The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

LEVACK, DANIEL J. H.

• * *Dune Master: A Frank Herbert Bibliography (with Mark Willard) (Meckler 0-88736-099-8, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $45.00, 176pp, hc) Non-fiction: annotated bibliography of work by and about Herbert, through 1987. A fine piece of exhaustive scholarship. Recommended. (CNB) [Herbert]
• * _PKD: A Philip K. Dick Bibliography, Revised Edition (Meckler 0-88736-096-3, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $45.00, 156pp, hc) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1981) bibliography. This is not a revision of the earlier edition; there are some minor corrections, but it is not “revised through 1984”, even though the new introduction says it is. [Dick]

LEVANTHAL, LIONEL (1937- ); see pseudonym Alan K. Russell

LeVAY, SIMON (1943- )

• * *Albrick’s Gold (Masquerade/Hard Candy 1-56333-644-8, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $7.95, 370pp, tp, cover by Kurosh ValaNejad) Gay biotech thriller. A homophobic researcher finds a “cure” for homosexuality.

LEVEN, JEREMY (1941- )

• * _Creator (Penguin 0-14-005620-3, Mar ’86, £2.95, pb) Reissue (Coward, McCann 1981) sf novel; film tie-in edition.

LEVENE, CAITLIN (stories)

• * *The Teeth of Angels: Stories (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-12766-1, Jul ’89 [Aug ’89], £11.95, 265pp, hc) Remarkable collection of 19 original ‘mainstream’ stories, most with a streak of fantasy running through them. Recommended. (PSP) (Contents)

LEVENE, REBECCA (stories)

• * *Where Angels Fear (with Simon Winstone) (New Adventures 0-426-20530-8, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], £5.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Jon Sullivan) [Bernice Summerfield] Novelization, “Doctor Who” without the Doctor. Book 17 in the “Bernice Summerfield” series.

LEVERICH, KATHLEEN (stories)

• * *The New You (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-16076-X, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $15.00, 108pp, hc, cover by Nina Crews) Young-adult fantasy novella. A girl at a new school goes to a shop to get a new identity.

LEVI, PRIMO (1919-1987) (stories)

• * _The Mirror Maker (Schocken 0-8052-0989-1, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $9.95, 176pp, tp, cover by Louise Fili) Reprint (Schocken 1989) collection of 13 stories and 22 essays. Most of the stories are sf and fantasy. Translated from the Italian by Raymond Rosenthal. (Contents)
• * *The Sixth Day and Other Stories (Summit, May ’90 [Jun ’90], $19.95, hc) Collection of 23 literary fantasy stories. This is an omnibus of two collections originally published in Italian, Storie Natural (as by Damiano Malabaila) (1966) and Vizio di Forma (1977). Translated by Raymond Rosenthal. (Contents)
• * _The Sixth Day and Other Tales (Abacus 0-349-10186-8, Nov ’91, £4.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Caroline Binch) Reprint (Summit 1990) literary sf collection. [First U.K. edition]

LEVIN, BETTY (1927- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *A Binding Spell (Dutton/Lodestar 0-525-67151-X, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $12.95, 179pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel about a ghost horse.
• * *The Ice Bear (Morrow/Greenwillow 0-688-06431-0, Oct ’86, $10.25, 179pp, hc) [Ice Bear] Young-adult fantasy-adventure novel.
• * _The Keeping Room (Morrow/Greenwillow 0-688-80300-8, Apr ’88 [Mar ’89], $11.95, 247pp, hc) Reissue (Greenwillow 1981) young-adult fantasy novel about a boy who learns about the curse on an old farm while preparing a school project. Second printing.
• * *Mercy’s Mill (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-11122-X, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $14.00, 241pp, hc, cover by Jos. A. Smith) Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel. Sarah encounters a strange boy who seems to have come from a century ago.

LEVIN, IRA (1929-2007) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Boys from Brazil (Pan 0-330-25015-9, Jan ’88 [Jun ’88], £2.95, 238pp, pb) Reissue (Michael Joseph 1976) sf/horror novel.
• * _Rosemary’s Baby (Pan 0-330-02115-X, Jan ’88 [Jun ’88], £2.95, 205pp, pb) [Rosemary Reilly] Reissue (Random House 1967) horror novel.
• * _Rosemary’s Baby (Bantam 0-553-29001-0, Mar ’91 [Nov ’91], $5.95, 262pp, pb, cover by Tom Hallman) [Rosemary Reilly] Reprint (Random House 1967) classic occult thriller of a woman who gives birth to the devil’s child.
• * _Rosemary’s Baby (BOMC no ISBN, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $14.95, 262pp, hc) [Rosemary Reilly] Reprint (Random House 1967) classic occult thriller of a woman who gives birth to the devil’s child. This edition is identical to the 1991 Armchair Detective Library edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * _Rosemary’s Baby (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19400-4, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $6.99, 308pp, pb) [Rosemary Reilly] Reprint (Random House 1967) horror novel.
• * *Son of Rosemary (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-94374-9, Sep ’97, $22.95, 257pp, hc) [Rosemary Reilly] Horror novel, a millennial sequel to Rosemary’s Baby.
• * _Son of Rosemary (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-19472-1, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $6.99, 315pp, pb) [Rosemary Reilly] Reprint (Dutton 1997) horror novel, millennial sequel to Rosemary’s Baby.
• * _The Stepford Wives (Pan 0-330-23842-6, Mar ’88 [Jul ’88], £2.99, 159pp, pb) Reissue (Random House 1972) sf/horror novel.
• * _The Stepford Wives (Bantam 0-553-29003-7, Mar ’91 [Nov ’91], $5.95, 151pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) Reprint (Random House 1972) sf novel about a suburb where men are replacing their wives with robots.
• * _This Perfect Day (Pan 0-330-02657-7, Mar ’88, £2.50, 283pp, pb) Reissue (Random House 1970) sf novel. [Not seen]
• * _This Perfect Day (Bantam 0-553-29002-9, Mar ’91 [Nov ’91], $5.95, 337pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) Reprint (Random House 1970) utopian sf novel.
• * _This Perfect Day (Penguin 0-451-18001-1, Jun ’94 [Jul ’94], £4.99, 333pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1970) SF novel.
• * *Three By Ira Levin: Rosemary’s Baby, This Perfect Day, The Stepford Wives (Random House 0-394-54512-5, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $12.95, 485pp, hc) Omnibus of three horror/sf/dark fantasy novels. (Contents)

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• * _Ira Levin See entry under Douglas Fowler.

LEVIN, JEREMY

• * _Creator (Pocket 0-671-54205-2, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $3.95, 581pp, pb) Reissue (Coward, McCann 1980) sf clone novel. Movie tie-in edition.

LEVINE, GAIL CARSON

• * *Ella Enchanted (HarperCollins 0-06-027510-3, May ’97, $14.95, 232pp, hc, cover by Mark Elliott) Young-adult fantasy novel. A fairy’s gift turns out to be a curse for a princess forced to always be obedient.
• * _Ella Enchanted (HarperTrophy 0-06-440705-5, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $4.95, 232pp, tp, cover by Mark Elliott) Reprint (HarperCollins 1997) young-adult fantasy novel. A fairy’s gift forces a princess to always be obedient. A Newbery Honor book.

LEVINSON, ALAN (stories)

• * *Table for Four (The Book Guild 0-86332-953-5, Jan ’95, £12.95, 215pp, hc, cover by Carol Corell) Collection of 15 stories, 6 being of genre interest. (Contents)

LEVINSON, BRUCE SCOTT

• * _The Green Progression (with L. E. Modesitt, Jr.) See entry under L. E. Modesitt, Jr.

LEVINSON, [Dr.] PAUL (1947- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * +The Soft Edge: A Natural History and Future of the Information Revolution (Routledge 0-415-15785-4, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $25.00, 257pp, hc) Associational non-fiction, a critical look at communications and the evolution of technology, from the alphabet to the Internet, with considerable consideration of online publishing, copyrights, and the future of books. First US edition (Routledge UK 1997).
• * _The Soft Edge: A Natural History and Future of the Information Revolution (Routledge 0-415-19772-4, Nov ’98 [Dec ’98], $16.99, 257pp, tp) Reprint (Routledge UK 1997) associational non-fiction, a critical look at communications technology, from the alphabet to online publishing, copyrights, and the future of books.

LEVITIN, SONIA

• * _Beyond Another Door (Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70425-4, Apr ’94, $3.99, 163pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1977) young-adult ghost novel. Daria buys a dish that is haunted by her grandmother.
• * _The Golem and the Dragon Girl (Fawcett Juniper 0-449-70441-6, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $3.99, 169pp, pb) Reprint (Dial 1993) young-adult ghost novel about a family moving out of the house where an oak tree contains the spirit of their grandfather.

LEVOY, MYRON

• * _The Magic Hat of Mortimer Wintergreen (Harper Trophy 0-06-440335-1, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $3.95, 211pp, tp, cover by Tom Newsom) Reprint (Harper & Row 1988) children’s fantasy novel.

LEVY, ANDREW, ed. (stories)

• * _Postmodern American Fiction (with Paula Geyh & Fred G. Leebron) See entry under Paula Geyh.

LEVY, ELIZABETH (Yelverton) (1942- )

• * *The Drowned (Hyperion 0-7868-0135-2, Oct ’95, $16.95, 190pp, hc, cover by Broeck Steadman) Young-adult horror novel. Teenagers are murdered so a drowned boy’s ghost can walk the earth.

LEVY, MAURICE

• * *Lovecraft: A Study in the Fantastic (Wayne State University Press 0-8143-1956-4, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $12.50, 147pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study. First English-language edition (France 1985), translated by S.T. Joshi. Also announced in hardcover — not seen. [Lovecraft]

LEVY, ROBERT (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Clan of the Shape-Changers (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-66612-0, Apr ’94, $13.95, 183pp, hc, cover by N. Taylor Blanchard) Young-adult fantasy novel about a clan with shapechanging powers that is endangered by those who do not have the power.
• * *Escape from Exile (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-64379-1, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $13.95, 171pp, hc, cover by N. Taylor Blanchard) Fantasy novel of a 13-year-old boy transported to a strange land where he communicates telepathically with animals. A first novel.
• * *The Misfit Apprentice (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-68077-8, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $14.95, 183pp, hc, cover by N. Taylor Blanchard) Young-adult fantasy novel. A would-be magician fails her training, and sets out to seek her fortune.

LEWINS, ANNA (1956- )

• * *Dream for Danger (Blackie 0-216-92082-5, May ’87, £7.95, 140pp, hc) Juvenile sf/fantasy novel. [Not seen]
• * _Dream for Danger (Magnet 0-416-12832-7, May ’89, £1.99, 140pp, pb, cover by Bill Gregory) Reprint (Blackie 1987) young-adult sf novel.
• * *World of Strangers (Blackie 0-216-92740-4, Dec ’89, £7.95, 151pp, hc, cover by Helen Cooper) Young-adult sf novel, about two warring races of aliens disguised as human beings.

LEWIS, ANTHONY R(ichard) “TONY”; (1941- ) (stories)

• * *An Annotated Bibliography of Recursive Science Fiction (NESFA Press 0-915368-47-1, Oct ’90, $6.00, 56pp, ph, cover by Merle Insinga) Non-fiction; reference. An annotated bibliography of sf and fantasy set in or containing characters who are members of the sf community, with an introduction by Barry N. Malzberg.
• * *Concordance to Cordwainer Smith (NESFA Press 0-915368-24-2, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $6, 90pp, tp) This compendium covers people, places, things, and stories. From “air whale” to “wet stinker”, Boom Lagoon to Santuna (“a girl, fulfilled in 1,000 ways”), this is one of the most entertaining reference books around. It should delight all of Smith’s fans. (FCM) [Smith]

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• * _The Passage of the Light: The Recursive Science Fiction of Barry N. Malzberg See entry under Barry N. Malzberg.

LEWIS, C(live) S(taples) (1898-1963) (stories)

• * +All My Roads Before Me: The Diary of C.S. Lewis 1922-1927 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-104609-3, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $24.95, 508pp, hc) The diaries of the theologian and fantasist, edited by Walter Hooper and with an introduction by Owen Barfield. First American edition (Collins 1991).
• * +Aslan’s Triumph (HarperCollins 0-06-027638-X, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $12.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Deborah Maze) [Narnia] Picture-book adaptation from Lewis’ “The Chronicles of Narnia”. Illustrations by Deborah Maze.
• * _A Book of Narnians—The Lion, the Witch and the Others (with James Riordan) See entry under James Riordan.
• * +A Book of Narnians: The Lion, the Witch and the Others (HarperCollins 0-06-025009-7, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $16.95, 88pp, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Non-fiction young-adult guide to the characters of “Narnia”, using quotes from the “Chronicles of Narnia”, compiled by James Riordan, and large color illustrations by Pauline Baynes. First US edition (Collins 1994).
• * _A Book of Narnians: The Lion, the Witch and the Others (HarperCollins 0-06-446203-X, Sep ’97 [Nov ’97], $8.95, 88pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reprint (Collins 1994) non-fiction young-adult guide to the characters of “Narnia”, using quotes from the “Chronicles of Narnia”, compiled by James Riordan, with large color illustrations by Pauline Baynes.
• * *Boxen (Collins 0-00-215048-4, May ’85 [1985], £7.95, 360pp, hc) Collection of juvenile fantasy stories. [Not seen]
• * _Boxen (Fount 0-00-626769-6, Oct ’85 [1985], £4.95, 208pp, tp) Reprint (Collins 1985) collection of juvenile fantasy stories. [Not seen]
• * +Boxen: The Imaginary World of the Young C.S. Lewis (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-113630-0, Oct ’85 [Nov ’85], $13.95, 206pp, hc) Fantasy collection and miscellania. Stories and drawings set in the imaginary world of Boxen and featuring “assorted animals and gentlemen”; these were done when Lewis was a boy. First American edition. The British one appeared several months earlier. (Contents)
• * _Boxen: The Imaginary World of the Young C.S. Lewis (HBJ/Harvest 0-15-614000-4, Nov ’86, $4.95, 206pp, pb) Reprint (UK 1985) collection of juvenile stories etc.
• * *The Complete Chronicles of Narnia (HarperCollins 0-06-028137-5, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $50.00, 524pp, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Omnibus of all seven “Narnia” books, with full-color pictures by Pauline Baynes. The books are arranged in Lewis’s preferred reading order: The Magician’s Nephew (1955), The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (1950), The Horse and His Boy (1954), Prince Caspian (1951), The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1952), The Silver Chair (1953), and The Last Battle (1956). Introduction by Brian Sibley.
• * *The Complete Chronicles of Narnia (Collins 0-00-185713-4, Oct ’98 [Dec ’98], £29.99, 524pp, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Fantasy omnibus. First collected edition of the complete series. Simultaneous with the (not seen) limited Leatherbound edition and differently-titled The Chronicles of Narnia. (Contents)
• * *The Cosmic Trilogy (The Bodley Head 0-370-31439-5, Mar ’90, £13.95, 651pp, hc, cover by Brian Froud) [Cosmic] Sf omnibus of Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength. (Contents)
• * _The Cosmic Trilogy (Pan 0-330-31374-6, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], £5.99, 753pp, pb, cover by Brian Froud) [Cosmic] Reprint (Bodley Head 1990) sf omnibus of Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra, and That Hideous Strength.
• * _The Horse and His Boy (Windrush 1-85089-098-6, Sep ’86 [Nov ’86], £7.65, 208pp, hc) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1954) juvenile fantasy novel, “Narnia” #5. Large print edition.
• * _The Horse and His Boy (Collins 0-00-183182-8, Oct ’87 [Nov ’87], £6.95, 175pp, hc) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1954) juvenile fantasy novel. Volume 5 in the “Narnia” series.
• * _The Horse and His Boy (Macmillan 0-02-757650-7, Sep ’88 [Mar ’89], $12.95, 194pp, hc) [Narnia] Reissue (Bles 1954) classic children’s fantasy, book five of “The Chronicles of Narnia”. The text has been reset; the original Pauline Baynes interior illustrations are included and the 1986 San Souci jackets are used.
• * _The Horse and His Boy (Lions 0-00-671666-0, Feb ’90 [Oct ’90], £2.50, 175pp, pb, cover by Stephen Lavis) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1954) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Narnia” series.
• * _The Horse and His Boy (Lions 0-00-674035-9, Oct ’90, £3.50, 175pp, tp, cover by Stephen Lavis) [Narnia] Reissue (Geoffrey Bles 1954) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Narnia” series.
• * _The Horse and His Boy (HarperCollins 0-06-440501-X, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $5.95, 224pp, pb, cover by Chris Van Allsburg) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1954) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 3 in the “Narnia” series. The original Pauline Baynes interior illustrations are included.
• * _The Horse and His Boy (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-447106-3, Jul ’94, $3.95, 241pp, pb, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1954) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 3 in the “Narnia” series. The original Pauline Baynes interior illustrations are included.
• * _The Horse and His Boy (Collins 0-00-671666-0, Apr ’97 [Jul ’97], £3.99, 175pp, pb) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1954) fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Narnia” series. 33rd printing.
• * _The Horse and His Boy (Collins 0-00-671678-4, Oct ’98 [Dec ’98], £6.99, 207pp, tp, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reprint (Geoffrey Bles 1954) fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Narnia” series. Illustrated by Pauline Baynes. Centenary Edition.
• * _The Last Battle (Windrush 1-85089-108-7, Sep ’86 [Nov ’86], £7.65, 197pp, hc) [Narnia] Reprint (Bodley Head 1956) juvenile fantasy novel, “Narnia” #7. Large print edition.
• * _The Last Battle (Macmillan 0-02-757900-X, Sep ’88 [Mar ’89], $12.95, 173pp, hc) [Narnia] Reissue (Lane 1956) classic children’s fantasy, book seven of “The Chronicles of Narnia”. The text has been reset; the original Pauline Baynes interior illustrations are included and the 1986 San Souci jackets are used.
• * _The Last Battle (Collins 0-00-184441-5, Jul ’89, £6.95, 172pp, hc, cover by Pauline Baynes) [Narnia] Reissue (Lane 1956) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 7 in “The Chronicles of Narnia”.
• * _The Last Battle (Lions 0-00-671669-5, Feb ’90 [Oct ’90], £2.50, 172pp, pb, cover by Stephen Lavis) [Narnia] Reissue (The Bodley Head 1956) young-adult fantasy novel. 24th impression. Volume 7 in the “Narnia” series.
• * _The Last Battle (Lions 0-00-674036-7, Oct ’90, £3.50, 172pp, tp, cover by Stephen Lavis) [Narnia] Reissue (The Bodley Head 1956) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 7 in the “Narnia” series.
• * _The Last Battle (HarperCollins 0-06-440503-6, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $5.95, 211pp, pb, cover by Chris Van Allsburg) [Narnia] Reprint (Bodley Head 1956) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 7 in the “Narnia” series. The original Pauline Baynes interior illustrations are included.