The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- FABI, MARK (continued)
- * _Wyrm (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57808-1, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $5.99, 597pp, pb, cover by Eric Dinyer) Reprint (Bantam 1997) millennial SF novel about computer viruses and AIs.
- FABIAN, STEPHEN E(mil, Jr.) (1930- ) (stories)
- * *Ladies & Legends (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-167-X, Aug 93 [Sep 93], $14.95, 136pp, hc, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) Art book, a collection of black and white artwork by Fabian, with an introduction by the late Gerry de la Ree. A hardcover edition (-168-8, $24.95) is also available. Order from Underwood-Miller, 708 Westover Drive, Lancaster PA 17601.
- * *Women and Wonders (Charles F. Miller 1-885611-08-0, Jun 95, $24.95, 134pp, hc, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) Art book, with a new introduction by Sam Moskowitz. Also available in trade paperback (-09-9; $14.95) and a signed, limited, slipcased edition of 100 ($60.00; not seen). Available from Charles F. Miller, 708 Westover Dr., Lancaster PA 17601; add $3.00 postage.
- * _Women and Wonders (SFBC #10174, Nov 95, $14.98, 134pp, hc, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) Reprint (Charles F. Miller 1995) art book. This is similar to the Miller edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- FADIMAN, CLIFTON (Paul), ed. (1904-1999) (stories) (assoc.)
- * _Fantasia Mathematica (Copernicus 0-387-94931-3, May 97 [Jun 97], $19.95, 298pp, tp, cover by Ilya Bolotowsky) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1958) anthology of 57 stories and misc. about mathematics. Authors include Aldous Huxley, H.G. Wells, Robert Heinlein, Arthur C. Clarke.
- * _The Mathematical Magpie (Copernicus 0-387-94950-X, May 97 [Jun 97], $19.95, 303pp, tp, cover by Ilya Bolotowsky) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1962) anthology of stories and misc. (essays, epigrams, poems, music...) about mathematics. Authors include Bertrand Russell, Mark Twain, Lewis Carroll, and Isaac Asimov.
- FAGUNDES TELLES, LYGIA
- * *Tigrela and Other Stories (Avon/Bard 0-380-89627-3, Apr 86, $3.95, 152pp, pb) Collection of 14 stories of the marvelous and the bizarre by a Brazilian writer. Originally published as Seminario Dos Ratos by Livraria Jose Olympio Editora 1977; translated by Margaret A. Neves.
- FAHY, CHRISTOPHER (1937- ) (stories)
- * *Eternal Bliss (Zebra 0-8217-2528-9, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $3.95, 287pp, pb) Horror novel. A psychotic fan stalks a teen star.
- * *The Lyssa Syndrome (Zebra 0-8217-2961-6, Apr 90, $3.95, 352pp, pb) Sf/horror novel of a town devestated by a mutant strain of rabies.
- FAIG, KENNETH W., Jr. (1948- ) (stories)
- * *The Parents of Howard Phillips Lovecraft (Necronomicon Press no ISBN, Jul 90 [Aug 90], $5.95, 47pp, ph) Non-fiction discussion of Lovecrafts family. [Lovecraft]
- * *Tales of the Lovecraft Collectors (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-80-1, Nov 95, $5.95, 46pp, ph, cover by Jason C. Eckhardt) Collection of four stories about Lovecraft collectors, purportedly from the diary of (fictional) collector David Park Boynton. Revised from an earlier limited edition of 25 (Moshassuck Press 1989). Order from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893. (Contents)
- FAIRLEY, JOHN
- * _Arthur C. Clarkes A-Z of Mysteries: From Atlantis to Zombies (with Simon Welfare) See entry under Simon Welfare.
- * *Arthur C. Clarkes Chronicles of the Strange and Mysterious (with Simon Welfare) (Collins 0-00-217618-1, Dec 87, £15.00, 191pp, hc) Another collection of unexplained mysteries and oddities, written by Fairley and Welfare, with the occasional note by Clarke.
- * _Arthur C. Clarkes Chronicles of the Strange and Mysterious (with Simon Welfare) (Grafton 0-586-06972-0, Apr 89, £5.99, 189pp, tp, cover by Alun Hood) Reprint (Collins 1987) collection of unexplained mysteries and oddities.
- * *Arthur C. Clarkes World of Strange Powers (with Simon Welfare) (Collins 0-00-216679-8, Sep 84, £10.95, 224pp, hc) Associational book. [Not seen]
- * +Arthur C. Clarkes World of Strange Powers (with Simon Welfare) (Putnam 0-399-13066-7, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $19.95, 248pp, hc) Reprint (U.K. 1984), first U.S. edition. Non-fiction, book version of a tv series on strange phenomena, etc. Clarke wrote the foreword and epilogue. Listed for Clarke completists.
- FALCONER, SOVEREIGN; pseudonym of Craig Kee Strete, (1950- )
- * *To Make Death Love Us (Doubleday 0-385-17628-7, Jul 87, $12.95, 181pp, hc) Psychic horror fantasy novel. The author is listed in the advance publicity as Craig Strete.
- FALDBAKKEN, KNUT
- * *Sweetwater (Dufour/Peter Owen 0-7206-0911-9, 1994 [Jul 94], $19.95, 184pp, hc) [Twilight Country] Dystopian novel, the second featuring the inhabitants of the polluted city of Sweetwater. Translated from the Norwegian by Joan Tate. Originally published as Aftenlandet (Gyldendal Norsk 1976). We did not list the British edition. This is the Peter Owen edition from the UK with a Dufour sticker. Order from Dufour Editions, Chester Springs PA 19425.
- * *Sweetwater (Peter Owen 0-7206-0911-9, Feb 94, £15.95, 184pp, hc, cover by Iain Stuart) [Twilight Country] Literary SF novel. Sequel to Twilight Country. Translated from the Norwegian, Uår: Sweetwater (Gyldendal Norsk Forlag 1976), by Joan Tate. First English-language edition. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Twilight Country (Dufour/Peter Owen 0-7206-0885-6, 1993 [Jul 94], $19.95, 216pp, hc) [Twilight Country] Dystopian novel about the inhabitants of the polluted city of Sweetwater. Translated from the Norwegian by Joan Tate. Originally published as Aftenlandet (Gyldendal Norsk 1974). This is the Peter Owen edition from the UK with a Dufour sticker. We did not list the British edition. This has a 1993 copyright date but was not seen until now. Order from Dufour Editions, Chester Springs PA 19425.
- FALIU, ODILE
- FALK, JONATHAN (stories)
- FALK, MARGARET (1955- )
- * *Darkscope (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-364-1, Jun 90 [Jul 90], $4.50, 382pp, pb) Horror novel of a haunted box camera. A first novel.
- FALK, McCLELLAN (stories)
- * *Trevor: The Saga of the Red Boots: Earth Series Part 1 (McClellan Falk 0-9641531-0-6, Dec 94 [Oct 94], $8.99, 51pp, tp, cover by Gerry Segismundo) Fantasy novella, first in an extended series about a strange man in red boots who interferes with the lives of ordinary people, this time in a small town riddled with incest, violence, and abuse. Available from McClellan Falk, Distribution Department, PO Box 10015, Canoga Park CA 91309.
- FALLINGSTAR, CERRIDWEN
- * *The Heart of the Fire (Cauldron Publications 0-9621470-0-1, May 90 [Jul 90], $12.95, 520pp, tp) New-Age fantasy novel of witches in 16th-century Scotland. Supposedly based on an authentic past-life chronicle.
- FANCHER, JANE S(uzanne) (1952- ) (stories)
- * *Gate of Ivrel: Claiming Rites (Donning/Starblaze 0-89865-515-3, Sep 87 [Oct 87], $6.95, unpaginated, tp) [Morgaine] Graphic novel, adapted from the Ivrel sf books by C.J. Cherryh.
- * *Gate of Ivrel: Fever Dreams (Donning/Starblaze 0-89865-556-0, Jun 88 [Jul 88], $7.95, 61pp, tp) [Morgaine] Graphic novel adapted from C.J. Cherryhs sf series.
- * *Groundties (Warner Questar 0-446-36148-8, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $4.50, 376pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Groundties] Sf novel of a threat to communications between interstellar colony worlds. A first novel.
- * *Harmonies of the Net (Warner Questar 0-446-36243-3, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $4.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Groundties] Sf novel, third book of the Groundties series. The interstellar computer network is disintegrating, and only a reclusive genius and an out-of-control prankster can save it.
- * *Ring of Intrigue (DAW 0-88677-719-4, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $6.99, 746pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Dance of the Rings] Fantasy novel, book two in Dance of the Rings.
- * *Ring of Lightning (DAW 0-88677-653-8, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $5.50, 572pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Dance of the Rings] Fantasy novel, book one in Dance of the Rings. Three brothers challenge their despotic great-aunt for control of a city and its magic Rings.
- * *Uplink (Warner Questar 0-446-36255-7, Apr 92 [Mar 92], $4.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Groundties] Sf novel set in a colony with a dangerous secret that could lead to planetwide madness. The sequel to Groundties.
- FARLAND, DAVID; pseudonym of David Wolverton, (1957- ) (chron.)
- * +The Runelords (Tor 0-312-86653-4, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $25.95, 479pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Runelords] Fantasy novel, first in a series. Young Runelord prince Gaborn faces a powerful invader who has magically augmented himself by draining abilities from thousands of men. First US edition (Earthlight 4/98 as The Sum of All Men). Farland is a pen name for Dave Wolverton.
- * _The Runelords (SFBC #19425, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $12.98, 479pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Runelords] Reprint (Earthlight 1998 as The Sum of All Men) fantasy novel, first in a series. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. Farland is a pen name for Dave Wolverton.
- * *The Sum of All Men (Simon & Schuster/Earthlight 0-684-84028-6, Apr 98, £9.99, vi+661pp, tp, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Runelords] Fantasy novel. Book one of The Runelords.
- FARMER, NANCY; [born Nancy Forsythe Coe] (1941- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm (Orchard 0-531-06829-3, 1994 [Apr 95], $18.95, 311pp, hc, cover by Charles A. Bibbs) Young-adult SF novel set in Zimbabwe in 2194. Three mutant detectives with strange powers track down kidnappers in an adventure based on Shona mythology. A Newbery Honor Book for 1994; this is actually the second printing (with the award sticker on the jacket), but not seen until now. Note: Farmer was the 1987 Gold Award winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest.
- * _The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037641-0, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $4.99, 311pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) Reprint (Orchard 1994) young-adult SF novel set in Zimbabwe in 2194. A Newbery Honor Book for 1994. Note: Farmer was the 1987 Gold award winner in the L. Ron Hubbard Writers of the Future contest.
- * _The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm (Dolphin 1-85881-289-5, Jul 96 [Jan 97], £4.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) Reprint (Orchard 1994) young-adult SF novel.
- * _The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037641-0, Dec 97, $4.99, 311pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) Reissue (Orchard 1994) young-adult SF novel of Zimbabwe in 2194. A Newbery Honor Book for 1994. Seventh printing.
- * *A Girl Named Disaster (Orchard US 0-531-08889-8, Oct 96, $19.95, 309pp, hc, cover by David Soman) Young-adult novel with fantasy elements. An African girl flees an arranged marriage; spirits help her canoe downriver to Mozambique and help sort out her life.
- * _A Girl Named Disaster (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038635-1, Feb 98, $4.99, 309pp, tp, cover by Robert Hunt) Reprint (Orchard US 1996) young-adult novel with fantasy elements. A Newbery Honor book.
- * _A Girl Named Disaster (Dolphin 1-85881-622-X, Jun 98, £4.50, 285pp, pb) Reprint (Orchard US 1996) young-adult novel with fantasy elements. The UK hardcover (4.97) was not seen.
- * _The Warm Place (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037956-8, Oct 96, $3.99, 152pp, tp, cover by Brad Weinman) Reprint (Orchard 1995) young-adult fantasy novel. A kidnapped giraffe escapes with the help of two wise rats, a magic chameleon, and a slave boy.
- * _The Warm Place (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-267-4, Jun 97, £3.99, 124pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) Reprint (Orchard 1995) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- FARMER, PENELOPE (Jane) (1939- )
- * _A Castle of Bone (The Bodley Head 0-370-31742-4, May 92, £8.99, 164pp, hc, cover by Emma Chichester Clark) Reissue (Chatto & Windus 1972) young-adult fantasy novel about a magic cupboard that changes objects. This edition is slightly revised and has a new introduction by Jill Paton Walsh.
- * _Charlotte Sometimes (Dell/Yearling 0-440-41261-7, Mar 87 [Feb 87], $4.95, 174pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt 1969) juvenile fantasy time travel novel; new afterword by Eleanor Cameron.
- * _Charlotte Sometimes (The Bodley Head 0-370-30823-9, May 92, £8.99, 199pp, hc, cover by Emma Chichester Clark) Reissue (Chatto & Windus 1969) young-adult fantasy novel. This edition is illustrated throughout by Chris Connor and has a new introduction by Jill Paton Walsh.
- * +Emma in Winter (Dell/Yearling 0-440-42308-2, Nov 87, $2.95, 138pp, pb) Young-adult fantasy novel, first U.S. edition (Chatto & Windus 1986).
- * *Eve: Her Story (Gollancz 0-575-03584-6, Jun 85 [1985], £9.95, 224pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. [Not seen]
- * _Eve: Her Story (Abacus 0-349-11193-6, Jun 86, £3.95, 185pp, tp) Reprint (Gollancz 1985) retelling of Genesis myth from feminist viewpoint.
- * +Eve: Her Story (Kampmann/Mercury House 0-916515-25-7, Jan 88 [Mar 88], $15.95, 188pp, hc) Fantasy novel. A retelling of the story of Eve. First U.S. edition (Gollancz 1985).
- * *Glasshouses (Gollancz 0-575-04315-6, Jun 88, £11.95, 215pp, hc) Literary occult novel.
- * _The Summer Birds (Dell/Yearling 0-440-47737-9, Jun 87 [May 87], $2.50, 102pp, tp) Reprint (Bodley Head 1985) juvenile fantasy novel in which village children learn to fly.
- * *Thicker Than Water (Walker 0-7445-1246-8, Oct 89, £8.95, 189pp, hc, cover by Liz Pyle) Ghost story.
- * _Thicker Than Water (Walker 0-7445-1366-9, Feb 91, £2.99, 189pp, pb, cover by Ingrid Daracott) Reprint (Walker 1989) young-adult novel about supernatural possession.
- FARMER, PHILIP JOSÉ; (1918-2009) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Behind the Walls of Terra (Berkley 0-425-07558-3, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $2.75, 220pp, pb) [World of Tiers] Reprint (Ace 1970) sf novel, Book Four of The World of Tiers.
- * _Blown (Grafton 0-586-06211-4, Oct 88 [Nov 88], £2.99, 173pp, pb) [Herald Childe] Reissue (Essex House 1969) sf/horror novel. Sequel to Image of the Beast.
- * _The Cache (Tor 0-812-53755-6, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $2.95, 292pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1981) collection. 3rd printing. A novel plus 2 short stories.
- * _The Caterpillars Question (with Piers Anthony) See entry under Piers Anthony.
- * *The Classic Philip José Farmer, 1952-1964 (Crown 0-517-55193-4, Feb 84 [Jan 84], $7.95, 214pp, hc) Collection of 6 stories, edited by Martin H. Greenberg. Volume 4 of Crowns new Classics of Modern Science Fiction series. Introduction by Greenberg. (Contents)
- * _The Classic Philip José Farmer, 1952-1964 (SFBC #5451, Jun 84, $3.98, 215pp, hc) Reprint (Crown 1984) collection.
- * *The Classic Philip José Farmer, 1964-1973 (Crown 0-517-55193-4, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $8.95, 207pp, hc) Second volume of Farmers collected short fiction, edited and with an introduction by Martin H. Greenberg. 8 stories. (Contents)
- * _The Dark Design (Severn House 0-7278-1448-6, Jun 87, £10.95, 464pp, hc) [Riverworld] Reprint (Putnams 1977) sf novel. Volume 3 in the Riverworld series. [Not seen]
- * _The Dark Design (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41969-3, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $12.95, 450pp, tp, cover by John Stevens) [Riverworld] Reprint (Putnam 1977) SF novel, third in the Riverworld series.
- * _Dark Is the Sun (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33956-8, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $3.95, 405pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1979) sf novel of the very far future; 5th printing.
- * *Dayworld (Putnam 0-399-12967-7, Feb 85 [Jan 85], $16.95, 320pp, hc) [Dayworld] Sf novel, start of a new series. This is set in the same universe as The Sliced Crosswise Only on Tuesday World but is not otherwise connected. Its Farmers best book in years. Recommended. (CNB)
- * _Dayworld (SFBC #2548, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $6.98, 248pp, hc) [Dayworld] Reprint (Putnam 1985) sf novel.
- * _Dayworld (Berkley 0-425-08474-4, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $3.50, 258pp, pb) [Dayworld] Reprint (Putnam 1985) sf novel, first in a new series.
- * _Dayworld (Grafton 0-586-06631-4, Sep 86, £2.50, 322pp, pb) [Dayworld] Reprint (Putnam 1985) sf novel. First in a series.
- * *Dayworld Breakup (Tor 0-312-85035-2, Jun 90 [May 90], $18.95, 324pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Dayworld] Sf novel, third book of the Dayworld series.
- * _Dayworld Breakup (Tor 0-812-50889-0, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $4.95, 366pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Dayworld] Reprint (Tor 1990) sf novel, third book of the Dayworld series.
- * _Dayworld Breakup (Grafton 0-586-21121-7, Mar 92, £4.99, 366pp, pb, cover by Chris Foss) [Dayworld] Reprint (Tor 1990) sf novel. Volume three in the Dayworld series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Dayworld Breakup (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13739-8, Mar 92, £14.99, 366pp, hc, cover by Chris Foss) [Dayworld] Reprint (Tor 1990) sf novel, hardcover edition intended for libraries only. Volume three in the Dayworld series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Dayworld Rebel (Ace/Putnam 0-399-13230-9, Jun 87 [Apr 87], $17.95, 317pp, hc) [Dayworld] Sf novel, sequel to Dayworld.
- * _Dayworld Rebel (SFBC #11116, Jul 87 [Aug 87], $5.98, 256pp, hc) [Dayworld] Reprint (Putnam 1987) sf novel, Dayworld #2.
- * _Dayworld Rebel (Ace 0-441-14002-5, Jan 88 [Dec 87], $3.95, 314pp, pb) [Dayworld] Reprint (Putnam 1987) sf novel, second in the Dayworld series.
- * _Dayworld Rebel (Grafton 0-246-13362-7, Jul 88, £6.95, 301pp, tp) [Dayworld] Reprint (Putnam 1987) sf novel. Sequel to Dayworld. Also available in hc (-13266-3) for £11.95. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Dayworld Rebel (Grafton 0-586-20108-4, Jul 89, £3.50, 333pp, pb, cover by Chris Foss) [Dayworld] Reprint (Ace/Putnam 1987) sf novel. Sequel to Dayworld.
- * *Doc Savage: Escape from Loki (Bantam Falcon 0-553-29093-2, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $4.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Steve Assel) [Doc Savage] Associational adventure novel based on Kenneth Robesons classic character. This tells about the origins of the character and his henchmen.
- * _The Empire of the Nine (Sphere 0-7474-0366-X, Dec 88, £3.99, 306pp, tp) Reprint (Ace 1970, as Lord of the Trees/The Mad Goblin) fantasy omnibus. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Fabulous Riverboat (HarperCollins UK 0-586-03989-9, Dec 93, £4.99, 252pp, pb) [Riverworld] Reprint (Putnam 1971) sf novel. Volume two in the Riverworld series.
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