The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

CRIAYENCOURT, MARGUERITE de (1903-1987); see pseudonym Marguerite Yourcenar (stories)

CRICHTON, (John) MICHAEL (1942-2008) (stories)

• * _The Andromeda Strain (Pan 0-330-30492-5, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], £3.50, 295pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1969) sf novel.
• * _The Andromeda Strain (Dell 0-440-10199-9, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $5.99, 291pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1969) classic sf disaster thriller; 12th printing.
• * _The Andromeda Strain (Ballantine 0-345-37848-2, Sep ’92, $5.99, 272pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1969) sf novel of biological contamination from space. This was originally scheduled and bears the date January 1993, but was released in September 1992.
• * _The Andromeda Strain (Ballantine 0-345-41898-0, Jun ’97 [Dec ’97], $12.00, 288pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1969) SF thriller.
• * _Binary (Century 0-7126-5919-6, Feb ’94, £15.99, 169pp, hc) Reprint (??? 1972) associational thriller of a nerve gas attack on a US city.D2The book is actually by-lined as “Michael Crichton writing as John Lange”.
• * _A Case of Need (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-93802-8, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $18.95, 319pp, hc, cover by Bart Bemus) Reprint (NAL 1968 as by Jeffrey Hudson) associational medical thriller, winner of the Edgar Award for best first novel.
• * _Congo (Ballantine 0-345-37849-0, Jan ’93, $5.99, 316pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1980) lost race novel.
• * _Congo (Arrow 0-09-932081-9, Apr ’93 [Aug ’93], £4.99, 370pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1980) fantasy novel about a lost city in the Congo.
• * _Congo (Arrow 0-09-954431-8, Sep ’94 [Oct ’94], £4.99, 370pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1980) lost race novel.
• * _Congo (Ballantine 0-345-37849-0, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $6.99, 316pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1980) lost race novel. This is the movie tie-in edition, and the 58th printing.
• * _Congo (Arrow 0-09-954431-8, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], £5.99, 370pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1980) lost race novel. Movie tie-in edition.
• * _Congo (Arrow 0-09-932081-9, Jul ’96 [Jan ’97], £5.99, 370pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1980) SF novel. Second printing.
• * _Congo (Ballantine 0-345-41893-X, Jun ’97 [Dec ’97], $12.00, 316pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1980) SF thriller.
• * *Congo/The Terminal Man (Cresset 0-7126-7620-1, Aug ’95 [Sep ’95], £4.99, 316+218pp, pb) Omnibus of two SF novels, originally published by Knopf, in 1980 and 1972 respectively. The books are separately paginated. (Contents)
• * _Eaters of the Dead (Ballantine 0-345-35461-3, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $3.95, 181pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1976) retelling of “Beowulf”. This lacks the original illustrations.
• * _Eaters of the Dead (Ballantine 0-345-35461-3, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $6.99, 211pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1976) retelling of “Beowulf”. 35th printing.
• * _Eaters of the Dead (Arrow 0-09-922282-5, May ’98, £5.99, 120pp, pb, cover by Michael Mascaro) Reprint (Knopf 1976) associational novel.
• * _Eaters of the Dead (Ballantine 0-345-35461-3, Dec ’98, $7.99, 278pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1976) retelling of “Beowulf”. This is a movie tie-in edition. 41st printing.
• * *Jurassic Park (Knopf 0-394-58816-9, Nov ’90, $19.95, 413pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) [Jurassic Park] Sf thriller about an island theme park featuring genetically engineered dinosaurs. Recommended (SW).
• * _Jurassic Park (Arrow Overseas 0-09-988700-2, 1991 [Sep ’91], £4.99, 400pp, pb) [Jurassic Park] Reprint (Knopf 1990) near-future thriller about a theme park populated with genetically-engineered dinosaurs. This is an “Open Market” edition and is available only in non-English-speaking countries.
• * _Jurassic Park (Century 0-7126-4686-8, Feb ’91, £13.99, 400pp, hc) [Jurassic Park] Reprint (Knopf 1990) near-future thriller about a theme park populated with genetically-engineered dinosaurs.
• * _Jurassic Park (SFBC #17786, Mar ’91, $9.98, 400pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) [Jurassic Park] Reprint (Knopf 1990) sf thriller of genetically engineered dinosaurs.
• * _Jurassic Park (Ballantine 0-345-37077-5, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $5.99, 399pp, pb, cover by Chip Kidd) [Jurassic Park] Reprint (Knopf 1990) sf thriller about genetically engineered dinosaurs.
• * _Jurassic Park (Arrow 0-09-988700-2, Dec ’91, £4.99, 400pp, pb, cover by John Brettoner) [Jurassic Park] Reprint (Knopf 1990) near-future thriller about a theme park populated with genetically-engineered dinosaurs.
• * _Jurassic Park (Ballantine 0-345-37077-5, Jan ’93, $5.99, 371pp, pb) [Jurassic Park] Reissue (Knopf 1990) sf novel; 15th printing. A pre-movie tie-in edition, with a balloon reading “Soon to be a major motion picture.”
• * _Jurassic Park (Ballantine 0-345-37077-5, Jun ’93, $6.99, 399pp, pb) [Jurassic Park] Reissue (Knopf 1990) sf novel; 35th printing. A movie tie-in edition.
• * _Jurassic Park (Arrow 0-09-928291-7, Jun ’93, £4.99, 400pp, pb) [Jurassic Park] Reissue (Knopf 1990) sf novel about a theme park with live dinosaurs. Reissued to tie in with the film.
• * _Jurassic Park (Ballantine 0-345-41895-6, Jun ’97 [Dec ’97], $12.00, 400pp, tp) [Jurassic Park] Reprint (Knopf 1990) SF thriller.
• * *Jurassic Park/Congo (Cresset 0-09-182134-7, Jul ’93, £6.99, 640pp, hc) Omnibus of Crichton’s recent best-selling novel about genetically-engineered dinosaurs and an earlier thriller. (Contents)
• * *The Lost World (Knopf 0-679-41946-2, Sep ’95, $25.95, 395pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) [Jurassic Park] SF novel about genetically reconstructed dinosaurs loose in the modern world, sequel to Jurassic Park.
• * *The Lost World (Century 0-7126-7690-2, Oct ’95, £15.99, 393pp, hc) [Jurassic Park] SF novel. The sequel to Jurassic Park. Simultaneous with the US (Knopf) edition.
• * _The Lost World (Arrow 0-09-963781-2, Jul ’96 [May ’96], £5.99, 431pp, pb) [Jurassic Park] Reprint (Knopf 1995) SF novel. The sequel to Jurassic Park.
• * _The Lost World (Ballantine 0-345-40288-X, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $7.99, 430pp, pb) [Jurassic Park] Reprint (Knopf 1995) SF novel, sequel to Jurassic Park. An international edition (same information) was issued in June.
• * _The Lost World (Ballantine 0-345-40288-X, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $7.99, 430pp, pb) [Jurassic Park] Reissue (Knopf 1995) SF novel, sequel to Jurassic Park. This is the movie tie-in edition. Seventh printing.
• * _The Lost World (Arrow 0-09-924062-9, Jul ’97, £5.99, 431pp, pb) [Jurassic Park] Reprint (Knopf 1995) SF novel. A sequel to Jurassic Park.
• * *Michael Crichton Omnibus (Cresset 0-09-178585-5, Feb ’94, £6.99, 708pp, hc) Associational collection. Includes Rising Sun, Andromeda Strain (Knopf, 1969) and Binary (1972). (Contents)
• * *Michael Crichton’s Jurassic World (Random House/Knopf 0-375-40107-5, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $14.95, 801pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) [Jurassic Park] Omnibus combining Jurassic Park (Knopf 1990) and The Lost World (Knopf 1995). (Contents)
• * *A New Collection of Novels (Wings 0-517-10135-1, Mar ’94 [Apr ’94], $12.99, 711pp, hc) Omnibus of lost race novel Congo (Knopf 1980), sf novel Sphere (Knopf 1987), and adventure novel Eaters of the Dead (Knopf 1976). This is an instant remainder edition. (Contents)
• * *Sphere (Knopf 0-394-56110-4, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $17.95, 385pp, hc) Science fiction thriller novel. An alien spacecraft on the floor of the Pacific involves the explorers in time travel, black holes, giant squids, etc., and a real dumb ending.
• * _Sphere (Macmillan 0-333-45298-4, Sep ’87, £10.95, 384pp, hc) Reprint (Knopf 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Sphere (SFBC #10960, Jan ’88 [Feb ’88], $4.98, 335pp, hc) Reprint (Knopf 1987) sf novel.
• * _Sphere (Pan Open Market 0-330-30127-6, Jun ’88, £3.50, 385pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1987) sf novel. Special ‘Open Market’ edition, not available in the UK.
• * _Sphere (Ballantine 0-345-35314-5, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $4.95, 374pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1987) sf novel. A spaceship is found on the Pacific Ocean floor.
• * _Sphere (Pan 0-330-30127-6, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], £3.99, 385pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1987) sf novel.
• * _Sphere (Ballantine 0-345-35314-5, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $5.95, 371pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1987) sf novel; 15th printing. Despite the old price point, this is a new printing.
• * _Sphere (Ballantine 0-345-35314-5, Jan ’93, $5.99, 371pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1987) sf novel; 15th printing.
• * _Sphere (Ballantine 0-345-35314-5, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $6.99, 371pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1987) SF novel. 90th printing.
• * _Sphere (Pan 0-330-30127-6, Apr ’97, £5.99, 385pp, pb, cover by Geoff Hunt) Reissue (Knopf 1987) SF novel.
• * _Sphere (Ballantine 0-345-35314-5, Jun ’97, $6.99, 371pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1987) SF novel. An early movie tie-in edition, with cover blurb announcing “Soon to be a major motion picture”. 92nd printing.
• * _Sphere (Ballantine 0-345-41897-2, Jun ’97 [Dec ’97], $12.00, 316pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1987) SF thriller.
• * _Sphere (Ballantine 0-345-35314-5, Dec ’97 [Jan ’98], $6.99, 371pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1987) SF novel. A movie tie-in edition. This says 10th printing, although the most recent “Soon to be a major motion picture” edition seen was a 108th printing.
• * _The Terminal Man (Ballantine 0-345-35462-1, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $4.95, 289pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1972) sf novel.
• * _The Terminal Man (Ballantine 0-345-35462-1, Jan ’93, $5.99, 268pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1972) sf thriller; eighth printing.
• * _The Terminal Man (Arrow 0-09-944211-6, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], £4.99, 268pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1972) SF novel.
• * _The Terminal Man (Arrow 0-09-944211-6, Jul ’96 [Aug ’96], £5.99, 268pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1972) SF novel.
• * _The Terminal Man (Ballantine 0-345-41901-4, Jun ’97 [Dec ’97], $12.00, 268pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1972) SF thriller.
• * *Three Complete Novels (Wings 0-517-08479-1, 1993 [Apr ’94], $11.99, 675pp, hc) Omnibus of three novels, The Andromeda Strain (Knopf 1969), The Terminal Man (Knopf 1972), and the mainstream The Great Train Robbery. This is an instant remainder edition. (Contents)
• * _Three Complete Novels (Wings 0-517-08479-1, Jan ’95 [Feb ’95], $12.99, 675pp, hc) Reissue omnibus of three novels, The Andromeda Strain (Knopf 1969), The Terminal Man (Knopf 1972), and the mainstream The Great Train Robbery. This is an instant remainder edition. 11th printing.
• * *Travels (Knopf 0-394-56236-4, Jun ’88, $17.95, 377pp, hc) Non-fiction, autobiography including Crichton’s year in med school, experiences as a writer and explorer, and investigation of psychic phenomena.

CRIDER, ALLEN BILLY; see under Crider, Bill (stories)

CRIDER, (Allen) BILL(y) (1941- ); see pseudonym Jack MacLane (stories)

CRIMMINS, G. GARFIELD (stories)

• * *The Republic of Dreams (Norton 0-393-04633-8, Sep ’98 [Oct ’98], $21.95, 95pp, hc, cover by G. Garfield Crimmins) Fantasy novella/travelogue with enclosed maps, postcards, passport, etc. The author discovers his alter ego living in Rêves, a land hated by the League of Common Sense.

CRISPIN, A(nn) C(arol) (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Alien Resurrection (Warner UK 0-7515-1419-5, Nov ’97, £5.99, 276pp, pb) SF novelization based on the motion picture. A simultaneous hardcover (Little, Brown UK 0-316-87539-2, £16.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +Alien Resurrection (Warner Aspect 0-446-60229-9, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $4.99, 276pp, pb) Novelization of the fourth movie. First US edition (Little, Brown UK/Warner UK 1997). Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * _Gryphon’s Eyrie (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.
• * _Songsmith (with Andre Norton) See entry under Andre Norton.
• * _Star Trek #11: Yesterday’s Son (Pocket 0-671-60550-X, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.50, 192pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1985); 4th printing.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: The Eyes of the Beholders (Pocket 0-671-70010-3, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.50, 243pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Number 13 in the series.
• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: The Eyes of the Beholders (Titan 1-85286-319-6, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], £2.99, 243pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with US (Pocket Books) edition.
• * *Star Trek: Sarek (Pocket 0-671-79561-9, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $22.00, 440pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _Star Trek: Sarek (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71875-4, Apr ’94, £9.99, 440pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1994) SF novelization. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Trek: Sarek (SFBC #03606, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $8.98, 440pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1994) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures. Similar to the Pocket edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Star Trek: Sarek (Pocket 0-671-79562-7, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $5.99, 404pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1994) Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Star Trek: Time for Yesterday (Pocket 0-671-60371-X, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.95, 303pp, pb) [Star Trek: Yesterday Saga] Sf novelization, sequel to Yesterday’s Son. #39 in the series of original novelizations.
• * *Star Trek: Time for Yesterday (Titan 1-85286-063-4, Apr ’88, £2.95, 303pp, pb) [Star Trek: Yesterday Saga] Sf novelization, sequel to Yesterday’s Son. Simultaneous with the US (Pocket Books) edition.
• * _Star Trek: Yesterday’s Son (Gregg 0-8398-2830-6, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $10.95, 141pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Timescape 1983) Star Trek novelization. Number 11 in the series.
• * _Star Trek: Yesterday’s Son (Titan 1-85286-061-8, Mar ’88, £2.95, 191pp, pb) [Star Trek: Yesterday Saga] Reprint (Timescape 1983) sf novel. In the “Star Trek Novels” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Star Wars: Han Solo: Rebel Dawn (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57417-5, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $5.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Han Solo] Star Wars novelization, third in the “Han Solo” trilogy. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *Star Wars: Han Solo: The Hutt Gambit (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57416-7, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $5.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Han Solo] Star Wars novelization, second in the “Han Solo” trilogy. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *Star Wars: Han Solo: The Paradise Snare (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57415-9, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $5.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Drew Birdsong) [Star Wars: Han Solo] Star Wars novelization, first in the “Han Solo” trilogy. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * *Star Wars: Rebel Dawn (Bantam UK 0-553-50548-3, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], £5.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Han Solo] SF novelization, book three in the “Han Solo Trilogy”. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.
• * *Star Wars: The Han Solo Trilogy (SFBC #19673, Oct ’98, $14.98, 774pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Han Solo] Omnibus of three Star Wars novelizations: The Paradise Snare (1997), The Hutt Gambit (1997), and Rebel Dawn (1998). Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. This special SFBC edition has ISBN 1-56865-953-9; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Star Wars: The Hutt Gambit (Bantam UK 0-553-50547-5, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], £5.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Han Solo] SF novelisation, book two of the “Han Solo” trilogy. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.
• * _Star Wars: The Paradise Snare (Bantam UK 0-553-50546-7, Jun ’97, £5.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Han Solo] Reprint (Bantam 1997) SF novelisation. Book one of the “Han Solo Trilogy”. [First U.K. edition]
• * *StarBridge (Ace 0-441-78329-5, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 309pp, pb) [StarBridge] Sf novel of alien first contact, first of a series.
• * _StarBridge (Ace 0-441-78329-5, Aug ’91, $4.50, 309pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [StarBridge] Reissue (Ace 1989) sf novel of alien first contact, first book of the “StarBridge” series; third printing.
• * *StarBridge Book Five: Silent Songs (with Kathleen O’Malley) (Ace 0-441-00061-4, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [StarBridge] SF novel in the “StarBridge” series.
• * *StarBridge Book Four: Serpent’s Gift (with Deborah A. Marshall) (Ace 0-441-78331-7, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.50, 296pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [StarBridge] Sf novel in the “StarBridge” series. The existence of StarBridge Academy is threatened by an archaeological find beneath the surface of its asteroid.
• * *StarBridge Book Three: Shadow World (with Jannean Elliott) (Ace 0-441-78332-5, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $4.50, 279pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [StarBridge] Sf adventure novel, third book of the “StarBridge” series.
• * *StarBridge Book Two: Silent Dances (with Kathleen O’Malley) (Ace 0-441-78330-9, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $3.95, 275pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [StarBridge] Sf novel of a human ambassador on an alien world, second book of the “StarBridge” series. Each book has a different collaborator.
• * *Starbridge: Ancestor’s World (with T. Jackson King) (Ace 0-441-00351-6, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [StarBridge] SF novel, sixth in the “StarBridge” series. Archaeologists and students from StarBridge Academy investigate a valley of tombs on a recently discovered planet.
• * *Starbridge: Voices of Chaos (with Ru Emerson) (Ace 0-441-00516-0, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $5.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Duane O. Myers) [StarBridge] SF novel, seventh in the “StarBridge” series.
• * *V (Pinnacle 0-523-42237-7, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.95, 402pp, pb) [V] Novel based on the tv movie/series.
• * _V (Gregg 0-8398-2840-3, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $13.95, 402pp, hc) [V] Reprint (Pinnacle 1984) sf novelization based on the tv series. First hard-cover edition.
• * *V: Death Tide (with Deborah A. Marshall) (Pinnacle 0-523-42469-8, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 207pp, pb) [V] Media tie-in sf novel.
• * _V: East Coast Crisis (with Howard Weinstein) See entry under Howard Weinstein.

CROCCO, KYLE

• * *Heroes Wanted (Ace 0-441-32811-3, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $3.99, 244pp, pb, cover by John Steven Gurney) [Heroes, Inc.] Humorous fantasy novel, second book of the “Heroes, Inc.” series.
• * *Heroes, Inc. (Ace 0-441-32810-5, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $3.95, 226pp, pb, cover by John Steven Gurney) [Heroes, Inc.] Humorous fantasy novel, first book of a new series. A young man is forced to be a hero despite himself. A first novel.

CROMPTON, ANNE ELIOT (1930- ) (stories)

• * *Gawain and Lady Green (Penguin/Donald I. Fine 1-55611-507-5, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $20.95, 201pp, hc) [*Merlin’s Harp] Arthurian fantasy novel based on the tale of “Sir Gawain and the Green Knight”. A sequel to Merlin’s Harp.