The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

JACKSON, ROBERT, ed.

• * *Frontier Crossings (Conspiracy ’87 no ISBN, Aug ’87, free, 192pp, hc) Subtitled “A Souvenir of the 45th World Science Fiction Convention, Conspiracy ’87, held in Brighton, Gt Britain, from August 27th to September 1st 1987." (Contents)

JACKSON, SHIRLEY (Hardie) (1919-1965) (stories)

• * _The Haunting of Hill House (Penguin (US) 0-14-007108-3, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $4.95, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1959) fantasy novel, one of the classic haunted-house books. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _The Haunting of Hill House (Robinson 0-948164-35-2, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], £2.95, 246pp, tp) Reprint (Viking 1959) horror novel.
• * *Just an Ordinary Day (Bantam 0-553-10303-2, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $23.95, 388pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) Collection of 54 unpublished or previously uncollected stories, some fantasy, edited and with an introduction by Laurence Jackson Hyman and Sarah Hyman Stewart. (Contents)
• * _Just an Ordinary Day (Bantam 0-553-37833-3, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $12.95, 431pp, tp, cover by Tom Hallman) Reprint (Bantam 1997) collection of 54 stories, most unpublished during Jackson’s lifetime, some fantasy.
• * *The Lottery and Other Stories/The Haunting of Hill House/We Have Always Lived in the Castle (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $12.95, 784pp, tp) Omnibus of Jackson’s three classics of the macabre and ghostly, The Lottery and Other Stories (Farrar, Straus 1949), The Haunting of Hill House (Viking 1959), and We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Viking 1962). (Contents)
• * _The Lottery: Adventures of the Daemon Lover (Robinson 0-948164-75-1, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], £3.50, 222pp, tp) Reprint (Farrar Strauss 1949) collection. (Contents)
• * _The Masterpieces of Shirley Jackson (Raven 1-85487-437-3, Jun ’96, £7.99, xii+531pp, tp) Reprint (QPBC 1991) dark fantasy omnibus, with a new Introduction by Donna Tartt. The classic dark fantasy, The Haunting of Hill House (Viking 1959), the surreal nightmare, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, (Viking 1962) and the collection The Lottery (Farrar Straus 1949). [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Sundial (Penguin 0-14-008317-0, Jan ’86, $5.95, 245pp, pb) Reprint (Farrar, Straus & Cudahy 1958) gothic fantasy novel of suspense and horror; a family gathers to await the end of the world and are beset by supernatural trials. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Penguin (US) 0-14-007107-5, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $4.95, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1962) fantasy classic.
• * _We Have Always Lived in the Castle (Robinson 0-948164-36-0, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], £2.95, 190pp, tp) Reprint (Viking 1962) horror novel.

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• * _Private Demons: The Life of Shirley Jackson See entry under Judy Oppenheimer.

JACKSON, STEVE (1951- )

• * *The Trolltooth Wars (Puffin 0-14-032482-8, Apr ’89, £2.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Chris Achilleos) Fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Fighting Fantasy Novels” series.

JACKSON, STUART (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Tracer (Sphere 0-7474-0603-0, Jun ’90 [May ’90], £3.50, 301pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Near-future thriller about a right-wing Government that imprisons AIDS victims.

JACKSON, [General] [Sir] WILLIAM (Godfrey Fothergill) (1917- ) (stories)

• * *Alternative Third World War, 1985 - 2035: A Personal History (Pergamon 0-08-034740-1, Sep ’87 [Oct ’87], £14.95, 268pp, hc) Another ‘future history’ book. [Not seen]

JACOB, CHARLEE (1952- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *This Symbiotic Fascination (Necro Publications 1-889186-05-8, Nov ’97 [Jul ’98], $12.95, 243pp, tp, cover by Brandy Gill) Vampire horror novel. An ugly woman willingly becomes a vampire, This is a signed limited edition of 300; a hardcover, signed limited edition of 100 (-06-6, $45.00) was announced but not seen. A first novel. Necro Publications, PO Box 540298, Orlando FL 32854-0298; add $1.50 postage for the trade paperback, $3.00 for the hardcover.

JACOB, PIERS ANTHONY DILLINGHAM (1934- ); see pseudonym Piers Anthony (stories)

JACOBI, CARL (Richard) (1908-1997) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *East of Samarinda (The Popular Press 0-87972-442-0, May ’89 [Jun ’89], $16.95, 229pp, tp) Collection of 21 pulp adventure stories, including some fantasy, with a preface by Jacobi and an introduction by R. Dixon Smith. The stories are printed facsimiles of the original magazine appearances. Also announced in cloth (-441-2, $33.95); not seen. (Contents)
• * *Smoke of the Snake (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-10-0, Sep ’94, $28.00, 208pp, hc, cover by Jon Arfstrom) Collection of 15 stories, with an introduction by R. Dixon Smith, who coedited the volume with Jacobi. Interior illustrations by Roger Gerberding. (Contents)

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• * _Lost in the Rentharpian Hills: Spanning the Decades with Carl Jacobi See entry under R. Dixon Smith.

JACOBS, ERIC

• * +Kingsley Amis: A Biography (St. Martin’s/Dunne 0-312-18602-9, Jun ’98 [Sep ’98], $26.95, 392pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography. Includes notes, bibliography, index, and 16 unpaginated pages of photos. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1995). [Amis]

JACOBS, HARVEY (Jay) (1930- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *American Goliath (St. Martin’s 0-312-16771-7, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $24.95, 346pp, hc) Associational humorous novel about the Cardiff Giant.
• * _American Goliath (St. Martin’s/Griffin 0-312-19438-2, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $14.95, 346pp, tp, cover by Estelle Jacobs) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1997) associational humorous novel about the Cardiff Giant. A World Fantasy Award nominee.
• * _Beautiful Soup (Ringpull 1-898051-12-7, Sep ’94, £8.99, 263pp, tp, cover by David Crowe) Reprint (Celadon Press 1990) humorous sf novel set in a future where everyone’s forehead is stamped with a barcode at birth. James Wander’s life is changed forever when his barcode is tranformed to the one on salt-free pea soup. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Beautiful Soup: A Novel for the 21st Century (Celadon Press 0-9634185-0-5, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $12.95, 263pp, tp, cover by Estelle Jacobs) Satirical sf novel of a man in a society that has repudiated individuality who suddenly finds himself an outcast. Order from Celadon Press, 101 West 12th St., Suite 8G, New York NY 10011.

JACOBS, PAUL SAMUEL (stories)

• * *Born Into Light (Scholastic 0-590-40710-4, Mar ’88 [Jun ’88], $11.95, 149pp, hc) Young-adult sf novella of extraterrestrial “feral children.” A first novel.
• * _Born Into Light (Scholastic 0-590-40622-1, Jun ’89 [Jul ’89], $2.75, 149pp, pb) Reprint (Scholastic 1988) young-adult sf novel about extraterrestrial feral children.
• * *Sleepers, Wake (Scholastic 0-590-42397-5, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $13.95, 183pp, hc, cover by Tim Jacobus) Young-adult sf novel of space pioneer children alone on a strange planet.

JACOBS, W(illiam) W(ymark) (1863-1943) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Monkey’s Paw (Books of Wonder 0-929605-65-9, 1997 [Feb ’98], $5.95, 58pp, tp, cover by Jeff White) Collection of two horror stories, published as part of the “Classic Frights” young-adult line. Illustrated by Jeff White. This is dated 1997, but not seen until now. (Contents)
• * *The Monkey’s Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and the Macabre (Academy Chicago 0-89733-441-8, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], $14.95, 255pp, tp, cover by Victor Prouvé) Collection of 18 stories of macabre fiction, many supernatural. Introduction by editor Gary Hoppenstand. There is a selected bibliography. (Contents)

JACOBSON, DAN (1929- )

• * *The God-Fearer (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-1258-2, Sep ’92, £13.99, 159pp, hc, cover by Jeff Fisher) Literary fantasy novel about an alternate Europe where Christianity is a minority sect.
• * +The God-Fearer (Macmillan Atheneum 0-684-19660-3, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $18.00, 159pp, hc, cover by Jeff Fisher) Alternate-history novel set in a medieval Europe where Christians are a persecuted minority. First American edition (UK 1992).
• * _The God-Fearer (Sceptre 0-340-59494-2, Dec ’93, £5.99, 159pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 1992) literary fantasy novel.
• * *Her Story (Andre Deutsch 0-233-98116-0, Aug ’87 [Dec ’87], £8.95, 141pp, hc) Literary sf novel.
• * _Her Story (Flamingo 0-00-654270-0, May ’88, £3.95, 141pp, tp) Reprint (Andre Deutsch 1987) literary sf novel.

JACOBSON, KARIE, ed. (stories)

• * *Simulations: 15 Tales of Virtual Reality (Citadel Twilight 0-8065-1406-X, Apr ’93, $9.95, 275pp, tp, cover by Kevin Kelly) Anthology of 15 stories, including two originals, with virtual reality technology in them, plus an introduction on virtual reality. (Contents)

JACOBSON, MARK (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Gojiro (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-396-2, Jan ’91 [Feb ’91], $22.95, 356pp, hc, cover by Chip Kidd) [Godzilla] Literary fantasy novel based on b-movies and comic books, of a little boy and Godzilla. A first novel.
• * _Gojiro (Penguin 0-14-015806-5, Apr ’92, £8.99, 356pp, tp, cover by Peter Garriock) [Godzilla] Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1991) literary sf novel about Godzilla. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Gojiro (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29743-0, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $5.99, 453pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Godzilla] Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1991) literary fantasy novel of a boy and Godzilla.
• * _Gojiro (Grove Press 0-8021-3539-0, Jan ’98, $14.00, 356pp, tp, cover by Miguel Santana) [Godzilla] Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1991) literary SF/fantasy novel about a boy and Godzilla. This Grove edition has no date other than the original copyright, but has not been seen before.

JACOBY, KATE; pseudonym of Tracy Oliphant (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Exile’s Return (Gollancz 0-575-06527-3, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £16.99, 442pp, hc, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [Elita] Fantasy novel, first book in the “Elita” series. A nobleman’s return from self exile raises hopes and fears of rebellion. A first novel. Copyrighted by Tracy Oliphant.

JACQ, CHRISTIAN

• * *Ramses I: The Son of Light (Warner 0-446-67356-0, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $14.99, 376pp, tp) [Ramses] Historical novel of ancient Egypt, with fantasy elements. Volume one of five. Translated from the French (Editions Robert Laffont 1995 as Fils de la lumiere) by Mary Feeney.
• * *Ramses II: The Eternal Temple (Warner 0-446-67357-9, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $14.99, 362pp, tp) [Ramses] “Historical” novel of ancient Egypt, with some fantasy elements. Volume two of five. Now Pharaoh, Ramses must fend off Greeks who want Helen of Troy back; Moses is accused of murder. Maybe alternate history? Simultaneous with the UK edition (Simon & Schuster UK as The Temple of a Million Years).
• * +Ramses III: The Battle of Kadesh (Warner 0-446-67358-7, Jul ’98, $14.99, 377pp, tp, cover by Marc Burkhardt) [Ramses] Historical novel of ancient Egypt, with fantasy elements. Volume three of five. Translated by Mary Feeney from the French (Editions Robert Laffont 1996). First US edition (Simon & Schuster UK 5/98).
• * +Ramses IV: The Lady of Abu Simbel (Warner 0-446-67359-5, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $14.99, 378pp, tp, cover by Marc Burkhardt) [Ramses] Historical novel of ancient Egypt, with fantasy elements. Volume four of five. Translated by Mary Feeney from the French (Editions Robert Laffont 1996). First US edition (Simon & Schuster UK 9/98).
• * *Ramses: The Battle of Kadesh (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-82121-4, May ’98, £9.99, 374pp, tp) [Ramses] Historical novel of ancient Egypt, with fantasy elements. Volume three of five. Translated from the French (Editions Robert Laffont 1996) by Dorothy S. Blair. A hardcover edition (-82138-9, £16.99) was announced but not seen.
• * *Ramses: The Lady of Abou Simbel (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-82122-2, Sep ’98 [Dec ’98], £9.99, 370pp, tp) [Ramses] Egyptian/historical fantasy novel. Volume four in a planned five-book series. Translated by Dorothy S. Blair from the French. A hardcover edition (-82139-7, £16.99) was announced but not seen.
• * *Ramses: The Son of the Light (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-82119-2, Sep ’97 [Nov ’97], £9.99, 360pp, tp) [Ramses] Historical fantasy novel of Ancient Egypt. Volume 1 in a five-book series. Translated by Mary Feeney from the French original (Editions Lafont 1995). A hardcover edition (-82136-2, £15.99) was announced but not seen.
• * _Ramses: The Son of the Light (Pocket UK 0-671-01020-4, Sep ’98 [Dec ’98], £5.99, 360pp, pb) [Ramses] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1997) Egyptian/historical fantasy novel. Volume one in a five-book series. Translated by Mary Feeney from the French (Fils de la Lumiere, Editions Lafont, 1995).
• * _Ramses: The Temple of a Million Years (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-82120-6, Jan ’98, £9.99, 344pp, tp) [Ramses] Fantasy novel, volume two in an Egyptian quasi-historical series with fantastic elements. Translated by Mary Feeney from the French original (Editions Lafont, 1996). Simultaneous with the US (Warner as Ramses: The Eternal Temple) edition. A hardcover edition (-82137-0, £16.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]

JACQUES, BRIAN (1939- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Bellmaker (Hutchinson 0-09-176622-2, Jun ’94 [May ’94], £12.99, 336pp, hc, cover by Fangorn) [Redwall] Young-adult fantasy novel. Illustrated by Allan Curless. Volume seven in the “Redwall” series.
• * +The Bellmaker (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-22805-5, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $17.95, 336pp, hc, cover by Troy Howell) [Redwall] Young-adult fantasy novel about the talking animals of “Redwall”. Martin the Bellmaker goes to sea to help his daughter, the mouse-maid warrior Mariel. First American edition (Hutchinson 1994).
• * _The Bellmaker (Red Fox 0-09-943331-1, Jul ’95, £4.50, 336pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1994) young-adult animal fantasy novel. Book 7 in the ‘Redwall’ series. Illustrated by Allen Curless.
• * _The Bellmaker (Ace 0-441-00315-X, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $5.99, 397pp, pb, cover by Troy Howell) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1994) young-adult fantasy novel about the talking animals of “Redwall”.
• * _The Bellmaker (Red Fox 0-09-943331-1, Jul ’97, £4.50, 336pp, pb) [Redwall] Reissue (Hutchinson 1994) young-adult animal fantasy novel. Book seven in the “Redwall” series. Third printing.
• * *The Great Redwall Feast (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-22707-5, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $18.95, 64pp, tp, cover by Christopher Denise) [Redwall] Young-adult picture book in the “Redwall” series, a poem illustrated by Christopher Denise. The creatures of Redwall Abbey try to prepare a suprise feast for the abbot.
• * *The Long Patrol (Hutchinson 0-09-176546-3, Jul ’97, £12.99, 358pp, hc, cover by Fangorn) [Redwall] Young-adult animal fantasy novel. Book ten in the “Redwall” series. Illustrated by Allen Curless.
• * +The Long Patrol (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-23165-X, Feb ’98, $21.99, 358pp, hc, cover by Troy Howell) [Redwall] Young-adult talking animal fantasy in the “Redwall” series. Young Tammo gets his chance to join the fighting hares of the Long Patrol. First US edition (Hutchinson 1997).
• * _The Long Patrol (Red Fox 0-09-963881-9, Jul ’98 [Aug ’98], £4.99, 350pp, pb) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1997) young-adult animal fantasy novel. Book 10 in the “Redwall” series.
• * *Mariel of Redwall (Hutchinson 0-09-176405-X, Oct ’91, £12.99, 387pp, hc, cover by Douglas Hall) [Redwall] Young-adult fantasy novel about talking mice. Volume 4 in the “Redwall” series.
• * +Mariel of Redwall (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-22144-1, May ’92 [Jun ’92], $17.95, 387pp, hc) [Redwall] Young-adult medieval fantasy novel about talking mice, fourth book of the “Mossflower” series. First American edition (Hutchinson 1991).
• * _Mariel of Redwall (Red Fox 0-09-992960-0, Aug ’92, £4.50, 387pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1991) young-adult fantasy novel about talking mice. Volume four in the “Redwall” series.
• * _Mariel of Redwall (AvoNova 0-380-71922-3, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $4.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Tom Canty) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1991) young-adult medieval fantasy novel about talking mice, fourth book of the “Mossflower” series.
• * _Mariel of Redwall (Legend 0-09-931941-1, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], £4.99, 387pp, pb, cover by John Barber) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1991) animal fantasy novel. Volume four in the “Redwall” series.
• * _Mariel of Redwall (Red Fox 0-09-992960-0, Jul ’97, £4.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Redwall] Reissue (Hutchinson 1991) young-adult animal fantasy novel. Book four in the series. 12th printing.
• * *Marlfox (Hutchinson 0-09-176850-0, Jul ’98 [Aug ’98], £12.99, 386pp, hc, cover by Fangorn) [Redwall] Young-adult animal fantasy novel. Book 11 in the “Redwall” series.
• * +Marlfox (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-23307-5, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $22.99, 386pp, hc, cover by Troy Howell) [Redwall] Young-adult talking animal fantasy in the “Redwall” series. Illustrated by Fangorn. A signed limited edition was announced but not seen. First US edition (Hutchinson 1998).
• * *Martin the Warrior (Hutchinson 0-09-176150-6, Oct ’93, £12.99, 375pp, hc, cover by Fangorn) [Redwall] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume six in the “Redwall” series.
• * +Martin the Warrior (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-22670-2, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $17.95, 376pp, hc, cover by Troy Howell) [Redwall] Young-adult talking animal fantasy novel about mice, sixth book of the “Redwall” series. First American edition (Hutchinson 1993).
• * _Martin the Warrior (Red Fox 0-09-928171-6, Jun ’94 [May ’94], £4.50, 375pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1993) fantasy novel. Illustrated by Gary Chalk. Volume six in the “Redwall” series.
• * _Martin the Warrior (Ace 0-441-00186-6, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $5.50, 376pp, pb, cover by Troy Howell) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1993) animal fantasy in the “Redwall” series, the story of the legendary mouse warrior whose spirit protects the abbey.
• * _Martin the Warrior (Red Fox 0-09-928171-6, Jul ’97, £4.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Redwall] Reissue (Hutchinson 1993) young-adult animal fantasy novel. Book six in the series. Fourth printing.
• * *Mattimeo (Hutchinson 0-09-173898-9, Oct ’89, £9.95, 446pp, hc, cover by Douglas Hall) [Redwall] Young-adult animal fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Redwall” trilogy.
• * *Mattimeo (Putnam/Philomel 0-399-21741-X, May ’90, $16.95, 446pp, hc, cover by Troy Howell) [Redwall] Animal fantasy novel about mice, third book in the “Redwall” trilogy. First American edition (Hutchinson 1989).
• * _Mattimeo (Red Fox 0-09-967540-4, Jul ’90, £3.50, 446pp, pb, cover by Pete Lyon) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1989) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Redwall” trilogy.
• * _Mattimeo (AvoNova 0-380-71530-9, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.99, 446pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1989) young-adult animal fantasy about mice, third book in the “Redwall” series.
• * _Mattimeo (Legend 0-09-931931-4, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], £4.99, 446pp, pb, cover by John Barber) [Redwall] Reprint (Hutchinson 1989) animal fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Redwall” series.