The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

CRICHTON, (John) MICHAEL (stories) (continued)

• * _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.

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• * _Michael Crichton: A Critical Companion See entry under Elizabeth A. Trembley.

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) (assoc.)

• * *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 (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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.
• * *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. (1922- ); see pseudonym Christopher Anvil (stories)

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)

• * _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) (assoc.)

• * *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.