September Publications

In Lands That Never Were: Tales of Swords and Sorcery from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, edited by Gordon Van Gelder, offers a dozen heroic fantasy yarns. While such classic writers as Robert E. Howard and Fritz Leiber are represented, the emphasis is on more recent contributors to this popular subgenre such as Ellen Kushner and Jeffrey Ford. (Thunder's Mouth, $16.95 paper 416p ISBN 1-56858-314-1)

The fifth volume in the Synergy anthology series, Synergy SF: New Science Fiction, edited by George Zebrowski, showcases eight stories by such promising newcomers as Jan Lars Jensen and Damien Broderick. Also included are an interview with Ray Bradbury and William Tenn's complete 1988 article on Orson Welles's Martian-invasion radio hoax of 1938. (Five Star, $25.95 336p ISBN 1-41040-221-5)

James Gunn has updated and added 20,000 more words to his celebrated 1962 vampire novel, The Immortals the basis for an ABC-TV Movie of the Week in 1969 and the 1970 television series. Warner Bros. has recently renewed the film rights for another 18 months. (Pocket, $12 paper 320p ISBN 0-671-53486-6)

August Publication

Fans of vintage supernatural horror will welcome J.E. Muddock's The Shining Hand and Other Tales of Terror, edited by John Pelan. A prolific popular author in his day, Muddock (1842—1932) was best known for his detective and adventures stories under the byline Dick Donovan. (Midnight House [www.darksidepress.com], $40 336p ISBN 0-9740589-2-0)