The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

KNIGHT, AMARANTHA (stories) (continued)

• * _The Darker Passions: Frankenstein (Masquerade 1-56333-617-0, Apr ’98 [Nov ’98], $5.95, 303pp, tp) [Darker Passions; Frankenstein] Reissue (Masquerade 1995) erotic horror novel based on Mary Shelley’s classic. Knight is a pen-name for Nancy Kilpatrick.
• * *The Darker Passions: The Fall of the House of Usher (Masquerade 1-56333-313-9, May ’95 [Jun ’95], $5.95, 276pp, tp) [Darker Passions] Erotic horror novel loosely based on Poe’s story.
• * *The Darker Passions: The Picture of Dorian Gray (Masquerade 1-56333-342-2, Oct ’96 [Nov ’96], $6.50, 254pp, tp) Erotic dark fantasy novel loosely based the short novel by Oscar Wilde. Order from Masquerade Books, 801 2nd Ave., New York NY 10017; credit card orders 800-375-2356; add $1.50 postage.
• * *The Darker Passions: The Pit and the Pendulum (Masquerade 1-56333-639-1, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $6.95, 258pp, tp, cover by Jason Goltz) [Darker Passions] Erotic dark fantasy novel loosely based on the story by Edgar Allen Poe. Knight is a pen-name for Nancy Kilpatrick. Order from Masquerade Direct, 801 2nd Ave, New York NY 10017; credit card orders 800-375-2356; add $1.50 postage.

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• * *Demon Sex (Masquerade/Rhinoceros 1-56333-594-8, Apr ’98 [Jun ’98], $7.95, 323pp, tp, cover by Jason Goltz) Original anthology of 11 stories (one reprint) of erotic horror. Authors include Thomas S. Roche, Edo van Belkom, and Nancy Kilpatrick. Order from Masquerade Direct, 801 2nd Ave, New York NY 10017; credit card orders 800-375-2356; add $1.50 postage. (Contents)
• * *Flesh Fantastic (Masquerade/Rhinoceros 1-56333-352-X, 1994 [Dec ’95], $6.95, 340pp, tp) Original anthology of 11 stories of fantastic erotica. (Contents)
• * *Love Bites (Masquerade/Richard Kasak 1-56333-234-5, Feb ’95, $12.95, 202pp, tp, cover by Bryan Lynch) Original anthology of 11 erotic vampire stories, with an introduction by the editor. (Contents)
• * *Seductive Spectres (Masquerade/Rhinoceros 1-56333-464-X, Nov ’96, $6.95, 315pp, pb) Original anthology of 11 erotic ghost stories, and one reprint novel excerpt, with an introduction by the editor. Authors include Michael A. Arnzen, Nancy Kilpatrick, and John Mason Skipp. Order from Masquerade Books, 801 2nd Ave., New York NY 10017; credit card orders 800-375-2356; add $1.50 postage. (Contents)
• * *Sex Macabre (Masquerade 1-56333-392-9, Aug ’96, $6.95, 261pp, tp) Original anthology of 12 stories (four reprint) of erotic horror, featuring supernatural creatures. Authors include Poppy Z. Brite, Nancy Kilpatrick, Nancy Etchemendy, and Del Stone, Jr. (Contents)

KNIGHT, DAMON (Francis) (1922-2002) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _A for Anything (Tor 0-812-54310-6, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.95, 217pp, pb, cover by Royo) Reprint (NEL 1961) sf novel. This is a revised text of The People Maker (Zenith 1959).
• * _A for Anything (Cascade Mountain Publishing no ISBN, Dec ’98, $14.95, 208pp, tp) Reprint (NEL 1961) SF novel, a revised version of The People Maker (Zenith 1959). Order from Cascade Mountain Publishing, 1652 NW Summit Dr, Bend OR 97701; credit card orders 800-981-6889.
• * *Author’s Choice Monthly Issue 21: God’s Nose (Pulphouse no ISBN, Jun ’91, $4.95, 114pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Collection of six stories with an introduction by the author. A signed hardcover edition ($25.00) is also available, and a special leatherbound deluxe edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
• * _Creating Short Fiction (St. Martin’s/Griffin 0-312-15095-4, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $13.95, 209pp, tp) Reprint (Writer’s Digest 1981) guide to writing. This is the revised and updated third edition.
• * *CV (Tor 0-312-93513-7, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $13.95, 285pp, hc) [CV] Sf novel.
• * _CV (Tor 0-812-54333-5, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 285pp, pb) [CV] Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel.
• * *Humpty Dumpty: An Oval (Tor 0-312-86223-7, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $22.95, 287pp, hc) Surreal SF novel. A man tries to make sense of the world after the fabric of reality cracks.
• * _Humpty Dumpty: An Oval (Tor 0-312-86383-7, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $13.95, 287pp, tp) Reprint (Tor 1996) surreal SF novel.
• * _In Search of Wonder (Advent:Publishers 0-911682-31-7, Dec ’96, $20.00, 402pp, hc) Reprint (Advent 1956) non-fiction collection of 33 essays on modern science fiction. Revised and expanded from the 1967 second edition. Third edition. Order from Advent:Publishers, PO Box A3228, Chicago IL 60690.
• * *Late Knight Edition (NESFA Press 0-915368-85-4, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], 200 copy signed/boxed/numbered edition $25.00; 600 copy regular edition $13.00 + $1.00 postage per order, 150pp, hc) Collection of 6 stories (one an original) and two essays, published in conjunction with Knight’s appearance as Guest of Honor at Boskone XXII. The boxed, signed edition sold out at the convention. (Contents)
• * *The Man in the Tree (Berkley 0-425-06006-3, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.75, 246pp, pb) Sf novel whose hero is a 8 1/2 foot Christ figure.
• * _The Man in the Tree (Gollancz 0-575-03595-1, May ’85 [Apr ’85], £8.95, 246pp, hc) Reprint (Berkley 1984) sf novel, first U.K. edition and the first hardcover.
• * _The Man in the Tree (Penguin 0-14-008693-5, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £2.95, 246pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1984) sf novel.
• * *The Observers (Tor 0-312-93074-7, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $16.95, 281pp, hc) [CV] Sf novel, sequel to CV.
• * _The Observers (Tor 0-812-50028-8, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 281pp, pb) [CV] Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel about the survivors of a plague; sequel to CV.
• * *One Side Laughing: Stories Unlike Other Stories (St. Martin’s 0-312-05939-6, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $16.95, 230pp, hc, cover by Morgan Pickard) Collection of 17 stories. (Contents)
• * *A Reasonable World (Tor 0-312-85077-8, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $17.95, 272pp, hc, cover by Alan Gutierrez) [CV] Sf novel, third book of the “CV” trilogy.
• * _A Reasonable World (Tor 0-812-50978-1, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $3.99, 272pp, pb, cover by Martin Andrews) [CV] Reprint (Tor 1991) sf novel, third book of the “CV” trilogy.
• * *Rule Golden & Double Meaning (Tor 0-812-51294-4, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $3.95, 188pp, pb, cover by Wayne Douglas Barlowe) Collection of two early sf novellas, with an autobiographical introduction which also appeared in Monad. (Contents)
• * *Why Do Birds (Tor 0-312-85174-X, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $18.95, 272pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Sf novel set in the 21st century, where a man claims to have been kidnapped by aliens in the 1930s and returned to Earth with a mission.
• * _Why Do Birds (Tor/Orb 0-312-89009-5, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $9.95, 272pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 1992) enigmatic SF novel, where a man claims to have been kidnapped by aliens in the 1930s and returned to Earth with a mission.

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• * *The Clarion Awards (Doubleday 0-385-18383-6, Jun ’84 [Jul ’84], $11.95, 177pp, hc) Anthology of the best stories from the last six Clarion workshops for sf writers. The first-prize winner, “The Etheric Transmitter” by Lucius Shepard, is outstanding — one of the best novelettes of this year. (FCM) (Contents)
• * *Monad #1 (Pulphouse no ISBN, Oct ’90, $5.00, 91pp, tp) Non-fiction; criticism. An anthology/irregular journal of sf criticism, with four essays plus a long poem by Thomas M. Disch. A 100 copy limited edition hardcover ($15.00) was announced but not seen.
• * *Monad #2 (Pulphouse/Writer’s Notebook Press 1-56146-432-5, Mar ’92, $5.00, 100pp, tp) Anthology/irregular journal of sf criticism, with seven essays. A 100-copy limited edition hardcover ($15.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, PO Box 1440, Eugene OR 97440.
• * *Monad #3: Essays on Science Fiction (Pulphouse/Writer’s Notebook Press 1-56146-433-8, Mar ’94, $5.00, 134pp, tp) Anthology/irregular journal of sf criticism, with four essays, including one on Clarke and one on Heinlein. Order from Pulphouse Publishing, PO Box 1440, Eugene OR 97440.

KNIGHT, GARETH; pseudonym of Basil Leslie Wiley, (1930- ) (stories)

• * *The Magical World of the Inklings (Element 1-85230-169-4, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], £9.99, 258pp, tp, cover by Christopher Austin) Biography of four of the main members of the Inklings — J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Charles Williams & Owen Barfield.

KNIGHT, HARRY ADAM; pseudonym of John Brosnan & Leroy Kettle (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Bedlam (Gollancz 0-575-05347-X, Apr ’93, £4.99, 215pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) Reprint (Gollancz 1992) horror novel.
• * *Bedlam [by John Brosnan] (Gollancz 0-575-04995-2, May ’92, £14.99, 215pp, hc, cover by Tom Stimpson) Horror novel about a serial killer with the power to alter reality.
• * +Carnosaur (Bart 1-55785-083-6, Feb ’89, $3.50, 214pp, pb) Horror novel featuring genetically engineered prehistoric monsters. First American edition (UK 1984).
• * _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) (assoc.)

• * _Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies By Victorian Women Writers (with Nina Auerbach) See entry under Nina Auerbach.

KNOX, ELIZABETH

• * *The Vintner’s 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.

• * _Obsessions (with Anthony S. Magistrale) See entry under Anthony S. Magistrale

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 (Critic’s 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) (assoc.)

• * *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- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Haunting the House of Fiction: Feminist Perspectives on Ghost Stories by American Women (with Lynette Carpenter) See entry under Lynette Carpenter.

KOLMERTEN, CAROL A., ed. (stories)

• * _Utopian and Science Fiction by Women: Worlds of Difference (with Jane L. Donawerth) See entry under Jane L. Donawerth
• * _Utopian and Science Fiction By Women: Worlds of Difference (with Jane L. Donawerth) See entry under Jane L. Donawerth

KOMAN, VICTOR (1944- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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.
• * *Solomon’s Knife (Franklin Watts 0-531-15108-5, Apr ’89, $18.95, 275pp, hc) Medical sf thriller dealing with a new technique for abortion—transferring 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) (assoc.)

• * _Requiem See entry under Robert A. Heinlein.