The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

LAUMER, (John) KEITH (stories) (continued)

• * *Chrestomathy (Baen 0-671-55920-6, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $2.95, 254pp, pb) Collection of novel excerpts and a few stories with new forewords by the author. (Contents)
• * *The Compleat Bolo (Baen 0-671-69879-6, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $3.95, 314pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Bolo] Omnibus of the collections Bolo (Putnam 1976) and Rogue Bolo (Baen 1986). (Contents)
• * _Dinosaur Beach (Baen 0-671-65581-7, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.95, 204pp, pb) Reprint (Scribners 1971) sf novel of time travel and suspense.
• * _Earthblood (with Rosel George Brown) (Bluejay 0-312-94125-0, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $7.95, 318pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1966) sf adventure novel. New illustrations by Alan Gutierrez.
• * _Earthblood (with Rosel George Brown) (Baen 0-671-65348-2, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1966) sf novel.
• * *End As a Hero (Ace 0-441-20656-5, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $2.95, 150pp, pb) Sf novel.
• * _Galactic Odyssey (Tor 0-812-54385-8, Jan ’87 [Dec ’86], $2.95, 252pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1967) sf novel; 2nd printing.
• * *The Galaxy Builder (Ace 0-441-27280-0, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.75, 236pp, pb) [*Lafayette O’Leary] Sf novel, a Lafayette O’Leary alternate-reality adventure.
• * _The Great Time Machine Hoax (Ace 0-441-30268-8, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $2.75, 210pp, pb) Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1964) sf novel, 2nd Ace printing.
• * *Judson’s Eden (Baen 0-671-72038-4, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.95, 379pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) Sf novel of a crash survivor who finds himself on a very strange planet.
• * _Knight of Delusions (Tor 0-812-54362-9, Jul ’88 [Jun ’88], $3.95, 287pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1982) sf collection, with the novel Night of Delusions (Berkley 1972) plus 2 stories; second printing.
• * _The Long Twilight (Ace 0-441-48928-1, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $2.95, 222pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1969) sf novel.
• * _The Monitors (Tor 0-812-54369-6, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.95, 251pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1966) sf novel.
• * *Once There Was a Giant (Tor 0-812-54371-8, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.50, 223pp, pb) Collection of two novellas (including the title one) plus a Laumer appreciation by Sandra Miesel. Tor continues to be a bibliographer’s nightmare. This book is not related to the 8-story 1971 Doubleday collection with the same name. The second story seems to be an original. (Contents)
• * _The Other Sky/the House in November (Tor 0-812-54377-7, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $2.95, 249pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1981) omnibus “Tor Double” with back-to-back sf novels.
• * _A Plague of Demons (Baen 0-671-55982-6, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $2.75, 218pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1965) sf novel.
• * *Retief and the Pangalactic Pageant of Pulchritude (Baen 0-671-65556-6, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 278pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Collection of an original novelette which gives the book its new title plus the novel Retief’s Ransom (Putnam 1971). (Contents)
• * *Retief and the Rascals (Baen 0-671-72168-2, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $4.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Jame Retief] Sf novel in the long-running “Retief” series.
• * _Retief and the Warlords (Baen 0-671-65575-2, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 266pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Reprint (Doubleday 1968) novel in the “Retief” series.
• * _Retief at Large (Ace 0-441-71507-9, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $3.50, 440pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Reissue (Ace 1978) collection, 6th Ace printing. The stories are culled from earlier Retief collections.
• * *Retief in the Ruins (Baen 0-671-65599-X, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $2.95, 247pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Collection of three stories: two originals (the title story and “The Woomy”) plus “There is a Tide”. “Retief” #5. (Contents)
• * _Retief of the CDT (Baen 0-671-55990-7, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.95, 220pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Reprint (Doubleday 1971) collection of stories featuring Retief.
• * _Retief to the Rescue (Timescape 0-671-81866-X, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.95, 237pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Reprint (S&S Timescape 1983) sf novel.
• * _Retief to the Rescue (Baen 0-671-65376-8, Jan ’88 [Dec ’87], $2.95, 250pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Reprint (Simon & Schuster/Timescape 1983) sf novel in an endless humorous series.
• * _Retief Unbound (Ace 0-441-71254-1, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $2.95, 343pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Reissue (Ace 1979) of an omnibus volume which collects 5 of the 6 stories from Envoy to New Worlds (Ace 1963) plus the novel Retief’s Ransom (Putnam 1971).
• * _Retief: Diplomat at Arms (Baen 0-671-65358-X, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $2.95, 214pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Reprint (Timescape 1982) collection of sf stories featuring Retief.
• * _Retief: Emissary to the Stars (Baen 0-671-65605-8, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.95, 270pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Reprint (Dell 1975) collection of 7 stories about Retief.
• * *Retief: Envoy to New Worlds (Baen 0-671-65635-X, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $2.95, 245pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Collection of Retief stories which includes the six stories from Envoy to New Worlds (Ace 1963) plus “Rank Injustice” (which first appeared in New Destinies earlier this year). To add to the confusion, five of the six Envoy stories appeared along with a short novel as Retief Unbound (Ace 1979). (Contents)
• * _Retief’s War (Baen 0-671-55976-1, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $2.95, 218pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Reprint (Doubleday 1966) sf novel.
• * *The Return of Retief (Baen 0-671-55903-6, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $2.95, 221pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Sf novel in the “Retief” series.
• * _The Return of Retief (Baen 0-671-55902-8, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $2.95, 221pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Reissue (Baen 1984) sf novel. Second printing.
• * *Reward for Retief (Baen 0-671-69804-4, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $3.95, 340pp, pb) [Jame Retief] Sf novel in the humorous “Retief” series.
• * *Rogue Bolo (Baen 0-671-65545-0, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $2.95, 233pp, pb) [Bolo] Collection of two connected short novels, apparently new, plus a reprint of “A Short History of the Bolo Fighting Machines”. (Contents)
• * _The Shape Changer (Ace 0-441-76088-0, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.50, 230pp, pb) [*Lafayette O’Leary] Reissue (Putnam 1972) sf novel, third in the “Lafayette O’Leary” alternate-worlds series.
• * *The Star Treasure (Baen 0-671-65596-5, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $2.95, 271pp, pb) Collection, including the complete novel The Star Treasure (Putnam 1971), plus 3 short stories. There is no contents page. (Contents)
• * *The Stars Must Wait (Baen 0-671-69859-1, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $3.50, 283pp, pb, cover by Laurence Schwinger) Sf novel. A 21st-century astronaut wakes from suspended animation to a world inhabited by barbarians and sentient senile tanks.
• * _The Time Bender (Ace 0-441-81014-4, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $2.75, 248pp, pb) [*Lafayette O’Leary] Reissue (Berkley 1966) sf novel. The first “Lafayette O’Leary” alternate-world adventure. 5th Ace printing.
• * _Time Trap (Baen 0-671-65340-7, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.95, 156pp, pb) [Time Trap] Reprint (Putnam 1970) sf time travel novel.
• * _A Trace of Memory (Tor 0-812-54373-4, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $2.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1963) sf novel.
• * _A Trace of Memory (Tor 0-812-51689-3, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $3.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Bob Layzell) Reissue (Berkley 1963) sf novel; second printing.
• * _The Ultimax Man (Baen 0-671-65652-X, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $2.95, 249pp, pb) Reprint (Putnam 1978) sf adventure novel.
• * _The World Shuffler (Ace 0-441-91702-X, Apr ’84 [Mar ’84], $2.75, 236pp, pb) [*Lafayette O’Leary] Reissue (Putnam 1970) “Lafayette O’Leary” sf adventure novel; 4th Ace printing.
• * _Worlds of the Imperium (Tor 0-812-54379-3, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $2.95, 288pp, pb) [Imperium] Reissue (Tor 1982) collection of the title novel (Ace 1962) plus two novelettes. Third Tor printing in this form.
• * *Zone Yellow (Baen 0-671-72028-7, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.50, 247pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) [Imperium] Sf adventure novel in the “Imperium” series.

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• * *Dangerous Vegetables (with Martin H. Greenberg & Charles G. Waugh) (Baen 0-671-57781-6, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $5.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Anthology of 22 stories, two original, featuring vegetables. A take-off on the “Dangerous Visions” anthologies. Authors include Ray Bradbury, Michael Bishop, and John D. MacDonald. The cover notes “Created by Keith Laumer”; Greenberg and Waugh are noted only in the copyright. The introduction by Ben Bova is about Laumer, and says the book was Laumer’s idea, but he died without doing it. Copyrighted by Tekno Books and Charles G. Waugh. (Contents)

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• * _Keith Laumer: A Working Bibliography See entry under Phil Stephensen-Payne.

LAUNAY, ANDRÉ (Joseph) (1930- ); see pseudonym Andrew Laurance

• * _The Harlequin’s Son (Pan 0-330-29599-3, Dec ’86, £2.50, 240pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *Seance (Pan 0-330-30273-6, May ’91 [Apr ’91], £4.99, 285pp, pb, cover by George Underwood) Occult thriller.

LAUNIUS, ROGER D.

• * *NASA & the Exploration of Space (with Bertram Ulrich) (Stewart Tabori & Chang 1-55670-696-0, Oct ’98, $60.00, 224pp, hc, cover by Paul Hudson) Associational art book celebrating NASA’s 40-year anniversary, with more than 200 full-color illustrations from NASA’s art collection, focusing on fine art, with artists such as Norman Rockwell, Robert Rauschenberg, and Robert McCall; artists known for SF include Vincent Di Fate.

LAURANCE, ANDREW; pseudonym of André Launay, (1930- )

• * +The Black Hotel (Charter Diamond 1-55773-376-7, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 246pp, pb) Horror novel of a haunted hotel. First American edition (Star 1983).
• * +The Blood of Nostradamus: The Link (Diamond 1-55773-553-0, Aug ’91, $3.95, 206pp, pb) [Blood of Nostradamus] Horror novel, second book of the “Blood of Nostradamus” trilogy. First American edition (Star 1980 as The Link).
• * +The Blood of Nostradamus: The Premonition (Diamond 1-55773-511-5, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $3.95, 199pp, pb) [Blood of Nostradamus] Horror novel, first book of a series about Nostradamus’ descendants. First American edition (Star 1979 as Premonitions of an Inherited Mind).
• * +The Blood of Nostradamus: The Unborn (Diamond 1-55773-598-0, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $4.50, 236pp, pb) [Blood of Nostradamus] Horror novel, third book of a series about Nostradamus’ descendants. First American edition (Star 1980 as The Embryo).
• * +Catacomb (Diamond 1-55773-460-7, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $3.95, 219pp, pb) Horror novel of a man who can see death in the faces of its soon-to-be victims. First American edition (W.H. Allen 1981 as The Hiss).
• * +Ouija (Charter Diamond 1-55773-415-1, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $3.95, 235pp, pb) Horror novel of the evils lurking in wait for anyone who uses the deadly board. First American edition (Star 1982).

LAURIA, FRANK (Jonathan) (1935- )

• * *Blue Limbo (Avon 0-380-76164-5, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $3.95, 346pp, pb, cover by Alan Chang) [Dr. Owen Orient] Occult thriller about an alliance between the military and a voodoo priest. This is the seventh “Dr. Orient” thriller, after a 10-year hiatus.
• * *Dark City (St. Martin’s 0-312-96343-2, Jan ’98 [Feb ’98], $5.99, 246pp, pb) Novelization of the SF mystery movie. Copyrighted by New Line Productions.

LaVALLEY, AL(bert J.), ed. (1935- )

• * *Invasion of the Body Snatchers (Rutgers University Press 0-8135-1461-4, Jan ’90 [Dec ’90], $14.95, 230pp, tp) Associational non-fiction; the script of the classic sf film plus reviews, essays, and commentary. A hardcover edition (-1460-6) was announced but not seen.

LAVERS, NORMAN (Cecil) (1935- )

• * *The Northwest Passage (Fiction Collective 0-914590-86-3, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $12.95, 137pp, hc) A “novel” composed of a far-future edition of a late-20th-century edition of an 18th-century manuscript, each with its own spelling, punctuation, etc., giving glimpses of three very different ages. Also available in tp (-87-1, $6.95).

LAVINE, STACY

• * *Dra— (Sun & Moon Press 1-55713-288-7, May ’97 [Jul ’98], $11.95, 150pp, tp, cover by George Tooker) Dystopian SF novel of a woman in a bleak world that demands loss of individual choice and control. This is dated 1997, but not seen until now.

LAW, RICHARD (1933- )

• * _Suzy McKee Charnas, Joan Vinge, Octavia Butler (with Ruth Salvaggio & Marleen S. Barr) See entry under Marleen S. Barr

LAWHEAD, STEPHEN R. (1950- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Arthur (Crossway Books 0-89107-475-9, Jul ’89, $10.95, 446pp, tp) [Pendragon Cycle] Arthurian fantasy novel, book three of “The Pendragon Cycle”.
• * *Arthur (Lion 0-7459-1311-3, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], £3.99, 504pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Pendragon Cycle] Fantasy novel. Volume 3 in “The Pendragon Cycle”. Simultaneous with US (Crossway) edition.
• * _Arthur (Avon 0-380-70890-6, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $4.95, 446pp, pb, cover by Mike Rosen) [Pendragon Cycle] Reprint (Crossway 1989) Arthurian fantasy novel, third book of the “Pendragon Cycle”.
• * _Arthur (Lion 0-7459-1311-3, Sep ’94, £4.99, 504pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Pendragon Cycle] Reprint (Crossway 1989) fantasy novel. Seventh printing. Book III of “The Pendragon Cycle”.
• * _Arthur (AvoNova 0-380-70890-6, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $5.99, 446pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Pendragon Cycle] Reissue (Crossway 1989) Arthurian fantasy novel. Book three of “The Pendragon Cycle”. Eighth printing.
• * _Arthur (HarperPrism/Zondervan 0-310-20507-7, Apr ’96 [May ’96], $13.00, 494pp, tp, cover by Tim Hildebrandt & Greg Hildebrandt) [Pendragon Cycle] Reprint (Crossway 1989) Arthurian fantasy novel. Book three of “The Pendragon Cycle”.
• * _Arthur (AvoNova 0-380-70890-6, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $6.99, 446pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) [Pendragon Cycle] Reissue (Crossway 1989) Arthurian fantasy novel. Book three of “The Pendragon Cycle”. Eleventh printing.
• * *Byzantium (HarperPrism/Zondervan 0-06-109296-7, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $24.00, 646pp, hc, cover by Richard Hasselberger) Historical novel with fantasy elements. An Irish monk travels to fabled Byzantium, despite a vision that tells him he will die there.
• * *Byzantium (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-224636-8, Sep ’96, £16.99, 645pp, hc, cover by Mike Posen) Historical novel with fantasy elements. Simultaneous with the US (HarperPrism) edition.
• * _Byzantium (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648251-1, Jun ’97, £6.99, 646pp, pb, cover by Mick Posen) Reprint (Voyager 1996) historical novel with fantasy elements.
• * _Byzantium (HarperPrism 0-06-105754-1, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $6.99, 870pp, pb, cover by Robert Hunt) Reprint (HarperCollins/Zondervan) historical novel with fantasy elements. An Irish monk travels to fabled Byzantium. A Zondervan edition (0-310-05754-1, $6.99) has a July release date.
• * _Dream Thief (Crossway Books 0-89107-266-7, 1985 [Sep ’85], $7.95, 410pp, pb) Reissue (Crossway 1983) Christian-oriented sf novel.
• * _Dream Thief (Lion 0-85648-838-0, Jan ’89, £3.50, 410pp, pb) Reissue (Crossway 1983) sf novel.
• * _Dream Thief (HarperPrism/Zondervan 0-310-20552-2, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $11.00, 480pp, tp) Reprint (Crossway 1983) Christian SF novel set on Mars.
• * _Emphyrion I: The Search for Fierra (Lion 0-7459-1110-2, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.95, 436pp, pb) [Empyrion] Reprint (Crossway 1985) sf novel.
• * *Emphyrion II: The Siege of Dome (Crossway Books 0-89107-381-7, Apr ’86 [Dec ’86], $8.95, 458pp, pb) [Empyrion] Christian-oriented sf novel, conclusion of a two-part book.
• * *Emphyrion: The Search for Fierra (Crossway Books 0-89107-358-2, 1985 [Sep ’85], $7.95, 436pp, pb) [Empyrion] Christian-oriented sf novel.
• * *Empyrion (Lion 0-7459-1872-7, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], £4.99, 900pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) [Empyrion] Sf omnibus of The Search for Fierra (1985) and The Siege of Dome (1986). (Contents)
• * _Empyrion I: The Search for Fiera (HarperPrism/Zondervan 0-310-20509-3, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $13.00, 465pp, tp, cover by Michael Carroll) [Empyrion] Reprint (Crossway 1985) Christian-oriented SF novel, book one of the “Empyrion Saga”.
• * _Empyrion II: The Seige of Dome (HarperPrism/Zondervan 0-310-20508-5, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $13.00, 467pp, tp, cover by Michael Carroll) [Empyrion] Reprint (Crossway 1986) Christian-oriented SF novel. Second, and final, book in the series.
• * *The Endless Knot (Lion 0-7459-2231-7, May ’93, £14.99, 415pp, hc, cover by Rodney Matthews) [Song of Albion] Fantasy novel. Book Three of “Song of Albion”.
• * *The Endless Knot (Lion Publishing 0-7459-2231-7, May ’93 [Jun ’93], $19.95, 415pp, hc, cover by Rodney Matthews) [Song of Albion] Celtic fantasy novel, third book of the “Song of Albion” series. Simultaneous with the British release.
• * _The Endless Knot (SFBC #01403, Aug ’93, $9.98, 415pp, hc, cover by Rodney Matthews) [Song of Albion] Reprint (Lion 1993) Celtic fantasy novel, third book of the “Song of Albion” series. Similar to the Lion edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Endless Knot (Lion 0-7459-2240-6, Mar ’94, £7.99, 415pp, tp, cover by Rodney Matthews) [Song of Albion] Reprint (Lion 1993) fantasy novel. Book Three of “Song of Albion”.
• * _The Endless Knot (AvoNova 0-380-71648-8, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.99, 415pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) [Song of Albion] Reprint (Lion 1993) Celtic fantasy novel, third book of “The Song of Albion” trilogy.
• * _The Endless Knot (HarperCollins/Zondervan 0-310-21901-9, Mar ’98, $12.99, 415pp, tp, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) [Song of Albion] Reprint (Lion 1993) fantasy novel, book three in the “Song of Albion” trilogy.
• * *Grail (Avon 0-380-97526-2, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $24.00, 452pp, hc, cover by Eric Peterson) [Pendragon Cycle] Fantasy novel, Book Five of the “Pendragon Cycle”.
• * _Grail (Lion 0-7459-3882-5, Sep ’97, £16.99, viii+374pp, hc, cover by Eric Peterson) [Pendragon Cycle] Reprint (Avon 1997) Arthurian fantasy novel. Book V of the “Pendragon Cycle”. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Grail (Avon Eos 0-380-78104-2, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $6.99, 385pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) [Pendragon Cycle] Reprint (Avon 1997) Arthurian fantasy novel, Book Five of the “Pendragon Cycle”.
• * *Howard Had a Spaceship (Lion 0-7459-1101-3, Aug ’86, £2.95, 32pp, hc) Juvenile sf story with space art/photos.
• * _In the Hall of the Dragon King (Crossway Books 0-89107-257-8, 1985 [Sep ’85], $7.95, 351pp, pb) [Dragon King] Reissue (Crossway 1982) fantasy novel, first in a trilogy. 4th printing.