The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- FARRIS, JOHN (L.) (stories) (continued)
- * *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) (c1962- )
- * *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.
- _____, ed.
- * *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- ) (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 (stories) (assoc.)
- * *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) (assoc.)
- * *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 (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) (assoc.)
- * *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.
- _____, ed.
- * _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
- * _The Fleet Book 3: Break Through (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake
- * _The Fleet Book 4: Sworn Allies (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake
- * _The Fleet Book 5: Total War (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake
- * _The Fleet Book 6: Crisis (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake
- * _The Fleet: Counterattack (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake
- * *The War Years #1: The Far Stars War (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45019-1, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $3.95, 255pp, pb) Original anthology of ten shared-world military adventure stories based on a premise by David Drake, with connecting material by Fawcett. First book of a series. Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates. (Contents)
- * *The War Years #2: The Siege of Arista (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45055-8, Jan 91 [Dec 90], $4.50, 252pp, pb) Original anthology of eight shared-world military adventure stories based on a premise by Christopher Stasheff, with connecting material by Fawcett. Packaged by Bill Fawcett and Associates. (Contents)
- * *The War Years #3: The Jupiter War (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45098-1, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $4.99, 254pp, pb) Original anthology of nine military sf stories based on a premise by Gregory Benford, with connecting material by Fawcett. Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates. (Contents)
- FAWCETT, QUINN; pseudonym of Chelsea Quinn Yarbro & Bill Fawcett
- * _Against the Brotherhood (Tor 0-812-54523-0, Oct 98 [Nov 98], $6.99, 310pp, pb) [Mycroft Holmes] Reprint (Forge 1997) associational mystery featuring Sherlock Holmess brother Mycroft; we apparently missed the hardcover edition. Fawcett is a pen name for Bill Fawcett & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.
- * *Death Wears a Crown (Avon 0-380-76542-X, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $4.99, 249pp, pb) [Victoire Vernet] Associational historical mystery, second book of a new series. Fawcett is a pseudonym for Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Bill Fawcett, and this is copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
- * *Embassy Row (Tor/Forge 0-312-86363-2, Oct 98 [Nov 98], $24.95, 384pp, hc) [Mycroft Holmes] Associational mystery, second in the series featuring Sherlock Holmess brother Mycroft. Fawcett is a pen name for Bill Fawcett & Chelsea Quinn Yarbro.
- * *Napoleon Must Die (Avon 0-380-76541-1, Aug 93 [Sep 93], $4.99, 246pp, pb) [Victoire Vernet] Associational historical mystery, first book of a new series. Fawcett is a pseudonym for Chelsea Quinn Yarbro and Bill Fawcett, and this is copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
- FEARN, JOHN (Francis) RUSSELL (1908-1960) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Aftermath (Gryphon Publications 0-936071-76-1, Oct 96, $15.00, 114pp, tp, cover by Ron Turner) Pulp-style SF novel of post-war survival, written during WWII but never published in book form. Also included is a post-WWII story, After the Atom. There is an introduction by Philip Harbottle giving the works histories. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; add $1.00 postage.
- * +The Amazon Strikes Again (Gryphon Books 1-58250-000-2, May 98 [Jun 98], $15.00, 179pp, tp, cover by Ron Turner) [Golden Amazon] SF novel from the old British pulp era, fifth in the Golden Amazon series. First US edition (Worlds Work 1954). The introduction by Philip Harbottle discusses the series development. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; add $1.00 postage.
- * +The Amazons Diamond Quest (Gryphon Books 0-936071-92-3, Jan 98 [Dec 97], $15.00, 176pp, tp, cover by Ron Turner) [Golden Amazon] SF novel from the old British pulp era, fourth in the Golden Amazon series. First US edition (Worlds Work 1953). The introduction by Phillip Harbottle discusses the series evolution. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; add $1.00 postage.
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