The Locus Index to Science Fiction

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LEE, TANITH (stories) (continued)

• * *The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales (DAW 0-88677-003-3, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $2.95, 288pp, pb) Collection of 11 stories. Though only 8 are credited in the acknowledgements, these may all be reprints. (Contents)
• * _The Gorgon and Other Beastly Tales (SFBC #6088, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $4.98, 184pp, hc) Reprint (DAW 1985) collection, first hardcover edition.
• * *Heart-Beast (Headline 0-7472-7923-3, Jun ’92 [Mar ’92], £8.99, 282pp, tp, cover by Mark Salwowski) Fantasy/horror novel about a magic jewel and a shapechanger. A hardcover edition (-0594-9, £15.99) is also available.
• * _Heart-Beast (Headline 0-7472-3916-9, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], £4.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reprint (Headline 1992) fantasy/horror novel about a magic jewel and a shapechanger.
• * +Heart-Beast (Dell Abyss 0-440-21455-6, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $4.99, 356pp, pb) Dark fantasy novel of a woman drawn to a werewolf in a medieval world. First American edition (Headline 1992).
• * _Heart-Beast (SFBC #02157, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $7.98, 282pp, hc, cover by Bryn Barnard) Reprint (Headline 1992) dark fantasy novel of a woman drawn to a werewolf in a medieval world. This lacks an ISBN and price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Heart-Beast (Dell Abyss 0-440-21455-6, Dec ’93, $4.99, 356pp, pb) Reissue (Headline 1992) dark fantasy novel of a woman drawn to a werewolf in a medieval world; third printing.
• * *A Heroine of the World (DAW 0-88677-362-8, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $4.50, 448pp, pb) Romantic fantasy novel set in an alternate-world old Russia
• * _A Heroine of the World (SFBC #15582, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $7.98, 448pp, hc, cover by Yvonne Gilbert) Reprint (DAW 1989) romantic fantasy novel set in an alternate-world old Russia. First hardcover edition.
• * _A Heroine of the World (Headline 0-7472-1247-3, Dec ’94, £16.99, 375pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reprint (DAW 1989) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _A Heroine of the World (Headline 0-7472-4748-X, Jun ’95, £5.99, 503pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reprint (DAW 1989) fantasy novel.
• * _Into Gold (Pulphouse 0-56146-532-1, Nov ’91, $1.95, 47pp, pb, cover by David Martin & Elissa Martin) Fantasy short story originally appeared in IASFM 3/86 and in the collection Women As Demons. Short story paperback #32.
• * _Kill the Dead (Legend 0-09-966360-0, Dec ’90, £3.50, 172pp, pb) Reprint (DAW 1980) horror novel.
• * *Law of the Wolf Tower (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-70446-2, Nov ’98, £3.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Brad Gray) [Claidi Journals] Young-adult fantasy novel. The orphan-slave Claidi journeys to the place where all laws are made.
• * *Louisa the Poisoner (SFBC #12068, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $2.98, 77pp, hc, cover by George Barr) Horror novella. This is supposedly a reprint of the Wildside Press limited edition (1-880448-50-5), which has not been seen. This edition lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Lycanthia (Legend 0-09-966350-3, May ’90, £3.50, 220pp, pb) Reprint (DAW 1981) fantasy/horror novel.
• * *Madame Two Swords (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-79-8, Sep ’88 [Dec ’88], $35.00, 128pp, hc) Fantasy novella set during the French revolution, with numerous illustrations by Thomas Canty. Limited to 600 copies signed by author and illustrator. An excellent design job on a small press item.
• * *Night’s Master (Highland Press 0-916261-00-X, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $35.00, 166pp, hc) [Flat Earth] Reprint (DAW 1978) fantasy novel in the “Flat Earth” series. First hardcover edition; signed, boxed, numbered, limited to 500 copies. Illustrations by Randy Broecker.
• * _Night’s Master (DAW 0-88677-131-5, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $3.50, 220pp, pb) [Flat Earth] Reissue (DAW 1978) fantasy novel, first in the “Flat Earth” series; 3rd printing.
• * _Night’s Master (Arrow 0-09-951740-X, Sep ’87, £2.50, 188pp, pb) [Flat Earth] Reprint (DAW 1978) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Flat Earth” series.
• * *Night’s Sorceries (DAW 0-88677-194-3, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.50, 287pp, pb) [Flat Earth] Fantasy collection, part of the “Flat Earth” series. There are 7 stories with no previous printing history (or a contents page). They may all be original. (Contents)
• * _Night’s Sorceries (Legend 0-09-958470-0, Aug ’88, £2.99, 287pp, pb) [Flat Earth] Reprint (DAW 1987) original fantasy collection. Volume 5 in the “Flat Earth” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Nightshades - Thirteen Journeys into Shadow (Headline 0-7472-4250-X, Mar ’94, £4.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reprint (Headline 1993) collection of an original short novel, Nightshade, and 12 short stories, most previously uncollected.
• * *Nightshades - Thirteen Journeys into Shadow (Headline 0-7472-0877-8, Nov ’93, £16.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) Collection of an original short novel, Nightshade, and 12 short stories, most previously uncollected. (Contents)
• * *Personal Darkness (Little Brown UK 0-316-90352-3, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], £15.99, 435pp, hc, cover by Adrian Chesterman) [Blood Opera] Dark fantasy novel. Second in the “Blood Opera” sequence.
• * _Personal Darkness (Warner UK 0-7515-0808-X, Mar ’94, £4.99, 435pp, pb) [Blood Opera] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1993) dark fantasy novel. Second in the “Blood Opera” sequence.
• * +Personal Darkness (Dell 0-440-21470-X, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $4.99, 389pp, pb) [Blood Opera] Dark fantasy novel, second in the “Blood Opera” sequence. First US edition (Little Brown UK 1993).
• * _Personal Darkness (SFBC #05708, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $8.98, 389pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) [Blood Opera] Reprint (Little Brown UK 1993) dark fantasy novel, second in the “Blood Opera” series. This edition lacks a price and ISBN, has an SFBC number on the back jacket, and has new jacket art.
• * _Prince on a White Horse (Beaver 0-09-957150-1, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], £1.99, 157pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1982) humorous young-adult fantasy novel. Recommended. (PSP)
• * _Quest for the White Witch (DAW 0-87997-996-8, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $2.95, 317pp, pb) [Birthgrave] Reissue (DAW 1978) fantasy novel, part of the “Birthgrave” series.
• * _Quest for the White Witch (DAW 0-88677-167-6, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $3.50, 381pp, pb) [Birthgrave] Reissue (DAW 1978) fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Birthgrave” series. 8th printing.
• * *Red Unicorn (Tor 0-312-86265-2, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $20.95, 191pp, hc, cover by Mark Zug) [Black Unicorn] Young-adult fantasy novel. Tanaquil is lured to another world where she finds her evil twin plotting her sister’s death. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications; text copyrighted by Tanith Lee.
• * _Red Unicorn (SFBC #17019, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $8.98, 191pp, hc) [Black Unicorn] Reprint (Tor 1997) young-adult fantasy novel. This is similar to the Tor edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Red Unicorn (Tor 0-812-53938-9, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $4.99, 191pp, pb, cover by Mark Zug) [Black Unicorn] Reprint (Tor 1997) young-adult fantasy novel. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications; text copyrighted by Tanith Lee.
• * *Reigning Cats and Dogs (Headline 0-7472-1431-X, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], £16.99, 214pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) Fantasy novel set in a surreal world of slavery, secret societies, and demons.
• * _Reigning Cats and Dogs (Headline 0-7472-5008-1, Feb ’96, £5.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reprint (Headline 1995) fantasy novel set in a surreal world of slavery, secret sects, and demons. An export edition (same details) was published 3 Jan 96.
• * _Sabella (Unwin 0-04-823353-6, Jul ’87, £2.50, 157pp, pb) Reprint (DAW 1980) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Secret Books of Paradys I & II (SFBC #18348, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $9.98, 401pp, hc, cover by Dawn Wilson) [Secret Books of Paradys] Fantasy omnibus of the collection The Book of the Damned (Unwin 1988) and the novel The Book of the Beast (Unwin 1988). (Contents)
• * *The Secret Books of Paradys III & IV (SFBC #00995, Jul ’93, $10.98, 373pp, hc, cover by Dawn Wilson) [Secret Books of Paradys] Dark fantasy omnibus of the last two books in “The Secret Books of Paradys” series, the collection The Book of the Dead (Overlook 1991) and The Book of the Mad (Overlook 1993). This edition lacks an ISBN and price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *The Secret Books of Paradys IV: The Book of the Mad (Overlook Press 0-87951-481-7, Jul ’93, $19.95, 209pp, hc, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Secret Books of Paradys] Dark fantasy novel, fourth and final book of “The Secret Books of Paradys”.
• * _Shon the Taken (Beaver 0-09-963130-X, Oct ’89, £2.50, 144pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1979) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Silver Metal Lover (DAW 0-8099-5000-6, Sep ’85, $6.95, 240pp, pb) [Silver Metal Lover] Reprint (SFBC 1981) sf novel, the first trade paperback edition.
• * _The Silver Metal Lover (Unwin/Orion 0-04-823340-4, Sep ’86, £2.95, 240pp, pb) [Silver Metal Lover] Reprint (SFBC 1981) sf novel.
• * _The Storm Lord (DAW 0-88677-273-7, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.95, 352pp, pb) [Wars of Vis] Reissue (DAW 1976) fantasy novel; seventh printing.
• * *Tales from the Flat Earth: Night’s Daughter (SFBC #11345, Oct ’87, $14.98, 2 vols, 601pp, hc) [Flat Earth] Omnibus edition of two books in the “Flat Earth” fantasy series, Delirium’s Mistress (DAW 1986) and Night’s Sorceries (DAW 1987). Part of a two-volume set. (Contents)
• * *Tales from the Flat Earth: The Lords of Darkness (SFBC #11360, Oct ’87, $14.98, 2 vol.s, 726pp, hc) [Flat Earth] Omnibus edition of 3 books from the “Flat Earth” fantasy series: Night’s Master (DAW 1978), Death’s Master (DAW 1979), and Delusion’s Master (DAW 1981). Part of a two-volume set. (Contents)
• * *Tamastara, or the Indian Nights (DAW 0-87997-915-1, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $2.50, 174pp, pb) Collection of 7 sf and fantasy tales set in India of the past, present, and future. This is some of Lee’s best work. Recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
• * *Vivia (Little Brown UK 0-316-91260-3, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], £16.99, 395pp, hc, cover by Charles-August Mengin) Fantasy/horror novel: Vivia, daughter of the brutal Lord Vaddix, escapes a plague by taking sanctuary in a secret cave where she is granted vampiric immortality by an entity.
• * _Vivia (Warner UK 0-7515-2135-3, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £6.99, 395pp, pb, cover by Charles-August Mengin) Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1995) fantasy/horror novel.
• * _Volkhavaar (Legend 0-09-955110-1, Aug ’88, £2.99, 202pp, pb) Reprint (DAW 1977) fantasy novel.
• * *The Wars of Vis (SFBC #2717, Jul ’84 [Aug ’84], $7.98, 697pp, hc) [Wars of Vis] Omnibus edition of The Storm Lord (DAW 1976) and Anackire (DAW 1983), two fantasy novels set in the same world a generation apart. (Contents)
• * *When The Lights Go Out (Headline 0-7472-1598-7, Apr ’96, £16.99, 246pp, hc, cover by Mark Salwowski) Fantasy/horror novel.
• * _When The Lights Go Out (Headline 0-7472-5216-5, Oct ’96, £5.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reprint (Headline 1996) fantasy novel. The export edition (same details) was due September 1996.
• * *The White Serpent (DAW 0-88677-267-2, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.95, 396pp, pb) [Wars of Vis] Fantasy novel, third in the “Storm Lord” series.
• * _The Winter Players (Beaver 0-09-957140-4, Oct ’88, £1.99, 104pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s Press 1977) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * *Women as Demons (The Women’s Press 0-7043-4132-8, Mar ’89, £4.95, 272pp, tp, cover by Juliette Pearce) Marvellous collection of 16 sf, fantasy and horror tales, most previously uncollected and two previously unpublished, examining different facets of women. Recommended. (PSP) (Contents)

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• * _The Silver Metal Lover See entry under Trina Robbins.
• * _Tanith Lee: Mistress of Delirium See entry under David Cowperthwaite.

LEE, VERNON; pseudonym of Violet Paget, (1856-1935) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Supernatural Tales: Excursions into Fantasy (Peter Owen 0-7206-0680-2, Feb ’87, £10.95, 222pp, hc) Reprint (P. Owen 1955, abridged from The Snake Lady and Other Stories, Grove Press 1954) collection of 6 supernatural stories set in different periods in Italian history. This is a pseudonym for Violet Paget. Available in the US from DuFour Editions for $18.95. (Contents)
• * _Supernatural Tales: Excursions into Fantasy (Arena 0-09-957520-5, Nov ’88, £2.99, 222pp, tp) Reprint (Grove Press 1954, as The Snake Lady and Other Stories) ghost/horror collection.

LEE, WALT(er William, Jr.) (1931- )

• * _Shapes (with Richard Delap) See entry under Richard Delap.

LEE, WARNER; pseudonym of B. W. Battin, (1941- ) (stories)

• * *Into the Pit (Pocket 0-671-66358-5, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.95, 278pp, pb) Horror novel. A man’s dead wife returns from the grave to reclaim him and his daughter.
• * *It’s Loose (Pocket 0-671-67252-5, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $3.95, 312pp, pb, cover by Mark Gerber & Stephanie Gerber) Horror novel of a ravenous evil trapped on lonely Ice Island.
• * *Night Sounds (Pocket 0-671-70426-5, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $4.99, 275pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Horror novel. The sole survivor of a plane crash is haunted by the power that allowed him to survive.

LEEBRON, FRED G., ed. (1961- ) (stories)

• * _Postmodern American Fiction (with Andrew Levy & Paula Geyh) See entry under Paula Geyh.

LEECH, BEN; pseudonym of Stephen Bowkett, (1953- ) (stories)

• * *The Bidden (Pan 0-330-33540-5, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], £4.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Horror novel.
• * *The Community (Pan 0-330-32973-1, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], £4.99, 244pp, pb, cover by Glen Saville) Horror novel about the inhuman Kin, living undetected among mankind.
• * *The Rare Breed (Pan 0-330-33719-X, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], £5.99, 388pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) SF/horror novel. A reality-altering drug opens the gateway to soul stealers from another dimension.

LEEDS, MARC (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Vonnegut Encyclopedia (Greenwood Press 0-313-29230-2, Nov ’94 [Jan ’95], $75.00, 693pp, hc, cover by Kurt Vonnegut) Non-fiction reference to the works of Vonnegut, cataloging characters, themes, imagery, and much more. Available from Greenwood Publishing, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport, CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [Vonnegut]

LEES-MILNE, JAMES (stories)

• * *Ruthenshaw (Robinson 1-85487-360-1, Oct ’94, £7.50, 31pp, ph, cover by Ian Stephens) A short-story booklet from a major publisher, printed in traditional, hot metal type, and illustrated with wood engravings by Ian Stephens.

LEESON, ROBERT (Arthur) (1928- )

• * *At War with Tomorrow (Longman 0-582-25090-0, Mar ’86, £5.95, 129pp, hc) [Time Rope] Part 3 of a 4-part juvenile sf novel.
• * *At War with Tomorrow (Longman 0-582-25094-3, Mar ’86, £1.75, 129pp, pb) [Time Rope] Part 3 of a 4-part juvenile sf novel.
• * _At War with Tomorrow (Freeway 0-552-52346-1, Apr ’88, £1.95, 138pp, pb) [Time Rope] Reprint (Longman 1986) young-adult sf novel. Volume 3 in the “Time Rope” series.
• * *Fire on the Cloud (Mammoth 0-7497-0841-7, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], £2.50, 159pp, pb, cover by Bob Harvey) [Zarnia Experiment] Young-adult sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Cloud Valley” series.
• * *Landing in Cloud Valley (Mammoth 0-7497-0840-9, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], £2.50, 144pp, pb, cover by Bob Harvey) [Zarnia Experiment] Young-adult sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Cloud Valley” series.
• * *The Metro Gangs Attack (Longman 0-582-25091-9, Mar ’86, £5.95, 147pp, hc) [Time Rope] Part 4 of a 4-part juvenile sf novel.
• * *The Metro Gangs Attack (Longman 0-582-25095-1, Mar ’86, £1.60, 147pp, pb) [Time Rope] Part 4 of a 4-part juvenile sf novel.
• * _The Metro Gangs Attack (Freeway 0-552-52347-X, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], £1.95, 120pp, pb) [Time Rope] Reprint (Longman 1986) young-adult sf novel. Volume 4 in the “Time Rope” series.
• * *Slambash Wangs of a Compo Gormer (Collins 0-00-184787-2, Nov ’87, £6.95, 288pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy novel.
• * _Slambash Wangs of a Compo Gormer (Lions 0-00-672793-X, Sep ’88 [Oct ’88], £2.25, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Collins 1987) young-adult sf novel.
• * *Three Against the World (Longman 0-582-25089-7, Mar ’86, £5.95, 129pp, hc) [Time Rope] Part 2 of a 4-part juvenile sf novel.
• * *Three Against the World (Longman 0-582-25093-5, Mar ’86, £1.75, 129pp, pb) [Time Rope] Part 2 of a 4-part juvenile sf novel.
• * _Three Against the World (Freeway 0-552-52345-3, Jan ’88, £1.95, 112pp, pb) [Time Rope] Reprint (Longman 1986) young-adult sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Time Rope” series.
• * *Time Rope (Longman 0-582-25089-9, Mar ’86, £5.95, 135pp, hc) [Time Rope] Part 1 of a 4-part juvenile sf novel.
• * *Time Rope (Longman 0-582-25092-7, Mar ’86, £1.75, 135pp, pb) [Time Rope] Part 1 of a 4-part juvenile sf novel.
• * _Time Rope (Corgi 0-552-52344-5, Jul ’87, £1.95, 124pp, pb) [Time Rope] Reprint (Longman 1986) juvenile sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Time Rope” series.
• * _The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 1: Landing (Mammoth 0-7497-0840-9, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £2.99, 144pp, pb) [Zarnia Experiment] Reprint (Mammoth 1991 as Landing in Cloud Valley) young-adult sf novel.
• * _The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 2: Fire! (Mammoth 0-7497-0841-7, Apr ’93, £2.99, 159pp, pb) [Zarnia Experiment] Reprint (Mammoth 1991 as Fire on the Cloud) young-adult sf novel.
• * *The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 3: Deadline (Mammoth 0-7497-0842-5, Apr ’93, £2.99, 144pp, pb) [Zarnia Experiment] Young-adult sf novel.
• * *The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 4: Danger Trail (Mammoth 0-7497-0843-3, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], £2.99, 160pp, pb) [Zarnia Experiment] Young-adult sf novel.
• * *The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 5: Hide and Seek (Mammoth 0-7497-0844-1, Jul ’93, £2.99, 160pp, pb) [Zarnia Experiment] Young-adult sf novel.
• * *The Zarnia Experiment: Phase 6: Blast Off! (Mammoth 0-7497-0845-X, Jul ’93, £2.99, 157pp, pb) [Zarnia Experiment] Young-adult sf novel.

LE FANU, J(oseph Thomas) SHERIDAN (1814-1873) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Carmilla and Other Classic Tales of Mystery (Penguin/Signet Classic 0-451-52639-2, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $4.95, 446pp, pb, cover by John White Alexander) Collection of 13 stories. Edited and with a biographical/critical introduction by Leonard Wolf. Includes a bibliography. (Contents)
• * _The House by the Churchyard (Alan Sutton 0-86299-913-8, Jul ’94, £7.99, 445pp, tp, cover by Sir John Everett Millais) Reprint (Tinsley Brothers 1863) Irish historical with some supernatural elements. Includes an introduction by Ruth Robbins.