The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

FONSTAD, KAREN WYNN (continued)

• * _The Atlas of the DragonLance World (Penguin 0-14-011142-5, Oct ’88, £9.99, 168pp, tp) [DragonLance: World] Reprint (TSR 1987) maps and description of the “DragonLance” world. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Atlas of the Land (Ballantine 0-345-31431-X, Oct ’85, $19.95, 201pp, hc) [Thomas Covenant] Non-fiction; reference book with maps and descriptions of The Land, setting of Stephen R. Donaldson’s “Covenant” novels.
• * *The Atlas of the Land (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31433-6, Oct ’85, $9.95, 201pp, pb) [Thomas Covenant] Trade paperback of the above. [Donaldson]
• * _The Atlas of the Land (SFBC #01260, Mar ’86, $10.98, 201pp, hc) [Thomas Covenant] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) non-fiction reference. A geographical guide to the Donaldson double trilogy.
• * *The Forgotten Realms Atlas (TSR 0-88038-857-9, Aug ’90, $15.95, 176pp, tp) [Forgotten Realms] Guide to the world of the “Forgotten Realms” game, heavily illustrated.

FONTANA, D(orothy) C(atherine) (1939- ) (stories)

• * *Star Trek: Vulcan’s Glory (Pocket 0-671-65667-8, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $3.95, 252pp, pb) [Star Trek] Science fiction novelization. Number 44 in the series.
• * *Star Trek: Vulcan’s Glory (Titan 1-85286-098-7, Feb ’89, £2.95, 252pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with US (Pocket) edition.

FONTENAY, CHARLES L(ouis) (1917-2007) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Kipton & Gruff (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-170-6, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.00, 158pp, tp, cover by Bucky Montgomery) [Kipton Chronicles] Young adult SF murder mystery set on Mars, first in “The Kipton Chronicles”. Kipton is a 14-year-old girl who talks to her teddy bear. A hardcover edition (-171-4, $15.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Royal Fireworks Printing Co., First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Kipton & the I Ching (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-385-7, Nov ’97, $7.99, 178pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery, ninth in “The Kipton Chronicles”. The head of a Chinese project to build a monorail on Mars is murdered at Kipton’s birthday party. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Kipton & the Voodoo Curse (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-389-X, Jan ’98, $7.99, 185pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery, tenth in “The Kipton Chronicles”. Kipton investigates an apparent voodoo curse on Mars. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Kipton and the Android (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-383-0, Jun ’97 [Aug ’97], $7.99, 185pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery, eighth in “The Kipton Chronicles”. An android confesses to murder. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Kipton and the Caves of Mars (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-391-1, Apr ’98 [Oct ’98], $7.99, 187pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery, eleventh in “The Kipton Chronicles”. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Kipton and the Christmas Gift (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-356-3, Mar ’97, $7.99, 157pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery, seventh in “The Kipton Chronicles”. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Kipton and the Monkey’s Uncle (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-335-0, Apr ’96 [Aug ’96], $7.99, 186pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery, fourth in “The Kipton Chronicles”. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Kipton and the Ovoid (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-283-4, Dec ’95 [Jan ’96], $5.00, 157pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery set on Mars, second in “The Kipton Chronicles”. Now 15, Kipton solves the murder of an explorer who finds native lifeforms on Mars. Order from Royal Fireworks Printing Co., First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Kipton and the Tower of Time (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-347-4, Nov ’96, $7.99, 186pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery, sixth in “The Kipton Chronicles”. Kipton gets trapped in Mars’ ancient past. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Kipton at the Martian Games (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-396-2, Jul ’98 [Oct ’98], $7.99, 187pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery, 14th in “The Kipton Chronicles”. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Kipton in Wonderland (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-312-1, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $7.99, 186pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery, third in “The Kipton Chronicles”. Kipton helps stop terrorists on Mars after she sees an agent killed in a virtual-reality Wonderland. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
• * *Kipton: Murder on Stage (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-337-7, May ’96 [Aug ’96], $7.99, 157pp, tp, cover by Mary Hanson-Roberts) [Kipton Chronicles] Young-adult SF mystery, fifth in “The Kipton Chronicles”. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.

FONTES, RON

• * *The Rocketeer (Disney Press 1-56282-065-6, Jul ’91 [Dec ’91], $2.95, 76pp, pb) Young-adult sf movie tie-in novelization.

FOOT, MICHAEL

• * +H.G.: The History of Mr. Wells (Counterpoint 1-887178-04-X, Nov ’95 [Dec ’95], $29.00, 318pp, hc, cover by René Magritte) Non-fiction biography by a labor leader who reassesses Wells in the context of his times, as a Socialist and as a social animal. First US edition (Bantam UK 1995). Counterpoint, PO Box 65793, Washington DC 20035-5793; 202-887-0363. [Wells]
• * _H.G.: The History of Mr. Wells (Black Swan 0-552-99530-4, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], £7.99, 318pp, tp, cover by David Axtell) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1995) biography. Includes 32 pages of photographs. [Wells]

FOOTE, BUD; [i.e., Irving Flint Foote] (1930- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Connecticut Yankee in the Twentieth Century: Travel to the Past in Science Fiction (Greenwood 0-313-24327-1, Nov ’90 [Jan ’91], $39.95, 209pp, hc) Non-fiction; criticism. A critical study of time travel in sf.

FORBES, CAROLINE (1952- ) (stories)

• * *The Needle on Full: Lesbian Feminist Science Fiction (Onlywomen 0-906500-19-2, 1985 [Sep ’85], £3.95/$7.95, 267pp, pb) Collection of 9 stories from a “radical feminist and lesbian” publisher. The U.S. distributor is Inland Book Co. (Contents)

FORBES, EDITH (1954- )

• * *Exit to Reality (Seal Press 1-878067-93-1, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $24.00, 313pp, hc) SF novel. A woman in the 29th century falls in love with a misfit impossible in their perfect society. Order from Seal Press, 3131 Western Ave #410, Seattle WA 98121-1041.

FORD, ADAM (1940- )

• * *The Cuckoo Plant (Mammoth 0-7497-0613-9, Jul ’91, £3.50, 238pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Young-adult sf novel.

FORD, JEFFREY (1955- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Physiognomy (Avon 0-380-79331-8, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $12.00, 218pp, tp) [Physiognomy] Fantasy mystery set in an alternate world where phrenology works.
• * _The Physiognomy (Avon Eos 0-380-79332-6, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $3.99, 244pp, pb) [Physiognomy] Reprint (Avon 1997) fantasy mystery set in an alternate world where phrenology works.
• * *Vanitas (Space & Time 0-917053-07-9, Feb ’88, $7.95, 167pp, tp) Horror/surrealistic fantasy novel of a dead genius and his machines. A first novel.

FORD, JOHN B. (stories)

• * *Macabre Delights & Twisted Tales (B.J.M. Press no ISBN, 1997, £3.00, 80pp, A5, cover by Colin Langeveld) Fantasy/horror collection. (Contents)

FORD, JOHN M(ilo) (1957-2006) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Casting Fortune (Tor 0-812-53815-3, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 249pp, pb) [Liavek] Collection containing The Illusionist, an original fantasy short novel of wizardry and revenge set in a theater, part of Ford’s “Liavek” series. The book also includes two reprint short stories set in the same universe. (Contents)
• * _Casting Fortune (SFBC #153635, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $5.98, 192pp, hc) [Liavek] Reprint (Tor 1989) collection of three stories set in the “Liavek” universe. First hardcover edition.
• * _The Dragon Waiting (SFBC #5909, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $7.98, 333pp, hc) Reprint (Timescape 1983) alternate-history fantasy novel, winner of the 1984 World Fantasy Award.
• * _The Dragon Waiting (Avon 0-380-69887-0, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $3.50, 383pp, pb) Reprint (Timescape 1983) alternate-world fantasy novel. It won the 1984 World Fantasy Award. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _The Dragon Waiting (Avon 0-380-69887-0, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.95, 383pp, pb) Reprint (Timescape 1983) fantasy alternate world historical novel with vampires, but no dragons, despite the cover. Winner of the World Fantasy Award. Recommended. (CNB)
• * *From the End of the Twentieth Century (NESFA Press 0-915368-73-0, Feb ’97 [Jun ’97], $21.00, 312pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) Collection of 26 stories, essays, and poem/song lyrics; eight items are original, including one story; two were previously published only as limited chapbooks. Introduction by Neil Gaiman. This is a limited edition of 1015. A signed, boxed edition of 185 (-74-9) sold out at Boskone. Order from NESFA Press, PO Box 809, Framingham MA 01701-0203; add $2.00 postage. (Contents) [ed: Paul J. Giguere]
• * *Growing Up Weightless (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37306-4, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $11.95, 246pp, tp, cover by Pamela Lee) Sf novel set on a colonized Moon.
• * _Growing Up Weightless (Easton Press no ISBN, Jan ’94, no price, 246pp, hc) Sf novel set on a colonized Moon. With an introduction by James Gunn and artwork by Frank Mayo. Published “simultaneously” with the Bantam Spectra edition listed four months ago. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Growing Up Weightless (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56814-0, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Pamela Lee) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) young-adult SF novel set on a colonized Moon. Winner of the Philip K. Dick Award for best original SF paperback.
• * *How Much for Just the Planet? (Titan 1-85286-018-9, Oct ’87 [Nov ’87], £2.95, 253pp, pb) [Star Trek: Worlds Apart] Sf novel. Simultaneous with the US edition. Volume 51 in the Star Trek Novels series.
• * _The Princes of the Air (Tor 0-812-50958-7, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $3.99, 248pp, pb) Reprint (Timescape 1982) sf novel.
• * *The Scholars of Night (Tor 0-312-93051-8, Feb ’88, $16.95, 313pp, hc) Associational; spy novel by an sf writer.
• * _The Scholars of Night (Tor 0-812-50214-0, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $4.95, 313pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1988) associational spy novel by an sf writer.
• * _Star Trek #16: The Final Reflection (Gregg 0-8398-2885-3, Dec ’85 [Feb ’86], $11.95, 253pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1984) “Star Trek” novel, first hardcover edition.
• * *Star Trek #36: How Much for Just the Planet? (Pocket 0-671-62998-0, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $3.95, 253pp, pb) [Star Trek: Worlds Apart] Latest in the series based on characters from the original tv show.
• * _Star Trek: How Much for Just the Planet? (SFBC #10771, Mar ’88, $4.98, 185pp, hc) [Star Trek: Worlds Apart] Reprint (Pocket 1987) Star Trek sf novelization. First hc edition.
• * _Star Trek: How Much for Just the Planet? (Titan 1-85286-018-9, Apr ’96 [May ’96], £4.99, 253pp, pb) [Star Trek: Worlds Apart] Reissue (Pocket 1987) Star Trek novelisation. Second printing.
• * *Star Trek: The Final Reflection (Pocket 0-671-47388-3, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.95, 253pp, pb) [Star Trek: Worlds Apart] Sf novelization. Another in the series based on the tv show. Number 16 in the series.
• * _Star Trek: The Final Reflection (Titan 1-85286-064-2, May ’88, £2.95, 253pp, pb) [Star Trek: Worlds Apart] Reprint (Pocket 1984) sf novel. In the “Star Trek Novels” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Web of Angels (Tor 0-812-50959-5, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $4.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Pat Morrissey) Reprint (Pocket 1980) sf novel of a universe linked by a vast computer “web.”

FORD, MICHAEL, ed. (stories)

• * *Happily Ever After (Masquerade/Richard Kasak 1-56333-450-X, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], $12.95, 438pp, tp, cover by Dayna Navaro) Original anthology of 28 erotic fairy tales adapted for gay men. Authors include Poppy Z. Brite. (Contents)
• * *Once Upon a Time: Erotic Fairy Tales for Women (Masquerade/Richard Kasak 1-56333-449-6, Nov ’96, $12.95, 370pp, tp, cover by Dennis Calero) Original anthology of 27 erotic fairy tales. Authors include Francesca Lia Block, Cecilia Tan, and Christa Faust. Order from Masquerade Books, 801 2nd Ave, New York NY 10017; credit card orders 800-375-2356; add $1.50 postage. (Contents)
• * *Once Upon a Time: Erotic Fairy Tales for Women (Masquerade/Richard Kasak 1-56333-449-6, Nov ’96, $12.95, 370pp, tp, cover by Dennis Calero) Original anthology of 27 erotic fairy tales. Authors include Francesca Lia Block, Cecilia Tan, and Christa Faust. Order from Masquerade Books, 801 2nd Ave, New York NY 10017; credit card orders 800-375-2356; add $1.50 postage.

FORD, PAUL F(rancis Xavier) (1947- )

• * *Companion to Narnia (Macmillan/Collier 0-02-084940-0, Sep ’86 [Feb ’87], $10.95, 450pp, tp) [Narnia] Non-fiction, critical study. Revised third edition of an index to the “Narnia” fantasies of C.S. Lewis. The earlier editions (Harper & Row 1980, 1983) are essentially the same and are probably just as useful, unless you are a true detail fan. This came out in 1986, but we did not see it until 1987. [Lewis]
• * _Companion to Narnia (Harper San Francisco 0-06-251136-X, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $15.00, 460pp, tp) [Narnia] Reprint (Harper & Row 1980) non-fiction; reference. A guide to C.S. Lewis’ “Chronicles of Narnia”. This is the revised fourth edition with a new preface and new page reference numbers for the HarperCollins editions. [Lewis]

FORD, RICHARD (1944- )

• * *Children of Ashgaroth (Grafton 0-246-13054-7, Oct ’86, £10.95, 444pp, hc) [Faradawn] Fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Faradawn” trilogy.
• * _The Children of Ashgaroth (Grafton 0-586-07135-0, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], £3.50, 444pp, pb) [Faradawn] Reprint (Grafton 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Faradawn” trilogy.
• * *Melvaig’s Vision (Granada 0-246-12104-1, Jun ’84 [May ’84], £8.95, 446pp, hc) [Faradawn] Post-holocaust fable by the author of Quest for the Faradawn.
• * _Melvaig’s Vision (Grafton 0-586-05885-0, Feb ’87, £2.95, 446pp, pb) [Faradawn] Reissue (Granada 1984) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Faradawn” trilogy.
• * _Quest for the Faradawn (Grafton 0-586-05306-9, Feb ’88, £2.95, 310pp, pb) [Faradawn] Reissue (Granada 1982) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Faradawn” trilogy.

FORDE, R. A. (1948- )

• * *Wise-Woman (NEL 0-450-42302-6, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], £12.95, 352pp, hc) Celtic fantasy novel about Princess Dahut and the Lost City of Ys.
• * _Wise-Woman (NEL 0-450-50100-0, Aug ’89, £3.99, 352pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1988) Celtic fantasy novel.

FOREMAN, LELIA ROSE (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Shatterworld (Eerdmans 0-8028-5112-6, Mar ’95 [May ’95], $5.99, 162pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Young-adult SF novel. Puritans attempting to build a New Earth on another planet find friendly, crab-like aliens — and an asteroid on a collision course with their new home. A hardcover edition (-5097-9, $13.99) was announced but not seen. A first novel.

FOREST, REGAN; pseudonym

• * *Moonspell (Harlequin 0-373-79003-1, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.25, 251pp, pb, cover by Corey Wolfe) Fantasy romance in the “Dreamscape” line about a romance writer under a love spell. Originally published in Italy (Edizioni Mondadori 1989).

FORMAN, JAMES D(ouglas) (1932- )

• * *Cry Havoc (Macmillan Scribner’s 0-684-18838-4, 1988 [Apr ’88], $12.95, 199pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of an Army genetic experiment gone wrong, creating killer dogs.
• * *Doomsday Plus Twelve (Scribner’s 0-684-18221-1, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $12.95, 230pp, hc) Post-holocaust sf novel.

FORREST, ELIZABETH; pseudonym of Rhondi Vilott, (1949- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Bright Shadow (DAW 0-88677-738-0, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $5.99, 464pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Horror novel. A man gets more trouble than expected when he rescues a little girl from a cult about to be invaded by the FBI. Forrest is a pen name for Rhondi Salsitz.
• * _Bright Shadow (DAW 0-88677-738-0, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $6.99, 464pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reissue (DAW 1997) horror novel. Forrest is a pen name for Rhondi Salsitz. This still indicates first printing, but the price has increased.
• * *Dark Tide (DAW 0-88677-560-4, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $4.99, 368pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Horror novel of a man forced for business reasons to return to the town where he grew up, where something is lurking beneath the sea, waiting to be awakened.
• * _Dark Tide (DAW 0-88677-560-4, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $5.99, 368pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reissue (DAW 1993) horror novel. This still indicates first printing, but the price has increased.
• * *Death Watch (DAW 0-88677-648-1, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.99, 451pp, pb) Horror novel. A murderer uses virtual reality to kill.
• * *Killjoy (DAW 0-88677-695-3, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $5.99, 458pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Horror novel.
• * *Phoenix Fire (DAW 0-88677-515-9, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $4.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) Fantasy novel of a phoenix buried in the La Brea tar pits and a demon in China who awaken and their conflict threatens the world. A first novel.
• * *Retribution (DAW 0-88677-779-8, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $6.99, 427pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Horror novel. A woman’s paintings are somehow tied to an undiscovered serial killer.

FORREST, FELIX C.; pseudonym of Paul M. A. Linebarger, (1913-1966)

• * _Ria (Jwindz 0-9618918-0-7, 1987 [Mar ’88], $19.95, 242pp, hc) Reprint (Duell, Sloan & Pearce 1947). Non-sf; associational. Pseudonym of Paul Linebarger who was also Cordwainer Smith. 1500 copies of this book were printed. Dated 1987; not seen until 1988.