The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- HOLDSTOCK, ROBERT (Paul) (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * *Mythago Wood (Gollancz 0-575-03496-3, Sep 84 [Aug 84], £8.95, 252pp, hc) [Mythago Wood] Fantasy novel, based on the novella of the same name. Highly recommended. (FCM)
- * +Mythago Wood (Arbor House 0-87795-761-4, Oct 85, $14.95, 252pp, hc) [Mythago Wood] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel, first U.S. edition. Winner of the World Fantasy Award a haunting, superb book. (FCM)
- * _Mythago Wood (SFBC #04000, Dec 85, $4.98, 215pp, hc) [Mythago Wood] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel, winner of the British Fantasy Award and the World Fantasy Award.
- * _Mythago Wood (Grafton 0-586-06585-7, Jan 86, £2.50, 317pp, pb) [Mythago] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel, winner of the British Science Fiction Award and the World Fantasy Award. Highly Recommended. (PS-P)
- * _Mythago Wood (Berkley 0-425-08785-9, Jun 86 [May 86], $2.95, 274pp, pb) [Mythago] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel, winner of the World Fantasy Award. Highly recommended. (FCM)
- * _Mythago Wood (Grafton 0-586-06585-7, Jan 90, £3.50, 319pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Mythago] Reissue (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel.
- * _Mythago Wood (Avon 0-380-76276-5, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $3.95, 274pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Mythago] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) World Fantasy Award-winning fantasy novel.
- * _Mythago Wood (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-06585-7, May 98 [Jun 98], £5.99, 319pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Mythago] Reprint (Gollancz 1984) fantasy novel in the Mythago cycle.
- * _Necromancer (Futura 0-7088-4547-9, Jul 90, £3.99, 327pp, pb) Reissue (Futura 1978) horror novel.
- * *Thorn (Birmingham Science Fiction Group no ISBN, Nov 84, no price, 26pp, ph) Original novelette issued in a limited edition of 450 numbered, and approximately 50 unnumbered, copies, to coincide with Holdstocks Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 14.
- * +Unknown Regions (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45563-0, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $5.99, 349pp, pb, cover by Ron Walotsky) Dark fantasy novel about a child with the power to fetch things through time and space. First US edition (Orbit 1991 as The Fetch).
- * _Where Time Winds Blow (Gollancz 0-575-04279-6, Jul 88, £2.95, 286pp, pb) Reprint (Faber and Faber 1981) sf novel.
- _____, ed.
- HOLLAND, CECELIA (Anastasia) (1943- ) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *The Belt of Gold (Knopf 0-394-52791-7, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $15.95, 305pp, hc) Non-sf, associational author. Hollands historical novels have a great influence on many sf and fantasy writers. This strong, exciting study of Byzantiums interweaving of political infighting, chariot racing, and religion shows why: The past is both alien and alive here, and no imagined world could be more absorbingly exotic. (FCM)
- * _Floating Worlds (Gollancz 0-575-04280-X, Jul 88, £3.95, 542pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1976) sf novel. Volume 26 in the VGSF Classics series.
- * *Jerusalem (Tor/Forge 0-312-85956-2, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $23.95, 319pp, hc, cover by Greg Call) Associational historical novel about the Crusades.
- * _Jerusalem (Tor/Forge 0-812-55397-7, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $6.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Greg Call) Reprint (Forge 1996) associational historical novel about the fall of 12th-century Jerusalem.
- * *Pillar of the Sky (Knopf 0-53538-3, Jun 85 [May 85], $17.95, 534pp, hc) Associational; historical novel about the builder of Stonehenge. There is some mysticism, but no fantasy. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _Pillar of the Sky (Gollancz 0-575-03592-7, Jul 85 [1985], £9.95, 512pp, hc) Reprint (Knopf 1985) historical novel with fantasy touches. [Not seen]
- * _Pillar of the Sky (Ballantine 0-345-33336-5, May 86 [Apr 86], $9.95, 534pp, tp) Trade paperback reprint (Knopf 1985) historial novel with some elements of fantasy, on the builder of Stonehenge.
- * _Pillar of the Sky (Arrow 0-09-945170-0, Jul 87, £3.50, 633pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1985) historical novel with fantasy elements.
- * *Railroad Schemes (Tor/Forge 0-312-86405-1, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $23.95, 271pp, hc, cover by Currier & Ives) [Railroad Schemes] Associational historical novel.
- * _Valley of the Kings (Tor/Forge 0-312-86334-9, Jun 97 [May 97], $21.95, 231pp, hc, cover by Donato Giancola) Reprint (Dutton 1977 as by Elizabeth Eliot Carter) associational historical novel about Howard Carters search for the tomb of King Tut.
- HOLLAND, JACK (1947-2004)
- * *The Fire Queen (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45204-6, Jun 92 [May 92], $5.50, 320pp, pb) Fantasy novel set in ancient Britain of a warrior queen defying Caligulas invading army.
- HOLLAND, STEPHEN (1962- ) (stories)
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- * *The 1st UK Paperback and Pulp Bookfair Official Souvenir Booklet (Zeon Publications no ISBN, Sep 91 [Jan 94], £3.00, 54pp, ph) Original anthology published for the UK Paperback and Pulp Bookfair held on Saturday, 7th September 1991, at the Grosvenor Hotel, Victoria, London. (Contents)
- HOLLAND, TOM (1967- )
- * *Deliver Us from Evil (Little, Brown UK 0-316-88248-8, Sep 97 [Aug 97], £14.99, 406pp, hc) Dark fantasy historical novel set in Restoration London, a demon-haunted Stonehenge, old Europe, and a wicked New World.
- * _Lord of the Dead (Pocket 0-671-53426-2, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $6.99, 342pp, pb) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1995 as The Vampyre) literary vampire novel about the poet Lord Byron.
- * _Lord of the Dead (Pocket 0-671-02411-6, Jun 98 [May 98], $14.00, 325pp, tp, cover by Simon Marsden) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1995 as The Vampyre) literary vampire novel about the poet Lord Byron.
- * +Lord of the Dead: The Secret History of Lord Byron (Pocket 0-671-53425-4, Feb 96, $23.00, 325pp, hc) [Vampyre] Literary vampire novel about the poet. First US edition (Little, Brown UK 1995 as The Vampyre).
- * +Slave of My Thirst (Pocket 0-671-54052-1, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $23.00, 421pp, hc, cover by Richard Newton) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1997 as The Libertine) literary vampire novel, sequel to Lord of the Dead/The Vampyre.
- * _Slave of My Thirst (SFBC #17528, Feb 98 [Jan 98], $11.50, 421pp, hc, cover by Richard Newton) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1996 as Supping with Panthers) literary vampire novel, sequel to Lord of the Dead/The Vampyre. This is similar to the Pocket edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Slave of My Thirst (Pocket 0-671-54053-X, Jun 98 [May 98], $14.00, 421pp, tp, cover by Richard Newton) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1996 as Supping with Panthers) literary vampire novel, sequel to Lord of the Dead/The Vampyre.
- * *The Sleeper in the Sands (Little, Brown UK 0-316-64480-3, Nov 98, £9.99, 372pp, tp) Dark fantasy novel. The discovery of Tut-ankh-amens tomb reveals the contentious history of Egypt, and the hidden truth of real djinn, afrit and blood-drinking immortals behind the Arabian Nights.
- * _Supping with Panthers (Warner UK 0-7515-1485-3, Sep 97 [Aug 97], £5.99, 502pp, pb) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1996) dark fantasy novel. A semi-sequel to The Vampyre.
- * *Supping with Vampires (Little, Brown UK 0-316-87622-4, Aug 96 [Sep 96], £12.99, 407pp, hc) [Vampyre] Dark fantasy novel. A semi-sequel to The Vampyre.
- * *The Vampyre: Being the True Pilgrimage of George Gordon, Sixth Lord Byron (Little, Brown UK 0-316-91227-1, Mar 95, £9.99, 341pp, hc, cover by Thomas Phillips) [Vampyre] Fantasy/horror novel. Rebecca Carville learns that when Lord Byrons personal physician Polidori wrote of vampires, it was little less than the truth.
- * _The Vampyre: The Secret History of Lord Byron (Warner UK 0-7515-1361-X, Aug 96 [Sep 96], £4.99, 407pp, pb) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1995 as The Vampyre: Being the True Pilgrimage of George Gordon, Sixth Lord Byron) dark fantasy novel. First in a series about Byron as a vampire. Issued in the US as Lord of the Dead.
- * _The Vampyre: The Secret History of Lord Byron (Warner UK 0-7515-1361-X, Aug 96 [Sep 96], £4.99, 407pp, pb) [Vampyre] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1995 as The Vampyre: Being the True Pilgrimage of George Gordon, Sixth Lord Byron) dark fantasy novel. First in a series about Byron as a vampire. This was issued in the US as Lord of the Dead.
- HOLLANDER, EVAN; pseudonym of Edo van Belkom, (1962- ) (stories)
- * *Virtual Girls: the Erotic Gems of Evan Hollander (Circlet Press 1-885865-04-X, Aug 95, $6.95, 64pp, tp, cover by Lee Seed) Collection of five erotic SF stories, one original. There is an introduction by Steve Dorfman, editor of Gent, in which most of these stories originally appeared. Hollander is a pen name of Edo van Belkom. (Contents)
- HOLLEMAN, GARY L(ayne) (1947- )
- * *Demon Fire (Leisure 0-8439-3818-8, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $4.99, 366pp, pb) Horror novel. A dream home on Hawaii holds dark horrors. A first novel.
- * *Howl-O-Ween (Leisure 0-8439-4083-2, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $4.99, 313pp, pb) Werewolf novel. A bodyguard gets bit while trying to protect a woman from the Dark Mans voodoo.
- * *Ungrateful Dead (Leisure 0-8439-4472-2, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $5.99, 395pp, pb) Contemporary horror novel of a woman possessed by her mothers ghost and an ancient Druid curse.
- HOLLICK, HELEN
- * *The Kingmaking (Heinemann 0-434-00068-X, Jun 94, £9.99, 604pp, tp) [*Pendragons Banner] Fantasy novel. Book One of the Pendragons Banner trilogy. A new version of the Arthurian myth cycle.
- * _The Kingmaking (Mandarin 0-7493-1759-0, Jan 95 [Feb 95], £5.99, 647pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [*Pendragons Banner] Reprint (Heinemann 1994) fantasy novel based on the Arthurian Legends. Book One of the Pendragons Banner trilogy.
- * +The Kingmaking (St. Martins 0-312-13533-5, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $24.95, 604pp, hc, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [*Pendragons Banner] Associational historical Arthurian novel, book one of Pendragons Banner. First US edition (Heinemann UK 1994).
- * *Pendragons Banner (Heinemann 0-434-00222-4, Sep 95 [Nov 95], £8.99, 547pp, tp, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [*Pendragons Banner] Fantasy novel. Book Two of the trilogy Pendragons Banner.
- * _Pendragons Banner (Mandarin 0-7493-2063-X, Apr 96, £5.99, 547pp, pb, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [*Pendragons Banner] Reprint (Heinemann 1995) Arthurian novel. Book 2 of a trilogy.
- * +Pendragons Banner (St. Martins 0-312-14699-X, Oct 96 [Dec 96], $25.95, 547pp, hc, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [*Pendragons Banner] Associational historical Arthurian novel, book two of Pendragons Banner. First US edition (Heinemann UK 1995).
- * +Shadow of the King (St. Martins 0-312-17000-9, Sep 97, $27.95, 562pp, hc, cover by Stephen Bradbury) [*Pendragons Banner] Associational historical romantic Arthurian novel, book three of the Pendragons Banner trilogy. First US edition (Heinemann UK 1997).
- * _Shadow of the King (Heinemann 0-434-00235-6, Feb 98 [Mar 98], £12.00, vi+562pp, tp, cover by Peter Elson) [*Pendragons Banner] Reprint (Heinemann 1997) historical novel based on the Arthurian myth cycle. Book three of the Pendragons Banner trilogy.
- * _Shadow of the King (Arrow 0-7493-2058-3, Nov 98 [Oct 98], £6.99, vi+562pp, pb) [*Pendragons Banner] Reprint (Heinemann 1997) Arthurian historical novel. Book three of the trilogy Pendragons Banner.
- HOLLIGON, SHEILA (stories)
- * *Bridestone (Signet Creed 0-451-18331-2, Apr 96 [May 96], £5.99, 246pp, pb) Dark fantasy novel.
- * *Nightrider (Signet Creed 0-451-18330-4, May 95 [Apr 95], £4.99, 320pp, pb) Dark fantasy novel. When a photographer takes possession of her fathers country cottage, a spirit takes sexual possession of her body - erotic at first, but with increasing brutality. A first novel.
- HOLLINGER, VERONICA, ed. (stories)
- HOLLO, ANSELM (stories)
- HOLLOW, JOHN (Walter) (1939- )
- * *Against the Night, the Stars: The Science Fiction of Arthur C. Clarke (Ohio University Press 0-8214-0862-3, Apr 87 [Jul 87], $9.95, 217pp, tp) Non-fiction, slightly expanded edition of an excellent study of Clarkes fiction (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1983). The new 19-page essay on The Songs of Distant Earth and the movie version of 2010 are the weakest part of the book. (The bibliography and other lists have not been updated.) If you have the earlier edition, its probably enough. If not, this one is recommended and a bargain at the price. (CNB) [Clarke]
- HOLLOWAY, MICHAEL
- * *Empath (Paradigm Publishing 0-9628595-7-5, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $10.95, 246pp, tp) Near-future gay political/medical thriller about the intrigue surrounding a possible cure for AIDS.
- HOLM, JOHN; pseudonym of Tom Shippey, (1943- ) (stories)
- HOLM, KIRSTEN C., ed.
- * *1994 Guide to Literary Agents & Art/Photo Reps (Writers Digest Books 0-89879-615-6, Feb 94 [Mar 94], $18.95, 284pp, tp) Non-fiction, associational. A yearly reference book on literary agents and art and photo reps. Includes articles by Richard Curtis and Lori Perkins. Order from Writers Digest Books, 1507 Dana Ave., Cincinnati OH 45207. Add $3.00 for postage and handling. Credit card orders: 1-800-289-0963.
- HOLMEN, RACHEL E(laine), ed. (stories)
- HOLMES, B. L.
- * *Mega (Mother Courage Press 0-941300-19-6, Jul 91 [Mar 92], $8.95, 197pp, tp) Feminist sf thriller about a lesbian radical and seven psychics trying to escape a future totalitarian city-state.
- HOLMES, BRUCE T(odd) (1946- )
- * _Anvil of the Heart (Tor 0-812-54063-8, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $2.95, 383pp, pb) Reprint (Haven 1983) sf novel.
- HOLMES, DIANE, ed. (stories)
- HOLMES, JOHN ERIC (1930- )
- * *The Maze of Peril (Space & Time 0-917053-05-2, Nov 86 [Dec 86], $6.95, 147pp, pb) Fantasy novel inspired by Dungeons & Dragons.
- HOLMES, ROBERT (1926-1986)
- * *Doctor Who: The Scripts: The Talons of Weng-Chiang (Titan 1-85286-144-4, Nov 89, £3.95, 154pp, tp, cover by Duncan Fegredo) [Doctor Who] Script from the popular TV series, with additional introductory material by John McElroy. Volume Three in the series.
- HOLMES, RONALD, ed. (1938- ) (stories)
- * _Macabre Railway Stories (Star 0-352-31293-9, Jan 86, £1.95, 231pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1982) anthology of stories of fantasy, horror, and the supernatural. (Contents)
- HOLSTEAD, MARJORIE (stories)
- * *High Jinks in the Universe (Vantage Press 0-533-08587-X, May 90, $10.00, 69pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of space-faring teenagers.
- HOLT, JOHN (Robert) (1926-2006)
- * *The Convocation (Bantam Falcon 0-553-29197-1, Jan 93 [Dec 92], $4.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Jim Thiesen) Horror novel of a little girl whose deadly powers are awakened by the deaths of her parents.
- * *Wolf Moon (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29198-X, Aug 97 [Jul 97], $5.99, 466pp, pb, cover by John Dismukes) Horror novel.
- HOLT, JUDD
- * *A Promise to Catie (University of North Texas Press 0-929398-41-6, Dec 92 [Nov 92], $19.95, 242pp, hc) Ghost story of 1950s teenager Billy Griffin, who becomes aware of the ghostly presence of a girl named Catie, dead in 1938, and falls in love with her. A first novel.
- HOLT, THOMAS; see under Holt, Tom (stories) (chron.)
- HOLT, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Charles Louis Holt] (1961- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Bitter Lemmings: Several Good Songs Spoilt (Beccon Publications 1-870824-38-5, Apr 97, £4.00, 39pp, ph, cover by Tom Abba) Associational collection of 39 filk-songs, with an introduction detailing which tune to use. Issued at Eastercon 1997. A limited, signed, illustrated edition is also available (-38-5, £5.00 + p&p). From 75 Rosslyn Road, Harold Wood, Essex RM3 0RG, UK.
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