The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- ANTHONY, PIERS (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * _With a Tangled Skein (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31885-4, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.95, 404pp, pb) [Incarnations of Immortality] Reissue (Del Rey 1985) fantasy novel, Incarnations of Immortality #3; fifth printing.
- * *Yon Ill Wind (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-65424-4, Aug 96 [Jul 96], £16.99, 263pp, hc, cover by Peter Elson) [Xanth] Humorous fantasy novel. Volume 20 in the Xanth series.
- * +Yon Ill Wind (Tor 0-312-86227-X, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $23.95, 320pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Xanth] Humorous fantasy novel, 20th in the Xanth series. The demon that secretly runs Xanth takes on mortal form for a bet. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1996).
- * _Yon Ill Wind (Tor 0-812-55510-4, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $6.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Xanth] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) humorous fantasy novel, 20th in the Xanth series.
- * *Zombie Lover (Tor 0-312-86690-9, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $23.95, 303pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Xanth] Fantasy novel, 22nd in the Xanth series.
- _____, ed.
- * *Tales from the Great Turtle (with Richard Gilliam) (Tor 0-312-85628-8, Nov 94, $22.95, 396pp, hc) Original anthology of 29 fantasy stories in the Native American tradition, with an introduction by Piers Anthony and an afterword by Richard Gilliam. Authors include Piers Anthony, Jane Yolen, Mike Resnick, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, and Pamela Sargent. (Contents)
- * _Tales from the Great Turtle (with Richard Gilliam) (Tor 0-812-53490-5, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $5.99, 500pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1994) anthology of 29 original fantasy stories in the Native American tradition.
- * *Uncollected Stars (with Martin H. Greenberg, Barry N. Malzberg & Charles G. Waugh) (Avon 0-380-89596-X, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $3.50, 312pp, pb) Anthology of 16 previously uncollected stories, with a foreword by Anthony and an afterword by Malzberg. (Contents)
- ANTIEAU, KIM (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Blossoms (Pulphouse 1-56146-505-4, Jan 91, $1.95, 38pp, pb, cover by George Barr) Sf short story of a zero-G dancer dying of a radiation disease on a space station. Short story paperback #5.
- * *The Gaia Websters (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45511-8, Jun 97 [May 97], $12.95, 230pp, tp, cover by Donato Giancola) Post-holocaust SF novel of a woman with strange healing powers and inexplicable nightmares.
- * *The Jigsaw Woman (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45509-6, Mar 96 [Feb 96], $10.95, 234pp, tp, cover by Donato) Fantasy novel. A manufactured woman wants a life of her own, and gets assistance from a goddess. A first novel.
- * _Jigsaw Woman (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45606-8, Jun 97 [May 97], $5.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) Reprint (Roc 1996 as The Jigsaw Woman) fantasy novel. A manufactured woman wants a life of her own.
- * *Trudging to Eden (Silver Salamander Press 0-940841-66-5, Dec 94 [Mar 95], $30.00, 238pp, hc) Collection of 12 stories, six original, with an introduction by Charles de Lint. A signed, limited edition of 300; a deluxe, leatherbound edition ($65.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Blue Moon Books, 360 West First, Eugene OR 97401; credit card orders 800-738-2660. (Contents)
- ANTON, UWE, ed. (stories)
- * *Welcome to Reality: The Nightmares of Philip K. Dick (Broken Mirrors Press 0-9623824-5-0, Feb 91, $12.95, 208pp, tp, cover by Dawn Wilson) Anthology of stories influenced by or about PKD, or that feature him as a character, including several originals, with introductions by the editor and Paul Williams. First appeared in German (Heyne 1990). This is the first English language edition. The contents are not quite the same as in the German original some German authors have been dropped in favor of U.S./U.K. authors. The stories and introduction originally in German have been translated by Jim Young. A limited hardcover edition (-4-2, $55.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- ANTONI, ROBERT
- * *Divina Trace (Overlook 0-87951-445-0, Jan 92, $22.95, 426pp, hc, cover by Dan Williams) Literary fantasy/magic realism novel set on a small island in the West Indies, about a mans search for the truth of the story of a half-human, half-frog child born to a woman in his family. A first novel.
- * _Divina Trace (Overlook 0-87951-485-X, Mar 93, $13.95, 426pp, tp, cover by Michael Hornburg) Reprint (Overlook 1992) literary fantasy/magic realism novel.
- ANVIL, CHRISTOPHER; pseudonym of Harry C. Crosby, (1925-2009) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Steel, the Mist, and the Blazing Sun (Ace 0-441-78572-7, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $2.95, 282pp, pb) Reissue (Ace 1980) post-holocaust sf novel. 3rd printing.
- APACHE, LAURA; see pseudonym Anne Hathaway-Nayne
- APEL, D. SCOTT, ed. (stories)
- * *Philip K. Dick: The Dream Connection (Permanent Press no ISBN, Mar 87 [May 87], $19.95, 296pp, hc) Mostly non-fiction, a collection of memoirs and essays on Dick, an interview with him, and a Dick short story. Its a handsome, well printed book and a useful addition to collections, among the Dick flood. (CNB) Available only by mail (add $2.00 postage/handling) from D. Scott Apel, Box 700305, San Jose CA 95170. (Contents) [Dick]
- APOSTOLOU, JOHN L., ed. (1930- ) (stories)
- * *The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Dembner 0-942637-06-2, Jan 89 [Feb 89], $16.95, 176pp, hc) Anthology of 13 stories translated from the Japanese, plus a reading list of Japanese sf in English. Recommended. (CNB) (Contents)
- * _The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Dembner 0-942637-28-3, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $9.95, 176pp, tp, cover by Antler & Baldwin) Reprint (Dembner 1989) anthology of 13 stories translated from the Japanese.
- * _The Best Japanese Science Fiction Stories (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Barricade Books 1-56980-124-X, Oct 97, $9.95, 176pp, tp) Reprint (Dembner 1989) anthology of 13 SF stories translated from the Japanese. Authors include Kobo Abe, Shinichi Hoshi, Ryo Hanmura, and Sako Komatsu. There is an introduction by Apostolou, and a foreword by consulting editor Grania Davis, who with Judith Merril was part of the group that translated many of the stories. A reading list of Japanese SF in English is included. Barricade Books, 150 Fifth Ave, Suite 700, New York NY 10011.
- APPEL, ALLEN (R.) (1945- )
- * *Till the End of Time (Doubleday 0-385-24944-6, Jul 90, $19.95, 405pp, hc, cover by Irving Freeman) [Alex Balfour] Time-travel sf novel, third book of the Alex Balfour series. Alex finds himself in a position to prevent the bombing of Hiroshima.
- * *Time After Time (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-182-X, Nov 85 [Feb 86], $17.95, 372pp, hc) [Alex Balfour] Fantasy novel of a history teacher who travels back through time to the Russian Revolution. A first novel. This apparently came out in 1985, but we did not see it until 1986.
- * _Time After Time (Dell/Laurel Leaf 0-440-59116-3, Mar 87 [Jan 87], $6.95, 372pp, tp) [Alex Balfour] Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1975) time travel fantasy novel about a history professor who is projected back to the Russian Revolution by mysterious forces.
- * _Time After Time (Dell 0-440-20577-8, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $4.95, 372pp, pb) [Alex Balfour] Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1985) time-travel adventure novel, first book of a series.
- * *Twice Upon a Time (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-384-9, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $18.95, 351pp, hc) [Alex Balfour] Time travel novel, second in a series that started in Time After Time. A travel agency can send tourists back in time (return not guaranteed). This one sends our hero back to visit Mark Twain and General Custer.
- * _Twice Upon a Time (Dell 0-440-20576-X, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $4.95, 357pp, pb) [Alex Balfour] Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1988) time-travel adventure novel, second book of a series.
- APPIGNANESI, LISA, ed.; [born Elzbieta Borensztejn] (1946- )
- * *The Rushdie File (with Sara Maitland) (Syracuse University Press 0-8156-0248-0, May 90 [Jul 90], $12.95, 266pp, tp) Associational non-fiction; reference. A collection of articles and commentary on Rushdie and The Satanic Verses controversy. A hardcover edition (-2494-8) was announced but not seen.
- APPLEBY, KEN(neth Philip) (1953- )
- * *The Voice of Cepheus (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36269-1, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $3.95, 267pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) Sf novel of alien first contact and a marooned spacecraft. A first novel.
- APPLETON, VICTOR; house pseudonym
- * *Tom Swift #1: The Black Dragon (Pocket Archway 0-671-67823-X, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $2.95, 165pp, pb, cover by Carla Sormanti) [Tom Swift] Young-adult contemporary sf adventure based on the classic character. Tom Swift surfs on a skyboard. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Tom Swift #2: The Negative Zone (Pocket Archway 0-671-67824-8, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $2.95, 151pp, pb, cover by Carla Sormanti) [Tom Swift] Young-adult contemporary sf adventure based on the classic character. Tom Swift loses control of a black hole and enters a parallel universe and meets his evil twin. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Tom Swift #3: Cyborg Kickboxer (Pocket Archway 0-671-67825-6, Jun 91, $2.95, 166pp, pb) [Tom Swift] Young-adult contemporary sf adventure based on the classic character. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Tom Swift #4: The DNA Disaster (Pocket Archway 0-671-67826-4, Aug 91, $2.95, 154pp, pb, cover by Carla Sormanti) [Tom Swift] Young-adult contemporary sf adventure based on the classic character. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Tom Swift #5: Monster Machine [by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald] (Pocket Archway 0-671-67827-2, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $2.99, 154pp, pb) [Tom Swift] Young-adult contemporary sf adventure novel based on the classic character. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Tom Swift #6: Aquatech Warriors [by Debra Doyle & James D. Macdonald] (Pocket Archway 0-671-67828-0, Dec 91 [Jan 92], $2.99, 154pp, pb, cover by Carla Sormanti) [Tom Swift] Young-adult contemporary sf adventure in a series based on the classic character. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Tom Swift #7: Moonstalker (Pocket Archway 0-671-75645-1, Feb 92 [Mar 92], $2.99, 165pp, pb, cover by Carla Sormanti) [Tom Swift] Young-adult contemporary sf adventure in a series based on the classic character. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Tom Swift #8: Microbots (Pocket Archway 0-671-75651-6, Apr 92 [Mar 92], $2.99, 144pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Tom Swift] Young-adult contemporary sf adventure novel based on the classic character. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Tom Swift #9: Fire Biker (Pocket Archway 0-671-75652-4, Jun 92 [May 92], $2.99, 148pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Tom Swift] Young-adult contemporary sf adventure in a series based on the classic character. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * _Tom Swift and His Airship (Applewood Books 1-55709-177-3, Dec 92 [Aug 93], $12.95, 216pp, hc) [Tom Swift] Reprint (Grosset & Dunlap 1910) young-adult adventure novel in the Tom Swift series. This is a facsimile edition. Available from Applewood Books, 18 North Road, Bedford MA 01730.
- * _Tom Swift and His Motor Boat (Applewood Books 1-55709-176-5, Dec 92 [Aug 93], $12.95, 212pp, hc) [Tom Swift] Reprint (Grosset & Dunlap 1910) young-adult adventure novel in the Tom Swift series. This is a facsimile edition. Available from Applewood Books, 18 North Road, Bedford MA 01730.
- * _Tom Swift and His Motor Cycle (Applewood Books 1-55709-175-7, Dec 92 [Aug 93], $12.95, 206pp, hc) [Tom Swift] Reprint (Grosset & Dunlap 1910) young-adult adventure novel in the Tom Swift series. This is a facsimile edition. Available from Applewood Books, 18 North Road, Bedford MA 01730.
- APPLEYARD, BRYAN
- * *The First Church of the New Millennium (Doubleday UK 0-385-40485-9, Feb 94, £14.99, 270pp, hc) Literary sf novel.
- * _The First Church of the New Millennium (Bantam UK 0-553-40729-5, Mar 95, £6.99, 317pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1994) literary SF novel.
- ARAÑA-MARINI y COPPEL, ALFREDO JOSÉ de; see under Coppel, Alfred (stories) (chron.)
- ARATYR, RISA
- * *Hunter of the Light (HarperPrism 0-06-105457-7, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $5.99, 627pp, pb, cover by Paul Wright) Celtic fantasy novel. To save the worlds magic, a bard must hunt down a magic elk. For the Gaelic-impaired, there are four appendices and 17 pages of glossary/pronounciation guide. A first novel.
- ARBUCCI, JOHN
- * *Blood of Innocents (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40233-2, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $4.50, 304pp, pb) Horror novel of a boy with psychic powers.
- ARBUR, ROSEMARIE (1944- )
- * *Marion Zimmer Bradley (Starmont 0-916732-95-9, Dec 85, $8.95, 138pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical study, including annotated primary and secondary bibliographies.
- ARCHER, NATHAN; pseudonym of Lawrence Watt-Evans, (1954- )
- * *Mars Attack #1: Martian Death Trap (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40495-5, May 96 [Apr 96], $18.00, 243pp, hc, cover by Ken Steacy) [Mars Attacks] Novelization based on the banned trading cards of the 1960s, and the comic books (and upcoming movie) of the 1990s. There is an exclusive trading card bound in. Archer is a pen-name for Lawrence Watt-Evans. Copyrighted by Topps Comics.
- * _Mars Attacks: Martian Death Trap (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40953-1, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $5.99, 270pp, pb, cover by Ken Steacy) [Mars Attacks] Reprint (Del Rey 1996) trading-card novelization. Copyrighted by The Topps Company.
- * *Predator: Cold War (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57493-0, May 97 [Apr 97], $4.99, 265pp, pb, cover by John Boton) [Predator] Novelization based on the SF movie and Dark Horse Comics series. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
- * _Predator: Cold War (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-653-5, Jun 98, £4.99, 265pp, pb, cover by Dimitri Patelis) [Predator] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) novelization based on the SF movie and Dark Horse Comics series. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation. Archer is a pseudonym of Lawrence Watt-Evans. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Predator: Concrete Jungle (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56557-5, May 95 [Apr 95], $4.99, 306pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Predator] Novelization based on the SF movie and Dark Horse Comics series. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
- * *Predator: Concrete Jungle (Millennium 1-85798-247-9, May 95, £4.99, 306pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Predator] SF novelisation based on the Dark Horse Graphics novel. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition. Archer is a pen-name for Lawrence Watt-Evans.
- * _Predator: Concrete Jungle (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-654-3, Jun 98, £4.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Dimitri Patelis) [Predator] Reissue (Bantam Spectra; Millennium 1995) SF novelization. Archer is a pseudonym of Lawrence Watt-Evans.
- * *Star Trek Voyager #3: Ragnarok (Pocket 0-671-52044-X, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $5.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Dru Blair) [Star Trek: Voyager] Star Trek novelization based on the TV series. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #10: Valhalla (Pocket 0-671-88115-9, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $5.50, 277pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- ARCHER, PETER (stories)
- _____, ed.
- * *Magic: The Gathering: Rath and Storm (Wizards of the Coast 0-7869-1175-1, Jul 98, $5.99, 311pp, tp) [Magic: The Gathering] Original anthology of nine related stories, with framing material before and after each, based on the card games. Copyrighted by Wizards of the Coast. (Contents)
- ARDAI, CHARLES, ed. (1969- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- ARDEN, TOM; pseudonym of David Rain, (1961- ) (stories)
- * *The Harlequins Dance (Gollancz 0-575-06517-6, Oct 97, £16.99, 448pp, hc, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [The Orokon] Fantasy novel. First book of The Orokon quintet. A first novel.
- * _The Harlequins Dance (Gollancz/Vista 0-575-60192-2, Oct 98, £6.99, 572pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [The Orokon] Reprint (Gollancz 1997) fantasy novel, first book of The Orokon.
- * *The King and Queen of Swords (Gollancz 0-575-06371-8, Oct 98, £16.99, 528pp, hc, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [The Orokon] Fantasy novel. Sequel to The Harlequins Dance, second book of The Orokon.
- ARENAS, REINALDO (1943-1990) (stories)
- * _The Doorman (Grove Press 0-8021-3405-X, Jan 95 [Dec 94], $10.00, 191pp, tp, cover by Bascove) Reprint (Grove Press 1991) novel of magic realism about a doorman who speaks with his tenants pets, who are planning a revolt against humanity. Originally published as El portero (Cuba 1987). Translated from the Spanish by Dolores M. Koch.
- * +The Ill-Fated Peregrinations of Fray Servando (Avon 0-380-75074-0, Dec 87 [Feb 88], $7.95, 246pp, tp) Novel of magical realism, a picaresque allegory; translation by Andrew Hurley. First U.S. edition (Spain 1968).
- ARENSBERG, ANN
- * _Sister Wolf (S&S Washington Square Press 0-671-64507-2, Sep 87 [Aug 87], $5.75, 191pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1980) contemporary novel with fantasy elements.
- ARETON, EMIL COHEN
- * *The New Atlanteans (SCIREA Publishing 0-9640107-0-4, Sep 94, $9.95, 354pp, tp, cover by Phillip Dizick) SF novel based on Atlantean myth, set in the 21st century. Apparently a first novel. Available from SCIREA Publishing, PO Box 2225, Novato CA 94948.
- ARIAS, RON(ald Francis) (1941- )
- * _The Road to Tamazunchale (Doubleday Anchor 0-385-42012-9, Jul 92, $8.00, 105pp, tp, cover by Robert Clyde Anderson) Reprint (Bilingual Press 1987) literary fantasy novel of a dying mans journey through time and space.
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