The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- BUTTS, JANE ROBERTS (1929-1984); see pseudonym Jane Roberts (stories) (assoc.)
- BUTTS, NANCY (stories) (assoc.)
- * *The Door in the Lake (Front Street 1-886910-27-8, Jun 98 [Oct 98], $15.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Dan Burr) Young-adult SF novel. A boy disappears, then returns two years later, no older, and with no memory of the lost time.
- BUXTON, JAMES
- * *Pity (Orion 0-75280-471-5, Oct 97 [Sep 97], £16.99, 394pp, hc) Associational gothic novel of obsessive love, shifting identities, sexes, and allegiances, in 1860s London.
- * *Strange (Warner UK 0-7515-0753-9, Jul 94, £4.99, 332pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Horror novel.
- * *Subterranean (Orbit 0-7088-4358-1, Nov 89, £3.50, 288pp, pb) Horror novel.
- * *The Wishing Tree (Orion 1-85798-478-1, Jul 96, £9.99, 330pp, tp) Dark fantasy novel.
- * _The Wishing Tree (Orion 0-75280-881-8, Mar 97 [Feb 97], £4.99, 330pp, pb) Reprint (Orion 1996) horror novel.
- BUZZATI, DINO (1906-1972) (stories)
- * _Restless Nights: Selected Stories of Dino Buzzati (Carcanet 0-85635-684-0, Feb 87, £4.95, 180pp, tp) Reprint (North Point Press 1984) collection including some sf. [Not seen]
- * *Restless Nights: Selected Stories of Dino Buzzati (North Point Press 0-86547-100-2, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $12.00, 122pp, hc) Collection of literary stories with some sf and fantasy elements. (Contents)
- * *The Siren (North Point Press 0-86547-159-2, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $10.50, 147pp, tp) Collection of 14 literary stories with fantasy elements, selected and translated by Lawrence Venuti.
- BYARS, BETSY (Cromer) (1928- )
- * *McMummy (Viking 0-670-84995-2, Oct 93 [Feb 94], $13.99, 149pp, hc, cover by Stephen Marchesi) Young-adult fantasy novel about a mysterious pod growing in a scientists greenhouse.
- * _McMummy (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-036439-0, Sep 95, $3.99, 149pp, tp, cover by Jeff Lindberg) Reprint (Viking 1993) young-adult fantasy about a mysterious pod in a greenhouse.
- * *The Winged Colt of Casa Mia (Avon 0-380-00201-9, Aug 88, $2.50, 128pp, pb) Young-adult Pegasus fantasy novel, illustrated by Richard Cuffari.
- BYATT, ANTONIA S(usan Drabble) (1936- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * +Angels & Insects (Random House 0-679-40512-7, Apr 93, $21.00, 342pp, hc, cover by Jose Conde) Collection of two novellas, the second a ghost story. First American edition (Chatto & Windus 1993).
- * _Angels & Insects (BOMC no ISBN, May 93 [Apr 93], $17.95, 342pp, hc, cover by Jose Conde) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1993) collection of two novellas, the second a ghost story. Similar to the Random House edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
- * _Angels & Insects (Vintage UK 0-09-922431-3, Oct 93, £5.99, 290pp, tp, cover by Liz Cooke) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1993) collection of two original literary short novels, one a fantasy.
- * _Angels & Insects (Random House/Vintage 0-679-75134-3, Apr 94, $12.00, 337pp, tp, cover by Liz Cooke) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1993) collection of two novellas, the second a ghost story.
- * _Angels & Insects (Random House/Vintage 0-679-75134-3, Sep 95 [Feb 96], $13.00, 337pp, tp) Reissue (Chatto & Windus 1992) collection of two novellas, the second a ghost story. This is a movie tie-in edition. Fifth printing.
- * *Angels and Insects (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-3717-7, Oct 92 [Feb 93], £14.99, 290pp, hc) Collection of two original literary fantasy short novels. (Contents)
- * *The Djinn in the Nightingales Eye (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6278-3, Nov 94, £9.99, 280pp, hc) Five fairy tales, two original, aimed at adults. Two of the reprints are extracted from her novel Possession, 1980, while an excerpt from the title story was published as The Scholar and the Djinn. (Contents)
- * +The Djinn in the Nightingales Eye (Random House 0-679-42008-8, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $20.00, 274pp, hc) Collection of five adult fairy tales, two original. Two are excerpts from Possession. This is the first US edition (Chatto & Windus 1994).
- * _The Djinn in the Nightingales Eye (Random House/Vintage International 0-679-76222-1, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $12.00, 274pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1994) collection of five adult fairy tales.
- * *Elementals: Stories of Fire and Ice (Chatto & Windus 0-701-16823-4, Nov 98 [Oct 98], £12.00, 230pp, hc, cover by Edvard Munch) Collection of six mainstream and literary fantasy stories, including the original fantasy novella, Cold. (Contents)
- * *Sugar and Other Stories (Scribners 0-684-18786-8, Jul 87 [Aug 87], $16.95, 248pp, hc) Collection of stories, some of which deal with ghosts and the afterlife. (Contents)
- * *Sugar and Other Stories (Scribners 0-684-18786-8, Jul 87, $16.95, 248pp, hc) Collection of stories, some of which deal with ghosts and the afterlife. (Contents)
- BYERS, EDWARD A(dams) (1939-1989) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *The Babylon Gate (Baen 0-671-65565-5, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $2.95, 246pp, pb) Sf novel of space stations and psychic powers.
- * *The Long Forgetting (Baen 0-671-55980-X, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $2.95, 283pp, pb) Sf novel, a first novel.
- BYERS, RICHARD LEE (1950- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Dark Fortune (Diamond 1-55773-864-5, Jan 93 [Dec 92], $4.99, 261pp, pb) Horror novel about a faltering preacher given the power to heal by an evil force.
- * *Dead Time (Zebra 0-8217-3963-8, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $3.99, 286pp, pb) Horror novel. Jack Stone finds a way to break through the time barrier to try and save his sister from a serial killers knife, but inadvertantly provides access to Earth for an evil force.
- * *Deathward (New Infinities 0-425-11598-4, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $3.95, 326pp, pb) Horror novel. A man wakes up in a psychiatric ward with partial memory loss, and a detective believes he holds the key to serial killings that cant be dealt with on human terms.
- * *Fright Line (New Infinities 0-425-11666-2, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $3.95, 330pp, pb) Horror novel.
- * *The Nightmare Club #1: Joy Ride (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4315-5, Aug 93, $3.50, 179pp, pb) [Nightmare Club] Young-adult horror novel, first book of a loosely-connected series centered around a club where strange things happen. Mike ignores warnings about drinking and driving, but he doesnt know that his new girl was killed by a drunk driver decades ago and is back for revenge.
- * *The Nightmare Club #3: Warlock Games (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4317-1, Aug 93, $3.50, 166pp, pb) [Nightmare Club] Young-adult horror novel in a loosely-connected series centered around a club where strange things happen. Boys from Hudson Military Academy dont realize that theyre pawns in the game of a centuries-old warlock.
- * *The Nightmare Club #6: Party Til You Drop (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4387-2, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $3.50, 221pp, pb) [Nightmare Club] Young-adult horror novel in a loosely-connected series centered around a club where strange things happen. The invitation list for Ellens party didnt include flesh-eating creatures from ancient Indian legend, but they came anyway...
- * *The Vampires Apprentice (Zebra 0-8217-3632-9, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $3.99, 288pp, pb) Horror novel of a man who became a vampire voluntarily searching for the one who created and then abandoned him.
- * *The World of Darkness: Caravan of Shadows (White Wolf 1-56504-831-8, Apr 95, $5.99, 368pp, pb, cover by George Pratt) [World of Darkness: Wraith] Novelization based on the Wraith: The Oblivion role-playing game. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
- * *The World of Darkness: Dark Kingdoms (White Wolf 1-56504-984-5, Nov 98, $11.99, 607pp, tp, cover by Mike Danza) [World of Darkness] Omnibus of three dark fantasy novelizations, two not previously published, in the Dark Kingdoms trilogy based on the role-playing games: The Ebon Mask (1996), The Onyx Tower, and The Obsidian Blade. Copyrighted by White Wolf. (Contents)
- * *The World of Darkness: On a Darkling Plane (White Wolf 1-56504-844-X, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 393pp, tp, cover by Drew Tucker) [World of Darkness] Horror novelization loosely based on the card game Vampire: The Eternal Struggle. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
- * *The World of Darkness: Vampire: Netherworld (HarperPrism 0-06-105473-9, Jun 95 [May 95], $4.99, 330pp, pb, cover by Larry MacDougall) [World of Darkness] Novelization based on the dark fantasy role-playing game. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
- * _The World of Darkness: Vampire: Netherworld (Boxtree 0-7522-0320-7, Apr 96, £5.99, 330pp, pb, cover by Larry MacDougall) [World of Darkness] Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) novelisation based on the role-playing fantasy card game. Copyrighted by White Wolf Fiction. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The World of Darkness: Wraith: The Ebon Mask (White Wolf 1-56504-828-8, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $5.99, 385pp, pb, cover by Doug Alexander Gregory) [World of Darkness] Dark fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game. Volume one of the Dark Kingdoms trilogy. Copyrighted by White Wolf.
- BYFIELD, BRUCE (Allan) (1958- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Witches of the Mind: A Critical Study of Fritz Leiber (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-35-6, Mar 91 [Apr 91], $9.95, 76pp, ph, cover by Robert H. Knox) Non-fiction, criticism. A critical guide to Leibers work plus a primary and secondary bibliography. [Leiber]
- BYRNE, EUGENE (stories) (assoc.)
- BYRNE, JEREMY G., ed. (stories) (assoc.)
- BYRNE, JOHN L. (1950- ) (stories)
- * *Fear Book (Warner 0-446-34814-7, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $3.95, 249pp, pb) Horror novel by a comic book artist/writer. A first novel.
- * *Superman: The Man of Steel (with Dick Giordano) (Ballantine 0-345-35093-6, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $12.95, unpaginated, tp) [Superman] Graphic novel made up of 7 recent issues of the comic, plus an introduction by Ray Bradbury.
- * *The Whipping Boy (Dell Abyss 0-440-21171-9, Mar 92 [Feb 92], $4.99, 498pp, pb) Horror novel. A boy tent-revival healer is really leading his flock into unspeakable evil.
- * *Wonder Woman: Gods and Goddesses (Prima 0-7615-0483-4, Oct 97, $20.00, 307pp, hc, cover by Joe De Vito) Novelization based on the comic-book character. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
- * _Wonder Woman: Gods and Goddesses (Prima 0-7615-1713-8, Oct 98, $12.95, 307pp, tp, cover by Joe De Vito) Reprint (Prima 1997) novelization based on the comic-book character. Copyrighted by DC Comics.
- CABEEN, R. PAYNE (stories)
- * *Tainted Treats (Streamline Pictures 1-57300-052-3, Dec 94, $12.95, 190pp, tp, cover by R. Payne Cabeen) Collection of three short stories, one novella, and five poems of horror and macabre humor, with illustrations by divers artists including the author. A limited edition (-051-5, $22.95) was also announced but has not been seen. Available from Streamline Enterprises, 2908 Nebraska Avenue, Santa Monica CA 90404. (Contents)
- CABELL, JAMES BRANCH (1879-1958) (stories) (assoc.)
- * _Jurgen (Unicorn 0-04-823252-1, Oct 84 [Sep 84], £2.95, 288pp, pb) Reprint (McBride 1919) fantasy novel. The best, and most famous, book by an unjustly neglected author. Highly recommended. (CNB)
- _____, [ref.]
- * _From Satire to Subversion: The Fantasies of James Branch Cabell See entry under James D. Riemer.
- * _James Branch Cabell and Richmond-in-Virginia See entry under Edgar E. MacDonald.
- CABRAL, CIRUELO (1963- )
- * *Ciruelo (Paper Tiger 1-85028-134-3, Nov 90, £8.95, 128pp, tp) Collection of art, about half is sf and fantasy, with accompanying text by Nigel Suckling. Also available in hardcover (-130-0, £16.95).
- CACEK, P(atricia) D. (stories) (assoc.)
- * *The Adventures of Threadwell the Tailor, or Alterations Made While You Wait (Dark Raptor Press no ISBN, May 98, $6.00, 45pp, ph, cover by James Hubbs) Bawdy fantasy short story published in chapbook form, illustrated by James Hubbs. Available in a signed, limited edition of 333 copies. A lettered edition is available for $18.00. Dark Raptor Press, PO Box 2242, Clay NY 13041; e-mail: nightflier@mindspring.com
- * *Ancient One (Paper Moon no ISBN, Oct 95, $5.00, 33pp, ph, cover by Ken Roberts) Chapbook short horror story about an ancient teddy bear. A signed, limited edition of 100. Order from Blue Moon Books, 360 West First, Eugene OR 97401; (800) 738-2660; add $1.50 postage.
- * *Leavings (StarsEnd Creations 1-889120-10-3, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $5.99, 230pp, pb, cover by David Martin) Collection of 13 stories, six apparently original, with introduction by Cacek, and foreword by Edward Bryant. Order from StarsEnd Creations, 8547 East Arapahoe Rd. #J224, Greenwood Village, CO 80112. (Contents)
- * _Midwifes Nightcap/Mid-Wife Crisis (with Ru Emerson) See entry under Ru Emerson.
- * *Night Prayers (Design Image Group 1-891946-01-3, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $15.95, 219pp, tp) [Allison Garrett] Horror novel. Allison Garret becomes a vampire in LA, and hooks up with a streetcorner preacher to avoid some strip club vampire vixens. Available from The Design Image Group, PO Box 2325, Darien IL 60561; credit card orders 800-563-5455.
- CADIGAN, PAT(ricia Oren Kearney) (1953- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Dirty Work (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-27-9, Sep 93, $29.95, 311pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) Collection of 18 stories with an introduction by Storm Constantine. A signed slipcased limited edition (-28-7, $65.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088. (Contents)
- * *Fools (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29512-8, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $5.99, 299pp, pb, cover by Francisco Maruca) Quasi-novel of three connected novellas set in a world where mind piracy is endemic.
- * _Fools (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21841-6, Mar 94, £4.99, 299pp, pb, cover by Gary Marsh) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Home By the Sea (WSFA Press 0-0962175-3-7, May 92 [Sep 92], $49.95, 283pp, hc) Collection of four stories, with an introduction by Mike Resnick. The full-color illustrations by David R. Works are plates on glossy stock lightly attached to the pages. This is a signed slipcased 500-copy limited edition. (Contents)
- * *Letters from Home (with Karen Joy Fowler & Pat Murphy) (The Womens Press 0-7043-4280-4, Aug 91, £6.95, 233pp, tp, cover by Elaine Kowalsky) Collection of six sf stories each from Pat Cadigan, Karen Joy Fowler and Pat Murphy, most previously uncollected. (Contents)
- * *Mindplayers (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26585-7, Aug 87 [Jul 87], $3.50, 276pp, pb) Sf novel on the border of cyberpunk (mostly cyber without the punk). A first novel about mind and technology. Recommended. (CNB)
- * _Mindplayers (Gollancz 0-575-04242-7, Feb 88, £10.95, 276pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Mindplayers (Gollancz 0-575-04488-8, Mar 89, £3.50, 276pp, pb, cover by Chris Brown) Reprint (Bantam 1987) sf novel.
- * _Mindplayers (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26585-7, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.95, 276pp, pb, cover by Albert Rocarlos) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1987) sf novel; second printing. One of the best of the cyber-not-quite-punk novels. Recommended (CNB).
- * _My Brothers Keeper (Pulphouse 1-56146-555-0, Jul 92, $1.95, 50pp, pb, cover by Gregorio Montejo) Sf short story that originally appeared in IASFM and in the collection Patterns. Short Story Paperback #55. A 100-copy signed limited hardcover (-935-1, $20.00) edition is also available. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
- * *Patterns (Ursus 0-942681-07X, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $19.95, 207pp, hc) Collection of 14 stories, with an introduction by Bruce Sterling. Highly recommended (FCM). (Contents)
- * _Patterns (Grafton 0-586-21148-9, Dec 91, £3.99, 299pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) Reprint (Ursus 1989) collection of fourteen sf stories, one original to this collection, each introduced by the author. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Synners (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28254-9, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.95, 435pp, pb, cover by Francisco Maruca) Cyberpunk/sf novel.
- * _Synners (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13755-X, Oct 91, £14.99, 435pp, hc, cover by Peter Gudynas) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1991) cyberpunk sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Synners (Grafton 0-586-21147-0, Oct 91, £4.99, 435pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) Paperback edition of the above. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Tea from an Empty Cup (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-21842-4, Sep 98 [Aug 98], £5.99, 218pp, pb) [Dore Konstantin] Cyber-SF mystery novel of death in Artificial Reality.
- * +Tea from an Empty Cup (Tor 0-312-86665-8, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $22.95, 254pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Dore Konstantin] SF novel of a dark near future where the lines between reality and virtual reality are blurred. A woman and a cop team to investigate deaths in Artificial Reality. First US edition (Voyager 1998).
- CADNUM, MICHAEL (1949- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Calling Home (Viking 0-670-83566-8, May 91, $14.95, 138pp, hc, cover by Debra Lill) Young-adult mystery novel with fantasy elements maybe.
- * _Calling Home (Penguin 0-14-034569-8, Jul 93 [Jun 93], $3.99, 138pp, tp, cover by Debra Lill) Reprint (Viking 1991) associational young-adult thriller.
- * *The Cities We Will Never See (Singular Speech Press 1-880286-16-5, Dec 93 [Jan 94], $8.50, 67pp, tp, cover by Frank Jones) Associational poetry collection by a horror writer. Available from Singular Speech Press, Ten Hilltop Dr., Canton CT 06019.
- * *Ghostwright (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-801-8, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $19.95, 307pp, hc, cover by Neil Stuart) Horror novel about a writer whose past comes back to try and destroy him. Recommended (SW).
- * _Ghostwright (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0048-3, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $5.95, 382pp, pb) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1992) horror novel about a writer whose past literally comes back to try and destroy him.
- * *The Horses of the Night (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-930-8, Jul 93 [Jun 93], $19.95, 318pp, hc) Horror novel of a man who sells his soul for success, only to watch the powers hes unleashed destroy the people around him. Recommended (SW).
- * *In a Dark Wood (Orchard Books 0-531-30071-4, Apr 98, $17.95, 246pp, hc, cover by Kari Kroll) [Robin Hood] Associational young adult retelling of Robin Hood from the Sheriff of Nottinghams point of view.
- * *The Judas Glass (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0239-7, Mar 96 [Feb 96], $22.95, 310pp, hc, cover by Tony Greco) Vampire novel. A cut from an antique mirror turns a lawyer into a vampire.
- * *Nightlight (St. Martins 0-312-03897-6, Mar 90, $15.95, 198pp, hc, cover by Bob Korn) Horror novel of a cemetery photographer who begans finding stranger images. A first novel.
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