Newsletter #43 September - November, 1998RECENTLY RECEIVED AND FORTHCOMING SCIENCE FICTION
[PBO means paperback original]
| Tad Williams' Mirror World (3 short stories, none written by Tad Williams, based on a comic book series he did write) | $23.00 |
| Writer's Complete Fantasy Reference (from Writer's Digest, intro. by Terry Brooks) | $18.99 |
Adams, Scott | Journey to Cubeville (collection of Dilbert comic strips) | $12.95 |
Anderson, Kevin J./Rusch, Kristine Kathryn | Afterimage Aftershock (contemporary fantasy about a serial killer) | $18.00 |
Appleton, Victor | Tom Swift & His Airship (facsimile hardcover edition of 1910 book) | $12.95 |
Athans, Philip--ed. | Realms of Mystery (Forgotten Realms anthology) | $5.99 |
Banks, Iain | The Wasp Factory (reprint; "powerful, perverse & engrossing tale of rural family's secret") | $11.00 |
Banks, Iain M. | Inversions (British import hc of newest in series) | $39.95 |
Baum, L. Frank | Lost Princess of Oz (facsimile hardcover edition of 1917 book) | $24.00 |
Bleiler, Everett F. | Science Fiction: The Gernsback Years (covers Amazing, Astounding, and Wonder Stories 1926-36, includes plot description of every story, info about artists, history of the magazines) | $65.00 |
Boyett, Steven R. | Treks Not Taken (parody; what if Stephen King, Anne Rice, Kurt Vonnegut, Dr. Seuss, etc., had written Star Trek episodes) | $10.00 |
Brin, David | The Transparent Society (non-fiction on effect of technology on privacy & freedom) | $25.00 |
Burkett, William R., Jr. | Blood Lines (sequel to Bloodsport ; ritual duel on an alien world will result in death for one) | $5.99 |
Chilson, Rob | Black as Blood (tongue-in-cheek horror) | $5.99 |
Cornwell, Bernard | Arthurian Trilogy 3:Excalibur (associational; Arthur's beset on all sides__ Saxon forces allied with Lancelot, betrayed by Guinevere, Merlin in pact with Mordred to raise power of gods) | $24.95 |
Cox, Greg | Star Trek Next Generation Qspace; Qzone; Qstrike (Q Continuim books 1, 2, 3 of 3) | $6.50 each |
Cunningham, Elaine | Thornhold (Forgotten Realms: Harpers 16) | $5.99 |
Dalkey, Kara | The Heavenward Path (sequel to Little Sister ; fantasy set in ancient Japan) | $17 |
Delacorte, Peter | Time on My Hands (travel guide writer offered trip through time if he'll go back to pre-WWII & prevent Reagan from aiming for the White House) | $14.00 |
Drake, David/Flint, Eric | In the Heart of Darkness (alternate history; 6th century India conquered with gunpowder weapons) | $6.99 |
Elrod, P. N. | I, Stroud: The War Against Azalin (Ravenloft novel) | $5.99 |
Forstchen, William R. | Article 23 (Mars and the outer colonies want more freedom from Earth, just as very unfriendly contact is made with extraterrestrials) | $5.99 |
Gabrielle, Bard of Poteindaia (as translated by Josepha Sherman) | Zena: All I Need to Know I Learned From the Warrior Princess (media tie-in) | $12.00 |
Garcia Y Robertson, G. | The Moon Maid & Other Fantastic Adventures (collection of sf & fantasy short stories) | $22.95 |
Golden, Christie | Seven of Nine (Star Trek Voyager 16) | $6.50 |
Golden, Christopher/Holder, Nancy | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Blooded (media tie-in) | $4.50 |
Gunn, James | The Road to Science Fiction Vol. 6: Around the World (a look at SF not written in English) | $14.99 |
Hambly, Barbara/Greenberg, MH_eds | Sisters of the Night (anthology of stories of female vampires from Niven, Lee, Hambly, Yolen, Hoffman, Cadigan, more) | $6.99 |
Hand, Elizabeth | Last Summer at Mars Hill (short story collection includes World Fantasy_ & Nebula Award_winning novella; "incantatory beauty") | $13.00 |
Hand, Elizabeth | X-Files: Fight the Future (movie novelization) | $5.99 |
Hatch, Richard/Golden, Christopher | Battlestar Galactica: Armageddon (new novel begins 18 years after the start of the TV series) | $6.99 |
Hatch, Richard/Golden, Christopher | Battlestar Galactica: Warhawk (2nd of new series of media tie-in novels) | $19.95 |
Jurasik, Peter/Keith, William H. | Diplomatic Act (TV actor who plays an ET is kidnaped by real aliens, who have learned all about humans from watching TV --but they don't understand the concept of fiction) | $22.00 |
Kagan, Janet | Hellspark (reprint of a much sought-after science fiction novel) | $12.00 |
Keyes, J Gregory | Babylon 5: Dark Genesis 1: The Birth of the Psi Corps (media tie_in; based on Straczynski outline; traces discovery of telepaths, creation of laws & Psi Corps to identify & regulate them; PBO) | $5.99 |
Killough, Lee | Bloodwalk (2-in-1 reprint of Blood Hunt and Bloodlinks ,; policeman-turned- vampire Mikaelian; a pair of non-horror vampire novels) | $14.00 |
Lumley, Brian | A Coven of Vampires (collection of his vampire short stories) | $27.00 |
McCaffrey, Anne/Ball, Margaret | Acorna: The Unicorn Girl (little girl with tiny horn growing from her forehead found in escape pod among the asteroids, taken to a bandit planet) | $6.50 |
McIntyre, Vonda N, | The Moon and the Sun (Nebula Award winner for best novel of last year; alternate history in 17th century France) | $6.99 |
Niven, Larry--creator | Choosing Names (Man-Kzin Wars VIII; shared-world anthology series) | $6.99 |
Odom, Mel | Blade (movie novelization) | $5.99 |
Parkinson, Dan | Timecop:Viper's Spawn (movie & comic book tie_in, 1st in series;PBO) | $5.99 |
Peel, John | Secret of Dragonhome (young adult fantasy) | $4.99 |
Perry, S.D. | Virus (movie novelization) | $5.99 |
Perry, Steve/Braunbeck, Gary | Isaac Asimov's I-Bots: Time Was (new novel in Asimov's universe) | $23.00 |
Pierson, Chris | Spirit of the Wind (Dragonlance: Bridges of Time#1) | $5.99 |
Powers, Richard | Galatea 2.2 (attempt to model the huamn brain by feeding literary classics into a computer leads to unexpected results) | $13.00 |
Resnick, Mike | Kirinyaga (22nd century Kenyans try to recreate their version of Utopia on a terraformed planetoid) | $25.00 |
Rice, Anne | Violin (Russian aristocrat'e demonic ghost uses magic violin to dominate Triana & drive her mad, but she understands music's power better & fights back) | $14.00 |
Rowling, J.K. | Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (young adult fantasy) | $16.95 |
Saberhagen, Fred | A Question of Time (reprint; detective hired to find sculptor's missing niece calls on Lord of the Vampires, Dr Strangeways, when he realizes client is nosferatu) | $5.99 |
Sansweet, Stephen J | Star Wars Encyclopedia (media reference; info from films, radio, novels, stories, games, etc, covering science, tech, history, geography, culture, ecology, personalalities, more) | $49.95 |
Savage, Felicity | Ever #3: A Trickster in the Ashes (daemons can pass through our world with ease, until captured by a handler; once imprisoned, one can power entire cities with their rage) | $14.00 |
Scott, Melissa | Conceiving the Heavens: Creating the Science Fiction Novel (writing handbook) | $16.95 |
Silverberg, Robert | The Alien Years (aliens invade Earth, take what they want, and completely ignore the humans except to retaliate massively to any attacks) | $24.00 |
Silverberg, Robert__ed | Legends (11 new short novels in fantasy series, includes King's Dark Tower, Jordan's Wheel of Time, Goodkind's Sword of Truth, McCaffery's Pern,Feist's Riftwar) | $27.95 |
Silverberg, Robert | Sorcerers of Majipoor ( 1000 years before Lord Valentine's Castle ) | $6.99 |
Spencer, William Browning | Irrational Fears (a cult believes that alcoholism is an ancient alien curse & DTs are related to other-dimensional demons--and then they start kidnaping alcoholics) | $19.99 |
Taylor, Jeri | Pathways (Star Trek Voyager) | $23.00 |
Tomorrow, Tom | Penguin Soup for the Soul (collection of satiric cartoons) | $9.95 |
Turtledove, Harry--ed | Alternate Generals (anthology of alternate history stories) | $5.99 |
Wallace, Daniel | Star Wars: The Essential Guide to Planets & Moons (media tie_in/reference; "definitive guide" to locations of Star Wars universe, incl Tatooine, Hoth, Dagobah, Kashyyyk, Bespin, Coruscant, more; PBO) | $18.95 |
Weinberg, Robert | War in Heaven (Horizon War #3; gaming tie-in novel) | $5.99 |
Williamson, Chet | The Crow: Clash by Night (latest in series of novels that tie-in with comic book series) | $13.00 |
Williams, Walter Jon | Frankensteins and Foreign Devils (collection of 10 short stories, 2 never before in print, from NESFA Press) | $23.00 |
Wilson, Robert Anton | Everything Is Under Control: Conspiracies, Cults, and Cover-Ups (reference guide) | $15.00 |
DUE BY SEPTEMBER 10
Andersson, C Dean | I Am Dracula (horror reprint) | $4.99 |
Anthony, Piers | Faun & Games (Forrest Faun's quest takes him to tiny planet hidden at heart of Xanth, where he finds magic & marvels) | $6.99 |
Briery, Traci | The Vampire Journals (horror reprint) | $4.99 |
Burroughs, E R/Kaluta, MW | ER Burroughs' Minidoka: 937th Earl of 1 Mile Series M (graphic novel version of Edgar Rice Burrough's 1st story__whimsical fantasy in tradition of Swift & Carroll) | $14.95 |
Chester, Deborah | Lucasfilm's Alien Chronicles 2: The Crimson Claw (Star Wars tie_in; series leads to source of Force; master reptilian race's civilization crumbles as its slaves struggle for freedom; PBO) | $5.99 |
Clarke, Arthur C | Earthlight; Reach for Tomorrow; Tales From the White Hart; Expedition to Earth (trade paperback reprints) | $10.00 each |
Cochran, Molly/Murphy, Warren | The Broken Sword (when Excalibur's shattered, King Arthur & the knights are tossed into 20th century & must work even harder to restore the Round Table & Camelot) | $6.99 |
Czerneda, Julie E | Beholder's Eye (youngest of energy_based, shapeshifter species is sent to explore world, but capture threatens her, but all her people w/extinction; PBO) | $5.99 |
Dann, Joshua | Timeshare 2: Second Time Around (security head of time travel agency travels to Roaring '20s US to find famous filmmaker; PBO) | $5.99 |
Davis, Jim | Garfield Throws His Weight Around (33rd comic strip collection) | $6.95 |
DeCandido, Keith RA/Nieto, Jose R | Spider_Man: Venom's Wrath (media tie_in; PBO) | $6.99 |
Dickson, Gordon R | Tactics of Mistake (Dorsai reprint; scholarly strategist/tactician Cletus Graeme learns realities of war from the Dorsai as they learn from him) | $5.99 |
Dietz, William C/Williams, Dean | Star Wars:Dark Forces: Soldier for the Empire (media tie_in/illustrated; Imperial soldier's disillusionment & grief leads him to Rebel Alliance & mission to steal Death Star plans) | $14.95 |
Evans, Quinn Taylor | Merlin's Legacy: Dawn of Camelot (romance crossover; Merlin's sister, sorceress Meg, takes human form in midst of ancient Britain torn by war & meets warrior Connor of Lyonnesse; PBO) | $5.50 |
Golden, Christopher | The Shadow Saga 1: Of Saints & Shadows (reprint; secret society vows to destroy vampires) | $5.99 |
Greenberg, MH/Segriff, Larry_eds | Battle Magic (anthology of stories of magic used in battle, by DeChancie, Sherman, Edghill, Lindskold, Reichert, Czerneda, more; PBO) | $5.99 |
Haldeman, Joe | Forever Peace ('98 Hugo Winner/thematic sequel to Forever War ; as war rages in mid_21c, soldier & scientist discover too_tempting way to revert universe to day 1) | $6.50 |
Hanna, Lynn | The Starry Child (linguist able to communicate in ancient Gaelic w/troubled girl learns of her claim to Scottish nobility & stolen family crown; PBO) | $5.99 |
Harrison, Harry | Stars & Stripes Forever (epic alternate history tale supposes that Great Britain launched full_scale attack on US at height of Civil War) | $24.95 |
Hegland, Jean | Into the Forest (as technology & society collapse around them, 2 sisters struggle to survive) | $12.95 |
Kerr, Katharine | Deverry 9: The Dragon Mage 1: The Red Wyvern (magically gifted Lillorigga trains her wild power under dweomermaster Nevyn & comes to crossroads of choice between clan & true king) | $6.50 |
Kihn, Greg | Shade of Pale (NY psychiatrist's search for sister & abusive boyfriend leads to Irish terrorist, patient's death, delusions of Banshee pursuit_or are they delusions?) | $5.99 |
Kilpatrick, Nancy/Roche, Thomas_eds | In the Shadow of the Gargoyle (horror anthology about gargoyles includes Ellison, Gaiman, Kurtz, Lumley, Yolen, Grant, Holder, Clayton, Hodge, Levinthal, Tem, more) | $12.00 |
Lackey, Mercedes/Dixon, Larry | Owlflight (when parents vanish in forest, wilful Darian's apprenticed to wizard, but massacre of village forces him to forest, too, & encounter with the Tayledras) | $6.99 |
Lackey, Mercedes/Dixon, Larry | Owlsight ("Owlflight" sequel; about to leave area of devastated village with Tayledras to continue magical apprenticeship, Darian learns parents are alive in Empire) | $22.95 |
Lee, Stan/David, Peter_eds | The Ultimate Hulk (media tie_in; collection of new stories spanning hero's career, with illustrations) | $14.00 |
Lovecraft, HP, & Others | Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (anthology of stories paying tribute to master of modern horror, includes King, Bloch, Campbell, Farmer & more, plus original Lovecraft tales) | $12.00 |
McCaffrey, Anne | If Wishes Were Horses (young twins aid mother/village healer & learn about hope when father is called to war&village is overrun w/refugees;"gift book") | $13.95 |
McConnell, Ashley | Stargate SG_1 (media tie_in; hostile aliens invade Earth & Col Jack O'Neill goes back through Stargate, rejoins Egyptologist Daniel Jackson to find source planet;PBO) | $5.99 |
Michaels, Melisa | Sister to the Rain (PI Rosie Lavine 2, wrestles w/disaster of last case, but agreeing to find mischief_maker in artists' colony only brings more magic & trouble; PBO) | $5.99 |
Osborne, Cary | Darkloom ( Deathweave sequel; elite imperial guard Arden must use both combat & psychic abilities to protect her charge, Empress Jessa; PBO) | $5.99 |
Peterman, Mindy | Quantum Leap 17: Song & Dance (TV tie_in; 1978 dancer's dream may lead to danger for Quantum Leap project; PBO) | $6.99 |
Pohl, Frederik | The Siege of Eternity (aliens among us may be saviors or destroyers & kidnap/alter/clone/implant of gov't agent, astronomer may be key in race to unravel reasons for wave of attacks) | $6.99 |
Resnick, Mike | The Widowmaker Unleashed (bounty hunter Jefferson Nighthawk is unfrozen for final time to retire, but previous clones have made him enemies who refuse to let him go; PBO) | $5.99 |
Rovin, Jeff | Return of the Wolf Man (media tie_in; new heir comes to castle & discovers resident werewolf; PBO) | $6.99 |
Sarabande, William | The First Americans: Time Beyond Beginning (as Ice Age ends, coastal tribe struggles to adapt; PBO) | $6.50 |
Shelley, Rick | Lieutenant ( Officer_Cadet sequel; Mercenary Corps Lt Lon Nolan is about to learn about command responsibility in midst of battle; PBO) | $5.99 |
Smedman, Lisa | Shadowrun 33: Psychotrope (gaming tie_in; hackers trapped in virtual landscape realize key to trap may be earlier brush withdeath, but both their minds & lives are on the line;PBO) | $5.99 |
Smith, L Neil | Bretta Martyn (pirate Henry Martyn's daughter's captured by his enemy, rescued by gang of escaped slaves that she trains as fighting force for justice, freedom, vengeance) | $6.99 |
Sutcliffe,K/Shayne,M/Longford,L/Ray | Moonglow (anthology of 4 stories of romantic suspense; PBO) | $5.99 |
Taylor, Karen E | The Vampire Legacy: 1_Blood Secrets; 2_Bitter Blood; 3_Blood Ties (horror reprint) | $4.99 each |
Vande Velde, Vivian | Curses, Inc: And Other Stories (young reader; collection of 10 stories of mayhem & magic) | $4.50 |
Varley, John | Golden Globe (Shakespearean actor/wanted con man Sparky Valentine plies trade throughout galaxy, edging closer to home, justice,truth of strange, prolonged life) | $22.95 |
Whitman, John | Star Wars:Galaxy of Fear 12: The Hunger (young adult; PBO) | $4.50 |
Wrede, Patricia C | Magician's Ward (ex_street waif Kim 2, discovers learning to be lady & magician is harder than expected, but when disaster strikes guardian/magician, solution's up to her) | $5.99 |
Wrede, Patricia C | Mairelon the Magician (reprint; street waif Kim/noble magician Richard Merrill #1) | $5.99 |
Zahn, Timothy | Star Wars:Hand of Thrawn 1: Specter of the Past (media tie_in; efforts toward an Imperial/New Republic peace treaty are threatened by group of warlords with supposedly_dead Admiral Thrawn at their head) | $5.99 |
Zahn, Timothy | Star Wars:Hand of Thrawn 2: Vision of the Future (media tie_in; Luke, Leia & Han must prove Bothans innocent of monstrous crimes to preserve the integrity of the New Republic) | $23.95 |
Zebrowski, George | Brute Orbits (conservative earth gov't shifts asteroid penal colonies into long_term orbits, with "brutal, surprising & unforgettable" results) | $23.00 |
DUE BY MID_SEPTEMBER
Ames, Lee J/Estrada, Ric | Draw 50 Aliens (how to draw ETs, monsters, SF machines, more) | $8.95 |
Anthony, Piers | Zombie Lover (ruler of Xanthe's zombies is attracted to young girl who must prove her innocence to avoid becoming Queen of the Undead) | $23.95 |
Banks, Lynne Reid | The Key to the Indian (young reader; Omri & father realize Little Bear, Iroquois friend from past, is in danger, but getting back in time to help him doesn't work too well) | $16.00 |
Barton, William/Capobianco, Michael | White Light (as colony search fails, 2 families flee poisoned near_future Earth to enter heart of alien culture that's created a god; PBO) | $13.00 |
Bradbury, Ray | Driving Blind (collection of all new stories of worlds seen through windshield) | $6.50 |
Cadigan, Pat | Tea From an Empty Cup (cyberpunk; a woman searching for lost lover & a hardened cop must enter a deadly virtual reality affected by ancient Japanese gods) | $22.95 |
Card, Orson Scott__ed | Future on Ice (anthology of 1980's works by Bear, Benford, Butler, Crowley, Fowler, Kress, Martin, etc.) | $24.95 |
Coe, David B | The Outlanders (sequel to Children of Amarid; hoping to avert another invasion, young mage journeys to territory of enemy, where technology rather than magic is used) | $26.95 |
Daniel, Tony | Earthling (reissue; intelligent drilling machine discovers subsurface life force, transforming life on the surface) | $13.95 |
Datlow, Ellen/Windling, Terri_eds | Black Swan, White Raven (anthology of stories retelling classic fairy tales from adult perspective incl Crowley, Oates, Yolen, more) | $13.00 |
David, Peter | Star Trek Next Gen: Imzadi II: Triangle (media tie_in; the so_far untold story of Deanna Troi's trouble romance w/Worf; audio tape $18) | $23.00 |
David, Peter | Star Trek: The Captain's Table 5: Once Burned (media tie_in; at space/time/dimension_spanning bar, Christopher Pike tells tales of his greatest adventures; PBO) | $6.50 |
Davidson, Avram | Avram Davidson Treasury (best of collection, afterwords by Ellison and Bradbury) | $26.95 |
DiFilippo, Paul | Ribofunk (a visit to genetically altered future where partially_human creatures serve, renegades are hunted & viral, mental, virtual, toxic threats abound) | $3.99 |
Dickson, Gordon R. | The Dragon in Lyonesse (Dragon Knight series; Jim Eckert & friends must stop melevalent forces threatening Lyonesse, home of King Arthur and his court) | $25.95 |
Duncan, Dave | The Great Game 3: Future Indefinite (Edward Exeter accepts mantle & responsibilities of Liberator in power_ridden Nextdoor, gaining enemies & friends & playing the Game to its conclusion) | $6.50 |
Eddings, David & Leigh | The Rivan Codex ("ancient texts of The Belgariad & The Malloreon" provide background materials for fantasy epic) | $27.50 |
Fellows, Oscar L | Operation: Damocles (secret mission to destroy super_weapon & its use against US people touches spy, reporter, scientists, retired CIA agent, president, vice president; PBO) | $5.99 |
Froud, Brian/Windling, Terri_ed | Good Faeries/Bad Faeries (illustrations & text explore nature of faeries, processes of imagination that make communication possible) | $30.00 |
Gardner, Martin | Visitors from Oz (new tale for 100th anniversary follows wild adventures of Dorothy, Scarecrow, Tin Woodman in US, combines mathematical riddles with tech pyrotechnics, suspense) | $21.95 |
Gelb, Jeff/Garrett, Michael_eds | Hot Blood X (erotic horror anthology; PBO) | $6.99 |
Golden, Christopher/Holder, Nancy | Buffy the Vampire Slayer 6: Child of the Hunt (TV tie_in; Buffy & Angel take on a horde of tiny creatures called the Great Hunt who're wreaking havoc in Sunnyvale; PBO) | $5.99 |
Hoffman, Nina Kiriki | The Silent Strength of Stones (reprint; prying teen Nick begins to realize lakeside neighbors, including girl & too_smart dog/wolf, have secrets tied to mom's disappearance, his talents) | $5.99 |
Holder, Nancy | Gambler's Star 1: The Six Families (Moonbase Vegas' controlling families view new casino owner as threat, send Deuce McNamara to be his agent/their spy, but he learns stakes are higher yet;PBO) | $5.99 |
Kaye, Marilyn | Last on Earth 1: The Vanishing (young adult; 25 HS seniors leave geometry class only to find they're the only humans left on Earth; PBO) | $4.99 |
Norton, Andre | Scent of Magic (Willadene's sense of smell gets her out of scullery & apprenticed to herbmistress, but winds up on quest into realm of abomination; PBO) | $23.00 |
O'Leary, Patrick | The Gift (reissue; magic gifts exact difficult price from recipients; 2 people must rid their land of perverted magic) | $13.95 |
Oduka, Michael &Denise/Mirek,Debbie | Star Trek Encyclopedia: Updated & Expanded Edition (media tie_in/reference; covers main & supporting characters, illos, aliens, uniform chart, phaser evolution, weapons, tools, medicine, jokes, etc) | $50.00 |
Oltion, Jerry | Star Trek: The Captain's Table 6: Where Sea Meets Sky (media tie_in; at space/time/dimension_spanning bar, Mackenzie Calhoun discusses his most traumatic experience & its effect on his command style; PBO) | $6.50 |
Perry, SD | Resident Evil: Caliban Cove (gaming tie_in/horror; STARS survivors attempt to warn the world about the bioweapons conspiracy they uncovered; PBO) | $6.50 |
Perry, SD | Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy (gaming tie_in/horror; Special Tactics & Rescue Squad (STARS) investigates murders in remote community, find genetic research & conspiracy; PBO) | $6.50 |
Sheffield, Charles | Convergent Series (revised omnibus reprint of "Summertide" & "Divergence"; troubleshooter Hans Rebka intends to penetrate galaxy's most mysterious alien artifact, Paradox) | $6.99 |
Simon | Necronomicon Spellbook (clear_&_simple_language version of instructions & diagrams from the original version) | $5.99 |
Weber, David | Honor Harrington 7: In Enemy Hands (Honor's orders take her & crew directly into ambush by revitalized Peep military, is captured & imprisoned on prison planet, sentenced to execution) | $6.99 |
Weber, David | Honor Harrington 8: Echoes of Honor (overextended Manitcoran Alliance views newscast of Honor's execution & faces revitalized Peep force, unaware that Honor & fellows are trapped on Hell) | $24.00 |
White, James | Mind Changer (Sector General hospital staff faces difficult transition when Chief Psychologist O'Mara becomes head of hospital) | $22.95 |
Wilhelm, Kate | Where Late the Sweet Birds Sang (reissue of Hugo Award winner; post_holocaust community of clones work to preserve civilization) | $13.95 |
Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn | Blood Roses (Count Saint_Germain in 14th century France.) | $24.95 |
DUE BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER
Amend, Bill | Camp Foxtrot (comic strip collection; PBO) | $12.95 |
Crumb, R | R Crumb Coffee Table Art Book (retrospective collection of underground artist) | $20.00 |
Kreski, Chris | Life Lessons from Xena, warrior Princess (TV tie_in; tongue_in_cheek guide to philosophy of "Happiness, Success & Body Armor"; PBO) | $9.95 |
Martinson, Harry | Aniara: An Epic Science Fiction Poem (reprint/1st complete English version; vast luxury spaceship carrying refugees from ruined Earth is knocked off course into deep space) | $14.95 |
McPherson, John | Striking Close to Home (comic strip collection; PBO) | $8.95 |
Van Amerongen, Jerry | Ballard Street ("The Neighborhood" comic strip collection; PBO) | $8.95 |
DUE BY OCTOBER 10
Blaylock, James P | Winter Tides (rescuer of a twin is harrassed by ghost of drowned sister) | $6.50 |
Block, Francesca Lia | I Was a Teenage Fairy (model Barbie dreams of being photographer, androgynous Griffin hides his pain & fairy Mab teaches them both) | $14.95 |
Britain, Kristen | The Green Rider (AWOL from school after fight, Karigan meets dying Green Rider__magical King's messenger__but agreeing to deliver his message makes her assassins' target) | $23.95 |
Carter, Chris_created by | Art of the X_Files (media tie_in/art; homage to The X_Files by 75 artists in form of photos, paintings, graphic designs & alternate media) | $35.00 |
Cavelos, Jeanne | Science of the X_Files (reference; examination of scientific theories & research shedding light on episode encounters) | $12.00 |
Clute, John | The Book of End Times (art/associational; collection of art inspired by millennial themes__poetry, lyrics, woodcuts, photos, paintings, more) | $29.95 |
Cox, Greg | Battle On! An Unauthorized, Irreverent Look at Xena (media reference; "irreverent & affectionate look" at fan reactions, interactions, episode commentaries, comparison of actual history with show, more; PBO) | $11.95 |
Daley, Brian | GammaLAW 3: The Broken Country (military sf; "combines high_tech, high_tension action w/the sort of characters real adventure requires"; PBO) | $6.99 |
Datlow, Ellen/Windling, Terri_eds | Sirens & Other Daemon Lovers (anthology of erotic dark fantasy stories from Oates, Lee, Yolen, Gaiman, Murphy, Swanwick, more) | $14.00 |
Gear, Kathleen O'Neal & W Michael | 1st North Americans 9: People of the Mist (American prehistory adventure) | $6.99 |
Gemmell, David | Druss the Legend (Drenai milieu; when settled_down warrior finds village slaughtered & wife taken by slavers, he pursues them with heirloom axe; PBO) | $12 |
Golden, Christie | Invasion America 2: On the Run (media tie_in; Tyrusian Prince Cael's desire for peace makes enemy of his people, sends him on run with Earthwoman he loves & their child; PBO) | $5.99 |
Golden, Christopher | The Shadow Saga 2: Angel Souls & Devil Hearts (reprint; vampires prepare for battle with humans & each other) | $5.99 |
Gould, Steven/Mixon, Laura J | Greenwar (supposedly 'green' energy company is targeted by enviro extremist group that vows to destroy ocean research station) | $6.99 |
Green, Roland | Conan & the Gods of the Mountain (sword_&_sorcery reprint) | $5.99 |
Green, Simon R | Deathstalker Honor (#4 in saga; rebel Owen Deathstalker's defeat of Empress was simple compared to politicking that follows, threatens the honor he's willing to kill for; PBO) | $6.99 |
Greeno, Gayle | Ghattens' Gambit 1: Sunderlies Seeking (Doyce & Jenret's teen twins are thrilled to join parents on trip to exotic Sunderlies with newly_Bonded ghattens, but disasters ensue; PBO) | $6.99 |
Haining, Peter_ed | The Flying Sorcerors (humorous anthology of flying sorcerors from Anthony, Carter, Clarke, Dahl, Lewis, Pratchett, Vonnegut, Wodehouse, more) | $5.99 |
Hamilton, Laurell K | Blue Moon (vampire hunter Anita Blake 8, must prove her werewolf ex_fiance is not a rapist; "vampires, werewolves & attitude") | $6.99 |
Jacq, Christian | Ramses IV: The Lady of Abu Simbel (Ramses' efforts to negotiate treaty with Hittites, build temples to Nefertari run into trouble even her magic may not help, as boyhood friend Moses returns) | $14.99 |
Jeter, KW | Star Wars: Bounty Hunter Wars 2: Slave Ship (media tie_in; Boba Fett battles conspiracy, Bossk advances plan to rule over other bounty hunters & Kuat counters Prince Xizor's maneuvers; PBO) | $5.99 |
Jones, Terry | Douglas Adams's Starship Titanic (gaming tie_in; outrageous antics ensue when fabulous, vanished interstellar cruise liner reappears stuck to Dan & Lucy Gibson's house) | $12.00 |
King, Stephen | Dark Tower 4: Wizard & Glass (horror; Roland the Gunslinger & companions' quest for mysterious Dark Tower leads into Roland's past of friendship, war, loyalty, betrayal, loss) | $7.99 |
Lee, Tanith | Red Unicorn (sister of empress engaged to her love, Tanaquil's problems only multiply when follows red unicorn to another world where mirror self plots sister's death) | $4.99 |
Lisle, Holly | The Secret Texts 1: Diplomacy of Wolves (diplomat Kait's peace mission uncovers plot against 1 of 2 rival Houses & only weapons are Mirror of Dead & her own cursed, outlawed power) | $12.99 |
Llywelyn, Morgan | The Wind from Hastings (reprint; Edyth, wife of King of Wales, then King Harold of England, disappeared forever with Welsh, English heirs on day of Battle of Hastings/Halley's Comet) | $5.99 |
Lynn, Elizabeth A | The Chronicles of Tornor (omnibus reprint; 3_in_1 edition of World Fantasy_winning trilogy Watchtower, The Dancers of Arun, Northern Girl ) | $15.00 |
McCarthy, Wil | Murder in the Solid State (one man battles to save live, career & country in 21c America, when nanotech offers unparalleled freedom & inescapable totalitarianism) | $5.99 |
Miller, Rand/Wingrove, David | Myst 3: The Book of D'Ni (gaming tie_in;Catherine & Atrus return to devastated D'Ni civilization to search worlds for survivors & find clues to hidden book & ancient secret) | $6.99 |
Mosley, Walter | Blue Light (audio tape) | $17.98 |
O'Barr, J/Kramer, Ed_eds | The Crow: Shattered Lives & Broken Dreams (media tie_in horror anthology; includes stories by ADFoster, RCampbell, Gene Wolfe, Rex Miller, Andrew Vachss, Henry Rollins, Iggy Pop) | $24.00 |
Parkinson, Dan | Timecop: The Scavenger (media tie_in/time_travel adventure; PBO) | $5.99 |
Powers, Tim | Earthquake Weather (Fisher King of West's dead, too_young next King's wounded, but one/both must be restored before ghosts, earthquake, fire, flood & riot destroy land) | $6.99 |
Quinn, Daniel | My Ishmael (reprint; telepathic gorilla accepts 12_year_old girl as student learning to save the world) | $13.95 |
Rice, Anne | Servant of the Bones (centuries_old ghost/demon/angel Azriel quests through time to stop world_threatening conspiracy) | $7.99 |
Salvatore, RA | Echoes of the Fourth Magic ("retooled" reprint of early, unfinished fantasy; follow_up to DemonWars series) | $6.99 |
Sawyer, Robert J | Frameshift (Human Genome Project scientist finds insurance co is taking genetic samples & profiting hugely as at_risk clients die) | $6.99 |
Sheffield, Charles | Putting Up Roots ('Jupiter' series 3; vastly wealthy young man's stranded on mining ship far from earth & must learn to survive) | $5.99 |
Sky, Kathleen | Star Trek: Vulcan! (media tie_in/reprint; Vulcan_hating Dr Katalya Tremaine is stranded alone w/Spock on planet of deadly insectoid natives) | $5.50 |
Stackpole, Michael A | Battletech 41:Warrior Trilogy 3:Warrior Coupe' (gaming tie_in) | $6.99 |
Thomsen, Brian/Greenberg, MH_eds | Mob Magic (anthology; stories feature mobsters, crimefighters & magic by Elrod, Reichert, MACollins, Resnick, Nye, Hawke, more; PBO) | $5.99 |
Turtledove, Harry | The Time of Troubles 4: Videssos Besieged (Emperor Maniakes brings war to hated despot in enemy capitol, but his nemesis is missing; PBO) | $6.99 |
Wells, Angus | Guardian (when Chaldor falls, spoiled princess Ellyn, guard commander Gailard & sorceress Shara must escape to safety & return to retake kingdom; PBO) | $6.50 |
Wurts, Janny | Wars of Light & Shadow 5: Grand Conspiracy (brother_princes continue curse_driven battle, hold nations & world's magic balanced on their feud) | $24.00 |
York, J Steven | Generation X 2:Crossroads (comic book tie_in; vacation turns dangerous as GenX young mutants are caught up in anti_mutant talk show &terrorist;PBO) | $6.50 |
DUE BY MID_OCTOBER
Anderson, Poul | Starfarers (when SETI astronomers discover distant life, expedition of scientists undertake 120,000 lightyear journey of exploration) | $25.95 |
Anderson, Poul/Dickson, Gordon R | Hoka! Hoka! Hoka! (omnibus reprint of Earthman's Burden & Hoka ; alien teddy bears adopt Terran culture, including war) | $5.99 |
Baker, Kage | In the Garden of Iden (near_immortal orphan Mendoza's sent by 24c Company to 16c England for plant samples, but finds people, ideas that arouse mission_ threatening questions) | $5.99 |
Beauchamp, Monte | Life & Times of R Crumb: Comments from Contemporaries (non_fiction; memoirs of controversial underground comix artist by Gilliam, Groening, Ebert, Eisner, more; includes Crumb illos) | $17.95 |
Benford, Gegory | Against Infinity ( man & boy hunt an alien artifact on Ganymede that is powerful, unknowable & dangerous) | $5.99 |
Bova, Ben | Moonwar ( Moonrise sequel; as Moonbase thrives under Doug Stavenger, the nanotechnology it depends on is declared illegal by Earth, leading to war) | $6.99 |
Brust, Steven | Dragon (Vlad Taltos finds himself in real war between rival Dragonlords) | $22.95 |
Carey, Diane | Star Trek DS_9: The Dominion War, Book 2 (media tie_in; Capt Sisko & the DS_9 crew must close down the wormhole to the Gamma Quadrant before the Dominion_Cardassian fleet can arrive; PBO) | $6.50 |
Donnelly, Marcos | Prophets for the End of Time (countdown to Apocalypse requires major re_org of Heaven & 2 dubiously unsuitable human prophets with their own intrigues;PBO) | $5.99 |
Dozois, Gardner_ed | The Good Old Stuff (anthology of best sf adventure stories of 1940_70 includes Aldiss, Brackett, de Camp, LeGuin, van Vogt, more) | $15.95 |
Drake, David | Butcher's Bill (Col Hammer's tank crews take on enemy invisible among civilians; hostile, unexplored jungle; life during unimaginable peacetime; PBO) | $6.99 |
Duncan, Dave | A Tale of the King's Blades 1: The Gilded Chain (after years of training, elite warrior bodyguard Durandel's bonded to noble fop rather than king, but Destiny has plans beyond Durandel's chagrin) | $23.00 |
Feist, Raymond E | Riftwar Legacy 1: Krondor the Betrayal (Midkemia's invaded by troll army & renegade humans under dark elves & evil magical cabal, but traitor elf joins those his people targeted for destruction) | $24.00 |
Gaiman, Neil | Neverwhere (London businessman Richard Mayhew helps strange girl, finds himself in alternate world in sewer canals & Tube stations below the city) | $6.99 |
Gaiman, Neil | Smoke & Mirrors (collection of short stories that "combine rare mythic power with profound human insight"; local author) | $24.00 |
Golden, Christopher/Holder, Nancy | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: The Watcher's Guide (media tie_in/reference; official companion to show incl interviews, photos, a_day_on_the_set journal, more; PBO) | $12.00 |
Hayden, Patrick Nielsen--ed | Starlight 2 (original anthology; includes Friesner, Kushner, Langford, Lethem, others) | $24.95 |
Horwood, William | The Willows & Beyond (2nd illustrated sequel to Wind in the Willows ; animal friends prepare to hand over River Bank to next generation, but first must rally against threat) | $19.95 |
Horwood, William | Toad Triumphant (illustrated sequel to Wind in the Willows follows further adventures of Mole, Water Rat, Badger & Toad) | $10.95 |
Johnson, Kim "Howard" | The First 28x0 Years of Monty Python (media reference; revised companion to satiric troupe, incl the original material, interviews, photos, episode guide, more) | $21.95 |
Jordan, Robert | The Path of Daggers (Wheel of Time #8; Rand must again repel Seanchan invasion force; signed leather_bound edition $200) | $27.95 |
Kramer, Edward/Linaweaver, Brad__ed | Free Space (reissue; original stories set in a libertarian galactic federation) | $16.95 |
Piziks, Steven | In the Company of Mind (billionaire's son flees dad's medical experiments that've given him unknown personalities in his mind & a seemingly outside voice claiming to be AI;PBO) | $6.99 |
Reeves_Stevens, Judith & Garfield | Star Trek Next Gen: The Continuing Mission (media tie_in/reference; 10th anniversary tribute incl illos & photos, covers writers, artists, actors & special effects experts) | $18.00 |
Vornholt, John | Star Trek Next Gen: The Dominion War, Book 1 (media tie_in; Enterprise_E patrols Cardassian border watching for Dominion_Cardassian offensive & encounters ex_crewmate/friend/enemy Ro Laren; PBO) | $6.50 |
Wilson, Gahan | The Cleft and Other Odd Tales (24 horror & macabre stories with illustrations) | $23.95 |
Yolen, Jane | One_Armed Queen (enemies attempt to change line of succession among White Jenna's heirs) | $23.95 |
Zettel, Sarah | Playing God (when the Dedelphi hire Lynn Nussbaumer's firm to clean up planet after using bio weapon, factions try to use her to continue war, leading to showdown) | $22.00 |
Zimmerman, H/Sternbach, R/Drexler,D | Star Trek DS_9: Technical Manual (media tie_in/reference; incl diagrams & illos of ships, technology, weapons, species, more) | $24.00 |
DUE BY THE END OF OCTOBER
Cox, Stephen | The Addams Chronicles, 2nd Edition (media reference; revised & expanded 'altogether ooky' look at TV's oddest, but well_loved, family; PBO) | $18.95 |
Dietz, William C | Star Wars:Dark Forces 3:Jedi Knight (media tie_in; only ex_Imperial/ fledgling Jedi Kyle Katarn & partner Jan Ors can stop Dark Jedi Jerec from tapping the power of the Valley of the Jedi) | $24.95 |
Dunnett, Dorothy | King Hereafter (reprint; tale of wild, half_pagan Scotland of 11c & earl called Macbeth's rise to power) | $16.00 |
Golden, Christopher | X_Men: Codename Wolverine (comic book tie_in) | $23.95 |
Hughes, Monica_ed | What If...? (young reader anthology of speculative fiction from Wynne_Jones, de Lint, more) | $6.95 |
Rice, Anne | The Vampire Armand (horror; "life" story of Armand, from the Kiev Rus ruled by Mongols to slavery, to gift of blood from Vampire Marius, to 19c Paris, today's New Orleans) | $26.95 |
Sant, Montse/Cabral, Ciruelo | Book of the Dragon (illustrations & test exploring dragon history, physical & psychological traits, social organization, manifestations in art & lit through centuries) | $24.95 |
Trudeau, GB | The Bundled Doonsbury (comic strip collection & "Doonesbury Flashbacks CD covering 25 years of "all things Doonsebury"__strips, contemporary news headlines, biblio, etc; PBO) | $19.95 |
DUE BY NOVEMBER 10
Adams, Scott | The Dilbert Future: Thriving on Stupidity in the 21c (humor; collection of essays & cartoons) | $12.95 |
Anderson, Kevin J/Moesta, Rebecca | Star Wars:Young Jedi Knights: Crisis at Crystal Reef (young adult; while hoping to help friend addicted to spice, Jacen & Jaina Solo discover a sinister plot; PBO) | $5.99 |
Anthony, Mark | The Last Rune 1: Beyond the pale (drifter & physician find themselves transported to another world where they must repel attack of an ancient evil awakening from millenia_long sleep;PBO) | $14.95 |
Asaro, Catherine | The Last Hawk (Skolian saga 3; Skolian imperial scion Kelric crashes on off_limits planet, is taken captive by planet's matriarchy to hide their advances) | $6.99 |
Baxter, Stephen | Moonseed (bitter ex_NASA researcher recalled to battle obscure moon rock's biotic force that's devastating Earth's crust) | $24.00 |
Dann, Jack/Dozois, Gardner_eds | Nanotech (anthology of 11 stories on molecule_sized machines from Bear, Egan, Kress, Goonan, Baxter, more; PBO) | $5.99 |
Frakes, Jonathan/Smith, Dean Wesley | The Abductors: Conspiracy ("powerful saga of alien conspiracy & heroic human resistance") | $5.99 |
Golden, Christopher | The Shadow Saga 3: Of Masques & Martyrs ("benign" & malevolent vampires vie for power; PBO) | $5.99 |
Haggard, H Rider | King Solomon's Mines (reprint; "complete & unabridged") | $3.99 |
Isabella, Tony/Ingersoll, Bob | Captain America: Liberty's Torch (comic book tie_in; PBO) | $6.50 |
Jensen, Jane | Gabriel Knight 2: The Beast Within (gaming tie_in; shadow_hunter Gabriel Knight gets no rest at ancestral home in Germany when girl's murder leads to suspicions of loose werewolf; PBO) | $6.99 |
Jeter, KW | Noir (retired information cop searches for powerful exec's murderer in high_tech LA where wealthy users search for forbidden thrills using simulated bodies) | $23.95 |
Johnson, Oliver | The Lightbringer Trilogy 2: The Nations of Night (champions of the God of Light are motley trio of survivors searching for ancient artifacts to help overthrow God of Darkness' High Priest; PBO) | $16.95 |
Jones, Diana Wynne | The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (tour guide parody including A_Z advice, insight on burning questions such as evil of High Priests, filthy tempers of Cooks, finding magic swords, etc; PBO) | $5.99 |
Kennealy_Morrison, Patricia | Keltiad: The Deer's Cry (the story of how the Kelts of Dark Age Ireland colonized a distant world) | $24.00 |
Little, Denise_ed | Alien Pets (anthology of sf "pet" stories from Rusch, Haldeman, Scarborough, Bischoff, Duane, more; PBO) | $5.99 |
McKinley, Robin | Rose Daughter (return to story of "Beauty & the Beast" w/fresh perspective; "compelling, richly imagined & haunting"; PBO?) | $5.99 |
Navarro, Yvonne | Red Shadows ( Final Impact sequel; after apocalypse stops Earth's rotation, plague sweeps world & people of isolated zones must reach out to each other; PBO) | $6.50 |
Piper, H Beam | The Complete Fuzzy (omnibus reprint;3_in_1 edition of classic sf novels of aliens, ecology/overdevelopment issues_- Little Fuzzy, Fuzzy Sapiens, Fuzzies & Other People ) | $14 |
Pratchett, Terry | Discworld: Hogfather (Dicsworld's Santa Claus counterpart (or maybe not) disappears, leaving Death to take his place) | $23.00 |
Reichert, Michey Z/Wingert,Jennifer | Spirit Fox (in magic land, war & peace of god, goddess are echoed among mortals, but thwarting of Kiarda's destined spirit_link brings madness, war of different sort) | $23.95 |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn | The Fey 4:Victory (conclusion; Blue Islanders' resistance to Fey army may hinge on religious artifacts,King Nicholas' alliance w/man who killed his wife;PBO) | $6.50 |
Saberhagen, Fred | Berserker Fury (race of machines intend to destroy organic life create android_ seeming units that threaten Spacer Sebatian Gift & crew from within ranks) | $5.99 |
Scarborough, Elizabeth Ann | Lady in the Loch (Edinburgh sheriff/author Walter Scott shocked by body parts in frozen loch, but when live women vanish, investigates gypsy woman's tales of dark magic) | $19.95 |
Stackpole, M/Tolson/Nadeau/Ensign | Star Wars:X_Wing Rogue Squadron: The Warrior Princess (graphic novel/media tie_in) | $12.95 |
Stackpole, Michael A | Battletech 42: Twilight of the Clans 7: Prince of Havoc (gaming tie_in; PBO) | $6.99 |
Stoddard, James | The High House (Carter returns to the mystical dwelling his father maintains to keep world safe from evil, but the House's enemies have invaded & his father vanished) | $6.50 |
Watt_Evans, Lawrence | Touched by the Gods (young smith Malledd scoffs at oracles naming him Empire's Champion, but when dark mage leads undead army against Empire, he faces crucial choice) | $6.99 |
Wood, N Lee | Faraday's Orphans (in post_holocaust America, helicopter pilot stranded outside protective dome meets young girl & discovers new freedom) | $5.99 |
Wrede, Patricia C | The Raven Ring (Lyra milieu; daughter of warrior tribe's soldier must retrieve mother's Raven Ring, learns that it's much more than family heirloom) | $5.99 |
DUE BY MID_NOVEMBER
Asaro, Catherine | The Radiant Seas (sequel to Primary Inversion ; young leader of empire involved in interstellar war must rescue his wife from his own empire) | $26.95 |
Barnes, John | Apostrophes & Apocalypses (short story collection, some new) | $24.95 |
Bertin, Joanne | The Last Dragonlord (death of a queen of dragons, capture of the last dragonlord may spell end of the shapeshifting dragons) | $25.95 |
Bova, Ben | Sam Gunn Forever (further misadventures of the incorrigible "pint_sized hero without peer__or scruples", Sam Gunn; PBO) | $5.99 |
Bradbury, Ray/Lane, Chris_illus | Ahmed & the Oblivion Machines (when caravan leader's son Ahmed is lost in desert, he wakes ancient god who shows him the world; PBO) | $14.00 |
Carey, Diane | Star Trek DS_9: The Dominion War, Book 4 (media tie_in; novelization of 6th season cliffhanger; PBO) | $6.50 |
Dillard, JM | Star Trek IX (movie novelization; Capt Picard & the Enterprise face the Borg's return) | $22.00 |
Erdmann, Terry J | Star Trek: Action! (media tie_in/reference; documents every step necessary to making 2 minutes of final film, using sequences from DS_9, Voyager & new Next Gen movie) | $40 |
Erdmann, Terry J | The Secrets of Star Trek IX (media tie_in/reference; chronicle of making 9th Star Trek movie, from concept to design & construction) | $18.00 |
Erdmann, Terry J | The Talking Tribble; The Tribble Handbook (media tie_in; squeaking plush toy ($9.99) & manual "filled w/tons of fun facts") | $5.00 |
Fulton, Roger/Betancourt, John | The Sci_Fi Channel Encyclopedia of TV Science Fiction (media reference; guide to virtually every sf series of last 50 years w/episode listings, plot lines, reviews, background stories, cast lists, credits, trivia) | $15.99 |
Gardner, Craig Shaw | Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Return to Chaos (TV tie_in/adult series; Buffy faces Druids intent on returning the world to the Old Ways; PBO) | $5.99 |
Grant, Richard | In the Land of Winter (when daughter's taken into custody & she's claimed unfit, modern witch Pippa Rede retreats to forest to unlock magic, strength to restore what's right) | $6.99 |
Heinlein, Robert A | Glory Road (reprint) | $6.99 |
Kaye, Marilyn | Last on Earth 2: The Convergence (the last 25 teens on Earth split into a militaristic Community & rebels who set off to reconnect with humanity & find a new, more advanced reality; PBO) | $4.99 |
Lackey, Mercedes | Bardic Voices 4: Four & Twenty Blackbirds (Alanda's Constable Tal Rufen's convinced there's more__magical?__to murders of low_class women by churchmen who suicide immediately) | $6.99 |
Lapine, Warren/Pagel, Steve__ed | Absolute Magnitude (reissue; best of Absolute Magnitude magazine, includes Clement, Kagan, Lewitt, Longyear, others) | $16.95 |
Laumer, Keith_cr | Dangerous Vegetables ("vicious vegetable villains vs mankind" w/intro by Ben Bova; "zany humor & puns"; PBO) | $5.99 |
Laumer, Keith_cr/Keith, Wm H Jr | Bolo Rising (when the enemy attacks & defeats human colony & suborns its Bolo to become guard over the now_slave humans, Maj Jaime Graham determines to revolt; PBO) | $6.99 |
Lindskold, Jane | Changer: A Novel of the Athanor (wild, unpredictable, immortal New Mexico vagabond's quest for revenge leads to unwitting involvement with enemies destroying King Arthur's realm; PBO) | $5.99 |
Lumley, Brian | The Source (vampire fiction; reprint of 3rd in Necroscope series) | $26.95 |
McAuley, Paul J | The Invisible Country (collection of stories exploring "wonders & dangers of biotechnology & its creations" from distant alternate past to far future; PBO) | $13.50 |
McHugh, Maureen F | Mission Child (young woman sets out to rediscover self & world devastated & remade by advent of ancestor_Earthers & alien artifacts) | $20.00 |
Moon, Elizabeth | Rules of Engagement ( Once a Hero sequel;rivals Esmay Suiza & Brun Meager's almost_friendship is threatened when Brun's captured by religious militia & Esmay's blamed) | $22.00 |
Moorcock, Michael | The War Amongst the Angels (Rose von Bek adventures on alternate Earth & in 2nd Ether, joined by Sam Oakenhurst, Colinda Dovero & Jack Karaquazian in fight against evil, stagnation) | $12.50 |
Payne, Michael H. | The Blood Panther (animal fantasy; a fisher, a skink and a bobcat must stop a blood jaguar from destroying the world) | $22.95 |
Rosenberg, Joel | Keepers of the Hidden Ways 3: The Crimson Sky (3 college friends seek 3rd magical jewel as ruling houses push for war in alternate world, while evil visits their "real" world; PBO) | $5.99 |
Vornholt, John | Star Trek IX (young adult/movie novelization; Capt Picard & the Enterprise face the Borg's return; includes photos) | $4.50 |
Vornholt, John | Star Trek Next Gen: The Dominion War, Book 3 (media tie_in; Enterprise_E & Capt Picard must beat the odds or the Federation faces total defeat; PBO) | $6.50 |
Wells, HG | The First Men in the Moon (audio tape) | $18.00 |
Williamson, Chet | The Searchers 2: Empire of Dust (deep_cover government operatives Laika, Tony & Joseph search for The Prisoner, but find corpse in SW desert, violent fanatics & vastly powerful forces; PBO) | $5.99 |
DUE BY THE END OF NOVEMBER
Byatt, AS | The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye (collection of fairy tales for grown_ups revolves around extravagantly intelligent, storyteller heroine, being living in bottle found in Istanbul bazaar) | $12.00 |
Calvino, Italo_ed | Fantastic Tales: Visionary & Everyday (anthology of fantastic literature of 19c includes Balzac, Bierce, Gogol, Hoffmann, James, Poe, Stevenson, Wells) | $15 |
Childress, David H/Shaver, Richard | Lost Continents & The Hollow Earth (bibliography/ mythology; examination of Shaver's "hollow Earth" books, 'Amazing Stories' world of Ray Palmer & America's fascination with such tales;PBO) | $16.95 |
Newman, Kim | Dracula Cha Cha Cha (1959 Rome: exiled Vampire King's wedding stirs jet_setters & conspirators as undead British agent battles SMERSH & creature older than Dracula wakes) | $22.95 |
Ransmayr, Christoph | The Dog King (after war, victors turn town where prisoners were killed into penal colony, including machine_repair boy Bering, scavenger Lily & ruler Ambras, the Dog King) | $14 |
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