The Locus Index to Science Fiction

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LAING, ALEXANDER (Kinnan), ed. (1903-1976)

* _The Haunted Omnibus (MJF Books 1-56731-119-9, 1996 [Sep ’96], $11.98, 848pp, hc, cover by Richard Rossiter) Reprint (Farrar & Rinehart 1937) classic anthology of 42 ghost stories. An instant remainder edition.
LAING, KOJO

* *Major Gentl and the Achimota Wars (Heinemann 0-435-90978-9, May ’92, £5.99, 185pp, tp, cover by Keith Pointing & Celeste Henney) Novel set in 2020 about the rebirth of Africa.
LAKE, DAVID J(ohn) (1929- ) (stories)

* +The Ring of Truth (DAW 0-87997-935-6, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.95, 192pp, pb) Sf novel. First U.S. edition (Cory & Collins Void 1982).
* *West of the Moon (Hyland House 0-947062-44-0, 1988 [Apr ’89], no price, 250pp, hc) Australian young-adult sf novel with fantasy elements. This was published in 1988 but not seen until now.
LAKE, PAUL (1951- ) (stories) (assoc.)

* *Among the Immortals (Story Line Press 0-934257-73-6, Jul ’94, $14.95, 301pp, tp) Literary horror novel about Percy Shelley as a vampire stalking the academic poetry community in modern Berkeley. A first novel. Available from Story Line Press, Three Oaks Farm, Brownsville OR 97327.
LAKE, SIMON; pseudonym of Charles L. Grant, (1942-2006)

* *Midnight Place #2: Something’s Watching (Bantam 0-553-29791-0, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $3.50, 149pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Midnight Place] Young-adult horror novel, second book of the new “Midnight Place” series set in an ordinary-looking neighborhood that’s a magnet for evil. A series of muggings seems connected to an old ghost story, and teenager Tara Fraiser is determined to find out why. Lake is a pseudonym for Charles L. Grant.
* *Midnight Place: Daughter of Darkness (Bantam 0-553-29442-3, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $3.50, 151pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Midnight Place] Young-adult horror novel, first book of the new “Midnight Place” series, set in an ordinary looking neighborhood that’s a magnet for evil. A teenage demon in human form moves to Midnight Place and starts exerting a strange power over the boys at school. Lake is a pseudonym for Charles L. Grant.
* *Midnight Place: Death Cycle (Bantam 0-553-56102-2, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $3.50, 152pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Midnight Place] Young-adult horror novel, third book of the “Midnight Place” series set in an ordinary-looking neighborhood that’s a magnet for evil. Roz Jordan and her friends are stalked by a phantom motorcycle that kills. Lake is a pen name for Charles L. Grant.
* *Midnight Place: He Told Me To (Bantam 0-553-56168-5, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $3.50, 135pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) [Midnight Place] Young-adult horror novel, fourth book of a series set in an ordinary-looking neighborhood that’s a magnet for evil. A mysterious power is turning honor-roll students into criminals and jds. Lake is a pen name for Charles L. Grant.
LALLY, T. M. (stories)

* *Tales, Weird and Whimsical (Merlin 0-86303-552-3, Jul ’91 [Aug ’91], £7.95, 215pp, tp, cover by T. M. Lally) Original collection of ten ghost/horror stories, illustrated by the author. (Contents)
LAMB, HUGH (Charles), ed. (1946- ) (stories) (assoc.)

* _The Black Reaper See entry under Bernard Capes.
* _The Black Reaper: Tales of Terror See entry under Bernard Capes.
* *Gaslit Nightmares (Futura 0-7088-3658-5, Mar ’88, £4.50, 358pp, tp) Ghost/horror anthology. (Contents)
* _Gaslit Nightmares (Macdonald 0-356-15302-9, Apr ’88 [Jun ’88], £11.95, 358pp, hc) Reprint (Futura 1988) horror anthology.
* *Gaslit Nightmares 2 (Futura 0-7088-4876-1, Jan ’91, £4.50, 384pp, pb, cover by Richard Jones) Anthology of ghost/horror stories from the Victorian and Edwardian periods, with introductions to each by Lamb. (Contents)
* _In the Dark See entry under Edith Nesbit.
* _Out of the Dark, Volume One: Origins See entry under Robert W. Chambers.
* *Stories in the Dark (Equation 1-85336-092-9, Jul ’89, £3.50, 223pp, tp) Anthology of horror stories by Jerome K. Jerome, Barry Pain, and Robert Barr. (Contents)
* *Terror by Gaslight: An Anthology of Rare Tales of Terror (Constable 0-09-471720-6, Oct ’92, £13.99, 282pp, hc, cover by Christopher Brown) Anthology of 14 Victorian horror stories, culled from previous Lamb anthologies. Note that this volume is not the same as Terror by Gaslight: More Victorian Tales of Terror by the same editor. (Contents)
LAMBE, DEAN R(odney) (1943- ) (stories)

* _The Odysseus Solution (with Michael A. Banks) See entry under Michael A. Banks
LAMBIRTH, FRANK (Edwin) (1928- )

* *Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep (Popular Library 0-445-20672-1, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 235pp, pb) Horror novel about a man trapped on an island haunted by demonic forces.
LAMBOURNE, DAVID

* *The Musclemen (Oxford University Press 0-19-271675-1, Oct ’91, £7.95, 141pp, hc, cover by Chris Burke) Young-adult sf novel about a set of electronic toys that are not quite what they seem.
LAMBOURNE, ROBERT (stories) (assoc.)

* *Close Encounters? Science and Science Fiction (with Michael Shallis & Michael Shortland) (Adam Hilger 0-85274-141-3, 1990 [Apr ’91], $26.00, 184pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. A look at the relationship between science and science fiction. This worldwide edition is available in the U.S. from The American Institute of Physics, 335 East 45th St., New York NY 10017.
LAMM, RICHARD (D.) (1935- )

* _1988 (with Arnold Grossman) (Severn House 0-7278-1310-2, Aug ’86, £9.95, 264pp, hc) Reprint near-future political thriller.
LaMOORE, LOUIS DEARBORN (1908-1988); see pseudonym Louis L’Amour (stories)
L’AMOUR, LOUIS; pseudonym of Louis Dearborn LaMoore, (1908-1988) (stories) (assoc.)

* *The Haunted Mesa (Bantam 0-553-05182-2, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $18.95, 357pp, hc) Western novel with an sf element — a gate between dimensions.
* _The Haunted Mesa (Bantam UK 0-593-01385-9, Nov ’87, £10.95, 357pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1987) western with sf elements. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Haunted Mesa (Bantam 0-553-27022-2, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $4.50, 362pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1987) western with fantasy elements — a gate to other worlds.
* _The Haunted Mesa (Bantam UK 0-553-17563-7, Oct ’88, £3.50, 357pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1987) fantasy novel.
* _The Haunted Mesa (Bantam 0-553-27022-2, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $5.50, 362pp, pb, cover by Clifford Brycelea) Reissue (Bantam 1987) western with fantasy elements; 16th printing.
LAMPITT, DINAH (1937- )

* _As Shadows Haunting (Coronet 0-340-60402-6, Jun ’94, £4.99, 515pp, pb, cover by Nigel Chamberlain) Reprint (NEL 1993) fantasy novel: women in Georgian and contemporary times become observers of each other’s parallel lives.
* *To Sleep No More (Michael Joseph 0-7181-2619-X, 1987, £10.95, 521pp, hc) Historical novel involving reincarnation. [Not seen]
* _To Sleep No More (Coronet 0-340-42541-5, Apr ’88, £3.50, 451pp, pb) Reprint (Michael Joseph 1987) historical romance which spans several centuries through the device of reincarnation.
LAMSLEY, TERRY (stories)

* *Conference with the Dead: Tales of Supernatural Terror (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-10-9, Mar ’96 [Jul ’96], £22.50, xii+231pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Dark fantasy collection of 10 stories, six being original. Introduction by Ramsey Campbell. Limited to 500 numbered copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.00. (Contents)
* _Under the Crust: Supernatural Tales of Buxton (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-22-2, Mar ’97, C$36.50, xi+142pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Reprint (Wendigo 1993) collection of six original ghost/horror stories set in Buxton. This edition is limited to 500 copies, and adds a new introduction by the author. A world-wide edition available in the US for $36.50 and in the UK for £21.50. (Contents)
LANCE, KATHRYN (1943- ); see pseudonym Lynn Beach (stories) (assoc.)

* *Pandora’s Children (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20066-9, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $3.50, 279pp, pb) [*Pandora’s Genes] Sf novel, sequel to Pandora’s Genes.
* *Pandora’s Genes (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20004-9, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.95, 279pp, pb) [*Pandora’s Genes] Sf novel; a first novel. Competent post-holocaust novel with an overly romantic ending. (DLN)
LAND, JON (1957- )

* _The Alpha Deception (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-13118-1, Dec ’89 [Feb ’90], $4.50, 357pp, pb) [Blaine McCracken] Reissue (Fawcett 1988) technothriller with sf elements, the third book featuring agent Blaine McCracken. Fifth printing.
* _The Alpha Deception (Grafton 0-586-20858-5, Sep ’90, £3.99, 383pp, pb, cover by Peter Williams) [Blaine McCracken] Reprint (Fawcett 1988) techno-thriller with sf elements.
* *The Eighth Trumpet (Grafton 0-586-21023-7, Apr ’91, £4.99, 444pp, pb, cover by Peter Williams) [Jared Kimberlain] Near-future techno-thriller.
* *The Gamma Option (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-13399-0, Dec ’89 [Feb ’90], $4.95, 340pp, pb) [Blaine McCracken] Technothriller with sf elements, fourth book featuring agent Blaine McCracken.
* _The Lucifer Directive (Zebra 0-8217-3354-0, Oct ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.95, 462pp, pb) Reissue (Zebra 1984) technothriller with sf elements; third printing.
* _The Omega Command (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-12955-1, Dec ’89 [Feb ’90], $3.95, 371pp, pb) [Blaine McCracken] Reissue (Fawcett 1986) technothriller with sf elements, second book featuring agent Blaine McCracken. Fourth printing.
* *The Omicron Legion (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14635-9, Jun ’91 [Jul ’91], $5.95, 339pp, pb) [Blaine McCracken] Technothriller with sf elements featuring secret agent Blaine McCracken. A murderous army of conspirators plans assassination on an epic scale that will allow them to take over the U.S.
LANDEAU, ANKE (c1957- )

* *Spiral Terra (Phoenix Publications 0-9518995-0-3, Jul ’93, £12.95, 286pp, hc) Futuristic novel about satanic abuse.
LANDIS, GEOFFREY A(lan) (1955- ) (stories) (assoc.)

* *Author’s Choice Monthly Issue 26: Myths, Legends, and True History (Pulphouse no ISBN, Dec ’91, $4.95, 111pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Collection of ten stories with commentary by the author. A signed hardcover edition ($25.00) is also available and a deluxe leatherbound edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
LANDIS, MARIE; [i.e., Marie Antoinette Landis Edwards] (1920-1999) (stories)

* _Memorymakers (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.
* _The World of Darkness: Vampire: Blood on the Sun (with Brian Herbert) See entry under Brian Herbert.
LANDON, BROOKS (stories) (assoc.)

* *Science Fiction After 1900: From the Steam Man to the Stars (Simon & Schuster/Twayne 0-8057-0962-2, Mar ’97, $24.95, 251pp, hc) Non-fiction study of SF since 1900, with lists of recommended SF and reference works, and an index.
LANDRY, JUDITH, trans. (stories)

* _Smarra & Trilby (with Charles Nodier) See entry under Charles Nodier.
LANE, ANDY; [i.e., Andrew Lane] (1963- ) (stories)

* *All-Consuming Fire (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20415-8, Jun ’94, £4.99, 305pp, pb, cover by Jeff Cummins) [Doctor Who] Doctor Who novelization. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
* *Doctor Who: Original Sin (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20444-1, Jun ’95, £4.99, 321pp, pb, cover by Tony Masero) [Doctor Who] Novelisation based on the TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
* *Doctor Who: The Empire of Glass (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20457-3, Nov ’95 [Feb ’96], £4.99, 259pp, pb, cover by Paul Campbell) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
* _Lucifer Rising (with Jim Mortimore) See entry under Jim Mortimore.
_____, ed.

* *Decalog 4: Re-Generations: Ten Stories/A Thousand Years/One Family (with Justin Richards) (Virgin 0-426-20505-7, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £4.99, 297pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) Original SF anthology. The story of the Forrester family—first introduced in the Doctor Who “New Adventures” series—from their humble roots to their galaxy-spanning Earth empire a thousand years from now. (Contents)
* *Doctor Who: Decalog 3: Consequences (with Justin Richards) (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20478-6, May ’96 [Jul ’96], £4.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Colin Howard) [Doctor Who] Collection of ten original stories based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a worldwide edition and is available in the US for $5.95. (Contents)
LANE, ANN J(udith) (1931- )

* *To “Herland” and Beyond: The Life and Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Pantheon 0-394-50559-X, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $29.95, 413pp, hc) Non-fiction; reference. Critical biography of a feminist writer of Victorian horror and Utopian fantasy. [Gilman]
* _To “Herland” and Beyond: The Life and Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Penguin/Meridian 0-452-01080-2, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $12.95, 413pp, tp) Reprint (Pantheon 1990) non-fiction, a critical biography of the feminist writer of horror and Utopian fantasy. [Gilman]
* _To “Herland” and Beyond: The Life and Work of Charlotte Perkins Gilman (University Press of Virginia 0-8139-1742-5, May ’97 [Aug ’98], $17.50, 413pp, tp) Reprint (Pantheon 1990) critical biography. This is dated 1997, but not seen until now. Available from University Press of Virginia, Box 3608 University Station, Charlottesville VA 22903-0608 [Gilman]
_____, ed. * _The Charlotte Perkins Gilman Reader: The Yellow Wallpaper and other fiction See entry under Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
LANE, CHRISTOPHER

* *Eden’s Gate (Zondervan 0-310-41161-0, Sep ’94 [Oct ’94], 383pp, tp, cover by Neal McPheeters) Fantasy novel. Archaeologists make a discovery that may prove the Biblical story of Creation — if political and intellectual forces don’t interfere.
LANE, DARYL

* *The Sound of Wonder: Interviews from “The Science Fiction Radio Show" (with David Carson & William Vernon) (Oryx Press 0-89774-175-7, Nov ’85, $18.50, 203pp, pb) Non-fiction biographical. Has transcriptions of interviews with 9 authors and artists: Donaldson, Cherryh, Clement, Harness, Sturgeon, Waldrop, Williamson, Rucker, and Whelan.
* *The Sound of Wonder: Interviews from “The Science Fiction Radio Show,” Vol. 2 (with David Carson & William Vernon) (Oryx Press 0-89774-233-8, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $18.50, 201pp, pb) Non-fiction biographical. Has transcripts of interviews with Anthony, Bryant, Farmer, Wollheim, Hogan, Bradley, Ebert, Wolfe, Dickson, and Martin.
LANE, JEREMY (1893-1963)

* *Yellow Men Sleep (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-58-5, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $15, 243pp, hc) Reprint (Century 1919) Asian fantasy-adventure which first appeared as a pulp magazine serial in 1919, under the title “The Fragrant Web”. Illustrations by Allan McLucky.
LANG, ANDREW, ed. (1844-1912) (stories)

* _The Rainbow Fairy Book (with Michael Hague) See entry under Michael Hague.
LANG, SIMON; pseudonym of Darlene Hartman, (1934- )

* *Hopeship (Ace 0-441-34306-6, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $4.99, 230pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Skipjack] Sf novel of the adventures of an Enterprise-like starship in space and time, fifth book of the “Skipjack” series.
* *Timeslide (Ace 0-441-80928-6, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $4.99, 260pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Skipjack] Sf novel of the adventures of an Enterprise-like starship in space and time, sequel to The Trumpets of Tagan, and the fourth book in the “Skipjack” series. The book is copyrighted by Darlene Hartman.
* *The Trumpets of Tagan (Ace 0-441-82576-1, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $4.99, 258pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Skipjack] Sf novel, first book of a new series, “Voyages of the Skipjack”. The ship gets involved in the kidnapping of an Imperial heir on a conquered world inhabited by catlike aliens. Lang is a pen name for Darlene Hartman.
LANGE, JOHN FREDERICK, Jr. (1931- ); see pseudonym John Norman
LANGFORD, DAVID (Rowland) (1953- ) (stories) (assoc.)

* *The Dragonhiker’s Guide to Battlefield Covenant at Dune’s Edge: Odyssey Two (Drunken Dragon Press 0-947578-01-3, Nov ’88, £9.95, 142pp, hc) Collection of sf and fantasy parodies. Rather over-priced for such a slim volume. Despite the September copyright date, this did not appear until November. Distributed in the U.S. by Dreamhaven Books & Art, 1300 Fourth St. East, Minneapolis MN 55414. (Contents)
* *The Dragonhiker’s Guide to Battlefield Covenant at Dune’s Edge: Odyssey Two (Drunken Dragon Press 0-947578-51-X, Nov ’88, £24.95, 142pp, hc) De-luxe, signed, edition of the above, limited to 100 copies.
* *Earthdoom! (with John Grant) (Grafton 0-586-06739-6, May ’87, £2.95, 303pp, pb) Spoof disaster novel featuring villainous aliens, rabid lemmings and cloned Hitlers, among others.
* _The Interpreters/A Novacon Garland (with James White) See entry under James White.
* *Irrational Numbers (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-63-1, Apr ’94 [May ’94], $5.95, 34pp, ph, cover by Jason C. Eckhardt) Collection of three SF/horror stories, two apparently original, with illustrations by Jason C. Eckhardt. Available from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893. (Contents)
* _The Leaky Establishment (Sphere 0-7221-5378-3, 1985, £2.25, 197pp, pb) Reprint (Muller 1984) associational novel.
* _The Leaky Establishment (Sphere 0-7221-5378-3, Nov ’85, £2.25, 197pp, pb) Reprint (Muller 1984) humorous novel; non-sf, associational. Life in a scientific establishment.

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