The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- DICKS, TERRANCE (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * *The Mysterious Planet (W.H. Allen 0-491-03096-7, Nov 87 [Dec 87], £7.95, 127pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Juvenile sf novel. Volume 127 in the Doctor Who series.
- * *The New Adventures: Mean Streets (New Adventures 0-426-20519-7, Dec 97 [Oct 97], £4.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Bernice Summerfield] Novelization based on characters from Doctor Who books, without the Doctor. Book 8 in the Bernice Summerfield series.
- * *The Seeds of Death (W.H. Allen 0-491-03662-0, Jul 86, £6.95, 160pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Juvenile sf novel, Doctor Who #107.
- * _The Seeds of Death (Target 0-426-20252-X, Dec 86, £1.60, 149pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1986) juvenile sf novel, Dr. Who #107.
- * _The Time Monster (Target 0-426-20221-X, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £1.60, 151pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1985) novelization based on the tv sf show. Doctor Who #102.
- * *Timewyrm: Exodus (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20357-7, Aug 91 [Jul 91], £3.50, 234pp, pb, cover by Andrew Skilleter) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the Doctor Who series. Volume 2 in Doctor Who: The New Adventures. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $5.95.
- DICKSON, DAVID K.
- * _Dont Panic: Douglas Adams & The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy (with Neil Gaiman) See entry under Neil Gaiman.
- DICKSON, GORDON R(upert) (1923-2001) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Alien Art (Tor 0-812-53577-4, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $2.95, 184pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1973) sf novel.
- * _Ancient, My Enemy (Sphere 0-7221-2999-8, Oct 86, £2.50, 253pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1974) collection.
- * _Arcturus Landing (Tor 0-812-53546-4, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $3.50, 213pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1979) sf novel of earthbound humans vs. benevolent alien overlords. This is the version expanded from Alien from Arcturus (Ace 1956).
- * *Beginnings (Baen 0-671-65429-2, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $3.50, 282pp, pb) Collection of 10 stories and 2 poems. (Contents)
- * *Beyond the Dar Al-Harb (Tor 0-812-53550-2, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $2.95, 253pp, pb) Collection of 3 stories, packaged as a novel. The title story seems to be an original novella, featuring Red Jamie in an Arabian fantasy land. Not mentioned on the cover are two other stories with entirely different settings, at least one of them sf. (Contents)
- * *The Chantry Guild (Ace 0-441-10276-X, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $17.95, 428pp, hc) [Childe Cycle] Sf novel in the Childe Cycle. A direct sequel to The Final Encyclopedia.
- * _The Chantry Guild (SFBC #14493, Feb 89, $7.98, 428pp, hc) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (Ace 1988) sf novel. Sequel to The Final Encyclopedia.
- * _The Chantry Guild (Ace 0-441-10266-2, Jun 89 [May 89], $4.50, 423pp, pb) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (Ace 1988) sf novel in the Childe series, a direct sequel to The Final Encyclopedia.
- * _The Chantry Guild (Sphere 0-7474-0241-8, Jun 89, £3.99, 428pp, pb) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (Ace 1988) sf novel. Note that this is titled Chantry Guild only on the cover. Volume 6 in The Childe Cycle. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Dickson! (NESFA Press 0-915368-27-7, Aug 84 [Nov 84], $13.00, 193pp, hc) Collection of 5 stories plus an article, with an introduction by Poul Anderson and story introductions by Sandra Miesel. Issued to commemorate Dicksons GoH appearance at LACon. The 150 boxed, signed, numbered copies (0-915368-84-6) sold out at Worldcon. (Contents)
- * *The Dorsai Companion (Ace 0-441-16026-3, Jun 86 [May 86], $5.95, 231pp, pb) [Childe Cycle] Collection of fiction and non-fiction pieces belonging to the Childe Cycle. This has the two stories from The Spirit of Dorsai (1979) without the bridging material, and the two stories from Lost Dorsai (1980), dropping the Sandra Meisel afterword. This volume doesnt add any fiction, but includes a new Dickson introduction to the whole series, a number of charts, genealogies, and chronologies, plus a pseudo- travelogue on Dorsai. It isnt quite an omnibus of the earlier two volumes, although it certainly replaces them. It is not illustrated. (CNB) (Contents)
- * _Dorsai! (Easton Press no ISBN, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $32.00, 162pp, hc) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (Ace 1960 as The Genetic General) sf novel in the Dorsai series. The text seems to be the original instead of the 1976 revision. This is part of the Masterpieces of SF series; leatherbound, gilt-edged, and available by subscription only. Contains a new introduction by Poul Anderson and illustrations by A.C. Farley.
- * _Dorsai! (Sphere 0-7221-2972-6, Jun 89, £2.50, 176pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) [Childe Cycle] Reissue (Ace 1960 as The Genetic General) sf novel. Volume 4 in The Childe Cycle.
- * _Dorsai! (Tor 0-812-50398-8, Mar 93 [Feb 93], $4.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (DAW 1976) sf novel in the Childe Cycle. This follows the text as published in Astounding in 1959, rather than the shortened version published as The Genetic General (Ace 1960). With a new introduction by David Drake.
- * _Dorsai! (Tor 0-812-50398-8, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $5.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Childe Cycle] Reissue (DAW 1976) SF novel in the Childe Cycle. This follows the 1975 text instead of the shortened one as The Genetic General (Ace 1960). It has the 1980 David Drake foreword. Third printing.
- * *The Dragon and the Djinn (Ace 0-441-00297-8, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $21.95, 394pp, hc, cover by Den Beauvais) [Dragon Knight] Fantasy novel, sixth in the Dragon Knight series.
- * _The Dragon and the Djinn (SFBC #11033, Feb 96, $10.98, 282pp, hc, cover by Den Beauvais) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Ace 1996) fantasy novel. This is similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The Dragon and the Djinn (Ace 0-441-00495-4, Jan 98 [Dec 97], $6.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Den Beauvais) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Ace 1996) fantasy novel, sixth in the Dragon Knight series.
- * _The Dragon and the George (Grafton 0-586-21326-0, Jun 92, £4.50, 279pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (SFBC 1976) humorous fantasy novel. Volume one in the Jim Eckert series.
- * *The Dragon and the Gnarly King (Tor 0-312-86157-5, Aug 97 [Jul 97], $24.95, 380pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Dragon Knight] Fantasy novel in the Dragon and the George series.
- * _The Dragon and the Gnarly King (SFBC #18011, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $11.98, 380pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Tor 1997) fantasy novel in the Dragon and the George Series. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The Dragon and the Gnarly King (Tor 0-812-56270-4, May 98 [Apr 98], $6.99, 472pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Tor 1997) fantasy novel in the Dragon and the George Series.
- * *The Dragon at War (Ace 0-441-75698-0, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $18.95, 375pp, hc, cover by Denis Beauvais) [Dragon Knight] Fantasy novel, fourth book of the Dragon and the George series.
- * _The Dragon at War (SFBC #05866, Feb 93, $8.98, 375pp, hc, cover by Denis Beauvais) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Ace 1992) fantasy novel, fourth book of the Dragon and the George series. Similar to the Ace edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The Dragon at War (Ace 0-441-16611-3, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $5.50, 375pp, pb, cover by Den Beauvais) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Ace 1992) fantasy novel, fourth book of the Dragon Knight series.
- * _The Dragon at War (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21469-0, Dec 93, £4.99, 375pp, pb) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Ace 1992) humorous fantasy novel. Volume four in the Jim Eckert series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Dragon in Lyonesse (Tor 0-312-86159-1, Oct 98, $25.95, 381pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) [Dragon Knight] Fantasy novel in the Dragon Knight series.
- * _The Dragon in Lyonesse (SFBC #01996, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $12.98, 443pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Tor 1998) fantasy novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * *The Dragon Knight (Tor 0-312-93129-8, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $19.95, 409pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Dragon Knight] Fantasy novel of a contemporary American couple in a magical 14th century, sequel to The Dragon and the George.
- * _The Dragon Knight (Tor 0-812-50943-9, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $5.99, 503pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Tor 1990) fantasy novel, sequel to The Dragon and the George.
- * _The Dragon Knight (Grafton 0-586-21327-9, Dec 92, £4.99, 503pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Tor 1990) humorous fantasy novel. Volume two in the Jim Eckert series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Dragon Knight (Tor 0-812-50943-9, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $5.99, 503pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Dragon Knight] Reissue (Tor 1990) fantasy novel, sequel to The Dragon and the George; second printing.
- * _The Dragon Knight (SFBC #02413, Jan 94, $8.98, 503pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Tor 1990) fantasy novel, sequel to The Dragon and the George. Similar to the Tor edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The Dragon Knight (Tor 0-812-50943-9, May 98, $6.99, 503pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Dragon Knight] Reissue (Tor 1990) fantasy novel, sequel to The Dragon and the George. Fourth printing.
- * *The Dragon on the Border (Ace 0-441-34233-7, Apr 92 [Mar 92], $18.95, 393pp, hc, cover by Denis Beauvais) [Dragon Knight] Fantasy novel, third book of the Dragon & the George series.
- * _The Dragon on the Border (SFBC #19655, Apr 92, $8.98, 393pp, hc, cover by Denis Beauvais) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Ace 1992) fantasy novel, third book of the Dragon and the George series. Similar to the Ace edition except it lacks an ISBN number and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
- * _The Dragon on the Border (Grafton 0-586-21328-7, Apr 93, £5.99, 393pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Ace 1992) humorous fantasy novel. Volume three in the Dragon Knight series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Dragon on the Border (Ace 0-441-16657-1, Jun 93 [May 93], $5.50, 393pp, pb, cover by Den Beauvais) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Ace 1992) fantasy novel, fourth book of the Dragon Knight series.
- * *The Dragon, the Earl, and the Troll (Ace 0-441-00098-3, Dec 94 [Oct 94], $21.95, 442pp, hc, cover by Den Beauvais) [Dragon Knight] Humorous fantasy novel, fifth in The Dragon and the George series. The Dark Forces plan a new crisis at Christmas.
- * _The Dragon, the Earl, and the Troll (SFBC #06309, Jan 95, $10.98, 442pp, hc, cover by Den Beauvais) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Ace 1994) fantasy novel, fifth in the Dragon and the George series. Similar to the Ace edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The Dragon, the Earl, and the Troll (Ace 0-441-00282-X, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $5.99, 442pp, pb, cover by Den Beauvais) [Dragon Knight] Reprint (Ace 1994) fantasy novel, fifth in the Dragon Knight series.
- * *The Earth Lords (Ace 0-441-18044-2, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $3.95, 311pp, pb) Fantasy novel set in late 19th-century Canada. An underground city of dwarves makes chattel of the humans who come their way.
- * _The Earth Lords (Sphere 0-7474-0242-6, Dec 89, £3.50, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1989) off-beat sf novel, about a race of humanoid aliens hiding under the Canadian wilderness. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Earthmans Burden (with Poul Anderson) See entry under Poul Anderson.
- * *Ends (Baen 0-671-69782-X, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.95, 342pp, pb) Collection of 12 stories, a companion volume to Beginnings. Introduction by Dickson. (Contents)
- * _The Far Call (Tor 0-812-53544-8, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $4.95, 410pp, pb, cover by Kotzky) Reprint (Dial 1978) sf/political intrigue novel about the first manned expedition to Mars.
- * _The Final Encyclopaedia (Sphere 0-7221-3022-8, Jun 89, £3.99, 692pp, pb) [Childe Cycle] Reissue (Tor 1984) sf novel. Volume 5 in The Childe Cycle.
- * *The Final Encyclopedia (Tor 0-312-93241-3, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $18.95, 696pp, hc) [Childe Cycle] Sf novel in the Childe Cycle.
- * _The Final Encyclopedia (Sphere 0-7221-3022-8, 1985, £3.95, 692pp, pb) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (Tor 1984) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Final Encyclopedia (Sphere 0-7221-3022-8, 1985, £3.95, 692pp, pb) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (Tor 1984) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Final Encyclopedia (Ace 0-441-23776-2, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $4.95, 696pp, pb) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (Tor 1984) sf novel in the Childe Cycle. The print has been shot down from the hardcover and is microscopic.
- * _The Final Encyclopedia (SFBC #03853, Dec 85, $10.98, 696pp, hc) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (Tor 1984) sf novel, part of the Childe Cycle.
- * _The Final Encyclopedia, Volume 1 (Tor 0-312-86288-1, Jan 97 [Dec 96], $25.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (Tor 1984) of the first half of the SF novel in the Childe saga. Also available as an Orb trade paperback (-86186-9, $16.95).
- * _The Final Encyclopedia, Volume 2 (Tor/Orb 0-312-86188-5, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $16.95, 350pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (Tor 1984) of the second half of the SF novel in the Childe saga. This new edition has been corrected and revised. Also available as a Tor hardcover (-86289-X, $25.95).
- * *The Forever Man (Ace 0-441-24712-1, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $16.95, 375pp, hc) Sf novel of a pilot whose mind has merged with his ship.
- * _The Forever Man (Sphere 0-7221-3077-5, Sep 87, £3.50, 375pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Forever Man (Ace 0-441-24713-X, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $3.50, 345pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1986) sf novel.
- * *Forward! (Baen 0-671-55971-0, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $2.95, 242pp, pb) Collection of 11 stories, mostly from the fifties, edited and with an introduction by Sandra Miesel. (Contents)
- * *Guided Tour (Tor 0-812-53589-8, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $3.50, 244pp, pb) Collection of 14 sf stories from the 50s and 60s. (Contents)
- * _Hoka! (with Poul Anderson) See entry under Poul Anderson.
- * _Hoka! Hoka! Hoka! (with Poul Anderson) See entry under Poul Anderson.
- * _Home from the Shore (Tor 0-812-53592-8, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $3.50, 221pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1978) sf novel, with illustrations by James R. Odbert and an afterword by Sandra Miesel.
- * _The Hour of the Horde (Baen 0-671-55905-2, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.95, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1970) sf novel.
- * *In the Bone: The Best Science Fiction of Gordon R. Dickson (Ace 0-441-37049-7, Mar 87 [Feb 87], $2.95, 228pp, pb) Collection of 11 stories. This reprints the fiction contents of Gordon R. Dicksons SF Best (Dell 1978) and adds two stories instead of the appreciations/bibliography. (Contents)
- * *Invaders! (Baen 0-671-55994-X, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $2.95, 253pp, pb) Collection of 8 stories (mostly from the 50s), with an introduction by Sandra Miesel. (Contents)
- * _Invaders! (Baen 0-671-55994-X, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $2.95, 253pp, pb) Reissue (Baen 1985) collection of 8 sf stories about alien invasion, mostly from the 1950s. There is an introduction by Sandra Miesel.
- * *Jamie the Red (with Roland J. Green) (Ace 0-441-38245-2, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $2.95, 220pp, pb) [*Thieves World] Fantasy novel based on a character from Thieves World.
- * *The Last Dream (Baen 0-671-65559-0, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $2.95, 263pp, pb) Collection of 12 stories plus an introduction by Sandra Miesel. (Contents)
- * _The Last Master (Tor 0-812-53562-6, Feb 84 [Jan 84], $2.95, 318pp, pb) This seems to be a slight rewrite of The R Master (Lippincott 1973). The first part is expanded, but the ending is the same. Naturally, there is no copyright acknowledgement.
- * _Lifeboat (with Harry Harrison) See entry under Harry Harrison.
- * _The Lifeship (with Harry Harrison) See entry under Harry Harrison.
- * _The Lifeship (with Harry Harrison) (Baen 0-671-55981-8, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $2.95, 251pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1976) sf novel.
- * _Lost Dorsai (Sphere 0-7221-3020-1, Jul 88, £2.50, 152pp, pb) [Childe Cycle] Reissue (Ace 1980) sf collection. This edition omits the afterword by Sandra Miesel and includes Steel Brother instead. (Contents)
- * _Lost Dorsai: The New Dorsai Companion (Tor 0-812-50404-6, Jun 93 [May 93], $4.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (Ace 1980 as Lost Dorsai) sf collection of two pieces, a short novel and a story. This omits the 1980 afterword by Sandra Miesel and includes excerpts from A Childe Cycle Concordance by David W. Wixon.
- * _Love Not Human (Tor 0-812-53554-5, Jun 88 [May 88], $2.95, 249pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1981) collection of 11 sf stories.
- * *The Magnificent Wilf (Baen 0-671-87664-3, Jun 95 [May 95], $21.00, 292pp, hc, cover by Ruth Sanderson) SF novel in which a husband and wife must tour the galaxy, proving to other species that Earth is fit to join the galactic civilization.
- * _The Magnificent Wilf (SFBC #07540, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $9.98, 220pp, hc, cover by Ruth Sanderson) Reprint (Baen 1995) humorous SF novel. A couple tries to prove Earth is ready to join galactic civilization. Similar to the Baen edition, except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The Magnificent Wilf (Baen 0-671-87719-4, May 96 [Apr 96], $5.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Ruth Sanderson) Reprint (Baen 1995) humorous SF novel.
- * _The Man from Earth (Tor 0-812-53581-2, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $2.95, 288pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1983) collection.
- * *The Man the Worlds Rejected (Tor 0-812-53572-3, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $2.95, 250pp, pb) Collection of 7 stories (mostly from the 50s and 60s) and one non-fiction piece. (Contents)
- * _Masters of Everon (Tor 0-812-50394-5, Jun 92 [May 92], $3.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Michael Embden) Reprint (SFBC 1979) sf novel.
- * *Mindspan (Baen 0-671-65580-9, Jul 86 [Jun 86], $2.95, 276pp, pb) Collection of 13 stories, mostly from the 50s and 60s. (Contents)
- * _Mission to Universe (Tor 0-812-53598-7, May 88 [Apr 88], $3.95, 213pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1965) sf novel. This edition follows the revised, expanded text from the 1977 Del Rey edition.
- * *Naked to the Stars/The Alien Way (Tor 0-812-50396-1, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $3.95, 282pp, pb, cover by Brian Waugh) Omnibus of two sf novels, Naked to the Stars (Pyramid 1961) and The Alien Way (Bantam 1965). (Contents)
- * _Necromancer (Ace 0-441-56856-4, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $3.99, 189pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Childe Cycle] Reissue (Doubleday 1962) sf novel in the Childe Cycle; sixth printing.
- * _Necromancer (Tor 0-812-54530-3, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $5.99, 212pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Childe Cycle] Reprint (Doubleday 1962) SF novel in the Childe Cycle.
- * *None But Man (Baen 0-671-69800-1, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $3.50, 308pp, pb) [None But Man] Collection of the title novel (Doubleday 1969) and its prequel story Hilifter (1963). The cover blurb makes it sound as if its a sequel to The Outposter, which it isnt. (Contents)
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