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BASEMENT FULL OF BOOKS

Release  7.05

January 30, 1994

NEW BOOKS, AVAILABLE BY MAIL DIRECTLY FROM THEIR AUTHORS

New to the list since v. 7.00:

    Phyllis Eisenstein
    Mary Rosenblum
    John M. Landsberg and Jonathan Ostrowsky-Lantz, eds.
    Bruce Boston's STAINED GLASS RAIN
    Lee Ballentine

Work by
Diane de Avalle-Arce (Pilar de Ovalle),
Lee Ballentine
Todd Barton & Ursula K. Le Guin,
William Barton & Michael Capobianco,
Nancy Varian Berberick,
Bruce Boston,
David Brin,
Jeff Carver,
Valerie Nieman Colander,
Juanita Coulson,
Joel Davis,
Dayle A. Dermatis,
Gene DeWeese,
Phyllis Eisenstein,
Harlan Ellison,
M.J. Engh,
Sheila Finch,
Colin Greenland,
James Gunn,
Joe Haldeman,
Gwenyth Hood,
Norman F. Joly,
Eileen Kernaghan,
Victor Koman,
David Kopaska-Merkel,
John M. Landsberg (ed),
Edward M. Lerner,
Vonda N. McIntyre,
Thom Metzger,
Janice Miller & Russ Miller,
Hank Nuwer,
Jerry Oltion,
Jonathan Ostrowsky-Lantz (ed.),
Alexei & Cory Panshin,
Bill Ransom,
Mary Rosenblum,
Robert J. Sawyer,
J. Neil Schulman,
Richard Seltzer,
Dave Smeds,
John E. Stith,
L.A. Taylor,
Gene Wolfe,
Jane Yolen,
and George Zebrowski.

Note to readers: Please be clear about any special requests:
inscription to someone other than yourself; signature only;
if you're a book collector and absolute perfection of the
dust jacket is important to you.

Readers interested in the following books may write (or in
some cases send e-mail) to the individual authors for more
information.  A stamped return envelope (SASE) or International Reply
Coupon is very much appreciated and often allows a quicker response.

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NOVEL BY DIANE DE AVALLE-ARCE (PILAR DE OVALLE)

CALABRINIA FALLING (Crossing Press, 1990)

"CALABRINIA FALLING is simply brilliant from the start.  The
author draws you along through her colorful world of pale
salamanders, rusty breastplates and silver bells, white
brandy and slim girls with beryl-green eyes.  My God, Pilar
de Ovalle spills more good writing in this book than
most writers manage to string together in a career."

                --Neal Barrett, Jr. (Pink Vodka Blues)

East of the great Western Ocean and west of the Desert of
Death, Calabrinia the ancient city reposes beside the River
Ca amid fields of amaranth and apricots.  Alina, youngest and
most willful of the nine hundred eighty-two princesses,
finds herself in serious trouble and sets out to meet more.

For further information, send SASE to:

    Diane de Avalle-Arce
    4640 Oak View Road
    Santa Ynez CA 93460

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BOOKS BY LEE BALLENTINE

BASEMENTS IN THE MUSIC-BOX

Xexoxial Editions, 1986.  Illustrated.  Paperback or Handbound Hardcover.

POLY: NEW SPECULATIVE WRITING.  Ocean View Books, 1989.  320
pages, illustrated.

Includes work by Vance Aandahl, Diane Ackerman, Ray
Bradbury, David R. Bunch, Tom Disch, Steve Rasnic Tem, and
others.

"...A rich and diverse feast worthy of repeated attention."  -- Locus

"...Perfect for the adventurous reader."  -- Twilight Zone

"...A dazzling display of wit, erudition, and heart."  -- Jane Yolen

POLY is winner of two design awards from Bookbuilder's West
-- the Certificate of Merit, and Best Limited Edition of the
Year (1989).

Oversize art paperback or 200-copy clothbound edition with full-color
dust jacket.

DREAM PROTOCOLS.  Talisman, 1992.  Illustrated by Richard
Kadrey.  Finalist for the Colorado Book Award.  92 pages.

Oversize paperback or 50-copy signed-and-numbered clothbound edition.

I will sign or inscribe any of the above upon request.

For information, please send SASE to:

    Lee Ballantine
    P.O. Box 102650
    Denver CO 80250

or send email to:

    [e-mail]


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AUDIOTAPE BY TODD BARTON & URSULA K. LE GUIN

MUSIC & POETRY OF THE KESH, music by Todd Barton, words by Ursula K. Le Guin

This is an audio cassette originally released with the hardcover
edition of Ursula K. LeGuin's book ALWAYS COMING HOME.

For further information, send SASE to:

    VALLEY PRODUCTIONS
    P.O.Box 3220
    Ashland OR 97520

Or call or fax [phone]

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NOVEL BY WILLIAM BARTON & MICHAEL CAPOBIANCO

IRIS, Doubleday, 1990, hardcover signed by both authors.

From a future Earth ravaged by economic collapse to a rogue
planet and its three enigmatic moons, from the familiarity
of a colony ship to the heart -- and mind -- of a totally
alien world, William Barton and Michael Capobianco take both
the reader and the crew of the Deepstar on a daring odyssey
of extraterrestrial exploration and dazzling alien contact.

For further information, send SASE to:

    Horus Associates
    P.O. Box 4443
    Woodbridge, VA 22194

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NOVELS BY NANCY VARIAN BERBERICK

SHADOW OF THE SEVENTH MOON (Ace 1991, 303 pp, paperback)

In Britain, during the dark age after King Arthur's death, when the
race of Men is rising, and the race of Dwarfs is ending, the Dwarf-skald
Garroc brings a tale to Ellisif Hinthan's daughter. He tells Ellisif
of a time when he as known as Silent Skald, weaving the history of
his ancient race with the tale of his love for a Dwarf-witch of the
Welsh kin, and of his ghost-haunted flight from berserker-madness--a
flight doomed to fail unless he can offer gifts of courage and hope
to the boy Hinthan, a Man-child orphaned by war, and then accept these
very gifts from Hinthan's own hand.

"For lovers of ancient lore... Berberick has woven a beautiful
novel..." --The Knoxville News-Sentinel

"...This book is definitely worth reading."  --FOSFAX

        ******************************************
               THE PANTHER'S HOARD
        The second in the series of Garroc's tales
             Coming from Ace in February 1994
        ******************************************


THE JEWELS OF ELVISH (TSR 1989, 346 pp, paperback)

A sorcerer's threat in the Northlands forces age-old enemies, Elves
and Men, into an alliance. Thus, Nikia, daughter of the Elf-king,
is wed to the human prince Garth. To the marriage Nikia brings her
strange, magical ways and an ancient family heirloom, the Ruby of
Guyaire. When the ruby is stolen, its true worth is discovered--nothing
but it will save the Twin Kingdoms from the evil of the Sorcerer.
Nikia must recover the jewel, no matter the cost.

A CHILD OF ELVISH (Ace 1992, 282 pp, paperback)

The second in the Elvish series. The Twin Kingdoms are dying of the
evil Sorcerer's last curse, ravaged by plague and drought. Beneath
the earth, in deep caverns, the ghost of a long-dead queen mourns
for the dying kingdoms. She sends on a quest two soldiers--one
Mannish, one Elvish--to steal a child made for magic; Nikia's daughter,
who alone may save the kingdoms.

"Berberick makes a special effort to interest the reader in her
character's emotional lives, taking the novel a step beyond an action
narrative. -- The Charlotte Observer

For further information, send SASE to:

    Nancy Varian Berberick
    1911 Kenwood Avenue
    Charlotte NC 28205


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BOOKS BY BRUCE BOSTON

STAINED GLASS RAIN

A Novel of the Sixties

Ocean View Books, 464 pages, ISBN 0-938075030-6 (-29-2)

Stained Glass Rain has the authentic taste and feel of the
times... an unrepentant, unglamorized look at the Sixties
that puts the reader in the middle of its delusions,
illusions, ideas and hallucinations.  This is what we call
virtual writing.
        -- Timothy Leary

 ...a fine writer who swept me into the spell of his
storytelling.  There is a truthfulness to his writing
uncommon to memory.  The images endure by the willingness of
a greater authority than words.  Stained Glass Rain is
virtually a docudrama, a realistic portrayal of an unreal
time.
        -- A.A. Attanasio, author of RADIX

 ...captures the spiritual technology of an age which is
becoming fable... a repository of home, madness, dream and
reality -- a true history of a mythical time... a story of
the Sixties written by a writer sure of his craft -- without
imposing the judgments of today on the real experience of
yesterday.

        -- Don Webb, author of THE SEVENTH DAY AND AFTER

Tell a good story and the world will listen.  Stained Glass
Rain tells it in a way that the _avante-garde_ and the
straight world will both find compelling.

        -- Ed Sanders

 ...affords not only recollections of the psychedelic
Sixties, but insights into all of us at the dawn of the
twenty-first century.

        -- Robert Anton Wilson, author of THE ILLUMINATI PAPERS

NIGHT EYES, previously uncollected sf/fantasy/horror stories,
1993, paper, 64 pp., includes reprints from Amazing,
Asimov's, Masques, Pulphouse, Honorable Mentions from Year's
Best Science Fiction and Year's Best Fantasy and Horror
(signed limited edition includes original poetry broadside, "The
Last Existentialist"), Chris Drumm Books, Polk City, Iowa

ACCURSED WIVES, dark fantasy poetry, illustrated by Ree Young,
1993, paper, 28 pp., Night Visions, Troy, North Carolina.
A portion of profits donated to the Montgomery County Women's
Crisis Council.

CHRONICLES OF THE MUTANT RAIN FOREST, by Bruce Boston &
Robert Frazier.  Story-introduction by Lucius Shepard,
photo-collage by Robert Frazier.  In the depths of the
mutant rain forest where the water falls each afternoon in a
light filtered to vermilion, a feline stone idol stands
against the opaque foliage.  On the screen of the monitor it
rises up from nowhere, upon its hind legs, both taller and
thicker than a man.  See how the cellular accretion has
distended its skull, how the naturally sleek architecture of
the countenance has evolved to a distorted and angular
grotesquerie, how the taloned forepaws now possess opposable
digits.  In the humid caves and tunnels carved from living
vines, where leprous anacondas coil, a virulent faith calls
us.  A sudden species fashions godhood in its own
apotheosis.  Trade paper, 1992, 80pp, Horror's Head Press.

JACKBIRD, short stories, magic realism, 1976, trade
paper, 80 pp., Berkeley Poets Workshop & Press, Berkeley,
California.

Also available rebound as hard cover, 1991, Borgo Press,
San Bernardino, California).

SHE COMES WHEN YOU'RE LEAVING, short stories, magic
realism, 1982, trade paper, 64 pp., Berkeley Poets Workshop
& Press, Berkeley, California

Also available rebound as hard cover, 1991, Borgo Press, San
Bernardino, California).

Includes "Broken Portraiture" (Pushcart Prize for Fiction) and
"Interview With a Gentleman Farmer" (selected by Asimov, Carr and
Greenberg for 100 Great Fantasy Short-Short Stories).

NUCLEAR FUTURES, science fiction poetry, collages
by Robert Frazier, 1987, paper, 18 pp., Velocities, Berkeley,
California

THE NIGHTMARE COLLECTOR, dark fantasy poetry, illustrated
by Gregorio Montejo, 1988, paper, 36 pp., 2 AM Publications,
Rockford, Illinois. Includes 1989 and 1990 Rhysling winners for Best
SF Poem of the Year.

SKIN TRADES, sf/fantasy/horror stories, illustrated
by Allen Koszowski, 1988, paper, 64 pp., Chris Drumm
Books, Polk City, Iowa.

Also available rebound as hard cover, 1990,
Borgo Press, San Bernardino, California)

FACES OF THE BEAST, dark fantasy poetry, illustrated
by Allen Koszowski, 1990, trade paper, 60 pp., or hard cover,
Starmont House, Mercer Island, Washington

THE NEW BRUCE BOSTON OMNIBUS, five volumes as boxed
set (includes Jackbird, She Comes When You're Leaving,
Nuclear Futures, Titan Press Magazine #5: Time, and
The Nightmare Collector), 1990, 218 pp., Ocean
View Books, Mountain View, California

AFTER MAGIC, fantasy novelet, illustrated by Lari
Davidson, 1990, paper, 56 pp., The Eotu Group, Boise,
Idaho

HYPERTALES & METAFICTIONS, fantasy/horror stories,
collages by t. winter-damon, 1990, paper, 64 pp.

Also available in signed limited edition including poetry tape
with music by Jack Poley.  Chris Drumm Books, Polk City, Iowa

SHORT CIRCUITS, prose poems and short-short stories,
collages by t.winter-damon, bound in double format with Bad
News From the Stars by Steve Sneyd, 1991, trade paper, 84 pp.,

Also available in hard cover.  Ocean View Books, Mountain
View, California

ALL THE CLOCKS ARE MELTING, short story booklet,
1991, paper, 40 pp.,  Pulphouse, Eugene, Oregon (included
in Hypertales & Metafictions)

HOUSES & OTHER STORIES, mainstream novelet and stories,
1991, paper, 52 pp., Talisman, Beech Grove, Indiana

CYBERTEXTS, science fiction poetry, 1992, paper,
illustrated by Alan Giana, 40 pp.,  Talisman, Beech Grove,
Indiana.

Includes winning poems from both the Asimov and Aboriginal
SF Reader Polls.

For further information, send SASE to:

    Bruce Boston
    P.O. Box 6398
    Albany  CA  94706

     510-524-9797

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NOVEL BY DAVID BRIN

EARTH (Bantam Books, hardcover, 1990, 600pp).

EARTH by David Brin is the author's biggest and most important book, delving
into everything from ecology to computer networks to destiny and the Gaia
Hypothesis, all while spinning a plot around the problem of saving the planet
from a truly ultimate and final type of "pollution." EARTH belongs to that
special sub-genre, the 50 year projection, in which the writer drops all
crutches and makes a bold stab at actually predicting... if not THE
future, then A future which might actually come true.

Runner up for the 1991 Hugo (by 10 votes out of a thousand) EARTH also
received kudos from the environmental and computer-net communities, for its
depiction of both problems and solutions in a near tomorrow.  This
particular hardcover edition is a bargain, since it was
printed on acid-free recycled paper, and bound with Smith Sewn signatures.
A real book-lovers' book which will last a lifetime.   Limited supply.

For more information, send SASE or email to:

    David Brin
    PO Box 7568
    San Diego CA  92192-7568.

    Internet: [e-mail]

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JOHN BRUNNER

The pressure of work has forced John Brunner to withdraw from
the list, with apologies to anyone who requested information
on his books.

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NOVELS BY JEFFREY A. CARVER

THE INFINITY LINK (hardcover, Bluejay, 1984, 540 pages)

STAR RIGGER'S WAY (Dell, pb, 1978, 237 pages)

STAR RIGGER'S WAY (Arrow U.K., pb, 237 pages)

PANGLOR (Dell, pb, 1980, 268 pages)

THE INFINITY LINK (Tor, pb, 1985, 540 pages)

THE INFINITY LINK (Tor, pb, 2nd ed. , 540 pages)

THE RAPTURE EFFECT (Tor, pb, 1987, 371 pages)

ALIEN SPEEDWAY: CLYPSIS (Bantam, pb, 1987, 163 pages)

FROM A CHANGELING STAR (Bantam, pb, 1989, 355 pages)

DOWN THE STREAM OF STARS (Bantam, pb, 1990, 355 pages)

DRAGONS IN THE STARS, (Tor, pb, 1992, 313 pages)

For further information, send SASE to:

    Jeffrey A. Carver
    102 Melrose St.
    Arlington, MA 02174

    (GEnie: JEFF.CARVER)

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NOVEL BY VALERIE NIEMAN COLANDER

NEENA GATHERING (Pageant Books, July 1988, pb, 270 pgs.)

     Lead SF title in debut of the short-lived Pageant line
(Crown Publishers).  Now out-of-print.  Set in West Virginia, near
future, following biochemical warfare and sectional division.
Coming-of-age story.

     "Unlike many postholocaust stories that offer Huck Finns
wandering the wasteland, this charming, unpretentious novel
delves into a different form of the pastoral, modeling itself on
Thoreauvian attention to a person's place and moral actions in the
spheres of nature, society, intellect and the like."

                           -- Publishers Weekly

For information, please send SASE or email to:

     Valerie Nieman Colander
     P.O. Box 1614
     Fairmont, W.Va. 26554

     CIS 70322,1441

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                 NOVEL BY JUANITA COULSON.

DARK PRIESTESS.  Historical romance(NOT a bodice ripper),
set in 1770 B.C. in Hammurabi's Babylon.  Protagonist is a
Sumerian physician and lay priestess of Inanna-Ishtar.  She
and her father join the royal household and are caught up in
its political intrigues and the pagan rituals and prophesies
relating to the survival of Hammurabi's dynasty -- and the
heroine's as well.  Sex scenes are minimal enough so that it
wouldn't be red-lined by the sternest librarian, yet the
historical and adventure aspects work sufficiently well to
have persuaded a number of male readers to tell the author
(albeit with some surprise and occasional embarrassment that
they've actually been reading women's genre fiction) that
they really enjoyed it.  Background heavily researched --
Samuel Noah Kramer, German archaeological sources, etc. -- in
strong contrast to cover painting, which is a historical
disaster as well as being ridiculous and having nothing to
do with the story.

For information, please send SASE to:

    Juanita Coulson
        2677W-500N
        Hartford City, IN 47348

Or email in care of Gene DeWeese on GEnie at G.DEWEESE

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BOOKS BY JOEL DAVIS

FLYBY: THE INTERPLANETARY ODYSSEY OF VOYAGER 2. New York:
Atheneum, 1987. (Introduction by Isaac Asimov.) Hardcover 1st
edition. Signed by author.

Voyager 2 and its sister spacecraft Voyager 1 are the most
successful space probes ever launched by the human species.
Voyager 2, in particular, has carried out a near-"Grand Tour" of
the outer solar system, visiting Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and
Neptune.  FLYBY is the behind-the-scenes story of the Uranus
flyby in 1986--the people, the machines, the near-catastrophes,
and the final triumph.

"With a scientist's knowledge and appreciation and a journalist's
eye for detail and the human element, the author supplies solid
information on the mission and spices the account with tidbits on
what working scientists are really like."

--Booklist

DEFENDING THE BODY: UNRAVELING THE MYSTERIES OF IMMUNOLOGY. New
York: Atheneum, 1989.  Hardcover first edition. Signed by author.

From the front lines of medical research across the country,
DEFENDING THE BODY looks at the practice and progress of
immunology--one of the hottest fields of medical research today.
DEFENDING THE BODY includes chapters on the genetics of the
immune system, the new generation of vaccines, cancer, autoimmune
diseases, and the battle against AIDS.

". . . Joel Davis is among the best science writers we have."

--Poul Anderson

For information, please send SASE or email to:

    Joel Davis
    1201 W. 12th Avenue
    Spokane, WA 99204-3907

    VOICE: 509 624-4176 (day) 509 747-2620 (nite)
      FAX: [phone]
    EMAIL: [e-mail]


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BOOKS BY DAYLE A. DERMATIS

Where can you find a publication chock full of hints and tips from editors,
agents and writers?

Okay, okay, besides WRITERS' DIGEST...

The answer is the League of Vermont Writers' first annual conference summary
booklet.  This 32-page tome is loaded with workshop notes from the past two
annual conferences the LVW has held.  You can find information from people
such as:

 * John Brady, former editor of WRITERS' DIGEST and BOSTON, on "The Craft of
Interviewing."

 * Stephen Sterns, former science fiction editor for Del Rey, on "The Science
Fiction and Fantasy Market."

 * Dawn Raffel, Books and Fiction Editor for REDBOOK, on "Magazine Fiction."

 * Damaris Rowland, Associate Publisher at Dell Publishing, on "Women's
Fiction."

 * Sue Protter, head of her own literary agency for 21 years, on "Writing
Effective Query Letters."

 * David Goodman, Assistant National Grievance Officer for the National Writers'
Union, on "Writers' Rights."

 * And much more!

 The book was written and designed by Writers' Forum and LVW member Dayle
Dermatis.  How can you get your hands on this informational goldmine?  Send a
SASE to...

 Dayle Dermatis
 4265 Baywood Dr.
 Redding, CA 96003-2542

 ...or Email her on GEnie at D.DERMATIS

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BOOKS BY GENE/JEAN DEWEESE.

JEREMY CASE.  Paperback sf.  An alien something-or-other gives a
borderline retarded young man the power to heal himself and others.
Original title before editorial simplification: THE THREE DEATHS OF
JEREMY CASE.

 BLACK SUITS FROM OUTER SPACE
 THE DANDELION CAPER
 THE CALVIN NULLIFIER

Hardcover juvenile sf series about 12-year-old Calvin Willeford
and Kathy Entsminger and the outer space denizens they bump
into, including some klutzy dinosaur types and a small yellow
cat with retractable fingers who's a sort of feline lensman
(interstellar cop, for non-Doc Smith fans).  In BLACK SUITS,
they find out why Grey Barker's UFO aliens always wore black
suits.  In DANDELION, Calvin finds out why some people, including
himself, can never get a VCR to work properly.  In NULLIFIER, they
use chocolate chip cookies and a couple of Newton's laws to save a
Voyager-type spacecraft during its Uranus flyby.

ADVENTURES OF A TWO-MINUTE WEREWOLF.  Hardcover juvenile sf/fantasy,
depending on your criteria.  It was watered down a bit when it
was made into an ABC Weekend Special in '85.  And it's no relation
to TEEN WOLF, unless whoever wrote the TW screenplay had read
TWO-MINUTE and decided to really screw it up.

THE WANTING FACTOR and SOMETHING ANSWERED
 The Salman Rushdie Special.  In WANTING FACTOR, the Man in Half Moon
Street turns out to be Christ.  Bob Briney once said, "If you could get
Jerry Falwell to burn a polyester suit on your lawn, you'd have a
bestseller."  Fortunately or unfortunately, it never happened.  In
SOMETHING ANSWERED, someone finds what may or may not be God and, in the
end, answers Her/His/Its prayer.  Both are in "occult" format but are sf
under the surface, if you consider psi powers sf.  Both are paperbacks,
1980 and 1983, respectively.

A DIFFERENT DARKNESS.  1982 paperback, closer to a "standard" occult
than either of the above, but still with a more or less science
fictional rationale.  Reincarnation, dimensional doors, etc.

GATES OF THE UNIVERSE and NIGHTMARE UNIVERSE.
 Paperback collaborations with Robert Coulson.  GATES was about a hack
writer who bumbles through a dimensional door on his employer's
bulldozer and gets involved with aliens from various other universes.
One is a scholarly dinosaur, another a six-foot-plus female warrior who
tends to pick the protagonist up and throw him away when she gets
annoyed with him.  NIGHTMARE is an "interactive" version of the same
story, with some new twists added.  Read in the right order, it consists
of three separate novelettes, each revealing a bit more of what is really
going on.  If desired, a map can be included so you can pick the right
branches.

MAKING AMERICAN FOLK ART DOLLS.  Trade paperback.  So far as I know,
it's the only doll making book that tells you how to make a papier
mache' mummy and a dried apple shrunken head.  And a gourd George
Washington.  Illustrated, of course.

NIGHTMARE IN PEWTER.  Hardcover.  Occult/romantic suspense format, but
actually it's about a spaceship buried under a midwest Indian mound.
For King fans, think of it as a cheapie version of THE TOMMYKNOCKERS,
written ten years earlier.

HOUR OF THE CAT.  Hardcover.  Straight mystery in which one of our cats
(Fahfrd, renamed Muldoon for the book) is a major character and gets to
help do in the villain at the end.

GINGER'S WISH.  Hardcover.  A squeaky clean "romance" with some mystery
elements involving what Ginger, a recently deceased small town newspaper
owner and one-time vaudeville performer, really did with the money
everyone thought she had.  Written with Connie Kugi of West Allis, WI.

 For further information, send SASE or email to:

     Gene DeWeese
     2718 N. Prospect
     Milwaukee, WI 53211
     Or phone: [phone]

    GEnie: G.DEWEESE

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FANTASY NOVELS BY PHYLLIS EISENSTEIN

ORN TO EXILE

Alaric the minstrel was discovered, newborn, alone on a
hillside, a bloody, severed hand clutching his ankles.  Now
he moves through a world of medieval superstition and
cruelty, trying to hide the power that he never asked for,
that would brand him a feared and hated witch and expose him
to constant danger of death -- the ability to transport
himself instantaneously to any place he has ever visited or
seen.  Yet, sometimes, to save himself or someone else, he
must use that power.  And so he can never stop wandering,
never find a place where he can settle down in safety...
until he meets the one-handed midwife who knows how to find
his lost and immensely powerful family.

(Arkham House, 202 pages, with illustrations by Stephen
Fabian.  Hardcover, first edition, autographed.)


SORCERER'S SON

Cray Ormoru is the son of the sorceress Delivev and -- they
believe -- of the mysterious, wandering knight Mellor, whom
Delivev nursed back to health, and who disappeared before
Cray was born.  Though schooled in sorcery, Cray wants to
follow in his father's footsteps, and he sets off on a quest
to discover his unknown heritage, not knowing that it bears
no resemblance at all to his assumptions.  His efforts to
find his father's origins and to reunite his broken family
take him through dangers both ordinary and sorcerous, and
ultimately lead him to the strange and wonderful demon
worlds, where creatures made of flame or cloud, ice or
water, wait to be called to slavery by sorcerous masters.

(British edition from Grafton Books, 379 pages.  The only
hardcover edition.  Autographed.)


THE CRYSTAL PALACE

Cray Ormoru, now a full-fledged sorcerer, devises the Mirror
of Heart's Desire and sees in it the image of a young woman.
But when he tracks her down, he finds that she lives in a
palace in the depths of the demon world of Ice, and, totally
dedicated to the study of sorcery, she is as cold and
unfeeling as any ice demon.  In taking on the task of making
her human and willing her affection, Cray exposes himself to
human, sorcerous, and demon dangers, and must ultimately
confront the person responsible for her existence, her
passionate and psychotic sorcerer grandfather.

(British edition from Grafton Books, 286 pages.  The only
hardcover edition.  Autographed.)

For more information, please send SASE to:

    Phyllis Eisenstein
    Box 59723
    Chicago IL 60659


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BOOKS BY HARLAN ELLISON:

ANGRY CANDY (Houghton Mifflin, 1988, hardcover)

THE ESSENTIAL ELLISON, ed. Terry Dowling with Richard Delap
& Gil Lamont (Morpheus International, hc or trade pb).

    The best of Harlan Ellison has been assembled in this
    massive volume of more than 1000 pages, encompassing
    fiction, essays, personal reminiscences, reviews, photos,
    and even a full-length teleplay.

AGAIN, DANGEROUS VISIONS (Doubleday, 1972, 1st edition/2nd
state, hardcover)

NIGHT AND THE ENEMY (Comico, 1987, graphic novel; artist:
Ken Steacy)

STRANGE WINE (Harper & Row, 1978, first edition, hardcover)

SHATTERDAY (Houghton Mifflin, 1980, third edition,
hardcover)

APPROACHING OBLIVION (Walker, 1974, first edition,
hardcover)

ALONE AGAINST TOMORROW (Macmillan, 1971, first edition,
hardcover)

MEMOS FROM PURGATORY (Jove paperback)

I HAVE NO MOUTH & I MUST SCREAM (Ace, 1983, 2nd printing,
paperback)

PAINGOD AND OTHER DELUSIONS (Ace, 1983, 1st printing,
paperback)

STALKING THE NIGHTMARE, foreword by Stephen King (Berkley,
1985, 2nd printing, paperback)

HITLER PEIGNAIT DES ROSES (French trade paperback)

LES BARONS DE BROOKLYN (French trade paperback)

GENTLEMAN JUNKIE (French trade paperback)

LA BETE QUI CRIAIT AMOUR (French trade paperback)

LA CHANSON DU ZOMBIE (French trade paperback)

All books are in mint condition.  If you wish any of the books
signed, please indicate to whom.

For further information, send SASE ("Self-addressed stamped
envelope") to

        THE HARLAN ELLISON RECORD COLLECTION
        P.O. Box 55548
        Sherman Oaks, CA 91413-0548.

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NOVELS BY M.J. ENGH

THE HOUSE IN THE SNOW (Orchard, 1987, 132 pp, hardcover, illustrated
by Leslie Bowman).

Kids from 3rd through 7th grade write me fan letters about this.  Nine boys
fight twenty vicious robbers for control of the mysterious House and the
secret of invisibility.

WHEEL OF THE WINDS (Grafton, 1988, 352 pages, British paperback).

On a cloud-shrouded planet that always turns the same face to its sun, two
natives, a dog, and an off-world exile with a mission begin a voyage to the
darkside and beyond.

For information, please send SASE to:

 M.J. Engh
 NE 720 Illinois St.
 Pullman WA 99163

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SCIENCE FICTION NOVELS BY SHEILA FINCH

THE GARDEN OF THE SHAPED (The Shaper Exile, Vol.I), 1987,
Bantam pb, 217pp.

Banished because of their renegade experimentation with
human genetics, a handful of scientists from the infamous
Venn Labs settle on the uninhabited planet of Ilia. What
their enemies do not know is that the first subject of their
experiments is the group itself: they have vastly extended
their lifetimes. On Ilia, they are free to pursue their
research, molding two races to possess talents unknown to
mankind, and -- since the scientists have time on their
hands to watch results -- giving them widely different
social structures and theologies as well. The Lianis are
hedonistic shapeshifters, matriarchal, beloved children
(they have been given to believe) of their holy spirit, the
Great Shaper. They inhabit a gentle, fruitful area of the
planet, and their heart is the beautiful old city of Tia-ta-
pel. The Rhodarus, who have been set down in harsh, desert
country to the north, are fierce, warlike clans with
exaggerated strength and skill. Their God, He-Who-Rules, is
fierce and cruel to those who break his rules. Between these
two races lives the third race, the Ganus, who were supposed
to be standard human-stock controls. They are industrious
farmers and artisans, family-oriented, and since they
weren't given a deity they never found the need to invent
one.

This is the story of a young Liani princess, Sivell,
ascending the throne in a time of an unprecedented Ganu
uprising. Since her people value shapeshifting more than
anything, and she is oddly awkward for one so royally bred,
she feels inadequate to the task. But she does possess an
uncommon curiosity and wisdom. Sivell stumbles on the
horrifying secret of her people's creation, and as a result
must deal with the social upheaval of war, discredited myths
and her people's lost hope all at once. She has the chance
to defy the powerful Venn scientists and forge a union among
the races that the creators never dreamed possible.

SHAPER'S LEGACY (The Shaper Exile, Vol II), 1989, Bantam pb,
279pp.

Sivell's twin grandchildren, Col and Beryt, have grown up in
a time of peace and prosperity between Ganu and Liani. There
is one race now, instead of two, and they call themselves
Ilian. Given access to the riches of the south, the Ganu
craftsmen have inaugurated a period of high technical
invention and comfort. Headstrong Beryt, who will one day be
queen under the old Liani law, actually prefers to spend her
time in the Ganu capital, hunting with her uncle in the
dense forests that form Ilia's northern border. One day,
separated from her uncle's hunters, she meets a fugitive
Rhodaru chieftain. Opposites attract, they say, and Beryt
and ReAth are alternately lovers and enemies, for their
union can never be accepted by either nation. Their
relationship plays out against the growing threat of Rhodaru
invasion of Ilia, and the desperate attempts of Col and
other wiser heads to defend the old Liani capital of Tia-
ta-pel against the overwhelming power of the invaders.

The Venn scientists, in the meantime, who discovered guilt
in Sivell's time for their experiments, are now learning the
limits of their longevity. One by one, they are dying out.
But not before one of them manages to further complicate the
lives and affairs of their former creations.

SHAPING THE DAWN (The Shaper Exile, Book III), 1989, Bantam
pb, 309pp.

The Rhodarus rule all of Ilia, and the former Ganus and
Lianis are subject races. But none of this matters to Rivi,
a young orphaned Rhodaru girl of rather mixed parentage.
Forced to leave her poor village, she makes her way to a
settlement of free Ilians in the hills. But her new-found
friends cannot protect her from the strange desire of the
High Priest to hunt her down. She flees again, this time to
the capital city of Kerratash where she becomes involved in
clan intrigues and hostilities that she understands little
of. The invalid and ineffectual Crown Prince helps her
escape into the fabled country of Ilia to the south. Along
the stages of this journey through a landscape torn by war
and rebellion, she learns the secrets of her heritage; a
visit to an old Liani queen, living in self-imposed exile,
reveals Rivi's role in the destinies of the Ilian and
Rhodaru peoples. She alone has the chance to unite all the
races on Ilia -- if she is wise enough to find her way
through the thickets of intrigue and danger and betrayal.

Against this violent backdrop, the last of the Venn
scientists, Kory Venn -- a child when the group first landed
on Ilia -- learns of the coming of an unusual starship, and
finds that his destiny is to answer for the deeds of the
Shapers, and to face justice at the hands of their
creations.

 For further information, please send SASE or email to:

    Sheila Finch
    Humanities Division
    El Camino College
    16007 Crenshaw Blvd
    Torrance CA 90506

    GEnie: S.FINCH4

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NOVELS BY COLIN GREENLAND

DAYBREAK ON A DIFFERENT MOUNTAIN

Fantasy quest novel. Two men set out together from the
decaying walled city of Thryn to cross the wastelands in
search of a vanished god.  For the sake of everyone Dubilier
needs to find Him; while Lupio is most determined they will
not.  (Allen & Unwin, 1984, 248 pp., hardcover, signed.)

THE HOUR OF THE THIN OX

First of two linked fantasy novels.  In a world poised on
the brink of industrial change, three cultures collide, with
violent and paradoxical consequences.  In the feverish
jungles of Belanesi a young heiress from tranquil,
prosperous Bryland and a child of imperial Escaly find that
nothing they have been taught to expect is true.  'Could be
a classic'  --  THE GUARDIAN.  (Unwin Hyman, 1987, 186 pp,
paperback, signed.)

OTHER VOICES

Second of two linked fantasy novels.  The Eschalan Empire
spreads its benign, suffocating rule across the little
mountain principality of Luscany.  While experimenters shift
the boundary between life and death, the careers of Princess
Nette and Serin Guille, most lowly of her subjects, become
unexpectedly entwined.  'Court intrigues, mannerly disputes,
sudden violence and at least two strange seductions...
Greenland continues to stake out his unique fictional
territory.'  -- City Limits  (Unwin Hyman, 1988, 182 pp,
paperback, signed.)

Order from:

    Colin Greenland
    2a Ortygia House
    6 Lower Road
    Harrow HA2 0DA UK

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BOOKS BY JAMES GUNN

ALTERNATE WORLDS: THE ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF SCIENCE
FICTION (Prentice Hall, 1975).  The lavishly illustrated (32
pages of color photos) and much praised hardcover history
of SF from the beginnings of imaginative writing to the mid-
1970s.  (Very limited supply.)

THE DREAMERS (Methuen, English paperback, 1982).  A novel
about a future shaped by the use of chemical memory to
experience other people's lives -- and dreams.

THE JOY MAKERS (Crown hardcover of 1961 Bantam paperback,
1984).  A novel about the creation of a science of happiness
and a world torn between philosophies of "getting what you
want" and "wanting what you get."

NEBULA AWARD STORIES TEN (Harper & Row, hardcover, 1975),
ed. James Gunn.  The award-winning stories of 1974 plus
stories by Zelazny, Reamy, Farmer, and Grant, essays by
Dickson and Scholes, and an introduction by Gunn.

SOME DREAMS ARE NIGHTMARES (Scribners, hardcover, 1974).
Gunn argues in an introduction that the novelette is the
ideal form for science fiction and illustrates with
novelettes -- "The Cave of Night," "Name Your Pleasure,"
"New Blood," and "Not So Great an Enemy" -- that became
parts of three novels: STATION IN SPACE, THE JOY MAKERS, and
THE IMMORTALS.

For further information, please send SASE to:

    James Gunn
    Department of English
    3116 Wescoe Hall
    Lawrence, KS 66045-2115

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AUTOGRAPHED NEW FIRST EDITIONS BY JOE HALDEMAN

THE HEMINGWAY HOAX, William Morrow, Inc., 1990.

A scholar with a taste for larceny is pursued by an
inter-dimensional literary critic with a license to kill.

BUYING TIME, William Morrow, 1989.

In a future where you can live forever if you have the right friends and a
fortune, Dallas Barr is running out of money, friends, and time.  Men with
guns want to make his life even shorter.

We have a few copies of the British first edition, with my original title --
THE LONG HABIT OF LIVING New English Library, 1989.

ALL MY SINS REMEMBERED.  St Martins, 1977.

An undercover agent travels from planet to planet, working in disguise.

MINDBRIDGE.  St. Martins, 1976.

The first exploration team to a nearby star
discovers an alien race that may be the salvation of
humanity--or its destruction.

TOOL OF THE TRADE.  William Morrow, 1987.

A Soviet agent lives quietly in the U.S. for most of his life,
waiting to be contacted by his government.  His discovery of a
mechanism that controls people's behavior earns him more attention
than he bargained for.

WORLDS APART.  Viking, 1983.

The second book in the WORLDS trilogy, this
book follows Marianne O'Hara from her home in an orbiting
space station to the ruins of Earth and then back to aim for
the stars.

For further information, please send SASE or email to:

     Joe & Gay Haldeman
     5412 NW 14th Ave.
     Gainesville, FL 32605

     GEnie:  J.HALDEMAN1


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NOVEL BY GWENYTH HOOD

THE COMING OF THE DEMONS (William Morrow, 1982, hardcover, 288 pp).

Generations ago, the technologically advanced Pelezitereans fled
tyranny and disaster on their own planet, Urith, to seek a new home.
Only after centuries of wandering, during which they form a complex
ingrown culture within their colony ship, do they stumble upon a
suitable planet. Unfortunately, it is inhabited, and their strict
rules forbid them to interfere with its vibrant civilization.
Unable, however, to resist the temptation, a small band of
Pelezitereans mutiny and land. Then another party, including the
young, untried, but brilliant Natheless yi-Induran, must hunt them
down. In the process, they encounter a civilization
indistinguishable from Medieval Terran Italy (circa 1268 A.D.) and
find themselves, to their amazement, drawn into its political
struggles."

 Autograph on request.

 For further information, send SASE or email to:

     Gwenyth Hood
     c/o Department of English,
     Marshall University
     Huntington WV 25755.

     GEnie: G.HOOD2

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NON-FICTION by NORMAN F. JOLY

The Dawn of Amateur Radio in the U.K. and Greece : A Personal View
(London : Joly, 1990. 151pp. ISBN 0-9515628-0-0)

                            C O N T E N T S

            0. PROLOGUE.............................

            1. THE DEVELOPMENT OF ELECTRICITY.......

            2. THE BIRTH OF RADIO COMMUNICATIONS....

            3. WHAT IS A RADIO AMATEUR?.............

            4. THE 1921 AMATEUR TRANSATLANTIC TESTS.

            5. THE FIRST GREEK RADIO AMATEURS.......

            6. WORLD WAR II AND AFTER IN GREECE.....

            7. PIONEERS IN GREECE...................

            8. PERSONAL REMINISCENCES & ANECDOTES...

            9. MISCELLANY...........................

           10. GLOSSARY FOR NON-TECHNICAL READERS...

``A unique history book which traces Amateur Radio back to its
original source 2,500 years ago. It describes the intervening steps
which led to the mass generation and distribution of mains electricity,
and claims that the true father of our hobby was James Clewrk Maxwell,
who formulated mathematically the existence of electromagnetic waves
about 150 yeasr ago.

The book also contains reminiscences and anecdotes of the early days
and is profusely illustrated with diagrams and original photographs
taken by the author a long time ago.''

Available in paperback from the author.

Norman F. Joly,
28 Oakington Avenue
HARROW, Middlesex,
HA2 7JJ.

Or email Gordon Joly for more information.

Internet: [e-mail]        UUCP: ...!{uunet,uknet}!ucl-cs!G.Joly

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BOOKS BY EILEEN KERNAGHAN

THE SARSEN WITCH is a tale of earth-magic, megaliths and
high adventure in the bronze-age world of the Wessex
warrior chieftains.  Apprenticed to a bronze-smith, trapped
into a political marriage with the Great Chief Ricca, the
earth-witch Naeri uses her geomantic powers in a plot to
overthrow the horse-tribes and restore the Earth-Mother's
people to their ancestral lands.  Continues the chronicles
of the Grey Isles that began with JOURNEY TO APRILIOTH and
SONGS FROM THE DROWNED LANDS (winner of the Canadian Science
Fiction and Fantasy Award for 1983-1984)  Ace, 1989, pb. 218 pp.

Based on a critically acclaimed documentary film by Jonathon
Kay, WALKING AFTER MIDNIGHT is a wide-ranging, in-depth look
at the emotional and spiritual dimensions of reincarnation.
Included are interviews with the Dalai Lama of Tibet and
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross; the personal experience of Martin
Sheen, Rae Dawn Chong and other entertainment figures;
interviews with Australian aboriginal people on their
concept of the "dream time"; chapters on channeling,
spontaneous recollection of past lives, past-life regression
and child prodigies; and a history of reincarnation as
reflected in western art, literature and music.Berkley Non-
fiction pb, 1990, 217 pp.

LIGHT LIKE A SUMMONS, edited by J. Michael Yates.  This
anthology of five B.C. women poets includes speculative
poetry by Rhysling Award nominees Eileen Kernaghan and Mary
E. Choo.  Cacanadadada Press, 1989.  Trade pb, 77 pp.

Please send SASE or International Reply Coupon to:

    Eileen Kernaghan
    5512 Neville Street
    Burnaby B.C.  V5J 2H7
    Canada

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BOOKS BY VICTOR KOMAN

THE JEHOVAH CONTRACT, Franklin Watts 1st,
1987, OP, new, hardback, autographed. A dying assassin is given
one last hit--on God Almighty. With the aid of a telepathic
hooker, a beautiful gambler, and an ancient Hollywood witch, he
battles the forces of Heaven and Hell to pull the Cosmic Trigger.
Prometheus Award Winner (1988)

SOLOMON'S KNIFE, Franklin Watts 1st, 1989, OP, new,
Hardback, autographed. Valerie Dalton thought she'd had an
abortion until she discovers that her child lives as the result of
a secret medical experiment. Prometheus Award Winner (1990)

SPACEWAYS #13: JONUTA RISING!  Berkley 1st, 1983, Mint
Paperback, Autographed, OP. Mindrunner Marekallian Eks smuggles
brainboosters to cultures "protected" by a Prime Directive-style
law enforced by TransGalactic Organization. (Written as "John
Cleve" w/ Andrew J. Offutt) [Mature Readers Only]

SPACEWAYS #17: THE CARNADYNE HORDE, Berkley 1st, 1984,
Mint Paperback, Autographed, OP. Marekallian Eks returns to
assemble a fleet of dreadnoughts leading to an epic space battle
between the forces of slavery and freedom. (Written as "John
Cleve" w/ Andrew J. Offutt) [Mature Readers Only]

SAUCER SLUTS, Impulse (Newspaper), 1978, VG set of 13-
issue serial, limited to 92 numbered sets. Rare! Signed; wrapper
illo by author. Four lovely green women kidnap two Earthmen to
repopulate their dying planet, a world in which pockets of sex,
anarchy, and free commerce survive, surrounded by the chaos of
anti-sex government and religion. SF-porn satire classic. Koman's
first published novel. [Very Mature Readers Only]

PUBLISH YOUR OWN BOOK FOR UNDER $50! (Written with J. Neil Schulman)
KoPubCo 1991, New. Low-tech/Hi-tech self-publishing strategies. Good
overview of microfiche and electronic publishing: benefits and
pitfalls.

For further information, please send SASE or email to:

    Victor Koman
    P.O. Box 94
    Long Beach, CA  90801-0094

    GEnie: V.KOMAN

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MAGAZINES EDITED BY DAVID KOPASKA-MERKEL

DREAMS AND NIGHTMARES is one of the most prolific fantastic poetry
magazines in existence, having published 39 issues since January, 1986.
DN includes SF, fantasy, and horror poetry, as well as illustrations and
occasional short-short fiction.  Issues 34-39 are currently available.

CWM, the magazine of possibilities, publishes material the form and
content of which is limited only by the authors'/artists' imaginations.
CWM publishes theme issues.  The theme of issue #1 was "water in all its
forms."  The theme of issue #2 is "what lies beneath the surface"
and of issue #3 "the archaeology of the soul."

EDITED BY MORGAN KOPASKA-MERKEL

KID'S WORLD is a literary magazine that publishes art, fiction, poetry,
essays, jokes, puzzles, brain teasers, and cartoons by children under
the age of 18.  The editor is Morgan Kopaska-Merkel, 1300 Kicker Rd.,
Tuscaloosa AL 35404, and payment is one copy per published piece.

POETRY BY DAVID KOPASKA-MERKEL

UNDERFOOT is the first poetry collection by David C. Kopaska-Merkel, with
artwork by Sheila Kopaska-Merkel.  Underfoot contains a wide range of
material, and was published by Runaway Spoon Press.

For further information, please send SASE or email to:

    David C. Kopaska-Merkel
    1300 Kicker Rd.
    Tuscaloosa AL 35404

    GEnie: D.KOPASKS-ME

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AUDIOTAPE BY TODD BARTON & URSULA K. LE GUIN

MUSIC & POETRY OF THE KESH, music by Todd Barton, words by Ursula K. Le Guin

This is an audio cassette originally released with the hardcover
edition of Ursula K. LeGuin's book ALWAYS COMING HOME.

For further information, send SASE to:

    VALLEY PRODUCTIONS
    P.O.Box 3220
    Ashland OR 97520

Or call or fax [phone]

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UNEARTH, THE MAGAZINE OF SCIENCE FICTION DISCOVERIES

John M. Landsberg and Jonathan Ostrowsky-Lantz, eds.

UNEARTH was the first publication devoted to new writers.
The eighties were marked by the emergence of major talents
UNEARTH discovered; the nineties are witnessing the continued
expansion of their influence.

Fewer than two hundred mint copies of each issue, never
removed from the original printer's boxes, exist.  Small
imperfections can be found in some; the editors, with no
financial backing, were concerned with finding and supporting new
writers; inexpensive printing was mandatory.  We hope you will
relish the delight of experiencing the first works, in original
settings, by writers who are now acknowledged masters.

Each issue features a "First Sale," a reprint of the first
story by a major writer, along with a brand new introduction by
that writer.

NUMBER ONE

A striking black-and-white cover by Steven Gildea, whose
work has been widely displayed, including in an exhibit at
Boston's Museum of Science.

Paul Di Filippo's first story, Harlan Ellison's "First
Sale," with Ellison's new introduction, Hal Clement's initial
column about the uses of science in fiction.  Fiction by Debra
Thrall, Daniel C. Smith, K. W. MacAnn, Danny Williams, and Chris
Dornan.

Book and movie reviews by Craig Shaw Gardner.  An article on
writing science fiction by editor John M. Landsberg.

NUMBER TWO

Timothy R. Sullivan's first story, "Tachyon Rag."  Keith
Justice's first story.  "Proof," Hal Clement's famous "First
Sale," with Clement's new introduction.

Film reviews by Craig Shaw Gardner.  "Science For Fiction"
column by Hal Clement.  Fiction by Chris Dornan, David Frieze,
and Sterling Taylor.  Book review by Terence Green.  Letters from
James Tiptree and Algis Budrys.

And our first color cover.

NUMBER THREE

"Fragments of a Hologram Rose," the first work of fiction by
cyberpunk megastar William Gibson.  Also includes the first
stories by three other superstars:  James P. Blaylock, one of the
few science fiction writers ever to win an O. Henry Award, Somtow
Sucharitkul (S. P. Somtow), and Richard Bowker.

Algis Budrys' "First Sale," with Budrys' new introduction.
Harlan Ellison's initial column on writing.  Hal Clement's
science column.  Fiction by Toby Perkins.  Film reviews by Craig
Shaw Gardner.

Theodore Sturgeon said this issue has "the finest clutch of
fiction to be found in any prozine around."  He added, "I have
long wanted a Hugo to go to the best issue of any magazine during
the Hugo year... I'd nominate this one."


NUMBER FOUR

Part one of the serial "Downward To Darkness," by Timothy R.
Sullivan.

Columns by Harlan Ellison, Hal Clement; Craig Shaw Gardner's
analysis of Star Wars.  Fiction by Mike Baron, John Kelly, Bruce
Kent, and Chris Dornan.  Poetry by Caroline Dechert.

Norman Spinrad's "First Sale," "The Last of the Romany,"
with Spinrad's new introduction.


NUMBER FIVE

The First Anniversary Issue, heralded by a startling wrap-
around cover by Clyde Caldwell.

The conclusion of Tim Sullivan's serial "Downward To
Darkness."  Fiction by now-prominent sf novelists David C. Poyer
and Steve Vance.  John Kelly's second story.  Fiction by David
DeWitt.

TWO "First Sales":  Kate Wilhelm's and Roger Zelazny's, each
with the author's new introduction.

Guest editorial by Theodore Sturgeon.

Columns by Harlan Ellison, Hal Clement, and Craig Shaw
Gardner.

And the UNEARTH Story Contest -- write a story with Harlan
Ellison.

NUMBER SIX

The first story by best-selling author Craig Shaw Gardner.
James P. Blaylock's second story, possibly the first "steam-punk"
story ever.

Damon Knight's "First Sale," with his new introduction.

Harlan Ellison's famous statement of ethical position
concerning his Guest of Honor status at WorldCon 1978.

A writing column by Charles Platt.  An article on music in
sf by Somtow Sucharitkul.

Fiction by Meg Files, Richard P. Saggio, Laura E. Campbell,
and Daniel Gordon.  Hal Clement's "Science For Fiction" column.
Craig Shaw Gardner's film review.

All of the varied and stunning artwork in this issue is by
the amazing Clyde Caldwell.

NUMBER SEVEN

The first installment of Rudy Rucker's remarkable, primal
cyberpunk novel, Spacetime Donuts.

Fiction from Steve Vance and Neil Olonoff.

Poul Anderson's "First Sale," with his new introduction.

"Science For Fiction" column by Hal Clement.  Film reviews
by Craig Shaw Gardner.  Book review by Jeff Frane.

NUMBER EIGHT

Second Anniversary Issue.  The second installment of Rudy
Rucker's novel, Spacetime Donuts.  New fiction from Richard
Bowker, Craig Shaw Gardner, Steven Bryan Bieler, and Kevin A.
Lyons.

THREE "First Sales":  by Philip K. Dick, Michael Moorcock,
and Fritz Leiber, each with a fascinating new introduction by the
author.

The winning entry in the UNEARTH Story Contest.

"Science For Fiction" by Hal Clement.  Book reviews by Jeff
Frane and John M. Landsberg.  An sf games review by Craig Shaw
Gardner.  Many illustrations by Barclay Shaw.

For further information, please send SASE to:

John M. Landsberg
P.O. Box 23234
Santa Barbara, CA 93121.


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NOVEL BY EDWARD M. LERNER

PROBE (Warner Books, 1991, 314 pages, paperback)

 "Hold-on-to-the-edge-of-your-seat thriller" -- Illinois Quarterly
 "Good old-fashioned flight and chase and murder" -- Fairfax Journal
 "A fast-paced thriller sure to please" -- Pete Earley

_Prospector_, a privately owned space probe, has apparently
stumbled upon the wreckage of an alien spaceship in the Asteroid Belt.
Then researcher Bob Hanson uncovers proof that the discovery has
been cleverly faked -- evidence that neither the hidden plotters nor
the true believers want revealed.  Hanson's only hope is to
penetrate and expose the conspiracy... before the conspirators find him.

For further information, please send SASE to:

     Edward M. Lerner
     13018 Grey Friars Place
     Herndon VA 22071

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BOOKS BY VONDA N. McINTYRE

BARBARY

Twelve-year-old Barbary emigrates to space, to the research
station _Einstein_.  Researchers and diplomats on board the
station are preparing to meet the first alien spacecraft to
visit the solar system.  Barbary wants to stay with her new
sister Heather and Heather's father Yoshi, but Barbary is
keeping a secret.  If her secret is discovered, she could be
sent back to Earth.  (Houghton Mifflin, 192 pp.  Hardcover,
first edition, autographed; or Ace paperback.)

THE EXILE WAITING

The rulers of the last city on earth exile Mischa (a young
empath), and Jan Hikaru (an offworld poet) to the deep
underground. They find a world of crystalline caverns,
strange, isolated people, and rebellion. (Victor Gollancz,
Ltd., 255 pp. Hardcover, first trade edition, autographed.)


FIREFLOOD & OTHER STORIES

A collection of eleven stories, including "Of Mist, and
Grass, and Sand," the Nebula award-winning novelet that
formed the basis of DREAMSNAKE; "Fireflood," in
which Dark, a genetically engineered human being who can
live in the most extreme environments, fights for her right
to live and work; and "Wings" and "The Mountains of Sunset,
the Mountains of Dawn," in which a species of winged people
escape their dying planet on spaceships that they navigate
by instinct. (Houghton Mifflin, 281 pp. Hardcover, first
edition, autographed.)


SUPERLUMINAL

Laenea Trevelyan, a starship pilot, has her heart replaced
with a machine so she can survive faster-than-light travel.
Orca, a diver, divides her time between starships and the
Strait of Georgia, where her relatives include a family of
killer whales and a group of other divers, human beings who
can exist underwater, and who are, technically, at war with
the United States. Radu Dracul, a colonist from the alien
world Twilight, having chosen to leave his home and become a
starship crew member, discovers he has abilities he never
dreamed of. (Houghton Mifflin, 298 pp. Hardcover, first
trade edition, autographed.)

A few copies of the numbered & boxed limited first edition of
SUPERLUMINAL are available. These are signed and in the original
shrink-wrap, but I will open and inscribe copies on request.

THE STARFARERS SERIES:

STARFARERS

The starship STARFARER prepares for Earth's first
interstellar voyage.  Its diverse faculty includes J.D.
Sauvage, the alien contact specialist; the other members of
the alien contact department: Victoria Fraser MacKenzie,
Satoshi Lono, and Stephen Thomas Gregory; J.D.'s friend Zev,
the diver; a world-famous sensory artist; Crimson Ng,
paleontologist and performance artist; Miensaem Thanthavong,
Nobel laureate; General Nikolai Petrovich Cherenkov,
cosmonaut, hero of the Soviet Union and (in the eyes of the
political entity that swallowed up his homeland) war
criminal; Griffith, the man from the GAO who says he's an
accountant; Infinity Kenjiro Yanagihara y Mendoza, the
gardener, among other things; and Florrie Brown, the first
member of Grandparents in Space.

But political conditions on Earth are shaky and delicate.
As J.D. her colleagues eagerly anticipate their departure...

 ... EarthSpace cancels the deep space expedition.

So what do they do?  They do what any red-blooded multi-
national starship faculty would do.

They steal the starship.

TRANSITION

The starship STARFARER plunges into the Tau Ceti system, its
computer web crashed and its surface penetrated by a nuclear
missile.  J.D. Sauvage finds evidence of an interstellar
community... but will it welcome STARFARER, or drive human
beings away?

METAPHASE

J.D. Sauvage encounters Nemo, a squidmoth.  It has one trait
in common with human beings: they all are outcasts.



              Comments about THE STARFARER SERIES:

    "A very human story in a very exotic setting, TRANSITION
    solidifies Vonda McIntyre's position in the vanguard of
    American science fiction writers."
                    -- Mike Resnick

    "TRANSITION is a must for those who enjoy scientific
    extrapolation and interesting people."
                    -- LOCUS

    "A fine novel of adventure."
                    -- Greg Bear

    McIntyre is a master SF stylist, creating well-rounded,
    believable and distinctive characters, and she excels
    at lush descriptions that allow the reader to
    visualize the action.
                    -- Publishers Weekly

    With this third novel, STARFARERS clearly becomes
    the most important series in science fiction. The
    rich cast of characters and their fascinating psychological
    interplay, the fast dramatic pace, the wit and brilliance
    of both scientific and social imagination, and the sheer
    beauty of the invention -- wait till you meet the squidmoth!
    -- make METAPHASE the most exciting and satisfying science
    fiction I have read this year.
                    -- Ursula K. Le Guin

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For information, and queries about foreign editions,
send SASE or email to:

     Vonda N. McIntyre
     P.O. Box 31041
     Seattle, WA 98103-1041

     Compuserve: 72077,61
     GEnie:      V.MCINTYRE1
     Internet:   [e-mail]

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BOOKS BY THOM METZGER

SHOCK TOTEM.  Penguin/Onyx, 288 pp, paperback.

"Really an Amazing Book."  Rudy Rucker

"Relentlessly bizarre... a wild ride of a novel."  Rave Reviews

"Marginal epic disguised as medical horror novel... Lurid
pulp... seething craziness."  Peter Lamborn Wilson

THIS IS YOUR FINAL WARNING, Autonomedia, 181 pp, paperback.

"An alluring mixture of pop-culture smut and orgiastic
religion."  Retrofuturism.

"Striking and original... zestful and frightening."
Publishers Weekly

"Original, frightening and not bound by the conventions of
good taste."  Toxic Horror

DROWNING IN FIRE, Penguin/Signet, 350 pp, paperback.

"Brilliant" Screw Magazine

"Uniquely twisted."  Times Union

"The prose equivalent of R. Crumb and S. Clay Wilson stoned
on evil speed and sterno."  Hakim Bey.

For more information, please send SASE to:

     Thom Metzger
     Box 25193
     Rochester, NY 14625

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CHILDREN'S BOOK BY JANICE MILLER & RUSS MILLER

THE COMMON TALE OF TWO DRAGONS is a 50-page, full color,
8.5"x11", children's book written by comic book colorist and
writer Janice Miller.  It is fully illustrated by comic book
writer and artist Russ Miller.  Tip and Leon, two tiny
dragons, were born joined at the tail making flight
impossible.  The quest of these two courageous little
adventurers is chronicled in this fine story enjoyed by
children and adults.

Please send SASE to:

    Russ Miller
    JKLM Productions
    P.O. Box 13144
    Prescott AZ 86304

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NON-FICTION BY HANK NUWER

BROKEN PLEDGES: THE DEADLY RITE OF HAZING

BROKEN PLEDGES is written in literary journalism style.
It is the only book to discuss hazing in fraternal groups, high
schools, athletic clubs, the military, sororities, etc.

Hank Nuwer is a Pennsylvania-based journalist and author.

First-edition hardcover with dust jacket, very good or excellent condition.
Specify if you want signed and with what message if you wish.
340 pages, Longstreet Press, Published October 1990. Category:
Nonfiction.

For more information, please send SASE or email to:

    Hank Nuwer
    8311 Countryside Lane
    Fogelsville PA 18051

    Compuserve: 76004,1761

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STORY COLLECTION FROM JERRY OLTION

Love Songs of a Mad Scientist  (Hypatia Press, limited
edition, leatherbound or regular trade hardcover)

The first volume of Jerry Oltion's collected short fiction.
Introduction by Stanley Schmidt.  All copies numbered and
signed by the author and by Dr. Schmidt.  The book runs to
320 pages and contains 18 stories, three of them illustrated
by Janet Aulisio, and one written and illustrated by the
author when he was 7 years old.

For more information, please send SASE or email to:

    Jerry Oltion
    2040 Providence St.
    Eugene OR 97401

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FICTION & NON-FICTION BY ALEXEI & CORY PANSHIN

THE WORLD BEYOND THE HILL

Hugo-winning analytic history of SF.  Elephant limited
first edition or Tarcher hardcover.


RITE OF PASSAGE

Nebula Award-winning novel.  Collector's edition,
Easton Press limited leather-bound hardcover.


TRANSMUTATIONS: A BOOK OF PERSONAL ALCHEMY

"A virtuoso performance... authentically maddening... enormously rewarding...
here is A Mind at Work."  -- Virginia Kidd

A unique collection of left-handed writing.  A book that is more
than the sum of its parts.  Elephant limited hc, or pb.


SF IN DIMENSION

"The strong suit of this book is its urgent, but never dumbly optimistic,
sense of what might be possible, what imaginative span SF might be able
to encompass in the future."   -- Ian Watson

First presentation and development of the ideas in THE WORLD BEYOND THE
HILL.  Twenty-two essays.  Advent quality paperback.


HEINLEIN IN DIMENSION

The first booklength study of a modern science fiction writer, it remains
the best introduction to Heinlein's first thirty years of writing.

Winner of the first Fan Writer Hugo.  Advent hc or pb.


FAREWELL TO YESTERDAY'S TOMORROW -- Berkley/Putnam hc

For further information, please send SASE to:

    Alexei and Cory Panshin
    5580 Route 412
    Riegelsville, PA 18077


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SCIENCE FICTION AND POETRY by BILL RANSOM

JAGUAR (Ace paperback, '90) A tale of triumph over childhood abuse
and neglect that walks the line between science fiction and magical
realism.  In waking life, the Jaguar is a WWII vet with a
mysterious sleep disorder, confined to a VA bed.  When he
sleeps, he roams this world and another, invading the minds
of people as they dream, forcing them to do his will.  Four
dream-bonded children combine forces to cross the void between
worlds and fight for their lives--and ours.

THE ASCENSION FACTOR (Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom, Ace/Putnam
hardcover, '88)  Final installment in the Pandora trilogy
(THE JESUS INCIDENT, THE LAZARUS EFFECT, THE ASCENSION FACTOR).
Pandora is under the fist of an ambitious clone who rules with
a sadistic security force led by the assassin, Spider Nevi.
The Director controls the people by controlling their food
supply and their official religion.  Small resistance groups, led
by a news team and an underground religous group, fight to overthrow
The Director and his forces, and reestablish the sentient kelp that
used to calm the planet-wide ravaging seas.

THE JESUS INCIDENT (Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom, Putnam/Berkley
hardcover, '78)  This bestseller kicked off the Herbert/Ransom
Pandora trilogy, and there are only a few copies of the original
hardcover left.  A Ship who claims to be God abandons colonists to
the planet's bloodthirsty demons and to their own sinister leaders.
A poet, a clone from hybernation and a drunken physican team up to
save their own people and the planet's only sentient species, which
their leader, a Chaplain/Psychiatrist, wants to wipe out completely.


                             POETRY BY BILL RANSOM


FINDING TRUE NORTH (Copper Canyon Press, '73 & 76, trade paper)
Nominated for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize
in 1974, this first book of Ransom's is extremely difficult to find.
Just a couple of copies left of this mint-condition collection.

THE SINGLE MAN LOOKS AT WINTER (Empty Bowl Press, paper, '83)
This poetry collection explores the period of separation, divorce
and recovery.

All titles signed by Bill Ransom upon request.


For information, please send SASE or e-mail to:

GEnie:  B.RANSOM1

(Internet users may try [e-mail])

Real Life:  Bill Ransom
        4711 Aurora Avenue North
            Seattle, WA 98103

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SF NOVELS BY MARY ROSENBLUM

THE DRYLANDS

Nita Montoya, mother of an infant daughter, empath, wanders
into a town on the brink of a water war in the drought-stricken
Northwest.  Carter Voltaire, Colonel in the Corps of Engineers,
the man who controls the water, finds himself standing between
Army and farmers, trying to keep the war from happening.

Together, he and Nita may be able to stop it, but only if Nita
is willing to expose her unusual talent, and risk alienating the
people she loves.  (Del-Rey, paperback, 271 pages, autographed.)

CHIMERA

David Chen was a VR artist in the Net and he was one of the
best.  Jewel Martina had escaped the violent, dirt-poor 'burbs
by becoming a medical aide.  But she was determined to make it
as a VR broker in the global economic network.  They might never
have met if Jewel hadn't saved the life of David's partner --
only to find that someone very powerful wanted him dead.
Trouble was brewing in the Net, and Jewel and David were caught
in the middle.  So they searched for answers -- in the Net, in
the flesh world, and in their own troubled pasts.  (Del-Rey,
paperback, 324 pages, autographed.)

For more information, please send SASE or email to:

    Mary Rosenblum
    9100 SE 152nd
    Portland, OR   97236

    GEnie:  M.Rosenblum3




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HARD SF NOVELS BY ROBERT J. SAWYER


GOLDEN FLEECE (Warner, December 1990 -- first edition!)
=============

GOLDEN FLEECE is a high-tech game of cat-and-mouse between a
murdering artificial intelligence named JASON and an engineer,
Aaron Rossman, aboard a Bussard-ramjet starship.  GOLDEN FLEECE
won Canada's Aurora Award for Best English-Language SF novel of
1990/91; was nominated for the Seiun Award ("the Japanese Hugo");
and was chosen by Orson Scott Card as the best SF novel of 1990.

Writing in F&SF, Orson Scott Card says:  "Jason is, in my
opinion, the deepest computer character in all of science
fiction.  And Aaron is, in my opinion, one of the most
well-drawn, fallible, *human* detectives I've encountered in
mystery fiction -- in a league with, say, [Ruth] Rendell's
Inspector Wexford.  How good is GOLDEN FLEECE?  A friend of
mine -- an English professor -- used to ask, whenever he saw me,
`Why are you still writing that spaceship stuff?'  Now I can
answer.  Because *this* is possible."


FAR-SEER (Ace, June 1992 -- first edition!)
========

FAR-SEER is the first book in the Quintaglio series.  Just before
the great extinctions of 65 million years ago, dinosaurs and
other Earth life forms were transplanted to a distant world.  At
the time FAR-SEER takes place, a race of intelligent dinosaurs
has emerged.  Young Afsan, an apprentice astrologer, gets a
chance to use the newly developed far-seer.  It enables him to
begin to unravel the truth about the heavenly bodies, including
the enigmatic Face of God, which covers one-quarter of the sky.
His research leads to a discovery that threatens the dinosaurs
with extinction once again -- but this time, if he can convince
his people fast enough, they may be able to do something about
it.

FAR-SEER won the CompuServe SF Forum's HOMer Award for Best Novel
of 1992, and was also an official 1992 Hugo Honorable Mention.
ASIMOV'S calls FAR-SEER a "tour de force; vastly enjoyable,
beautifully realized."  ANALOG says "Afsan's world and nature
feel quite real.  The reader gets involved and cheers him on, and
many another writer must say to Sawyer just what one saurian says
to a superior: `I cast a shadow in your presence.'"


FOSSIL HUNTER (Ace, May 1993 -- first edition!)
=============

FOSSIL HUNTER is the second book in the Quintaglio series.  As
FAR-SEER told the story of a dinosaurian Galileo, so FOSSIL
HUNTER tells the story of a dinosaurian Darwin.  Toroca, the son
of Afsan, must puzzle out the vexing fossil record found on his
world -- a record that seems to prove divine creation.  The
discoveries he makes on his digs change forever the way the
Quintaglios view themselves and their place in the universe --
and provide vital clues as to how the Quintaglios can save
themselves from destruction.

Of FOSSIL HUNTER, LIBRARY JOURNAL says:  "Doctrines of evolution
and creationism clash in an unexpected context in this thoughtful
and compelling sf adventure, which belongs in most sf
collections."  QUILL & QUIRE, Canada's publishing trade journal
says, "This is a completely successful novel that should be read
by science fiction fans, by those who no longer read science
fiction, and by those who never have.  FOSSIL HUNTER like
FAR-SEER before it, is not just wonderful SF; it's wonderful
fiction."


For information, please send SASE or e-mail to:

        Robert J. Sawyer
        7601 Bathurst St., Apt. 617
        Thornhill, Ontario
        Canada   L4J 4H5

        CompuServe:  76702,747
        GEnie:  RJ.SAWYER
        Internet:  [e-mail]


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BOOKS BY J. NEIL SCHULMAN

PUBLISH YOUR OWN BOOK FOR UNDER $50! (Written with Victor Koman.)
KoPubCo 1991, New. Low-tech/Hi-tech self-publishing strategies. Good
overview of microfiche and electronic publishing: benefits and
pitfalls.

ALONGSIDE NIGHT.  Crown 1st, 1979, Mint Autographed Slipsheet
Edition limited to 526 copies, signed and numbered by the author!
America faces destruction and tyranny during hyperinflationary crackup.
Young Elliot Vreeland must rescue his imprisoned family and help
topple the government. Prometheus Award Hall of Fame winner!

For further information, please send SASE or email to:

    J. Neil Schulman
    P.O. Box 94
    Long Beach, CA  90801-0094

    GEnie: SOFTSERV

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BOOKS BY RICHARD SELTZER

THE NAME OF HERO, an historical novel (hardcover, Tarcher/Houghton
Mifflin, 1981, 290 pp., first edition, autographed on request)

Alexander Bulatovich is impelled by a need to prove himself:
first to others, then to himself, and finally to God.
This historical figure (1870-1919) was, at various times, a
soldier, an explorer, a monk, and a religious leader.  His field
of action ranged from Tsarist Russia to Ethiopia to Manchuria to
Mount Athos to the Eastern Front in World War I.

In 1896, a young officer in the most elite cavalry regiment in
Saint Petersburg, he is a champion rider and fencer.  Expected
soon to be betrothed to Sonya, the daughter of his commanding
officer, Alex is on a smooth track toward conventional success.
But he hungers for adventure, fame, and fortune.  When the
opportunity arise, he volunteers for duty in Ethiopia.
In three expeditions over four years, Alex battles desert and
jungle, explores uncharted lands, learns the languages, and comes
to respect the Ethiopian people.  He rises to every challenge and
danger and becomes Russia's expert on this area and also a
trusted military adviser of the Ethiopian emperor.

England, with armies in neighboring Sudan, looms as a threat to
continued Ethiopian independence.  Bulatovich has elaborate plans
for defenses on the western frontier, with himself as
prince-governor of that province, and an Ethiopian princess at
his side.  But the international climate changes abruptly.
Alliances are shifting.  England is no longer an "enemy" of
Russia.  Asia, not Africa, is where the action lies.  Alex is
recalled to Saint Petersburg, where his hard-gained knowledge of
Africa is now useless.

Rather than start up again with Sonya and play the games of
regimental politics, he volunteers for duty in Manchuria, where
Russians are fighting the Chinese Boxers for control of the
Trans-Siberian Railway.  Disillusioned, he no longer craves fame
and official recognition, but he still has to prove himself to
himself -- pushing himself to the limits of physical endurance
and danger.  Decisive and bold, he inspires the devotion of a
motley group of undisciplined frontiersmen and Cossacks, who call
him "Mazeppa" and themselves "Mazeppy."  Due to his amazing luck,
some of his men come to believe he has extraordinary powers.

Alex continually comes into conflict with his superior officers,
who consider his initiative insubordination.  Disobeying orders,
he leads his Mazeppy to rescue a French missionary.  On the way
back, he is badly wounded and also contracts typhus.  His
superior officers leave him to die.  His friends stay with him.
In a coma, drifting in and out of consciousness, he realizes his
"luck" has run out.  But what was the source of this luck, and
why has it ended?  Did God have a purpose for him?  He must live
so he can find out and prove himself before God.

The main story takes place in 1900 in the frontier/plains of
Manchuria, with flashbacks to the jungles of Ethiopia, and Russia
and the Ukraine.

The novel was thoroughly researched -- based in part on writings
of Bulatovich himself and his commanding officer in Manchuria, as
well as interviews with his hundred-year-old sister.


THE LIZARD OF OZ, a satiric fable for adults and children
(paperback, B&R Samizdat Express, 1974, 126 pages, illustrated
by Christin Couture, third printing; a few first edition
copies with hand-silkscreened covers available, autographed
on request)

(The story is also available in the form of a stageplay
intended for elementary school, and as a multi-part radio play.)

When an elementary school class sets out on a quest to save the
world from disenchantment, their adventures reveal paradoxes of
the human mind and ways of awakening the magic within us.

Meet Lewis Carroll in the Underworld:
"I don't understand everything.  I just stand under the world.
There are others much lower who stand under us.  There are many
levels of understanding."

Meet Prince Frog, the frog who turned himself into a prince to
make himself lovable:
"It's so good to be loved, but then it's so comfortable being a
frog.  I think I'll go down to the river and croak."

Meet Miss Fortune, one of the Mothers of Fact:
"That'll be the emperor's new clothes.  There's a very special
fiber for making it visible.  Yes, moral fiber.  The emperor has
to supply that himself."

Meet Humpty and the little blue wallflower he fell for, Sir Real,
Francis Bacon, the Redcoats, the Mothers of Fact, Joan of Noah's
Ark, Mr. Charon, Mr. Plato, the Witch, the Physicist, King
Arthur, the Knights of the Merry-Go-Round table, Shakespeare,
Daniel Boone, Mr. Marx, Crazy Horse, the Weatherman, Mr. Shermin,
Mrs. O'Rourke, and many more characters.


NOW AND THEN AND OTHER TALES FROM OME, a short collection of
children's stories. (paperback or hardcover first edition,
B&R Samizdat Express, 1976, 63 pages, autographed on request).

The book consists of four stories:

Now and Then -- "Once upon a space there was a time, a cute
little time.  Her name was Now.  Her Father was Yesterday, and
her mother was Tomorrow..."

Princess Julie -- "Here she was an ordinary princess with a
mother who loved her, and she was never miserable, and Prince
Charming would never come to rescue her... unless she made
herself miserable."

The Little Oops Named Ker Plop -- "Once beneath a space there was
an oops named Ker Plop.  She had fallen through that vast empty
space and landed in the middle of nowhere."

Mary Jane's Book:  the Book of Animals -- "It was summer
vacation, and everything was different:  Mary Jane didn't have to
go to school, and everything she just loved turned into a car,
all the animals, that is; and May Jane just loved all sorts of
animals."

No charge for shipping on pre-paid orders.

By the way, I have all of the above on-line as well, and could
transmit one or more over the Internet if someone wished.

For information, please send SASE or email to:

 Richard Seltzer
 PO Box 161
 West Roxbury, MA 02132

Internet: [e-mail]
          !decwrl!ics.dec.com!seltzer
          seltzer%ics.enet.dec.com
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FANTASY NOVEL BY DAVE SMEDS

THE SCHEMES OF DRAGONS by Dave Smeds, pb, March 1989, 250 pgs.  High
fantasy.

Praise from F&SF:  "Dave Smeds writes fantasy with the
inventiveness and rigor of the best sort of hard science fiction.  His
story of a world being conquered by a Hitlerian dragon is so real that
when you set it on the same shelf with woodsy-elvesy fantasies, within a
week they crumble into dust."  Original edition.

Autographed on request.

For information, send SASE or email to:

     Dave Smeds
    164 Jack London Drive
    Santa Rosa CA 95409
     GEnie: D.SMEDS

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BOOKS BY JOHN E. STITH:

Nebula Award Nominee: REDSHIFT RENDEZVOUS, Ace pb 1990. Hard SF featuring a
ship hijack in a universe of slow light.

DEEP QUARRY, Ace pb 1989.  SF private eye "Bug Eye" on a distant world uncovers
buried alien enclave.  Don't try anything funny; this could be serious.

DEATH TOLLS, Ace pb 1987.  SF mystery set on partially terraformed Mars,
following exploits of an ex-investigative reporter trying to find out if his
brother's death was murder.

MEMORY BLANK, Ace pb 1986.  Amnesia story set on an L-5 colony.  The
protagonist's only ally in clearing himself of a murder charge is a
wise-cracking AI--his wrist computer.

SCAPESCOPE, Ace pb 1984.  Set partly in NORAD Cheyenne Mountain Complex, where
the author used to work.  Mike Cavantalo uses Scapescope, a device that gives
glimpses of the future, to learn he will soon be on the government's known
political criminal list.

Quantities are limited.

For further information, send SASE or email to:

     John E. Stith
     1242 Amsterdam Drive
     Colorado Springs, CO 80907-4004.

     CompuServe: 74375,235
     GEnie: J.STITH

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BOOKS BY L. A. TAYLOR.

A MURDER WAITING TO HAPPEN.  1989 hardcover mystery.
Jamison, a somewhat confused mundane, addresses a
science fiction convention on the topic of UFO investigation.

FOOTNOTE TO MURDER.  1983 hardcover mystery-suspense.  Marge Brock, a
library researcher, finds herself in danger when she runs across
a series of murders she may know something about.

ONLY HALF A HOAX.  1983 hardcover mystery.  First of a series featuring
J.J. Jamison, software engineer and UFO investigator.

SHED LIGHT ON DEATH.  1985 hardcover mystery.  Third in J.J. Jamison series.

POETIC JUSTICE.  1988 hardcover mystery.  Takes place in a writers'
conference where some have more on their minds than how to
construct a line of poetry that scans.

THE BLOSSOM OF ERDA.  Science fiction adventure set in
distant future with strong female lead character.  Hardcover or
softcover available.  Please ignore title; it was the publisher's idea.

 For further information, SASE to:

     Laurie Sparer
     4000 York Ave. S.
     Minneapolis, MN 55410


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COLLECTION BY GENE WOLFE

GENE WOLFE'S BOOK OF DAYS, a collection of 18 short stories.
Doubleday hardcover with dustjacket, signed.

CASTLEVIEW, Novel, Tor 1990.

For further information, send SASE to:

     Gene Wolfe
     P.O. Box 69
     Barrington, IL 60010


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BOOKS BY JANE YOLEN

THE ACORN QUEST, children's novel, Arthurian spoof, b&w illos,
hardcover

BROTHERS OF THE WIND, children's chapter book, Arabian horse
fantasy, first illos by Barbara Berger, hardcover, 1st edition

CARDS OF GRIEF, adult sf novel, winner Mythopoeic Award,
paperback American or British editions

DRAGON'S BLOOD, YA sf/fantasy novel, first book of Pit Dragon
trilogy, British paperback.

DRAGON NIGHT & OTHER LULLABIES, children's poetry collection, b&w
illos Demi, hardcover

THE GIANTS' FARM, easy-reading chapter book, 2-color illos Tomie
dePaola, first edition, hardcover

HEART'S BLOOD, YA sf/fantasy novel, second book of Pit Dragon
Trilogy, British paperback

HOBO TOAD & THE MOTORCYCLE GANG, children's novel, b&w illos
Emily Arnold McCauley, hardcover first edition

MERLIN'S BOOKE, adult short stories about Merlin, b&w illos
Thomas Canty, hardcover, 2 editions (one with end papers more
expensive)

NEPTUNE RISING, YA collection of stories & poems about underwater
myth creatures, hardcover, b&w illos David Wiesner

ROBOT & REBECCA, children's sf novel, hardcover

ROBOT & REBECCA AND THE MISSING OWSER, children's novel,
paperback

SHAPE SHIFTERS, YA anthology, hardcover

SLEEPING BEAUTY, children's picture book, color illos Ruth
Sanderson, hardcover (Yolen's husband, daughter, and Yolen
herself posed for roles in book)

SPACESHIPS & SPELLS, YA anthology, hardcover

SPIDER JANE ON THE MOVE, children's easy-reading chapter book,
b&w illos, hardcover

TALES OF WONDER, collection of Yolen's short stories, hardcover,
first edition

UNCLE LEMON'S SPRING, children's tall tale novel, b&w illos Glen
Rounds, hardcover.

For further information, or queries about non-fantasy or sf
titles, send SASE or e-mail to:

    Jane Yolen
    31 School Street
    Box 27
    Hatfield MA 01038

    GEnie: J.YOLEN

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NOVEL BY GEORGE ZEBROWSKI

MACROLIFE (Harper & Row, 284 p.  Illustrated by Rick
Sternbach).  Utopian novel about space habitats.  "So good
it doesn't need any recommendation from me."--Arthur C.
Clarke.  "A work of sweeping imagination."--Gerard K.
O'Neill.  "Reminiscent of Le Guin but on a much larger
canvas."--Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.  "Breathtaking
scope."--Publishers Weekly.  "Splendidly wrought."--W.Warren
Wagar.  "Far-sighted and poetic."--Michael Bishop.

Also available in limited artist edition with tipped-in
plate.

For further information, send SASE to:

     George Zebrowski
     Box 486
     Johnson City NY 13709


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