The Other Change of Hobbit

New Books received March 1995

Anthony, Patricia. Brother Termite. $5.50.

Reprint 1993 hardcover.

Aratyr, Risa. Hunter of the Light. $5.99.

Map by Dave Smeds.

Asaro, Catherine. Primary Inversion. $21.95.

A first novel.

Baxter, Stephen. Flux. $5.50.

Reprint 1993 British hardcover; first American edition.

Bradley, Marion Zimmer [and Elisabeth Waters]. Lady of the Trillium. $22.95.

Novel of the last of the triplet Princesses of Ruwenda.

Bradley, Marion Zimmer. Forest House. $12.95.

Reprint 1995 hardcover. Prequel to The Mists of Avalon ($14.00).

Bradley, Marion Zimmer. Winds of Darkover & The Planet Savers. $4.99.

Reprint 1970 and 1962 paperbacks. Includes "The Waterfall" from 1976 . . .

"Two fun early Darkover adventures, not as deep or as overwritten as the latter books."--Debbie

Brooks, Terry. Tangle Box. $6.99.

Reprint 1994 hardcover. Book Four The Magic Kingdom of Landover.

Brittain, C. Dale. Witch and the Cathedral. $5.99.

Sequel to A Bad Spell in Yurt, The Wood Nymph and the Cranky Saint, and Mage Quest ($4.99 each).

Brooks, Terry. Witches' Brew. $22.00.

A fifth Magic Kingdom of Landover novel. Cover by Keith Parkinson.

Bull, Emma. Finder: A Novel of the Borderlands. $4.99.

Reprint 1994 hardcover. Cover by Richard Bober.

"Very good, very tight. The mystery elements are well integrated into the storyline, and the reader need not have any acquaintance with the other Bordertown stories to understand and appreciate this one, though one may be inspired to run out & find them!"--Jennifer

"I like all Emma's books--this is no exception. Good punk-elf fantasy!"--Tom

Cadora, Karen. Stardust Bound. $8.95.

 

Card, Orson Scott and Kathryn H. Kidd. Lovelock. $5.99.

Reprint 1994 hardcover. Mayflower 1.

Cassidy, John. Earthsearch: A Kid's Geography Museum in a Book. $19.95.

Non-fiction.

Charrette, Robert N. King Beneath the Mountain. $5.50.

Sequel to A Prince Among Men ($5.50).

Cohen, Jack and Ian Stewart. Collapse of Chaos. $13.95.

Reprint 1994 non-fiction hardcover. Discovering Simplicity in a Complex World.

[Conan] John Maddox Roberts. Conan and the Amazon. $4.99.

Cover by Ken Kelly.

Coppel, Alfred. Glory's War. $21.00.

Sequel to Glory ($5.99).

Coville, Bruce. Robot Trouble. $3.99.

Revised version of 1986 paperback. A. I. Gang 2: formerly #3 (Jim Lawrence's The Cutlass Clue apparently excised to make this a Coville trilogy).

Daley, Brian. see [Robotech]

[Dark Sun] [Jerry Oltion as] 'Ryan Hughes'. The Darkness Before the Dawn. $4.95.

Chronicles of Athas 2.

Davis, Brett. Faery Convention. $5.99.

Cover by Larry Elmore.

de Lint, Charles. Ivory and the Horn. $21.95.

Companion story collection to Dreams Underfoot ($4.99).

DeChancie, John. Living with Aliens. $4.99.

 

Delany, Samuel. Hogg. $24.95.

 

Disch, Thomas M. Priest: A Gothic Romance. $24.00.

Reprint 1994 British hardcover; first American edition.

"A complex religious/mythological/psychological tale of sex, murder, mayhem, pederasty, medieval torture, UFO-abduction pastiche, and bats. Recommended."--Debbie

"More than just the usual twisted Disch romp through time and innerspace. Cringe with laughter as he digs his satirical pen into a wicked caricature of a famous horror writer turned alien abduction advocate. Highly recommended."--Dave

"As a Catholic, this book offends me deeply. Way to go, Tom Disch!!"--Mad Prof. Mike

Dixon, Larry. see Mercedes Lackey

Doyle, Sir Arthur Conan. see [audio]

Dozois, Gardner and Sheila Williams, editors. Isaac Asimov's Skin Deep. $4.99.

Anthology reprinting stories from Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine by Cadigan, Kelly, Koja, Kress, Lee, Stableford, Willis and others.

[Dragonlance] Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. The Second Generation. $5.95.

Reprint 1994 hardcover collection; includes poetry Michael Williams, illustrations by Ned Dameron.

Duncan, Dave. Hunters' Haunt. $5.99.

Sequel to Reaver Road ($4.99), though you can't find this out from the packaging, which doesn't mention the first book anywhere.

Dziemianowicz, Stefan. see also Robert Weinberg

Edgerton, Teresa. Moon and the Thorn. $5.99.

Sequel to The Grail and the Ring and The Castle of the Silver Wheel ($4.99 each).

Finney, Jack. see [audio]

[Forgotten Realms] Troy Denning. The Giant Among Us. $4.95.

Twilight Giants 2.

Forstchen, William R. see [Wing Commander]

Forward, Robert L. and Julie Forward Fuller. Rescued from Paradise. $5.99.

Rocheworld 5. Cover by David Mattingly.

Friedman, Michael Jan. see [Star Trek: The Next Generation]

Gallagher, Stephen. Nightmare with Angel. $5.99.

Reprint 1993 hardcover.

Gerrold, David. Middle of Nowhere. $5.99.

Sequel to Voyage of the Star Wolf.

Gerrold, David. Starhunt. $5.99.

Second revision of 1972's Yesterday's Children, with introduction explaining the history of the various rewrites, and why this book's Korie isn't exactly the same as the Korie in the other two Gerrolds issued this month.

Gerrold, David. Voyage of the Star Wolf. $5.99.

Reprint 1990 paperback. First novel of Korie and the Star Wolf.

Greenberg, Martin H., editor. Vampire Detectives. $4.99.

Introduction by Gorman; includes original stories by Elrod, Hoch, Huff, Koja & Malzberg, Laymon, Nolan, Paul and others.

Greenberg, Martin H. see also Robert Weinberg

Grimwood, Ken. Into the Deep. $20.00.

 

Gross, S. Catss by Gross. $8.50.

Collection of cartoons.

Harrison, Harry [and John Holm]. One King's Way. $23.95.

Hammer and the Cross 2: sequel to The Hammer and the Cross ($5.99). Holm once again receives no credit on jacket or binding. Cover by Kevin Johnson.

Hawke, Simon. Whims of Creation. $5.50.

"Hawke's style reminds me of a writer who's not been doing much of late. Whatever happened to Nicholas Yermakov, anyway?"--Mad Prof. Mike

Helprin, Mark. Winter's Tale. $14.00.

Reprint 1983 hardcover.

"Read John Crowley's Little, Big."--Debbie

Hickman, Tracy. see [Dragonlance]

Hoffman, Alice. Second Nature. $6.50.

Reprint 1994 hardcover.

Holm, John. see Harry Harrison

Hutchings, Janet, editor. Once Upon a Crime. $4.99.

Reprint 1994 hardcover anthology of thirteen historical mysteries from Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine: includes stories by Baxt, de la Torre, Hoch, Saylor and others.

Jacques, Brian. Martin the Warrior. $5.50.

Reprint 1993 British hardcover; a sixth Redwall novel.

Jacques, Brian. Bellmaker. $17.95.

A seventh Tale from Redwall. Illustrated by Allan Curless.

Jaquith, Priscilla. Bo Rabbit Smart for True: Tall Tales from the Gullah. $18.95.

Revised edition of 1981 hardcover; illustrated by Ed Young.

Joyce, William. Dinosaur Bob and His Adventures with the Family Lazardo. $15.00.

Revised edition 1988 hardcover. 16 new pages, new song!

"Still lots of fun--the song is kinda dumb . . ."--Tom

"Dinosaur Bob is one of the greatest feats of human creation since the opposable thumb."--Mad Prof. Mike

"William Joyce is a great and misunderstood genius."--Janet

Kafka, Franz. Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories. $10.00.

Reprint 1993 hardcover. New translation and introduction by Joachim Neugroschel.

"Wow! A translation that reads well and is more accurate than almost any other I've read. Get it!"--Mad Prof Mike

Keith, Andrew. see [Wing Commander]

Keith, William H., Jr. Warstrider: Symbionts. $4.99.

Warstrider 4. Cover by Dorian Vallejo.

Kelly, Kevin. Out of Control: The Rise of Neo-Biological Civilization. $16.00.

Reprint 1994 hardcover. Speculative non-fiction.

"Many of the Gen-X/Slacker/Hacker hive respond to future shock as if it were a rickety rollercoaster, embracing the noradrenaline rush, or refusing to get on in the first place. This book gave me chills. Whether you are a cybergeek (Neal Stephenson thanks the penultimate journalist hipster Kevin Kelly at the back of Diamond Age. Reading them together provides a lovely temporal disorientation), wannabe SF writer, ecofascist, chaos engineer, or ontological anarchist -- his Big Picture will spark something worth having. The details may not matter, but this signpost is an important addition to any futurist's mental compost pile . . . "--Juris

Lackey, Mercedes and Larry Dixon. The White Gryphon. $21.95.

Mage Wars 2: sequel to The Black Gryphon ($5.99). Cover by Jody A. Lee; illustrations by Larry Dixon.

Leyner, Mark. tooth imprints on a corn dog. $19.00.

Collection of essays.

Little, Bentley. University. $4.99.

 

Llywelyn, Morgan and Michael Scott. Silverhand. $22.00.

Arcana 1. Cover by Gary Ruddell.

Llywelyn, Morgan and Michael Scott. Ireland: A Graphic History. $16.95.

Foreword by Will Eisner, under whose guidance Eoin Coveney and other artists from the National Cartoon Company of Ireland Ltd. completed this graphic narrative of Irish history.

Luceno, James. see [Robotech]

Mahfouz, Naguib. Arabian Nights & Days. $22.95.

Translation from 1979 Egyptian edition by Denys Johnson-Davies.

Matheson, Richard. Incredible Shrinking Man. $4.99.

Collects the 1956 title novel, plus nine more stories.

"Matheson's parable about a man getting smaller in his 1950's suburban dream environment is one of the darkest comments on the 20th Century I've read. A Great book with a great bunch of shorts in back. Buy this book."--Mad Prof Mike

McCarthy, Wil. Flies from the Amber. $4.99.

 

Modesitt, L. E., Jr. and Bruce Scott Levinson. Green Progression. $4.99.

Reprint 1992 hardcover.

[Monty Python] George Perry. Life of Python. $16.95.

The History of Something Completely Different.

Morgan, Robert. Some Things Come Back. $4.99.

Teddy London 6.

Mudrooroo. Aboriginal Mythology: An A-Z spanning the history of aboriginal mythology from the earliest legends to the present day. 14.00.

 

Nagata, Linda. Bohr Maker. $4.99.

 

Noon, Jeff. see [audio]

Norton, Andre. Mirror of Destiny. $22.00.

 

Oltion, Jerry. see [Dark Sun]

Peters, Ellis. see [audio]

Pinkwater, Daniel. Afterlife Diet. $21.00.

"Unparalleled lunacy with a sprinkling of fat activism and more than a dash of parody of new-age types. Highly recommended."--Debbie

Roberts, John Maddox. see [Conan]

[Robotech] [Brian Daley and James Luceno as] 'Jack McKinney'. The Masters' Gambit. $5.99.

Robotech Lost Generation: Robotech 20: falls between Robotech Sentinels 5 and Robotech 7.

[Robotech] [Brian Daley and James Luceno as] 'Jack McKinney'. Southern Cross/Metal Fire/The Final Nightmare. $5.99.

Omnibus reprint 1987 paperbacks, collects Robotech 7 - 9.

Saberhagen, Fred. Merlin's Bones. $22.95.

 

Sammons, Paul M., editor. Splatterpunks II: Over the Edge. $14.95.

Reprint and original anthology: includes stories by Amis, Barker, Brite, Collins, Koja, Hodge, Taylor, et al.

"Some really cool stuff!"--Mad Prof Mike

Scott, Michael. see Morgan Llywelyn

Sheckley, Robert. see Roger Zelazny

Sheffield, Charles. Georgia on My Mind and Other Places. $21.95.

Collects fourteen stories, including the title Nebula Award winner.

[Star Trek: The Next Generation] Michael Jan Friedman. All Good Things . . . $5.99.

Reprint 1994 hardcover. Based on the teleplay of the final episode by Ronald D. Moore and Brannon Braga.

[Star Trek: The Next Generation]. see also [cd-rom]

[Star Trek Deep Space Nine] [Lawrence Watt-Evans as] 'Nathan Archer'. Valhalla. $5.50.

Star Trek Deep Space Nine 10.

[Star Trek: The Next Generation/Deep Space Nine] James Van Hise. Unauthorized Trekkers' Guide to The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine. $5.99.

Updated reprint 1992 and 1993 trade paperbacks.

Steiber, Ellen. Tales of the Gross and Gruesome. $3.99.

 

Stine, R. L. It Came from Beneath the Sink!. $3.50.

Goosebumps 30.

Stith, John E. Reunion on Neverend. $4.99.

Reprint 1994 hardcover. Cover by Kelly Freas.

"Entertaining science fictional mystery. A good read."--Debbie

Stoll, Clifford. Silicon Snake Oil: Second Thoughts on the Information Highway. $22.00.

Non-fiction.

Straub, Peter, editor. Peter Straub's Ghosts. $5.99.

A fourth Horror Writers Association original anthology, including stories by D'Ammassa, Koja, Linaweaver, Monteleone, Rodgers, Chet Williamson and others.

Swann, S. Andrew. Profiteer. $4.99.

Hostile Takeover 1. Cover by Jim Burns.

Swanwick, Michael. The Iron Dragon's Daughter. $4.99.

Reprint 1994 hardcover.

"A combination of an anarchistic Annie, a twisted Oliver Twist, and a not-so-post-modern Dickensian nightmare, by far the best book I've read this year. My only fear is that it may become a classic that teachers force onto students who would be turned off, but hopefully the explicit sexual content will prevent this. Even with its predictable ending . . . I don't ever want to wake up!"--Andrew

"Finally! Urban fantasy where magic feels magical, not hackneyed. No one-dimensional characters. The good guys don't all wear white hats."--Eric

Swinfield, Rosemarie. Stage Makeup Step-by-Step. $21.99.

The complete guide to: Basic makeup; Planning and designing makeup; Adding and reducing age; Ethinic makeup; Special effects makeup; Makeup for film and television.

"Really fascinating 'How To' book. It looks so easy."--Mad Prof. Mike

"Anyone who's had any theater knows all this by heart . . . the lighting and makeup reflection is interesting. Basically for the beginner."--Andrew

Tarr, Judith. Eagle's Daughter. $22.95.

 

Tarr, Judith. Throne of Isis. $5.99.

Reprint 1994 hardcover.

"A fascinating tale of day-to-day life in the court of Queen Cleopatra. Recommended."--Debbie

Turtledove, Harry. Worldwar: Tilting the Balance. $22.00.

Sequel to Worldwar: In the Balance ($5.99).

Voigt, Cynthia. Jackaroo. $3.99.

Reprint 1985 hardcover.

"I remember a time when my mother read or told stories to me of life that once was . . . with action, romance, and strong characters. They didn't need to fight dragons or any kind of monsters . . . just what was good and right . . . this book helped me with this remembrance. Thank you, Jackaroo!"--Andrew

Vollmann, William T. Rifles. $11.95.

Reprint 1994 hardcover. Volume Six of Seven Dreams: A Book of North American Landscapes.

Waters, Elisabeth. see Marion Zimmer Bradley

Watt-Evans, Lawrence. In the Empire of Shadow. $10.00.

Sequel to Out of This World ($5.99).

Watt-Evans, Lawrence. see also [Star Trek Deep Space Nine]

Weekes, Trevor. Teach Your Chicken to Fly Training Manual. $9.95.

Non-fiction (!).

"Truly funny. Don't miss this."--Debbie

"A sick book that appeals to my sick sensibilities."--Mad Prof Mike

Weinberg, Robert, Stefan Dziemianowicz and Martin H. Greenberg, editors. Between Time and Terror. $4.99.

Anthology of classic (really!) science fiction horror: includes Asimov, Barker, Bloch, Bradbury, Campbell (the otherwise unavailable 'Who Goes There?'), Clarke, Dick (the killer 'The Father-Thing'), Heinlein, Koontz, Long, Lovecraft, Matheson, Morrell, Shirley, Simmons, Clark Ashton Smith, and F. Paul Wilson.

"The absolute best SF/horror stories of the 20th Century. A Head-banging good time!"--Mad Prof Mike

Weis, Margaret. see [Dragonlance]

Wilde, Oscar. Selfish Giant. $15.95.

1888 story, illustrated by S. Saelig Gallagher.

Williamson, Jack. Demon Moon. $5.99.

Reprint 1994 hardcover. Cover by Darrell Sweet.

Williams, Sheila. see Gardner Dozois

Williams, Walter Jon. Metropolitan. $20.00.

"Since this review is entering the cyberspace byway, I want it to get to WJW: i.e., anybody in the New Mexico writers community, please pass this on, or point out our Web page. WJW has written some fine books. I promoted last year's Aristoi over Vinge's Hugo Award winner because I believed it contained some fairly radical metaphysics concealed within a great space opera plot. The same can be said for Metropolitan, which establishes a coherent alternate geomancy-based science, ruminates on the nature of power and society, and coats it all with a tense thriller plot. It's great. I loved it. But once again the minute the protagonist follows through with the accumulated potential and things are about to get truly interesting, the book ends. Normally I'm not in favor of sequels, but this book screams for one. The world is built, the characters are fleshed out, and the science is real groovy. WJW, finish it -- please."--Juris

Wilson, Gahan. see [cd-rom]

Windling, Terri. Changeling. $3.99.

 

[Wing Commander] William R. Forstchen and Andrew Keith. Heart of the Tiger. $5.99.

Wing Commander 4.

Winterson, Jeanette. Art and Lies. $22.00.

Reprint 1994 British hardcover.

[World of Darkness] Don Bassingthwaite. Mage: Such Pain. $4.99.

Cover by Janet Aulesio Dannheiser.

Zelazny, Roger and Robert Sheckley. Farce to be Reckoned With. $12.95.

Sequel to Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming ($5.50) and If at Faust You Don't Succeed ($5.99).

[audio] Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. BBC Radio Presents The Return of Sherlock Holmes Volume 1. $16.99.

Dramatizations with Clive Merrison and Michael Williams as Holmes and Watson.

[audio] Jack Finney. Time and Again. $23.00.

Abridged reading by Campbell Scott. Approximately four-and-a-half hours on four cassettes.

[audio] Jeff Noon. Vurt. $22.00.

Abridged reading by Paul McGann. Approximately four-and-a-half hours on four cassettes.

[audio] Ellis Peters. Brother Cadfael's Penance. $17.95.

Abridged reading by Derek Jacobi. Three hours on two cassettes.

[audio] Ellis Peters. Monk's Hood. $17.95.

Abridged reading by Derek Jacobi. Three hours on two cassettes.

[cd-rom] Gahan Wilson. Gahan Wilson's The Ultimate Haunted House [Mac]. $64.95.

Minimum requirements: Mac LC-III or better, 8MB RAM, 13" monitor, QuickTime 1.6.1, dbl-spd CD-Rom drive, System 7.0

[cd-rom] Gahan Wilson. Gahan Wilson's The Ultimate Haunted House [Windows]. $64.95.

Minimum requirements: 486DX 33MHz, 8MB RAM, 40KB hard disk, SVGA, DOS5, Win 3.1, dbl-spd CD-ROM drive, Windows-compatible soundcard, mouse or other pointing device.

[cd-rom] Chuck Jones. Chuck Jones' Peter and the Wolf. $45.25.

Mac/Windows CD-ROM, see above for minimum hardware configurations; audio CD included; featuring voices of Kirstie Allen, Lloyd Bridges, Ross Malinger as Peter in a 22-minute realtime animated video of the Prokofiev musical story.

[cd-rom] [Star Trek The Next Generation]. Interactive Technical Manual USS Enterprise NCC-1701-D [Mac]. $67.50.

Minimum requirements: Mac LC-III or better, 8MB RAM, Color Monitor with 256 colors, double-speed CD-ROM drive, System 7.0.

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