perelgut@utcsrgv.UUCP (Stephen Perelgut) (08/29/83)
Time for the September LOCUS information summary. And remember kiddies, all
of this is without prior permissions. If you want to hear about what every
publisher/author is planning, read LOCUS. There is soooo much happening that
I am being selective and biased toward my own fave's. There are just too many
new books for the fall.
If anyone out there is reading these, could you drop me a line. If I am
encouraged enough I will continue to do this.
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Robert A. Heinlein has finished a new novel, JOB: A COMEDY OF JUSTICE. It's a
400 page alternate-world fantasy satire on religion. Part of it takes place
in heaven.
Purchases:
Berkley/Ace: paperback rights to Joe Haldeman's WORLD'S APART
SLIPT! by Alan Dean Foster
two new Thieves' World anthologies by R.L. Asprin and
Lynn Abbey
Bantam: THE EYE OF THE HERON by Ursula K. LeGuin
A STAINLESS STEEL RAT IS BORN by Harry Harrison (a
prequel concluding the series!?!)
Gaming:
Mayfair Games is planning all sorts of sf-story related games. Late this
year they plan to release an ELFQUEST game with art by the Pinis. They
plan an "Aahz and Skeeve" game for early 1984 (I can't wait for this one.
Any other Mythguided fanatics out there? I only hope to find some
good gamers around here). They also have an original map of Pern by
Tim Hildebrandt (hope he keeps the near-naked bosom females in chains out
of this one) for the Dragonriders of Pern game. This game is available
already. It is described as moderate complexity for 1-7 players.
Scheduled:
Arbor House: The final volume in the "Marjipoor" trilogy, VALENTINE
PONTIFEX by R. Silverberg (November)
Del Rey: THE CRUCIBLE OF TIME by John Brunner (September hc)
ON A PALE HORSE, first in a new series, by
Piers Anthony (October hc)
MORETA: DRAGONLADY OF PERN by Anne McCaffrey (YEAHHH!!)
(November hc)
Donning/Starblaze: WEB OF LIGHT and sequel WEB OF DARKNESS by Marion
Zimmer Bradley (fall 1983)
HIT OR MYTH by Robert Asprin (YEAHHH!!)
THE BRONZE GOD OF RHODES by L. Sprague de Camp
Doubleday: THE ROBOTS OF DAWN by Isaac Asimov (October hc)
Faber&Faber: THE MEANING OF LIFE by Douglas Adams & John Lloyd (Oct)
Putnam: GODS OF RIVERWORLD by Philip Jose Farmer (October hc)
QUEEN OF SWORDS by William Kotzwinkle (January hc)
Simon & Schuster: UNICORN VARIATION collection by Roger Zelazny (Oct)
BROKEN SYMMETRIES by Paul Preuss (Oct)
THE ARMAGEDDON RAG by George R.R. Martin (October)
rock&roll/sixties/horror novel
HOKA by Poul Anderson and Gordon R. Dickson (YEAHH!!)
Viking: WORLDS APART: A NOVEL OF THE FUTURE by J Haldeman (Oct)
TOR: THE SECOND BOOK OF SWORDS by Fred Saberhagen (Nov)
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Stephen Perelgut Computer Systems Research Group University of Toronto
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