The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- FARMER, PHILIP JOSÉ (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * _The Fabulous Riverboat (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41968-5, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $12.95, 232pp, tp, cover by John Stevens) [Riverworld] Reprint (Putnam 1971) SF novel, second in the Riverworld series.
- * _Father to the Stars (Tor 0-812-53771-8, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $3.95, 319pp, pb) [Father John Carmody] Reissue (Tor 1981) collection of 5 linked stories about Father John Carmody. third printing.
- * _A Feast Unknown (Grafton 0-586-07445-7, Apr 88, £2.95, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Essex House 1969) sf novel.
- * _A Feast Unknown (Masquerade/Rhinoceros 1-56333-276-0, Jan 95 [Feb 95], $6.95, 320pp, pb) Reprint (Essex House 1969) erotic SF novel.
- * _Flesh (Masquerade/Rhinoceros 1-56333-303-1, Sep 95 [Oct 95], $6.95, 251pp, pb) Reprint (Beacon Books/Galaxy 1960) erotic SF novel about a space explorer who returns to a sex-absorbed Earth. The text follows the expanded (Doubleday 1968) version.
- * _The Gates of Creation (Berkley 0-425-07193-6, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $2.75, 188pp, pb) [World of Tiers] Reprint (Ace 1966) sf novel, #2 in the World of Tiers series.
- * _Gods of Riverworld (SFBC #3658, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $3.98, 278pp, hc) [Riverworld] Reprint (Phantasia 1983) sf novel.
- * _Gods of Riverworld (Berkley 0-425-07322-X, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $3.50, 331pp, pb) [Riverworld] Reprint (Phantasia 1983) sf novel, in the Riverworld series.
- * _Gods of Riverworld (Grafton 0-586-06232-7, 1986 [Dec 86], £2.50, 368pp, pb) [Riverworld] Reissue (Phantasia 1983) sf novel. Volume 5 in the Riverworld series.
- * _Gods of Riverworld (Grafton 0-586-06232-7, Nov 88, £2.95, 367pp, pb) [Riverworld] Reissue (Phantasia 1983) sf novel. Volume 5 in the Riverworld series.
- * _The Gods of Riverworld (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41971-5, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $12.95, 320pp, tp, cover by John Stevens) [Riverworld] Reprint (Phantasia 1983) SF novel, fifth in the Riverworld series.
- * *The Grand Adventure (Berkley 0-425-07211-8, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $7.95, 327pp, tp) Collection of six stories, including a newly revised novella, and autobiographical comments, with illustrations by a number of artists. This has very large print. A special deluxe $50.00 hardcover has been announced but is apparently not out yet. (Contents)
- * *The Grand Adventure (Berkley 0-425-07212-5, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $50.00, 327pp, hc) Limited, signed, boxed edition of the trade paperback issued earlier by Berkley. Its actually the same sheets with a different binding so is not actually a new edition.
- * _The Green Odyssey (BOMC no ISBN, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $14.95, 152pp, hc) Reprint (Ballantine 1957) sf novel. This is an exclusive BOMC edition.
- * _Image of the Beast (Berkley 0-425-07708-X, Jun 85 [May 85], $3.50, 336pp, pb) [Herald Childe] Reprint (Playboy 1979) erotic fantasy novel. Omnibus edition of Image of the Beast (Essex House 1968) and Blown (Essex House 1969) run together as one novel. The original Sturgeon afterword has become a foreword.
- * _The Image of the Beast (Grafton 0-586-06210-6, Oct 88 [Nov 88], £2.99, 224pp, pb) [Herald Childe] Reissue (Essex House 1968) sf/horror novel.
- * _The Image of the Beast (Masquerade Rhinoceros 1-56333-166-7, Feb 94 [May 94], $6.95, 277pp, tp, cover by Kurt Griffith) [Herald Childe] Reprint (Essex House 1968) erotic SF novel, the first featuring Herald Childe.
- * _Keepers of the Secrets (Severn House 0-7278-1140-1, 1985 [Oct 85], £7.95, 152pp, hc) [Caliban] Reprint (Ace 1970 as The Mad Goblin) sf novel of James Caliban, MD, battling The Nine; sequel to The Lord of the Trees. First hardcover edition.
- * _The Lavalite World (Berkley 0-425-07515-X, Feb 85 [Jan 85], $2.75, 282pp, pb) [World of Tiers] Reprint (Ace 1977) sf novel. World of Tiers #5.
- * _Love Song (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $40.00, 165pp, hc) Reprint (Brandon House 1970) erotic Gothic novel, published in a limited edition of 500 copies, signed and numbered. This is the first hardcover.
- * _The Magic Labyrinth (Grafton 0-586-05387-5, 1986 [Dec 86], £2.95, 496pp, pb) [Riverworld] Reissue (Putnam 1980) sf novel. Volume 4 in the Riverworld series.
- * _The Magic Labyrinth (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41970-7, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $12.95, 398pp, tp, cover by John Stevens) [Riverworld] Reprint (Putnam 1980) SF novel, fourth in the Riverworld series.
- * _The Maker of Universes (Berkley 0-425-07378-5, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.75, 247pp, pb) [World of Tiers] Reprint (Ace 1965) sf novel, first in the World of Tiers series.
- * *More Than Fire (Tor 0-312-85280-0, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $20.95, 304pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [World of Tiers] Sf novel, sixth book of the World of Tiers series.
- * _More Than Fire (SFBC #02156, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $9.98, 304pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [World of Tiers] Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel, sixth book of the World of Tiers series. Similar to the Tor edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _More Than Fire (Tor 0-812-51959-0, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [World of Tiers] Reprint (Tor 1993) SF novel, sixth and final book of the World of Tiers series.
- * *Nothing Burns in Hell (Tor/Forge 0-312-86470-1, May 98 [Apr 98], $22.95, 287pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Associational mystery set in the dark underside of Peoria, IL.
- * _The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Tor 0-812-53757-2, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $3.50, 303pp, pb) Reissue (DAW 1973) sf novel, second printing. Uncredited illustrations by Rick J. Bryant.
- * _The Other Log of Phileas Fogg (Tor 0-812-52468-3, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $4.99, 303pp, pb, cover by Vincent DiFate) Reissue (DAW 1973) Vernian sf novel with uncredited illustrations by Rick J. Bryant; third printing.
- * _A Private Cosmos (Berkley 0-425-07299-1, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $2.75, 275pp, pb) [World of Tiers] Reprint (Ace 1968) sf novel, Book III of the World of Tiers series.
- * *Red Orcs Rage (Tor 0-312-85036-0, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $18.95, 282pp, hc, cover by Doug Beekman) Fantasy novel in which a boy undergoes Tiersian therapy, an imaginative roleplaying therapeutic technique based on Farmers World of Tiers series. There is an afterword by the therapist, Dr. James Giannini.
- * _Red Orcs Rage (Tor 0-812-50890-4, Dec 92 [Nov 92], $4.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Doug Beekman) Reprint (Tor 1991) quasi-fantasy novel in which a boy undergoes Tiersian therapy, an imaginative roleplaying theraputic technique based on Farmers World of Tiers series. There is an afterword by the therapist, Dr. James Giannini.
- * _Red Orcs Rage (Grafton 0-586-21122-5, Jun 93, £4.99, 282pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1991) fantasy novel about a 20th-century boy who enters the World of Tiers universe as part of his psychotherapy. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Riders of the Purple Wage (Tor 0-812-51905-1, Apr 92 [Mar 92], $3.99, 216pp, pb, cover by David Hardy) Collection of eight short stories, including one not previously in book form. (Contents)
- * _Riverworld and Other Stories (Grafton 0-586-05379-4, 1986 [Dec 86], £2.50, 303pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1979) sf collection.
- * _Stations of the Nightmare (Tor 0-812-53773-4, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $3.95, 256pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1982) fantasy novel. Illustrations by Peter Kuper. This is probably the second printing, although only the 1982 one is mentioned on the copyright page.
- * _Times Last Gift (Tor 0-812-53764-5, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $2.95, 352pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1972; revised ed. Ballantine 1977) sf novel. This edition follows the 1977 revised text.
- * _To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Easton Press no ISBN, Apr 89 [Mar 89], no price, 221pp, hc) [Riverworld] Reprint (Putnam 1971) sf novel, first book in the Riverworld series; with color plates by Richard Powers, and a new introduction by Roger Zelazny. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Masterpieces of SF series and is available by subscription only. This edition is dated 1986 but not seen until now.
- * _To Your Scattered Bodies Go (HarperCollins UK 0-586-03939-2, Sep 93, £4.99, 206pp, pb) [Riverworld] Reprint (Putnam 1971) sf novel. Volume one in the Riverworld series.
- * _To Your Scattered Bodies Go (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41967-7, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $12.95, 217pp, tp, cover by John Stevens) [Riverworld] Reprint (Putnam 1971) Hugo-winning SF novel, first in the Riverworld series.
- * _Traitor to the Living (Tor 0-812-53766-1, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $2.95, 286pp, pb) [Herald Childe] Reprint (Ballantine 1973) sf novel.
- * _Traitor to the Living (Tor 0-812-52397-0, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $4.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Victoria Poyser) [Herald Childe] Reissue (Ballantine 1973) sf novel; second printing.
- * _Two Hawks from Earth (Berkley 0-425-08092-7, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $2.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1979) sf novel. A rewritten and expanded version of The Gate of Time (Belmont 1966). A modern man on a primitive parallel earth.
- * _Venus on the Half Shell (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27531-3, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $3.95, 178pp, pb) Reprint (Dell 1974 as by Kilgore Trout) satirical sf takeoff on Vonnegut. There is an interesting new introduction by Farmer.
- * _The World of Tiers (Tor 0-312-85761-6, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $15.95, 443pp, tp, cover by Boris Vallejo) [World of Tiers] Reprint (Sphere 1986) omnibus of the first three novels in the World of Tiers series: The Maker of Universes (Ace 1965), The Gates of Creation (Ace 1966), and A Private Cosmos (Ace 1968). A hc edition (-85762-4, $27.95) was also announced.
- * *World of Tiers 1 (Sphere 0-7221-3514-9, Nov 86, £3.95, 467pp, pb) [World of Tiers] Omnibus edition of the first three sf novels in the World of Tiers series. (Contents)
- * *World of Tiers 2 (Sphere 0-7221-3515-7, Nov 86, £3.95, 325pp, pb) [World of Tiers] Omnibus edition of the last two sf novels in the World of Tiers series. These volumes would be a reprint of the 1981 SFBC edition if A Private Cosmos were in volume 2 instead of volume 1. (Contents)
- * _The World of Tiers Volume One (SFBC #02226, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $9.98, 312pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [World of Tiers] Reissue (SFBC 1981) omnibus of the first and second World of Tiers books.
- * _The World of Tiers Volume Two (SFBC #02226, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $9.98, 532pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [World of Tiers] Reissue (SFBC 1981) omnibus of the third, fourth, and fifth World of Tiers books.
- * _The World of Tiers, Volume 2 (Tor 0-312-86377-2, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $19.95, 544pp, tp, cover by Boris Vallejo) [World of Tiers] Reprint (Sphere 1986) omnibus of the fourth through sixth novels in the World of Tiers series: Behind the Walls of Terra (1970), The Lavalite World (1977), and More Than Fire (1993). A hardcover edition (-86376-4, $25.95) was announced but not seen.
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- * *Quest to Riverworld (Warner Questar 0-446-36270-0, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $5.50, 328pp, pb, cover by Don Ivan Punchatz) [Riverworld] Original shared-world anthology of 14 stories set on Farmers Riverworld, including an original story by him. Copyrighted by Farmer and uncredited co-editors Richard Gilliam, Martin H. Greenberg, and Edward E. Kramer. (Contents)
- * *Tales of Riverworld (Warner Questar 0-446-36269-7, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $4.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Don Ivan Punchatz) [Riverworld] Original shared-world anthology of nine stories set on Farmers Riverworld, with an introduction and part of a serial by him. (Contents)
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- * *Naked Came the Farmer (Mayfly Productions 0-9624613-7-7, May 98, $12.95, 160pp, tp) Associational humorous round-robin rural romance and murder mystery novel by 13 authors, published as a benefit for The Friends of the Peoria Public Library, and originally serialized in several Illinois newspapers. Authors include Philip José Farmer, Nancy Atherton, Steven Burgauer, and Tracy Knight. Order from Naked Came the Farmer, PO Box 192, Peoria IL 61650; add $3.00 postage. (Contents)
- FARRAND, PHIL
- * *The Nitpickers Guide for Classic Trekkers (Delta 0-440-50683-2, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $12.95, 393pp, tp) [Star Trek] Unauthorized Star Trek blooper book.
- * _The Nitpickers Guide for Classic Trekkers (SFBC #59519, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $9.98, 393pp, hc, cover by Bob Larkin) [Star Trek] Reprint (Dell Delta 1994) unauthorized Star Trek blooper book. This is the first hardcover edition, but is otherwise similar to the Dell trade paperback edition, except it lacks a price and has an SFBC code number on the back jacket.
- * _The Nitpickers Guide for Classic Trekkers (Titan 1-85286-587-3, Dec 94, £7.99, 393pp, tp, cover by Bob Larkin) [Star Trek] Reprint (Delta 1994) guide to bloopers, plot discrepancies, and similar in Star Trek. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Nitpickers Guide for Next Generation Trekkers (Dell 0-440-50571-2, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $12.95, 933pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Non-fiction. A guide to everything thats wrong with each individual episode of Star Trek, the Next Generation, from bloopers to plot problems.
- * _The Nitpickers Guide for Next Generation Trekkers (SFBC #02308, Jan 94, $9.98, 933pp, hc, cover by Bob Larkin) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Reprint (Dell 1993) media non-fiction. A guide to everything thats wrong with each individual episode of Star Trek, the Next Generation, from bloopers to plot problems. This edition lacks an ISBN and price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. First hardcover edition.
- * _The Nitpickers Guide for Next Generation Trekkers (Titan 1-85286-513-X, Jan 94, £7.99, 433pp, tp, cover by Bob Parkin) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Reprint (Dell 1993) guide to bloopers, plot discrepancies, and such-like in Star Trek, the Next Generation. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Nitpickers Guide for Next Generation Trekkers, Vol. II (Dell/DTP 0-440-50716-2, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $12.95, 406pp, tp, cover by Bob Larkin) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Unauthorized Star Trek blooper book, the second volume to cover ST:TNG.
- * _The Nitpickers Guide for Next Generation Trekkers, Vol. II (Titan 1-85286-671-3, Dec 95, £7.99, 407pp, tp, cover by Bob Larkin) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Reprint (Dell/DTP 1995) guide to bloopers, plot discrepancies and similar in Star Trek: The Next Generation. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Nitpickers Guide for Next Generation Trekkers, Vol. II (SFBC #10710, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $9.98, 407pp, hc, cover by Bob Larkin) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Reprint (Dell/DTP 1995) Star Trek bloopers and trivia guide. This is the first hardcover edition, but is otherwise similar to the Dell trade paperback. The jacket has no price, and has an SFBC number on the back.
- FARRAR, STEWART (1916-2000)
- * *Backlash (Robert Hale 0-7090-3073-8, May 88 [Dec 88], £10.75, 191pp, hc) Novel about witchcraft in 16th century England.
- * *Forcible Entry (Robert Hale 0-7090-2651-X, Mar 86, £8.95, 224pp, hc) Novel of sexual identity and its occult overtones.
- FARREN, MICK (1943- ) (stories)
- * *The Armageddon Crazy (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35316-1, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.95, 282pp, pb) Near-future sf novel about an America where religious fundamentalists take control and suspend constitutional rights; written in hard boiled mystery style.
- * _Armageddon Crazy (Orbit 0-7474-0470-4, Apr 90, £3.50, 282pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1989 as The Armageddon Crazy) sf novel.
- * _Citizen Phaid (Ace 0-441-10602-1, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $2.95, 234pp, pb) [Phaid the Gambler] Hardboiled near-future sf novel. First American edition. This and the earlier part, Phaid the Gambler (Ace 1986) were first published in England as one volume, The Song of Phaid the Gambler (NEL 1981).
- * *Corpse (NEL 0-450-05841-7, Aug 86, £2.50, 304pp, pb) Horror/sf novel of megacorporations and WWIII.
- * _Exit Funtopia (Sphere 0-7474-0140-3, Aug 89, £3.50, 264pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1988 as The Long Orbit) sf/mystery novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * +The Feelies (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36186-5, Jun 90 [May 90], $3.95, 197pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) Sf novel of a machine that allows you to live out your fantasies and the corporate intrigue surrounding it. Revised from an earlier British edition (Big O 1978).
- * *The Last Stand of the DNA Cowboys (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35808-2, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $3.95, 283pp, pb) [DNA Cowboys] Sf adventure novel, a loose sequel to a trilogy consisting of The Quest of the DNA Cowboys, The Synaptic Manhunt, and The Neural Atrocity, all published in Britain in the mid-1970s.
- * _The Last Stand of the DNA Cowboys (Orbit 0-7474-0469-0, Oct 90, £3.50, 283pp, pb) [DNA Cowboys] Reprint (Del Rey 1989) sf novel. Volume 4 in the DNA Cowboys series.
- * *The Long Orbit (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35318-8, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $3.95, 264pp, pb) Sf/mystery novel of a futuristic Sam Spade.
- * _The Long Orbit (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35318-8, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $3.95, 264pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) Reissue (Del Rey 1988) sf/pi novel; second printing.
- * *MarsThe Red Planet (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35809-0, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $3.95, 315pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) Sf novel of cold war intrigue surrounding an alien artifact on a KGB-controlled Mars.
- * *Necrom (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36185-7, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.95, 371pp, pb, cover by Peter Gudynas) Sf novel about a has-been rocker traveling between dimensions to save the universe from an ancient evil.
- * +Phaid the Gambler (Ace 0-441-66232-3, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $3.50, 296pp, pb) [Phaid the Gambler] Hard-boiled sf novel of a far-future Earth, first of a series. First American edition (NEL 1981 as The Song of Phaid the Gambler, which included the second half, to be published next year as Citizen Phaid.)
- * *Protectorate (NEL 0-450-05708-9, Nov 84 [Oct 84], £1.95/$4.95, 252pp, pb) Sf novel.
- * +Protectorate (Ace 0-441-68680-X, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $2.75, 250pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1984) sf novel. First U.S. edition.
- * _Protectorate (NEL 0-450-05708-9, Aug 87, £2.95, 251pp, pb) Reissue (NEL 1984) sf novel.
- * _The Song of Phaid the Gambler (NEL 0-450-05343-1, Aug 87, £3.95, 537pp, pb) Reissue (NEL 1981) sf novel.
- * *Their Masters War (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34554-1, Jan 88 [Dec 87], $3.50, 295pp, pb) Sf novel about human soldiers a la Starship Troopers fighting alien wars.
- * _Their Masters War (Sphere 0-7474-0269-8, Dec 88, £3.50, 295pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Their Masters War (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34554-1, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.95, 295pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1987) sf novel; fourth printing.
- * *The Time of Feasting (Tor 0-312-86213-X, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $23.95, 384pp, hc) [Time of Feasting] Vampire novel. A colony of vampires in NYC is in danger of being uncovered by an ex-priest and a cop.
- * _The Time of Feasting (Tor 0-812-53874-9, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $6.99, 384pp, pb) [Time of Feasting] Reprint (Tor 1996) vampire novel.
- * +Vickers (Ace 0-441-86290-X, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $3.50, 263pp, pb) Hardboiled sf novel of a corrupt future with megacorps, A-boys, ghoulies, and gutterjumps. First American edition (NEL 1986 as Corpse).
- FARRINGTON, GEOFFREY; pseudonym of Geoffrey Smith, (1955- ) (stories)
- * *The Acts of the Apostates (Dedalus 0-946626-46-4, Apr 90, £6.99, 272pp, tp) Literary fantasy novel. Distributed in the US by Hippocrene Books.
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