Skeleton Crew is a collection of short fiction by American writer Stephen King, published by Putnam in June 1985. A limited edition of a thousand copies was published by Scream/Press in October 1985 (ISBN 978-0910489126), illustrated by J. K. Potter, containing an additional short story, "The Revelations of 'Becka Paulson", which had originally appeared in Rolling Stone magazine, and was later incorporated into King's 1987 novel The Tommyknockers. The original title of this book was Night Moves.
Null-A Three, usually written Ā Three, is a 1985 science fiction novel by A. E. van Vogt. It incorporates concepts from the General semantics of Alfred Korzybski and refers to non-Aristotelian logic.
Bones of the Moon is a novel by American writer Jonathan Carroll, depicting the real and dream life of a young woman. Like many of Carroll's works, it straddles the horror and fantasy genres.
Lois Tilton is an American science fiction, fantasy, alternate history, and horror writer who has won the Sidewise Award and been a finalist for the Nebula Award. She has also written a number of innovative vampire stories.
William Gilmour is a writer of lost race fantasy short stories and novels. A key figure in the Edgar Rice Burroughs pastiche community, he published Tarzan pastiches in the magazine Burroughs Bulletin. His lost race novel, The Undying Land was published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1985.
The Ragged Astronauts is a novel by Bob Shaw published in 1986 by Gollancz. It is the first book in the series Land and Overland. It won the BSFA Award for Best Novel.
Science Fiction: The 100 Best Novels, An English-Language Selection, 1949–1984 is a nonfiction book by David Pringle, published by Xanadu in 1985 with a foreword by Michael Moorcock. Primarily, the book comprises 100 short essays on the selected works, covered in order of publication, without any ranking. It is considered an important critical summary of the science fiction field.
Helliconia Spring is a novel by Brian W. Aldiss published in 1982, set in a world with two suns and where each year is incredibly long.
Tales from the Spaceport Bar is an anthology of science fiction club tales edited by George H. Scithers and Darrell Schweitzer. It was first published in paperback by Avon Books in January 1987. The first British edition was issued in paperback by New English Library in 1988.
The White Isle is a fantasy novel by American writer Darrell Schweitzer, illustrated by Stephen Fabian.
The Architects of Hyperspace is a novel by Thomas R. McDonough published by Avon Books in 1987.
Camille Bacon-Smith is an American scholar and novelist. She has a Ph.D. in folklore and folklife from the University of Pennsylvania. Her books, Enterprising Women (1992) and Science Fiction Culture (1999), investigated science fiction fandom, including such aspects as slash fiction, hurt-comfort stories and Mary Sue characterization. Under her own name she has published an urban fantasy series beginning with Eye of the Daemon (1996). Under the pen name Curt Benjamin, she has written fantasy novels with an Asian setting, beginning with The Prince of Shadow (2001). In 2016 she began writing dance reviews for Broad Street Review, an online publication on Philadelphia arts and culture.
Shades of Darkness is a novel by Richard Cowper published in 1986.
Green Eyes is a novel by Lucius Shepard published in 1984.
The Forever Man is a novel by Gordon R. Dickson published in 1986.
In Yana, the Touch of Undying is a novel by Michael Shea published in 1985.
Chernobyl is a novel by Frederik Pohl published in 1987. It is based on the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
The Last Gasp is a novel by Trevor Hoyle published in 1983.
Worlds Apart is a novel written by Joe Haldeman and published in 1983.
The Tooth Fairy is a fantasy and horror novel by English writer Graham Joyce. It was first published in the United Kingdom in paperback in 1996 by Signet Books, and in hardcover in the United States in 1998 by Tor Books. It is about Sam and his friends growing up in Coventry, England in the 1960s, and a mischievous fairy who torments Sam.
