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This is the January booklist from the OCOH, as pulled from Scifido
(415-655-0667), a SF oriented BBS in Oakland California.
I am told that overseas orders are cheerfully accepted.
Patronize your local specialty bookshop, if you have one, otherwise,
patronize ours!
Other Change of Hobbit
2433 Channing Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
(415) 848-0413
Booklist #5 February 1986
This is our monthly list of new books received, "peppered with comments" as
usual.
Books can be ordered by sending a check for the amount, plus $1.50 postage and
handling, plus California sales tax if you live in California. For purchases
over $15.00, you may just supply us with your VISA or MasterCard number and
expiration date. If you received this list via electronic mail, please
mention that when you place your order (otherwise we'll put you on the
hard-copy mailing list, thereby wasting paper and postage).
ERRATUM: Last month we listed SHUTTLE DOWN as by R. L. Richardson. It is in
fact by G. Harry Stine, writing as Lee Correy. Richardson is someone else
altogether and can only be connected with Stine by slipped synapses; we
apologize.
HARDCOVERS AND TRADE PAPERBACKS
Aldiss, Brian SEASONS IN FLIGHT $10.95
First American hardcover of 1984
British collection of recent short
stories.
Bradley, Marion Zimmer THE BEST OF MARION ZIMMER BRADLEY $16.95
Hardcover edition of the paperback
described in last month's list.
Brown, Fredric THIRTY CORPSES EVERY THURSDAY $30.00
Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps,
Vol. 6. Like the others in this set,
this features previously unreprinted
stories. 375-copy edition signed by
introducer William Campbell Gault.
("Not Brown's best, but good solid
mystery stories." - Tom)
Eager, Edward THE TIME GARDEN $ 4.95
Reprint 1958 hardcover. Sequel to
KNIGHT'S CASTLE (features the children
of Martha and Katharine from HALF
MAGIC).
THE WELL-WISHERS $ 4.95
Reprint 1960 hardcover. Sequel to
MAGIC OR NOT?.
("Eager's magic adventures are always
delightful, and I think THE TIME
GARDEN is one of his best; THE WELL
WISHERS is a bit on the preachy side,
but still fun." - Debbie)
Grant, Charles (ed.) NIGHT VISIONS 2 $18.00
This small press hardcover contains
all original stories by three authors:
David Morrell, Joseph Payne Brennan
and Karl Edward Wagner.
Jackson, Shirley THE SUNDIAL $ 5.95
Reprint 1958 hardcover; long
unavailable.
Laidlaw, Marc DAD'S NUKE $15.95
LeGuin, Ursula KING DOG: A Screenplay $ 9.50
A back-to-back chapbook (with
DOESTOEVSKY: A Screenplay by Raymond
Carver and Tess Gallagher). An
unfilmed screenplay based on a
character and a theme from the
Mahabharata.
MacDonald, George THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN $ 4.95
Reprint 1872 edition.
Martin, George R. R. TUF VOYAGING $15.95
Collects the seven Haviland Tuf
stories. Jacket so badly designed
that half the customers think the
title is THE VOYAGING.
("A fun book, though mildly preachy
in the end. Great cats." - Tom)
Also recommended by Debbie.
Norton, Mary THE BORROWERS AVENGED $ 5.95
Reprint 1982 hardcover.
Priest, Christopher THE GLAMOUR $ 5.20
British reprint 1984 hardcover
(possibly revised, as it is newly
copyrighted 1985).
Tolkien, J. R. R. THE BOOK OF LOST TALES, Part One $ 8.95
Volume one of The History of Middle-
Earth. First U.S. paperback, reprint
1983 hardcover.
("Fascinating portrait of a philogist
and world-builder at work." - Jan)
Vance, Jack PLANET OF ADVENTURE $ 6.95
British omnibus paperback. Yes, this
really does contain all four novels
(and it's cheaper than each of the
American trade paperbacks of the
individual books)! (Terry Carr says
he tried to get Don Wollheim to do
this years ago ...)
Wagner, Karl Edward THE BOOK OF KANE $20.00
Previously published short stories, in
a small press edition with beautiful
Jeff Jones illustrations.
("Not Wagner's best - Howard pastiches
mostly." - Tom)
Williamson, Jack WONDER'S CHILD: My Life In Science Fiction $ 8.95
Trade paperback reprint 1985 hardcover.
Winner 1985 Hugo Award: Best
Non-Fiction Book.
("A brilliant autobiographical look at
the history of the U.S., from pioneer
wagons to present day space explora-
tion, and of science fiction from
Gernsback to Frenkel." - Dave)
Wingrove, David (ed.) THE SCIENCE FICTION FILM SOURCE BOOK $10.95
Alphabetical listing of films with lots
of information and opinions, artists'
biographies, a list of writers and
their filmed works, and more.
Zebrowski, George (ed.) NEBULA AWARDS 20 $17.95
Hardcover of the paperback described in
last month's list.
MASS MARKET PAPERBACKS
Adams, Richard MAIA $ 4.95
Reprint 1984 hardcover. Lovely Mel
Odum cover.
(Jan and Debbie agree with the Times of
London reviewer, who said, "This is not
a book to be tossed aside lightly. It
should be thrown with great force.")
Adams, Robert A MAN CALLED MILO MORAI $ 2.95
Horseclans #14.
Adams, Terry A. SENTIENCE $ 3.50
("A very promising first novel, draggy
in spots but extremely involving in
others. Adams is a writer to watch." -
Debbie)
Aldiss, Brian W. HELLICONIA SUMMER $ 3.95
Reprint 1983 hardcover.
Anthony, Piers GOLEM IN THE GEARS $ 3.95
The ninth Xanth novel, the first
composed on his new computer.
Anthony, Piers, Barry UNCOLLECTED STARS $ 3.50
N. Malzberg, Features only stories that have never
M. H. Greenberg & before been collected in book form, and
C. G. Waugh (eds.) turns up some treasures spanning about
forty years of magazine sf.
Asimov, Isaac THE EARLY ASIMOV: Book One $ 3.95
THE EARLY ASIMOV: Book Two $ 3.95
Reprint 1972 hardcover; second
paperback edition.
Asimov, Isaac, M. H. COMETS $ 3.95
Greenberg & C. G. Isaac Asimov's Wonderful Worlds of
Waugh (eds.) Science Fiction #4. Timely, ain`t
they? Reprint anthology.
Banks, Michael and THE ODYSSEUS SOLUTION $ 2.95
Dean R. Lambe
Berry, Stephen Ames THE BATTLE FOR TERRA TWO $ 2.95
Bischoff, David THE MACROCOSMIC CONFLICT $ 2.95
StarHounds #3, following THE INFINITE
BATTLE and GALACTIC WARRIORS.
Boucher, Anthony THE CASE OF THE BAKER STREET IRREGULARS $ 3.95
Reprint 1940 hardcover.
("What a delight to have this Boucher
mystery back in print! You don't have
to be a Holmesian to love this tale,
but it helps." - Debbie) Also recom-
mended by Dave, Tom and Jennifer.
Campbell, Ramsey OBSESSION $ 3.95
Reprint 1985 hardcover.
Cook, Glen CEREMONY $ 3.50
Darkwar Trilogy #3, following
DOOMSTALKER and WARLOCK.
Delany, Samuel R. THE COMPLETE NEBULA AWARD-WINNING FICTION $ 4.95
Contains BABEL-17 (1966), A FABULOUS,
FORMLESS DARKNESS (originally titled
THE EINSTEIN INTERSECTION, 1967, not
revised), "Aye and Gomorrah" (1967)
and "Time Considered as a Helix of
Semi-Precious Stones" (1969), plus
"Forward to an Afterword."
("A peculiar mish-mash idea for a book,
but you can't argue with the con-
tents." - Debbie) ("... only with the
ambiguous title." - Dave)
Drake, David BRIDGEHEAD $ 3.50
SKYRIPPER $ 3.50
Reprint 1983 paperback.
Easton, M. Coleman ISKIIR $ 3.50
Elgin, Suzette Haden YONDER COMES THE OTHER END OF TIME $ 2.95
Coyote Jones meets Responsible of
Brightwater.
("Opinion is divided here, but I was so
glad to see the O again that I'm
willing to forgive the book some struc-
tural and logical flaws." - Debbie)
Feynman, Richard P. "SURELY YOU'RE JOKING, MR. FEYNMAN!" $ 4.50
Reprint 1985 hardcover.
These hilariously funny anecdotal
memoirs of a quirky Nobel Prize-winning
physicist seem to be recommended by
everyone who encounters them, including
all of us.
Foster, Alan Dean THE PATHS OF THE PERAMBULATOR $ 3.50
SpellSinger #5.
Frankowski, Leo THE CROSS-TIME ENGINEER $ 2.95
Book One in the Adventures of Conrad
Stargard.
("Amusing novel about the trials and
tribulations of a Pole who travels back
to twelfth-century Poland. Overly
stereotypical in some ways, but the
Eastern European setting makes for some
interesting variations on the theme. -
Debbie)
Frost, Gregory TAIN $ 3.50
Gardner, Craig Shaw A MALADY OF MAGICKS $ 2.95
Grant, Charles L. (ed.) SHADOWS 5 $ 2.95
Reprint 1982 hardcover.
("A good volume in this series of dark
fantasy anthologies - just skip Grant's
introductions, which give away punch-
lines." - Dave)
Langford, David THE LEAKY ESTABLISHMENT $ 3.95
British reprint 1984 hardcover.
(Langford won the 1985 Hugo Award for
Best Fanwriter.)
("Wonderfully silly book about a man
who accidentally takes a nuclear
warhead home from work and can't get it
back. Less dry than some of his other
humor." - Tom)
Laumer, Keith BEYOND THE IMPERIUM $ 2.95
Reprint 1981 paperback; collects
ASSIGNMENT IN NOWHERE (1968) and
THE OTHER SIDE OF TIME (1965).
Lee, John THE UNICORN QUEST $ 2.95
Lorrah, Jean AMBROV KEON $ 2.95
A novel set in Jacqueline Lichtenberg's
Sime/Gen universe.
("A worthwhile addition to the universe.
Lorrah emphasizes some of the more
human aspects of the characters." -
Jennifer)
Martin, George R. R. SANDKINGS $ 2.95
Reprint 1981 paperback collection; new
Whelan cover. "Sandkings" won the 1979
Nebula and 1980 Hugo for Best Novella;
"The Way of Cross and Dragon" won the
1980 Hugo for Best Novelette.
("The title story is one of the
creepiest science fiction stories I've
ever read. Recommended." - Debbie)
McEvoy, Seth NOT QUITE HUMAN #4: RECKLESS ROBOT $ 2.25
Moorcock, Michael THE KNIGHT OF THE SWORDS $ 2.95
Reprint of The First Book of Corum
(1971) - features new (copper) Robert
Gould cover, following the silver for
Elric and brass for Castle Brass.
THE ICE SCHOONER $ 3.45
Moorcock can't leave things alone; this
British paperback is the 1985 revision
of the 1977 revision of this 1966 novel.
Nichols, Ruth A WALK OUT OF THE WORLD $ 2.95
Reprint 1969 hardcover; would have been
a MagicQuest book.
("A lovely fantasy, much better and
different than its Indiana Jones-type
cover would lead one to expect. Much
more a blown-glass ornament than a
hammer." - Jennifer)
Norwood, Warren $ 2.95
Double Spiral War: Volume 3, following
MIDWAY BETWEEN and POLAR FLEET.
O'Donnell, Kevin, Jr. CLIFFS $ 2.95
The Journeys of McGill Feighan Book IV.
Long awaited.
("Don't try this without the others,
but it's definitely up to their
quality. Good young-adult style
adventure with amazing situations." -
Tom)
Perry, Steve MATADORA $ 2.95
Sequel to THE MAN WHO NEVER MISSED.
Reynolds, Mack with DEATHWISH WORLD $ 3.50
Dean Ing Another posthumous collaboration
between dead author (Reynolds) and
literary executor (Ing).
Roberts, Keith MOLLY ZERO $ 4.40
British reprint 1980 hardcover; no U.S.
edition to date.
Rowley, Christopher STARHAMMER $ 2.95
Russell, Eric Frank WASP $ 2.95
First U.S. publication of the complete
text, reprint 1958 British hardcover.
We raved about Russell last month, and
WASP is one of his very best books -
well deserving of reprinting and highly
recommended.
Saberhagen, Fred THE FRANKENSTEIN PAPERS $ 3.50
Sargent, Pamela VENUS OF DREAMS $ 3.95
Start of a family saga trilogy.
Sleator, William INTERSTELLAR PIG $ 2.95
Reprint 1984 hardcover. Young adult
novel.
("The pig of the title is both a game
and the strangest character. A good
puzzle story - not deep, but
pleasant." - Tom)
Springer, Nancy WINGS OF FLAME $ 2.95
Reprint 1985 hardcover.
("Although I generally like Nancy
Springer's writing, I found this book
to be rough, disjointed and very
disappointing. The plot has original
elements, but is not well-executed. -
Jennifer)
Stasheff, Christopher A WIZARD IN BEDLAM $ 2.95
Reprint 1980 edition; new publisher.
Thompson, Joyce CONSCIENCE PLACE $ 3.50
Reprint 1984 hardcover.
Zahn, Timothy COBRA STRIKE $ 3.50
Sequel to COBRA.
Zelazny, Roger TRUMPS OF DOOM $ 3.50
Reprint 1985 hardcover; the first of
three new Amber books (and no, we don't
know when the next one's scheduled, so
don't blame us if you get caught on the
cliffhanger ...)
("Aside from the incomplete ending, a
delightful Amber novel, as good as the
first few." - Dave, Debbie and Tom)
UNICORN VARIATIONS $ 4.40
British reprint 1983 hardcover short
story collection; no U.S. paperback in
sight.
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