The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- KERR, KATHARINE (Nancy Brahtin) (stories) (continued)
- * _Darkspell (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648222-8, May 96, £5.99, 413pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday 1987) fantasy novel. First UK publication of the heavily revised authors definitive edition (Bantam Spectra 1994) of the second book in the Deverry series.
- * _Dawnspell (Grafton 0-246-13532-8, Apr 89, £7.95, 372pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989 as The Bristling Wood) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Deverry series. Also available in hardcover (-13530-1, £12.95). [First U.K. edition]
- * _Dawnspell: The Bristling Wood (Grafton 0-586-20741-4, May 90, £4.50, 461pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday 1989 as The Bristling Wood) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Deverry series.
- * +Days of Air and Darkness (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37289-0, Aug 94 [Jul 94], $12.95, 415pp, tp, cover by Paul Youll) [Deverry: Westlands] Celtic fantasy novel, fourth book of the Westlands Sequence, and eighth book in the Deverry series overall. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1994 as A Time of Justice).
- * _Days of Air and Darkness (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57262-8, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 410pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Deverry: Westlands] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994 as A Time of Justice) Celtic fantasy novel, fourth book of the Westlands Sequence, and eighth book in the Deverry series overall.
- * +Days of Blood and Fire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37204-1, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $11.95, 402pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Deverry: Westlands] Celtic fantasy novel, third book of the Westlands Sequence and seventh book of the overall Deverry series. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1993 as A Time of War: Days of Blood and Fire).
- * _Days of Blood and Fire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29012-6, Jun 94 [May 94], $5.99, 493pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Deverry: Westlands] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993 as A Time of War: Days of Blood and Fire) Celtic fantasy novel, third book of the Westlands Sequence and seventh book of the overall Deverry series.
- * *The Dragon Revenant (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-41098-0, May 90 [Apr 90], $8.95, 403pp, tp) [Deverry] Celtic fantasy novel; fourth book of the Daggerspell series. A hardcover edition (-26140-3, $18.95) also appeared.
- * _The Dragon Revenant (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28909-8, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $4.95, 401pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1990) Celtic fantasy novel, fourth book of the Deverry series.
- * *Dragonspell: The Southern Sea (Grafton 0-246-13637-5, May 90, £7.99, 378pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry] Fantasy novel. This is simultaneous with the US edition (Doubleday as The Dragon Revenant). Volume Four in the Deverry series. Also available in hardcover (-13558-1, £13.95).
- * _Dragonspell: The Southern Sea (Grafton 0-586-20787-2, Jun 91, £4.99, 495pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday as The Dragon Revenant; Grafton 1990) fantasy novel. Volume IV in the Deverry series.
- * *Freeze Frames (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21671-5, Mar 95 [Feb 95], £4.99, 280pp, pb) Original collection of four long stories, one vignette, and the novella Resurrection (Axolotl, 1992). The cover title is Freezeframes. (Contents)
- * +Freeze Frames (Tor 0-312-89044-3, May 95 [Apr 95], $21.95, 285pp, hc, cover by Joseph M. Danisi) SF/fantasy quasi-novel of connected stories about a family in an alternate future California, a fix-up centered on the novella Resurrection. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 1995 as Freezeframes).
- * _Freeze Frames (Severn House 0-7278-4826-7, Aug 95 [Sep 95], £15.99, 280pp, hc) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1995) SF collection of 6 stories that can also be read as a braided novel.
- * _Freeze Frames (Tor 0-812-55173-7, Jun 96 [May 96], $5.99, 285pp, pb, cover by Joseph M. Danisi) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1995) SF/fantasy quasi-novel, a fix-up centered on the novella Resurrection.
- * *Palace (with Mark A. Kreighbaum) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57373-X, Jul 96 [Jun 96], $5.99, 450pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Palace] SF novel of dark intrigue and cybervengeance set on the planet Palace in the galactic sector known as the Pinch.
- * *Palace (with Mark A. Kreighbaum) (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224643-0, Jul 96, £9.99, 437pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Palace] SF/fantasy novel of dark intrigue and cyberspace set on the planet Palace in the galactic sector known as The Pinch. There is a simultaneous Open Market edition. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition. A hardcover edition (-224642-2, £15.99) is also available.
- * _Palace (with Mark A. Kreighbaum) (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648263-5, Jul 97 [Jun 97], £5.99, 437pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Palace] Reprint (Bantam Spectra; Voyager 1996) SF/fantasy novel. First in a series.
- * *Polar City Blues (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28504-1, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $4.50, 262pp, pb, cover by Alan Daniels) [Polar City] Sf/police procedural novel set on a frontier planet.
- * _Polar City Blues (Grafton 0-246-13724-X, Jan 91, £7.99, 282pp, tp, cover by Mike Van Houten) [Polar City] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1990) sf novel. Includes an appendix by the author explaining the rules of baseball. Also available in hardcover (-13556-5, £13.99).
- * _Polar City Blues (Grafton 0-586-20789-9, Feb 92 [Jan 92], £3.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Polar City] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1990) sf novel.
- * _Polar City Blues (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-586-20789-9, Dec 96, £5.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Polar City] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1990) SF novel.
- * *The Red Wyvern (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224351-2, Nov 97 [Oct 97], £16.99, 342pp, hc, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry: Dragon Mage] Fantasy novel, book one in the new Dragon Mage cycle of the Deverry series. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition. A trade paperback edition (-224351-2, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
- * +The Red Wyvern (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37290-4, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $12.95, 351pp, tp, cover by Paul Youll) [Deverry: Dragon Mage] Fantasy novel in the Deverry series, book one of the Dragon Mage sub-series. First US edition (Voyager 1997).
- * _The Red Wyvern (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-647860-3, Jul 98 [Jun 98], £6.99, 403pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry: Dragon Mage] Reprint (Voyager 1997) fantasy novel. Book one of The Dragon Mage sub-series of the Deverry series.
- * _The Red Wyvern (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57264-4, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $6.50, 393pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Deverry: Dragon Mage] Reprint (Voyager 1997) fantasy novel in the Deverry series, book one of the Dragon Mage sub-series.
- * *Resurrection (Pulphouse/Axolotl 1-56146-121-0, May 92, $35.00, 100pp, hc, cover by Alan Giana) Sf novella about a pilot killed twice, and the world into which she is resurrected. This is a 300-copy hardcover edition; a 525-copy trade paperback edition ($10.00) and a 75-copy limited edition ($60.00) are also available. All states are signed. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
- * _Resurrection (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29834-8, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $3.50, 114pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) Reprint (Axolotl 1992) sf novella about a pilot killed twice, and the world into which she is resurrected.
- * *A Time of Exile (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-41464-1, Jun 91 [May 91], $12.00, 434pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Deverry: Westlands] Celtic fantasy novel, fifth book of the Deverry series. A hardcover edition (-41463-3, $20.00) is also available.
- * *A Time of Exile (Grafton 0-246-13730-4, Jun 91, £8.99, 353pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry: Westlands] Fantasy novel. Simultaneous with U.S. (Doubleday Foundation) edition. Also available in hardcover (-13555-7, £14.99). Book One of The Westlands Cycle. Volume 5 in the Deverry series.
- * _A Time of Exile (Grafton 0-586-20788-0, Jun 92, £4.99, 476pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry: Westlands] Reprint (Grafton; Doubleday Foundation 1991) fantasy novel. Book one of The Westlands Cycle. Volume five in the Deverry series.
- * _A Time of Exile (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29813-5, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $5.50, 404pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Deverry: Westlands] Reprint (Grafton; Doubleday Foundation 1991) Celtic fantasy novel, fifth book of the Deverry series.
- * *A Time of Justice (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224298-2, Jul 94 [Jun 94], £8.99, 375pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry: Westlands] Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-224141-2, £15.99) is also available. Book Four of The Westlands Cycle; volume eight in the Deverry series.
- * _A Time of Justice (HarperCollins UK 0-00-647859-X, Jun 95, £4.99, 465pp, pb) [Deverry: Westlands] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994) Celtic fantasy novel. Fourth (and final) book of the Westlands Sequence and eighth book in the Deverry series overall. This was published in the US as Days of Air and Darkness, a subtitle on this volume.
- * *A Time of Omens (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224017-3, Jun 92 [May 92], £8.99, 355pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry: Westlands] Fantasy novel. Book two of The Westlands Cycle. Volume six in the Deverry series. A hardcover edition (0-246-13781-9, £14.99) was announced but not seen.
- * +A Time of Omens (Bantam Spectra 0-553-35235-0, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $11.00, 406pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Deverry: Westlands] Celtic fantasy novel, sixth book of the Deverry series. A hardcover edition (-08913-7, $22.50) is also available. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1992).
- * _A Time of Omens (Grafton 0-586-21196-9, Jun 93, £4.99, 464pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry: Westlands] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) fantasy novel. Book two of The Westlands Cycle; volume six in the Deverry series.
- * _A Time of Omens (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29011-8, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $5.50, 395pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Deverry: Westlands] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) Celtic fantasy novel, sixth book of the Deverry series.
- * _A Time of War (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21197-7, Jun 94, £4.99, 485pp, pb) [Deverry: Westlands] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) fantasy novel. Book Three of The Westlands Cycle. Volume seven in the Deverry series.
- * *A Time of War: Days of Blood and Fire (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224068-8, Jun 93, £8.99, 395pp, tp, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry: Westlands] Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (0-246-13782-7, £14.99) was announced but not seen. Book three of The Westlands Cycle; volume seven in the Deverry series.
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- * *Enchanted Forests (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-672-4, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $5.50, 368pp, pb, cover by Jean-Francois Podevin) Original anthology of 25 fantasy stories about magical woods. (Contents)
- * *The Shimmering Door (with Martin H. Greenberg) (HarperPrism 0-06-105342-2, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $12.00, 434pp, tp) Original anthology of 32 stories about magic-workers. Authors include Charles de Lint, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Dennis L. McKiernan, M. John Harrison, and Esther M. Friesner. Greenberg is mentioned only on the copyright page. (Contents)
- * _Sorceries (with Martin H. Greenberg) (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648226-0, Feb 97, £5.99, xvi+434pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) Reprint (HarperPrism 1996 as The Shimmering Door) original anthology of 32 stories about magic workers. Authors include Charles de Lint, Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Dennis L. McKiernan, M. John Harrison, and Esther M. Friesner. Greenberg is mentioned only on the copyright page. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Weird Tales from Shakespeare (with Martin H. Greenberg) (DAW 0-88677-605-8, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $4.99, 318pp, pb, cover by John Howe) Original anthology of 23 fantasy stories based on Shakespeare. (Contents)
- KERR, PEG (stories)
- * *Emerald House Rising (Warner Aspect 0-446-60393-7, Jun 97 [May 97], $5.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) Fantasy novel. A gemcutters daughter is caught in court intrigues. A first novel.
- KERR, PHILIP (1956- )
- * +Esau (Holt 0-8050-5175-9, 1997 [Apr 98], $22.50, 374pp, hc, cover by Raquel Jaramillo) SF thriller of a lost race of abominable snowmen in the Himalayas threatened by war and a fallen radioactive satellite. First US edition (Chatto & Windus 1996). This was dated 1997 but not seen until now.
- * _Esau (Pocket 0-671-01992-9, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $6.99, 406pp, pb) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1996) lost-race SF thriller of missing-link yetis.
- * _Gridiron (Vintage UK 0-09-959431-5, Jun 96, £5.99, 373pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1995) SF novel.
- * *A Philosophical Investigation (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-4553-6, 1992 [Dec 92], £14.99, 330pp, hc) Literary thriller set in London in 2013.
- * +A Philosophical Investigation (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-23176-1, May 93 [Apr 93], $20.00, 330pp, hc) Near-future sf thriller set in a world where serial killings have become epidemic and the government is attempting to weed out potential killers. First American edition (Chatto & Windus 1992).
- * _A Philosophical Investigation (Penguin/Plume 0-452-27140-1, Mar 94, $10.00, 330pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1992) near-future sf thriller set in a world where serial killings have become epidemic and the government is attempting to weed out potential killers.
- KERSEY, COLIN
- * *Soul Catcher (St. Martins 0-312-13606-4, Nov 95 [Dec 95], $21.95, 340pp, hc) Horror novel. A spirit wind is unleashed against Seattle. A first novel.
- KESAVAN, MUKUL
- * *Looking Through Glass (Chatto & Windus 0-7011-6293-7, Feb 95, £14.99, 375pp, hc, cover by Chris Corr) Fantasy novel. A man is thrown back in time from 1994 to the India of 1942. Trying to survive a world he remembers but does not know, he is witness to the end of the British Raj, and the start of partition of the country. A first novel.
- * _Looking Through Glass (Vintage UK 0-09-951611-X, Jan 96 [Apr 96], £6.99, 375pp, tp, cover by Chris Corr) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1995) literary fantasy novel.
- KESSEL, JOHN (Joseph Vincent) (1950- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Corrupting Dr. Nice (Tor 0-312-86116-8, Jan 97, $24.95, 317pp, hc, cover by Peter Bollinger) Satirical SF novel. Time-traveling con artists and a scientist with a baby dinosaur cross paths in Jerusalem at the time of Christ.
- * _Corrupting Dr. Nice (Tor 0-312-86584-8, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $14.95, 317pp, tp, cover by Peter Bollinger) Reprint (Tor 1997) satirical/comic SF time-travel novel.
- * _Corrupting Dr. Nice (Gollancz 0-575-06611-3, Jul 98, £16.99, 287pp, hc, cover by Max Schindler) Reprint (Tor 1997) satirical SF novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Freedom Beach (with James Patrick Kelly) See entry under James Patrick Kelly.
- * _Freedom Beach (with James Patrick Kelly) (Tor 0-812-54300-9, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $2.95, 259pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) sf novel.
- * *Good News from Outer Space (Tor 0-312-93178-6, Aug 89 [Sep 89], $18.95, 402pp, hc) Sf novel set in a near-future America controlled by fundamentalist Christians awaiting the arrival of Gods messengersin a spaceship. Recommended (FCM).
- * _Good News from Outer Space (Tor 0-812-50905-6, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $4.95, 402pp, pb, cover by Cityline Communications) Reprint (Tor 1989) Nebula-nominated sf novel set in a near-future America controlled by Christian fundamentalists waiting for Gods messenger to arrive in a spaceship. Highly recommended (SW).
- * _Good News from Outer Space (Grafton 0-586-21011-3, Jan 91, £5.99, 403pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Tor 1989) sf novel.
- * _Good News from Outer Space (Tor/Orb 0-312-89041-9, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $13.95, 403pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1989) satiric SF novel of aliens among us.
- * *Meeting in Infinity (Arkham House 0-87054-164-1, Aug 92 [Jun 92], $20.95, 309pp, hc, cover by Edvard Munch) Collection of 14 stories with an autobiographical introduction and illustrations by J.K. Potter. Available from Arkham House, Sauk City WI 53583. (Contents)
- * *The Pure Product (Tor 0-312-86117-6, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $24.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Ed Gazsi) Collection of 16 stories, one original, plus two poems and a previously unpublished play. Nine stories were previously collected in Meeting in Infinity. (Contents)
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- * _Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology (with Mark L. Van Name & Richard Butner) (Tor 0-312-86384-5, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $16.95, 384pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1996) anthology of stories written at the 1994 Sycamore Hill Writers Conference.
- * *Intersections: The Sycamore Hill Anthology (with Mark L. Van Name & Richard Butner) (Tor 0-312-86090-0, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $23.95, 384pp, hc) Anthology of stories written at the 1994 invitation-only Sycamore Hill Writers Conference, with comments by the writers about their experiences. Authors include Karen Joy Fowler, Alexander Jablokov, Michaela Roessner, and Maureen F. McHugh. (Contents)
- KESSLER, CAROL FARLEY (1936- ) (stories)
- * *Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Her Progress Toward Utopia and Selected Writings (Syracuse University Press 0-8156-0304-5, Mar 95, $16.95, 316pp, tp) Non-fiction critical work looking at Utopian themes in Gilmans work. A hardcover edition (-2644-4, $34.95) was announced but not seen. Order from Syracuse University Press, 1600 Jamesville Ave., Syracuse NY 13244-5160; 315-443-5547. [Gilman]
- * _Charlotte Perkins Gilman: Her Progress Toward Utopia with Selected Writings (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-499-X, Jul 95, £15.00, 316pp, tp) Reprint (Syracuse University Press 1995) non-fiction, biography/criticism. A study of the author, with detailed notes. It includes 14 stories and excerpts from Gilmans novels. A hardcover edition (-489-2, £27.50) was announced but not seen. (Contents) [First U.K. edition] [Gilman]
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- * *Daring to Dream: Utopian Fiction by United States Women Before 1950, Second Edition (Syracuse University Press 0-8156-2655-X, Oct 95 [Nov 95], $17.95, 326pp, hc) Critical anthology of 12 feminist Utopian stories (five excerpted from novels). There are extensive notes, a reference bibliography, and an Annotated Bibliography of US Womens Utopian Fiction 1836-1988. This is revised and updated from Daring to Dream: Utopian Studies by United States Women, 1836-1919 (Routledge & Kegan Paul/Pandora 1984); five pieces in the earlier edition do not appear here. A hardcover edition (-2654-1, $49.95) was announced but not seen. Available from Syracuse University Press, 1600 Jamesville Ave., Syracuse NY 13244-5160; 315-443-5547. (Contents)
- KESSLER, D. J., ed.
- * *The Stars of David: Jewish Science Fiction: Volume One (DLZ Media 0-9650294-0-9, Jan 96, $18.00, 414pp, tp) Original anthology of two novels, Can Androids Be Jewish? by Joe Sampliner and Miriams World, the first volume in a trilogy by Sol Weiss; both are first novels. This is the first in a new series of Jewish SF. Available from DLZ Media, PO Box 10187, Eugene OR 97440; credit card orders 800-497-7568. (Contents)
- KESSLER, JOAN C., ed. (stories)
- * *Demons of the Night: Tales of the Fantastic, Madness, and the Supernatural from Nineteenth-Century France (University of Chicago 0-226-43208-4, Apr 95 [May 95], $14.95, 347pp, tp, cover by Tony Johannot) Anthology of 13 fantastic stories by such authors as Balzac, Jules Verne, Alexandre Dumas, Guy de Maupssant, and Theophile Gautier. Edited with notes to each story by Kessler, who also translated nine of the stories, and wrote a 51-page critical introduction (not included in the page count). This edition also gives an ISBN for a hardcover edition (-43207-6, $45.00) not seen. Order from University of Chicago Press, Order Department, 11030 South Langley Avenue, Chicago IL 60628; 800-621-2736. (Contents)
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