The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- COULSON, JUANITA (Ruth, née Wellons) (stories) (continued)
- * _The Web of Wizardry (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31788-2, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.95, 357pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1978) fantasy novel; 2nd printing.
- COUPER, HEATHER
- * _Halleys Comet Pop-Up Book (with Patrick Moore) See entry under Patrick Moore.
- * *Universe (with David Pelham) (Random House 0-394-54691-1, Sep 85, $19.95, unpaginated, hc) Spectacular pop-up book of cosmic history, perhaps the most elaborate work of paper engineering yet. James Diaz, David Carter, and David Pelham did the engineering. Theres a (probably simultaneous) edition from Century Hutchinson in Britain.
- COUPERUS, LOUIS (Marie Anne) (1863-1923) (stories)
- * _The Hidden Force (Quartet 0-7043-0168-7, Sep 92, £6.95, 254pp, tp) Reprint (University of Massachusetts 1981) literary fantasy novel about a colonial officer being destroyed by a magical force that he refuses to believe in. Originally published in Dutch as De Stille Kracht (L.J. Veen, 1900). [First U.K. edition]
- COUPLAND, DOUGLAS (1961- ) (stories)
- * *Girlfriend in a Coma (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-225754-8, Apr 98, £12.99, 281pp, hc) Literary SF/fantasy novel. A woman wakes after a 17-year coma to announce having seen the end of the world.
- * _Girlfriend in a Coma (HarperCollins/Flamingo 0-00-655127-0, Nov 98, £6.99, 281pp, tp) Reprint (Flamingo 1998) literary SF/fantasy novel.
- COURLANDER, HAROLD (1908- )
- COURTENAY GRIMWOOD, JON (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Lucifers Dragon (NEL 0-340-67473-3, Jan 98, £6.99, 377pp, tp, cover by Gary Marsh) SF novel.
- * *neoAddix (NEL 0-340-67472-5, Jan 97, £5.99, 359pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [neoAddix] SF novel. First in a series.
- COURTNEY, VINCENT (1958- ) (stories)
- * *Deadly Diet (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4947-1, May 95 [Apr 95], $3.99, 222pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A teen desperate to lose weight goes on a demonic diet.
- * *Goblins (Zebra 0-8217-4630-8, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $4.50, 411pp, pb) Horror novel. A horror filmmakers wife gives birth to a goblin.
- * *Harvest of Blood (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-656-X, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $4.50, 384pp, pb) Vampire horror novel, the second featuring ex-cop-turned-PI Christopher Blaze, who is searching for a vampire drug kingpin smuggling hard stuff into Miami.
- * *The Nightmare Club #10: Die Laughing (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4511-5, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $3.50, 220pp, pb) [Nightmare Club] Young-adult horror novel in a loosely-connected series centered around a club where strange things happen. A teenage practical joker is possessed by the ghost of a practical joker who makes the gags turn deadly.
- * *The Nightmare Club #5: The Room (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4353-8, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $3.50, 220pp, pb) [Nightmare Club] Young-adult horror novel in a loosely-connected series centered around a club where strange things happen. Class clown Harold is fascinated by a beautiful girl who lives in a mysterious room that is really a sorcerers trap for human souls.
- * *A Tale from the Crypt Carnival (Random House/Bullseye 0-679-87473-9, 1995 [Aug 95], $3.99, 86pp, tp, cover by Jack Davis) Young-adult horror novelization, based on the comic and the anthology TV show. Copyrighted by William M. Gaines, Agent, Inc.
- * *Vampire Beat (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-521-0, Jun 91, $4.50, 302pp, pb) Horror novel of a vampire undercover cop hunting a centuries-old serial killer.
- * *Wake Up Screaming (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-605-5, May 92 [Apr 92], $4.50, 381pp, pb) Horror novel. A child playing at conjuring brings back the vengeful spirit of his grandfathers murdered first wife.
- COUZENS, GARY, ed. (1964- ) (stories) (chron.)
- COVELL, IAN
- COVELL, RICHARD; see pseudonym Michael Slade
- COVER, ARTHUR BYRON (1950- ); see pseudonym Thomas Shadwell (stories) (chron.)
- * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: Night of the Living Rerun (Pocket Archway 0-671-01715-2, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $4.50, 178pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Young-adult novelization based on the TV show based on the movie. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
- * *Isaac Asimovs Robot City, Book 4: Prodigy (Ace 0-441-37384-4, Jan 88 [Dec 87], $2.95, 176pp, pb) [Robot City] Sf novelization in the Robot City shared world series.
- * *Planetfall (Avon 0-380-75384-7, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $3.95, 298pp, pb) Novelization based on a 1984 Infocom sf game; packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Stationfall (Avon 0-380-75387-1, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $3.95, 297pp, pb, cover by Alex Jay & Studio J) [Infocom] Humorous sf novelization based on the Infocom computer game, second book in a series packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- COVILLE, BRUCE (Farrington) (1950- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *The A.I. Gang #1: Operation Sherlock (NAL/Signet Vista 0-451-14314-0, May 86 [Jun 86], $2.25, 219pp, pb) [A.I. Gang] Juvenile sf novel. Five whiz kids, The Artificial Intelligence Gang, program a sleuthing computer to reveal a spy.
- * *The A.I. Gang #3: Robot Trouble (NAL/Signet Vista 0-451-14400-7, Jul 86 [Aug 86], $2.25, 220pp, pb) [A.I. Gang] Young-adult sf novel of spies, artificial intelligence, and a robot rocket, third in a series.
- * *The A.I. Gang #4: Forever Begins Tomorrow (NAL/Signet Vista 0-451-14454-6, Aug 86, $2.25, 219pp, pb) [A.I. Gang] Young-adult sf novel about the whiz kids of scientists working on a mission to teach a computer to think on its own.
- * *The A.I. Gang: Forever Begins Tomorrow (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-89253-3, May 95 [Apr 95], $3.99, 200pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) [A.I. Gang] Young-adult SF novel, third in the trilogy about a bunch of brainy kids. Completely rewritten from the original Signet Vista 1986 edition.
- * *The A.I. Gang: Operation Sherlock (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-89249-5, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $3.99, 221pp, tp) [A.I. Gang] Young-adult SF novel in the The A.I. Gang series. Completely rewritten from the 1986 Signet Vista edition.
- * *The A.I. Gang: Robot Trouble (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-89252-5, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $3.99, 200pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) [A.I. Gang] Young-adult SF novel, second in the trilogy about a bunch of brainy kids. Completely rewritten from the original Signet Vista 1986 edition.
- * *Aliens Ate My Homework (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-72712-5, Oct 93, $3.50, 179pp, hc, cover by Stephen Peringer) [Rod Allbright] Young-adult sf novel of a boy whose excuse for not having his homework no one believes even though its true. Illustrated by Katherine Coville.
- * _Aliens Ate My Homework (Hodder ChildrensBooks 0-340-65115-6, Nov 95, £2.99, 179pp, pb) [Rod Allbright] Reprint (Pocket Minstrel 1993) young-adult humorous SF novel of a boy whose excuse for not having his homework is not believed - though its true. The first Rod Allbright book. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Armageddon Summer (with Jane Yolen) See entry under Jane Yolen.
- * *Bruce Covilles Chamber of Horrors #1: Amulet of Doom (Pocket Archway 0-671-53637-0, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $3.99, 191pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) Young-adult horror novel. An ancient amulet carries a curse. Revised and updated from the 1985 Dell/Twilight (as Amulet of Doom) edition.
- * *Bruce Covilles Chamber of Horrors #3: Eyes of the Tarot (Pocket Archway 0-671-53639-7, Jun 96 [May 96], $3.99, 179pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) Young-adult horror novel. A deck of tarot cards summons the evil magician who made them. This is significantly revised and updated from the 1983 (Dell/Twilight) edition.
- * _Bruce Covilles Chamber of Horrors #4: Waiting Spirits (Pocket Archway 0-671-53640-0, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $3.99, 149pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) Young-adult horror novel. Ghosts invade summer island getaway. Revised and updated from the 1984 Bantam edition.
- * *Bruce Covilles Chamber of Horrors: Spirits and Spells (Pocket Archway 0-671-53638-9, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $3.99, 162pp, pb, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) Young-adult horror novel. A game of magic turns real in a haunted house. Revised and updated from the 1983 Dell/Twilight (as Spirits and Spells) edition.
- * *The Dragonslayers (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-79832-4, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $3.50, 119pp, tp, cover by Tim Hildebrandt) Young-adult fantasy novella about a kingdom threatened by a dragon conjured up by a witch. Interior illustrations by Katherine Coville.
- * *The Ghost in the Big Brass Bed (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15827-9, Oct 91, $2.99, 184pp, pb, cover by Daniel Henderson) Young-adult ghost story.
- * *The Ghost Wore Gray (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15610-1, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $2.75, 153pp, pb) Young-adult ghost novel.
- * *I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-79833-2, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $3.99, 180pp, tp, cover by Stephen Peringer) [Rod Allbright] Young-adult humorous SF novel about a kid kidnapped by a monster from another dimension, the second featuring Rod Allbright. Illustrations by Katherine Coville.
- * _I Left My Sneakers in Dimension X (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-65116-4, Nov 95, £2.99, 181pp, pb) [Rod Allbright] Reprint (Pocket Minstrel 1994) young-adult humorous SF novel of a boykidnapped by a monster from another dimension. The Second Rod Allbright novel, after Aliens Ate My Homework. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Into the Land of the Unicorns (Scholastic 0-590-45955-4, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $12.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Neal McPheeters) [Unicorn Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel, first book of The Unicorn Chronicles. Clara enters the fantasy world of Luster and joins a young unicorn on a quest to find the elusive Unicorn Queen.
- * _Into the Land of the Unicorns (Scholastic 0-590-45956-2, Aug 95, $3.50, 159pp, pb, cover by Neal McPheeters) [Unicorn Chronicles] Reprint (Scholastic 1994) young-adult fantasy novel, first book of The Unicorn Chronicles.
- * *Jennifer Murdleys Toad (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-200745-8, Apr 92 [Mar 92], $16.95, 156pp, hc, cover by Gary A. Lippincott) [Magic Shop] Young-adult fantasy novel about a young girl who purchases a talking toad at a magic shop. Illustrations by Gary A. Lippincott.
- * _Jennifer Murdleys Toad (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-79401-9, Jun 93 [Jul 93], $3.50, 159pp, tp, cover by Catherine Huerta) [Magic Shop] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992) young-adult fantasy novel about a young girl who purchases a talking toad at a magic shop. Illustrations by Gary A. Lippincott.
- * *Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-200748-2, Mar 91, $15.95, 117pp, hc, cover by Gary A. Lippincott) [Magic Shop] Young-adult fantasy novel of a boy who brings home a dragons egg.
- * _Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-74782-7, Feb 92, $2.99, 148pp, tp, cover by Catherine Huerta) [Magic Shop] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991) young-adult fantasy novel of a boy who brings home a dragons egg.
- * *Monster of the Year (Pocket 0-671-64749-0, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $2,75, 135pp, tp) Childrens fantasy about a contest that draws monsters from as far away as Transylvania, illustrated by Harvey Kurtzman.
- * *Murder in Orbit (Dragon 0-583-31096-6, Aug 87, £2.25, 187pp, pb) [Omni Odysseys] Juvenile sf novel. Volume 2 in the Omni Odysseys series.
- * *My Teacher Flunked the Planet (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-75081-X, Jun 92 [May 92], $2.99, 162pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) [My Teacher Is an Alien] Humorous young-adult sf novel, fourth book of the My Teacher Is an Alien series, illustrated by John Pierard.
- * _My Teacher Fried My Brains (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-72710-9, May 91, $2.95, 136pp, pb, cover by Steve Fastner) [My Teacher Is an Alien] Humorous young-adult sf novel.
- * *My Teacher Glows in the Dark (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-72709-5, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $2.99, 137pp, tp, cover by Jeffrey Lindberg) [My Teacher Is an Alien] Humorous young-adult sf novel, third book of the My Teacher Is an Alien series, illustrated by John Pierard.
- * *My Teacher is an Alien (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-64748-2, Jun 89, $2.75, 124pp, tp) [My Teacher Is an Alien] Childrens sf novel about sixth graders who discover that their substitute teacher is an extraterrestrial. Illustrated by Mike Wimmer.
- * *My Teacher Is an Alien: 3 Books in One (HarperCollins UK 0-00-675157-1, Oct 95 [Nov 95], £4.99, ii+405pp, pb) [My Teacher Is an Alien] Young-adult SF omnibus, including My Teacher is an Alien (Pocket 1989), My Teacher Fried My Brains, (Pocket 1990) and My Teacher Glows in the Dark (Pocket 1991). The title page and spine simply list the books. (Contents)
- * *Oddly Enough (Harcourt Brace 0-15-200093-3, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $15.95, 122pp, hc, cover by Michael Hussar) Collection of nine young-adult fantasy stories, three original. With illustrations by Michael Hussar. (Contents)
- * _Oddly Enough (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-51693-0, Jan 97, $3.99, 164pp, pb, cover by Gennady Spirin) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1994) collection of nine young-adult fantasy stories, three original. With illustrations by Michael Hussar.
- * *Philip José Farmers The Dungeon, Volume 2: The Dark Abyss (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27640-9, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $3.95, 321pp, pb) [Dungeon] Fantasy novelization set in a world created by Philip José Farmer, who also did the introduction. The series is packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. The authors name does not appear on the cover or on the copyright page.
- * _Philip José Farmers The Dungeon, Volume 2: The Dark Abyss (Bantam UK 0-553-40202-1, May 90, £3.50, 321pp, pb, cover by Robert Gould) [Dungeon] Reprint (Bantam 1989) fantasy novelization.
- * *The Skull of Truth (Harcourt Brace 0-15-275457-1, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $17.00, 195pp, hc, cover by Gary A. Lippincott) [Magic Shop] Young-adult humorous fantasy novel in the Magic Shop series. A skull makes a chronic liar always tell the truth but no one believes him. Illustrated by Gary A. Lippincott.
- * *Space Brat (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-74567-0, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $2.99, 68pp, tp) Childrens short story about an alien boy, illustrated by Katherine Coville.
- * *Space Station I.C.E.-3 (Scholastic/Omni 0-590-40278-1, Nov 87 [Jan 88], $2.50, 188pp, pb) Young-adult murder mystery set on a space station. Dated 1987 not seen until 1988.
- * _Space Station ICE-3 (Pocket Archway 0-671-53641-9, Oct 96, $3.99, 182pp, pb, cover by Broeck Steadman) Reprint (Scholastic/Omni 1987) young-adult SF mystery about a body on a space station. This edition has been revised and updated.
- * _Spirit World: Creature of Fire (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-71461-1, Jul 98, £3.99, 191pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) Reprint (Minstrel 1996 as Bruce Covilles Chamber of Horrors #1: Amulet of Doom) young-adult horror novel. This is significantly revised from the 1985 Dell/Twilight (as Amulet of Doom) edition. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Spirit World: Eyes of the Tarot (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-71460-3, Jul 98, £3.99, 179pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) Reprint (Minstrel 1996 as Bruce Covilles Chamber of Horrors #3: Eyes of the Tarot) young-adult horror novel. This is significantly revised from the 1983 Dell/Twilight (as Eyes of the Tarot) edition. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Spirit World: Restless Spirits (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-71458-1, Jul 98, £3.99, 149pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) Reprint (Minstrel 1996 as Bruce Covilles Chamber of Horrors #4: Waiting Spirits) young-adult horror novel. This is significantly revised from the 1984 Bantam (as Waiting Spirits) edition. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Spirit World: Spirits and Spells (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-71459-X, Jul 98, £3.99, 162pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) Reprint (Minstrel 1996 as Bruce Covilles Chamber of Horrors #2: Spirits and Spells) young-adult horror novel. This is significantly revised from the 1983 Dell/Twilight (as Spirits and Spells) edition. [First U.K. edition]
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- * *Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens and Ghosts (Collins 0-00-675278-0, Oct 96, £3.99, 368pp, pb) Omnibus of the two anthologies, Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens: Tales to Warp Your Mind (Scholastic/Apple, 1994), and Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts (Scholastic, 1994). The books are separately paginated. (Contents)
- * *Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens II: More Tales to Warp Your Mind (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-85293-0, Nov 96, $3.95, 183pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) Young-adult original collection of 12 sf stories, three reprints. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors names. (Contents)
- * *Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens: Tales to Warp Your Mind (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-46162-1, Feb 94, $2.95, 177pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) Young-adult collection of 11 sf stories. Three are reprints, and the rest seem to be original. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors names. (Contents)
- * _Bruce Covilles Book of Aliens: Tales to Warp Your Mind (Lions 0-00-675073-7, Sep 95, £2.99, 177pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic/Apple 1994) young-adult collection of 11 SF stories. Three are reprints, and the rest seem to be original. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors names. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts (Collins 0-00-675075-3, 1995, £2.99, 180pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1994) Young-adult anthology of original ghost stories. Published in 1995 but not seen until now. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
- * *Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts II: More Tales to Haunt You (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-85294-9, Jan 97, $3.99, 182pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) Young-adult original collection of 11 ghost stories, three reprints. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors names. (Contents)
- * *Bruce Covilles Book of Ghosts: Tales to Haunt You (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-46160-5, Sep 94, $2.95, 180pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) Young-adult original collection of 12 ghost stories, one a reprint. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary. Individual story copyrights are in the authors names. (Contents)
- * *Bruce Covilles Book of Magic II (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-85297-3, Jul 97 [Jun 97], $3.99, 179pp, tp, cover by Steve Fastner) Original anthology of 12 (four reprint) fantasy young-adult stories by authors including Bruce Coville, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Patricia C. Wrede, and Margaret Bechard. Interior illustrations by John Pierard. Copyrighted by General Licensing Company. (Contents)
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