The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

JAMES, EDWARD (Frederick) (1947- ) (stories)

• * *Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century (Oxford University Press 0-19-289244-4, Oct ’94, $11.95, 250pp, tp, cover by Robert McCall) Critical work examining SF as a cultural phenomenon. Also available in hardcover (-219263-9, $45.00). Simultaneous with (or the same as) the British edition (Oxford 1994).
• * *Science Fiction in the Twentieth Century (Oxford University Press 0-19-289244-4, Oct ’94, £7.99, 250pp, tp, cover by Robert McCall) Critical book. A hardcover edition (-219263-9, £30.00) was announced but not seen. A new approach to the history of SF, by the editor of Foundation.

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• * *The Parliament of Dreams: Conferring on Babylon 5 (with Farah Mendlesohn) (SF Foundation 0-7049-1192-2, Aug ’98 [Sep ’98], £9.00, 177pp, tp) [Babylon 5] Collection of critical essays on the J. Michael Straczyski TV show, most delivered as papers at the University College of Ripon and York St John on 13/14 December 1997. “Foundation Studies in Science Fiction 1”. Mistaken ISBN as 0-7049-1195-2 on the backcover. Available from The SF Foundation, Professor Edward James, University of Reading, Whiteknights, Reading RG6 6AA for £9/$15 postfree. (Contents)

JAMES, ELIZABETH (1942- ); see pseudonym Beverly Hastings

JAMES, HENRY (1843-1916) (stories)

• * _The Turn of the Screw (Dover 0-486-26684-2, Feb ’91, $1.00, 87pp, pb) [Turn of the Screw] Reprint (in The Two Magics (Heinemann 1898)) classic supernatural short novel. A Dover Thrift Edition.
• * _The Turn of the Screw (Tor 0-812-53341-0, Oct ’93 [Nov ’93], $2.50, 146pp, pb, cover by Jeffrey Lindberg) [Turn of the Screw] Reprint (Heinemann 1898 in The Two Magics) classic supernatural short novel, with an uncredited biographical introduction, foreword, and afterword.
• * _The Turn of the Screw (Penguin Popular Classics 0-14-062061-3, Apr ’94, £1.00, 121pp, pb, cover by Atkinson Grimshaw) [Turn of the Screw] Reprint (Heinemann 1898 in The Two Magics) horror novel. Thrift paperback edition of the classic.
• * _The Turn of the Screw & Other Stories (Everyman 0-460-11912-5, May ’87 [1987], £1.95, 312pp, pb) Reprint collection including the famous ghost story. [Not seen]
• * *The Turn of the Screw and Other Stories (World’s Classics 0-19-282927-0, Sep ’92, £3.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Gysio) Collection of four of James’ ghost stories, edited and introduced by T.J. Lustig. (Contents)
• * _The Turn of the Screw: And Other Short Novels (Penguin/Signet Classic 0-451-52606-6, Sep ’95, $3.95, 455pp, pb, cover by Sir John Everett Millais) Classic short horror novel (1898), plus other shorter works, with a new introduction by Perry Meisel. (Contents)

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• * _Henry James: A Literary Life See entry under Kenneth Graham.
• * _The Turn of the Screw by Henry James See entry under Peter G. Beidler.

JAMES, J. ALISON (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Runa (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31708-5, Apr ’93 [May ’93], $13.95, 138pp, hc, cover by Michael Hays) Young-adult fantasy novel of a young girl visiting her grandfather in Sweden who learns that the old Norse gods still have very real powers.
• * *Sing for a Gentle Rain (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31561-9, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $14.95, 211pp, hc, cover by Michael Hays) Time-travel fantasy of a contemporary Indian boy drawn back to the world of the 13th century Anasazi.

JAMES, JOHN (1924?-1993) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Men Went to Cattraeth (Bantam UK 0-553-17360-X, Jul ’88, £2.99, 240pp, pb) [Photinus] Reprint (Cassell 1969) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Photinus” trilogy.
• * _Not for All the Gold in Ireland (Bantam UK 0-553-17359-6, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], £2.95, 348pp, pb) [Photinus] Reprint (Cassell 1968) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Photinus” trilogy.
• * _Votan (Bantam UK 0-553-17358-8, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], £2.75, 240pp, pb) Reprint (Cassell 1966) fantasy novel.

JAMES, KELVIN CHRISTOPHER

• * *A Fling with a Demon Lover (HarperCollins 0-06-017350-5, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $22.00, 248pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel. A teacher from Harlem finds a lamia in Greece.

JAMES, L(isa) DEAN; see pseudonym Lisa Dean (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Book of Stones (TSR 1-56076-639-5, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $4.50, 314pp, tp, cover by John Lakey & Laura Lakey) [*Sorceror’s Stone] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Sorceror’s Stone” series.
• * *Kingslayer (TSR 1-56076-398-1, Jun ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.50, 307pp, tp, cover by Fred Fields) [*Sorceror’s Stone] Fantasy novel, sequel to Sorceror’s Stone.
• * *Mojave Wells (AvoNova 0-380-77324-4, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.99, 276pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) SF novel about a man who becomes the unwilling host to alien parasites bent on conquest.
• * *Sorceror’s Stone (TSR 1-56076-074-5, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $3.95/£2.99, 313pp, tp, cover by Fred Fields) [*Sorceror’s Stone] Fantasy novel of a young prince who must master a magic sword to save his kingdom. A first novel. This is a worldwide edition with both U.S. and U.K. prices.
• * *Summerland (AvoNova 0-380-77325-2, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $4.99, 279pp, pb) Near-future fantasy/sf novel of a girl with magical powers who may be able to stop the aliens destroying human civilization.
• * _Winter Scream (with Chris Curry) See entry under Chris Curry.

JAMES, LAURENCE (William) (1942-2000); see pseudonyms James Darke, Richard Haigh & James McPhee; see house pseudonym James Axler

• * *Dark Future 1: The Revengers (Bantam UK 0-553-40402-4, Aug ’92, £2.99, 142pp, pb, cover by John Avon) [Dark Future] Young-adult post-holocaust adventure novel. The author has previously written post-holocaust adventure series under the pseudonyms James Axler and James McPhee.
• * *Dark Future 2: Beyond the Grave (Bantam UK 0-553-40403-2, Aug ’92, £2.99, 125pp, pb, cover by John Avon) [Dark Future] Young-adult post-holocaust adventure novel.
• * *Dark Future 3: The Horned God (Bantam UK 0-553-40404-0, Sep ’92, £2.99, 127pp, pb, cover by John Avon) [Dark Future] Young-adult post-holocaust adventure novel.
• * *Dark Future 4: The Plague (Bantam UK 0-553-40405-9, Oct ’92, £2.99, 123pp, pb, cover by John Avon) [Dark Future] Young-adult post-holocaust adventure novel.
• * _Death Lands: Crater Lake [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Death Lands: Dectra Chain [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Death Lands: Homeward Bound [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Death Lands: Ice and Fire [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Death Lands: Neutron Solstice [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Death Lands: Northstar Rising [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Death Lands: Pony Soldiers [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Death Lands: Red Equinox [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Death Lands: Time Nomads [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands #3: Neutron Solstice [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands #4: Crater Lake [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Bitter Fruit [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Bloodlines [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Chill Factor [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Circle Thrice [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Cold Asylum [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Crossways [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Dark Carnival [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Deep Empire [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Eclipse at Noon [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Emerald Fire [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Fury’s Pilgrims [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Genesis Echo [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Ground Zero [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Latitude Zero [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Moon Fate [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Rider, Reaper [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Seedling [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Shadowfall [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Shockscape [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Stoneface [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Trader Redux [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Deathlands: Twilight Children [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Earth Blood [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Earth Blood: Aurora Quest [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.
• * _Earth Blood: Days Trek [as by James Axler] See entry under James Axler.

JAMES, M(ontague) R(hodes) (1862-1936) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Casting the Runes (Books of Wonder 0-929605-79-9, May ’98, $5.95, 57pp, tp, cover by Jeff White) Horror short story packaged as a “Classic Frights” book for young adults. Illustrated by Jeff White.
• * *Casting the Runes and Other Ghost Stories (World’s Classics 0-19-281719-1, Apr ’87 [Jun ’87], £3.95, 352pp, pb) Collection of ghost stories, edited by Michael Cox. (Contents)
• * _The Five Jars (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-02-8, Mar ’95 [Apr ’95], £16.00, xvii+101pp, hc) Reprint (Edward Arnold 1922) fantasy novel. It has a new Introduction by Rosemary Pardoe. A limited edition of 300 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $27.00. Note that Don Tuck lists this as a collection although it is more usually regarded as a novel.
• * _Ghost Stories (Brompton Books 1-870774-00-0, Sep ’87 [Oct ’87], £8.95, 362pp, hc) Reprint ghost story collection. [Not seen]
• * +The Ghost Stories of M.R. James (Oxford University Press 0-19-212255-X, 1986 [Jun ’87], $18.95, 224pp, hc) A selection of James’ ghostly tales, chosen by Michael Cox, with illustrations by Rosalind Caldecott. This is the 1986 British edition, (printed in Australia!) now distributed in the U.S. by Oxford University Press/U.S. It includes a long introduction with background material and photos. It’s printed on coated stock and is a beautiful book. (CNB)
• * *The Ghost Stories of M.R. James (Oxford 0-19-212255-X, Nov ’86, £12.95, 224pp, hc) Collection of 15 stories, edited and with an introduction by Michael Cox. (Contents)
• * *The Haunted Dolls’ House and other stories (with Robert Louis Stevenson) (Penguin 0-14-600018-8, Jul ’95, 60p, 56pp, pb) Anthology of three stories, two by James, one by Stevenson. One of the ‘Penguin 60s’ collection: mini-books celebrating their 60th anniversary. (Contents)
• * *Masters of Fantasy 3: M.R. James (The British Fantasy Society no ISBN, May ’87 [1987], £0.90, 24pp, pb) Ghost collection. Edited by Richard Dalby. Volume 10 in the BFS Booklet series. (Contents)
• * _More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (Dover 0-486-25700-2, Jul ’88 [Aug ’88], $4.95, 116pp, tp) Reprint (Arnold 1911) collection.
• * _The Penguin Complete Ghost Stories of M.R. James (Penguin 0-14-010226-4, Oct ’87 [Nov ’87], £3.95, 362pp, tp) Reissue (Edward Arnold 1931, as The Collected Ghost Stories of M.R. James) ghost collection.
• * _A Warning to the Curious (Isis Large Print 1-85089-154-0, Oct ’87, £9.50, 140pp, hc) Reprint (Hutchinson 1987) ghost story collection, edited by Ruth Rendell. [Not seen]
• * _A Warning to the Curious (Arrow 0-09-952630-1, Jan ’88, £3.50, 257pp, pb) Reprint (Hutchinson 1987) ghost collection.
• * *A Warning to the Curious and other stories (Phoenix 0-75380-446-8, May ’98, £3.99, x+245pp, pb, cover by Anders Lindholm) Collection of 16 stories, selected and with an introduction by Philip Gooden. (Contents)
• * *A Warning to the Curious: The Ghost Stories of M.R. James (Hutchinson 0-09-170080-9, Feb ’87, £9.95, 257pp, hc) Ghost story collection, selected and edited by Ruth Rendell. (Contents)

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• * _Irony and Horror: The Art of M.R. James See entry under Samuel D. Russell.
• * _M.R. James: An Informal Portrait See entry under Michael Cox.

JAMES, MARTIN

• * *Night Glow (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-202-5, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 320pp, pb) Horror novel. A man’s homicidal dreams become reality.
• * *Tower of Evil (Leisure 0-8439-3608-8, May ’94, $4.50, 368pp, pb) Horror novel about a haunted skyscraper.
• * *Zombie House (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-323-4, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 352pp, pb) Voodoo/zombie horror novel. A boy’s mother and his ALF doll are both dismembered by the living dead.

JAMES, MARY (Elliott) (1927- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Shoebag (Scholastic 0-590-43029-7, Mar ’90, $10.95, 135pp, hc, cover by Ken Spengler) Young-adult fantasy of a cockroach that turns into a boy and doesn’t like it.
• * *The Shuteyes (Scholastic 0-590-45069-7, Feb ’93, $13.95, 167pp, hc, cover by Tim Hildebrandt) Young-adult fantasy of a boy carried by a one-eyed giant parrot to the planet Alert, where sleeping is a crime.

JAMES, P. D.; [i.e., Phyllis Dorothy James White] (1920- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Children of Men (Faber and Faber 0-571-16741-1, Sep ’92, £14.99, 239pp, hc, cover by Irene Von Treskow) Novel set in 2021 in a Britain where children are no longer being born.
• * +The Children of Men (Knopf 0-679-41873-3, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $22.00, 241pp, hc, cover by Bartolomeo Schedone) Dystopian sf novel set in a 21st century England where there have been no new human births for a quarter century. Recommended (SW). First American edition (Faber and Faber 1992).
• * _The Children of Men (BOMC no ISBN, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $18.95, 233pp, hc, cover by Bartolomeo Schedone) Reprint (Faber and Faber 1992) dystopian literary sf novel. Similar to the Knopf edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back cover.
• * _The Children of Men (Faber and Faber 0-571-16843-4, Apr ’93, £8.99, 239pp, tp, cover by Irene Von Treskow) Reprint (Faber 1992) literary sf novel.
• * _The Children of Men (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Nov ’93, $12.95, 233pp, tp, cover by Bartolomeo Schedone) Reprint (Faber and Faber 1992) dystopian literary sf novel. Similar to the Knopf edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the jacket printed as the soft cover.
• * _The Children of Men (Warner Vision 0-446-36462-2, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $6.50, 351pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Faber & Faber 1992) dystopian literary sf novel set in a 21st-century England where there have been no human births for a quarter century.
• * _The Children of Men (Penguin 0-14-017828-7, Mar ’94, £4.99, 351pp, pb) Reprint (Faber 1992) sf novel.

JAMES, PETER (1948- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Alchemist (Gollancz 0-575-05726-2, Jan ’96, £15.99, 574pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel. A pharmaceutical firm hides a deadly secret about its biggest-selling product. It’s not chemical; it’s alchemical.
• * _Alchemist (Signet UK 0-451-17997-8, Dec ’96, £5.99, 573pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1996) horror novel.
• * *Biggles: The Untold Story (Piccolo 0-330-29161-0, May ’86, £2.95, 48pp, tp) Film tie-in with new sf/adventure movie, with full-color stills.
• * *Denial (Orion 0-75281-314-5, Oct ’98 [Nov ’98], £9.99, 403pp, tp) Associational thriller set in the near-future. A hardback edition (-020-0, £16.99) is listed, but seems to be cancelled.
• * *Dreamer (Gollancz 0-575-04310-5, Jun ’89 [May ’89], £11.95, 319pp, hc, cover by Pinsharp) Horror novel about a woman whose nightmares have an unfortunate tendency to come true.
• * +Dreamer (St. Martin’s 0-312-04307-4, Jul ’90 [Aug ’90], $18.95, 319pp, hc, cover by Adam Niklewicz) Horror novel of a woman stalked by a figure from her dreams. First American edition (Gollancz 1989).
• * _Dreamer (Sphere 0-7474-0577-8, Aug ’90, £3.99, 383pp, pb, cover by John Avon) Reprint (Gollancz 1989) horror novel.
• * _Dreamer (St. Martin’s 0-312-92431-3, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $4.95, 357pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reprint (Gollancz 1989) horror novel.
• * *Host (Gollancz 0-575-05619-3, Oct ’93, £15.99, 475pp, hc, cover by Peter Mennim) Sf/horror novel about attempts to download a human consciousness into a computer.
• * _Host (Signet UK 0-45-117995-1, Nov ’94, £4.99, 624pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1993) SF/horror novel about attempts to download a human consciousness into a computer.
• * +Host (Villard 0-679-43733-9, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $24.00, 469pp, hc) Techno-thriller about artificial intelligences and cryonic suspension. First US edition (Gollancz 1993).
• * _Host (SFBC #10715, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $11.98, 469pp, hc) Reprint (Gollancz 1993) techno-thriller about artificial intelligences and cryonic suspension. This is similar to the 1995 Villard edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Possession (Gollancz 0-575-04272-9, May ’88, £10.95, 282pp, hc) Horror/occult novel.
• * +Possession (Doubleday 0-385-24705-2, Oct ’88, $17.95, 270pp, hc) Horror novel about a dead son trying to possess his mother. First U.S. edition (Gollancz 1988).
• * _Possession (Sphere 0-7474-0336-8, Jun ’89 [Apr ’89], £3.50, 290pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1988) horror/occult novel.