The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

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 Gang’s 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.

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• * *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. Klein’s introduction explains that all the stories show ‘sex isn’t 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 King’s 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.)

• * *The Government in Exile and other stories (Melbourne: Sumeria Press 0 646 19774 6, 1994, 242pp, pb) Collection of 16 stories, five original. (Contents)

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• * *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 editor’s 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, Children’s 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 America’s 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 (World’s 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 “idol’s curse” novel.

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• * _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 children’s fantasy. This is part of the “World’s 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 story’s history, and critical response. This appears to be an international edition.

COLMER, HUGH

• * _Hidden Gods: The Doorway (with Anthony Masters) See entry under Anthony Masters.

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 collector’s edition of Scudder’s 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.
• * *Scudder’s 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.
• * *Scudder’s Game (Kerosina 0-948893-21-4, Apr ’88, £35.00, 175pp, hc) Collector’s 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 Midsummer’s 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.

• * *Helen’s 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. Martin’s 1989) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]