The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

LANSDALE, JOE R(ichard Harold) (stories) (continued)

• * _The Two-Bear Mambo (Gollancz/Indigo 0-575-40037-4, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], £5.99, 273pp, tp) [Hap Collins; Leonard Pine] Reprint (Mysterious Press 1995) associational thriller.
• * *Weird Business (with Richard Klaw) (Mojo Press 1-885418-02-7, Feb ’95 [May ’95], $29.95, 414pp, hc, cover by Dave Dorman) Graphic anthology of 23 illustrated tales by writers including Ambrose Bierce, Robert Bloch, Norman Partridge, Edgar Allan Poe, Howard Waldrop, and many more. Available from Mojo Press, PO Box 140005, Austin TX 78754; add $2.05 postage. (Contents)
• * *Writer of the Purple Rage (CD Publications 1-881475-08-5, Sep ’94, $25.00, 314pp, hc, cover by Mark A. Nelson) Collection of 15 stories with an introduction by the author. A signed numbered slipcased limited edition (-09-3) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
• * _Writer of the Purple Rage (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0389-X, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.95, 304pp, pb) Reprint (CD Publications 1994) collection.

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• * *Dark at Heart (with Karen Lansdale) (Dark Harvest 0-913165-64-6, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $21.95, 307pp, hc, cover by Peter Scanlan) Associational original anthology of 20 crime and suspense stories, many by fantasy/horror writers. Order from Dark Harvest, Box 941, Arlington Heights IL 60006. (Contents)
• * *The New Frontier (Doubleday 0-385-24569-6, May ’89, $12.95, 180pp, hc) Associational; original western anthology of 18 stories and a poem with an introduction by Lansdale and an afterword to a “lost” Max Brand story by William F. Nolan. At least four of the stories are fantasy. (Contents)
• * *Razored Saddles (with Patrick LoBrutto) (Dark Harvest 0-913165-49-2, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $19.95, 268pp, hc) Original anthology of 17 western horror and fantasy stories, illustrated by Rick Araluce. A slipcased deluxe limited edition of 600 copies signed by the editors and contributors ($59.00) is also available. (Contents)
• * _Razored Saddles (with Patrick LoBrutto) (Avon 0-380-71168-0, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $3.95, 285pp, pb, cover by Lee MacLeod) Reprint (Dark Harvest 1989) original anthology of 17 Western horror and fantasy stories.

LANSDALE, KAREN, ed. (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Dark at Heart (with Joe R. Lansdale) See entry under Joe R. Lansdale

LANSKY, BRUCE, ed. (stories)

• * *Girls to the Rescue: Tales of Clever, Courageous Girls from Around the World (Meadowbrook Press 0-88166-215-1, Oct ’95, $3.95, 105pp, tp) Young-adult anthology of ten fairy and folk tales, eight original, that feature strong female characters. Authors include Vivian Vande Velde, Bruce Lansky, and Linda Cave. Distributed by Simon & Schuster, with a second ordering ISBN, 0-671-89979-1. Meadowbrook Press, 18318 Minnetonka Blvd, Deephaven MN 55391; 612-473-5400; 800-338-2232. (Contents)
• * *Newfangled Fairy Tales Book #1 (Meadowbrook Press 0-88166-299-2, Apr ’98 [May ’98], $3.95, 110pp, tp, cover by Joy Allen) Young-adult original anthology of ten twisted fairy tales. This is copyrighted 1997, but not seen until now. Order from Meadowbrook Press, 5451 Smetana Dr, Minnetonka MN 55343; credit card orders 800-338-2232; add $2.00 postage. (Contents)
• * *Newfangled Fairy Tales, Book #2 (Meadowbrook Press 0-88166-317-4, Oct ’98, $3.95, 112pp, tp, cover by Joy Allen) Young-adult original anthology of ten humorously twisted fairy tales. Authors include Jason Sanford, Bruce Lansky, and Timothy Tocher. Order from Meadowbrook Press, 5451 Smetana Dr, Minnetonka MN 55343; credit card orders 800-338-2232; add $2.00 postage. (Contents)

LANTZ, FRAN(cess Lin) (1952-2004)

• * *Eileen Goudge’s Swept Away #2: Woodstock Magic (Avon Flare 0-380-75129-1, Sep ’86 [Feb ’87], $2.50, 166pp, pb) Young-adult sf/romance novel in a series about time-traveling teens — time travel to Woodstock! Issued in 1986; not seen until now.
• * *Eileen Goudge’s Swept Away #8: All Shook Up (Avon Flare 0-380-75136-4, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $2.50, pb) Teenage timetravel romance, set in 1950 with the birth of rock’n’roll.

LAPINE, JAMES

• * _Into the Woods (with Hudson Talbott & Stephen Sondheim) See entry under Stephen Sondheim.

LAPINE, WARREN, ed. (stories)

• * *Absolute Magnitude (with Stephen Pagel) (Tor 0-312-86335-7, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $23.95, 317pp, hc, cover by Kevin Murphy) Anthology of 16 stories from the semi-professional SF adventure magazine. Introduction by Warren Lapine. Authors include Terry Bisson, Hal Clement, Geoffrey A. Landis, and Janet Kagan. (Contents)
• * _Absolute Magnitude (with Stephen Pagel) (Tor 0-312-86449-3, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $16.95, 317pp, tp, cover by Kevin Murphy) Reprint (Tor 1997) anthology of 16 stories from the semi-professional SF adventure magazine.

LAPKA, FAY S.

• * _Dark Is a Colour (Gold Books 0-340-54118-0, Feb ’91, £2.50, 262pp, pb) Reprint (Harold Shaw 1990) young-adult sf novel. [First U.K. edition]

LA PLANTE, RICHARD (1948- )

• * *Mind Kill (Little Brown UK 0-316-87870-7, Sep ’97, £16.99, 347pp, hc) [Josef Tanaka] Dark fantasy thriller. Fourth in the “Josef Tanaka” series. An imprisoned killer uses his telepathic power to torment and kill his captors.
• * +Mind Kill (Tor/Forge 0-312-86055-2, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $23.95, 318pp, hc, cover by Robert Santora) [Josef Tanaka] Horror novel about a man with the ability to turn others’ dreams into deadly nightmares. First American edition (Little, Brown UK 1997).
• * *Tegné - The Killing Blow (Orbit 0-7474-0093-8, Jun ’90, £4.99, 304pp, tp, cover by Melvyn Grant) [Tegne] Fantasy novel. Sequel to Tegné, Warlord of Zendow.
• * *Tegne: Soul Warrior (Tor 0-312-85977-5, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $23.95, 347pp, hc, cover by Eric Peterson) [Tegne] Fantasy martial-arts adventure novel. First US edition (Sphere 1988 as Tegne: Warlord of Zendow).
• * _Tegne: Soul Warrior (Tor 0-812-55270-9, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $6.99, 371pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) [Tegne] Reprint (Sphere 1988 as Tegne: Warlord of Zendow) martial arts novel. An international mass market edition with the same data appeared in April.
• * *Tegne: Warlord of Zendow (Sphere 0-7474-0092-X, Dec ’88, £4.99, 354pp, tp) [Tegne] Fantasy novel.
• * _Tegne: Warlord of Zendow (Sphere 0-7474-0375-9, Jun ’89, £3.50, 354pp, pb, cover by Melvyn) [Tegne] Reprint (Sphere 1988) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Tegne” trilogy.

LARA, JAN; pseudonym of Michael T. Hinkemeyer, (1940- )

• * *Limbo (Popular Library 0-445-20826-0, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.95, 250pp, pb) Supernatural horror novel about an unbaptized soul of a dead baby haunting its mother.
• * *Soulcatchers (Popular Library 0-445-20918-6, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $4.95, 235pp, pb, cover by Richard Newton) Horror novel of an evil creature draining the souls out of kidnapped children.

LARGENT, R(obin) KARL; see pseudonym Simon Lawrence

• * *Ancients (Leisure 0-8439-2904-9, Feb ’90 [Apr ’90], $4.50, 388pp, pb) Horror novel. Age-old evil stalks the Arctic.
• * *Black Death (Leisure 0-8439-2591-4, Mar ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.95, 368pp, pb) Horror novel. A plague wipes out Half Moon Bay.
• * _Black Death (Leisure 0-8439-3797-1, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $4.99, 368pp, pb) Reissue (Leisure 1988) horror novel about the resurfacing of an ancient flesh-eating bacteria, with new packaging to tie in to recent scares.
• * *The Lake (Leisure 0-8439-3455-7, Jun ’93 [Dec ’93], $4.50, 365pp, pb) Horror novel of a lake monster created by environmental abuse.
• * *Pagoda (Leisure 0-8439-2756-9, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $4.50, 394pp, pb) Horror novel about a teak miniature pagoda that houses a terrible evil.
• * *The Prometheus Project (Leisure 0-8439-2748-8, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.95, 343pp, pb) Horror/sf thriller about a Nazi superweapon dormant on the bottom of the sea.
• * *The Witch of Sixkill (Leisure 0-8439-2984-7, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.50, 367pp, pb) Horror novel of a man who consults a witch for help in getting revenge, but she goes too far...

LARSEN, JEANNE (Louise) (1950- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Bronze Mirror (Holt 0-8050-1110-2, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $19.95, 337pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Craft) Historical fantasy novel set in medieval China.
• * _Bronze Mirror (BOMC no ISBN, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $17.95, 337pp, hc, cover by Kinuko Craft) Reprint (Holt 1991) historical fantasy novel set in medieval China. This volume is identical to the Holt edition except it lacks a price and ISBN and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * _Bronze Mirror (Fawcett Columbine 0-449-90671-X, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $10.00, 337pp, tp, cover by Jim Barkley) Reprint (Holt 1991) historical fantasy novel set in 12th-century China.
• * *Manchu Palaces (Holt 0-8050-1111-0, Oct ’96, $25.00, 342pp, hc) Historical novel of 18th-century Imperial China with mystical/fantasy elements. Young Lotus gets a place in the palace, while her recently deceased mother’s ghost is assigned a task on Earth by the gods.
• * *Silk Road (Henry Holt 0-8050-0958-2, Jul ’89 [May ’89], $19.95, 434pp, hc) Historical fantasy novel set in eighth century China. A first novel.

LARSON, BOB (1944- )

• * *Abaddon (Thomas Nelson 0-8407-7796-5, Dec ’93 [Aug ’94], $10.99, 312pp, tp) [Dead Air] Christian horror novel of possession, sequel to Dead Air. This has a 1993 copyright date but was not seen until now.

LARSON, GLEN A. (1937- )

• * _Battlestar Galactica (with Robert Thurston) (Titan 1-85286-088-X, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], £2.95, 244pp, pb) [Battlestar Galactica] Reprint (Berkley 1978) sf novelization. Volume 1 in the “Battlestar Galactica” series.
• * *Battlestar Galactica # 9: Experiment in Terra (with Ron Goulart) (Berkley 0-425-06418-2, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.50, 151pp, pb) [Battlestar Galactica] Novelization of two episodes from the tv series.
• * *Battlestar Galactica #10: The Long Patrol (with Ron Goulart) (Berkley 0-425-07105-7, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $2.75, 171pp, pb) [Battlestar Galactica] Sf novel based on two episodes of the tv series.
• * *Battlestar Galactica #11: The Nightmare Machine (with Robert Thurston) (Berkley 0-425-08618-6, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $2.95, 216pp, pb) Sf novel based on the tv series.
• * *Battlestar Galactica #12: “Die, Chameleon!" (with Robert Thurston) (Berkley 0-425-09095-7, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 217pp, pb) [Battlestar Galactica] Sf novel based on the tv series.
• * *Battlestar Galactica #13: Apollo’s War (with Robert Thurston) (Berkley 0-425-09476-6, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 198pp, pb) [Battlestar Galactica] Novelization based on episodes of the tv sf series.
• * *Battlestar Galactica #14: Surrender the Galactica! (with Robert Thurston) (Ace 0-441-05104-9, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $2.95, 203pp, pb) Sf novelization based on the long-gone tv series.
• * _The Cylon Death Machine (with Robert Thurston) (Titan 1-85286-089-8, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], £2.95, 250pp, pb) [Battlestar Galactica] Reprint (Berkley 1979) sf novelization. Volume 2 in the “Battlestar Galactica” series.
• * _The Tombs of Kobol (with Robert Thurston) (Titan 1-85286-090-1, Oct ’88, £2.95, 215pp, pb) [Battlestar Galactica] Reprint (Berkley 1979) sf novelization. Volume 3 in the “Battlestar Galactica” series. [First U.K. edition]

LARSON, MAJLISS

• * _Pawns and Symbols (Firecrest 0-85997-926-1, Jul ’87, £7.95, 288pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1985) sf novel. Volume 41 in the Star Trek Novels series. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * *Star Trek: Pawns and Symbols (Pocket 0-671-55425-5, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $3.50, 277pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novel, #26 in the series.
• * _Star Trek: Pawns and Symbols (Pocket 0-671-66497-2, May ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.95, 277pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1985) sf novelization. 26th in the popular series of original novelizations.
• * _Star Trek: Pawns and Symbols (Titan 1-85286-323-4, Sep ’90, £3.99, 277pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1985) sf novelization.

LARSON, RANDALL D(ouglas) (1954- ) (stories)

• * *The Complete Robert Bloch: An Illustrated, Comprehensive Bibliography (Fandom Unlimited 0-9607178-1-1, Jul ’86 [Aug ’87], $10.00, 126pp, tp) Non-fiction, bibliography. The copyright is 1986, but we were not sent a copy until 1987. [Bloch]
• * *Film Into Books: An Analytical Bibliography of Film Novelizations, Movie and TV Tie-Ins (Scarecrow Press 0-8108-2928-2, Apr ’95 [Jun ’95], $69.50, 608pp, hc) Non-fiction critical examination and bibliography of that widely despised (and “highly misunderstood”) sub-genre, novelizations. Includes interviews with more than 50 authors who share their perspectives of the hows and whys of tie-ins. Authors mentioned include Isaac Asimov, Piers Anthony, John Jakes, Ramsey Campbell, Robert Bloch, and Chelsea Quinn Yarbro. Order from University Press of America, 4720 Boston Way, Lanham MD 20706; credit card orders: 800-462-6420.
• * *Robert Bloch (Starmont House 0-930261-58-5, Dec ’86 [Jan ’87], $8.95, 148pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study, “Starmont Reader’s Guide 37”, including primary and secondary bibliographies. [Bloch]
• * *The Robert Bloch Companion: Collected Interviews 1969-1989 (Starmont House 1-55742-146-3, 1989 [Aug ’90], $11.95, 157pp, tp, cover by Allen Koszowski) Non-fiction; reference. A book-length interview with Bloch pieced together from 34 interviews that appeared during the 20-year period. A hardcover edition (-147-1, $21.95) was announced but not seen. [Bloch]

LASENBY, JACK

• * _The Conjuror (Oxford University Press 0-19-558259-4, Sep ’93, £8.95, 238pp, hc) Reprint (OUP New Zealand 1992) young-adult sf novel set in post-holocaust New Zealand. [First U.K. edition]

LASH, BATTON (stories)

• * *Wolff & Byrd: Counselors of the Macabre (Adrion Books 0-933773-12-9, Feb ’88, $7.00, unpaginated, tp) Graphic novel, humorous horror featuring a team of lawyers who only have supernatural clients. Collected from the National Law Journal.

LASKI, MARGHANITA (1915-1988) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Victorian Chaise Longue (Academy Chicago 0-89733-097-8, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $3.95, 119pp, pb) Reprint (Cresset 1953) novel of time travel and horror.

LASKY, KATHRYN; [i.e., Kathryn Lasky Knight] (1944- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Home Free (Four Winds Press 0-02-751650-4, Jan ’86 [Feb ’86], $13.95, 245pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of naturalists vs developers, and children with strange powers.
• * _Home Free (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20038-5, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $2.95, 245pp, pb) Reprint (Four Winds 1985) young-adult novel of naturalists vs. developers, and children with strange powers.
• * *Memoirs of a Bookbat (Harcourt Brace 0-15-215727-1, May ’94, $10.95, 215pp, hc, cover by Michael Steirnagle) Associational young-adult novel about a young girl, daughter of itinerant fundamentalists, who is rescued from a terrible family situation by an SF writer.
• * *Shadows in the Water (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-273533-X, Oct ’92 [Nov ’92], $6.95, 211pp, tp, cover by Ed Gazsi) [Starbuck Twins] Young-adult fantasy novel, second book of the “Starbuck Twins” series. The twins use their telepathic powers to enlist a school of dolphins to help stop toxic waste dumpers in the Florida Keys.
• * *A Voice in the Wind (Harcourt Brace 0-15-294102-9, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $10.95, 256pp, hc, cover by Ed Gazsi) [Starbuck Twins] Young-adult fantasy/mystery novel, the third featuring the telepathic Starbuck twins, who release the earthbound spirit of an ancient Native American. A trade paperback edition (-294103-7, $3.95) is also available.

LASSWITZ, KURD, [ref.] (1848-1910) (stories)

• * _The Empire Strikes Out: Kurd Lasswitz, Hans Dominik, and the Development of German Science Fiction See entry under William B. Fischer.

LATHAM, ROBERT (Arch), ed. (1959- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Modes of the Fantastic: Selected Essays from the Twelfth International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts (with Robert A. Collins) (Greenwood Press 0-313-29085-7, Oct ’95, $69.50, 234pp, hc) Collection of 25 essays with a focus on fantasy and politics. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800.
• * _Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1990 (with Robert A. Collins) See entry under Robert A. Collins
• * _Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review Annual 1991 (with Robert A. Collins) See entry under Robert A. Collins
• * _Science Fiction and Fantasy Book Review Annual 1989 (with Robert A. Collins) See entry under Robert A. Collins

LA TOURETTE, AILEEN (1946- )

• * *Cry Wolf (Virago 0-86068-584-5, May ’86, £9.95, 193pp, hc) Post-holocaust sf novel.
• * *Cry Wolf (Virago 0-86068-589-6, May ’86, £3.95, 193pp, tp) Paperback edition of the above.

LAUGHLIN, FLORENCE (stories)

• * _The Little Leftover Witch (Macmillan Aladdin 0-689-71273-1, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $3.50, 91pp, tp) Reprint (? 1960) children’s fantasy novella about a witch stranded with a mortal family when her broomstick crash-lands. Illustrations by Sheila Greenwald.

LAUMER, (John) KEITH (1925-1993) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Alien Minds (Baen 0-671-72055-4, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $4.50, 326pp, pb, cover by Doug Anderson) Collection of ten stories including two originals about alien races. (Contents)
• * *Back to the Time Trap (Baen 0-671-72127-5, Jul ’92 [Jun ’92], $5.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Dean Morrissey) [Time Trap] Humorous time-travel sf novel, sequel to Time Trap (Putnam 1970). Far-future superhumans are warring with alien conquerors for control of the time stream.
• * _Beyond the Imperium (Tor 0-812-54381-5, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 318pp, pb) [Imperium] Reissue (Tor 1981) omnibus volume of The Other Side of Time (Berkley 1965) and Assignment in Nowhere (Berkley 1968). 2nd Tor printing.
• * _Bolo (Berkley 0-425-07559-1, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $2.75, 216pp, pb) [Bolo] Reissue (Putnam 1976) collection of 6 stories about war machines. Fifth Berkley printing.
• * _Bolo (Ace 0-441-06997-5, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.95, 216pp, pb) [Bolo] Reprint (Berkley/Putnam 1976) collection of stories about fighting machines.
• * _The Breaking Earth (Tor 0-812-54387-4, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 287pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1981) collection. Reprint of Catastrophe Planet (Berkley 1966), with some short stories, plus afterwords by G. Harry Stine and Frederik Pohl.