The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

AIKEN, JOAN (Delano) (stories) (continued)

• * +Is Underground (Delacorte 0-385-30898-1, May ’93 [Jun ’93], $15.00, 242pp, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) [Wolves Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, seventh book of the “Alternate England” series. Is Twite, Dido’s younger sister, travels to London to discover why half the city’s children have disappeared. First American edition (Jonathan Cape 1992).
• * _Is Underground (Dell 0-440-41068-1, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $3.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Edward Gorey) [Wolves Chronicles] Reprint (Cape 1992) young-adult alternate history adventure featuring Is Twite (Dido’s younger sister.)
• * +The Kingdom Under the Sea (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-030641-2, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.95, 104pp, pb) Juvenile fantasy collection (retelling Eastern European tales), illustrated by Jan Pienkowski. Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1971). This worldwide edition is the first distributed in the U.S. (Contents)
• * +The Last Slice of Rainbow and Other Stories (Harper & Row 0-06-020042-1, Apr ’88 [Jul ’88], $12.95, 144pp, hc) Collection of 9 young-adult fantasy stories. First U.S. edition (Jonathan Cape 1985). (Contents)
• * _The Last Slice of Rainbow and Other Stories (Harper Trophy 0-06-440334-3, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $3.50, 144pp, tp, cover by Mona Conner) Reprint (Cape 1985) young-adult collection of nine stories.
• * _Midnight Is a Place (Dell/Yearling 0-440-45634-7, 1985 [Nov ’85], $3.50, 287pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1974) juvenile novel set in Aiken’s alternate-world Britain.
• * _Midnight Is a Place (Red Fox 0-09-979200-1, Feb ’91, £3.50, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1974) young-adult novel set in an alternate-world 19th century Britain, illustrated throughout by Pat Marriott.
• * _Midnight Is a Place (Scholastic 0-590-45496-X, Jun ’93 [Aug ’93], $2.95, 287pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1974) young-adult novel set in Aiken’s alternate-world Britain.
• * *The Moon’s Revenge (Knopf 0-394-89380-8, Oct ’87, $12.95, unpaginated, hc) Children’s fantasy tale, illustrated by Alan Lee.
• * *The Moon’s Revenge (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02477-9, Oct ’87 [Nov ’87], £5.95, 32pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy story. Illustrated throughout by Alan Lee.
• * _Night Birds on Nantucket (Puffin 0-14-030346-4, Mar ’87, £1.95, 172pp, pb) [Wolves Chronicles] Reissue (Cape 1966) juvenile alternate history novel. Volume 3 in the “Alternate England” series.
• * _Nightbirds on Nantucket (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-46370-X, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.25, 215pp, pb) [Wolves Chronicles] Reissue (Cape 1966) young-adult alternate world novel, part of the adventure/humorous series featuring Dido Twite. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Nightbirds on Nantucket (Red Fox 0-09-988890-4, Jun ’93, £3.50, 202pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Wolves Chronicles] Reprint (Cape 1966) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Pat Marriott. Volume three in the “Alternate England” sequence.
• * _The Shadow Guests (Dell/Yearling 0-440-48226-7, Dec ’86 [Jan ’87], $2.95, 150pp, tp) Reprint (Cape 1980) young-adult fantasy. A boy from Australia goes to England and learns of his family’s curse.
• * _The Shadow Guests (Red Fox 0-09-988820-3, Nov ’92 [Dec ’92], £3.50, 192pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) Reprint (Cape 1980) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _A Small Pinch of Weather (Lutterworth Press 0-7188-2696-5, May ’88 [Jun ’88], £7.95, 190pp, hc) Reprint (Cape 1969) young-adult sf/fantasy collection.
• * _The Stolen Lake (Dell Yearling 0-440-40037-6, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.25, 291pp, pb) [Wolves Chronicles] Reprint (Cape 1981) young-adult alternate world historical novel, part of a long series. This is a direct sequel to Nightbirds in Nantucket (1966) and takes place in Roman America. Recommended (CBN).
• * _The Stolen Lake (Red Fox 0-09-988840-8, Jun ’93, £3.50, 318pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Wolves Chronicles] Reprint (Cape 1981) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Pat Marriott. Volume four in the “Alternate England” sequence.
• * +Tale of a One-Way Street (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-31700-7, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $3.95, 127pp, pb) Collection of fantasy stories, illustrated with color and b&w silhouettes by Jan Pienkowski. Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1978). This worldwide edition is probably the first release in the U.S. (Contents)
• * +The Teeth of the Gale (Harper & Row 0-06-020044-8, Oct ’88, $14.95, 307pp, hc) [Felix] Young-adult historical adventure novel, associational. Sequel to Go Saddle the Sea and Bridle the Wind. First U.S. edition (Cape 1988).
• * _The Teeth of the Gale (Red Fox 0-09-953791-5, Feb ’97, £3.99, 334pp, pb) [Felix] Reprint (Cape 1988) associational young-adult historical novel set in early-19th century Spain. Book 3 in the “Felix” trilogy.
• * _A Touch of Chill (Teentracks 0-00-671764-0, Jul ’89, £2.50, 190pp, pb) Reissue (Gollancz 1979) young-adult ghost/horror collection.
• * _A Touch of Chill (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20459-3, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.25, 182pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1979) collection of 15 young-adult stories.
• * *Up the Chimney Down and Other Stories (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02198-2, May ’84, £6.95, 272pp, hc) Original young-adult fantasy collection. [Not seen]
• * +Up the Chimney Down and Other Stories (Harper & Row 0-06-020036-7, Nov ’85 [Dec ’85], $11.95, 248pp, hc) Reprint (Cape 1984), first U.S. edition. Collection of fantasy stories. Also available in a library edition, 0-06-020037-5, $11.89. (Contents)
• * *Voices (Hippo 0-590-85855-6, Oct ’88, £1.95, 109pp, pb) Young-adult ghost novel. Volume 3 in the “Hauntings” series.
• * _A Whisper in the Night (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20185-3, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $3.25, 203pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 1981) collection of young-adult short stories. This has somewhat different contents from the 1981 Gollancz edition.
• * *A Whisper in the Night: Tales of Terror and Suspense (Delacorte 0-385-29344-5, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $14.95, 203pp, hc) Collection of 13 tales of horror and the supernatural. A collection with the same title appeared in England (Fontana 1981, Gollancz 1982), but half the stories are different. (Contents)
• * _The Whispering Mountain (Red Fox 0-09-988830-0, Nov ’92, £2.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) Reprint (Cape 1968) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Winter Sleepwalker and other stories (Red Fox 0-09-949641-0, Nov ’95 [Feb ’96], £2.99, 96pp, pb, cover by Quentin Blake) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1994) young-adult fantasy collection of eight original stories. (Contents)
• * _The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Chivers/Large Print Books 0-7451-0299-9, Mar ’86, £6.95, 272pp, hc) [Wolves Chronicles] Reprint (Cape 1962) young-adult fantasy novel; large print edition. Volume 1 of the “Alternate England” series.
• * _The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Dell/Yearling 0-440-49603-9, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.95, 168pp, pb) [Wolves Chronicles] Reissue (Cape 1962) young-adult alternate world novel, first of a long, very fine series. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Doubleday 0-385-03594-2, Jun ’89 [Apr ’89], $13.95, 149pp, hc) [Wolves Chronicles] Reissue (Cape 1962) young-adult alternate historical novel, first in a long excellent series. This hardcover movie tie-in reissue lacks the Pat Marriott illustrations which have graced nearly every edition in the past quarter century. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Red Fox 0-09-997250-6, Feb ’92, £2.99, 192pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Wolves Chronicles] Reprint (Cape 1962) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated throughout by Pat Marriott. Volume one in the “James III” sequence.
• * _The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Red Fox 0-09-936591-X, Sep ’94, £5.00, 177pp, hc) [Wolves Chronicles] Reprint (Cape 1962) young-adult alternate-world historical novel, with the original illustrations by Pat Marriott.

AIKIN, JAMES DOUGLAS; see under Aikin, Jim (stories)

AIKIN, JIM; [i.e., James Douglas Aikin] (1948- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Walk the Moons Road (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32169-3, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.95, 340pp, pb) Sf novel, a first novel. Excellent adventure, with well-done aliens. Recommended. (DLN)
• * *The Wall at the Edge of the World (Ace 0-441-87140-2, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Sf novel of a Utopian telepathic society and the real world that threatens to breach its walls.

AIREY, JEAN

• * *The Doctor and the Enterprise (Pioneer Books 1-55698-218-6, Oct ’89, $9.95, 129pp, tp) Humorous sf novel, a fan parody of Doctor Who, Star Trek and The Wizard of Oz. This has been published in amateur press editions, but this is its first official publication.
• * *Travel Without the Tardis (with Laurie Haldeman) (Target 0-426-20240-6, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £1.60, 160pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Non-fiction, associational. Dr. Who fan’s guide to England, Scotland, and Wales — where episodes were filmed, etc.

AKERS, ALAN BURT; pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer, (1921-2005)

• * _Krozair of Kregen (DAW 0-88677-037-8, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.75, 223pp, pb) [Krozair Cycle] Reissue (DAW 1977) fantasy novel, 3rd printing. “The Krozair Cycle” #3. Illustrations by Josh Kirby.
• * _Renegade of Kregen (DAW 0-88677-035-1, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.75, 192pp, pb) [Krozair Cycle] Reissue (DAW 1976) fantasy novel, 3rd printing. “The Krozair Cycle” #2. Illustrations by Jack Gaughan.
• * _The Tides of Kregen (DAW 0-88677-034-3, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.75, 208pp, pb) [Krozair Cycle] Reissue (DAW 1976) fantasy novel. “The Krozair Cycle” #1, 3rd DAW printing. Cover and illustrations by Michael Whelan. For some reason, DAW has brought back the Akers name even though the later books are as by Dray Prescot. In either case, the actual author of these Burroughs pastiches is Ken Bulmer. All three reprints have covers by Michael Whelan with his name almost as big as that of the author.

ALAN, LLOYD

• * *Aunt Weird (HarperTrophy 0-06-440560-5, Mar ’95, $3.95, 118pp, tp, cover by Eric Petersen) [House of Horrors] Young-adult horror novel, #4 in the “House of Horrors” series. The new babysitter does voodoo-like magic with dolls. Packaged and copyrighted by Parachute Press.
• * *Night of the Gargoyle (HarperTrophy 0-06-440604-0, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $3.95, 120pp, tp, cover by Vince Natale) [House of Horrors] Young-adult horror novel, “House of Horrors” #6. Packaged and copyrighted by Parachute Press.

ALBANO, PETER (1940?- )

• * *Attack of the Seventh Carrier (Zebra 0-8217-2842-3, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 400pp, pb) [Seventh Carrier] Military adventure novel with sf elements. A WWII Japanese supercarrier thawed out of Arctic ice saves the world from WWIII. Third or fourth in a series.
• * *Challenge of the Seventh Carrier (Zebra 0-8217-4096-2, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $3.99, 382pp, pb) [Seventh Carrier] Military adventure novel. A WWII carrier long-frozen in Arctic ice saves the world; sixth book of a series.
• * *Ordeal of the Seventh Carrier (Zebra 0-8217-3932-8, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $3.99, 384pp, pb) [Seventh Carrier] Sf/military adventure novel, fifth book of a future war series featuring a WWII Japanese supercarrier thawed out of Arctic ice.
• * *Return of the Seventh Carrier (Zebra 0-8217-2093-7, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.95, 397pp, pb) [Seventh Carrier] Sf novel of China, with a working SDI and western civilization’s fate hinging on an old WWII carrier and samurai warriors. Sequel to The Seventh Carrier.
• * *Revenge of the Seventh Carrier (Zebra 0-8217-3631-0, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $3.99, 384pp, pb) [Seventh Carrier] Sf/military adventure novel of a battle against a Libyan madman and his army of thugs, fourth book of a post-holocaust series featuring a WWII Japanese supercarrier thawed out of Arctic ice.
• * *The Second Voyage of the Seventh Carrier (Zebra 0-8217-1774-X, 1986 [Jan ’86], $3.50, 398pp, pb) [Seventh Carrier] Future war novel. A particle beam satellite renders all modern weapons useless, and those with WWII weapons are suddenly superpowers. Sequel to The Seventh Carrier.
• * *Super Carrier (Zebra 0-8217-4490-9, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $4.50, 383pp, pb) Futuristic military adventure novel about a WWII super carrier freed from Arctic ice, seventh book of a series.
• * *Trial of the Seventh Carrier (Zebra 0-8217-3213-7, Nov ’90, $3.95, 382pp, pb) [Seventh Carrier] Military adventure novel with sf elements featuring a WWII Japanese supercarrier thawed out of Arctic ice, fourth book of a series.

ALBINSKI, NAN BOWMAN (1934- )

• * *Women’s Utopias in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Fiction (Routledge 1-85063-106-9, Jun ’88, £4.95, 204pp, tp) Reference book. Also announced in hc (0-415-00330-X, £30.00). [Not seen]

ALBRIGHT, DAWN, ed. (stories)

• * *New Altars (with Sandra J. Hutchinson) (Angelus Press 0-9648653-6-X, Feb ’97 [Apr ’97], $14.95, 231pp, tp) Original anthology of 19 SF and fantasy stories and two poems about spirituality and religion. Four stories and one poem are reprints. Authors include Nancy Etchemendy, Tom Piccirilli, Darrell Schweitzer, and Mary Turzillo. Introduction by Katherine Kurtz. Order from Angelus Press, 1021 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington MA 02174. (Contents)
• * *Vision Quests (with Sandra J. Hutchinson) (Angelus Press 0-9648653-1-9, Dec ’95 [Feb ’96], $9.95, 125pp, tp) Anthology of seven SF and fantasy tales of shamanism, five original, and one poem. Order from Angelus Press, 7 St. Luke’s Road, Allston MA 02134; 617-783-0199. (Contents)

ALCALÁ, KATHLEEN J. (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist (Calyx Books 0-934971-25-0, May ’92, $9.95, 170pp, tp, cover by Alfredo Arreguin) Collection of 14 fantasy/magic realism stories, six apparently original, with a preface by the author. (Contents)

ALCOCK, VIVIEN (Dolores) (1924-2003) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Ghostly Companions (Methuen 0-416-49330-0, Jul ’84, £5.95, 160pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy/horror collection. Pagination from Delacorte 1987 edition. (Contents) [Not seen]
• * +Ghostly Companions (Delacorte 0-385-29559-6, May ’87, $13.95, 132pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy/horror collection. First U.S. edition (Methuen 1984).
• * _Ghostly Companions (Dell Yearling 0-440-40276-X, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $2.95, 132pp, tp) Reprint (Methuen 1984) young-adult collection of 10 stories of the supernatural.
• * _Ghostly Companions (Mammoth 0-7497-1646-0, Mar ’94, £2.99, 115pp, pb) Reprint (Methuen 1984) original young-adult ghost collection.
• * _The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (Dell Yearling 0-440-43370-3, Jan ’90 [Apr ’90], $2.95, 169pp, tp) Reprint (Methuen 1980) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (Mammoth 0-7497-0708-9, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], £2.99, 155pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Methuen 1980) young-adult ghost novel.
• * _The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (Mammoth 0-7497-0708-9, Aug ’94 [Oct ’94], £3.50, 155pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reissue (Methuen 1980) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-81653-X, Apr ’97 [Jun ’97], $6.95, 187pp, pb, cover by Barbara McClintock) Reprint (Methuen 1980) young-adult ghost story.
• * *The Monster Garden (Methuen 0-416-09192-X, Mar ’88 [1988], £7.95, 144pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel. [Not seen]
• * +The Monster Garden (Delacorte 0-440-50053-2, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], $13.95, 134pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel about genetic engineering. Young Frankie Stein whips something up in her father’s lab. First U.S. edition (Methuen 1988).
• * _The Monster Garden (Lions 0-00-673163-5, May ’89, £1.95, 122pp, pb) Reprint (Methuen 1988) young-adult sf novel about genetic engineering.
• * _The Monster Garden (Dell Yearling 0-440-40257-3, Jan ’90, $2.95, 134pp, tp) Reprint (Methuen 1988) young-adult sf novel about genetic engineering.
• * _The Mysterious Mr. Ross (Mammoth 0-7497-1905-2, Feb ’97, £3.99, 157pp, pb, cover by Alan Fraser) Reprint (Methuen 1987) young-adult novel with light fantasy elements.
• * +The Red-Eared Ghosts (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-81660-2, Apr ’97 [Jun ’97], $15.95, 264pp, hc) Young-adult novel of time travel and alternate worlds, described by the author as a time fantasy. Young Mary Frewin sees ghosts, and follows them to an alternate England afflicted by timequakes. First American edition (Methuen Children’s Books 1996).
• * _The Red-Eared Ghosts (Houghton Mifflin/Sandpiper 0-395-88394-6, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], $4.95, 264pp, tp, cover by Barbara McClintock) Reprint (Methuen 1996) young-adult novel of time travel and alternate worlds.
• * +Singer to the Sea God (Delacorte 0-385-30866-3, Feb ’93, $15.00, 199pp, hc, cover by David Loew) Young-adult fantasy novel of a boy in ancient Greece on a quest to free his friend, turned to stone by the gaze of Medusa. First American edition (Methuen 1992).
• * _Singer to the Sea God (Mammoth 0-7497-1284-8, Jul ’93, £2.99, 186pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Methuen 1992) young dult fantasy novel.
• * _Singer to the Sea God (Dell Yearling 0-440-41003-7, Mar ’95 [May ’95], $3.99, 199pp, tp) Reprint (Methuen 1992) young-adult fantasy based on Greek myth.
• * _The Stonewalkers (Dell Yearling 0-440-40300-6, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $2.95, 151pp, tp) Reprint (Methuen 1981) young-adult fantasy novel of living statues.
• * _The Stonewalkers (Mammoth 0-7497-0707-0, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], £2.99, 142pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Methuen 1981) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Stonewalkers (Houghton Mifflin/Sandpiper 0-395-81652-1, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], $4.95, 169pp, tp, cover by Barbara McClintock) Reprint (Methuen 1981) young-adult fantasy novel of statues come to life.
• * *Time Wreck (Mammoth 0-7497-2821-3, Oct ’96, £3.99, 217pp, pb, cover by Barry Jones) Young-adult SF/fantasy novel of time-travel and possible worlds.

ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY (1832-1888) (stories)

• * *Louisa May Alcott’s Fairy Tales and Fantasy Stories (University of Tennessee Press 0-87049-752-9, 1992 [Jun ’93], $39.95, 392pp, hc) Collection of 39 stories, edited and with a critical introduction by Daniel Shealy. A 1992 book not seen until now. A trade paperback edition (-758-8, $24.95) bound from the same sheets, is now available. Order from University of Tennessee Press, 293 Communications Bldg., Knoxville TN 37996. (Contents)
• * *A Whisper in the Dark (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-0185-7, Jun ’96, $9.98, 496pp, hc, cover by Jean Beraud) Collection of gothic stories, subtitled “Twelve Thrilling Tales.” Edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, with an introduction by novelist/editor Susie Mee. This is an instant remainder edition. (Contents)

ALDERMAN, GILL(ian) (1941- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Archivist (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440399-2, Oct ’89, £12.95, 380pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) Sf novel about the overthrow of a matriarchal society. A first novel.
• * _The Archivist (Unwin 0-04-440689-4, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £3.99, 380pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) sf novel.
• * *The Land Beyond (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440729-7, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £13.95, 306pp, hc, cover by Terry Pastor) Sf novel loosely based on Inuit legends.
• * _The Land Beyond (Grafton 0-586-21368-6, Apr ’92, £4.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Peter Goodfellow) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1990) sf novel.
• * *The Memory Palace (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649773-X, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], £5.99, 433pp, pb) Ornate fantasy novel.

ALDISS, BRIAN W(ilson) (1925- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *...And the Lurid Glare of the Comet (Serconia Press 0-934933-01-4, Mar ’86, $13.50, 123pp, hc) Non-fiction, collection of “articles & autobiography” dealing with sf, travel, art, and (particularly fascinating) Aldiss’ life. An uneven gathering, but recommended. (FCM)