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World Fantasy Awards: was your choice one of the winners?

The Dream of the Stone: Novelist and Guest Reviewer Victoria Strauss likens this novel to Lewis Carroll's Alice books.

The 1997 British Fantasy Awards have been announced at World Fantasy Convention in London, UK.

SF Music: interested in listening to themes from your favorite SF films and TV shows on your computer? Try out the shareware MidiJuke player created by contributing editor Mark D. Then have a look out our package of famous SF Themes. Let us know what you think!

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October Releases: Todd Ruthman's list of the SF, Fantasy and Horror titles released last month.

EZines & Mags: can you spot tomorrow's big names?

November Releases: contributing editor Todd Ruthman goes into overdrive with a peek at SF and Fantasy books for November.

Younger Readers: Looking for a title or two for them? Here is a starting point.

Our Contents Page highlights Ann Benson's review of Gravelight by Marion Zimmer Bradley and Wayne MacLaurin's review of The Seraphim Rising by Elisabeth DeVos.

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Revelations edited by Douglas E. Winter reviewed by Alex Anderson This anthology is a strong piece of work by all the authors involved. Each story is unique in style and voice, standing apart from its comrades. Thus, Alex concludes, the anthology is captivating, successful, and brilliant.
Rose Daughter by Robin McKinley reviewed by Margo MacDonald McKinley's style is simple, elegant and finely detailed. Despite her characters being named out of fairy tales, they are very human, interesting and likeable -- you really care about them. Fugitive Prince by Janny Wurts reviewed by Wayne MacLaurin Despite its ability to stand as a solo novel, Wayne thinks this book is really meant to be read as a sequel to previous novels in the series, *Wars of Light and Shadow. Philip K. Dick* Reading List compiled by Rodger Turner The ninth installment in our ten-part series assembling an exhaustive reading list of the enigmatic and wonderful Philip K. Dick's novels and short fiction. The Melancholy Death of Oyster Boy & Other Stories by Tim Burton reviewed by Margo MacDonald Open the cover and enter, if you dare, the dark twisted world of Tim Burton. Margo's been there and confesses that there is no one like him for his ability to make you laugh in spite of your cringing. Star Trek The Next Generation: Ship of the Line by Diane Carey reviewed by Jim Greer Overall, Carey succeeds in delivering a ripping good yarn. The novel strikes a nice balance between the many actions scenes and its more introspective moments. Titan by Stephen Baxter reviewed by Steven H Silver In Steven's opinion, this novel shows that Baxter has continued to grow in handling the technical details of the space program and writing. Unfortunately, he found, in many ways, it seems like a step backwards from an earlier Baxter novel, Voyage. Storm Breaking by Mercedes Lackey reviewed by Todd Richmond Todd says this is a good book, but not one that should be read without reading the others. It fails to stand on its own because there is just too much background that isn't covered.		Call of Cthulhu a survey by Wayne MacLaurin and Neil Walsh A role-playing game set in the demon-haunted worlds of H.P. Lovecraft? Yikes! Senior Editors Wayne MacLaurin and Neil Walsh risk their health and sanity with a peek at the forbidden tomes of gaming lore from Chaosium. Part Two introduces a few of the important game supplements. Aeromancer by Don Callander reviewed by Todd Richmond Todd thinks this one and, in fact, all of his books, have a warm, cheerful feel to them. Though they follow the eternal struggle of Light vs. Dark, Good vs. Evil, they are still light, pleasant reading. November New Arrivals compiled by John O'Neill New books by Robert Jordan, Sean Stewart, Michael Moorcock, Catherine Asaro, and Marion Zimmer Bradley, top the list of exciting new SF and Fantasy volumes to arrive at our offices. It's also been a terrific pair of weeks for short story readers, with exciting new collections from David G. Hartwell, Orson Scott Card, Gardner Dozois, Peter Haining, and others. Mother Grimm by Catherine Wells reviewed by Jim Seidman Here is a perfect example of what happens when an author attempts to write outside of her area of expertise. Catherine Wells has created an interesting premise for this story, but is seriously flawed in its execution. Island Bound by Betty Levin reviewed by Margo MacDonald Margo found this to be a great story. It's got everything: mystery, adventure, ecological battles, psychic impressions, historical curiosities, great writing, likeable characters, a touch of romance, and puffins. Star Trek: The Galactic Whirlpool by David Gerrold reviewed by Todd Richmond The book is worth reading if just for the story of how Captain James T. Kirk once surrendered all of Starfleet and the entire Federation and gained the title of Royal High Minister Plenipotentiary in Total Command of the Universe. The Stones of Muncaster Cathedral by Robert Westall reviewed by Margo MacDonald This is a chilling tale spun by a master storyteller. The style of the narrator is so genuine you feel like he is right there speaking to you.