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The Snow Spider Trilogy Jenny Nimmo (Mammoth 0-7497-1424-7, Sep ’93, £3.99, 435pp, pb, cover by Bruce Hogarth) [Snow Spider]; Young-adult fantasy omnibus.

Smarra & Trilby Charles Nodier; trans. by Judith Landry (Dedalus 0-946626-79-0, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £6.99, 125pp, tp, cover by Gustave Moreau); Collection of two literary fantasy novellas, newly translated by Judith Landry, and with an introduction by John Clute.

Supernatural Pursuits William I. I. Read (Haunted Library 0-906153-26-3, Apr ’93, £2.50, 36pp, ph, cover by Nick Maloret); Collection of three original humorous ghost stories, illustrated by Nick Maloret.

The Dedalus Book of Surrealism: The Identity of Things ed. Michael Richardson (Dedalus 1-873982-45-3, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £8.99, 277pp, tp, cover by Robert Pepperell); Anthology of surrealist fantasy, most translated into English for the first time.

The Status Civilization/Mindswap Robert Sheckley (Legend 0-09-919921-1, Dec ’93, £4.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Dennis Barker); Sf omnibus.

The Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg: Volume Two: The Secret Sharer Robert Silverberg (Grafton 0-586-21370-8, May ’93, £5.99, 395pp, tp, cover by John Howe); Collection of 11 sf stories published between 1987 and 1989. The first ten appeared as the second half of Collected Stories of Robert Silverberg, Volume One: Secret Sharers (Bantam Spectra 1992), but this edition adds the novella “We Are For the Dark”.

Thebes of the Hundred Gates Robert Silverberg (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223975-2, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], £13.99, 120pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino); Reprint (Axolotl 1992) sf novella about a time traveller in Ancient Egypt. [First U.K. edition]

The Creator and Other Stories Clifford D. Simak (Severn House 0-7278-4569-1, Dec ’93, £14.99, 278pp, hc); Collection of nine sf stories, 4 previously uncollected, edited and introduced by Francis Lyall. A trade paperback edition (-9004-2, £8.99) was announced but not seen.

Containing a Number of Things Vincent Starrett & Christopher Millard (Tartarus Press, Feb ’93, £10.00, 114pp, hc); A collection of letters between Starrett and Millard over the collecting of works by Arthur Machen. Includes a series of appendices of Machen’s rarer works in facsimile form. Issued in a limited edition of 74 copies.

Rude Astronauts Allen Steele (Legend 0-09-926001-8, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], £9.99, 261pp, tp, cover by Keith Scaife); Collection of ten sf stories, one original, and a selection of articles from Worcester Magazine. A hardcover edition (-926181-2, £14.99) was announced but not seen.

Dark Voices 5 The Pan Book of Horror ed. David Sutton & Stephen Jones (Pan 0-330-33024-1, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], £4.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Peter Mennim); Original horror anthology.

Morgoth’s Ring J. R. R. Tolkien (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10304-0, Sep ’93, £25.00, x+471pp, hc) [Middle-Earth]; Critical text collection, tracing the later history of Tolkien’s work on The Silmarillion. Volume X in “The History of Middle-Earth”.

Dracula Lives! Peter Tremayne (Signet UK 0-45-117599-9, Jan ’93, £4.99, 662pp, pb) [Dracula]; Omnibus of three novels about Dracula.

The Women’s Press Book of New Myth and Magic ed. Helen Windrath (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4347-9, Nov ’93, £6.99, 261pp, tp, cover by Phyllis Mahon); Original literary fantasy anthology.

Staves Poul Anderson (Jwindz Publishing, Oct ’93 [Jan ’99], no price, 80pp, tp, cover by H. E. Fassl); Collection of SF & fantasy poetry. Limited to approximately 500 copies, of which 100 are casebound.

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