The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- FLEMING, ROBERT LOREN
- FLETCHER, ADRIAN; pseudonym of Rosemary Ellen Guiley
- FLETCHER, JO(anna Louise Gould) (1958- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Shadows of Light and Dark (Airgedlámh Publications/The Alchemy Press 0-9532260-1-8, Sep 98 [Oct 98], £12.99, 52pp, hc, cover by Les Edwards) Associational collection of poetry, including much of the fantastic, from the noted writer and editor. Limited to 250 signed and numbered copies, signed by Fletcher, Les Edwards, Seamus A. Ryan, Michael Marshall Smith, and Neil Gaiman (who also contributes an introduction). Order from 46 Oxford Road, Acocks Green, Birmingham B27 6DT, England. $21.50 inc p&p.
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- FLETCHER, SUSAN (Clemens) (1951- )
- * _The Dragon Chronicles: Dragons Milk (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-71623-0, Sep 97 [Oct 97], $4.50, 242pp, pb, cover by Rebecca Guay) [Dragon Kyn] Reissue (Atheneum 1989) young-adult fantasy novel, first in the Dragon Kyn series. Seventh printing.
- * _The Dragon Chronicles: Flight of the Dragon Kyn (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-81515-8, Sep 97 [Oct 97], $4.50, 213pp, pb, cover by Rebecca Guay) [Dragon Kyn] Reprint (Atheneum 1993) young-adult fantasy novel in the Dragon Kyn series.
- * *Dragons Milk (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31579-1, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $14.95, 242pp, hc) [Dragon Kyn] Young-adult fantasy. A young girl must obtain the milk of a dragon to save her sister from death.
- * _Dragons Milk (Macmillan Aladdin 0-689-71623-0, Apr 92, $3.95, 242pp, tp, cover by Jeffrey Lindberg) [Dragon Kyn] Reprint (Atheneum 1989) young-adult fantasy novel. A young girl must obtain the milk of a dragon to save her sister from death.
- * *Flight of the Dragon Kyn (Macmillan/Atheneum 0-689-31880-4, Oct 93, $15.95, 213pp, hc, cover by Jos. A. Smith) [Dragon Kyn] Young-adult fantasy novel of a teenage girl who has the power to communicate with the dragons plundering her homeland.
- * *Shadow Spinner (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-81852-1, Apr 98 [May 98], $17.00, 219pp, hc, cover by Alex Leon) Associational young-adult novel set in the world of the Arabian Nights; not really fantasy, but about storytelling. Shahrazad adds a girl who knows new stories to the sultans harem.
- * *Sign of the Dove (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-80460-1, May 96 [Nov 96], $17.00, 214pp, hc, cover by Jos. A. Smith) [Dragon Kyn] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Dragon Kyn series. Young Lyf is a reluctant guardian to the last baby dragons in the human world.
- FLEWELLING, LYNN (stories)
- * *Luck in the Shadows (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57542-2, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.99, 479pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Nightrunner] Fantasy novel, book one of the Nightrunner series. A young man, unjustly imprisoned, apprentices himself to the rogue who frees them both. A first novel.
- * *Stalking Darkness (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57543-0, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $5.99, 501pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Nightrunner] Fantasy novel, sequel to Luck in the Shadow. Seregil and Alec face an evil necromancer while war breaks out.
- FLIEGEL, HELLMUTH (1913- ); see pseudonym Stefan Heym
- FLIEGER, VERLYN (1933- ) (chron.)
- * *A Question of Time: J.R.R. Tolkiens Road to Faërie" (Kent State University Press 0-87338-574-8, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $35.00, 276pp, hc) Non-fiction, a critical examination of Tolkiens work. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. Order from Kent State University Press, PO Box 5190, Kent OH 44242-0001. [Tolkien]
- * *Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkiens World (Eerdmans 0-8028-1955-9, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $6.95, 167pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study focusing on The Silmarillion. [Tolkien]
- FLINN, DENNY MARTIN (1947-2007)
- * *Star Trek: The Fearful Summons (Pocket 0-671-89007-7, Jun 95 [May 95], $5/50, 273pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- FLINN, RUSSELL (stories)
- * *Stirring Within (The British Fantasy Society no ISBN, 1990 [Feb 91], £1.00, 23pp, ph, cover by Jeff Salmon) Collection of three original horror short stories, edited by David Cowperthwaite and illustrated throughout by Jeff Salmon. Volume 15 in the BFS Special Booklet series. (Contents)
- FLINT, ERIC (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *In the Heart of Darkness (with David A. Drake) (Baen 0-671-87885-9, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $6.99, 463pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Belisarius] Historical/alternate world SF novel, sequel to An Oblique Approach. Belisarius fights the alien Malwa in 6th century India.
- * *Mother of Demons (Baen 0-671-87800-X, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $5.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) Fantasy novel. A world of female-dominated beings encounter terrifying demons called humans. A first novel.
- * *An Oblique Approach (with David A. Drake) (Baen 0-671-87865-4, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $6.99, 467pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Belisarius] Historical/alternate world/SF novel. Aliens use mind control to take over northern India, then use their human forces to attack sixth-century Byzantium.
- FLINT, HOMER EON (1892-1924)
- FLINT, JAMES
- * *Habitus (Fourth Estate 1-85702-868-6, Aug 98 [Sep 98], £10.99, 468pp, tp, cover by Tracey Winwood) Literary SF/fantasy satire. A hardcover edition (-824-4) was announced but not seen.
- FLINT, KENNETH C.; see pseudonym Casey Flynn (stories)
- * *Challenge of the Clans (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25553-3, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $3.50, 328pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends; Finn MacCumhal] Celtic fantasy novel.
- * _Challenge of the Clans (Bantam UK 0-553-17384-7, Sep 87, £2.95, 328pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends; Finn MacCumhal] Reprint (Bantam 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 5 in the Sidhe Legends series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Champions of the Sidhe (Bantam 0-553-24543-0, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $2.95, 277pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends] Fantasy novel, sequel to Riders of the Sidhe.
- * _Champions of the Sidhe (Bantam UK 0-553-17256-5, Feb 87, £2.50, 277pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends] Reprint (Bantam 1984) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Sidhe Legends series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Champions of the Sidhe (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27654-9, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $3.95, 277pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends] Reissue (Bantam 1984) Celtic fantasy novel, second in a trilogy. Fifth printing.
- * *Cromm (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-26750-9, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $8.95, 387pp, tp, cover by Chris Hopkins) Celtic dark fantasy. Also available in hc (-26749-5, $19.95).
- * _Cromm (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28851-2, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $4.95, 387pp, pb, cover by Chris Hopkins) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) Celtic dark fantasy novel.
- * *The Dark Druid (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26715-9, Aug 87 [Jul 87], $3.50, 326pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends; Finn MacCumhal] Celtic fantasy novel, conclusion to the Challenge of the Clans trilogy.
- * _The Dark Druid (Bantam UK 0-553-17588-2, Sep 88, £3.50, 326pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends; Finn MacCumhal] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 7 in the Sidhe Legends series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Darkening Flood (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57163-X, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Bryan Leister) Dark fantasy novel. An ancient evil returns to modern Ireland.
- * _The Hound of Culain (Bantam UK 0-553-17247-6, Oct 86, £2.50, 309pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends] Reprint (Bantam 1981 as A Storm Upon Ulster) fantasy novel, a prequel to the Sidhe series now called the first of the Sidhe books.
- * *Isle of Destiny (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27544-5, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $4.50, 438pp, pb) Fantasy novel of ancient Ireland.
- * _Isle of Destiny (Bantam UK 0-553-40037-1, Jan 90, £3.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1988) fantasy novel. This is the US edition with a UK ISBN/price sticker.
- * *Legends Reborn (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29919-0, Dec 92 [Nov 92], $4.99, 385pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) Celtic fantasy novel of a real estate mogul who becomes involved with a woman from the realm of the Sidhe whose people have come to New York to take her back.
- * *Master of the Sidhe (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25261-5, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $2.95, 248pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends] Fantasy novel, conclusion of a trilogy.
- * _Master of the Sidhe (Bantam UK 0-553-17292-1, May 87, £2.50, 248pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends] Reprint (Bantam 1985) fantasy novel. Volume 4 in the Sidhe Legends series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Master of the Sidhe (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27655-7, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $3.95, 248pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends] Reissue (Bantam 1985) Celtic fantasy novel, third in the Sidhe trilogy. Fourth printing.
- * *Otherworld (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29415-6, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $4.99, 384pp, pb) Dark fantasy thriller. A U.S. government agent investigating a murder discovers that dark forces are preparing to invade our universe.
- * *The Riders of the Sidhe (Bantam 0-553-24175-3, Jun 84 [May 84], $2.95, 260pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends] Celtic fantasy novel, first in a series.
- * _Riders of the Sidhe (Bantam UK 0-553-17250-6, Oct 86, £2.50, 260pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends] Reprint (Bantam 1984) fantasy novel, originally first in the Sidhe trilogy, now second in the series.
- * _Riders of the Sidhe (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27653-0, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $3.95, 260pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends] Reissue (Bantam 1984) Celtic fantasy novel, first in a trilogy. Sixth printing.
- * *Storm Shield (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26191-6, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $3.50, 310pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends; Finn MacCumhal] Celtic fantasy novel, sequel to Challenge of the Clans.
- * _Storm Shield (Bantam UK 0-553-17450-9, Feb 88, £2.95, 310pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends; Finn MacCumhal] Reprint (Bantam 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 6 in the Sidhe Legends series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _A Storm Upon Ulster (Bantam 0-553-24710-7, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $3.50, 309pp, pb) [Sidhe Legends] Reissue (Bantam 1981) fantasy novel.
- FLOOD, E. L.
- * *Welcome Inn #2: Ghost of a Chance (Troll/Rainbow Bridge 0-8167-3428-3, Oct 94, $2.95, 141pp, pb, cover by Neal McPheeters) [Welcome Inn] Young-adult mystery/ghost novel, second in the Welcome Inn series. Copyrighted by Twelfth House Productions.
- FLOOD, ELOISE
- FLORESCU, RADU R.
- * *Dracula, Prince of Many Faces (with Raymond T. McNally) (Little, Brown 0-316-28655-9, Oct 89 [Dec 89], $19.95, 261pp, hc) Associational; non-fiction. Book on the historical Dracula with reference to legends of vampirism.
- * _In Search of Dracula: The History of Dracula and Vampires (with Raymond T. McNally) See entry under Raymond T. McNally
- FLUKE, JOANNE (1942- ); see pseudonym Jo Gibson
- * *Video Kill (Pocket 0-671-66663-0, Mar 89, $3.95, 294pp, pb) Horror novel with no fantasy elements. Psychokiller murders Hollywood starlets and videotapes their deaths.
- FLYNN, CASEY; pseudonym of Kenneth C. Flint
- * *The Gods of Ireland Book I: Most Ancient Song (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28832-6, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.50, 261pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Gods of Ireland] Fantasy novel of ancient Ireland, first book of a new series. Flynn is a pseudonym for Kenneth C. Flint.
- * *The Gods of Ireland Book II: The Enchanted Isles (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29151-3, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $4.50, 275pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Gods of Ireland] Celtic fantasy novel set in ancient Ireland, second book of a series. Flynn is a pseudonym for Kenneth C. Flint.
- FLYNN, DANNY (Anthony) (1958- )
- * *Only Visiting This Planet: The Art of Danny Flynn (Paper Tiger 1-85028-267-6, Jun 94, £10.95, 128pp, tp, cover by Danny Flynn) Art book. Foreword by Arthur C. Clarke. Nigel Suckling contributes a long, personal biographical text to this portfolio of the prolific and distinctive cover artist.
- FLYNN, JOHN L.
- * *Cinematic Vampires (McFarland & Company 0-89950-659-3, Dec 92 [Nov 92], $39.95, 320pp, hc) Associational filmography of vampire films from 1886 to 1992, with various appendices that include movies that were planned but never made and films scheduled for 1993 release. Order from McFarland & Company, Box 611, Jefferson NC 28640.
- * *Future Threads: Costume Design for the Science Fiction World (New Media no ISBN, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $9.95, 80pp, pb) Media-oriented book for costumers; mostly Star Trek. There is also supposed to be a hardcover edition for $19.95, but we have not seen it.
- FLYNN, MICHAEL F(rancis) (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Fallen Angels (with Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle) See entry under Larry Niven.
- * *Firestar (Tor 0-312-85525-7, May 96 [Apr 96], $27.95, 573pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Firestar] Near-future SF novel, first in a new series. A rich woman with a vision funds education and a new space program.
- * _Firestar (SFBC #11984, Jul 96 [Jun 96], $8.98, 573pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Firestar] Reprint (Tor 1996) near-future SF novel, first in a new series. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Firestar (Tor 0-812-53006-3, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $6.99, 885pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Firestar] Reprint (Tor 1996) near-future SF novel.
- * *The Forest of Time and Other Stories (Tor 0-312-85526-5, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $23.95, 381pp, hc, cover by Bruce Jensen) Collection of nine stories, with comments by the author on the background and writing of each. (Contents)
- * _The Forest of Time and Other Stories (Tor 0-312-86587-2, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $13.95, 381pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Reprint (Tor 1997) collection of nine stories, with comments by the author on the background and writing of each.
- * *In the Country of the Blind (Baen 0-671-69886-9, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $3.95, 527pp, pb, cover by John Rheaume) Alternate history sf novel. A secret society formed in the 19th-century to shape the course of the world through mathematical predictions performed on the Babbage Engine is falling apart. A first novel. A tense and enthralling conspiracy thriller. Recommended (SW).
- * _In the Country of the Blind (Pan 0-330-32908-1, Nov 93, £4.99, 527pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (Baen 1990) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Nanotech Chronicles (Baen 0-671-72080-5, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $4.95, 339pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Collection of six interconnected stories that appeared previously in Analog. (Contents)
- * *Rogue Star (Tor 0-312-86136-2, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $25.95, 446pp, hc) [Firestar] Near-future SF novel, sequel to Firestar.
- * _Rogue Star (SFBC #05453, Jun 98 [May 98], $12.98, 570pp, hc) [Firestar] Reprint (Tor 1998) near-future SF novel, sequel to Firestar. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- FOGARTY, JOHN
- * *The Haunt (Popular Library 0-445-21005-2, Apr 90 [Mar 90], $4.95, 280pp, pb, cover by Rowena Morrill) Gothic horror novel of an evil revenant set in Ireland. A first novel.
- FOGLIO, PHIL (1956- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Buck Godot PSmith (Donning/Starblaze 0-89865-459-9, Jan 88, $7.95, 72pp, tp) Humorous sf graphic novel.
- * *Buck Godot: Zap Gun for Hire (Donning/Starblaze 0-89865-365-7, Jul 86, $7.95, unpaginated, pb) Graphic novel, humorous sf adventure in full color.
- * _Illegal Aliens (with Nick Pollotta) See entry under Nick Pollotta.
- * _Myth Adventures One (with Robert Lynn Asprin) See entry under Robert Lynn Asprin.
- * *Myth Adventures One (with Robert Lynn Asprin) (Donning 0-89865-414-9, 1985 [Jan 86], $12.95, 104pp, pb) [Myth] Omnibus edition of the first 4 issues of Myth Adventures magazine (Warp Graphics), a comic book version of the Myth stories, written by Asprin and illustrated by Foglio. A special limited hardcover edition has also been announced, but we have not seen it.
- * *Myth Adventures Two (with Robert Lynn Asprin) (Donning/Starblaze 0-89865-473-4, Jan 87, $12.95, 110pp, tp) [Myth] Graphic novel, a gathering of issues 5 through 8 of the Myth Adventures comic, with art by Foglio (now in a color version) and captions by Asprin, based on his humorous fantasy series. There is also supposed to be a 2,000-copy limited hardcover (0-89865-414-2, $40.00) but we have not seen it.
- FOLLETT, JAMES (1939- )
- * *Deathship (Severn House 0-7278-4452-0, Jun 93, £13.99, 233pp, hc, cover by Robert Welch) [Earthsearch] Sf novel, the second volume in the Earthsearch saga. This edition has been fully revised (from BBC Books 1982), and includes new material by the author. First world hardcover edition.
- * _Earthsearch (Severn House 0-7278-4689-2, Nov 94, £14.99, 242pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) [Earthsearch] Reprint (BBC Books 1981) completely revised version of the SF novel derived from the radio serial. The star-born crew of the spaceship Challenger discover their ancestral home, Earth, was moved out of its solar system...half a million years ago. First in the Earthsearch series.
- * *Mindwarp: Prelude to Earthsearch (Severn House 0-7278-4621-3, May 94, £15.99, 370pp, hc, cover by Gordon E. Davies) [Earthsearch] SF novel in the Earthsearch series.
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