Conference noted::sf

108.0. "Upcoming SF books" by NACHO::LYNCH () Thu Jul 19 1984 09:59

From the USENET...Here are some announcements of upcoming publications.

-- Bill

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Subject: DEL REY HARDCOVERS: Fall 1984

Here are the DEL REY hardcover announcements for Aug-Nov
1984.  My goodness, hardbacks are expensive.

	Mike

August: "Bearing An Hourglass -- Book Two of 'Incarnations
	of Immortality'" by Piers Anthony.  "Norton had
	lost both the child and the woman he loved.  So he
	didn't mind accepting when the position of Time was
	offered to him.   But what started as an enjoyable
	experience--living backwards, from present to
	past--became a war with Satan himself"  288 pages
	$13.95

September: "JOB: A Comedy of Justice" by Robert A.
	Heinlein.  "After a ritual fire walk in Polynesia,
	vacationer Alex Hergensheimer awakes to find the
	world changed: he is now Alec Graham, in love
	with the magnificent Margrethe.  Before long, his
	world changes again--then again and again.
	Whatever the changes, Alec finds two constants--the
	Apocalypse is coming, and he must bring Margrethe
	to a state of grace before the end..."  384 pages
	$16.95.  Special signed and numbered limited
	edition $75.00.

October: "The Bishop's Heir. Volume I of `The Histories of
	King Kelson'" by Katherine Kurtz.  "Kelson had been
	crowned king after a political and ecclesiastical
	upheaval.  Now a new faction threatened the
	stability of the young king's realm.  Led by
	ex-archbishop Loris, this force believed the Deryni
	a party of heresy and witchcraft--and pledged to
	bring its new leader low..."  352 pages.  $14.95

November: "The Atlas of Pern" by Karen Wynn Fonstad,
	introduction by Anne McCaffrey.  "The first-ever
	volume of `Pernography'!  To the faithful followers
	of Anne McCaffrey and `The Dragonriders of Pern'
	series, the world of Pern is as real a place as
	earth.  Now they can take an unprecendented tour
	of that world with a magnificent and completely
	detailed atlas."  176 pages.  $19.95.

November: "Lifeburst" by Jack Williamson.  "When Halo
	Station was attacked by aliens, one inhabitant was
	eager to leave: young Quin Dain wished to find his
	father and receive the Sunmark, symbol of fitness
	for life in space.  But once on Earth, Quin found
	himself framed for murder--and on the run from more
	than one evil adversary..."  288 pages.  $12.95

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