The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

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 Kilworth’s 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 Kilworth’s 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) Kilworth’s 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 can’t 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. Martin’s 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. Martin’s 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. Martin’s 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.)

• * *Urban Fantasies (with Russell Blackford) (Ebony Books 0-9590655-1-2, Aug ’85 [Sep ’85], A$4.95, 177pp, pb) Original anthology of 13 stories, both sf and fantasy. (Contents)

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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• * _Forgotten Realms: Realms of Magic (with Brian M. Thomsen) See entry under Brian M. Thomsen
• * _Forgotten Realms: Realms of the Arcane (with Brian M. Thomsen) See entry under Brian M. Thomsen
• * *Forgotten Realms: Realms of the Underdark (TSR 0-7869-0487-9, Apr ’96, $5.99, 300pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [Forgotten Realms] Original anthology of stories based on the role-playing games, with framing preface and afterword by Brian M. Thomsen. Copyrighted by TSR. (Contents)

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. Martin’s/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 Roy’s 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 King’s “Bachman"-pseudonym books. First mass market edition. Although it’s 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”. There’s 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, King’s first novel. This is a special “Stephen King Collector’s 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.