The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- ARIEL, ed. (stories)
- ARKIN, ALAN (Wolf) (1934- )
- * *The Clearing (Harper & Row 0-06-250032-5, Feb 86, $12.95, 186pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel in the tradition of Watership Down and The Lord of the Rings more the former than the latter, apparently, since it features talking animals.
- ARMITT, LUCIE, ed. (1962- ) (chron.)
- * *Where No Man Has Gone Before: Women and Science Fiction (Routledge 0-415-04448-0, Dec 90 [Mar 91], $16.95, 234pp, hc) Collection of 13 essays on women and sf with an introduction by the editor. A hardcover edition (-04447-2, $59.95) was announced but not seen. This is a worldwide edition printed in England.
- ARMSTRONG, CAMPBELL; pseudonym of Campbell Black, (1944- )
- * _Brainfire (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100086-8, Oct 90, $4.95, 414pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1979) psychic/espionage thriller of a US agent hunted by a Soviet psychic assassin.
- ARMSTRONG, F. W.; pseudonym of T. M. Wright, (1947- )
- * *The Devouring (Tor 0-812-52758-5, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $3.95, 283pp, pb) Horror novel.
- ARMSTRONG, MICHAEL (Allan) (1956- ) (stories)
- * *After the Zap (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20438-9, Jun 87 [May 87], $3.50, 246pp, pb) Post-Electro-Magnetic-Pulse sf catastrophe novel (of a quirky sort); a first novel. Witty and thoroughly eccentric, its an entertaining work. Meet the Wonder Blimp and the bush punks! (FCM)
- * *Agviq (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20848-1, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $4.50, 275pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Sf novel set in the post-holocaust Arctic.
- * *The Hidden War (TSR 1-56076-921-1, Nov 94, $4.95, 250pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) SF novel. Government forces try to quash an asteroid colony with a culture based on the Beat poets.
- ARMSTRONG, T(imothy) J. (1957- )
- * *Walter and the Resurrection of G. (Headline 0-7472-1419-0, Apr 95 [May 95], £16.99, 442pp, hc, cover by Peter Goodfellow) Literary novel with fantasy elements told through the autobiographical manuscript of a 12th century singer and the elliptical biography of an Oxford don working on the manuscript. Both are heavily involved with a mysterious Brotherhood that survives through the centuries.
- ARNASON, ELEANOR (Atwood) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Daughter of the Bear King (Avon 0-380-75109-7, Aug 87 [Jul 87], $3.50, 239pp, pb) Fantasy novel. Monday morning, shes a housewife doing her wash in Minneapolis. Monday night she is battling a slimy/feathered monster and enjoying it. By Tuesday, the two worlds merge.
- * _Daughter of the Bear King (Headline 0-7472-3052-8, Dec 87, £2.95, 239pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1987) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Ring of Swords (Tor 0-312-85518-4, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $21.95, 382pp, hc, cover by Roger Loveless) [Hwarhath] Sf novel of the intrigue surrounding a conference between humans and the first warlike spacefaring alien race that man has encountered.
- * _Ring of Swords (SFBC #01751, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $10.98, 382pp, hc, cover by Roger Loveless) [Hwarhath] Reprint (Tor 1993) sf novel. Similar to the Tor edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Ring of Swords (Tor/Orb 0-312-89016-8, Jan 95 [Dec 94], $13.95, 383pp, tp, cover by Roger Loveless) [Hwarhath] Reprint (Tor 1993) SF novel.
- * *To the Resurrection Station (Avon 0-380-75110-0, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $3.50, 276pp, pb) Sf novel; sf/Gothic cross genre written somewhat tongue-in-cheek.
- * *A Woman of the Iron People (Morrow 0-688-10375-8, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $22.95, 525pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) Sf novel of the relationship between a human field team and native cultures on an alien world.
- * _A Woman of the Iron People (SFBC #18549, Aug 91 [Oct 91], $10.98, 525pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) Reprint (Morrow 1991) sf novel. Similar to the 1991 Morrow edition without an ISBN or price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
- * _A Woman of the Iron People #1: In the Light of Sigma Draconis (AvoNova 0-380-75637-4, Jun 92 [May 92], $4.99, 236pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Woman of the Iron People] Reprint (Morrow 1991) sf novel about the relationship between a human field team and the native cultures on an alien world. This is the first part of a novel originally published in a single hardcover volume.
- * _A Woman of the Iron People #2: Changing Woman (AvoNova 0-380-75638-2, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $4.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Woman of the Iron People] Reprint (Morrow 1991) sf novel about the relationship between a human field team and the native cultures on an alien world. This is the second part of a novel originally published in a single hardcover volume.
- _____, ed.
- ARNETT, JACK; pseudonym of Mike McQuay, (1949-1995)
- * *The Book of Justice #2: Zaitech Sting (Bantam 0-553-28306-5, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $2.95, 200pp, pb) [Book of Justice] Associational mens adventure series.
- * *The Book of Justice #4: Panama Dead (Bantam 0-553-28774-5, Aug 90 [Sep 90], $2.95, 312pp, pb, cover by George Tsui) [Book of Justice] Associational mens adventure series.
- * *The Book of Justice Volume 1: Genocide Express (Bantam 0-553-27761-8, Nov 89, $2.95, 199pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) [Book of Justice] Associational mens adventure series. Arnett is a pseudonym for Mike McQuay.
- ARNOLD, MARK ALAN, ed. (1951-?) (stories)
- ARNZEN, MICHAEL A(ndrew) (1967- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Writhing in Darkness: Part I (Dark Regions Press no ISBN, 1997 [Jan 98], $4.95, 34pp, ph, cover by Renate Müller) Chapbook poetry collection of 19 pieces of horrific verse, five original. Introduction by Wayne Edwards. This is a signed, limited edition of 125. Order from Dark Regions Press, PO Box 6301, Concord CA 94524. (Contents)
- * *Writhing in Darkness: Part II (Dark Regions Press no ISBN, 1997 [Jan 98], $4.95, 31pp, ph, cover by Renate Müller) Chapbook poetry collection of 17 pieces of horrific verse, nine original. Introduction by John Grey. This is a signed, limited edition of 125. Order from Dark Regions Press, PO Box 6301, Concord CA 94524. (Contents)
- ARON, ELAINE (N.)
- * *Samraj (NEL 0-450-50896-X, Jun 89, £7.95, 499pp, tp) Fantasy novel based on The Mahabarata. Also available in hardcover (-48799-7, £13.95).
- * _Samraj (NEL 0-450-50950-8, Mar 90 [Dec 89], £4.50, 598pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1989) novel based on the Mahabarata. Volume One in a new trilogy.
- ARONICA, LOU(is Michael), ed. (1958- ) (stories)
- * *The Bantam Spectra Sampler (Bantam Spectra 0-553-17925-X, Jun 85 [May 85], no price given, 93pp, pb) Special promotional book, distributed free at the ABA and various bookstores, with excerpts from 8 upcoming Spectra books. (Contents)
- * *Full Spectrum (with Shawna McCarthy) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27482-1, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $4.95, 483pp, pb) Original anthology of 25 state of the art stories by both leading writers and previously unpublished ones. Recommended. (CNB) (Contents)
- * *Full Spectrum 2 (with Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout & Patrick LoBrutto) (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-26019-9, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $19.95, 464pp, hc) Original anthology of 27 stories. (Contents)
- * _Full Spectrum 2 (with Shawna McCarthy, Amy Stout & Patrick LoBrutto) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28530-0, May 90 [Apr 90], $4.95, 548pp, pb, cover by Peter Stallard) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) original anthology of 27 stories.
- * _Full Spectrum 3 (with Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29191-2, Jun 92 [May 92], $5.99, 535pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1991) original anthology of 23 stories.
- * *Full Spectrum 4 (with Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37142-8, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $12.95, 485pp, tp) Original anthology of 20 sf stories. (Contents)
- * *Full Spectrum III (with Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell) (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-41802-7, Jun 91 [May 91], $12.00, 535pp, tp, cover by Barclay Shaw) Original anthology of 23 stories with an introduction by Aronica. A hardcover edition (-41801-9, $20.00) is also available. Highly recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
- * _Full Spectrum IV (with Amy Stout & Betsy Mitchell) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56549-4, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $5.99, 614pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) original anthology of 20 sf stories.
- ARONOVITZ, DAVID (I.) (1947- )
- * *Ballantine Books: The First Decade (Bailiwick Books 0-9618295-0-8, Sep 87, price unknown, 107pp, hc) Non-fiction, subtitled A Bibliographical History & Guide of the Publishers Early Years. This is a bibliography of all the Ballantine hardcover editions sf and otherwise from 1952 to 1957. Order from David Aronovitz, 781 E. Snell Rd., Rochester MI 48064.
- AROUET, FRANÇOIS MARIE (1694-1778); see pseudonym Voltaire (stories)
- ARQUETTE, LOIS DUNCAN; see under Duncan, Lois (stories)
- ARSCOTT, DAVID
- * *A Flight of Bright Birds (with David Marl) (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823270-X, 1985 [Dec 85], £8.95, 229pp, hc) Fantasy novel set in an imaginary Victorian-type city. Sort of a cross between M. John Harrison and Tim Powers (with less humor). (FCM)
- ARTHUR, DAVID STUART
- * _The Oasis Project (Zebra 0-8217-1296-9, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $3.50, 495pp, pb) Reprint (Sword & Stone 1981) sf novel.
- ARTHUR, JOE
- ARTHURS, BRUCE D(ouglas), ed. (1952- ) (stories)
- * *Copper Star (1991 World Fantasy Convention no ISBN, Oct 91, no price, 221pp, hc, cover by Arlin Robins) Original anthology of 15 fantasy stories set in the Southwest and written by Southwestern writers including Ed Bryant, Melanie Tem, and Jennifer Roberson. There is an introduction by the editor and illustrations by various artists. 900 copies were distributed free at the 1991 World Fantasy Convention in Tucson AZ. A retail signed, numbered, slipcased edition of 300 copies is available for $30.00, and a signed leatherbound edition of 26 lettered copies was also produced, mostly for free distribution to contributors and guests. (Contents)
- * _Olympus (with Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Martin H. Greenberg
- ARVEN, ANDREA
- * *Wanton (Nexus 0-352-32916-5, Apr 94 [Aug 94], £4.99, 275pp, pb) [Wicked] Pseudonymous erotic SF. Volume three in the Wicked series.
- * *Wicked (Nexus 0-352-32799-5, Oct 91, £3.99, 363pp, pb) [Wicked] Erotic novel set in the year 2075.
- * *Wild (Nexus 0-352-32815-0, Mar 92, £4.50, 268pp, pb) [Wicked] Erotic sf novel. Sequel to Wicked.
- ASARO, CATHERINE (Ann) (1955- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Catch the Lightning (Tor 0-312-86043-9, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $24.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Peter Bollinger) [Skolian Empire] SF novel set in the Skolian Empire, sequel to Primary Inversion. A girl from present-day Earth is taken into the future as part of an anti-Empire plot.
- * _Catch the Lightning (Tor 0-812-55102-8, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $5.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Peter Bollinger) [Skolian Empire] Reprint (Tor 1996) SF novel set in the Skolian Empire, sequel to Primary Inversion.
- * *The Last Hawk (Tor 0-312-86044-7, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $25.95, 447pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Skolian Empire] SF novel of the Skolian Empire. The heir to the throne crashes on a proscribed planet and is held captive by women.
- * _The Last Hawk (Tor 0-812-55110-9, Dec 98 [Nov 98], $6.99, 463pp, pb, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Skolian Empire] Reprint (Tor 1997) SF novel of the Skolian Empire.
- * *Primary Inversion (Tor 0-312-85764-0, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $21.95, 317pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Skolian Empire; Soz] SF novel of interstellar war and psionic aristocrats. A first novel.
- * _Primary Inversion (Tor 0-812-55023-4, May 96 [Apr 96], $5.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Skolian Empire; Soz] Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel of interstellar war and psionic aristocrats.
- * *The Radiant Seas (Tor 0-312-86714-X, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $26.95, 463pp, hc, cover by Julie Bell) [Skolian Empire; Soz] SF novel set in the Skolian Empire, a direct sequel to Primary Inversion. Interstellar war pulls the heirs to two empires apart.
- ASCH, FRANK (Edward) (1946- )
- * *Journey to Terezor (Holiday House 0-8234-0751-9, Apr 89, $13.95, 160pp, hc) [Orb] Young-adult sf novel, first book of the Orb trilogy.
- * _Journey to Terezor (Knopf Bullseye 0-679-80425-0, Feb 91 [Mar 91], $3.95, 160pp, tp, cover by Ben Perini) [Orb] Reprint (Holiday House 1989) young-adult sf novel, first book of the Orb series.
- ASCHER, SHEILA (1944- ); see pseudonym Ascher-Straus (stories)
- ASCHER-STRAUS; pseudonym of Sheila Ascher & Dennis Straus (stories)
- * *The Other Planet (McPherson 0-914232-93-2, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $15.95, 244pp, hc) Surreal fantasy set in the sexual suburbia of an electronic future. More surreal than fantasy.
- * *Red Moon, Red Lake (McPherson 0-914232-97-5, Dec 88 [Jan 89], $8.00, 128pp, tp) Collection of seven interrelated fantasy/paranoid/magic realism stories on (maybe) collective nightmares. Also announced in hardcover (-96-7, $16.00) but not seen. (Contents)
- ASH, CONSTANCE (Lee) (1950- ) (stories)
- * *The Horsegirl (Ace 0-441-34275-2, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.50, 232pp, pb) [Horsegirl] Fantasy novel, a first novel.
- * *The Stalking Horse (Ace 0-441-77923-9, Jun 90 [May 90], $3.95, 295pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) [Horsegirl] Fantasy novel of horses and court intrigue, sequel to The Horsegirl.
- * *The Stallion Queen (Ace 0-441-77927-1, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $4.50, 250pp, pb, cover by Donna Diamond) [Horsegirl] Fantasy novel; third book of the Horse Girl trilogy about a woman whose telepathic bond with wild horses leads her to escape her corrupt homeland and establish an independent settlement in the wilderness.
- ASH, SARAH (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *The Lost Child (Orion 1-85798-424-2, Mar 98 [Feb 98], £9.99, 344pp, tp) Fantasy novel based on the myths of the Jewish diaspora. A hardcover edition (-423-4, £16.99) was cancelled.
- * _The Lost Child (Orion 0-75281-683-7, Sep 98, £6.99, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Orion 1998) fantasy novel based on the myths of the Jewish diaspora.
- * *Moths to a Flame (Millennium 1-85798-292-4, Apr 95 [Mar 95], £8.99, 296pp, tp, cover by Felix Mas) Fantasy novel. A corrupt dynasty rules Myn-Dhiel with a complex web of power relationships, until twin slaves Lai and Laili begin the destruction of the dynasty. A first novel. A hardcover edition (-272-X, £15.99) is also available.
- * _Moths to a Flame (Orion 1-85798-307-6, Apr 96, £4.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Felix Mas) Reprint (Millennium 1995) fantasy novel.
- * *Songspinners (Orion 1-85798-422-6, Apr 96, £9.99, 325pp, tp, cover by Max Schindler) Fantasy novel. A young woman who has been forced to deny her own musical talent, helps a maimed composer to create his masterwork. A hardcover edition (-421-8, £15.99) is also available.
- * _Songspinners (Orion 0-75280-582-7, Jun 97, £5.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Max Schindler) Reprint (Orion 1996) fantasy novel.
- ASHE, GEOFFREY
- * *The Discovery of King Arthur (Doubleday/Anchor 0-385-19032-8, Jun 85 [May 85], $18.95, 226pp, hc) Non-fiction; associational. Written in association with the Arthurian Committee of Debretts Peerage, this study includes discussion of Arthurian literature and fantasies over the centuries, plus historical research.
- * _The Discovery of King Arthur (with Debretts Peerage) (Holt 0-8050-0115-8, Jan 87, $8.95, 224pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday/Anchor 1985) non-fiction, historical research into another candidate for the real Arthur. Associational.
- ASHE, ROSALIND; pseudonym of Rosalind Margaret Dale-Harris, (1931-2006) (stories)
- * *Dark Runner (Sphere 0-7221-1293-9, Dec 85 [Jan 86], £2.50, 235pp, pb) Horror novel of a sinister creature.
- * *The Laying of the Noone Walker (Bantam UK 0-593-01168-6, Feb 87 [Jun 87], £9.95, 314pp, hc) Supernatural novel.
- * _The Laying of the Noone Walker (Corgi 0-552-13041-9, Aug 88, £2.99, 314pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam UK 1987) horror novel.
- ASHER, MARTY; [i.e., Martin Asher] (stories)
- * *Shelter (Arbor House 0-87795-772-X, May 86 [Apr 86], $12.95, 136pp, hc) Fantasy novella about an obsessed man and a rock concert that saves the world.
- * _Shelter (QPB/Arbor 62-1575, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $6.95, 136pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novella. Identical to the Arbor House edition except for the lack of an ISBN and the jacket printed as the soft cover.
- * _Shelter (Faber and Faber (US) 0-571-12953-6, May 87, $6.95, 136pp, tp) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novella about an obsessed man and a rock concert that saves the world.
- ASHER, NEAL L. (1961- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *The Engineer (Tanjen 1-901530-08-6, Mar 98 [Jul 98], £6.99, 214pp, tp) Original SF/horror collection of the title novella, and six short stories. Only two seem to be reprints. Available from Turnaround, Unit 3, Olympia Trading Estate, Coburg Road, Wood Green, London N22 6TZ. (Contents)
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