The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

MELTON, J. GORDON

• * *The Vampire Book: The Encyclopedia of the Undead (Visible Ink 0-8103-2295-1, Sep ’94 [Nov ’94], $16.95, 852pp, tp, cover by Mark Howell) Non-fiction anthology of vampire lore including information on writers and their works.
• * *The Vampire Gallery: A Who’s Who of the Undead (Visible Ink 1-57859-053-1, Aug ’98 [Sep ’98], $19.95, 500pp, tp) Non-fiction guide to vampires in books and film, including vampires from 19th and 20th-century fiction, drama, poetry, and comic books. Includes index, and sources for each entry. Order from Visible Ink Press/Gale Research, 27500 Drake Road, Farmington Hills MI 48331-3535; orders 800-776-6265.

MELUCH, R(ebecca) M. (1956- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Chicago Red (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45034-5, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $4.95, 319pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) Sf novel set in a future Kingdom of America. A sharp political adventure thriller of rebellion and extremism. Recomended (SW).
• * *Jerusalem Fire (NAL/Signet 0-451-13923-2, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $3.50, 331pp, pb) Sf novel of Arabs in space.
• * _Jerusalem Fire (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8202-1, Aug ’86, £2.95, 331pp, pb) Reprint (NAL/Signet 1985) sf novel.
• * _Jerusalem Fire (Macdonald 0-356-12168-2, Sep ’86, £9.95, 331pp, hc) Reprint (NAL/Signet 1985) sf novel.
• * _Jerusalem Fire (NAL Signet 0-451-16115-7, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 331pp, pb) Reissue (NAL Signet 1985) sf novel; third printing.
• * *The Queen’s Squadron (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45169-4, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $4.99, 304pp, pb) Sf novel of a conflict between free mortals and immortal opressors.
• * _Sovereign (NAL/Signet 0-451-13924-0, Nov ’85, $2.95, 230pp, pb) Reissue (NAL/Signet 1979) sf novel. Fourth printing.
• * _Sovereign (Orbit 0-7088-2240-1, Nov ’86, £2.50, 230pp, pb) Reprint (NAL 1979) sf novel.
• * _Sovereign (NAL Signet 0-451-16116-5, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 230pp, pb) Reissue (NAL Signet 1979) sf novel; fifth printing.
• * *War Birds (NAL Signet 0-451-16112-2, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 253pp, pb) Romantic sf novel about interstellar war.
• * _Wind Child (NAL/Signet 0-451-14131-8, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 201pp, pb) Reissue (Signet 1982) sf novel of the son of an earthling and an alien.
• * _Wind Child (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45038-8, Sep ’90 [Oct ’90], $3.50, 201pp, pb) Reissue (Signet 1982) sf novel; fourth printing.
• * _Wind Child (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45038-8, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $3.50, 201pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1981) sf novel; fourth printing.
• * _Wind Dancers (NAL/Signet 0-451-14056-7, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $2.50, 166pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1981) sf novel, 3rd printing.
• * _Wind Dancers (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45039-6, Sep ’90 [Oct ’90], $3.50, 166pp, pb) Reissue (Signet 1981) sf novel; fourth printing.
• * _Wind-Dancers (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45039-6, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $3.50, 166pp, pb) Reissue (Signet 1982) sf novel; fourth printing.

MELVILLE, PAULINE

• * *The Migration of Ghosts (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3675-9, Apr ’98 [May ’98], £15.99, 209pp, hc, cover by William Webb & James Cotter) Literary collection of 12 original occult, fantasy. and mainstream stories.
• * +Shape-Shifter (Pantheon 0-679-40438-4, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $19.00, 164pp, hc, cover by Royce Becker) Collection of 12 stories, mostly literary fantasy. First American edition (The Women’s Press 1990).

MEMMOTT, DAVID (stories)

• * *The Larger Earth (Permeable Press 1-882633-18-0, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $9.95, 102pp, tp, cover by Freddie Baer) Collection of 22 linked SF poems, subtitled “Descending Notes of a Grounded Astronaut”. Available from Permeable Press, 47 Noe Street, Suite 4, San Francisco CA 94114-1017; add $1.50 postage. (Contents)

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• * _Alpha Gallery (with Charmaine Parsons, Joy E. Oestreicher & Mark Rich) See entry under Joy E. Oestreicher

MENDHAM, TREVOR, ed. (stories)

• * _Gravity’s Angels (with Martin Owton, Gary Couzens, Trevor Denyer & Sarah Ellender) See entry under Gary Couzens.

MENDLESOHN, FARAH, ed.

• * _The Parliament of Dreams: Conferring on Babylon 5 (with Edward James) See entry under Edward James.

MENICK, JIM

• * *Lingo (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-628-7, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $19.95, 334pp, hc) Sf novel about a home computer AI that runs amok.
• * _Lingo (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-812-3, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $10.95, 334pp, tp, cover by Paul Bacon) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1991) sf novel about a home computer AI that runs amok.

MENVILLE, DOUGLAS (Alver) (1935- )

• * *Futurevisions: The New Golden Age of the Science Fiction Film (with Robert Reginald & Mary A. Burgess) (Newcastle/Greenbriar 0-87877-081-X, Nov ’85, $12.95, 192pp, pb) 8 1/2 x 11 reference book on sf films, it concentrates on 1977-1985 and has many stills. Mary A. Burgess is also credited as a contributor, but not on the cover. The book is apparently also available as a library hc, 0-89370-681-X, $24.95. The pb is available from Newcastle Publishing Co., the hc reprint is produced and distributed by The Borgo Press.
• * *The Work of Ross Rocklynne (Borgo Press 0-8095-1511-3, Dec ’89 [Mar ’90], $9.95, 70pp, tp) Non-fiction; reference. Annotated primary and secondary bibliography of works by and about Rocklynne. A hardcover edition (-0511-X, $19.95) was announced but not seen.

MERCHANT, ELLA

• * _Unveiling a Parallel: A Romance (with Alice Ilgenfritz Jones) See entry under Alice Ilgenfritz Jones.

MEREDITH, RICHARD C(arlton) (1937-1979) (stories)

• * _The Sky is Filled with Ships (Legend 0-09-961860-5, Nov ’88, £2.50, 184pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1969) sf novel. Volume 20 in the “Venture SF” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Timeliner Trilogy (Arrow 0-09-951690-X, Aug ’87, £3.95, 712pp, pb) [Timeliner] Sf omnibus. Volume 14 in the Venture SF series. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * _We All Died at Breakaway Station (Arrow 0-09-938880-4, Apr ’87, £2.25, 244pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1969) sf novel. Volume 1 in the Venture SF series.

MEREDITH, SCOTT (1923-1993) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Writing to Sell (Harper & Row 0-06-015637-6, Apr ’87, $15.95, 227pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational; “how-to” book. Third revised edition. The revisions since the 1950 original are minor. The funny new introduction by Arthur C. Clarke is entertaining, but the book is more of historical interest than of practical use today.
• * *Writing to Sell, Fourth Edition (Writer’s Digest Books 0-89879-750-0, Mar ’96, $17.99, 221pp, hc) Associational non-fiction, a guide to writing by an agent active in the SF field. This is the revised fourth edition (Writer’s Digest 1950); there is a new foreword by Barry N. Malzberg. Writer’s Digest Books, 1507 Dana Ave., Cincinnati OH 45207; credit card orders 800-289-0963.

MERRIL, JUDITH, ed.; [originally Josephine Juliet Grossman] (1923-1997) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Tesseracts (Press Porcepic 0-88878-242-X, Nov ’85, C$9.95, 292pp, pb) Original and reprint anthology of Canadian sf. Distributed by Beaverbooks. For information, write Press Porcepic. (Contents)

MERRITT, A(braham Grace) (1884-1943) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Burn, Witch, Burn!/Creep, Shadow, Creep! (Leisure 0-8439-3944-3, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $5.99, 392pp, pb) [Dr. Lowell] Omnibus of two classic pulp horror novels, Burn, Witch, Burn! (Liveright 1933) and Creep, Shadow, Creep (Crime Club, Doubleday, Doran 1934 as Creep, Shadow), printed in “double” format. (Contents)
• * _Dwellers in the Mirage (Macmillan Collier 0-02-022872-4, Nov ’91 [Dec ’91], $5.95, 283pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) Reprint (Liveright 1932) fantasy novel. This edition follows the magazine text, not the cut book version.
• * _The Face in the Abyss (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-01-1, Jul ’91, $30.00, 286pp, hc, cover by Ned Dameron) [Nicholas Graydon] Reprint (Liveright 1931) classic pulp fantasy, with a preface by Paul Spencer and full-color illustrations by Ned Dameron. A slipcased limited edition of 350 copies signed by the artist (-00-3, $60.00) is also available.
• * _The Face in the Abyss (Macmillan Collier Nucleus 0-02-022873-2, Jun ’92, $9.00, 343pp, tp, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Nicholas Graydon] Reprint (Liveright 1931) classic pulp fantasy novel.
• * _The Metal Monster (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-979-0, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $3.95, 222pp, pb) Reprint (Avon/Murder Mystery Monthly 1946) fantasy novel.
• * _The Moon Pool (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-891-3, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.95, 432pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1919) classic lost race fantasy novel about the remnants of an ancient civilization in caverns under the Pacific.
• * _The Moon Pool (Easton Press no ISBN, May ’94, no price, 432pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1919) classic lost race fantasy novel about the remnants of an ancient civilization in caverns under the Pacific. With an introduction by James Gunn and a frontispiece by Todd Cameron Hamilton. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _The Ship of Ishtar (Macmillan Collier 0-02-022871-6, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.95, 309pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) Reprint (Putnam 1926) fantasy novel, with interior art by Virgil Finlay. This edition, including the illustrations, is a photo-offset reprint of the 1946 Borden Memorial edition, which was the complete magazine text instead of the cut book text.

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• * _A. Merritt See entry under Ronald Foust.
• * _A. Merritt: Reflections in the Moon Pool See entry under Sam Moskowitz.

MERRITT, EMMA

• * *Return to Summer (Harlequin 0-373-16337-1, Apr ’90 [Feb ’92], $2.95, 253pp, pb) Time-travel romance novel of a history professor who finds herself in the past playing the part of a great 19th-century Irish singer. This is a 1990 book not seen until now. A Harlequin American romance.

MERTZ, BARBARA (Louise) G(ross) (1927- ); see pseudonyms Barbara Michaels & Elizabeth Peters (stories)

MÉRY, MICHEL (stories)

• * *The Father, The Son, and the Walkperson (III Publishing 0-9622937-9-2, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $10.00, 190pp, tp, cover by François Méry) Original collection of 22 stories, four previously published, many surreal or with elements of SF. Available from III Publishing, PO Box 1581, Gualala CA 95445. (Contents)
• * *Pyrexia (III Publishing 1-886625-02-6, Sep ’97 [Jun ’97], $10.00, 189pp, tp, cover by François Méry) SF novel with surreal elements. A man seeks the sex goddess Pyrexia he once found through an Internet-like, but more chaotic, network. Available from III Publishing, PO Box 1581, Gualala CA 95445; e-mail: iiipub@compuserve.com

MESSINGHAM, SIMON

• * *Doctor Who: Zeta Major (BBC Books 0-563-40597-X, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], £4.99, 282pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelisation based on the TV series. Book 13 of the BBC “Missing Adventures” series.
• * *Strange England (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20419-0, Aug ’94, £4.99, 276pp, pb, cover by Paul Campbell) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.

METCALFE, JOHN (1891-1965) (stories)

• * *Nightmare Jack and Other Stories (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-51-6, Jul ’98 [Sep ’98], C$52.00, xxi+241pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Collection of 17 horror stories, edited and with an introduction by Richard Dalby. Afterword by Alexis Lykiard. A world-wide edition available in the US for $39.50 and in the UK for £24.50. (Contents)

METZ, MELINDA

• * *Roswell High: The Outsider (Pocket Archway 0-671-02374-8, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $1.99, 170pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) [Roswell High] Young-adult SF novel, first in a new series. Some of the students at Roswell High are not human. Copyrighted by the author and packager Daniel Weiss Associates.
• * *Roswell High: The Wild One (Pocket Archway 0-671-02375-6, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $3.99, 171pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) [Roswell High] Young-adult SF novel, second in the series. Some of the students at Roswell High are not human. Copyrighted by the author and packager Daniel Weiss Associates.

METZGER, ROBERT A(lan) (1956- ) (stories)

• * *Quad World (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45057-4, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.99, 317pp, pb) Sf novel. An engineer is transported to a parallel world where a battle between good and evil is raging, being fought by prominent figures from human history. A first novel.

METZGER, THOM(as Richard) (1956- ) (stories)

• * *Big Gurl (with Richard P. Scott) (NAL Onyx 0-451-40132-8, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 253pp, pb) Completely plotless horror novel about a huge and murderous young girl.
• * *Shock Totem (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40219-7, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $4.50, 288pp, pb) Medical horror thriller about a young boy used as a scientific guinea pig developing superhuman powers.

MEYER, DAVID N., II; see pseudonym Lloyd St. Alcorn (stories)

MEYER, NICHOLAS (1945- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Canary Trainer (Norton 0-393-03608-1, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $19.95, 224pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) [Sherlock Holmes] Holmes pastiche with fantasy elements, with the Great Detective taking on the case of the Phantom of the Opera. Third in the series begun in The Seven-Percent Solution.
• * _The Canary Trainer (Norton 0-393-31241-0, Mar ’95 [Apr ’95], $10.00, 224pp, tp, cover by Honi Werner) [Sherlock Holmes] Reprint (Norton 1993) Holmes pastiche with fantasy elements, with the Great Detective taking on the case of the Phantom of the Opera. Third in the series begun in The Seven-Percent Solution.

MEYER, SUSAN E.

• * *A Treasury of the Great Children’s Book Illustrators (Harry N. Abrams 0-8109-2694-6, May ’97, $24.95, 272pp, tp, cover by Various Artists) Reprint (Abrams 1983) non-fiction art book discussing 13 illustrators, with an introduction discussing the history of children’s book illustration. Artists include John Tenniel, Walter Crane, Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, Howard Pyle, and W.W. Denslow.

MEYERS, JEFFREY (1939- ) (stories)

• * *Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy (Macmillan/Scribner’s 0-684-19370-1, Sep ’92 [Oct ’92], $30.00, 348pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A biography of Poe with an emphasis on the influence his work had on subsequent writers. [Poe]

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• * _The Body Snatcher and Other Stories See entry under Robert Louis Stevenson.

MEYERS, RIC(hard Sam) (1953- ); see pseudonym Wade Barker (stories)

• * _Doomstar (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20051-0, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 296pp, pb) [Doomstar] Reissue (Carlyle Books 1978) sf novel featuring ship’s commander Larry, cat-woman Napoleon, and Harlan “the invincible human weapon.” This is apparently revised from the original appearance.
• * *Fear Itself (Dell 0-440-20685-5, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $3.99, 264pp, pb) [Book of the Undead] Horror novel of love and vengeance, “Book of the Undead” #1.
• * *Forgotten Realms: Murder in Halruaa (TSR 0-7869-0521-2, Oct ’96, $18.99, 249pp, hc, cover by Larry Elmore) [Forgotten Realms] Fantasy mystery novelization based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * *Living Hell (Dell 0-440-20856-4, Oct ’91, $4.50, 294pp, pb) [Book of the Undead] Horror novel, “Book of the Undead” #2.
• * *Return to Doomstar (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20125-8, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.95, 295pp, pb) [Doomstar] Sf adventure novel featuring the Light Orbit Space Theater and hitchhikers the catwoman Napoleon and 9’ tall Harlan. Sequel to Doomstar. This is a rewrite of Doomstar II (Carlyle 1979). The earlier work is not acknowledged.
• * *S-F 2: A Pictorial History of Science Fiction Films from Rollerball to Return of the Jedi (Lyle Stuart 0-8065-0875-2, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $19.95, 256pp, hc) This sequel to Jeff Rovin’s original Pictorial History of SF Films (1975) covers 1975 to 1982. Illustrated with numerous black & white stills.
• * *Worst Nightmare (Dell 0-440-20857-2, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $4.50, 279pp, pb) [Book of the Undead] Horror novel of a titanic confrontation between good and evil, third “Book of the Undead”.

MEYERS, VALERIE

• * *George Orwell (St. Martin’s 0-312-05567-6, 1991 [Nov ’92], $24.95, 158pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. An academic examination of Orwell’s fiction, with a selected bibliography. This is a 1991 book not seen until now. Order from St. Martin’s Press, Scholarly & Reference Books, 175 Fifth Ave., New York NY 10010. [Orwell]

MEYNARD, YVES (1964- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Book of Knights (Tor 0-312-86482-5, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $21.95, 222pp, hc, cover by Christian Jank) Non-medieval fantasy novel of knights and quests. The first written-in-English novel by a French-Canadian author.

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• * _Tesseracts 5 (with Robert Runté) See entry under Robert Runté.

MEYRINK, GUSTAV; [originally Gustav Meyer] (1868-1932) (stories)

• * *The Angel of the West Window (Dedalus 0-946626-65-0, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], £8.99, 421pp, tp, cover by Tim Gray) First English translation of an occult fantasy novel about the Elizabethan mage John Dee and his 20th Century descendant. Translated from the German (Der Engel Vom Westlichen Fenster, 1927) by Mike Mitchell. Also announced in hardcover (-72-3, £18.99).
• * *The Golem (Dedalus 1-873982-91-7, Mar ’95, £6.99, 262pp, tp) Classic horror novel, originally published in German in 1915, based on the Jewish legend of a clay homunculus which is the double of the hero. Newly translated by Mike Mitchell, there is an introduction (Gustav Meyrinck and his Golem), and chronology, by Robert Irwin. Available in the US from Ariadne Press (1-57241-041-0).
• * *The Green Face (Dedalus 0-946626-92-8, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], £7.99, 224pp, tp, cover by Richard Oelze) Literary fantasy novel, originally published in German (Das Grüne Gesicht, 1916). First English translation (by Mike Mitchell) with a new afterword by Franz Rottensteiner.