SCIENCE FICTION AND POETRY by BILL RANSOM

JAGUAR (Ace paperback, '90) A tale of triumph over childhood abuse 
and neglect that walks the line between science fiction and magical
realism.  In waking life, the Jaguar is a WWII vet with a
mysterious sleep disorder, confined to a VA bed.  When he
sleeps, he roams this world and another, invading the minds
of people as they dream, forcing them to do his will.  Four
dream-bonded children combine forces to cross the void between
worlds and fight for their lives--and ours.  

THE ASCENSION FACTOR (Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom, Ace/Putnam
hardcover, '88)  Final installment in the Pandora trilogy
(THE JESUS INCIDENT, THE LAZARUS EFFECT, THE ASCENSION FACTOR).
Pandora is under the fist of an ambitious clone who rules with
a sadistic security force led by the assassin, Spider Nevi.
The Director controls the people by controlling their food
supply and their official religion.  Small resistance groups, led 
by a news team and an underground religous group, fight to overthrow 
The Director and his forces, and reestablish the sentient kelp that
used to calm the planet-wide ravaging seas.  

THE JESUS INCIDENT (Frank Herbert and Bill Ransom, Putnam/Berkley
hardcover, '78)  This bestseller kicked off the Herbert/Ransom
Pandora trilogy, and there are only a few copies of the original
hardcover left.  A Ship who claims to be God abandons colonists to
the planet's bloodthirsty demons and to their own sinister leaders.
A poet, a clone from hybernation and a drunken physican team up to
save their own people and the planet's only sentient species, which
their leader, a Chaplain/Psychiatrist, wants to wipe out completely.


                             POETRY BY BILL RANSOM


FINDING TRUE NORTH (Copper Canyon Press, '73 & 76, trade paper)
Nominated for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize
in 1974, this first book of Ransom's is extremely difficult to find.
Just a couple of copies left of this mint-condition collection.

THE SINGLE MAN LOOKS AT WINTER (Empty Bowl Press, paper, '83)
This poetry collection explores the period of separation, divorce
and recovery.  

All titles signed by Bill Ransom upon request.  

For information, please send SASE to:

        Bill Ransom
        P.O. Box 284
        Grayland, WA 98547-0284