The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

LAWRENCE, LOUISE (stories) (continued)

• * *Journey Through Llandor (Collins 0-00-185610-3, Jul ’95, £8.99, 272pp, hc) [Llandor] Young-adult fantasy novel. Three children are transported to a fantasy world, befriended by an elf girl and others, and menaced by the evil Grimthane. First of a trilogy, to be followed by The Road to Irriyan and The Parting of the Ways.
• * _Journey Through Llandor (Collins 0-00-675022-2, Jan ’96 [May ’96], £3.99, 272pp, pb) [Llandor] Reprint (Collins 1995) young-adult fantasy novel. First in a trilogy.
• * +Keeper of the Universe (Clarion Books 0-395-64340-6, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $13.95, 228pp, hc, cover by Chris K. Soentpiet) Young-adult sf novel of a boy kidnapped from Earth and used as a pawn in a galactic power struggle. First American edition (Bodley Head 1992 as Ben-Harran’s Castle).
• * *Moonwind (Harper & Row 0-06-023733-3, Oct ’86, $12.50, 180pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of a pair of teenagers plus an astral being stranded on the moon.
• * _Moonwind (Harper & Row/Starwanderer 0-694-05617-0, Sep ’87, $2.95, 180pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1986) young-adult sf novel where an Earth boy falls in love with an astral spirit.
• * _Moonwind (Lions 0-00-672750-6, Nov ’87, £1.95, 154pp, pb) Reprint (Bodley Head 1986) juvenile sf novel.
• * _Moonwind (Lions 0-00-672750-6, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], £1.95, 154pp, pb) Reissue (Bodley Head 1986) young-adult ghost novel.
• * +The Patchwork People (Clarion Books 0-395-67892-7, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $14.95, 230pp, hc, cover by Paul Hunt) Young-adult dystopian SF novel set in a future Wales. First American edition (Bodley Head 1994 as The Disinherited).
• * _The Power of Stars (Collins 0-00-184685-X, Aug ’89, £6.95, 159pp, hc, cover by Geoff Cummings) Reissue (Collins 1972) young-adult occult novel.
• * _The Power of Stars (Lions Tracks 0-00-673581-9, Aug ’90 [Sep ’90], £2.75, 159pp, pb) Reissue (Collins 1972) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *The Road to Irriyan (Collins 0-00-185623-5, Jan ’96 [Feb ’96], £8.99, 286pp, hc) [Llandor] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Llandor trilogy after Journey Through Llandor.
• * _The Road to Irryan (Collins 0-00-675118-0, Jul ’96 [Mar ’97], £3.99, 286pp, pb) [Llandor] Reprint (Collins 1996) young-adult fantasy novel. Second in the trilogy, after Journey Through Llandor. Issued in 1996 but not seen until now.
• * _The Shadow of Mordican (Collins 0-00-675168-7, May ’97, £3.99, 288pp, pb) [Llandor] Reprint (Collins 1996) young-adult fantasy novel. Third in the trilogy, afer Journey Through Llandor and The Road to Irryan.
• * _Star Lord (The Bodley Head 0-370-31153-1, Oct ’87 [Dec ’87], £4.50, 154pp, tp) Reprint (Harper & Row 1978) juvenile sf novel. This edition is ‘substantially revised’.
• * _Star Lord (Harper Starwanderer 0-694-05620-0, Mar ’88, $2.75, 170pp, pb) Reprint (Harper & Row 1978) young-adult sf novel.
• * *The Warriors of Taan (The Bodley Head 0-370-30715-1, Sep ’86, £4.50, 196pp, tp) Young-adult sf novel.
• * +The Warriors of Taan (Harper & Row 0-06-023736-8, Mar ’88, $12.95, 249pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel. Earth invaders are destroying the delicate Taan civilization and have to be driven off, with the aid of ancient wisdom. First U.S. edition (Bodley Head 1986).
• * _Warriors of Taan (Lions 0-00-672853-7, Aug ’88, £2.25, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Bodley Head 1986) young-adult fantasy novel.

LAWRENCE, MARTHA C. (1956- )

• * *The Cold Heart of Capricorn (St. Martin’s 0-312-14569-1, Jan ’97 [Feb ’97], $21.95, 225pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Elizabeth Chase] Mystery novel, second in the “Elizabeth Chase” series about a detective/parapsychologist with psychic abilities.
• * _The Cold Heart of Capricorn (St. Martin’s 0-312-96294-0, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $5.99, 225pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) [Elizabeth Chase] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1997) mystery novel, second in the “Elizabeth Chase” psychic detective series.
• * *Murder in Scorpio (St. Martin’s 0-312-13567-X, Nov ’95 [Dec ’95], $21.95, 227pp, hc, cover by Tristan A. Elwell) [Elizabeth Chase] Mystery novel about a detective/parapsychologist with psychic abilities. A first novel.
• * _Murder in Scorpio (NEL 0-340-66571-8, Oct ’96, £5.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Jean Louis Batt) [Elizabeth Chase] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1995) mystery featuring a psychic detective.
• * _Murder in Scorpio (St. Martin’s 0-312-95984-2, Nov ’96 [Dec ’96], $5.50, 227pp, pb) [Elizabeth Chase] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1995) psychic-detective mystery.

LAWRENCE, SIMON; pseudonym of R. Karl Largent

• * *The Pond (Leisure 0-8439-3031-4, Dec ’90 [Feb ’92], $4.50, 389pp, pb) Horror novel of monstrous evil and corruption surrounding a seemingly innocent pond in a small Alabama town. This is a 1990 book not seen until now. Lawrence is a pen name for R. Karl Largent.

LAWRENCE, TERRY; [i.e., Mary Terese Lawrence]

• * *Ever Since Adam (Bantam Loveswept 0-553-44187-6, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $2.79, 180pp, pb) Sf romance. A female psychologist is sent to monitor a handsome astronaut alone in an orbital space station.

LAWRIE, ROBIN

• * _The Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe (with C. S. Lewis) (Lions 0-00-193977-7, Nov ’94, £4.99, 64pp, pb, cover by Robin Lawrie) [Narnia] Reprint (Lions 1993) picture book version of the novel (Bles, 1950): the text is abridged and the work illustrated by Robin Lawrie.

LAWS, JAY B. (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Steam (Alyson 1-55583-184-2, May ’91 [Jun ’91], $9.95, 398pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Gay horror novel of evil festering in an abandoned bathhouse in San Francisco’s South-of-Market area. One of the best Stephen King-style novels. A first novel. Recommended (SW).
• * *The Unfinished (Alyson 1-55583-217-2, May ’93, $9.95, 283pp, tp, cover by George Barr) Gay ghost/horror fix-up novel consisting of three stories plus a framing tale about a haunted house in San Francisco’s Castro district. Published posthumously. Order from Alyson Publications, 40 Plympton St., Boston MA 02118.

LAWS, STEPHEN (1952- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Chasm (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66611-0, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], £16.99, 546pp, hc, cover by Jon Blake) Dark fantasy novel. Desperate survivors trapped in a ruined town on the edge of a bottomless abyss confront an ancient evil from the depths.
• * _Chasm (NEL 0-340-66612-9, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], £6.99, 546pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1998) dark fantasy novel.
• * *Daemonic (Hodder & Stoughton 0-450-60692-9, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], £15.99, 488pp, hc, cover by Jon Blake) Horror novel. A group of people are invited to visit a rich recluse, and be paid for doing so. But the real cost will be exacted by the diabolic deal the recluse has made..
• * _Daemonic (NEL 0-340-66673-0, May ’96 [Apr ’96], £5.99, 488pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) dark fantasy novel of a deal with the devil.
• * *Darkfall (NEL 0-450-55674-3, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], £14.99, 276pp, hc) Horror novel about the occupants of an office building caught in an unholy storm.
• * _Darkfall (NEL 0-450-58173-X, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £4.99, 358pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1992) horror novel about the occupants of an office building caught in an unholy storm.
• * _Darkfall (NEL 0-450-58173-X, Oct ’96, £5.99, 358pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reissue (NEL 1992) dark fantasy novel.
• * *The Frighteners (Souvenir Press 0-285-62944-1, Jun ’90 [Jul ’90], £14.95, 375pp, hc, cover by Robin Davies) Horror novel about a small-time crook who discovers that “putting the frighteners on” can sometimes be taken literally.
• * _The Frighteners (NEL 0-450-55450-3, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], £4.99, 461pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1990) horror novel.
• * _The Frighteners (NEL 0-450-55450-3, Oct ’96, £5.99, 461pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reissue (Souvenir Press 1990) dark fantasy novel.
• * +Ghost Train (Beaufort 0-8253-0315-X, Aug ’85 [Sep ’85], $15.95, 314pp, hc) Reprint (Souvenir 1985), first U.S. edition of a dark fantasy/horror novel; a first novel.
• * _Ghost Train (Tor 0-812-52100-5, Oct ’86 [Sep ’86], $3.95, 314pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir 1985) horror novel.
• * _Ghost Train (Sphere 0-7221-5386-4, Mar ’87, £2.95, 343pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir 1985) horror novel.
• * _Ghost Train (NEL 0-450-59981-7, Feb ’94, £5.99, 375pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1985) horror novel.
• * _Ghost Train (NEL 0-450-59981-7, May ’97, £5.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reissue (Souvenir Press 1985) dark fantasy novel. Third printing.
• * *Gideon (NEL 0-450-56394-4, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £15.99, 342pp, hc) Horror novel about a man with supernatural powers.
• * _Gideon (NEL 0-450-59977-9, Feb ’94, £4.99, 437pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1993) horror novel.
• * *Macabre (Hodder & Stoughton 0-450-60690-2, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], £15.99, 440pp, hc, cover by Mark Taylor) Horror novel, in which the homeless people of an inner city become the instruments of an evil force.
• * _Macabre (NEL 0-450-60691-0, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], £5.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1994) horror novel. The homeless people of an inner city become the instruments of an evil force.
• * *Somewhere South of Midnight (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66609-9, Oct ’96, £16.99, 439pp, hc, cover by Jon Blake) Horror novel.
• * _Somewhere South of Midnight (NEL 0-340-66610-2, May ’97 [Apr ’97], £5.99, 584pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) horror novel.
• * *Spectre (Souvenir Press 0-285-62747-3, May ’86, £8.95, 256pp, hc) Horror/fantasy novel. Someone — or something — is hunting down the Byker Chapter as their images disappear from an old photograph.
• * _Spectre (Tor 0-812-52102-1, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.95, 279pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1986) horror novel.
• * _Spectre (Sphere 0-7221-5365-1, Feb ’88, £3.50, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1986) horror novel.
• * _Spectre (NEL 0-450-59980-9, Feb ’94, £5.99, 296pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1986) horror novel.
• * _Spectre (NEL 0-450-59980-9, May ’97 [Jul ’97], £5.99, 296pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reissue (Souvenir Press 1986) dark fantasy novel. 3rd printing.
• * *The Wyrm (Souvenir Press 0-285-62810-0, Oct ’87, £9.95, 301pp, hc) Horror novel.
• * _The Wyrm (Sphere 0-7474-0268-X, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], £3.50, 301pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1987) horror novel about a grotesque vampire-like creature let loose on the English countryside.
• * _The Wyrm (NEL 0-450-59979-5, Feb ’94, £5.99, 343pp, pb) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1987) horror novel.
• * _The Wyrm (NEL 0-450-59979-5, Oct ’96, £5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Jon Blake) Reissue (Souvenir Press 1987) dark fantasy novel.

LAWSON, JULIE

• * *White Jade Tiger (Beach Holme/Tesseract 0-88878-332-9, Jan ’94 [Mar ’94], $8.95, 164pp, tp, cover by Judy McLaren) Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel about a teenage girl who steps into Victoria’s Chinatown in the 1880s. A hardcover edition (-333-7, $18.95) was announced but not seen. Available from Beach Holme Publishers, 4252 Commerce circle, Victoria BC V8Z 4M2, Canada.

LAWSON, MARK

• * _Idlewild (Picador 0-330-34450-1, Jul ’96 [Aug ’96], £5.99, 308pp, tp) Reprint (Picador 1995) novel set in an alternate present where Monroe and Kennedy survived to the 1990s.
• * *Idlewild, or Everything is Subject To Change (Picador 0-330-34111-1, Jun ’95, £9.99, 308pp, hc, cover by The Senate) Alternate-world novel where Kennedy and Monroe have both survived into the 1990s.

LAYEFSKY, VIRGINIA

• * *Impossible Things (Marshall Cavendish 0-7614-5038-6, Sep ’98 [Oct ’98], $14.95, 207pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel. A boy finds a magical creature in a cave. Order from Marshall Cavendish, 99 White Plains Rd, Tarrytown NY 10591; 800-821-9881.

LAYMON, RICHARD (Carl) (1947-2001); see pseudonym Richard Kelly (stories) (assoc.)

• * *After Midnight (Headline 0-7472-1513-8, Jul ’97, £16.99, 346pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Associational thriller narrated by a bisexual, sado-masochistic rapist-murderess.
• * _After Midnight (Headline 0-7472-5102-9, Jun ’98, £5.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Headline 1997) associational thriller. An Export Only Edition was due 1 April 1998.
• * *Alarms (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-72-4, Feb ’93, $25.00, 214pp, hc, cover by Lainey Koepke) Horror/psychic thriller about a young woman who searches for the truth of her terrible visions. A signed limited edition (-71-6, $60.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088.
• * _Alarums (Headline 0-7472-7900-4, Jun ’93, £8.99, 309pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Ziesing 1993 as Alarms) associational thriller. A hardcover edition (-0697-X, £15.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Alarums (Headline 0-7472-4130-9, Jan ’94, £4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Ziesing 1993 as Alarms) associational thriller.
• * _All Hallow’s Eve (Kinnell 1-870532-26-0, Mar ’92 [1992], £12.95, 202pp, hc) Reprint (NEL 1986) horror novel. [Not seen]
• * _All Hallow’s Eve (NEL 0-450-39531-6, Nov ’92, £4.50, 200pp, pb) Reissue (NEL 1986) horror novel.
• * *Allhallow’s Eve (NEL 0-450-39531-6, Sep ’86, £2.50, 198pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _Allhallow’s Eve (NEL 0-450-39531-6, Sep ’90 [Oct ’90], £3.50, 199pp, pb) Reissue (NEL 1986) horror novel.
• * _Allhallow’s Eve (Headline 0-7472-4783-8, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], £4.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (NEL 1986) horror novel.
• * *The Beast House (NEL 0-450-39353-4, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £2.50, 304pp, pb) [Beast House Chronicles] Horror novel.
• * +The Beast House (Paperjacks 0-7701-0684-6, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.95, 294pp, pb) [Beast House Chronicles] Horror novel. First U.S. edition (NEL 1986).
• * _The Beast House (NEL 0-450-39353-4, Nov ’92, £4.50, 294pp, pb) [Beast House Chronicles] Reissue (NEL 1986) horror novel.
• * _The Beast House (Headline 0-7472-4781-1, Oct ’94 [May ’95], £4.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) [Beast House Chronicles] Reprint (NEL 1986) horror novel. Sequel to The Cellar. Published in 1994, but not seen until now.
• * _The Beast House (CD Publications 1-881475-39-5, Jul ’98, $50.00, 281pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark) [Beast House Chronicles] Reprint (NEL 1986) horror novel, book two of the “Beast House Chronicles” after The Cellar. This is the “writer’s cut,” with a new introduction by Laymon. This is a signed, limited edition of 400. Order from CD Publications, PO Box 943, Abingdon MD 21009.
• * _Beware (NEL 0-450-05803-4, Sep ’90 [Oct ’90], £3.50, 218pp, pb) Reissue (NEL 1985) horror novel.
• * _Beware (Kinnell 1-870532-28-7, Mar ’92 [1992], £12.95, 218pp, hc) Reprint (NEL 1985) horror novel. [Not seen]
• * _Beware (NEL 0-450-05803-4, Nov ’92, £4.50, 218pp, pb) Reissue (NEL 1985) horror novel.
• * _Beware (Headline 0-7472-4780-3, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], £4.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (NEL 1985) horror novel.
• * *Beware! (NEL 0-450-05803-4, 1985, £1.95, 218pp, pb) Horror novel. [Not seen]
• * +Beware! (Paperjacks 0-7701-0703-6, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $3.95, 268pp, pb) Horror novel of an invisible killer. First American edition (NEL 1985).
• * *Bite (Headline 0-7472-1512-X, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £16.99, 314pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Dark fantasy novel. Sam’s teenage love asks his help against her new lover. A vampire.
• * _Bite (Headline 0-7472-5101-0, May ’97, £5.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Headline 1996) dark fantasy novel. An export edition (same details) was available 1 April 1997.
• * _Bite (Headline 0-7472-5101-0, Sep ’97, £5.99, 378pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reissue (Headline 1996) dark fantasy novel. Second printing.
• * *Blood Games (Headline 0-7472-0454-3, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], £15.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Horror novel about a group of nubile young girls in a deserted holiday resort.
• * _Blood Games (Headline 0-7472-3821-9, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], £4.99, 470pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Headline 1992) horror novel.
• * *Body Rides (Headline 0-7472-1511-1, Feb ’96, £16.99, 377pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Dark fantasy novel of a bracelet which enables its possessor to enter the bodies of other people, for ‘body rides’.
• * _Body Rides (Headline 0-7472-5100-2, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], £5.99, 501pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Headline 1996) dark fantasy novel. An export edition (same details) was due on 1st August 1996.
• * _The Cellar (Star 0-352-32388-4, Jun ’89, £2.99, 254pp, pb) [Beast House Chronicles] Reprint (Warner 1980) horror novel.
• * _The Cellar (Headline 0-7472-3533-3, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], £3.50, 254pp, pb) [Beast House Chronicles] Reprint (Warner 1980) horror novel. This is the Star edition with a Headline ISBN and price sticker.
• * _The Cellar (Headline 0-7472-3533-3, Jun ’91, £3.99, 254pp, pb) [Beast House Chronicles] Reissue (Warner 1980) horror novel. Volume 1 in the “Beast House” series.
• * _The Cellar (CD Publications 1-881475-28-X, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $50.00, 215pp, hc, cover by Alan M. Clark & Thalia Ragsdale) [Beast House Chronicles] Reprint (Warner 1980) horror novel. There is an introduction by Bentley Little. The “Artist’s Endnote” describes how the cover art was made. This is a boxed, signed, limited edition of 500 copies, and is the first hardcover edition. Order from CD Publications, PO Box 943, Abingdon MD 21009.
• * _Dark Mountain (Headline 0-7472-3921-5, Jun ’92 [May ’92], £4.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987 as Tread Softly by Richard Kelly) horror novel.
• * *Darkness, Tell Us (Headline Overseas 0-7472-3665-8, Jul ’91, £4.99, 504pp, pb) Horror novel. This is an “Open Market” edition and is available only in non-English-speaking countries.
• * _Darkness, Tell Us (Headline 0-7472-7945-4, Nov ’91, £8.99, 312pp, tp) Reprint (Headline Overseas 1991) horror novel about a group of students playing with an Ouija board. Also available in hardcover (-0417-9, £14.95). [First U.K. edition]
• * _Darkness, Tell Us (Headline 0-7472-3665-8, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], £4.99, 504pp, pb) Reprint (Headline Overseas 1991) horror novel.
• * *Endless Night (Headline 0-7472-0933-2, Sep ’93, £16.99, 310pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Thriller of associational interest.