The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

KING, STEPHEN (Edwin) (stories) (continued)

• * _The Shining (NEL 0-450-04018-6, May ’91, £4.99, 416pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1977) horror novel. 19th impression.
• * _The Shining (Penguin/Plume 0-452-26722-6, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $14.95, 416pp, tp, cover by Neil Stuart) Reprint (Doubleday 1977) horror novel of a haunted hotel in the Colorado Rockies. This is a special “Stephen King Collector’s edition” with an introduction by Ken Follett.
• * _The Shining (Penguin/Signet 0-451-26722-5, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $5.99, 416pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1977) horror novel; 52nd printing.
• * _The Shining (Doubleday 0-385-12167-9, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $25.00, 450pp, hc, cover by Thomas Holdorf) Reissue (Doubleday 1977) horror novel; 17th printing. This edition has some pages redesigned.
• * _The Shining (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19388-1, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $7.50, 464pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1977) horror novel. This is the TV movie tie-in edition. 59th printing.
• * *The Shining/Carrie/Misery (Chancellor Press 1-85152-247-6, Sep ’92 [Nov ’92], £6.99, 686pp, hc, cover by Stuart Bodek) Omnibus of three classic Stephen King novels. (Contents)
• * *Silver Bullet (NAL/Signet Special 0-451-82128-9, Nov ’85 [Dec ’85], $9.95, 255pp, pb) Movie tie-in edition including Cycle of the Werewolf (basis of the film), the Silver Bullet screenplay, an introduction and afterword by King, and 8 pages of movie stills. (Contents)
• * *Skeleton Crew (Putnam 0-399-13039-X, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $18.95, 512pp, hc) Collection, which includes a reprint of “The Mist” plus a number of fine stories in their first book appearance. Recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
• * _Skeleton Crew (NAL/Signet 0-451-14293-4, May ’86, $4.95, 573pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1985) collection; this paperback had a 3 million-copy first printing.
• * _Skeleton Crew (Futura 0-7088-2916-3, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £3.50, 612pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1985) collection.
• * _Skeleton Crew (Futura 0-7088-2916-3, May ’91, £4.99, 612pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1985) horror collection. Eighth impression.
• * _Skeleton Crew [special edition] (Scream/Press 0-910489-12-2, Oct ’85, $75.00, boxed signed & numbered limited edition, 545pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1985) collection, with a preface and afterword by the author, and illustrations by J.K. Potter. This special edition has one extra story, “Becka Paulson,” not found in the trade edition. There is also a foldout full-color poster/illustration and a color illo. on the box. Sold out in advance of publication. (Contents)
• * _The Stand (NEL 0-450-04552-8, Oct ’87, £3.95, 734pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1978) sf novel.
• * _The Stand (Doubleday 0-385-19957-0, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $30.00, 1153pp, hc, cover by Thomas Holdorf) Reissue (Doubleday 1990) revised edition of King’s 1978 apocalyptic horror novel; second printing. This edition seems identical to the earlier printing, including Doubleday’s old address, but with a new jacket.
• * _The Stand (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17928-5, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $6.99, 1141pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1990) revised edition of King’s 1978 apocalyptic sf/horror novel; a TV tie-in edition. Seventh printing.
• * _The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $12.95, 1152pp, tp, cover by John Cayea) Reprint (Doubleday 1990) revised version of King’s 1978 apocalyptic sf/horror novel. This is identical to the Doubleday edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and the jacket is printed as the soft cover.
• * _The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16953-0, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $6.99, 1141pp, pb, cover by John Cayea) Reprint (Doubleday 1990) revised edition of King’s 1978 apocalyptic sf/horror novel.
• * _The Stand: The Complete & Uncut Edition (NEL 0-450-53737-4, May ’91 [Apr ’91], £6.99, 1423pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton; Doubleday 1990) sf/horror novel. This version contains the full text of the original manuscript, much of which was deleted for the original (Doubleday 1978) edition, with some revisions. Illustrations throughout by Berni Wrightson.
• * *The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition (Doubleday 0-385-19957-0, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $24.95, 1152pp, hc, cover by John Cayea) Revised edition of King’s 1978 apocalyptic sf/horror novel, with more than 150,000 words added. A limited edition was announced but not seen.
• * *The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-35895-5, May ’90 [Apr ’90], £14.95, 1009pp, hc) Sf/horror novel. This version contains the full text of the original manuscript, much of which was deleted for the original (Doubleday 1978) edition, with some revisions and illustrations throughout by Berni Wrightson. This is simultaneous with the US (Doubleday) edition.
• * _The Stand: The Complete and Uncut Edition (BOMC #90-1299, Jul ’90 [May ’90], $19.95, 1152pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1990) revised sf/horror novel.
• * _Stephen King’s Danse Macabre (Berkley 0-425-07984-8, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $4.50, 437pp, pb) Reissue (Everest House 1981); non-fiction, King’s personal views on horror in books and films.
• * _Stephen King’s Danse Macabre (Berkley 0-425-08842-1, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $4.50, 437pp, pb) Reissue (Everest House 1981) book of non-fiction. 15th printing.
• * *The Talisman (with Peter Straub) (Viking 0-670-69199-2, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $18.95, 646pp, hc) This edition seems to be simultaneous with the British one.
• * *The Talisman (with Peter Straub) (Viking UK 0-670-69199-2, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], £9.95, 646pp, hc) Fantasy novel. This British edition was apparently published simultaneously with the U.S. one, although it was scheduled to appear a month earlier.
• * _The Talisman (with Peter Straub) (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-65-8, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $120 signed/boxed/numbered edition of 1200 copies; $65 boxed trade edition; 2 vols., 464 + 336pp, hc) Reprint (Viking 1984) fantasy novel, with illustrations by ten artists, including Rowena, Maitz, and Wrightson, in full color. As usual, Grant has produced a fine piece of bookmaking and an excellent collector’s edition. The so-called “trade” edition is not signed or as intricately designed, but is still eye-popping and still available. (CNB)
• * _The Talisman (with Peter Straub) (Berkley 0-425-08181-8, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $4.95, 770pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1984) fantasy novel.
• * _The Talisman (with Peter Straub) (NEL 0-340-67445-8, Jun ’96 [Jul ’96], £6.99, 768pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Viking 1984) fantasy/horror novel.
• * _Thinner (NEL 0-450-05883-2, Aug ’87, £2.50, 282pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1984 as by Richard Bachman) horror novel.
• * _Thinner (BOMC no ISBN, Oct ’91, $17.95, 309pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1984 as by Richard Bachman) horror novel.
• * _Thinner (Penguin/Signet 0-451-15355-3, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $5.99, 282pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1984 as by Richard Bachman) horror novel; 29th printing.
• * _Thinner (NEL 0-450-05883-2, Aug ’92, £4.50, 282pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1984 as by Richard Bachman) horror novel. 14th printing.
• * _Thinner (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16134-3, Jan ’95, $6.99, 318pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1984 as by Richard Bachman) horror novel, reprinting the Signet 1985 edition with a new cover and a higher price; 25th printing. (We listed a Penguin/Signet edition with a lower price and page count, and different ISBN back in 1992 as the 29th printing.)
• * _Thinner (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19075-0, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], $6.99, 318pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1984 as by Richard Bachman) horror novel. Movie tie-in edition. 30th printing.
• * *The Tommyknockers (Putnam 0-399-13314-3, Nov ’87, $19.95, 558pp, hc) Sf/horror novel.
• * _The Tommyknockers (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-39069-7, Feb ’88, £12.95, 563pp, hc) Reprint (Putnam 1987) sf/horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Tommyknockers (NEL 0-450-48835-7, Oct ’88, £3.25, 693pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1987) sf novel. This is a special ‘Open Market’ edition and is not generally available in the UK.
• * _The Tommyknockers (NAL Signet 0-451-15660-9, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $5.95, 747pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1987) sf/horror novel.
• * _The Tommyknockers (NEL 0-450-48835-7, Oct ’89, £4.99, 693pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1987) sf/horror novel.
• * *Umney’s Last Case (Penguin 0-14-600074-9, Aug ’95, $.95, 88pp, tp, cover by George Tooker) Hard-boiled time-travel novella first published in King’s Nightmares and Dreamscapes (Viking/Hodder & Stoughton 1993). This is its first single book publication. A Penguin 60s anniversary edition.
• * _The Waste Lands (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17331-7, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $6.99, 590pp, pb) [Roland (Gunslinger)] Reprint (Donald M. Grant 1991 as The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands) dark fantasy novel, third book in the “Dark Tower” series.

_____, (as Richard Bachman)

• * _The Bachman Books (Penguin/Plume 0-452-27775-2, Sep ’96, $15.95, 692pp, tp) Reprint (NAL/Plume 1985) associational omnibus of four novels Stephen King wrote as Richard Bachman: Rage (1977); The Long Walk (1979); Roadwork (1981); and The Running Man (1982). There is a new introduction by King on “The Importance of Being Bachman”.
• * _The Bachman Books (SFBC #13818, Nov ’96 [Sep ’96], $11.98, 692pp, hc) Reissue (NAL/Plume 1985) omnibus of four novels Stephen King wrote as Richard Bachman. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the Penguin/Plume trade paperback released in September, with the new introduction by King. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Regulators (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-94190-8, Sep ’96, $24.95, 475pp, hc, cover by Mark Ryden) Horror novel, companion to Stephen King’s Desperation from Viking. Bachman is a pen-name for Stephen King. A limited edition (-94224-6) was announced but not seen.
• * _The Regulators (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19101-3, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $7.99, 498pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Dutton 1996) horror novel, companion to Stephen King’s Desperation. The book originally appeared as by Bachman without King’s name on the cover.
• * _Thinner (SFBC #13817, Nov ’96 [Sep ’96], $7.98, 318pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1984 as by Richard Bachman) horror novel. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the Signet mass market paperback edition. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.

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• * _Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King See entry under Tim Underwood.
• * _Bare Bones: Conversations with Stephen King See entry under Tim Underwood.
• * _The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia See entry under Stephen J. Spignesi.
• * _The Dark Descent: Essays Defining Stephen King’s Horrorscope See entry under Anthony S. Magistrale.
• * _Discovering Stephen King See entry under Darrell Schweitzer.
• * _Discovering Stephen King’s The Shining See entry under Anthony S. Magistrale.
• * _Fear Itself: The Early Works of Stephen King See entry under Tim Underwood.
• * _Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King See entry under Tim Underwood.
• * _Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King See entry under Tim Underwood.
• * _The Films of Stephen King See entry under Ann Lloyd.
• * _The Films of Stephen King See entry under Michael R. Collings.
• * _Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King See entry under Tim Underwood.
• * _Landscape of Far: Stephen King’s American Gothic See entry under Anthony S. Magistrale.
• * _The Lost Work of Stephen King: A Guide to Unpublished Manuscripts, Story Fragments, Alternative Versions, and Oddities See entry under Stephen J. Spignesi.
• * _The Many Facets of Stephen King See entry under Michael R. Collings.
• * _The Moral Voyages of Stephen King See entry under Anthony S. Magistrale.
• * _Reign of Fear: Fiction and Film of Stephen King See entry under Don Herron.
• * _Reign of Fear: The Fiction and the Films of Stephen King See entry under Don Herron.
• * _Scaring Us to Death: The Impact of Stephen King on Popular Culture: Second Edition See entry under Michael R. Collings.
• * _The Second Stephen King Quiz Book See entry under Stephen J. Spignesi.
• * _The Shape Under the Sheet: The Complete Stephen King Encyclopedia See entry under Stephen J. Spignesi.
• * _The Shining Reader See entry under Anthony S. Magistrale.
• * _The Shorter Works of Stephen King See entry under Michael R. Collings.
• * _Stephen King See entry under Harold Bloom.
• * _Stephen King & Clive Barker: The Illustrated Guide to the Masters of the Macabre See entry under James Van Hise.
• * _Stephen King as Richard Bachman See entry under Michael R. Collings.
• * _The Stephen King Companion See entry under George Beahm.
• * _Stephen King from A to Z: An Encyclopedia of His Life and Work See entry under George Beahm.
• * _Stephen King Goes to Hollywood See entry under Jeff Conner.
• * _The Stephen King Phenomenon See entry under Michael R. Collings.
• * _The Stephen King Story See entry under George Beahm.
• * _The Stephen King Story: A Literary Profile See entry under George Beahm.
• * _Stephen King, The Second Decade: Danse Macabre to The Dark Half See entry under Anthony S. Magistrale.
• * _Stephen King: A Critical Companion See entry under Sharon A. Russell.
• * _Stephen King: America’s Best-Loved Bogeyman See entry under George Beahm.
• * _Stephen King: Man and Artist See entry under Carroll F. Terrell.
• * _Stephen King: Master of Horror See entry under Anne Saidman.
• * _Stephen King: the Art of Darkness See entry under Douglas E. Winter.
• * _Stephen King: The Art of Darkness, Updated Edition See entry under Douglas E. Winter.
• * _The Unseen King See entry under Tyson Blue.
• * _The Work of Stephen King See entry under Michael R. Collings.

KING, T(homas) JACKSON (Jr.) (1948- ) (stories)

• * *Retread Shop (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20674-8, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.50, 276pp, pb) Sf novel. A lone human makes his way among the alien merchants of a gigantic space station. A first novel.
• * _Starbridge: Ancestor’s World (with A. C. Crispin) See entry under A. C. Crispin

KING, TABITHA (Jane) (1949- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *One on One (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-93590-8, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $23.00, 485pp, hc) Associational novel of high school romance and basketball, set in Stephen King’s fictional towns of Castle Rock and Derry.

KING, TAPPAN (Wright) (1950- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Down Town (with Viido Polikarpus) See entry under Viido Polikarpus.
• * *Down Town (with Viido Polikarpus) (Arbor House 0-87795-673-1, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $16.95, 293pp, hc) Fantasy novel, printed in sepia; Polikarpus is also the illustrator. Modern urban fantasy with a young-adult protagonist. A first novel.
• * _Down Town (with Viido Polikarpus) (Macdonald 0-356-12064-3, May ’86, £9.95, 304pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) illustrated fantasy novel.
• * _Down Town (with Viido Polikarpus) (Macdonald 0-356-12317-0, May ’86, £4.95, 304pp, tp) Paperback edition of the above.
• * _Down Town (with Viido Polikarpus) (Orbit 0-7088-8213-7, Mar ’87, £2.95, 293pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) fantasy novel.

KINGDOM, WILL; pseudonym of Phil Rickman

• * *The Cold Calling (Corgi 0-552-14584-X, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 494pp, pb) Dark fantasy thriller, a paranormal police procedural/serial killer novel.

KINGSBURY, DONALD (MacDonald) (1929- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _GETA (Panther 0-586-05932-6, Jun ’84 [May ’84], £3.50, 512pp, tp) Reprint (Simon & Schuster Timescape 1982, as Courtship Rite) sf novel.
• * *The Moon Goddess and the Son (Baen 0-671-55958-3, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $15.95, 409pp, hc) Sf novel of the near future on earth and in orbit. Recommended (CNB).
• * _The Moon Goddess and the Son (Baen 0-671-65381-4, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], $3.95, 471pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1986), an excellent near-future hard sf novel. (TM)
• * _The Moon Goddess and the Son (Grafton 0-586-20042-8, Aug ’88, £3.95, 544pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]

KINGSLEY, AMANDA

• * *Hellcat (Leisure 08439-3306-2, Jun ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.50, 392pp, pb, cover by Stinson) Horror novel. An abused wife murders her husband only to have him return as a vengeful black cat.

KINGSLEY, CHARLES (1819-1875) (stories)

• * _The Water Babies (Gollancz 0-575-03879-9, Aug ’86, £3.95, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1863) classic children’s fantasy novel, with b&w illustrations by Harold Jones.

KING-SMITH, DICK; [i.e., Ronald Gordon King-Smith] (1922- ) (stories)

• * *The Crowstarver (Doubleday UK 0-385-41008-5, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], £10.99, 188pp, hc, cover by Peter Bailey) Young-adult fantasy novel. A foundling child has a strong affinity with animal life, but not with living.
• * *Godhanger (Doubleday UK 0-385-40778-5, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £9.99, 172pp, hc, cover by Andrew Davidson) Young-adult animal fantasy novel. A mysterious bird leads a revolt against human beasts.
• * _Godhanger (Corgi 0-552-54501-5, Oct ’97, £3.99, 172pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1996) young-adult animal fantasy novel.
• * *The Sheep-Pig and Ace (Puffin 0-14-038503-7, Oct ’96, £4.99, 242pp, tp) Young-adult animal fantasy omnibus of The Sheep-Pig (Gollancz, 1983; basis of the film Babe) and its sequel Ace (Gollancz, 1990). (Contents)
• * *Tumbleweed (Gollancz 0-575-03975-2, Apr ’87 [Dec ’87], £5.95, 119pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel.

KINGSTON, JEREMY; pseudonym of John Gregory Betancourt, (1963- )

• * *Robert Silverberg’s Time Tours Volume 6: Caesar’s Time Legions (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-106017-8, Aug ’91, $3.50, 139pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Time Tours] Young-adult sf adventure novel, based on material by Silverberg, with an afterword by Silverberg and interior illustrations by Alex Nino. Series packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.

KINION, RICHARD

• * *Sacrifice (Zebra 0-8217-5047-X, Aug ’95, $4.50, 380pp, pb) Horror novel. A woman is possessed by a spirit that makes her feel beautiful, and makes her kill. Copyrighted by Lee Seymour.

KINNAIRD, JOHN (William) (1924-1980)

• * *Olaf Stapledon (Starmont 0-916732-54-1, Jun ’86, $7.95, 107pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical study; “Starmont Reader’s Guide 21.” [Stapledon]