The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

COONEY, CAROLINE B. (stories) (continued)

• * *Freeze Tag (Scholastic 0-590-45681-4, Nov ’92, $3.25, 166pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel of two kids terrorized by a girl whose touch literally freezes her victims.
• * *Night School (Scholastic/Point 0-590-47878-8, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $3.50, 187pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. An instructor with strange powers leads unwary students to evil.
• * _Night School (Scholastic UK 0-590-13513-9, Mar ’96, £3.50, 187pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic/Point 1995) young-adult horror novel. An instructor with strange powers leads students into evil. A ‘Point Horror’ book. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Out of Time (Delacorte 0-385-32226-7, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $10.95, 210pp, tp) [Time Travelers] Young-adult time-travel romance, sequel to Both Sides of Time. A boy in 1895 is locked away because he insists his girlfriend came from the future.
• * _Out of Time (Mammoth 0-7497-2478-1, Jun ’97, £3.99, 210pp, pb, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Time Travelers] Reprint (Delacorte 1996) young-adult time-travel romance, sequel to Both Sides of Time. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Out of Time (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21933-7, Aug ’97, $4.50, 210pp, pb, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Time Travelers] Reprint (Delacorte 1996) young-adult time-travel romance, sequel to Both Sides of Time.
• * *The Perfume (Scholastic 0-590-45402-1, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $3.25, 167pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel about a girl possessed by the spirit of her unborn twin, who is intent to take over the girl’s life.
• * *Point Horror 3: The Caroline B. Cooney Special Edition (Scholastic UK 0-590-54288-5, Oct ’96 [Dec ’96], £6.99, 378pp, hc) Young-adult horror omnibus of Freeze Tag, The Stranger, and Twins. (Contents)
• * *Prisoner of Time (Delacorte 0-385-32244-5, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $15.95, 200pp, hc, cover by Kamil Vojnar) [Time Travelers] Young-adult time-travel romance, third in the series beginning with Both Sides of Time. A desperate Victorian girl flees to the future.
• * *The Return of the Vampire (Scholastic 0-590-44884-6, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $2.95, 166pp, pb) [*Vampire’s Promise] Young-adult horror novel. A teenage girl’s bargain with the vampire who lives in the tower of her new home proves to be a bad one.
• * *The Snow (Scholastic 0-590-41640-5, Feb ’90 [Jul ’90], $2.95, 200pp, pb) [Fog] Young-adult horror novel. A teenage girl is menaced by evil winter weather. Second book of a series.
• * _The Snow (Teens 0-7497-0548-5, Nov ’91, £2.99, 200pp, pb, cover by Paul Finn) [Fog] Reprint (Scholastic 1990) young-adult horror novel. Volume 2 in the “Fog” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Snow (Mammoth 0-7497-0548-5, Sep ’94, £2.99, 201pp, pb) [Fog] Reprint (Scholastic 1990) young-adult horror novel. Volume two in the “Christina” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Stranger (Scholastic 0-590-45680-6, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $3.50, 198pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel of a young girl drawn to a mysterious boy in her class who isn’t quite alive.
• * *The Vampire’s Promise (Scholastic 0-590-45682-2, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $3.50, 166pp, pb) [*Vampire’s Promise] Young-adult horror novel. A group of teenagers wander into a vampire’s lair and are forced to choose his victim from among themselves.

COONEY, ELEANOR

• * *Shangri-La (with Daniel Altieri) (Morrow 0-688-12872-6, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $25.00, 324pp, hc, cover by Leland Klanderman) [Lost Horizon] Sequel to James Hilton’s classic Lost Horizon. The People’s Liberation Army of China threatens to plunder Shangri-La in 1966.

COONTZ, OTTO (F.) (1946- )

• * _Isle of the Shapeshifters (Bantam Starfire 0-553-24801-4, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $2.50, 210pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1983) juvenile fantasy novel.
• * _The Night Walkers (Pocket/Archway 0-671-62739-2, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.50, 163pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1982) young-adult horror novel.
• * _Night Walkers (Methuen 0-416-07302-6, Oct ’88, £7.95, 192pp, hc) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1982) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _The Night Walkers (Mammoth 0-7497-0044-0, Sep ’97, £3.99, 179pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1982) young-adult horror novel.
• * _The Shapeshifters (Magnet 0-416-10262-X, Oct ’88, £1.95, 209pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1983, as Isle of the Shapeshifters) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *Through the Nightsea Wall (Methuen 0-416-13542-0, Oct ’89 [1989], £8.95, 225pp, hc) [Ausable Odysseys] Young adult fantasy/horror novel. Volume 1 in the “Ausable Odysseys” series. [Not seen]
• * _Through the Nightsea Wall (Teens 0-7497-0145-5, Apr ’91 [Aug ’91], £2.99, 225pp, pb, cover by Bruce Hogarth) [Ausable Odysseys] Reprint (Methuen 1989) young-adult fantasy novel. The First Book in “The Ausable Odysseys”.

COOPER, (Brenda) CLARE (1935- ) (stories)

• * *Ashar of Qarius (Sprint 0-671-69932-6, Oct ’88, £3.50, 160pp, tp) Young-adult sf novel.
• * _Ashar of Qarius (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-200409-2, Apr ’90 [Sep ’90], $14.95, 144pp, hc, cover by Stephen Marchesi) Reprint (Sprint 1988) Young-adult sf novel of two children left alone when the other inhabitants of their space dome disappear.
• * _The Black Horn (Pont Books 1-85902-070-4, Sep ’94, £3.95, 145pp, pb, cover by Robert Gibson) [Simon Jones] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1981) young-adult fantasy novel illustrated by Robert Gibson. Volume one in the “Simon Jones” trilogy.
• * *Earthchange (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-35167-5, Jun ’85 [May ’85], £5.95, 96pp, hc) Young-adult sf novella about Earth after a catastrophe.
• * +Earthchange (Lerner 0-8225-0730-7, Jun ’86, $9.95, 96pp, hc) Juvenile sf novella of an almost destroyed Earth. First U.S. edition. First published Hodder & Stoughton 1985.
• * _The Kings of the Mountain (Pont Books 1-85902-080-1, Sep ’94, £3.95, 160pp, pb, cover by Robert Gibson) [Simon Jones] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1986) young-adult fantasy novel illustrated by Robert Gibson. Volume three in the “Simon Jones” trilogy.
• * *The Settlement on Planet B (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-40257-1, Jun ’87, £6.95, 158pp, hc) Juvenile sf novel. [Not seen]
• * *Time Loft (Pont Books 1-85902-144-1, May ’95, £4.25, 127pp, pb, cover by Suzanne Carpenter) Young-adult SF novel. A young boy is time-napped to 2195.
• * _A Wizard Called Jones (Pont Books 1-85902-075-5, Sep ’94, £3.95, 123pp, pb, cover by Robert Gibson) [Simon Jones] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1984) young-adult fantasy novel illustrated by Robert Gibson. Volume two in the “Simon Jones” trilogy.

COOPER, FIONA (1955- ) (stories)

• * *The Empress of the Seven Oceans (Black Swan 0-552-99490-1, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £5.99, 381pp, tp, cover by Stephen Player) Literary fantasy novel set in the 17th century.
• * *I Believe in Angels (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-284-X, 1993, £7.99, 146pp, tp, cover by Paula Cox) Original collection of 17 mainstream/fantasy stories (2 reprint). (Contents) [Not seen]
• * *A Skyhook in the Midnight Sun (Serpent’s Tail 1-85242-357-9, Aug ’94, £9.99, 425pp, tp, cover by Paula Cox) Literary fantasy novel. A young lesbian comes to terms with her grief under the guidance of her dead lover and other ghosts.

COOPER, ILENE

• * *I’ll See You in My Dreams (Viking 0-670-86322-X, Jun ’97 [Jul ’97], $15.99, 164pp, hc, cover by Joe Baker) Young-adult horror novel. A girl’s dreams show her a menacing future.

COOPER, JEFFREY (B.) (1950- ) (stories)

• * _The Nightmares on Elm Street (Futura 0-7088-3575-9, Sep ’87, £2.50, 216pp, pb) [Freddy] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1987) novelizations of the first three “Freddy” horror films. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Nightmares on Elm Street Omnibus (with Joseph Locke) (Warner UK 0-7515-1758-5, Dec ’96, £7.99, vi+436pp, pb) [Freddy] Dark fantasy omnibus of two novelisations: The Nightmares on Elm Street: Parts 1, 2, 3: The Continuing Story by Cooper (St. Martins’, 1987), and The Nightmares on Elm Street: Parts 4 &5 by Locke (St. Martin’s, 1989). Illustrated with 16 pages of stills. (Contents)
• * *The Nightmares on Elm Street, Parts 1, 2, 3: The Continuing Story (St. Martin’s 0-312-90517-3, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $3.95, 216pp, pb) [Freddy] Novelization of the three films, including “over 25 photographs” from the film series. Supernatural horror.
• * _The Nightmares on Elm Street, Parts 1, 2, 3: The Continuing Story (St. Martin’s 0-312-90517-3, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 216pp, pb) Reissue (St. Martin’s 1987) movie tie-in horror novelization; third printing.

COOPER, JOHN R.

• * *The Lord Falcon: The Making of a Legend (The Book Guild 0-86332-615-3, Aug ’91, £12.95, 220pp, hc, cover by John Grey) [Repositors] Sf novel set in England in 40,000 AD when the world has reverted to feudalism. Volume 1 in the “Repositors” series.

COOPER, LOUISE (1952- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Aisling (Grafton 0-586-21444-5, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £4.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Indigo] Fantasy novel. Book 8 of “Indigo”.
• * +Aisling (Tor 0-812-50808-4, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $4.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Indigo] Fantasy novel, eighth book of the “Indigo” series. First American edition (Grafton 1993).
• * *Avatar (Grafton 0-586-21338-4, Oct ’91, £3.99, 299pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Indigo] Fantasy novel. Book 6 of “Indigo.”
• * +Avatar (Tor 0-812-50802-5, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Indigo] Fantasy novel, sixth book of the “Indigo” series. First American edition (Grafton 1991).
• * *The Avenger (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29111-4, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $4.99, 390pp, pb, cover by Steve Assel) [Chaos Gate] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Chaos Gate” trilogy.
• * _The Avenger (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21446-1, Oct ’93, £4.99, 390pp, pb) [Chaos Gate] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) fantasy novel. Book Three of “Chaos Gate”. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Blood Dance (Puffin 0-14-037638-0, May ’96 [Aug ’96], £2.99, 102pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult dark fantasy novel.
• * *Creatures: If You Go Down to the Woods (Hippo 0-590-11163-9, Nov ’98, £3.50, 152pp, tp) [Creatures] Juvenile horror novel. Book two in a series which reinterprets famous nursery rhymes.
• * *Creatures: Once I Caught a Fish Alive (Hippo 0-590-11162-0, Nov ’98, £3.50, 142pp, tp) [Creatures] Juvenile horror novel. Book one in a new series which reinterprets famous nursery rhymes.
• * *Creatures: See How They Run (Hippo 0-590-54381-4, Nov ’98, £3.50, 148pp, tp) [Creatures] Juvenile horror novel. Book three in a series which reinterprets famous nursery rhymes.
• * *The Dark Caller (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-68173-X, Dec ’97, £3.99, 280pp, pb, cover by John Avon) [Shar Tillmer] Young-adult fantasy novel. A sequel to Daughter of Storms.
• * *Daughter of Storms (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-64070-7, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £3.99, 255pp, pb, cover by John Avon) [Shar Tillmer] Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *The Deceiver (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28821-0, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $4.50, 280pp, pb, cover by Steve Assel) [Chaos Gate] Fantasy novel, first book of the “Chaos Gate” trilogy.
• * _The Deceiver (Grafton 0-586-21475-5, Jun ’93, £4.99, 280pp, pb) [Chaos Gate] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1991) fantasy novel. Book one of the “Chaos Gate” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Eclipse (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21724-X, Nov ’94, £4.99, 360pp, pb) [Star Shadow] Fantasy novel. The “Star Shadow” Trilogy Book II.
• * *Firespell (Puffin 0-14-037366-7, Jan ’96, £2.99, 115pp, pb, cover by George Smith) Young-adult dark fantasy novel in Puffin’s new “Dark Enchantment” series. A topaz shows a young woman the man who will love her — or destroy her.
• * *Heart of Dust (Puffin UK 0-14-038338-7, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], £3.99, 153pp, pb) Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Heart of Fire (Puffin UK 0-14-038771-4, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], £3.99, 155pp, pb) Reprint (Puffin 1996 as Firespell) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Heart of Glass (Puffin 0-14-038769-2, Aug ’98, £3.99, 149pp, pb) Reprint (Puffin 1996 as The Shrouded Mirror) young-adult dark fantasy novel.
• * _Heart of Ice (Puffin 0-14-038770-6, Nov ’98 [Dec ’98], £3.99, 153pp, pb) Reprint (Puffin 1996 as The Hounds of Winter) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _Heart of Stone (Puffin 0-14-038768-4, May ’98 [Jun ’98], £3.99, 153pp, pb, cover by Karen Hatch) Reprint (Puffin 1996 as Blood Dance) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *Infanta (Unwin 0-04-440303-8, Apr ’89, £3.50, 318pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Indigo] Fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Indigo” 8-part series.
• * +Infanta (Tor 0-812-50667-7, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.95, 310pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Indigo] Fantasy novel. This is a revised edition of the third book of “Indigo”, an announced octology. First American edition (Unwin 1989).
• * _Infanta (Grafton 0-586-21335-X, Jun ’91, £3.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Indigo] Reprint (Unwin 1989) fantasy novel. Book 3 of “Indigo”.
• * *Inferno (Unwin 0-04-440157-4, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], £3.50, 241pp, pb) [Indigo] Fantasy novel, Volume 2 in the “Indigo” 8-part series.
• * +Inferno (Tor 0-812-50246-9, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 276pp, pb) [Indigo] Fantasy novel, second book in the “Indigo” series. The text of this edition has been revised from the original British edition. First American edition (Unwin 1988).
• * _Inferno (Grafton 0-586-21334-1, May ’91, £3.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Indigo] Reprint (Unwin 1988) fantasy novel. Book 2 of “Indigo”.
• * *The Initiate (Tor 0-812-53392-5, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $2.95, 278pp, pb) [Time Master] Fantasy novel, Book 1 in the “Time Master” trilogy. A first novel.
• * _The Initiate (Allen & Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823300-5, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], £2.95, 278pp, pb) [Time Master] Reprint (Tor 1985) fantasy novel, volume 1 in the “Time Master” trilogy.
• * _The Initiate (Grafton 0-586-21682-0, Jun ’93, £4.99, 278pp, pb) [Time Master] Reprint (Tor 1985) fantasy novel. Book one of the “Time Master” trilogy.
• * *Keepers of Light (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-66734-6, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], £3.99, x+294pp, pb, cover by John Avon) [Shar Tillmer] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book three in a trilogy after Daughter of Storms and The Dark Caller.
• * *The King’s Demon (Headline 0-7472-1715-7, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], £16.99, 314pp, hc, cover by J. Sullivan) Fantasy novel. A young woman, bereft of memory but possessed of a ghostly vampiric twin, becomes a pawn in a plan of murderous revenge.
• * _The King’s Demon (Headline 0-7472-5371-4, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by J. Sullivan) Reprint (Headline 1996) fantasy novel. An export edition (same details) was available 1 April 1997.
• * *The Master (Unicorn 0-04-823298-X, Apr ’87, £2.95, 249pp, pb) [Time Master] Fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Time Master” series.
• * *The Master (Tor 0-812-53396-8, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $2.95, 285pp, pb) [Time Master] Fantasy novel, third in the “Time Master” trilogy.
• * _The Master (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21684-7, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], £4.99, 249pp, pb) [Time Master] Reprint (Tor 1987) fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Time Master” trilogy.
• * _The Master (Tor 0-812-53396-8, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $4.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Time Master] Reissue (Tor 1987) fantasy novel, volume three in the “Time Master” trilogy. Third printing.
• * *Mirage (Unwin 0-04-823382-X, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], £2.95, 343pp, pb) Fantasy novel.
• * +Mirage (Tor 0-812-53397-6, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.95, 380pp, pb) Heroic fantasy novel. First U.S. edition (Unwin 1987).
• * *Moonset (Voyager 0-586-21725-8, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], £4.99, 437pp, pb) [Star Shadow] Fantasy novel; third book in the “Star Shadow” trilogy.
• * *Nemesis (Unwin 0-04-440156-6, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], £3.50, 246pp, pb) [Indigo] Fantasy novel, Volume 1 in the “Indigo” 8-part series.
• * +Nemesis (Tor 0-812-53401-8, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 294pp, pb) [Indigo] Fantasy novel. First American edition (Unwin Hyman 1988). This is a revised edition of Book One of “Indigo”, an announced octology.
• * _Nemesis (Grafton 0-586-21333-3, May ’91, £3.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Indigo] Reprint (Unwin 1988) fantasy novel. Book 1 of “Indigo”.
• * _Nemesis (Severn House 0-7278-4463-6, Jun ’93, £13.99, 294pp, hc, cover by Ian D. Daniels) [Indigo] Reprint (Unwin 1988) fantasy novel. Book one of “Indigo”. This is the first world hardcover edition.
• * *Nocturne (Unwin 0-04-440392-5, Aug ’89, £3.50, 291pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Indigo] Fantasy novel. Volume 4 in the “Indigo” 8-part series.
• * +Nocturne (Tor 0-812-50798-3, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 280pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Indigo] Fantasy novel, revised edition of the fourth book of the “Indigo” series. First American edition (Unwin 1989).
• * _Nocturne (Grafton 0-586-21336-8, Jun ’91, £3.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Indigo] Reprint (Unwin 1989) fantasy novel. Book 4 of “Indigo”.
• * *The Outcast (Allen & Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823299-8, Aug ’86, £2.95, 301pp, pb) [Time Master] Fantasy novel; book 2 of the “Time Master” trilogy.
• * +The Outcast (Tor 0-812-53394-1, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 316pp, pb) [Time Master] Fantasy novel, Book II in the “Time Master” trilogy. First American edition (Allen & Unwin 1986).
• * _The Outcast (Tor 0-812-51973-6, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Time Master] Reissue (Allen & Unwin 1986) fantasy novel, second book of the “Time Master” trilogy; third printing.
• * _The Outcast (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21683-9, Aug ’93 [Sep ’93], £4.99, 301pp, pb) [Time Master] Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1986) fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Time Master” trilogy.
• * *The Pretender (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28977-2, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.50, 377pp, pb, cover by Steve Assel) [Chaos Gate] Fantasy novel, second book of the “Chaos Gate” trilogy.
• * _The Pretender (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21491-7, Aug ’93, £4.99, 377pp, pb) [Chaos Gate] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1991) fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Chaos Gate” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Revenant (Grafton 0-586-21443-7, Sep ’92, £4.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Indigo] Fantasy novel. Book seven of “Indigo”.