The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

BLOCH, ROBERT (Albert) (stories) (continued)

• * _Robert Bloch’s Psychos (Pocket 0-671-88598-7, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $6.99, 373pp, hc, cover by Jim Lebbad) Original horror anthology with 22 stories by authors including Stephen King, Richard Christian Matheson, and Charles Grant. This is part of “The Horror Writers Association Presents” series. The anonymous introduction, not in the CD Publications edition, explains that Bloch began the anthology before he died in 1994. Copyrighted by the Horror Writers Association.

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• * _The Complete Robert Bloch: An Illustrated, Comprehensive Bibliography See entry under Randall D. Larson.
• * _Hell on Earth See entry under Keith Giffen.
• * _Robert Bloch See entry under Randall D. Larson.
• * _The Robert Bloch Companion: Collected Interviews 1969-1989 See entry under Randall D. Larson.
• * _Robert Bloch: Appreciations of the Master See entry under Richard Matheson.

BLOCK, BOB

• * *Galloping Galaxies (Target 0-426-20296-1, Jun ’87, £1.80, 124pp, pb) Novelization of children’s TV spoof sf serial.

BLOCK, FRANCESCA LIA (1962- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Baby Be-Bop (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-024879-3, Sep ’95 [Oct ’95], $13.95, 106pp, hc, cover by David Diaz) [Weetzie Bat] Young-adult contemporary fantasy novel, a prequel of sorts to Weetzie Bat; Dirk comes to terms with his homosexuality.
• * _Baby Be-Bop (HarperTrophy 0-06-447176-4, May ’97, $4.50, 106pp, pb, cover by David Diaz) [Weetzie Bat] Reprint (HarperCollins/Cotler 1995) young-adult contemporary fantasy novel, a prequel of sorts to Weetzie Bat.
• * *Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (HarperCollins 0-06-020269-6, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $14.00, 112pp, hc, cover by Joanna Cotler) [Weetzie Bat] Young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the “Weetzie Bat” series. Cherokee Bat and Witch Baby form a rock group and learn about the dangers of fame and magic. Recommended (SW).
• * _Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (HarperTrophy 0-06-447095-4, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $3.95, 121pp, pb, cover by Wendy Braun) [Weetzie Bat] Reprint (HarperCollins 1992) young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the “Weetzie Bat” series. Cherokee Bat and Witch Baby form a rock group and learn about the dangers of fame and magic.
• * _Cherokee Bat and the Goat Guys (HarperTrophy 0-06-447095-4, Feb ’97, $4.50, 121pp, pb, cover by David Diaz) [Weetzie Bat] Reissue (HarperCollins 1992) young-adult contemporary fantasy novella, third book in the “Weetzie Bat” series. This still says “First HarperTrophy edition 1993” but has new cover art copyrighted 1997.
• * *Dangerous Angels: The Weetzie Bat Books (HarperTrophy 0-06-440697-0, May ’98, $12.00, 478pp, tp, cover by Suza Scalora) [Weetzie Bat] Omnibus of the five books in the young-adult quasi-fantasy series: Weetzie Bat (1989), Witch Baby (1991), Cherokee Bat and the Goat Boys (1992), Missing Angel Juan (1993), Baby Be-Bop (1995). (Contents)
• * *Ecstasia (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45260-7, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $9.00, 183pp, tp, cover by Mel Odom) [Ecstasia] Fantasy novel based on the Orpheus myth, set in a strange land where a brother and sister and their rock band Ecstasia must face the perils of the underworld. Recommended (SW).
• * *Girl Goddess #9 (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-027211-2, Sep ’96, $14.95, 181pp, hc) Collection of nine stories of girls discovering the world. There is questionable fantasy content. (Contents)
• * _Girl Goddess #9 (HarperTrophy 0-06-447187-X, Jan ’98, $4.95, 181pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins/Cotler 1996) collection of nine stories with questionable fantasy content.
• * *The Hanged Man (HarperCollins 0-06-024536-0, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $14.00, 137pp, hc) Associational young-adult novel with elements of magical realism, about a young girl haunted by family secrets in a glittering and slightly skewed vision of Los Angeles.
• * *I Was a Teenage Fairy (HarperCollins/Cotler 0-06-027747-5, Sep ’98, $14.95, 186pp, hc, cover by Suza Scalora) Young-adult fantasy novel. A girl befriends a tiny fairy with a big attitude.
• * *Missing Angel Juan (HarperCollins 0-06-023004-5, Oct ’93, $14.00, 138pp, hc, cover by Chris Michaels) [Weetzie Bat] Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth book in the “Weetzie Bat” series. Witch Baby follows the boy she loves to New York City and meets the ghost of a man who was almost her grandfather.
• * _Missing Angel Juan (HarperTrophy 0-06-447120-9, Oct ’95, $3.95, 138pp, pb, cover by David Diaz) [Weetzie Bat] Reprint (HarperCollins 1993) young-adult contemporary fantasy novel in the “Weetzie Bat” series.
• * *Primavera (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45323-9, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.50, 236pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) [Ecstasia] Fantasy novel about a young girl with a magical voice and her search for the wondrous city of Elysia.
• * _Weetzie Bat (HarperTrophy 0-06-447068-7, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $3.95, 88pp, pb) [Weetzie Bat] Reissue (Harper & Row 1990) young-adult fantasy novel, first book of the “Weetzie Bat” series set in a post-punk fairytale L.A. This has a new cover and is at least the second printing, despite the copyright page indicating that it’s the first.
• * _Weetzie Bat (HarperTrophy 0-06-447068-7, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $3.95, 88pp, pb, cover by David Diaz) [Weetzie Bat] Reissue (Harper & Row 1990) young-adult contemporary fantasy novella in the “Weetzie Bat” series. This still says first HarperTrophy edition 1991, but has new cover art copyrighted 1996.
• * *Witch Baby (HarperCollins 0-06-020547-4, Sep ’91, $13.95, 103pp, hc, cover by Joanna Cotler) [Dangerous Angels] Young-adult novel with fantasy elements set in a surreal and bizarre vision of Los Angeles. This is the sequel to Weetzie Bat. Recommended (SW).
• * _Witch Baby (HarperTrophy 0-06-447065-2, Oct ’92, $3.95, 115pp, pb, cover by Wendy Braun) [Weetzie Bat] Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) young-adult novel with fantasy elements set in a surreal and bizarre vision of L.A., second book of the “Weetzie Bat” series.
• * _Witch Baby (HarperTrophy 0-06-447065-2, Feb ’97, $4.50, 115pp, pb, cover by David Diaz) [Weetzie Bat] Reissue (HarperCollins 1991) young-adult contemporary fantasy novella, second in the “Weetzie Bat” series.

BLOCK, LAWRENCE (1938- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Spider, Spin Me A Web: Lawrence Block on Writing Fiction (Writer’s Digest 0-89879-326-2, Oct ’88, $16.95, 245pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational.

BLOCK, PAULA M., ed. (stories)

• * _Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (with Dean Wesley Smith & John J. Ordover) See entry under Dean Wesley Smith.

BLOOM, BRITTON (Joseph) (1951- )

• * *Buck Rogers: Matrix Cubed (TSR 0-88038-885-4, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $3.95, 278pp, tp, cover by Jerry Bingham) [Inner Planets; Buck Rogers] Sf novelization, third book of the “Inner Planets” trilogy.

BLOOM, CLIVE, ed. (1953- )

• * *Gothic Horror: A Reader’s Guide from Poe to King and Beyond (St. Martin’s 0-312-21238-0, May ’98 [Jul ’98], $59.95, 302pp, tp) Non-fiction collection of 32 excerpts and essays on horror. Authors include Edgar Allan Poe, Sigmund Freud, and Clive Barker. There is a chronology of “Significant Horror and Ghost Tales”, and a select bibliography. A trade paperback edition (21239-9, $19.95) was announced but not seen.

BLOOM, HAROLD, ed. (1930- )

• * *Classic Fantasy Writers (Chelsea House 0-7910-2229-3, Dec ’94 [Jan ’95], $12.95, 187pp, tp, cover by Edward Burne-Jones) Non-fiction guide to 14 authors considered most influential to the early development of the field: L. Frank Baum, William Beckford, James Branch Cabell, Lewis Carroll, Lord Dunsany, Kenneth Grahame, H. Rider Haggard, Lafcadio Hearn, Rudyard Kipling, Andrew Lang, George MacDonald, Beatrix Potter, and Oscar Wilde. Includes a brief biography, critical extracts of reviews, and bibliographical information on each author, with an introduction by the editor.
• * *Classic Horror Writers (Chelsea House 0-7910-2226-9, Nov ’93 [Sep ’93], $12.95, 180pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. Biographical notes, critical excerpts, and bibliographies on 12 19th-century writers of horror and gothic fiction. Available from Chelsea House, 300 Park Ave. S., New York NY 10010.
• * *Classic Horror Writers (Chelsea House 0-7910-2226-9, 1994 [Mar ’95], $12.95, 180pp, tp, cover by Francisco José de Goya) Non-fiction guide to 12 authors considered most significant to the field in the 18th and 19th centuries: Ambrose Bierce, Charles Brockden Brown, Henry James, Joseph Sheridan LeFanu, Matthew Gregory Lewis, Charles Robert Maturin, Edgar Allen Poe, Ann Radcliffe, Mary Shelley, Robert Louis Stevenson, Bram Stoker, and Horace Walpole. Includes a brief biography, critical extracts of reviews, and bibliographical information on each author, with an introduction by the editor.
• * *Classic Science Fiction Writers (Chelsea House 0-7910-2236-6, Mar ’95, $12.95, 186pp, tp, cover by Constantine Juon) Non-fiction guide to 12 SF writers such as Edward Bellamy, Olaf Stapledon, and H.G. Wells. Each author has a brief biography, followed by critical extracts regarding their works, and a bibliography (listing titles and dates only). Includes an article on “The Life of the Author” and an introduction by Bloom.
• * *Modern Fantasy Writers (Chelsea House 0-7910-2248-X, 1995 [Mar ’95], $12.95, 194pp, tp, cover by Max Ernst) Non-fiction guide to 15 authors: Ray Bradbury, John Collier, L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt, E.R. Eddison, Robert E. Howard, Fritz Leiber, C.S. Lewis, David Lindsay, A. Merritt, Mervyn Peake, M.P. Shiel, Clark Ashton Smith, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams. Includes a brief biography, critical extracts of reviews, and bibliographical information on each author, with an introduction by the editor.
• * *Modern Horror Writers (Chelsea House 0-7910-2249-8, 1995 [Nov ’95], $12.95, 185pp, tp, cover by J. K. Potter) Non-fiction guide to 12 authors: Robert Aickman, E.F. Benson, Algernon Blackwood, Robert Bloch, Walter de la Mare, L.P. Hartley, William Hope Hodgson, Shirley Jackson, M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft, Arthur Machen, and Richard Matheson. Includes a brief biography, critical extracts of reviews, and bibliographical information on each author, with an introduction by the editor.
• * *Science Fiction Writers of the Golden Age (Chelsea House 0-7910-2198-X, 1995 [Mar ’95], $12.95, 203pp, tp, cover by David A. Hardy) Non-fiction guide to 12 authors considered most significant to the field in the Golden Age (1939-1950): Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Alfred Bester, James Blish, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Robert A. Heinlein, Fritz Leiber, C.L. Moore & Henry Kuttner, Frederik Pohl, Theodore Sturgeon, and A.E. van Vogt. Includes a brief biography, critical extracts of reviews, and bibliographical information on each author, with an introduction by the editor.
• * *Stephen King (Chelsea House 0-7910-4780-6, Feb ’98 [Jul ’98], $34.95, 242pp, tp, cover by Robert Gerson) Non-fiction, a critical gathering of 15 essays on King’s works, by authors including Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Clive Barker, and Anthony Magistrale. Bloom’s introduction “broods” on the significance of King’s populary at the approach of the millennium. Part of the “Modern Critical Views” series. There is an index and a bibliography. [King]

BLUE, (John) TYSON (1952- ) (stories)

• * *The Unseen King (Starmont House 1-557-42072-6, 1989 [Jun ’89], $9.95, 200pp, tp) Non-fiction; criticism. Critical study of unpublished and early work by Stephen King. Also announced in hardcover (-42073-4, $19.95).

BLUEJAY; pseudonym of "Teresa M. “Terry Woodrow"

• * *It’s Time: A Nuclear Novel (Tough Dove 0-9615129-0-3, Nov ’85 [Feb ’86], $7.95, 190pp, pb) Allegorical sf novel of dissident women vs. an oppressive state.

BLUM, JONATHAN (stories)

• * *Doctor Who: Seeing I (with Kate Orman) (BBC Books 0-563-40586-4, Jun ’98, £4.99, 279pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series. Book 12 of the BBC “New Adventures” series starring the 8th Doctor.
• * *Doctor Who: Vampire Science (with Kate Orman) (BBC Books 0-563-40566-X, Jul ’97, £4.99, 283pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series. Book two of the BBC “New Adventures” series starring the eighth Doctor.

BLUM, ROBERT S(teven) (1958- )

• * *The Girl from the Emeraline Island (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30847-6, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.95, 274pp, pb) Sf novel, a first novel.

BLUMENTHAL, HOWARD J. (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Complete Time Traveler: A Tourist’s Guide to the Fourth Dimension (with Dorothy F. Curley & Brad Williams) (Ten Speed Press 0-89815-284-4, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $13.95, 221pp, hc) Humor book. Purports to be a “non-fiction” guide to time travel, complete with information on government agencies and H.G. Wells’ original machine.

BLUMLEIN, MICHAEL (John) (1948- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Brains of Rats (Scream/Press no ISBN, Oct ’89, $20.00, 209pp, tp) Collection of 12 stories, including five originals, with an introduction by Michael McDowell. This is a special 200 copy “Prevue edition” published for the 1989 World Fantasy Convention. It has been laser printed and will not be the same as the final book, if it appears. (Contents)
• * _The Brains of Rats (Scream/Press 0-910489-28-9, Sep ’90, $25.00, 197pp, hc, cover by Stephen Elston) Reprint (Scream/Press 1989) collection of nine stories with illustrations by T.M. Caldwell and an introduction by Michael McDowell. This is the actual book, finally appearing nearly a year later than the special “advance edition” produced in lieu of galleys last fall.
• * _The Brains of Rats (Dell 0-440-21373-8, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $5.50, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Scream/Press 1989) collection of 12 stories. Introduction by Michael McDowell.
• * *The Movement of Mountains (St. Martin’s 0-312-00621-7, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $17.95, 289pp, hc) Sf novel of future medicine and a virus affecting bio-engineered slaves. A first novel.
• * _The Movement of Mountains (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-65308-3, Apr ’88, £11.95, 289pp, hc) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Movement of Mountains (St. Martin’s 0-312-91034-7, Jul ’88, $3.95, 289pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1987) sf novel. Bioengineered humans pose ethical problems to company doctor Jeles Ebert.
• * _The Movement of Mountains (NEL 0-450-49364-4, Mar ’89 [Jan ’89], £2.99, 289pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1987) sf novel.
• * *X, Y (Dell Abyss 0-440-21374-6, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $4.99, 338pp, pb) Horror novel of a man who finds himself in a woman’s body and has to adjust to his new existence and learn to use the power it brings him.

BLUNT, GILES (Vincent Stephen) (1952- )

• * *Cold Eye (Bantam UK 0-593-01768-4, Jan ’90, £12.95, 288pp, hc, cover by Geoff Granfield) Literary horror novel.

BLYTHE, DANIEL (1969- ) (stories)

• * *The Dimension Riders (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20397-6, Nov ’93, £4.50, 241pp, pb, cover by Jeff Cummins) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition available in the US for $5.95.
• * *Doctor Who: Infinite Requiem (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20437-9, Mar ’95 [Apr ’95], £4.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Barry Jones) [Doctor Who] Novelisation based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.

BOARDMAN, ROBERT B.

• * *Savior of Fire (Blue Note Publications 1-878398-11-3, Jan ’92, $5.95, 294pp, pb, cover by James Regan) Sf novel about the overthrow of a totalitarian regime on another world. Available from Blue Note Publications, PO Box 401, Melbourne Beach FL 32951.

BOARDMAN, TOM, Jr., ed.; [i.e., Thomas Volney Boardman, Jr.] (1930- )

• * _Science Fiction Stories (Octopus 0-7064-0999-X, 1986 [Dec ’86], £2.50, 350pp, hc) Reissue (Octopus 1979) sf anthology.

BOAST, PHILIP (James) (1952- )

• * *Deus (Headline 0-7472-1725-4, Sep ’97 [Oct ’97], £16.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) Fantasy novel set across a millennium. A heretical sect guards a secret under London: the risen, but sleeping, body of Christ.
• * _Deus (Headline 0-7472-5380-3, Aug ’98 [Sep ’98], £5.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) Reprint (Headline 1997) fantasy novel. A heretical sect guards a secret under London: the sleeping body of Christ.
• * *Resurrection (Headline 0-7472-1724-6, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], £16.99, 378pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) Fantasy novel spanning 30,000 years, concentrating on the last two millennia, and a secret buried under the site of St. Paul’s Cathedral.
• * _Resurrection (Headline 0-7472-5379-X, Sep ’97 [Oct ’97], £5.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) Reprint (Headline 1997) fantasy novel.

BOATMAN, GARRETT (L.) (1951- )

• * *Stage Fright (NAL Onyx 0-451-40085-2, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.95, 381pp, pb) Horror novel.

BODÉ, MARK

• * _Cobalt-60 (with Larry Todd & Vaughn Bodé) See entry under Vaughn Bodé.

BODÉ, VAUGHN (Frederick) (1941-1975) (stories)

• * *Cobalt-60 (with Mark Bodé & Larry Todd) (Donning/Starblaze 0-89865-677-X, Oct ’88, $7.95, unpaginated, tp) Science fiction graphic novel. Reprints the original b&w Vaughn Bodé strip (mostly from Galaxy) and adds a full-color continuation by Mark Bodé.
• * *Diary Sketchbook: Book One (Fantagraphics 1-56097-028-6, May ’90 [Jul ’90], $9.95, unpaginated, tp) Art book, first book of a four-volume facsimile edition of sketches from Bodé’s diary.
• * _Here There Be Dragons (with Roger Zelazny) See entry under Roger Zelazny.
• * _Way Up High (with Roger Zelazny) See entry under Roger Zelazny.

BOGDANOV, ALEXANDER; pseudonym of Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Malinovskii, (1873-1928) (stories)

• * *Red Star: The First Bolshevik Utopia (Indiana University Press 0-253-17350-7, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $22.50, 257pp, hc) Edited by Loren R. Graham and Richard Stites, translated by Charles Rougle. Collection of two novellas and a poem, plus essays on Bogdanov and a selected bibliography of this pioneer Russian sf writer. Also available in tp (-20317-1, $12.50). (Contents)

BOGEN, K. B. (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Go Quest, Young Man (TSR 1-56076-898-3, Sep ’94, $4.95, 250pp, tp, cover by Walter Velez) Humorous fantasy novel about the misadventures of a journeyman sorcerer. A first novel.

BOGGS, TIMOTHY

• * *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys #3: The Eye of the Ram (Boulevard 1-57297-224-6, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $5.99, 211pp, pb) [Hercules] Novelization based on the TV series. Copyrighted by MCA Publishing Rights.
• * *Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: By the Sword (Boulevard 1-57297-198-3, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $5.99, 214pp, pb) [Hercules] Novelization based on the TV series. Copyrighted by MCA Publishing Rights.
• * _Hercules: The Legendary Journeys: By the Sword Divided (Penguin/Puffin UK 0-140-38546-0, Jul ’97, £3.99, 148pp, pb) [Hercules] Reprint (Boulevard 1996) novelization. First in the series based on the TV show. Copyrighted by MCA Publishing Rights. Published in 1997 but not seen until now. [First U.K. edition]