The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

AAKHUS, PATRICIA (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Voyage of Mael Duin’s Curragh (Story Line Press 0-934257-31-0, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $12.95, 227pp, tp) Celtic historical fantasy about a young Celt who travels from ancient Ireland into the western seas searching for the Viking raiders who killed his father. A first novel.

AAMODT, DONALD (1935- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *A Name to Conjure With (Avon 0-380-75137-2, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.50, 265pp, pb) Humorous sword and sorcery novel; a first novel.
• * *A Troubling Along the Border (AvoNova 0-380-75827-X, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.50, 275pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) Fantasy novel, second book of a series. A guy from Baltimore must defeat an evil usurper in an alternate world.

AARON, CHESTER (Norman) (1923- )

• * *Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Lippincott 0-397-32100-7, Sep ’85, $11.50, 184pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel of twin telepathic teenagers working for world peace.
• * _Out of Sight, Out of Mind (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26027-8, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $2.95, 181pp, pb) Reprint (Lippincott 1985) young-adult sf novel of psychic twins and terrorists.

AARON, SHALE (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Virtual Death (HarperPrism 0-06-105430-5, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $4.50, 293pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) SF novel set in an apocalyptic near future. A legendary “death artist” plans a comeback death that might be her last.
• * _Virtual Death (Easton Press no ISBN, Oct ’95, no price, 293pp, hc, cover by Peter Gudynas) SF novel set in an apocalyptic near future. A legendary “death artist” plans a comeback death that might be her last. This special, signed, limited, leatherbound, gilt-edged edition is part of the “First Editions of Science Fiction” series, available by subscription only. This is being published “simultaneously” with the HarperPrism paperback edition listed in July; this is the first hardcover edition.

AARONOVITCH, BEN

• * *Doctor Who: Remembrance of the Daleks (Target 0-426-20337-2, Jun ’90, £2.50, 160pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf tv series novelization. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $3.95. Volume 148 in the series.
• * *Doctor Who: The Also People (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20456-5, Nov ’95, £4.99, 289pp, pb, cover by Tony Masero) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series; this is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
• * *So Vile a Sin (with Kate Orman) (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20484-0, Apr ’97, £5.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelisation based on the Doctor Who TV series. Volume 56 in “The New Adventures”.
• * *Transit (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20384-4, Jan ’93, £3.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.

ABBEY, LLOYD (Robert) (1943- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Last Whales (Grove Weidenfeld 0-8021-1100-9, Feb ’90, $19.95, 324pp, hc, cover by Douglas Smith) Near-future sf novel about the fate of whales after a nuclear war.
• * _The Last Whales (Doubleday UK 0-385-40115-9, Jul ’90, £7.99, 319pp, tp, cover by John Harris) Reprint (Grove Weidenfeld 1990) near-future mainstream novel about the last of the blue whales. Also available in hardcover (-40027-6, £12.95).
• * _The Last Whales (Bantam UK 0-553-40196-3, Mar ’91, £3.99, 431pp, pb) Reprint (Grove Weidenfeld 1990) near-future mainstream novel about the last blue whales.
• * _The Last Whales (Ballantine 0-8041-0747-5, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $5.95, 340pp, pb) Reprint (Grove Weidenfeld 1990) post-holocaust sf novel told from the point-of-view of dying whales.

ABBEY, LYNN; [i.e., Marilyn Lorraine Abbey] (1948- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Beneath the Web (Ace 0-441-00084-3, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Donato) [Wooden Sword] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Wooden Sword.
• * _The Black Flame (Ace 0-441-06587-2, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $3.50, 376pp, pb) [Rifkind] Reissue (Ace 1980) fantasy novel, sequel to Daughter of the Bright Moon. Third printing.
• * _Catwoman: Tiger Hunt (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Catwoman™ (with Robert Lynn Asprin) (SFBC #03870, Mar ’93, $7.98, 196pp, hc, cover by Dave Dorman) [Batman] Reprint (Warner 1992) associational “Batman” novelization. First hardcover edition. This edition lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Dark Sun: Cinnabar Shadows (TSR 0-7869-0181-0, Jul ’95, $5.99, 312pp, tp, cover by Brom) [Dark Sun: Chronicles of Athas] Novelization based on the role-playing game; book four in the “Chronicles of Athas”.
• * *Dark Sun: The Brazen Gambit (TSR 1-56076-872-X, Jul ’94, $4.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Brom) [Dark Sun: Chronicles of Athas] Fantasy novelization based on the Dark Sun game, first book of the “Chronicles of Athas” series. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * *Dark Sun: The Rise and Fall of a Dragon King (TSR 0-7869-0476-3, Mar ’96, $5.99, 310pp, tp, cover by Brom) [Dark Sun: Chronicles of Athas] Novelization based on the role-playing game; book five in the “Chronicles of Athas”. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * _Daughter of the Bright Moon (Ace 0-441-13873-X, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $3.50, 410pp, pb) [Rifkind] Reissue (Ace 1979) fantasy novel. Fifth printing.
• * *The Forge of Virtue (Popular Library Questar 0-445-21065-6, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $4.50, 312pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Ultima Saga] Fantasy novelization based on the “Ultima Saga” game.
• * *Forgotten Realms: The Simbul’s Gift (TSR 0-7869-0763-0, Oct ’97 [Nov ’97], $5.99, 313pp, tp, cover by Todd Lockwood) [Forgotten Realms: Nobles] Novelization based on the role-playing game. Sixth in the ’Nobles’ series. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * _The Green Man (Headline 0-7472-3212-1, Mar ’89, £2.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Unicorn & Dragon] Reprint (Avon 1988 as Unicorn and Dragon, Vol. II: Conquest) fantasy novel, illustrated by Robert Gould. Second in the “Unicorn and Dragon” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Magic: The Gathering: Planeswalker (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1182-4, Sep ’98, $5.99, 359pp, tp, cover by r. k. post) [Magic: The Gathering: Artifacts Cycle] Novelization based on the fantasy card game, book two in the “Artifacts Cycle”. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast.
• * *Seige of Shadows (Ace 0-441-00306-0, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $6.50, 462pp, pb, cover by Jeff Barson) Fantasy novel. Noble twins seek a throne rumored to grant the power of the gods.
• * *The Temper of Wisdom (Warner Questar 0-446-36226-3, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Janny Wurts) [Ultima Saga] Fantasy novelization based on the “Ultima Saga” game, second book of a series.
• * _Thieves’ World Graphics 1 (with Robert Lynn Asprin & Tim Sale) See entry under Tim Sale.
• * _Thieves’ World Graphics 2 (with Robert Lynn Asprin & Tim Sale) See entry under Tim Sale.
• * _Thieves’ World Graphics 3 (with Robert Lynn Asprin & Tim Sale) See entry under Tim Sale.
• * _Thieves’ World Graphics 4 (with Robert Lynn Asprin & Tim Sale) See entry under Tim Sale.
• * _Thieves’ World Graphics, Volume One (with Robert Lynn Asprin & Tim Sale) See entry under Tim Sale.
• * *Unicorn & Dragon (Avon 0-380-75061-9, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $5.95, 230pp, tp) [Unicorn & Dragon] Historical fantasy novel, with illustrations by Robert Gould. A “Byron Preiss Visual Publication.”
• * _Unicorn & Dragon (Headline 0-7472-3139-7, Aug ’88, £2.99, 230pp, pb) [Unicorn & Dragon] Reprint (Avon 1987) 11th century Celtic fantasy. Ilustrated by Robert Gould. Volume 1 in the “Unicorn & Dragon” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Unicorn & Dragon (Avon 0-380-75567-X, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.50, 230pp, pb) [Unicorn & Dragon] Reprint (Avon 1987) fantasy novel, first in a young-adult historical series packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Productions.
• * *Unicorn & Dragon, Vol. II: Conquest (Avon 0-380-75354-5, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $6.95, 262pp, tp) [Unicorn & Dragon] Young-adult Celtic historical fantasy novel with illustrations by Robert Gould, sequel to Unicorn & Dragon. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * *The Wooden Sword (Ace 0-441-90866-7, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.50, 247pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Wooden Sword] Fantasy novel of a young sorceress who joins forces with a prince protected by tree-magic against an evil wizard.

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• * _The Blood of Ten Chiefs (with Robert Lynn Asprin & Richard Pini) See entry under Richard Pini.
• * _Cross-Currents (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _The Dead of Winter (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Elfquest, Vol.1: The Blood of Ten Chiefs (with Robert Lynn Asprin & Richard Pini) See entry under Richard Pini.
• * _The Face of Chaos (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _The Price of Victory (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Shadows of Sanctuary (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _The Shattered Sphere (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Thieves’ World #11: Uneasy Alliances (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Thieves’ World 10: Aftermath (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Thieves’ World Book 4: Storm Season (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Thieves’ World Book 5: The Face of Chaos (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Thieves’ World Book 6: Wings of Omen (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Thieves’ World Book 7: The Dead of Winter (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Thieves’ World Book 8: Soul of the City (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Thieves’ World Book 9: Blood Ties (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Thieves’ World Book 12: Stealers’ Sky (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Thieves’ World: Aftermath (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Thieves’ World: Blood Ties (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Thieves’ World: Soul of the City (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Wings of Omen (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
• * _Wolfsong: The Blood of Ten Chiefs, Vol. 2 (with Robert Lynn Asprin & Richard Pini) See entry under Richard Pini.

ABBEY, MARILYN LORRAINE; see under Abbey, Lynn (stories)

ABBOTT, DONALD (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Amber Flute of Oz (Books of Wonder 0-929605-88-8, Oct ’98, $9.95, 118pp, tp, cover by Donald Abbott) [Oz] Children’s fantasy novel set in L. Frank Baum’s “Oz”. Illustrated by Abbott. A hardcover limited edition (-89-6) with additional illustrations was announced but not seen.
• * *How the Wizard Came to Oz (Books of Wonder 0-929605-15-2, 1991 [May ’92], $9.95, 109pp, tp, cover by Donald Abbott) [Oz] Children’s fantasy novel, a prequel to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, with illustrations by the author in the style of W.W. Denslow. A signed, numbered, 350-copy limited hardcover edition (-16-0, $29.95) was announced but not seen. This is a 1991 book not seen until now. Available from Books of Wonder, 132 7th Ave., New York NY 10011, 800-835-43415.
• * *The Magic Chest of Oz (Emerald City Press 0-929605-20-9, May ’93, $9.95, 107pp, tp, cover by Donald Abbott) [Oz] Children’s fantasy novel, Abbott’s second addition to the “Oz” canon set in the world created by L. Frank Baum. Illustrated by the author in the style of W.W. Denslow. A 350-copy numbered hardcover limited edition with an additional illustration (-21-7, $29.95) was announced but not seen. Order from Books of Wonder, 132 7th Ave. at 18th St., New York NY 10011. (800) 835-4315.

ABBOTT, EDWIN ABBOTT (1839-1929) (stories)

• * _Flatland (Signet 0-451-51841-1, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.95, 160pp, pb) [Flatland] Reprint (Seely 1884, as by A. Square) mathematical fantasy novel. New introduction by A.K. Dewdney.
• * _Flatland (Penguin 0-14-007615-8, Jan ’87, £2.50, 91pp, tp) [Flatland] Reprint (Seely 1884) fantasy novel about two-dimensional world. In the “Penguin Science Fiction Classics” series.
• * _Flatland (Princeton University Press 0-691-02525-8, Apr ’91 [Apr ’92], $7.95, 103pp, tp, cover by Brad Gianulis) [Flatland] Reprint (Seeley & Co. 1884 as Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions by A Square) classic mathematical science fantasy novel with a new introduction by Thomas Banchoff. Available from Princeton University Press, 3175 Princeton Pike, Lawrenceville NJ 08648.
• * *Flatland/Sphereland (with Dionys Burger) (HarperPerennial 0-06-465132-4, Apr ’94 [May ’94], $9.95, 103/107pp, tp) [Flatland] Back-to-back (à la the Ace Doubles) omnibus of two mathematical science fantasy novels, Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Seely & Co. 1884 as by A Square) with a 1983 introduction by Isaac Asimov, and its sequel Sphereland: A Fantasy About Curved Spaces and an Expanding Universe (Crowell 1965). (Contents)
• * _Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Dover 0-486-27263-X, Oct ’92 [Nov ’92], $1.00, 83pp, tp, cover by Paul E. Kennedy) [Flatland] Reprint (Seeley & Co. 1884 as by A Square) classic mathematical science fantasy short novel with an introduction by Banesh Hoffmann. A Dover Thrift edition.

ABDULLAH, ACHMED; common form of name of Achmed Abdullah Nadir Khan el-Durani el Iddrissyeh; pseudonym of Alexander Nicholayevitch Romanoff, (1881-1945)

• * _The Thief of Bagdad (Donning/Starblaze 0-89865-523-4, Oct ’87 [Nov ’87], $12.95, 121pp, tp) Reprint (H.K. Fly 1924) fantasy, novelization of the Douglas Fairbanks movies, newly illustrated by P. Craig Russell.

ABDULLAH, AHMED; see under Abdullah, Achmed

ABE, KOBO; pseudonym of Abe Kimifusa, (1924-1993) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Ark Sakura (Knopf 0-394-55836-7, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $18.95, 336pp, hc) Kafkaesque literary fantasy novel of a man and his bomb shelter/"ark." Translated from the Japanese (Hakobune Sakura Maru) by Juliet Winter Carpenter.
• * _The Ark Sakura (Secker & Warburg 0-436-00023-7, Jul ’88, £11.95, 336pp, hc) Reprint (Knopf 1988) Kafkaesque literary fantasy novel of a man and his bomb shelter. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Beyond the Curve (Kodansha International 4-770-01465-1, Apr ’91 [May ’91], $18.95, 247pp, hc, cover by Shiro Tsujimura) Collection of literary sf, the first collection of Abe’s short fiction, translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter. (Contents)
• * _Beyond the Curve (Kodansha International 4-77001-690-5, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $8.00, 248pp, tp, cover by Shiro Tsujimura) Reprint (Kodansha International 1991) collection of literary sf, the first collection of Abe’s short fiction, translated from the Japanese by Juliet Winters Carpenter.

ABELLA, ALEX (1950- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Killing of the Saints (Crown 0-517-58509-X, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $20.00, 308pp, hc, cover by Corsillo & Manzone) Occult detective novel that pits a Cubano court-appointed investigator against the murderous powers of Santeria. A first novel. Highly recommended (SW).
• * _The Killing of the Saints (Penguin 0-14-017419-2, Apr ’93, $4.95, 208pp, pb) Reprint (Crown 1991) occult detective novel that pits a Cubano court-appointed investigator against the murderous powers of Santeria.

ab HUGH, DAFYDD; [legalized name] (1960- ) (stories)

• * *Arthur War Lord (AvoNova 0-380-77028-8, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $4.99, 300pp, pb) [Arthur War Lord] Time-travel fantasy novel. An IRA terrorist escapes into the Arthurian past, where a peace officer follows her by taking over the body of Sir Lancelot and trying to stop her changing history. First volume of a two-book novel.
• * *Arthur War Lord Book Two: Far Beyond the Wave (AvoNova 0-380-77717-7, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $4.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Glenn Orbik) [Arthur War Lord] Time-travel fantasy, second part of a two-book novel about the conflict between an IRA terrorist who escapes into the Arthurian past and the peace officer who follows her.
• * *Doom: Endgame (with Brad Linaweaver) (Pocket 0-671-52566-2, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $5.50, 250pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Doom] Military SF novelization, fourth in the series based on the computer games. Copyrighted by Id Software.
• * *Doom: Hell on Earth (with Brad Linaweaver) (Pocket Star 0-671-52562-X, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $4.99, 248pp, pb) [Doom] Military SF novelization, second in the series based on the computer games. Copyrighted by Id Software.
• * *Doom: Infernal Sky (with Brad Linaweaver) (Pocket 0-671-52563-8, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $5.50, 247pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Doom] Military SF novelization, third in the series based on the computer games. Copyrighted by Id Software.
• * *Doom: Knee-Deep in the Dead (with Brad Linaweaver) (Pocket Star 0-671-52555-7, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $4.99, 250pp, pb) [Doom] Military SF novelization based on the computer games “Doom” and “Doom II”. Copyrighted by Id Software.
• * *Heroing (Baen 0-671-65344-X, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $3.50, 346pp, pb) Heroic fantasy novel featuring a woman warrior. A first novel.
• * *Star Trek Voyager: Invasion! Book Four: Final Fury (Pocket 0-671-54181-1, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $5.99, 308pp, pb) [Star Trek: Voyager; Invasion] Star Trek novelization; book four of the “Invasion” crossover saga. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation #33: Balance of Power (Pocket 0-671-52003-2, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $5.50, 296pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #5: Fallen Heroes (Pocket 0-671-88459-X, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $5.50, 282pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Vengeance (Pocket 0-671-00468-9, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $6.50, 282pp, pb, cover by Sonia R. Hillios) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Warriorwards (Baen 0-671-72019-8, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $4.50, 344pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) Fantasy novel of a female hero-for-hire breaking in a new apprentice.

ABNER, KEN(neth E., Jr.), ed. (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Terminal Frights (Terminal Fright 0-9658135-2-5, Nov ’97 [Jan ’98], $30.00, 341pp, hc, cover by Wayne Miller) Original anthology of 22 horror stories, each with a brief introduction about the author. Authors include Tom Piccirilli, Peter Crowther, and Yvonne Navarro. Order from Terminal Fright, PO Box 100, Black River NY 13612. (Contents)