The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

JEFFERIES, MIKE (stories) (continued)

• * *Citadel of Shadows (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648218-X, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £5.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel. Book 5 in the “Loremasters of Elundium” series.
• * +Citadel of Shadows (HarperPrism 0-06-105434-8, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $5.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Rob Alexander) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel, fifth in the “Loremasters of Elundium” series. First US edition (Voyager 1996).
• * *Glitterspike Hall (Fontana 0-00-617664-X, Oct ’89, £6.99, 413pp, tp) [Heirs to Gnarlsmyre] Fantasy novel. Volume one in “The Heirs to Gnarlsmyre”.
• * _Glitterspike Hall (Fontana 0-00-617893-6, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], £3.99, 413pp, pb) [Heirs to Gnarlsmyre] Reprint (Fontana 1989) fantasy novel. Book One of “The Heirs to Gnarlsmyre”.
• * +Glitterspike Hall (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100227-5, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $4.95, 447pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Heirs to Gnarlsmyre] Fantasy novel, first book of “The Heirs to Gnarlsmyre”. First American edition (Fontana 1989).
• * *Hall of Whispers (Fontana 0-00-617894-4, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], £3.99, 414pp, pb) [Heirs to Gnarlsmyre] Fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Heirs to Gnarlsmyre”.
• * +Hall of Whispers (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100439-1, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $4.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Heirs to Gnarlsmyre] Fantasy novel, second book of the “Heirs to Gnarlsmyre” series. First American edition (Fontana 1990).
• * *Hidden Echoes (Grafton 0-586-21679-0, Oct ’92, £8.99, 336pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) Fantasy novel.
• * +Hidden Echoes (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-100427-8, Apr ’93, $4.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Fantasy novel of three ordinary people plucked away from our reality and sent on a quest in a parallel world. First American edition (Grafton 1992).
• * _Hidden Echoes (HarperCollins UK 0-00-647101-3, Aug ’93, £4.99, 336pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (Grafton 1992) fantasy novel.
• * *The Knights of Cawdor (HarperPrism 0-06-100668-8, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Rob Alexander) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel in the “Loremasters of Elundium” series.
• * _The Knights of Cawdor (HarperCollins UK 0-00-648031-4, Jul ’95, £4.99, 381pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Reprint (HarperPrism US 1995) fantasy novel. Fourth in the “Loremasters of Elundium” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Learn to Draw Fantasy Art (HarperCollins UK 0-00-412995-4, Feb ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 64pp, tp, cover by Mike Jefferies) Associational art book by the fantasy author. Basic tips and techniques on drawing characters, creatures, lands, maps, and monsters.
• * *Palace of Kings (Fontana 0-00-617467-1, Nov ’87, £2.95, 314pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Loremasters of Elundium” series.
• * _Palace of Kings (Collins 0-00-223239-1, Dec ’87, £10.95, 288pp, hc) [Loremasters of Elundium] Reprint (Fontana 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Loremasters of Elundium” series. [Not seen]
• * +Palace of Kings (Harper & Row 0-06-100018-3, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 420pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel, second book of the “Loremasters of Elundium” series. First American edition (Fontana 1987).
• * _Palace of Kings (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-617467-1, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], £5.99, 240pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Reprint (Fontana 1987) fantasy novel, volume II of the “Loremasters of Elundium” series.
• * *The Road to Underfall (Fontana 0-00-617346-2, Sep ’86, £2.95, 349pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel, volume 1 of “The Loremasters of Elundium”.
• * _The Road to Underfall (Collins 0-00-223307-X, Nov ’87, £10.95, 352pp, hc) [Loremasters of Elundium] Reprint (Fontana 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Loremasters of Elundium” series. [Not seen]
• * +The Road to Underfall (Harper & Row 0-06-100019-1, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $3.95, 371pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel of sorcery and court intrigue, first book of the “Loremasters of Elundium”. First American edition (Fontana 1986).
• * _The Road to Underfall (Voyager 0-00-617346-2, Apr ’96, £4.99, 349pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Reprint (Fontana 1986) fantasy novel. Volume one in the “Loremasters of Elundium” series.
• * *Shadowlight (Fontana 0-00-617468-X, Sep ’88, £2.95, 346pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Loremasters of Elundium” trilogy.
• * +Shadowlight (Harper & Row 0-06-100031-0, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $3.95, 452pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Loremasters of Elundium” series. First American edition (Fontana 1988).
• * _Shadowlight (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-617468-X, Dec ’96, £5.99, 346pp, pb) [Loremasters of Elundium] Reprint (Fontana 1988) fantasy novel. Third in the “Loremasters of Elundium” series.
• * *Shadows in the Watchgate (Grafton 0-586-21512-3, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], £8.99, 368pp, tp) Fantasy/horror novel about an ancient magic unleashed in Norwich, illustrated throughout by Mike Jefferies. Recommended. (PSP)
• * _Shadows in the Watchgate (Grafton 0-586-21719-3, Oct ’92, £4.99, 368pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (Grafton 1991) fantasy/horror novel.
• * +Shadows in the Watchgate (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100428-6, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $4.99, 437pp, pb, cover by Kirk Reinert) Dark fantasy novel of ancient wild magic released in the British countryside. First American edition (Grafton 1991).
• * *The Siege of Candlebane Hall (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648219-8, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], £5.99, iii+325pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel. Book 4 in the “Cawdor” series, and seventh book overall in the “Loremasters of Elundium” series.
• * *Stone Angels (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223955-8, Aug ’93, £8.99, 302pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) Dark fantasy novel about a statue with a terrible secret.
• * +Stone Angels (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-100679-3, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.50, 310pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) Dark fantasy novel of an archaeologist who discovers the Dark Angel lurking in a Norwich cathedral. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1993).
• * _Stone Angels (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21527-1, Jul ’94, £4.99, 302pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) fantasy novel about a statue with a terrible secret.
• * *The Threads of Magic (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648262-7, 1997, £5.99, viii+337pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Loremasters of Elundium] Fantasy novel. Book 3 in the “Cawdor” series, and sixth book overall in the “Loremasters of Elundium” series.

JEFFERS, H(arry) PAUL (1934- ) (stories)

• * *Secret Orders (Zebra 0-8217-2787-7, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 352pp, pb) Occult thriller with “secret societies and occult terror born in the Nazi death camps.”

JELLOUN, TAHAR BEN

• * *The Sacred Night (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-179150-3, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $18.95, 178pp, hc) [Sandchild] Morroccan surrealistic fantasy novel. Translated by Alan Sheridan from the French (Editions du Seuil 1987 as La nuit sacree). Sequel to The Sandchild and winner of the 1987 Prix Goncourt.
• * _The Sacred Night (Ballantine 0-345-36417-1, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.95, 149pp, pb) [Sandchild] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1989) Moroccan surrealistic fantasy novel, translated from the French by Alan Sheridan. This is the sequel to The Sandchild and was the winner of the 1987 Prix Goncourt.

JENKIN, LEN

• * *New Jerusalem (Sun & Moon Press 0-940650-43-6, Jun ’86, $16.95, 214pp, hc) Sf utopian novel (based on a previous theatrical production by playwright Jenkin) of a hardboiled newsman visiting an island penal colony run by the prisoners. A softcover edition was also announced but not seen ($10.95).

JENKINS, GEOFFREY (1920- )

• * *Hold Down a Shadow (Collins 0-00-223379-7, Jan ’89 [Mar ’89], £11.95, 309pp, hc, cover by David O’Connor) Near-future thriller.

JENKINS, WILL(iam) F(itzgerald) (1896-1975); see pseudonym Murray Leinster (stories) (assoc.)

JENNER, JANANN

• * *Sandeagozu (Harper & Row 0-06-015633-3, Sep ’86 [Oct ’86], $18.95, 442pp, hc) Talking-animal fantasy novel of a Burmese python leading a group of pet store rejects on a quest for the San Diego Zoo. The author is a herpetologist and professor of natural science. A first novel.

JENNINGS, GARY (1928-1999); see pseudonym Gabriel Quyth (stories)

• * _Aztec (Tor/Forge 0-812-52146-3, Aug ’98 [Oct ’98], $7.99, 1042pp, pb) [Aztec] Reissue (Atheneum 1980) historical novel with fantastic elements. This is the second printing of a 1997 Tor edition we apparently missed.
• * *Aztec Autumn (Tor/Forge 0-312-86250-4, Aug ’97, $24.95, 380pp, hc) [Aztec] Associational historical novel, sequel to Aztec.
• * _Aztec Autumn (Tor 0-812-59096-1, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $6.99, 468pp, pb) [Aztec] Reprint (Forge 1997) associational historical novel, sequel to Aztec.

JENNINGS, LANE (1944- ) (stories)

• * *Virtual Futures: Worldviews of Alternate Tomorrows (OtherWorlds Press, Jul ’96, 96pp, tp) Poetry collection, each poem is followed by notes & comments. Limited edition of 300 copies. (Contents)

JENNINGS, PAUL (1943- ) (stories)

• * _Covered with Nails (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038595-9, Jun ’98 [Jul ’98], $3.99, 116pp, hc, cover by Keith McEwan) Reprint (Penguin Australia 1990 as Unbearable!) young-adult collection of eight scary, supernatural stories. Previously published in the US by Viking (1995) under the original title.
• * +Quirky Tails: More Oddball Stories (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037637-2, Sep ’95 [Nov ’95], $3.99, 108pp, tp, cover by Keith McEwan) Reprint (Penguin Books Australia 1987) collection of nine young-adult horror stories. We apparently missed the first US edition (Puffin 1990). (Contents)
• * +Unbearable!: More Bizarre Stories (Viking 0-670-86262-2, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $14.99, 116pp, hc, cover by Lane Smith) Young-adult collection of eight scary, supernatural stories. First American edition (Penguin Australia 1990). (Contents)
• * +Unbelievable!: More Surprising Stories (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037635-6, Sep ’95 [Nov ’95], $3.99, 109pp, tp, cover by Keith McEwan) Reprint (Penguin Australia 1987) young-adult collection of nine fantasy/horror stories. We apparently missed the first US edition (Puffin 1990). (Contents)
• * _Uncanny! (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-034909-X, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $3.99, 140pp, tp, cover by Lane Smith) Reprint (Penguin Australia 1988) young-adult collection of nine stories of the weird and supernatural. (Contents)
• * +Uncovered! (Viking 0-670-86856-6, Apr ’96, $14.99, 134pp, hc, cover by Blair Drawson) Young-adult collection of nine supernatural stories. First American edition (Penguin Australia 1995). (Contents)
• * +Undone! (Viking 0-670-86005-0, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $14.99, 117pp, hc, cover by Lane Smith) Collection of eight stories of the supernatural. First American edition (Penguin Australia 1993). (Contents)
• * _Undone! (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038398-0, Jun ’97, $3.99, 117pp, tp, cover by Keith McEwan) Reprint (Penguin Australia 1993) young-adult collection of eight stories of the supernatural.
• * _Unmentionable!: More Amazing Stories (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037399-3, Sep ’95 [Nov ’95], $3.99, 125pp, tp, cover by Keith McEwan) Reprint (Penguin Australia 1991) young-adult collection of nine fantasy/horror stories. We apparently missed the first US edition (Viking 1993). (Contents)
• * _Unreal! (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-034910-3, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $3.99, 107pp, tp, cover by Lane Smith) Reprint (Penguin Australia 1985) young-adult collection of eight weird horror stories. (Contents)
• * _Unreal! (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037577-5, Sep ’95 [Nov ’95], $3.99, 111pp, tp, cover by Keith McEwan) Reprint (Penguin Australia 1985) young-adult collection of eight weird horror stories.

JENNINGS, PHILLIP C(harles) (1946- ) (stories)

• * *The Bug Life Chronicles (Baen 0-671-69801-X, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.50, 304pp, pb) Collection of 15 stories set in the same universe as Tower to the Sky. (Contents)
• * *Tower to the Sky (Baen 0-671-65393-8, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.50, 316pp, pb) Sf novel. A revived Earth civilization vs. the solar system’s silicon chips. A first novel.

JENNISON, JOHN (William) (d.1969?); see pseudonym John Theydon

JENSEN, BRUCE

• * _Neuromancer: The Graphic Novel: Volume 1 (with Tom De Haven) See entry under Tom De Haven.

JENSEN, JANE (1963- ) (stories)

• * *Gabriel Knight: Sins of the Fathers (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45607-6, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $5.99, 403pp, pb) [Gabriel Knight] Novelization based on the neo-Gothic CD-ROM game from Sierra On-Line, written by the game’s creator. Novel copyrighted by Jane Jensen; game characters, plot lines and artwork copyrighted by Sierra On-Line.
• * *Gabriel Knight: The Beast Within (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45621-1, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $6.99, 351pp, pb) [Gabriel Knight] Novelization, the second based on the neo-Gothic CD-ROM game from Sierra On-Line, written by the game’s creator. Novel copyrighted by Jane Jensen; game characters, plot lines and artwork copyrighted by Sierra On-Line.

JENSEN, KATHRYN (1949- ); see pseudonym Nicole Davidson

JENSEN, KRIS(tine Marie) (1953- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *FreeMaster (DAW 0-88677-404-7, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $3.95, 285pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) [Ardel] Sf adventure novel of an alien culture fighting mercenary human invaders. A first novel.
• * *Healer (DAW 0-88677-570-1, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $4.99, 332pp, pb, cover by Martin Andrews) [Ardel] Sf novel of a human doctor who disobeys orders to help aliens fight a plague. Third book in the “People of Ardel” series.
• * *Mentor (DAW 0-88677-464-0, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.50, 332pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) [Ardel] Sf adventure novel of human intervention in an alien culture, second book of the “Ardel” series.

JENSEN, LIZ (stories)

• * *Ark Baby (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3526-4, Sep ’97 [Apr ’98], £15.99, 343pp, hc, cover by Emma Parker) Literary SF/fantasy novel. Published in 1997 but not seen until now.
• * +Ark Baby (Overlook Press 0-87951-833-2, Apr ’98 [May ’98], $24.95, 343pp, hc, cover by Emma Parker) Satirical near-future SF novel. Fertility-impaired Britons adopt desperate measures to keep humanity going, despite protests from religious fundamentalists. First US edition (Bloomsbury 1997).
• * *Egg Dancing (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-1997-8, Mar ’95, £13.99, 281pp, hc, cover by Jeff Fisher) A near-future thriller based on the battle between fantasy and reality that develops when genetic engineers aim for the Perfect Baby near the millennium. A first novel.
• * _Egg Dancing (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-2402-5, Jan ’96 [Apr ’96], £5.99, 281pp, tp) Reprint (Bloomsbury 1995) near-future thriller.
• * +Egg Dancing (Overlook Press 0-87951-645-3, Mar ’96 [Apr ’96], $21.95, 281pp, hc) Satirical SF novel about a biological experiment to create the perfect baby. First US edition (Bloomsbury 1995). A first novel.
• * _Egg Dancing (Overlook Press 0-87951-784-0, Jun ’97, $13.95, 281pp, tp, cover by Peter Sherrard) Reprint (Bloomsbury 1995) satirical SF novel about a biological experiment to create the perfect baby.

JENSEN, RUBY JEAN (1930- )

• * *Annabelle (Zebra 0-8217-2011-2, Mar ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.95, 332pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *Baby Doll (Zebra 0-8217-3598-5, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.99, 477pp, pb) Horror novel. Killer doll.
• * *Celia (Zebra 0-8217-3446-6, Jul ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.50, 351pp, pb) Horror novel of a woman stalked by the abusive husband she killed.
• * *Chain Letter (Zebra 0-8217-2162-3, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.95, 382pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *Death Stone (Zebra 0-8217-2785-0, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 315pp, pb) Horror novel about a cursed ring.
• * *The Haunting (Zebra 0-8217-4465-8, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.50, 479pp, pb) Horror novel of a woman who moves into a house haunted by a terrible evil that destroys children.
• * *House of Illusions (Zebra 0-8217-2324-3, Apr ’88 [Jul ’88], $4.95, 384pp, pb) Horror novel. Killer clowns at a carnival.
• * *Jump Rope (Zebra 0-8217-2506-8, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 383pp, pb) Horror novel about an evil girl who kills with a jump rope.
• * _The Lake (Tor 0-812-51975-2, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.95, 320pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1983) horror novel; second printing. “There was something incredibly ancient in the lake. Something ravenous.”
• * *The Living Evil (Zebra 0-8217-4261-2, Aug ’93 [Oct ’93], $4.50, 477pp, pb) Horror novel of an evil being that is reincarnated over and over.
• * *Lost and Found (Zebra 0-8217-3040-1, Jun ’90, $3.95, 320pp, pb) Horror novel of a monstrous child.
• * *Night Thunder (Zebra/Pinnacle 0-8217-5005-4, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $4.50, 397pp, pb) Horror novel. Civil War ghosts rise when the tree on their grave is toppled.
• * *Pendulum (Zebra 0-8217-2621-8, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 349pp, pb) Horror novel. A little girl’s pendulum predicts horror and death.
• * *The Reckoning (Zebra 0-8217-3902-6, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $4.99, 352pp, pb) Horror novel. Missing children return home after years without having aged a day.
• * *Smoke (Zebra 0-8217-2255-7, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $3.95, 366pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _Such a Good Baby (Tor 0-812-51977-9, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 319pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1982) horror novel of a virgin birth and an evil child.
• * *Vampire Child (Zebra 0-8217-2867-9, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.95, 285pp, pb) Horror novel of a 13 year-old vampire.
• * *Victoria (Zebra 0-8217-3235-8, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.50, 352pp, pb) Horror novel of a cursed doll.

JEPPSON, J(anet) O. (1926- ); also as Janet Jeppson Asimov (stories)

• * *The Mysterious Cure and Other Stories of Pshrinks Anon. (Doubleday 0-385-19085-9, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $11.95, 180pp, hc) [Pshrinks Anonymous] Collection of 13 stories plus an intro by the author’s husband. (Contents)