No, 17 -- De,centen/lanucta.u, /986/7

So, we begin another new year, and we have two new staff members to help usmake it through the year. Johanna and Jeremy are their names, and they haveyoined the madhouse of their own free wi11. . . . .

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EASTERCON 87

CAPCON

SYNCON 87

ECCENTRICON

TREKCON III

VISIONS

SWANCON XI]I

2ND SYDNEY GAMES CON

I I 11 do a run-down of sci-ence fictional activitiesplace this year.

At the Diplomat Motor Inn, 12 Acland St.,. Wrlle to P0 Box 215, Forest Hi1l, 3131. General SF Convention.

The 1987 National SF Convention. Guests of Honour areRobert Asprin and Lynn Abbey. 24 - 27 ApriL.At the Canberra Hotel Parkroyal, lO2 Northbourne Ave.,Canberra. Write to Capcon, P0 Box 312, Fyshwick, 2609, ACT,for information. GALAXY will be attending thls one.

Capcon is also apparently organising a Writers Workshopto be held before the Convention, so if you r+ould liketo attend this (and such things are very helpful to newor hopeful writers) then write now.

5-B June. At the Metropole Hote1, Military Rd., Cremorne.Wrife to Box 272, Wentworth Building, University_of Sydney,2006 for information. A General SF onvention.

-Terry-Dowl_ing

3 - 6 Ju1y. At the Hawkesbury Agricultural Co11ege,Blacktown Rd., Richmond. Idrite to P0 Box 27 " B1ax1and, 2774,for information. Bjo & iohn Trimble and Brian tTravi-srCroucher Guests of Honour. A Film/TV SF Convention.GALAXY will be attending this one.

14 - 15 March. At the Sheraton Hotel, 13 Spring St.,Melbourne. Write to GPO Bo;< 5206AA, Melbourne, 3001, forinformation. Star Trek oriented Convention.

you could say that

1 - 3 March. At The Airways, St. Georges HotelPerth. Write to P0 Box 318, Nedlands, WA, 6A09for information. A general sF Con.

14 - 15 March. At The International GrammarPOA,, School,Surry Hi1ls. Write to Chameleon Games,

iLJJ On Abbeq's Spccialist Boohshop Box 23O2,Sydney, 2001 for info. A Games Con...lYll I '

NEW TITLES C&IING OUT OVERSEAS

Rosenary SutcliffJack ChalkerJack ChalkerJohn CrowleyAvram DavidsoaTaniuh LeeGarry KilworthConnie WillisSteven BrusEPalricia wredeFrederik PohlMichael SwanwickRichard CowperGeorge Zebrovski (Ed.)Jack McKinneyVonda MclntyreGordon R. DicksonJoan SlonczevskiSheri S. TepperGordon R. DicksonJay D. BlakeneYWilliam C. DietzRobert E. HorrardEsther FriesnerMichael LindsaY WilliamsLawrence Watt-EvansLeslie GadallahRichard GrantS.N. LewittJohn DalrnasJin Baen (Ed.)Janes AxlerMichael Jan FriedrnanAndred Norton (Ed.)

THREE-BLADED DO0M (Fantasy reprint)THE WITCHWoOD CRADLE (Third volume in Twelve Kingdoms chronicles FantasyFTL: FURTHER THAN LIFE (New SF pb by the author of rMartian Spring')Wfitt e SINGLE SPELL (new Fanrasy set in the same world astThe MisenchanEed Swordr

iei;S pewn ips- 'e Siranded "put"run finds himself on a world of cat-like aliens')

RLMORS OF SPRINC (TPB SF-runner up for the 86 PhilipK. Dick Award)

ANGEL AT APOGEE (SF novel PB)THE REGIMENT (SF PB by Ehe author of rFangli-thr)

NEhI DESTINIES (SF magazine in paperback form)DEATH LANDS: NETITRON SOLSTICE (post holocaust stuff)THE GLOVE 0F MAIDEN'S HAIR (Fantasy PB)TALES OF THE WITCH WORLD Vol. I (stories by olhers as well as Norton - TPB)

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SWORD AT SUNSET (reprint PB of superb Arthurian novel)THE LABYRINTH OF DREAMS (first in a new SF series PB)

PIRATES OF THE THUNDER (2nd in a new SF series PB - the nan is prolific!)AEGYPT (Fantasy HC)VERGIL IN AVERNO (sequel to Phoenix and the Mirror HC)

NrGHT'S SORCERIES (5rh 'Flat Earchr book PB)WITCH-WATER COUNTRY (Fantasy-ish HC)

LINCOLN'S DREAIIS (Fantasy-ish HC)

THE SUN, THE M00N AND THE STARS (Fantasv tlC)CAUGHT IN CRYSTAL (Fantasy PB)THE ANNALS OF THE HEECHEE (final Heechee book, HC)

VACUUM FL0WERS (SF novel, HC)

SHADES 0F DARKNESS ('a nodern ghosr story HC)

NEBULA AWARDS 21 (collection HC & PB)R0BOTECH Paperbacks #1 - 4

BARBARY (SF-juvenile, we think HC)

THE STRANGER (SF short stories we Ehink PB)

A DooR INTO 0CEAN (SF Pb)NORTHSHORE Vol. I THE AWAKENERS (HC new SF series)IN THE B0NE: The Best Science Fiction of Gordon R. Dickson (PB short fiction)THE OMCRI MATRIX (SF PB)FREEHOLD (SF Pb, by Ehe author of 'War Worldr)

PB)

ARTIFICIAL THINGS (SF short fiction byST0RM SHIELD (FantasY PB)

this good new author)

THE CHRONICLES 0F MAVIN MANYSHAPED (Fantasy novelsSKINNER: FAR STARS AND FUTURE TIME Series 3 (SF pb)

in one PB collection)

THE VAMPIRE LESTAT (Sequel to Interview wiEh a Vampire PB)

THE THIRD BOOK 0F Shr0RDS (Fantasy PB)

STAR SURGEON (SF PB reprint)TIME OF THE TWINS (Vol. I in Dragonlance Legends)MASKS 0F I'IAYHEI{ - Fighting Fantasy #23TITAN: The Fighting Fantasy world (Guide to fiShting Fantasy)CAI'{BER 0F KULDI (Fantasy TPB #1 in series)SAINT CAI1BER (Fantasy TPB #2 j,n series)CAMBER THE HERETIC (FanEasy TPB #3 in series)DR WHO: THE CELESTIAL TOYMAKER (TV PB)HELLICONIA WINTER (SF PB - 3rd in series)ANTHON0LOGY (SF Collection PB)OPTIONS (SF collection PB)NIGHT WARRI0RS (Fantasy/Horror PB)FLEDGER (Fantasy PB)TI{E STARS IN SHROUD (Reprint sF novel)FINNBRANCH (Fancasy PB)THE INCOMBER (ST PB)STAR RIDER (reprint by The Womens Press of SF novel PB)W0MAN 0N TIIE EDGE 0F TIME (As above)THE WANDERING FIRE (HC - part 2 of Fionovar Tapestry)SWORDSP0INT (Fantasy - HC)THE SUMMERTS KING (3rd in Hylor Trilogy - PB)TtlE PRINCESS OF FLAMES (Fantasy PB)

PB)

NEW TITLES COHING OUT LOCALLY

r aren Joy Fowlerr.enneth FlinESheri S. TepperRichard McEnroeAnne RiceFred SaberhagenJames WhiteM. Weis/T. HickoanJack son / Liv ings t one

Katherine Kurtz

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Davis/BingemanBrian AldissPiers AnthonyRobert SheckleyGraham MasterEonNicholas barrettGreg benfordPaul HazelIlargaret Elphi-nstoneDoris PiserchiaMarge PiercyGuy Gavriel KayE1len KushnerCherry WilderRu Enerson

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Joan AikenJoan AikenPoul & Karen AndersonIsaac AsimovWalter BesantRobert. BlochGeorge Mackay BrownDavid Bucler

Angela CarrerJo ClaytonMichael Coney

Roald DahlTom DeitzCarole Nelson DouglasDiane Duane

-reprint of 100 year old classic abou! dissenters in an irunorLal society)typiiar horror woik of killers in an asylum by lhe author of 'Psycho')

THE WIND ( sequel Eo 'Go Saddle the Sear-not really Fantasy but here for completists)K (HC i1loed. a collection of Fantasy stories about sleeping & dreams)

: B<rok I of the King of Ys (Fantasy PB set after the Roman occupation of Britain)TION AND (llC concinuation of rFoundationrs Edge)

COAT (i''anEasy allogory of war and a voman vho seeks through all time to end ir)(HC an adventure novel about the discovery of time lravel and one

rn-onti*i"use of iE j.n the search for personal pover)BLACK VENUS (TPB 8 short slories of borderline !-anEasy/macabre fiction)SXELT S t-tep (PB a lady advenEurer lost chrough a gate in space, fighting for survival)EODS-bF-THE-CnEefWey (PB SF sequel ro Celestial steam Locornolove - a not-so-lypical

i"t"rste11ar adventure with some not-so-typical characters)COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED UE!. (PB 25 tales of macabre & unusual fiction)@odernAmericanenLersamagicce1tic-1ikewor1dofmagic)mT][1-m "

pg;i"ct uoman of mysrery who remenbers nothing but has some interesting powers)

SOl6u weltf fO gE n wlZlRo (PB juvenile Fanlasy novel about kids and magic)

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7I%€-SUP A 9^ahon Dunsfun nadin (Mfen I llu,,in) ileuiet:erl Ag C,C, Pan/ool

TIME SLIP ls a book wiEh many Ehemes: Politics, power, Lhe sEruggle betneen good and evil- in men. But the bookrsnaJor theue la religion and iE exaninee che effecrs tbelieft has on Peter Gilchrisc - the cenlral character.

He is a nan deeply disturbed by the loss of his wife and unborn child to cancer. In fact the book opens shorrly aftertheir deaEhs and the scottish setElng seems Lo supporL his grief somewhaE with all its chill misEs and heatherish texlure.Dunstan MarLin presents us with inages thaE fairly drip wlt.h the flavour of the place, but here is not the Scolland we

know today. IE is a country thaE has barely survived a nuclear holocausE, a ScoEland whose ciEizens uear radiaLionsults out of doors and have lurned to many bizzare religions for moral and spiritual succour. The governmenl has. longsince collapsed and the administration is handled by the clergy. Such is Gilchristts vorld.

Gilchrist, however, is not the first character Eo whom we are intorudced. In fact, borh in the prologue and thebeginning of the firsE chapter we focus on the activities of one Jenny Blinkbonny, a teacher. Specifically we witnessa religious catechism between Jenny and the Birls of her class and learn a little more about the Populations voerallbeliefs and the reaons for the bombing and iLs afEermaEh.

Interspersed with Ehis are glimpses of Gilchrist, from his at.Eendence at a church ceremony that. is odd, to say theleasE, to his neeting of ttre raiher ineffectual Virgil Applebaum who is to sland in Gilchristrs shadow during theevents Co cone and who is responsible for Gilchrist being at a local pub where he j.s introduced - after a fashion - toJenny Blinkbonny. Inspired co feel sympathy for Gilchrist Jenny takes it upon ehrself !o attend to his welfare. Thus,a reiagionshlp developl and all flows smoothly unEil Gilchrist loses his job and is nearly killed in an accidentinvolving a carriage. IE is this incidenL thaE Gilchrist sees as the turning poin! in his existance. The resr ofthe novel Is conceined with Gilchristr creation of a new Church and his rise to power within that Church.

Tlme-slip ls a book that is irnmensly satisfying - Dunstan-Miartin writes in a style that is crisp and readablethough a lttcle heavy in'places and che occasional Ewisls he gives to his characEerst thoughts and gheir perceplionof time are interesting to watch. Ic is a book that needs to be read fairly closely if the full meaning is to be

gleaned buE it rewards this extra effort well in Ehe end. But be warned' iE is a book thaE is very hard to purdown once you have become involved.

QH0ST A Pi,e-na Anlhong (Ton Booka) iluieued Ag Sue Tctnage

I cannot honesgly say that this is my favourite Piers AnLhony book, or thaL iE is his best novel to date - but it iscerEainly hrorth reading. When I first sEarled on iE, I thought some of Lhe concepts were rather outdated. Iflipped irom front to back looking for some indicauion of the bookrs hisrory. I found it in the back - the originalstory had been wrllten in the sixtles. My puzzlemen! was laid to rest. and I read on.

Piers Anthonyrs tine lravel concepLs as they appear in GH0ST are far from simple or familiar - bu! lhey are logi.ca1and lead to some very strange and unique events. Those of you famlliar with his XANTH novels will recognise his kooky

sEyle when the "Meg" and ehr crew hic the edge of a black hole....

What happens? Wel1, read it and find out....

Ilt \He TIen 0f fne - f'tLtecl 4g Jeune Van BunenDanng 7a44 f,(laa (7on Book's) ilepi.eueA Ag Jecn U&uL

A colleccion of science fiction and fantasy related !o Ehe Vietnam War, by such well-known authors as Kim StanleyRobinson, Lucius Shepard, Joe Hal-deman, Ben Bova, Harl-an E1llsonr KaEe Wilhelm, Brian Adliss and many others. 0fthe 22 slories ln this volune, only five have been published before.

Ten years after the lasg Anerican troops left Vietnam, Americans have been re-examining the war, its effects on

thosl who participaged and those who didnrE, and the polluical and psychological quesEions raised. Films' televisionseries, and books have been pouring out on topics !ha! 6 few years ago mosE Americans were trying to forgeE.

Mos! of the stories in this volume deal wiEh Ehe psychological effec[s of a war fought. rnainly by teenagers, forreasons they didntU undersEand, in circunstances where they knew theyrd be home again in a year if they lived uhatlong, and where strong drugs were cheap and readily available. The stories examine not only experiences in Vietnamitself, but the after-effects on Ehe survivors and their families.

Each st,ory is well written, and all left haunting memorl-es in this readerrs nind. Some are horrifyingly replistic/ot.hers are bizarre fantasies. Alfhough all supposedly are uniled by the theme of the Vietnam experience, each couldjusE as well be se! anywhere, in any wai, and lhus should have as much impact on someone whose involvement (evenvicarious) with Vletnan was minimal.

7He DMA4 lleA6 - 0,g l)la 0olrl'tlz.in (AUQry e Uutin) ileuizuerl Ag Jzan Ae!.en

There seens to be a rash of recent novels abouE the interaction of rnultlple Lime lines. some try to explain quantumphysics, uncertalnLy principles, and fhe theory of parallel universes, as well as lelling a story. This short novela"iur"s the reader knows enough about the theory and jus! gets on with the story. It involves Paris in three eras!the 1928 surrealisE novement, the 1968 student uprising, and 2008 when t.he revolution begun uith the surrealistsreaches its climax.

Itrs mosEly the alory of RoberL, a dislllusloned young man of Ehe 20rs, who is seeklng some meanlng ln his llfe. lle

neets and iaLls ln love uifh Solange, a studenL of lhe 60rs. Visits fo ehr fime brlng confrontation with surrealistlcvalues in a revolutionary seEting, and a chance to D0 something rather than merely theorise. Contributing !o the

tension is a strange (evil?) masaed presence thalrs broken into the Limelines and is threatening them all with theirown worsL nlghtrnares.

Sone of the dozen or so characters are hisrorical figures. I enjoyed the speculaLive approach of uhe book: Whar ifsurrealism uere a Dore wldespread atriEude? Whag if people LIVBD their theories instead of jusE propounding them?

Would/could Ehey change the world? Wou1d they like the new uorld once Lhey 8ou t.here, and would iL be anythinS likewhat. they expecled? Dontt think, however, Lhat Lhe bookrs entirely philosophical: Goldstein packs plenLy of actiortinto these pages, too.

S4l,il,,ltilt7 l"g Tinolhs Zaln (Pockp;L) i?eu.iatrer! Lu CalAg Janie.ron

ff you live for intricate, complex plot.s, or thrive on detail and sub!1ety, then SPINNERET is not lhe book for you.WeIl written in a straiEht forward, neatly executed style, Zahnrs novel is easy, enjoyable reading rlat tlraws youcompulsively along but offers litrle that is challenging, new or unique.

Beginning wiEh a classic scenario, SPINNERET opens in 2016, as the Aurora,EarEhts first hyperspace craft deparLs insearch of new worlds chat humanily might peacefully coLonize. She is followed by oEher vessels and each is confronLe(lby evidence leading !o the same conclusion - as far as inEelligent li.fe goes, we cerEainly are not alone.

Noc simply do chey find one alien race in near interstellar space, bu! many, organised togeLher along stricLly ecoDomic:lines in an information and goods market so compet.itive as to'make the N.Y. sroik excharrg! "nur beniln. IleLwecn t-lrrrn,Earthrs enighbours have occupied and eiEher colonised or nrined all suirable worlcls. A1l thar is, bar one - AsLra.

This oribiting mudball' situaled in Rooshrike terriLory, Ehough complete with breathable atmosphere, wa!er and anEarth-like c1imat.e, is tocally devoid of all metals, otherwise the Rooshrike themselves woul-d have found a use for tlrePlace long ago. As things stand however, they offer it on lease ro Earth for the small fee of 80 nlllion dollars witha long term contracE of 100 years and an optional renewal clause.

And so, Eo a small group of farmers and scienlist.s under an American military administration, Astra becomes home; ahome tha! is to prove anything but swee! however, as from the firsl day inexplicable events start !o take place. Aflyer goes down for no reason' killing its crew, then a week later all metal in conEact with the planegrs surface siltksinEo t.he ground and disappears; strange magnetic field shifts Eake place and the localised graviiy around Mt. OJympus,seemingly a dormant volcanor Soes beserk till a met.allic cable is shoE from Lhe volcano cone high into orbit arouncl Astra.The cable, less dense than waler, with a t.ensile st.rength of ten Lo the twelfth pounds per squaie inch, is supercontluctive,super sEicky, and also in super demand.

Just how unusual a p1.anet. Ast.ra is, whaL the purpose of Ehe Spinner cable is and how the human colonists deal withitr is whaE the novel concerns itself wlth. The developing plot. and easy st.yle of SPINNERET draws you along throughwell-cultivaLed curiosit.y, and the book is hard to put down. The infusion oi current scientific idlas is alsoiEneresling and is conveyed simply enough so that anyone with a basic understanding of the periodic table can understandthe iedeas incorporated in the novel.

SPINNERET is a story set. in the fulure wilh a beginning, a middle and an end that is clear cug and easily defined. Itlesy6 the reader satlsfied but with not much !o think about.

€.01UL M7€S Ag Tutag PnaLchelt- (QoLtanz) ileuietrerl 0.U QlenlJd Co(.cnun

The opinion was a foregone conclusion; I'm biased, I already love Terry Pratchelt - having read Tllli COLOUR 0l'MACICand TIIE LICIIT FANTASTIC and laughed myself sick.

You really should start at Ehe beginning, with THE CoLoUR 0F MAGIC and TIIE LIGIIT FANTASTIC; EQUAL RITIS is seL onthe snae world. For those who have read the preceding rwo, EQUAL RITES has nolhing to do wirh Rincewind, Twofloverand the Luggage. These characlers are replaced by a nine yeai ofd girl, an old wiEch called Granny antl a wizard'sstaff. The 9 y.o. girl, called Escarina, is the eighth daughter of an eighth son. You will appreciate thesignificance of the number eight if yourve read the other two books.

The problem is that she was supposed to be a boy. When she was born an old dying wizard arrived and, withoutbothering to peep inside the swaddling, imparts all his powers Eo the baby and leaves his magic stafi behind when heleaves with DEATH (WIl0 TALKS IN CAPITALS). Now, everyone knows that women canrt. be wizards; witches, yes. but Lhemagic of wizards and lhe magic of witches is differenc, and as Escarina grows lhe wizard magic begins rL take hold of!1".. 01d Granny, who tries to train her as a witch, evenLually realises thaE the girl must be taken to UnseenUniversit.y to be lrained in the use of the power. Gerting there is one thing, get;ing in is another. The Universityis not withouc women; women do the cooking, washing, cleaning etc., but the study and practice of magic be]ongs ontyto the chain-smoking, bearded, robed and celibaEe men (in TllE LIGHT FANTASTIC Riniewj,nd discovers why wizards ndidn'ihave much truck wj.th sextt).

Aside from the main characters' everyching about EQUAL RITES is as wacky as the two preceding it. Great ArTuin, aturtle ten Lhousand miles long who carries upon His/Her/Its (rhey haventt worked out which) back four huge elepirancs,who in turn carry the Discvorld. As it says in.one of the books, when lhey talk about ships tlisappearin! over'thehorizon, theyrre noL kidding. As for PraLcheEL's style...wha! can I say? It kept r" uru""d for iours. Keep it up,Mr. Prat.chett - I want to know vhat. happens to Unseen University when it goes co:ed.

1AR()1N€D IN TALTI\€. !,g Veanon Vinge (B!.uejcrg Aook,s) i?zuieuprl Ay Jean ltloLen

This novel (serialised previously in ANALOG) continues the story of a world in whichrbobblestexist. rllobblestarestasis bubbles; anyone.inside one experiences no passage of time between the nlomen! they are tbobbledtuntil themomenE they are released. The time of embobblement could be a few seconds to thousands of "yu." or longer, Atfirsr bobbles were used for 1aw enforcement and such, then for proEection during war, since even a nucliar explosiondoes not affect a bobble or whac/who it. encloses.

This story takes place hudnreds of lhousands of years after a major nuclear war. A few rich fanilies have escapcd Lhewar and its aftermath by effectivelyrmoving forward in timer. They emerge from their bobbles every nolr and thtn,tahea look around Eo see how the rest. of t.he vorld is gercing on, decide they don'E like it, and bobble up again. Sonieare getting quite keen on seeing the collapse of Lhe sun before Lhey finally grow oJ.d and die. Their imiortalityis a fake: ralher than living forever, Lhey live only a few hours or days aL a tlme, sampling Lhe passage of rj.nre.

But what of those vho have been carried along by accident? 0r who decide they want to stop somevhen ancl live ou!thei-r norrnal lifespan? Factions develop in the group of ternporal refugees. And then one influencial r{oman getsaccidentally (?) left. behind when everyone else bobbles up. She doesntt know when they will reappear. Shouirl s1estay near the bobbles and waic? Should she go exploring? Ilow would YOU feel if you were the oniy known living humanbeing on Earth, buc at any lime a group of others could show up and rescue you? tloukl you

"uc.u,nl to despai.r? s1ay

or leave rhe vicinity? How would you leave a message just. in case Lhe oLhers show up when yourre not arounrl?This book EoEally fascinated me.

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Nev Titles received continued:

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TAMING THE FOREST KINGTHE FOREST KING (Fantasy novel-a woman warrior takes on the Forest King to save her land)(SF novel set in a world where people are awake only one day a weekj(SF novel of an inEerstellar advent.ure about an immortality elixir)

Hg {I9^3r9^in Fantasy rriloSy of evil combarred by tove)l$q (SF novel of two investigarors exploring a conplex new world)SY CROSS (tta cornic reLellinq oi the Rosicrucii. ,uthi')("a comic relelling oi rhe Rosicruciin mythi')

HS{q-*.,1.:3** 5*.::#st-nove1 adventure-of. two_companions and rheir fighl against an evir foe)@(TPBre-re1ea"""r_lni"-r"#;;.il";i".;..;;:';;5.J;!I!TER-rl!,!DE-ry.(HC,SF sequel to rwest of Eden',abour an alternacive prihisroric Earrh)I#?"9*r=HH9,#A!*! ,TlRo9-Gl{,

wA!!l (sF novel sounds an improvement on his orher recent works)*!!#4il_iRIr!+P

(f9ver 9r,1ne r{n about a scienrists disastrous-ne;'-;; ;;i;; ;;;k";i;";;;; love )[ _(HC collection.of 13 stories by one of rhe (1are) t,t."t"." oi ipj

LES OF (Juvenile SF novel)2nd in 10 book SF series)

THE ASHES !9!! i"-!!i" posr-apocalypric-invaded-USA-type series)TUDE ( SF/Fantasy novel-the blurb isn't very'he1pfu1, I'm afraid)Support loca1 productr ! Aust. SF novel,winner of 84 Arsr- SF Auaproduccr ! Aust. SF novel,winner of 84 Aust. SF Award)

F novel about a man lost in a vorld of dreams and lies)(HC Beautiful illustrated Fantasy novel by the Maste; of Horror)

,(Repri-nc SF novel of Earthrs most adventurous diplomat)(SF sequel Eo 'Search for Fierrar abou! a man of barth caughtin a coronial fight for survival. Mr. Lawhead is one of the more well-known new

new Christian SF writers.(Reprint of lst in classic Fantasy series)

r^_(Fanfasy sequel to the well-loved ,Tea With the Black Dragonr)SF sequel torThe Shattered Starsr, a storv of oower. hor.ri & i,, a story of power, honour & betrayal)

(4.Fanrasy stories by this very populir Fantasiir)(SF novel about a robot programmed co be a Sanrurai)

(SF alternate History sequel to rProcuratorr, in which Rome didnrt fall)con'ra1 +^ tn^-^^J^ n..^^.1

, rrr wrrrLtr r\uxrE urull L I(sF sequel to tGenesis Questt, a quest to find their rooEs by new humans)(HC containing The Bu11 and the Spear, the oat< ana irr"-i"*-."J

t.allion in a neat, attractive format)we were supposted to get MORw0oD's '.'!BdGQ!! LORD'r (third in che series) rhis monrhbut our disrriburor l-et us down ana iE-EGivEd'z:.titr. I.le shal1 tiy to ourain rtrtstitle sonewhere.

{,JO!qE I9!_!4I!IqES.S.,-(Fantasy novel abour an o1d rvizard in search of a wife)W$L924c1assicFantasythatrndianaJoneswou1dappreciate)IIYE 0F THE WARI,0CK (HC collecrion of st.ories, not a1i new)

TSF,=III!9IIG=IIEE (After the Great Death - a fox eye view of posr-apocalypric fighr for survival)M(Fan!asy.nove1abouta";;";i;;-il!.'"l'i"""-i5"i:-"'--"e'.^uii

rLEF.=E- (A_war_between the rabble and the supe.iich of a future New york)

(Hunan and alien colonists defend their horne against a savage invasion)rEND0N(HcJuveni1eFantasyofaboyandhisfiiend,aDragJn)

MAN ARMY ) translated Fantasy works of a Brazilian authorMILLION

Claudia J. EdnardsPhilip Jose FarnerCynthia FeliceRichard FordAlan Dean FosterDavid FosterGreg Fros!Davi.d GemnellHarry HarrlsonRobert HeinleinDiana HenscellFrank HerbertDouglas HillL. Ron HubbartWilliarn JohnsEoneM. Kaye & P. GodninVictor KelleherJ.P. Kel1y & J. KessellStephen KingKeith LaumerStephen Lawhead

Fritz LeiberR.A. MacAvoyRichard McEnroeRobin McKinleyVictor MilanKirk MirchellDonald MoffirtMichael Moorcock

NOTE:

John MorressyTalbot MundyLarry NivenBrian ParvinDiana PaxsonKit ReedMike ResnickMark E. RogersChrisropher RowleySusan F. SchaefferMoacyr Scliartrtt

Bob ShawRobert Sheckley

Robert SilverbergCurf SiodmakFrancis SEevens

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Theodore SturgeonSuntov SucharitkulPeter V. TinlettBob Shaw oops

Joan VingeFreda WarringtonWeiss/Hickman

AntholoRies:

Isaac Asimov (8d.)

(A 'differentr look at imnortality, its benefits and drawbacks)(Good co see one of ny favorite authors coming back inEo print _ this

l"_9_s9t! of,intergalactic Alice in Wonderland. Sheckley is a iery fr"roi."!-urinorjD THE SAFE ZONE (SF HC)BEYOND THE SAFE ZONE (SF HC)

w-lc1"""i.sr-reprintofadoctorbeingtakenoverbyadeadman,sbrainjvrdrt o p^Afr \vaasslc Jr reprlnc or a ooctor being taken over by a dead manrs brain)gE!:ql=ryA$ (First. published t918,about an.ancj.eni city and a'grear-pover for evil)EL9I jlIryBUs (Firsc published 1919, possibly the firsl novel Ibour pararlel worlds)DBODY (HC Fantasy novel)RONE 0F MADNESS (Dawnino Shednw 4?\(Dawning Shadow #2)

.Q:pllla Fantasy, firsr in a series abour the fal1 of Atlanris)(HC, first. in a trilogy set on another planet tha! appears to have avery near neighbour, whom they decide to Ery to colonise when rheir own gets awkvard)

THE ASHES (6 SF sEories by rhi.s excel_lenr aurhor)ILJI=$I$-.EE (TPB-what we call a science Fanrasy, sequel to Blackbird in silver)F SPRING DAWNING: Drasonlance Chronices Vo1. 3- (Fantasy)

Anthologies about Children - MUTANTS (11 stories by some good wrirers, eg Zenna Henderson,Ed Hami.lton, Mack Reynolds)

.(I3 stories by.people like King, Simzik, yolen,Bradbury)(Il stories - L'Engle, Serling, Bradbury, etc)

ALS (i0 stories - Laumer, Ant.hony, Russell, etc)

DIMENSION

ASIMOV

L. RON HIIBSTEPHEN

Isaac Asi.mov (Ed.)Pournelle/Baen (Eds. )J. Pournelle (Ed.)

A. Budrys (Ed.)Steven Bauer (Ed.)

FARTSF (17 classic stories from 1953)(latest editlon of "lhe worlds only paperback SF magazlne")

o1. l: The Stars at War (a thick anthology of 20 stories-by a vari.ety of

TIIE FUTIJRE V (a collection of fiction by nev auEhors)

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Brian Aldiss

Schov/FrentzenC. ' YaegerD. SuvinC. BabinT. AylesvorEhBill George

Edgar/Bel1amy

Mills/ONei 117

ART BOOKS

Mark E. RogersC. AchilleosHR CigerCorben Classics

FILM/TV

ComicFtle llagIttIr Itnrtlril

Mac Irvine

AND THE LURID CLARE OF THE COI'IET (HC

arltcles & autobriography): Official Companion (LF)

Autobiography )1956-7 4z A Bibliography

(LF magazine book)(HC LF)

(LFPB)

Morgan/SymesKap lan/Michaelson

h},IAZING 3=D (LF book on 3D work)GUI\IBY: Authorized Biography of the I'lorlds

Favorite Clayboy (LF)STEPHEN KING: The Art of Darkness (TPR)D. Winter

(Hc) ? Io-frddfrEtl-fdnR0Rg : Earty Tarkie Chillersfrom Poverty Row)(HC)

Menville/Reglnald ruTURE VISIONS The NevSoftback looking ar

Golden Age of SF (LFthe last l0 yearsfilms)

Large Forma! comic colleclions:

CARTH Book 2-[{omen of Galbaetc THE A.B.C. WARRIORS Books I

ART 0F TtlE DIRTY PAIR BookSexy Two (Japanese)

HALO J0NES Books I - 3

GARTH Book l-Clouds of Balthus

JUDGE DREDD: Apocalypse WarJUDGE DREDD 4,9)II,L2ROGUE TR0OPER Books I - 4THIEVES WORLD Color Edition

STAR TREK IV: The Vovase Home

Dr Who #17 & #18c.ts*"r[-riri-+rTwilieht Zone File 2: New SeriesUNCLE Files 11: Girl frorn UNCLE

Robolech Cartoon FileDR IIHO SPECIAL EFFECTS (LT PB)

Moore/GibsonMoore/DavlsMills/Colquhoun??

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PrNoccHr0 (Hc)PoE (HC)

Hagues 1987 Unicorn Calendar

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Fighting Fantasy No. 22: RoboE Comrnando(. Harper - ilASK 2 - Peril Under ParisGAIIE: BA1TLEBIKES

Aqents of rebelllonFasolt ln PerilGround & Air EqulpmencIncedus IIIItarTTran-E6rtOoeration PeregrineProbe NCG 8436

ComlcMagazineV. MclncyreD. CohenConpsnion Series'fan BlackGame Book

Parkinson

BATTLETECH:

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STAR FLEET BATTLES:

DR WHO: HARRY SULLIVANS WAR

DR WHO: THE SAVAGES (PB)STAR TREK: PHASER FIGHT

HEROES FOR I.,ARGAMES

Black Widowl1-ap S"E -

(Novel )STAR TREK

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DARK EMPEROR (Fantasy)Treasure HuntMines of BloodsEoneRed Son ia UnconoueredTemple of the Froq.Capeains Loe 4Time and Time AgainThe Morrow Proiect GamebookHolv l,larriorsToo SecretAssassinsSuper CrooksSwamo Secret

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McKenzie/llare HOLLYWOOD TRICKS OF THE TRADE (LF HC)Ghossbusters - STAY PUFF HANThls Island Earth - METALUNA MONSTER KltCaSSEIIE - Andre Norton reading l,lltchworld Book I

Gumcards : H0LIARD THE DUCKGuracards - JEf,S, ROCKETS & SPACEIiENVoltron - ErasersComlc - l'labblt l{anpage

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Graphic Novel

SLAINE Book I

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