The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

MacLEOD, KEN(neth Macrae) (1954- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Cassini Division (Orbit 1-85723-603-3, May ’98 [Apr ’98], £15.99, 240pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Fall Revolution] SF novel, set in the “Jonathan Wilde” universe of The Star Fraction and The Stone Canal. The Solar System’s elite defence force faces the Jovian “fast folk”, and those who have travelled through a wormhole to colonise New Mars.
• * *The Star Fraction (Legend 0-09-955871-8, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], £10.00, 341pp, hc, cover by Angus McKie) [Fall Revolution] SF novel. In the 21st century the world has split into Balkanized enclaves all coldly observed by US/UN satellites and lasers.
• * _The Star Fraction (Legend 0-09-955881-5, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £5.99, 341pp, tp, cover by Angus McKie) [Fall Revolution] Reprint (Legend 1995) SF novel. First in the “Jonathan Wilde” series.
• * *The Stone Canal (Legend 0-09-955891-2, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £15.99, 322pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Fall Revolution] SF novel. Second in the “Jonathan Wilde” series after The Star Fraction. Wilde’s clone seeks the reason for his death, in a cyber-future, and our own near-future.
• * _The Stone Canal (Legend 0-09-955901-3, Aug ’97, £5.99, 322pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Fall Revolution] Reprint (Legend 1996) SF novel. Second in the “Jonathan Wilde” series.
• * *The Web: Cydonia (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-640-8, Sep ’98, £3.50, 114pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Web] Young-adult SF novel set in the worldwide Virtual Reality Web of 2028. Book two in a second series of six linked novels, each written by a different author.

McLOUGHLIN, JOHN C. (1949- )

• * _The Helix and the Sword (Tor 0-812-54556-7, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.95, 293pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1983) sf novel.
• * _The Helix and the Sword (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-3031-5, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £2.50, 293pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1983) sf novel.
• * *Tookmaker Koan (Baen 0-671-65354-7, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $16.95, 344pp, hc) Sf novel.
• * _Toolmaker Koan (Orbit 0-7088-3977-0, Aug ’88, £3.99, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Toolmaker Koan (Baen 0-671-69779-X, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.50, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1987) sf novel.

McLYNN, FRANK

• * +Robert Louis Stevenson (Random House 0-679-41284-0, Dec ’94, $30.00, 567pp, hc, cover by Girolamo Nerli) Critical biography. First American edition (Hutchinson 1993). [Stevenson]

McMAHAN, JEFFREY N. (1954- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Somewhere in the Night (Alyson 1-55583-157-5, Oct ’89, $7.95, 182pp, tp) Collection of eight original horror stories with gay protagonists. These are good contemporary horror with two particularly excellent black comedies about a vampire boutique-worker who cuts his victims’ heads off to avoid the competition (SW). (Contents)
• * _Somewhere in the Night (Alyson 1-55583-432-9, Nov ’97, $9.95, 182pp, tp) Reprint (Alyson 1989) collection of eight gay supernatural stories. Introduction by Jewelle Gomez.
• * *Vampires Anonymous (Alyson 1-55583-183-4, May ’91, $8.95, 253pp, tp, cover by Kelly Riley) [Andrew] Horror/black comedy novel about a hip gay vampire, a sequel to two short stories in the author’s collection Somewhere in the Night (Alyson 1989). Smart horror comedy, witty and urbane. A first novel. Recommended (SW).

McMAHON, NEIL (c1948- ); see pseudonym Daniel Rhodes (stories)

McMANUS, STEVE

• * _Rogue Trooper: Book Six (with Steve Dillon & Simon Geller) See entry under Simon Geller.

MacMANUS, YVONNE (Cristina) (1931-2002)

• * _The Presence (Critic’s Choice/Bart 1-55547-163-3, Mar ’87, $3.95, 275pp, pb) Reprint (? 1982) horror novel.

MacMILLAN, SCOTT (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Knights of the Blood (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45256-9, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $4.99, 350pp, pb) [Knights of the Blood] Dark fantasy novel of an LA cop on the hunt for Nazi vampires. The spine and front cover read “Created by/Katherine Kurtz/Scott MacMillan.” The title page makes the actual authorship clear. Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates, and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates and Katherine Kurtz. MacMillan is married to Kurtz.
• * _Knights of the Blood (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45256-9, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.99, 350pp, pb) [Knights of the Blood] Reissue (Roc 1993) dark fantasy novel of an LA cop on the hunt for Nazi vampires; fourth printing. Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates, and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates and Katherine Kurtz.
• * _Knights of the Blood (Raven 1-85487-341-5, Aug ’94, £4.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Angus McKie) [Knights of the Blood] Reprint (Roc 1993) dark fantasy novel of L. A. cop against vampires. Volume one in the series. The series was co-created by Katherine Kurtz, who is married to MacMillan. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Knights of the Blood: At Sword’s Point (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45407-3, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.99, 351pp, pb) [Knights of the Blood] Dark fantasy novel of an LA cop on the hunt for Nazi vampires, second book of a series. The spine and front cover read “Created by/Katherine Kurtz/Scott MacMillan.” The title pages makes the actual authorship clear. Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates, and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates and Katherine Kurtz. MacMillan is married to Kurtz.

McMULLAN, KATE (Hall) (1947- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Under the Mummy’s Spell (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-38033-3, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $13.95, 214pp, hc, cover by Bryce Lee) Young-adult fantasy about a boy who kisses an Egyptian princess’s mummy mask on a dare, unwittingly becoming part of an ancient prophecy’s fulfillment.

McMULLEN, SEAN (Christopher) (1948- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Call to the Edge (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-06-6, Mar ’92 [Apr ’92], $10.00, 245pp, tp, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) Collection of nine stories, four original, with an introduction by Michael J. Tolley. Available for $10.00 US airmail postpaid anywhere in the world. From Aphelion Publications, PO Box 619, North Adelaide S.A. 5006, Australia. (Contents)
• * *The Centurion’s Empire (Tor 0-312-85131-6, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $24.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) Alternate/secret history SF novel. A first-century Roman soldier is recruited into a secret order that uses cryogenics as a form of time travel.
• * *Mirrorsun Rising (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-14-7, Feb ’95, US$10.00, 332pp, tp, cover by Grant Gittus) [Greatwinter] SF novel, second book in the “Greatwinter” series. Available from Aphelion Publications, PO Box 619, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006.
• * *Voices in the Light (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-10-4, Apr ’94, A$12.95, 306pp, tp, cover by Grant Gittus) [Greatwinter] Sf novel set in a future world controlled by computers, based on and including four previously published McMullen short stories. First book in the “Greatwinter” series. Available from Aphelion Publications, PO Box 619, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006, or from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 98066.

McNAIR, CHARLES (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Land O’Goshen (St. Martin’s 0-312-11296-3, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], $20.95, 264pp, hc) Literary quasi-SF novel, a road trip through the folk legends and pop culture of the American South, set during a vaguely future Civil War.
• * _Land O’Goshen (St. Martin’s/Wyatt 0-312-13390-1, Oct ’95, $11.95, 264pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1994) literary quasi-SF novel, a road trip through the folk legends and pop culture of the American South, set during a vaguely future Civil War.

McNALLY, CLARE

• * *Blood Relations (Tor 0-812-55104-4, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $6.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) Horror novel. An adopted woman’s real mother wants her blood for unspeakable purposes.
• * *Come Down into Darkness (Corgi 0-552-13034-6, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], £2.99, 287pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *Cries of the Children (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40320-7, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $4.99, 345pp, pb) Horror novel. Three adopted children disappear and their new parents discover they’re connected through their psychic powers.
• * _Cries of the Children (Inner Circle 1-85018-102-0, Jul ’93, £15.99, 335pp, hc, cover by Broeck Steadman) Reprint (Onyx 1992) horror novel abour possessed children. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Cries of the Children (Corgi 0-552-14055-4, Oct ’93, £3.99, 333pp, pb) Reprint (Onyx 1992) ghost novel.
• * _Ghost House (Severn House 0-7278-1308-0, Sep ’86, £8.95, 224pp, hc) [Ghost House] Reprint (Bantam 1979) horror novel.
• * _Ghost House (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40294-4, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $3.99, 219pp, pb) [Ghost House] Reprint (Bantam 1979) ghost novel of a haunted house that attacks the family that moves into it, trying to possess the children.
• * _Ghost House Revenge (Severn House 0-7278-1383-8, Feb ’87, £8.95, 240pp, hc) [Ghost House] Reprint (Bantam 1981) horror novel. Sequel to Ghost House. [Not seen]
• * _Ghost House Revenge (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40308-8, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $3.99, 232pp, pb) [Ghost House] Reprint (Bantam 1981) horror/ghost novel, part of the “Ghost House” series. First American edition.
• * _Ghost Light (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40333-9, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $3.99, 226pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1982) ghost novel of a child star who returns as a spirit 50 years after her immolation.
• * *Goodnight, Sweet Angel (Tor 0-812-55103-6, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $6.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Paul Stinson & Tony Meyers) Horror novel. A woman and her daughter face her ex-husband’s ghost.
• * *Hear the Children Calling (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40200-6, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $4.95, 349pp, pb) Horror novel about children with psychic powers.
• * _Hear the Children Calling (Severn House 0-7278-4153-X, Nov ’90, £12.99, 349pp, hc) Reprint (Onyx 1990) horror novel. First world hardcover edition.
• * _Hear the Children Calling (Corgi 0-552-13707-3, Apr ’91, £3.99, 320pp, pb) Reprint (Onyx 1990) horror novel.
• * *Somebody Come and Play (Corgi 0-552-13033-8, Aug ’87, £2.50, 256pp, pb) Horror novel. Simultaneous with U.S. edition from Tor.
• * *Somebody Come and Play (Tor 0-812-52164-1, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.95, 311pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _Somebody Come and Play (Severn House 0-7278-4045-2, Feb ’90, £11.95, 256pp, hc) Reprint (Corgi/Tor 1987) horror novel. This is the first World Hardcover edition and is available in the US.
• * *Stage Fright (Tor 0-812-54839-6, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Paul E. Stinson) Horror novel. Mysterious deaths haunt a theater company.
• * _What About the Baby? (Corgi 0-552-12691-8, Dec ’90, £2.99, 243pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1983) horror novel.
• * _What About the Baby? (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40360-6, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $3.99, 245pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1983) horror novel of an evil force stalking an unwed mother to get her baby.

McNALLY, RAYMOND T(homas) (1931-2002) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Dracula, Prince of Many Faces (with Radu R. Florescu) See entry under Radu R. Florescu
• * *In Search of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires (with Radu R. Florescu) (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-65783-0, Oct ’94, $14.95, 297pp, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) [Dracula] Stoker’s text is used as a guide to the history and myth of Dracula and vampires. Completely revised and updated from the previous edition (New York Graphic Society 1972). [Stoker]

McNAMARA, PETER, ed. (1947-2004) (stories)

• * *Alien Shores (with Margaret Winch) (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-09-0, Jul ’94 [Sep ’94], A$19.95, 603pp, tp, cover by John Beswick) Anthology of 29 Australian SF stories, 21 apparently original. With a preface by the editors and an introduction by Damien Broderick. Available in the US for $15.00 from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088. (Contents)

MacNAMARA, TIMOTHY; see pseudonyms Dr. Adder & Mink Mole (stories)

McNAUGHTON, BRIAN (1935-2004) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Throne of Bones (Terminal Fright Press 0-9658135-0-9, Jul ’97, $35.00, 343pp, hc, cover by Jamie Oberschlake) Collection of 14 dark (or weird) fantasy stories, seven original. Introduction by Alan Rodgers, afterword by S.T. Joshi. Order from Terminal Fright Publications, PO Box 100, Black River NY 13612; email: kenabner@gisco.net; fax: 315-779-8310; add $3.50 postage. (Contents)
• * _The Throne of Bones (SFBC #02087, Apr ’98, $11.98, 343pp, hc, cover by Jamie Oberschlake) Reprint (Terminal Fright 1997) collection of 15 dark (or weird) fantasy stories, eight original. Introduction by Alan Rodgers, afterword by S.T. Joshi. This is similar to the Terminal Fright edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

MacNEE, MARIE J.

• * *Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Writers (Gale Research/U*X*L 0-8103-9865-6, Jan ’95 [Mar ’95], $38.00, 432pp, hc, cover by Philip A. Tan) Young-adult (middle school level) reference work in two volumes, with some 80 biographical entries, each with photos and a recommended reading list that includes plot outlines. There is a mixture of top writers plus lesser-known general children’s/YA authors. (Though paginated consecutively, the two volumes have individual ISBNs: Vol. 1, A-J, -9866-4; Vol. 2, K-Z, -9867-2.) Order from U*X*L, 835 Penobscott Building, Detroit MI 48226; 800-877-4253.

MACNEE, PATRICK; pseudonym of Peter Leslie, (1922- )

• * _The Avengers: Deadline (Titan 1-85286-561-X, Aug ’94, £3.99, 188pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder 1965) associational novelization. Long unavailable novelization based on the classic series. Written with the assistance of Peter Leslie.
• * *Blind in One Ear: The Avenger Returns (with Marie Cameron) (Mercury House 0-916515-58-3, Aug ’89, $19.95, 298pp, hc) Associational; autobiography of the star of “The Avengers” tv series, with photos.

McNEIL, BARBARA, ed.

• * *Twentieth-Century Author Biographies Master Index (Gale 0-8103-2095-9, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $60.00, 519pp, hc) Non-fiction, a reference work citing references to biographical articles, essays, and sketches in biographical dictionaries, etc. Many sf authors and editors are listed here, and the book should be useful for libraries. Also available in tp (-2096-7, $25.00).

McNEIL, JOHN (1939- )

• * _Little Brother (Critic’s Choice 0-931773-47-4, Dec ’85 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Coward-McCann 1983) sf/suspense novel of children taken over by sinister computers.

McNEIL, W. K., ed.

• * *Ghost Stories from the American South (August House 0-935304-84-3, 1985 [May ’86], price unknown, 170pp, pb) This compilation, mostly of brief anecdotal material, appeared in 1985, but we did not see it until 1986. There is also a hardcover version, apparently. It’s more a folklore book than an anthology of stories, but should be of scholarly interest.
• * _Ghost Stories from the American South (Dell 0-440-20060-1, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.50, 212pp, pb) Reprint (August House 1985) anthology with very short stories organized by types, told in local vernacular.

McNELLY, [Dr.] WILLIS E(verett), ed. (1920-2003) (stories)

• * *The Dune Encyclopaedia (Berkley 0-425-06813-7, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $9.95, 526pp, tp) [Dune] Reference work, containing 11,000 indexed and cross-referenced entries dealing with the worlds, characters, etc., of Frank Herbert’s “Dune” series.
• * _The Dune Encyclopaedia (Putnam 0-399-12950-2, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $19.95, 526pp, hc) [Dune] Reprint (Berkley 1984); non-fiction, associational. The paperback predated the hardcover by a month.
• * _The Dune Encyclopedia (Corgi 0-552-99131-7, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], £5.95, 526pp, pb) [Dune] Reprint (Berkley 1984) reference book which treats “Dune” as a historical series.

McPHEE, JAMES; pseudonym of Laurence James, (1942-2000)

• * *Survival 2000: Blood Quest (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63201-0, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.50, 221pp, pb) [Survival 2000] Sf adventure novel set in a post-ecological disaster world, first book of a new series.
• * *Survival 2000: Frozen Fire (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63203-7, Oct ’91 [Nov ’91], $3.50, 216pp, pb) [Survival 2000] Sf adventure novel set in a post-ecological disaster world, third book of a series.
• * *Survival 2000: Renegade War (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63202-9, Jun ’91, $3.50, 221pp, pb) [Survival 2000] Sf adventure novel set in a post-ecological disaster world, second book of a series.

McPHEETERS, NEAL

• * *The Merchants of Venus (with Victoria Petersen) (DC Comics 0-930289-08-0, Feb ’86, $5.95, unpaginated, pb) “Graphic novel” version of the novel by Frederik Pohl, done in comic-book style.
• * _Nightwings (with Cary Bates & Gene Colan) See entry under Cary Bates.
• * _Sandkings (with Doug Moench, George R. R. Martin & Pat Broderick) See entry under George R. R. Martin

McQUARRIE, RALPH (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Illustrated Star Wars Universe (with Kevin J. Anderson) See entry under Kevin J. Anderson
• * *The Illustrated Star Wars Universe (with Kevin J. Anderson) (Bantam UK 0-593-03925-4, Nov ’95, £20.00, 208pp, hc, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Star Wars] Illustrated guide to eight Star Wars locales - profusely illustrated by McQuarrie, and with an explanatory text by Anderson. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.

McQUAY, MIKE; [i.e., Michael Dennis McQuay] (1949-1995); see pseudonym Jack Arnett (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Escape from New York (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25375-1, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $2.95, 181pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1981) novelization of the sf movie.
• * *Isaac Asimov’s Robot City, Book 2: Suspicion (Ace 0-441-73126-0, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $2.95, 177pp, pb) Sf novelization, second in a round-robin serial based on Asimov’s “Laws of Humanics”; each book has a different author. The plot doesn’t seem to go anywhere. Art by Paul Rivoche.
• * _Isaac Asimov’s Robot City, Book 2: Suspicion (Orbit 0-7088-8288-9, Mar ’89, £2.99, 177pp, pb) [Robot City] Reprint (Ace 1987) sf novelization. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Jitterbug (Bantam 0-553-24266-0, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $3.50, 422pp, pb) Sf novel.
• * _Life-Keeper (Bantam 0-553-25075-2, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.95, 260pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1980) sf novel.