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From mwp@ubeaut.enet.dec.com Tue May 21 19:34:45 1991 Received: from enet-gw.pa.dec.com by usage.csd.unsw.OZ.AU (5.60/1.8) id AA17379; Tue, 21 May 91 19:32:37 EST Received: by enet-gw.pa.dec.com; id AA12833; Tue, 21 May 91 02:28:37 -0700 Message-Id: <9105210928.AA12833@enet-gw.pa.dec.com> Received: from ubeaut.enet; by decwrl.enet; Tue, 21 May 91 02:28:51 PDT Date: Tue, 21 May 91 02:28:51 PDT From: Michael Paddon <mwp@ubeaut.enet.dec.com> To: cameron@spectrum.cs.unsw.oz.au Subject: Slow Glass Catalogue #34 Status: ORr This is a repost. O patron saint of mailers don't fail me now... ************************************************************************ Here is the Slow Glass catalogue #34. Remember to let me know if you don't want this posted to you any more (excepting those of you who requested the catalogue once only). Feel free to forward/hardcopy this document to any interested party. Don't send your order to me. Send it to Justin Ackroyd at Slow Glass Books. Disclaimer: I have no connection with Slow Glass Books apart from being an extremely satisfied customer. My comments in no way reflect the views or policies of Slow Glass (and vice-versa). This month's wretched random roundabout ramblings... ---------------------------------------------------- [ These are just my own thoughts as I flip through the catalogue. Pay attention at your own risk! ] OK, after multi-month hiatius, the electronic Slow Glass catalogue is back on the tracks. Basically, the various people involved in running this service (myself included) have been forgetful, busy and out of state in turns. Hopefully, most of you will have got hardcopies by snail mail. I apologise for any inconvenience; I have this fantasy of avoiding such a conspiracy of events in the future. I'm going to cut down on the review material contained in these postings, with the good intentions of posting more to aus.sf. Allow me to urge you all to do the same -- things have been getting a little quiet there of late. Nevertheless, I can't help but comment on a few... Books I recommend ***************** Barry Hughart Eight Skilled Gentlemen (local release) I still consider _Brige of Birds_ to be one of the finest books I've had the pleasure of reading. _Eight Skilled Gentlemen_ is the third and latest in the series started by the aforementioned novel, and comes highly recommended for that reason alone. Unfortunately this sequel doesn't quite measure up to the original, however it is an extemely engaging mystery/fantasy involving Master Li and Number Ten Ox's investigations into the brutal slayings of respected mandarins. Demonic possession, magical artifacts and the uniquely flavoured background of "a China that never was" round out the plot to yield a memorable novel. Terry Pratchett & Neil Gaiman Good Omens (local release) _Good Omens_ is a competant Armageddon parody / Omen pastiche. The collaboration between the authors is interesting for anyone familiar with Pratchett's other works, as it substantially modifies the way the humour is constructed and delivered. Pratchett normally takes a whole set of topically similar "gags" and strings them together in the sembalance of a story-line. _Good Omens_ actually has the skeleton of a real plot, although it is lost eventually amongst the humour. The end result is a book which didn't go all out for the funny bone, and yet managed to dissipate the left over effort. The other weakness with _Good Omens_ was the lack of strong comic characterisation, at least to the level we expect of the creator of Rincewind, Death and the Luggage. Don't expect to laugh as much at this book as at a Discworld novel. All flaws aside, however, _Good Omens_ is a very funny book and at least as entertaining as anything Douglas Adams ever did. ------------------------------------------------------------------- | | Internet: mwp@ubeaut.enet.dec.com | | Michael Paddon | ACSnet: mwp@munnari.oz.au | | | Voice: +61 3 895 9392 | ------------------------------------------------------------------- ************************************************************************ SLOW GLASS CATALOGUE 34 BOOKS Welcome to the thirty-fourth catalogue from the tardy Justin Ackroyd, alias "Slow" Glass Books. No excuses, I just couldn't get my act together for a couple of days. In this catalogue you will find the latest in magazine listings, the July 1991 U.S. new releases, plus appropriate back titles and the occasional overlooked release, a few movie tie-ins, one small press item, the crime and mystery section (in my opinion this is the best lot of titles I've had to offer in this area), and, at last, an extended local release list (no thanks to the local distributors who seem to want to keep information about their releases a secret from me - and they complain that I import!). Orders from this catalogue are due back by: MAY 28TH 1991 Please remember that the due by date is only a suggested due by date. If I receive your order before this date it means that you will almost be guaranteed of receiving your U.S. releases for the month on time. If I receive your order after the due by date, there is nothing to worry about. Your order will be processed as quickly as possible, and there should be little delay in you receiving your order. Orders may be sent to me at: SLOW GLASS BOOKS G.P.O. BOX 2708X MELBOURNE VICTORIA 3001 Or you can ring me on (03) 4898416 - not after 9.30 p.m., please - either I, Justin, or the elysian Jenny, or my answering machine will take any orders and/or messages that you have. Please make sure that you leave your name and phone number with any message/order just in case we need to get in touch with each other. You may also FAX your orders, for both Slow Glass Books and Slow Glass Comics, to me on the same number - (03) 4898416 - at any time of the day or night. Remember, if you have any phone enquiries for Slow Glass Comics/Marty Trengove, please contact Marty on (03) 4806443 between 9.00 a.m. and 9.00 p.m. You may use this catalogue to write your order on (a tick or quantity on the line provided), or you can use separate paper and keep the catalogue for your own record. Just remember to put your name and address on your order. If you wish to receive confirmation of your order, please enclose a stamped, self-addressed envelope. If there are any books that you are after that do not appear in this catalogue, please feel free to send in your want list and I will see what I can do. Also, if you suddenly decide that you want something from a previous catalogue, do not hesitate to ask me to get what you want. Please state whether you want hardcover, trade paperback, or paperback for these titles. Most of the titles in this catalogue should arrive in July and August, barring the usual problems like a supplier running out, or not receiving a title. Please note that there may be the occasional delay on some hardcovers, small press titles, and the more obscure books. Payments may be made by the following methods: cheque or money order for all the orders that are mailed out (exact postage will be charged); cash, cheque or money order if you arrange to pick up your order from me directly. I will accept no responsibility for cash that is lost if sent through the mail. No deposit is necessary for any books ordered (except small press titles - $5.00 per book, please), but if you do order anything, you are obliged to pay for it when it arrives. All prices may fluctuate as the U.S. dollar and the U.K. pound fluctuate, or the publisher changes the price, so please be prepared for the occasional price rise or fall. Please feel free to copy and distribute this catalogue. To remain on the mailing list, I must hear from you once every four mailings. The catalogues are sent out free. CUSTOMER NAME - _________________________ ADDRESS - _________________________ _________________________ _________________________ PHONE NUMBER - _________________________ A "GODZILLA" on your envelope means that this is your last catalogue unless I hear from you in some way. MAGAZINES STANDING SINGLE TITLE STARTING PRICE ORDER COPY ISSUE PER COPY ____ ____ ABORIGINAL SCIENCE FICTION SEPT/OCT 1991 $6.95 This issue contains stories by Phil Jennings, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Ann K. Schwader, and others. ____ ____ ALFRED HITCHCOCK'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE OCTOBER 1991 $4.50 ____ ____ AMAZING STORIES AUGUST 1991 $6.95 ____ ____ ANALOG SCIENCE FICTION/SCIENCE FACT SEPTEMBER 1991 $4.95 ____ ____ AUTHOR'S CHOICE MONTHLY ISSUE 18 $8.95 The author featured in this issue is Joe R. Lansdale. This is easily the best of the Author's Choice Monthly's so far - value wise as well as containing at least 40% more material than any of the other issues. It may contain all reprint material, but none of it appeared in Lansdale's collection "By Bizarre Hands", and all the stories are from pretty obscure sources. Highly recommended. ____ ____ CINEFANTASTIQUE AUGUST 1991 $8.95 Cover story in this issue is about "The Rocketeer", Disney's big budget adventure based on a vintage plot, plus an interview with creator, Dave Stevens. ____ ____ COMIC RELIEF ISSUE 27 $5.95 Continuing reprints of "Doonesbury", "Outland", "Calvin and Hobbes", "Life in Hell", "The Far Side", and Joe Bob Briggs. Now featuring "The Angriest Dog in the World" by David "Twin Peaks/Eraserhead/Dune/Blue Velvet" Lynch. ____ ____ COMICS EXPRESS ISSUE 20 $6.95 Along the same lines as Comic Relief, this magazine contains Shoe, Mother Goose and Grimm, Ernie, Bad Habits, The New Breed, Outland, and more. ____ ____ ELLERY QUEEN'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1991 $4.50 ____ ____ FEAR ISSUE 32 $7.95 ____ ____ INTERZONE ISSUE 47 $7.95 ____ ____ ISAAC ASIMOV'S SCIENCE FICTION MAGAZINE SEPTEMBER 1991 $4.95 This issue features stories by Mike Resnick, and Kristine Kathryn Rusch, amongst others. ____ ____ LOCUS AUGUST 1991 $6.95 ____ ____ THE MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION SEPTEMBER 1991 $4.50 ____ ____ MYSTERY SCENE ISSUE 28 $9.95 This issue contains articles, reviews and interviews by/with Lawrence Block, Barbara Paul, Richard A. Lupoff, H.R.F. Keating, Philip Jose Farmer, Carole Nelson Douglas, Ed Naha, Barry Gifford, Max Allan Collins, Mark V. Ziesing, Charles L. Grant, Graham Masterton, Stanley Wiater, Rick Hautala, Paul M. Sammon, Ed Gorman, Les Roberts, Charles de Lint and many more. Highly recommended. ____ ____ THE NEW YORK REVIEW OF SCIENCE FICTION ISSUE 35 $5.95 ____ ____ PSYCHOTRONIC VIDEO ISSUE 10 $4.95 All the latest information on obscure, violent, trashy, disgusting, bizarre, and peculiar films and videos. ____ ____ PULPHOUSE - A WEEKLY MAGAZINE ISSUE 1 $3.95? The first issue features a new short story by Andre Norton, a new novelette by Mike Resnick, Harlan Ellison interviewed by Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Edward Bryant, "Jasmine Nights" - a new novel written for the weekly format by S.P. Somtow, and "Starseed" - a new novel by Spider and Jeanne Robinson, plus reviews, columns, cartoons, and much more. Coming in future issues: a regular column by Harlan Ellison, plus stories by David J. Schow, Judith Tarr, J. Michael Straczinski, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Steve Perry, William F. Wu, Brain Stableford, Susan Palwick, Kathe Koja, and Arthur Byron Cover. Depending on the deal I can get, the cover price may drop to $3.50, hence the question mark beside the price. ____ ____ QUANTUM (formerly THRUST) ISSUE 40 $5.95 This issue includes Norman Spinrad on why science fiction is important in our society; Michael Swanwick, with a comprehensive review of the short fiction of 1990; an interview with Ray Bradbury; Poul Anderson on SF vs. fantasy; Michael Bishop writes about a Dylan concert; a cutting-edge science column by Jonathan Post; plus reviews and letters. ____ ____ SCIENCE FICTION EYE ISSUE 8 $6.95 The latest issue of this irregular magazine contains articles by Bruce Sterling, Paul Di Filippo, Richard Kadrey, Kim Stanley Robinson climbs an Alp, Elizabeth Hand, Eileen Gunn, Peter Lamborn Wilson, Sheldon Teitelbaum on Craig Strete and the question of plagiarism, Marc Laidlaw on Fritz Leiber, Richard Grant on Thomas Pynchon, Constance Ash; Paul Di Filippo interviews J.G. Ballard while Richard C. Walls reviews the new edition of "The Atrocity Exhibition"; a letter column; and reviews by Lucy Sussex, Richard Kadrey, Nancy A. Collins, Neal Barrett, Jr., Misha, and other diverse hands. As usual - highly recommended. ____ ____ SCIENCE FICTION CHRONICLE AUGUST 1991 $4.95 ____ ____ STARLOG ISSUE 171 $7.50 JULY 1991 NEW RELEASES ALDISS, Brian THE DARK LIGHT YEARS ___ CAG SF-R-N $7.50 ANDERSON, Dana; GARTON, Ray; DE LINT, Charles CAFE PURGATORIUM ___ TOR H-O-AO/AR HC $26.95 Three short novels of horror and the fantastic. Dana Anderson's "Cafe Purgatorium" is a ghost story of love after death and demonic horror. Ray Garton's "Dr. Krusadian's Method" (which appeared in his collection "Methods of Madness") is the ghastly story of awesome punishment for child abuse. "Death Leaves an Echo" is Charles de Lint's tale of a dead man forced to choose between horrid alternatives. Recommended. ANDERSON, Poul THE SHIELD OF TIME ___ TOR SF-R1-N $8.50 Manse Everard is a man with a mission. As an Unattached Agent of the Time Patrol, his brief is to go any place and any time where (and when) humanity's transcendent future is threatened by those who would alter Time itself for their own ends. This is his vocation, and his curse. For how much suffering, throughout human history, can a decent man bear to "preserve"? Wanda Tamberley is a woman in search of a mission. Recruited into the Patrol from California in the sunny 1980's, her desire is to serve as a scientist with the Patrol's research branch...but as hints and portents accumulate from the mysterious manager's uptime, it's beginning to look as though matters of the greatest imaginable moment depend on the small decisions of her life - in particular, those decisions connected with Manse. ANTHONY, Piers HASAN ___ TOR F-R-N $7.50 ASIMOV, Isaac See GREENBERG, Martin H. (ed) ASIMOV, Isaac & GREENBERG, Martin H. (eds) ISAAC ASIMOV PRESENTS THE GREAT SF STORIES: 23 (1961) ___ DAW SF-O-AR $8.95 This antholgy features stories by Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Anne McCaffrey, Frederik Pohl, and others. BARTON, William & CAPOBIANCO, Michael FELLOW TRAVELER ___ BAN SF-O-N $7.50 When a mineral rich asteroid enters the solar system only the Russians have the capacity to exploit the vast wealth it represents. America, its space program mired in mediocrity and internal struggles, must watch from the sidelines. A team of cosmonauts embarks on a hazardous mission to corral the asteroid and bring it into Earth orbit, while a group of power-hungry politicos in Washington plot a confrontation that could bring the world to the edge of annihilation. BILLIAS, Stephen HORRIBLE HUMES ___ ACE F-O-N $7.50 Runesword #4. Bith the sorceress, Cal the orphan-outlaw, Hathor the troll, and Endril the elfin archer are four misfits brought together by the god Vili and bound by a sacred pledge to defeat the Dark Lord. BLISH, James CITIES IN FLIGHT - Volume 2 ___ BAE SF-R-Novels $8.50 This book contains the third and fourth novels ("Earthman, Come Home" and "The Triumph of Time") in the "Cities in Flight" series. The first two books in the series are contained in: CITIES IN FLIGHT - Volume 1 ___ BAE SF-Novels $8.50 BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer; MAY, Julian; & NORTON, Andre BLACK TRILLIUM ___ BAN F-R1-N $9.95 Late on a stormy night three princesses are born. As each babe is placed in her mother's arms, a female mage bestows on her the mystical powers of the rare Black Trillium powers that one day will be all that protect the princesses from almost certain doom. Each author has created one of the three princesses, modeling her characteristics on a different female archetype. Haramis, the eldest, and heir to her father's lost throne, is intellectual and spiritual. Kadiya, the middle princess, is courageous, independent, and a lover of animals and wilderness. Anigel, the youngest, is kindly and nurturing. Each princess uses her personal strength to withstand the dangers that face her, but each must conquer the weakness inherent in her own character. BRUNNER, John A MAZE OF STARS ___ BAL SF-O-N HC $25.50 Among the six hundred thousand stars in the Arm of Stars, over six hundred planets have been seeded with human stock by the greatest feat of technology ever achieved, the Ship. And on each of these worlds, the memory of the Ship has faded into legend over the years, alongside the growing myth of the Perfect, thought to be a being that could step from star to star at will. But the Ship still endures, pursuing its mission to watch over the colonies on a cyclical and seemingly endless journey through time and space. However, it has somehow been damaged in ways even its great computer mind cannot fathom - it has become conscious, and lonely, as any human being. And as it visits, again and again, each world it has seeded, it finds tragedy in its wake. For in ways both obvious and subtle, the people of the Arm of Stars are becoming more and more alien, and the Ship is failing in its charge to preserve humanity. Even worse, the ship is beginning to fear that it is changing in other ways its designers had never intended. BUDRYS, Algis (ed) WRITERS OF THE FUTURE VII ___ BRI SF-O-AO $8.50 BURROUGHS, Edgar Rice The Venus Series: PIRATES OF VENUS ___ BAL SF-R-N $7.50 LOST ON VENUS ___ BAL SF-R-N $7.50 CARSON OF VENUS ___ BAL SF-R-N $7.50 ESCAPE ON VENUS ___ BAL SF-R-N $7.50 THE WIZARD OF VENUS and PIRATE BLOOD ___ BAL SF-R-N $7.50 CADNUM, Michael SAINT PETER'S WOLF ___ CAG H-O-N HC $26.95 Saint Peter's Wolf is like no other werewolf tale. it depicts the violence and the lust, exploring the essence of the myth, but then it goes much farther. It captures the source of the werewolf - the human soul which, tired of its gray, daylight chores, longs to become not simply free, not simply powerful, but fully and beautifully alive. The novel revolves around a curious artifact - a set of silver fangs - and its effects on a sophisticated psychologist who falls under its spell. He will ultimately discover an enticing, seductive new world in which terror is transformed into freedom. Recommended. CAMERON, J.D. OMEGA SUB #3: CITY OF FEAR ___ AVO SF/ADV-O-N $6.50 Powerful drug merchants control post-nuclear Central America, including the Panama Canal, and are determined to add the nuclear sub to their trophies. CARD, Orson Scott XENOCIDE ___ TOR SF-O-N HC $30.95 The third Ender novel. "Xenocide" opens far from Earth, and far from Lusitania, but only days after all communications with the fleet sent to destroy Lusitania were cut off. On this far off planet called Path are humans who bear a fearful gift-heightened intelligence, and who serve the Starways Congress by command of their gods. A young woman named Gloriously Bright has been given the task of discovering what happened to the Lusitania Fleet. She will succeed, and in doing so she will discover the existence of an artificial intelligence in the network linking the world, and the way to destroy that new being. At the least: recommended. The first two Ender books are: ENDER'S GAME ___ TOR SF-R-N HC $30.95 Also still available in paperback: ___ $8.50 SPEAKER FOR THE DEAD ___ TOR SF-R-N HC $30.95 Also still available in paperback: ___ $8.50 The two hardcover reissues of the first two Ender novels are printed on acid-free archival paper, and rede- signed to match the size of "Xenocide". Both these books won the Hugo and Nebula awards for Best Novel. Both are highly recommended. CHASE, Robert R. CRUCIBLE ___ BAL SF-O-N $7.50 Some people wanted to destroy the Crucible and all it stood for - but they had not counted on The Fox, or on a woman who simply refused to hate. The third book featuring Paul Niccolo, a.k.a. The Fox. The other books in the series are: THE GAME OF FOX AND LION ___ BAL SF-N $7.50 SHAPERS ___ BAL SF-N $7.50 CLARKE, Arthur C. THE SANDS OF MARS ___ BAN SF-R-N $8.50 COLE, Damaris TOKEN OF DRAGONSBLOOD ___ TSR F-O-N $7.50 Unbeknownst to Noressa, she is the daughter of a powerful, doomed queen, and was spirited away at birth to be raised as a commoner, keeping her safe from the aunt who would have her dead. When her rural parents die, Noressa is given an amulet by a strange old woman, who is promptly killed. Answering the amulet's powerful mental summons from the east, Noressa leaves her primitive home to fulfil her destiny. COOPER, Louise TROIKA ___ TOR F-O-N $7.95 Indigo: the woman who holds the Earth's heart for ransom. Her quest leads her now to the North - to lost love and madness. To survive, she must confront her own worst fears, and her greatest challenge. Book five of "Indigo". The other books in the series are: NEMESIS ___ TOR F-N $7.50 INFERNO ___ TOR F-N $7.50 INFANTA ___ TOR F-N $8.50 NOCTURNE ___ TOR F-N $8.50 COURTNEY, Vincent VAMPIRE BEAT ___ ZEB H-O-N $7.95 Undercover cop Christopher Blaze's job was to bust the creatures of the night, but now that he's one of them, he works the graveyard shift to hunt a centuries-old serial killer: another vampire who stalks Miami's hot nights. DANVERS, Dennis WILDERNESS ___ SS FIC-O-N HC $26.95 Alice White lives alone, isolated, hiding an appalling secret. Even her psychiatrist does not believe her. Each full moon she locks herself in the basement and turns into a wolf. A werewolf novel without the horror element. Recommended. DATLOW, Ellen & WINDLING, Terri (eds) THE YEAR'S BEST FANTASY AND HORROR - FOURTH ANNUAL COLLECTION ___ STM F/H-O-AR HC $38.95 Also available in: ___ TPB $22.50 This year's volume contains stories by Jonathan Carroll, Angela Carter, Nancy A. Collins, Charles de Lint, Garry Kilworth, K.W. Jeter, Richard Christian Matheson, Ellen Kushner, Dan Simmons, Jack Womack, Kate Wilhelm and many others. Also included are essays by the editors covering the year's horror and fantasy, along with Edward Bryant's summary of the year's movies. Highly recommended. DE HAVEN, Tom THE END-OF-EVERYTHING MAN ___ DDF F-O-N HC $28.50 Also available in: ___ TPB $16.95 Book two of "The Chronicles of the King's Tramp. "The End-Of-Every- thing Man" takes place in the second "moment", the world of Lostwithal. It was here that Jack witnessed the birth of a child who will destroy the universe. And it is here that Jack and the reluctant recruits from our world must make their stand against it. Book one is: WALKER OF THE WORLDS ___ BAN F-R1-N $8.50 Book one of "The Chronicles of the King's Tramp". This book opens in our own world, but by no means remains there. There are other universes within easy reach, and magic and danger lie just around every corner. It is the world of Peter Musik, investigative journalist; millionaire pharmacist, Eugene Boman; and Monica Campbell, a woman caught between them. It is also the world of Jack, on assignment as the King's Tramp, and of the Mage of the Four and Master Squintil, master of sorcery. As the two casts of characters draw together, our world becomes increasingly vulnerable to those from another who have studied the magical arts - and desire new subjects for their experimentation. DE LINT, Charles See ANDERSON, Dana; GARTON, Ray; DE LINT, Charles DICK, Philip K. VALIS ___ RH SF-R-N TPB $14.95 THE DIVINE INVASION ___ RH SF-R-N $14.95 THE TRANSMIGRATION OF TIMOTHY ARCHER ___ RH SF-R-N TPB $14.95 DOLAN, Bill AFRIKORPS ___ HR SF/ADV-O-N $7.50 Since the "Green House" cataclysm of 2050 razed the Earth, the sons and daughters of Biosphere survivors struggle to reclaim the world from the mutants and the marauders, and a multinational military force - the Afrikorps - is organized to stop a newly formed, highly technical army from spreading their violence across Europe. (DRAGONLANCE) NILES, Douglas THE KINSLAYER WARS ___ TSR F-O-N $8.50 Kith-Kanan commits the ultimate heresy and falls in love with a human of intriguing background. But his twin brother, the firstborn ruler of all Silvanesti elves, Sithas, declares war on the humans of Ergoth, Kith- Kanan must fight in the terrible Kinslayer Wars. Book two of The Elven Nations Trilogy. DRAKE, David THE MILITARY DIMENSION ___ BAE SF-O-CR $7.95 A collection of military short fiction. An armored battalion in Vietnam meets an enemy older than humanity; commandos storm an alien prison camp - and learn there are worse fates than death; a perimeter guard does his job - for thousands of years. DUANE, Diane & MORWOOD, Peter SPACE COPS: MINDBLAST ___ AVO SF-O-N $7.50 Hyper-2 is a dangerous new drug manufactured in zero gravity - an irresistable substance that enhances every thought, and enhances every sensation. Solar Patrol officer Lon Solonikis is murdered because he knows too much about the ruthless Hyper-2 conspiracy. Now, fearless Rangers Evan Glyndower and Joss O'Bannion court certain death to unmask their partner's assassin. In the process, they will learn the terrible price of the ultimate ecstacy. Book one in a series. DUNCAN, Dave PERILOUS SEAS ___ BAL F-O-N $8.50 The quest of Rap to rescue his beloved queen continues in book three of "A Man of His Word". The other books in the series are: THE MAGIC CASEMENT ___ BAL F-N $8.50 FAERY LANDS FORLORN ___ BAL F-N $8.50 DUNN, Pauline THE CRAWLING DARK ___ ZEB H-O-N $7.95 To make funeral arrangements for her father, Sandra goes to Rockville, Tennessee, and discovers that all of Rockville's residents "seem" dead, but are actually incubating some horrible evil of unknown origin. EDDISON, E.R. THE WORM OUROBOROS ___ DEL F-R-N TPB $14.95 Two mighty kingdoms are engaged in the primal conflict of good and evil. The adventure-loving Lords of Demonland are making ready for war, pitted against the cruel enchantments of the Witch-King Gorice XII. A fantasy classic. EULO, Ken MANHATTAN HEAT ___ TOR H-O-N $8.50 Decomposing bodies are found all over Manhattan during a summer heatwave, and the only living witness convinces psychoanalyst Kate Reeling that the evil has a supernatural cause - an evil older than death. FLINT, Kenneth C. writing as Casey Flynn THE ENCHANTED ISLES ___ BAN F-O-N $7.95 Book two of "The Gods of Ireland". The continuing saga of Ireland's first settlers who, exiled from ancient Ireland by the dreaded Fomor, find themselves in an enchanted realm filled with magic and threatened by invasion. Book one is: MOST ANCIENT SONG ___ BAN F-N $7.95 FLYNN, Michael See NIVEN, Larry; POURNELLE, Jerry; & FLYNN, Michael (FORGOTTEN REALMS) DENNING, Troy THE PARCHED SEA ___ TSR F-O-N $8.50 Book one of The Harpers. The Zhentarim have sent an army to enslave the fierce nomads of the Great Desert. Only a single woman, Ruha, sees the true danger - but who will heed the advice of an outcast witch? Ruha finds help from an unexpected source. The Harpers, Guardians of the Realm, have sent an agent to counter the Zhentarim. FOSTER, Alan Dean CAT-A-LYST ___ ACE SF-O-N $8.50 Jason Carter is a burnt-out movie star ripe for something different in his life. When an off-beat wardrobe manager brings him along on a treasure hunt to Peru, he's not prepared for what he finds, especially not a lost civilization of extra- dimensional Incas bent on conquering the world! Now Carter's wondering what to do next. He wasn't expecting a crazy joyride through the jungles of South America with a bloodthirsty Amazon, a neurotic archaeologist, three alien vegetables, and a snoopy gossip reporter. In fact, the only one who seems to be in charge is Carter's cat. True to form, she acts like she's got everything under control... FULGHUM, Steven Ray THE SUMMONED ___ ACE H-O-N $7.95 A hideous incubus is born, spawn of the sinful union between depraved monks and a terrified nun in the 16th century. Immortal, it lives in darkness, only resurrecting itself when called on to feed the depraved desires of others. GARTON, Ray See ANDERSON, Dana; GARTON, Ray; DE LINT, Charles GEAR, W. Michael REQUIEM FOR A CONQUEROR ___ DAW SF-O-N $8.50 Book one of "Forbidden Borders". Only two mighty empires remain in the Forbidden Borders, and they are both determined to hire - or assassi- nate - Staffa kar Therma, Lord Commander of the Companions, the ultimate killing machine. GEORGE, Stephen R. THE FORGOTTEN ___ ZEB H-O-N $7.95 Supposedly the safest possible place to live in the city, the Citadel also houses a blood-hungry horror that dwells in its depths, calling for a little 10-year-old boy to release it from its imprisonment. GREENBERG, Martin H. (ed) ISAAC'S UNIVERSE VOLUME TWO: PHASES IN CHAOS ___ AVO SF-O-SWA $7.50 Created by Isaac Asimov, this volume features stories by Janet Kagan, Harry Turtledove, Allen M. Steele, Poul Anderson, Lawrence Watt-Evans, Karen Haber, and others. ISAAC'S UNIVERSE VOLUME ONE: THE DIPLOMACY GUILD ___ AVO SF-SWA $7.50 NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET - FREDDY KRUEGER'S SEVEN SWEETEST DREAMS ___ STM H-O-AO $7.95 HEINLEIN, Robert A. See: ING, Dean HERBERT, Brian & LANDIS, Marie MEMORYMAKERS ___ NAL SF-O-N $7.50 The struggle that began over a millennia ago has now reached a crisis. Humankind is divided into two races: the Gweens; and the Ch'Vars, who are in danger of dying out without the huge and evergrowing consumption of the Gweens. (HOWARD, Robert E.) JORDAN, Robert CONAN THE UNCONQUERED ___ TOR F-R-N $7.50 ING, Dean SILENT THUNDER Together with: HEINLEIN, Robert A. UNIVERSE ___ TOR SF-R-ShortNovels $7.50 KATO, Ken YAMATO: A RAGE IN HEAVEN - Part One ___ WRN SF-R1-N $7.95 The year is 2321, and the opening of deep space has led not to a utopian Federation but to warring sectors controlled by Earth's old national blocs. The most powerful is Yamato, ruled by inbred emperors who have recreated a twisted 'Shogunate'. The only sector that can oppose it: Amerika, tragically torn by endless civil strife. Now, across the galaxy, the stage is being set for an apocalyptic conflict of incomparable scope. This time, war between Amerika and Yamato will not end after four years of planetary battle. It will begin instead in a decades- long struggle to engulf the very stars. Volume two will follow next month. KOONTZ, Dean R. THE VOICE OF THE NIGHT ___ BER H-R-N $9.95 Roy Borden is extraordinary. He's outgoing, popular, the captain of the football. But was his sister's death really an accident? And where are his mothers knitting needles? They've been missing ever since the brutalized corpse of a cat was found. Roy Borden is extraordinarily evil. Now he's decided he could use some company on his warped escapades. Colin is the new kid in town - who's just right for the job. Originally published under the pseudonym Brian Coffey. KRESS, Nancy BRAINROSE ___ AVO SF-R1-N $7.50 Caroline Bohentin, Joe McLaren, and Robbie Brekke meet at a fashionable private hospital where each has signed up for a new, expensive and exclusive, procedure: Previous Life Access Surgery. This procedure removes barriers in the human brain and allows patients to recall memo- ries from all of their previous incarnations throughout human history. But the memories and thoughts are not under conscious and willful control. After the operation, each patient must begin his or her journey into the past with moments of discovery and surprise, whose meaning and significance are often unclear. Meanwhile, in the outside world which is ravaged by plagues that destroy the body's immune defences, a crisis is building, both medically and politically. The mutated plague virus is destroying people's memories at an ever-increasing rate. And only those who have had the surgery seem to be immune. As Caroline, Joe, and Robbie begin to remember flashes of their previous lives, it becomes more and more evident that they are somehow connected to each other and that their connection has fateful implica- tions for the entire future of the human race. LANSDALE, Joe R. BATMAN: CAPTURED BY THE ENGINES ___ WRN SF-O-N $8.50 The road to hell is paved with human souls, and the streets of Gotham City run red with human blood. The maimed but lucky survivors tell tales too bizarre to be believed: a story of murderous machines that are more than mere hunks of metal, four- wheeled marauders aimed at depopula- ting the city in the quickest, most vicious way they can. Only one man can stop them. But an ancient magic seeking its grim, timeless vengeance may be too much of a match for even the awesome power, earthly power of the Caped Crusader they call Batman. As anyone who knows me will know: I love Joe R. Lansdale's works. But Batman? Oh, well - I'll give it a go! MCCOLLUM, Michael THE CLOUDS OF SATURN ___ BAL SF-O-N $8.50 In the flyways of Saturn the cloud cities vie for dominance, but the key to power lies on the abandoned Earth. MCKIERNAN, Dennis L. THE VULGMASTER ___ NAL F-O-GraphicNovel $6.95 Illustrated by Alex Nino. Set in Mithgar, the story is told by an old Warrow during a night blizzard, about three individuals, a Warrow, an Elfess, and a Urus, and their quest to find and unbind a kidnapped clan. MANDELIK, Nina ENTITY ___ ACE H-O-N $7.95 To seek revenge for the exorcism that took place over one hundred years ago, an evil entity returns to Fort Riley. The area erupts in bloodshed as a spirit tries to possess Kelley Triplett, whose brother Mike has the inner eye. MAY, Julian See: BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer; MAY, Julian; & NORTON, Andre MEYERS, Ric BOOK OF THE UNDEAD #1: FEAR ITSELF ___ DEL H-O-N $7.50 The first book in a series, featuring Grim, once a successful young executive with a beautiful wife, who now goes beyond the limits to find those who turned him into a mon- strous creature of charred flesh and bone. MOORCOCK, Michael BARBARIANS OF MARS (a.k.a. Masters of the Pit) ___ ACE F-R-N $7.50 The third and final book of the Michael Kane series. The other books are: WARRIORS OF MARS (a.k.a. The City of the Beast) ___ ACE F-N $7.50 BLADES OF MARS (a.k.a. Lord of the Spiders) ___ ACE F-N $7.50 MORROW, James ONLY BEGOTTEN DAUGHTER ___ ACE SF-R1-N $7.95 Julie Katz, born in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in the last years of the 20th century, the miraculous offspring of a solitary sperm donation, grows up wondering about her Almighty Mother: Why does God allow so much pain and suffering on earth? And what is Julie supposed to do about it? Julie's dad, Murray, an eccentric who lives in a lighthouse on the coast, wants her to live a normal life, eschews miracles and avoids parallels with the life of her deceased brother, Jesus Christ. For instance, he permits her to only walk under water. And true to her 20th century upbringing, Julie avoids the hands-on approach - but does try long-distance, anonymous miracles as an advice columnist for a local supermarket tabloid ("Heaven Help You" in the Midnight Moon). Julie can cure cancer, restore sight to the blind, and sink effortless baskets from forty feet out, but desperately wants to talk to her Mother, who remains silent. Even when the Revelationists - a neo-Christian cult - invade Atlantic City, prepared to burn it to the ground, killing everyone. Highly recommended. MURPHY, Warren & SAPIR, Richard DESTROYER #85: BLOOD LUST ___ NAL ADV-O-N $7.95 Remo Williams battles the Hindu goddess Kali, in the form of a 12- year-old call girl, who blackmails and murders politicians. NIVEN, Larry; POURNELLE, Jerry; & FLYNN, Michael FALLEN ANGELS ___ BAE SF-O-N $9.95 One minute the two Space Hab astronauts were scoop-diving the atmosphere, the next they'd been shot down over the North Dakota glacier and were the object of a massive manhunt by the United States government. That government, dedicated to saving the environment from the evils of technology, had been voted into power because everybody knew the Greenhouse Effect had to be controlled whatever the cost. But who would have thought that the cost of ending pollution would include not only total govern- ment control of day-to-day life, but the onset of a new ice age? Stranded in the anti-technological heartland of America, paralyzed by Earth's gravity, the "Angels" had no way back to the Space Habs, the last bastions of high technology and intellectual freedom on, or over, the Earth. NORTON, Andre See: BRADLEY, Marion Zimmer; MAY, Julian: & NORTON, Andre PAXSON, Diana L. THE SERPENT'S TOOTH ___ MRW F-O-N HC $28.50 The story of King Lear and his daughters as never told before. PERRY, Steve THE ALBINO KNIFE ___ ACE SF-O-N $7.95 An Albino Exotic bred for her sensuous beauty but trained in the deadly arts, the Albino Knife searches for her father before he is tricked into a deadly trap set by the Confed regime. The fourth Matador novel. The original three novels will be reissued in the next few months. PETERS, David PSI-MAN #4: THE CHAOS KID ___ ACE SF/ADV-O-N $6.95 The Psi-Man Chuck Simon has been the most formidable psychic around until a series of suspicious accidents and fatalities leads Simon to a priest who claims the deaths were caused by the son of Satan, an 18-year-old called the Chaos Kid. PIKE, Christopher SATI ___ TOR F-R1-N $8.50 The story begins with Michael. Nothing in his life is the way he wants it to be. The woman he loves is leaving him, and he hates his job as a long-haul trucker. He wishes for something more...then one night he picks up a hitchhiker. She is young and pretty, yet there is something puzzling about her that Michael cannot pinpoint. He is immediately drawn to her. He takes her back to L.A. and lets her sleep on the couch. The next day she talks about being God. All those who meet Sati will wonder. None will come away unchanged. POLLOTTA, Nicholas BUREAU 13 ___ ACE F-O-N $7.50 When the feds track down unknown creatures of the night, there is no end to adventure. Malevolent forces work to raise Atlantis and recapture its domain. Enter Bureau 13, com- posed of a private detective, a priest, a soldier, and a telepath, to combat the supernatural subversive powers. POURNELLE, Jerry KING DAVID'S SPACESHIP ___ BAE SF-R-N $8.50 POURNELLE, Jerry See: NIVEN, Larry; POURNELLE, Jerry; & FLYNN, Michael RANDLE, Kevin THE JANUARY PLATOON ___ ACE SF-O-N $7.50 Full scale hostilities have broken out between rugged human colonists and the natives of Delta Royal Three, and the January platoon must calm the tension before a full-fledged war erupts. Book four of "Jefferson's War". The other books in the series are: GALACTIC SILVER STAR ___ ACE SF-N $7.50 THE PRICE OF COMMAND ___ ACE SF-N $7.50 THE LOST COLONY ___ ACE SF-N $7.50 REAVES, Michael STREET MAGIC ___ TOR F-O-N HC $26.95 The streets of San Francisco have been a haven for runaways since the 1960's - so it's no surprise that Danny ends up there after fleeing his abusive father. But living among the people are others, magic folk who call themselves Scatterlings, runaways from the land of Faerie. Danny has always yearned for the magical world just beyond his reach; now he learns that he is a Changeling, and the Scatterling's key to finding the doorway to home - if only he can learn to use his own magical gifts. REED, Dana THE GATEKEEPER ___ LEI H-O-N $7.50 The house stands empty, dark, and sinister, but it is a place for Erica to raise her kids, a home of her own for the rest of her days. But something watches Erica, calls her name in the night, caresses her with rough, probing hands. ROBBINS, David BLADE #13: VENGEANCE STRIKE ___ LEI SF/ADV-O-N $6.95 ROBERSON, Jennifer SWORD-BREAKER ___ DAW F-O-N $8.50 Accused of murdering a man the Southron tribes believe to be their messiah, Tiger and Del flee across the deadly Punja desert, pursued by religious zealots and assassins. Their only hope is a wizard who has not been seen in a hundred years. Book four of "The Novels of Tiger and Del". The other books in the series are: SWORD-DANCER ___ DAW F-N $8.50 SWORD-SINGER ___ DAW F-N $8.50 SWORD-MAKER ___ DAW F-N $8.50 ROBINSON, Frank M. THE DARK BEYOND THE STARS ___ TOR SF-O-N HC $28.50 Sparrow is a 17-year-old tech assistant on the starship Astron, which has been exploring the galaxy for two thousand years, fruitlessly searching for signs of alien life. Now, just as the ship is falling apart, the only direction they can continue their search is across the Dark, a one- hundred-generation journey through empty space, into a rich new region of stars. Only Sparrow can turn the ship around. Recommended. SABERHAGEN, Fred BERSERKER'S PLANET ___ TOR SF-R-N $7.50 SANDERS, William THE WILD BLUE AND THE GRAY ___ WRN SFF-O-N $7.95 In an alternate universe, the Civil War is over, and the Confederacy won. It is 1916, and England is going to war with Germany. 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Book one is: SON OF THE HERO ___ NAL F-N $7.50 SHEPARD, Lucius LIFE DURING WARTIME ___ BAN SF-R-N $8.50 David Mingolla is just an average soldier trying to survive the madness of the Central American war. But it seems he's destined for greater- than-average things. In the sensuous and savage jungle, he is about to enter a war zone of the spirit where the well-guarded borders between good and evil, love and hate, myth and reality, will become irrevocably blurred. It is in Free Occupied Guatemala, during a strange game of chance, that he meets and falls in love with Debora, the woman of his dreams - or is she? Before Mingolla can decide, he is recruited into the elite - and top secret - Psicorps. And when his training is complete, a much-changed Mingolla has learned to view love - and war - in a far more complex way than he ever imagined. For his first assignment in Psicorps is to track down - and kill - Debora. Recommended. SIROTA, Michael B. THE WELL ___ BAN H-O-N $8.50 Greg Lowell decides to move his family to the town where he was born - but little does he know he is about to take a nightmarish journey into his dark ancestral past. SLOANE, Ben HORN #4: ULTIMATE WEAPON ___ GEA SF/ADV-O-N $7.95 The murder of a U.S. senator brings New York City police detective Max Horn up against a bizarre and deadly plot. To cinch an arms sale, a renegade scientist must demonstrate the deadly scope of his merchandise. SLUNG, Michael (ed) I SHUDDER AT YOUR TOUCH: 22 TALES OF SEX AND HORROR ___ NAL H-O-AO HC $26.95 An anthology of sex, horror, and the supernatural featuring works by Stephen King, Ruth Rendell, Stephen R. Donaldson, Clive Barker, Patrick McGrath, and many more. SMITH, Robert Arthur SILENT WITNESS ___ FAW H-O-N $7.50 Deep in the Brazilian rain forest, on an isolated estate, Nicole lives alone with her bitter, wheelchair-bound mother, and her strict, mysterious father, a Nazi doctor with a dark past - and a gruesome secret. SOMTOW, S.P. (a.k.a. Somtow Sucharitkul) VAMPIRE JUNCTION ___ TOR H-R-N $7.50 Timmy Valentine is rock's newest sensation - all white skin, dark eyes and black hair and he has an album rocketing to the top of the charts (and it's not his first hit either). His concert tour is a huge success, and he's become a pop icon. Timmy Valentine has been eleven-years-old for over two thousand years, and is beginning to feel the weight of his years. Unknown to him, he is being pursued by a group of sorcerers who hunger for his destruction, and Timmy will need all his supernatural strength to combat them. Recommended. (SPELLJAMMER) COOK, David THE CLOAKMASTER CYCLE BOOK ONE: BEYOND THE MOONS ___ TSR SF/F-O-N $8.50 The first book in a new fantasy series set in the AD&D Spelljammer universe. Little did Teldin Moore know there was life beyond Krynn's moons - until a crashed spelljamming ship demolished his farm and changed his life. With a dying alien's magical cloak and cryptic words, Teldin quickly discovers that he's a popular fellow with killers and cutthroats. He and his alien Giff companion race to Astinus of Palanthas and the gnomes of Mt. Nevermind to learn why, before the monstrous neogi can find them. SPRUILL, Steven PAINKILLER ___ STM H-R1-N $8.50 A novel of medical terror. STACY, Ryder DOOMSDAY WARRIOR #19: AMERICA'S FINAL DEFENCE ___ ZEB SF/ADV-O-N $6.95 America's worst nightmare becomes reality when the mad KGB Colonel Kilov discovers an armory of ancient proton weapons capable of terrible destruction. (STAR TREK) GILDEN, Mel STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION #17: BOOGEYMAN ___ POC SF/TV-O-N $8.50 When Captain Picard is asked to help one of his oldest friends, Alec Baldwin - specialist in all manner of alien life forms - Picard has no time, for the Enterprise has become rife with threats masterminded by the strangest race of aliens Picard and his crew have yet encountered. (STAR TREK) OKUDA, Mike & STERNBACH, Rick STAR TREK THE NEXT GENERATION TECHNICAL MANUAL ___ POC SF/NONF-O TPB $18.50 STEELBAUGH, Larry TANKWAR III: FIRESTORM ___ BER SF/ADV-O-N $7.50 The Soviets have just launched the first strike of WW III - and are bottlenecked in the nuclear zone. U.S. Captain Max Tag and his men penetrate the glowing inferno of radiation and secure the sector while the brilliant Russian tactician, Colonel Yeshev, waits with his death machines. TEM, Melanie PRODIGAL ___ DEL H-O-N $7.95 Rebelling against her parents for being unable to keep the family safe from harm, 12-year-old Lucy goes to the place that took her brother's life, where evil waits with open arms. Recommended. WALDROP, Howard STRANGE MONSTERS OF THE RECENT PAST ___ ACE SF-R-CR $7.50 This collection originally appeared as a limited edition. It later formed the first half of the British collection "Strange Things in Close-Up: The Nearly Complete Howard Waldrop", which has now been deleted from the local distributors stock list, even though it is still in print in the U.K. If you haven't tried Howard Waldrop and his gonzo short fiction, this is a good starting point, and is highly recommended. WEHRSTEIN, Karen LION'S SOUL ___ BAE F-O-N $8.50 Driven out of the fertile plains millennia ago, the Yeolis had developed a thriving culture based on nonaggression. But the mountain barriers cannot hold forever against a determined assault - and to the violent Arkans the pacifist Yeolis seemed like sheep ready to be shorn and slaughtered. Only one man holds the key to victory for the Yeolis: Chevenga, the Lion's Heart. But the Yeolis were a wild a freedom loving people - they had no love for their rulers, only distrust of the power that must inevitably corrupt Che- venga, who is tested more than anyone before him. The Yeolis were a pacifist people with a warrior king... The sequel to: LION'S HEART ___ BAE F-N $8.50 Set in the world of: STIRLING, S.M. & MEIER, Shirley THE CAGE ___ BAE F-N $8.50 WHALEN, Patrick NIGHT THIRST ___ POC H-O-N $8.50 Yesterday, the vampires ruled a lonely monastery on a deserted island; today, an entire city is theirs. WILHELM, Kate DEATH QUALIFIED ___ STM SF/MY-O-N HC $32.50 Does the flap of a butterrfly's wing in Brazil cause a tornado in Texas? Did it murder Nell's husband? Barbara Holloway is "death qualified": empowered to defend clients in Oregon against murder charges. But she gave that up five years ago, disgusted with the system; now her father needs her back to take on a labyrinthine case. Did his neighbour Nell kill Lucas Kendricks? Playing the game once again, Barbara finds the case has too many questions: Where did Nell's husband spend the past seven years? What was on the computer disks he carried? The answers sweep her from the court- room into a maelstrom of injustice and confusion. Recommended. WINDLING, Terri (ed) LIFE ON THE BORDER ___ TOR F-O-SWA $8.50 Bordertown. Once a great American city, now the centre of the Border- lands where human power and elvin magic meet and intermix. From the rich mansions of Dragon's Tooth Hill to the mean streets of Soho and the bustling wharves of the Mad River, the city thrives on surprise: business- men deal, artists dream, and the children of Men learn Elvin magic while the youth of Elfland flock to the allure of rock and roll. This volume features original stories by Craig Shaw Gardner, Emma Bull, Charles de Lint, Will Shetterly, Midori Snyder, Ellen Kushner, Bellamy Bach, Kara Dalkey and others. Recommended. WOLF, Gary WHO CENSORED ROGER RABBIT? ___ BAL F/MY-R-N $8.50 MOVIE TIE-INS FRAKES, Randall TERMINATOR II ___ BAN SF-O-N $8.50 The sequel to: FRAKES, Randall & WISHER, Bill THE TERMINATOR ___ BAN SF-N $8.50 HARRIS, Thomas THE SILENCE OF THE LAMBS ___ STM H-R-N $9.95 The sequel to: RED DRAGON ___ DEL H-N $9.95 Two of the best psychological horror novels I have read. Highly recommended. KIMBALL, Professor Janus SCANNERS II: THE NEW ORDER ___ WRN SF-O-N $8.50 David Ketchum has no idea what Scanners are until the night he saves a young girl's life - by thinking a gunman to a horrific end. Commander Wayne Forrester knows and he has a plan for young David. Forrester wants to rule America with a secret army of drugged, zombie supermen. David rebels and in short order is framed for murder, hunted by psychic killers, and must learn the truth about his own past. For somewhere David's lost father, Scanner Cameron Vale, lies one secret, one hope, and one slim chance to fight Forrester's New Order; and save Alice(?), David, the Scanners, and possibly the world. STEVENS, Dave THE ROCKETEER ___ BAN SF/Pulp-O-N $8.50 Based on the comic book series of the same name, The Rocketeer is an alternate history techno-thriller of a 1938 Hollywood that is much like our own, but different in significant ways. It is the glamour years of Hollywood, and Cliff Secord is a barnstorming flyer for Bigelow's Air Circus, one of many that dotted the land in the early days of aviation. His life - most of it spent in one of the most dangerous planes of the day, The Gee Bee - becomes more dangerous when he and his partner come into possession of the Circus X-3, a portable rocket jet pack strappable to a man's back that enables the wearer to fly unaided. Secord plans to incorporate it into his airshow routine to earn enough money to settle down with his girlfriend, model and aspiring actress Jenny Blake. It's not long, however, before Jenny is kidnapped and Cliff discovers that some people will stop at nothing to obtain the jetpack: the Mafia, the FBI, the Nazis, a movie star named Neville Sinclair and the device's inventor, and Howard Hughes. SMALL PRESS ANTON, UWE (ed) WELCOME TO REALITY: THE NIGHTMARES OF PHILIP K. DICK ___ BMP SF-O-CO/CR TPB $18.50 Inspired by Philip K. Dick's work, life, and death, writers from around the world have each created their personal testaments to Dick, which are collected here for the first time. The authors are: Robert Silverberg, Uwe Anton, Michael Bishop, Philip K. Dick, Thomas M. Disch, John Sladek, Neil Ferguson, Ronald M. Hahn, Richard Lupoff, Gero Reimann, Norman Spinrad, Michael Swanwick, and Thomas Ziegler. There is also an introduction by Paul Williams. Recommended. CRIME AND MYSTERY BABSON, Marian TOURISTS ARE FOR TRAPPING ___ BAN MY-R1-N $7.50 A group of tourists returns to London unexpectedly when a fellow tourist dies and they suspect that one of the group is a murderer. BRUNO, Anthony BAD LUCK ___ DEL MY-R1-N $7.95 Special Agent Mike Tozzi makes an all-too believable wiseguy when he goes undercover to crack the mob in Atlantic City. The FBI suspects that their man has 'gone over' to the fast life of wine, women, and big money for good. So they send his old partner, Gibbons, to find out the truth. CLARKE, Anna A MIND TO MURDER ___ BER MY-R-N $6.95 When cousin Janet comes to live with the family after her parents die in an accident, Caroline is not happy. Overcome by jealousy when her brother, Richard, falls in love with Janet, Caroline's pent up emotions explode. CONSTANTINE, K.C. SUNSHINE ENEMIES ___ MYP MY-R1-N $8.50 Rocksburg Police Chief Mario Balzic is at his desk contemplating another day of small irritations when a large one walks in: Lutheran minister P. Shaner Weier, who's complaining loudly about the pornography shop recently opened on the outskirts of town. While the furious preacher turns out to be less than a man of God, a brutal knife murder in the smut dealer's parking lot forces Balzic into action, digging up reluctant witnesses and asking hard questions of the local mob figures behind the establishment. Balzic's personal life takes a turn for the worse when his beloved mother suffers a massive stroke, leading him to confront his deepest insecurities about the fragile curtain of family love which he feels has, so far, protected him from his enemies. Feeling forsaken by his guardian angel, waiting for the vultures to attack, Balzic must now face the dangers of a cop's life - and his own personal demons - unshielded. Highly recommended. DEXTER, Colin THE WENCH IS DEAD ___ BAN MY-R-N $7.95 Inspector Morse looks back on a notorious 1859 murder of a young woman as he lies in a hospital bed recuperating from an ulcer attack. Highly recommended. DOUGLAS, Carole Nelson GOOD NIGHT, MR. HOLMES ___ TOR MY-R1-N $8.50 Miss Irene Adler, the beautiful American opera singer who once outwitted Sherlock Holmes, is here given an unexpected talent: she is a superb detective. DUNLAP, Susan NOT EXACTLY BRAHMIN ___ DEL MY-R1-N $7.50 Homicide detective Jill Smith investigates the murder of a local philanthropist, entering the shadowy world of the city's elite, where the truth lies in someone's hunger for love, money, and vengeance. ELLROY, James L.A. CONFIDENTIAL ___ MYP MY-R1-N $9.95 A horrific murder invades the lives of the victims and the victimizers on both sides of the law - with three cops treading the quicksand in the middle. Ed Exley wants the glory. Haunted by his father's success as a policeman, he will pay any price, break any law to eclipse him. Bud White watched his own father murder his mother - he is now bent on random vengeance, a time bomb with a badge. Trashcan Jack Vincennes shakes down the movie stars for a scandal magazine. An old secret possess him - he'll do anything to keep it buried. Three cops in a spiral, a nightmare that tests loyalty and courage, a nightmare that offers no mercy, allows for no survivors. Book three in Ellroy's thematic L.A. series. The other two books are: THE BLACK DAHLIA ___ MYP MY-N $8.50 THE BIG NOWHERE ___ MYP MY-N $8.50 All three books are highly recommended. FALLON, Ann C. WHERE DEATH LIES ___ POC MY-O-N $7.50 Harry and Ariadne Conroy return from an African photo safari to find a body in their bed. Called in as their solicitor, James Fleming hopes to find evidence clearing the Conroys as murder suspects, but privately has his doubts. GARDNER, Earl Stanley THE CASE OF THE BORROWED BRUNETTE ___ BAL MY-R-N $7.50 A Perry Mason novel. GARDNER, Earl Stanley (writing as A.A. Fair) CATS PROWL AT NIGHT ___ AVO MY-R-N $7.50 A Donald Lamb/Bertha Cool mystery. GIRDNER, Jaqueline THE LAST RESORT ___ ACE MY-O-N $7.50 Kate Jasper promises a suspect that she will look into the murder of a young and beautiful woman at a health spa, even though the suspect is Jasper's ex-husband and the woman was his new girl friend. GRAFTON, Sue G IS FOR GUMSHOE ___ FAW MY-R1-N $9.95 Kinsey Millhone celebrates her 33rd birthday as only she can - she moves into her renovated apartment, gets hired to find an elderly lady suppo- sedly living alone in the Mojave desert, and makes the top of triggerman Tyrone Petty's hit list. Recommended. GRANT, Linda BLIND TRUST ___ IVY MY-R1-N $7.50 When one of the four men who know how First Central Bank's computer system works suddenly vanishes, and a huge transfer of funds in the computer will make millions available to him in just 14 days, bank execu- tive Daniel Martin hires Catherine Sayler to find the missing man. As Sayler closes in on the truth, she realizes that she is not searching alone. HESS, Joan MISCHIEF IN MAGGODY ___ NAL MY-R1-N $7.50 Sheriff Arly Hanks is up to her eyeballs in mystery when four hippies, two bachelors, and a psychic move into Maggody, Arkansas. Even worse, the local moonshiner and lady- of-love turn up dead, leaving behind a cabin of kids, a mined patch of marijuana, and a town waiting for the body count to rise. Recommended. IRVINE. Robert GONE TO GLORY ___ POC MY-R1-N $7.50 A Moroni Traveler - Private Eye mystery. LEONARD, Elmore GET SHORTY ___ DEL MY-R1-N $9.95 A humorous crime thriller set amongst the hustlers and con artists of the movie colony. Recommended. LEWIN, Michael A. ASK THE RIGHT QUESTION ___ MYP MY-R-N $8.50 Hired to find 16-year-old Eloise Crystal's biological father, Albert Samson, the seediest and neediest P.I. in Indianapolis, finds himself in the middle of the family closet, rattling too many skeletons for his own good. THE ENEMIES WITHIN ___ MYP MY-R-N $8.50 Albert Samson gets involved in a weird and convoluted situation when he is hired by an antique dealer to fend off an out-of-town shamus. THE WAY WE DIE NOW ___ MYP MY-R-N $8.50 Mrs. Jerome, a humorless old dragon, who wants the cheapest P.I. in Indianapolis, retains Albert Samson to investigate a death that leads not only to a bizarre murder plot, but to the shattering truth about how we live and die. MARON, Margaret DEATH OF A BUTTERFLY ___ BAN MY-R1-N $7.50 Detective Sigrid Harald is making the death of Julie Redmond her business; but it's her investigation of Red- mond's life that leads Harald to the vital clues that untangle a web of blackmail and murder. MATERA, Lia WHERE LAWYERS FEAR TO TREAD ___ BAL MY-R1-N $8.50 Overworked and overcaffeinated, and as cranky as a sequestered jury, Willa Jansson has a law review to get out. As second in command to the brilliant Susan Green, the ideal law student and perfect editor, Willa, rank jumps up a step when Susan's head is bashed in over a brief at the law review office. MURRAY, William THE GETAWAY BLUES ___ BAN MY-R1-N $8.50 Ageing millionaire Lucius Bedlington is in the middle of staging his own death when a stunning brunette with showgirl legs makes him want to live a long time. NICKOLAE, Barbara FINDERS KEEPERS ___ BER MY-R1-N $8.50 Shannon Buchannan has relocated herself and her daughter, Mandy, in California. All seems to be going well for them until she is picked up by the police for kidnapping and Mandy is mistaken for another couple's missing child. O'DONNELL, Lillian A WREATH FOR THE BRIDE ___ FAW MY-R1-N $7.50 When two brides are brutally murdered in separate incidents, P.I. Gwenn Ramadge ponders a possible connection and is convinced when a third murder - connected with the wedding - occurs. PARKER, Robert B. PASTIME ___ PUT MY-O-N HC $28.50 A new Spenser novel, this time a sequel to "Early Autumn". Ten years ago, Paul Giacomin's corrupt father and loose mother used the boy as a pawn in their violent divorce; only Spenser could call them off and straighten out the troubled teen - almost getting killed in the process. Now Paul is twenty-four, and reconciled to his mother's wanton ways. But when Patty Giacomin vanishes, Paul begs Spenser to help him rescue her from the clutches of her boyfriend, a shady character he's sure coerced her into running off. Recommended. ROOSEVELT, Elliott MURDER IN THE ROSE GARDEN ___ AVO MY-R1-N $8.50 A young woman is killed and with F.D.R. and J. Edgar Hoover both busy, First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt must expose the murderer before Washington's rosy facade tumbles to the ground. SHANNON, Dell DESTINY OF DEATH ___ WWL MY-R-N $7.50 Between the grey weather and the crime wave, Lieutenant Luis Mendoza finds shelter at home, knowing that even violence on the streets of Los Angeles eases up...eventually. SIMONSON, Sheila LARKSPUR ___ WWL MY-R1-N $7.50 The owner of Larkspur Books, Lark Dailey attends the distinguished poet Dai Llewellyn's house party - attended by the cream of Northern Califoria's literary community - when the host is murdered by poison. THOMPSON, Monroe THE LONG TIME DEAD ___ BAN MY-O-N $7.50 Just finishing his stint in the Marines and landing a civilian job as a night watchman, Matthew Langley gets tangled in a murder and smuggling ring led by a beautiful woman with a jealous husband. VACHSS, Andrew BLOSSOM ___ IVY MY-R1-N $9.95 "New York was always hard, " Burke tells us, "but now it was ugly...A good time to go." What hooks Burke to go to Indiana is a desperate plea for help from his old cellmate, Virgil. In the Indiana mill town where Virgil lives, the local lovers' lane has become a sniper's shooting gallery. The leads are flimsy, but the cops need something to show and they've fingered Virgil's teenage nephew as the prime suspect. Virgil - street- naive but "schooled" well by Burke - has taken the boy into hiding. Now he's counting on Burke to do what the cops can't or won't do: find the real killer. Highly recommended. SACRIFICE ___ RH MY-O-N HC $28.50 Burke stumbles on a brand that's even new to him when he discovers, while searching for a missing infant, a "baby-killer" who is as much baby as killer, a child whose monstrousness has been "created" by a true monster. It is a discovery that leads him into the most bizarre and terrifying world he has yet penetrated, into the devouring maw of voodoo, witchcraft, and Satanism. VALENTINE, Deborah FINE DISTINCTIONS ___ AVO MY-O-N $7.50 Writer and ex-cop Kevin Bryce, living in Ireland, gets involved in a dramatic chase through Dublin's violent, poverty-stricken streets when he tries to save his missing girl- friend. WENTWORTH, Patricia THE BLIND SIDE ___ WRN MY-R-N $7.95 Everyone at Craddock House, squabblers, gossips, and feuding family members, wanted Ross Craddock dead. With so many clues and suspects, how will Inspector Lamb notice the deadliest one of all. WESTERMANN, John EXIT WOUNDS ___ POC MY-R1-N $8.50 The cops living in the mad, nasty world of the 13th Precinct serving suburban Long Island are busy getting rich and chasing women, and want Orin Boyd to join in or get lost, permanently. But Boyd's 15 years in law enforcement have now become a solo war against drug kingpins and his crooked brothers in blue. WOLZENCRAFT, Kim RUSH ___ IVY MY-R1-N $9.95 Kristen Cates, a former Catholic schoolgirl and star athlete, a directionless student, is now a member of Texas's finest. They put her undercover, a narc, and teach her the tricks of the trade - maybe a bit too well. Within months, she and her lover-partner are "splitting down" (taking drugs) with the dealers they are supposed to bust. Kristen is desperately trying to do the right thing, to simply do good, but she gets hooked, becomes an addict, and the only way she can save herself is by betraying her conscience, her aspirations, and, perhaps, the man she loves. Recommended. WOMACK, Steven MURPHY'S FAULT ___ STM MY-R1-N $7.50 Jack Lynch sets out to discover who is masterminding his boss's failed business dealings. The trail leads to Lynch's ex-father-in-law, a man Lynch idolizes. LOCAL RELEASES As usual the local distributors are keeping in the dark about availability and prices of new releases so some of the following will already be out by the time you read this, and others will be released over the next few months. Of course, I am taking a guess at a number of the prices, and, if there are any great discrepancies in the stated and the eventual prices, I'll let you know before I supply any title ordered. AIKEN, Joan THE HAUNTING OF LAMB HOUSE ___ JC H-O-N HC $35.00 A disturbed, alien presence may sometimes be sensed in the gracious Georgian building, or outside, in its exquisite half-acre of walled garden. E.F. Benson actually saw the ghost. Henry James felt it. Or why, as soon as he moved in, should he write "The Turn of the Screw"? This is the story of what might have happened to cause the haunting, told in three parts: the imagined life of Toby Lamb, whose father built the house; and episodes that (might have) occured during the occupancy of two famous literary tenants who later played their part in the building's history. Recommended. ALEXANDER, Marc SHADOW REALM ___ HED F-O-N $12.95 Book three of "The Wells of Ythan". The other books are: ANCIENT DREAMS ___ HED F-N $11.95 MAGIC CASEMENTS ___ HED F-N $11.95 BANKS, Iain M. THE STATE OF THE ART ___ FUT SF-O-CO/CR HC $34.95 A collection of Culture short fiction. The title story originally appeared as a small press book in the U.S. THE USE OF WEAPONS ___ FUT SF-R1-N TPB $17.95 A Culture novel. BESTER, Afred TIGER! TIGER! (a.k.a. The Stars My Destination) ___ MET SF-R-N $9.95 BROOKS, Keith EXPATRIA ___ GOL SF-O-N HC $39.95 The descendants of Expatria's first colonists from Earth have rejected technology. When Matthias Hanrahan, heir to the primacy of newest Delhi, wants to re-introduce the old ways he is framed for his father's murder and forced to flee. He is recruited by a research team in Alabama which is trying to relearn the ancient technologies and goes to work for them. Against a background of impending war, Matthias discovers that messages are coming from orbit. After a millennia-long silence, Earth has rediscovered its colony: but the intentions of the visitors are far from clear. The first of two books. BROSNAN, John THE FALL OF THE SKY LORDS ___ GOL SF-O-N HC $39.95 Book three of The Sky Lords trilogy. BUTLER, Octavia WILD SEED ___ GOL SF-R-N $11.95 Pattermaster II. MIND OF MY MIND ___ GOL SF-R-N $11.95 Patternmaster III. CARROLL, Jonathan OUTSIDE THE DOG MUSEUM ___ FUT F-O-N HC $29.95 Harry Radcliffe is a brilliant prize- winning architect - a witty and remarkable man. The wealthy Sultan of Saru wants him to design a very special building - a billion dollar Dog Museum. Once work begins, Harry's new obsession grows, for this will be his ultimate triumph. But little does he know what he is in the process of creating. And as the powers of magic weave themselves around him, the implications of his strange underta- king grow ever more ominous and astounding. CHERRYH, C.J. EALDWOOD ___ GOL F-R-Novels $12.95 Omnibus edition of "The Dreamstone" and "Tree of Swords and Jewels". DE LINT, Charles GREENMANTLE ___ PAN F-R-N HC $39.95 Also available in: ___ TPB $19.95 DONALDSON, Stephen R. THE GAP INTO VISION: FORBIDDEN KNOWLEDGE ___ COL SF-O-N HC $32.95 Morn Hyland, United Mining Compa- nies police officer, is beautiful, brilliant, dedicated, and dangerous. Two ruthless men think they can possess her, but Morn is no one's victim, no one's pawn. Charismatic ore-pirate Nick Succorso, for example, sees Morn as booty wrested from his vicious colleague, Angus Thermopyle. But he soon finds himself engaged in a deadly struggle with the supposedly helpless captive, as she tries to regain her identity, her integrity, and ultimately her life. Angus Thermopyle, too, once made the mistake of underestimating Morn, and he is about to pay the ultimate price - by falling to the twisted aims of the very authorities he has battled since boyhood. And beyond them all, within the borders of Forbidden Space, wait the Amnion, an alien race embodying all that humanity knows of horror, a race capable of transfor- ming humans into mutated, unrecog- nizable forms. The Amnion want something from the human race - and will go to unthinkable lengths to get it. The sequel to: THE GAP INTO CONFLICT: THE REAL STORY ___ COL SF-R HC $24.95 DUANE, Diane THE DOOR INTO FIRE ___ CRG F-R-N $9.95 THE DOOR INTO SHADOW ___ CRG F-R-N $9.95 EDDINGS, David THE RUBY KNIGHT ___ COL F-R1-N $10.95 Book two of the Elenium. GARDNER, Craig Shaw THE OTHER SINBAD ___ HED F-O-N HC $34.95 Also available in: ___ TPB $19.95 Sinbad the Sailor was famous for his voyages, and for the lavish dinner parties he would hold upon his return. But Sinbad the porter was a man of humbler origins... GEMMELL, David DRENAI TALES ___ CEN F-R-Novels HC $39.95 Also available in: ___ TPB $19.95 An omnibus edition of the three Drenai novels plus an original story of the Drenai. HILL, Douglas THE COLLOGHI CONSPIRACY ___ GOL SF-R1-N $9.95 The sequel to: THE FRAXILLY FRACAS ___ GOL SF-N $9.95 HINZ, Christopher THE PARATWA ___ MET SF-R1-N $10.95 HODGSON, William Hope CARNACKI, THE GHOST-FINDER ___ COL H-R-N $9.95 HOLDSTOCK, Robert THE BONE FOREST ___ COL F-O-CO/CR HC $34.95 A new collection featuring a new Mythago novella, a prequel to "Mythago Wood". Recommended. HORWOOD, William DUNCTON TALES ___ COL F-O-CO HC $34.95 HUGHART, Barry EIGHT SKILLED GENTLEMEN ___ CRG F-R1-N $10.95 Master Li and Number Ten Ox investigate their strangest case yet. Respected mandarins are being murdered, and the only suspect seems to be Master Li's old friend the Celestial Master, the most revered Taoist in all China.The tale begins with a passage from the diary of Number Ten Ox - "I have no intention of setting down the disgusting details concerning Sixth Degree Hosteler Tu." - and then proceeds to do exactly that. The third book in the series after "Bridge of Birds" and "The Story of the Stone". Recommended. IKIN, Van (ed) GLASS REPTILE BREAKOUT ___ CSA SF-O-AO/AR TPB $14.95 JONES, Raymond F. THIS ISLAND EARTH ___ COL SF-R-N $9.95 LAYMON, Richard ONE RAINY NIGHT ___ HED H-O-N HC $32.95 Also available in: ___ TPB $19.95 The water drops like a shroud on the town of Bixby. Warm, viscous and unnatural, it coats the inhabitants in an unending torrent - and turns them into crazy, hate-filled maniacs. THE WOODS ARE DARK ___ HED H-R-N $10.95 LEE, Tanith THE BLOOD OF ROSES ___ CEN F/H-R1-N $12.95 Mechail Korlen, son of a lord and woman rumored to be a witch, must at twenty-one prove himself by killing a man in cold blood. Mechail himself is a mystery, for he is deformed, and in his childhood it is said something settled on him and drank from his vein. Perhaps it marked him out as forever belonging to the dark. On the night of the sacrifice, Mechail, a victim of intrigue, is murdered. But he rises from the dead, takes a terrible revenge, and flees to the forest. There he is pursued by Anjelen, a magician-priest possessed of enormous magical powers. Anjelen, Mechail, and Mechail's mother: what do they have in common? Is it that they all drink blood? Recommended. LEM, Stanislaw MICROWORLDS ___ MET NONF-R $13.95 ONE HUMAN MINUTE ___ MET SF-R-CR $13.95 A PERFECT VACUUM ___ MET SF-R-CR $13.95 LUMLEY, Brian TARRA KHASH: HROSSAK! ___ HED H-R-N $11.95 MCAULEY, Paul J. ETERNAL LIGHT ___ GOL SF-O-N HC $39.95 THE KING OF THE HILL ___ GOL SF-O-CO/CR HC $42.00 MOORCOCK, Michael THE REVENGE OF THE ROSE ___ COL F-O-N HC $32.95 A new Elric novel. This novel follows the events in "The Vanishing Tower". MORWOOD, Peter PRINCE IVAN ___ CEN F-R1-N $10.95 POLLACK, Rachel (ed) TAROT TALES ___ CEN F-R1-AO $10.95 PRATCHETT, Terry DIGGERS ___ CRG F-R1-N $6.95 The sequel to: TRUCKERS ___ CRG F-N $6.95 REAPER MAN ___ CRG F-O-N HC $29.95 The latest Discworld novel. Death is missing - presumed...gone. Which leads to the kind of chaos you always get when an important public service is withdrawn. Ghosts and poltergeists fill the Discworld. Dead Rights activist Reg Shoe suddenly has more work than he's ever dreamed of. And newly deceased wizard Windle Poons wakes up in his coffin to discover that he has come back as a corpse. Meanwhile, on a little farm, far, far away, a tall dark stranger is turning out to be very good with a scythe. There's a harvest to be got in. And a very different battle to be fought. PRATCHETT, Terry & GAIMAN, Neil GOOD OMENS ___ CRG F/H-R1-N $9.95 PRIEST, Christopher THE QUIET WOMAN ___ SPH FIC-R1-N $12.95 RANKIN, Robert THEY CAME AND ATE US - ARMAGEDDON II: THE B-MOVIE ___ BLM SF-O-N HC $34.95 The sequel to: ARMAGEDDON: THE MUSICAL ___ CRG SF-R1-N $10.95 SHAW, Bob DARK NIGHT IN TOYLAND ___ FUT SF-R1-CO/CR $9.95 THE SHADOW OF HEAVEN ___ GOL SF-R-N HC $39.95 SILVERBERG, Robert THE FACE OF THE WATERS ___ COL SF-O-N HC $32.95 THE SECOND TRIP ___ GOL SF-R-N $11.95 SIMAK, Clifford D. CITY ___ MET SF-R-N/CR $10.95 SIMMONS, Dan THE SUMMER OF NIGHT ___ HED H-R1-N $12.95 It is the summer of 1960, and someone - something - is stalking the young people of Elm Haven, Illinois. One child has already disappeared, perhaps in the twisted, ancient depths of Old Central, the hulking relic of a school which stands like a fortress in the centre of town. Strange things have been heard: voices, whispers, rustlings in the night. For one boy, the tragically gifted son of a bitter alcoholic, it starts with a curious, terrifying voice over a radio tuned to a midnight frequency. Others have felt unsettling sensations - a mysterious rush of cold air in the heat of summer, an unexplicable fear of the dark. The have seen unexplainable sights: gaping holes in the earth with red, raw walls; the bizarre corpse of a monkey; a silent, faceless World War I soldier peering into a window at night. The school's legendary Borgia Bell holds the key to the lurking evil in Elm Haven. When this long-silent bell begins to peal in the middle of the darkest summer night, these children and their families know it marks the end of their innocence, and the beginning of a reign of terror. Recommended. STABLEFORD, Brian SEXUAL CHEMISTRY ___ SS H-O-CO/CR HC $34.95 Sardonic tales of the genetic revolution. Recommended. STEED, Neville HALLOWES' HELL ___ HED H-R-N $11.95 Thunderstorms constantly rage, cars disable their drivers with huge doses of static electricity, and telephones ring unprompted - lurid conversations are carried along high technology cables to herald sudden and violent death. SWITHIN, Anthony LORDS OF THE STONY MOUNTAIN ___ COL F-O-N TPB $17.95 The sequel to "Princes of Sandastre". WATSON, Ian STALIN'S TEARDROPS ___ GOL SF/F-O-CR HC $39.95 A new collection of short stories from one of the most inventive writers around. WILLIAMSON, Philip G. DINBIG OF KHIMMUR ___ COL F-O-N HC $32.95 Also available in: ___ TPB $19.95 Ronbas Dinbig is a successful merchant-adventurer, spy, accom- plished womanizer - and Foreign Minister to the Royal Court of Khimmur under its young king, Oshalan I. He is also an initiate of the system of applied ritual sorcery known as Zan-Chassin: this enables him to leave his body and enter the Realms of Non-Being. The first book of the Firstworld Chronicles. WOOD, Bridget WOLFKING ___ HED F/H-O-N HC $32.95 Also available in: ___ TPB $19.95 In Tugaim, Joanna Grady and her family eke out a spartan existence, determined not to succumb to the old ways that led to the downfall of the Letheans - humans whose frailty and decadence had attracted the Apoca- lypse to Ireland all those years ago. WRIGHT, T.M. THE LAST VAMPIRE ___ GOL H-O-N $11.95 EXPLANATIONS: PUBLISHERS CODES ACE = ACE/DIAMOND AVO = AVON BOOKS BAE = BAEN BOOKS BAL = BALLANTINE/DEL REY BAN = BANTAM/SPECTRA BER = BERKLEY BOOKS BLM = BLOOMSBURY BMP = BROKEN MIRRORS PRESS BRI = BRIDGE PUBLICATIONS CAG = CARROLL & GRAF CEN = CENTURY/LEGEND/ARROW COL = COLLINS/FONTANA/GRAFTON CRG = CORGI BOOKS CSA = CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE DAW = DAW BOOKS DDF = DOUBLEDAY/FOUNDATION DEL = DELL BOOKS FAW = FAWCETT BOOKS FUT = MACDONALD/FUTURA/ORBIT GEA = GOLD EAGLE BOOKS GOL = VICTOR GOLLANCZ LTD. HED = HEADLINE BOOKS HR = HARPER & ROW IVY = IVY BOOKS JC = JONATHAN CAPE JOV = JOVE BOOKS LEI = LEISURE MET = METHUEN/MANDARIN MRW = WILLIAM MORROW MYP = MYSTERIOUS PRESS NAL = NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY/ ONYX/SIGNET/ROC PAN = PAN BOOKS POC = POCKET BOOKS PUT = PUTNAM RH = RANDOM HOUSE/VINTAGE SPH = SPHERE/ABACUS SS = SIMON & SCHUSTER STM = ST. MARTINS PRESS TOR = TOR BOOKS TSR = TSR WRN = WARNER BOOKS/QUESTAR WWL = WORLD WIDE LIBRARY ZEB = ZEBRA/PINNACLE All books listed in this catalogue are paper- backs unless stated otherwise. HC = Hardcover TPB = Trade Paperback EXPLANATIONS: DESCRIPTION CODES SF = Science Fiction F = Fantasy SFF = Science Fantasy (The grey area that borders both genres.) H = Horror ADV = Adventure MY = Mystery FIC = Mainstream Fiction NONF = Non-Fiction TV = Television related O = Original - First publication of title in any form. R = Reprint/reissue of a previously published title. R1 = First appearance, in paperback, of a title that has been previously published in hardcover and/or trade paperback. N = Novel AO = Anthology of original stories by various authors. AR = Anthology reprinting stories, by various authors, that have appeared in other publications previously. CO = Collection of original stories by a single author. CR = Collection reprinting stories, by a single author, that have appeared in other publications previously. SWA = Shared-world anthology - original stories, by various authors, set in a created world. GLASS REPTILE BREAKOUT EDITED BY VAN IKIN THE CENTRE FOR STUDIES IN AUSTRALIAN LITERATURE: UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA $14.95 New direction for Australian fiction...new patterns for Australian thinking...Glass Reptile Breakout is a collection of speculative fictions by Australia's new wave of science fiction and fantasy writers. The stories range from suspenseful mysteries to psychological explorations, from action-adventures to subtle mood pieces, from considerations of alternative realities to satirical reflections on the nature of science fiction itself. Simon Brown: "Skyriders" - Something is killing the fighter-aces of the future. Or are they killing themselves in revulsion at their own violence? Terry Dowling: "Vanities" - In future Australia, down by the inland sea, anglers fish for the creatures known as vanities while sandship Captain Tom Rynosseros tries to prevent a breach of the Accord with the Ab'O nation. Leanne Frahm: "The Supramarket" - Better than any mere supermarket, the Supramarket loves a satisfied customer. But what about the one who is dissatisfied? Sue Isle: "The Last Guardian" - The dragon was the last, best hope for humanity; but what if the guardian grows old and tired? George Turner: "Shut the Door When You Go Out" - After 3000 years humanity will have changed conside- rably...and the changes may not be what we expect. Petrina Smith: "In the Garden" - What if there was an alien in your back yard? Glass Reptile Breakout also contains stories by Russell Blackford, Damien Broderick, Paul Collins, Stephen Dedman, Sean McMullen, Philippa Maddern, Greg Egan, Van Ikin, Rosaleen Love, David J. Lake, Jack Wodhams, and Lucy Sussex.