The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- DERLETH, AUGUST (William) (stories) (continued)
- * _Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (Grafton 0-586-20344-3, Sep 88, £3.99, 508pp, pb) Reprint (Arkham House 1969) horror anthology. (Contents)
- DERMAN, MARTHA
- * *Tales from Academy Street (Scholastic 0-590-43703-8, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $13.95, 103pp, hc, cover by Norman Walker) Young-adult fantasy about a street where children begin to notice strange things happening.
- * _Tales from Academy Street (Scholastic 0-590-43704-6, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $2.95, 103pp, tp) Reprint (Scholastic 1991) young-adult fantasy novel about a street where children begin to notice strange things happening.
- DERRICKSON, FRASER, ed. (stories)
- * *Would Could Should (A.S.F.A.E. Society, 1988, 55pp, ph) Pamphlet containing nine stories by members of The American Science Fiction Authors and Editors Society. (Contents)
- de SÁ-CARNEIRO, MÁRIO (stories)
- * *The Great Shadow (and other stories) (Dedalus 1-873982-72-0, Oct 96 [Sep 96], £8.99, 249pp, tp, cover by Lise Weisgerber) Literary fantasy collection of 8 stories. Translated, with a Foreword, by Margaret Jull Costa from Céu em fogo (Portugal, 1915). (Contents)
- DeSAIX, FRANK
- * *Hilary and the Lions (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-33237-1, Sep 90 [Oct 90], $13.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Debbi Durland Desaix) Childrens picture book, also of interest to adults, about the stone lions at the New York Public Library coming to life, with full-color illustrations by Debbi Durland Desaix.
- DE SENA, JORGE
- * *The Wondrous Physician (J.M. Dent/Everyman 0-460-02463-9, Mar 86, £3.95, 123pp, pb) First English-language version (translated from Portuguese by Mary Fitton) of a fantasy novel set in a world of sorcery, superstition and magic.
- DesJARDIN, MARIE
- * *For the Time Being (Write Way 1-885173-46-6, Feb 98, $15.95, 438pp, hc) SF novel. Super-intelligent college students are kidnapped by aliens to build a time machine. Order from Write Way Publishing, 10555 E. Dartmouth, Suite 210, Aurora CO 80014.
- DESJARLAIS, JOHN (Joseph) (1953- )
- * *The Throne of Tara (Crossway Books 0-89107-574-7, Jul 90, $8.95, 249pp, tp, cover by Chuck Gillies) Celtic Christian fantasy novel about the life of St. Columba, who carried Christianity to sixth-century Scotland.
- DESMOULINS, MELANIE
- * *The Snake (Velvet Publications 1-871592-82-8, Oct 97 [Dec 97], £7.95, 154pp, tp) Erotic dark fantasy novel. A young widow is seduced into the coils of Satan.
- DESOTO, JOHN
- * *The Sex Files: File 3: Unnatural Blonde (Headline Delta 0-7472-5730-2, Sep 97, £5.99, 218pp, pb) [Sex Files] Explicitly erotic SF/fantasy novel in a series emulating The X-Files. A famous sex symbol makes a comeback from the dead.
- DesROCHERS, DIANE
- * *Walker Between the Worlds (Llewellyn Publications 1-56718-224-0, May 95 [Apr 95], $6.99, 435pp, pb, cover by Erin McKee) Science fantasy novel. Alan Kolkey must use his highly developed psychic powers and archetypal energies to save Earth from a comet collision, and cope with an old girlfriend from a past life. A first novel. Available from Llewellyn Publications, PO Box 64383, St. Paul MN 55164-0383.
- DE STEFANO, ANTHONY; see pseudonym Anthony John
- DEUDON, ERIC HOLLINGSWORTH, ed. (stories)
- * _The Nightcharmer and Other Tales of Claude Seignolle See entry under Claude Seignolle.
- DEUKER, CARL
- * _On the Devils Court (Avon Flare 0-380-70879-5, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $2.99, 252pp, pb) Reprint (Little, Brown 1988) young-adult horror novel of a teenager who sells his soul to the devil to become a high school basketball star.
- DEVENPORT, EMILY (1957- ) (stories)
- * *Eggheads (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45517-7, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $5.99, 323pp, pb, cover by Donato) [Eggheads] SF novel. A poor woman hopes to make her fortune prospecting in the ruins of the long-vanished alien Earlies.
- * *GodHeads (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45680-7, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $5.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Eggheads] SF novel, a distant sequel to Eggheads. A special agent and a reprogrammed criminal are sent to infiltrate the GodHeads interstellar communications network.
- * *The Kronos Condition (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45554-1, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $5.99, 334pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) SF novel. Young people with godlike psionic powers oppose their ruthless mentors.
- * *Larissa (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45276-3, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $4.99, 284pp, pb) [Shade] Sf novel of a human girl fighting for survival on a world ruled by hostile aliens. Set in the same world as Shade.
- * *Scorpianne (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45318-2, Aug 94 [Jul 94], $4.99, 250pp, pb) Sf novel of a woman who flees from Earth to Mars to escape a deadly assassin.
- * *Shade (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45062-0, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $4.99, 246pp, pb) [Shade] Sf novel of a runaway girl in an extraterrestrial ghetto who becomes a pawn in the conflict between three alien races. A first novel.
- * _Shade (The Womens Press 0-7043-4298-7, Apr 92, £5.99, 246pp, tp, cover by Namara) [Shade] Reprint (Roc 1991) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- DEVER, JOE (1956- ) (stories)
- * *The Dark Door Opens (with John Grant) (Beaver 0-09-963760-X, Jun 89 [May 89], £2.50, 272pp, pb) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novelization. Volume 2 in the Legends of Lone Wolf series.
- * *Eclipse of the Kai (with John Grant) (Beaver 0-09-963750-2, Jun 89 [May 89], £2.50, 237pp, pb) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novelization. Volume 1 in the Legends of Lone Wolf series.
- * +Legends of Lone Wolf #1: Eclipse of the Kai (with John Grant) (Berkley 0-425-12314-6, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $3.50, 237pp, pb) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Novelization based on the Lone Wolf game, with illustrations by Brian Williams. First American edition (Beaver 1989).
- * +Legends of Lone Wolf #2: The Dark Door Opens (with John Grant) (Berkley 0-425-12439-8, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $3.50, 272pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Novelization based on the Lone Wolf game, with illustrations by Brian Williams. First American edition (Beaver 1989).
- * +The Legends of Lone Wolf #3: The Tides of Treachery (Berkley 0-425-12551-3, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $3.50, 182pp, pb) [Lone Wolf] Novelization based on the Lone Wolf game, with illustrations by Brian Williams. Originally published as the first half of the third book in the U.K. First American edition (Beaver 1989 as The Sword of the Sun).
- * +The Legends of Lone Wolf #4: The Sword of the Sun (Berkley 0-425-12650-1, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $3.95, 182pp, pb) [Lone Wolf] Novelization based on the Lone Wolf game, with illustrations by Brian Williams. Originally published as the second half of the third book in the U.K. First American edition (Beaver 1989 as The Sword of the Sun).
- * +The Legends of Lone Wolf #5: Hunting Wolf (Berkley 0-425-12769-9, Jun 91, $3.95, 226pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Lone Wolf] Novelization based on the Lone Wolf game, with illustrations by Brian Williams. This is the fourth book of the English series. First American edition (Beaver 1990).
- * *Legends of Lone Wolf 11: The Secret of Kazan-Oud (with John Grant) (Red Fox 0-09-915211-8, Jun 94, £3.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novel. John Grant is a pseudonym for Paul Barnett.
- * *The Legends of Lone Wolf 12: The Rotting Land (with John Grant) (Red Fox 0-09-915221-5, Dec 95 [Feb 96], £3.99, 315pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novel. A limited edition booklet (25 copies, signed) of Grants History Book: A Thog the Mighty Text, was published at Eastercon 94. That fantasy tale forms the framing sequence to this new novel.
- * *The Legends of Lone Wolf Omnibus (with John Grant) (Red Fox 0-09-921971-9, Nov 92 [Oct 92], £5.99, 508pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Omnibus of the first two volumes of this young-adult fantasy novelization series. (Contents)
- * *Legends of Lone Wolf: Hunting Wolf (with John Grant) (Beaver 0-09-963780-4, Apr 90, £2.99, 304pp, pb) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 4 in the series.
- * *The Legends of Lone Wolf: The Birthplace (with John Grant) (Red Fox 0-09-979890-5, Jun 92, £3.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novelization based on the Lone Wolf game. Volume seven in the series.
- * *The Legends of Lone Wolf: The Book of the Magnakai (with John Grant) (Red Fox 0-09-979900-6, Nov 92, £3.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novelization based on the Lone Wolf game. Volume eight in the series.
- * *The Legends of Lone Wolf: The Claws of Helgedad (with John Grant) (Arrow 0-09-979870-0, Jun 91, £3.99, 268pp, pb, cover by Peter Jones) [Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 5 in the series.
- * *The Legends of Lone Wolf: The Lorestone of Varetta (with John Grant) (Red Fox 0-09-915201-0, Feb 94, £3.99, 270pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 10 in the series.
- * *The Legends of Lone Wolf: The Sacrifice of Ruanon (with John Grant) (Arrow 0-09-979880-8, Nov 91, £3.99, 366pp, pb, cover by Peter Jones) [Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novelization. Volume 6 in the series.
- * *The Legends of Lone Wolf: The Tellings (with John Grant) (Red Fox 0-09-915191-X, May 93 [Apr 93], £3.99, 283pp, pb, cover by Peter Jones) Young-adult fantasy novelization based on a game. Volume nine in the series.
- * *The Sword of the Sun (with John Grant) (Beaver 0-09-963770-7, Oct 89 [Sep 89], £2.99, 378pp, pb) [Legends of Lone Wolf] Young-adult fantasy novelization. Volume three in the Legends of Lone Wolf series.
- DEVERAUX, JUDE; pseudonym of Jude White, (1947- )
- * *A Knight in Shining Armor (Pocket 0-671-67857-4, Aug 89, $17.95, 341pp, hc) Historical romance. A young career woman summons a 16th-century knight, falls in love with him, and visits the past.
- * _A Knight in Shining Armor (Pocket 0-671-70509-1, Jun 90 [May 90], $4.95, 359pp, pb, cover by Onofrio Paccione) Reprint (Pocket 1989) time-travel romance novel.
- DE VERE, V. C.; pseudonym of Conrad Charles Rolf Vere-Hodge, (1931- )
- * *Motto Excelsior (Merlin Books 0-86303-405-5, May 88 [Feb 89], £8.95, 212pp, tp) Sf novel about religious experiences, UFOs and other assorted items.
- * *Motto Excelsior: Books II - IV (Merlin 0-86303-441-1, May 89 [Jun 89], £14.95, 442pp, tp) Sf novel.
- * *The Motto Excelsior: Books V - VIII (Merlin 0-86303-491-8, Aug 90, £14.95, 537pp, tp) Third volume of this continuing novel that blends sf, UFOs and religious experiences.
- DEVEREAUX, ROBERT (1947- ) (stories)
- * *Deadweight (Dell Abyss 0-440-21482-3, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $4.99, 353pp, pb) Horror novel of an abused wife who murders her brutal husband in self-defense and manages to rebuild her life, only to have him return from the grave bent on revenge.
- * *Santa Steps Out (Dark Highway Press 0-9662629-0-5, Mar 98 [Apr 98], $39.35, 248pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) Pornographic fantasy novel. Santa has an affair with the Tooth Fairy, and his wife gets revenge with the help of a huge, horny Easter Bunny. There are forewords by David G. Hartwell and Patrick LoBrutto, and an afterword by the author on his inspirations, and difficulties getting published. A signed, limited edition of 1000. Order from Dark Highway Press, 2519 S. Shields #117, Fort Collins CO 80526.
- * *Walking Wounded (Dell 0-440-21794-6, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.50, 273pp, pb) Horror novel. A woman with the healing touch has tough choices to make and a serial killer stalking her.
- DEVLIN, DEAN
- * *Independence Day (with Roland Emmerich & Stephen Molstad) (HarperPrism 0-06-105687-1, Jul 96 [Jun 96], $5.99, 280pp, hc) [Independence Day] SF novelization, a tie-in to the movie about alien invaders. Also announced in digest size, hc (-105255-8, $28.00), and a signed, limited hardcover edition. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
- * _Independence Day (with Roland Emmerich & Stephen Molstad) (Boxtree 0-7522-0281-2, Jul 96, £4.99, 280pp, pb) [Independence Day] Reprint (HarperPaperbacks 1996) SF film novelisation. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Independence Day (with Roland Emmerich & Stephen Molstad) (SFBC #14417, Oct 96 [Jan 97], $9.98, 280pp, hc) [Independence Day] Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) SF novelization, a tie-in to the movie about alien invaders. This is similar to the HarperPrism hardcover edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Independence Day: Silent Zone (with Roland Emmerich & Stephen Molstad) See entry under Stephen Molstad.
- * *Stargate (with Roland Emmerich & Sheila Black) (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037540-6, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $3.99, 193pp, pb) Young-adult novelization of the movie based on the screenplay (and adult novelization) by Dean Devlin & Roland Emmerich, adapted for young readers by Sheila Black, who is credited only on the title page. Includes eight pages of color photos from the movie.
- * *Stargate (with Roland Emmerich) (Penguin/Signet 0-451-18410-6, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $4.99, 269pp, pb) Novelization of the SF movie.
- * _Stargate (with Roland Emmerich) (Signet UK 0-45-118420-3, Jan 95, £4.99, 269pp, pb) Reprint (Signet 1994) novelisation of the SF film, from the screenplay by Devlin & Emmerich. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Stargate (with Roland Emmerich) (Penguin/Signet 0-451-18410-6, Dec 95 [Dec 96], $4.99, 269pp, pb) Reissue (Signet 1994) novelization of the SF movie. Fourth printing.
- DeVORE, HOWARD (1925-2005)
- * _A History of the Hugo, Nebula, and International Fantasy Awards, Updated Edition (with Donald Franson) See entry under Donald Franson.
- * *The Hugo, Nebula and World Fantasy Awards (Advent:Publishers 0-911682-32-5, Jul 98, $14.00, 332pp, tp) Non-fiction listing of award winners and nominees, with a historical essay by Donald Franson, and an index. Earlier versions were self-published as participation in the Fantasy Amateur Press Association. Order from Advent:Publishers, PO Box A3228, Chicago IL 60690.
- DeVOS, ELISABETH
- * *The Seraphim Rising (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45655-6, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $5.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Near-future SF novel. The new Messiah turns out to be a sleazoid video producer, triggering crises among human and angelic followers. A first novel.
- DEWDNEY, A(lexander) K(eewatin) (1941- ) (stories)
- * _The Planiverse (Picador 0-330-28075-9, May 86, £3.95, 272pp, tp) Reissue (Pan 1984) scientific fantasy about a two-dimensional world.
- * *The Planiverse: Computer Contact with a Two-Dimensional World (Poseidon 0-671-46362-4, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $16.95, 267pp, hc) The concepts of Edwin Abbotts Flatland join with modern computer lore and touches of sf. Also available in tp (-46363-2, $16.95).
- DeWEESE, GENE; [i.e., Thomas Eugene DeWeese] (1934- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf (Putnam/Pacer 0-399-21082-2, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $2.25, 121pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1983) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _The Adventures of a Two-Minute Werewolf (Berkley Pacer 0-425-08882-0, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $2.50, 121pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1983) young-adult humorous fantasy novel.
- * *Black Suits from Outer Space (Putnam 0-399-21261-2, Sep 85 [Oct 85], $12.95, 144pp, hc) [Black Suits from Outer Space] Young-adult comic sf novel.
- * _Black Suits from Outer Space (Dell Yearling 0-440-40196-8, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $2.95, 144pp, tp) [Black Suits from Outer Space] Reprint (Putnam 1985) young-adult comic sf novel.
- * *The Calvin Nullifier (Putnam Philomel 0-399-21466-6, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $13.95, 142pp, hc) [Black Suits from Outer Space] Juvenile sf novel. A UFO lands in Calvins backyard. The alien is a cat. And the kids are saved by chocolate chip cookies. Third in the Black Suits from Outer Space humorous series.
- * _The Calvin Nullifier (Dell Yearling 0-440-40214-X, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $2.95, 142pp, tp) [Black Suits from Outer Space] Reprint (Putnam 1987) young-adult sf novel with an alien cat, third in the Black Suits from Outer Space series.
- * _Chain of Attack (Titan 0-907610-85-4, Mar 87, £2.95, 251pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1987) sf novel. Volume 32 in the Star Trek Novels series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Dandelion Caper (Putnam 0-399-21326-0, Nov 86 [Jan 87], $13.95, 159pp, hc) [Black Suits from Outer Space] Young-adult sf novel, sequel to Black Suits from Outer Space. Published in 1986; missed.
- * _The Dandelion Caper (Dell Yearling 0-440-40202-6, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $2.95, 159pp, tp) [Black Suits from Outer Space] Reprint (Putnam 1986) young-adult sf novel about cat who is actually an alien secret agent.
- * *Ravenloft: King of the Dead (TSR 0-7869-0483-6, Mar 96, $5.99, 315pp, tp, cover by Danilo Gonzalez) Horror novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *Ravenloft: Lord of the Necropolis (TSR 0-7869-0660-X, Oct 97, $5.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Fred Fields) Gothic horror novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *Star Trek #32: Chain of Attack (Pocket 0-671-63269-8, Feb 87 [Jan 87], $3.50, 251pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novel based on the tv series.
- * *Star Trek, the Next Generation #36: Into the Nebula (Pocket 0-671-89453-6, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $5.99, 274pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization based on the TV series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: The Peacekeepers (Pocket 0-671-66929-X, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $3.95, 310pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Sf novelization based on the popular new Star Trek series. Second in the series.
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