The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- COLCHIE, THOMAS (J.), ed. (stories) (continued)
- * _A Hammock Beneath the Mangoes (Penguin/Plume 0-452-26866-4, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $12.00, 430pp, tp, cover by Cathleen Toelke) Reprint (Dutton 1991) anthology of 26 stories by Latin American writers, virtually all with elements of horror or magic realism. There is an introduction by the editor and detailed biographical notes on the authors. All material is translated from the Spanish.
- COLDWELL, ELIZABETH
- * *An Innocent Death (Club 199 SN9202, 1992 [Aug 93], £1.99, 128pp, tp) Supernatural horror novel, available from Gordon McGregor Ltd., P.O. Box 44, Ross-on-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 5YD. This is a 1992 book, but has only just been seen.
- COLE, ADRIAN (Christopher Synnot) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Blood Red Angel (AvoNova 0-380-76889-5, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $4.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Duane OMeyers) Fantasy novel of a downtrodden mankind ruled by a brutal Provider and his guardian angels.
- * *The Gods in Anger (Unwin 0-04-440158-2, Aug 88, £3.95, 386pp, pb) [Omaran Saga] Fantasy novel. Volume 4 in The Omaran Saga.
- * +The Gods in Anger (Avon 0-380-75842-3, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $4.50, 370pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Omaran Saga] Fantasy novel, fourth book of the Omaran Saga. First American edition (Unwin 1988).
- * *The King of Light and Shadows (Unwin 0-04-440141-8, Mar 88, £3.95, 388pp, pb) [Omaran Saga] Fantasy novel. Volume 3 in The Omaran Saga.
- * +The King of Light and Shadows (Avon 0-380-75841-5, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $4.50, 376pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Omaran Saga] Fantasy novel, third book of the Omaran Saga. First American edition (Unwin 1988).
- * *Labyrinth of Worlds (Unwin 0-04-440690-8, Oct 90 [Sep 90], £6.99, 341pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Star Requiem] Sf novel. Volume 4 in the Star Requiem series.
- * +Moorstones (Salem House 0-907349-30-7, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $12.95, hc) Fantasy novel. First U.S. edition (Spindlewood 1982).
- * *Mother of Storms (Unwin 0-04-440306-2, Apr 89, £6.99, 378pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Star Requiem] Fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Star Requiem series.
- * *A Place Among the Fallen (Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823322-6, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £10.95, 268pp, hc) [Omaran Saga] Epic quest fantasy novel, Coles first book for adults; the start of a trilogy.
- * +A Place Among the Fallen (Arbor House 0-87795-883-1, May 87 [Apr 87], $17.95, 352pp, hc) [Omaran Saga] Epic quest fantasy novel. First U.S. edition (Unwin/Unicorn 1986).
- * _A Place Among the Fallen (Unwin 0-04-823366-8, Aug 87, £2.95, 352pp, pb) [Omaran Saga] Reprint (Unwin 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Omaran Saga series.
- * +A Place Among the Fallen (Avon 0-380-70556-7, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $3.95, 374pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Omaran Saga] Fantasy novel, first book of the Omaran Saga. First American edition (Unwin 1986).
- * +Star Requiem Book 1: Mother of Storms (AvoNova 0-380-76767-8, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $4.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Star Requiem] Sf novel, first book in the Star Requiem series. First American edition (Unwin 1989).
- * +Star Requiem Book 2: Thief of Dreams (AvoNova 0-380-76768-6, Jan 93 [Dec 92], $4.99, 366pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Star Requiem] Sf novel, second book in the Star Requiem series. First American edition (Unwin 1989).
- * +Star Requiem Book 3: Warlord of Heaven (AvoNova 0-380-76769-4, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $4.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Star Requiem] Fantasy novel, third book of the Star Requiem series. First American edition (Unwin 1990).
- * +Star Requiem Book 4: Labyrinth of Worlds (AvoNova 0-380-76770-8, Jul 93 [Jun 93], $4.99, 341pp, pb) [Star Requiem] Fantasy novel, fourth book in the Star Requiem series. First American edition (Unwin 1990).
- * *Thief of Dreams (Unwin 0-04-440403-4, Oct 89, £6.99, 366pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Star Requiem] Fantasy novel. Volume two in the Star Requiem series.
- * *Throne of Fools (Unwin 0-04-823384-6, Nov 87, £3.50, 410pp, pb) [Omaran Saga] Fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Omaran Saga series.
- * +Throne of Fools (Avon 0-380-75840-7, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $3.95, 370pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Omaran Saga] Fantasy novel, second book of the Omaran Saga series. First American edition (Unwin 1987).
- * *Warlord of Heaven (Unwin 0-04-440612-6, May 90, £6.99, 356pp, tp, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Star Requiem] Sf novel. Volume 3 in the Star Requiem series.
- COLE, ALLAN (1943- ) (chron.)
- * *Court of a Thousand Suns (with Chris Bunch) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31681-9, Jan 86 [Dec 85], $2.95, 275pp, pb) [Sten] Sf adventure novel, third in the Sten series.
- * *Empires End (with Chris Bunch) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37696-X, Mar 93 [Feb 93], $4.99, 441pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Sten] Far-future sf adventure novel, eighth and probably final book of the Sten series.
- * *The Far Kingdoms (with Chris Bunch) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38055-X, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $20.00, 409pp, hc, cover by Gnemo) [Anteros] Fantasy novel of a young trader on a traditional coming-of-age journey who falls in with a soldier-magician and his search for the legendary Far Kingdoms. Recommended (SW).
- * _The Far Kingdoms (with Chris Bunch) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38056-8, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $5.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Anteros] Reprint (Del Rey 1993) fantasy novel of a young trader on a traditional coming-of-age journey who falls in with soldier-magician and his search for the legendary Far Kingdoms. First book of a series.
- * _The Far Kingdoms (with Chris Bunch) (Legend 0-09-946401-2, Jul 94, £5.99, 561pp, pb, cover by Thomas Kidd) [Anteros] Reprint (Del Rey 1993) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Fleet of the Damned (with Chris Bunch) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33172-9, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $3.50, 340pp, pb) [Sten] Sf space opera novel, Sten #4.
- * *Kingdoms of the Night (with Chris Bunch) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38731-7, Jun 95 [May 95], $23.00, 481pp, hc, cover by Gnemo) [Anteros] Epic fantasy novel set in the same realm as The Far Kingdoms and The Warriors Tale. Amalric Antero is told he didnt really discover the Far Kingdoms in the other books, and now must search for them again. Simultaneous with the Legend (UK) edition.
- * _Kingdoms of the Night (with Chris Bunch) (Legend 0-09-946451-9, Dec 95, £5.99, 450pp, pb, cover by Gnemo) [Anteros] Reprint (Del Rey 1995) fantasy novel. Third in The Far Kingdoms series, after The Far Kingdoms and The Warriors Tale. The aged Amalric Antero is told he didnt discover the genuine Far Kingdoms in the previous books, and is finally persuaded to undertake one more voyage. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Kingdoms of the Night (with Chris Bunch) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38732-5, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $5.99, 436pp, pb, cover by Gnemo) [Anteros] Reprint (Del Rey 1995) fantasy novel, third in the Anteros series.
- * *The Return of the Emperor (with Chris Bunch) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36130-X, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $4.95, 371pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Sten] Far-future military sf adventure novel, sixth book of the Sten series.
- * *Revenge of the Damned (with Chris Bunch) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33173-7, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $3.95, 354pp, pb) [Sten] Sf novel, fifth in the Sten series of far-future military adventures.
- * _Sten (with Chris Bunch) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32460-9, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $2.95, 279pp, pb) [Sten] Reissue (Del Rey 1982) sf novel, first in a series; fifth printing.
- * _The Timura Trilogy Volume 1: When the Gods Slept (NEL 0-340-68192-6, May 97 [Apr 97], £6.99, 469pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Timuras] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) fantasy novel. First volume in the Timura trilogy.
- * *Vortex (with Chris Bunch) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37151-8, Jun 92 [May 92], $4.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Sten] Far-future sf adventure novel, seventh book of the Sten series.
- * *The Warrior Returns (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39459-3, Apr 96, $23.00, 344pp, hc, cover by Gnemo) [Anteros] Fantasy novel, fourth in the Anteros series. Legendary sorceress warrior Rali Antero returns after 50 years asleep.
- * _The Warrior Returns (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41312-1, May 97 [Apr 97], $6.99, 440pp, pb, cover by Gnemo) [Anteros] Reprint (Del Rey 1996) fantasy novel, fourth in the Anteros series.
- * *The Warriors Tale (with Chris Bunch) (Legend 0-09-946411-X, Oct 94, £15.99, 487pp, hc, cover by Gnemo) [Anteros] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Far Kingdoms. Simultaneous with the US (Del Rey) edition.
- * *The Warriors Tale (with Chris Bunch) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38733-3, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $21.00, 438pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Anteros] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Far Kingdoms. A heros sister just wants to be a simple soldier, but is sent on a desperate quest across the sea.
- * _The Warriors Tale (with Chris Bunch) (Legend 0-09-946421-7, May 95 [Apr 95], £5.99, 487pp, pb, cover by Gnemo) [Anteros] Reprint (Legend 1994) fantasy novel about the warrior sister to the hero of the earlier The Far Kingdoms.
- * _The Warriors Tale (with Chris Bunch) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38734-1, Jun 95 [May 95], $5.99, 471pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Anteros] Reprint (Del Rey 1994) fantasy novel.
- * *When the Gods Slept (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-68191-8, Feb 97, £16.99, 469pp, hc, cover by Peter Elson) [Timuras] Fantasy novel. First volume in the Timura trilogy.
- * +Wizard of the Winds (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40176-X, Jun 97, $12.95, 404pp, tp, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Timuras] Fantasy novel. Book One of the Timura trilogy. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1997 as When the Gods Slept).
- * _Wizard of the Winds (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40177-8, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $6.99, 422pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Timuras] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997 as When the Gods Slept) fantasy novel. Book One of the Timura trilogy, inspired by The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam.
- * *The Wolf Worlds (with Chris Bunch) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31229-5, Mar 84 [Feb 84], $2.95, 298pp, pb) [Sten] Sf novel, sequel to Sten.
- * *Wolves of the Gods (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-68193-4, Feb 98 [Jan 98], £16.99, 449pp, hc, cover by Peter Elson) [Timuras] Fantasy novel. Second in the Timura trilogy after When the Gods Slept (US as Wizard of the Winds).
- * +Wolves of the Gods (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40179-4, Mar 98, $13.00, 387pp, tp, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Timuras] Fantasy novel. Book two of the Tales of the Timuras trilogy. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 2/98).
- * _Wolves of the Gods (NEL 0-340-68194-2, Oct 98 [Nov 98], £6.99, 449pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Timuras] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1998 as The Timura Trilogy Volume 2: Wolves of the Gods) fantasy novel. Volume two of The Timura Trilogy after When the Gods Slept (US as Wizard of the Winds).
- COLE, BURT; pseudonym of Thomas Dixon, (1930- )
- * *The Quick (William Morrow 0-688-08478-8, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $17.95, 307pp, hc) Sf military novel.
- * _The Quick (AvoNova 0-380-71178-8, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $3.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Reprint (Morrow 1989) military sf novel.
- COLE, DAMARIS
- * *Token of Dragonsblood (TSR 1-56076-076-1, Aug 91, $3.95/£2.99, 314pp, tp, cover by Clyde Caldwell) Fantasy novel of a young girl with a powerful talisman who is hunted by demons. This is a worldwide edition with U.S. and U.K. prices.
- COLE, STEPHEN, ed. (stories) (chron.)
- * *Doctor Who: Short Trips (BBC Books 0-563-40560-0, Mar 98, £4.99, x+336pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Original anthology of 15 stories based on various incarnations of the TV character. (Contents)
- COLEBORN, PETER, ed. (1951- ) (stories)
- COLEMAN, CLARE; pseudonym of Clare Bell & M. Coleman Easton
- * *Child of the Dawn (Jove 0-515-11334-4, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $4.99, 322pp, pb) [Daughter of the Reef] Associational historical novel, third book of a series set in the ancient Pacific. Coleman is a pseudonym for sf writers Clare Bell and M. Coleman Easton.
- * *Daughter of the Reef (Jove 0-515-11012-4, Dec 92 [Nov 92], $4.99, 362pp, pb) [Daughter of the Reef] Associational historical novel set in the ancient Pacific. Coleman is a pseudonym for sf writers Clare Bell and M. Coleman Easton.
- * *Sister of the Sun (Jove 0-515-11186-4, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $4.99, 328pp, pb) [Daughter of the Reef] Associational historical novel, second book of a series set in the ancient Pacific. Coleman is a pseudonym for sf writers Clare Bell and M. Coleman Easton.
- COLEMAN, LOREN L. (stories) (chron.)
- * *Battletech 31: Double-Blind (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45597-5, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $5.99, 322pp, pb, cover by Les Dorscheid) [Battletech] Novelization based on the SF role-playing game, #31 in the series. Copyrighted by FASA.
- * *Battletech 32: Binding Force (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45604-1, Jun 97 [May 97], $5.99, 265pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Battletech] Novelization based on the role-playing games, #32 in the series. Copyrighted by FASA.
- COLEMAN, WIM; [i.e., William Samuel Edward Coleman, Jr.] (1954- ); see pseudonym Cole Perriman
- * *The Jamais Vu Papers, Or Misadventures in the Worlds of Science, Myth, and Magic (with Pat Perrin) (Crown/Harmony 0-517-57513-2, Feb 91, $15.00, 323pp, tp, cover by Robert Goldstrom) Bizarre and unclassifiable humorous mix of fiction and non-fiction, with sf, fantasy, and surrealistic elements abounding. Jamais Vu is the feeling youve never been here before.
- COLIN, VERONICA, ed. (stories)
- * *The Unusual Genitals Party and Other Stories (CRM No ISBN, Apr 91 [Aug 91], no price, 36pp, tp) Anthology of stories by members of the Glasgow SF Writers Circle. (Contents)
- COLLIER, JOHN (Henry Noyes) (1901-1980) (stories)
- * _His Monkey Wife (R. Clark 0-86072-166-3, Jun 94 [Aug 94], £8.00, 274pp, tp) Reprint (Peter Davies 1930) fantasy novel. Includes a 1983 introduction by Paul Theroux.
- COLLIER, MICHAEL
- * *Doctor Who: Longest Day (BBC Books 0-563-40581-3, Mar 98 [Feb 98], £4.99, x+276pp, pb, cover by Colin Howard) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series.
- COLLIGNON, JEFF (1953- )
- * *Her Monster (Soho Press 0-939149-65-6, Apr 92 [Mar 92], $18.95, 228pp, hc, cover by Allison Hunter) Associational literary novel modeled on the Beauty and the Beast legend, with a disfigured hermitlike sf writer and a beautiful girl, entwined with the adventures of the writers post-holocaust hero. A first novel.
- * _Her Monster (Soho Press 1-56947-001-4, Sep 93 [Oct 93], $10.00, 228pp, tp, cover by Gina Volpe) Reprint (Soho 1992) associational literary novel modeled on the Beauty and the Beast legend with disfigured hermitlike sf writer and a beautiful girl, entwined with the adventures of his fictional post-holocaust hero. These are the 1992 hardcover pages with a paperback cover.
- COLLIGNON, RICK; [i.e., Richard T. Collignon] (1948- )
- * *The Journal of Antonio Montoya (MacMurray & Beck 1-878448-69-2, Jun 96 [Dec 96], $17.00, 217pp, hc) Literary fantasy/magical realism novel. A woman artist shares her house with numerous dead relatives who speak, make coffee, and occasionally borrow her truck. MacMurray & Beck, 400 W. Hopkins, Suite 5, Aspen CO 81611-1609.
- * _The Journal of Antonio Montoya (Avon 0-380-73056-1, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $10.00, 217pp, tp) Reprint (MacMurray & Beck 1996) literary fantasy/magical realism novel. An artist shares her house with numerous dead relatives.
- COLLINGS, EDWIN GEOFFREY (1913-1996); see pseudonym John Blackwell
- COLLINGS, MICHAEL R(obert) (1947- ) (stories)
- * *Brian W. Aldiss (Starmont 0-916732-74-6, Apr 86, $6.95, 115pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical study, a readers guide. A hardcover edition was also announced, but we have not seen it. [Aldiss]
- * *Dark Transformations: Deadly Visions of Change (Starmont House 1-55742-196-X, 1990 [May 90], $8.95, 95pp, tp) Collection of 25 horror poems and two stories. A hardcover edition (-197-8, $16.95) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * *The Films of Stephen King (Starmont 0-930261-10-0, Jul 86, $9.95, 201pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical study. #5 in Starmonts 7-book series of works about King. [King]
- * *In the Image of God: Theme, Characterization, and Landscape in the Fiction of Orson Scott Card (Greenwood 0-313-26404-X, Apr 90, $39.95, 192pp, hc) Non-fiction; reference. A critical analysis of Cards fiction plus the most complete Card bibliography available with both sf and non-sf works. [Card]
- * *The Many Facets of Stephen King (Starmont 0-930261-14-3, Feb 86, $9.95, 190pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical study. [King]
- * *Naked to the Sun: Dark Visions of Apocalypse (Starmont 0-930261-76-3, Jan 86, $8.95, 75pp, tp) Collection of poetry with sf and fantasy elements.
- * *Piers Anthony (Starmont 0-916732-52-5, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $5.95, 96pp, tp) Readers guide including primary and secondary bibliographies. [Anthony]
- * *Scaring Us to Death: The Impact of Stephen King on Popular Culture: Second Edition (Borgo Press 0-930261-38-0, 1997 [Feb 98], $21.00, 167pp, tp) Critical non-fiction discussion of Kings works, with chronology, selected bibliography, and index. This is a significantly expanded, updated version of the 1987 Starmont House edition, The Stephen King Phenomenon. Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $3.00 shipping. Credit card orders: 909-884-5813, fax 909-888-4942.
- * *The Shorter Works of Stephen King (with David Engebretson) (Starmont 0-930261-02-X, Sep 85, $9.95, 202pp, pb) Critical study, examining both the uncollected stories and the various collections. A hardcover is also listed as available at $17.95. [King]
- * *Stephen King as Richard Bachman (Starmont 0-930261-00-3, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $9.95, 168pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical study of the King-as-Bachman novels. Written and published in near-record time. This was also announced in hardcover, -01-1, $17.95. [King]
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