faunt@hplabsd.UUCP (Doug Faunt) (10/17/85)
This is the books received at OCOH for September, FYI, pulled off SCI-FIDO, a SF oriented BBS in Oakland CA, run by Mike Farren. Debbie is Debbie Notkin, of LOCUS review fame. The Other Change of Hobbit 2433 Channing Way Berkeley, CA 94704 (415) 848-0413 This is the on-line edition of our monthly booklist for September, 1985. Thanks to Mike Farren for suggesting that we put it up on SCI-FIDO and making a space for it. We hope it's useful to all of you, whether you shop with us or at your local store. And now, for the books received in September (trumpet and drums) ... HARDCOVERS AND TRADE PAPERBACKS Anthony, Piers WITH A TANGLED SKEIN $14.95 Book 3 of Incarnations of Immortality. This one's Fate. ("Sometimes the reader doesn't bother with the novel at all, just the Note." - the Author's Note) Asimov, Isaac ROBOTS AND EMPIRE $16.95 Novel straddling the Lije Baley and Foundation books; features Lady Gladia, R. Giskard and R. Daneel. ("Good book - brings back the excite- ment of development of ideas ... and some pretty good characters." - Dave) Baum, L. Frank LITTLE WIZARD STORIES OF OZ $14.95 Reprint with color plates of 1914 edition. (See also Thompson, Ruth Plumly) Brown, Fredric THE FREAK SHOW MURDERS $30.00 Previously uncollected mystery short stories; introduction by Richard A. Lupoff. 350-copy numbered edition, signed by Lupoff. The fifth such book published by Dennis McMillan. Recommended by Tom and Debbie Carr, Jayge THE TREASURE IN THE HEART OF THE MAZE $12.95 Companion novel to NAVIGATOR'S SINDROME. ("Not as good as the first, but some great space opera [with characters] anyway." - Debbie) Cherryh, C. J. ANGEL WITH THE SWORD $15.95 The first DAW hardcover. Dick, Philip K. LIES, INC. $13.95 The British edition of THE UNTEL- EPORTED MAN, incorporating later additions and revisions by Dick, restoring one of the three missing passages, completing the remaining two gaps (Dick's text now available from the Philip K. Dick Society) with new material by John Sladek. Eager, Edward HALF MAGIC $ 4.95 A children's classic with a new cover (and a different size). Gardner, John and GILGAMESH $ 9.95 John Maier (trans- Trade paperback reprint of 1984 lators) hardcover. Gould, Stephen Jay THE FLAMINGO'S SMILE: REFLECTIONS IN NATURAL $17.95 HISTORY Essay collection. Haldeman, Joe DEALING IN FUTURES $16.95 New short story collection. Hogan, James P. THE PROTEUS OPERATION $16.95 King, Stephen THE BACHMAN BOOKS (hardcover) $19.95 THE BACHMAN BOOKS (paperback) $ 9.95 The four pre-THINNER novels by "Richard Bachman"--RAGE, THE LONG WALK, ROADWORK and THE RUNNING MAN plus "Why I Was Bachman." LeGuin, Ursula K. ALWAYS COMING HOME $25.00 This boxed trade paperback and audio- cassette precede the $50.00 hardcover. ("A fascinating complete evocation of a future culture. Not a novel, but a full anthropological record. Recom- mended." - Debbie) Lindsay, David A VOYAGE TO ARCTURUS $ 5.95 Finally back in print. McKillip, Patricia A. THE MOON AND THE FACE $10.95 Sequel to MOON-FLASH. Pinkwater, Honest Dan'l ROGER'S UMBRELLA $ 3.95 Reprint of 1982 hardcover Pinkwater's an addiction - are you hooked yet? This one's for young children. Pournelle, Jerry, Jim THE SCIENCE FICTION YEARBOOK $15.95 Baen and John F. The fourth best of the year, and Carr (eds.) the only one to reprint David Brin's Hugo-winning short story "The Crystal Spheres." ("Notable for its critical essays, especially Benford's" - Debbie) Ryman, Geoff THE WARRIOR WHO CARRIED LIFE $ 7.95 First novel. British trade paperback (reprint). ("Superbly written, but with very graphic violence. Recommended, but only with that warning." - Debbie) Sagan, Carl COSMOS $18.95 First novel. Smith, Stephanie A. SNOW-EYES $13.95 Young adult first novel. Gorgeous Mariano cover. Recommended by Debbie and Tom. Snyder, Zilpha Keatly THE CHANGING MAZE $12.95 Large-format children's art-and-story book, illustrated by Charles Mikolaycak. Strieber, Whitley WOLF OF SHADOWS $ 9.95 Large-format young adult novel. ("Wolf-eye view of survival in a nuclear winter." - Dave) Thompson, Ruth Plumly THE GNOME KING OF OZ $ 5.95 THE GIANT HORSE OF OZ $ 5.95 JACK PUMPKINSEED OF OZ $ 5.95 Oz Nos. 21-23. Reprints of 1927, 1928, 1929 hardcovers, respectively. Wodehouse, P. G. A WODEHOUSE BESTIARY $16.95 Collection. MASS PAPERBACKS Adams, Douglas and THE MEANING OF LIFF $ 5.95 John Lloyd Hilarious definitions attached to mostly British place names. By the author of HITCH-HIKER'S GUIDE ... Alexander, Lloyd THE BEGGAR QUEEN $ 2.95 Concludes the trilogy containing WESTMARK and THE KESTREL. Reprint of the 1984 hardcover. Anthony, Piers BEARING AN HOURGLASS $ 3.95 Book 2 of Incarnations of Immortality. This one's Time. Reprint ofthe 1984 hardcover. Asimov, Isaac THE MARTIAN WAY ... AND OTHER STORIES $ 2.95 1955 collection. Attanasio, A.A. RADIX $ 3.95 Paperback edition of 1981 Morrow hardcover. Bailey, Robin W. SKULL GATE $ 2.95 Sequel to FROST (which is now out of print). Ballard, J. G. CONCRETE ISLAND $ 3.95 First American paperback of 1973 novel. CRASH $ 3.95 First American paperback of 1973 novel; includes English version of the intro- duction to the 1974 French edition. EMPIRE OF THE SUN $ 4.50 Reprint of the 1984 hardcover of this semi-autobiographical non-sf novel set in World War II China. Bova, Ben THE ASTRAL MIRROR $ 2.95 Collection of fiction and non-fiction, some from older collections. Bradley, Marion Zimmer THE WORLD WRECKERS $ 2.95 1971 Darkover novel; featuring latest of the new James Warhola covers. Carlyon, Richard THE DARK LORD OF PENGERSICK $ 2.75 Paperback of 1980 hardcover; would have been a MagicQuest book if the line hadn't been absorbed by Ace. Carver, Jeffrey A. THE INFINITY LINK $ 3.95 Paperback of 1984 hardcover. Cherryh, C. J. CUCKOO'S EGG $ 3.50 Reprint of 1985 Phantasia Press hardcover. Recommended by Jan and Jennifer. Coppel, Alfred (as THE WARLOCK OF RHADA $ 2.95 "Robert Cham The fourth Rhada novel. To be backed Gilman") up shortly by the first three (only #1 ever had a paperback). Dalmas, John FANGLITH $ 2.95 Dann, Jack and Gardner BESTIARY! $ 2.95 Dozois (eds.) Reprint anthology. Davidson, Lionel UNDER PLUM LAKE $ 2.50 Young adult reissue (1980) with new cover. deLint, Charles MULENGRO: A Romany Tale $ 3.50 Dickson, Gordon R. THE FINAL ENCYCLOPEDIA $ 4.95 New in paperback. Teensy-tiny print for 696 pages! (Reduced from hardcover plates). Three books long for less than the price of two! THE OUTPOSTER $ 2.95 Reprint. Gallun, Raymond Z. BIOBLAST $ 2.95 Gardner, John GRENDEL $ 3.95 New cover on this paperback reissue of a 1971 book. ("Wonderful tale of the monster's side in BEOWULF. Recommended." - Debbie) Gaskell, Jane THE CITY $ 3.50 The Atlan Saga: 4. DAW's first reprint of this series. Geis, Richard and THE BURNT LANDS $ 3.50 Elton Elliott (as "Richard Elliott" Grant, Charles L. (ed.) GREYSTONE BAY $ 2.95 Original shared-world horror anthology. Green, Roland PEACE COMPANY $ 2.95 Harrison, Harry A STAINLESS STEEL RAT IS BORN $ 2.95 "Origin" novel of Slippery Jim di Griz. Hawkins, Ward SWORD OF FIRE $ 2.95 Sequel to RED FLAME BURNING. Herbert, Frank DIRECT DESCENT $ 2.95 Reprint (1980) of this short story disguised as a book ... practically an illustration for every two pages of large print! Lichtenberg, Jacqueline UNTO ZEOR FOREVER $ 2.95 First Berkley edition. McKiernan, Dennis L. THE DARKEST DAY $ 2.95 Reprint of the 1984 hardcover. Book III of the Iron Tower Trilogy; another beautiful Alan Lee cover. McKillip, Patricia A. MOON-FLASH $ 2.75 Paperback of the 1984 hardcover. Meyers, Richard RETURN TO DOOMSTAR $ 2.95 Sequel to ... DOOMSTAR, of cours. Morris, Janet & Chris THE 40-MINUTE WAR $ 3.50 or THE 40 MINUTE WAR or THE FORTY MINUTE WAR ... anyway a reprint of the 1985 hardcover (which only has two of those titles). Norton, Andre and HOUSE OF SHADOWS $ 2.95 Phyllis Miller Reprint of the 1984 hardcover. Norton, Andre STAR MAN'S SON $ 2.95 Pohl, Frederik and SEARCH THE SKY $ 2.95 C. M. Kornbluth Newly and substantially revised by the surviving half. Resnick, Mike ADVENTURES: "Being a Stirring Chronicle of $ 2.95 Intrigue, Romance, Danger, Hairbreadth Escapes and Thrilling Triumphs over Fierce Beasts and Fiercer Men in the Mysterious and Exotic Dark Continent, as Recounted by the Daring, Resourceful, Handsome, and Modest Christian Gentleman who Experienced Them." *Whew!* Saunders, Charles IMARO III: THE TRAIL OF BOHU $ 2.95 Silverberg, Robert THE SILENT INVADERS $ 2.95 Now from Tor. 1963 novel reprinted with "Valley Beyond Time" (1957), a novella. Snyder, Zilpha Keatly THE HEADLESS CUPID $ 3.25 Juvenile. Reprint (1971). Swycaffer, Jefferson P. THE UNIVERSAL PREY $ 2.95 Novel based on the games Imperium (R) and Traveller (R). Underwood, Tim and FEAR ITSELF: The Horror Fiction of Stephen $ 3.95 Chuck Miller (eds.) King First mass paperback of this collec- tion of essays on the works of Stephen King with foreword by The Man Himself. Wagner, Karl Edward THE YEAR'S BEST HORROR STORIES: SERIES XIII $ 2.95 (ed.) Watson, Ian THE BOOK OF THE RIVER $ 4.95 British paperback. Webb, Sharon RAM SONG $ 2.95 Concluding third of the Earth Song Triad (EARTHCHILD, EARTHSONG). Paperback reprint of the Atheneum hardcover. Weis, Margaret and DRAGONLANCE (TM) CHRONICLES VOL. III: DRAGONS $ 3.50 Tracy Hickman OF SPRING DAWNING Concludes this gaming-related trilogy. Williams, Paul O. THE SWORD OF FORBEARANCE $ 2.95 Book 7 of the Pelbar cycle. Yarbro, Chelsea Quinn TO THE HIGH REDOUBT $ 3.50 Recommended by Debbie. -- ....!hplabs!faunt faunt%hplabs@csnet-relay.ARPA HP is not responsible for anything I say here. In fact, what I say here may have been generated by a noisy telephone line.