The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- KILWORTH, GARRY (Douglas) (stories) (continued)
- * *Spiral Winds (The Bodley Head 0-370-31112-4, Aug 87, £10.95, 203pp, hc) Mainstream novel by author better known for his sf. Based on the short story of the same title.
- * _Spiral Winds (Grafton 0-586-20288-9, Dec 88, £2.99, 238pp, pb) Reprint (Bodley Head 1987); associational: mainstream novel by author better known for his sf.
- * _Split Second (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20114-2, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $2.95, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Faber 1979) sf novel of a journey back to Cro-Magnon times.
- * *Standing on Shamsan (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13895-5, Mar 92 [Apr 92], £14.99, 280pp, hc, cover by Bruce Hogarth) Associational novel set in Aden in 1966.
- * +Theater of Timesmiths (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20116-9, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $2.95, 218pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1984) sf novel. First U.S. edition.
- * *A Theatre of Timesmiths (Gollancz 0-575-03411-4, May 84 [Apr 84], £7.95, 185pp, hc) Sf novel.
- * _Theatre of Timesmiths (Unwin 0-04-440082-9, Oct 87, £2.95, 185pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1984) sf novel.
- * *The Third Dragon (Hippo 0-590-76416-0, Feb 91 [Jul 91], £1.95, 147pp, pb, cover by Mel Bramich) Young-adult thriller set in China just after the Tiananmen Square massacre.
- * *Trivial Tales (Birmingham Science Fiction Group no ISBN, Nov 88 [Apr 89], £4.95, 16pp, ph) Collection of three original short stories issued in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies, to coincide with Kilworths Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 18. (Contents)
- * *Trivial Tales (Birmingham Science Fiction Group no ISBN, Nov 88 [Apr 89], £4.95, 16pp, tp) Collection of three original short stories issued to coincide with Kilworths Guest of Honour appearance at Novacon 18. Published last year, but only just seen. Order from Andromeda Bookshop, 84 Suffolk Street, BIRMINGHAM,B1 1TA. (Contents)
- * *The Voyage of the Vigilance (Armada 0-00-693320-3, Dec 88, £1.95, 142pp, pb) [Woodworld] Young-adult sf novel. Sequel to The Wizard of Woodworld.
- * *The Welkin Weasels: Thunder Oak (Corgi 0-552-54546-5, Jul 97 [Jun 97], £4.99, 382pp, pb, cover by John Howe) [Welkin Weasels] Young-adult animal fantasy novel. Book One in a trilogy.
- * *Witchwater Country (The Bodley Head 0-370-30790-9, Aug 86, £9.95, 202pp, hc) Kilworths first mainstream novel; it has a strong twist of alienness and the macabre running through it. (SJ/JF)
- * _Witchwater Country (Grafton 0-586-07271-3, Oct 87, £2.95, 236pp, pb) Reprint (Bodley Head 1986) mainstream novel by author better known for his sf.
- * *The Wizard of Woodworld (Dragon 0-583-31137-7, Nov 87, £1.95, 142pp, pb) [Woodworld] Juvenile sf novel.
- KIM, A. L.
- * *Qwan: The Showdown (Lowell House Juvenile/Roxbury Park 1-56565-552-4, 1996 [Apr 98], $4.95, 127pp, tp, cover by Richard Kirk) Young-adult near-future post-holocaust SF novel. A boy uses his martial arts skills to survive in the war-devastated US of 2017. This is copyrighted 1996 but not seen until now. Order from Lowell House Juvenile, 2020 Ave of the Stars, Suite 300, Los Angeles CA 90067.
- KIMBALL, JANUS
- * *Scanners II: The New Order (Warner 0-446-36111-9, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $4.99, 188pp, pb) Sf/horror movie tie-in novelization based on the screenplay by B.J. Nelson.
- KIMBRIEL, KATHARINE ELISKA (1956- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Fire Sanctuary (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20275-0, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $3.50, 370pp, pb) Sf novel of a long-lost colony threatened by intergalactic war. A first novel.
- * *Fires of Nuala (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20759-0, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $3.95, 324pp, pb) [Nuala] Sf novel set on the same world as Fire Sanctuary. It takes place 3,000 years earlier, and is the rare event of a second novel being better than the first. Recommended. (TM)
- * *Hidden Fires (Warner Questar 0-446-36129-1, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.50, 277pp, pb, cover by Don Dixon) [Nuala] Sf novel, third book of the Nuala series.
- * *Kindred Rites (HarperPrism 0-06-105796-7, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $5.99, 359pp, pb) [Night Calls] Dark fantasy novel, sequel to Night Calls.
- * *Night Calls (HarperPrism 0-06-105411-9, May 96 [Apr 96], $5.50, 310pp, pb) [Night Calls] Dark fantasy novel about witches and werewolves.
- KIMIFUSA, ABE (1924-1993); see pseudonym Kobo Abe (stories)
- KIMMEL, ELIZABETH CODY
- * *In the Stone Circle (Scholastic 0-590-21308-3, Apr 98 [May 98], $15.95, 225pp, hc, cover by Joanie Schwarz) Young-adult ghost story set in Wales. Two fragmented families stay at a house haunted by a girl looking for a long-lost possession. A first novel.
- KINCAID, KATHARINE
- * *Promise Me Heaven (Zebra Lovegram 0-8217-4321-X, Oct 93 [Dec 93], $4.50, 448pp, pb) Historical fantasy romance. A woman of ancient Greece incurs the wrath of Zeus by resisting his advances and is sent by his thunderbolt to the Old West. Copyrighted by Pam Daoust.
- KINDER, KATHLEEN; pseudonym of Kathleen Jill Potter, (1932- )
- * *The Wicker Cage (Janus 1-85756-230-5, Nov 95, £7.95, 152pp, tp, cover by Linda Wade) Occult novel. A pregnant woman in an old house is taken over by the spirit of a servant girl.
- KINDER, STUART (1924- )
- * *The Cannibal (Grafton 0-586-07071-0, Apr 88 [Mar 88], £2.50, 171pp, pb) Horror novel about cannibalism.
- KINDL, PATRICE
- * _The Woman in the Wall (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-130124-4, Sep 98, $4.99, 185pp, tp, cover by Kamil Vojnar) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1997) semi-surreal YA novel. A shy girl blends into the background so well even her family cant see her. First edition not seen.
- KING, BERNARD (John Howard) (1946- )
- * *Blood Circle (Sphere 0-7474-0416-X, Jun 90, £3.50, 312pp, pb) Horror novel.
- * *Death-Blinder (NEL 0-450-48490-4, Dec 88 [Nov 88], £2.99, 226pp, pb) [Starkadder] Fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Starkadder trilogy.
- * *The Destroying Angel (Sphere 0-7221-4869-0, Jul 87 [Jun 87], £3.50, 272pp, tp) [Chronicles of the Keeper] Fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Chronicles of the Keeper series.
- * +The Destroying Angel (St. Martins 0-312-01419-8, Feb 88 [Apr 88], $16.95, 272pp, hc) [Chronicles of the Keeper] Dark fantasy novel billed as horror; first in a trilogy. First U.S. edition (Sphere 1987).
- * *Skyfire (Sphere 0-7221-4870-4, May 88 [Apr 88], £3.50, 243pp, tp) [Chronicles of the Keeper] Fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Chronicles of the Keeper series.
- * *Starkadder (New English Library 0-450-06100-0, Jun 85 [May 85], £8.95, 244pp, hc) [Starkadder] Nordic fantasy novel, possibly a first novel.
- * _Starkadder (NEL 0-450-39011-X, May 86, £2.50, 243pp, pb) [Starkadder] Reprint (NEL 1985) fantasy novel; first paperback edition. Volume 1 in the Starkadder series.
- * +Starkadder (St. Martins 0-312-01095-8, Sep 87 [Aug 87], $16.95, 243pp, hc) [Starkadder] Norse mythological fantasy novel. First U.S. edition (NEL 1985).
- * *Time-Fighters (Sphere 0-7221-4868-2, Dec 87 [Nov 87], £3.50, 254pp, tp) [Chronicles of the Keeper] Fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Chronicles of the Keeper series.
- * *Vargr-Moon (NEL 0-450-06145-0, Mar 86, £9.95, 243pp, hc) [Starkadder] Fantasy novel, second in the Starkadder saga about Odin and the Norns.
- * _Vargr-Moon (NEL 0-450-40848-5, Apr 87, £2.50, 244pp, pb) [Starkadder] Reprint (NEL 1986) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Starkadder series.
- * +Vargr-Moon (St. Martins 0-312-01844-4, Jun 88 [May 88], $16.95, 244pp, hc) [Starkadder] Nordic heroic fantasy novel, sequel to Starkadder. First U.S. edition (NEL 1986).
- KING, BETTY (1948- )
- * *Women of the Future: The Female Main Character in Science Fiction (Scarecrow 0-8108-1664-4, May 84 [Apr 84], $18.50, 273pp, hc) Non-fiction, scholarly study giving capsule views of numerous works, in chronological order. Appendices cover collections and anthologies, erotic sf, and amazons. There is also a bibliography and indices of titles and authors, story particulars, and characters physical and mental/emotional characteristics.
- KING, BRUCE; see under Mark Grant
- * _Christmas Slaughter [as by Mark Grant] See entry under Mark Grant.
- * *Demon Shield (Lynx 1-55802-293-7, May 89, $4.50, 434pp, pb) Horror novel of a ruined church taken over by murderous demons.
- KING, (David) CLIVE (1924- )
- * *The Seashore People (Viking Kestrel 0-670-81723-6, Aug 87 [Dec 87], £7.50, 96pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel. [Not seen]
- KING, DAVID A., ed. (1960- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- KING, FRANK(lin) (1936- )
- * *Southpaw (Lynx 1-55802-000-4, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $3.95, 240pp, pb) Baseball horror novel.
- KING, GABRIEL; pseudonym of Jane Johnson & M. John Harrison (stories) (assoc.)
- * *The Golden Cat (Century 0-7126-7890-5, Nov 98 [Oct 98], £16.99, 350pp, hc) [Wild Road] Animal fantasy novel. Sequel to The Wild Road. King is a pseudonym for Jane Johnson and M. John Harrison.
- * *The Wild Road (Arrow 0-09-924252-4, Nov 97 [Oct 97], £5.99, 463pp, pb) [Wild Road] Animal fantasy novel. A young cat must save the king and queen of cats. First of a series. King is a pseudonym for Jane Johnson and M. John Harrison. Simultaneous with the Century hardcover (0-7126-7870-0, £16.99) edition.
- * +The Wild Road (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42302-X, Mar 98, $24.95, 365pp, hc, cover by Donna Diamond) [Wild Road] Contemporary talking-animal fantasy. A young cat on a quest joins feral felines. King is a pen-name for Jane Johnson & M. John Harrison. First US edition (Arrow 1997).
- * _The Wild Road (SFBC #15463, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $12.50, 379pp, hc, cover by Donna Diamond) [Wild Road] Reprint (Arrow 1997) talking-cat fantasy. King is a pen-name for Jane Johnson & M. John Harrison. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- KING, HAROLD (1945- )
- * _The Hahnemann Sequela (Star 0-352-31631-4, May 86, £2.75, 349pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) medical horror novel.
- KING, J. ROBERT (stories) (assoc.)
- * *DragonLance: Vinas Solamnus (TSR 0-7869-0787-8, Aug 97 [Sep 97], $5.99, 302pp, tp, cover by Todd Lockwood) Fantasy novelization based on the roleplaying game. Lost Legends #1. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *First Quest: Rogues to Riches (TSR 1-56076-825-8, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $3.95, 313pp, tp, cover by Walter Velez) [First Quest] Young adult fantasy novel, a humorous gaming-style adventure aimed at a younger audience. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *First Quest: Summerhill Hounds (TSR 0-7869-0196-9, Nov 95, $3.99, 250pp, tp, cover by Walter Velez) [First Quest] Young-adult novelization based on the First Quest game. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *Forgotten Realms: Conspiracy (TSR 0-7869-0869-6, Apr 98, $2.99, 88pp, tp, cover by Heather LeMay) [Forgotten Realms] Novellazation based on the role-playing game, Double Diamond Triangle Saga #6. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *Forgotten Realms: The Abduction (TSR 0-7869-0864-5, Jan 98 [Feb 98], $1.99, 86pp, tp, cover by Heather LeMay) [Forgotten Realms: Double Diamond Triangle] Novellazation based on the role-playing game. Book one in the Double Diamond Triangle Saga. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * _Forgotten Realms: The Diamond (with Ed Greenwood) See entry under Ed Greenwood.
- * *Planescape: Abyssal Warriors (TSR 0-7869-0501-8, Jun 96, $5.99, 314pp, tp, cover by Alan Pollack) [Planescape] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game, second in the Blood Wars trilogy. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *Planescape: Blood Hostages (TSR 0-7869-0473-9, Jan 96, $5.99, 314pp, tp, cover by Alan Pollack) [Planescape] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game, first in the Blood Wars trilogy. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *Ravenloft: Carnival of Fear (TSR 1-56076-628-X, Jul 93 [Jun 93], $4.95, 332pp, tp, cover by Philip Babilo) [Ravenloft] Fantasy novelization based on the Ravenloft game.
- * *Ravenloft: Heart of Midnight (TSR 1-56076-355-8, Dec 92, $4.95, 313pp, tp, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Ravenloft] Fantasy novelization based on the Ravenloft game.
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- KING, JAMES B., ed. (stories)
- * *Dragons (Sovereign Seal Books 0-9627030-4-4, Dec 95 [Jan 96], $15.95, 127pp, tp, cover by Den Beauvais) Anthology in an 8 1/2 X 11 format of 16 stories, four original, about dragons, with five poems and b&w illustrations by various artists. Authors include eluki bes shahar, Nancy Varian Berberick, and Dave Smeds. Available from StarLance Publications, 50 Basin Drive, Basin City WA 99343. (Contents)
- * *Fantastic Fantasy Cartoons (Sovereign Seal 0-9627030-3-6, Dec 92 [Jan 93], $5.95, 64pp, tp, cover by Richard Tomasic) Book of fantasy-oriented cartoon panels by 10 artists. Order from StarLance Publications, 50 Basin Drive, Mesa WA 99343.
- * *Mirth of Yore (StarLance Publications 0-9627030-0-1, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $7.95, 95pp, tp) Anthology of fantasy cartoons.
- KING, KEITH MICHAEL; see pseudonym Bentley Carr
- KING, MICHAEL (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Lorien Lost (St. Martins/Wyatt 0-312-14349-4, Jun 96 [May 96], $20.00, 195pp, hc, cover by Myles Birket Foster) Fantasy novel. A Victorian art collector enters the worlds of paintings. A first novel.
- KING, PAULA; see pseudonym P. K. McAllister; see under Downing, Paula E. (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Mad Roys Light (Baen 0-671-72015-5, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $3.50, 275pp, pb, cover by Donald Clavette) Sf novel of a woman torn between loyalty to alien friends and her own people. A first novel.
- KING, RACHEL
- * *Alba (Anchor UK 1-86230-006-2, Sep 97 [Oct 97], £9.99, 331pp, tp) Literary fantasy novel.
- KING, STEPHEN (Edwin) (1947- ); see pseudonym Richard Bachman (stories) (assoc.)
- * _The Bachman Books (Hodder & Stoughton 0-450-39552-9, Jun 86 [May 86], £10.95, 692pp, hc) Reprint (NAL/Plume 1985) omnibus edition of Rage, The Long Walk, Roadwork, and The Running Man.
- * _The Bachman Books (NAL/Signet 0-451-14736-7, Nov 86 [Aug 86], $5.95, 923pp, pb) Reprint (NAL 1985) omnibus of Kings Bachman"-pseudonym books. First mass market edition. Although its a November book, it appeared in the bookstores in late August.
- * _The Bachman Books (NEL 0-450-39249-X, Aug 87, £4.95, 865pp, pb) Reprint (NAL/Plume 1985) associational/sf omnibus.
- * _The Bachman Books (BOMC no ISBN, Oct 91, $17.95, 692pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1985) omnibus of the four novels King wrote as Richard Bachman.
- * _The Bachman Books (Penguin/Signet 0-451-14736-7, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $6.99, 923pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1985) omnibus of four novels originally published as by Richard Bachman; 15th printing.
- * *The Bachman Books: Four Early Novels By Stephen King (NAL 0-453-00507-1, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $19.95, 692pp, hc) Omnibus edition of the books King published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. Theres a new foreword by King. (Contents)
- * *The Bachman Books: Four Early Novels By Stephen King (NAL/Plume 0-452-25774-3, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $9.95, 692pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
- * *Bag of Bones (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-71819-6, Aug 98 [Sep 98], £16.99, 516pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) Dark fantasy novel of past evil and present guilt. A trade paperback (-71873-0, £9.99) open-market edition is also available.
- * +Bag of Bones (Simon & Schuster/Scribner 0-684-85350-7, Sep 98, $28.00, 529pp, hc, cover by Frank Onderan, John Fontana & Brown Brothers) Horror novel. A novelist with nightmares goes back to Maine to find his small hometown haunted by ghosts. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 8/98).
- * _Bag of Bones (BCA UK CN2545, Oct 98, £9.99, 516pp, hc, cover by Larry Rostant) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1998) dark fantasy novel of past evil and present guilt.
- * _Carrie (NEL 0-450-02517-9, May 91, £3.99, 222pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1974) horror novel.
- * _Carrie (Penguin/Plume 0-452-26719-6, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $12.95, 152pp, tp, cover by Neil Stuart) Reprint (Doubleday 1974) horror novel, Kings first novel. This is a special Stephen King Collectors edition with an introduction by Tabitha King.
- * _Carrie (Penguin/Signet 0-451-15744-3, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $5.99, 213pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1974) horror novel; 67th printing.
- * _Carrie (Doubleday 0-385-08695-4, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $25.00, 181pp, hc, cover by Thomas Holdorf) Reissue (Doubleday 1974) horror novel; third printing. Apparently identical to previous printings except for the new Doubleday address.
- * *Carrie/The Tommyknockers (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-62335-7, Jul 94, £6.99, 791pp, hc) Omnibus. The page numbering is separate for each novel. (Contents)
- * _Christine (NAL/Signet 0-451-12838-9, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $3.95, 503pp, pb) Reissue (Viking 1983) fantasy horror novel, movie tie-in edition with a photo section.
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