The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- KISNER, JAMES (Martin, Jr.) (stories) (continued)
- * *Poison Pen (Zebra 0-8217-3096-7, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $3.95, 320pp, pb) Horror thriller. A debunker of mediums is faced with genuine psychic vengeance.
- * *The Quagmire (Zebra 0-8217-3512-8, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $4.50, 347pp, pb) Horror novel of a quagmire that consumes kids.
- * *Strands (Leisure 0-8439-2614-7, May 88 [Apr 88], $3.95, 364pp, pb) Horror novel hanged man returns for revenge.
- KISSLING, MARK, ed.
- * *1992 Writers Market (Writers Digest 0-89879-472-2, Sep 91 [Oct 91], $25.95, 998pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. The latest edition of the yearly guide to markets for writers.
- * *1993 Writers Market (Writers Digest Books 0-89879-579-6, Sep 92, $26.95, 995pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. The yearly bible for aspiring writers. Order from Writers Digest Books, 1507 Dana Ave., Cincinnati OH 45207.
- KITAMURA, SATOSHI
- * +UFO Diary (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-38026-0, Oct 89 [Nov 89], $12.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Satoshi Kitamura) Childrens picture book about a childs encounter with a UFO. Full color illustrations by the author with a bit of text. First American edition (Andersen 1989).
- KITCHEN, BERT
- * _Mythical Creatures (Lutterworth Press 0-7188-2646-9, May 86, £8.95, 32pp, hc) Reprint (U.S. 1985) beautiful full-color picture book which shouldnt be wasted on children. (SJ/JF)
- KITSCH, HIERONYMOUS, ed. (1953- ); pseudonym (stories)
- * *Tales of the Outré: writings celebrating the centenary of H.P. Lovecraft (Unspeakable Tomes 0-948518-90-1, 1990 [Apr 91], £3.50, 43pp, ph) Original anthology of spoof Lovecraft stories, all written under pseudonyms. This appeared in 1990 (in a limited edition of 300 numbered copies) but has only just been seen. (Contents)
- KITTREDGE, MARY (Elizabeth Talbot) (1949- ) (stories)
- KJELGAARD, JIM; [i.e., James Arthur Kjelgaard] (1910-1959)
- KLAIC, DRAGAN
- * *The Plot of the Future: Utopia and Dystopia in Modern Drama (University of Michigan Press 0-472-10217-6, Jan 92 [Aug 92], $39.50, 258pp, hc) Non-fiction, an academic study of the ways many European and American playwrights have imagined the future in dramatic works. Order from University of Michigan Press, PO Box 1104, Ann Arbor MI 48106.
- KLAPER, STEVEN
- * *Agents of Insight (Tor 0-812-54308-4, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $2.95, 224pp, pb) Sf novel of spies and psi.
- KLASS, JUDY; [i.e., Judith Alexandra Klass] (1967- ) (stories)
- * *Star Trek: The Cry of the Onlies (Pocket 0-671-68167-2, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $4.50, 255pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Number 46 in the series.
- * *Star Trek: The Cry of the Onlies (Titan 1-85286-210-6, Nov 89 [Oct 89], £2.95, 255pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with US (Pocket) edition.
- KLASS, PHILIP (1920- ); see pseudonym William Tenn (stories)
- KLASTORIN, MICHAEL
- KLAUSE, ANNETTE CURTIS (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Alien Secrets (Delacorte 0-385-30928-7, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $14.95, 227pp, hc, cover by Phillip Howe) Young-adult sf novel of intrigue surrounding a stolen treasure on a haunted spacecraft.
- * _Alien Secrets (Dell Yearling 0-440-41061-4, Jan 95 [Dec 94], $3.99, 227pp, tp, cover by John Porter) Reprint (Delacorte 1993) young-adult SF novel.
- * *Blood and Chocolate (Delacorte 0-385-32305-0, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $13.45, 264pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult werewolf novel. A 16-year-old suburban werewolf falls for a human.
- * *The Silver Kiss (Delacorte 0-385-30160-X, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $14.95, 198pp, hc, cover by Christopher Rodin) Young-adult romantic vampire novel of a 300 year old teenage vampire and a girl in turmoil over her mothers death. A first novel.
- * _The Silver Kiss (Doubleday UK 0-385-40154-X, Apr 91, £6.99, 198pp, tp) Reprint (Delacorte 1990) young-adult novel about a romance between a young girl and a vampire. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Silver Kiss (Bantam UK 0-553-40359-1, Feb 92, £2.99, 198pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 1990) young-adult horror novel about a teenage girl in love with a vampire.
- * _The Silver Kiss (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21346-0, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $3.50, 198pp, pb, cover by Christopher Rodin) Reprint (Delacorte 1990) young-adult romantic vampire novel of the relationship between a 300 year-old teenaged vampire and a girl in turmoil because of her mothers death. Recommended (SW).
- KLAVAN, ANDREW (1954- ) (stories)
- * *The Uncanny (Crown 0-609-60112-1, Feb 98, $24.00, 343pp, hc) Thriller/ghost story. A Hollywood producer of horror films goes to England and finds a real ghost story with a nod to M.R. James and other writers of gothic horror.
- * _The Uncanny (Dell 0-440-22577-9, Oct 98, $6.99, 404pp, pb) Reprint (Crown 1998) thriller/ghost story.
- KLAW, RICHARD (stories) (assoc.)
- _____, ed.
- * *The Big Bigfoot Book (Mojo Press 1-885418-07-8, Sep 96 [Jul 96], $7.95, 128pp, tp, cover by Mark Nelson) Graphic anthology of bigfoot stories by authors including Neal Barrett, Jr., A.A. Attanasio, Norman Partridge, and William Browning Spencer, with various artists. Order from Mojo Press, PO Box 140005, Austin TX 78714; fax 512-858-7282; [mojo@eden.com].
- * *The Wild West Show (Mojo Press 1-885418-04-3, Apr 96, $5.95, 91pp, tp, cover by Tim Truman) Graphic anthology of Western stories, with contributors including Joe R. Lansdale, Neal Barrett, Jr., Lewis Shiner, Norman Partridge, and Scott Cupp. Order from Mojo Press, PO Box 140005, Austin TX 78714; fax 512-858-7282; [mojo@eden.com].
- KLEIER, GLENN (1949- )
- * *The Last Day (Warner 0-446-52285-6, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $24.00, 484pp, hc) Near-future millennial thriller. A woman named Jeza may be the new messiah.
- * _The Last Day (Warner 0-446-60598-0, Sep 98, $7.50, 609pp, pb, cover by Tony Greco) Reprint (Warner 1997) near-future millennial thriller.
- KLEIN, JEFFREY
- * *The Black Hole Affair (Zebra 0-8217-3470-9, Aug 91, $4.95, 287pp, pb) Sf thriller of a Silicon Valley reporter who discovers a secret government research project that could destroy the world.
- KLEIN, R. E. (stories) (assoc.)
- * *The History of Our World Beyond the Wave (Harcourt Brace 0-15-100411-0, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $22.00, 215pp, hc, cover by David Maisel) Allegorical fantasy novel/parable set in a near-future Earth after a global tidal wave. A first novel.
- KLEIN, ROBIN (Nancy Wilga) (1936- ) (stories)
- * _Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (Viking Kestrel 0-670-80636-6, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $7.95, 144pp, hc) Reprint (Viking 1985) juvenile sf novel of a family of aliens exiled on Earth. This edition was printed in Australia in 1985 and is distributed worldwide. The 1985 original is also probably Australian.
- * _Halfway Across the Galaxy and Turn Left (Viking Kestrel 0-670-80636-6, Sep 86 [Jan 87], $3.50, 144pp, hc) Reprint (Viking 1985) very juvenile sf humor novella. Published in 1986; missed. Its Australian, and this is an imported worldwide edition from Australia.
- KLEIN, T(heodore) E(ibon) D(onald) (1947- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *The Ceremonies (Viking 0-670-20982-1, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $15.95, 505pp, hc) Horror novel, a first novel.
- * _The Ceremonies (Bantam 0-553-25055-8, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $3.95, 555pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1984) dark fantasy novel.
- * _The Ceremonies (Pan 0-330-28969-1, Feb 86, £2.95, 549pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1984) fantasy/occult novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
- * _The Ceremonies (Pan 0-330-29543-8, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £9.95, hc) Reprint (Viking 1984) novel of supernatural horror/fantasy.
- * _The Ceremonies (Pan 0-330-28969-1, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £2.95, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
- * *Dark Gods (Viking 0-670-80590-4, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $15.95, 259pp, hc) Collection of fantasy/horror tales. Three of them were previously published in slightly different form; Nadelmans God seems to be new. (Contents)
- * _Dark Gods (Bantam 0-553-25801-X, Jul 86 [May 86], $3.95, 261pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1985) collection of four horror novellas, one an original.
- * _Dark Gods (Pan 0-330-29714-7, Jan 87, £2.50, 259pp, pb) Reprint (Viking 1985) collection of 4 horror novellas. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Events at Poroth Farm (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-31-3, Jul 90 [Aug 90], $7.95, 40pp, ph, cover by Jason C. Eckhardt) Lovecraftian short story that eventually became The Ceremonies, originally published in From Beyond the Dark Gateway in 1972. Text revised for this edition.
- * *Raising Goosebumps for Fun and Profit (Footsteps Press no ISBN, Dec 88 [Jan 89], $13.95, 88pp, ph) Nonfiction essay on horror writing expanded from a Writers Digest article, plus descriptions of the 25 most familiar horror plots. Limited to 500 signed copies.
- KLEINBAUM, N. H.
- * _D.A.R.Y.L. (Coronet 0-340-38795-5, Mar 86, £1.95, 175pp, pb) Reissue (Pacer/Putnam 1985) novelization of an sf film.
- KLEYPAS, LISA (1964- )
- * *Give Me Tonight (NAL Onyx 0-451-40123-9, Apr 89, $4.50, 383pp, pb) Time-travel fantasy historical romance.
- KLINE, ROBERT Y.
- * *Ancestors (Pageant 0-517-00676-6, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $3.95, 376pp, pb) Quasi-horror/occult novel about ancestral memories.
- * *Campfire Story (Charter Diamond 1-55773-424-0, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $4.50, 264pp, pb) Horror novel of children stalked by their deepest fears made real.
- KLINK, WILLIAM J.
- * *The Divided Future (Dorrance Publishing 0-8059-3443-X, Jan 94, $7.95, 104pp, tp, cover by Eric Chaikowsky) Sf novel of human life giving way to a mechanical race on a future Earth. A first novel from a vanity publisher. Available from Dorrance Publishing, 643 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh PA 15222.
- KLINKOWITZ, JEROME (1943- )
- * *Vonnegut in Fact: The Public Spokesmanship of Personal Fiction (University of South Carolina Press 1-57003-237-8, Jun 98, $24.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Jill Krementz) Non-fiction, critical look at Vonneguts nonfiction and public speaking, and its relationship to his novels. Includes notes, bibliography, and index. Order from University of South Carolina Press, Business Office, 718 Devine St, Columbia SC 29208; credit card orders 800-768-2500; add $4.00 postage. [Vonnegut]
- _____, ed.
- KLUGE, ALEXANDER (stories)
- * *Learning Processes with a Deadly Outcome (Duke University Press 0-8223-1735-4, Jun 96, $13.95, 112pp, tp, cover by Alexander Kluge) SF novella of events after WWIII, illustrated by the author. Translated from the German (published as part of a collection by the same title, Lernprozesse mit Toedlichem Ausgang, Suhrkamp 1973) by Christopher Pavsek, who also provides an introduction and afterword. This is copyrighted 1996, but not seen until now.
- KNAAK, RICHARD A(llen) (1961- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Children of the Drake (Warner Questar 0-446-36153-4, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $4.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm: Origin of Dragonrealm] Fantasy novel, second book of the Origin of the Dragonrealm series, a prequel to the Dragonrealm series.
- * *The Crystal Dragon (Warner Questar 0-446-36432-0, May 93 [Apr 93], $4.99, 299pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm] Fantasy novel, seventh book in the overall Dragonrealm series.
- * *The Dragon Crown (Warner Questar 0-446-36464-9, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $5.50, 322pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm] Fantasy novel, the ninth book in the Dragonrealm series.
- * *Dragon Tome (Warner Questar 0-446-36252-2, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $4.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm: Origin of Dragonrealm] Fantasy novel, third book of the Origin of Dragonrealm series, a prequel to the Dragonrealm series.
- * *DragonLance Heroes II #1: Kaz, the Minotaur (TSR 0-88038-910-9, Jun 90 [May 90], $4.95, 314pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Heroes II] Fantasy novelization based on the DragonLance game, first book of a new series.
- * _DragonLance Heroes II #1: Kaz, the Minotaur (Penguin 0-14-014368-8, Nov 90, £3.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Heroes II] Reprint (TSR 1990) fantasy novelization.
- * *DragonLance Heroes: The Legend of Huma (TSR 0-88038-548-0, Apr 88, $3.95, 379pp, pb) [DragonLance: Heroes] Fantasy novel, Book 1 in a new DragonLance series by a new author for the series.
- * _DragonLance Heroes: The Legend of Huma (Penguin 0-14-011647-8, Apr 89, £3.99, 379pp, pb, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Heroes] Reprint (TSR 1988) fantasy novel. First in the series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *DragonLance: Land of the Minotaurs (TSR 0-7869-0472-0, Jan 96, $5.99, 314pp, tp, cover by Larry Elmore) [DragonLance] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing games. Volume four of The Lost Histories. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *The Dragonrealm: Firedrake (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20940-2, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.95, 268pp, pb) [Dragonrealm] Fantasy novel, first book in the Dragonrealm series.
- * _The Dragonrealm: Firedrake (Orbit 0-7474-0665-0, Apr 90, £3.50, 258pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm] Reprint (Questar 1989) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the series.
- * *The Dragonrealm: Ice Dragon (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20942-9, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $3.95, 248pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm] Fantasy novel, second book in the Dragonrealm series.
- * _The Dragonrealm: Icedragon (Orbit 0-7474-0666-9, Sep 90, £3.50, 248pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm] Reprint (Questar 1989) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the series.
- * *The Dragonrealm: Shadow Steed (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20967-4, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $4.95, 263pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm] Fantasy novel, third book of the Dragonrealm series.
- * _The Dragonrealm: Shadow Steed (Orbit 0-7474-0815-7, Sep 91, £3.99, 263pp, pb) [Dragonrealm] Reprint (Questar 1990) fantasy novel. Volume 4 in the series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Dragonrealm: Wolfhelm (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20966-6, Jun 90 [May 90], $4.95, 251pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm] Fantasy novel, third book of the Dragonrealm series.
- * _The Dragonrealm: Wolfhelm (Orbit 0-7474-0667-7, Mar 91, £3.99, 251pp, pb) [Dragonrealm] Reprint (Questar 1990) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the series.
- * *Dutchman (Warner Aspect 0-446-60151-9, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) Dark fantasy novels. Refugees from a world-destroying demon god find the ghost ship of the [Flying] Dutchman.
- * *Frostwing (Warner Aspect 0-446-60149-7, Jan 95 [Dec 94], $5.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Den Beauvais) Contemporary fantasy novel of a centuries-old human haunted by a memory-stealing gargoyle.
- * *The Horse King (Warner Aspect 0-446-60353-8, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Matt Stawicki) [Dragonrealm] Fantasy novel, tenth in the Dragonrealm series.
- * *The Janus Mask (Warner Aspect 0-446-60150-0, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 337pp, pb, cover by Den Beauvais) Dark fantasy novel. A despot makes party guests wear masks possessed by his dead enemies and one of them comes back to life.
- * *King of the Grey (Warner Questar 0-446-36463-0, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $5.50, 282pp, pb, cover by Den Beauvais) Fantasy novel of a human chosen to be the king of a twilight world of phantoms.
- * *The Shrouded Realm (Warner Questar 0-446-36138-0, Jun 91 [May 91], $4.95, 297pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Dragonrealm] Fantasy novel, first book of the Origin of Dragonrealm series, a prequel to the Dragonrealm series.
- KNAPP, LEONARD; see under del Rey, Lester (stories)
- KNEECE, MARK
- KNIGGE, A. C., ed.
- KNIGHT, AMARANTHA; pseudonym of Nancy Kilpatrick, (1946- ) (stories)
- * *The Darker Passions: Carmilla (Masquerade 1-56333-578-6, Nov 97, $6.95, 335pp, tp) Erotic dark fantasy novel loosely based on the short novel by Sheridan Le Fanu.
- * *The Darker Passions: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Masquerade 1-56333-227-2, Jan 95 [Feb 95], $4.95, 263pp, pb) [Darker Passions] Horror novel, an erotic revision of Robert Louis Stevensons classic.
- * *The Darker Passions: Dracula (Masquerade 1-56333-147-0, Jul 94 [Feb 95], $4.95, 309pp, pb, cover by Vida Pavesich) [Darker Passions; Dracula] Vampire novel, an erotic revision of Stokers classic. This has a December 1993 publication date, but was not seen until now.
- * *The Darker Passions: Frankenstein (Masquerade 1-56333-248-5, Apr 95 [May 95], $5.95, 303pp, tp, cover by Mistress Jane Rubin) [Darker Passions; Frankenstein] Erotic horror novel based on Mary Shelleys classic.
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