The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- CRUMEY, ANDREW (David William Bernard) (chron.) (continued)
- * +Pfitz (St. Martins/Picador 0-312-16964-7, Oct 97, $20.00, 164pp, hc) Literary meta-fantasy/mystery. An 18th-century prince creates an imaginary city, one of whose imaginary inhabitants disappears. First US edition (Dedalus 1995).
- * _Pfitz (St. Martins/Picador 0-312-19550-8, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $12.00, 164pp, tp) Reprint (Dedalus 1995) literary meta-fantasy/mystery.
- CSICSERY-RONAY, ISTVAN, Jr., ed. (stories)
- CUDDON, J(ohn) A(nthony Bowden), ed. (1928- ) (stories)
- * *The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (Penguin 0-14-006800-7, Oct 84, £4.95, 512pp, tp) Anthology of classic supernatural fantasy tales. (Contents) [Not seen]
- * _The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (Penguin 0-14-006800-7, 1985 [Oct 85], £4.95/$6.95, 512pp, pb) Reissue (Penguin 1984) anthology of classic supernatural fantasy tales.
- * _The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (Penguin 0-14-006800-7, Oct 87, £5.95, 512pp, tp) Reissue (Penguin 1984) ghost anthology.
- * _The Penguin Book of Ghost Stories (Bloomsbury Books 1-85471-001-X, 1991 [Jan 92], £4.99, 512pp, hc) Reprint (Penguin 1984) ghost story anthology. This is an Instant Remainder book.
- * *The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (Penguin 0-14-006799-X, 1984, £4.95, 607pp, tp) Anthology of dark tales from authors including Henry James, Poe, Kafka, William Hope Hodgson, Ray Bradbury, and other major authors. (Contents) [Not seen]
- * _The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (Viking UK 0-670-81034-7, 1985 [Oct 85], £10.95, 607pp, hc) Reprint (Penguin 1984) anthology of dark tales from authors including Henry James, Poe, Kafka, William Hope Hodgson, Ray Bradbury, and other major authors.
- * _The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (Penguin 0-14-006799-X, Oct 87, £5.95, 607pp, tp) Reissue (Penguin 1984) horror anthology.
- * _The Penguin Book of Horror Stories (Bloomsbury Books 1-87063-094-7, 1991 [Jan 92], £4.99, 607pp, hc) Reprint (Penguin 1984) horror anthology. This is an Instant Remainder book.
- CUDLIP, DAVID R(ockwell) (1933- )
- * _Comprador (Grafton 0-586-06886-4, May 87, £3.50, 475pp, pb) Reprint (Secker & Warburg 1984) near-future thriller.
- CULBREATH, MYRNA (Lou) (1938- )
- _____, ed.
- CULIK, HUGH (1950- ); see pseudonym Charles H. Buck
- CULLEN, BRIAN (stories)
- * +What Niall Saw (St. Martins 0-312-86613-5, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $11.95, 89pp, hc) Novella in diary form of a young Irish schoolboy and nuclear holocaust, framed with archeological notes on the finding of the diary. First American edition (Sphere 1985).
- CULLEN, JEAN
- CULLEN, LYNN
- * *The Backyard Ghost (Clarion Books 0-395-64527-1, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $13.95, 149pp, hc, cover by Diane de Groat) Young-adult fantasy novel of a teenage girl who discovers the ghost of a Civil War-era bugle boy in her backyard. A first novel.
- * _The Backyard Ghost (Avon Camelot 0-380-72370-0, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $3.50, 149pp, pb) Reprint (Clarion 1993) young-adult ghost novel.
- CULLEN, SEAMUS; pseudonym (1927-2006) (stories)
- * *A Noose of Light (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8178-5, Mar 86, £2.50, 216pp, pb) [Noose of Light] Arabian Nights-style fantasy novel. Two Djinni scheme to take the soul of a wise man and to satisfy their lusts for mortal women and the violent females of their own kind. Erotic and humorous.
- * _A Noose of Light (Macdonald Library Editions 0-356-12193-3, May 86, £8.95, 216pp, hc) [Noose of Light] Reprint (Futura/Orbit 1986) Arabian-style fantasy novel, a library edition almost simultaneous with the original paperback.
- * *The Sultans Turret (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8179-3, Aug 86, £2.50, 252pp, pb) [Noose of Light] Arabian Nights-style fantasy novel, sequel to A Noose of Light.
- CUMMINGS, MICHAEL S., ed. (1943- )
- * *Utopian Studies II (with Nicholas D. Smith) (University Press of America 0-8191-7305-3, Mar 89 [Aug 89], $12.75, 154pp, tp) Non-fiction anthology of 16 academic papers on utopias presented at the conference of the Society for Utopian Studies, including studies of H.G. Wells, Lewis Carroll, Doris Lessing and Ursula K. Le Guin. Also announced in hardcover (-7304-5, $24.95) but not seen.
- CUMMINS, ELIZABETH (Ann) (1939- )
- * *Understanding Ursula K. Le Guin (University of South Carolina Press 0-87249-687-2, Jun 90 [May 90], $22.95, 216pp, hc) Non-fiction; criticism. A guide to Le Guins work, focusing on fiction set in four principal worldsEarthsea, the Hainish planets, Orsinia, and the future West coast.
- * _Understanding Ursula K. Le Guin (University of South Carolina Press 0-87249-869-7, Dec 92 [Apr 93], $12.95, 216pp, tp) Reprint (University of South Carolina 1990) non-fiction, criticism. A guide to Le Guins work, focusing on fiction set in four principal worlds Earthsea, the Hainish planets, Orsinia, and the future West Coast. This is a 1992 book not seen until now. [Le Guin]
- * _Understanding Ursula K. Le Guin (University of South Carolina Press 0-87249-869-7, 1993 [Aug 93], $12.95, 216pp, tp) Reprint (University of South Carolina 1990) non-fiction, criticism. A guide to Le Guins work, focusing on fiction set in four principal worlds Earthsea, the Hainish planets, Orsinia, and the future West Coast. This edition has been updated by adding a new chapter and post-1990 bibliography. Order from University of South Carolina Press, Columbia SC 29208. [Le Guin]
- CUMMISKEY, GARY R.
- * *The Changing Face of Horror in the Nineteenth-Century French Fantastic Short Story (Peter Lang 0-8204-1775-0, Sep 92, no price, 170pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. An academic study of 19th-century French fantasy/horror fiction. Available from Peter Lang Publishing, 62 West 45th St., New York NY 10036-4202.
- CUNNINGHAM, ELAINE (stories) (chron.)
- * *First Quest: The Unicorn Hunt (TSR 0-7869-0105-5, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $3.95, 247pp, tp, cover by Tim Hildebrandt) Young-adult fantasy novel. An apprentice mage must hunt a unicorn to save his mothers life. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *Forgotten Realms: Daughter of the Drow (TSR 0-7869-0165-9, Aug 95, $16.99, 314pp, hc, cover by Fred Fields) [Forgotten Realms: Starlight & Shadows] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * _Forgotten Realms: Daughter of the Drow (TSR 0-7869-0514-X, Sep 96, $5.99, 338pp, tp, cover by Fred Fields) [Forgotten Realms: Starlight & Shadows] Reprint (TSR 1995) fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *Forgotten Realms: Elfshadow (TSR 1-56076-117-2, Oct 91, $4.95, 312pp, tp, cover by Fred Fields) [Forgotten Realms: Songs and Swords] Fantasy novelization based on the Forgotten Realms game, second book of the Harper trilogy.
- * *Forgotten Realms: Elfsong (TSR 1-56076-679-4, Feb 94 [Jan 94], $4.95, 310pp, tp, cover by John Lakey & Laura Lakey) [Forgotten Realms: Songs and Swords] Fantasy novelization based on the Forgotten Realms game, eighth book of The Harpers series. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *Forgotten Realms: Evermeet: Island of Elves (TSR 0-7869-0713-4, Apr 98, $21.95, 444pp, hc, cover by Ciruelo Cabral) [Forgotten Realms] Novelization based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *Forgotten Realms: Silver Shadows (TSR 0-7869-0498-4, Jun 96, $5.99, 374pp, tp, cover by Fred Fields) [Forgotten Realms: Songs and Swords] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game; 13th in the Harpers series. Copyrighted by TSR
- * *Forgotten Realms: Tangled Webs (TSR 0-7869-0516-6, Apr 96, $19.99, 314pp, hc, cover by Fred Fields) [Forgotten Realms: Starlight & Shadows] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * _Forgotten Realms: Tangled Webs (TSR 0-7869-0698-7, May 98, $5.99, 344pp, tp, cover by Fred Fields) [Forgotten Realms: Starlight & Shadows] Reprint (TSR 1996) fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *Forgotten Realms: Thornhold (TSR 0-7869-1177-8, Aug 98, $5.99, 375pp, tp, cover by Gerald Brom) [Forgotten Realms: Harpers] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game; 16th and final in the Harpers series. Copyrighted by TSR
- * *Spelljammer: The Radiant Dragon (TSR 1-56076-346-9, Nov 92 [Jan 93], $4.95, tp, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) [Spelljammer: Cloakmaster] Fantasy novelization based on the Spelljammer game, fourth book of the Cloakmaster Cycle.
- CUNNINGHAM, ELIZABETH (1953- )
- * *The Return of the Goddess (Station Hill Press 0-88268-115-X, Feb 93 [Mar 94], $22.50, 313pp, hc) Fantasy/New Age novel about a ministers wife who molds a figure out of playdough and accidentally awakens the goddess. This is a 1993 book not seen until now.
- CUNNINGHAM, JERE (Pearson, Jr.) (1943- ) (stories)
- * _The Abyss (Ballantine 0-345-30894-8, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $2.85, 258pp, pb) Reprint (Wyndham 1981) fantasy/horror novel.
- * *Love Object (Scream/Press 0-910489-03-3, Nov 85, $12.50, 164pp, hc) A gothic fantasy of a woman who builds her own dream lover.
- CUNNINGHAM, MARILYN (1927- ); see pseudonym Lynn Carlock
- CUNQUEIRO, ALVARO
- * *Merlin and Company (Everyman 0-460-87731-3, Jun 96 [Jul 96], £5.99, xxxiii+139pp, tp, cover by Ramon de Zubiaurre) Fantasy novel. Merlin and Guinevere retire to a house in Galicia, Northern Spain; but others still need the magicians aid. Translated from Merlín e familia i outras historias (Spain, 1955) by Colin Smith, who adds an introduction and annotations.
- CURLEY, CHRIS
- CURLEY, DOROTHY F.
- CURLOVICH, JOHN MICHAEL; see pseudonym Michael Paine (chron.)
- CURRAN, BOB
- * *A Field Guide to Irish Fairies (Chronicle Books 0-8118-2276-1, Oct 98, $12.95, 71pp, hc, cover by Andrew Whitson) Illustrated guide to the habitat, history, and customs of fairies. Almost Froudish illustrations by Andrew Whitson.
- CURRAN, RONALD (Thomas), ed. (1938- )
- * _The Weird Gathering and Other Tales (Fawcett Crest 0-449-23994-2, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $4.95, 574pp, pb) Reissue (Fawcett Crest 1979) anthology of 36 stories and poems about women and the supernatural that first appeared in American popular magazines between 1800-1850.
- * _Witches, Wraiths and Warlocks (Ballantine Fawcett 0-449-30061-7, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $4.95, 354pp, pb) Reissue (Fawcett 1971) collection of classic supernatural folktales.
- CURREY, L(loyd) W(esley) (1942- )
- * *Into the Unknown: Fantasy & Science Fiction Literature (Catalogue 77) (L.W. Currey no ISBN, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $14.95, 418pp, pb) There is so much important bibliographical information in this catalogue that were listing it as a book. (CNB)
- CURRY, CHRIS; pseudonym of Cheryl Curry Sayre, (1954- )
- * *Panic (Pocket 0-671-74947-1, Jan 94 [Dec 93], $4.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Horror novel of a man whose boyhood was haunted by demons, who returns home and realizes that they havent gone away.
- * *Thunder Road (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-64696-9, Jul 95 [Jun 95], £16.99, 439pp, hc, cover by Melvyn Grant) Occult/SF novel set in a society of misfits in the heart of the Mojave Desert. Mysterious events and disappearances are revealed to depend on an age-old spiritual battle. Curry also writes as Tamara Thorne.
- * +Thunder Road (Pocket 0-671-89737-3, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 512pp, pb) Horror novel. Biblical apocalypse threatens a small California town. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1995).
- * _Thunder Road (NEL 0-340-62298-9, Nov 95 [Oct 95], £5.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Melvyn Grant) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) horror novel. Curry also writes as Tamara Thorne.
- * *Trickster (with Lisa Dean) (Pocket 0-671-68434-5, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $4.99, 385pp, pb) Horror novel of a ghostly serial killer lurking beneath the streets of Seattle.
- * *Winter Scream (with L. Dean James) (Pocket 0-671-68433-7, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.95, 403pp, pb) Horror novel of demonic monstrosities devouring the living.
- CURRY, GRAEME
- * *Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol (Lyle Stuart/Target 0-426-20339-9, Dec 89 [Apr 90], $3.95, 140pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization, Doctor Who #146. This is a worldwide edition.
- * *Doctor Who: The Happiness Patrol (Target 0-426-20339-9, Feb 90, £2.50, 140pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization. Volume 146 in the series.
- CURRY, JANE LOUISE (1932- )
- * *Dark Shade (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 0-689-81812-2, Apr 98 [May 98], $16.00, 168pp, hc, cover by Alex Leon) Young-adult fantasy time-travel novel. Maggies friend Kip wants to stay forever with an Indian tribe in 1758 Pennsylvania.
- * *Me, Myself and I (Macmillan McElderry 0-689-50429-2, Oct 87 [Jan 88], $12.95, 184pp, hc) Young-adult time travel sf novel. Dated 1987; not seen until 1988.
- * *Moon Window (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 0-689-80945-X, Oct 96 [Nov 96], $16.00, 170pp, hc, cover by Elizabeth Miles) Young-adult fantasy novel. A resentful girl sent to live with an elderly relative finds a window that opens into the past.
- CURRY, PATRICK
- * +Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien, Myth and Modernity (St. Martins 0-312-17671-6, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $35.00, hc) Critical examination of Tolkiens works, their popularity, and frequent, negative critical responses. First US edition (Floris Books 1997). [Tolkien]
- * _Defending Middle-Earth: Tolkien: Myth and Modernity (HarperCollins UK 0-261-10371-7, Dec 98 [Nov 98], £7.99, 206pp, tp) Reprint (Floris 1997) critical study; contends that Tolkien is neither reactionary nor escapist, and that LOTR knowingly addresses the conflict between the natural spirit and the mechanisation of the human soul. [Tolkien]
- CURTIS, JACK; pseudonym of David Harsent, (1942- )
- * *Conjure Me (Bantam UK 0-593-01906-7, Jul 92 [Oct 92], £8.99, 364pp, tp, cover by Trevor Webb) Supernatural thriller. A hardcover edition (-01905-9, £14.99) was announced but not seen.
- * _Conjure Me (Corgi 0-552-13593-3, Mar 93, £4.99, 411pp, pb, cover by Trevor Webb) Reprint (Bantam UK 1992) horror novel.
- * *Crows Parliament (Bantam UK 0-593-01215-1, Mar 87, £10.95, 349pp, hc) A thriller involving the use of ESP. A first novel.
- * _Crows Parliament (Corgi 0-552-13081-8, Mar 88, £2.95, 427pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1987) sf novel.
- CURTIS, JAMES ROBERTO
- * *Shango (Arte Publico Press 1-55885-096-1, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $11.95, 197pp, tp, cover by Gladys Ramirez) Occult mystery of voodoo and santeria in Miami. A first novel. Available from Arte Publico Press, University of Houston, Houston TX 77204-2090.
- CURTIS, PHILIP (Delacourt) (1920- )
- * *Bewitched by the Brain Sharpeners (Andersen Press 0-86264-153-5, Nov 86 [1986], £4.95, 128pp, hc) [Mr. Browser] Young adult sf novel. [Not seen]
- * _Bewitched by the Brain Sharpeners (Beaver 0-09-956780-6, Aug 88, £1.75, 128pp, pb) [Mr. Browser] Reprint (Andersen Press 1986) young-adult sf novel. Volume 6 in the Mr. Browser series.
- * *Chaos Comes to Chivvy Chase (Andersen Press 0-86264-193-4, May 88 [Jul 88], £5.95, 120pp, hc) [Mr. Browser] Young-adult sf novel. Volume 10 in the Mr. Browser series.
- * _A Gift from Another Galaxy (Andersen Press 0-86264-166-7, May 87, £5.95, 124pp, hc) Juvenile sf novel. [Not seen]
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