The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- 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 OLeary] Sf novel, a Lafayette OLeary 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.
- * *Judsons 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 bibliographers 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 Retiefs 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 Retiefs 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)
- * _Retiefs 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 OLeary] Reissue (Putnam 1972) sf novel, third in the Lafayette OLeary 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 OLeary] Reissue (Berkley 1966) sf novel. The first Lafayette OLeary 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 OLeary] Reissue (Putnam 1970) Lafayette OLeary 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 Laumers idea, but he died without doing it. Copyrighted by Tekno Books and Charles G. Waugh. (Contents)
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- LAUNAY, ANDRÉ (Joseph) (1930- ); see pseudonym Andrew Laurance
- * _The Harlequins 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 NASAs 40-year anniversary, with more than 200 full-color illustrations from NASAs 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. Martins 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- )
- 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.
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