The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

CHALKER, JACK L(aurence) (stories) (continued)

• * _The Wonderland Gambit, Book Three: The Hot-Wired Dodo (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38849-6, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $6.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Wonderland Gambit] Reprint (Del Rey 1997) SF novel.
• * *The Wonderland Gambit, Book Two: The March Hare Network (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38691-4, May ’96, $11.00, 325pp, tp, cover by Paul Youll) [Wonderland Gambit] SF novel, book 2 of the series.
• * _The Wonderland Gambit, Book Two: The March Hare Network (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38848-8, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.99, 323pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Wonderland Gambit] Reprint (Del Rey 1996) SF novel.

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• * *Hotel Andromeda (Ace 0-441-00010-X, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.99, 248pp, pb, cover by John Steven Gurney) Original anthology of 12 stories set in interstellar hotels. (Contents)

CHALLANS, (Eileen) MARY (1905-1983); see pseudonym Mary Renault (stories)

CHAMBERLIN, ANN

• * *Tamar (Tor/Forge 0-312-85649-0, Mar ’94, $23.95, 463pp, hc, cover by David Cherry) Historical/romance novel with fantasy elements set in King David’s Judea.
• * _Tamar (Tor 0-812-52370-9, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $5.99, 433pp, pb, cover by David Cherry) Reprint (Tor/Forge 1994) historical/romance novel with fantasy elements set in King David’s Judea.

CHAMBERS, AIDAN, ed. (1934- ) (stories)

• * _Ghost After Ghost (Puffin 0-14-031461-X, Dec ’87, £1.95, 173pp, pb) Reissue (Kestrel 1982) original juvenile ghost anthology.
• * *A Haunt of Ghosts (Harper & Row 0-06-021206-3, Nov ’87 [Jan ’88], $12.95, 177pp, hc) Young-adult anthology of ghost stories, five by Chambers, five by other authors, compiled from previous Chambers collections and anthologies. Dated 1987 — not seen until 1988. (Contents)
• * +Out of Time (Harper & Row 0-06-021201-2, Sep ’85, $11.95, 186pp, hc) Reprint (Bodley Head 1984) young-adult sf original anthology. First U.S. edition. (Contents)
• * *A Quiver Of Ghosts (The Bodley Head 0-370-31008-X, Mar ’87 [Sep ’87], £3.95, 137pp, tp) Original juvenile ghost anthology. (Contents)
• * _Shades of Dark (Puffin 0-14-032022-9, Aug ’86, £1.50, 128pp, pb) Juvenile ghost story anthology.

CHAMBERS, JAMES, ed.

• * *Isaac Asimov’s History of I-Botics (HarperPrism 0-06-105539-5, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $22.00, 135pp, hc) Original anthology of three stories, plus informational segments, based (supposedly) on a new take on robots by Asimov; described on the cover as an illustrated “novel.” Authors named are Steven Grant, John Gregory Betancourt, and Karen Haber. Packaged and copyrighted by Big Entertainment. (Contents)

CHAMBERS, ROBERT W(illiam) (1865-1933) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The King in Yellow (Dedalus 0-946626-51-0, Jul ’89, £4.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Tim Gray) Reprint (Neely 1895) fantasy collection.
• * *Out of the Dark, Volume One: Origins (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-41-9, Feb ’98, C$51.00, xii+163pp, hc, cover by Richard Lamb) Collection of nine supernatural stories from before 1900. First of two volumes. Introduction by editor Hugh Lamb. This edition is limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.50 and in the UK for £23.50. (Contents)

CHAMBERS, THERESA

• * *Forbidden (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-291-5, Dec ’95 [Jan ’96], $7.99, 348pp, tp, cover by Sarah Clemens) Young-adult fantasy novel. A young sorceress must use dangerous magic to protect the handsome young heir to the throne. Order from Royal Fireworks Printing Co., First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; credit card orders 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.

CHAMPION, SARAH, ed. (stories)

• * *Disco 2000 (Sceptre 0-340-70771-2, Feb ’98, £6.99, 365pp, tp) Anthology of 19 original mainstream and genre stories, all taking place in the last hours of 31st December 1999. Authors include Pat Cadigan, Neal Stephenson, Poppy Z. Brite, Robert Anton Wilson, and Paul Di Filippo. (Contents)

CHANCE, JANE

• * *The Lord of the Rings: The Mythology of Power (Macmillan/Twayne 0-8057-8571-X, Jul ’92 [Oct ’93], $7.95, 130pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. A reader’s companion to the series, including a biographical chronology and a bibliography. A hardcover edition (-9441-7; $22.95) was announced but not seen. This book has a 1992 copyright but was not seen until now. Order from Macmillan Publishing Co., 100 Front St., Box 500, Riverside NJ 08075. 1-800-257-5755. [Tolkien]

CHANCE, SUZANNE

• * *Dig Me Up (Avon Flare 0-380-76917-4, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $3.50, 171pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel about evil goings-on at an archeological site. A first novel.

CHANDLER, A(rthur) BERTRAM (1912-1984) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *From Sea to Shining Star (Dreamstone 0-9587968-1-5, 1989 [Nov ’90], no price, 342pp, hc, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) Collection of 30 stories, with a bibliography, and illustrations by Nick Stathopoulos. This edition is limited to 400 copies and has a 1989 copyright date, though not seen until now. A 100-copy special limited edition (-0-7) was announced but not seen. Edited by Keith Curtis and Susan Chandler. (Contents)
• * *Frontier of the Dark (Ace 0-441-25504-3, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.75, 233pp, pb) Sf novel about a faster-than-light drive with an unfortunate side-effect: it turns people into werewolves.
• * *Kelly Country (Penguin Australia 0-14-006004-9, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], A$5.95, 341pp, tp) Alternate history novel about Australian outlaw/folk hero Ned Kelly.
• * +Kelly Country (DAW 0-88677-065-3, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $3.50, 348pp, pb) Reprint (Penguin Australia 1983) parallel-world sf novel; first U.S. edition.
• * *The Last Amazon (DAW 0-87997-936-4, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.50, 156pp, pb) [John Grimes] Sf novel, a “Grimes” novel.
• * *The Wild Ones (Collins 0-909117-19-5, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], A$5.95, 205pp, tp) [John Grimes] Chandler’s “last completed novel”, this is presumably the final book in the “Grimes” sf series. This Australian first edition should become a collector’s item.
• * +The Wild Ones (DAW 0-88677-031-9, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.95, 253pp, pb) [John Grimes] Reprint (Cory & Collins 1984), first U.S. edition of the last novel in the “Grimes” sf adventure series written by Chandler. This edition does not acknowledge the original Australian copyright.

CHANDLER, BRYN; [i.e., Bryn Christgau Conklin-Chandler] (1945- )

• * *Eve’s Rib (Pageant 0-517-00645-6, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.50, 278pp, pb) Sf novel. A lone woman fights to save her planet and its people from greedy developers.

CHANT, JOY; pseudonym of Eileen Joyce Rutter, (1945- ) (stories)

• * _The High Kings (SFBC #3507, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $14.98, 237pp, hc) False entry — offered by the book club, but not its own edition of this fantasy/historical/art book. The book club copies are regular first editions (Bantam 1983).
• * _The High Kings (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24306-3, Nov ’85 [Sep ’85], $3.50, 245pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1983) non-fiction study of Arthurian legends. This could almost be called a new book, since it contains only the text of what had originally been a wonderfully illustrated art book.
• * _The High Kings (Unwin 0-04-823389-7, Jul ’87, £3.50, 197pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam 1983) non-fiction study of the Arthurian legends. This edition omits the illustrations.

CHAPDELAINE, PERRY A(nthony Sr.) (1925- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The John W. Campbell Letters with Isaac Asimov & A.E. van Vogt: Volume II (AC Projects 0-931150-19-1, Sep ’93, $45.00, 675pp, hc, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) Non-fiction, a collection of letters exchanged by Campbell, Asimov, and van Vogt, plus letters by others about Asimov’s and van Vogt’s fiction, plus six related essays. [Campbell]

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• * *The John W. Campbell Letters, Volume 1 (with Tony Chapdelaine & George Hay) (AC Projects 0-931150-15-9, Feb ’86 [Mar ’86], Limited edition of 750 copies, $35.00, 610pp, hc) Selected Campbell letters from the ’30s through the ’70s, with introductory articles by the editors, a list of references, and an index. This was announced years ago, and has finally appeared. [Campbell]
• * *The John W. Campbell Letters, Volume 1 (with Tony Chapdelaine & George Hay) (AC Projects 0-931150-16-7, Feb ’86 [Mar ’86], $5.95, 610pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above. The text is tiny, but readable. Campbell has been losing ground in the revisionist version of sf history, and it’s easy to see why after reading these letters. I don’t know whether it’s the selection or my own changing perspectives, but I found the majority of these uninteresting. (CNB) [Campbell]

CHAPDELAINE, TONY, ed. (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The John W. Campbell Letters, Volume 1 (with George Hay & Perry A. Chapdelaine, Sr.) See entry under Perry A. Chapdelaine, Sr.

CHAPLIN, PATRICE (1940- )

• * _Forget-Me-Not (Mandarin 0-7493-0256-9, Apr ’90 [Jul ’90], £3.99, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Methuen 1989) horror novel.

CHAPMAN, CLODAGH; pseudonym of Clodagh Gibson Jarvie, (1923- )

• * *The Echoes Answer (Piatkus 0-86188-913-4, Nov ’89 [Jan ’90], £11.95, 237pp, hc, cover by Ken Leeder) Occult novel.
• * _The Echoes Answer (Headline 0-7472-3409-4, May ’90 [Oct ’90], £3.50, 237pp, pb) Reprint (Piatkus 1989) horror novel.
• * *The Night Before Dark (Piatkus 0-86188-761-1, Sep ’88 [Jan ’89], £10.95, 197pp, hc) Occult novel.
• * _The Night Before Dark (Headline 0-7472-3217-2, Jul ’89, £2.99, 197pp, pb) Reprint (Piatkus 1988) horror novel.

CHAPMAN, EDGAR L(eon) (1936- )

• * *The Magic Labyrinth of Philip Jose Farmer (Borgo Press 0-89370-258-7, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $4.95, 96pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical study. Also announced in hardcover, $11.95. [Farmer]

CHAPMAN, STEPAN (1951- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Danger Music (The Ministry of Whimsy Press no ISBN, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $4.25, 40pp, ph, cover by Heinrich Kley) Chapbook collection of ten “fables,” some previously unpublished. Order from Ministry of Whimsy, PO Box 4248, Tallahassee, FL 32315; price includes postage. (Contents)
• * *The Troika (The Ministry of Whimsy Press 1-890464-02-3, Oct ’97, $14.99, 251pp, tp, cover by Alan M. Clark) Surrealistic SF novel of three characters wandering a planet of endless deserts. A first novel.Order from Ministry of Whimsy, PO Box 4248, Tallahassee, FL 32315; add $1.24 postage.

CHAPMAN, STEVE; see under Chapman, Stepan (stories)

CHAPMAN, VERA; [born Vera Ivy May Fogerty] (1898-1996) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Enchantresses (Gollancz 0-575-06524-9, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], £16.99, 223pp, hc, cover by Harvey Parker) Arthurian fantasy novel of his three half-sisters, Morgause, Vivian, and Morgan, trained in magic by Merlin.
• * *Miranty and the Alchemist (Marilyn Malin 0-233-98042-3, Jun ’87, £5.50, 112pp, hc) Fantasy novel? [Not seen]
• * *The Notorious Abbess (Academy Chicago 0-89733-387-X, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], $22.50, 247pp, hc, cover by Tom Hertzberg) Collection of 12 related historical fantasy stories about the devious Abbess of Shaston and her encounters with kings, Crusaders, fantastic creatures, magic, and the Devil himself. Edited by Robert H. Boyer and Kenneth J. Zahorski. A trade paperback edition (-447-7, $12.95) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
• * _The Three Damosels (Gollancz 0-575-06340-8, Nov ’96, £16.99, 383pp, hc, cover by Splash) [King Arthur] Reprint (Magnum 1978) fantasy omnibus of three Arthurian novels, The Green Knight (Rex Collings 1975), The King’s Damosel (Collings 1976) and King Arthur’s Daughter (Collings 1976). (Contents)
• * _The Three Damosels (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60108-6, Jun ’98, £5.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) [King Arthur] Reprint (Magnum 1978) fantasy omnibus of three Arthurian novels, The Green Knight (1975), The King’s Damosel (1976) and King Arthur’s Daughter (1976).

CHAPPELL, FRED (Davis) (1936- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Dagon (St. Martin’s 0-312-90676-5, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $3.50, 181pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace & World 1968) horror novel, a literary entry in the Cthulhu Mythos. It’s based on Lovecraft but does not follow the Mythos.
• * *The Fred Chappell Reader (St. Martin’s 0-312-05092-5, Nov ’90 [Dec ’90], $13.95, 490pp, tp) Collection of literary stories, poetry, and novel excerpts, plus the complete novel Dagon (Harcourt Brace & World 1968), with an introduction by Dabney Stuart.
• * *The Lodger (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-47-X, Apr ’93 [May ’93], $4.50, 28pp, ph, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) Original horror short story, with artwork by Stephen E. Fabian. Order from Necronomicon Press, 101 Lockwood St., West Warwick RI 02893.
• * *More Shapes Than One (St. Martin’s 0-312-06418-7, Sep ’91, $17.95, 197pp, hc, cover by Andrea Futter) Collection of 13 stories, nearly all dark fantasy or horror. Highly recommended (SW). (Contents)
• * _More Shapes Than One (St. Martin’s 0-312-08265-7, Sep ’92, $8.95, 197pp, tp, cover by Andrea Futter) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1991) collection of 13 stories, one original. Most are fantasy.

CHAPPELL, HELEN (C.) (1947- )

• * *Ghost of a Chance (Dell 0-440-22567-1, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $5.99, 246pp, pb) Mystery novel with fantasy elements. Reporter/sleuth Hollis Ball gets help from her late husband’s ghost.

CHARBONNEAU, EILEEN (1951- )

• * *The Ghosts of Stony Clove (Franklin Watts/Orchard 0-531-05739-9, May ’88 [Oct ’88], $13.95, 150pp, hc) [Woods Family Saga] Young-adult fantasy/ghost novel.
• * _The Ghosts of Stony Clove (Tor 0-812-55186-9, Jul ’95, $3.99, 164pp, pb, cover by Neil Waldman) [Woods Family Saga] Reprint (Orchard 1988) YA fantasy/ghost novel.
• * *Honor to the Hills (Tor 0-312-86094-3, Jan ’96, $18.95, 192pp, hc, cover by Neil Waldman) [Woods Family Saga] Young-adult historical fiction with supernatural elements, third book in the “Woods Family Saga” that began with The Ghosts of Stony Clove. The family ghost helps Lily rescue runaway slaves from slavecatchers in 1851 New York.
• * _Honor to the Hills (Tor 0-812-55187-7, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $3.99, 238pp, pb, cover by Neil Waldman) [Woods Family Saga] Reprint (Tor 1996) young-adult supernatural historical, third book in the “Woods Family Saga” that began with The Ghosts of Stony Clove.

CHARETTE, ROBERT N. (1954- )

• * *A Prince Among Men (Warner Aspect 0-446-60037-7, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $5.50, 302pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) Near-future Arthurian fantasy novel about a museum guard who resurrects Arthur and joins him in a quest to free a dangerous sorcerer. First book of a new series.

CHARLES, ROBERT; pseudonym of Robert Charles Smith, (1938- )

• * +The Comet (Tor 0-812-50141-1, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $3.50, 351pp, pb) Reprint (Corgi 1984, as Nightworld). First U.S. edition. Near-future disaster novel — Halley’s Comet is disrupted by scientific probes and surrounds Earth; “civilization begins to crumble.”
• * *Nightworld (Corgi 0-552-12187-8, 1984, £2.50, 350pp, pb) Near-future disaster novel. [Not seen]

CHARLES, STEVEN; pseudonym of Charles L. Grant, (1942-2006)

• * *Private School #1: Nightmare Session (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60325-6, Oct ’86, $2.50, pb) [Private School] Young-adult sf horror novel, first of a series. “Aliens have taken over a posh prep school and from there plan the destruction of humanity.”
• * *Private School #2: Academy of Terror (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60327-2, Oct ’86, $2.50, pb) [Private School] Young-adult sf/horror novel, second in a series which is scheduled to have one book per month hereafter.
• * *Private School #3: Witch’s Eye (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60328-0, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.50, 149pp, pb) [Private School] Young-adult sf/horror novel of a prep school, aliens, and the “legendary lake called Witch’s Eye.”
• * *Private School #4: Skeleton Key (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60329-9, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.50, 150pp, pb) [Private School] Young-adult sf novel in a series about a prep school taken over by aliens.
• * *Private School #5: The Enemy Within (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60330-2, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $2.50, 147pp, pb) [Private School] Part of a series featuring aliens and students.
• * *Private School #6: The Last Alien (Pocket 0-671-60331-0, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $2.50, 137pp, pb) Latest in a young-adult sf series about alien invaders (and supposedly the conclusion); this one features a werewolf. A Byron Preiss Visual Production.

CHARLTON, JAMES, ed. (stories)

• * *Bred Any Good Rooks Lately? (Doubleday 0-385-23477-5, 1986 [Dec ’86], $4.95, 117pp, tp) Original humor anthology of puns, spoonerisms and shaggy dog stories, many by sf authors. Illustrated by Mary Kornblum. (Contents)

CHARLTON, WILLIAM (stories)

• * _Arthur Machen: A Short Account of His Life and Work (with Aidan Reynolds) See entry under Aidan Reynolds.

CHARNAS, SUZY McKEE (1939- ); see pseudonym Rebecca Brand (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Bronze King (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-38394-3, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $12.95, 196pp, hc) [Sorcery Hall] Young-adult fantasy novel set in modern New York.
• * _The Bronze King (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15493-1, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $2.95, 189pp, pb) [Sorcery Hall] Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1985) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Bronze King (Bantam Starfire 0-553-27104-0, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $2.95, 189pp, pb) [Sorcery Hall] Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1985) young-adult urban fantasy novel, first in a series.
• * *Dorothea Dreams (Arbor House 0-87795-777-0, Apr ’86, $16.95, 308pp, hc) More mainstream than fantasy, this is a fine literary novel with some supernatural elements. (FCM)
• * _Dorothea Dreams (Berkley 0-425-09475-8, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) novel, part mainstream, part fantasy.
• * *The Furies (Tor 0-312-85717-9, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $22.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) [Holdfast Chronicles] Feminist SF novel of slave rebellion, a sequel to Walk to the End of the World and Motherlines.