The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

COLE, ALLAN (stories) (continued)

• * *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 Warrior’s 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 Warrior’s 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 hero’s sister just wants to be a simple soldier, but is sent on a desperate quest across the sea.
• * _The Warrior’s 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 Warrior’s 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) [Timura Trilogy] 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) [Timura Trilogy] 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) [Timura Trilogy] 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) [Timura Trilogy] 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) [Timura Trilogy] 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) [Timura Trilogy] 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)

• * *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)

• * _Birthday See entry under Mark Morris.

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)

• * *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 (stories)

• * *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 you’ve 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- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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 writer’s 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 (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- ); 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 reader’s 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 Starmont’s 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 Card’s 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) Reader’s 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 King’s 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]
• * *The Stephen King Phenomenon (Starmont House 0-930261-12-7, Apr ’87, $9.95, 144pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study of Stephen King as a bestselling author and his effect on publishing, etc.
• * *The Work of Stephen King (Borgo Press 0-8095-1520-2, 1996 [Feb ’96], $39.00, 480pp, tp) Non-fiction reference; an annotated bibliography and guide to King’s work through 1994. This appears to be substantially expanded from the Starmont House 1986 Annotated Guide to Stephen King. Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $2.50 shipping. Credit card orders: fax 909-888-4942.
• * _The Work of Stephen King (Borgo Press 0-8095-1520-2, 1997 [Feb ’97], $41.00, 480pp, tp) Reissue (Borgo 1996) non-fiction reference; an annotated bibliography and guide to King’s work through 1994. This appears to be substantially expanded from the Starmont House 1986 Annotated Guide to Stephen King. Second printing. Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $2.50 shipping. Credit card orders: fax 909-888-4942.

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• * *Reflections on the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Fourth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (Greenwood 0-313-25555-5, Oct ’86 [Feb ’87], $29.95, 109pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical studies. Collection of articles from the Conference on the Fantastic. This has a 1986 date, but we did not see it until 1987. UK price £27.00.

COLLINS, DAVID R.

• * *J.R.R. Tolkien: Master of Fantasy (Lerner 0-8225-4906-9, Dec ’92 [Aug ’93], $21.50, 112pp, hc, cover by William Heagy) Young-adult non-fiction biography of Tolkien with illustrations by William Heagy. A trade paperback edition (-9618-0, $7.95) is also available. [Tolkien]

COLLINS, HELEN (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Mutagenesis (Tor 0-312-85387-4, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $22.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Sf novel of a female microbiologist on a ship visiting a long-abandoned star colony, who defies the religious patriarchy intolerant of women. A first novel.
• * _Mutagenesis (Tor 0-812-52163-3, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel of a female microbiologist on a ship visiting a long-abandoned star colony, who defies the religious partiarchy intolerant of women.

COLLINS, LARRY; [i.e., John Lawrence Collins, Jr.] (1929-2005) (stories)

• * *Maze (Grafton 0-246-13521-2, Sep ’89 [Oct ’89], £12.95, 364pp, hc, cover by John Knights) Thriller about psychics.

COLLINS, M.

• * *If I Die on the Jersey Front (Orchard Press 0-9645726-0-5, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $4.99, 283pp, pb, cover by Holly Adams) SF novel. In a US literally split by racial conflict, a young black man of the new nation of New Africa tries to help a young white woman looking for her missing father. Available from Orchard Press, P.O. Box 192, Cornwall CT 06753.

COLLINS, MAX ALLAN (Jr.) (1948- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Waterworld (Boulevard 1-57297-001-4, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $5.99, 321pp, pb) Novelization of the SF movie.
• * *Waterworld (Boulevard 1-57297-002-2, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $3.99, 121pp, tp) Young-adult novelization of the SF movie.
• * _Waterworld (Arrow 0-09-963831-2, Aug ’95, £4.99, 239pp, pb) Reprint (Boulevard 1995) novelisation of the movie. [First U.K. edition]

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• * *Dick Tracy: The Secret Files (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Tor 0-812-51010-0, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 310pp, pb, cover by Dick Locher) [Dick Tracy] Original mystery anthology of 16 Dick Tracy stories, sone with fantasy elements. (Contents)
• * _Dick Tracy: The Secret Files (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Tor 0-812-51010-0, Jun ’90, $4.95, 310pp, pb, cover by Dick Locher) [Dick Tracy] Reissue (Tor 1990) original mystery anthology of 16 Dick Tracy stories, some with fantasy elements; fifth printing. At least the first five printings were on the shelves within a month of publication.

COLLINS, NANCY A(verill) (1959- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Angels on Fire (White Wolf 1-56504-909-8, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $11.99, 234pp, tp, cover by Thom Ang) Dark fantasy novel. A despairing woman finds an unconscious angel on the roof of her New York City apartment building.
• * *Cold Turkey (Crossroads Press no ISBN, Sep ’92, $12.00, 36pp, ph, cover by Mark Masztal) [Sonja Blue] Vampire novella featuring Sonja Blue, who originally appeared in Sunglasses After Dark, with an introduction by Joe R. Lansdale and illustrations by Mark Masztal. This is a 500-copy limited edition signed by the author and artist. Order from Crossroads Press, PO Box 10433, Holyoke MA 01041-2033.
• * _A Dozen Black Roses (SFBC #14777, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $10.98, 237pp, hc) Reprint (White Wolf 1996) novelization loosely based on the role-playing game and Collins’ own character “Sonja Blue”. This is similar to the White Wolf edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Fantastic Four: To Free Atlantis (Boulevard 1-57297-054-5, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 305pp, pb, cover by Greg Hildebrandt & Tim Hildebrandt) Novelization based on the Marvel comic book characters. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Entertainment Group.
• * *In the Blood (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45151-1, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) [Sonja Blue] Vampire horror novel, sequel to Sunglasses After Dark.
• * *In the Blood (NEL 0-450-56196-8, Jan ’92, £4.99, 301pp, pb) [Sonja Blue] Vampire horror novel - a sequel to Sunglasses After Dark. Simultaneous with US (Roc) edition.
• * _In the Blood (NEL 0-450-56196-8, May ’95 [Sep ’95], £4.99, 301pp, pb) [Sonja Blue] Reprint (NEL; Roc 1992) dark fantasy novel. Second in the “Sonja Blue” series, after Sunglasses After Dark.
• * _Midnight Blue (SFBC #07769, Aug ’95, $12.98, 560pp, hc, cover by Thom Ang) Reprint (White Wolf 1995) horror omnibus. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the White Wolf trade paperback, but lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Midnight Blue: The Sonja Blue Collection (White Wolf 1-56504-900-4, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $14.99, 560pp, tp, cover by Thom Ang) [Sonja Blue] Horror omnibus of three novels featuring the vampire Sonja Blue: Sunglasses After Dark, In the Blood, and Paint It Black. The latter has not yet appeared separately, and this is its first publication. (Contents)
• * *Nameless Sins (Gauntlet Publications 0-9629659-7-9, Nov ’94 [Dec ’94], $60.00, 430pp, hc, cover by Joe Christ) Collection of 24 stories, three original to this collection. Signed, limited, slipcased edition with an introduction by Joe Lansdale and an afterword by Neil Gaiman. (Contents)
• * *Paint It Black (NEL 0-450-61010-1, May ’95 [Apr ’95], £4.99, 253pp, pb) [Sonja Blue] Horror novel. Volume three in the “Sonja Blue” series. It appeared earlier as part of the US omnibus Midnight Blue: A Sonja Blue Collection (White Wolf 1995).
• * *Sunglasses After Dark (NAL Onyx 0-451-40147-6, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 253pp, pb) [Sonja Blue] Vampire horror novel; a first novel. This is intense, erotic, and truly nasty. Highly recommended (SW).
• * _Sunglasses After Dark (Kinnell 1-870532-25-2, May ’90, £12.95, 253pp, hc, cover by Les Edwards) [Sonja Blue] Reprint (NAL Onyx 1989) horror novel about vampires. This is simultaneous with the paperback edition, and is the first world hardcover edition.
• * _Sunglasses After Dark (Futura 0-7088-4479-0, May ’90, £3.50, 253pp, pb) [Sonja Blue] Reprint (NAL Onyx 1989) horror novel about vampires. A first novel. Recommended. (PSP)
• * _Sunglasses After Dark (Warner UK 0-7515-1026-2, Sep ’94 [Oct ’94], £4.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) [Sonja Blue] Reprint (Onyx 1989) horror novel.
• * *Tempter (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40215-4, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.50, 299pp, pb) Vampire horror novel that shares a common character with Sunglasses After Dark. This is a wild mix of voodoo, vampirism, possession, and reincarnation. Recommended (SW).
• * _Tempter (Futura 0-7088-4968-7, Sep ’91, £4.50, 299pp, pb) Reprint (Onyx 1990) vampire horror novel featuring one of the characters from Sunglasses After Dark. [First U.K. edition]