The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

NIX, GARTH (stories) (continued)

• * _Sabriel (HarperCollinsAustralia 0-7322-5123-0, Aug ’96 [Oct ’96], A$11.95, 328pp, pb, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) [Abhorsen] Reprint (HarperCollinsAustralia 1995) fantasy novel, originally published as for young adults. Winner of the 1995 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel.
• * +Sabriel (HarperCollins 0-06-027322-4, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $15.95, 292pp, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) [Abhorsen] Young-adult fantasy novel. A good necromancer’s daughter has to continue his work of putting down the dead raised by evil magic. First US edition (HarperCollinsAustralia/Moonstone 1995).
• * _Sabriel (HarperCollins 0-06-447183-7, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $5.95, 491pp, pb, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) [Abhorsen] Reprint (HarperCollinsAustralia/Moonstone 1995) young-adult fantasy novel. Winner of the 1995 Aurealis Award.
• * *Shade’s Children (HarperCollins Children’s Books 0-06-027324-0, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $15.95, 310pp, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Young-adult post-holocaust SF novel. Young fugitives try to overthrow the brutal Overlords with help from their mysterious mentor Shade.
• * _Shade’s Children (HarperTrophy 0-06-447196-9, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $5.95, 345pp, pb, cover by Elliott Earls) Reprint (HarperCollins 1997) young-adult post-holocaust SF novel.
• * *The X-Files #1: The Calusari (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648324-0, May ’97 [Jul ’97], £3.99, 100pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novellasation of the Chris Carter series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.
• * *The X-Files: The Calusari (HarperCollins 0-06-447171-3, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $4.50, 100pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novellazation of the TV show, first in the new series for ages 12+. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.

NIXON, JOAN LOWERY (1927-2003) (stories)

• * _The Ghosts of Now (Bantam UK 0-553-40641-8, Aug ’93, £2.99, 160pp, pb, cover by Oliver Hunter) Reprint (Delacorte 1984) young-adult horror novel.
• * *The Haunting (Delacorte 0-385-32247-X, Sep ’98, $15.95, 184pp, hc, cover by Tim Barrall) Young-adult ghost novel. A family’s ancestral plantation house holds a vengeful spirit.
• * _The Weekend Was Murder (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21901-9, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $3.99, 193pp, pb) [Dark and Deadly Pool] Reprint (Delacorte 1992) young-adult fantasy mystery. A 16-year-old girl solves a murder by getting help from a ghost, who was the sole witness. Sequel to non-fantasy The Dark and Deadly Pool.
• * *The Weekend Was Murder! (Delacorte 0-385-30531-1, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $15.00, 193pp, hc, cover by Barrall) [Dark and Deadly Pool] Young-adult fantasy mystery. A 16-year-old girl solves a murder by getting help from a ghost, who was the sole witness. Sequel to non-fantasy The Dark and Deadly Pool.
• * _The Weekend Was Murder! (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-59622-8, Jun ’95 [Dec ’95], £3.50, 193pp, pb) [Dark and Deadly Pool] Reprint (Delacorte 1992) young-adult fantasy mystery. a 16-year-old girl solves a murder by getting help from a ghost, who was the sole witness. Sequel to non-fantasy The Dark and Deadly Pool.
• * *Whispers from the Dead (Delacorte 0-385-29809-9, Oct ’89, $14.95, 180pp, hc) Young-adult horror/mystery. A young girl receives messages from the dead about a murder that occurred in her house.
• * _Whispers from the Dead (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20809-2, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.50, 180pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 1989) young-adult horror/mystery novel.
• * _Whispers from the Dead (Bantam UK 0-553-40346-X, Mar ’92, £2.99, 180pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 1989) young-adult thriller set in a haunted house. [First U.K. edition]

NOBLE, MARTIN (1947- )

• * *Who Framed Roger Rabbit (W.H. Allen Star 0-352-32389-2, Dec ’88, £2.50, 147pp, pb) [Roger Rabbit] Fantasy film novelization. Based on the screenplay by Jeffrey Price and Peter Seaman.

NOCENTI, ANN (stories)

• * *X-Men: Prisoner X (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-16493-4, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $6.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Joe Chiodo) [X-Men] Novelization based on the Marvel comic book characters. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Characters.

NODELMAN, PERRY (stories) (assoc.)

• * *A Completely Different Place (Simon & Schuster 0-689-80836-4, Jun ’97, $16.00, 192pp, hc, cover by Steve Cieslawski) [Same Place But Different] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Same Place But Different. Vengeful fairies trap John in a glass bottle.
• * _More Minds (with Carol Matas) See entry under Carol Matas.
• * _Of Two Minds (with Carol Matas) See entry under Carol Matas.
• * _Out of Their Minds (with Carol Matas) See entry under Carol Matas.
• * *The Same Place But Different (Simon & Schuster 0-671-89839-6, Jun ’95 [Sep ’95], $15.00, 181pp, hc, cover by Steve Cieslawski) [Same Place But Different] Young-adult fantasy novel. A boy has to rescue his baby sister from the fairies.

NODIER, (Jean Emmanuel) CHARLES (1780-1844) (stories)

• * *Smarra & Trilby (with Judith Landry,trans.) (Dedalus 0-946626-79-0, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £6.99, 125pp, tp, cover by Gustave Moreau) Collection of two literary fantasy novellas, newly translated by Judith Landry, and with an introduction by John Clute. (Contents)

NOËL, ATANIELLE ANNYN; [legalized from Ruth Helen Swycaffer Noel] (1947- ) (stories)

• * *The Duchess of Kneedeep (Avon 0-380-89917-5, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 170pp, pb) Humorous sf novel, “the fantastic adventures of a beautiful runaway and her faithful robot.”
• * *Murder on Usher’s Planet (Avon 0-380-75012-0, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.95, 183pp, pb) Humorous sf mystery novel.
• * *Speaker to Heaven (Arbor House 0-87795-859-9, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $16.95, 279pp, hc) Sf novel of rogue psi powers, an academic murder mystery set in post-holocaust Baja.
• * _Speaker to Heaven (Baen 0-671-65406-3, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 279pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1987) sf/mystery novel.

NOEL, CHRISTOPHER

• * *Hazard and the Five Delights (Knopf 0-394-55498-1, Aug ’88 [Jan ’89], $16.95, 218pp, hc) Literary fantasy/romance with surreal elements. A first novel.

NÓGHA, MISHA; see under Misha (stories)

NOLAN, TED (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Hell on High (with Holly Lisle) See entry under Holly Lisle.

NOLAN, WILLIAM F(rancis) (1928- ); see pseudonym James Hopkins (stories) (assoc.)

• * *3 for Space (Gryphon Books 0-936071-33-8, Nov ’92, $9.95, 60pp, tp, cover by Ron Wilber) [Sam Space] Collection of three sf PI stories featuring Sam Space, one original. With an introduction by the author, third book of the “Sam Space” series. A 125-copy hardcover edition (-32-X, $19.95) was announced but not seen. This paperback is limited to 500 copies. Order from Gryphon Books, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209. (Contents)
• * *Helle on Wheels (Maclay & Associates no ISBN, Feb ’93, $10.00, 44pp, tp) Associational thriller novelette. This is a signed 500-copy limited edition. Order from Maclay & Associates, PO box 16253, Baltimore MD 21210.
• * *Helltracks (Avon 0-380-75746-X, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $4.50, 248pp, pb) Horror novel of a ghost train bringing terror and death to the Montana plains.
• * *How to Write Horror Fiction (Writer’s Digest 0-89879-442-0, Mar ’91, $15.95, 143pp, hc) Non-fiction guide to writing horror fiction.
• * *Logan: A Trilogy (Maclay & Associates 0-940776-23-5, Oct ’86, $16.95, 384pp, hc) [Logan] Omnibus edition of an sf adventure series. There is also an interesting new introduction which gives the history of the books, movie, and tv series. (Contents)
• * _Logan: A Trilogy (Dell 0-440-50404-X, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $12.00, 384pp, tp) [Logan] Reprint (Maclay & Associates 1986) omnibus of the sf adventure series with an introduction and illustrations by the author. Contains Logan’s Run (Dial 1967 by William F. Nolan & George Clayton Johnson), Logan’s World (Bantam 1977), and Logan’s Search (Bantam 1980).
• * *Look Out for Space (Int’l Polygonics 0-930330-20-X, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $4.95, 188pp, pb) [Sam Space] The new “Sam Space” novel, sequel to Space for Hire.
• * *Night Shapes (CD Publications 1-881475-14-X, Aug ’95 [Oct ’95], $50.00, 341pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Collection of 25 horror stories, one original, with an introduction by Peter Straub and an afterword by Robert Bloch. A signed (by Nolan and Straub), limited, slipcased edition of 500. Order from CD Publications, PO Box 18433, Baltimore MD 21237. (Contents)
• * _Space for Hire (Int’l Polygonics 0-930330-19-6, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $4.95, 174pp, pb) [Sam Space] Reprint (Lancer 1971) humorous sf/private eye novel, with a new introduction by the author.
• * *Things Beyond Midnight (Scream/Press 0-910489-07-6, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $35.00 limited boxed/signed/numbered; $15.00 trade, 217pp, hc) Collection of dark fantasy stories, illustrated masterfully by J.K. Potter. There’s also an original teleplay. (Contents)
• * _The Work of Charles Beaumont (Borgo Press 0-89370-485-7, Jan ’88 [Jul ’88], $9.95, 48pp, tp) Reissue (Borgo 1986). Non-fiction, bibliography. [Beaumont]
• * *The Work of Charles Beaumont (Borgo Press 0-8095-1517-2, Nov ’90, $9.95, 92pp, tp) Non-fiction; reference. Second edition of an annotated bibliography of Beaumont’s work, much expanded and revised from the 1986 Borgo 48-page pamphlet. A hardcover edition (-0517-7, $19.95) was announced but not seen. [Beaumont]

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• * *The Bradbury Chronicles: Stories in Honor of Ray Bradbury (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45134-1, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $19.95, 328pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Original anthology of 22 stories, one by Bradbury, published to honor his 50th year as a writer, with an introduction by William F. Nolan, an appreciation by Isaac Asimov, and an afterword by Bradbury. (Contents)
• * _The Bradbury Chronicles: Stories in Honor of Ray Bradbury (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Severn House 0-7278-4388-5, Nov ’92, £13.99, 328pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (Roc 1991) original anthology of 22 stories, one by Bradbury, published to honor his 50th year as a writer, with an introduction by William F. Nolan, an appreciation by Isaac Asimov, and an afterword by Bradbury. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Bradbury Chronicles: Stories in Honor of Ray Bradbury (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45195-3, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $5.50, 336pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) Reprint (Roc 1991) original anthology of 22 stories, one by Bradbury, published to honor his 50th year as a writer, with an introduction by William F. Nolan, an appreciation by Isaac Asimov, and an afterword by Bradbury.
• * *Urban Horrors (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Dark Harvest 0-913165-54-9, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $19.95, 246pp, hc, cover by Robert W. Lavoie) Anthology of 18 stories, with illustrations by Robert W. Lavoie. A limited edition ($49.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
• * _Urban Horrors (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-548-5, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $5.50, 338pp, pb, cover by Ashley Pearce) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1990) anthology of 18 horror stories set in cities.

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• * _The Work of William F. Nolan: An Annotated Bibliography & Guide See entry under Boden Clarke.
• * _The Work of William F. Nolan: An Annotated Bibliography & Literary Guide: Second Edition See entry under Boden Clarke.

NOON, JEFF (1957- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Automated Alice (Crown 0-517-70490-0, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $21.00, 225pp, hc, cover by Harry Trumbore) [Alice] Fantasy novel, an update of Alice in Wonderland. Alice wanders into a weird 1998 version of Manchester.
• * _Automated Alice (Doubleday UK 0-385-40808-0, Nov ’96, £14.99, 252pp, hc, cover by John Tenniel & Ian Murray) [Alice] Reprint (Crown 1996) literary fantasy novel, illustrated by Harry Trumbore. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Automated Alice (Corgi 0-552-14478-9, Oct ’97, £6.99, 152pp, tp, cover by Ian Murray) [Alice] Reprint (Crown 1996) literary fantasy novel.
• * *Nymphomation (Doubleday UK 0-385-40812-9, Oct ’97, £15.99, 362pp, hc, cover by Ian Murray & Tim Fieldstead) [Vurt] SF novel in the “Vurt” series..
• * _Nymphomation (Corgi 0-552-14479-7, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], £6.99, 363pp, tp) [Vurt] Reprint (Doubleday UK 1997) SF novel in the “Vurt” series.
• * *Pixel Juice: Stories from the Avant Pulp (Doubleday UK 0-385-40859-5, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], £15.99, 306pp, hc) Original collection of almost 50 pieces, seven reprints, several in the “Vurt” cycle. (Contents)
• * *Pollen (Ringpull 1-898051-11-9, Mar ’95 [May ’95], £14.99, 327pp, hc, cover by Joe Magee) [Vurt] SF novel. A new strain of plants infests the city of Manchester with pollen that causes fatal hay-fever. A sequel to Vurt.
• * _Pollen (Ringpull 1-85702-398-6, Nov ’95, £6.99, 327pp, tp, cover by Joe Magee) [Vurt] Reprint (Ringpull 1995) SF novel. Sequel to Vurt.
• * +Pollen (Crown 0-517-59990-2, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $23.00, 335pp, hc) [Vurt] SF novel about a plague of pollen; sequel to Vurt. First U.S. edition (Ringpull 1995).
• * _Pollen (Pan 0-330-33882-X, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], £5.99, 327pp, pb) [Vurt] Reprint (Ringpull 1995) literary SF novel. A sequel to Vurt.
• * *Vurt (Ringpull 1-898051-03-8, Oct ’93, £5.99, 371pp, tp, cover by Joe Magee) [Vurt] Sf novel set in a near-future Manchester.
• * _Vurt (Ringpull 1-898051-03-8, Jun ’94, £7.99, 371pp, tp, cover by Joe Magee) [Vurt] Reprint (Ringpull 1993) sf novel. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award.
• * _Vurt (Pan 0-330-33881-1, Oct ’94, £4.99, 345pp, pb) [Vurt] Reprint (Ringpull 1993) SF novel. An Arthur C. Clarke Award winner.
• * +Vurt (Crown 0-517-59991-0, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $22.00, 342pp, hc) [Vurt] Psychedelic SF novel. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. First American edition (Ringpull 1993).
• * _Vurt (Ringpull 1-898051-28-3, Mar ’95, £14.99, 342pp, hc, cover by Joe Magee) [Vurt] Reprint (Ringpull 1993) SF novel. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. This limited edition of 1000 copies is reprinted along with its sequel, Pollen.
• * _Vurt (BOMC no ISBN, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $17.50, 342pp, hc) [Vurt] Reprint (Ringpull 1993) psychedelic SF novel, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award. This is identical to the Crown 1995 edition, except it lacks a price and has the BOMC code on the back jacket.
• * _Vurt (BOMC/QPBC #73-8626, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $13.95, 342pp, tp) [Vurt] Reprint (Ringpull 1993) SF novel. This Quality Paperback Book Club edition is otherwise similar to the Crown hardcover, but lacks a price and ISBN.
• * _Vurt (St. Martin’s/Griffin 0-312-14144-0, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $13.95, 342pp, tp) [Vurt] Reprint (Ringpull 1993) psychedelic SF novel. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

NOOTEBOOM, CEES (1933- )

• * +In the Dutch Mountains (Louisiana State University Press 0-8071-1425-1, Oct ’87 [Nov ’87], $14.95, 128pp, hc) Supernatural fantasy novel. English-language edition (Uitgeverij De Arbeiderspes [Netherlands] 1984). There is an earlier or simultaneous British edition from Viking UK.
• * _In the Dutch Mountains (Harcourt Brace/Harvest 0-15-600402-X, Mar ’97, $11.00, 129pp, tp, cover by Pyke Koch) Reprint (Louisiana State University Press 1987) literary fantasy/fairy tale. Translated by Adrienne Dixon from the Dutch In Nederland (Uitgeverij De Arbeiderspers 1984).

NORDSIECK, GRAHAM (stories)

• * *Tales of the Unsuspected (The Book Guild 0-86332-425-8, Mar ’90, £7.50, 88p, hc, cover by Teresa Brunton) Original sf collection. (Contents)

NORMAN, HOWARD (A.) (1949- )

• * *The Girl Who Dreamed Only Geese and Other Tales of the Far North (Harcourt Brace/Gulliver 0-15-230979-9, Oct ’97, $22.00, 146pp, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Art book/young-adult collection of ten stories retold from Inuit tales. Lavishly illustrated by the Dillons.

NORMAN, JOHN; pseudonym of John Frederick Lange, Jr., (1931- )

• * _Assassin of Gor (Masquerade 1-56333-538-7, Jul ’97 [May ’98], $6.95, 409pp, pb, cover by Mark Avers) [Gor] Reprint (Ballantine 1970) fantasy novel, fifth in the “Gor” series. This edition is dated 1997, but not seen until now. Norman is a pen name for John Lange. Order from Masquerade Direct, 801 2nd Ave, New York NY 10017; credit card orders 800-375-2356; add $1.50 postage.
• * _Beasts of Gor (DAW 0-88677-028-9, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $3.95, 444pp, pb) [Gor] Reissue (DAW 1978), “Gor” #12. 10th printing.
• * _Blood Brothers of Gor (DAW 0-88677-157-9, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.95, 480pp, pb) [Gor] Reissue (DAW 1982) sf novel, “Gor” #18; 6th printing.
• * *The Captain (Warner Questar 0-446-36254-9, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $4.99, 293pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Telnarian Histories] Sf/fantasy sword & spaceship novel, second book in “The Telnarian Histories” series.
• * _Captive of Gor (Masquerade 1-56333-581-6, Mar ’98 [May ’98], $6.95, 370pp, pb, cover by Mark Avers) [Gor] Reprint (Ballantine 1972) fantasy novel, seventh in the “Gor” series. Norman is a pen name for John Lange. Order from Masquerade Direct, 801 2nd Ave, New York NY 10017; credit card orders 800-375-2356; add $1.50 postage.
• * *Dancer of Gor (DAW 0-88677-100-5, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $3.95, 479pp, pb) [Gor] Sf novel, “Gor” #22.
• * _Dancer of Gor (Star 0-352-31851-1, May ’86, £2.95, 479pp, pb) [Gor] Reprint (DAW 1985) sf novel, “Gor” #22.
• * _Hunters of Gor (DAW 0-88677-010-6, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $2.95, 320pp, pb) [Gor] Reissue (DAW 1974) sf novel, “Gor” #8. 19th printing.
• * _Hunters of Gor (DAW 0-88677-205-2, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.95, 320pp, pb) [Gor] Reissue (DAW 1974) sf novel, “Gor” #8; 20th printing.
• * _Hunters of Gor (Masquerade 1-56333-592-1, Apr ’98 [May ’98], $6.95, 320pp, pb, cover by Mark Avers) [Gor] Reprint (DAW 1974) fantasy novel, eighth in the “Gor” series. Norman is a pen name for John Lange. Available from Masquerade Direct, 801 2nd Ave, New York NY 10017; credit card orders 800-375-2356; add $1.50 postage.
• * _Imaginative Sex (Masquerade/Rhinoceros 1-56333-561-1, Aug ’97 [May ’98], $7.95, 269pp, pb, cover by Mark Avers) Reprint (DAW 1974) associational collection of erotic fantasies. There is a new “Foreword by a Feminist”, Pat Califa. This edition is dated 1997, but not seen until now. Norman is a pen name for John Lange. Order from Masquerade Direct, 801 2nd Ave, New York NY 10017; credit card orders 800-375-2356; add $1.50 postage.
• * *The King (Warner Questar 0-446-36240-9, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $4.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Telnarian Histories] Sf/fantasy sword & spaceship novel, third book of “The Telnarian Histories”.