The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- 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 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. (stories) (assoc.)
- 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 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- ) (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. 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
- * *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]
- * _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 worlds 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/Writers 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) Writers 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 Insiders 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; its 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 mothers 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. Marlees 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.
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