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The Shorter Works of Stephen King
, by Michael R. Collings and David Engebretson.
Starmont Studies in Literary Criticism
, No. 9. [vi]+202 p. LC 85-2822. ISBN 0-930261-03-8 cloth $17.95; ISBN 0-930261-02-X paper $9.95.

Stephen King as Richard Bachman
, by Michael R. Collings.
Starmont Studies in Literary Criticism
, No. 10. [vi]+168 p. LC 85-2832. ISBN 0-930261-01-1 cloth $17.95; ISBN 0-930261-00-3 paper $9.95.

1986

Anne McCaffrey
, by Mary T. Brizzi.
Starmont Reader’s Guide
, 30. [viii]+95 p. LC 85-17160. ISBN 0-930261-30-5 cloth $14.95; ISBN 0-930261-29-1 paper $6.95.

The Annotated Guide to Startling Stories
, by Leon Gammell.
Starmont Reference Guides
, No. 3. [iv]+90 p. LC 86-6012. ISBN 0-930261-51-8 cloth $20; ISBN 0-930261-50-X paper $10.

The Annotated Guide to Stephen King: A Primary and Secondary Bibliography of the Works of America’s Premier Horror Writer
, by Michael R. Collings.
Starmont Reference Guides
, No. 8. [vi]+176 p. LC 86-1854. ISBN 0-930261-81-X cloth $19.95; ISBN 0-930261-80-1 paper $9.95.

Brian Aldiss
, by Michael R. Collings.
Starmont Reader’s Guide
, 28. [iv]+115 p. LC 85-17224. ISBN 0-916732-99-1 cloth $14.95; ISBN 0-916732-74-6 paper $6.95. Cover title reads:
Brian W. Aldiss
.

Charles Williams
, by Kathleen Spencer.
Starmont Reader’s Guide
, 25. 104 p. LC 86-5750. ISBN 0-916732-80-0 cloth $15.95; ISBN 0-916732-79-7 paper $7.95.

E.E. “Doc” Smith
, by Joe Sanders.
Starmont Reader’s Guide
, 24. [viii]+96 p. LC 85-30434. ISBN 0-916732-73-8 cloth $14.95; ISBN 0-916732-72-X paper $6.95.

Far Below and Other Horrors
, edited by Robert E. Weinberg. 151 p. LC 85-25072. ISBN 0-930261-57-7 cloth $19.95; ISBN 0-930261-56-9 paper $9.95. Contents: “Far Below,” by Robert Barbour Johnson; “The Execution of Lucarno,” by Julius Long; “Thing of Darkness,” by G. G. Pendarves; “The Accursed Isle,” by Mary Elizabeth Counselman; “Masquerade,” by Mearle Prout; “Naked Lady,” by Mindret Lord; “Out of the Deep,” by Robert E. Howard; “Doom of the House of Duryea,” by Earl Pierce Jr.; “The Chapel of Mystic Horror,” by Seabury Quinn; “Return to Death,” by J. Wesley Rosenquest; “Under the Tomb,” by Robert Nelson. A facsimile reprint of the 1974 FAX Collector’s Editions hardcover; a later printing of the Starmont version relabelled the book
Starmont Popular Fiction
“#0” [sic].

The Films of Stephen King
, by Michael R. Collings.
Starmont Studies in Literary Criticism
, No. 12. [vi]+201 p. LC 85-17192. ISBN 0-930261-11-9 cloth $19.95; ISBN 0-930261-10-0 paper $9.95.

Gene Wolfe
, by Joan Gordon.
Starmont Reader’s Guide
, 29. iv+116 p. LC 85-17163. ISBN 0-930261-19-4 cloth $14.95; ISBN 0-930261-18-6 paper $6.95.

H.G. Wells
, by Robert Crossley.
Starmont Reader’s Guide
, 19. 79 p. LC 84-2691. ISBN 0-916732-51-7 cloth $15.95; ISBN 0-916732-50-9 paper $7.95.

Olaf Stapledon
, by John Kinnaird.
Starmont Reader’s Guide
, 21. 107 p. LC 84-2656. ISBN 0-916732-55-X cloth $14.95; ISBN 0-916732-54-1 paper $6.95.

Robert Bloch
, by Randall D. Larson.
Starmont Reader’s Guide
, 37. [iv]+148 p. LC 86-5751. ISBN 0-930261-59-3 cloth $16.95; ISBN 0-930261-58-5 paper $8.95.

Suzy McKee Charnas, Octavia Butler, Joan D. Vinge
, by Marleen S. Barr, Ruth Salvaggio, Richard Law.
Starmont Reader’s Guide
, 23. 52+44+72 p. LC 85-2715. ISBN 0-916732-92-4 $17.95; ISBN 0-916732-91-6 paper $9.95.

1987

Discovering H. P. Lovecraft
, edited by Darrell Schweitzer.
Starmont Studies in Literary Criticism
, No. 6. xiv+153 p. LC 87-9923. ISBN 0-916732-82-7 cloth $19.95; ISBN 0-916732-81-9 paper $9.95. Contents: “Introduction,” by Schweitzer; “Notes on an Entity,” by Robert Bloch; “A Literary Copernicus,” by Fritz Leiber, Jr.; “The Four Faces of the Outsider,” by Dirk W. Mosig; “The First Lewis Theobald,” by R. Boerem; “Story-Writing,” by H. P. Lovecraft; “Character Gullibility in Weird Fiction, or, Isn’t Yuggoth Somewhere in Upstate New York?” by Schweitzer; “Some Thoughts on Lovecraft,” by Arthur Jean Cox; “The Derleth Mythos,” by Richard L. Tierney; “Genesis of the Cthulhu Mythos,” by George Wetzel; “Lovecraft’s Ladies,” by Ben P. Indick; “When the Stars Are Right,” by Richard L. Tierney; “Lovecraft and Lord Dunsany,” by Schweitzer; “H. P. Lovecraft and Pseudomathematics,” by Robert Weinberg; “Textual Problems in Lovecraft,” by S. T. Joshi; “H. P. Lovecraft: A Basic Reading List,” by Schweitzer; Contributors; Index.

Don’t Bite the Sun
, by Tanith Lee.
Starmont Hardcover Collection
, 1. 158 p. LC 87-16037. ISBN 1-55742-044-0 cloth $19.95. A facsimile reprint of the 1976 DAW Books edition. The book was printed in paperback, but rebound and sold only in cloth editions with the paperback covers laminated into the hardcover binding; some paperbound copies exist.

Force Fields
, by Andrew Joron. viii+55 p. LC 87-1959. ISBN 0-930261-87-9 cloth $16.95; ISBN 0-930261-86-0 paper $8.95. Poetry.

Frederik Pohl
, by Thomas D. Clareson.
Starmont Reader’s Guide
, 39. x+173 p. LC 86-14587. ISBN 0-930261-34-8 cloth $17.95; ISBN 0-930261-33-X paper $9.95.

Future and Fantastic Worlds: A Bibliographical Retrospective of DAW Books
(1972-1987)
, by Sheldon Jaffery.
Starmont Reference Guides
, No. 4. xiv+297 p. LC 87-9901. ISBN 1-55742-003-3 cloth $29.95; ISBN 1-55742-002-5 paper $19.95.

Grand Army War Songs
. [ii]+157 p., 7 x 10”. LC 87-750989. ISBN 1-55742-000-9 cloth $19.95; ISBN 1-55742-001-7 paper $9.95. One of two non-category books published by Starmont; a facsimile reprint of the 1886 edition; part of the last section of the book was accidentally omitted in the Starmont version.

The Return of the Time Machine
, by Egon Friedell.
Starmont Hardcover Collection
, 2. 127 p. LC 87-16039. ISBN 1-55742-045-9 cloth $19.95. A facsimile reprint of the 1972 DAW Books edition. The book was printed in paperback, but rebound and sold only in cloth editions with the paperback covers laminated into the hardcover binding; some paperbound copies exist.

Robert E. Howard
, by Marc A. Cerasini and Charles E. Hoffman.
Starmont Reader’s Guide
, 35. [vi]+156 p. LC 85-17161. ISBN 0-930261-28-3 cloth $17.95; ISBN 0-930261-27-5 paper $9.95.

Shanghai Year: A Westerner’s Life in the New China
, by Peter Brigg. [x]+115 p. LC 87-1949. ISBN 0-930261-88-7 cloth $17.95; ISBN 0-930261-89-5 paper $9.95. One of two non-category books published by Starmont.

The Stephen King
Phenomenon
, by Michael R. Collings.
Starmont Studies in Literary Criticism
, No. 14. 144 p. LC 85-17164. ISBN 0-930261-13-5 cloth $17.95; ISBN 0-930261-12-7 paper $9.95.

The Weirds: A Facsimile Selection of Fiction from the Era of the Shudder Pulps
, edited by Sheldon Jaffery.
Starmont Popular Culture Series
[sic], Vol. 1. [ii]+173 p. LC 87-1952. ISBN 0-930261-93-3 cloth $17.95; ISBN 0-930261-92-5 paper $9.95. Contents: “Introduction,” by Jaffery; “The Mole Men Want Your Eyes,” by Frederick C. Davis; “Mistress of the Blood-Drinkers,” by Ralston Shields; “White Mother of Shadows,” by George Vandegrift; “Dance of the Bloodless Ones,” by Francis James; “A Beast Is Born,” by W. Wayne Robbins; “Beauty for Sale,” by J. O. Quinliven; “The Horror at His Heals,” by Wyatt Blassingame; “Guest-Room in Hell,” by Leon Byrne; “Chamber of Horrors.”

1988

The Corpse Maker
, by Hugh B. Cave, compiled and edited by Sheldon Jaffery.
Starmont Popular Culture Study
#2. xii+156 p. LC 87-13199. ISBN 1-55742-017-3 cloth $19.95; ISBN 1-55742-016-5 paper $9.95. Contents: “Preface,” by Jaffery; “Introduction,” by Audrey Parente; “Comments,” by Hugh B. Cave; “The Corpse-Maker”; “The House of Evil”; “The Barricade”; “Disturb Not the Dead”; “The Thing from the Swamp”; “My Pupil—The Idiot!”; “The Black Gargoyle.”

Discovering Modern Horror Fiction II
, edited by Darrell Schweitzer.
Starmont Studies in Literary Criticism
, No. 16. [iv]+169 p. LC 84-2763. ISBN 0-930621-48-8 cloth $19.95; ISBN 0-930261-47-X paper $9.95 [ISBNs for the first volume appear on the back cover]. Contents: “Introduction,” by Schweitzer; “Peter Straub: From Academe to Shadowland,” by Bernadette Bosky; “Poetry of Darkness: The Horror Fiction of Fritz Leiber,” by Michael E. Stamm; “Tales of Childhood and the Grave: Ray Bradbury’s Horror Fiction,” by Schweitzer; “The Poetics of the Unconscious: The ‘Strange Stories’ of Robert Aickman,” by Gary William Crawford; “Michael McDowell and the Haunted South,” by Michael E. Stamm; “Yours Truly, Robert Bloch,” by Randall D. Larson; “Concerning David Case,” by Jeffrey K. Goddin; “The Subtle Terrors of Charles L. Grant,” by Don D’Ammassa; “Ramsey Campbell: An Appreciation,” by T. E. D. Klein; “James Herbert: Notes Toward a Reappraisal,” by Ramsey Campbell; “American Gothic: Joseph Payne Brennan,” by Alan Warren; “The Grim Imperative of Michael Shea,” by Arthur Jean Cox; “Sardonic Fantasistes: John Collier,” by Ben P. Indick; “History as Horror: Chelsea Quinn Yarbro,” by Gil Fitzgerald; “Quietly Soaring: Peter Tremayne,” by Christina Kiplinger; “Three Poets of Horror: Tierney, Breiding, and Brennan,” by Steve Eng; Contributors; Index.

Ira Levin
, by Douglas Fowler.
Starmont Reader’s Guide
, 34. viii+87 p. LC 87-16033. ISBN 0-930261-26-7 cloth $19.95; ISBN 0-930261-25-9 paper $9.95.

Mary Shelley
, by Allene Stuart Phy.
Starmont Reader’s Guide
, 36. 124 p. LC 86-6502. ISBN 0-930261-61-5 cloth $17.95; ISBN 0-930261-60-7 paper $9.95.

Peter Beagle
, by Kenneth J. Zahorski.
Starmont Reader’s Guide
, 44. [iv]+124 p. LC 87-9924. ISBN 1-55742-009-2 cloth $17.95; ISBN 1-55742-008-4 paper $9.95.

Phoenix Renewed: The Survival and Mutation of Utopian Thought in North American Science Fiction, 1965-1982
, by Hoda M. Zaki.
Starmont Studies in Literary Criticism
, No. 22. 1988. [viii]+151 p. LC 87-9920. ISBN 1-55742-007-6 cloth $17.95; ISBN 1-55742-006-8 paper $9.95. Reset and reprinted by Borgo Press in 1993 as I.O. Evans Studies in the Philosophy and Criticism of Literature, No. 18.

The Pulp Magazine Index, First Series
, by Leonard A. Robbins. 2,152 p. in 3 v., 8.5 x 11”. LC 88-20056. LC 91-658651 (series). ISBN 1-55742-111-0 cloth (3-vol. set) $175.

Pulp Man’s Odyssey: The Hugh B. Cave Story
, by Audrey Parente.
Starmont Popular Culture Study
, No. 6. xiv+146 p. LC 87-26706. ISBN 1-55742-039-4 cloth $19.95; ISBN 1-55742-038-6 paper $9.95.

Ramsey Campbell
, by Gary William Crawford.
Starmont Reader’s Guide
, 48. [vi]+74 p. LC 87-16030. ISBN 1-55742-037-8 cloth $17.95; ISBN 1-55742-036-X paper $8.95.

Roald Dahl
, by Alan Warren.
Starmont Contemporary Writers
, No. 1. vi+105 p. LC 88-33743. ISBN 1-55742-013-0 cloth $16.95; ISBN 1-55742-012-2 paper $8.95.

Science Fiction: A Teacher’s Guide and Resource Book
, edited by Marshall B. Tymn.
Starmont Reference Guides
, No. 5. x+140 p. LC 87-10143. ISBN 1-55742-021-1 cloth $25.95; ISBN 1-55742-020-3 paper $15.95. Contents: “Introduction,” by Marshall B. Tymn; 1. “A Short History of Science Fiction,” by Tymn; 2. “Children’s Science Fiction,” by Francis J. Molson and Susan G. Miles; 3. “The Fan Movement,” by Joe Sanders; 4. “Science Fiction in the Movies,” by Brooks Landon; 5. “A Teacher’s Reference Shelf,” by Tymn; 6. “Science Fiction Periodicals,” by Joe Sanders and Marshall B. Tymn; 7. “Conferences and Conventions,” by Tymn; 8. “Reading Lists in Science Fiction,” by Tymn; 9. “In the Classroom: Teaching Tools,” by Tymn; 10. “Approaches to Course Structure: The SF Class,” by Tymn; 11. “Teaching Science Fiction As Current Events,” by Lloyd Biggle, Jr.; Contributors.

“Seven Men
,
”
by Theodore Roscoe.
Starmont Popular Fiction
#1. viii+136 p. LC 88-20067. ISBN 1-55742-101-3 cloth $18.95; ISBN 1-55742-100-5 paper $8.95. A novel reprinted from the pulp magazines.

The Shattered Goddess
, by Darrell Schweitzer.
Starmont Popular Fiction
#5. [iv]+183 p. LC 88-31950. ISBN 1-55742-113-7 cloth $19.95; ISBN 1-55742-112-9 paper $9.95. A facsimile reprint of the 1982 Starblaze Edition.

Sudden Fear: The Horror and Dark Suspense Fiction of Dean R. Koontz
, edited by Bill Munster.
Starmont Studies in Literary Criticism
, No. 24. x+182 p. LC 88-1077. ISBN 1-55742-025-4 cloth $19.95; ISBN 1-55742-024-6 $10.95. Contents: “Introduction,” by Tim Powers; “Foreword,” by Bill Munster; 1. “Dean R. Koontz: A Chronology,” by Bill Munster; 2. “Interview with Dean R. Koontz,” by Bill Munster; 3. “Keeping Pace with the Master,” by David B. Silva; 4. “Dean R. Koontz and Stephen King: Style, Invasion, and an Aesthetics of Horror,” by Michael R. Collings; 5. “In the Midst of Life,” by Richard Laymon; 6. “A Mutation of a Science Fiction Writer,” by Stan Brooks; 7. “Mainstream Horror in
Whispers
and
Phantoms
,” by D. W. Taylor; 8. “Dark Genesis:
Watchers
&
Shadowfires
,” by Stan Brooks; 9. “The Three Faces of Evil: The Monsters of
Whispers
,
Phantoms
, and
Darkfall
,” by Michael A. Morrison; 10. “Dean R. Koontz’s
Twilight Eyes
: Art and Artifact,” by Michael R. Collings; 11. “Femmes Fatales? The Women Protagonists in Four Koontz Novels,” by Elizabeth Massie; “Afterword: A Brief and Informal Appreciation,” by Joe R. Lansdale; Contributors; Bibliography; Index.