The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- GORMLEY, BEATRICE (continued)
- * _Pauls Volcano (Avon Camelot 0-380-70562-1, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $2.50, 120pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1987) childrens sf/mad scientist/science project novel.
- * *Richard and the Vratch (Avon Camelot 0-380-75207-7, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $3.75, 133pp, pb) Juvenile sf novel about a tribe of prehistoric creatures.
- * *Wanted: UFO (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-44593-5, Jul 90 [Sep 90], $12.95, 119pp, hc, cover by Emily Arnold McCully) Young-adult sf novel of two kids and the spaceship that lands in the backyard.
- GORO, FRITZ
- * *On the Nature of Things: The Scientific Photography of Fritz Goro (Aperture 0-89381-542-X, 1993 [Jun 94], $40.00, 130pp, hc, cover by Fritz Goro) Associational art book, a collection of Fritz W. Goros photographs of scientific subjects such as DNA, moon rocks, fiberoptics, etc., with commentary by various scientists and an introduction by Stephen Jay Gould. The photos are more exotic than most modern art books.
- GOROG, JUDITH (Allen) (1938- ) (stories)
- * *On Meeting Witches at Wells (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-21803-3, Oct 91 [Nov 91], $14.95, 119pp, hc, cover by Karl Swanson) Young-adult collection of 14 fantasy and horror stories told when a group of kids gather for the last time at their school before its closed up and destroyed. (Contents)
- * *Please Do Not Touch (Scholastic 0-590-46682-8, Sep 93 [Oct 93], $13.95, 129pp, hc, cover by Stanislaw Fernandes) Young-adult collection of 12 connected horror stories centered around exhibits at a strange art gallery. (Contents)
- * *Three Dreams and a Nightmare and Other Tales of the Dark (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-21578-6, Sep 88 [May 89], $13.95, 156pp, hc) Young-adult collection of 14 stories of the fantastic. Published in 1988, but not seen until 1989. (Contents)
- * _When Flesh Begins to Creep (Gollancz 0-575-03797-0, Mar 86, £6.95, 128pp, hc) Reprint (Philomel 1982, as A Taste for Quiet) juvenile collection of 12 supernatural stories.
- * _When Flesh Begins to Creep (Lions 0-00-672777-8, Dec 87, £1.95, 142pp, pb) Reprint (Philomel 1982, as A Taste for Quiet) original juvenile fantasy/occult collection.
- * *Winning Scheherezade (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31648-8, Apr 91, $11.95, 101pp, hc, cover by James E. Ransome) [Thousand and One Nights] Young-adult fantasy novel, a sequel to The Thousand and One Nights.
- GOSHGARIAN, GARY (1942- ) (stories)
- * *Rough Beast (Penguin/Donald I. Fine 1-55611-464-8, Dec 95 [Jan 96], $21.95, 296pp, hc) Horror/SF novel
- * _Rough Beast (Leisure 0-8439-4152-9, Jan 97 [Aug 97], $4.99, 296pp, pb) Reprint (Fine 1995) horror/SF novel.
- * *The Stone Circle (Penguin/Donald I. Fine 1-55611-533-4, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $21.95, 296pp, hc) Horror novel combining Native American and Celtic mythology. A stone henge is uncovered on an island in Boston Harbor.
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- GOTLIEB, PHYLLIS (Fay, née Bloom) (1926-2009) (stories)
- * *Blue Apes (Tesseract 1-895836-13-1, Dec 95 [Feb 96], $8.95, 272pp, pb, cover by Robert Pasternak) Collection of 11 stories. Also published in a hardcover edition (-14-X, $21.95). Price is the same in US and Canadian money. Order from Tesseract Books, 214-21 10405 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton Alberta Canada T5J 3S2. Add $2.00 postage. (Contents)
- * _Emperor, Swords, Pentacles (Ace 0-441-20547-X, May 85 [Apr 85], $2.95, 299pp, pb) [Starcats] Reissue (Ace 1982) sf novel in the Khreng and Prandra series. Third Ace printing.
- * *Flesh and Gold (Tor 0-312-86523-6, Feb 98 [Jan 98], $22.95, 286pp, hc) [Flesh and Gold] SF novel. A telepathic alien judge far from her homeworld investigates slavery of altered humans.
- * *Heart of Red Iron (St. Martins 0-312-02583-1, Mar 89, $15.95, 235pp, hc) [Dahlgren] Sf novel, sequel to O Master Caliban!.
- * _A Judgement of Dragons (Ace 0-441-42032-X, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $2.95, 263pp, pb) [Starcats] Reprint (Berkley 1980) collection of four stories starring sentient cats. First book in a trilogy.
- * *The Kingdom of Cats (Ace 0-441-44453-9, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $2.95, 284pp, pb) [Starcats] Sf novel, third in the Ungruwarkh trilogy. This tour-de-force underscores Gotliebs much-underestimated talent - a complex, demanding and rewarding book. Not to be missed. (DLN)
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- * *Tesseracts 2 (with Douglas Barbour) (Porcépic Press 0-88878-270-5, Nov 87, C$9.95, 295pp, tp) Mostly original anthology of 23 Canadian sf stories, including some appearing in English for the first time. (Contents)
- GOTTFRIED, CHET (M.) (1947- ) (stories)
- * *The Steel Eye (Space & Time 0-917053-00-1, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $5.95, 151pp, tp) Sf/mystery novel featuring a hardboiled robot detective. This is the first book publication from Gordon Linzner of Space and Time Magazine.
- GOTTLIEB, SHERRY (Maureen Gershon) (1948- )
- * *Hell No We Wont Go: Resisting the Draft During the Vietnam War (Viking 0-670-83935-3, Jul 91 [Aug 91], $21.95, 274pp, hc, cover by Tom McKeveny) Associational non-fiction, a collection of interviews about the Vietnam War and the anti-war movement by the former proprietor of A Change of Hobbit bookstore. Sf people represented include Stephen R. Donaldson, Michael Reaves, Dennis Etchison, John Varley, and Debbie Notkin. Others have names that are sus-piciously similar to literary personalities.
- * *Love Bite (Warner 0-446-36537-8, Jun 94 [May 94], $5.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) [Love Bite] Vampire horror novel about a police detective marked by a vampire as her mate. A first novel.
- * _Love Bite (Transylvania Press 1-55135-001-7, Jul 94 [Aug 94], $65.00, 275pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) [Love Bite] Reprint (Warner 1994) vampire horror novel. First hardcover edition. This is a signed numbered slipcased 500-copy limited edition.
- * _Love Bite (Warner UK 0-7515-1090-4, Aug 94, £4.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) [Love Bite] Reprint (Warner 1994) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- GOUDGE, EILEEN; [i.e., Eileen Goudge Zuckerman] (1950- ) (stories)
- * *Eileen Goudges Swept Away #1: Gone with the Wish (Avon Flare 0-380-75128-3, Sep 86 [Feb 87], $2.50, 166pp, pb) Young-adult sf/romance novel, first in a series about time-traveling teens. Issued in 1986; not seen until now.
- * *Eileen Goudges Swept Away #4: Star Struck (Avon Flare 0-380-75131-3, Jan 87, $2.50, 202pp, pb) Latest in a series of teenage time travel romances; a computer makes Kiki Wynkowskis wildest dreams come true, and shes back in the 30s starring in a major movie.
- GOUDGE, ELIZABETH (de Beauchamp) (1900-1984) (stories)
- * _Linnets and Valerians (Dell Yearling 0-440-40590-4, Mar 92 [Feb 92], $3.50, 246pp, pb, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) Reprint (Brockhampton Press 1964) young-adult fantasy novel of a magical battle between good and evil in a small English village.
- * _The Little White Horse (Dell Yearling 0-440-40734-6, Dec 92 [Nov 92], $3.50, 277pp, tp, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) Reprint (University of London Press 1946) classic young-adult fantasy of an orphaned girl who finds mystery and fantasy at lonely Moonacre Manor.
- * _The Little White Horse (Lion 0-7459-1458-6, Mar 94, £3.50, 238pp, pb, cover by Govinder Ram) Reprint (University of London 1946) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _The Little White Horse (Lion 0-7459-1458-6, Apr 94 [Aug 94], £3.50, 238pp, pb, cover by Govinder Ram) Reprint (University of London 1946) young-adult fantasy novel, winner of the 1946 Carnegie Medal. A tie-in edition to the BBC1 serial Moonacre.
- GOUGH, VAL, ed. (stories)
- * *A Very Different Story: Studies on the Fiction of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (with Jill Rudd) (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-601-1, Nov 98 [Dec 98], £15.95, x+188pp, tp) Collection of critical essays on the author of Herland and The Yellow Wallpaper. A hardcover edition (-591-0, £32.00) was announced but not seen. [Gilman]
- GOULART, RON(ald Joseph) (1933- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _After Things Fell Apart (Berkley 0-425-07647-4, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $2.75, 189pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1977) satiric sf novel.
- * *Authors Choice Monthly Issue 11: Skyrocket Steele Conquers the Universe and Other Media Tales (Pulphouse no ISBN, Aug 90, $4.95, 100pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Collection of five stories plus an introduction by the author. A signed hardcover edition ($25.00) is also available. A deluxe leatherbound edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * _Battlestar Galactica # 9: Experiment in Terra (with Glen A. Larson) See entry under Glen A. Larson
- * _Battlestar Galactica #10: The Long Patrol (with Glen A. Larson) See entry under Glen A. Larson
- * *Brainz, Inc. (DAW 0-88677-042-4, May 85 [Apr 85], $2.75, 205pp, pb) [Odd Jobs, Inc.] Sf novel. Part of the Odd Jobs, Inc. series.
- * *The Curse of the Obelisk (Avon 0-380-89858-6, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $2.95, 139pp, pb) Humorous fantasy novel.
- * *Daredevils, Ltd. (St. Martins 0-312-90140-2, Jun 87 [May 87], $2.95, 185pp, pb) [Ex-Chameleon] Sf novel of a future private investigator, part of the humorous Ben Jolson series.
- * *The Dime Detectives (Mysterious Press 0-89296-191-0, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $17.95, 248pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational. A history of the detective fiction pulps.
- * *Everybody Comes to Cosmos (St. Martins 0-312-90931-4, Feb 88 [Mar 88], $2.95, 184pp, pb) [Ex-Chameleon] Humorous sf novel, third in the Ex-Chameleon series, sequel series to the Chameleon Corps series.
- * *Galaxy Jane (Berkley 0-425-08684-4, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $2.95, 168pp, pb) Humorous sf novel of drug smuggling under cover of filming the epic pirate adventure Galaxy Jane; a reporter and a robot photographer investigate.
- * *The Great Comic Book Artists (St. Martins 0-312-34557-7, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $12.95, 128pp, pb) Non-fiction, reference. Short biographies of 60 comic artists plus a full-page example of their work.
- * *The Great Comic Book Artists Volume 2 (St. Martins 0-312-01768-5, Dec 88, $12.95, 113pp, tp) Non-fiction, biography. One-page articles plus one page of art from 56 artists.
- * *Groucho Marx, Master Detective (St. Martins/Dunne 0-312-18106-X, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $22.95, 262pp, hc, cover by Hal Just) [Groucho Marx] Associational mystery.
- * *Hellquad (DAW 0-87997-949-6, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $2.50, 158pp, pb) Humorous sf novel in typical Goulartian style.
- * *The Prisoner of Blackwood Castle (Avon 0-380-88005-9, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $2.50, 174pp, pb) Humorous fantasy adventure novel.
- * *Ron Goularts Great History of Comic Books (Contemporary Books 0-8092-5045-4, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $14.95, 314pp, pb) Non-fiction, reference. An illustrated history of American comics from the 1890s to the 1980s. A once-over-lightly with a nod to pulp fiction. A good, quick, sprightly written reference, but certainly not definitive. (CNB)
- * *Starpirates Brain (St. Martins 0-312-90053-8, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $2.95, 184pp, pb) [Ex-Chameleon] Sf adventure novel, Book 2 of The Exchameleon series.
- * *Suicide, Inc. (Berkley 0-425-07586-9, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $2.75, 156pp, pb) Sf novel.
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- * *The Encyclopedia of American Comics (Facts on File 0-8160-1852-9, Nov 90, $39.95, 408pp, hc) Non-fiction; reference. An excyclopedia of American comics and comics industry personalities, this covers everything from the Katzenjammer Kids to the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.
- * _The Encyclopedia of American Comics (Facts on File 0-8160-2582-7, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $19.95, 408pp, tp) Reprint (Facts on File 1990) non-fiction reference book. An encyclopedia of American comics and comics industry personalities.
- GOULD, ALAN (1951- ); see pseudonym Michael A. Banks (stories)
- GOULD, SANDRA LEE
- * *Faradays Popcorn Factory (St. Martins 0-312-18578-2, May 98, $23.95, 273pp, hc, cover by Jody Hewgill) Fantasy novel. A woman falls in love with (literally) the son of the weather.
- GOULD, STEVEN (Charles) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Greenwar (with Laura J. Mixon) (Tor/Forge 0-312-85261-4, Jun 97 [May 97], $25.95, 380pp, hc, cover by Peter Bollinger) Associational very-near-future thriller of ecological terrorism.
- * _Greenwar (with Laura J. Mixon) (Tor 0-812-57116-9, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $6.99, 588pp, pb, cover by Peter Bollinger) Reprint (Forge 1997) very-near-future thriller of ecological terrorism.
- * *Helm (Tor 0-312-86460-4, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $24.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) SF novel. A younger son on a lost colony planet sets out on a quest with the help of ancient technology.
- * _Helm (SFBC #05864, Jun 98 [May 98], $12.50, 383pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Reprint (Tor 1998) SF lost-colony novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * *Jumper (Tor 0-312-85272-X, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $21.95, 344pp, hc, cover by Romas) [Jumper] Sf novel about a young teleporter on his own in New York City. A first novel.
- * _Jumper (SFBC #02780, Nov 92 [Dec 92], $9.98, 344pp, hc, cover by Romas) [Jumper] Reprint (Tor 1992) sf novel about a young teleporter on his own in New York City. Similar to the Tor edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Jumper (Tor 0-812-52237-0, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $4.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Romas) [Jumper] Reprint (Tor 1992) sf novel about a young teleporter on his own in New York City.
- * *Wildside (Tor 0-312-85473-0, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $22.95, 316pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) SF novel. An 18-year-old controls a gateway to a rich, unpolluted world.
- * _Wildside (SFBC #11583, Jun 96 [May 96], $10.98, 316pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1996) SF novel. An 18-year-old controls a gateway to a rich, unpolluted world. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Wildside (Tor 0-812-52398-9, Jan 97 [Dec 96], $5.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1996) SF novel. An 18-year-old controls a gateway to a rich, unpolluted world.
- GOURMONT, REMY de (1858-1915) (stories)
- * *The Angels of Perversity (Dedalus 0-946626-81-2, Aug 92 [Jul 92], £6.99, 176pp, tp, cover by David Bird) Literary fantasy collection. First English translation (by Francis Amery). (Contents)
- GOWAR, MICK, ed.; [i.e., Michael Robert Gowar] (1951- ) (stories)
- * *Twisted Circuits (Beaver 0-09-943400-8, Jan 87, £1.75, 144pp, pb) Original juvenile sf anthology. (Contents)
- GOWER, DANIEL H.
- * *Harrowgate (Dell Abyss 0-440-21456-4, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $4.99, 385pp, pb) Horror novel of an artist and a beautiful but dead woman guarding mankind from an evil force.
- * *The Orpheus Process (Dell Abyss 0-440-21143-3, Feb 92 [Jan 92], $4.99, 420pp, pb) Horror novel, a retelling of Frankenstein set at a small suburban college. A first novel. Recommended (SW).
- GRABIEN, DEBORAH (1954- ) (chron.)
- * *And Then Put Out the Light (Pan 0-330-32868-9, Jul 93, £4.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Peter Mennim) Ghost story about a woman haunted by a figure from the past.
- * +Eyes in the Fire (St. Martins 0-312-03336-2, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $15.95, 250pp, hc) Fantasy/mystery novel about a woman who is psychically linked to a druid. A first novel. First American edition (Piatkus 1988 as Woman of Fire).
- * *Plainsong (St. Martins 0-312-04403-8, Apr 90, $16.95, 231pp, hc) Near-future post-apocalypse metaphysical literary sf novel.
- * _Plainsong (Fawcett Crest 0-449-21985-2, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $4.99, 229pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martins 1990) near-future post-apocalypse literary sf novel.
- * _Plainsong (Pan 0-330-31833-0, Jan 92, £4.50, 231pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (St. Martins 1990) metaphysical literary sf novel.
- * *Woman of Fire (Piatkus 0-86188-722-0, Sep 88 [Oct 88], £10.50, 250pp, hc) Time-travel fantasy set in the present and the Celtic age.
- GRABINSKI, STEFAN (1887-1936) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Dark Domain (Dedalus 1-873982-25-9, Dec 93, £6.99, 153pp, tp, cover by Franz von Stuck) Collection of literary fantasy stories, translated from the Polish, and introduced, by Miroslaw Lipinski, with an afterword by Madeleine Johnson. (Contents)
- * *The Dark Domain (Dedalus/Hippocrene 0-7818-0211-3, Jan 94, $10.95, 153pp, tp, cover by Franz von Stuck) Collection of 11 literary dark fantasy short stories. These were originally published in 1918 and 1922, and are translated from the Polish by Miroslaw Lipinski. There is an introduction and afterword by the translator. This edition has both the US and UK ISBNs and prices, and is apparently the same as the British edition. The cover calls it a Dedalus book and the title page refers to it as Dedalus/Hippocrene.
- GRABOWSKY, NICHOLAS; see pseudonym Nicholas Randers
- * *Halloween IV (Critics Choice 1-55547-292-3, Nov 88 [Jan 89], $3.50, 223pp, pb) Novelization of the horror movie.
- GRACE, MARIAN (1941- ); see pseudonym Camarin Grae
- GRACE, PATRICIA
- * _The Sky People (The Womens Press 0-7043-4415-7, Aug 95, £5.99, 183pp, tp, cover by Kerry Gemmill) Reprint (Penguin Books (NZ) 1994) literary fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- GRAE, CAMARIN; pseudonym of Marian Grace, (1941- )
- * *Stranded (Naiad Press 0-941483-99-1, Oct 91, $9.95, 307pp, tp, cover by Pat Tong & Bonnie Liss) Lesbian sf novel of aliens in human form fighting another alien determined to turn the U.S. into a theocracy.
- GRAF, L. A.; pseudonym of Julia Ecklar & Karen Rose Cercone (stories)
- * *Alien Nation #7: Extreme Prejudice (Pocket 0-671-79570-8, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $5.50, 279pp, pb) [Alien Nation] SF novelization based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
- * *Star Trek #68: Firestorm (Pocket 0-671-86588-9, Jan 94 [Dec 93], $5.50, 273pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization.
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