The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- COLLINS, NANCY A(verill) (stories) (continued)
- * _Tempter (Warner UK 0-7515-1027-0, Sep 94 [Oct 94], £4.99, 299pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Onyx 1990) horror novel.
- * *The Tortuga Hill Gangs Last Ride: The True Story (Roadkill Press no ISBN, 1991 [May 91], $5.00, 25pp, ph, cover by Timothy Standish) Original cowpunk horror story, with illustrations by Timothy Standish. This is a signed and numbered limited edition of 500 copies.
- * *Walking Wolf (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-42-2, Mar 95, $25.00, 181pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) Western horror novel: What if Little Big Man had been a werewolf?. Also available in a signed, slipcased edition (-43-0, $60.00). Order from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088.
- * *Wild Blood (NEL 0-450-57401-6, Dec 93, £4.99, 232pp, pb, cover by Melvyn) Horror novel.
- * +Wild Blood (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45432-4, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $4.99, 298pp, pb) Horror novel of an inhuman flesh-eating rock band. First American edition (NEL 1993).
- * *The World of Darkness: Vampire: A Dozen Black Roses (White Wolf 1-56504-872-5, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $21.99, 237pp, hc) [World of Darkness] Novel loosely based on the role-playing game background. Nancy Collins character Sonja Blue invades the World of Darkness. The novel is copyrighted by the author, with all World of Darkness material copyrighted by White Wolf.
- * _The World of Darkness: Vampire: A Dozen Black Roses (White Wolf 1-56504-873-3, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $11.99, 237pp, tp, cover by Timothy Bradstreet) [World of Darkness] Reprint (White Wolf 1996) novel loosely based on the role-playing game background. Nancy Collins character Sonja Blue invades the World of Darkness. The novel is copyrighted by the author, with all World of Darkness material copyrighted by White Wolf.
- _____, ed.
- * *Dark Love (with Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45472-3, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $22.95, 414pp, hc, cover by Mel Odom) Original anthology of 22 horror stories about the darker side of love. Authors include Stephen King, Kathe Koja, John Shirley, and Karl Edward Wagner. There is an introduction by T.E.D. Klein. (Contents)
- * *Dark Love (with Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer) (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-65438-4, Nov 95, £16.99, 402pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Original anthology of 22 sexual horror stories, by King, Laymon, Wagner, Campbell, Schow, Koja, and others. T.E.D. Kleins introduction explains that all the stories show sex isnt safe. And it never was. Simultaneous with the US (Roc) edition.
- * _Dark Love (with Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer) (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-65442-2, Jan 96, £9.99, 402pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) original anthology of 22 sexual horror stories.
- * _Dark Love (with Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg) (SFBC #10405, Feb 96 [Apr 96], $12.98, 414pp, hc, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Roc 1995) original anthology about the darker side of love. This is similar to the Roc edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Dark Love (with Martin H. Greenberg & Edward E. Kramer) (NEL 0-340-65439-2, Jul 96, £6.99, 402pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Roc; Hodder & Stoughton 1995) original anthology of dark fantasy.
- * _Dark Love (with Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45550-9, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $5.99, 398pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Roc 1995) original anthology about the darker side of love. The cover has a sticker announcing includes Stephen Kings Bram Stoker Award-winning novelette.
- * *Forbidden Acts (with Edward E. Kramer & Martin H. Greenberg) (Avon 0-380-77915-3, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $5.99, 390pp, pb, cover by Robert Scudellari) Original anthology of 21 horror stories about taboo behavior, with an introduction by Joe Bob Briggs. Authors include Lucy Taylor, Rex Miller, John Shirley, Kathe Koja, and Barry N. Malzberg. (Contents)
- COLLINS, PAUL A. (1954- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- _____, ed.
- * *Dream Weavers (Penguin Australia 0-14-026208-3, 1996 [Sep 96], A$16.95, 283pp, tp, cover by Elizabeth Kyle) Original anthology of 13 heroic fantasy stories by Australian authors including Tony Shillitoe, Sean McMullen, and Jane Routley. The editors introduction discusses the relatively recent advent of heroic fantasy in Australia. (Contents)
- * *Fantastic Worlds (HarperCollins Australia/Moonstone 0-7322-5878-2, Mar 98, $A14.95, 316pp, pb, cover by Marc McBride) Fantasy anthology of fifteen stories, twelve original to this collection, including stories by Cherry Wilder, Keith Taylor, Garth Nix, Jack Dann and others. (Contents)
- * *Metaworlds: Best Australian Science Fiction (Penguin Australia 0-14-023766-6, 1994 [May 94], A$14.95, 220pp, tp, cover by Grant Gittus) Anthology of 12 Australian SF stories. (Contents)
- * *The MUP Encyclopedia of Australian Science Fiction & Fantasy (Melbourne University Press 0-522-84802-8, Jun 98, A$29.95, tp) Non-fiction, reference guide to Australian SF. Foreword by Peter Nicholls. A hardcover edition (-84771-4, A$39.95) was announced but not seen. Order from Melbourne University Press, PO Box 278, Carlton South, Victoria, Australia; e-mail: info@mup.unimelb.edu.au
- * *Strange Fruit: Tales of the Unexpected (Penguin Australia 0-14-024805-6, 1995, A$14.95, 235pp, tp) Anthology of 17 stories, four new and two revised. (Contents)
- COLLINS, ROBERT A(rnold), ed. (1929- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * _Modes of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Twelfth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (with Robert A. Latham) See entry under Robert A. Latham
- * *Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1990 (with Robert A. Latham) (Greenwood 0-313-28150-5, Nov 91 [Jan 92], $75.00, 711pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. Approximately 500 short reviews of both fiction and non-fiction published in 1989, written by various reviewers plus introductory material including surveys of the year in a number of categories and author profiles of Dan Simmons, S.P. Somtow, Tanith Lee, and Thomas Ligotti. Available from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881.
- * *Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1991 (with Robert A. Latham) (Greenwood Press 0-313-28326-5, Nov 93 [Feb 94], $99.50, 896pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. Approximately 500 short reviews of both fiction and non-fiction published in 1990, written by various reviewers plus introductory material including surveys of the year in a number of categories and author profiles of Greg Bear, Charles de Lint, David J. Schow, and Andre Norton. Available from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: 800-225-5800.
- * *Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual 1988 (Meckler 0-88736-249-4, Jan 89 [Feb 89], $65.00, 486pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. Approximately 600 reviews by 100 reviewers of fiction and non-fiction from 1987 plus some introductory articles.
- * *Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual 1989 (with Robert A. Latham) (Meckler 0-88736-369-5, Dec 89 [Mar 90], $65.00, 624pp, hc) Non-fiction; criticism. Approximately 500 short reviews by a number of reviewers of fiction and non-fiction from 1988 plus introductory material including surveys of 1988 in sf, fantasy, and horror plus profiles of Bruce Sterling, Jane Yolen, and Dennis Etchison.
- * *The Scope of the Fantastic: Culture, Biography, Themes, Childrens Literature (with Howard D. Pearce) (Greenwood 0-313-23448-5, Nov 85 [Dec 85], $35.00, xii + 284pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical studies; second volume of selected essays from the First International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film.
- * *The Scope of the Fantastic: Theory, Technique, Major Authors (with Howard D. Pearce) (Greenwood 0-313-23447-7, Jun 85 [May 85], $35.00, xii + 295pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical works. Selected essays from the First International Conference on the Fantastic.
- COLLINS, WARWICK (1948- )
- * *Challenge (Pan 0-330-31282-0, Jun 90 [1990], £12.95, 401pp, hc, cover by Tom Stimpson) [Challenge] Novel about a yacht race, set in 1999.
- * _Challenge (Pan 0-330-31651-6, May 91, £4.99, 401pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) [Challenge] Reprint (Pan 1990) novel about the Americas Cup set in the year 2000.
- * *Computer One (No Exit Press 1-874061-12-2, Jul 93 [Jun 93], £7.99, 272pp, tp) Sf novel about an international civil computer network in the 21st century.
- * _Computer One (No Exit Press 1-874061-19-X, May 94, £5.99, 274pp, pb) Reprint (No Exit Press 1993) SF novel.
- * +Computer One (Marion Boyars 0-7145-3033-6, Nov 97 [Dec 97], $24.95, 274pp, hc) Near-future SF novel of a Zen Buddhist obsessed with the dangers of the worldwide computer network that runs everything. There is a new introduction by Collins. This appears to be a simultaneous US/UK edition; it is the first hardcover edition, and first US edition (No Fault Press UK 1993).
- * *Death of an Angel (Pan 0-330-31949-3, Mar 92 [Feb 92], £15.99, 418pp, hc, cover by Tom Stimpson) [Challenge] Near-future thriller, set in 2003. Volume three in the Challenge series.
- * _Death of an Angel (Pan 0-330-32135-8, Feb 93, £4.99, 418pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) [Challenge] Reprint (Pan 1992) near-future thriller, set in 2003. Volume three in the Challenge series.
- * *New World (Pan 0-330-31684-2, May 91 [1991], £14.99, 432pp, hc) [Challenge] Near-future thriller. Sequel to Challenge. [Not seen]
- * _New World (Pan 0-330-31685-0, Mar 92 [Feb 92], £4.99, 432pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) [Challenge] Reprint (Pan 1991) near-future thriller, set in 2002. Volume two in the Challenge series.
- COLLINS, (William) WILKIE (1824-1889) (stories)
- * *The Best Supernatural Stories of Wilkie Collins (Robert Hale 0-7090-4224-8, Nov 90, £14.95, 303pp, hc, cover by Helen Hale) Collection of 12 supernatural tales by Wilkie Collins, selected and introduced by Peter Haining. (Contents)
- * *The Dream-Woman and other stories (Phoenix 0-75380-454-9, Sep 98 [Nov 98], £3.99, x+241pp, tp, cover by Richard Prideaux) Collection of 11 stories, selected, edited, and with an introduction by Peter Miles. (Contents)
- * _The Haunted Hotel (Alan Sutton 0-86299-824-7, Sep 90, £3.95, 167pp, pb, cover by Jules Romain Joyant) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1878) classic ghost novel.
- * *Mad Monkton and Other Stories (Worlds Classics 0-19-282260-8, Jan 94, £5.99, xxxviii+383pp, tp, cover by Caspar David Friedrich) Collection containing some ghost stories, edited and introduced by Norman Page. (Contents)
- * _The Moonstone (Bantam Classics 0-553-21156-0, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $3.50, 464pp, pb) Reissue (Tinsley 1868) fantasy adventure novel. The original idols curse novel.
- _____, [ref.]
- * _Dead Secrets: Wilkie Collins and the Female Gothic See entry under Tamar Heller.
- * _The King of Inventors: A Life of Wilkie Collins See entry under Catherine Peters.
- COLLINS, WILLIAM WILKIE; see under Collins, Wilkie (stories)
- COLLODI, CARLO; pseudonym of Carlo Lorenzini, (1826-1890)
- * *The Adventures of Pinocchio (Oxford 0-19-282340-X, Jan 97, $8.95, 188pp, pb, cover by Enrico Mazzanti) Reprint (Felice Paggi 1883 as Le avventure di Pinocchio) classic childrens fantasy. This is part of the Worlds Classics series, with a new translation by Ann Lawson Lucas, with extensive notes, a bibliography, a chronology of Carlo Collodi, and a lengthy introduction discussing the storys history, and critical response. This appears to be an international edition.
- COLMER, HUGH
- COLOMBO, JOHN ROBERT, ed. (1936- ) (stories)
- * *Worlds in Small (Cacanadadada Press 0-921870-14-0, Jun 92, $12.95, 96pp, tp, cover by Alvin Jang) Anthology of 104 minimalist excerpts, stories, and poems (most under 100 words, many under 20) including many by sf writers including Bradbury, Clarke, and Heinlein. Order from Cacanadadada Press, 3350 W. 21st Ave., Vancouver BC V6S 1G7, Canada; (604) 738-1195. (Contents)
- COLOMBO, JUDITH WOOLCOCK (1950- )
- * *The Fablesinger (The Crossing Press 0-89594-376-X, Sep 89, $7.95, 131pp, tp) Caribbean feminist fantasy, a first novel. The great shaman Fablesinger and her women do battle with the forces of the evil Obeah man to save their world.
- COLSON, S. DARNBROOK (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Snakes (TAL Publications no ISBN, May 92, $5.95, ph) Horror short story, a limited edition of 500 copies. Available from TAL Publications, PO Box 1837, Leesburg VA 22075. Add $1.00 for postage.
- COMBES, SHARON
- * _Caly (Zebra 0-8217-1996-3, Feb 87 [Jan 87], $3.50, 282pp, pb) Reissue (Zebra 1980) novel of supernatural horror ghosts haunt a couple in an old Maine house. Third printing.
- * _Cherron (Zebra 0-8217-2043-0, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $3.50, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Zebra 1980) horror novel.
- COMFORT, ALEX(ander) [MB., D.SC.] (1920-2000) (stories)
- * _Tetrarch (Paladin 0-586-08772-9, Jan 89, £4.99, 399pp, tp, cover by Peter Goodfellow) Reprint (Shambhala 1980) literary fantasy novel.
- COMFORT, DANIEL (1950- )
- * *To the Top of the Mountain (Bridges to the Sound 0-938316-020-8, 1983 [Sep 84], $12.95, 226pp, hc) Mystical allegorical tale. This may be a 1983 book, but we had not seen it before.
- COMO, JAMES T., ed.
- * +C.S. Lewis At the Breakfast Table, and Other Reminiscences (Collier 0-02-049700-8, Aug 85 [Sep 85], $8.95, 299pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan U.K. 1979) non-fiction, biographical. Reminiscences by Lewis friends, plus an introduction by the editor and a bibliography by Lewis literary executor. First U.S. edition. [Lewis]
- COMPTON, D(avid) G(uy) (1930- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * _Ascendancies (Ace 0-441-03088-2, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $2.75, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1980) sf novel.
- * *Back of Town Blues (Gollancz 0-575-06253-3, May 96, £15.99, 208pp, hc) [Alec Duncan] Near-future SF mystery featuring black Scots ex-policeman Alec Duncan.
- * _Back of Town Blues (Vista 0-575-60131-0, Jan 97 [Apr 97], £5.99, 208pp, pb) [Alec Duncan] Reprint (Gollancz 1996) mystery novel. Volume two in the Alex Duncan series.
- * *Justice City (Gollancz 0-575-05838-2, Nov 94, £14.99, 288pp, hc, cover by Peter Mennim) [Alec Duncan] SF novel.
- * _Justice City (Gollancz 0-575-05840-4, Nov 95 [Oct 95], £5.99, 288pp, pb) [Alec Duncan] Reprint (Gollancz 1994) SF novel.
- * *Nomansland (Gollancz 0-575-05422-0, Feb 93 [Jan 93], £14.99, 286pp, hc, cover by Tom Stimpson) Sf novel set in a future where all the children born are female.
- * _Nomansland (Gollancz 0-575-05714-9, Feb 94 [Jan 94], £4.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) Reprint (Gollancz 1993) sf novel set in a future where all the children born are female.
- * *Radio Plays (Kerosina 0-948893-24-9, Apr 88, £4.50, 62pp, tp) Collection of two delightful, surreal radio play scripts that Compton wrote for the BBC in the 1960s. Recommended. (PSP) Limited edition of 350 copies. (Contents)
- * *Radio Plays (Kerosina 0-948893-23-0, Apr 88, 62pp, hc) Hardback edition of the above, slip-cased with the collectors edition of Scudders Game. Limited edition of 300 copies.
- * *Ragnarok (with John Gribbin) (Gollancz 0-575-05110-8, Oct 91, £14.99, 344pp, hc, cover by Martin Baker) Near-future thriller about a group of ecological terrorists who threaten to trigger a nuclear winter.
- * _Ragnarok (with John Gribbin) (Gollancz 0-575-05321-6, Oct 92 [Sep 92], £4.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) Reprint (Gollancz 1991) near-future thriller about a group of ecological terrorists who threaten to trigger a nuclear winter.
- * *Scudders Game (Kerosina 0-948893-22-2, Apr 88, £12.95, 175pp, hc) Disappointing sf novel about rebellion against the system and the perils of growing old. Limited edition of 750 copies.
- * *Scudders Game (Kerosina 0-948893-21-4, Apr 88, £35.00, 175pp, hc) Collectors edition of the above, slip-cased with the hardback edition of Radio Plays. Limited edition of 250 copies.
- COMSTOCK, JARROD; pseudonym of Sharon Jarvis & Ellen M. Kozak
- * *These Lawless Worlds #1: The Love Machine (Pinnacle 0-523-42195-8, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $2.75, 231pp, pb) [These Lawless Worlds] First in a new soft-porn sf series. When a robot blows your circuits, is it sex or sabotage? A first novel.
- * *These Lawless Worlds #2: Scales of Justice (Pinnacle 0-523-42196-6, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.50, 233pp, pb) [These Lawless Worlds] Adult sf adventure novel, second in a series.
- COMSTOCK, MARY CHASE (stories) (assoc.)
- * *A Midsummers Magic (Zebra 0-8217-4632-4, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $3.99, 219pp, pb) Fantasy Regency novel about a country house party whose hostess happens to be a witch.
- CONAWAY, J. C.
- * _Quarrel with the Moon (Tor 0-812-51636-2, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.95, 319pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1982) horror novel with werewolves. Second printing.
- CONCANNON, DIANA M.
- * *Helens Passage (Cavatica Publishing 0-9662199-0-2, May 98, $22.95, 363pp, hc, cover by Keith Kimura) Historical fantasy novel of Helen of Troy. A first novel. Order from Cavatica Publishing, 1262 Beryl St, Suite 30, Redondo Beach CA 90277; 310-371-1036.
- CONDE, MARYSE
- * _I, Tituba, Black Witch of Salem (Ballantine One World 0-345-38420-2, Jan 94 [Dec 93], $10.00, 225pp, tp, cover by Walter Rane) Reprint (University of Virginia 1992) historical novel with fantasy elements about the Salem Witch Trials, told from the viewpoint of the slave Tituba, who really does possess some supernatural powers. With a foreword by Angela Y. Davis and an afterword by Ann Armstrong Scarboro. Translated from the French by Richard Philcox. Originally published as Moi, Tituba, Sorciere...Noire de Salem (Editions Mercure de France 1986).
- CONDE, NICHOLAS; pseudonym of Robert Stuart Nathan & Robert Rosenblum
- * _The Believers (Corgi 0-552-12347-1, Mar 88, £2.95, 427pp, pb) Reprint (Hutchinson 1982, as The Religion) supernatural thriller, now filmed.
- * _In the Deep Woods (NEL 0-450-50504-9, Sep 89, £12.95, 286pp, hc) Reprint (St. Martins 1989) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
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