The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

PAXSON, DIANA L(ucile) (stories) (continued)

• * _Sword of Fire and Shadow (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes) (AvoNova 0-380-75803-2, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Fionn mac Cumhal] Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1995) Celtic fantasy novel, third in the “Chronicles of Fionn Mac Cumhal.”
• * *White Mare, Red Stallion (Berkley 0-425-08531-7, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 242pp, pb) Fantasy novel of ancient Britain and rival tribes in the time of the Romans.
• * _White Mare, Red Stallion (NEL 0-450-43054-5, Oct ’88, £3.99, 242pp, tp) Reprint (Berkley 1986) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The White Raven (Morrow 0-688-07496-0, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $18.95, 411pp, hc) Celtic fantasy novel based on the legend of Tristan and Isolde.
• * _The White Raven (NEL 0-450-49574-4, Oct ’88, £6.95, 414pp, tp) Reprint (Morrow 1988) fantasy novel. Also available in hc (-42379-4) for £12.95. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The White Raven (Avon 0-380-75229-8, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $4.50, 461pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 1988) Celtic fantasy novel.
• * _The White Raven (NEL 0-450-50251-1, Oct ’89, £4.50, 464pp, tp) Reprint (Morrow 1988) fantasy novel.
• * *The Wind Crystal (Tor 0-812-50040-7, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 308pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) [Westria] Fantasy novel, sixth book of the “Westria” series.
• * _The Wind Crystal (NEL 0-450-56250-6, May ’92, £4.99, 308pp, pb) [Westria] Reprint (Tor 1990) fantasy novel. Book five of “The Chronicles of Westria”. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Wolf and the Raven (Morrow 0-688-10821-0, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $21.00, 320pp, hc, cover by Bryan Leister) [*Wodan’s Children] Historical fantasy novel set in the fifth century about the early adventures of Sigfrid and Brunahild. The first volume in an historical reinterpretation of the Nibelungenlied.
• * _The Wolf and the Raven (AvoNova 0-380-76526-8, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $4.99, 328pp, pb, cover by Bryan Leister) [*Wodan’s Children] Reprint (Morrow 1993) historical fantasy novel set in the fifth century, about the early adventures of Sigfrid and Brunahild. The first volume in an historical reinterpretation of the Nibelungenlied.

PAYNE, BERNAL C., Jr. (1941- )

• * *Experiment in Terror (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-44260-5, Oct ’87, $13.95, 215pp, hc) Young-adult sf/psi novel about a young man with strange powers.
• * _Experiment in Terror (Pocket Archway 0-671-67261-4, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $2.75, 212pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1987) young-adult sf/horror novel.
• * _Trapped in Time (Pocket/Archway 0-671-54360-1, Apr ’86, $2.50, 151pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1984 as It’s About Time) young-adult sf novel. Two teens travel back to 1955 to meet their teenaged parents.

PAYNE, MICHAEL H. (stories)

• * *The Blood Jaguar (Tor 0-312-86783-2, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $22.95, 256pp, hc, cover by Jim Carroll) Fantasy novel set in an alternate North America, with towns and cities inhabited by animals. A bobcat, fisher, and skink try to stop the Blood Jaguar from bringing plague. A first novel.

PAZZI, ROBERTO (1946- )

• * *Adrift in Time (Andre Deutsch 0-233-98715-0, Sep ’91 [Nov ’91], £12.99, 154pp, hc) Novel ranging in time from Napoleon in exile to “the most terrible of future wars” (in 2015). Translated from the Italian, La Malattia del Tempo (Marietti, 1987), by Vivien Sinott.
• * *The Princess and the Dragon (Knopf 0-394-57255-6, May ’90, $18.95, 162pp, hc, cover by Steven Rydberg) Surrealistic literary historical fantasy novel about the brother of Czar Nicholas II and his escape to a legendary world.

PEAK, MICHAEL (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Cat House (NAL Signet 0-451-16303-6, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 255pp, pb) [Cat House] Talking cat fantasy—cats versus demonic coyotes. A first novel.
• * _Cat House (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45144-9, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $4.50, 255pp, pb, cover by D. Craig) [Cat House] Reissue (Signet 1989) talking cat fantasy; third printing.
• * *Catamount (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45141-4, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $4.99, 282pp, pb) [Cat House] Talking animal fantasy of a puma’s relationship with an eagle, set in the same world as Cat House.

PEAKE, MERVYN (Laurence) (1911-1968) (stories)

• * _A Book of Nonsense (Peter Owen 0-7206-1059-1, Oct ’98 [Nov ’98], £7.95, 88pp, tp, cover by Mervyn Peake) Reprint (Peter Owen 1972) associational collection of verse and illustrations, with an introduction by Peake’s widow, Maeve Gilmore.
• * *Boy in Darkness (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-68323-6, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £9.99, 115pp, hc, cover by P. J. Lynch) [Gormenghast] Fantasy novella about Titus Groan, originally published in the anthology Sometime, Never in 1956. This is its first separate publication. Illustrated by P.J. Lynch.
• * _Boy in Darkness (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-67822-4, Apr ’97, £3.99, 115pp, tp, cover by P. J. Lynch) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Hodder Children’s Books 1996) fantasy novella about Titus Groan, originally published in the anthology Sometime, Never in 1956.
• * _Gormenghast (Mandarin 0-7493-0052-3, Aug ’89, £3.99, 511pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1950) literary fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Gormenghast” trilogy.
• * _Gormenghast (Overlook Press 0-87951-426-4, Apr ’92 [Feb ’92], $13.95, 409pp, tp, cover by Mervyn Peake) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1950) fantasy novel, second book of the “Gormenghast” trilogy. With the original illustrations by the author and a 1946 magazine article by Quentin Crisp, used as an introduction.
• * _Gormenghast (Random House/Vintage UK 0-7493-9482-X, Feb ’98, £7.99, 511pp, tp, cover by Nick Robertson) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1950) fantasy novel. Book two in the eponymous series.
• * _The Gormenghast Novels (Overlook/Tusk 0-87951-628-3, Nov ’95 [Dec ’95], $23.95, 1173pp, tp, cover by J. K. Potter) [Gormenghast] Revised (Overlook 1988 as The Gormenghast Trilogy) omnibus of the three restored “Gormenghast” novels, with introductions by Anthony Burgess (from the 1988 edition) and Quentin Crisp (from 1996), plus 12 critical essays, and the few extant pages from the unfinished fourth novel, Titus Awakes.
• * *The Gormenghast Trilogy (Viking Overlook 0-87951-974-6, Aug ’88, $25.00, 1023pp, hc) [Gormenghast] Fantasy omnibus, reprint of the famous “Titus Groan” series: Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950), and Titus Alone (1959, 1970). The first two have the text of the original editions; the third has the 1970 revised text (all originally Eyrie & Spottiswoode). All have the illustrations from the 1968 Ballantine edition. The introduction by Anthony Burgess is from the individual Overlook editions. (Contents)
• * _The Gormenghast Trilogy (Mandarin 0-7493-1426-5, Oct ’92, £9.99, 953pp, tp, cover by Stephen Player) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Overlook 1988) fantasy omnibus. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Gormenghast Trilogy (Mandarin 0-7493-1426-5, Mar ’95 [May ’95], £9.99, 953pp, tp, cover by Stephen Player) [Gormenghast] Reissue (Viking Overlook 1988) fantasy omnibus of the three classic novels. (Contents)
• * +Mr. Pye (Overlook 0-87951-955-X, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $15.95, 278pp, hc) Fantasy novel “of sin and salvation”, with illustrations by the author. This may be the first U.S. edition (Heinemann 1953), though the British paperback has been available here.
• * _Mr. Pye (Penguin 0-14-003372-6, Feb ’86, £3.95, 254pp, tp) Reissue (Heinemann 1953) fantasy novel.
• * _Titus Alone (Mandarin 0-7493-0053-1, Aug ’89, £3.50, 263pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1959) literary fantasy novel. This contains the reconstructed version of the text done by Langdon Jones (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1970). Volume three in the “Gormenghast” trilogy.
• * _Titus Alone (Overlook Press 0-87951-427-2, Apr ’92 [Feb ’92], $13.95, 362pp, tp, cover by Mervyn Peake) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1959) fantasy novel, third book of the “Gormenghast” trilogy. With the original illustrations by the author and the revised text of the 1970 Eyre & Spottiswoode edition. There are also 12 critical essays, selected and with an introduction by G. Peter Winnington plus the brief fragment “Titus Awakes” with an introduction by John Watney.
• * _Titus Alone (Random House/Vintage UK 0-7493-9487-0, Feb ’98, £7.99, 263pp, tp, cover by Nick Robertson) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1970) fantasy novel. Book three in the “Gormenghast” series; this is the 1970 version completed by Langdon Jones.
• * _Titus Groan (Mandarin 0-7493-0051-5, Aug ’89, £3.99, 506pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1946) literary fantasy novel. Volume one in the “Gormenghast” trilogy.
• * _Titus Groan (Overlook Press 0-87951-425-6, Apr ’92 [Feb ’92], $13.95, 396pp, tp, cover by Mervyn Peake) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1946) fantasy novel, first book in the “Gormenghast” trilogy, with an introduction by Anthony Burgess from a 1988 Overlook edition. Includes the 14 black and white illustrations by Peake first used as part of the Ballantine edition.
• * _Titus Groan (Random House/Vintage UK 0-7493-9492-7, Feb ’98, £7.99, 506pp, tp, cover by Nick Robertson) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1946) fantasy novel. Book one in the “Gormenghast” series.

PEARCE, HOWARD D(ouberley), ed. (1931- )

• * _Forms of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Third International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film (with Jan Hokenson) See entry under Jan Hokenson.
• * _The Scope of the Fantastic: Culture, Biography, Themes, Children’s Literature (with Robert A. Collins) See entry under Robert A. Collins
• * _The Scope of the Fantastic: Theory, Technique, Major Authors (with Robert A. Collins) See entry under Robert A. Collins

PEARCE, JOSEPH

• * *Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton (Ignatius Press 0-898-70629-7, May ’97 [Apr ’98], $29.95, 522pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography. There are eight unpaginated pages of photos. Includes notes and index. First US edition (Ignatius Press 1996). This was scheduled to appear in the US in 1997, but was not seen until now; it appears to be the 1996 UK edition, not previously listed. Ignatius Press, PO Box 1339, Ft. Collins CO 80522; 800-651-1531; $5.00 postage. [Chesterton]

PEARCE, (Ann) PHILIPPA (Christie) (1920-2006) (stories)

• * *Ghost Stories (Viking UK 0-670-80907-1, Oct ’86, £8.95, 64pp, hc) Collection of juvenile tales.
• * _Tom’s Midnight Garden (Windrush 1-85089-914-2, 1987 [Oct ’87], $12.95, 256pp, hc) Reprint (Oxford 1958) juvenile fantasy novel, large print edition. U.S. distribution of British edition from Windrush. Order from ABC-Clio.
• * _Tom’s Midnight Garden (Dell Yearling 0-440-48819-2, Jan ’91 [Feb ’91], $3.50, 232pp, tp, cover by Tom Newsom) Reissue (Oxford 1958) young-adult ghost fantasy, with an afterword by Zilpha Keatley Snyder; fifth printing.
• * _Tom’s Midnight Garden (Harper Trophy 0-06-440445-5, Oct ’92 [Dec ’92], $4.95, 229pp, tp, cover by Daniel R. Horne) Reprint (Oxford 1958) juvenile fantasy novel, a Carnegie Medal winner.
• * _Tom’s Midnight Garden (Puffin 0-14-030893-8, Aug ’98, £4.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Louise Brierley & Sarah McDonald) Reprint (Oxford University Press 1958) young-adult time-travel fantasy novel. 32nd printing.
• * *Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories (Viking Kestrel 0-670-80907-1, Oct ’86 [1986], £6.50, 128pp, hc) Young adult ghost/horror collection. [Not seen]
• * +Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories (Morrow/Greenwillow 0-688-06895-2, Apr ’87, $10.25, 152pp, hc) Collection of young-adult “spooky stories.” First U.S. edition (Kestrel Penguin 1986). (Contents)
• * _Who’s Afraid? and Other Strange Stories (Puffin 0-14-032057-1, Apr ’88, £1.75, 121pp, pb) Reprint (Viking Kestrel 1986) young-adult horror/occult collection.

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• * *Dread and Delight: A Century of Children’s Ghost Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-212605-9, Oct ’95 [Dec ’95], £17.99, xx+348pp, hc, cover by Frederick Smallfield) Young-adult anthology of 40 ghost stories, several original, plus a critical introduction and lengthy background notes on the stories and their authors. (Contents)
• * +Dread and Delight: A Century of Children’s Ghost Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-212605-9, Feb ’96, $25.00, 348pp, hc, cover by Frederick Smallfield) Young-adult anthology of 40 ghost stories from the 20th century. Authors include M.R. James, Walter de la Mare, Margaret Mahy, and Joan Aiken. First US edition (Oxford 1995). This appears to be the UK edition with the British price left off the jacket.

PEARLMAN, DANIEL (stories)

• * *The Final Dream & Other Fictions (Permeable Press 1-882633-05-9, Jul ’95 [Sep ’95], $14.95, 268pp, tp, cover by Ellen Alva Hales) Collection of 12 SF stories, with an introduction by George Zebrowski and illustrations by Jill Tyler. Available from Permeable Press, 47 Noe Street, Suite 4, San Francisco CA 94114-1017. (Contents)

PEARSON, KIT (1947- ) (stories)

• * +Awake and Dreaming (Viking 0-670-86954-6, 1997 [Mar ’97], $13.99, 228pp, hc, cover by Ron Lightburn) Young-adult ghost novel. Theo wants a family so bad she dreams one that becomes real. This appears to be the 1996 Viking Canada edition with a US price sticker.
• * +A Handful of Time (Viking Kestrel 0-670-81532-2, Feb ’88 [Mar ’88], $11.95, 186pp, hc) Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel. A girl goes back to her mother’s childhood and comes to understand her better. First U.S. edition (Penguin Books Canada 1987).
• * _A Handful of Time (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-032268-X, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $3.95, 186pp, pb, cover by Laura Fernandez) Reprint (Penguin Canada 1987) young-adult time-travel fantasy.

PEARSON, MAGGIE

• * *Alien Dawn (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-68077-6, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], £3.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) Young-adult SF novel.
• * *Dark of the Moon (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-70966-9, Sep ’98 [Dec ’98], £3.99, 253pp, pb) [Owl Light] Juvenile fantasy novel, sequel to Owl Light.
• * *Night People (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-68076-8, Mar ’97, £3.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Tim Clarey) Young-adult supernatural novel.

PEARY, DANNIS; see under Peary, Danny (stories)

PEARY, DANNY; [i.e., Dannis Peary] (1949- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Cult Movies 2 (Delta 0-385-29753-X, Jul ’89, $12.95, 181pp, tp) Reprint (Delacorte 1983) associational guide to 50 cult films, with many stills and intelligent criticism. Nearly half of the films included have fantasy or science fiction content.
• * _Cult Movies: The Classics, the Sleepers, the Weird, and the Wonderful (Delta 0-385-28186-2, Jul ’89, $14.95, 401pp, tp) Reprint (Delacorte 1981) associational guide to 100 cult movies, with many stills and intelligent criticsm. Nearly one third of the films included have fantasy or science fiction content.

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• * *Omni’s Screen Flights/Screen Fantasies: The Future According to Science Fiction Cinema (Doubleday 0-385-19199-5, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $35.00, 310pp, hc) Non-fiction, group of articles by Asimov, Sheckley, Bloch, Silverberg, and others, plus numerous illustrations and a film checklist. There is a long introduction by Harlan Ellison. Also available in tp (-19202-9, $17.95).

PECK, CLAUDIA (1952-1996) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Spirit Crossings (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27641-7, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.50, 312pp, pb, cover by Mick McGinty) Fantasy novel. A house in rural Tennessee is haunted by the spirits of the past. A first novel.

PECK, RICHARD (Wayne) (1934- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death (Delacorte 0-385-29433-6, 1986 [Jul ’86], $14.95, 185pp, hc) [Blossom Culp] Young-adult fantasy novel, #4 in the “Blossom Culp” series.
• * _Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death (Dell/Yearling 0-440-40676-5, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $2.95, 185pp, tp) [Blossom Culp] Reprint (Delacorte 1986) young-adult fantasy novel in the “Blossom Culp” series.
• * _Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death (Dell Yearling 0-440-40676-5, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $3.99, 185pp, tp, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Blossom Culp] Reissue (Delacorte 1986) young-adult ghost/fantasy novel in the “Blossom Culp” series; fifth printing.
• * _The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp (Dell/Yearling 0-440-42154-3, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $2.95, 183pp, tp) [Blossom Culp] Reprint (Delacorte 1983) humorous young-adult fantasy/sf novel of psychic powers and time travel, third in the “Blossom Culp” series.
• * _The Ghost Belonged to Me (Dell/Yearling 0-440-42861-0, Apr ’87 [May ’87], $2.95, 183pp, pb) [Blossom Culp] Reprint (Viking 1975) young-adult humor/horror novel in the “Blossom Culp” series.
• * _The Ghost Belonged to Me (Dell Yearling 0-440-42861-0, Feb ’94, $3.99, 183pp, tp, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Blossom Culp] Reissue (Viking 1975) young-adult ghost/fantasy novel in the “Blossom Culp” series. The copyright page lists this as a first printing, but it is at least the second.
• * _Ghosts I Have Been (Dell/Yearling 0-440-42864-5, May ’87, $2.95, 214pp, pb) [Blossom Culp] Reissue (Viking 1977) young-adult fantasy in the “Blossom Culp” series. 2nd Laurel Leaf printing.
• * _Ghosts I Have Been (Dell Yearling 0-440-42864-5, Feb ’94, $3.99, 214pp, tp, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Blossom Culp] Reissue (Viking 1977) young-adult ghost/fantasy novel in the “Blossom Culp” series; sixth printing.
• * *The Great Interactive Dream Machine (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-1989-2, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $14.99, 149pp, hc, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Lost in Cyberspace] Young-adult humorous SF, sequel to Lost in Cyberspace. Josh and Aaron turn a computer into a wish-granting machine.
• * _The Great Interactive Dream Machine (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038264-X, Nov ’98 [Dec ’98], $4.99, 149pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Lost in Cyberspace] Reprint (Dial 1996) young-adult humorous SF, sequel to Lost in Cyberspace.
• * *Lost in Cyberspace (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-1931-0, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $14.99, 151pp, hc, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Lost in Cyberspace] Young-adult humorous SF. Josh’s best friend thinks he can time-travel via computer — and really disappears.
• * _Lost in Cyberspace (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037856-1, Sep ’97, $4.99, 151pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Lost in Cyberspace] Reprint (Dial 1995) young-adult humorous SF.
• * *Voices After Midnight (Delacorte 0-385-29779-3, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $14.95, 181pp, hc) Young-adult time-travel fantasy. Two brothers travel back to New York City during the blizzard of 1888.
• * _Voices After Midnight (Dell Yearling 0-440-40378-2, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $3.50, 181pp, tp, cover by Stuart Kaufman) Reprint (Delacorte 1989) time-travel fantasy about two boys who go back to the great blizzard of 1888.