The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

KIHN, GREG (1952- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Big Rock Beat (Tor/Forge 0-312-86756-5, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $23.95, 351pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Dark-fantasy mystery novel, bringing back director Landis Woodley of Horror Show.
• * *Horror Show (Tor 0-312-86045-5, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $23.95, 350pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Horror novel. An interviewer finds an old B-movie horror director may have tangled with a deadly curse. A first novel.
• * _Horror Show (Tor 0-812-55108-7, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $5.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Reprint (Tor 1996) horror novel.
• * *Shade of Pale (Tor/Forge 0-312-86046-3, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $21.95, 255pp, hc, cover by David Kramer) Dark-fantasy mystery novel. A Manhattan psychiatrist trying to find his sister is pursued by a Banshee.
• * _Shade of Pale (Tor 0-812-55109-5, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $5.99, 255pp, pb, cover by David Kramer) Reprint (Forge 1997) dark-fantasy mystery novel.

KILBY, CLYDE S(amuel) (1902-1986) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Brothers and Friends: The Diaries of Major Warren Hamilton Lewis (with Marjorie Lamp Mead) (Ballantine 0-345-34665-3, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $4.95, 345pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1982). Non-fiction, the diaries of C.S. Lewis’ brother. References to Tolkien and others.

KILGORE, KATHLEEN; [i.e., Kathleen Kilgore Houton] (1946- )

• * *The Ghost-Maker (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-35383-1, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $11.95, 206pp, hc) Young-adult novel about spiritualism and ghosts.

KILIAN, CRAWFORD (1941- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Brother Jonathan (Ace 0-441-08227-0, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.75, 183pp, pb) Sf novel.
• * _The Empire of Time (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32528-1, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $2.50, 182pp, pb) [Chronoplane Wars] Reissue (Del Rey 1978) sf novel. 3rd printing.
• * _The Empire of Time (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34759-5, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $2.95, 183pp, pb) [Chronoplane Wars] Reissue (Del Rey 1978) sf/time travel novel, first in the “Chronoplane Wars” series; 5th printing.
• * _The Empire of Time (Legend 0-09-958880-3, Apr ’88, £2.50, 182pp, pb) [Chronoplane Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 1978) sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Chronoplane Wars” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Eyas (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25371-9, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $3.50, 254pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1982) sf novel, an ambitious and impressive tale of far-future Earth. (FCM) 2nd printing.
• * _Eyas (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35079-0, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $4.50, 357pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1982) post-holocaust sf novel.
• * *The Fall of the Republic (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34273-9, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 293pp, pb) [Chronoplane Wars] Sf/time travel novel, second in the “Chronoplane Wars” series.
• * _The Fall of the Republic (Legend 0-09-958890-0, Jun ’88, £2.99, 293pp, pb) [Chronoplane Wars] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Chronoplane Wars” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Fall of the Republic (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34273-9, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.50, 304pp, pb) [Chronoplane Wars] Reissue (Del Rey 1987) sf novel, second in the “Chronoplane” series. Third printing.
• * *Greenmagic (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36140-7, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $4.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Tim Hildebrandt) [Greenmagic] Fantasy novel about a king’s bastard son who becomes a slave and has the magic within him to free his people.
• * *Gryphon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35730-2, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 260pp, pb) Sf novel about pampered far-future man facing hostile alien invaders.
• * *Lifter (Ace 0-441-48304-6, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.95, 201pp, pb) Sf novel of a young man who can fly through mind-power.
• * _Lifter (Beach Holme/Tesseract 0-88878-327-2, Jan ’94 [Mar ’94], $5.95, 223pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1986) sf novel. This edition has been somewhat revised and is being published as a young-adult novel. Available from Beach Holme Publishers, 4252 Commerce Circle, Victoria BC V8Z 4M2, Canada.
• * *Redmagic (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38370-2, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $5.99, 307pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Greenmagic] Fantasy novel, sequel to Greenmagic. A wizard studying dragons runs into a sea monster.
• * *Rogue Emperor: A Novel of the Chronoplane Wars (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35078-2, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.95, 296pp, pb) [Chronoplane Wars] Sf novel, third in a time travel series.
• * +Tsunami (Bantam 0-553-24259-8, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $2.95, 218pp, pb) Near-future disaster novel. First U.S. edition (Douglas & McIntyre 1983).

KILLOUGH, (Karen) LEE (1942- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Blood Hunt (Tor 0-812-50594-8, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.95, 319pp, pb) [Garreth Mikaelian] Horror novel of a homicide detective turned vampire.
• * *Bloodlinks (Tor 0-812-52064-5, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.95, 345pp, pb) [Garreth Mikaelian] Vampire police procedural novel, sequel to Blood Hunt.
• * *BloodWalk (Meisha Merlin 0-9658345-0-6, May ’97 [Jan ’98], $14.00, 453pp, tp, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Garreth Mikaelian] Omnibus of vampire detective novels Blood Hunt (1987) and Bloodlinks (1988), with a new foreword by Killough. Order from Meisha Merlin Publishing, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031; add $3.00 postage. (Contents)
• * *Bridling Chaos (Meisha Merlin 0-9658345-3-0, May ’98 [Jul ’98], $19.00, 607pp, tp, cover by Michael Herring) [Janna Brill; Mama Maxwell] Omnibus of three SF mysteries featuring Janna Brill and Mama Maxwell: The Doppelganger Gambit (1979), Spider Play (1986), and Dragon’s Teeth (1990). There is a new introduction by Killough. Order from Meisha Merlin Publishing, PO Box 7, Decatur GA 30031. (Contents)
• * *Dragon’s Teeth (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20906-2, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $4.95, 250pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Janna Brill; Mama Maxwell] Sf/mystery novel, a futuristic police procedural, second book of the “Brill & Maxwell” series.
• * *The Leopard’s Daughter (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20522-9, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $2.95, 218pp, pb) Fantasy novel set in Africa.
• * *Liberty’s World (DAW 0-88677-023-8, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $2.95, 238pp, pb) Sf novel.
• * *Spider Play (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20273-4, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $3.50, 232pp, pb) [Janna Brill; Mama Maxwell] Sf police procedural novel, sequel to The Doppleganger Gambit.

KILLUS, JAMES P(eter) (1950- ) (stories)

• * *Sunsmoke (Ace 0-441-79083-6, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $2.75, 182pp, pb) Sf/horror novel beginning when “a crazed meteorologist injects a computer programmed ancient Japanese devil” into Los Angeles smog.

KILPATRICK, NANCY (1946- ); see pseudonym Amarantha Knight (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Child of the Night (Raven 1-85487-446-2, May ’96, £5.99, 314pp, pb) [Power of the Blood] Dark fantasy novel. First of a trilogy. When a woman exchanges more than blood with a vampire, the result is a little horror.. that grows.
• * _Child of the Night (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-14-3, Nov ’98, £6.99, 276pp, tp, cover by Jay Hurst) [Power of the Blood] Reprint (Raven 1996) dark fantasy vampire novel. First volume (but second published) of the trilogy “Power of the Blood”. Available in the US for $12.00.
• * *Dracul: An Eternal Love Story (Lucard Ltd. 0-966-54920-1, Oct ’98, $24.95, 217pp, hc) [Dracula] Vampire novel based on the script of the stage musical Dracul based on Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The musical was originally performed at the San Diego Repertory’s Lyceum Theatre; an optional CD cast album, The Music of Dracul (DAT Records $19.95, combined book and CD $34.90) is also available. Order from Lucard Publishing, 650 Columbia #311, San Diego CA 92101; credit card orders 888-869-9092 x151.
• * *Endorphins (Macabre, Inc., 1997, tp) (Contents)
• * *Near Death (Pocket 0-671-88090-X, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $5.50, 295pp, pb, cover by Vince Natale) [Power of the Blood] Vampire horror novel about a vampire who has resisted giving in to his most monstraous cravings for over a century.
• * _Near Death (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-17-8, Nov ’98, £6.99, 281pp, tp, cover by Jay Hurst) [Power of the Blood] Reprint (Pocket 1994) dark fantasy novel. Volume two of the vampire trilogy “Power of the Blood”. Available in the US for $12.00. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Reborn (Pumpkin Books 1-901914-20-8, Nov ’98, £6.99, vi+280pp, tp, cover by Les Edwards) [Power of the Blood] Dark fantasy novel. Volume three of the vampire trilogy, “Power of the Blood”. Available in the US for $12.00.
• * *Sex & the Single Vampire (TAL Publications no ISBN, Jul ’94 [Sep ’94], $5.95, 49pp, ph) Chapbook collection of three erotic horror stories, two original, with an introduction by Nancy Holder and interior illustrations by Rodger Gerberding. Available from TAL Publications, PO Box 1837, Leesburg VA 22075. (Contents)
• * _World of Darkness: As One Dead (with Don Bassingthwaite) See entry under Don Bassingthwaite.

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• * *In the Shadow of the Gargoyle (with Thomas S. Roche) (Ace 0-441-00557-8, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $12.00, 256pp, tp, cover by Victor Stabin) Dark fantasy original anthology of 17 stories, three previously published, concerning gargoyles. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Nancy Holder, and Lucy Taylor. (Contents)

KILWORTH, GARRY (Douglas) (1941- ); see pseudonym Garry Douglas (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Abandonati (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440255-4, Nov ’88, £12.95, 162pp, hc) Marvellous fantasy/sf novel about a world in which anyone with any money has gone away, and only the ‘derelicts’ (or ‘abandonati’) are left to explore their world. Strongly recommended. (PSP)
• * _Abandonati (Unwin 0-04-440391-7, Aug ’89, £3.99, 162pp, pb, cover by David McKean) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1988) marvellous fantasy/sf novel about a world in which anyone with any money has gone away, and only the ‘derelicts’ (or ‘abandonati’) are left to explore their world. Recommended. (PSP)
• * *Angel (Gollancz 0-575-05523-5, Jun ’93 [May ’93], £14.99, 286pp, hc, cover by Peter Mennim) [Angel] Horror novel about an angel pursuing demons on Earth.
• * _Angel (Gollancz 0-575-05721-1, Jul ’94, £4.99, 286pp, pb, cover by Peter Mennim) [Angel] Reprint (Gollancz 1993) horror novel. Volume one in the “Angel” series.
• * +Angel (Tor/Forge 0-312-86107-9, May ’96, $22.95, 320pp, hc) [Angel] Horror novel about an angel pursuing demons on Earth. First US edition (Gollancz 1993).
• * _Angel (Tor 0-812-54284-3, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Dave Kramer) [Angel] Reprint (Gollancz 1993) horror novel about an angel pursuing demons on Earth.
• * *Archangel (Gollancz 0-575-05762-9, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], £14.99, 254pp, hc, cover by Peter Mennim) [Angel] Horror novel. Five years after the events of Angel, its heroes ally with a heavenly Archangel in the frantic search for a demon in London.
• * _Archangel (Gollancz 0-575-05768-8, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], £5.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Peter Mennim) [Angel] Reprint (Gollancz 1994) dark fantasy novel. Five years after the events of Angel, its heroes are confronted by an even more powerful demonic menace in London.
• * *Billy Pink’s Private Detective Agency (Methuen 0-416-18754-4, May ’93, £8.99, 159pp, hc, cover by Max Schindler) Children’s book about a young boy and girl who set up a detective agency in 19th century Essex with the aid of a marsh spirit.
• * *The Brontë Girls (Mammoth 0-7497-2692-X, Nov ’95 [Dec ’95], £3.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Irene Von Treskow) Associational young-adult contemporary novel of a family whose life parallels that of the Brontës.
• * *Castle Storm (Corgi 0-552-54547-3, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], £4.99, 381pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Welkin Weasels] Animal fantasy novel, book two of “The Welkin Weasels”.
• * *Cloudrock (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440166-3, Mar ’88, £11.95, 160pp, hc) Sf novel.
• * _Cloudrock (Unwin 0-04-440308-9, Jun ’89, £3.50, 160pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1988) sf novel.
• * *Cybercats (Bantam UK 0-553-50327-8, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], £3.50, 139pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Electric Kid] Young-adult SF novel. Sequel to The Electric Kid.
• * *Dark Hills, Hollow Clocks: Stories from the Otherworld (Methuen 0-416-15632-0, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], £8.95, 112pp, hc, cover by Frazer Shaw) Original young-adult collection of fantasy stories. Recommended. (PSP) (Contents)
• * _Dark Hills, Hollow Clocks: Stories from the Otherworld (Mammoth 0-7497-1048-9, Nov ’93, £2.99, 112pp, pb, cover by Frazer Shaw) Reprint (Methuen 1990) young-adult fantasy collection.
• * *The Drowners (Methuen 0-416-17682-8, Jul ’91, £8.99, 153pp, hc, cover by Andrew Lloyd Jones) Atmospheric young-adult ghost story set in 19th century Hampshire. Recommended. (PSP)
• * _The Drowners (Mammoth 0-7497-1049-7, Nov ’92, £2.99, 153pp, pb, cover by Andrew Lloyd Jones) Reprint (Methuen 1991) young-adult ghost novel.
• * *The Electric Kid (Bantam UK 0-553-40656-6, Jul ’94, £2.99, 164pp, pb, cover by John Avon) [Electric Kid] Young-adult SF novel.
• * +The Electric Kid (Orchard US 0-531-09486-3, Oct ’95 [Mar ’96], $14.95, 137pp, hc, cover by Greg Couch) [Electric Kid] Young-adult SF novel. Two street kids with extraordinary talents in 2061 fight to keep away from criminals who want to use them. First US edition (Bantam UK 1994).
• * _The Electric Kid (Avon Flare 0-380-72847-8, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $3.99, 137pp, pb) [Electric Kid] Reprint (Bantam UK 1994) young-adult SF novel about street kids in 2061.
• * +The Foxes of First Dark (Doubleday 0-385-26427-5, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $18.95, 371pp, hc, cover by Robert Goldstrom) Animal fantasy novel about foxes. First American edition (Unwin Hyman 1989 as Hunter’s Moon).
• * *Frost Dancers (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13915-3, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], £14.99, 381pp, hc, cover by Terry White) Animal fantasy novel about hares.
• * _Frost Dancers (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21463-1, Nov ’93, £4.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Terry White) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) animal fantasy novel about hares.
• * +Highlander (HarperEntertainment 0-06-105840-8, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $5.99, 311pp, pb) Movie novelization. First US edition (Grafton 1986 as by Garry Douglas).
• * *Hogfoot Right and Bird-Hands (Edgewood Press 0-9629066-3-8, May ’93, $9.00, 156pp, tp, cover by Ian Miller) Collection of 13 sf and fantasy stories, with an introduction by Robert Holdstock. Order from Edgewood Press, PO Box 380264, Cambridge MA 02238. Please add $1.00 for shipping. (Contents)
• * *House of Tribes (Bantam UK 0-593-03376-0, Nov ’95, £12.99, 430pp, hc, cover by Paul Robinson) Animal fantasy novel about mice. Illustrated.
• * _House of Tribes (Corgi 0-552-14111-9, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £5.99, 430pp, pb, cover by Paul Robinson) Reprint (Bantam UK 1995) animal fantasy novel about mice.
• * *Hunter’s Moon (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440301-1, Mar ’89, £12.95, 330pp, hc, cover by Pinpoint Design) Animal fantasy novel about foxes.
• * _Hunter’s Moon (Unwin 0-04-440615-0, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], £3.99, 330pp, pb, cover by Bob Brampton) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) animal fantasy novel about foxes.
• * *In the Country of Tattooed Men (Grafton 0-586-21498-4, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £5.99, 224pp, tp, cover by Kevin Tweddell) Collection of 20 sf/fantasy/horror stories, two of which appear to be original. Recommended (PSP). (Contents)
• * *In the Hollow of the Deep-Sea Wave (The Bodley Head 0-370-31265-1, Jan ’89, £11.95, 232pp, hc, cover by Mark Holmes) Associational. Fascinating mainstream collection of a short novel and seven short stories, mainly original. Recommended. (PSP) (Contents)
• * _In the Hollow of the Deep-Sea Wave (Unwin 0-04-440530-8, Nov ’89, £3.99, 232pp, tp, cover by Tom Secker) Reprint (Bodley Head 1989) collection of one novel and seven short stories, most original, and all mainly ‘mainstream’, but well worth reading.
• * *Land-of-Mists (Orbit 1-85723-559-2, May ’98, £16.99, xvi+380pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Navigator Kings] Fantasy novel. Book III of “The Navigator Kings” trilogy based on Polynesian myths and legends.
• * *Midnight’s Sun (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440683-5, Sep ’90, £12.95, 317pp, hc, cover by The Pinpoint Design Company) Animal fantasy novel about wolves.
• * _Midnight’s Sun (Grafton 0-586-21495-X, Mar ’92, £4.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Barry Jones) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1990) animal fantasy novel about wolves.
• * *A Midsummer’s Nightmare (Bantam UK 0-593-04029-5, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £14.99, 325pp, hc, cover by Stephen Player) Fantasy novel. The faerie court of Oberon and Titania decamps from a diminishing Sherwood Forest to the New Forest, accompanied by a convoy of New Age travellers.
• * _A Midsummer’s Nightmare (Corgi 0-552-14464-9, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], £5.99, 325pp, pb, cover by John Howe) Reprint (Bantam UK 1996) fantasy novel.
• * *The Phantom Piper (Methuen 0-416-18913-X, Aug ’94, £9.99, 159pp, hc, cover by Kenny McKendry) Young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Phantom Piper (Mammoth 0-7497-2387-4, Nov ’95, £3.99, 159pp, pb, cover by Kenny McKendry) Reprint (Methuen 1994) young-adult fantasy novel. A village of abandoned children must retrieve their parents before the year ends.
• * *The Princely Flower (Orbit 1-85723-469-3, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £16.99, 365pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Navigator Kings] Fantasy novel. Book II of “The Navigator Kings”, a series based on the myths and legends of the Polynesian peoples.
• * _The Princely Flower (Orbit 1-85723-560-6, May ’98, £5.99, xvi+365pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Navigator Kings] Reprint (Orbit 1997) fantasy novel. Book II of “The Navigator Kings”.
• * *The Raiders (Mammoth 0-7497-2818-3, Aug ’96, £3.99, 133pp, pb) Young-adult fantasy novel. The ghost of a Viking is disturbed by land developers.
• * *The Rain Ghost (Hippo 0-590-76089-0, May ’89, £1.95, 121pp, pb) Teenage romance with a supernatural touch. Volume Nine in the “Hauntings” series.
• * +The Rain Ghost (Scholastic 0-590-43415-2, Mar ’90 [Sep ’90], $2.75, 121pp, pb) Young-adult ghost/romance novel. First American edition (Hippo 1989).
• * *The Roof of Voyaging (Orbit 1-85723-422-7, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £16.99, 426pp, hc, cover by Mark Harrison) [Navigator Kings] Fantasy novel. Book I of “The Navigator Kings” series based on Polynesian myths and legends.
• * _The Roof of Voyaging (Orbit 1-85723-461-8, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £6.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Navigator Kings] Reprint (Orbit 1996) fantasy novel. Book I of “The Navigator Kings”.
• * *The Songbirds of Pain (Gollancz 0-575-03511-0, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], £8.95, 187pp, hc) Collection of 13 stories; the title story seems to be an original. (Contents)
• * _The Songbirds of Pain (Unwin 0-04-440217-1, Apr ’88, £2.95, 187pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1984) sf collection. Although Kilworth is best known as a novel-writer he is also remarkably good at writing short stories, as this collection demonstrates. Strongly recommended. (PSP)