The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

KINNERLEY, LYNNE; see pseudonym Lyndan Darby

KINNEY, HARRISON

• * *James Thurber: His Life and Times (Holt 0-8050-3966-X, Nov ’95 [Dec ’95], $40.00, 1238pp, hc) Biography commemorating Thurber’s 100th birthday. There are 32 unpaginated pages of photos, several appendices including a list of Thurber’s books and a chronology, extensive notes, acknowledgements of sources, and an index. [Thurber]

KINSELLA, W(illiam) P(atrick) (1935- ) (stories)

• * *The Alligator Report (Coffee House Press 0-918273-10-2, Nov ’85 [Feb ’86], $9.95, 125pp, pb) Collection of surreal and fantastic stories and fables which the author dubs “Brautigans." (Contents)
• * *The Further Adventures of Slugger McBatt (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-47593-7, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $7.95, 179pp, tp) Collection of fantasy baseball stories. Also announced in hardcover; not seen. (Contents)
• * *The Iowa Baseball Confederacy (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-38952-6, Apr ’86, $16.95, 310pp, hc) Another baseball fantasy novel, from the author of Shoeless Joe, but it’s not a sequel. Absolutely wonderful! You don’t have to like baseball; this is a novel of magic and obsession. Highly recommended. Should win awards, or at least make the playoffs. (JR)
• * _The Iowa Baseball Confederacy (Ballantine 0-345-34230-5, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.95, 293pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1986) literary baseball fantasy novel.
• * _Shoeless Joe (Ballantine 0-345-30921-9, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.95, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1982) baseball fantasy quest novel.
• * _Shoeless Joe (Ballantine 0-345-34256-9, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.95, 224pp, pb) Reissue (Houghton Mifflin 1982) literary baseball fantasy novel.
• * _Shoeless Joe (Ballantine 0-345-34256-9, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $5.99, 224pp, pb) Reissue (Houghton Mifflin 1982) baseball fantasy novel; 33rd printing.

KIPLING, (Joseph) RUDYARD (1865-1936) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Complete Supernatural Stories of Rudyard Kipling (W.H. Allen 0-491-03285-4, Jan ’87, £12.95, 427pp, hc) Collection of supernatural stories, edited by Peter Haining. (Contents)
• * _The Haunting of Holmescroft (Books of Wonder 0-929605-81-0, May ’98, $5.95, 56pp, tp, cover by Barb Armata) Horror short story packaged as a “Classic Frights” book for young adults. Illustrated by Barb Armata.
• * _How the Leopard Got His Spots and Other Just So Stories (Shambhala/Barefoot Books 1-56957-902-4, Sep ’93 [Oct ’93], $6.00, 173pp, hc, cover by Joseph M. Gleeson) Collection of eight children’s fantasy stories that originally appeared in Just So Stories for Little Children (Macmillan 1902), with black-&-white illustrations by the author and color illustrations by Joseph M. Gleeson and a preface by editor Jonathan Cott. This is a miniature (8x12 cm.) book.
• * _The Jungle Book (Puffin 0-14-031794-5, Jan ’87, £2.25, 175pp, pb) [Jungle Book] Reissue (Macmillan 1894) juvenile fantasy collection, illustrated by Michael Foreman.
• * _The Jungle Book (Puffin 0-14-035074-8, Jan ’87, £1.75, 186pp, pb) [Jungle Book] Reissue (Macmillan 1894) juvenile fantasy collection, illustrated by the author.
• * _The Jungle Book (Viking Kestrel 0-670-80241-7, Jan ’87 [Feb ’87], £8.95, 175pp, hc) [Jungle Book] Reissue (Macmillan 1894) juvenile fantasy collection, illustrated by Michael Foreman.
• * _The Jungle Book (Windrush 1-85089-904-5, Feb ’87 [Dec ’87], £7.65, 232pp, hc) [Jungle Book] Reprint (Macmillan 1894) juvenile fantasy collection. Large print edition.
• * _The Jungle Book (Purnell 0-361-07468-9, Mar ’87 [Dec ’87], £2.99, 186pp, hc) [Jungle Book] Reprint (Macmillan 1894) classic fantasy collection.
• * _The Jungle Book (Penguin/Puffin Classics 0-14-036686-5, Mar ’95, $3.50, 216pp, pb, cover by Sally Taylor) [Jungle Book] Reissue (Macmillan 1894) classic young-adult collection. This is a repackaged, worldwide edition of the Puffin 1987 edition illustrated by Alan Langford. Second printing.
• * _Jungle Book 2 (Tor 0-812-52278-8, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $2.99, 180pp, pb, cover by Ken Lager) [Jungle Book] Reprint (Scribner 1895) classic collection of children’s stories, with a foreword, afterword, and brief biography of Kipling by Jane Yolen.
• * _Jungle Books (Hamlyn 0-600-55309-4, Nov ’87 [Dec ’87], £4.95, 416pp, hc) [Jungle Book] Reprint omnibus of The Jungle Book and The Second Jungle Book. [Not seen]
• * _Just So Stories (Pavilion 1-85145-105-6, Jan ’87, £7.95, 96pp, hc) Reissue (Macmillan 1902) juvenile fantasy collection, illustrated by Safaya Salter.
• * _Just So Stories (Puffin 0-14-031795-3, Jan ’87, £1.95, 128pp, pb) Reissue (Macmillan 1902) juvenile fantasy collection, illustrated by Michael Foreman.
• * _Just So Stories (Puffin 0-14-035075-6, Jan ’87, £1.75, 172pp, pb) Reissue (Macmillan 1902) juvenile fantasy collection, illustrated by the author.
• * _Just So Stories (Viking Kestrel 0-670-80242-5, Jan ’87 [Feb ’87], £7.95, 128pp, hc) Reissue (Macmillan 1902) juvenile fantasy collection, illustrated by Michael Foreman.
• * _Just So Stories (Purnell 0-361-07469-7, Mar ’87, £2.99, 224pp, hc) Reprint (Macmillan 1902) classic fantasy collection. [Not seen]
• * _Just So Stories (Collins 0-00-184425-3, Apr ’87 [1987], £4.95, 128pp, hc) Reprint (Macmillan 1902) juvenile fantasy collection. [Not seen]
• * _Just So Stories (Doubleday Zephyr 0-385-26133-0, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $8.95, 87pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1902 as Just So Stories for Little Children) classic children’s fantasy collection with the 1952 color illustrations by Nicolas in a large size (25 X 28 cm.) edition. The hardcover of this has been in print continuously for over 35 years and has sold over 300,000 copies.
• * _Just So Stories (Books of Wonder 0-688-13957-4, Sep ’96, $22.00, 148pp, hc, cover by Barry Moser) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1902 as Just So Stories for Little Children) children’s fantasy collection with new illustrations by Barry Moser, many in color. There is a new afterword by Peter Glassman. Available from Books of Wonder, 132 7th Ave, New York, NY 10011; 1-800-835-4315.
• * *Kipling’s Fantasy (Tor 0-312-85354-8, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $17.95, 206pp, hc, cover by Bryn Barnard) Collection of 11 stories and a poem, edited and with an introduction by John Brunner. (Contents)
• * *Kipling’s Science Fiction (Tor 0-312-85355-6, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $17.95, 178pp, hc, cover by David R. Deitrick) Collection of nine stories, with introductions by John Brunner plus a bibliography. (Contents)
• * _The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Eerie Tales (R.S. Surtees Society 0-948560-09-6, Dec ’88, £3.75, 104pp, tp) Reprint (A.H. Wheeler 1888) classic collection of supernatural stories. This is a marvellous ‘near facsimile’ to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the first edition, with a new introduction by Philip Mason. Recommended. (PSP) (Contents)
• * _Puck of Pook’s Hill (NAL Signet 0-451-52168-4, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.50, 271pp, pb) [*Puck of Pook’s Hill] Reprint (Doubleday 1906) young-adult fantasy novel with a new afterword by J.I.M. Stewart.
• * _Rewards and Fairies (Puffin 0-14-035081-0, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $2.25, 271pp, pb) [*Puck of Pook’s Hill] Reprint (Doubleday 1910) fantasy novel, sequel to Puck of Pook’s Hill. This is a worldwide edition, available in five countries.
• * _The Science Fiction Stories of Rudyard Kipling (Citadel Twilight 0-8065-1508-2, May ’94, $9.95, 178pp, tp, cover by Kevin Kelly) Reprint (Tor 1992 as Kipling’s Science Fiction) collection of nine stories and a poem, with introductions by John Brunner plus a bibliography.

KIRALY, MARIE; pseudonym of Elaine Bergstrom, (1946- )

• * *Leanna: Possession of a Woman (Berkley 0-425-15224-3, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $5.99, 341pp, pb) Voodoo horror novel set in New Orleans. Kiraly is a pen name for Elaine Bergstrom.
• * *Madeline: After the Fall of Usher (Berkley 0-425-15573-0, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.99, 407pp, pb) Horror novel. The vengeful spirit of Madeline Usher lives on to haunt Poe for his story. Kiraly is a pen name for Elaine Bergstrom.
• * *Mina (Berkley 0-425-14359-7, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $5.50, 325pp, pb) [Dracula] Vampire horror novel, a retelling/sequel to Dracula, told from the viewpoint of Mina Murray Harker, beginning with a new account of the last chapters of Stoker’s novel. Kiraly is a pen name for Elaine Bergstrom.
• * _Mina (SFBC #06126, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $7.98, 325pp, hc, cover by Bob McGuiness) [Dracula] Reprint (Berkeley 1994) vampire/horror novel, a retelling/sequel to Bram Stoker’s Dracula. This is the first hardcover edition. Kiraly is a pen-name for Elaine Bergstrom.

KIRBY, JOSH (1928-2001) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Eric (with Terry Pratchett) See entry under Terry Pratchett.
• * *In the Garden of Unearthly Delights: The Paintings of Josh Kirby (Paper Tiger 1-85028-154-8, Feb ’92 [Dec ’91], £9.95, 144pp, tp) Collection of art by Josh Kirby, with linking text by Nigel Suckling, and a foreword by Brian Aldiss. Recommended (PSP).
• * *The Josh Kirby Discworld Portfolio (Paper Tiger 1-85028-259-5, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], £10.95, 62pp, tp, cover by Josh Kirby) [Discworld] Portfolio of 28 full page (16" x 11") reproductions of Josh Kirby artwork for Terry Pratchett books (not all Discworld), with introductory text by Nigel Suckling. Recommended (PSP).
• * *The Josh Kirby Poster Book (Corgi 0-552-99382-4, Nov ’89, £7.95, 32pp, tp) Collection of 13 A2 posters from Terry Pratchett books, with an introduction by Terry Pratchett

KIRBY, T. J.; pseudonym of V. M. Thompson, (1948- )

• * *Dangerous Nature (Zebra 0-8217-4034-2, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $4.50, 351pp, pb) Sf/horror thriller. Experimental animals mutated in limb regeneration experiments are released by animal rights activists and overrun a small town.
• * *Deadly Breed (Zebra 0-8217-3576-4, Nov ’91, $4.50, 383pp, pb) Sf thriller. Secret genetic experiments to create hybrid animals to replace human soldiers go wrong and unleash monstrous killers.

KIRBY, WILLIAM S. (1964- )

• * *Iapetus (Ace 0-441-35570-6, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $4.50, 243pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) Cyberpunk PI novel about investigator Jefferson Kayoto’s hunt for a colony of killer telepaths on one of Saturn’s moons.

KIRCHHOFF, FREDERICK (Thomas) (1942- )

• * *William Morris: The Construction of a Male Self, 1856-1872 (Ohio University Press 0-8214-0954-9, May ’90 [Dec ’90], $29.95, 248pp, hc) Non-fiction; a critical look at Morris and his early romantic fiction applying “eidectic and object-relations psychology”. [Morris]

KIRCHNER, PAUL

• * *The Bus (Orbit 0-7088-8244-7, Aug ’87, £2.95, 160pp, pb) Hilarious collection of cartoons from Heavy Metal about a bus on which strange things happen! Recommended.

KIRCHOFF, MARY (Lynn) (1959- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *DragonLance Preludes II #2: Flint, the King (with Douglas Niles) (TSR 0-88038-911-7, Jul ’90, $4.95, 308pp, tp, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [DragonLance: Preludes II] Fantasy novelization based on the “DragonLance” game, with interior illustrations by Valerie Valusek.
• * _DragonLance Preludes II #2: Flint, the King (with Douglas Niles) (Penguin 0-14-014369-6, Dec ’90, £4.50, 308pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [DragonLance: Preludes II] Reprint (TSR 1990) fantasy novelization. Volume Two in the trilogy.
• * *DragonLance Preludes: Kendermore (TSR 0-88038-754-8, Sep ’89, $3.95, 346pp, tp) [DragonLance: Preludes] Fantasy novelization based on the “Dragonlance” game. Second in the series.
• * _DragonLance Preludes: Kendermore (Penguin 0-14-012632-5, Dec ’89, £3.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Preludes] Reprint (TSR 1989) fantasy novelization. Second in the series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *DragonLance: Night of the Eye (TSR 1-56076-840-1, Apr ’94, $4.95, 314pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance: Defenders of Magic] Fantasy novelization based on the “DragonLance” game, first book of the “Defenders of Magic” trilogy.
• * *DragonLance: The Black Wing (TSR 1-56076-650-6, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $4.95, 314pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Villains] Fantasy novelization based on the “DragonLance” game, second book of the “Villains” series.
• * *DragonLance: The Medusa Plague (TSR 1-56076-905-X, Oct ’94, $4.95, 314pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance: Defenders of Magic] Fantasy novelization based on the “DragonLance” game, second volume in the “Defenders of Magic” trilogy.
• * *DragonLance: The Seventh Sentinel (TSR 0-7869-0117-9, Aug ’95, $5.99, 306pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance: Defenders of Magic] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing game, third in the “Defenders of Magic” trilogy.
• * *DragonLance: Wanderlust (with Steve Winter) (TSR 1-56076-115-6, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $4.95/£3.99, 312pp, tp, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [DragonLance: Meetings] Fantasy novelization based on the “DragonLance” game, second book of “The Meetings Sextet”. This is a worldwide edition with both U.S. and U.K. prices.

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• * *The Art of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Fantasy Game (TSR 0-88038-605-3, Oct ’89, $16.95, 126pp, tp) Art book, a collection of mostly full-page color artwork used to illustrate various books and products for the popular fantasy game.
• * _The Art of the DragonLance Saga (Penguin 0-14-011141-7, Oct ’88, £9.99, 126pp, tp) [DragonLance] Reprint (TSR 1988) collection of art about the “DragonLance” world. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Art of the DragonLance Saga (TSR 0-7869-1181-6, Sep ’98, $19.99, 126pp, tp, cover by Keith Parkinson) Reissue (TSR 1987) art book. There is a new foreword by Margaret Weis and Tracy Hickman. Second printing.

KIRK, DANIEL

• * _Dune Pop-up Panorama Book (with Maida Silverman) See entry under Maida Silverman.

KIRK, DOUGLAS

• * *The Land of the Nunch (Morton Falls 0-934279-02-0, Jul ’86 [May ’86], $3.95, 150pp, pb) [Nunch] Fantasy novel of a strange kingdom of Little People and the invention of the “nunchmobile”. First in a proposed series.

KIRK, PAULINE

• * *The Keepers (Virago 1-85381-838-0, Jun ’96 [May ’96], £9.99, 405pp, tp) SF novel. The repressive laws of 22nd Century England are enforced by the clan of Keepers.
• * _The Keepers (Virago 1-86049-337-8, Aug ’97 [Oct ’97], £6.99, 405pp, tp) Reprint (Virago 1996) SF novel.

KIRK, RICHARD; joint pseudonym of Robert Holdstock & Angus Wells

• * +Raven 2: A Time of Ghosts (Ace 0-441-70561-8, May ’87 [Apr ’87], $2.95, 199pp, pb) [Raven] Fantasy novel, second in a series about a woman warrior. First U.S. edition (Corgi 1978).
• * +Raven 3: The Frozen God (Ace 0-441-70567-7, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.95, 174pp, pb) [Raven] Third novel in a sword & sorcery series written by Rob Holdstock and Angus Wells. First American edition (Corgi 1978).
• * +Raven 4: Lords of the Shadows (Ace 0-441-70573-1, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $2.95, 204pp, pb) [Raven] Heroic fantasy novel in a series featuring a female warrior. First American edition (Corgi 1979). The authors are Angus Wells and Robert Holdstock.
• * +Raven 5: A Time of Dying (Ace 0-441-70575-8, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $2.95, 168pp, pb) [Raven] Fantasy novel in a series with a female barbarian swordswoman. First American edition (Corgi 1979). The author is Robert Holdstock or Angus Wells or both.
• * +Raven: Swordsmistress of Chaos (Ace 0-441-70555-3, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], $2.95, 174pp, pb) [Raven] Sword & Sorcery fantasy novel, first in a pentology. First American edition (Corgi 1978).

KIRK, RUSSELL (Amos) (1918-1994) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Watchers at the Strait Gate (Arkham House 0-87054-098-X, Sep ’84 [Jul ’84], $14.95, 255pp, hc) An excellent collection of supernatural fantasy stories. Recommended. (FCM) (Contents)

KIRKBRIDE, JOHN

• * *Life on Urth (Scholastic UK 0-590-54167-6, Sep ’94, £6.99, 301pp, tp) Young-adult sf novel. Fast, charming, and winningly humorous tale of two young Earth people accidentally translated to Urth - a world not just parallel to our own but also parodied from it.

KIRKLAND, JAMES L.

• * _Star Trek: First Frontier (with Diane Carey) See entry under Diane Carey.

KIRKUP, JAMES (1918- ) (stories)

• * *Queens Have Died Young and Fair (Dufour/Peter Owen 0-7206-0886-4, 1993 [Jul ’94], $19.95, 175pp, hc) Fantasy novel set in the early 21st century, a satirical reworking of Shakespeare’s The Tempest. This is the Peter Owen edition from the UK with a Dufour sticker. We did not list the British edition. This has a 1993 copyright date, but was not seen until now. Order from Dufour Editions, Chester Springs PA 19425.

KIRSTEIN, ROSEMARY (1953- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Outskirter’s Secret (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36885-1, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $3.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) [Steerswoman] Sf novel, sequel to The Steerswoman. A steerswoman must search for a guidestar that has fallen to Earth in a land occupied by barbarians.
• * *The Steerswoman (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35762-0, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 279pp, pb) [Steerswoman] Fantasy novel with sf elements, set in a quasi-medieval world. A first novel, first of a series.
• * _The Steerswoman (Pan 0-330-31348-7, Jul ’90, £3.99, 299pp, pb, cover by John Higgins) [Steerswoman] Reprint (Del Rey 1989) fantasy novel.

KIRTLEY, BACIL F., ed. (1924- ) (stories)

• * _Horror in Paradise (with A. Grove Day) See entry under A. Grove Day.

KIRWAN-VOGEL, ANNA (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Jewel of Life (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-200750-4, Mar ’91, $15.95, 105pp, hc, cover by David Wilgus) Young-adult fantasy novel. A young apprentice’s latent magical powers endanger himself and his master. A first novel.

KISLING, LEE (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Fools’ War (HarperCollins 0-06-020836-8, Oct ’92 [Dec ’92], $14.00, 166pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) Young-adult fantasy novel of a boy who is the only saviour of his kingdom when unrequited love paralyzes the king. A first novel.

KISMARIC, CAROLE, ed.

• * _The Art of the X-Files (with Marvin Heiferman) See entry under Marvin Heiferman.

KISNER, JAMES (Martin, Jr.) (1947- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Earthblood (Zebra 0-8217-3237-4, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $3.95, 351pp, pb) Horror novel of a business built on ancient Indian sacrificial ground.