July Publications

Donald E. Westlake fans will welcome the reissue of the master mystery author's 1967 SF novel, Anarchaos. First published as a mass market paperback under the pseudonym Curt Clark, it chronicles the quest of a lone spacefarer to avenge his brother's death on a planet where anarchy rules. (Severn, $27.95 144p ISBN 0-7278-6096-8)

Andre Norton's Lost Lands of Witch World gathers three Witch World novels by the grande dame of fantasy: Three Against the Witch World (1965), Warlock of the Witch World (1967) and Sorceress of the Witch World (1968). Mercedes Lackey provides an introduction. (Tor, $27.95 448p ISBN 0-765-30052-4)

The Wesleyan Early Classics of Science Fiction presents the first scholarly edition of A. Merritt's celebrated lost world novel, The Moon Pool, edited and with an introduction by Michael Levy. First published as a novelette in All-Story Weekly in 1918, it remains a landmark fantasy. (Wesleyan Univ., $65 352p ISBN 0-8195-6706-X; $24.95 paper ISBN 0-8195-6707-8)

June Publications

Wildside rolls out a utopian SF novel and a tribute to the creator of Conan: British author Chris Beckett's thoughtful debut, The Holy Machine, which evenhandedly explores the conflict between religion and science ([www.wildsidepress.com] $29.95 244p ISBN 1-59224-208-1; $17.95 paper ISBN 1-59224-210-3); and The Barbaric Triumph: A Critical Anthology on the Writings of Robert E. Howard, edited by Don Herron, which includes essays on Howard by such authorities as Charles Hoffman and Scott Connors. ($35.95 200p ISBN 0-9095-1566-0; $19.95 paper ISBN 0-9095-1567-9).