The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

NEEDLEMAN, JACOB (continued)

• * _Sorcerers (Arkana 1-85063-103-4, May ’88, £4.95, 244pp, tp) Reprint (Mercury House 1986) occult novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _Sorcerers (Penguin Arkana 0-14-019173-9, Jun ’89, £4.99/$8.95, 235pp, tp, cover by John Caple) Reprint (Mercury House 1986) literary occult fantasy novel. This was supposed to have been published last year (with a different ISBN) but appears to have been delayed. [First U.K. edition]

NEFF, GLENDA TENNANT, ed.

• * *1989 Writer’s Market: Where & How to Sell What You Write (with Robin Gee) (Writer’s Digest 0-89879-330-0, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $22.95, 1025pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. This covers magazine markets only, and the sf section is weak and does not break down pro, semi-pro, or fiction fanzines. (CNB)
• * *1991 Writer’s Market (Writer’s Digest Books 0-89879-422-6, Sep ’90 [Oct ’90], $24.95, 993pp, hc) Associational annual listing of market information.

NEIDERMAN, ANDREW (1940- ); see also V. C. Andrews®

• * *After Life (Berkley 0-425-13974-3, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $4.99, 261pp, pb) Horror novel. A blind woman moves to a small town and becomes aware of the evil lurking in the cemetery.
• * *Bloodchild (Berkley 0-425-12044-9, Sep ’90, $3.95, 268pp, pb) Horror novel about a vampire baby.
• * _Brainchild (Legend 0-09-930600-X, Oct ’89, £3.50, 261pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1981) horror novel.
• * *The Dark (Pocket 0-671-00796-3, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $6.99, 274pp, pb) Horror novel. Psychiatric patients are actually possessed.
• * *The Devil’s Advocate (Pocket 0-671-68912-6, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 313pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Horror novel. A lawyer discovers that the head of his law firm (John Milton & Associates) is actually Satan.
• * _The Devil’s Advocate (Legend 0-7126-3834-2, Dec ’90, £12.99, 313pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Pocket 1990) horror novel.
• * _The Devil’s Advocate (Legend 0-09-976660-4, Jun ’91, £3.99, 313pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1990) horror novel.
• * _The Devil’s Advocate (Pocket 0-671-01410-2, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $5.99, 313pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1990) horror novel about a lawyer hired by the devil. This is a movie tie-in edition. Second printing.
• * _The Devil’s Advocate (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651019-1, Jan ’98, £5.99, 313pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1990) dark fantasy novel. A film tie-in edition.
• * *Duplicates (Berkley 0-425-14395-3, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 263pp, pb) Medical horror thriller about a couple who discover that their missing child has become a guinea pig for a monstrous research project.
• * *The Immortals (Pocket Star 0-671-70454-0, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.95, 281pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) Horror novel of a anti-aging cream corporation run by undying evil.
• * *Imp (Arrow 0-09-942480-0, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], £1.95, 314pp, pb) Horror novel of an evil creature.
• * *Love Child (Tor 0-812-52312-1, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.95, 319pp, pb) Horror novel of a teenage modern Jekyll and Hyde, “half-human, half-Amazon.”
• * _The Maddening (Berkley 0-425-09898-2, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $5.50, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1987 as Playmates) horror novel. This is a movie tie-in edition.
• * *The Need (Putnam 0-399-13729-7, May ’92, $21.95, 271pp, hc, cover by Joanie Schwaarz) Horror novel about a member of a hidden race of vampire androgynes who can change sex at will.
• * _The Need (Berkley 0-425-13662-0, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $4.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Joanie Schwaarz) Reprint (Putnam 1992) horror novel about a member of a hidden race of vampire androgynes who can change sex at will.
• * *Night Howl (Pocket 0-671-60634-4, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $3.50, 277pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _Night Howl (Severn House 0-7278-1435-4, Jan ’87, £9.95, 320pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1986) horror novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _Night Howl (Arrow 0-09-949680-1, Jun ’87, £2.50, 277pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1986) sf novel.
• * *Perfect Little Angels (Berkley 0-425-11775-8, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 262pp, pb) Psychological horror novel with sf elements about a town where teenagers are perfect.
• * _Perfect Little Angels (Severn House 0-7278-4150-5, Nov ’90, £12.99, 262pp, hc) Reprint (Berkley 1989) horror novel.
• * _Pin (Legend 0-09-927460-4, Oct ’89, £3.50, 264pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1981) horror novel.
• * _Playmates (Arrow 0-09-955160-8, Aug ’88, £2.99, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1987) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Reflection (Worldwide 0-373-50605-8, Dec ’87, £2.95, 378pp, pb) Romantic novel with supernatural elements.
• * _Reflection (Severn House 0-7278-4539-X, Oct ’93, £14.99, 378pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) Reprint (Worldwide 1987) horror novel. This is the first World hardcover edition.
• * *Sight Unseen (Zebra 0-8217-2038-4, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.95, 283pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *Sister, Sister (Berkley 0-425-12846-6, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 292pp, pb) Horror novel. The teacher assigned to a pair of Siamese twins realizes they have inhuman powers.
• * _Sister, Sister (Legend 0-09-979600-7, Sep ’92, £4.99, 292pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1992) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Surrogate Child (Berkley 0-425-10989-5, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.95, 294pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _Surrogate Child (Legend 0-09-962100-2, Oct ’89, £3.50, 294pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1988) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]

NEILL, JOHN R. (stories)

• * _Lucky Bucky in Oz (Books of Wonder 0-929605-17-9, Nov ’92 [Dec ’92], $24.95, 289pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1942) children’s fantasy novel based on the characters created by L. Frank Baum, with illustrations by the author. This is a facsimile edition.
• * _The Scalawagons in Oz (Books of Wonder 0-929605-12-8, Oct ’91 [Mar ’92], $24.95, 309pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1941) children’s fantasy novel based on the characters created by L. Frank Baum, with illustrations by the author. This is a facsimile edition. Available from Books of Wonder, 132 Seventh Ave., New York NY 10011.

NEILL, ROBERT

• * _Mist Over Pendle (Arrow 0-09-906780-3, Jun ’87, £2.95, 384pp, pb) Reissue (Hutchinson 1951) classic witchcraft novel.
• * _Witch Bane (Inner Circle 1-85018-066-0, Aug ’87, £9.50, 224pp, hc) Reprint (Hutchinson 1967) occult novel. [Not seen]
• * _Witch Bane (Arrow 0-09-907710-8, Sep ’87, £2.50, 224pp, pb) Reissue (Hutchinson 1967) occult novel.

NEILSON, ERIC

• * *Haakon #1: The Golden Ax (Bantam 0-553-23639-3, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $2.50, pb) [Haakon] Action adventure/fantasy novel, first of a series.
• * *Haakon #2: The Viking’s Revenge (Bantam 0-553-23924-4, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $2.50, 213pp, pb) [Haakon] Second in the advneture/fantasy series, complete with a glossary.
• * *Haakon #3: Haakon’s Iron Hand (Bantam 0-553-24368-3, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $2.50, 200pp, pb) [Haakon] Fantasy adventure novel, third in a series.
• * *Haakon #4: the War God (Bantam 0-553-24541-4, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $2.95, pb) [Haakon] Historical fantasy novel: Vikings and Indians. Part of an adventure series.

NEILSON, ROBERT S. (stories)

• * *Without Honour (Albedo One Publications no ISBN, Nov ’97, £3.50, 83pp, ph, cover by Alan Casey) Collection of seven stories, some apparently original, with an introduction by Maggie Furey, and illustrations by Alan Casey. Available from Albedo One Publications, 2, Post Road, Lusk, Co. Dublin, Ireland; e-mail bhry@iol.ie (Contents)

NEIMARK, ANNE E.

• * *Myth Maker: J.R.R. Tolkien (Harcourt Brace 0-15-298847-5, Sep ’96, $17.00, 118pp, hc, cover by Brad Weinman) Young-adult biography of Tolkien, with index, bibliography, and listing of related groups and publications. Illustrated by Brad Weinman. [Tolkien]
• * _Myth Maker: J.R.R. Tolkien (Morrow Beech Tree 0-688-15741-6, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $4.95, 118pp, pb, cover by Greg Newbold) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1996) young-adult biography of Tolkien. [Tolkien]

NELSON, ALAN (1911-1966) (stories)

• * *Doctor Departure and Others (Gryphon Books 0-936071-10-9, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $5.00, 53pp, ph) Collection of short whimsical fantasy originally published in Weird Tales and F&SF between 1944 and 1955. This is published in a 500-copy edition. (Contents)

NELSON, CHRIS

• * _Bob Shaw: A Working Bibliography (with Gordon Benson, Jr. & Phil Stephensen-Payne) See entry under Phil Stephensen-Payne.

NELSON, RAY FARADAY; [i.e., Radell Faraday Nelson] (1931- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Ganymede Takeover (with Philip K. Dick) See entry under Philip K. Dick
• * *Timequest (Tor 0-812-54650-4, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $2.95, 286pp, pb) Sf novel, extensively rewritten version of Blake’s Progress (Laser 1975), featuring the adventures of William Blake and his wife Catherine in strange times and dimensions.
• * *Virtual Zen (AvoNova 0-380-78185-9, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $5.50, 220pp, pb, cover by Sean Beavers) Near-future SF novel. A composer’s suicide leads his son to a zen rebellion against the sterile world.

NELSON, RAYMOND F.

NEMECEK, LARRY

• * *The Star Trek the Next Generation Companion (Pocket 0-671-79460-4, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $13.00, 213pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Non-fiction: an episode-by-episode guide to Star Trek, the Next Generation.
• * *The Star Trek, the Next Generation Companion (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-79460-4, Nov ’92, £9.99, 214pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Reference book. This is the US (Pocket) edition with a U.K price sticker.
• * *The Star Trek: the Next Generation Companion (Pocket 0-671-88340-2, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $14.00, 339pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Revised and updated edition of the 1992 guide to the television show, now complete with all the TV episodes and the Star Trek Generations movie. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

NERI, PENELOPE (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Forever and Beyond (Zebra 0-8217-3115-7, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.95, 480pp, pb, cover by Pino) Time-travel romance. A modern white woman falls in love with a Comanche warrior.

NESBIT, E(dith) (1858-1924) (stories)

• * +The Book of Beasts (Dial 0-8037-0473-9, 1988 [Nov ’88], price unknown, 31pp, hc) [Seven Dragons] Children’s fantasy short story about a young king with a magical book; illustrated in full color by Annabel Spenceley. First U.S. edition of this separate printing (Macdonald/Beehive 1987).
• * _The Book of Dragons (Dell/Yearling Classics 0-440-40696-X, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $4.95, 160pp, pb) Reprint (Harper 1900) collection of 8 fantasy stories with a new afterword by Anne McCaffrey.
• * +The Cockatoucan (Dial 0-8037-0474-7, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $10.95, 31pp, hc) Children’s fantasy short story, fully illustrated by Susie Jenkin-Pearce. First U.S. edition (Macdonald 1987).
• * _The Enchanted Castle (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-05435-8, Sep ’92, $20.00, 292pp, hc, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) Reprint (Unwin 1907) classic children’s fantasy novel, with new watercolor illustrations by Paul O. Zelinsky and an afterword by Peter Glassman.
• * _The Enchanted Castle (Penguin/Puffin Classics 0-14-036743-8, Jul ’95, $3.50, tp, cover by Peter Mennim) Reprint (Unwin 1907) classic children’s fantasy novel. This edition follows the Benn 1956 UK edition, with illustrations by H.R. Millar from the Coward 1933 edition.
• * _Five Children and It (Dell/Yearling 0-440-42586-7, Jan ’86 [Apr ’86], $4.95, 208pp, pb) [Psammead] Reprint (Unwin 1902) juvenile fantasy novel, with a new afterword by Lloyd Alexander.
• * _Five Children and It (Windrush Large Print 1-85089-912-6, Jul ’87 [Oct ’87], £8.95, 246pp, hc) [Psammead] Reprint (T. Fisher Unwin 1902) juvenile fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Psammaed” series. Available in the US from ABC-Clio, $12.95.
• * _Five Children and It (Magnet 0-416-14042-4, Jun ’89, £1.99, 221pp, pb, cover by Sean Eckett) [Psammead] Reissue (T. Fisher Unwin 1902) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Five Children and It (Oxford University Press 0-19-283163-1, Apr ’94 [Jul ’94], £4.99, 185pp, pb, cover by Dame Laura Knight) [Psammead] Reprint (Fisher Unwin 1902) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume one in the “Psammaed” series. Includes the original illustrations by H. R. Millar and an introduction by Sandra Kemp.
• * _Five Children and It (Penguin/Puffin Classics 0-14-036735-7, Dec ’96, $3.99, 237pp, tp, cover by Stuart Bodek) [Psammead] Reprint (Unwin 1902) classic juvenile fantasy novel. This edition follows the Puffin 1959 edition, with a new jacket.
• * _Harding’s Luck (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-929605-90-X, Oct ’98 [Nov ’98], $12.95, 226pp, tp, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) [House of Arden] Reprint (Macmillan 1909) young-adult time-travel fantasy novel, sequel to The House of Arden. Illustrations by H.R. Miller. A hardcover edition (-91-8, $24.95) is also available.
• * _The House of Arden (Books of Wonder 0-929605-69-1, Nov ’97 [Feb ’98], $12.95, 258pp, tp, cover by H. R. Millar) Reprint (Macmillan 1908) children’s fantasy, with illustrations by H.R. Millar. A hardcover edition (-70-5) was announced but not seen.
• * +The Ice Dragon (Dial 0-8037-0475-5, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $10.95, 31pp, hc) [Seven Dragons] Children’s fantasy story, fully illustrated by Carol Grey. First U.S. edition (Macdonald 1987).
• * *In the Dark (Equation 1-85336-080-5, Oct ’88, £3.50, 176pp, tp) Outstanding collection of rare, and generally uncollected, ghost stories, edited and introduced by Hugh Lamb. (PSP) (Contents)
• * _The Last of the Dragons (Methuen 0-416-96700-0, Oct ’86, £5.95, 32pp, hc) Reprint (from The Book of Dragons, 1900) juvenile fantasy story illustrated by Harald Nordberg.
• * +Long Ago When I Was Young (Dial 0-8037-0476-3, Oct ’87 [Mar ’88], $14.95, 127pp, hc) Non-fiction; an autobiographical account of her early years, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone and George Buchanan. First U.S. edition (Whiting & Wheaten 1966). Has a 1987 copyright, but not seen until 1988.
• * _The Magic World (Viking Puffin 0-14-035094-2, Apr ’89 [Oct ’89], $2.25, 207pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1912) collection of 12 children’s fantasy stories.
• * _The Magic World (Penguin/Puffin Classics 0-14-036765-9, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $3.99, 246pp, tp, cover by Paul Finn) Reissue (Macmillan UK 1912) collection of 12 children’s fantasy stories. The copyright gives the date for this reissue as 1994; this is an international edition, though we appear to have missed the UK edition.
• * _Man-Size in Marble [1886] (Books of Wonder 0-929605-72-1, Nov ’97 [Feb ’98], $5.95, 49pp, tp, cover by Jeff White) Horror short story, part of the “Classic Frights” series for young adults. Illustrated by Jeff White.
• * +Melisande (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-253164-5, Oct ’89, $13.95, unpaginated, hc) Children’s humorous fairy tale, with full-color illustrations by P.J. Lynch and an introduction by Naomi Lewis. First American edition (Walker UK 1989).
• * _The Phoenix and the Carpet (Dell/Yearling 0-440-47035-8, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $4.95, 239pp, tp) [Psammead] Reprint (Newnes 1904) classic juvenile fantasy novel, There is a new afterword by Susan Cooper.
• * _The Phoenix and the Carpet (Puffin 0-14-036739-X, Feb ’95 [Mar ’95], £3.50, 289pp, tp, cover by Stuart Bodek) [Psammead] Reissue (Newnes 1904) young-adult fantasy novel: the sequel to Five Children and It. A Puffin Classic edition.
• * _The Phoenix and the Carpet (Penguin/Puffin Classics 0-14-036739-X, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $3.99, 289pp, tp, cover by Stuart Bodek) [Psammead] Reprint (Newnes 1904) classic juvenile fantasy novel. This is an international edition, originally released in the UK in 1994; this copy is the second printing.
• * _The Railway Children (Dell Yearling 0-440-40602-1, Apr ’92 [Jul ’92], $3.50, 211pp, tp, cover by Chuck Gillies) Reprint (Wells Gardner 1906) classic children’s book.
• * _The Story of the Amulet (Dell/Yearling 0-440-47719-0, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $4.95, 270pp, pb) Reprint (Unwin 1906) classic juvenile fantasy novel.
• * _The Story of the Amulet (Penguin/Puffin Classics 0-14-036752-7, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $3.99, 292pp, tp, cover by Stuart Bodek) Reprint (Unwin 1906) classic juvenile fantasy novel. This edition follows the Puffin 1959 edition, with a new jacket.
• * +The Town in the Library (Dial 0-8037-0477-1, 1988 [Nov ’88], price unknown, 31pp, hc) Children’s fantasy short story about the magic of libraries, illustrated in full color by Shirley Tourret. First separate U.S. edition (Macdonald/ Beehive 1987).
• * _Wet Magic (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-929605-54-3, Oct ’98 [Nov ’98], $12.95, 178pp, tp, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) Reprint (Macmillan 1913) young-adult fantasy novel of four children’s undersea adventures with a mermaid. Illustrated by H.R. Millar. A hardcover edition (-63-2, $24.95) is also available.
• * _Whereyouwanttogoto and Other Unlikely Tales (Shambhala/Barefoot Books 1-56957-904-0, Sep ’93 [Oct ’93], $6.00, 205pp, hc, cover by H. R. Millar & Claude A. Shepperson) Collection of five children’s fantasy stories that originally appeared in Nine Unlikely Tales for Children (Unwin 1901), with the original illustrations by H.R. Millar and Claude A. Shepperson. With a preface by editor Jonathan Cott. This is a miniature (8x12 cm.) book.

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• * _A Woman of Passion See entry under Julia Briggs.
• * _A Woman of Passion: The Life of E. Nesbit See entry under Julia Briggs.

NESFA PRESS

• * *The N.E.S.F.A. Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies 1983 (NESFA Press 0-915368-23-4, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $5.00, 68pp, pb) Non-fiction, bibliography of the 1983 short fiction field. It’s a year later than the Twaci version but covers more. Although it covers British anthologies, for some reason it does not list Interzone. Still useful for the anthology listings.

NESHEIM, ERIC (stories)

• * *Saucer Attack! (with Leif Nesheim) (Kitchen Sink/General Publishing Group 1-57544-066-0, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $16.95, 127pp, tp) Non-fiction art book about pop culture in the “Golden Age of Flying Saucers” — and the Golden Age of pulp magazines, which provide the bulk of the illustrations, along with SF paperbacks, movie posters, toys, comics, and trading cards.

NESHEIM, LEIF

• * _Saucer Attack! (with Eric Nesheim) See entry under Eric Nesheim.