The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

COX, ALEX

• * *Repo Man (Faber and Faber 0-571-12977-3, Jun ’88 [Jul ’88], $9.95, 142pp, tp) Screenplay of the offbeat sf movie, edited by Dick Rude.

COX, GLEN E. (stories) (assoc.)

• * _La Luz Canyon/Going Mobile (with Royce H. Allen) See entry under Royce H. Allen

COX, (William) GREG(ory) (1959- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Iron Man 2: Operation A.I.M. (Boulevard 1-57297-195-9, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Tom Morgan) [Iron Man] Novelization based on the comic book character. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia, copyrighted by Marvel Characters.
• * *Iron Man: The Armor Trap (Boulevard 1-57297-008-1, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $4.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Gabriel Gecko) Novelization based on the comic book character. Packaged by Byron Preiss, copyrighted by Marvel.
• * _Iron Man: The Armor Trap (Boxtree 0-7522-0306-1, May ’96, £4.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Gabriel Grecco) Reprint (Boulevard 1995) novelization of the Marvel comics character. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Robert Silverberg’s Time Tours Volume 5: The Pirate Paradox (with Nick Baron) (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-106016-X, Jun ’91 [Jul ’91], $3.50, 139pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Time Tours] Young-adult sf adventure novel, based on material by Silverberg, with an afterword by Silverberg and interior illustrations by Alex Nino. Series packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * *Star Trek Voyager: The Black Shore (Pocket 0-671-56061-1, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $5.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek: Voyager] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _Star Trek, the Next Generation #38: Dragon’s Honor (with Kij Johnson) See entry under Kij Johnson.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: The Q Continuum: Q-Space (Pocket 0-671-01915-5, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $6.50, 271pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek, the Next Generation: Q Continuum] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: The Q Continuum: Q-Strike (Pocket 0-671-01922-8, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $6.50, 272pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation: Q Continuum] Star Trek novelization, third in the trilogy. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: The Q Continuum: Q-Zone (Pocket 0-671-01921-X, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $6.50, 270pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek, the Next Generation: Q Continuum] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Assignment: Eternity (Pocket 0-671-00117-5, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $5.99, 278pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Devil in the Sky (with John Gregory Betancourt) (Pocket 0-671-88114-0, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.50, 280pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: The Q Continuum (SFBC #01735, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $14.98, 535pp, hc, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek, the Next Generation: Q Continuum] Omnibus of three novelizations based on Star Trek, the Next Generation: Q-Space, Q-Zone, and Q-Strike (all Pocket 1998). This special SFBC edition has ISBN 1-56865-954-7; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *The Transylvanian Library: A Consumer’s Guide to Vampire Fiction (Borgo Press 0-89370-435-0, Mar ’93, $20.00, 264pp, tp) An annotated bibliography and reader’s guide to vampire fiction, both novels and short stories, each given a qualitative rating by number of bats. A hardcover edition (-335-4, $30.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406. Add $2.00 for shipping.

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• * *Tomorrow Bites (with T. K. F. Weisskopf) (Baen 0-671-87691-0, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $5.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) Anthology of 11 SF werewolf stories, one original, with an introductory piece by Cox and a concluding one by Weisskopf. This includes the classic James Blish novella, “There Shall be No Darkness”. (Contents)
• * *Tomorrow Sucks (with T. K. F. Weisskopf) (Baen 0-671-87626-0, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 274pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Anthology of 11 SF vampire stories with an introductory piece by Cox and a concluding one by Weisskopf. (Contents)

COX, JEFFREY N.

• * _Seven Gothic Dramas, 1789-1825 (Ohio University Press 0-8214-1065-2, Feb ’94 [Aug ’94], $24.95, 425pp, tp) Reprint (Ohio University Press 1992) anthology of seven Gothic dramas, including two by Matthew G. Lewis and R.B. Peake’s Presumption; Or, the Fate of Frankenstein, the first dramatic adaptation of Mary Shelley’s novel. Edited and with a long introduction on gothics in general by Jeffrey N. Cox. Available from Ohio University Press, Athens OH 45701.

COX, JOSEPHINE (1938- ); see pseudonym Jane Brindle

COX, MICHAEL (Andrew) (1948- ) (stories)

• * *M.R. James: An Informal Portrait (Oxford University Press 0-19-281999-2, Oct ’86, £5.95, 288pp, pb) Non-fiction; biography of the noted writer of ghost stories. [James]

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• * _The Ghost Stories of M.R. James See entry under M. R. James.
• * *The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories (with R. A. Gilbert) (Oxford University Press 0-19-214163-5, Oct ’86, £12.95, 504pp, hc) Anthology. (Contents)
• * _The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories (with R. A. Gilbert) (Oxford University Press 0-19-214163-5, May ’87 [Aug ’87], $18.95, 504pp, hc) Reissue (Oxford 1986) anthology of 42 stories; 2nd printing. This same edition is available in the U.K., at £12.95.
• * _The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories (with R. A. Gilbert) (Oxford 0-19-282666-2, Oct ’89, £5.95, 504pp, tp, cover by Atkinson Grimshaw) Reprint (Oxford University Press 1986) ghost story anthology of 42 stories.
• * _The Oxford Book of English Ghost Stories (with R. A. Gilbert) (Oxford University Press 0-19-282666-2, Oct ’95 [Feb ’96], £7.99, 504pp, tp, cover by John Atkinson Grimshaw) Reissue (Oxford University Press 1986) anthology of stories published between 1829 and 1968.
• * *The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-214260-7, Oct ’96, £17.99, xx+425pp, hc, cover by David Inshaw) Anthology of 33 stories, arranged chronologically from 1910 to date. (Contents)
• * *The Oxford Book of Twentieth-Century Ghost Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-214260-7, Oct ’96, $25.00, 425pp, hc, cover by David Inshaw) Ghost anthology of 33 ghost stories. Authors include E. Nesbit, M.R. James, Fritz Leiber (as Fritz Leiber Jun.), and Angela Carter. This appears to be the simultaneous UK edition without the British price on the jacket.
• * *Twelve Tales of the Supernatural (Oxford Paperbacks 0-19-288027-6, 1997 [Nov ’97], $9.95, 189pp, tp) Anthology of 12 horror stories. Authors include M.R. James, Marjorie Bowen, and Shamus Frazer. This has no price on the jacket, and appears to be a simultaneous UK/US edition printed in the UK. (Contents)
• * *Twelve Victorian Ghost Stories (Oxford Paperbacks 0-19-288026-8, 1997 [Nov ’97], $9.95, 213pp, tp) Anthology of 12 ghost stories. Authors include Henry James, J.S. Le Fanu, and Amelia B. Edwards. This has no price on the jacket, and appears to be a simultaneous UK/US edition printed in the UK. (Contents)
• * _Victorian Ghost Stories (with R. A. Gilbert) (Oxford University Press 0-19-282999-8, Oct ’92, £7.99, 497pp, tp, cover by Victor Prouvé) Reprint (Oxford University Press 1991) anthology of 35 ghost stories from the Victorian era.
• * _Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology (with R. A. Gilbert) (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $13.95, 528pp, tp) Reprint (Oxford 1991) anthology of 35 ghost stories. Similar to the Oxford edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the jacket printed as the soft cover.
• * _Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology (with R. A. Gilbert) (BOMC no ISBN, Oct ’91, $24.95, 528pp, hc) Reprint (Oxford 1991) anthology of 35 ghost stories. This is identical to the Oxford edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * *Victorian Ghost Stories: An Oxford Anthology (with R. A. Gilbert) (Oxford University Press 0-19-214202-X, Oct ’91, £16.95, 497pp, hc, cover by Atkinson Grimshaw) Anthology of 35 ghost stories from 1850 to 1910, with an introductory background article and an extensive survey of the main ghost story collections of the period. This is a worldwide edition available in the U.S. for $24.95. Recommended. (PSP) (Contents)

COX, PATRICIA BALE; see pseudonym G. F. Bale

COX, STEPHEN (LeRoy) (1966- )

• * *The Munsters (Contemporary Books 0-8092-4291-5, Oct ’89, $9.95, 174pp, tp) Non-fiction. A guide to the classic monster sitcom of the 1960s’, with many photos.

COX, STEPHEN R.; see pseudonym Ben Sloane

COYLE, HAROLD W(illiam) (1952- )

• * _Bright Star (Penguin 0-14-014447-1, May ’91, £4.99, 460pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1990) near-future techno-thriller.
• * _Sword Point (Viking UK 0-670-82570-0, Mar ’89, £12.95, 397pp, hc, cover by Malcolm Smith) Reprint near-future war novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Team Yankee (Presidio Press 0-89141-290-5, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $15.95, 313pp, hc) A novel set in the near-future world of Sir John Hackett’s books on World War III.
• * _Team Yankee (Berkley 0-425-11042-7, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $4.95, 330pp, pb) Reprint (Presidio Press 1987) near-future war novel set in the universe of General Sir John Hackett’s Third World War.
• * _Team Yankee (Star 0-352-32325-6, Apr ’89, £3.50, 306pp, pb) Reprint (Presidio 1987) novel about World War III. This Open Market edition is not generally available in the UK.
• * _Team Yankee (Penguin 0-14-014759-4, May ’91, £3.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Mike Timmins) Reprint (Presidio 1987) near-future techno-thriller.

COYLE, WILLIAM, ed. (1917- )

• * *Aspects of Fantasy: Selected Essays from the Second International Conference on the Fantastic in Literature and Film (Greenwood 0-313-24608-4, Feb ’86, $39.95, ix + 250pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical essays on fantasy in literature and film.

COYNE, JOHN (P.) (1937- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Child of Shadows (Warner 0-446-51555-8, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $19.95, 292pp, hc, cover by Richard Newton) Horror novel of a feral child from the New York sewers with uncanny powers.
• * _Child of Shadows (Warner 0-446-36124-0, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $4.99, 321pp, pb, cover by Richard Newton) Reprint (Warner 1990) horror novel of a feral child from the New York sewers with uncanny powers.
• * *Fury (Warner 0-446-51420-9, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $18.95, 280pp, hc) Horror novel of possession.
• * _Fury (Warner 0-446-36030-9, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $4.95, 329pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) Reprint (Warner 1989) horror novel of possession.
• * _Hobgoblin (Warner 0-446-35921-1, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $4.95, 330pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (??? 1981) horror novel of a game that becomes deadly reality.
• * *The Hunting Season (Macmillan 0-02-528590-4, Sep ’87 [Oct ’87], $15.95, 245pp, hc) Associational. Horror novel, but not supernatural even though it has quotes from both King and Straub on the back.
• * _The Hunting Season (Warner 0-446-34321-8, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $4.50, 250pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1987) horror novel.
• * _The Legacy (Ace Charter 0-441-47852-2, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.50, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1979) fantasy horror novel “based on a story by Jimmy Sangster.”
• * _The Piercing (Ace Charter 0-441-66310-9, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $3.50, 261pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1979) horror novel.
• * _The Searing (Charter 0-441-75694-8, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $3.50, 264pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1980) horror novel.
• * _The Shroud (Ace Charter 0-441-76225-5, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $3.50, 297pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1983) horror novel.

CRABBE, KATHARYN (F.) W. (1945- )

• * *J.R.R. Tolkien (Continuum 0-8044-6106-6, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $9.95, 233pp, tp) Non-fiction: literary criticism and biography. An expansion of the book published in 1981 by Ungar. [Tolkien]

CRACE, JIM (1946- ) (stories)

• * *Continent (Heinemann 0-434-14824-5, Sep ’86 [1986], £4.95, 144pp, hc) Collection of seven loosely-connected stories set on an imaginary continent. Contents taken from Picador 1987 edition. (Contents)
• * _Continent (Picador 0-330-29964-6, Nov ’87, £2.95, 154pp, tp) Reprint (Heinemann 1986) collection of seven loosely-connected stories set on an imaginary continent.
• * *The Gift of Stones (Secker & Warburg 0-436-11282-5, Sep ’88, £9.95, 170pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel.
• * +The Gift of Stones (Macmillan Scribner’s 0-684-19070-2, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $16.95, 170pp, hc) Literary novel about prehistoric man and the coming of the Bronze Age. First American edition (Martin, Secker & Warburg 1988).
• * _The Gift of Stones (Picador 0-330-30601-4, Sep ’89, £3.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Geoff Brightling) Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1988) literary fantasy novel.

CRAFT, KINUKO Y.

• * _Cupid and Psyche (with M. Charlotte Craft) See entry under M. Charlotte Craft.

CRAFT, M. CHARLOTTE

• * *Cupid and Psyche (with Kinuko Y. Craft) (Morrow 0-688-13163-8, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $16.00, 40pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Y. Craft) Children’s picture book, a re-telling of the Greek myth with lavish full-color Pre-Raphaelite-type paintings by Kinuko Craft.

CRAGG, DAN

• * _Starfist: First to Fight (with David Sherman) See entry under David Sherman.
• * _Starfist: School of Fire (with David Sherman) See entry under David Sherman.
• * _Starfist: Steel Gauntlet (with David Sherman) See entry under David Sherman.

CRAIG, ALISA; pseudonym of Charlotte MacLeod, (1922-2005) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Grub-and-Stakers House a Haunt (Morrow 0-688-08644-6, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $18.00, 224pp, hc, cover by Roy Pendleton) [Grub-and-Stakers] Mystery/fantasy novel, fifth book in the “Grub-and-Stakers” series of screwball cozies set in a small Canadian town inhabited by a bizarre collection of eccentrics. The cantankerous and bibulous ghost of murdered mule-skinner Hiram Jellyby leads Osbert, Dittany, and Arethusa Monk to his hidden gold and a murderous bank robber. The other books in the series have no fantasy elements. Craig is a pen name for Charlotte MacLeod.

CRAIG, BRIAN; pseudonym of Brian M. Stableford, (1948- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Dark Future: Ghost Dancers (GW Books 1-872372-34-1, May ’91, £4.99, 240pp, tp, cover by John Blanche) Sf novelization. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $8.99. This is a pseudonym for Brian M. Stableford.
• * *Warhammer: Plague Daemon (GW Books 1-872372-05-8, Apr ’90, £4.99, 235pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) [Warhammer: Orfeo] Fantasy novel set in the Warhammer universe. Also available in the US for $8.99. Volume Two in “The Tales of Orfeo”. This is a pseudonym for Brian Stableford.
• * _Warhammer: Plague Daemon (Boxtree 0-7522-0955-8, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], £3.99, 217pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) [Warhammer: Orfeo] Reprint (GW Books 1990) fantasy novelization. Volume two in the “Orfeo” series. Craig is a pen-name for Brian Stableford.
• * *Warhammer: Storm Warriors (GW Books 1-872372-17-1, Mar ’91, £4.99/$8.99, 271pp, tp, cover by Fangorn) [Warhammer: Orfeo] Fantasy novelization. Volume 3 in the “Tales of Orfeo” trilogy. This is a pseudonym for Brian M. Stableford.
• * _Warhammer: Storm Warriors (Boxtree 0-7522-0960-4, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], £3.99, 271pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Warhammer: Orfeo] Reprint (GW Books 1991) fantasy novelization. Volume three in the “Orfeo” series. Craig is a pen-name for Brian Stableford.
• * *Warhammer: Zaragoz (GW Books 1-85515-003-4, Nov ’89, £4.99, 245pp, tp, cover by Ian Miller) [Warhammer: Orfeo] Highly enjoyable fantasy about the decaying empire of Zaragoz as seen through the eyes of the wandering minstrel Orfeo. Despite being part of the Warhammer series, this has few of the stereotyped situations of most such novelizations. Strongly recommended. Volume 1 in the “Tales of Orfeo” series. This is a pseudonym for Brian Stableford.
• * _Warhammer: Zaragoz (Boxtree 0-7522-0950-7, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], £3.99, 215pp, pb, cover by Dave Gallagher) [Warhammer: Orfeo] Reprint (GW Books 1989) fantasy novelization. Volume one in the “Orfeo” series. Craig is a pen-name for Brian Stableford.

CRAIG, PATRICIA, ed. (stories)

• * *12 Irish Ghost Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-288070-5, Apr ’98, £4.99, x+144pp, tp) Ghost anthology. (Contents)

CRAIK, MRS. (Dinah Maria Mulock), ed. (1826-1887) (stories)

• * _Classic Book of Fairy Stories (Lamboll 1-85170-107-9, Jun ’87 [Jul ’87], £9.95, 379pp, hc) Reprint (Smith, Elder 1863, as The Fairy Book) collection of fairy stories. Illustrated throughout by Warwick Goble.

CRAM, RALPH ADAMS (1863-1942) (stories)

• * _Black Spirits & White: A Book of Ghost Stories (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-54-2, Apr ’93 [May ’93], $5.95, 43pp, ph) Reprint (Stone and Kimball 1895) collection of six ghost stories by an important architect. Order from Necronomicon Press, 101 Lockwood St., West Warwick RI 02893.

CRAMER, ALEXANDER (stories)

• * *A Night in Moonbeam County (Macmillan Scribners 0-684-19704-9, Apr ’94 [May ’94], $15.95, 197pp, hc, cover by Gregory Manchess) Young-adult collection of ten connected ghost stories told by a group of hobos to two teenage boys over a campfire, plus a framing story. (Contents)

CRAMER, JOHN G(leason, Jr.) (1934- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Einstein’s Bridge (Avon 0-380-79279-6, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $13.00, 354pp, tp) Near-future SF novel. A new particle accelerator receives messages from another dimension. A limited hardcover edition (-97510-6, $23.00) is also available.
• * _Einstein’s Bridge (Avon Eos 0-380-78831-4, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $3.99, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1997) near-future, very hard SF novel. This lacks the afterword and glossary of the hardcover edition.
• * *Twistor (William Morrow 0-877-95967-6, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $18.95, 250pp, hc) Hard sf thriller. A first novel.