The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

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 scientist’s 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 Nightingale’s 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 Nightingale’s 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 Nightingale’s 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 (Scribner’s 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 (Scribner’s 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 killer’s 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 can’t 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 doesn’t 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 don’t realize that they’re 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 Ellen’s party didn’t include flesh-eating creatures from ancient Indian legend, but they came anyway...
• * *The Vampire’s 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 Leiber’s work plus a primary and secondary bibliography. [Leiber]

BYRNE, EUGENE (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Back in the USSA (with Kim Newman) See entry under Kim Newman.

BYRNE, JEREMY G., ed. (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Year’s Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy (with Jonathan Strahan) See entry under Jonathan Strahan.
• * _The Year’s Best Australian Science Fiction and Fantasy Volume 2 (with Jonathan Strahan) See entry under Jonathan Strahan.

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)
• * _Midwife’s 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 Women’s 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 Brother’s 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 he’s 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 Nottingham’s 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. Martin’s 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.