Archive-name: books/basement-full-of-books Version: 7.07 Last-modified: April 8, 1994 Periodicity: 30 days Copies of this list may be obtained by anonymous ftp to rtfm.mit.edu under /pub/usenet/news.answers/books/basement-full-of-books. Or, send email to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "send usenet/news.answers/books/basement-full-of-books" in the body of the message. BASEMENT FULL OF BOOKS Release 7.07 April 8, 1994 NEW BOOKS, AVAILABLE BY MAIL DIRECTLY FROM THEIR AUTHORS 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. ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ PLEASE NOTE: CHANGE IN FORMAT. Books new to "Basement Full of Books" since v. 7.00 appear at the beginning of the listings. New since v. 7.00: Colin Morton Roy H. Dingle Lee Ballentine John M. Landsberg and Jonathan Ostrowsky-Lantz, eds. Mary Rosenblum Phyllis Eisenstein Addition to previous listing: Bruce Boston ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ BOOKS AND TAPES BY COLIN MORTON %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Signed first editions. Poetry. Concrete and performance poetry on cassette. Film animation, performance scores, comic book. %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% _HOW TO BE BORN AGAIN_ (Quarry Press, 1992) If poets are born, not made, then Colin Morton is born again with each new poem ... Whether lyrical, satirical, meditative, or surreal, his poems encourage us to remake ourselves each day. "Long, lung-deep stanzas, short, poky ones, even prose poem paragraphs, Morton's attack changes with every new piece, his sweeping sense of enthusiasm the only constant. He writes as if poetry actually had an audience, words flung out across crowded rooms." Barry Dempster in Poetry Canada Review "There is an odd but stimulating combination in his world of joy springing out of mor[t]ality, or of the recognition of change and death strengthening the heroic heart, as in that splendid poem of marriage at mid-glory, Not Time's Fool. The tenderness of Morton's poems is a rough, direct male one, and often the brusque in speech and the masculine in imagery are combined in a verse of extraordinary literary power." - George Woodcock in Ottawa Citizen "By describing simply a domestic moment and the emotion it creates, Morton discovers a strong, elegant, and clear poetry. His work also suggests that the prose poem is a futurist form." George Elliott Clarke in Journal of Canadian Poetry %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% _THE MERZBOOK: KURT SCHWITTERS POEMS_ (Quarry Press, 1987) Prize-winner in the 1984 CBC Literary Competition - an innovative narrative poem based on the life and art of the renowned German dadaist Kurt Schwitters. - Morton's poems in The Merzbook are "powerful illustrations of the range of intellect that occasionally still operates in poetry." Fred Wah in Books in Canada - "Morton has found his forte.... Merzbook is a witty, concise, idiosyncratic masterpiece." Chris Faiers in Canadian Book Review Annual - "Colin Morton...has achieved the best balance between the varying demands of the documentary form: between objective fact and subjective interpretation, between documentation and lyricism, between his persona and himself.... The Merzbook strikes me as a quite major addition to the genre." Stephen Scobie in Malahat Review - "Morton's poems... continually destabilize a reader and put her into a position of joyful discovery." Dennis Cooley in Journal of Canadian Poetry %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% _THIS WON'T LAST FOREVER_ (Longspoon Press, 1985) Winner of the first Archibald Lampman Poetry Award "Morton's poems, whether erotic discoveries, satiric variations on a theme or cries of outrage, are accessible and interesting.... His experimental, playful approach to poetry is frank and refreshing." Shaun Hunter in Journal of Canadian Poetry %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% THE FIRST ANIMATED SHORT MADE FOR IMAX PRIMITI TOO TAA - sound poetry and typewriter animation film (Teeswater Animation, 1986, 1987) Winner of several international film festival awards including Best Soundtrack, ASIFA East Film Festival, New York (1988) Bronze Apple, National Educational Film and Video Festival (1988) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% AND WORK BY THE INTERMEDIA PERFORMANCE GROUP FIRST DRAFT Wordmusic (audio-cassette, First Draft, 1986) The Scream: First Draft group show (ed., Ouroboros, 1984) North/South, by C. Morton, S. McMaster and A. McClure (Underwhich, 1987) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% AND MORE In Transit - poetry (Thistledown, 1981) Printed Matter - concrete poetry (Sidereal, 1982) Two Decades: from A Century of Inventions (Ouroboros, 1987) Musical Ride - comic book, (Clarion, 1990) %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% For more information, ask: %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Colin Morton 40 Grove Ave. Ottawa, Ontario K1S 3A6 Canada (613)730-9079 Internet: aa905@freenet.carleton.ca ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ NON-FICTION BY ROY H. DINGLE NOTHING BUT CONSERVATION For information, please send SASE to: Roy H. Dingle 1400 West Seminary St. Richland Center WI 53581 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 Ballentine P.O. Box 102650 Denver CO 80250 or send email to: leebal@csn.org ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ BOOK 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 For further information, send SASE to: Bruce Boston P.O. Box 6398 Albany CA 94706 510-524-9797 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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. ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ FANTASY NOVELS BY PHYLLIS EISENSTEIN BORN 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ BASEMENT FULL OF BOOKS, V. 7.00 The complete list contains 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. * New to the list since v. 7.00--see above. ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 503/488-2492 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ BOOKS BY BRUCE BOSTON 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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: brin@alumni.cco.caltech.edu ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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. ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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) ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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: 509 624-4176 EMAIL: jdavis@comtch.spk.wa.us ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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: (414) 332-7306 GEnie: G.DEWEESE 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. ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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: G.Joly@cs.ucl.ac.uk UUCP: ...!{uunet,uknet}!ucl-cs!G.Joly ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 503/488-2492 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ************************************************************************ * * * SPECIAL OFFER: * * * * While supplies last: * * * * Buy two hardcovers, * * * * Choose a free paperback copy of * * * * STARFARERS * * * * TRANSITION * * * * or * * * * METAPHASE * * * * or one of the following Star Trek novels: * * * * THE ENTROPY EFFECT * * * * ENTERPRISE: THE FIRST ADVENTURE * * * * STAR TREK II: WRATH OF KHAN, * * * * STAR TREK III: SEARCH FOR SPOCK * * * * STAR TREK IV: THE VOYAGE HOME * * * * When you order, be sure to choose your free paperback! * * * ************************************************************************ 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: mcintyre@yang.cpac.washington.edu ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 b.ransom1@genie.com) Real Life: Bill Ransom 4711 Aurora Avenue North Seattle, WA 98103 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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: 76702.747@compuserve.com ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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: seltzer@ics.dec.com !decwrl!ics.dec.com!seltzer seltzer%ics.enet.dec.com or seltzer@gatekeeper.dec.com ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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 ///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\///\ 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. 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