The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

FINDLEY, NIGEL D. (stories) (continued)

• * _Shadowrun: Lone Wolf (Roc UK 0-451-45272-0, Mar ’94, £3.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Shadowrun] Reprint (Roc 1994) sf novelization. Volume 12 in the series. The US edition with a UK ISBN and Price Sticker. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Shadowrun: Shadowplay (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45228-3, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Shadowrun] Fantasy novelization based on the “Shadowrun” game, with illustrations by Earl Geier. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
• * _Shadowrun: Shadowplay (Roc UK 0-14-017546-6, Mar ’93, £4.99, 372pp, pb) [Shadowrun] Reprint (Roc 1993) fantasy novelization. Volume nine in the “Secrets of Power” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Spelljammer: Into the Void (TSR 1-56076-154-7, Oct ’91, $4.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) [Spelljammer: Cloakmaster] Fantasy novelization based on the “Forgotten Realms” game, second book of the “Cloakmaster Cycle”.
• * *Spelljammer: The Broken Sphere (TSR 1-56076-596-8, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $4.95, 314pp, tp, cover by Michael Scott) [Spelljammer] Fantasy novelization based on the “Spelljammer” game.
• * *Torg: Out of Nippon (West End Games 0-87431-345-7, Sep ’92, $4.95, 350pp, tp, cover by John Paul Genzo) [Torg] Fantasy novelization based on the “Torg: The Possibility Wars” game.
• * *Virtual World: No Limits (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45525-8, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $5.50, pb) [Virtual Geographical League] SF novelization based on the BattleTech virtual reality game, first in the “Virtual Geographical League” series. Copyrighted by Virtual World Entertainment.

FINDLEY, TIMOTHY (Irving Frederick) (1930-2002) (stories) (assoc.)

• * +Headhunter (Crown 0-517-59827-2, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $23.00, 440pp, hc, cover by Wendell Minor) Gothic fantasy novel about the disastrous consequences of an ex-librarian releasing Kurtz from page 92 of the 1974 Penguin edition of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness to take over Toronto. First American edition (HarperCollins Canada 1993).
• * +Not Wanted on the Voyage (Delacorte 0-385-29415-8, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $17.95, 352pp, hc) Reprint (Penguin Books—Canada 1984), first U.S. edition. Fantasy novel of Noah and the Flood. Funny, poignant, eccentric. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _Not Wanted on the Voyage (Arena 0-09-948070-0, Oct ’86, £3.95, 352pp, pb) Reprint (Penguin-Canada 1984) literary fantasy novel of Noah and the flood.
• * _Not Wanted on the Voyage (Dell/Laurel Leaf 0-440-36499-X, May ’87, $4.95, 343pp, tp) Reprint (Delacorte 1986) fantasy novel set on Noah’s Ark. Recommended. (FCM)

FINE, STEPHEN (1949- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Molly Dear: The Autobiography of an Android (St. Martin’s 0-312-02254-9, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $18.95, 420pp, hc) Sf novel/satire a la Candide. A first novel.

FINGEROTH, DANNY (stories)

• * _Spider-Man and Iron Man: Doom’s Day 2: Sabotage (with Pierce Askegren) See entry under Pierce Askegren.
• * *Spider-Man and the Incredible Hulk: Doom’s Day, Book 1: Rampage (with Eric Fein) (Boulevard 1-57297-164-9, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Vince Evans) [Spider-Man] Novelization based on the comic book characters. Packaged by Byron Preiss Multimedia; copyrighted by Marvel Characters.

FINK, JAN STEPHEN

• * _If He Lived (Vintage UK 0-09-959971-6, May ’98, £5.99, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1997) ghost novel. The original hardcover (Feb 1997) was not seen.
• * *If He Lived: A Modern Ghost Story (Jonathan Cape 0-224-04362-5, Feb ’97 [Jul ’97], £9.99, 310pp, tp) Ghost novel.

FINLAY, D. G. (stories)

• * *Graven Image (Century 0-7126-1650-0, Jun ’87 [Sep ’87], £10.95, 254pp, hc) [Watchman Chronicle] Occult novel, volume 4 in the “Lavenham” series.
• * *The Killing Glance (Arrow 0-09-955860-2, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], £4.50, 646pp, pb) [Watchman Chronicle] Condensed omnibus of the Watchman Chronicle series - Watchman, The Grey Regard, Deadly Relations and Graven Image. (Contents)

FINLAY, VIRGIL (Warden) (1914-1971) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Virgil Finlay’s Far Beyond (Charles F. Miller 1-885611-04-8, Sep ’94, $14.95, 132pp, hc, cover by Virgil Finlay) Art book, a collection of Finlay’s work. With an introduction Brian J. Frost. A hardcover edition (-03-X, $24.95) was announced but not seen.
• * *Virgil Finlay’s Phantasms (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-173-4, Dec ’93, $24.95, 136pp, hc, cover by Virgil Finlay) Art book, a collection of black-&-white art by Finlay, with an introduction by Stephen E. Fabian. A trade paperback edition (-173-4, $14.95) was announced but not seen. Available from Underwood-Miller, 708 Westover Drive, Lancaster PA 17601.
• * *Virgil Finlay’s Strange Science (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-153-X, Jan ’93, $24.95, 149pp, hc, cover by Virgil Finlay) Art book, a collection of Finlay’s black-and-white sf and horror illustrations, with a foreword by Robert Bloch and an introduction by Harlan Ellison. A trade paperback edition (-154-8, $14.95) was announced but not seen. Available from Underwood-Miller, 708 Westover Dr., Lancaster PA 17601.
• * *Virgil Finlay’s Women of the Ages (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-137-8, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $14.95, 147pp, hc, cover by Virgil Finlay) Art book, a collection of Finlay’s line drawings of women. A hardcover edition (-136-X, $24.95) is also available. Order from Underwood-Miller, 708 Westover Dr., Lancaster PA 17601.

FINLAY, WINIFRED (Lindsay Crawford McKissack) (1910- ) (stories)

• * _The Singing Stones (The Bodley Head 0-370-30761-5, Oct ’86, £4.50, 182pp, pb) Reprint (UK 1970) fantasy novel of Dark vs. Light in Scotland.
• * _Vampires, Werewolves and Phantoms of the Night (Methuen/Magnet 0-416-62260-7, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £1.50, 125pp, tp) Reprint (Methuen 1983) young-adult horror collection.

FINNEY, CHARLES G(randison) (1905-1984) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Magician Out of Manchuria (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-92-5, Oct ’89, $25.00, 127pp, hc) Short fantasy novel that first appeared in the expanded edition of The Unholy City (Pyramid 1968). This is a limited edition of 600 copies, with illustrations by Richard Salvucci.

FINNEY, JACK; [i.e., Walter Braden Finney] (1911-1995) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *3 by Finney (Simon & Schuster Fireside 0-671-64048-8, Jul ’87, $10.95, 416pp, tp) Omnibus edition of The Woodrow Wilson Dime (1968), Marion’s Wall (1973), and The Night People (1977). (Contents)
• * _3 by Finney (Simon & Schuster/Fireside 0-671-64048-8, Feb ’95, $10.95, 416pp, tp) Reissue (Simon & Schuster/Fireside 1987) omnibus of three novels, The Woodrow Wilson Dime, Marion’s Well, and The Night People. Fourth printing.
• * *About Time (S&S/Fireside 0-671-62887-9, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $7.95, 219pp, pb) Collection of 12 time travel stories originally published in either The Third Level (Rhinehart & Co. 1957) or I Love Galesberg in the Springtime (Simon & Schuster 1962). (Contents)
• * _About Time (Simon & Schuster/Fireside 0-671-62887-9, Feb ’95, $9.95, 219pp, tp) Reissue (Simon & Schuster/Fireside 1986) collection of 12 stories. Eighth printing.
• * *From Time to Time (Simon & Schuster/Scribners 0-671-89884-1, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $23.00, 304pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) [Time and Again] SF novel, sequel to Time and Again. Members of the Project ask Simon Morley to change history and prevent WWI.
• * _From Time to Time (BOMC no ISBN, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $19.95, 304pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) [Time and Again] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1995) SF novel, sequel to Time and Again. This is identical to the Simon & Schuster edition, except it lacks a price and has a BOMC mark on the back jacket.
• * _From Time to Time (BOMC/QPBC #13-8565, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $15.95, 304pp, tp, cover by Honi Werner) [Time and Again] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1995) SF novel, sequel to Time and Again. This is identical to the Simon & Schuster hardcover edition, except it lacks a price and has a book club mark on the back jacket.
• * _From Time to Time (Simon & Schuster/Scribners 0-671-89884-1, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $12.00, 303pp, tp, cover by Honi Werner) [Time and Again] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1995) SF novel, sequel to Time and Again.
• * _Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Sphere 0-7221-3502-5, Apr ’87, £1.95, 170pp, pb) Reissue (Dell 1961) sf novel.
• * _Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Simon & Schuster Fireside 0-671-68211-3, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $8.95, 216pp, tp) Reprint (Dell 1955 as The Body Snatchers) sf novel, basis for the two movies.
• * _The Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Easton Press no ISBN, Jan ’93, no price, 144pp, hc) Reprint (Dell 1961) sf novel, with an introduction by Milton T. Wolf and artwork by Ron Miller. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-684-85258-6, 1998 [Mar ’98], $10.00, 216pp, tp) Reprint (Dell 1955 as The Body Snatchers) SF novel. This follows the Dell 1978 revised and updated text.
• * _Time and Again (S&S/Fireside 0-671-24295-4, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $9.95, 397pp, pb) [Time and Again] Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1970) fantasy novel.
• * _Time and Again (Arrow 0-09-959010-7, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], £7.99, 399pp, tp) [Time and Again] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1970) classic time-travel novel. This edition is illustrated with period photographs.
• * _Time and Again (Simon & Schuster/Scribners 0-684-80105-1, Feb ’95 [Jan ’95], $12.00, 399pp, tp) [Time and Again] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1970) time-travel novel. A 20th century illustrator goes back to 1882. A hardcover edition is also available (-80117-5, $25.00). Special 25th anniversary edition, with the original period illustrations.
• * _Time and Again (BOMC no ISBN, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $19.95, 399pp, hc) [Time and Again] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1970) time-travel novel. This is identical to the Scribner’s 1995 anniversary hardcover edition, except it lacks a price and has a BOMC mark on the back jacket.

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• * _"They’re Here...": Invasion of the Body Snatchers: A Tribute See entry under Kevin McCarthy.

FINNEY, WALTER BRADEN (1911-1995); see under Finney, Jack (stories)

FINNIS, A., ed.

• * *13 Again (Scholastic UK 0-590-55914-1, Jul ’95, £4.99, 361pp, pb) Original anthology of 13 horror stories by Masterton, Greenland, Kilworth, Gross, Tuttle, and others. (Contents)
• * *Bone Meal: Seven More Tales of Terror (Scholastic 0-590-50982-9, Dec ’95, $3.99, 243pp, pb) Anthology of seven storles, the second half of Point Horror: Thirteen More Tales of Horror (Scholastic UK 1994). (Contents)
• * *Point Horror: Thirteen More Tales of Horror (Scholastic UK 0-590-55605-3, Mar ’94, £4.99, 365pp, pb) Original young-adult horror anthology. (Contents)

FINSTER, E. BURKE (stories)

• * *Walk with the Dead (DimeNovels 1-56317-007-8, 1990 [Apr ’91], $1.99, 90pp, tp, cover by Diane Russell Kramer) Horror novella of the dead rising and walking in San Francisco. This is a small format paperback (11.5cm x 7.5cm.).

FIORE, ROBERT, ed.

• * _The New Comics (with Gary Groth) See entry under Gary Groth.

FIRST, PHILIP (stories)

• * *Paper Thin (Paladin 0-586-08555-6, May ’86, £2.95, 174pp, tp) Enigmatic, perverse, and bizarre collection of short stories. (SJ/JF) (Contents)

FIRTH, VIOLET M(ary) (1890-1946); see pseudonym Dion Fortune (stories)

FISCHER, WILLIAM B.

• * *The Empire Strikes Out: Kurd Lasswitz, Hans Dominik, and the Development of German Science Fiction (Bowling Green University Popular Press 0-87972-257-6, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $29.95, 335pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational. A study of German sf between 1871 and 1945. Also available in tp (-258-4, $13.95). [Lasswitz, Dominik]

FISH, LESLIE (stories)

• * _A Dirge for Sabis (with C. J. Cherryh) See entry under C. J. Cherryh
• * _The Sword of Knowledge (with C. J. Cherryh, Mercedes R. Lackey & Nancy Asire) See entry under C. J. Cherryh

FISHBURN, KATHERINE (Richards) (1944- )

• * *The Unexpected Universe of Doris Lessing: A Study in Narrative Technique (Greenwood Press 0-313-23424-8, Dec ’85 [Jan ’86], $27.95, ix + 184pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study emphasizing Lessing’s shift from mainstream to sf narrative methods. [Lessing]

FISHER, CATHERINE (stories)

• * *Belin’s Hill (The Bodley Head 0-370-32271-1, May ’97 [Jul ’97], £9.99, 135pp, hc, cover by Tim Gaudion) Young-adult fantasy novel. Orphans are haunted, and hunted, by nightmares.
• * _Belin’s Hill (Red Fox 0-09-953981-0, Aug ’98 [Dec ’98], £3.99, 135pp, pb) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1997) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *The Candleman (The Bodley Head 0-370-31889-7, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], £8.99, 138pp, hc, cover by Gino D’Achille) Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Candleman (Red Fox 0-09-930139-3, Dec ’95 [Feb ’96], £2.99, 138pp, pb, cover by Gino D’Achille) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1994) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *The Conjuror’s Game (The Bodley Head 0-370-31412-3, May ’90, £6.95, 97pp, hc, cover by Keith Scaife) Young-adult fantasy novel about the mysterious game of Fidchell. Recommended. (PSP)
• * _The Conjuror’s Game (Red Fox 0-09-985960-2, Dec ’91, £2.50, 97pp, pb, cover by Barbara Lofthouse) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1990) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *The Empty Hand (The Bodley Head 0-370-32310-6, Jul ’95 [Aug ’95], £8.99, 169pp, hc, cover by Mark Robertson) [Snow Walker] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Snow Walker’s Son. The young sorcerer Kari Ragnarsson must defeat a curse — a rune-beast conjured by his enemy to lay waste the country.
• * _The Empty Hand (Red Fox 0-09-949631-3, Jul ’96, £2.99, 169pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Snow Walker] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1995) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the “Snow Walker” trilogy.
• * _The Empty Hand (Red Fox 0-09-925182-5, May ’97, £3.50, 169pp, pb) [Snow Walker] Reissue (The Bodley Head 1995) young-adult fantasy novel. Second in the ‘Snow Walker’ trilogy.
• * *Fintan’s Tower (The Bodley Head 0-370-31597-9, 1991 [Dec ’92], £8.99, 120pp, hc, cover by Keith Scaife) Young-adult fantasy novel. This is a 1991 book, but has only just been seen.
• * _Fintan’s Tower (Red Fox 0-09-993520-1, Sep ’92, £2.99, 120pp, pb, cover by Kim Harley) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1991) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *The Hare And Other Stories (Pont Books 1-85902-176-X, Jun ’94 [May ’94], £3.25, 71pp, pb, cover by Suzanne Carpenter) Collection of four young-adult stories, with interior illustrations by Terry Higgins. (Contents)
• * *The Relic Master (The Bodley Head 0-370-32426-9, Aug ’98 [Sep ’98], £10.99, 214pp, hc, cover by Richard Jones) [Book of the Crow] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume One of “The Book of the Crow”.
• * *The Snow Walker’s Son (The Bodley Head 0-370-31796-3, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £8.99, 154pp, hc, cover by Mark Robertson) [Snow Walker] Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Snow Walker’s Son (Red Fox 0-09-925192-2, May ’97, £3.50, 154pp, pb) [Snow Walker] Reissue (The Bodley Head 1993) young-adult fantasy novel. First in the ‘Snow Walker’ trilogy.
• * *The Soul Thieves (The Bodley Head 0-370-32490-0, Jul ’96, £9.99, 214pp, hc, cover by Mark Robertson) [Snow Walker] Young-adult fantasy novel, last in the “Snow Walker” trilogy. The soul of a bride is stolen on her wedding day.
• * _The Soul Thieves (Red Fox 0-09-953971-3, May ’97, £3.50, 214pp, pb) [Snow Walker] Reprint (The Bodley Head 1996) Young-adult fantasy novel. Last in the ‘Snow Walker’ trilogy after The Snow Walker’s Son and The Empty Hand. The soul of a bride is stolen on her wedding day.

FISHER, DAVID (1929- )

• * _Doctor Who: The Leisure Hive (Target 0-426-20147-7, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], £3.50, 127pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reissue (W.H. Allen; Target 1982) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 39 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.

FISHER, LOUIS (stories)

• * *The Blue Ice Pilot (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20243-2, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $3.50, 247pp, pb) Sf novel of cryogenics, deep space, and war.

FISHER, NANCY

• * *Vital Parts (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17498-4, Feb ’93, $4.99, 384pp, pb) Medical thriller with sf elements. Famous model Vivienne Laker puts herself and others in peril when she accepts a proposal designed to give her eternal youth and beauty.

FISHER, PAUL R. (1960- )

• * _The Ash Staff (Tempo 0-441-03115-3, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.25, 160pp, pb) [Ash Staff Trilogy] Reprint (Atheneum 1979) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Hawks of Fellheath (Tempo 0-441-31906-8, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.25, 162pp, pb) [Ash Staff Trilogy] Reprint (Atheneum 1980) fantasy novel, Book Two in the “Ash Staff” series.
• * _Mont Cant Gold (Ace/Tempo 0-441-53602-6, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $2.25, 209pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1981) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Princess and the Thorn (Tempo 0-441-67918-8, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.25, 177pp, pb) [Ash Staff Trilogy] Reprint (Atheneum 1980) fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Ash Staff” trilogy.

FISHER, R(obert) L(ynn)

• * _The Prince of Whales (Tor 0-812-56635-1, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $2.50, 151pp, pb) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1985) fantasy novel, with illustrations by an uncredited artist.
• * _The Prince of Whales (Tor 0-812-56637-8, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $2.95, 151pp, pb) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1985) young-adult cetacean fantasy novel with numerous uncredited illustrations by Denise Satler.
• * *The Prince of Whales: A Fantasy Adventure (Carroll & Graf/Quicksilver 0-88184-256-7, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $5.95, 151pp, pb) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1985) juvenile fantasy/ecological tale, illustrated by Denise Satter. We missed the hardcover last year.