The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- KNIGHT, HARRY ADAM (stories) (continued)
- * _Carnosaur (Tor 0-812-53494-8, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $4.50, 210pp, pb) Reprint (Star 1984) sf/horror novel of genetically engineered dinosaurs. This is a movie tie-in edition. Knight is a pseudonym for John Brosnan and Leroy Kettle.
- * _Carnosaur (Gollancz 0-575-05658-4, Oct 93, £4.99, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Star 1984) horror novel about genetically-engineered dinosaurs.
- * _Death Spore (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-348-X, May 90 [Jul 90], $3.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Star 1985 as The Fungus) sf/horror thriller. England is being destroyed by mutant fungi.
- * +The Fungus (Franklin Watts 0-531-15103-4, Mar 89, $16.95, 218pp, hc) Sf/horror thriller. England is destroyed by mutant fungi. First American edition (Star 1985)
- * _The Fungus (Gollancz 0-575-04801-8, Mar 90, £3.99, 220pp, pb, cover by Jean-François Podevin) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1985) horror novel.
- * +Slimer (Bart 1-55785-076-3, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $3.50, 156pp, pb) Horror novel. A genetically engineered monster stalks a deserted oil rig. First U.S. edition (U.K. 1983).
- * +Worm (Bart 1-55785-060-7, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $3.50, 189pp, pb) Horror novel of giant worms. First U.S. edition (Grafton 1987 as by Simon Ian Childer). Both HAK and SIC are pseudonyms for John Brosnan and Leroy Kettle.
- KNIGHT, KELVIN M. (stories)
- * *Miniature Magic (Kelvin M. Knight 1-899099-00-X, Apr 94 [Aug 94], £2.50, 50pp, ph) Original fantasy pamphlet collection. (Contents)
- * *More Miniature Magic (Kelvin M. Knight 1-899099-05-0, Apr 94 [Aug 94], £2.50, 54pp, ph) Original fantasy pamphlet collection. (Contents)
- KNIGHT, STEPHEN
- * *Requiem at Rogano (Grafton 0-586-06909-7, Oct 86, £2.95, 368pp, pb) Occult mystery novel.
- KNOEPFLMACHER, U(lrich) C(amillus), ed. (1931- ) (stories)
- KNOX, ELIZABETH (chron.)
- * *The Vintners Luck (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-28392-3, Dec 98 [Nov 98], $23.00, 284pp, hc, cover by Merri Cyr) Literary fantasy novel. A winemaker in 19th-century France falls in love with his guardian angel, a favorite of both heaven and hell.
- KNOX, ROBERT H.
- KOCHER, PAUL H(arold) (1907- )
- * _Master of Middle-Earth: The Fiction of J.R.R. Tolkien (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30636-8, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $2.95, 233pp, pb) Reissue (Houghton Mifflin 1972). Non-fiction, critical study. Sixth printing. [Tolkien]
- KOENIG, WALTER (1936- ) (stories)
- * *Buck Alice and the Actor Robot (Critics Choice 1-55547-240-0, May 88, $3.50, 245pp, pb) Philosophical, Vonnegutian sf novel by the Star Trek actor.
- KOFF, RICHARD M(yram) (1926- )
- * _Christopher (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15363-3, Nov 85 [Feb 86], $2.25, 139pp, pb) Reprint (Celestial Arts 1981) young-adult sf novel of a boy who makes unexpected discoveries in a haunted house.
- KOHILL, MALCOLM
- * _Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannerman (Target 0-426-20333-X, Nov 91 [Oct 91], £2.99, 142pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (Target 1989) young-adult sf novelization. Volume 135 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $4.95.
- * *Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen (Lyle Stuart/Target 0-426-20333-X, 1989 [Aug 89], $3.95, 142pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization, Doctor Who #135. This is a worldwide edition carrying the names of the publisher and its respective US, Canadian, Australian, and New Zealand distributors.
- * *Doctor Who: Delta and the Bannermen (Target 0-426-20333-X, Jan 89, £1.99, 142pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf tv series novelization. Volume 135 in the Doctor Who series.
- KOJA, KATHE (1960- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Bad Brains (Dell Abyss 0-440-21114-X, Apr 92 [Mar 92], $4.99, 367pp, pb) Horror novel of an artist whose head injury exposes him to a strange and terrifying world lurking at the edge of human consciousness. Highly recommended (SW). Despite the copyright page denoting this as a second printing, this is actually the first after a large advance proof edition.
- * _Bad Brains (Millennium 1-85798-129-4, Nov 93, £4.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Martin Baker) Reprint (Dell Abyss 1992) Associational non-fantasy horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Bad Brains (Dell 0-440-21114-X, May 94 [Apr 94], $4.99, 367pp, pb) Reissue (Dell Abyss 1992) horror novel; third printing.
- * *The Cipher (Dell Abyss 0-440-20782-7, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.50, 356pp, pb) Horror novel of a would-be poet and his experience with a black hole in his apartment building that leads to another dimension. Highly recommended (SW). A first novel.
- * _The Cipher (Dell 0-440-20782-7, May 94 [Apr 94], $4.99, 356pp, pb) Reissue (Dell Abyss 1991) award-winning horror novel; third printing.
- * *Extremities (Four Walls Eight Windows 1-56858-122-X, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $20.00, 200pp, hc, cover by Carol Ford) Collection of 16 stories, one original. (Contents)
- * *Kink (Holt 0-8050-4391-8, Jun 96 [May 96], $23.00, 278pp, hc) Associational erotic, non-supernatural horror novel about obsession, with gothic/hallucinatory overtones.
- * *Skin (Delacorte Abyss 0-385-30899-X, Mar 93 [Feb 93], $19.95, 309pp, hc, cover by Peter Michilena) Horror novel of sadism and psychological manipulation surrounding the rise and fall of a performace art group similar to Survival Research Laboratories. Recommended (SW).
- * _Skin (Millennium 1-85798-128-6, Nov 93, £4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Martin Baker) Reprint (Delacorte Abyss 1993) horror novel.
- * _Skin (Dell 0-440-21115-8, Feb 94 [Jan 94], $4.99, 389pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte Abyss 1993) non-fantasy horror novel of sadism and psychological manipulation surrounding the rise and fall of a performance art group similar to Survival Research Laboratories.
- * *Strange Angels (Delacorte 0-385-30892-2, May 94 [Apr 94], $19.95, 277pp, hc) Associational psychological literary novel about madness, art, and obsession.
- * _Strange Angels (Dell 0-440-21498-X, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $5.50, 356pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 1994) associational psychological horror novel about art and obsession.
- KOKE, JAK (1964- ) (stories)
- * *Shadowrun #22: Dead Air (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45375-1, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $5.50, 280pp, pb, cover by Doug Anderson) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA. A first novel.
- * *Shadowrun #26: Stranger Souls (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45610-6, Jul 97 [Jun 97], $5.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Doug Anderson) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the role-playing game. Book One of the Dragon Heart Saga. Copyrighted by FASA.
- * *Shadowrun #30: Beyond the Pale (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45674-2, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $5.99, 266pp, pb) Novelization based on the role-playing game.
- * *Shadowrun: Clockwork Asylum (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45620-3, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $5.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Doug Anderson) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the role-playing game, book two of the Dragonheart Saga. Copyrighted by FASA.
- * *Shadowrun: The Terminus Experiment (with Jonathan E. Bond) (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45704-8, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $5.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Michael Evans) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the roleplaying game. Copyrighted by FASA.
- KOLLER, JACKIE FRENCH (1948- )
- * *If I Had One Wish... (Little, Brown 0-316-50150-6, Nov 91 [Dec 91], $14.95, 168pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. Alec is granted one magical wish by a homeless person at the mall, and he uses it to eliminate his baby brother, only to discover that life is much worse without him.
- KOLMAR, WENDY K., ed. (1950- )
- KOLMERTEN, CAROL A., ed. (stories)
- KOMAN, VICTOR (1944- ) (stories)
- * *The Jehovah Contract (Franklin Watts 0-531-15043-7, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $16.95, 277pp, hc) A professional assassin on the skids in 1999 is hired to assassinate God, with the help of an ancient Hollywood witch and a 12-year-old telepathic hooker. This novel first appeared in Germany as Der Jehova Vertrag (Heyne 1985), although written originally in English.
- * _The Jehovah Contract (Avon 0-380-70557-5, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $3.50, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Franklin Watts 1987) sf novel about a man hired by a televangelist to assassinate God. This novel first appeared in Germany as Der Jehova Vertrag (Heyne 1985), although originally written in English.
- * *Kings of the High Frontier (Final Frontier Books 0-9665662-0-3, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $24.95, hc, cover by Rob Prior) [High Pilgrimage] Near-future SF novel, book one of The High Pilgrimage. Private concerns plan their own various space launches, despite government efforts to stop them. The afterword by Gregory Benford discusses the political realities of space programs. This is a signed, limited edition of 1,250; a slipcased deluxe edition of 250 (-5-4, $75.00) is also available. Order from Final Frontier Books, Bereshith Publishing, PO Box 2366, Centreville VA 20120.
- * *Solomons Knife (Franklin Watts 0-531-15108-5, Apr 89, $18.95, 275pp, hc) Medical sf thriller dealing with a new technique for abortiontransferring fetuses from the bodies of women who want abortions to the bodies of women who are infertile.
- KONDO, YOJI, ed. (1933- ); see pseudonym Eric Kotani (stories)
- KOONTZ, DEAN R(ay) (1945- ); see pseudonyms Leigh Nichols & Richard Paige (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Bad Place (Putnam 0-399-13498-0, Jan 90, $19.95, 382pp, hc) Sf/horror/thriller.
- * _The Bad Place (Headline 0-7472-0222-2, Mar 90, £12.95, 372pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1990) very effective sf/horror novel about a pair of private investigators who become embroiled with a very strange family. One of Koontzs best. Very strongly recommended. (PSP)
- * _The Bad Place (SFBC #58642, May 90 [Apr 90], $9.98, hc, cover by Don Brautigam) Reprint (Putnam 1989) sf/horror novel.
- * _The Bad Place (Berkley 0-425-12434-7, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $5.95, 417pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1990) sf/horror novel.
- * _The Bad Place (Headline 0-7472-3444-2, Jan 91 [Dec 90], £4.99, 500pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam 1990) horror novel.
- * _The Bad Place (Berkley 0-425-12434-7, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $6.99, 417pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1990) horror novel; 11th printing.
- * _The Bad Place (Berkley 0-425-12434-7, Jul 96 [Jun 96], $7.50, 417pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reissue (Putnam 1990) horror novel. 14th printing.
- * _Beastchild (Charnel House 0-927389-07-X, Feb 93 [Mar 93], $150.00, 195pp, hc) Reprint (Lancer 1970) sf/horror novel with a new introduction by the author and full-color illustrations by Pamela Lee. This edition follows the original manuscript and differs slightly from the edited Lancer version. This is a signed numbered slipcased 750-copy limited edition. A 26-copy lettered edition (-06-1) was announced but not seen. Order from Charnel House, PO Box 663, Lynbrook NY 11563.
- * _Chase (Headline 0-7472-3525-2, May 90, £3.50, 214pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1972, as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller of associational interest.
- * _Chase (Headline 0-7472-3525-2, Jan 91, £3.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reissue (Random House 1972 as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller of associational interest.
- * _Chase (Headline 0-7472-0301-6, Jul 91, £14.95, 244pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Random House 1972 as by K.R. Dwyer) thriller of associational interest.
- * *Cold Fire (Putnam 0-399-13579-0, Jan 91, $22.95, 382pp, hc, cover by Don Brautigam) Thriller about a man who uses his uncanny powers to save lives faced with destruction by a stronger enemy. A signed, limited 750-copy slipcased edition ($150) was announced but not seen.
- * *Cold Fire (Headline 0-7472-0328-8, Jan 91 [Oct 90], £13.95, 374pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Horror novel. Simultaneous with U.S. (Putnam) edition. Note that proof copies of this edition were distributed in October 1990 as a limited edition of 200 numbered copies, each signed by Koontz.
- * _Cold Fire (SFBC #179143, May 91 [Apr 91], $10.98, 326pp, hc, cover by Don Brautigam) Reprint (Putnam; Headline 1991) sf/horror thriller.
- * _Cold Fire (Berkley 0-425-13071-1, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $5.99, 421pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reprint (Putnam; Headline 1991) horror/psychic thriller.
- * _Cold Fire (Headline 0-7472-3605-4, Jan 92 [Dec 91], £4.99, 506pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Putnam; Headline 1991) horror novel.
- * _Cold Fire (Berkley 0-425-13071-1, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $6.99, 421pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reissue (Headline 1991) horror/psychic thriller. Seventh printing.
- * _Cold Fire (Berkley 0-425-13071-1, Aug 98 [Sep 98], $7.99, 421pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reissue (Headline 1991) horror novel. 16th printing.
- * _Dark Rivers of the Heart (Charnel House 0-927389-09-6, Sep 94 [Nov 94], $250.00, 501pp, hc, cover by Stephen Gervais) High-tech thriller set in a U.S. that may or may not be today. A special numbered, boxed and signed limited edition with illustrations by Stephen Gervais. A lettered edition (-08-8) was also announced but has not been seen. This elegant edition is essentially simultaneous with the Knopf edition listed last month. Order from Charnel House, P.O. Box 633, Lynbrook NY 11563; 516-887-2565: add $6.00 postage.
- * *Dark Rivers of the Heart (Knopf 0-679-42524-1, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $24.00, 487pp, hc) High-tech thriller set in a U.S. that may or may not be today. A limited, signed edition from Charnel House was supposed to appear last month, but has not been seen.
- * *Dark Rivers of the Heart (Headline 0-7472-0962-6, Nov 94, £14.99, 537pp, hc) Associational thriller of a young couple, both with deep and dangerous secrets, on the run from an Agency which has subverted and corrupted the justice system of the U.S.A. Simultaneous with the US (Knopf) edition.
- * _Dark Rivers of the Heart (Headline 0-7472-4449-9, Nov 95 [Oct 95], £5.99, 728pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf; Headline 1994) associational thriller of a young couple on the run from a group which has subverted the democratic processes of the USA. The Export edition (same details) was available 1 August 1995.
- * _Dark Rivers of the Heart (Ballantine 0-345-39657-X, Dec 95 [Nov 95], $7.99, 566pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf/Charnal House 1994) high-tech thriller set in a U.S. that may or may not be today. An identical mass-market international edition appeared in September 1995.
- * +Darkfall (Berkley 0-425-07187-1, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $3.95, 371pp, pb) Horror novel. First U.S. edition (W.H. Allen 1984, as Darkness Comes).
- * _Darkfall (Berkley 0-425-10434-6, Apr 90, $4.95, 371pp, pb) Reissue (Putnam 1984) horror novel; 20th printing.
- * _Darkfall (Berkley 0-425-10434-6, Mar 96, $6.99, 371pp, pb) Reissue (W.H. Allen 1984 as Darkness Comes) horror novel. 34th printing.
- * _Darkfall (Berkley 0-425-10434-6, Jan 98 [Feb 98], $7.50, 371pp, pb) Reissue (W.H. Allen 1984 as Darkness Comes) horror novel. 37th printing.
- * *Darkness Comes (W.H. Allen 0-491-03152-1, Feb 84, £11.95, 351pp, hc) Horror novel. [Not seen]
- * _Darkness Comes (Star 0-352-31479-6, Apr 85, £2.50, 351pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1984) horror novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
- * _Darkness Comes (Headline 0-7472-3520-1, May 90, £3.99, 351pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1984) horror novel.
- * _Darkness Comes (Headline 0-7472-0296-6, Oct 90, £13.95, 351pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1984) horror novel.
- * _Darkness Comes (Headline 0-7472-3520-1, Jan 91, £4.50, 351pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reissue (W.H. Allen 1984) horror novel.
- * *Dean Koontz Omnibus (Headline 0-7472-0805-0, Jul 93, £7.99, 792pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Horror omnibus of Cold Fire, The Face of Fear, and The Mask. (Contents)
- * *Dean Koontz Omnibus (Headline 0-7472-1031-4, Aug 94, £6.99, 564pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Omnibus of Hideaway (1992) and The Vision (1977). (Contents)
- * *Demon Seed (Headline 0-7472-0831-X, Jun 97 [Jul 97], £16.99, 213pp, hc) SF/horror novel. Revised version of the original (Bantam, 1973). First UK hardcover edition.
- * _Demon Seed (Berkley 0-425-15859-4, Jul 97 [Jun 97], $7.50, 303pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1973) SF/horror novel. According to the afterword by Koontz, this has been revised and is an entirely new version.
- * _Demon Seed (Headline 0-7472-3489-2, Jan 98 [May 97], £5.99, 213pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) Reprint (Headline 1997) SF/horror novel. Revised version of the original (Bantam, 1973), which was made into a film. An export edition (same details) was available 1 December 1997.
- * _The Door to December (Headline 0-7472-0436-5, Nov 91 [Oct 91], £14.95, 312pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (NAL 1985 as by Richard Paige) occult thriller.
- * _The Door to December (Headline Overseas 0-7472-3705-0, 1992 [Apr 92], £4.99, 472pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (NAL 1985 as by Richard Paige) occult thriller. This is an Open Market edition and is available only in non-English-speaking countries. The forthcoming British edition will have the same ISBN.
- * _The Door to December (Headline 0-7472-3705-0, Apr 93 [Mar 93], £4.99, 472pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (NAL 1985 as by Richard Paige) occult thriller.
- * *The Door to December (Penguin/Signet 0-451-18137-9, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $6.99, 510pp, pb) Revised edition of a horror novel, originally published by Signet in 1985 as by Richard Paige.
- * *Dragon Tears (Putnam 0-399-13773-4, Jan 93 [Dec 92], $22.95, 377pp, hc, cover by Don Brautigam) Horror novel of a cop who kills in the line of duty and finds himself marked for supernatural vengeance.
- * *Dragon Tears (Headline 0-7472-0643-0, Jan 93 [Dec 92], £15.99, 371pp, hc, cover by Graham Potts) Horror novel about a killer with god-like powers. Simultaneous with US (Putnam) edition.
- * _Dragon Tears (SFBC #19418, Jul 93 [Jun 93], $10.98, 377pp, hc, cover by Don Brautigam) Reprint (Putnam 1993) horror novel of a cop who kills in the line of duty and finds himself marked for supernatural vengeance. Similar to the Putnam edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
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