The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- FORWARD, ROBERT D(odson) (continued)
- * *The Owl 2: Scarlet Serenade (NEL 0-450-53215-1, Sep 90, £3.50, 207pp, pb) [Owl] Thriller with minor supernatural elements. Recommended. (PSP)
- FORWARD, ROBERT L(ull) (1932-2002) (stories)
- * *Camelot 30K (Tor 0-312-85215-0, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $20.95, 308pp, hc, cover by Carol Russo) Sf first contact novel of tiny aliens living at 30° above absolute zero on Pluto.
- * _Camelot 30K (Tor 0-812-51647-8, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $5.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Shigemi Numaza) Reprint (Tor 1993) SF first-contact novel.
- * _Dragons Egg (NEL 0-450-05197-8, Jan 88 [Dec 87], £2.95, 308pp, pb) [*Dragons Egg] Reissue (Del Rey 1980) sf novel.
- * *Dragons Egg/Starquake (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38898-4, Aug 94 [Jul 94], $5.50, 535pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [*Dragons Egg] Omnibus of two sf novels, Dragons Egg (Del Rey 1980) and its sequel Starquake (Del Rey 1985). (Contents)
- * *The Flight of the Dragonfly (Timescape 0-671-49939-4, Jun 84 [May 84], $17.95, 319pp, hc) Sf novel.
- * *The Flight of the Dragonfly (Timescape 0-671-49944-0, Jun 84 [May 84], $4.95, 319pp, tp) Trade paperback edition of the above.
- * _The Flight of the Dragonfly (Baen 0-671-55937-0, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $3.50, 376pp, pb) Reprint (Timescape 1984) sf novel.
- * _The Flight of the Dragonfly (NEL 0-450-05823-9, Aug 87, £2.95, 318pp, pb) Reissue (Timescape 1984) sf novel.
- * *Future Magic (Avon 0-380-89814-4, Jun 88 [May 88], $3.95, 230pp, pb) Non-fiction, associational. About applications of advanced physics. The subtitle is: How Todays Science Fiction Will Become Tomorrows Reality, and it examines various science fictional items as scientific possibilities.
- * *Indistinguishable from Magic (Baen 0-671-87686-4, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 372pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Collection of eight SF stories, accompanied by eight articles discussing the scientific facts demonstrated in the stories. (Contents)
- * *Marooned on Eden (with Martha Dodson Forward) (Baen 0-671-72180-1, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $4.99, 368pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Sf novel of human scientists marooned on an alien planet, third book of the Rocheworld series. The cover and spine co-author credit is for Margaret Dodson Forward, but the title and copyright pages are correct.
- * *Martian Rainbow (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34712-9, Jun 91, $18.00, 319pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Sf novel about a human-colonized Mars as a pawn in a Russian-American power struggle. A 14-page New Colonists Guide to Mars mentioned in the story is appended.
- * _Martian Rainbow (Easton Press no ISBN, Sep 91, no price, 319pp, hc) Sf novel about a human-colonized Mars, with artwork by Jim Burns. This edition is published simultaneously with the Del Rey edition which appeared three months earlier. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Signed First Editions of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
- * _Martian Rainbow (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37772-9, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $4.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Del Rey 1991) sf novel about a human-colonized Mars as a pawn in a Russian-American power struggle.
- * *Mirror Matter: Pioneering Antimatter Physics (with Joel Davis) (John Wiley 0-471-62812-3, Mar 88 [Apr 88], $18.95, 262pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational. Popular science book on antimatter by a pair of scientist/sf writers. Some of this is written as sf scenarios.
- * *Ocean Under the Ice (with Martha Dodson Forward) (Baen 0-671-87600-7, Jun 94 [May 94], $4.99, 443pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Rocheworld] SF novel, fourth book of the Rocheworld series.
- * *The Owl (Pinnacle 0-523-42194-X, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $3.50, 247pp, pb) Fantasy horror novel, a first novel by Dr. Robert L. Forwards son.
- * *Rescue from Paradise (with Julie Forward Fuller) (Baen 0-671-87655-4, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $5.99, 344pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Rocheworld] SF novel, fifth in the Rocheworld series. A new generation raised in a lost colony is about to be rescued.
- * *Return to Rocheworld (with Julie Forward Fuller) (Baen 0-671-72153-4, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $4.99, 306pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Rocheworld] Hard sf novel of a human expeditions experiences with an unfriendly aquatic alien race. Sequel to Rocheworld.
- * *Rocheworld (Baen 0-671-69869-9, Apr 90 [Mar 90], $4.50, 470pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) [Rocheworld] Hard sf high-tech novel originally written in 1981 as a 150,000 word book; a 60,000 word version appeared in Analog under the present title; a 100,000 word version appeared as The Flight of the Dragonfly (Timescape 1984); a 110,000 word version appeared from Baen in 1985. This 155,000 word version combines pieces of all the others and goes back to the original title.
- * *Saturn Rukh (Tor 0-312-86321-7, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $22.95, 318pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) SF novel. Humans exploring Saturns upper atmosphere encounter huge flying creatures.
- * _Saturn Rukh (Tor 0-812-53458-1, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $6.99, 337pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 1997) SF novel.
- * *Starquake (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31232-5, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $14.95, 326pp, hc) [*Dragons Egg] Sf novel, a sequel to Dragons Egg.
- * _Starquake (SFBC #03808, Apr 86, $5.98, 247pp, hc) [*Dragons Egg] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel, sequel to Dragons Egg.
- * _Starquake (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31233-3, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $3.95, 339pp, pb) [*Dragons Egg] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel, sequel to Dragons Egg.
- * _Starquake (NEL 0-450-41908-8, Jan 88, £2.95, 339pp, pb) [*Dragons Egg] Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel. A disappointing sequel to Dragons Egg which adds little new of interest, and which rapidly becomes ludicrous in its desperate attempts to cope with the massive time difference between humans and aliens. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
- * *Timemaster (Tor 0-312-85214-2, May 92, $19.95, 272pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) Sf novel about a billionaire industrialist who communicates with aliens, achieves interstellar flight, and explores other planets.
- * _Timemaster (Tor 0-812-51644-3, Mar 93 [Feb 93], $5.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Vincent DiFate) Reprint (Tor 1992) sf novel.
- FOSBURGH, LIZA (1930- )
- * _Bella Arabella (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15484-2, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $2.50, 102pp, tp) Reprint (Four Winds 1985) juvenile fantasy novel.
- FOSS, CHRIS(topher) (1946- )
- * *The Chris Foss Portfolio (Paper Tiger 1-85028-140-8, Jan 91, £9.95, 64pp, tp, cover by Chris Foss) Portfolio of 28 full page (16" x 11") reproductions of Chris Foss covers, with introductory text by Nigel Suckling. Recommended. (PSP)
- * *Diary of a Spaceperson (Paper Tiger 1-85028-048-7, Jan 91, £16.95, 143pp, hc, cover by Chris Foss) Collection of sf and erotic art illustrating an original short story in the form of a young spacewomans diary.
- * _Diary of a Spaceperson (Paper Tiger 1-85028-049-5, Oct 91 [Dec 91], £10.95, 143pp, tp) Reprint (Paper Tiger 1991) collection of sf and erotic art illustrating an original short story.
- FOSTER, ALAN DEAN (1946- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Alien 3 (Warner UK 0-7088-5240-8, Jun 92, £4.50, 218pp, pb) [Alien] Sf novelization based on the screenplay by David Giger & Walter Hill & Larry Ferguson. Simultaneous with US (Warner) edition.
- * *Alien 3 (Little, Brown UK 0-356-20310-7, Jun 92, £13.99, 218pp, hc) [Alien] Hardback edition of the above.
- * *Alien Nation (Warner 0-446-35264-0, Jun 88 [Jul 88], $3.95, 217pp, pb) [Alien Nation] Sf novelization, a near-future police thriller with aliens.
- * _Alien Nation (Grafton 0-586-20594-2, Jan 89, £2.99, 217pp, pb) [Alien Nation] Reprint (Warner 1988) sf film novelization. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Alien Nation (Severn House 0-7278-1731-0, Jan 89, £10.95, 217pp, hc) [Alien Nation] Hardback edition of the above. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
- * *Alien3 (Warner 0-446-36216-6, Jun 92 [May 92], $4.99, 218pp, pb) [Alien] Movie tie-in novelization of the sf film.
- * *Aliens (Warner 0-446-30139-6, Jun 86 [May 86], $3.95, 247pp, pb) [Alien] A novelization based on the screenplay by James Cameron of the sequel to Alien.
- * _Aliens (Futura 0-7088-3182-6, Aug 86, £2.50, 247pp, pb) [Alien] Reprint (Warner 1986) film novelization.
- * _Aliens (Severn House 0-7278-1433-8, Jan 87, £8.95, 247pp, hc) [Alien] Reprint (Warner 1986) sf film novelization.
- * _Bloodhype (NEL 0-450-04339-8, Jul 87, £2.50, 206pp, pb) [Pip & Flinx] Reissue (Ballantine 1973) sf novel.
- * _Bloodhype (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33285-7, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $3.50, 249pp, pb) [Pip & Flinx] Reissue (Del Rey 1973) sf novel, space opera in the Flinx series; 11th printing.
- * _Bloodhype (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33285-7, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $5.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Pip & Flinx] Reissue (Del Rey 1973) SF novel in the Pip and Flinx series; 16th printing.
- * _Cachalot (NEL 0-450-05193-5, Jul 87, £2.95, 275pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1980) sf novel.
- * _Cachalot (Severn House 0-7278-4617-5, Apr 94, £14.99, 275pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (Ballantine 1980) SF novel.
- * *A Call to Arms (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35855-4, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $18.95, 341pp, hc, cover by Syd Dutton) [Damned] Sf novel of human involvement in an alien war, first book of The Damned.
- * _A Call to Arms (Easton Press no ISBN, May 91, no price, 341pp, hc) [Damned] Sf novel with an intro by James Gunn, artwork by Barclay Shaw. This edition is published simultaneously with the Del Rey edition which appeared two months earlier. Leatherbound, gilt-edge edition, part of the Signed First Editions of Science Fiction series, available by subscription only.
- * _A Call to Arms (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37574-2, Apr 92 [Mar 92], $5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Damned] Reprint (Del Rey 1991) sf novel of human involvement in an alien war, first book of The Damned.
- * _A Call to Arms (Legend 0-09-995440-0, Oct 96, £5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Damned] Reprint (Del Rey 1991) SF novel. Volume 1 of The Damned. Opposing alien forces battle for the support or subjugation of humanity. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Carnivores of Light and Darkness (Warner Aspect 0-446-52132-9, Jun 98 [May 98], $23.00, 344pp, hc, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Journeys of the Catechist] Fantasy novel set in an oddly mutable Africa. A reluctant cowherd accepts a dying mans quest to save a faraway, abducted princess. Book one of Journeys of the Catechist.
- * *Cat-a-Lyst (Ace 0-441-64661-1, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $4.95, 325pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) Humorous sf novel of a movie star and his cat encountering a lost civilization of alien Incas planning to conquer the world.
- * _Cat-a-Lyst (SFBC #18701, Sep 91 [Oct 91], $5.98, 206pp, hc, cover by Dean Morrissey) Reprint (Ace 1991) humorous sf novel about a movie star and his cat. First hardcover edition.
- * _Cat-a-Lyst (Orbit 1-85723-011-6, May 92, £4.50, 327pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1991) sf novel about a lost civilization of extra-dimensional Incas. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Cat-a-Lyst (Severn House 0-7278-4455-5, Apr 93 [May 93], £13.99, 326pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (Ace 1991) humorous sf novel about a movie star and his cat.
- * *Chorus Skating (Warner Aspect 0-446-36237-9, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $5.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Tim Hildebrandt) [Spellsinger] Fantasy novel, seventh book in the Spellsinger series.
- * _Chorus Skating (Orbit 1-85723-313-1, Jun 95, £4.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Spellsinger] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1994) humorous fantasy novel, volume 8 in the Spellsinger series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Chorus Skating (Severn House 0-7278-4866-6, Oct 95, £16.99, 344pp, hc, cover by Les Daniels) [Spellsinger] Reprint (Warner Aspect 1994) humorous fantasy novel; volume eight in the Spellsinger series. First UK hardcover.
- * *Codgerspace (Ace 0-441-71851-5, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Humorous sf novel about an AI disrupting all mechanical life on Earth in search of a nonhuman higher intelligence.
- * _Codgerspace (SFBC #01092, Jul 92 [Aug 92], $6.98, 228pp, hc, cover by David Mattingly) Reprint (Ace 1992) humorous sf novel about an AI disrupting all mechanical life on Earth in search of a nonhuman higher intelligence. This lacks an ISBN and price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. First hardcover edition.
- * _Codgerspace (Orbit 1-85723-035-3, Apr 93, £4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Steve Bradbury) Reprint (Ace 1992) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Codgerspace (Severn House 0-7278-4685-X, Nov 94, £15.99, 309pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) Reprint (Ace 1992) SF novel. First World Hardcover.
- * *The Complete Alien Omnibus (Warner UK 0-7515-0667-2, Oct 93, £8.99, 649pp, tp) [Alien] Omnibus of the novelizations of the three Alien films. (Contents)
- * *Cyber Way (Ace 0-441-13245-6, May 90 [Apr 90], $4.50, 306pp, pb, cover by James Gurney) Sf/police procedural novel with a strong Navajo/computer background.
- * _Cyber Way (SFBC #17234, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $5.98, 225pp, hc, cover by James Gurney) Reprint (Ace 1990) sf/Navajo/police procedural novel. First hardcover edition.
- * _Cyber Way (Orbit 1-85723-010-8, May 92, £4.50, 307pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1990) sf thriller. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Day of the Dissonance (Phantasia 0-932096-30-1, Jun 84 [May 84], $40.00, 269pp, hc) [Spellsinger] Fantasy novel, sequel to Spellsinger at the Gate (Phantasia 1983) which was published later in two volumes by Warner: Spellsinger and The Hour of the Gate. This is the signed, boxed, & numbered special edition of 375 copies. The 2,000 copy trade edition is $17.00.
- * _The Day of the Dissonance (Warner 0-446-32133-8, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.95, 292pp, pb) [Spellsinger] Reprint (Phantasia 1984) fantasy novel, first trade edition. Its either the second or the third book in the Spellsinger series, depending on how youre counting.
- * _The Day of the Dissonance (Warner 0-446-34158-4, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $3.50, 292pp, pb) [Spellsinger] Reissue (Phantasia 1984) fantasy novel, Spellsinger #3; 2nd printing.
- * _The Day of the Dissonance (Macdonald 0-356-12178-X, Jul 86 [Mar 86], £9.95, 304pp, hc) [Spellsinger] Reprint (Phantasia 1984) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Spellsinger series; library edition.
- * *The Deluge Drivers (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33330-6, Jun 87 [May 87], $3.95, 311pp, pb) [Icerigger; Thranx] Sf novel, Book Three of the Icerigger trilogy.
- * _The Deluge Drivers (NEL 0-450-42642-4, Jul 88, £2.95, 311pp, pb) [Icerigger; Thranx] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel. Volume 3 in the Icerigger trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Deluge Drivers (Severn House 0-7278-1742-6, Dec 89 [Feb 90], £11.95, 311pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) [Icerigger; Thranx] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel. Volume 3 in the Iceworld trilogy.
- * *Design for Great-Day (with Eric Frank Russell) (Tor 0-312-85501-X, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $21.00, 255pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) SF novel, an expansion by Foster of Russells 1953 novella.
- * _Design for Great-Day (with Eric Frank Russell) (Tor 0-812-52460-8, Mar 96 [Feb 96], $5.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel, an expansion by Foster of Russells 1953 novella.
- * *The Dig (Warner Aspect 0-446-51853-0, Jan 96, $19.95, 296pp, hc, cover by Bill Eaken) SF novelization based on a CD-ROM computer game. Copyrighted by LucasArts Entertainment Company.
- * _The Dig (Corgi 0-552-14490-8, May 96, £4.99, 334pp, pb) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1966) novelisation based on the LucasArts CD-Rom game. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Dig (Warner Aspect 0-446-60379-1, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $6.50, 310pp, pb, cover by Bill Eaken) Reprint (Aspect 1996) SF novelization based on a CD-ROM computer game. Copyrighted by LucasArts Entertainment.
- * _The Dig (Severn House 0-7278-5266-3, Oct 97, £16.99, 334pp, hc) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1996) novelization based on the LucasArts CD-Rom game. First UK hardcover.
- * *Dinotopia Lost (Turner 1-57036-279-3, Mar 96 [Feb 96], $21.95, 318pp, hc, cover by James Gurney) [Dinotopia] Novelization based on James Gurneys Dinotopia. Pirates attack on the eve of a typhoon.
- * _Dinotopia Lost (SFBC #11985, Jul 96 [Jun 96], $10.98, 318pp, hc, cover by James Gurney) [Dinotopia] Reprint (Turner 1996) novelization based on James Gurneys Dinotopia. This is similar to the Turner edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Dinotopia Lost (Bantam UK 0-553-50495-9, Aug 96, £4.99, 350pp, pb, cover by James Gurney) [Dinotopia] Reprint (Turner 1996) novelization based on the Dinotopia books by Gurney; copyrighted by Gurney and The Greenwich Workshop Inc. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Dinotopia Lost (Ace 0-441-00462-8, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $12.00, 326pp, tp, cover by James Gurney) [Dinotopia] Reprint (Turner 1996) novelization based on James Gurneys Dinotopia. Copyrighted by James Gurney and The Greenwich Workshop.
- * _Dinotopia Lost (HarperCollins 0-06-028004-2, Jun 98 [Jul 98], $22.95, 280pp, hc, cover by James Gurney) [Dinotopia] Reprint (Turner 1996) novelization based on James Gurneys Dinotopia.
- * _Dinotopia Lost (Severn House 0-7278-5377-5, Jul 98 [Aug 98], £17.99, 350pp, hc) [Dinotopia] Reprint (Turner 1996) novelisation based on the Dinotopia books by the artist, James Gurney. First UK hardcover.
- * _The End of the Matter (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33465-5, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $3.50, 256pp, pb) [Pip & Flinx] Reissue (Del Rey 1977) sf adventure novel in the Flinx series; eighth printing.
- * _The End of the Matter (Severn House 0-7278-4223-4, Jun 91 [May 91], £11.99, 206pp, hc) [Pip & Flinx] Reprint (Del Rey 1977) sf novel. First world hardcover edition.
- * _The End of the Matter (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33465-5, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $5.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Pip & Flinx] Reissue (Del Rey 1977) SF novel in the Pip and Flinx series; 16th printing.
- * *The False Mirror (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35856-2, Apr 92 [Mar 92], $19.00, 277pp, hc, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Damned] Sf novel of human involvement in a millenium-long alien conflict, second book of The Damned.
- * _The False Mirror (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37575-0, Jun 93 [May 93], $5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Damned] Reprint (Del Rey 1992) sf novel of human involvement in a millenium-long alien conflict, second book of The Damned.
- * _The False Mirror (Legend 0-09-932041-X, Dec 96, £5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Damned] Reprint (Del Rey 1992) SF novel. Book 2 of The Damned after A Call to Arms. [First U.K. edition]
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