The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

COOK, HUGH (stories) (continued)

• * *The Wishstone and the Wonderworkers (Corgi 0-552-13536-4, May ’90 [Apr ’90], £3.99, 448pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Age of Darkness] Fantasy novel. Volume 6 in the “Chronicles of an Age of Darkness” series.
• * *The Witchlord and the Weaponmaster (Corgi 0-552-13849-5, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], £5.99, 716pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Age of Darkness] Fantasy novel. Volume 10 in the “Chronicles of an Age of Darkness” series.
• * +Wizard War (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20422-2, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.50, 447pp, pb) [Age of Darkness] Fantasy novel, a retitling of The Wizards and the Warriors (Colin Smythe 1986), first in a new British fantasy series. This is its first American edition.
• * _Wizard War (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20701-1, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.95, 447pp, pb) [Age of Darkness] Reissue (Colin Smythe 1986 as The Wizards and the Warriors) fantasy novel, first in the “Wizard War” chronicles. Third printing, now without the embossed cover.
• * +Wizard War Chronicles: Lords of the Sword (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45065-5, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $3.99, 272pp, pb) [Age of Darkness] Fantasy novel in the “Chronicles of an Age of Darkness” series. This is a slightly revised edition of the first third of The Walrus and the Warwolf (Corgi 1988), the fourth book of the U.K. series.
• * _The Wizards & the Warriors (Dufour Editions/Colin Smyth 0-86140-203-0, Jul ’87, $18.95, 351pp, hc) [Age of Darkness] Fantasy novel. This is actually the original 1986 Colin Smythe edition, distributed in the U.S. by Dufour. To compound the confusion, it has also appeared in America as Wizard War (Popular Library 1987).
• * *The Wizards and the Warriors (Colin Smythe 0-86140-244-8, Nov ’86, £8.95, 352pp, hc) [Age of Darkness] Fantasy novel, vol. 1 in the “Chronicles of an Age of Darkness” series.
• * *The Wizards and the Warriors (Corgi 0-552-12566-0, Nov ’86, £2.95, 544pp, pb) [Age of Darkness] Paperback edition of the above.
• * *The Women and the Warlords (Corgi 0-552-13131-8, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], £2.95, 429pp, pb) [Age of Darkness] Fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Chronicles of an Age of Darkness” series.
• * _The Women and the Warlords (Colin Smythe 0-86140-265-0, Mar ’89 [Apr ’89], £10.95, 283pp, hc) [Age of Darkness] Reprint (Corgi 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in “The Chronicles of an Age of Darkness”. [Not seen]
• * +The Women and the Warlords (Dufour/Corgi 0-8023-1286-1, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $19.95, 283pp, hc) [Age of Darkness] Humorous sword and sorcery novel, third book in the “Chronicles of an Age of Darkness” series of an announced 24 (!). First American edition (Corgi 1987). Actually this is the fourth volume, since the American editions have been broken up into more volumes.
• * *The Wordsmiths and the Warguild (Corgi 0-552-13130-X, Jun ’87, £2.95, 316pp, pb) [Age of Darkness] Fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Chronicles of an Age of Darkness” series.
• * *The Wordsmiths and the Warguild (Colin Smythe 0-86140-267-7, Nov ’87 [Dec ’87], £9.95, 202pp, hc) [Age of Darkness] Fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Chronicles of an Age of Darkness” series. Available in the US from Dufour Editions for $18.95.
• * *The Worshippers and the Way (Corgi 0-552-13848-7, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], £4.99, 380pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Age of Darkness] Fantasy novel. Volume nine in the “Chronicles of an Age of Darkness” series.

COOK, PAUL (Harlin) (1950- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Alejandra Variations (Ace 0-441-01240-X, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.75, 248pp, pb) Sf novel.
• * *Duende Meadow (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25374-3, Nov ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.95, 227pp, pb) Sf novel. Paranoid post-holocaust underground civilization emerges to find friendly Russian farmers on former U.S. territory.
• * *Fortress on the Sun (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45626-2, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $5.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) SF novel. A prison colony harvests metals from solor plasma until a devasting illness reveals secrets.
• * *Halo (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26171-1, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $3.50, 291pp, pb) Sf novel of an alien invasion and a deadly artifact.
• * *On the Rim of the Mandala (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26582-2, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.95, 246pp, pb) Sf novel of a vulnerable immortal vs. genetically engineered saboteurs.
• * _Tintagel (Ace 0-441-81298-8, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.75, 210pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1981) sf novel.

COOK, RICK; [i.e., James Richard Cook] (1944- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Limbo System (Baen 0-671-69835-4, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.50, 305pp, pb) Sf novel about demonic aliens trapped in a planetless system and released by Earthmen.
• * *Mall Purchase Night (Baen 0-671-72198-4, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $4.99, 336pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Fantasy novel about a night security guard caught up in a battle between good and evil being fought at night in a mall built over a gateway between Elfland and Earth.
• * *The Wiz Biz (Baen 0-671-87846-8, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $6.99, 615pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) [Wiz Zumwalt] Omnibus of the first two humorous fantasy novels in the series featuring Wiz Zumwalt: Wizard’s Bane (1989) and The Wizardry Compiled (1990). (Contents)
• * *The Wizardry Compiled (Baen 0-671-69856-7, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.95, 307pp, pb, cover by Larry Schwinger) [Wiz Zumwalt] Fantasy novel of a computer geek in a magical world, sequel to Wizard’s Bane.
• * *The Wizardry Consulted (Baen 0-671-87700-3, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Cortney Skinner & Newell Convers) [Wiz Zumwalt] Fantasy novel about a computer hacker in a fantasy world, fourth in the “Wizardry” series. Dragons want Wiz to write them a place in his program.
• * *The Wizardry Cursed (Baen 0-671-72049-X, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $4.95, 394pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Wiz Zumwalt] Fantasy novel of an air force pilot transported to a fantasy world previously visited only by computer hackers, third book of the “Wizard’s Bane” series.
• * *The Wizardry Quested (Baen 0-671-87708-9, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $5.99, 313pp, pb, cover by Newell Convers & John Pierrard) [Wiz Zumwalt] Humorous fantasy novel, fifth in the series featuring Wiz Zumwalt, computer programmer turned wizard.
• * *Wizard’s Bane (Baen 0-671-69803-6, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $3.50, 310pp, pb) [Wiz Zumwalt] Fantasy novel about a computer hacker transported to a magical world. A first novel.
• * _Wizard’s Bane (Baen 0-671-69803-6, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.50, 310pp, pb, cover by Alan Gutierrez) [Wiz Zumwalt] Reissue (Baen 1989) fantasy novel about a computer hacker transported to a magical world; second printing.

COOK, ROBERT WILLIAM ARTHUR (1931-1994); see pseudonym Derek Raymond (stories)

COOK, ROBIN (1940- )

• * *Invasion (Berkley 0-425-15540-4, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $6.99, 338pp, pb) Near-future thriller of an alien plague. This is a TV tie-in.
• * _Invasion (SFBC #12073, Aug ’97 [Apr ’97], $9.98, 338pp, hc) Reprint (Berkley 1997) near-future thriller of an alien invasion by plague, a TV tie-in. This is the first hardcover edition; the text follows the Berkley paperback edition. It lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Invasion (Pan 0-330-35288-1, Nov ’97, £5.99, 393pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1997) near-future thriller of an alien plague. A TV tie-in. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Invasion (Berkley 0-425-15540-4, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $6.99, 338pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1997) near-future thriller of an alien plague. This is a TV tie-in. Fifth printing.
• * _Mindbend (G.K. Hall Large Print 0-8161-3804-4, Feb ’86, £10.95, 400pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1985) medical horror thriller.
• * _Mindbend (Pan 0-330-29165-3, Mar ’86, £2.50, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1985) medical horror thriller.
• * _Mindbend (NAL/Signet 0-451-14108-3, May ’86, $4.95, 351pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1985) medical horror/sf novel; 3rd printing after the first paperback release in February.
• * _Mortal Fear (Pan 0-330-30760-6, 1988 [Oct ’88], £2.95, 364pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1988) medical horror novel. This is a special ‘Open Market’ edition and is not generally available in the UK.
• * _Mortal Fear (Macmillan 0-333-47141-5, Apr ’88, £11.95, 364pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam’s 1988) horror novel about a virus that can accelerate aging. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Mortal Fear (Berkley 0-425-11388-4, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $4.95, 364pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1988) medical horror novel of genetics.
• * _Mortal Fear (Pan 0-330-30760-6, Mar ’89, £3.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Putnam 1988) medical horror novel.
• * _Mortal Fear (Berkley 0-425-11388-4, Aug ’96, $6.99, 364pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1988) SF medical thriller about a virus that accelerates aging. 25th printing.
• * _Mortal Fear (Berkley 0-425-11388-4, Jul ’98 [Oct ’98], $7.99, 364pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1988) SF medical thriller about a virus that accelerates aging. 31st printing.
• * *Mutation (Putnam 0-399-13402-6, Jan ’89, $18.95, 367pp, hc) Medical thriller about the results of genetic engineering. Father creates the perfect son with horrible results.
• * _Mutation (Macmillan 0-333-49656-6, Apr ’89, £11.95, 367pp, hc, cover by Jerry Bauer) Reprint (Putnam 1989) medical thriller about the horrific results of genetic engineering. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Mutation (Pan Overseas 0-330-30978-1, 1990 [May ’90], £3.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Paul Dewhurst) Reprint (Putnam’s 1989) medical thriller about genetic engineering. This is an ’Open Market’ edition and is not generally available in the UK.
• * _Mutation (Berkley 0-425-11965-3, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.95, 338pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1989) medical thriller about the results of genetic engineering.
• * _Mutation (Pan 0-330-30978-1, Aug ’90 [Sep ’90], £3.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Paul Dewhurst) Reprint (Putnam 1989) medical thriller about the horrific results of genetic engineering.
• * _Mutation (Berkley 0-425-11965-3, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $6.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reprint (Putnam 1989) medical thriller about genetic engineering. 16th printing.
• * _Mutation (Berkley 0-425-11965-3, Oct ’98, $7.50, 338pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reissue (Putnam 1989) medical thriller about genetic engineering. 23rd printing.
• * *Outbreak (Putnam 0-399-13187-6, Jan ’87, $17.95, 366pp, hc) Sf medical horror novel.
• * _Outbreak (Macmillan 0-333-44861-8, Aug ’87, £9.95, 366pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1987) sf medical horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Outbreak (Pan 0-330-30207-8, Apr ’88, £2.99, 366pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1987) medical horror novel.
• * _Outbreak (Berkley 0-425-10687-X, Aug ’96, $6.99, 340pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1987) SF medical thriller. 30th printing.
• * _Outbreak (Berkley 0-425-10687-X, Jun ’98, $7.50, 340pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1987) SF medical thriller. 34th printing.

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• * _Robin Cook: A Critical Companion See entry under Lorena Laura Stookey.

COOK, TONYA C(arter)

• * _DragonLance: The Dargonesti (with Paul B. Thompson) See entry under Paul B. Thompson

COOK, W(illiam) PAUL (1881-1948)

• * _In Memoriam: Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Recollections, Appreciations, Estimates (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-38-0, Jun ’91 [Jul ’91], $5.95, 35pp, ph) Reprint (Necronomicon 1977) of Cook’s famous 1940 memoir of Lovecraft. [Lovecraft]

COOKE, CATHERINE; [i.e., Catherine Marie Cooke Montrose] (1963- ) (stories)

• * *The Crimson Goddess (Ace 0-441-12199-3, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 232pp, pb) [Winged Assassin] Fantasy novel, third book in the “Winged Assassin” series.
• * *The Hidden Temple (Tor 0-812-53388-7, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 306pp, pb) [Mask] Fantasy novel, third in a trilogy.
• * *Mask of the Wizard (Tor 0-812-53384-4, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $2.95, 384pp, pb) [Mask] Fantasy novel.
• * *Realm of the Gods (Ace 0-441-70840-4, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 218pp, pb) [Winged Assassin] Fantasy novel, sequel to The Winged Assassin.
• * _Realm of the Gods (Orbit 0-7088-8297-8, Jun ’89, £2.99, 218pp, pb) [Winged Assassin] Reprint (Ace 1988) fantasy novel. Sequel to The Winged Assassin. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Veil of Shadow (Tor 0-812-53386-0, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 286pp, pb) [Mask] Fantasy novel, sequel to Mask of the Wizard.
• * *The Winged Assassin (Ace 0-441-89425-9, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $2.95, 279pp, pb) [Winged Assassin] Middle-eastern fantasy novel. A young man, the destined lover/sacrifice of a forbidden goddess, becomes involved with demons, gods, emperors, and spies, in his attempts to escape his fate.
• * _The Winged Assassin (Orbit 0-7088-8266-8, Jul ’88, £3.50, 279pp, pb) [Winged Assassin] Reprint (Ace 1987) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

COOKE, JOHN PEYTON (1967- ) (stories)

• * *The Lake (Avon 0-380-75768-0, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 218pp, pb) Horror novel about monstrous evil lurking at the bottom of a lake. A first novel.
• * *Out for Blood (Avon 0-380-75927-6, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $3.95, 313pp, pb, cover by Steve Brennen) Vampire horror novel. A man dying of leukemia saves himself by becoming one of the undead.

COOKE, JUDY, ed. (stories)

• * *Best of Fiction Magazine (with Elizabeth Bunster) (J.M. Dent 0-460-02464-7, Mar ’86, £4.95, 312pp, tp) Anthology with stories by Brian Aldiss, Alasdair Gray, Russell Hoban, etc. Mostly associational. (Contents)

COOKE, NATHALIE

• * *Margaret Atwood: A Biography (ECW Press 1-55022-308-9, Oct ’98, C$24.95, 378pp, hc, cover by Charles Pachter) Associational non-fiction, biography. Includes notes and index. Order from ECW Press, 2120 Queen St. E., Suite 200, Toronto ON Canada M4E 1E2. [Atwood]

COOL, TOM (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Infectress (Baen 0-671-87763-1, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) SF novel about a high-tech bio-terrorist and an AI interface.
• * *Secret Realms (Tor 0-312-86417-5, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $22.95, 304pp, hc) SF novel. Warriors raised in virtual reality discover the real world — and a real war.

COOLING, WENDY, ed.

• * *Aliens to Earth (Dolphin 1-85881-443-X, Mar ’97, £1.00, 71pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Young-adult anthology of five original SF stories by authors including Eric Brown and Douglas Hill. (Contents)
• * *Bad Dreams (Dolphin 1-85881-452-9, Mar ’97, £1.00, 74pp, pb) Young-adult anthology of six original horror stories by authors including Ann Halam. (Contents)
• * *Out of This World: stories of virtual reality (Dolphin 1-85881-602-5, Nov ’97, £1.00, 72pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult anthology of 5 original SF/fantasy stories. (Contents)
• * *Scared Stiff: horror stories (Dolphin 1-85881-599-1, Nov ’97, £1.00, 74pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult anthology of 5 original horror stories. (Contents)
• * *Simply Spooky: ghost stories (Dolphin 1-85881-601-7, Nov ’97, £1.00, 70pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult anthology of 5 original ghost stories. (Contents)
• * *Spine Chillers (Dolphin 1-85881-454-5, Mar ’97, £1.00, 73pp, pb) Young-adult anthology of six original ghost stories. (Contents)
• * *Stranger Than Ever: mysterious stories (Dolphin 1-85881-600-9, Nov ’97, £1.00, 72pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult anthology of 5 original SF/fantasy stories. (Contents)
• * *Surprise Surprise: stories to make you wonder (Dolphin 1-85881-603-3, Nov ’97, £1.00, 72pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult anthology of 5 original genre/mainstream stories. (Contents)
• * *Time-Watch (Dolphin 1-85881-450-2, Mar ’97, £1.00, 74pp, pb) Young-adult anthology of six original SF stories of ‘The Past and the Future’. Authors include Stephen Bowkett. (Contents)
• * *Weird and Wonderful (Dolphin 1-85881-446-4, Mar ’97, £1.00, 70pp, pb) Young-adult anthology of six original weird stories. (Contents)

COOMBE, MARTEN

• * _The Merlin Mystery (with Jonathan Gunson) See entry under Jonathan Gunson.
• * _The Merlin Mystery: The Secret Lies Inside (with Jonathan Gunson) See entry under Jonathan Gunson.

COONEY, CAROLINE B. (1947- ) (stories)

• * *Both Sides of Time (Delacorte 0-385-32174-0, Aug ’95, $10.95, 210pp, tp, cover by Linda M. Benson) [Both Sides of Time] Young-adult time-travel romance.
• * _Both Sides of Time (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21932-9, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $4.50, 210pp, pb, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Time Travelers] Reprint (Delacorte 1995) young-adult time-travel romance.
• * _Both Sides of Time (Mammoth 0-7497-2678-4, Jun ’97, £3.99, 210pp, pb, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Time Travelers] Reprint (Delacorte 1995) young-adult time-travel romance. First of a series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Caroline B. Cooney Collection (Scholastic UK 0-590-55941-9, Mar ’95, £5.99, 518pp, pb) [*Vampire’s Promise] Omnibus of three vampire novels: The Cheerleader (1991), The Return of the Vampire (1992) and The Vampire’s Promise (1993). Book 6 of the ‘Point Horror Collection’ series. (Contents)
• * *The Cheerleader (Scholastic 0-590-44316-X, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $2.95, 179pp, pb, cover by Newton) [*Vampire’s Promise] Young-adult vampire/horror novel. Vampire cheerleaders.
• * *The Fire (Scholastic 0-590-41641-3, Jun ’90 [Jul ’90], $2.95, 198pp, pb) [Fog] Young-adult horror novel. A teenage girl is menaced by mysterious flames. Third book of a series.
• * _The Fire (Teens 0-7497-0549-3, Dec ’91, £2.99, 198pp, pb, cover by Paul Finn) [Fog] Reprint (Scholastic 1990) young-adult horror novel. Volume 3 in the “Fog” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Fire (Mammoth 0-7497-0549-3, Sep ’94, £2.99, 186pp, pb) [Fog] Reprint (Scholastic 1990) young-adult horror novel. Volume three in the “Christina” trilogy.
• * *The Fog (Scholastic 0-590-43806-9, Aug ’89 [Jul ’90], $2.95, 218pp, pb) [Fog] Young-adult horror novel. A teenage girl is menaced by something evil in the fog. First of a series where the girl is menaced by evil summoned forth by her demonic high school principal.
• * _The Fog (Teens Mandarin 0-7497-0547-7, Oct ’91, £2.50, 218pp, pb, cover by Paul Finn) [Fog] Reprint (Scholastic 1989) young-adult horror novel about a haunted house by the sea. Volume 1 in the “Fog” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Fog (Mammoth 0-7497-0547-7, Sep ’94, £2.99, 216pp, pb) [Fog] Reprint (Scholastic 1989) young-adult horror novel. Volume one in the “Christina” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]