The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

DILLARD, J. M. (stories) (continued)

• * _Star Trek: The Lost Years (SFBC #15783, Mar ’90 [Jan ’90], $8.98, 307pp, hc, cover by Joseph Csatari) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1989) Star Trek novelization.
• * _Star Trek: The Lost Years (Pocket 0-671-70795-7, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $4.95, 440pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1989) Star Trek novelization.
• * _Star Trek: The Lost Years (Pan 0-330-31609-5, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], £3.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Joseph Csatari) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1989) sf novelization.
• * *Star Trek: Where No Man Has Gone Before: A History in Pictures (Pocket 0-671-51149-1, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $45.00, 208pp, hc) [Star Trek] Non-fiction pictorial history of Star Trek, with an introduction by William Shatner. A slick, show-biz book without an index.
• * *War of the Worlds: The Resurrection (Pocket 0-671-67304-1, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.95, 405pp, pb) Sf novelization, a tv series tie-in.

DILLE, (Robert Nichols) FLINT (1955- ) (stories)

• * *Agent 13 the Midnight Avenger #1: The Invisible Empire (with David Marconi) (TSR 0-88038-281-3, Apr ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 191pp, pb) [Agent 13] Neo-pulp thriller/sf novel, first in a series set just before World War II, with an evil society out to rule the world — opposed by Agent 13.
• * *Agent 13 the Midnight Avenger #2: The Serpentine Assassin (with David Marconi) (TSR 0-88038-282-1, Apr ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 191pp, pb) [Agent 13] Sf/pulp thriller novel, second in a new series.

DILLON, ANNA

• * _Image (Severn House 0-7278-4338-9, Jun ’92, £13.99, 370pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (Sphere 1991 as by Michael Scott) erotic horror novel about a mirror with supernatural powers. First hardcover edition.

DILLON, DIANE (Claire Sorber) (1933- )

• * _To Every Thing There is a Season (with Leo Dillon) See entry under Leo Dillon.

DILLON, LEO; [i.e., Lionel John Dillon, Sr.] (1933- )

• * *To Every Thing There is a Season (with Diane Dillon) (Scholastic/Blue Sky 0-590-47887-7, Oct ’98, $15.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Associational art book based on the passage from Ecclesiastes in the Bible. The vivid illustrations show off the Dillons’ wide-ranging talent, with works done in the styles of 15 distinct cultures from around the world, including ancient Egypt and Greece, native North Americans, China, Japan, and Australian aborigines.

DILLON, STEVE (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Rogue Trooper: Book Six (with Simon Geller & Steve McManus) See entry under Simon Geller.

DILSAVER, PAUL (1949- )

• * *Nurtz! Nurtz! (Ghost Rocks Press 0-936204-65-6, 1989 [Aug ’89], $9.00, 206pp, tp) Surrealistic satirical novel with some fantasy content about institutionalized patients that “defy and deny the very limits of science.”

DiMARCO, JENNIFER

• * *Escape to the Wind (Castillo International 0-9628621-5-0, Jun ’93 [Aug ’93], $11.95, 238pp, tp) [Patriarchy] Lesbian post-holocaust sf novel set in a domed Seattle ruled by an anti-feminist military dictatorship called The Patriarchy. First book of a series. Available from Pride & Imprints, 7419 Ebbert Drive SE, Port Orchard, WA 98367.
• * *Fall Through the Sky (Pride & Imprints, Feb ’97, tp) [Patriarchy] Lesbian post-holocaust sf novel set in a domed Seattle ruled by an anti-feminist military dictatorship called The Patriarchy. second book of a series. Available from Pride & Imprints, 7419 Ebbert Drive SE, Port Orchard, WA 98367.

DiMARTINO, NICK

• * *Seattle Ghost Story (Rosebriar Publishing 0-9653918-2-5, 1998 [Nov ’98], $12.95, 226pp, tp, cover by Charles Nitti) Ghost story/thriller set in Seattle. Illustrated by Charles Nitti.

DINESEN, ISAK; pseudonym of Karen Blixen, (1885-1962) (stories)

• * _The Dreaming Child and other stories (Penguin 0-14-600033-1, Jul ’95, 60p, 87pp, pb) Collection of three weird stories, all from Winter’s Tales, 1942. One of the ‘Penguin 60s’ collection: mini-books celebrating their 60th anniversary. (Contents)
• * _Last Tales (Random House/Vintage 0-679-73640-9, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $12.00, 341pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 1957) collection of 12 stories including the unfinished gothic, “The Caryatids”.
• * _Seven Gothic Tales (Random House/Vintage 0-679-73641-7, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $12.00, 420pp, tp) Reprint (Random House 1934) classic collection of seven macabre tales.
• * _Winter’s Tales (Random House/Vintage 0-679-74334-0, Jul ’93, $12.00, 313pp, tp) Reprint (Putnam 1942) collection of 11 gothic stories, several definitely fantasy.

DISCH, THOMAS M(ichael) (1940- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _334 (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-340-7, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.95, 269pp, pb) Reprint (MacGibbon & Kee 1972) sf novel of future New York. This may be Disch’s best — recommended. (FCM)
• * _Black Alice (with John Sladek) (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-506-X, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 206pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1968) associational thriller about a kidnapped girl disguised by changing her skin color. This was originally published under the pseudonym “Thom Demijohn”.
• * *The Brave Little Toaster (Doubleday 0-385-23050-8, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $10.95, 79pp, hc) [Toaster] Juvenile fantasy short story, illustrated by Karen Lee Schmidt.
• * _The Brave Little Toaster (Grafton 0-246-13080-6, Sep ’86, £5.95, 96pp, hc) [Toaster] Reprint (Doubleday 1986) award-winning short story issued as illustrated children’s book.
• * *The Brave Little Toaster Goes to Mars (Doubleday 0-385-24162-3, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $11.95, 72pp, hc) [Toaster] Juvenile sf novella, sequel to The Brave Little Toaster.
• * _The Businessman (Berkley 0-425-13746-5, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $5.99, 325pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1984) black comedy dark fantasy novel of a killer haunted by his murdered wife and her mother.
• * *The Businessman: A Tale of Terror (Harper & Row 0-06-015292-3, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $14.50, 292pp, hc) Wild metaphysical fantasy/horror novel, for readers with a taste for black humor. (FCM)
• * _The Businessman: A Tale of Terror (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02204-0, Dec ’84, £8.95, 292pp, hc) Reprint (Harper & Row 1984) horror novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _The Businessman: A Tale of Terror (Grafton/Paladin 0-586-08562-9, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.95, 238pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1984) novel of black-humored fantasy and the supernatural.
• * _Camp Concentration (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-386-5, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.95, 175pp, pb) Reprint (Hart-Davis 1968) sf novel. This is Disch’s version of Flowers for Algernon. An excellent novel unfairly buried for many years. Recommended. (CNB)
• * *The Castle of Indolence: Poetry and Its Pretenders (St. Martin’s/Picador 0-312-13448-7, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $21.00, 229pp, hc) Non-fiction. Associational collection of essays on poetry, poets, and poetasters.
• * _The Castle of Indolence: Poetry and Its Pretenders (St. Martin’s/Picador 0-312-14559-4, Oct ’96, $12.00, 229pp, tp) Reprint (St. Martin’s/Picador 1995) non-fiction. Associational collection of essays on poetry, poets, and poetasters.
• * *A Child’s Garden of Grammar (University Press of New England 0-87451-850-4, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $9.95, 88pp, tp, cover by Dave Morice) Associational non-fiction, a collection of 37 “poetry comics” about grammar, illustrated by Dave Morice. The poems originally appeared in Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine; some have been revised for this edition. (Contents)
• * *The Dark Old House (RLB no ISBN, 1996, no price, 23pp, ph) Poetry collection. Limited to 200 copies. (Contents)
• * *Dark Verses & Light (Johns Hopkins University Press 0-8018-4192-5, May ’91, $12.95, 124pp, tp, cover by Martha Farlow) Poetry collection by the sf writer. A hardcover edition (-4191-7, $26.00) is also available. (Contents)
• * *The Dreams Our Stuff is Made Of: How Science Fiction Conquered the World (Simon & Schuster/The Free Press 0-684-82405-1, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $25.00, 256pp, hc) Non-fiction. A critical look at SF’s impact on American culture. Includes notes and index.
• * *The M.D. (Knopf 0-394-58662-X, Apr ’91, $22.00, 402pp, hc, cover by Archie Ferguson) Literary horror thriller of a young doctor who learns to manipulate a deadly caduceus that draws its healing power from suffering and death.
• * _The M.D. (BOMC no ISBN, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $16.95, 402pp, hc, cover by Archie Ferguson) Reprint (Knopf 1991) literary horror thriller of a young doctor who learns to manipulate a deadly caduceus that draws its healing power from suffering and death. This is identical to the Knopf except it lacks an ISBN and price, and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * _The M.D. (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Nov ’91, $10.95, 402pp, hc, cover by Archie Ferguson) Reprint (Knopf 1991) literary horror thriller of a young doctor who learns to manipulate a deadly caduceus that draws its healing power from suffering and death. This is identical to the Knopf edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the dust jacket printed as the soft cover.
• * _The M.D. (Berkley 0-425-13261-7, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $5.99, 466pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1991) literary horror thriller.
• * _The M.D. (Berkley 0-425-13261-7, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $5.99, 466pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1991) literary horror thriller; seventh printing.
• * _The M.D.: A Horror Story (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13148-9, Jan ’92, £14.99, 401pp, hc, cover by Mike Timmins) Reprint (Knopf 1991) excellent horror novel about a boy who discovers a caduceus with magical powers. Recommended (PSP). [First U.K. edition]
• * _The M.D.: A Horror Story (Grafton 0-586-07284-5, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £5.99, 541pp, pb, cover by Christopher Brown) Reprint (Knopf 1991) excellent horror novel about a boy who discovers a caduceus with magical powers. Recommended (PSP).
• * _Neighboring Lives (with Charles Naylor) (Johns Hopkins University Press 0-8018-4219-0, Jun ’91 [Jul ’91], $13.95, 351pp, tp, cover by James McNeill Whistler) Reprint (Scribner’s 1980) associational historical novel about the lives of great artists and writers in 1834 Chelsea.
• * _On Wings of Song (Bantam 0-553-25076-0, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $3.50, 359pp, pb) Reissue (St. Martin’s 1979) literary sf novel. A Nebula and Hugo nominee and winner of the John W. Campbell Memorial Award. It finally has a cover that fits the book.
• * _On Wings of Song (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-443-8, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.95, 359pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1979) satiric/dystopian fantasy novel of repression, singing, and the soul. Highly recommended. (FCM)
• * _On Wings of Song (Easton Press no ISBN, Jul ’93, no price, 359pp, hc) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1979) literary sf novel, with an introduction by James Morrow and artwork by Pat Morrissey. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * *The Priest (Millennium 1-85798-091-3, Jul ’94, £8.99, 310pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) Horror novel. A hardcover edition (-090-5, £15.99) was announced but has not been seen.
• * +The Priest (Knopf 0-679-41880-6, Mar ’95, $24.00, 303pp, hc) Satiric dark fantasy novel about a Catholic priest with a pedophile past, subtitled “A Gothic Romance”. First American edition (Millennium 1994).
• * _The Priest (Orion 0-75280-009-4, Nov ’95 [Feb ’96], £5.99, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Millennium 1994) horror novel. Published in 1995, but not seen until now.
• * _The Prisoner: I Am Not a Number! (Boxtree 1-85283-791-8, Oct ’92, £3.99, 248pp, pb) [The Prisoner] Reprint (Ace 1969 as The Prisoner) novelization of the cult TV series.
• * *The Silver Pillow (Mark V. Ziesing 0-9612970-7-7, Feb ’88, $10.00, 48pp, tp) Fantasy novelette. A signed, hardcovered edition was announced at $20.00.
• * *The Tale of Dan de Lion (Coffee House Press 0-918273-30-7, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $9.95, unpaginated, hc) Short juvenile/fantasy fable in rhyming couplets, illustrated by Rhonda McClun. For Disch collectors.
• * *Yes, Let’s: New and Selected Poems (Johns Hopkins University Press 0-8018-3851-7, Apr ’89 [May ’89], $8.95, 112pp, tp, cover by Martha Farlow) Associational; poetry collection. Also announced in a hardcover edition (-3835-5, $16.95). (Contents)

DISHER, GARRY (Donald) (1949- ) (stories)

• * *After Dark: The Half Dead (with Shaun Tan) (Lothian 0-85901-848-0, 1997 [1998], A$6.95, 48pp, tp, cover by Shaun Tan) Young-adult horror story by Garry Disher, with illustrations by Shaun Tan.

DiSILVESTRO, ROGER L. (1949- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Living with the Reptiles (Donald I. Fine 1-55611-174-6, Jun ’90 [Jul ’90], $18.95, 284pp, hc, cover by Loretta Trezzo Braden) Literary time-travel sf novel of the devastating effect a wealthy businessman has on the course of history when he conquers the ninth century.
• * *Ursula’s Gift (Donald I. Fine 1-55611-108-8, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], $16.95, 220pp, hc) Humorous fantasy novel of werewolves and vampires.

DITKO, STEVE (1927- )

• * *Static (Robin Snyder no ISBN, Sep ’88 [Jan ’89], $10.00, unpaginated, tp) Sf/thriller black & white graphic novel.

DIVAKARUNI, CHITRA BANERJEE

• * *The Mistress of Spices (Doubleday/Anchor 0-385-48237-X, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $22.95, 338pp, hc, cover by Cathleen Toelke) Literary fantasy novel. A clairvoyant with magic talent is captured by pirates, taught the magic of spices, and transported in time to troubled Oakland CA. Simultaneous with the British (Doubleday UK) edition.
• * _The Mistress of Spices (Black Swan 0-552-99670-X, Feb ’98, £6.99, 317pp, tp, cover by Stuart Haygarth) Reprint (Doubleday/Anchor 1997) literary fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Mistress of Spices (Doubleday/Anchor 0-385-48238-8, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $12.00, 338pp, tp, cover by Cathleen Toelke) Reprint (Anchor 1997) literary quasi-fantasy novel. Winner of the William Crawford Award for first fantasy novel.

DIX, SHANE (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Unknown Soldier (with Sean Williams) See entry under Sean Williams.

DIXON, CHRIS

• * *Winter in Aphelion (Unwin 0-04-440394-1, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], £6.99, 220pp, tp, cover by Stephen Lavis) Fantasy novel. A first novel.
• * _Winter in Aphelion (Unwin 0-04-440611-8, Jun ’90, £3.50, 220pp, pb, cover by Stephen Lavis) Reprint (Unwin 1989) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in “The Adventures of Skarry the Dreamer”.

DIXON, DOUGAL (1947- )

• * *Man After Man: An Anthropology of the Future (St. Martin’s 0-312-03560-8, Sep ’90, $19.95, 128pp, hc, cover by Philip Hood) Speculative quasi-non-fiction book of anthropological extrapolation that examines what the human race might evolve into, with a foreword by Brian Aldiss and many full-color illustrations by Philip Hood.
• * *The New Dinosaurs: An Alternate Evolution (Salem House 0-88162-301-6, Oct ’88 [Aug ’88], $19.95, 119pp, hc) Speculative zoology a la After Man. The dinosaurs survived and kept changing. Primarily an art book, with lots of “photos” of fanciful creatures.
• * _The New Dinosaurs: An Alternate Evolution (SFBC #14503, Oct ’88, $14.95, 120pp, hc) Reprint (Salem House 1988) book of illustrated speculative zoology.
• * _Time Exposures: A Photographic Record of the Dinosaur Age (with Jane Burton) See entry under Jane Burton.

DIXON, FRANKLIN W.; house pseudonym (stories)

• * _Hardy Boys: Ghost Stories (Pocket Minstrel 0-671-69133-3, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $3.99, 137pp, tp) Reissue (Minstrel 1987) collection of six ghost stories featuring the boy detectives. Not previously listed. Unlike the usual “Hardy Boys” adventures, several have definite supernatural elements. Ninth printing. (Contents)

DIXON, LARRY (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Black Gryphon (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey
• * _Born To Run (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey
• * _Chrome Circle (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey
• * _Owlflight (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey
• * _Owlsight (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey
• * _The Silver Gryphon (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey
• * _White Gryphon (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey
• * _The White Gryphon (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey

DIXON, RACHEL

• * *The Thing in Bablock Dip (Yearling 0-440-86327-9, Dec ’94, £2.99, 154pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Young-adult horror novel. A monstrous creature, somehow spawned in the pool known as Bablock Dip, begins to attack the nearby village. Illustrated by Terry Oakes.

DIXON, THOMAS (1930- ); see pseudonym Burt Cole

DOBBS, MICHAEL (1948- )

• * *House of Cards (Collins 0-00-223450-5, May ’89, £11.95, 383pp, hc) Political thriller set in a near-future Britain after Thatcher retires.

DOBKIN, MARJORIE HOUSEPIAN (1923- )

• * _Inside Out (with Jean Cullen) See entry under Jean Cullen.

DOBSON, ROGER, ed. (stories)

• * _Aklo, A Volume of the Fantastic (with Raymond B. Russell & Mark Valentine) See entry under Mark Valentine.

DOCK, JULIE BATES, ed.

• * *Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s “The Yellow Wall-Paper” and the History of Its Publication and Reception (Pennsylvania State University Press 0-271-01734-1, Apr ’98, $16.95, 132pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical, additionally subtitled A Critical Edition and Documentary Casebook. Includes the story, a publication history, comparison of variant texts, Gilman’s correspondence, and contemporary reviews. A hardcover edition (-01733-3, $35.00) was announced but not seen. Order from: Penn State University Press, 820 North University Dr, University Support Building 1, Suite C, University Park PA 16802-1003. [Gilman]

DOCTOROW, E(dgar) L(awrence) (1931- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Waterworks (Random House 0-394-58754-5, May ’94 [Jun ’94], $23.00, 253pp, hc, cover by Paul Bacon) Literary historical novel with fantasy elements set in New York City in the 1870s.