The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

HOLT, JOHN (Robert) (1926- )

• * *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)

HOLT, TOM; [i.e., Thomas Charles Louis Holt] (1961- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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.
• * *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. Martin’s 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) [*Who’s Afraid of Beowulf] Humorous fantasy novel about the Flying Dutchman in the present day. A loose sequel to Who’s Afraid of Beowulf?. Recommended. (PSP)
• * +Flying Dutch (St. Martin’s 0-312-06975-8, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $18.95, 252pp, hc, cover by Paul Cozzolino) [*Who’s Afraid of Beowulf] Humorous fantasy novel about the Flying Dutchman in the modern world, a loose sequel to Who’s 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) [*Who’s Afraid of Beowulf] Reprint (Orbit 1991) humorous fantasy novel about the Flying Dutchman in the modern world, a loose sequel to Who’s Afraid of Beowulf?. Similar to the 1992 St. Martin’s 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) [*Who’s 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) [*Who’s Afraid of Beowulf] Reprint (Orbit 1991) humorous fantasy novel about the Flying Dutchman in the modern world, a loose sequel to Who’s Afraid of Beowulf?.
• * _Flying Dutch (Orbit 1-85723-017-5, Jan ’94, £4.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Steve Lee) [*Who’s Afraid of Beowulf] Reissue (Orbit 1991) humorous fantasy novel.
• * +Goatsong (St. Martin’s 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 Holt’s 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. Martin’s 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)
• * *Who’s Afraid of Beowulf? (Macmillan 0-333-46004-9, May ’88, £10.95, 206pp, hc) [*Who’s Afraid of Beowulf] Delightfully silly fantasy about 20th century archaeologist and band of Vikings that she unwittingly awakens. Strongly recommended. (PSP)
• * +Who’s Afraid of Beowulf? (St. Martin’s 0-312-02669-2, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $15.95, 206pp, hc) [*Who’s 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).
• * _Who’s Afraid of Beowulf? (Orbit 0-7088-4258-5, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], £3.99, 206pp, tp) [*Who’s 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)
• * _Who’s Afraid of Beowulf? (Orbit 0-7088-4258-5, Aug ’91, £4.50, 206pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) [*Who’s Afraid of Beowulf] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1988) humorous fantasy novel about a 20th century archaeologist and a band of Vikings. Recommended. (PSP)
• * _Who’s Afraid of Beowulf? (Ace 0-441-88591-8, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.50, 206pp, pb, cover by Robert Grace) [*Who’s Afraid of Beowulf] Reprint (Macmillan UK 1988) humorous fantasy about an archaeologist who awakens a band of Vikings.
• * _Who’s Afraid of Beowulf? (Ace 0-441-88591-8, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $5.50, 206pp, pb, cover by Robert Grace) [*Who’s 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. Martin’s 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 (Serpent’s 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)

• * _Forgotten Realms: Pool of Radiance (with James M. Ward) See entry under James M. Ward

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. Chill’s Project) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Dr. Chill’s 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)

• * *Beggar’s 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 familiar’s 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), Wizard’s Heir (1995), and Beggar’s 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 wizard’s 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.
• * *Wizard’s 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- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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)

• * *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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• * _Bonescribes: Year’s Best Australian Horror: 1995 (with Bill Congreve) See entry under Bill Congreve.

HOOF, DAVID L(orne) (1945- ); see pseudonym David Lorne (stories)

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) Children’s picture book about two slaves and a conjure woman’s spell set in the old South, with illustrations by Brian Pinkney.

HOOPER, (Glenda) KAY (1957- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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 Lewis’s life and works, including “The Chronicles of Narnia” and the “Cosmic” trilogy. There are encyclopedic listings of the people and places in Lewis’s 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 Lewis’s 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- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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.