The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

CROMPTON, ANNE ELIOT (stories) (continued)

• * *Merlin’s Harp (Penguin/Donald I. Fine 1-55611-463-X, Dec ’95 [Jan ’96], $20.50, 200pp, hc, cover by Edward Burne-Jones) [*Merlin’s Harp] Arthurian novel told from the perspective of Niviene, daughter of the Lady of the Lake and apprentice to Merlin.
• * _Merlin’s Harp (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45583-5, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) [*Merlin’s Harp] Reprint (Fine 1995) Arthurian novel.

CROSBY, HARRY C. (1925-2009); see pseudonym Christopher Anvil (stories) (chron.)

CROSE, MARK

• * *Sweet Terror (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4818-1, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $3.99, 187pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A magic ring makes Kendra pretty and popular, but demands a very high price in return.

CROSS, DEBBIE (stories)

• * *Down the Badger Hole: R. Lionel Fanthorpe: The Badger Years (Wrigley-Cross Books no ISBN, Jun ’95 [Jul ’95], $12.50, 163pp, tp) Non-fiction, humorous look at Fanthorpe’s years cranking out fiction for Badger Books. Includes 65 pages of excerpts from the Badgers, plus a short story, “Curse of the Khan”. There are introductions by David Langford and by Lionel and Patricia Fanthorpe, and a detailed bibliography. Available from Wrigley-Cross Books, 8001A SE Powell Blvd, Portland OR 97206; credit card orders: (503) 775-4943; add $2.00 postage. [Fanthorpe]

CROSS, GILBERT B(everley) (1939- )

• * *A Witch Across Time (Macmillan/Atheneum 0-689-31602-X, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], $14.95, 216pp, hc, cover by Michael Hays) Young-adult fantasy novel of an emotionally disturbed girl’s encounter with a Puritan ghost.

CROSS, GILLIAN (Clare) (1945- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * _Born of the Sun (Dell/Laurel Leaf 0-440-90710-1, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $2.95, 218pp, pb) Reprint (Holiday House 1983) young-adult sf/adventure novel of a lost race in the Andes.
• * _Born of the Sun (Mammoth 0-7497-1794-7, Apr ’95, £3.50, 229pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (Holiday House 1983) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * +The Dark Behind the Curtain (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20207-8, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $2.95, 199pp, pb) Young-adult ghost/horror novel about a play version of Sweeney Todd. First U.S. edition? (Oxford University Press 1982).
• * _A Map of Nowhere (Mammoth 0-7497-1510-3, Aug ’93, £2.99, 150pp, pb, cover by Robert Goldsmith) Reprint (Oxford University Press 1988) young-adult horror novel.
• * *New World (Holiday House 0-8234-1166-4, Apr ’95, $15.95, 171pp, hc, cover by Slatter-Anderson) Young-adult SF thriller about testing a virtual reality game that turns into a nightmare.
• * _New World (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038261-5, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $4.99, 171pp, tp, cover by Bill Schmidt) Reprint (Holiday House 1995) young-adult SF thriller about testing a virtual reality game that turns into a nightmare.
• * +Pictures in the Dark (Holiday House 0-8234-1267-9, Sep ’96 [Jan ’97], $16.95, 197pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy. A boy takes a strange photo that leads him to a troubled family and a very odd otter. First US edition (Oxford 1996).
• * _Pictures in the Dark (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038958-X, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $5.99, 197pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Oxford 1996) young-adult contemporary fantasy.

CROSS, ROBIN (1948- )

• * +Science Fiction Films (Gallery Books 0-8317-7713-3, 1985 [Mar ’86], $7.95, 96pp, 9" x 11" tp) Non-fiction, Reference. Instant remainder movie book, full color with little text. 1985 copyright; seems to be reprint or simultaneous release of British book.

CROSS, RONALD ANTHONY (1937-2006) (stories)

• * *The Fourth Guardian (Tor 0-312-85634-2, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $14.95, 444pp, tp, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Eternal Guardians] Sf alternate historical conspiracy-theory novel about four Roman conspirators who stole stones of power and have used them to shape human history. First book of “The Eternal Guardians” series.
• * _The Fourth Guardian (Tor 0-812-51594-3, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $6.99, 444pp, pb, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Eternal Guardians] Reprint (Tor 1994) SF/fantasy alternate-history conspiracy novel, book one of “The Eternal Guardians”.
• * *The Lost Guardian (Tor 0-312-85862-0, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $22.95, 413pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Eternal Guardians] SF/fantasy alternate-history conspiracy novel, book two of “The Eternal Guardians”.
• * _The Lost Guardian (Tor 0-812-51595-1, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $5.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Eternal Guardians] Reprint (Tor 1995) SF/fantasy alternate-history conspiracy novel, book two of “The Eternal Guardians”.
• * *Prisoners of Paradise (Franklin Watts 0-531-15083-6, Oct ’88, $17.95, 263pp, hc) Sf primitive survivor novel set in an immense futuristic structure. A first novel.
• * *The White Guardian (Tor 0-312-85863-9, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $26.95, 426pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar & Jan Uretsky) [Eternal Guardians] SF/fantasy alternate-history conspiracy novel, book three of “The Eternal Guardians”.

CROSSLEY, ROBERT (Thomas) (1945- ) (stories)

• * *H.G. Wells (Starmont 0-916732-50-9, Dec ’86, $7.95, 79pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical study; Starmont Reader’s Guide #19. [Wells]
• * _Olaf Stapledon - Speaking for the Future (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-388-8, Oct ’94, £32.50, 474pp, hc) Reprint (Syracuse University Press 1994) non-fiction, biography, with a Foreword by Brian Aldiss. An immense and immensely valuable study of the noted author. Published in 1994, but not seen until now. [First U.K. edition] [Stapledon]
• * *Olaf Stapledon: Speaking for the Future (Syracuse University Press 0-8156-0281-2, Jul ’94, $39.95, 474pp, hc) Non-fiction, a biography of Stapledon with a foreword by Brian Aldiss. Available from Syracuse University Press, 1600 Jamesville Ave., Syracuse NY 13244-5160. [Stapledon]

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• * _An Olaf Stapledon Reader See entry under Olaf Stapledon.
• * *Talking Across the World (University Press of New England 0-87451-423-1, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $27.95, 383pp, hc) Non-fiction, autobiography. The love letters of Olaf Stapledon and Agnes Miller, 1913-1919. They touch on the philosophical themes later used in his sf and other writing.

CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, KEVIN (stories)

• * _The Dead Moon (Faber and Faber 0-571-13879-9, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £3.95, 104pp, tp) Reprint (Andre Deutsch 1982) collection of 11 retold East Anglian and Fen Country legends. Illustrated by Shirley Felts.
• * *Tales from the Mabinogion (Gollancz 0-575-03531-5, 1984, £6.95, 88pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy collection. [Not seen]

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• * +Tales from the Mabinogion (with Gwyn Thomas) (Overlook 0-87951-987-8, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $14.95, 8.5" x 11" 88pp, hc) [Mabinogion] Reprint (U.K. 1984) Four mythic tales from the Mabinogion in a new juvenile translation, with color illustrations by Margaret Jones. First American edition.

CROUSE, LINDSAY (stories)

• * _The Owl: A Story for Children (with David Mamet) See entry under David Mamet.

CROWDER, HERBERT (Alexander) (1925- )

• * _Weatherhawk (Macdonald 0-356-19137-0, Nov ’90, £12.95, 413pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1990) near-future techno-thriller.

CROWLEY, ALEISTER; [i.e., Edward Alexander Crowley] (1875-1947) (stories)

• * _Moonchild (Samuel Weiser 0-87728-147-5, Oct ’91 [Dec ’91], $9.95, 335pp, tp) Reprint (Mandrake Press 1929) occult thriller by the famous black magician.
• * _The Strategem and Other Stories (Temple Press 1-871744-10-5, Jul ’90, £10.50, 108pp, hc, cover by Total 333) Reprint (Mandrake Press 1929) occult/horror collection. This edition contains a new foreword and a new, previously unpublished, short story, and is available in the US for $21. (Contents)

CROWLEY, JOHN (William) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Ægypt (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05194-6, Apr ’87 [Feb ’87], $17.95, 390pp, hc) [AEgypt] Literary fantasy novel.
• * _Ægypt (Gollancz 0-575-04108-0, Sep ’87, £11.95, 390pp, hc) [AEgypt] Reprint (Bantam 1987) literary fantasy novel. Volume 1 in a new quartet. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Ægypt (Gollancz 0-575-04325-3, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], £3.95, 390pp, tp) [AEgypt] Reprint (Bantam 1987) literary fantasy novel. Rich and unusual, it promises much for the sequels that are presumably to follow. (PSP)
• * _Ægypt (Bantam 0-553-34592-3, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $8.95, 390pp, tp) [AEgypt] Reprint (Bantam 1981) alternate-world literary fantasy novel.
• * _Ægypt (Bantam 0-553-37430-3, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $12.95, 390pp, tp) [AEgypt] Reissue (Bantam 1987) alternate-world literary fantasy novel; third printing.
• * *Antiquities: Seven Stories (Incunabula 0-9633637-2-7, Oct ’93, $25.00, 100pp, hc) Collection of seven stories. This edition is limited to 1,000 copies. A 77-copy signed limited edition (-3-5, $90.00) was announced, but is not yet out. Order from Incunabula, Box 30146, Seattle WA 98103. (Contents)
• * _Beasts (Gollancz 0-575-04134-X, Dec ’87, £3.95, 184pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1976) fantasy novel. Volume 20 in the “Gollancz Classic SF” series.
• * *Beasts/Engine Summer/Little, Big (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Jun ’91, $12.95, 184/182/627pp, tp) Omnibus of three novels, fantasy novel Beasts (Doubleday 1976), sf novel Engine Summer (Doubleday 1979), and the World Fantasy Award-winning Little, Big (Bantam 1981). (Contents)
• * _The Deep (Unwin 0-04-823318-8, Jul ’87, £2.95, 176pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1975) sf/fantasy novel.
• * _Great Work of Time (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29319-2, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $3.99, 136pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) World Fantasy Award-winning novella that previously appeared in the collection Novelty.
• * _Little, Big (Methuen 0-413-51350-5, Nov ’86, £3.95, 538pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1981) fantasy novel.
• * _Little, Big (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26586-5, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $4.95, 625pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1981) fantasy novel, winner of the World Fantasy Award. Third printing. Highly recommended. (FCM)
• * _Little, Big (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26586-5, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $4.95, 627pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) Reissue (Bantam 1981) World Fantasy award-winning novel, with a new foreword by the author; third printing. This is actually the fourth printing — there was another third printing in 1987.
• * _Little, Big (Bantam 0-553-37397-8, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $12.95, 538pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam 1981) fantasy novel. Winner of the 1982 World Fantasy Award.
• * _Little, Big (SFBC #17464, Aug ’97, $13.98, 529pp, hc, cover by Gary A. Lippincott) Reprint (Bantam 1981) fantasy novel. Winner of the 1982 World Fantasy Award. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Love & Sleep (Bantam 0-553-09642-7, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $22.95, 503pp, hc) [AEgypt] Fantasy novel of the magic hiding beneath the surface of human history, a sequel to Ægypt.
• * _Love & Sleep (Easton Press no ISBN, Sep ’94, no price, 502pp, hc) [AEgypt] Fantasy novel of the magic hiding beneath the surface of human history; a sequel to Ægypt. Published “simultaneously” with the Bantam edition listed last month. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series, and is available by subscription only.
• * _Love & Sleep (Bantam 0-553-37468-0, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $12.95, 503pp, tp) [AEgypt] Reprint (Bantam 1994) fantasy novel, sequel to Ægypt.
• * *Novelty (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-26171-3, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $18.95, 227pp, hc) Collection of four stories, three original, including one novella. Also in trade paperback (-26347-3, $6.95). (Contents)
• * *Three Novels (Bantam 0-553-37398-6, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $12.95, 548pp, tp) Omnibus of The Deep (1975), Beasts (1976), and Engine Summer (Doubleday 1979), Crowley’s first three novels. (Contents)

CROWTHER, PETER (1949- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Escardy Gap (with James Lovegrove) (Tor 0-312-86210-5, Sep ’96, $26.95, 543pp, hc, cover by Mark Elliot) Horror novel. A writer literally struggles with the creatures of his imagination.
• * _Escardy Gap (with James Lovegrove) (Tor 0-812-55539-2, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $6.99, 500pp, pb, cover by Mark Elliot) Reprint (Tor 1996) horror novel.
• * _Escardy Gap (with James Lovegrove) (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-671-01605-9, Apr ’98, £5.99, 543pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Tor 1996) horror novel. A writer literally struggles with the creatures of his imagination. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Forest Plains (Hypatia Press no ISBN, 1996 [Mar ’97], $40.00, 65pp, hc) Dark fantasy novella. A dead Indian with a magical sense of smell investigates a scent of wrongness in a small town. The introduction is by Charles de Lint. This is a signed, limited edition of 125; a lettered, leatherbound edition ($100.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Blue Moon Books, 360 West First, Eugene OR 97401; credit card orders 800-738-2660; email: hypatia@teleport.com
• * *Fugue on a G-String (Subterranean Press no ISBN, Feb ’98, $10.00, 38pp, ph, cover by Alan M. Clark) Associational detective short story in chapbook form. Introduction by Ed Gorman. Illustrated by Alan M. Clark. This is a signed, limited edition of 250. Order from Subterranean Press, PO Box 190106, Burton MI 48519; postage included in price.

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• * *Blue Motel (Little, Brown UK 0-316-91180-1, Dec ’94, £16.99, 369pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) [Narrow Houses] Original anthology of horror, fantasy, SF and crime stories, all on the theme of superstition. Subtitled “Narrow Houses: Volume Three”. Narrow in title, but not in scope. Recommended (PSP). (Contents)
• * +Blue Motel (White Wolf 1-56504-922-5, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $5.99, 559pp, pb) [Narrow Houses] Original anthology of 18 horror stories, third in the “Narrow Houses” series. First American edition (Little, Brown UK 1994).
• * _Blue Motel (Warner UK 0-7515-1650-3, Mar ’96, £6.99, xiv+369pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) [Narrow Houses] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1994) anthology of high-quality stories of unease.
• * *Dante’s Disciples (with Edward E. Kramer) (White Wolf 1-56504-907-1, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $14.99, 406pp, tp) Original anthology of 26 stories inspired by Dante’s “Inferno”, by authors including Gene Wolfe, Harlan Ellison, Nancy Holder, and Brian Aldiss. There is an introduction by James O’Barr. (Contents)
• * _Dante’s Disciples (with Edward E. Kramer) (White Wolf 1-56504-878-4, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $5.99, 603pp, pb, cover by Michael Scott Cohen) Reprint (White Wolf 1996) original anthology inspired by Dante’s “Inferno”.
• * *Destination Unknown (White Wolf 1-56504-941-1, Jan ’97, $12.99, 316pp, tp, cover by Douglas Winter) Original anthology of 16 stories set in other realities. Authors include Charles De Lint, Terry Dowling, Ian McDonald, and Kathleen Ann Goonan. Introduction by Anne McCaffrey. (Contents)
• * _Heaven Sent (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Signet Creed 0-45-118445-9, Oct ’95, £4.99, xvii+317pp, pb) Reprint (DAW 1995) original anthology of 18 stories about angels. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Heaven Sent: 18 Glorious Tales of the Angels (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-656-2, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $5.50, 352pp, pb, cover by Jean-Francois Podevin) Original anthology of 18 stories featuring angels, by such authors as Charles de Lint, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Michael Bishop, John Brunner, and Ed Gorman. The introduction is by Storm Constantine. (Contents)
• * _Narrow Houses (Warner UK 0-7515-0107-7, Dec ’93, £5.99, 460pp, pb, cover by Jeff Potter) [Narrow Houses] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1992) original horror anthology.
• * +Narrow Houses (Warner Aspect 0-446-60157-8, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $5.50, 460pp, pb, cover by Rick Berry) [Narrow Houses] Original anthology of 28 stories and one poem, with an introduction by Douglas E. Winter. First American edition (Little, Brown UK 1992).
• * *Narrow Houses: Volume I (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90395-7, Dec ’92, £15.99, 460pp, hc, cover by J. K. Potter) [Narrow Houses] Anthology of 29 original horror stories on the subject of superstition, including pieces by Stephen Gallagher, Robert Holdstock and Ramsey Campbell. Recommended (PSP). (Contents)
• * *Tales in Space (White Wolf 1-56504-867-9, Apr ’98, $12.99, 318pp, tp, cover by Kathleen Ryan) SF anthology of 15 stories set in space. Authors include Ursula K. Le Guin, Brian W. Aldiss, Paul J. McAuley, and John Varley. (Contents)
• * *Tales in Time (White Wolf 1-56504-989-6, Apr ’97, $12.99, 284pp, tp) SF anthology of 13 stories of time travel. Authors include Ian Watson, Jack Finney, H.G. Wells, and Harlan Ellison. Introduction by John Clute. (Contents)
• * _Tombs (with Edward E. Kramer) See entry under Edward E. Kramer
• * *Touch Wood (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90732-4, Dec ’93, £15.99, 372pp, hc, cover by Jeff Potter) [Narrow Houses] Original horror anthology. Volume two in the “Narrow Houses” series. (Contents)
• * _Touch Wood (Warner UK 0-7515-0698-2, Dec ’94 [Feb ’95], £5.99, 372pp, pb, cover by J. K. Potter) [Narrow Houses] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1993) horror anthology, subtitled “Narrow Houses: Volume Two”. Issued in 1994, but not seen until now.
• * +Touch Wood (Warner Aspect 0-446-60162-4, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $5.99, 365pp, pb, cover by Richard Newton) [Narrow Houses] Original anthology of 25 horror stories, with an introduction by Ramsey Campbell. First American edition (Little, Brown UK 1992).

CROZIER, OUIDA

• * *Shadows After Dark (Rising Tide Press 1-883061-50-4, Aug ’93, $9.95, 201pp, tp, cover by Evelyn Rysdyk) Lesbian sf/vampire novel of an alien vampire woman sent to Earth to find salvation for her dying planet.

CRUMEY, ANDREW (David William Bernard) (1961- ) (chron.)

• * *D’Alembert’s Principle: Memory, Reason and Imagination (Dedalus 1-873982-32-1, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], £7.99, 203pp, tp, cover by Lise Weisgerber) Literary fantasy novel in 3 parts, one starring ‘Pfitz’ from Crumey’s 1995 novel. Including an Introduction by John Clute.
• * *Music, in a Foreign Language (Dedalus 1-873982-11-9, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], £7.99, 243pp, tp, cover by Lise Weisgerber) Literary fantasy novel. Alternate-world Britain experiencing the collapse of communism.
• * +Music, in a Foreign Language (St. Martin’s/Picador 0-312-14688-4, Nov ’96 [Dec ’96], $22.00, 243pp, hc) Literary SF set in an imaginary police state in Britain. First US edition (Dedalus 1994); winner of Scotland’s Saltire Prize for Best First Novel.
• * _Music, in a Foreign Language (St. Martin’s/Picador 0-312-16946-9, Dec ’97 [Jan ’98], $12.00, 243pp, pb) Reprint (Dedalus 1994) literary SF novel set in a future imaginary police state in Britain.
• * *Pfitz (Dedalus 1-873982-81-X, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], £7.99, 164pp, tp, cover by Lise Weisgerber) Literary fantasy novel. An 18th century prince devotes his wealth and the efforts of his subjects to the creation of an imaginary city. The boundaries between reality and fantasy begin to break down.