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JAMES, PETER (stories) (continued)

* _Possession (Dell 0-440-20463-1, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $4.50, 305pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1988) horror novel of possession.
* *Prophecy (Gollancz 0-575-05064-0, Oct ’92, £14.99, 280pp, hc, cover by Tom Stimpson) Horror novel.
* _Prophecy (Signet UK 0-451-17427-5, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], £4.99, 368pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1992) horror novel about possession.
* +Prophecy (St. Martin’s 0-312-10526-6, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $20.95, 280pp, hc, cover by Tom Stimpson) Horor novel of possession from beyond the grave. First US edition (Gollancz 1992).
* _Prophecy (Signet UK 0-451-18440-8, Oct ’94 [Dec ’94], £4.99, 368pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1992) fantasy novel. A tie-in to the “Chiller” TV series.
* *Sweet Heart (Gollancz 0-575-04697-X, Oct ’90, £13.95, 278pp, hc, cover by David Scutt) Horror novel.
* _Sweet Heart (Sphere 0-7474-0895-5, Aug ’91, £4.50, 335pp, pb, cover by John Avon) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) ghost/horror novel.
* +Sweet Heart (St. Martin’s 0-312-06477-2, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $18.95, 278pp, hc, cover by Adam Niklewicz) Horror novel of a woman without a past haunted by something that is part memory and part supernatural evil. First American edition (Gollancz 1990).
* _The Truth (Orion 0-75281-666-7, Sep ’98 [Dec ’98], £5.99, 501pp, pb) Reprint (Orion 1997) SF/horror novel.
* *Twilight (Gollancz 0-575-05063-2, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], £14.99, 316pp, hc, cover by David Farren) Horror novel about the ‘twilight’ period between life and death.
* _Twilight (Signet UK 0-451-17426-7, Sep ’92, £4.99, 432pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1991) horror novel.
* *Twilight (St. Martin’s 0-312-08914-7, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $19.95, 316pp, hc) Horror novel of a pregnant young woman buried alive. First American edition (Gollancz 1991).
JAMES, PHILIP; pseudonym of James Cawthorn, (1929- )

* _The Distant Suns (with Michael Moorcock) See entry under Michael Moorcock.
JAMES, ROBERT

* *Blood Mist (Leisure 0-8439-2523-X, Sep ’87, $3.95, 365pp, pb) Horror novel.
JAMES, ROBY; pseudonym of Rhoda Blecker (stories) (assoc.)

* *Commencement (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40038-0, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $5.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Starfire] SF novel. A young woman with special mental talents is trained by a repressive interstellar government. James is a pen-name for Rhoda Blecker. A first novel.
* *Commitment (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40979-5, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $5.99, 436pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Starfire] SF novel, sequel to Commencement. Ronica confronts the deceitful government that taught her to use her power over human minds.
JAMES, WILLIAM

* *Before the Sun Falls (Orbit 1-85723-130-9, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], £5.99, 498pp, pb, cover by Tim Gill) [Sunfall] Epic sf novel. Third book in the “Sunfall” trilogy.
* *The Earth is the Lord’s (Orbit 1-85723-084-1, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £5.99, 535pp, pb) [Sunfall] Epic sf novel set on a desert world. Volume one in the “Sunfall” trilogy. Dated 1992, but has only just appeared.
* *The Other Side of Heaven (Orbit 1-85723-127-9, May ’93 [Apr ’93], £5.99, 543pp, pb, cover by Tim Gill) [Sunfall] Epic sf novel. The second book in the “Sunfall” trilogy.
JAMISON, ELLEN; pseudonym of Jane Toombs, (1926- )

* *Stone Dead (Zebra 0-8217-4265-5, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $4.50, 347pp, pb) Horror novel of a young woman haunted by an evil Hugger Doll.
JANES, PHIL (stories) (assoc.)

* *Fission Impossible (Millennium 1-85798-061-1, Nov ’93, £7.99, 250pp, tp, cover by Mick Posen) [Pioneer] Humorous sf novel. A hardcover edition (-060-3, £13.99) was announced but not seen. Volume two in the “Pioneer” series.
* _Fission Impossible (Orion 1-85798-144-8, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], £4.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Pioneer] Reprint (Millennium 1993) humorous SF novel. Book 2 of the “Pioneer” series.
* *The Galaxy Game (Millennium 1-85798-058-1, May ’93 [Apr ’93], £7.99, 212pp, tp, cover by Mick Posen) [Pioneer] Humorous sf novel. A hardcover edition (-116-2, £14.99) was announced but not seen. Volume one in the “Pioneer” series.
* _The Galaxy Game (Millennium 1-85798-150-2, May ’94, £4.99, 212pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Pioneer] Reprint (Millennium 1993) humorous SF novel. Volume one in the “Pioneer” series.
* *I, Arnold (Millennium 1-85798-102-2, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], £8.99, 280pp, tp, cover by Mick Posen) [Pioneer] Humorous SF novel. On a parallel Earth 450 years in the future, the team assembled in The Galaxy Game and Fission Impossible must hunt down a rogue robot in a world full of robots. A hardcover edition (-101-4, £15.99) is also available.
* _I, Arnold (Millennium 1-85798-404-8, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], £4.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Pioneer] Reprint (Millennium 1995) humorous SF novel. Third in the “Pioneer” series.
JANIFER, LARRY M.; see under Janifer, Laurence M. (stories)
JANIFER, LAURENCE M(ark) (1933-2002); formerly Larry M. Harris (stories)

* _Brain Twister (with Randall Garrett) See entry under Randall Garrett.
* *Knave & the Game (Doubleday 0-385-15238-8, Aug ’87, $12.95, 173pp, hc) [Gerald Knave] Collection of 9 sf stories about adventurer Gerald Knave. (Contents)
JANOS, LEO (stories) (assoc.)

* _Yeager: An Autobiography (with Chuck Yeager) See entry under Chuck Yeager.
JANOSKI, ELIZABETH

* *What’s Wrong with Eddie? (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88091-040-2, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.00, 92pp, tp, cover by Sandy Kossin) Young-adult fantasy novel. A leprechaun messes up summer vacation. A hardcover edition (-041-6, $15.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Royal Fireworks Printing Co., First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; add $4.00 shipping.
JANSON, KLAUS

* _The Dark Knight (with Lynn Varley & Frank Miller) See entry under Frank Miller.
* _The Dark Knight Returns (with Lynn Varley & Frank Miller) See entry under Frank Miller.
* *Frost and Fire (DC Comics 0-930289-07-2, Dec ’85, $5.95, unpaginated, pb) Pictorial version of a novelette by Ray Bradbury (original title “The Creatures That Time Forgot,” Planet Stories, Fall 1946).
JANSSON, TOVE (Marika) (1914-2001) (stories)

* _Comet in Moominland (A & C Black 0-7136-2827-8, May ’86, £6.95, 192pp, hc) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Benn 1951) juvenile fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Moomintroll” series.
* _Comet in Moominland (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-31526-4, Dec ’90 [Jan ’91], $13.95, 192pp, hc, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Walck 1951) young-adult fantasy novel, translated from the Finnish (Kometjakten 1946) by Elizabeth Portch. Illustrations by the author.
* _Comet in Moominland (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-41331-2, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $3.95, 192pp, tp, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Ernest Benn 1959) young-adult fantasy novel, translated from the Finnish (Kometjakten 1946) by Elizabeth Portch. Illustrations by the author.
* _Finn Family Moomintroll (A & C Black 0-7136-2826-X, May ’86, £6.95, 176pp, hc) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Benn 1950) juvenile fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Moomintroll” series.
* _Finn Family Moomintroll (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-32328-3, Oct ’89 [Nov ’89], $12.95, 170pp, hc, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Benn 1950) children’s fantasy novel, with illustrations by the author. First book in the “Moomintroll” series.
* _Finn Family Moomintroll (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-42307-5, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.50, 170pp, tp, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Finland 1948) young-adult fantasy novel, first book in the “Moomin” series. Translated from the Finnish by Ernest Benn, with illustrations by the author.
* _Moominland Midwinter (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-45303-9, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $4.50, 159pp, tp, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Ernest Benn 1958) children’s fantasy novel in the “Finn Family Moomintroll” series, translated by Thomas Warburton, with illustrations by the author. First published in Finland as Trollvinter (Holger Schildts 1957). A hardcover edition (-35041-8, $14.00) is also available.
* _Moominpappa at Sea (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-35044-2, Oct ’93, $17.00, 224pp, hc, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Ernest Benn 1966) young-adult fantasy novel in the “Finn Family Moomintroll” series, translated by Kingsley Hart with the original illustrations by the author. First published in Finland as Pappan och Havet (Holger Schildts 1965). A trade paperback edition (-45306-3, $4.50) was announced but not seen.
* *Moominpappa’s Memoirs (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-45307-1, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.95, 162pp, tp, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Young-adult novel in the “Moomintroll” series, with illustrations by the author. First English-language edition, translated by Thomas Warburton. Originally published in Finland as Moominpappans Memoarer (Schildts 1968). A hardcover edition (-35045-0, $16.00) was announced but not seen.
* _Moominsummer Madness (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-35039-6, Apr ’91 [Aug ’91], $13.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Ernest Benn 1961) young-adult fantasy novel in the “Finn Family Moomintroll” series, translated by Thomas Warburton, with illustrations by the author. First published in Finland as Farling Midsommar.
* _Moominsummer Madness (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-45310-1, Mar ’92, $4.50, 159pp, pb, cover by Tove Jansson) [Moomintroll] Reprint (Ernest Benn 1961) young-adult fantasy novel in the “Finn Family Moomintroll” series, translated by Thomas Warburton, with illustrations by the author. First published in Sweden as Farlig midsommar.
JANSZOON, JOZEF P. (stories)

* *The Final Diary Entry of Kees Huijgens (with D. E. LeRoss) (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-75-5, Jul ’95 [Aug ’95], $4.95, 24pp, ph, cover by Allen Koszowski) Horror story in pamphlet form, supposedly taken from a diary found by Janszoon and translated into English by LeRoss, about a De Stihl architect who took his work literally to new dimensions. Order from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893.
JARMAN, JULIA

* _The Crow Haunting (Collins 0-00-675213-6, Jan ’98 [May ’98], £3.99, 125pp, pb) Reprint (Andersen Press 1996) young-adult fantasy novel.
* *Ollie and the Bogle (Andersen Press 0-86264-163-2, Apr ’87 [Dec ’87], £5.95, 135pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel about a tree-sprite.
* _Ollie and the Bogle (Puffin 0-14-032879-3, Oct ’89, £1.99, 128pp, pb, cover by Bruce Hogarth) Reprint (Andersen Pres 1987) young-adult fantasy novel.
JARVIE, CLODAGH GIBSON (1923- ); see pseudonym Clodagh Chapman
JARVIS, EDWARD

* *Maggots (Arrow 0-09-946480-2, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £1.95, 235pp, pb) Horror novel.
JARVIS, ROBIN

* *The Alchymist’s Cat (Sprint 0-7500-0890-3, Oct ’91, £4.50, 330pp, tp, cover by Robin Jarvis) [Deptford Mice] Young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated throughout by Robin Jarvis. Also announced in hardcover (-0889-X, £8.99). Book One of “The Deptford Histories.”
* *The Crystal Prison (Macdonald Young Books UK 0-361-08575-3, Oct ’89, £3.50, 261pp, tp, cover by Robin Jarvis) [Deptford Mice] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume two in the “Deptford Mice” series. Also available in hardcover (-08574-5, £8.99).
* *The Dark Portal (Purnell 0-361-08549-4, Apr ’89 [May ’89], £2.99, 243pp, tp) [Deptford Mice] Young-adult fantasy/horror novel. Volume One in the “Deptford Mice” series. Also available in hardcover (-08548-6, £8.99).
* *The Fatal Strand (Collins 0-00-185625-1, Apr ’98 [May ’98], £12.99, 512pp, hc) [Wyrd Museum] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book Three of the “Tales from the Wyrd Museum” trilogy.
* *The Final Reckoning (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7500-0272-7, Sep ’90, £3.99, 305pp, tp) [Deptford Mice] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book Three of the “Deptford Mice” trilogy. Also available in hardcover (-0271-9).
* _The Final Reckoning (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7500-0272-7, Oct ’94 [Nov ’94], £4.99, 305pp, tp) [Deptford Mice] Reissue (Simon & Schuster UK 1990) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 3 of “The Deptford Mice”. Illustrated by Jarvis.
* *The Oaken Throne (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7500-1393-1, Oct ’93, £4.99, 412pp, tp) [Deptford Mice] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Deptford Histories”.
* *Raven’s Knot (Collins 0-00-185624-3, Nov ’96 [Dec ’96], £10.99, 442pp, hc) [Wyrd Museum] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book Two of “Tales from the Wyrd Museum”.
* _The Raven’s Knot (Collins 0-00-675013-3, Feb ’97, £4.99, 442pp, tp) [Wyrd Museum] Reprint (Collins 1996) young-adult fantasy novel. Book Two of the “Tales from the Wyrd Museum” trilogy.
* *Thomas (Macdonald Young Books 0-7500-1745-7, Oct ’95 [Nov ’95], £4.99, 441pp, pb) [Deptford Mice] Young-adult animal fantasy novel, illustrated by Jarvis. Last in the “Deptford Histories” prequel trilogy to the “Deptford Mice” series. A hardcover edition (-1744-9, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
* *A Warlock in Whitby (Sprint 0-7500-1203-X, Sep ’92, £4.50, 319pp, tp) [Whitby] Young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated throughout by Robin Jarvis. A hardcover edition (-1202-1, £9.99) was announced but not seen. Book two of the “Whitby” series.
* *The Whitby Child (Simon & Schuster UK 0-7500-1581-0, Nov ’94, £4.99, 387pp, tp) [Whitby] Young-adult fantasy novel—the young heroes and their supernatural allies from The Whitby Witches and A Warlock in Whitby battle a rejected god. Book 3 of “The Whitby Series”, illustrated by Jarvis. A hardcover edition (-1580-2, £9.99) is also available.
* *The Whitby Witches (Sprint 0-7500-0581-5, Apr ’91, £3.99, 276pp, tp) [Whitby] Young-adult fantasy/horror novel. Also announced in hardcover (-0582-3, £8.99).
* *The Woven Path (Collins 0-00-675012-5, Jul ’95 [Aug ’95], £4.99, 442pp, tp) [Wyrd Museum] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book One of the “Tales from the Wyrd Museum” trilogy. A strange museum in the East End of London holds dark and deadly secrets about the past. A hardcover edition (-185613-8, £8.99) is also available.
JARVIS, SHARON (Sylvia), ed. (1943- ); see pseudonyms Jarrod Comstock, Johanna Hailey & H. M. Major

* *Inside Outer Space: Science Fiction Professionals Look At Their Craft (Ungar 0-8044-2411-X, Dec ’85 [Jan ’86], $13.95, 148pp, hc) Non-fiction, personal essays on sf and the business of sf, etc., by Marion Zimmer Bradley, C.J. Cherryh, and others.
* *Inside Outer Space: Science Fiction Professionals Look At Their Craft (Ungar 0-8044-6310-7, Dec ’85 [Jan ’86], $7.95, 148pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
JAUNCEY, JAMES (1916- )

* *The Crystal Keeper (Hippo 0-590-13339-X, Jan ’96 [Mar ’96], £3.50, 245pp, pb, cover by David Scutt) Young-adult fantasy novel. A young girl must cure the Crystal Keeper before he destroys his world.
JAVNA, JOHN

* *The Best of Science Fiction TV (Harmony 0-517-56650-8, Jan ’88, $8.95, 144pp, tp) Non-fiction, illustrated guide to the best and worst of tv sf.
* _The Best of Science Fiction TV (Titan 1-85286-074-X, Apr ’88, £5.95, 144pp, tp) Reprint (Harmony 1987) study of some of the most popular (and unpopular) science fiction series on TV, ranging from The Prisoner to Lost in Space. [First U.K. edition]
JAVOR, FRANK A.; pseudonym of Francis Anthony Jaworski, (1916-1992) (stories) (assoc.)

* *The Ice Beast (DAW 0-88677-443-8, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.95, 224pp, pb, cover by Martin Andrews) [Eli Pike] Sf novel, third book of the “Eli Pike” series.
* *The Rim-World Legacy and Beyond (DAW 0-88677-505-1, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.50, 253pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) [Eli Pike] Collection containing Javor’s first novel, The Rim-World Legacy (Signet 1967), and two stories, one original. All feature the interstellar adventurer Eli Pike. (Contents)
* *Scor-Sting (DAW 0-88677-421-7, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $3.95, 223pp, pb, cover by Martin Andrews) [Eli Pike] Sf adventure novel of criminal activity on a desert planet, sequel to The Rim-World Legacy.
JAWORSKI, FRANCIS ANTHONY (1916-1992); see pseudonym Frank A. Javor; see under Javor, Frank A. (stories)
JAY, PETER (1937- )

* *Apocalypse 2000: Economic Breakdown and the Suicide of Democracy (with Michael Stewart) (Sidgwick & Jackson 0-283-99440-1, Jun ’87 [Jul ’87], £12.95, 254pp, hc) Future history novel.
* _Apocalypse 2000: Economic Breakdown and the Suicide of Democracy, 1989 - 2000 (with Michael Stewart) (Sphere 0-7474-0225-6, Aug ’88, £3.50, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Sidgwick & Jackson 1987) sf quasi-novel.
JAY, WILLIAM

* *The Lost History of Redwyn (Lancaster Books 1-881271-50-1, Sep ’92 [Jan ’93], $18.95, 295pp, hc) Mediaeval fantasy novel about a young magician who finds a mystical sword and uses it to subdue evil monks who have taken over the castle and plan to spread the black plague to the populace.
JEAPES, BEN (stories)

* *His Majesty’s Starship (Scholastic Press 0-439-01133-7, Nov ’98, £5.99, 347pp, tp) [*His Majesty’s Starship] Young-adult SF novel set aboard a starship in Earth’s first interstellar delegation.
JEFFERIES, MIKE (1943- ) (stories) (assoc.)

* *Children of the Flame (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21749-5, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], £4.99, 374pp, pb) Fantasy novel. A young couple are reincarnated once again, and must unravel the secret that has cursed them through the centuries—before they are forever damned.

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