The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

CLARK, H. NICHOLS

• * _Myth, Magic, and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children’s Book Illustration (with Trinkett Clark) See entry under Trinkett Clark.

CLARK, JAN (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Earth Herald (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45638-6, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $5.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Prodigy] SF novel, sequel to Prodigy. Rieka Degahv mediates between the rebuilding Earth and the alien Commonwealth.
• * *Prodigy (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45615-7, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $5.99, 447pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Prodigy] SF novel. A female human starship captain is framed for high treason. A first novel.

CLARK, JOAN (1934- ) (stories)

• * +Wild Man of the Woods (Viking Kestrel 0-670-80015-5, May ’86 [Feb ’87], $11.95, 171pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel of Indian masks that give a boy the spirits’ powers. This appeared in 1986, but we did not see it until now. It’s the first U.S. edition of a 1985 release from Penguin-Canada.

CLARK, KAREN (1960- ) (stories)

• * *The Synthetics (Merlin 0-86303-428-4, 1988 [Mar ’89], £2.95, 52pp, tp) Sf novella about the penalties for truancy in 21st century UK schools. Published last year, but only just seen.

CLARK, LEIGH (Wyatt) (1949- )

• * *Blood Sabbath (Zebra 0-8217-3371-0, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.95, 416pp, pb) Horror novel. A woman and her family are under demonic attack after she attends a seance.
• * *Carnivore (Leisure 0-8439-4225-8, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $4.25, 311pp, pb) Horror novel. Scientists in the Antarctic find a frozen T-rex egg and make the mistake of hatching it.
• * _Evil Reincarnate (Tor 0-812-52371-7, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $5.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Jill Bauman) Reprint (Tor 1994) horror novel. A prison psychiatrist is stalked by an ageless serial killer.
• * *The Feeding (Leisure 0-8439-2604-X, 1988 [Apr ’88], $3.95, 352pp, pb) Horror novel set in a crumbling house above a mine filled with ancient evil.

CLARK, MARK; pseudonym of Kenneth L. Clarke, (1946- )

• * _Ripper (Berkley 0-425-11644-1, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 289pp, pb) Reprint (Byren House 1987) horror/suspense novel, yet another version of the Jack the Ripper story.

CLARK, MARY HIGGINS (1929- ) (stories)

• * *The Anastasia Syndrome and other stories (Simon & Schuster, 1989, 318pp, hc) Collection of four stories plus the short novel “The Anastasia Syndrome”. (Contents)
• * *The Anastasia Syndrome and Other Stories (Century 0-7126-3076-7, Feb ’90 [1990], £11.95, 218pp, hc) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1989) associational/fantasy collection.
• * _The Cradle will Fall (Fontana 0-00-617086-2, Sep ’87, £2.95, 286pp, pb) Reissue (Collins 1980) horror novel.
• * _A Cry in the Night (Fontana 0-00-616654-7, Aug ’87 [Sep ’87], £2.95, 295pp, pb) Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1982) horror novel.
• * _A Stranger is Watching (Fontana 0-00-617188-5, Aug ’87 [Sep ’87], £2.50, 222pp, pb) Reissue (Collins 1978) horror novel.
• * _Where are the Children? (Fontana 0-00-616127-8, Sep ’87, £2.50, 176pp, pb) Reissue (Talmy Franklin 1975) horror novel.
• * _Where are the Children? (Collins 0-00-223083-6, Jan ’88, £10.95, 192pp, hc) Reprint (Talmy Franklin 1975) horror novel. [Not seen]

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• * _Mary Higgins Clark: A Critical Companion See entry under Linda C. Pelzer.

CLARK, RAY (stories)

• * _Manitou Man: The Worlds of Graham Masterton (with Matt Williams & Graham Masterton) See entry under Graham Masterton.

CLARK, SIMON (1958- ) (stories)

• * *Blood & Grit (BBR Books 1-872588-03-4, Apr ’90 [Sep ’90], £3.99, 103pp, tp, cover by Dallas Goffin) Original sf/horror collection. (Contents)
• * *Blood Crazy (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-62574-0, Jun ’95 [May ’95], £16.99, 343pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Horror novel. The adults of the world begin to kill all the children.
• * _Blood Crazy (NEL 0-340-62575-9, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], £5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) horror novel.
• * *Darker (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66059-7, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], £16.99, 410pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Dark fantasy novel. A young couple and their child help a fugitive fleeting supernatural forces.
• * _Darker (NEL 0-340-66060-0, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], £5.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) horror novel.
• * *The Fall (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-69610-9, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], £17.99, 537pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) SF/dark fantasy novel. Time begins to move backwards within a ring of standing stones, taking its human passengers on a bloody ride into the past.
• * *King Blood (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66061-9, Feb ’97, £16.99, 534pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Dark fantasy novel.
• * _King Blood (NEL 0-340-66062-7, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], £5.99, 533pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) dark fantasy novel.
• * *Nailed by the Heart (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-62572-4, Mar ’95 [Apr ’95], £16.99, 294pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Horror novel. A coastal village, once the sacred place for an old religion, holds a sleeping power that animates a sunken ship that was carrying mercenary killers. A first novel.
• * _Nailed by the Heart (NEL 0-340-62573-2, Jun ’95 [May ’95], £5.99, 360pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) horror novel. A couple and their son move to a coastal village, not knowing it was once the sacred site of the old religion, or that its power has animated the dead: killers drowned aboard a sunken ship.
• * *Vampyrrhic (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-69608-7, May ’98 [Apr ’98], £16.99, 441pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Vampyrrhic] Dark fantasy novel. Vampires nest in a North Yorkshire village.
• * _Vampyrrhic (NEL 0-340-69609-5, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], £6.99, 441pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Vampyrrhic] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1998) dark fantasy novel. Vampires nest in a North Yorkshire village.

CLARK, TRINKETT

• * *Myth, Magic, and Mystery: One Hundred Years of American Children’s Book Illustration (with H. Nichols Clark) (Roberts Rinehart 1-57098-079-9, Jun ’96 [Dec ’96], $29.95, 242pp, tp, cover by N. C. Wyeth) Non-fiction art book covering illustrations from early picture books to YA adventure and fantasy. Includes works by Maurice Sendak, Dr. Seuss, and Edward Gorey. A hardcover edition (-080-2, $50.00) was announced but not seen. This is the catalog for a travelling museum exhibit; copyrighted by The Chrysler Museum of Art.

CLARKE, A(nthony) F(rederick) N(eville) (1948- )

• * *Collisions (Secker & Warburg 0-436-10015-0, Mar ’86, £10.95, 256pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a man who has been close to death... “now reality falls apart.”

CLARKE, ARTHUR C(harles) (1917- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *1984: Spring, A Choice of Futures (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31357-7, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $14.95, 261pp, hc) Non-fiction, collection of essays.
• * _1984: Spring, A Choice of Futures (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31358-5, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $3.50, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1984). Non-fiction; associational. Speculation on the future and autobiographical material in a fascinating mix. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (Signet 0-451-11864-2, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.95, 226pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (NAL 1968) sf novel. Thirtieth printing, with over 2.8 million copies in print. Contains the 1982 afterword by Clarke. It’s strange to see a cover on 2001 which proclaims, “by the author of 2010.”
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (NAL/Signet 0-451-13469-9, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $3.50, 226pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (NAL 1968) sf novel with the 1982 epilogue. 36th printing, with over 2.6 million copies in print!
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (Legend 0-09-932680-9, Dec ’88, £2.50, 229pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (NAL 1968) sf novel. This edition contains the 1982 epilogue.
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (Inner Circle 1-85018-000-8, Jan ’91 [Feb ’91], £12.95, 229pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (NAL 1968) sf novel. This edition contains the Author’s Note from 2010: Odyssey Two as an Epilogue.
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45063-9, Jun ’91, $4.99, 221pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (NAL 1968) sf novel, with a new introduction by the author; 42nd printing.
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (Legend 0-7126-4776-7, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], £8.99, 301pp, tp) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Legend 1990) collection of the title novel and the two stories that inspired it, “The Sentinel” and “Encounter in the Dawn”.
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (Easton Press no ISBN, Jun ’93, no price, 221pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (NAL 1968) sf novel, with an introduction by James Gunn and artwork by Vincent DiFate. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45273-9, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $10.00, 235pp, tp) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (NAL 1968) sf novel, with a 1991 introduction by Clarke. The “25th Anniversary Edition.”
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (SFBC #15329, Mar ’97, $7.98, 222pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (NAL 1968) SF novel. This follows the 1968 NAL edition; it lacks a price and has a new SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _2001: A Space Odyssey (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45273-9, Mar ’97 [Apr ’97], $12.95, 236pp, tp) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (NAL 1968) SF novel. Sixth printing.
• * +2001: A Space Odyssey/The City and the Stars/The Deep Range/A Fall of Moondust/Rendezvous with Rama (Octopus/Heinemann 0-905712-82-X, 1987 [Nov ’87], $11.98, 747pp, hc) Omnibus edition of the above titles. First U.S. edition. (Contents)
• * _2010: Odyssey Two (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30306-7, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $3.95, 335pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 1982) sf novel. One of the 1983 top bestsellers (300,000 hardcover copies, 1.75 million first paperback printing). A worthy successor to 2001. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _2010: Odyssey Two (Quality Paperback Book Club/Del Rey no ISBN, 1985 [Oct ’85], no price given, 291pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey 1982) sf novel, sequel to 2001. Hardcover printing bound as a trade paperback; available only to club members. This and other QPB editions listed here may not all be ’85 publications, but were first seen in 1985.
• * _2010: Odyssey Two (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30306-7, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $4.95, 335pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (Del Rey 1982) sf novel, sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey; seventh printing.
• * _2010: Odyssey Two (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41397-0, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $10.00, 294pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey 1982) SF novel. Includes a new foreword and “postscript” by Clarke, which differ slightly from those in the simultaneous reprint of 2061.
• * _2010: Odyssey Two (SFBC #15331, Mar ’97, $7.98, 244pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (Del Rey 1982) SF novel. This is similar to the 1982 Del Rey edition; it lacks a price and has a new SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _2010: Odyssey Two (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-05699-8, Nov ’97, £5.99, 297pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey 1982) SF novel. Sequel to 2001: A Space Odyssey.
• * *2061: Odyssey Three (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35173-8, Jan ’88 [Nov ’87], $17.95, 279pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] Sf novel, sequel to 2010: Odyssey Two.
• * *2061: Odyssey Three (Grafton 0-246-13323-6, Jan ’88, £10.95, 254pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] Sf novel. Theoretically simultaneous with US (Del Rey) edition.
• * _2061: Odyssey Three (SFBC #11829, Jul ’88, $4.98, 206pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey/Grafton 1988) sf novel, third in the “Odyssey” series.
• * _2061: Odyssey Three (Grafton 0-586-20319-2, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], £2.99, 302pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey/Grafton 1988) sf novel. Volume 3 in the “Space Odyssey” series.
• * _2061: Odyssey Three (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35879-1, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $4.95, 270pp, pb) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey/Grafton 1988) sf novel, third book in the “Space Odyssey” series.
• * _2061: Odyssey Three (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41398-9, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $10.00, 282pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey; Grafton 1988) SF novel, third in the “Space Odyssey” series. Includes a new foreword and “postscript” by Clarke, which differ slightly from those in the simultaneous reprint of 2010.
• * _2061: Odyssey Three (SFBC #15332, Mar ’97, $7.98, 282pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Space Odyssey] Reissue (Del Rey; Grafton 1988) SF novel, third in the “Space Odyssey” series. This is similar to the 1987 Del Rey edition; it lacks a price and has a new SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _2061: Odyssey Three (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20319-2, Nov ’97, £6.99, 302pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey; Grafton 1988) SF novel. Third in the series.
• * *3001: The Final Odyssey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31522-7, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $25.00, 263pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] SF novel. Fourth and (maybe) final book in the “Odyssey” series.
• * *3001: The Final Odyssey (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-246-12689-2, Mar ’97, £16.99, 273pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Space Odyssey] SF novel. Book four in a series. Simultaneous with the Del Rey edition.
• * _3001: The Final Odyssey (SFBC #15231, Apr ’97, $9.98, 197pp, hc) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey 1997) SF novel. Fourth and final book in the “Odyssey” series. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _3001: The Final Odyssey (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-06624-1, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], £5.99, 273pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey; Voyager 1997) SF novel. Book 4 in a series after the classic 2001, 2010 and 2061.
• * _3001: The Final Odyssey (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42349-6, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $6.99, 274pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) [Space Odyssey] Reprint (Del Rey; Voyager 1997) SF novel. Fourth and (maybe) final book in the “Odyssey” series. An international mass market edition apparently appeared in November 1997.
• * _Against the Fall of Night and Beyond the Fall of Night (with Gregory Benford) (Gollancz 0-575-04765-8, Apr ’91, £13.99, 239pp, hc, cover by David Farren) [Against the Fall of Night] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1990 as Beyond the Fall of Night) collection of Clarke’s classic short novel and a modern sequel by Greg Benford. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
• * _Against the Fall of Night and Beyond the Fall of Night (with Gregory Benford) (Orbit 1-8572-3026-4, Jun ’92, £4.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Against the Fall of Night] Reprint (Putnam 1990 as Beyond the Fall of Night) anthology of Clarke’s classic short novel and a modern sequel by Greg Benford.
• * *Ascent to Orbit: A Scientific Autobiography (The Technical Writings of Arthur C. Clarke) (John Wiley 0-471-87910-X, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $19.95, 226pp, hc) Non-fiction, collection of 25 essays and scientific papers. Listed for Clarke completists.
• * *Astounding Days (Gollancz 0-575-04446-2, May ’89 [Apr ’89], £12.95, 224pp, hc, cover by Gavin Harrison) A discussion of the first fifteen years of Astounding/Analog as seen by Clarke, plus every piece he has had published in the magazine that has not previously been collected (including letters). (Contents)
• * +Astounding Days (Bantam Spectra 0-553-34822-1, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $11.95, 288pp, tp, cover by Chris Consani) Non-fiction; biography. The first 15 years of Astounding/Analog as seen by Clarke, plus every piece of his (including letters) published in the magazine and not previously collected. First American edition (Gollancz 1989).
• * _Astounding Days (Gollancz 0-575-04774-7, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], £4.99, 224pp, tp, cover by Gavin Harrison) Reprint (Gollancz 1989) discussion of the first fifteen years of Astounding/Analog as seen by Clarke, including every uncollected piece (including letters) that he wrote for it.
• * *Beyond the Fall of Night (with Gregory Benford) (Ace/Putnam 0-399-13499-9, Jul ’90, $19.95, 298pp, hc, cover by Stock Imagery & Ron Russell) [Against the Fall of Night] Sf collection, Benford’s “sequel” to Clarke’s classic Against the Fall of Night plus the original (unchanged) short novel plus a new introduction by Clarke. (Contents)
• * _Beyond the Fall of Night (with Gregory Benford) (Ace 0-441-05612-1, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.95, 339pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Against the Fall of Night] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1990) sf novel, Benford’s “sequel” to Clarke’s classic Against the Fall of Night plus the original (unchanged) short novel.
• * _Beyond the Fall of Night (with Gregory Benford) (Ace 0-441-05612-1, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $5.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Against the Fall of Night] Reissue (Ace/Putnam 1990) SF “novel” patched together from Clarke’s short novel and Benford’s sequel. Fifth printing.
• * *By Space Possessed: Essays on the Exploration of Space (Gollancz 0-575-05596-0, Jul ’93, £16.99, 221pp, hc, cover by Peter Mennim) Collection of 25 essays and extracts from previous Clarke books, most of which are now out of print, selected and edited by John Burke. (Contents)
• * _Childhood’s End (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31558-8, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.95, 220pp, pb) [Impact] Reissue (Ballantine 1953) sf novel; 48th printing, with two million copies in print. One of the classics of sf. (CNB)
• * _Childhood’s End (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34795-1, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.50, 218pp, pb) [Impact] Reissue (Ballantine 1953) sf novel; 55th printing. One of the classics of sf. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _Childhood’s End (Pan 0-330-31661-3, Dec ’90, £3.99, 200pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Impact] Reprint (Ballantine 1953) sf novel. This edition contains a new (2 page) first chapter and a new (4 page) introduction.
• * _Childhood’s End (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34795-1, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.99, 18pp, pb, cover by David Stevenson) [Impact] Reissue (Ballantine 1953) classic SF novel. This repackaged edition has the same ISBN as an earlier edition listed in its 55th printing in 1987; the title page (which lists a different artist than the jacket) says seventh printing.
• * _The City and the Stars (Gollancz 0-575-03849-7, Sep ’86, £2.95, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1956) classic sf novel.
• * _The City and the Stars (NAL/Signet 0-451-14822-3, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $3.50, 256pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace 1956) sf novel, with a new introduction by the author.
• * _The City and the Stars (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28853-9, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 253pp, pb, cover by Paul Swendsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1956) sf novel, including the original introduction and the one from the 1987 Signet edition. Expanded version of Against the Fall of Night (Gnome 1953), which is itself back in print as part of Beyond the Fall of Night.