The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

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) (assoc.)

• * *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. (stories) (assoc.)

• * _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 (stories)

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- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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

• * *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]
• * _Mr. Browser and the Mini-Meteorites (Beaver 0-09-943670-1, Oct ’86, £1.50, 128pp, pb) [Mr. Browser] Reprint (Andersen Press 1983) juvenile fantasy novel.
• * *Mr. Browser and the Space Maggots (Andersen Press 0-86264-244-2, May ’89 [1989], £5.95, 126pp, hc) [Mr. Browser] Young adult sf novel. Volume 11 in the “Mr. Browser” series. [Not seen]
• * _Mr. Browser and the Space Maggots (Puffin 0-14-034394-6, Nov ’90 [Jan ’91], £2.50, 118pp, pb, cover by Tony Ross) [Mr. Browser] Reprint (Andersen Press 1989) young-adult sf novel. Volume 11 in the “Mr. Browser” series.
• * *Mr. Browser in the Space Museum (Andersen Press 0-86264-095-4, Mar ’85 [1985], £4.95, 144pp, hc) [Mr. Browser] Young adult sf novel. [Not seen]
• * _Mr. Browser in the Space Museum (Beaver 0-09-956770-9, Apr ’88, £1.50, 142pp, pb) [Mr. Browser] Reprint (Andersen Press 1985) young-adult sf novel.
• * _Mr. Browser Meets the Burrowers (Beaver 0-09-943680-9, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], £1.50, 128pp, pb) [Mr. Browser] Reprint (Andersen Press 1980) juvenile fantasy novel of underground creatures advising humans not to use up the world’s oil supply.
• * *Mr. Browser meets the Mind Shrinkers (Andersen Press 0-86264-261-2, Oct ’89, £5.95, 126pp, hc, cover by Tony Ross) [Mr. Browser] Young-adult sf novel. Volume 12 in the “Mr. Browser” series.

CURTIS, RICHARD (Alan) (1937- ) (stories)

• * *Beyond the Bestseller (NAL 0-453-00670-1, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $18.95, 380pp, hc) Associational; non-fiction. A literary agent takes you inside the book business, made up of 53 columns originally published in Locus.
• * *A Fool for an Agent: Publishing Satires and Verses. (Pulphouse/Writer’s Notebook Press 1-56146-428-7, Mar ’92, $5.00, 99pp, tp, cover by E. G. Ross) Collection of satires and poetry about the publishing industry. Available from Pulphouse Publishing, PO Box 1440, Eugene OR 97440.
• * *How to Be Your Own Literary Agent: The Business of Getting Your Book Published (Expanded Edition) (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-36142-7, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $7.95, 257pp, tp) Non-fiction, associational. This is an expanded version of a book on publishing based on the Locus columns. Recommended, of course. (CNB)
• * *Mastering the Business of Writing (Allworth Press 1-880559-55-2, 1996 [Apr ’97], $18.95, 271pp, tp) Writer’s guide by an agent active in the SF field. This is a revised, updated, and expanded version of Beyond the Bestseller (NAL 1989) which originally appeared as a Locus column. Available from Allworth Press, 10 East 23rd St, New York NY 10010; add $5.00 postage.
• * *This Business of Publishing: An Insider’s View of Current Trends and Tactics (Allworth Press 1-880559-98-6, Jul ’98 [Oct ’98], $18.95, 207pp, tp) Associational non-fiction, a look at the publishing industry by an agent active in the SF field. Much of the material originally appeared as Locus columns, but has been updated. Available from Allworth Press, 10 East 23rd St, New York NY 10010; add $5.00 postage.

CURVAL, PHILIPPE; pseudonym of Philip Troche, (1929- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Brave Old World (Schocken 0-85031-407-0, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $13.95, 262pp, hc) Sf novel translated from French (Cette Chere Humanite, 1976). Dystopian novel. Actually, this is a false entry; it’s the original 1981 Allison & Busby edition with a new jacket and price.

CUSH, GEOFFREY (1956- )

• * *God Help the Queen (Abacus 0-349-10670-3, Apr ’87 [May ’87], £8.95, 148pp, hc) Satirical novel about England in 2003. A first novel.
• * _God Help the Queen (Abacus 0-349-10668-1, Oct ’87, £2.99, 148pp, tp) Reprint (Abacus 1987) literary sf novel.

CUSHMAN, CAROLYN (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Witch and Wombat (Warner Questar 0-446-60086-5, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $5.50, 316pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) Humorous fantasy novel of a witch and her wombat familiar, charged with guiding human gamers through a real fantasy world. A first novel. Recommended (SW).

CUSICK, RICHIE TANKERSLEY (1952- )

• * _April Fools (Hippo 0-590-76420-9, Mar ’91, £1.95, 218pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1990) young-adult horror novel.
• * _April Fools (Scholastic UK 0-590-11291-0, Oct ’98, £3.50, 218pp, pb) Reissue (Scholastic 1990) young-adult horror novel.
• * *Blood Roots (Pocket 0-671-73497-0, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $4.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Horror novel. Olivia returns to her ancestral home only to discover that her mother’s death has left her a centuries-old legacy of madness and death.
• * *Buffy the Vampire Slayer (Pocket 0-671-79220-2, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $3.99, 183pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Movie tie-in novelization of the black comedy/horror film.
• * *Buffy, the Vampire Slayer: The Harvest (Pocket Archway 0-671-01712-8, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $3.99, 146pp, pb) [Buffy, the Vampire Slayer] Young-adult novelization based on the TV show based on the movie. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
• * *The Drifter (Pocket Archway 0-671-88741-6, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $3.99, 231pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel about a girl and her family trying to make a go of a haunted inn and getting involved with a mysterious drifter who seems to hold the key to the ghost.
• * *Evil on the Bayou (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-92431-6, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $3.50, 148pp, pb) Reissue (Dell 1984) young-adult horror thriller; third printing.
• * *Help Wanted (Pocket Archway 0-671-79403-5, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $3.99, 211pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel of a girl haunted by the ghost of a medium who committed suicide.
• * *The Locker (Pocket Archway 0-671-79404-3, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $3.99, 213pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. Marlee’s locker at her new school shows her nightmarish visions of the missing girl who used to have it.
• * *Trick or Treat (Scholastic 0-590-42456-4, Oct ’89 [Nov ’89], $2.75, 209pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel about a young girl who moves into an evil old house.
• * _Trick or Treat (Hippo 0-590-76421-7, Mar ’91, £1.95, 209pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1989) young-adult horror novel.
• * _Trick or Treat (Scholastic UK 0-590-11292-9, Oct ’98, £3.50, 209pp, pb) Reissue (Scholastic 1989) young-adult horror novel.
• * *Vampire (Pocket Archway 0-671-70956-9, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $3.50, 214pp, pb) Young-adult vampire suspense novel.

CUSSLER, CLIVE (Eric) (1931- )

• * *Cyclops (Simon & Schuster 0-671-50374-X, Feb ’86 [Apr ’86], $18.95, 475pp, hc) [Dirk Pitt] Sf/suspense novel with an American colony on the Moon, a sunken treasure, and Soviet schemes, with Dirk Pitt escaping from a series of perils.
• * _Cyclops (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-11842-5, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £9.95, 475pp, hc) [Dirk Pitt] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1986) sf/suspense novel.
• * _Cyclops (Pocket 0-671-63184-5, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $4.95, 480pp, pb) [Dirk Pitt] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1986) thriller with sf elements, part of the “Dirk Pitt” series.
• * _Cyclops (Sphere 0-7221-2756-1, Apr ’87, £3.50, 500pp, pb) [Dirk Pitt] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1986) sf novel.
• * _Cyclops (Chivers Press 0-86220-196-9, Jul ’87 [Aug ’87], £9.95, 664pp, hc) [Dirk Pitt] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1986) sf novel. Large Print edition. [Not seen]
• * _Treasure (Grafton Overseas 0-586-07472-4, 1988 [May ’89], £3.50, 475pp, pb, cover by Chris Foss) [Dirk Pitt] Reprint (Grafton 1988) sf novel. This special ‘Open Market’ edition is for English-speaking continental Europe only.
• * *Treasure (Grafton 0-246-13219-1, Apr ’88, £11.95, 475pp, hc) [Dirk Pitt] Near-future thriller. A Dirk Pitt novel.