · Keeping House in Colombo [from The Reefs of Taprobane] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex New York: Harper & Row, 1957
- 161 · The Reefcombers’ Derby [from The Reefs of Taprobane] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex New York: Harper & Row, 1957
- 165 · Rest Houses, Catamarans, and Sharks [from The Reefs of Taprobane] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex New York: Harper & Row, 1957
- 168 · The First Wreck [from The Reefs of Taprobane] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex New York: Harper & Row, 1957
- 173 · A Clear Run to the South Pole [from The Treasure of the Great Reef] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex New York: Harper & Row, 1962
- 180 · The Isle of Taprobane [from The Treasure of the Great Reef] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex New York: Harper & Row, 1962
- 183 · The Great Reef [from The Treasure of the Great Reef] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex New York: Harper & Row, 1962
- 189 · Winding Up [from The Treasure of the Great Reef] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex New York: Harper & Row, 1962
- 193 · Part Three. The 1960s: Kubrick and Cape Kennedy
- 195 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · si
- 196 · Failures of Nerve and Imagination · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Profiles of the Future, Harper Row, 1962
- 204 · We’ll Never Conquer Space · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Science Digest Jun ’60
- 210 · Rocket to the Renaissance · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Playboy Jul ’60
- 217 · The Obsolescence of Man [“Machina ex Deus”] · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Playboy Jul ’61
- 226 · Space and the Spirit of Man [“Space Flight and the Spirit of Man”] · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Astronautics Oct ’61
- 231 · The Uses of the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Harper’s
- 240 · The Playing Fields of Space · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Holiday
- 246 · Kalinga Prize Speech · Arthur C. Clarke · sp Voices from the Sky, Arthur C. Clarke, New York: Harper, 1965; Speech given in Delhi, 1992. Originally appeared in an abridged form in Fantasy & Science Fiction for October 1963.
- 251 · More Than Five Senses · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Boys’ Life Apr ’68
- 259 · Son of Dr. Strangelove · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Lost Worlds of 2001, Arthur C. Clarke, New York: New American Library, 1972
- 264 · Possible, That’s All! · Arthur C. Clarke · ar F&SF Oct ’68
- 268 · The Mind of the Machine · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Report on Probability Three, Arthur C. Clarke, Gollancz, 1972
- 277 · God and Einstein · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Report on Probability Three, Arthur C. Clarke, Gollancz, 1972
- 279 · Part Four. The 1970s: Tomorrow’s Worlds
- 281 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · si
- 283 · Satellites and Saris [“Schoolmaster Satellite”] · Arthur C. Clarke · ar London Daily Telegraph Dec 17 ’71; speech delivered to State Department, 20 August 1971.
- 291 · Mars and the Mind of Man · Arthur C. Clarke · ex New York: Harper & Row, 1973
- 296 · The Sea of Sinbad · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Observer Magazine, 1972
- 305 · Willy and Chesley · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The View from Serendip, London: Gollancz, 1978
- 310 · The Snows of Olympus · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Playboy Dec ’74
- 313 · Writing to Sell [as introduction to Writing to Sell by Scott Meredith] · Arthur C. Clarke · ar New York: Harper & Row, 1977
- 319 · Part Five. The 1980s: Stay of Execution
- 321 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · si
- 323 · The Steam-Powered Word Processor · Arthur C. Clarke · fa Analog Sep ’86
- 329 · Afterword: “Maelstrom II” [from Arthur C. Clarke’s Venus Prime, Volume 2: Maelstrom by Paul Preuss] · Arthur C. Clarke · aw New York: Avon, 1988
- 333 · Mother Nature Got There First · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Analog Aug ’90
- 337 · Message to Comsat, February 18, 1988 · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 339 · Graduation Address: International Space University · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *; Satellite address broadcast to graduates, August 20, 1988.
- 342 · Back to 2001 [as foreword to 2001: A Space Odyssey] · Arthur C. Clarke · fw Roc, 1993
- 348 · Coauthors and Other Nuisances [as afterword to Rama II] · Arthur C. Clarke · aw New York: Bantam, 1989
- 353 · The Power of Compression [“Words That Inspire”] · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Reader’s Digest UK Dec ’98
- 355 · Life in the Fax Line · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 358 · Credo · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Living Philosophies, ed. Clifton Fadiman, Doubleday, 1991
- 364 · The Colors of Infinity: Exploring the Fractal Universe [from The Ghost from the Grand Banks] · Arthur C. Clarke · sp New York: Bantam, 1990; Lecture delivered in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, November 12, 1989.
- 368 · Close Encounter with Cosmonauts · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Omni Sep ’80
- 371 · The Century Syndrome [from The Ghost from the Grand Banks] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex New York: Bantam, 1990
- 374 · Who’s Afraid of Leonard Woolf? · Arthur C. Clarke · ar 1984: Spring, Arthur C. Clarke, Ballantine Del Rey, 1984
- 380 · My Four Feet on the Ground [as introduction to My Four Feet on the Ground by Nora Clarke, Rocket Publishin] · Arthur C. Clarke · ar, 1978
- 383 · Part Six. The 1990s: Countdown to 2000
- 385 · Introduction · Arthur C. Clarke · si
- 387 · Marconi Symposium · Arthur C. Clarke · sp *; Address at Smithsonian Institution, April 24, 1990.
- 389 · Introduction to Charles Pellegrino’s Unearthing Atlantis · Arthur C. Clarke · in, 1991
- 392 · Tribute to Robert A. Heinlein (1907 - 1988) · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Astounding Days, Arthur C. Clarke, Gollancz, 1989
- 396 · Satyajit and Stanley · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 398 · Aspects of Science Fiction · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *; ‘was previously unpublished in English’.
- 406 · Save the Giant Squid! [“Squid!”] · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Omni Jan ’92
- 410 · A Choice of Futures · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Illustrated London News May ’92
- 416 · Gene Roddenberry · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Omni Feb ’92
- 418 · Introduction to Jack Williamson’s Beachhead · Arthur C. Clarke · in New York: Tor, 1992
- 421 · Scenario for a Civilized Planet [“What Is to Be Done?”] · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Bulletin of Atomic Scientists May ’92
- 428 · NASA Sutra: Eros in Orbit · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Playboy, 1992
- 434 · Minehead Made Me · Arthur C. Clarke · ar London Sunday Express, 1992
- 436 · Good-bye, Isaac · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Locus May ’92
- 438 · Encyclical [from The Hammer of God] · Arthur C. Clarke · ex New York: Bantam, 1993
- 440 · Letter from Sri Lanka · Arthur C. Clarke · sp *; Live satellite broadcast, Colombo to Washington, October 8, 1992.
- 448 · Message to Mars · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 450 · Preface: The War of the Worlds · Arthur C. Clarke · pr Tuttle: Rutland VT & Tokyo, 1993
- 456 · Preface: The First Men in the Moon · Arthur C. Clarke · pr; Everyman Paperback Classic edition, date unknown.
- 460 · The Joy of Maths · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 465 · Tribute to Robert Bloch · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master, ed. Richard Matheson & Ricia Mainhardt, Tor, 1995
- 468 · Spaceguard · Arthur C. Clarke · sp *; University of Moratuwa Convocation Address, 1994.
- 472 · Foreword: Encyclopedia of Frauds by James Randi · Arthur C. Clarke · fw New York: St. Martin’s, 1995; as foreword to An Encyclopedia of Claims, Frauds, and Hoaxes of the Occult and the; Supernatural
- 475 · Bucky · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 477 · Homage to Frank Paul · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 479 · Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Life Sep ’92
- 482 · The Birth of HAL · Arthur C. Clarke · in, 1997; Introduction to HAL’s Legacy: 2001’s Computers as Dreams and Reality; (ed. David G. Stork, MIT Press, 1997).
- 485 · The Coming Cyberclysm · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Asia Week Oct 4 ’95
- 488 · Tribute to David Lasser · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Locus Jul ’96
- 490 · Toilets of the Gods · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 492 · When Will the Real Space Age Begin? · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Ad Astra May/Jun ’96
- 496 · Review: Imagined Worlds by Freeman Dyson [“Mind Stretch”] · Arthur C. Clarke · br Times Higher Education Supplement Mar 14 ’97 [Freeman J. Dyson]
- 501 · Eyes on the Universe [“Looking Up, Down the Barrel”] · Arthur C. Clarke · br Times Higher Education Supplement Jun 27 ’97 [Patrick Moore]; book review of The Story of the telescope by Patrick Moore
- 504 · Walter Alvarez and Gerrit L. Verschuur · Arthur C. Clarke · br Times Higher Education Supplement, 1997; Review of T. Rex and the Crater of Doom (Alvarez), and; Impact! The Threat of Comets and Asteroids (Verschuur).
- 509 · The Gay Warlords · Arthur C. Clarke · ar *
- 512 · More Last Words on UFOs [“Why ET Will Never Call Home”] · Arthur C. Clarke · ar The Times Aug 5 ’97
- 515 · Carl Sagan [“Space Sage”] · Arthur C. Clarke · br Times Higher Education Supplement Dec 12 ’97; Review of Carl Sagan’s Universe (eds. Yervant Terzian and Elizabeth Bilson, 1997).
- 519 · For Cherene, Tamara, and Melinda · Arthur C. Clarke · ar LEADERS Jul/Sep ’92
- 523 · Part Seven. Postscript: 2000 and Beyond
- 525 · Science and Society [“Presidents, Experts, and Asteroids”] · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Science Jun 5 ’98
- 529 · Is There Life After Television? · Arthur C. Clarke · sp *; Speech given at the Fiftieth Annual Emmy Awards, Sept 1997.
- 534 · The Twenty-First Century: A (Very) Brief History [“2001 and Beyond”] · Arthur C. Clarke · ar Sunday Telegraph Feb 21 ’99
- 541 · Sources · Misc. · bi
- 547 · Index · Misc. · ix
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Profiles of the Future: An Inquiry into the Limits of the Possible Arthur C. Clarke (Orion/Gollancz 0-575-06790-X, Nov ’99, £18.99, 213pp, hc, cover by blacksheep) Reprint (Gollancz 1962) non-fiction collection of essays written between 1959 and 1961; first published in book form in 1962, and revised in 1982. Copyrighted 1999, the essays have further revisions and commentary, and there is a new ‘Foreword to Millennial Edition’ (dated April 1999).
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The Trigger Arthur C. Clarke & Michael Kube-McDowell (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224711-9, Nov ’99 [Sep ’99], £17.99, 550pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) SF novel. A device that triggers all nearby explosive material meets opposition from politicians, the military... and those whose god is the gun.
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Fire Bringer David Clement-Davies (Macmillan Children’s Books 0-333-76640-7, Oct ’99, £12.99, 551pp, hc, cover by Kenny McKendry) Young-adult animal fantasy novel. A stag marked for destiny, exiled in childhood, returns to free his herd from violent rule.
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The Encyclopedia of Fantasy John Clute & John Grant (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-893-1, Apr ’99, £19.99, xvi+1076pp, tp, cover by Peter Goodfellow) Reprint (Orbit 1997) expanded version of the World Fantasy Award-winning reference. It adds a 26-page “Addenda and Corrigenda” section of amendments and updates to the original edition. The body of the text (including errors) remains unchanged.
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The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction John Clute & Peter Nicholls (Orbit 1-85723-897-4, Nov ’99, £25.00, xxxvi+1396pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Orbit 1993) reference work. Winner of the Hugo Award for best non-fiction. Updated with 23 added pages of “New Data, Typographical Errors, Factual Corrections and Miscellanea”.
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The Gods Awaken Allan Cole (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-68195-0, Jul ’99 [Aug ’99], £16.99, 454pp, hc, cover by Peter Elson) [Timuras] Fantasy novel, third in the “Timura” trilogy, with a hero loosely based on the poet Omar Khayyam.
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The Gods Awaken Allan Cole (Hodder/NEL 0-340-68196-9, Oct ’99 [Sep ’99], £6.99, 453pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Timuras] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1999) fantasy novel, third volume of “The Timura Trilogy”. Last in a trilogy whose hero is loosely based on the poet Omar Khayyam.
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Doctor Who: More Short Trips ed. Stephen Cole (BBC Books 0-563-55565-3, Mar ’99, £5.99, viii+341pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Anthology of 18 original stories based on various incarnations of the TV character and his companions.
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