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Classic Tales of Science Fiction & Fantasy (Canterbury Classics, October 11, 2016, 978-1-62686-801-4, $24.99, 1024pp, hc, an)     Details taken from Table of Contents. vii · A Genre for the Times · Michael A. Cramer · in 1 · The Diamond Lens · Fitz-James O’Brien · nv The Atlantic Monthly January 1858, uncredited. 21 · A Journey to the Center of the Earth · Jules Verne; translated by Frederick Amadeus Malleson · n. Ward, Lock & Co., 1877 translated from the French (Voyage au centre de la terre, 1864). 185 · Looking Backward: 2000-1887 · Edward Bellamy · n. Ticknor, 1888 339 · The War of the Worlds [War of the Worlds] · H. G. Wells · n. Heinemann, 1898 463 · A Princess of Mars [Barsoom] · Edgar Rice Burroughs · n. A.C. McClurg, October 1917 599 · The Lost World [Professor Challenger] · Arthur Conan Doyle · n. Hodder & Stoughton, October 1912 753 · The Scarlet Plague · Jack London · nv The London Magazine June 1912 793 · Herland [Van Jennings] · Charlotte Perkins Gilman · n. Pantheon, April 1979 907 · Armageddon 2419 A.D. [Anthony “Buck” Rogers] · Philip Francis Nowlan · na Amazing Stories August 1928 965 · The Dunwich Horror [Cthulhu] · H. P. Lovecraft · nv Weird Tales April 1929

Classic Tales of Terror (Scholastic, 1999, 0-439-05684-5, 53pp, tp, an)     All stories rewritten for a juvenile audience. 3 · The Strange Orchid · H. G. Wells · ss Pall Mall Budget August 2 1894, as “The Flowering of the Strange Orchid” 9 · Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde · Robert Louis Stevenson · na Longmans, Green, January 5 1886, as “Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde” 21 · The Open Window · Saki · ss The Westminster Gazette November 18 1911 26 · The Tell-Tale Heart · Edgar Allan Poe · ss The Pioneer January 1843 32 · The Monkey’s Paw · W. W. Jacobs · ss Harper’s Monthly Magazine September 1902 44 · The Waxwork · A. M. Burrage · ss Someone in the Room by Ex-Private X, Jarrolds, 1931, as by Ex-Private X

The Classics of Horror: Stoker and Shelley (State Street Press, 2001, 0-681-97986-0, $19.95, 655pp, hc, om)     Reprint (BOMC/QPBC 1991 as Dracula/Frankenstein) omnibus of two classic horror novels: Dracula by Bram Stoker (1897) and Frankenstein by Mary Shelley (1818). This is dated 2001, but not seen until now.

Claws and Feathers (Lake Books, 1989, 0-8224-3335-4, $16.00, 135pp, hc, an)     One of a series of large-print editions intended for new and/or slow readers. Each volume was an omnibus of previously available small paperbacks. This volume is more crime/horror than fantasy. 3 · The Good Luck Smiling Cat · Phil Garrison · nv 1984 31 · The Cobra · Richard Laymon · nv Fearon, 1985 57 · Dressed Up for Murder · Gary Brandner · ss 1986 85 · The Bird · A. G. Gersdorf · nv Lake Books, 1987

The Clockwork Reader Volume 1 (Clockwork Storybook, November 2001, 0-9704841-4-3, $8.00, 100pp, tp, oa)     Original anthology of four novel excerpts and six stories by Mark Finn, Chris Roberson, Matthew Sturges, and Bill Willingham. This is a print-on-demand edition. 7 · Introduction · [uncredited] · in 11 · from Gods New and Used · Mark Finn · ex 21 · You’re Solid, Right? · Mark Finn · ss 35 · Lord Peter Midnight and the Goblin King · Chris Robertson · ss 41 · from Cybermancy, Incorporated · Chris Robertson · ex 57 · from Midwinter · Matthew Sturges · ex 65 · Pets or Meat · Matthew Sturges · ss 71 · A Sorcerer’s Tale · Matthew Sturges · ss 79 · Middleman · Bill Willingham · ss 87 · Mythology · Bill Willingham · ss 95 · from The Monster Maker · Bill Willingham · ex 99 · Afterword · [uncredited] · aw 101 · Catalogue · [uncredited] · ms (r)

Clues Detective Stories (Haffner Press, 2013, ph, an)     Distributed with preorders for The Complete John Thunstone, The Complete Ivy Frost, and The Michael Gray Mysteries. · Revelations in Green [Cyrus North] · Donald Wandrei · nv · Murder Among Magicians · Manly Wade Wellman · nv Popular Detective December 1939 · Murder’s Handyman · Henry Kuttner & C. L. Moore · ss Popular Detective March 1948, as by Woodrow Wilson Smith

The Color of Neanderthal Eyes/And Strange at Ecbatan the Trees (Tor, January 1990, 0-812-55964-9, $3.50, 76+133pp, pb, an, cover by Dave Archer & Brian Waugh)     Anthology of a novella and a short novel. 1 · The Color of Neanderthal Eyes · James Tiptree, Jr. · na The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction May 1988 1 · And Strange at Ecbatan the Trees · Michael Bishop · n. Harper & Row, 1976

Come Not Lucifer ed. Gerald Verner, uncredited (John Westhouse, 1945, 12/6d, 267pp, hc, an)     Subtitled, “A Romantic Anthology.” Illustrated by R.A. Brandt. 7 · Publisher’s Note · [uncredited] · ms 11 · King Pest · Edgar Allan Poe · ss Southern Literary Messenger September 1835 27 · The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar · Edgar Allan Poe · ss American Whig Review December 1845 39 · The Black Cat · Edgar Allan Poe · ss United States Saturday Post and Chronicle August 19 1843 53 · Bartleby · Herman Melville · nv Putnam’s Monthly November 1853 (+1), as “Bartleby, the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street”, uncredited. 95 · The Signalman · Charles Dickens · ss All the Year Round Christmas 1866, as “No. 1 Branch Line. The Signalman” 111 · The Watcher · Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu · nv Dublin University Magazine November 1847, uncredited. 153 · The Oath · Honoré de Balzac · ss (r) 177 · Torture by Hope · Villiers de l’Isle-Adam; translated by M. P. Shiel · ss The Strand Magazine June 1891 translated from the French (“La Torture par l’Espérance”, Nouveaux Contes Cruels, La Librairie Illustrée, 1888). 185 · The Pistol Shot · Alexander Pushkin · ss The Strand Magazine February 1891 translated from the Russian (“Vystrel”, Povest Belkina, 1831). 201 · The Queen of Spades · Alexander Pushkin · nv (r) translated from the Russian (“Pouschkine”, Biblioteka dlya chteniya, March 1834). 231 · Thrawn Janet · Robert Louis Stevenson · ss The Cornhill Magazine October 1881, as by R. L. S. 245 · A Lodging for the Night · Robert Louis Stevenson · nv Temple Bar October 1877

The Complete Adventures of Robin of Sherwood (Puffin, 1990, 0-14-034450-0, £5.99, 631pp, pb, om) 7 · Robin of Sherwood · Richard Carpenter · n. Puffin, 1984 163 · Richard Carpenter’s Robin of Sherwood and the Hounds of Lucifer · Robin May · n. Puffin, 1985 333 · Richard Carpenter’s Robin of Sherwood: The Hooded Man · Anthony Horowitz · n. Puffin, 1986 481 · Robin of Sherwood: The Time of the Wolf · Richard Carpenter · n. Puffin, 1988

The Complete Aliens Omnibus (Titan, January 2016, 978-1-7832-9901-0, £8.99, 819pp, tp, om)     Omnibus of 3 original novels in the series: Earth Hive. Nightmare Asylum, and The Female War. 1 · I: Earth Hive [Alien] · Steve Perry · n. 1992 279 · II: Nightmare Asylum [Alien] · Steve Perry · n. 1993 557 · III: The Female War [Alien] · Steve & Stephani Perry · n. 1993

The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume 2: Genocide, Alien Harvest (Titan, June 2016, 978-1-7832-9903-4, £8.99, 621pp, pb, om)     SF novelization. 7 · Genocide [Alien] · David Bischoff · n. 1994 293 · Alien Harvest [Alien] · Robert Sheckley · n. Bantam Spectra, 1995

The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Four: Music of the Spears, Berserker (Titan, June 27, 2017, 978-1-7832-9907-2, £8.99, 585pp, tp, om)     SF novelization. · Music of the Spears [Alien] · Yvonne Navarro · n. Bantam Spectra, October 1996 · Berserker [Alien] · S. D. Perry · n. Bantam Spectra, August 1998

The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Six: Cauldron, Steel Egg (Titan, June 26, 2018, 978-1-7832-9912-6, £8.99, 635pp, tp, om)     Check 7 · Cauldron [Alien] · Diane Carey · n. Dark Horse Books, June 2007 331 · Steel Egg [Alien] · John Shirley · n. Dark Horse Books, October 2007

The Complete Aliens Omnibus: Volume Seven (Titan, December 24, 2018, 978-1-7832-9913-3, £9.99, tp, om)     Omnibus of Criminal Enterprise and No Exit. Books 14 and 15 in the series. · Criminal Enterprise [Alien] · S. D. Perry · n. Dark Horse Books, 2008 · No Exit [Alien] · B. K. Evenson · n. Dark Horse Books, 2008

The Complete Aliens vs. Predator Omnibus: Prey, Hunter’s Planet, War (Titan, November 29, 2016, 978-1-7856-5199-1, £8.99, 827pp, pb, om)     Omnibus of 3 novels. 7 · Book 1: Prey · Steve & Stephani Perry · n. Bantam Spectra, 1994, as “Aliens Vs. Predator: Prey” 277 · Book 2: Hunter’s Planet · David F. Bischoff & Steve Perry · n. Bantam Spectra, 1994, as “Aliens vs. Predator: Hunter’s Planet” 579 · Book 3: War · S. D. Perry · n. Bantam Spectra, 1999, as “Aliens vs. Predator: War”

The Complete Predator Omnibus: Concrete Jungle, Cold War, Big Game ed. Anonymous (Titan, January 30, 2018, 978-1-7856-5342-1, £8.99, 671pp, tp, om)     SF Omnibus of three novels - Concrete Jungle, Cold War, and Big Game - in the “Predator” series. 7 · Predator: Book 1: Concrete Jungle (“Predator: Concrete Jungle”) [Predator] · Nathan Archer · n. Bantam Spectra, 1995 259 · Predator: Book 2: Cold War (“Predator: Cold War”) [Predator] · Nathan Archer · n. Bantam Spectra, 1997 489 · Predator: Book 3: Big Game (“Predator: Big Game”) [Predator] · Sandy Schofield · n. Bantam Spectra, 1999

Conclave: A Collection of Science Fiction and Fantasy (Leapy Sheep, March 31, 2014, 978-0-473-28198-4, 268pp, tp, oa)     Details taken from Table of Contents. 1 · A Mer-Tale · Jan Goldie · na 91 · The Fence · Piper Mejia · nv 145 · Conclave Seven · Lee Murray · na 237 · Peach and Araxi · Celine Murray · nv

Confabulated Tales (Chicago in 2012 Worldcon Bid, June 18, 2010, 7pp, ph, oa, cover by Darlene Coltrain)     Released at DucKon 19. Details taken from online listing. · Flying Saucerers · Jody Lynn Nye · ss

Confounding SF (Chicago in 2012 Worldcon Bid, August 6, 2008, 7pp, ph, oa)     Details taken from online listing. fc. · Stories of the Stars: Alphecca · Frank R. Paul · il Fantastic Adventures February 1946 · Bialystok Stronghead and the Mermen · Frederik Pohl · ss

Congealed Stories (Chicago in 2012 Worldcon Bid, August 5, 2010, 7pp, ph, oa, cover by Steven Vincent Johnson)     Released at ReConStruction, the 10th NASFiC. Details taken from online listing. · In Hizhonor’s Service · Bill Fawcett · ss

Conquering Science Fiction (Chicago in 2012 Worldcon Bid, February 20, 2009, 7pp, ph, oa)     Details taken from online listing. fc. · Engine City · Stephan Martiniere · cv 2003 1 · South Side Whipsaw · Matthew Stover · ss; subtitled “A Brock Steele Adventure”.

Conspicuous SF (Chicago in 2012 Worldcon Bid, June 12, 2009, 7pp, ph, oa, cover by Randy Broecker)     Details taken from online listing. · Boltzmann Schiaparelli and the Lizard King · Phyllis Eisenstein · ss

Constipating Science Fiction (Chicago in 2012 Worldcon Bid, August 6, 2009, 7pp, ph, oa, cover by Deb Kosiba)     Details taken from online listing. · Planetarium in Orbit · Gene Wolfe · ss

Contemporary Reviews of Dracula (Swan River Press, January 2011, €25.00, 36pp, ph, nf)     A selection of reviews of Stoker’s seminal work shortly after it was published in England in 1897 and in America in 1899. Volume four in the “Bram Stoker” series. Details taken from publisher website. · Introduction · Leah Moore & John Reppion · in · Reviews of Dracula (1897) · Various · rv (r) · Reviews of Dracula (1899) · Various · rv (r) · Reviews of “Dracula’s Guest” (1914) · Various · rv (r)

The Continental Classics Volume XVIII: Mystery Tales ed. Julian Hawthorne, uncredited (Harper & Brothers, 1909, 370pp, hc, an)     Reprint (The Review of Reviews 1909 as The Lock and Key Library: North Europe by Julian Hawthorne) anthology.

Contrivance Progress Report 4 (Contrivance, October 1988, no ISBN, 12pp, ph, nf) 3 · M. John Harrison · John Dallman & Peter Wareham · iv [Ref. M. John Harrison]

Convenient Christmas Brides (Harlequin, November 2018, 978-1-335-05182-0, $6.50, 284pp, pb, oa)     Details supplied by Kenneth R. Johnson. 7 · The Captain’s Christmas Journey · Carla Kelly · n. 111 · The Viscount’s Yuletide Betrothal · Louise Allen · na 199 · One Night Under the Mistlestoe · Laurie Benson · na

The Corner Seat Omnibus (Grafton Publications, February 1944, 2/-, 128pp, pb, oa) ifc. · Criminal Cases No. 1 · [uncredited] · ms · Murder Most Perfect · Gilbert Thomas · ss · The Chinese Lady · Helena Caperton · ss · Dark Horses · A. M. Burrage · ss Weekly Illustrated May 8 1937 · Dead Man’s Shoes · Charles Wilson · ss · The Brother · Seamus de Faoite · ss · The Three Candles · Ann Furlong · ss · Service Flat · C. Settles · ss · Love on Spice Island · Arthur Lamsley · ss · The Man with the Wallop · H. B. MacDermot · ss · Death Came to the Church · Morgan O’Connell · ss · Inspiration · Margaret A. Watson · ss The 20-Story Magazine #160, October 1935 · The Mosquito · Robert H. Christie · ss · Rat Trap · Dana Burnet · ss · Try Anything Once · Coutts Brisbane · ss · Stranger on the Train · John Dundon · ss · Portrait of a Murderer · John Marsh · ss 128 · Solutions to Criminal Cases · [uncredited] · ms ibc. · Criminal Cases No. 2 · [uncredited] · ms

Corner Seat Omnibus No. 4 (Grafton Publications, September 1946, 1/6d, 128pp, pb, oa) · Copra · Allan Vaughan Elston · nv Argosy July 24 1937 · Smart Guys Shoot First · Rex Ransley · ss · Dames Ain’t Got Ethics · Mary Tyrell · ss · The Whip · Burl R. Tuttle · ss · It’s an Ill Wind · Red Butler · ss · Would You Believe It · Roy Day · ss · Radio Station Death · Cyril H. Wilson · ss · The Damning Message · Thomas Mack · ss Clues 1st January 1930 · Three Blind Mice · Hazel Cullen · ss · Murder Before Breakfast · J. Erwin · ss · Pity the Patients · Chas. C. O’Connell · ss · Train Journey · Albert N. Cole · ss · The Third Way Out · Edwin Baird · ss