The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- LACKEY, MERCEDES (Ritche) (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * _The Robin & the Kestrel: Bardic Voices, Book II (SFBC #02559, Jan 94 [Dec 93], 373pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Bardic Voices] Reprint (Baen 1993) fantasy novel of a prince and a gypsy girl trying to foil a plot to drive all music from the land. Second book of a series. Similar to the Baen edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * *Sacred Ground (Tor 0-312-85281-9, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $22.95, 381pp, hc, cover by Larry Dixon) Native American dark fantasy/mystery novel. Osage PI Jennifer Talldeer must catch criminal who desecrated a sacred burial place in order to placate powerful and vengeful spirits.
- * _Sacred Ground (Tor 0-812-51965-5, May 95 [Apr 95], $5.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Larry Dixon) Reprint (Tor 1994) contemporary Native-American dark fantasy/mystery novel.
- * _Sacred Ground (Voyager 0-00-648034-9, Sep 95, £4.99, 383pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1994) Native American dark fantasy/mystery novel. Jennifer Talldeer has two identities: apprentice shaman, and private investigator. Her lives collide when land is desecrated. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Ship Who Searched (with Anne McCaffrey) See entry under Anne McCaffrey.
- * *The Silver Gryphon (with Larry Dixon) (DAW 0-88677-684-8, Mar 96 [Feb 96], $21.95, 322pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Wars] Fantasy novel, book three of The Mage Wars trilogy, part of the Valdemar series.
- * *The Silver Gryphon (with Larry Dixon) (Millennium 1-85798-441-2, Mar 96, £9.99, 322pp, tp, cover by John Barber) [Valdemar: Mage Wars] Fantasy novel. Book Three of The Mage Wars, a series set in Valdemar a millenium before the Heralds of Valdemar sequence. A hardcover edition (-440-4, £16.99) is also available.
- * _The Silver Gryphon (with Larry Dixon) (SFBC #11639, Jun 96 [May 96], $8.98, 322pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Wars] Reprint (DAW 1996) fantasy novel, book three of The Mage Wars trilogy, part of the Valdemar series. This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The Silver Gryphon (with Larry Dixon) (DAW 0-88677-685-6, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $5.99, 400pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Wars] Reprint (DAW; Millennium 1996) fantasy novel, book three of The Mage Wars trilogy, part of the Valdemar series.
- * _The Silver Gryphon (with Larry Dixon) (Orion 1-85798-497-8, Mar 97 [Feb 97], £5.99, 322pp, pb, cover by John Barber) [Valdemar: Mage Wars] Reprint (DAW; Millennium 1996) fantasy novel. Book three of The Mage Wars trilogy, set in Valdemar a millennium before the Heralds of Valdemar series.
- * *Storm Breaking (DAW 0-88677-713-5, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $21.95, 435pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Storms] Fantasy novel, book three of The Mage Storms trilogy. Illustrated by Larry Dixon.
- * *Storm Breaking (Orion 1-85798-275-4, Oct 96, £9.99, 436pp, tp, cover by John Barber) [Valdemar: Mage Storms] Fantasy novel, second book of the Mage Storms trilogy, set in Valdemar, following the Mage Winds trilogy, and 15th book overall in the Heralds of Valdemar series. Simultaneous with the US (DAW) edition. A hardcover edition (-276-2, £15.99) was announced but not seen.
- * _Storm Breaking (SFBC #14437, Dec 96, $10.98, 386pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Storms] Reprint (DAW 1996) fantasy novel, book three of The Mage Storms trilogy. This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Storm Breaking (DAW 0-88677-755-0, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $6.99, 463pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Storms] Reprint (DAW; Orion 1996)fantasy novel, book three of The Mage Storms trilogy.
- * _Storm Breaking (Orion 0-75280-641-6, Nov 97, £5.99, 436pp, pb, cover by John Barber) [Valdemar: Mage Storms] Reprint (DAW; Orion 1996) fantasy novel, second book of the Mage Storms trilogy, part of the overall Heralds of Valdemar series.
- * *Storm Rising (DAW 0-88677-660-0, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $21.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Storms] Fantasy novel, book two of The Mage Storms trilogy. Valdemar must unite enemies to fight magic storms.
- * *Storm Rising (Millennium 1-85798-277-0, Sep 95, £9.99, 384pp, tp, cover by John Barber) [Valdemar: Mage Storms] Fantasy novel, second book of the Mage Storms trilogy, set in Valdemar, following the Mage Winds trilogy, and 14th book overall in the Heralds of Valdemar series. Simultaneous with the US (DAW) edn. A hardcover edition (-278-9, £16.99) was announced but not seen.
- * _Storm Rising (SFBC #106552, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $10.98, 384pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Storms] Reprint (DAW 1995) fantasy novel, second in the Mage Storms trilogy. This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Storm Rising (Orion 1-85798-460-9, Aug 96, £5.99, 384pp, pb, cover by BlackSheep) [Valdemar: Mage Storms] Reprint (DAW; Millennium 1995) fantasy novel. Second book of the Mage Storms trilogy, 14th book overall in the Heralds of Valdemar series.
- * _Storm Rising (DAW 0-88677-712-7, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $5.99, 412pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Storms] Reprint (DAW; Millennium 1995) fantasy novel, book two of The Mage Storms trilogy. Valdemar must unite enemies to fight magic storms.
- * *Storm Warning (DAW 0-88677-611-2, Aug 94 [Jul 94], $21.95, 403pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Storms] Fantasy novel, first book of the Mage Storms trilogy, set in Valdemar, following the Mage Winds trilogy, and 13th book overall in the Heralds of Valdemar series.
- * *Storm Warning (Millennium 1-85798-189-8, Aug 94, £9.99, 403pp, tp, cover by Mick Posen) [Valdemar: Mage Storms] Fantasy novel. A hardcover edition (-184-7, £16.99) was announced but not seen. Simultaneous with the US (DAW) edition. First in The Mage Storms Trilogy.
- * _Storm Warning (SFBC #05706, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $10.98, 403pp, hc, cover by Jody Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Storms] Reprint (DAW 1994) fantasy novel, first in the Mage Storms trilogy, 13th book overall in The Heralds of Valdemar series. This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has an SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Storm Warning (DAW 0-88677-661-9, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 428pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Storms] Reprint (Daw 1994) fantasy novel, book one of The Mage Storms trilogy in the Valdemar series.
- * _Storm Warning (Millennium 1-85798-297-5, Sep 95, £4.99, 403pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) [Valdemar: Mage Storms] Reprint (Millennium; DAW 1994) fantasy novel. First book of the Mage Storms trilogy, set in Valdemar, following the Mage Winds trilogy, and 13th book overall in the Heralds of Valdemar series.
- * _Storm Warning (DAW 0-88677-661-9, Oct 97 [Nov 97], $6.99, 428pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Storms] Reissue (DAW; Millennium 1994) fantasy novel, book one of The Mage Storms trilogy in the Valdemar series. Sixth printing.
- * *Summoned To Tourney (with Ellen Guon) (Baen 0-671-72122-4, Jun 92 [May 92], $4.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Larry Dixon) Fantasy novel of elven magic in contemporary San Francisco, sequel to Knight of Ghosts and Shadows. Only the elves stand between a monstrous scientist from thinly-disguised Livermore Labs and an experiment that would destroy the Bay Area by inducing a massive earthquake. Recommended (SW).
- * _The Sword of Knowledge (with Nancy Asire, Leslie Fish & C. J. Cherryh) See entry under C. J. Cherryh
- * _Tiger Burning Bright (with Marion Zimmer Bradley & Andre Norton) See entry under Marion Zimmer Bradley.
- * *Vows and Honor (SFBC #02439, Jan 94, $8.98, 472pp, hc, cover by Dawn Wilson) [Vows and Honor] Omnibus of the two books in the Vows and Honor series, The Oathbound (DAW 1988) and Oathbreakers (DAW 1989). This edition lacks an ISBN and price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
- * *Wheels of Fire: A Novel of the Serrated Edge (with Mark Shepherd) (Baen 0-671-72138-0, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $4.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Serrated Edge] Fantasy novel of elven magic used to help humans. Second book in the Serrated Edge series.
- * *When the Bough Breaks (with Holly Lisle) (Baen 0-671-72154-2, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $4.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Serrated Edge] Urban fantasy novel of elven magic used to help humans, third book of the Serrated Edge series.
- * *The White Gryphon (with Larry Dixon) (DAW 0-88677-631-7, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $21.95, 305pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Wars] Fantasy novel, book two of The Mage Wars trilogy, part of the Valdemar series, with interior illustrations by Larry Dixon.
- * _White Gryphon (with Larry Dixon) (Millennium 1-85798-237-1, May 95, £8.99, 305pp, tp, cover by John Barber) [Valdemar: Mage Wars] Reprint (DAW 1995) fantasy novel. Book Two of The Mage Wars, a series set in Valdemar a millenium before the Heralds of Valdemar sequence. A hardcover edition (-430-7, £15.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The White Gryphon (with Larry Dixon) (SFBC #07827, Aug 95, $10.98, 305pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Wars] Reprint (DAW 1995) fantasy novel. This is similar to the DAW edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The White Gryphon (with Larry Dixon) (Millennium 1-85798-431-5, Nov 95, £9.99, 305pp, tp, cover by John Barber) [Valdemar: Mage Wars] Reprint (DAW 1995) fantasy novel.
- * _The White Gryphon (with Larry Dixon) (DAW 0-88677-682-1, Mar 96 [Feb 96], $5.99, 399pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Wars] Reprint (DAW 1995) fantasy novel, book two of The Mage Wars trilogy, part of the Valdemar series, with interior illustrations by Larry Dixon.
- * _The White Gryphon (with Larry Dixon) (Millennium 1-85798-313-0, Mar 96, £4.99, 305pp, pb, cover by John Barber) [Valdemar: Mage Wars] Reprint (DAW 1995) fantasy novel. Book Two of The Mage Wars, a series set in Valdemar a millenium before the Heralds of Valdemar sequence.
- * *Winds of Change (DAW 0-88677-534-5, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $20.00, 449pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Winds] Fantasy novel, second book of the Mage Winds series and 11th book overall in the Heralds of Valdemar series. Illustrations by Larry Dixon.
- * _Winds of Change (SFBC #00485, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $9.98, 449pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Winds] Reprint (DAW 1992) fantasy novel, second book of the Mage Winds series and 11th book overall in the Heralds of Valdemar series. Similar to the DAW edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Winds of Change (DAW 0-88677-563-9, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $4.99, 475pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Winds] Reprint (DAW 1992) fantasy novel, second book of the Mage Winds trilogy and 11th book overall in the Heralds of Valdemar series.
- * _Winds of Change (DAW 0-88677-563-9, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 475pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Winds] Reissue (DAW 1993) fantasy novel, second book in the Mage Winds series. Fifth printing.
- * *Winds of Fate (DAW 0-88677-489-6, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $18.95, 387pp, hc, cover by Jody Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Winds] Fantasy novel, first book of the Mage Winds series, set in the same world as the Heralds of Valdemar series.
- * _Winds of Fate (DAW 0-88677-516-7, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $4.99, 460pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Winds] Reprint (DAW 1991) fantasy novel, first book of the Mage Winds series, set in the same world as the Heralds of Valdemar series.
- * _Winds of Fate (SFBC #00497, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $9.98, 387pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Winds] Reprint (DAW 1991) fantasy novel, first book of the Mage Winds series, set in the same world as the Heralds of Valdemar series. Similar to the DAW edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Winds of Fate (DAW 0-88677-516-7, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 423pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Winds] Reissue (DAW 1991) fantasy novel, first book in the Mage Winds series. Sixth printing.
- * _Winds of Fate (DAW 0-88677-516-7, Sep 95 [Nov 95], $5.99, 460pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Winds] Reissue (DAW 1991) fantasy novel, first book in the Mage Winds series. Seventh printing.
- * *Winds of Fury (DAW 0-88677-562-0, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $20.00, 388pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Winds] Fantasy novel, third book in the Mage Winds series and 12th book overall in the Heralds of Valdemar series.
- * _Winds of Fury (SFBC #01758, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $8.98, 388pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Winds] Reprint (DAW 1993) fantasy novel, third book in the Mage Winds series and 12th book overall in the Heralds of Valdemar series. Similar to the DAW edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Winds of Fury (DAW 0-88677-612-0, Aug 94 [Jul 94], $4.99, 423pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Winds] Reprint (DAW 1993) fantasy novel, third book in the Mage Winds series and 12th book overall in the Heralds of Valdemar series.
- * _Winds of Fury (DAW 0-88677-612-0, Sep 95, $5.99, 423pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar: Mage Winds] Reissue (DAW 1993) fantasy novel, third book in the Mage Winds series and 12th book overall in the Heralds of Valdemar series. Fifth printing.
- * *Wing Commander: Freedom Flight (with Ellen Guon) (Baen 0-671-72145-3, Dec 92 [Nov 92], $4.99, 275pp, pb, cover by Paul Alexander) [Wing Commander] Sf novelization based on a computer game, first book of a new series. A gang of alien and human misfits join together to free an occupied planet.
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- * *Sword of Ice and Other Tales of Valdemar (DAW 0-88677-720-8, Jan 97 [Dec 96], $5.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Valdemar] Original anthology of 18 fantasy stories set in Lackeys world of Valdemar. Authors include Tanya Huff, Josepha Sherman, and Michelle Sagara. (Contents)
- LACY, NORRIS J., ed.
- * *The New Arthurian Encyclopedia (Garland 0-8153-2303-4, Dec 95 [Jan 96], $29.95, 615pp, tp) Non-fiction, reference. A guide to Arthur, from history and legend to modern literature, with entries for numerous genre authors including Andre Norton, Guy Gavriel Kay, Robert Holdstock, Time Powers, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and C.J. Cherryh. This is an updated and revised edition of The Arthurian Encyclopedia (Garland 1986). Available from Garland Publishing, 717 5th Avenue, Suite 2500, New York NY 10022; 212-751-7447.
- * _The New Arthurian Encyclopedia (SFBC #17424, Aug 97, $19.98, 615pp, hc) Reprint (Garland 1995) non-fiction, reference. A guide to Arthur, from legend to modern literature, with entries for numerous genre authors. This is an updated and revised edition of The Arthurian Encyclopedia (Garland 1986). This hardcover edition has the text and cover art of the Garland trade paperback, but has a new ISBN (1-56865-432-4); it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- LADD, LOUISE
- * *The Anywhere Ring #1: Miracle Island (Berkley 0-425-14879-3, Jul 95, $3.99, 163pp, tp) [Anywhere Ring] Young-adult fantasy novel. A magic ring gives a girl the power to transport herself anywhere she wishes. First in a series.
- * *The Anywhere Ring #2: Castle in Time (Berkley 0-425-15048-8, Nov 95 [Dec 95], $4.50, 149pp, tp) [Anywhere Ring] Young-adult fantasy novel. Jenny discovers her magic ring can transport her through time, ending up in Elizabethan Ireland.
- * *The Anywhere Ring #4: Cherry Blossom Moon (Berkley 0-425-15294-4, May 96, $4.50, 134pp, tp) Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the series about a magic ring. Two teens investigate an old spy scandal in 1950s Japan.
- LaFARGE, TOM (1947- )
- * *The Crimson Bears (Sun & Moon Press 1-55713-074-4, Apr 93, $12.95, 272pp, tp, cover by Douglas Messerli) [Crimson Bears] Fantasy novel, first book of a series about a commonwealth of bears forced to ask the help of nomadic saurians in defeating a predatory enemy.
- * _The Crimson Bears (Sun & Moon Press 1-55713-074-4, Feb 95, $12.95, 272pp, tp, cover by Douglas Messerli) [Crimson Bears] Reissue (Sun & Moon 1993) fantasy novel of two bears in a civil war in an animal metropolis.
- * *A Hundred Doors (Sun & Moon Press 1-55713-192-9, Nov 94 [Feb 95], $12.95, 228pp, tp, cover by Wendy Walker) [Crimson Bears] Fantasy novel of two bears in a civil war in an animal metropolis. Sequel to The Crimson Bears. Available from Sun & Moon Press, 6026 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles CA 90036.
- LAFFERTY, R(aphael) A(loysius) (1914-2002) (stories)
- * _Alaric: The Day the World Ended (United Mythologies Press, Nov 93 [Feb 94], $33.00, 163pp, hc) Reprint (Doubleday 1971 as The Fall of Rome) historical novel. One of Laffertys rarest books. Available postpaid from United Mythologies Press, Box 79777, 1995 Weston Rd., Weston ONT M9N 3W9 Canada.
- * *Argo (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-34-8, Dec 92, $19.95, unpaginated, hc) [More Than Melchisedech] Sf novel, third book of the novel More Than Melchisedech. Illustrated by Ward Shipman. A 50 copy signed limited edition (-35-6) was announced but not seen.
- * *Cranky Old Man from Tulsa (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-16-X, Mar 90, $4.00, 25pp, ph) Collection of two interviews with Lafferty by Darrell Schweitzer and R.J. Whitaker. This is a limited edition of 350 copies.
- * _The Devil Is Dead (Bart 1-55785-046-1, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $3.50, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1971) metaphysical fantasy novel.
- * *Dotty (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-22-4, Dec 90, $17.00, 96pp, tp) [Argo] Sf novel set in the same world as The Devil Is Dead and other Argo books. This is a limited edition of 250 numbered copies. A signed edition of 70 copies containing an additional short story (-23-2, $37.00) was announced but not seen.
- * *The Early Lafferty (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-00-3, Mar 88, $3.50 + $0.50 postage, 38pp, ph) Collection of 6 stories from the 50s and 60s, 2 of them previously unpublished. Also available in a signed edition, $6.00 + $0.50 postage (prices in U.S. dollars). (Contents)
- * *The Early Lafferty II (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-14-3, Mar 90, $4.00, 31pp, ph) Collection of six stories, one of them original, with an introduction by Darrell Schweitzer. This is a limited edition of 300 copies. A signed edition (-15-1, $7.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * *East of Laughter (Morrigan 1-870338-31-6, Jun 88, £10.95, 176pp, hc) A gothic fantasy. Limited to 750 copies.
- * *East of Laughter (Morrigan 1-870338-36-7, Jun 88, £35.00, 200pp, hc) Special slip-cased, cloth-bound edition of the above, including a separate story by Lafferty, The Story of Little Briar-Rose, and an article by Gene Wolfe. Limited to 250 numbered copies, signed by Lafferty and Wolfe. (Contents)
- * *The Elliptical Grave (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-12-7, Oct 89, $18.00, 100pp, tp) Sf short novel. This is a numbered limited edition of 300 copies. A signed, numbered, limited edition of 75 copies (-13-5, $35.00) was announced but not seen. The signed edition is supposed to include an additional short story, The Man Who Lost His Magic.
- * *Episodes of the Argo (United Mythologies Press 0-921322-20-8, Sep 90, $14.00, 59pp, tp) [Argo] Collection of three stories in Laffertys Argo world, with an introduction by Gene Wolfe. This is a numbered limited edition of 250 copies. A signed numbered edition of 70 copies (-21-6, $22.00 postpaid) is also available. (Contents)
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