The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

TOLKIEN, J(ohn) R(onald) R(euel) (stories) (continued)

• * _The Road to Middle-Earth See entry under Tom Shippey.
• * _The Road to Middle-Earth: How J.R.R. Tolkien created a new mythology See entry under T. A. Shippey.
• * _Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien’s World See entry under Verlyn Flieger.
• * _The Tolkien Companion See entry under David Day.
• * _The Tolkien Family Album See entry under John Tolkien.
• * _The Tolkien Quiz Book See entry under Andrew Murray.
• * _A Tolkien Thesaurus See entry under Richard E. Blackwelder.
• * _Tolkien: A Critical Assessment See entry under Brian Rosebury.
• * _Tolkien: The Illustrated Encyclopedia See entry under David Day.
• * _Tolkien’s Ring See entry under David Day.

TOLKIEN, JOHN

• * *A Tolkien Family Album (with Priscilla Tolkien) (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-59938-5, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $24.95, 90pp, hc) Album of photos and his family plus other illustrations, and memorabilia. There is also biographical information accompanying each photo. Simultaneous with the Grafton edition.
• * *The Tolkien Family Album (with Priscilla Tolkien) (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10239-7, Jan ’92, £12.99, 90pp, hc) Biographical sketch of J.R.R. Tolkien, illustrated by scores of family photographs. Simultaneous with US (Houghton Mifflin) edition. [Tolkien]

TOLKIEN, PRISCILLA

• * _The Tolkien Family Album (with John Tolkien) See entry under John Tolkien.
• * _A Tolkien Family Album (with John Tolkien) See entry under John Tolkien.

TOLNAY, TOM; [i.e., Thomas G. Tolnay] (1938- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Celluloid Gangs (Walker 0-8027-5753-7, Apr ’90, $17.95, 190pp, hc, cover by Michael Chesworth) Mystery/fantasy about a tabloid reporter stalked by dead movie stars. A first novel.

TOLSTOI, ALEKSEI (Nikolayevich) (1882-1945)

• * *Aelita: Or the Decline of Mars (Ardis 0-88233-788-2, Aug ’85 [Feb ’86], $7.50, 176pp, pb) New translation, by Leland Fetzer, of the 1922 Soviet classic sf novel. This follows the original text instead of the rewritten 1939 text translated for the 1981 Macmillan edition. The name of the Soviet award for science fiction comes from this title. A hardcover is apparently also available at $15.00. The edition(s) seem to be 1985 books.

TOLSTOY, ALEXIS; see under Tolstoi, Aleksei

TOLSTOY, NIKOLAI; [i.e., Nikolai Dimitrievich Tolstoi-Miloslavskii] (1935- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Coming of the King (Bantam UK 0-593-01312-3, May ’88 [Jan ’88], £12.95, 606pp, hc) [Prophecy of Prydein] Very uneven fantasy novel that veers uncertainly between high myth and coarse humour in its attempt to trace the early life of Merlin. Volume 1 in the “Prophecy of Prydein” trilogy.
• * _The Coming of the King (Corgi 0-552-13221-7, Mar ’89, £4.99, 848pp, pb, cover by Kevin Tweddell) [Prophecy of Prydein] Reprint (Bantam UK 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Prophecy of Prydein” trilogy.
• * +The Coming of the King (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05269-1, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $18.95, 630pp, hc) [Prophecy of Prydein] Celtic fantasy, a bizarre, sometimes fascinating retelling of the story of Merlin (FCM). A first novel by an Arthurian scholar. First American edition (Bantam UK 1988)
• * _The Coming of the King (QPBC no ISBN, Sep ’89, $10.95, 630pp, tp) [Prophecy of Prydein] Reprint (Bantam UK 1988) literary Arthurian fantasy novel. This edition is the same as the Bantam hardcover except there is no ISBN and the jacket is printed as the paper cover.
• * _The Coming of the King (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28395-2, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $5.95, 671pp, pb, cover by Robert Peak) [Prophecy of Prydein] Reprint (Bantam UK 1988) literary Arthurian fantasy novel.
• * _The Quest for Merlin (Coronet 0-340-39013-1, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £3.95, 378pp, pb) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1985) non-fiction study of the legend of Merlin from Mallory to Tolkien.
• * _The Quest for Merlin (Sceptre 0-340-42777-9, Apr ’88, £4.95, 378pp, tp) Reissue (Hamish Hamilton 1985) non-fiction book of associational interest. [Not seen]

TOMINO, YOSHIYUKI (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Gundam Mobile Suit #1: Awakening (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35738-8, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.95, 212pp, pb) [Gundam Mobile Suit] Sf novelization, first book of a series based on a Japanese animated tv series. Originally published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten in 1988, this was translated from the Japanese by Frederik L. Schodt.
• * *Gundam Mobile Suit #2: Escalation (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35739-6, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $4.95, 209pp, pb) [Gundam Mobile Suit] Sf novelization, second book of a series based on a Japanese animated tv series. Originally published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten in 1988, this was translated from the Japanese by Frederik L. Schodt.
• * *Gundam Mobile Suit #3: Confrontation (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35740-X, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 213pp, pb) [Gundam Mobile Suit] Sf novelization, third book of a series based on a Japanese animated tv series. Originally published in Japan by Kadokawa Shoten in 1988, this was translated from the Japanese by Fredrick L. Schodt.

TOMLIN, BRUCE

• * *Beyond the Well (Commonwealth Publications 1-55197-391-X, 1997 [Aug ’97], $4.99, 155pp, pb, cover by Patrick Earl) Fantasy novel. A family’s new well leads to another world. Copyrighted 1995, but the copyright page indicates this is a 1997 edition; not seen until now.

TOMLINSON, THERESA

• * +Child of the May (Orchard US 0-531-30118-4, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $15.95, 120pp, hc, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Forestwife] Young-adult Robin Hood novel, sequel to The Forestwife, with minor fantasy elements. First US edition (MacRae 1998).
• * _The Forestwife (Dell Yearling 0-440-41350-8, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $3.99, 170pp, pb, cover by Dennis Nolan) [Forestwife] Reprint (Orchard 1995) young-adult Robin Hood novel with minor fantasy elements. Maid Marian learns healing to help those living in the woods.

TOMPKINS, DAVID G., ed.

• * *Science Fiction Writer’s Marketplace and Sourcebook (Writer’s Digest 0-89879-692-X, Sep ’94, $19.99, 486pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. A guide to the available SF & Fantasy markets, with a number of non-fiction pieces by writers, editors and agents. Available from Writer’s Digest, 1507 Dana Ave., Cincinnatti OH 45207.

TONNIES, MAC (1975- ) (stories)

• * *Illumined Black and Other Adventures (Phantom Press 0-9644759-0-1, Aug ’95 [Sep ’95], $9.95, 133pp, tp) Collection of 11 SF stories. Available from Phantom Press Publications, 5A Green Meadow Drive, Nantucket Island MA 02554; add $2.00 postage. (Contents)

TOOLIS, LORNA, ed. (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Tesseracts⁴ (with Michael Dennis Skeet) (Beach Holme/Porcepic 0-88878-322-1, 1992 [Jan ’93], C$8.95, 426pp, tp, cover by Jeff Kuipers) Mostly original anthology of 21 Canadian sf stories and eight poems. Fourth in a series. This has a 1992 copyright date, but was not seen until 1993. Available from Beach Holme Publishers, 4252 Commerce Circle, Victoria BC V87 4M2, Canada. (Contents)

TOOMBS, JANE (Ellen Jamison Jenke) (1926- ); see pseudonym Ellen Jamison (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Moonrunner: Gathering Darkness (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45237-2, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $4.99, 300pp, pb) [Moonrunner] Dark fantasy novel, second book of the “Moonrunner” series about a family of shapechangers hiding from the world in an isolated California stronghold.
• * *Moonrunner: Under the Shadow (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45171-6, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $4.99, 300pp, pb) [Moonrunner] Horror/dark fantasy/gothic romance novel about a werewolf in mid-19th-century California, first book of a new series.
• * *The Volan Curse (Silhouette Shadows 0-373-27035-6, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $3.50, 248pp, pb) Werewolf romance. A young woman falls in love with a werewolf in a mysterious mansion on the California coast.

TOPOL, DR. B. H.

• * _A Fistful of Ego (Critic’s Choice 1-55547-167-6, Apr ’87, $3.75, 260pp, pb) Reprint (self-published 1985) near-future political thriller.

TOPPING, KEITH (stories)

• * *Doctor Who: The Devil Goblins from Neptune (with Martin Day) (BBC Books 0-563-40564-3, Jun ’97, £4.99, 283pp, pb) Novelization based on the TV series,
• * _Doctor Who: The Discontinuity Guide (with Paul Cornell & Martin Day) See entry under Paul Cornell.
• * *Doctor Who: The Hollow Men (with Martin Day) (BBC Books 0-563-40582-1, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], £4.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Colin Howard & Black Sheep) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series.

TORME, TRACY

• * _Fastwalker (with Jacques Vallee) See entry under Jacques Vallee.

TORRINGTON, JEFF

• * _Swing Hammer Swing! (Harcourt Brace/Harvest 0-15-600197-7, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $13.00, 407pp, tp, cover by Stephanie Garcia) Reprint (Martin Secker & Warburg 1992) literary comic novel with fantastic elements. 1992 Whitbread Book of the Year.

TOSKEY, BURNETT R.

• * *Parsnips and Prune Juice: Comic Mayhem in the Year 2049 (University Editions 1-56002-180-2, Jul ’93, $8.95, 209pp, tp, cover by Jane Zich) Near-future satirical sf novel about black marketeering set in a disease-free world. A first novel. Available from University Editions, Inc., 59 Oak Lane, Spring Valley, Huntington WV 25704.

TOUFIC, JALAL

• * *(Vampires) An Uneasy Essay on the Undead in Film (Station Hill Press 0-88268-146-X, Jun ’93 [Oct ’93], $12.95, 235pp, tp, cover by Ruan Jie) Non-fiction, a post-modern commentary on the vampire film. Available from Station Hill Press, Barrytown NY 12507. Credit card orders: 1-800-342-1993, ask for extension Station Hill Press.

TOUPONCE, WILLIAM F(erdinand) (1948- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Isaac Asimov (G.K. Hall/Twayne 0-8057-7623-0, Apr ’91 [May ’91], $19.95, 120pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study of the series novels, including biographical information and an appendix listing main characters in the Asimovian Robot/Foundation/Galactic Empire universe. [Asimov]
• * *Ray Bradbury (Starmont House 0-930261-22-4, 1989 [Aug ’90], $9.95, 110pp, tp) Non-fiction book on Ray Bradbury, with an annotated bibliography. Starmont Reader’s Guide #31. A hardcover edition (-23-2, $19.95) was announced but not seen. This is a 1989 book not seen until now.
• * *Ray Bradbury and the Poetics of Reverie: Fantasy, Science Fiction, and the Reader (UMI 0-8357-1569-8, 1984 [May ’85], $24.95 + postage, 131pp, hc) Non-fiction, literary criticism. This revision of a thesis appeared in 1984, but we didn’t see it until 1985. [Bradbury]
• * *Ray Bradbury and the Poetics of Reverie: Gaston Bachelard, Wolfgang Iser, & the Reader’s Response to Fantastic Literature (Borgo Press 0-8095-3005-8, 1998 [Nov ’98], $21.00, 168pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical examination of Bradbury’s works, from a phenomenological point of view that looks at readers’ response to networks of images. There is a chronology, notes, bibliography, and index. This is revised and expanded from the 1984 UMI edition. Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $5.00 postage; credit card orders: fax 909-888-4942. [Bradbury]

TOWNSEND, GEORGE P., ed. (stories) (assoc.)

• * _A Book of Dreams (with Trevor Jones) See entry under Trevor Jones.

TOWNSEND, JOHN ROWE (1922- )

• * *The Fortunate Isles (Harper & Row/Lippincott 0-397-32365-4, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $13.95, 248pp, hc) Young-adult historical/mythical quest fantasy of three teenagers seeking to save their islands from destruction.
• * +The Persuading Stick (Morrow/Lothrop, Lee & Shepard 0-688-07260-7, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $10.25, 103pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy short novel about a girl with a magic stick. First American edition (Viking Kestrel 1986).
• * _Written for Children (Harper Trophy 0-06-446125-4, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $12.95, 372pp, tp, cover by Elena Pavlov) Reprint (Garnet Miller 1965) classic non-fiction survey of imaginative writing in children’s literature, mostly fantasy. This is a special 25th anniversary edition, the fourth revision of the text.

TOWNSEND, LARRY (Michael) (1930- ) (stories)

• * *The 2069 Trilogy (Masquerade/Badboy 1-56333-244-2, Oct ’94 [Feb ’95], $6.95, 656pp, pb) [2069] Omnibus edition of the erotic gay SF trilogy, originally published by Phenix in 1969 and 1970: 2069, 2069 + 1, and 2069 + 2. (Contents)
• * *The Scorpius Equation (Masquerade/Badboy 1-56333-119-5, Aug ’93 [Sep ’93], $4.95, 270pp, pb) Gay sf erotica about a man caught between two warring galactic empires.

TOWNSEND, SUE; [i.e., Susan Townsend] (1946- )

• * *The Queen and I (Methuen 0-413-65000-6, Sep ’92, £9.99, 239pp, hc, cover by Martin Honeysett) Near-future novel in which the Queen is forced to abdicate.

TOWNSEND, TOM (stories)

• * *The Ghost Flyers (Eakin Press 0-89015-897-5, Jan ’94, $11.95, 103pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy thriller novella about mysterious airships that appeared over Texas just before the turn of the century. Available from Eakin Press, PO Drawer 90159, Austin TX 78709-0159.
• * *Panzer Spirit (Pageant 0-517-00819-X, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $2.95, 274pp, pb) Supernatural horror novel about a haunted tank.

TOWNSLEY, JOHN

• * _Who’s Who in Star Trek (W.H. Allen Star 0-352-32186-5, Mar ’88, £2.50, 109pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (April Publications 1984) associational book. [First U.K. edition]

TRACY, WALTER ODIN

• * *Operation Cosmos (Vantage Press 0-533-09678-2, Nov ’92, $16.95, 201pp, hc) Humorous sf novel of galactic exploration. Order from Vantage Press, 516 West 34th St., New York NY 10001.

TRALINS, (Stanley) ROBERT (1926- )

• * *Signal Intruder (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-500-8, Aug ’91, $3.95, 318pp, pb) Technothriller with sf elements. A new proton-powered circuit board is stolen by a faceless enemy who plans to misuse the technological advantage.

TRAMONTANA, C. J.

• * _Torg: The Possibility Wars Book One: Storm Knights (with William Slavicsek) See entry under William Slavicsek.

TRAYER, JENINE E. (1956- ); see pseudonym Silver RavenWolf (stories)

TREGLOWN, JEREMY

• * *Roald Dahl (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-25130-4, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $25.00, 322pp, hc) Non-fiction, an eye-opening well-balanced biography of the leading author of children’s books. Recommended (CNB). [Dahl]
• * _Roald Dahl (Harcourt Brace/Harvest 0-15-600199-3, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $13.00, 322pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1994) non-fiction, an eye-opening well-balanced biography of the leading author of children’s books. [Dahl]

TREMAYNE, PETER; pseudonym of Peter Berresford Ellis, (1943- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Aisling and other Irish Tales of Terror (Brandon Books 0-86322-148-3, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £12.99, 255pp, hc) Collection of 11 horror stories with an Irish background, including two that are original. (Contents)
• * _Angelus! (Severn House 0-7278-4161-0, Mar ’91 [Apr ’91], £11.99, 239pp, hc) Reprint (Granada 1985) horror novel. This is the first world hardcover edition.
• * *Bloodmist (Baen 0-671-65425-X, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.50, 310pp, pb) Celtic fantasy novel.
• * *Dracula Lives! (Signet UK 0-45-117599-9, Jan ’93, £4.99, 662pp, pb) [Dracula] Omnibus of three novels about Dracula. (Contents)
• * *Island of Shadows (Mandarin 0-7493-0907-5, Oct ’91, £3.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Kay Boyce) Fantasy novel.
• * _Kiss of the Cobra (Severn House 0-7278-4672-8, Aug ’94 [Sep ’94], £14.99, 188pp, hc, cover by Tony Masero) Reprint (Sphere 1984) horror novel. This edition has a specially commissioned extra final chapter.
• * *My Lady of Hy-Brasil (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-83-6, Jun ’88, $30.00, 160pp, hc) Collection of 6 Celtic dark fantasy stories. The book has a 1987 copyright but wasn’t seen until 1988. Limited to 800 copies signed by Tremayne and illustrator Duncan Eagleson. (Contents)
• * *Nicor! (Sphere 0-7221-8609-6, Jun ’87 [May ’87], £2.50, 211pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *Raven of Destiny (Methuen 0-413-54590-3, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], £8.95, 286pp, hc) Fantasy novel about a Celtic warrior.
• * *Ravenmoon (Methuen 0-413-16360-1, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], £11.95, 256pp, hc) Celtic fantasy novel.
• * _Ravenmoon (Mandarin 0-7493-0037-X, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], £3.50, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Methuen 1988) Celtic fantasy novel.
• * _Snowbeast! (Severn House 0-7278-4333-8, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], £13.00, 216pp, hc) Reprint (Sphere 1983) horror novel. First world hardcover edition.
• * +Swamp (St. Martin’s 0-312-91460-1, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.50, 215pp, pb) Horror novel. Monstrous man-eating creature loose in the Everglades. First American edition (Sphere 1985 as Swamp!).
• * _Swamp (Severn House 0-7278-4510-1, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], £13.00, 185pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (Sphere 1985) horror novel. This is the first world hardcover edition.
• * *Trollnight (Sphere 0-7221-8608-8, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], £2.75, 248pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _Trollnight (Severn House 0-7278-4834-8, Sep ’95, £15.99, 248pp, hc) Reprint (Sphere 1987) horror novel. An American scientist, investigating the mysterious death of his sister in Norway, discovers excavations have released an ancient menace. First World Hardcover.
• * _Zombie! (St. Martin’s 0-312-90923-3, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $2.95, 183pp, pb) Reprint (UK 1981) horror novel.