The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- HOLT, TOM (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * *Djinn Rummy (Orbit 1-85723-329-8, Aug 95, £15.99, 277pp, hc, cover by Steve Lee) Humorous fantasy novel. After fourteen years, an aggravated djinn is released from his bottle...his asprin bottle.
- * _Djinn Rummy (Orbit 1-85723-363-8, May 96, £5.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Steve Lee) Reprint (Orbit 1995) humorous fantasy novel: after fourteen years, a djinn is released from his bottle...his asprin bottle.
- * *Expecting Someone Taller (Macmillan 0-333-44002-1, Jun 87 [1987], £9.95, 224pp, hc) Humourous fantasy novel. [Not seen]
- * +Expecting Someone Taller (St. Martins 0-312-01426-0, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $15.95, 218pp, hc) Satirical fantasy novel of a mild-mannered Englishman made ruler of the world, obliged to cope with natural and unnatural disasters. First U.S. edition (Macmillan UK 1987).
- * _Expecting Someone Taller (Orbit 0-7088-8264-1, Jun 88, £3.99, 218pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan 1987) delightful fantasy tale about Malcolm who unexpectedly inherits the Ring of the Nibelung and the Tarnhelm and has to come to terms with being ruler of the World. Recommended. (PSP)
- * _Expecting Someone Taller (Ace 0-441-22332-X, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $3.95, 231pp, pb, cover by James Warhola) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1987) satirical fantasy novel of a man who inherits the Ring of the Nibelung and becomes the ruler of the world.
- * _Expecting Someone Taller (Orbit 1-85723-181-3, Jan 94, £4.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Steve Lee) Reissue (Macmillan UK 1987) humorous fantasy novel.
- * _Expecting Someone Taller (Ace 0-441-22332-X, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $5.50, 231pp, pb, cover by James Warhola) Reissue (Macmillan UK 1987) humorous fantasy novel. Fourth printing.
- * *Faust Among Equals (Orbit 1-85723-197-X, Jun 94 [May 94], £14.99, 292pp, hc, cover by Steve Lee) Humorous fantasy novel.
- * _Faust Among Equals (Orbit 1-85723-265-8, Jan 95 [Dec 94], £4.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Steve Lee) Reprint (Orbit 1994) comic fantasy: after a management buy-out in Hell, the Most Wanted Man in History escapes.
- * *Flying Dutch (Orbit 0-356-20111-2, Jul 91 [Jun 91], £12.95, 252pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) [*Whos Afraid of Beowulf] Humorous fantasy novel about the Flying Dutchman in the present day. A loose sequel to Whos Afraid of Beowulf?. Recommended. (PSP)
- * +Flying Dutch (St. Martins 0-312-06975-8, Mar 92 [Feb 92], $18.95, 252pp, hc, cover by Paul Cozzolino) [*Whos Afraid of Beowulf] Humorous fantasy novel about the Flying Dutchman in the modern world, a loose sequel to Whos Afraid of Beowulf?. Recommended (SW). First American edition (Orbit 1991).
- * _Flying Dutch (SFBC #19833, Jun 92 [Aug 92], $8.98, 252pp, hc, cover by Paul Cozzolino) [*Whos Afraid of Beowulf] Reprint (Orbit 1991) humorous fantasy novel about the Flying Dutchman in the modern world, a loose sequel to Whos Afraid of Beowulf?. Similar to the 1992 St. Martins edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and the SFBC is on the back jacket.
- * _Flying Dutch (Orbit 1-8572-3017-5, Jun 92, £4.50, 252pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [*Whos Afraid of Beowulf] Reprint (Orbit 1991) humorous fantasy novel about the Flying Dutchman.
- * _Flying Dutch (Ace 0-441-24193-X, Jun 93 [May 93], $4.50, 252pp, pb, cover by John Steven Gurney) [*Whos Afraid of Beowulf] Reprint (Orbit 1991) humorous fantasy novel about the Flying Dutchman in the modern world, a loose sequel to Whos Afraid of Beowulf?.
- * _Flying Dutch (Orbit 1-85723-017-5, Jan 94, £4.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Steve Lee) [*Whos Afraid of Beowulf] Reissue (Orbit 1991) humorous fantasy novel.
- * +Goatsong (St. Martins 0-312-03838-0, Jan 90, $16.95, 247pp, hc, cover by Raquel Jaramillo) Associational historical novel set in ancient Greece. First American edition (Macmillan UK 1989).
- * *Grailblazers (Orbit 1-85723-192-9, Jan 94, £14.99, 298pp, hc, cover by Steve Lee) Humorous fantasy novel about the Grail knights.
- * _Grailblazers (Orbit 1-85723-191-0, Jun 94 [Apr 94], £4.99, 357pp, pb, cover by Steve Lee) Reprint (Orbit 1994) humorous fantasy novel.
- * *Here Comes the Sun (Orbit 1-85723-125-2, May 93 [Apr 93], £14.99, 282pp, hc, cover by Stephen Lee) Humorous fantasy novel about the bureaucrats who run the Universe.
- * _Here Comes the Sun (Orbit 1-85723-187-2, Jan 94, £4.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Steve Lee) Reprint (Orbit 1993) humorous fantasy novel.
- * *Holt! Who Goes There (The British Fantasy Society 0-9524153-3-X, Oct 98, no price, 45pp, ph, cover by Anne Russell) Collection of 14 articles from Holts column in Prism, the newsletter of the British Fantasy Society, plus two previously uncollected stories and an original poem. Distributed free to members of the British Fantasy Society. (Contents)
- * *My Hero (Orbit 1-85723-365-4, May 96 [Apr 96], £15.99, 314pp, hc, cover by Steve Lee) Humorous fantasy novel. A fantasy writer finds her latest book has something to say...to her.
- * _My Hero (Orbit 1-85723-387-5, Dec 96 [Nov 96], £5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Steve Lee) Reprint (Orbit 1996) humorous fantasy novel.
- * *Odds and Gods (Orbit 1-85723-266-6, Jan 95 [Dec 94], £14.99, 282pp, hc, cover by Steve Lee) Comic fantasy: all the gods of humanity are enjoying (eternal) life in their retirement home until three of the idiots restart a traction engine.
- * _Odds and Gods (Orbit 1-85723-299-2, Aug 95, £4.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Steve Lee) Reprint (Orbit 1995) humorous fantasy novel.
- * *Open Sesame (Orbit 1-85723-476-6, Jun 97 [May 97], £15.99, 312pp, hc, cover by Steve Lee) Humorous fantasy novel.
- * _Open Sesame (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-556-8, Apr 98 [Mar 98], £5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Steve Lee) Reprint (Orbit 1997) humorous fantasy novel.
- * *Overtime (Orbit 1-85723-039-6, Jan 93 [Dec 92], £14.99, 243pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) Humorous fantasy novel about a time-travelling Blondel in search of King Arthur.
- * _Overtime (Orbit 1-85723-126-0, May 93 [Apr 93], £4.99, 313pp, pb) Reprint (Orbit 1993) humorous sf novel.
- * *Paint Your Dragon (Orbit 1-85723-433-2, Dec 96 [Nov 96], £15.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Steve Lee) Humorous fantasy novel.
- * _Paint Your Dragon (Orbit 1-85723-456-1, Jun 97 [May 97], £5.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Steve Lee) Reprint (Orbit 1996) humorous fantasy novel.
- * +The Walled Orchard (St. Martins 0-312-05990-6, Jun 91, $17.95, 290pp, hc) Associational historical novel set in Ancient Greece, sequel to Goatsong. First American edition (Macmillan UK 1990).
- * *The Walled Orchard (Warner UK 0-7515-2138-8, Dec 97, £6.99, iv+591pp, tp, cover by Colin Hadley) Omnibus of two tragi-comic novels set in ancient Athens: Goatsong (Macmillan, 1989) and its sequel, The Walled Orchard (Macmillan, 1990). (Contents)
- * *Whos Afraid of Beowulf? (Macmillan 0-333-46004-9, May 88, £10.95, 206pp, hc) [*Whos Afraid of Beowulf] Delightfully silly fantasy about 20th century archaeologist and band of Vikings that she unwittingly awakens. Strongly recommended. (PSP)
- * +Whos Afraid of Beowulf? (St. Martins 0-312-02669-2, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $15.95, 206pp, hc) [*Whos Afraid of Beowulf] Humorous contemporary fantasy novel. A Viking crew is awakened in present-day Scotland to save the world from an evil sorceror. First U.S. edition (Macmillan UK 1988).
- * _Whos Afraid of Beowulf? (Orbit 0-7088-4258-5, Aug 89 [Jul 89], £3.99, 206pp, tp) [*Whos Afraid of Beowulf] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1988) delightfully silly fantasy about 20th century archaeologist and the band of Vikings that she unwittingly awakens. Recommended. (PSP)
- * _Whos Afraid of Beowulf? (Orbit 0-7088-4258-5, Aug 91, £4.50, 206pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [*Whos Afraid of Beowulf] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1988) humorous fantasy novel about a 20th century archaeologist and a band of Vikings. Recommended. (PSP)
- * _Whos Afraid of Beowulf? (Ace 0-441-88591-8, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $4.50, 206pp, pb, cover by Robert Grace) [*Whos Afraid of Beowulf] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1988) humorous fantasy about an archaeologist who awakens a band of Vikings.
- * _Whos Afraid of Beowulf? (Ace 0-441-88591-8, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $5.50, 206pp, pb, cover by Robert Grace) [*Whos Afraid of Beowulf] Reissue (Macmillan UK 1988) humorous fantasy novel. Second printing.
- * *Wish You Were Here (Little, Brown/Orbit 1-85723-555-X, Apr 98 [Mar 98], £15.99, 252pp, hc, cover by Paul Cemmick) Humorous fantasy novel.
- * +Ye Gods (St. Martins 0-312-08927-9, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $19.95, 296pp, hc, cover by Paul Cozzolino) Comic fantasy novel about the contemporary lives of the Greek gods. First American edition (Orbit 1992).
- * *Ye Gods! (Orbit 1-85723-016-7, Jun 92, £13.99, 296pp, hc, cover by Josh Kirby) Humorous fantasy novel about the 20th century offspring of the god Jupiter and a suburban housewife. Recommended (PSP).
- * _Ye Gods! (Orbit 1-85723-080-9, Jan 93 [Dec 92], £4.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) Reprint (Orbit 1992) humorous fantasy novel.
- HOLTSMARK, ERLING B(ent) (1936- )
- * *Edgar Rice Burroughs (Twayne 0-8057-7459-9, Jul 86, $15.95, 133pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study with a chronology and selected bibliography. [Burroughs]
- HOME, STEWART (Ramsey) (1962- )
- * +Blow Job (Serpents Tail 1-85242-548-2, May 98 [Oct 98], $12.99, 264pp, tp) Satirical near-future SF novel of try-anything bisexuals loose in a London torn by the terrorism of the No Future Party, the Anglo-Saxon movement, the Church of Adolf Hitler, and others. This appears to be the 1997 UK edition, not previously listed.
- HONE, JOSEPH, ed. (1937- ) (stories)
- * _Irish Ghost Stories (Grafton 0-586-04603-8, Mar 90 [Apr 90], £2.99, 192pp, pb, cover by George Petrie) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1977) original ghost story anthology. (Contents)
- HONG, JANE (Fay) COOPER (1954- ) (stories)
- HOOBLER, THOMAS (1944?- )
- * _Dr. Chill (Piper 0-330-31260-X, Dec 89, £2.50, 188pp, pb, cover by Barry Jones) Reprint (Putnam 1987 as Dr. Chills Project) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Dr. Chills Project (Putnam 0-399-21480-1, Oct 87, $13.95, 188pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of teenagers with psi powers.
- HOOD, DANIEL (1967- ) (stories)
- * *Beggars Banquet (Ace 0-441-00434-2, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $5.50, 293pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Liam Rhenford] Fantasy novel, the third featuring the dragon Fanuilh. Liam needs his dragon familiars help to track down a stolen magical jewel.
- * *A Familiar Dragon (SFBC #15819, Jul 97, $14.98, 680pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Liam Rhenford] SF omnibus of Fanuilh (1994), Wizards Heir (1995), and Beggars Banquet (1997). This special Guild America edition has ISBN 1-56865-343-3; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
- * *Fanuilh (Ace 0-441-00055-X, May 94 [Apr 94], $4.99, 259pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Liam Rhenford] Fantasy novel. A human and a miniature dragon seek a wizards killer.
- * *Scales of Justice (Ace 0-441-00515-2, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $5.50, 297pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Liam Rhenford] Fantasy mystery, fourth in the series featuring magical investigator Liam Rhenford and the dragon Fanuilh.
- * *Wizards Heir (Ace 0-441-00231-5, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $4.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Liam Rhenford] Fantasy novel, sequel to Fanuilh. Sleuthing sorcerer Liam must track down stolen magic artifacts used in murder.
- HOOD, KEN; pseudonym of Dave Duncan, (1933- )
- * *Demon Knight (HarperPrism 0-06-105759-2, Jun 98 [May 98], $5.99, 434pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Years of Longdirk] Historical fantasy novel, third in the series The Years of Longdirk. Tobias Longdirk must unite the city-states of Italy to fight invading hordes. Hood is a pseudonym for Dave Duncan.
- * *Demon Rider (HarperPrism 0-06-105758-4, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $5.99, 417pp, pb) [Years of Longdirk] Historical fantasy novel, second in the series The Years of Longdirk. Longdirk faces the Spanish Inquisition. Hood is a pseudonym for Dave Duncan.
- * *Demon Sword (HarperPrism 0-06-105410-0, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $4.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Jean François Podevin) [Years of Longdirk] Fantasy novel, first in the series The Years of Longdirk. A highland rebel seeks to free Scotland from the rule of a sorcerous English king. Hood is a pseudonym for Dave Duncan.
- HOOD, ROBERT (Maxwell) (1951- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Day-Dreaming on Company Time (Five Islands Press 0-9587972-2-6, Apr 89 [Jul 89], $11.95Aus, 96pp, tp) Collection of 12 horror and fantasy stories from Australia. (Contents)
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- HOOF, DAVID L(orne) (1945- ); see pseudonym David Lorne
- HOOKS, WILLIAM H.
- * *The Ballad of Belle Dorcas (Knopf 0-394-84645-1, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $13.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Brian Pinkney) Childrens picture book about two slaves and a conjure womans spell set in the old South, with illustrations by Brian Pinkney.
- HOOPER, (Glenda) KAY (1957- )
- * *Summer of the Unicorn (Bantam 0-553-25283-6, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $3.95, 311pp, pb) Romance/fantasy/quasi-sf with unicorns. In the mists of myth, they found passion and triumph.
- * *The Wizard of Seattle (Bantam Fanfare 0-553-28999-3, Jun 93 [May 93], $5.50, 323pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) Fantasy romance about a psychic woman and a master wizard who must travel back in time to change history so that they can remain together.
- HOOPER, WALTER (McGehee) (1931- ) (stories)
- * _Biography of C.S. Lewis (with Roger Lancelyn Green) See entry under Roger Lancelyn Green.
- * _C.S. Lewis: A Biography, Revised Edition (with Roger Lancelyn Green) See entry under Roger Lancelyn Green.
- * *C.S. Lewis: A Companion and Guide (HarperSanFrancisco 0-06-063879-6, Dec 96, $40.00, 940pp, hc) Nonfiction guide to Lewiss life and works, including The Chronicles of Narnia and the Cosmic trilogy. There are encyclopedic listings of the people and places in Lewiss life, a bibliography of his writings, and an index. [Lewis]
- * _C.S. Lewis: A Companion and Guide (HarperSanFrancisco 0-06-063880-X, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $28.00, 940pp, tp) Reprint (HarperSanFrancisco 1996) nonfiction guide to Lewiss life and works. [Lewis]
- HOOVER, DALE (stories)
- * *65mm (Dell Abyss 0-440-21338-X, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $4.99, 386pp, pb) Horror novel of an old movie theatre whose restoration and reopening sets in motion a chain of deadly supernatural events.
- * *Shadow Twin (Dell Abyss 0-440-21087-9, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $4.50, 389pp, pb) Horror novel of a man stalked by a monstrous force that feeds on his pain and suffering. A first novel.
- HOOVER, H(elen) M(ary) (1935- )
- * *Away Is a Strange Place to Be (Dutton 0-525-44505-6, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $14.95, 167pp, hc, cover by Paul Van Munching) Young-adult sf novel of future children kidnapped and imprisoned in a space habitat.
- * _Children of Morrow (Puffin 0-14-031873-9, May 85 [Apr 85], $3.95, 229pp, pb) Reprint (Four Winds 1973) young-adult sf novel.
- * _Children of Morrow (Puffin 0-14-031873-9, May 87, £1.95, 229pp, pb) Reprint (Four Winds Press 1973) juvenile sf novel.
- * *The Dawn Palace: The Story of Medea (Dutton 0-525-44388-6, May 88, $15.95, 244pp, hc) Young-adult mythic fantasy novel.
- * _The Delikon (Puffin 0-14-032167-5, Sep 86 [Jan 87], $3.95, 148pp, pb) Reprint (Penguin 1977) juvenile sf novel of a revolution on future Earth. Published in 1986; missed.
- * _Journey Through the Empty (Lightning 0-340-51619-4, Mar 90, £2.50, 186pp, pb, cover by Nick) Reprint (Viking 1987) young-adult sf novel.
- * _The Lost Star (Puffin 0-14-032166-7, Sep 86 [Jan 87], £1.75, 150pp, pb) Reprint (Penguin 1979) juvenile sf novel about an archaeological expedition on a strange planet. Published in 1986; missed. US price $3.95.
- * *Only Child (Dutton 0-525-44865-9, Apr 92, $13.00, 122pp, hc, cover by Peter Scanlan) Young-adult sf novel of a boy kidnapped by aliens, who decides to help them save themselves from human exploitation.
- * *Orvis (Viking Kestrel US 0-670-81117-3, Aug 87 [Dec 87], $12.95, 186pp, hc) Young-adult sf adventure novel of two people trying to survive on an abandoned Earth with the help of a robot.
- * _Orvis (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-032113-6, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $13.95, 186pp, tp, cover by Frederic Marvin) Reprint (Viking Kestrel US 1987) young-adult sf adventure novel.
- * _Return to Earth (Puffin 0-14-032610-3, Feb 88 [Mar 88], $3.95, 172pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1980) young-adult sf novel. This is a worldwide edition.
- * *The Shepherd Moon (Methuen 0-416-45630-8, 1984, £6.50, 144pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel. [Not seen]
- * _The Shepherd Moon (Puffin 0-14-032611-1, Feb 88 [Mar 88], $3.95, 149pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1984) young-adult sf novel. This is a worldwide edition.
- * _This Time of Darkness (Puffin 0-14-031872-0, May 85 [Apr 85], $3.95, 161pp, pb) Reprint (Viking Penguin 1980) young-adult sf novel.
- * _This Time of Darkness (Puffin 0-14-031872-0, Aug 87 [Oct 87], £1.75, 161pp, pb) Reissue (Viking Penguin 1980) juvenile sf novel.
- * *The Winds of Mars (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45359-8, Jun 95 [May 95], $14.99, 181pp, hc, cover by Tom Leonard) Young-adult SF novel. The Martian presidents daughter discovers during a disaster that her father is both a despot and an android.
- HOOVER, SARANNE (1941- ); see pseudonym Saranne Dawson
- HOOVER, THOMAS (Earl) (1941- )
- * *Project Daedalus (Bantam Falcon 0-553-29108-4, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $4.99, 366pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) Sf technothriller about a superplane and an alliance between the Soviet military and the Yakuza bent on world conquest.
- HOPE, SASKIA
- * _Outlaw Fantasy (Black Lace 0-352-32920-3, May 94 [Aug 94], £4.99, 280pp, pb) [Wicked] Reprint (Nexus 1992 as Wild by Andrea Arven) erotic SF novel. Volume two in the Wicked series. This edition has been slightly bowdlerised.
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