The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

JOHNSON, CROCKETT (stories) (continued)

• * *Barnaby #6: J.J. O’Malley Goes Hollywood (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32882-5, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 218pp, pb) Fantasy comic strip.

JOHNSON, DENIS (1949- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Fiskadoro (Knopf 0-394-53839-0, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $14.95, 221pp, hc) Literary sf novel of post-holocaust America, haunting and very well written. (FCM)
• * _Fiskadoro (Vintage 0-394-74367-9, Apr ’86, $6.95, 221pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1985) of a fine literary sf novel. (FCM)
• * _Fiskadoro (King Penguin 0-14-008700-1, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £3.95, 231pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1985) literary sf novel.

JOHNSON, EDGAR

• * _The Danger Quotient (with Annabel Johnson) See entry under Annabel Johnson.
• * _A Memory of Dragons (with Annabel Johnson) See entry under Annabel Johnson.
• * _Prisoners of Psi (with Annabel Johnson) See entry under Annabel Johnson.

JOHNSON, GEORGE CLAYTON (1929- ) (stories)

• * _Twilight Zone Scripts and Stories (Streamline Pictures 1-57300-055-8, Aug ’96, $12.95, 206pp, tp) Reprint (Valcour & Kreuger/Shroud Limited Edition 1977 as Scripts and stories Written for The Twilight Zone) collection of seven stories and four teleplays written for the television series. This is the first trade edition. Available from Streamline Enterprises, 2908 Nebraska Avenue, Santa Monica CA 90404. (Contents)

JOHNSON, GREG; pseudonym of Hal Hennesey

• * *Invisible Writer: A Biography of Joyce Carol Oates (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-94163-0, Apr ’98 [Sep ’98], $29.95, hc) Non-fiction, a critical biography. Includes 16 unpaginated pages of photos, notes, a selective bibliography, and index. [Oates]

JOHNSON, JAMES B(lair) (1944- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Habu (DAW 0-88677-350-4, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 315pp, pb) Sf novel about a longevity treatment that removes all physical and psychological “defects.”
• * *Mindhopper (DAW 0-88677-265-6, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.50, 269pp, pb) Sf novel, set 60 years in the future, of a boy with psi gifts vs. the Establishment.
• * *Trekmaster (DAW 0-88677-221-4, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 397pp, pb) Sf/political novel with a war thrown in.
• * *A World Lost (DAW 0-88677-498-5, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.99, 316pp, pb, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Sf novel of a spacer trying to find his vanished planet.

JOHNSON, JANE; see pseudonym Gabriel King (stories) (assoc.)

JOHNSON, JOHN

• * _Fantastic Cinema Subject Guide: A Topical Index to 2500 Horror, Science Fiction, and Fantasy Films (with Bryan Senn) See entry under Bryan Senn.

JOHNSON, JUDITH A.

• * *J.R.R. Tolkien: Six Decades of Criticism (Greenwood 0-313-25005-7, Feb ’86 [Mar ’86], $35.00, 266pp, hc) Non-fiction reference, an annotated bibliography of works about Tolkien, organized chronologically with introductory essays to each section. [Tolkien]

JOHNSON, KENNETH R.

• * _Index to the Science Fiction Magazines: 1983 (with Jerry Boyajian) See entry under Jerry Boyajian.
• * _Index to the Science Fiction Magazines: 1984 (with Jerry Boyajian) See entry under Jerry Boyajian.
• * _Index to the Semi-Professional Magazines: 1983 (with Jerry Boyajian) See entry under Jerry Boyajian.

JOHNSON, KIJ (stories)

• * *Star Trek, the Next Generation #38: Dragon’s Honor (with Greg Cox) (Pocket 0-671-50107-0, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 277pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

JOHNSON, NORMA TADLOCK

• * *Bats on the Bedstead (Avon Camelot 0-380-70540-0, Aug ’88, $2.50, 116pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1987) children’s talking bat book.
• * *The Witch House (Avon Camelot 0-380-75789-3, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $2.95, 139pp, tp, cover by Tom Newsom) Young-adult fantasy novel about Ginny’s family moving into a haunted house.

JOHNSON, OLIVER (1957- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Forging of the Shadows (Legend 0-09-968541-8, Oct ’96 [Jul ’96], £5.99, 596pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Lightbringer] Fantasy novel. Vampire worshippers of a dark god subjugate an isolated city. First of a trilogy. A first novel.
• * +The Forging of the Shadows (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45565-7, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $14.95, 468pp, tp, cover by Daniel Horne) [Lightbringer] Fantasy novel, book one of the “Lightbringer” trilogy. A priest, prince, and whore come together to oppose the undead forces of darkness. A first novel. First US edition (Legend 1996).
• * *The Nations of the Night (Orbit 1-85723-600-9, Aug ’98, £6.99, 493pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Lightbringer] Fantasy novel, book two of “The Lightbringer” trilogy.
• * +Nations of the Night (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45566-5, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $16.95, 404pp, tp, cover by Paul Youll) [Lightbringer] Fantasy novel, book two of the “Lightbringer” trilogy. First US edition (Orbit 8/98).

JOHNSON, PETE (stories)

• * *The Dead Hour (Teens 0-7497-1460-3, Oct ’93 [Nov ’93], £2.99, 142pp, pb, cover by Daniel Faoro) Young-adult horror novel.
• * *My Friend’s a Werewolf (Corgi Yearling 0-440-86342-2, 1997 [May ’98], £3.99, 176pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) Young-adult fantasy novel. Published in 1997 but not seen until now.
• * *The Phantom Thief (Corgi Yearling 0-440-86370-8, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £3.99, 167pp, tp, cover by Paul Young) Young-adult ghost novel.

JOHNSON, S. G. (stories)

• * *Disturbing Dreams (Paladin Science Fiction Group no ISBN, Feb ’93 [May ’93], $5.00, 84pp, ph) Original collection of six erotic fantasy and horror stories, spiral-bound. Order from Paladin Science Fiction Group, PO Box 187, Aberdeen MD 21001-0187. (Contents)

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• * *A Crimson Kind of Evil (Obelesk Books no ISBN, Dec ’94, $7.00, 54pp, ph, cover by Jeffrey Haas) Horror anthology of five “hard hitting” stories. Available from Obelesk Books, PO Box 1118, Elkton, MD 21922-1118; add $1.25 postage. (Contents)
• * *Dangerous Women (Obelesk Books no ISBN, Jul ’94, $4.00, 38pp, ph, cover by Jeffrey Haas) Chapbook original anthology of three stories with sf elements. Available from Obelesk Books, PO Box 1118, Elkton MD 21922-1118. (Contents)
• * *Dark Desires (Obelesk Books no ISBN, May ’94, $6.00, 45pp, tp, cover by Tristan Alexander) Chapbook anthology of five erotic horror stories, four original. Available from Obelesk Books, PO Box 1118, Elkron MD 21922-1118. Please add $1.20 postage. (Contents)
• * *Dominion of the Ghosts (Obelesk Books 1-887666-11-7, Apr ’95 [Jul ’95], $6.00, 38pp, ph, cover by Hannah Shapero) Chapbook original shared-world anthology of five gothic tales about a cursed family. Available from Obelesk Books, PO Box 1118, Elkton, MD 21922-1118; add $1.25 postage. (Contents)
• * *Moonshadows (Obelesk Books no ISBN, Feb ’95, $5.00, 29pp, ph, cover by Jeff Haas) Chapbook original anthology of three “fantasies of love and magick.” Available from Obelesk Books, PO Box 1118, Elkton, MD 21922-1118; add $1.25 postage. (Contents)
• * *Rites of Passage (Obelesk Books no ISBN, Jul ’94, $6.00, 54pp, ph, cover by Lissanne Lake) Chapbook original anthology of six stories, “romantic and fantastic tales about women, sex, and death.” Available from Obelesk Books, PO Box 1118, Elkton MD 21922-1118. (Contents)
• * *Techno Myths (Obelesk Books no ISBN, Jul ’94, $4.00, 37pp, ph, cover by Tristan Alexander) Chapbook original anthology of three stories about technology and magic. Available from Obelesk Books, PO Box 1118, Elkton MD 21922-1118. (Contents)

JOHNSON, SHANE (Thomas) (1959- )

• * *Mr. Scott’s Guide to the Enterprise (Pocket 0-671-63576-X, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $10.95, 127pp, tp) [Star Trek] Pictorial, starship plans and associated material, written and illustrated by Johnson, based on “Star Trek” designs.
• * _Mr. Scott’s Guide to the Enterprise (Titan 0-671-63576-X, Jul ’87, £6.95, 127pp, tp) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1987) of associational interest. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Mr. Scott’s Guide to the Enterprise (SFBC #11347, Oct ’87, $9.98, 128pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1987) “Star Trek” tie-in. First hardcover edition.
• * *Star Wars Technical Journal (Boxtree 0-7522-0887-X, Apr ’95, £14.99, 190pp, tp) [Star Wars] Reference work on Star Wars published by Starlog in 1994 as 3 magazines.
• * +Star Wars Technical Journal (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40182-4, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $35.00, 190pp, hc, cover by Brian Duggan) [Star Wars] Non-fiction guide to the structures and machines seen in the Star Wars films. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm. First US edition (Boxtree 1995).
• * *Worlds of the Federation (Pocket 0-671-66989-3, Sep ’89 [Dec ’89], $11.95, 155pp, tp, cover by Don Ivan Punchatz) [Star Trek] Art, Star Trek reference. A guide to the member worlds of the United Federation of Planets, with illustrations by the author.
• * *Worlds of the Federation (Titan 1-85286-215-7, Oct ’89, £8.95, 161pp, tp) [Star Trek] Art, Star Trek reference. Simultaneous with the US (Pocket) edition.

JOHNSON, TOBY; [i.e., Edwin Clark Johnson] (1945- )

• * *Secret Matter (Lavender Press 0-938743-13-9, Jul ’90, $10.00, 197pp, tp, cover by Steven Roussell) Near-future gay sf novel, a romantic comedy about alien first contact in post-quake San Francisco.

JOHNSON, WENTWORTH M.

• * *The Angel of the Vail (The Book Guild 1-85776-122-7, Nov ’96, £12.95, 101pp, hc, cover by David Johnson) SF/fantasy novel of a 1950s university dropout whisked through time to fight alongside Arthur and another English folk hero.

JOHNSTON, JOE (stories)

• * *The Adventures of Teebo (Random House 0-394-86568-5, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $4.95, unpaginated, hc) Story-length juvenile adventure featuring the Ewoks from Return of the Jedi, illustrated by the author.

JOHNSTON, NORMA (1938- )

• * *The Watcher in the Mist (Bantam Starfire 0-553-26032-4, Oct ’86, $2.95, 197pp, pb) Young-adult mystery/horror novel.

JOHNSTON, PAUL (1957- )

• * *Body Politic (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-69490-4, Jul ’97, £16.99, 250pp, hc, cover by Bill Gregory) [Dalrymple] SF novel set in 21st-century Glasgow. The first murder in years forces the City’s Guardians to get help from a suspect private detective. First in a series. A first novel.
• * _Body Politic (NEL 0-340-69491-2, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], £5.99, 345pp, pb) [Quinn (Quintilian) Dalrymple] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) SF novel.
• * *The Bone Yard (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-69492-0, Jul ’98 [Nov ’98], £16.99, 297pp, hc, cover by Bill Gregory) [Quinn (Quintilian) Dalrymple] SF serial-murder thriller set in the Glasgow of 2022; second in the “Dalrymple” series after the award-winning Body Politic.

JOHNSTON, VELDA; [i.e., Velda Johnston Heslop] (1912-1997)

• * _A Presence in an Empty Room (Crescent Large Print 0-427-00055-6, Dec ’86, £3.95, 264pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1980) supernatural thriller.

JOHNSTONE, WILLIAM W(allace) (1938- )

• * *Alone in the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-1721-9, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $3.50, 350pp, pb) [Ashes] Sf survivalist novel; after the nuclear war one guy tries to rebuild the world. Fifth in the series.
• * *Ambush in the Ashes (Pinnacle 0-7860-0481-9, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $5.99, 299pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 24th book in the long-running “Ashes” series.
• * *Ashes #8: Danger in the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-2311-1, Mar ’88, $3.50, 368pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust adventure novel.
• * *Ashes #9: Valor in the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-2484-3, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $3.95, 427pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust men’s adventure novel.
• * _Baby Grand (with Joe Keene) See entry under Joe Keene.
• * *Bats (Zebra 0-8217-4190-X, Jun ’93, $4.50, 348pp, pb) Horror novel. South American vampire bats move north and develop a taste for human blood.
• * *Battle in the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-4161-6, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $3.99, 320pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel, 17th book in the long-running series.
• * *Betrayal in the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-5265-0, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $4.99, 304pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 20th book in the long-running “Ashes” series.
• * *Blood in the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-1537-2, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $3.50, 396pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust survivalist novel. Fourth in the series.
• * *Breakdown (Zebra/Pinnacle 0-7860-0367-7, Mar ’97, $5.99, 382pp, pb) Near-future SF novel. Society collapses in the US as terrorists, hate-mongers, and militia groups start a revolution.
• * *Carnival (Zebra 0-8217-2576-9, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $3.95, 352pp, pb) Horror novel: A carnival plays havoc in a small Nebraska town.
• * *Cat’s Cradle (Zebra 0-8217-1825-8, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $3.95, 412pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *Cat’s Eye (Zebra 0-8217-2838-5, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 397pp, pb) Horror novel of a demon stalking a romance writer.
• * *Courage in the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-3574-8, Nov ’91, $3.99, 414pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust military sf novel in an ongoing series.
• * *D-Day in the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-4650-2, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.50, 399pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 19th book in the long-running series.
• * *Darkly the Thunder (Zebra 0-8217-3120-3, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.95, 351pp, pb) Horror novel — a boy and his computer vs. the Devil.
• * *Death in the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-2922-5, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 383pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel in a series.
• * *The Devil’s Cat (Zebra 0-8217-2091-0, May ’87, $3.95, 380pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *The Devil’s Laughter (Zebra 0-8217-3630-2, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.50, 384pp, pb) Horror novel of demonic attacks on a small Southern town.
• * *Fire in the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-1310-8, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $3.50, 460pp, pb) [Ashes] Another future survivalist novel, sequel to Out of the Ashes.
• * _Fire in the Ashes (Zebra/Pinnacle 0-7860-0335-9, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $5.99, 382pp, pb) [Ashes] Reprint (Zebra 1984) post-holocaust SF adventure novel, second in the “Ashes” series.
• * *Flames from the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-4263-9, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $3.99, 349pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel, 17th in an ongoing series.
• * *From the Ashes: America Reborn (Zebra/Pinnacle 0-7860-0490-8, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $5.99, 334pp, pb) [Ashes] Non-fiction guide to the first 24 books in the “Ashes” series. Includes “The Tri-States Manifesto”, “The Wit and Wisdom of Ben Raines”, and an appendix of armaments.
• * *Fury in the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-3316-8, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.95, 350pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust military adventure novel, part of an ongoing series.
• * *Hatred in the Ashes (Pinnacle 0-7860-0616-1, Feb ’99 [Dec ’98], $5.99, 300pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 27th book in the long-running “Ashes” series.
• * *Hunted (Zebra/Pinnacle 0-7860-0194-1, Dec ’95, $5.99, 315pp, pb) [Hunted] Horror novel. A 600-year-old fugitive werewolf lives to help those in need, but the government isn’t understanding.
• * *Jack-in-the-Box (Zebra 0-8217-1892-4, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $3.95, 368pp, pb) Horror novel of a demonic child and her satanic toy.
• * *Judgment in the Ashes (Pinnacle 0-7860-0438-X, Oct ’97, $5.99, 303pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 23nd book in the long-running “Ashes” series.
• * *Night Mask (Zebra 0-8217-4743-6, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.50, 350pp, pb) Horror novel. Police track down serial killers who appear to be more than human.
• * _Out of the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-1137-7, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $3.50, 477pp, pb) [Ashes] Reissue (Zebra 1983) post-holocaust sf novel, first in the series; 2nd printing.
• * _Out of the Ashes (Zebra/Pinnacle 0-7860-0289-1, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $4.99, 478pp, pb) [Ashes] Reissue (Zebra 1983) post-holocaust SF adventure novel, first in the “Ashes” series. Eighth printing.
• * *Prey (Zebra/Pinnacle 0-7860-0312-X, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $5.99, 316pp, pb) [Hunted] Werewolf novel, sequel to Hunted.
• * *Rockabilly Hell (Zebra 0-8217-5108-5, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $5.50, 302pp, pb) [Rockabilly Hell] Horror novel. Old rockabilly honky-tonks reappear as hundreds of people disappear.
• * *Rockabilly Limbo (Zebra 0-8217-5348-7, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $4.99, 288pp, pb) [Rockabilly Hell] Horror novel. Sequel to Rockabilly Hell. Old ’50s tunes signal strange events and violence.
• * *Sandman (Zebra 0-8217-2376-6, Jun ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.95, 432pp, pb) Horror novel. A boy learns he can kill with his special talent.
• * *Slaughter in the Ashes (Zebra/Pinnacle 0-7860-0380-4, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $5.99, 287pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, 22nd book in the long-running “Ashes” series.
• * *Smoke from the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-2191-7, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $3.50, 348pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust adventure novel. Part of a series.
• * *Survival in the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-3098-3, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 320pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust military adventure sf novel.
• * *Terror in the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-3749-X, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $3.99, 384pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust military sf novel in the ongoing series.
• * *Them (Zebra 0-8217-3992-1, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $4.50, 352pp, pb) Horror novel of disembodied alien beings who help a vengeful teenager unleash a deadly power.
• * *Trapped in the Ashes (Zebra 0-8217-2626-9, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.95, 317pp, pb) [Ashes] Post-holocaust military sf novel, tenth “Ashes” book.