The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

CRUMEY, ANDREW (David William Bernard) (chron.) (continued)

• * +Pfitz (St. Martin’s/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. Martin’s/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)

• * _On Philip K. Dick: 40 Articles from Science-Fiction Studies (with Arthur B. Evans, Veronica Hollinger & R. D. Mullen) See entry under R. D. Mullen

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- )

• * _The Fate of the Phoenix (with Sondra Marshak) See entry under Sondra Marshak.
• * _The Prometheus Design (with Sondra Marshak) See entry under Sondra Marshak.
• * _Star Trek # 5: The Prometheus Design (with Sondra Marshak) See entry under Sondra Marshak.
• * _Star Trek # 9: Triangle (with Sondra Marshak) See entry under Sondra Marshak.
• * _Star Trek: The Fate of the Phoenix (with Sondra Marshak) See entry under Sondra Marshak.
• * _Star Trek: The New Voyages (with Sondra Marshak) See entry under Sondra Marshak.
• * _Star Trek: The Price of the Phoenix (with Sondra Marshak) See entry under Sondra Marshak.
• * _Star Trek: The Prometheus Design (with Sondra Marshak) See entry under Sondra Marshak.
• * _Star Trek: Triangle (with Sondra Marshak) See entry under Sondra Marshak.
• * _Triangle (with Sondra Marshak) See entry under Sondra Marshak.

_____, ed.

• * _Star Trek: The New Voyages (with Sondra Marshak) See entry under Sondra Marshak.
• * _Star Trek: The New Voyages 2 (with Sondra Marshak) See entry under Sondra Marshak.

CULIK, HUGH (1950- ); see pseudonym Charles H. Buck

CULLEN, BRIAN (stories)

• * +What Niall Saw (St. Martin’s 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

• * *Inside Out (with Marjorie Housepian Dobkin) (Ballantine Ivy 0-8041-0427-1, Nov ’89 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 267pp, pb) Fantasy novel of two women facing the problems of eternal youth.

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 Sultan’s 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 Guin’s work, focusing on fiction set in four principal worlds—Earthsea, 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 Guin’s 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 Guin’s 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 mother’s 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 minister’s 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 magician’s aid. Translated from Merlín e familia i outras historias (Spain, 1955) by Colin Smith, who adds an introduction and annotations.

CURLEY, CHRIS

• * *The Doorkeepers (Oxford University Press 0-19-271626-3, Nov ’89 [Feb ’90], £6.95, 187pp, hc, cover by Chris Burke) Young adult fantasy novel.

CURLEY, DOROTHY F.

• * _The Complete Time Traveler: A Tourist’s Guide to the Fourth Dimension (with Brad Williams & Howard J. Blumenthal) See entry under Howard J. Blumenthal

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 we’re 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 haven’t 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. Maggie’s 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. Martin’s 0-312-17671-6, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $35.00, hc) Critical examination of Tolkien’s 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.
• * _Crow’s 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]