The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

KERNAGHAN, EILEEN (Shirley Monk) (1939- ) (stories)

• * *Dance of the Snow Dragon (Thistledown Press 1-895449-41-3, 1995 [May ’95], C$7.95, 325pp, tp, cover by Rand Walsh) Fantasy novel set in 18th-century Bhutan. Order from Neville Books, 7793 Royal Oak Ave, Burnaby BC V5J 4K2, Canada; 604-435-6500. Add C$2.00 postage.
• * *The Sarsen Witch (Ace 0-441-75052-4, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.50, 217pp, pb) [Journey to Aprilioth] Fantasy novel; third in the “Journey to Aprilioth” series.

KERNER, ELIZABETH (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Song in the Silence (Tor 0-312-85780-2, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $23.95, 379pp, hc, cover by Peter Bollinger) [Song in the Silence] Fantasy novel. A young woman seeks dragons. A first novel.
• * _Song in the Silence (Tor 0-812-55044-7, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $6.99, 401pp, pb, cover by Peter Bollinger) [Song in the Silence] Reprint (Tor 1997) fantasy novel.

KERNS, DANIEL R.

• * *Border Dispute (Ace 0-441-00033-9, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $4.50, 183pp, pb, cover by Cliff Miller) [Hero.] Military sf novel, sequel to Hero. Kerns is a pen name for Jacqueline Lichtenberg.
• * *Hero (Ace 0-441-32802-4, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $4.50, 197pp, pb, cover by Cliff Miller) [Hero.] Military sf novel of an alien fighter pilot who breaks his own people’s law to rescue his human allies. Kerns is a pen-name for Jacqueline Lichtenberg.

KERR, KATHARINE (Nancy Brahtin) (1944- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Bristling Wood (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-24275-1, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $18.95, 357pp, hc) [Deverry] Celtic fantasy novel, third in the “Deverry” series.
• * _The Bristling Wood (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28581-5, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $4.50, 357pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) fantasy novel, third book of the “Daggerspell” series.
• * *Daggerspell (Doubleday 0-385-23108-3, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $16.95, 414pp, hc) [Deverry] Fantasy novel, a first novel and the first in a trilogy.
• * _Daggerspell (Grafton 0-246-13161-6, Apr ’87, £10.95, 414pp, hc) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in a new fantasy trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Daggerspell (Grafton 0-246-13168-3, Apr ’87, £6.95, 414pp, tp) [Deverry] Paperback edition of the above. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Daggerspell (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34430-8, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $3.50, 395pp, pb) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday 1986) fantasy novel, first of a trilogy.
• * _Daggerspell (Grafton 0-586-07315-9, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], £3.95, 528pp, pb) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Deverry” trilogy.
• * _Daggerspell (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34430-8, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.95, 395pp, pb) [Deverry] Reissue (Doubleday 1986) fantasy novel, first of a series. Second printing.
• * _Daggerspell (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56521-4, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $5.50, 461pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday 1986) fantasy novel, first book of the “Deverry” series. The text for this edition has been corrected and some slight revisions were made.
• * _Daggerspell (Voyager 0-00-648224-4, Mar ’96 [Apr ’96], £5.99, 461pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Deverry” series. This is the first UK edition of the 1993 (Bantam Spectra) text, which corrected some errors and added some slight revisions.
• * *Darkspell (Doubleday 0-385-23109-1, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $17.95, 369pp, hc) [Deverry] Fantasy novel, sequel to Daggerspell.
• * _Darkspell (Grafton 0-246-13256-6, Feb ’88, £6.95, 369pp, tp) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Deverry” trilogy. Also available in hc (-13255-8) for £10.95. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Darkspell (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34431-6, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.95, 359pp, pb) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday 1987) fantasy novel, sequel to Daggerspell.
• * _Darkspell (Grafton 0-586-20079-7, Apr ’89, £3.99, 476pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Deverry] Reprint (Doubleday 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Deverry” series.
• * *Darkspell (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56888-4, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $5.50, 413pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Deverry] Fantasy novel, a heavily revised “author’s definitive edition” (original version Doubleday 1987) of the second book in the “Deverry” series.
• * _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 “author’s 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) (assoc.)

• * *Emerald House Rising (Warner Aspect 0-446-60393-7, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $5.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) Fantasy novel. A gemcutter’s 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. Martin’s 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) (assoc.)

• * *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.