The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- FARRINGTON, GEOFFREY (stories) (continued)
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- * *The Dedalus Book of Roman Decadence: Emperors of Debauchery (Dedalus 1-873982-16-X, Apr 94 [Mar 94], £7.99, 234pp, tp, cover by Gustave Moreau) Literary fantasy anthology. Two dozen selections of Ancient Roman prose, poetry and history, including much fantasy, translated by Brian & Adrian Murdoch. Available in the USA from Hippocrene Press at $14.95.
- FARRIS, JOHN (L.) (1936- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By (Tor 0-812-58264-0, Jan 86, $3.50, 350pp, pb) Reprint (1977) supernatural fantasy/horror novel of African sorcery and a Southern U.S. family.
- * _The Axeman Cometh (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-52226-7, Feb 90, £11.95, 160pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1989) horror novel. First World hardcover edition.
- * _The Axeman Cometh (NEL 0-450-53717-X, Jan 91 [Dec 90], £3.50, 269pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1989) horror novel.
- * *The Axman Cometh (Tor 0-812-50008-3, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $4.50, 269pp, pb) Horror novel about a woman trapped in an elevator with the man who may have murdered her family twenty years before.
- * _Bad Blood (Gollancz 0-575-04648-1, Oct 89, £3.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (Playboy 1977 as All Heads Turn When the Hunt Goes By) horror novel.
- * _Catacombs (Tor 0-812-58272-1, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $3.95, 522pp, pb) Reprint (1981) horror novel of evil creatures unearthed from Mt. Kilimanjaro by archaeologists.
- * _Catacombs (NEL 0-450-05580-9, Aug 93 [Jul 93], £4.99, 493pp, pb) Reissue (Delacorte 1981) horror novel; third printing.
- * _Dragonfly (Severn House 0-7278-5159-4, Feb 97 [Jan 97], £17.99, 506pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1995) associational novel with fantasy elements. First UK hardcover.
- * *Fiends (Dark Harvest 0-913165-16-6, Apr 90, $19.95, 314pp, hc, cover by Phil Parks) Horror novel about the sole survivor of a mass disappearance. A limited edition ($45.00) was announced but not seen.
- * _Fiends (Tor 0-812-51786-5, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $4.95, 438pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1990) vampire horror novel.
- * _Fiends (Grafton 0-246-13774-6, Mar 91, £13.99, 331pp, hc, cover by Tim White) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1990) horror novel.
- * _Fiends (Grafton 0-586-21192-6, Aug 92 [Jul 92], £4.99, 430pp, pb, cover by Tim White) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1990) horror novel about the Icelandic huldufólk in modern America.
- * _The Fury (Tor 0-812-58262-4, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $3.50, 349pp, pb) [Fury] Reprint (Playboy 1976) horror novel. A movie was made from the book.
- * _The Fury (Grafton 0-586-21303-1, Feb 92, £3.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Fury] Reprint (Dell 1976) horror novel.
- * _The Fury (Severn House 0-7278-4441-5, Mar 93, £13.99, 349pp, hc, cover by Robert Welch) [Fury] Reprint (Playboy 1976) horror novel.
- * _The Fury (Tor 0-812-51784-9, Sep 94 [Nov 94], $4.99, 349pp, pb, cover by John Melo) [Fury] Reissue (Tor 1985) horror novel. Fourth printing.
- * _King Windom (Tor 0-812-51793-8, Apr 90, $4.95, 568pp, pb, cover by Gary Smith) Reprint (Playboy 1967) mainstream novel with some psychic content, packaged as a horror novel.
- * *The Minotaur (Tor 0-8125-8258-6, 1985, $3.95, 384pp, pb) Horror novel.
- * _Minotaur (NEL 0-450-05900-6, Jan 94, £4.99, 373pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1985) horror novel.
- * _Minotaur (Severn House 0-7278-4585-3, Mar 94 [Apr 94], £14.99, 373pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (Tor 1985) horror novel. First world hardcover.
- * *Nightfall (Tor 0-812-51778-4, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $3.95, 311pp, pb) Horror novel.
- * _Nightfall (NEL 0-450-41729-8, Dec 87, £2.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1987) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Nightfall (Severn House 0-7278-1636-5, Jul 88 [Oct 88], £10.95, 311pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1987) horror novel.
- * _Nightfall (NEL 0-450-41729-8, Aug 93 [Jul 93], £4.99, 311pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1987) horror novel; second printing.
- * _Sacrifice (SFBC #06214, Jun 95 [May 95], $10.98, 320pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1994) horror novel. This is similar to the Tor edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Sacrifice (Tor 0-812-50956-0, Jun 95 [May 95], $5.99, 379pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1994) horror novel.
- * *Scare Tactics (Tor 0-312-93085-2, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $17.95, 310pp, hc) Original collection of a story, a novella, and a previously undiscovered horror novel, The Guardians. (Contents)
- * _Scare Tactics (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-50281-9, May 89, £11.95, 310pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1988) collection of two horror stories and a political thriller novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Scare Tactics (Tor 0-812-50300-7, Nov 89 [Oct 89], $4.95, 343pp, pb) Collection of four stories and a short novel, revised from the 1988 Tor hardcover edition. Two stories, I Scream. You Scream. We All Scream for Ice Cream. and Scare Tactics, did not appear in the hardcover edition. (Contents)
- * _Scare Tactics (NEL 0-450-52254-7, Feb 90, £3.50, 365pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1989) original horror collection. This follows the text of the Tor paperback edition in adding two stories I Scream. You Scream. We All Scream for Ice Cream. and Scare Tactics, that did not appear in the hardcover edition.
- * _Sharp Practice (Tor 0-812-51788-1, May 88 [Apr 88], $3.95, 336pp, pb) Reprint (? 1974) horror novel probably non-occult.
- * _Shatter (Tor 0-812-58268-3, Jun 86 [May 86], $3.50, 317pp, pb) Reprint (1981) horror novel. A young woman is pursued across continents, oceans and time itself by a relentless evil unleashed by the man who loves her.
- * _Shatter (Gollancz 0-575-04781-X, Jun 90, £3.50, 317pp, pb, cover by Danny Flynn) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1980) horror novel.
- * _Son of the Endless Night (Tor 0-812-58266-7, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $4.50, 503pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1984) horror novel. In a peaceful Vermont courtroom humanity will be called to trial by endless evil.
- * _Son of the Endless Night (NEL 0-450-40575-3, Mar 87 [Feb 87], £3.50, 550pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martins 1985) horror novel.
- * _The Uninvited (Tor 0-812-51776-8, Jun 87 [May 87], $3.95, 276pp, pb) Reprint (Dell 1982) horror novel.
- * _The Uninvited (NEL 0-450-05715-1, Aug 93 [Jul 93], £4.99, 252pp, pb) Reissue (Dell 1982) horror novel; third printing.
- * _When Michael Calls (Tor 0-812-50356-2, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $4.50, 251pp, pb, cover by David Fishman) Reprint (Trident 1967) horror novel.
- * _When Michael Calls (Severn House 0-7278-4516-0, Sep 93, £13.99, 251pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) Reprint (Trident 1967) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Wildwood (Tor 0-312-93919-1, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $16.95, 445pp, hc) Horror novel of a sinister mountain retreat.
- * *Wildwood (Tor 0-812-58270-5, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $4.50, 445pp, pb) Horror novel, issued simultaneously in hardcover and paperback.
- * _Wildwood (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-37734-8, Jul 87, £11.95, 445pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1986) horror novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
- * _Wildwood (NEL 0-450-42644-0, Jul 88, £3.95, 445pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1986) horror novel.
- * _Wildwood (NEL 0-450-42644-0, Jan 94 [Mar 94], £4.99, 445pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1986) horror novel. Third printing, undated internally.
- FARROW, DAVID A(shby) (1962- )
- * *The Root of All Evil (Wyrick & Company 0-941711-36-6, May 97 [Apr 98], $23.95, 292pp, hc) Horror novel. A Charleston detective tracks a serial killer possessed by an evil spirit. A first novel. This is copyrighted 1997, but not seen until now.
- FARSHTEY, GREG (stories)
- * *Bloodshadows: Hells Feast (West End Games 0-87431-375-9, Apr 94 [May 94], $6.95, 289pp, tp, cover by Ken Barr) [Bloodshadows] Dark fantasy novelization based on the Bloodshadows game. Copyrighted by West End Games.
- * *Shatterzone: The River of God (West End Games 0-87431-225-6, Nov 92 [Dec 92], $4.95, 339pp, tp, cover by Nick Smith) [Shatterzone] Sf novelization based on the Shatterzone game due for release in July 1993.
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- * *Shatterzone: Shattered and Other Stories (West End Games 0-87431-237-X, Mar 94, $6.95, 299pp, tp, cover by Randy Hamblin) [Shatterzone] Original anthology of nine stories based on the Shatterzone game. (Contents)
- * *Torg: Strange Tales from the Nile Empire (with Greg Gorden & Ed Stark) (West End Games 0-87431-343-0, Mar 92 [Apr 92], $4.95, 343pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Torg] Anthology of eight short novelizations based on the Torg: The Possibility Wars game, with an introduction by Greg Farshtey. Available from West End Games, RR 3, Box 2345, Honesdale PA 18431. (Contents)
- FAST, JONATHAN (David) (1948- )
- * _Mortal Gods (Easton Press no ISBN, Nov 89, no price, 153pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1976) sf novel, with a new introduction by Stephen H. Goldman and artwork by Byron Taylor. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
- FAUCHER, ELIZABETH
- * *The Addams Family (Fantail 0-14-090367-4, Dec 91, £2.99, 141pp, pb) Comedy horror film novelization, based on the screenplay by Caroline Thompson & Larry Wilson. This is simultaneous with the U.S. (Scholastic) edition.
- * *The Addams Family (Scholastic 0-590-45541-9, Dec 91, $2.95, 141pp, pb) Young-adult movie tie-in novelization.
- * _Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (Fantail 0-14-090212-0, Mar 90, £2.50, 108pp, pb) Reprint (US 1989) sf film novelization, based on the screenplay by Ed Naha and Tom Schulman.
- FAULCON, ROBERT; pseudonym of Robert Holdstock, (1948-2009) (stories)
- * *The Ghost Dance (Arrow 0-09-931790-7, Jul 87, £3.50, 411pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Omnibus edition of the third and fourth books in the Night Hunter series. Billed as Robert Holdstock writing as Robert Faulcon. (Contents)
- * _The Ghost Dance (Century 0-7126-1747-7, Aug 87, £11.95, 411pp, hc) [Night Hunter] Reprint (Arrow 1987) omnibus edition of the third and fourth books in the Night Hunter series. Billed as Robert Holdstock writing as Robert Faulcon.
- * *The Hexing and the Labyrinth (Legend 0-09-954470-9, Jan 89, £3.50, 496pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Horror omnibus. Volumes 5 & 6 in the Night Hunter series. This is a pseudonym for Robert Holdstock. (Contents) [Not seen]
- * *The Labyrinth (Arrow 0-09-952160-1, Jun 87, £2.50, 283pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Horror novel. Volume 6 (and last) in the Night Hunter series. Billed as Robert Holdstock writing as Robert Faulcon.
- * +Night Hunter (Ace Charter 0-441-57469-6, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $2.95, 184pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Horror novel, first in a series. The author is Robert Holdstock. First U.S. edition (Arrow 1983).
- * +Night Hunter 2: The Talisman (Ace Charter 0-441-57475-0, Sep 87 [Aug 87], $2.50, 183pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Occult horror novel, second in the series. Faulcon is a pseudonym for Robert Holdstock. First U.S. edition (Arrow 1983).
- * +Night Hunter 3: The Ghost Dance (Ace Charter 0-441-57478-5, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $2.95, 184pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Horror novel, third in a series. Faulcon is actually Robert Holdstock. First U.S. edition (Arrow 1983).
- * +Night Hunter: The Hexing (Charter 1-55773-050-4, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $2.95, 186pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Psychic horror adventure novel, fifth in a series. First U.S. edition (Arrow 1984).
- * +Night Hunter: The Labyrinth (Charter 1-55773-090-3, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $2.95, 230pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Horror novel, sixth in the series. First U.S. edition (Arrow 1988).
- * +Night Hunter: The Shrine (Charter 1-55773-019-9, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $2.95, 182pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Horror novel, fourth in the Night Hunter series. First U.S. edition (Arrow 1984).
- * *The Stalking (Arrow 0-09-930440-6, Jul 87, £3.50, 400pp, pb) [Night Hunter] Omnibus edition of the first two books in the Night Hunter series. Billed as Robert Holdstock writing as Robert Faulcon. (Contents)
- * _The Stalking (Century 0-7126-1742-6, Aug 87, £11.95, 400pp, hc) [Night Hunter] Reprint (Arrow 1987) omnibus edition of the first two books in the Night Hunter series. Billed as Robert Holdstock writing as Robert Faulcon.
- FAUSETT, DAVID JOHN
- * *Writing the New World: Imaginary Voyages and Utopias of the Great Southern Land (Syracuse University Press 0-8156-2586-3, Mar 94, $17.95, 237pp, tp) Non-fiction, an analysis of 17th and 18th-century Utopian fiction. A hardcover edition (-2585-5, $42.50) was announced but not seen. Available from Syracuse University Press, 1600 Jamesville Ave., Syracuse NY 13244-5160.
- FAUST, JOE CLIFFORD (1957- ) (stories)
- * *Boddekkers Demons (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57622-4, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $5.99, 295pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) SF advertising satire, continuation of Fermans Devils. Boddekkers street thugs-turned-celebrities get more popular as they get more dangerous.
- * *The Company Man (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35242-4, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.95, 327pp, pb) Science fiction novel set in a near-future world where multinational corporations hold the real power.
- * *A Death of Honor (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34026-4, Feb 87 [Jan 87], $3.50, 326pp, pb) Sf/murder mystery novel. A first novel.
- * _A Death of Honor (SFBC #11010, Jun 87, $4.98, 275pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf/mystery novel, a first novel. Recommended. (CNB)
- * *Desperate Measures (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35020-0, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $3.95, 245pp, pb) [*Angels Luck] Sf adventure novel, first book of the Angels Luck series.
- * _Desperate Measures (SFBC #15749, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $4.98, 245pp, hc, cover by Walter Velez) [*Angels Luck] Reprint (Del Rey 1989) sf adventure novel, first book of the Angels Luck series. First hardcover edition.
- * *The Essence of Evil (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36089-3, Apr 90 [Mar 90], $3.95, 281pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) [*Angels Luck] Sf space opera adventure novel, third book of the Angels Luck series.
- * _The Essence of Evil (SFBC #17397, Aug 90, $7.98, hc, cover by Walter Velez) [*Angels Luck] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf adventure novel, third book of the Angels Luck trilogy. First hardcover edition.
- * *Fermans Devils (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57621-6, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $4.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) SF advertising satire. An ad-man offers a street gang a role in a commercial.
- * *Handling It: How I Got Rich and Famous, Made Media Stars Out of Common Street Scum and Almost Got the Girl (SFBC #20045, Feb 98 [Jan 98], $12.98, 567pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) Omnibus of SF advertising satires Fermans Devils (1996) and Boddekkers Demons (1997). This special Guild America edition has its own ISBN 1-56865-625-4; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
- * *Precious Cargo (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36088-5, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $3.95, 293pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) [*Angels Luck] Sf space opera novel, second book of the Angels Luck series.
- * _Precious Cargo (SFBC #17007, May 90 [Apr 90], $5.98, hc, cover by A. C. Farley) [*Angels Luck] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf novel, second book of the Angels Luck series. First hardcover edition.
- FAUST, RON(ald T.) (1936- )
- * *Lord of the Dark Lake (Tor/Forge 0-312-85535-4, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $22.95, 320pp, hc) Associational horror novel. An archeologist finds himself trapped into reenacting the story of the minotaur.
- FAVILLE, BARRY
- * _The Return (Oxford University Press 0-19-558166-0, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $14.95, 163pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel. This is a 1988 reprint of a 1987 book, and is an edition published by Oxford in New Zealand. It is being made available for the first time in the US.
- FAVORS, JEAN (Elizabeth) M(orris) (1938- )
- * *My Soul to Keep (Avon Flare 0-380-77478-X, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $3.99, 154pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel of a young girl in a coma who must battle an evil force for possession of her soul.
- FAWCETT, BILL; [i.e., William Brian Fawcett] (1947- ); see pseudonym Quinn Fawcett (stories) (chron.)
- * *Guardians of the Three Volume One: Lord of Cragsclaw (with Neil Randall) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-274621-7, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $3.95, 392pp, pb) [Guardians of the Three] Fantasy novelization, first in a new series about cat people, packaged and copyright by Bill Fawcett. The cover says Created by Bill Fawcett instead of the authors names.
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- * _Battlestation Book One (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake
- * _Battlestation Book Two: Vanguard (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake
- * *Bolos #2: The Unconquerable (Baen 0-671-87629-5, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $5.99, 275pp, pb, cover by Paul Alexander) [Bolo] Original anthology of seven stories based on Keith Laumers Bolo stories. Second in the series. Copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates. Fawcetts name does not appear on the cover, only created by Keith Laumer." (Contents)
- * *Bolos 4: Last Stand (Baen 0-671-87760-7, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $5.99, 418pp, pb, cover by Paul Alexander) [Bolo] Anthology of nine stories, fourth in a series featuring the sentient tanks created by Keith Laumer. Includes technical notes on the history of the Bolos by Linda Evans. Copyrighted by Bill Fawcett and Associates. (Contents)
- * *Bolos: Honor of the Regiment (Baen 0-671-72184-4, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $4.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Paul Alexander) [Bolo] Original anthology of eight shared-world stories set in Keith Laumers Bolo universe. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates. Although Laumers name is on the cover, he apparently was not involved in editing it. (Contents)
- * *Cats in Space and Other Places (Baen 0-671-72118-6, May 92 [Apr 92], $4.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Dean Morrissey) Anthology of 17 sf stories about cats and cat-like aliens, three original. Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates. (Contents)
- * _The Crafters (with Christopher Stasheff) See entry under Christopher Stasheff.
- * _The Crafters Book 2: Blessings and Curses (with Christopher Stasheff) See entry under Christopher Stasheff.
- * _The Day the Magic Stopped (with Christopher Stasheff) See entry under Christopher Stasheff.
- * _The Fleet (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake
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