The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

KATZ, JUDITH (1951- ) (stories)

• * *Running Fiercly Toward a High Thin Sound (Firebrand Books 1-56341-019-2, 1992 [Mar ’93], $9.95, 186pp, tp) Fantasy novel. Nadine Pagan escapes her demanding Jewish family when she discovers the magical lesbian town of New Chelm.

KATZ, WELWYN WILTON (1948- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Come Like Shadows (Viking 0-670-84861-1, Sep ’93 [Nov ’93], $13.99, 289pp, hc, cover by Janet Wilson) Young-adult fantasy novel about a young stage manager for a production of Macbeth who travels via a mirror to the past and encounters the real Macbeth and the three witches. This is a simultaneous Canadian/US edition.
• * +False Face (Macmillan McElderry 0-689-50456-X, Sep ’88 [Nov ’88], $12.95, 196pp, hc) Young-adult dark fantasy novel of teenagers influenced by a supernatural mask. First U.S. edition (Douglas & McIntyre: Canada 1987).
• * +The Third Magic (Macmillan McElderry 0-689-50480-2, Mar ’89, $14.95, 204pp, hc) Young-adult Arthurian time-travel fantasy. First U.S. edition (Douglas & McIntyre, Canada 1988)
• * +Time Ghost (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 0-689-80027-4, Apr ’95 [May ’95], $16.00, 171pp, hc, cover by Martin Springett) Young-adult science fantasy novel. Girls from an enclosed polar city in the future magically travel back in time to stop ecological disaster. First US edition (Groundwood Canada 1994).
• * _Witchery Hill (Angus & Robertson 0-207-15840-1, Oct ’88, £2.95, 250pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult occult novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Witchery Hill (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20637-5, Jun ’90 [Sep ’90], $3.50, 244pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1984) young-adult horror novel of a boy who discovers that his stepmother is a witch.

KATZ, WENDY R(oberta Shapiro) (1945- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Rider Haggard and the Fiction of Empire (Cambridge University Press 0-521-33425-X, Jan ’88, $34.50, 171pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference, subtitled “a critical study of British imperial fiction.” It argues that Haggard’s fiction affected the views of an entire British generation — and not for the better. [Haggard]

KATZ, WILLIAM (Michael) (1940- )

• * _Death Dreams (Warner 0-446-34434-6, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.95, 297pp, pb) Reprint (? 1979) horror novel.

KATZENBACH, JOHN (1950- )

• * *State of Mind (Ballantine 0-345-38631-0, Oct ’97 [Dec ’97], $24.00, 409pp, hc) Near-future SF thriller. A serial killer stalks women in a security-run “safe” community in 2030 America.
• * _State of Mind (Little Brown UK 0-316-64089-1, Dec ’97, £17.99, 530pp, hc) Reprint (Ballantine 1997) dark fantasy serial-killer/horror novel. [First U.K. edition]

KAUFMAN, DOUGLAS (stories)

• * *Torg: The Possibility Wars Book Two: The Dark Realm (West End 0-87431-302-3, Aug ’90, $4.95, 302pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Torg] Sf novelization based on the “Possibility Wars” game.

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• * *Torg: Dragons Over England (West End Games 0-87431-342-2, May ’92, $4.95, 342pp, tp, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Torg] Anthology of nine short novelizations based on the “Torg” role-playing game, with an introduction by Ed Stark. (Contents)

KAVAN, ANNA; pseudonym of Helen Woods Edmonds, (1901-1968) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Ice (Norton 0-393-02273-0, Oct ’85 [Dec ’85], $14.95, 158pp, hc) Reprint (P. Owen 1967) surreal sf novel.
• * _Ice (Norton 0-393-30256-3, Oct ’85 [Dec ’85], $5.95, 158pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
• * _Ice (Peter Owen 0-7206-1029-X, Jun ’97 [May ’97], £9.95, 158pp, tp) Reprint (Peter Owen 1967) literary SF novel set in on a post-apocalyptic Earth succumbing to ice.
• * _Ice (Dufour Editions 0-7206-1029-X, Jul ’97 [Aug ’97], $21.00, 158pp, tp) Reprint (1967) literary post-holocaust “SF metaphysical thriller”. This is the Peter Owen edition (previously listed) with Dufour stickers. Order from Dufour Editions, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; (610) 458-5005.
• * +Mercury (Dufour Editions 0-7206-0940-2, Jan ’95 [Mar ’95], $28.00, hc) Literary fantasy novel. A man searches for a runaway wife in a world facing apocalypse. With a foreword by Doris Lessing. This is the Peter Owen UK edition (1994, not previously listed) with Dufour stickers. Order from Dufour Editions, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; (610) 458-5005.
• * *Mercury (Peter Owen 0-7206-0940-2, Jan ’95 [Feb ’95], £14.95, 136pp, hc, cover by Thomi Wroblewski) Literary fantasy novel. The “glass girl” Luz is pursued by the obsessed Luke through imaginary landscapes and Kafkaesque situations. Comparable to her hallucinogenic Ice, this previously unpublished novel has a Foreword by Doris Lessing.
• * *My Madness: The Selected Writings of Anna Kavan (Picador 0-330-30532-8, Mar ’90, £6.99, 318pp, tp, cover by Louise Brierley) Literary sf collection, edited and with an introduction by Brian W. Aldiss. (Contents)

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• * _The Case of Anna Kavan See entry under David Callard.

KAVENEY, ROZ, ed.; [legalized from Andrew J. Kaveney] (1949- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *More Tales from the Forbidden Planet (Titan 1-85286-332-3, Aug ’90, £7.95, 268pp, tp, cover by Moebius) Anthology of 15 original sf/fantasy stories, each illustrated by a separate artist. Also available in hardcover (-331-5, £12.95), and in a limited edition of 250 numbered copies, in an embossed slip-case and signed by all the contributors (-330-7, £45). (Contents)
• * *Tales from the Forbidden Planet (Titan 1-85286-004-9, Aug ’87, £4.95, 256pp, tp) Original sf anthology. This is supposedly published on 29th October, but was made available for the Worldcon and is now in most specialist shops. (Contents)
• * *Tales from the Forbidden Planet (Titan 1-85286-005-7, Aug ’87, £9.95, 256pp, hc) Hardback edition of the above.
• * *Tales from the Forbidden Planet (Titan 1-85286-006-5, Aug ’87, £30.00, 256pp, hc) Limited edition of the above.
• * _Villains! (with Mary R. Gentle) See entry under Mary R. Gentle
• * _The Weerde: Book 1 (with Mary R. Gentle) See entry under Mary R. Gentle
• * _The Weerde: Book 2 (with Mary R. Gentle) See entry under Mary R. Gentle

KAWABATA, YASUNARI (stories)

• * *The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter (Kodansha International 4-7700-2329-4, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $25.00, 177pp, tp, cover by Masayuki Miyata) Retelling of a classic 10th-century Japanese literary fairy tale/myth about a magical child found by a bamboo cutter and raised as his daughter. This includes the contemporary retelling by Kawabata in Japanese, and an English translation (revised from an earlier version) by Donald Keene, whose preface discusses the story’s history. Illustrated by Masayuki Miyata.

KAY, GUY GAVRIEL (1954- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Darkest Road (Arbor House 0-87795-822-X, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $16.95, 419pp, hc) [Fionavar Tapestry] Fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Fionavar Tapestry.” More or less simultaneous with the British edition.
• * _The Darkest Road (Collins of Canada 0-00-223115-8, Dec ’86, 419pp, hc) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Fionavar Tapestry.”
• * _The Darkest Road (SFBC #107011, Apr ’87, $4.98, 355pp, hc) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel blending the contemporary with the Tolkien tradition, third in the “Fionavar” trilogy.
• * _The Darkest Road (Unwin Hyman 0-04-823361-7, Aug ’87, £10.95, 420pp, hc) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Fionavar Tapestry” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Darkest Road (Unwin 0-04-823360-9, Jun ’88, £3.50, 420pp, pb) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Fionavar Tapestry” trilogy.
• * _The Darkest Road (Grafton 0-586-21524-7, Jul ’92, £4.99, 420pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. Book three of “The Fionavar Tapestry”.
• * _The Darkest Road (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45180-5, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $4.99, 424pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) epic fantasy novel, the final volume in “The Fionavar Tapestry” trilogy.
• * _The Darkest Road (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45180-5, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.99, 424pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reissue (Arbor House 1986) epic fantasy novel, the final volume in “The Fionavar Tapestry” trilogy; third printing.
• * *The Lions of Al-Rassan (Viking Canada 0-670-85896-X, May ’95, C$29.99, 582pp, hc, cover by Gerard Gauci) Fantasy novel set in an alternate version of Moorish Spain.
• * +The Lions of Al-Rassan (HarperPrism 0-06-105217-5, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $20.00, 510pp, hc, cover by Mel Odom) Fantasy novel set in an alternate version of medieval Spain under the Moors. First US (Viking Canada 1995) edition.
• * _The Lions of Al-Rassan (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224614-7, Jun ’95, £15.99, 582pp, hc, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Viking Canada 1995) alternate world historical novel. Simultaneous with the US (HarperPrism) edition. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Lions of Al-Rassan (HarperPrism 0-06-105621-9, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $5.99, 527pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Viking Canada 1995) alternate-world historical fantasy novel.
• * _The Lions of Al-Rassan (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648030-6, May ’96, £5.99, 592pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Penguin Canada 1995) fantasy novel.
• * *Sailing to Sarantium (Viking Canada 0-670-88093-0, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], C$32.00, 438pp, hc, cover by Cathy MacLean) [Sarantine Mosaic] Quasi-historical fantasy novel of a city similar to Byzantium, volume one of “The Sarantine Mosaic”.
• * *Sailing to Sarantium (Earthlight UK 0-684-85169-5, Sep ’98 [Oct ’98], £16.99, 438pp, hc) [Sarantine Mosaic] Historical fantasy novel. Book one of the duology “The Sarantine Mosaic”. A master mosaicist’s journey to Sarantium takes him through lands steeped in paganism and sorcery.
• * *A Song for Arbonne (Viking Canada 0-670-83303-7, Aug ’92, c$25.99, 515pp, hc, cover by Gerard Gauci) Fantasy novel set in a world where the Courts of Love rule, and political intrigue threatens to upset the balance of power. This is a Canadian edition.
• * _A Song for Arbonne (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224062-9, Oct ’92, £14.99, 515pp, hc, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Viking Canada 1992) fantasy novel, loosely based on medieval France. [First U.K. edition]
• * +A Song for Arbonne (Crown 0-517-59312-2, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $20.00, 513pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Craft) Fantasy novel set in an alternate world similar to Europe just before the Renaissance where the Courts of Love rule, and political intrigue threatens to upset the balance of power. First American edition (Viking Canada 1992).
• * _A Song for Arbonne (BOMC no ISBN, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $16.95, 513pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Craft) Reprint (Viking Canada 1992) fantasy novel set in an alternate world similar to Europe just before the Renaissance where the Courts of Love rule, and political intrigue threatens to upset the balance of power. Similar to the 1993 Crown edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back cover.
• * _A Song for Arbonne (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21676-6, May ’93, £8.99, 515pp, tp, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Viking Canada 1992) fantasy novel.
• * _A Song for Arbonne (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21677-4, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], £5.99, 608pp, pb) Reprint (Viking Canada 1992) fantasy novel, loosely based on medieval France.
• * _A Song for Arbonne (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45332-8, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $5.99, 511pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Viking Canada 1992) fantasy novel set in an alternate world similar to Europe just before the Renaissance.
• * *The Summer Tree (McClelland & Stewart 0-7710-4472-0, 1984 [May ’85], C$19.95, 323pp, hc) [Fionavar Tapestry] This Canadian first edition of the first in a fantasy trilogy (also a first novel) appeared in 1984, but didn’t reach us until 1985. Book One of “The Fionavar Tapestry”. Highly recommended. (FCM)
• * +The Summer Tree (Arbor House 0-87795-760-6, Sep ’85, $15.95, 323pp, hc) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (McClellan & Stewart 1984) fantasy novel in the Tolkien tradition; first U.S. edition.
• * _The Summer Tree (SFBC #6357, Jan ’86, $4.98, 311pp, hc) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Mclelland & Stewart 1984) fantasy novel, Book One of “The Fionavar Tapestry”. Highly recommended. (FCM)
• * _The Summer Tree (Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-82339-0, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.95, 323pp, pb) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (McClellan 1984) fantasy novel, Vol. 1 of “The Fionavar Tapestry”.
• * _The Summer Tree (Berkley 0-425-09294-1, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $3.50, 323pp, pb) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (McClelland & Stewart 1984) fantasy novel, first of the “Fionavar Tapestry”. Highly recommended. (FCM)
• * _The Summer Tree (Unwin 0-04-823339-0, Jun ’87, £2.95, 323pp, pb) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reissue (Maclellan & Stewart 1984) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Fionavar Tapestry” series.
• * _The Summer Tree (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45138-4, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $4.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (McClelland & Stewart 1984) fantasy novel, first book of “The Fionavar Tapestry”.
• * _The Summer Tree (Grafton 0-586-21522-0, Jun ’92, £4.99, 400pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (McClelland & Stewart 1984) fantasy novel. Book one of “The Fionavar Tapestry”.
• * _The Summer Tree (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45138-4, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reissue (McClelland & Stewart 1984) fantasy novel, first book of “The Fionavar Tapestry”; third printing.
• * *Tigana (Penguin 0-14-013111-6, Jul ’90, £7.99, 688pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Epic fantasy novel, loosely based on the warring princedoms of Renaissance Italy. Recommended. (PSP)
• * *Tigana (Viking UK 0-670-83367-3, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], £14.99, 688pp, hc) Hardcover edition of the above. According to the publisher, this was intended as a ‘library only’ printing and so only a few hundred copies were printed, a run-on to the book club edition.
• * +Tigana (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45028-0, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $21.95, 673pp, hc, cover by Mel Odom) Renaissance-flavored fantasy novel. First US edition (Penguin UK 1990).
• * _Tigana (SFBC #17564, Oct ’90, $9.98, hc, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Penguin UK 1990) Renaissance-flavored fantasy novel.
• * _Tigana (Penguin 0-14-013010-1, May ’91, £4.99, 688pp, pb) Reprint (Viking UK 1990) fantasy novel.
• * _Tigana (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45115-5, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $5.99, 673pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (Viking UK 1990) Renaissance-flavored fantasy novel. A World Fantasy Award nominee.
• * _Tigana (Penguin 0-14-017704-3, Feb ’94, £5.99, 688pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reissue (Viking UK 1990) fantasy novel.
• * *The Wandering Fire (Arbor House 0-87795-785-1, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $15.95, 298pp, hc) [Fionavar Tapestry] Novel of myth and high fantasy, Book Two of the “Fionavar Tapestry”.
• * _The Wandering Fire (SFBC #10134, Sep ’86, $4.98, 244pp, hc) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel, Book 2 of “The Fionavar Tapestry”.
• * _The Wandering Fire (Allen & Unwin 0-04-823331-5, Oct ’86, £10.95, 298pp, hc) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel, “Fionavar Tapestry” #2.
• * _The Wandering Fire (Collins of Canada 0-00-223044-5, Oct ’86, 298pp, hc) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel, “Fionavar Tapestry” #2.
• * _The Wandering Fire (Unwin 0-04-823362-5, Jun ’87, £2.95, 298pp, pb) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Fionavar Tapestry” series.
• * _The Wandering Fire (Ace 0-441-87046-5, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.50, 271pp, pb) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel, second in “The Fionavar Tapestry” trilogy.
• * _The Wandering Fire (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45156-2, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $4.99, 375pp, pb) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) epic fantasy novel, book two of “The Fionavar Tapestry” series.
• * _The Wandering Fire (Grafton 0-586-21523-9, Jun ’92, £4.99, 352pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Fionavar Tapestry] Reprint (Arbor House 1986) fantasy novel. Book two of “The Fionavar Tapestry”.

KAY, JEREMY

• * *The Secret Laboratory Journals of Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Overlook Press 0-87951-511-2, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $29.95, 174pp, hc) [Frankenstein] SF/horror novel in the form of a facsimile journal of the “historic” Dr. Frankenstein, with the “finder’s” annotations, and illustrations by Kay.
• * _The Secret Laboratory Journals of Dr. Victor Frankenstein (Overlook Press 0-87951-867-7, Aug ’98 [Oct ’98], $17.95, 174pp, tp) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Overlook 1995) SF/horror novel in the form of a facsimile journal.

KAY, SUSAN (1952- )

• * *Phantom (Doubleday UK 0-385-40087-X, Sep ’90, £13.99, 464pp, hc, cover by Fletcher Sibthorp) Fictive biography of the Phantom of the Opera.
• * _Phantom (Corgi 0-552-13758-8, Sep ’91, £4.99, 523pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1990) fictive biography of the Phantom of the Opera.

KAYE, GERALDINE (1925- )

• * _A Breath of Fresh Air (Mammoth 0-7497-0082-3, Jul ’94, £3.99, 164pp, pb, cover by David Mitcheson) Reissue (Andre Deutsch 1987) young-adult fantasy novel. A schoolgirl relives the life of a slave 200 years ago.

KAYE, M. M.; [i.e., Mary Margaret Kaye Hamilton] (1908-2004) (stories)

• * _The Ordinary Princess (Pocket/Archway 0-671-60383-3, Jul ’86, $2.50, 112pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1980, 1984) juvenile fantasy novel illustrated by the author.

KAYE, MARILYN (Janice) (1949- )

• * *Dream Lover (Troll WestWind 0-8167-3593-X, Feb ’95 [May ’95], $2.95, 222pp, pb, cover by Joanie Schwarz) Slightly supernatural teen romance about a long-dead rock music legend who seems to have come back to life.
• * *Last on Earth, Book One: The Vanishing (Avon 0-380-79832-8, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $4.99, 174pp, pb) [Last on Earth] Young-adult SF novel. Twenty-five math students leave class to discover humanity has disappeared.
• * *Last on Earth, Book Two: The Convergence (Avon 0-380-79833-6, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $4.99, 172pp, pb) [Last on Earth] Young-adult SF novel. Jake and his band of “rebels” seek the secret behind the disappearance of humanity from Earth.
• * _Max All Over (Puffin 0-14-032844-0, Feb ’90, £2.50, 144pp, pb, cover by Richard Dunn) [Out of This World] Reprint (Penguin 1989) young-adult sf novel. Volume Six in the “Max” series.
• * _Max Flips Out (Puffin 0-14-032280-9, May ’88, £1.95, 148pp, pb) [Out of This World] Reprint (Pocket 1986) young-adult sf novel. Volume 4 in the “Out of This World” series. [First U.K. edition]