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In this historical fantasy about the little-known Viking king Hadding, Anderson (The Fleet of Stars, LJ 2/97) fleshes out extant Norse literature to create an epic tale of a young [...]

In 1939, Wandrei cofounded Arkham House to publish the work of H.P. Lovecraft. But he also was a writer of sf, horror and fantasy for the pulp magazines Weird Tales [...]

Tor. Jun. 1997. c.992p. ed. by David G. Hartwell. ISBN 0-312-86338-1. $40 FANTASY This anthology contains 45 short stories, mostly post-World War II and mostly American, representing the earliest writers [...]

Foster, Alan Dean. Del Rey: Ballantine. Feb. 1997. c.336p. ISBN 0-385-38375-3. $22.50. SF Foster here returns to the Commonwealth Universe, the setting for his Icerigger trilogy and Flinx novels, for [...]

Meisel, Perry. The Cowboy and the Dandy: Crossing Over from Romanticism to Rock and Roll. Oxford Univ. 1998. c.192p, permanent paper, photogs, index. LC 97-23789. ISBN 0-19-511817-0. $29.95. MUSIC Literary [...]

Seeking to provide inspiration for his biracial son, Russell (The Man Who Knew Too Much, Carroll & Graf, 1992) delves here into the roots of achievement by African Americans. From [...]

Baker, Kage. Harcourt. Feb. 1998. c.336p. ISBN 015-100299-1. $23. SF Baker's witty debut novel is a pip. Full of exquisite descriptions of 16th-century England and the Spanish Inquisition (Baker was [...]

Bradbury, Ray. Avon. 1997. c.261p. ISBN 0-380-97381-2. $23. FANTASY Following his Quicker than the Eye (Avon, 1996), Bradbury, author of such sf classics as Fahrenheit 451 (1953), returns in top [...]

color. 30 min. J.B. Andrew Inc., PO Box 151308, Lakewood, CO 80215-9308; 303-779-4364. 1996. ISBN 0-96542830-3. $15 + $3 s&h. RECREATION One big black stallion stood out among the wild [...]

Zahn, Timothy. Spectra: Bantam. (Hand of Thrawn, Bk. 1). Dec. 1997. c.352p. ISBN 0-55309542-0. $23.95. SF In the first of two new novels, Zahn (Heir to the Empire, Bantam, 1991) [...]

Shatner, William. Ace: Putnam. Oct. 1997. c.256p. ISBN 0-399-14339-4. $22.95. SF This ninth Tek novel continues the adventures of private detectives Jake Cardigan and his partner, Sid Gomez, as they [...]

Lackey, Mercedes & Larry Dixon. DAW, dist. by NAL. Oct. 1997 c.304p. ISBN 0-88677-754-2. $21.95. FANTASY Following the events in Storm Breaking (LJ 10/15/96) but without continuing that novel's characters, [...]

Ellison, Harlan. Houghton. 1997. c.303p. ISBN 0-39535341-6. $22. SF Ellison writes contemporary, absorbing, literate sf and fantasy that often go beyond the genres' boundaries. The Nebula and Hugo award-winning author [...]

O'Leary, Patrick. Tor. Oct. 1997. c.288p.ISBN 0-31286402-7. $22.95. FANTASY O'Leary made a widely praised sf debut with his first novel, Door Number Three (LJ 9/15/95). Here he weaves a magical [...]

Draulans, Dirk. Thomas Dunne Bk: St. Martin's. Nov. 1997. c.224p. tr. by Sam Garret. ISBN 0-312-15636-7. $20.95. SF As translated from the original 1994 Dutch publication, Draulans's hard sf novel [...]

Zelazny, Roger & Jane Lindskold. Avon. 1997. c.512p. ISBN 0-380-97326-X. $24. SF Zelazny died in 1995 after beginning this next-to-last hard sf collaboration with Lindskold. They have created a dazzling, [...]

Griffin: St. Martin's. 1997. c.624p. ed. by Ellen Datlow & Terri Windling. ISBN 0-312-15700-2. $29.95; pap. ISBN 0-312-15701-0. $17.95. FANTASY The discerning editors selected 39 short stories and four poems [...]

Chapman, Vera. Academy Chicago. 1997. c.239p. ed. by Robert H. Boyer & Kenneth J. Zahorski. ISBN 0-89733-387-X. $22.50. FANTASY This collection of 12 connected stories about the Abbess Hodierna of [...]

Spectra: Bantam. Dec. 1997. c.336p. ed. by Peter Schweighofer. ISBN 0-55357876-6. pap. $5.99. SF This collection of 13 short stories by nine authors is an outgrowth from the Star Wars [...]

Haldeman, Joe. Ace: Berkley. Oct. 1997. c.336p. ISBN 0-441-00406-7. $21.95. SF Veteran sf writer Haldeman views this novel not as a continuation of but as a follow-up to the problems [...]

Norton, Andre & Sherwood Smith. Tor. Oct. 1997. c.256p. ISBN 0-312-85920-1. $21.95. SF Following Derelict for Trade (LJ 12/96), Grand Master Nebula award winner Norton teams up again with Smith [...]

Miller, Walter M. Bantam. Nov. 1997. c.448p. ISBN 0553-10704-6. $23.95. SF The long-awaited sequel to the classic A Canticle for Leibowitz (1959) was completed by Terry Bisson (Pirates of the [...]

Kessel, John. Tor. Dec. 1997. c.384p. ISBN 0-312-86117-6. $23.95. SF Kessel (Corrupting Dr. Nice, LJ 12/96) collects 15 previously published (1980-96) short stories and two poems, plus one play. A [...]

Hamilton, Peter F. Tor. Nov. 1997. c.384p. ISBN 0-312-85954-6. $23.95. SF This second volume in British author Hamilton's cyberthriller trilogy (MindstarRising, LJ 6/15/96) depicts a tropical England after global warming. [...]

In this long-awaited sequel to Queen of Angels (Warner, 1990), the thinking computer Jill is hacked by another computer, Roddy. A product of recombinant DNA, Roddy is designed to kill [...]

This collection contains 28 short stories, including three previously unpublished, with introductions by the author. Anthony writes poignant and touching tales, reminiscent of Ray Bradbury's work, about ordinary individuals in [...]

Originally published in England in 1979 and 1989, respectively, and available in the United States only in limited editions, these fifth and sixth books about Titus Crow conclude the fantasy [...]

Last seen in Exile's Song (LJ 6/15/96), Margaret Alton returns to Darkover to learn to control her newly discovered combined powers, including the shadow matrix on her hand. Bradley again [...]

Still grieving for The Doors' lead singer after more than 25 years, the author, who claims to have married Jim Morrison in an occult ceremony, fashions her latest Keltiad book [...]

The author of Expiration Date (LJ 12/95) uses the image of ghosts inhabiting people's bodies as a metaphor for multiple personality disorders. In the winter of 1995, a ghost possessing [...]

Vance, the 14th writer to be honored as Grand Master (1997) by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America, first published The Face and The Book of Dreams in [...]

In 3131, most of the galaxy is populated by born-again Christians and ruled by the Catholic pope. Nonbelievers are persecuted and forced to accept the cruciform parasite, which allows people [...]

Drake uses his experience writing military and historical sf to craft an intricate first book in a new epic fantasy series. A raging storm washes up a woman onto the [...]

Alcoholic Wycherly Musgrave, fleeing the memory of a car accident in which his girlfriend drowned, crashes another car in Morton's Fork, West Virginia. Telepathic actress Sinah Dellon returns home seeking [...]

Cherryh returns to the 24th-century world of her Hugo Award-winning novels Downbelow Station (DAW, 1981) and Cyteen (LJ 5/15/88). Fletcher Niehart, orphaned at age five on the Pell station and [...]