The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

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LISLE, HOLLY (stories) (chron.) (continued)

* *The Bard’s Tale: Wrath of the Princes (with Aaron Allston) (Baen 0-671-87771-2, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $5.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Ken Tunnell) [*Bard’s Tale] Fantasy novelization based on the world of the computer game. The text is copyrighted by Bill Fawcett and Associates; the “Bard’s Tale” characters and descriptions are the sole property of Electronic Arts.
* *Bones of the Past (Baen 0-671-72160-7, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $4.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) [Fire in the Mist] Fantasy novel, sequel to Fire in the Mist. Scholar barbarian Medwind Song finds adventure and mystery when searching the jungle for a lost city.
* *The Devil & Dan Cooley (with Walter Spence) (Baen 0-671-87756-9, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [*Devil’s Point] Fantasy novel, sequel to Sympathy for the Devil. A radio DJ decides to reform one of the devils infesting North Carolina.
* *Diplomacy of Wolves (Warner Aspect 0-446-67395-1, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $12.99, 332pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino) [Secret Texts] Fantasy novel, first book of “The Secret Texts”. A young woman fights her shapechanger nature to become a diplomat, only to have her family destroyed by treachery.
* *Fire in the Mist (Baen 0-671-72132-1, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Fire in the Mist] Fantasy novel about a shepherd girl with magical powers who escapes when her family is killed. A first novel.
* _Glenraven (with Marion Zimmer Bradley) See entry under Marion Zimmer Bradley.
* *Hell on High (with Ted Nolan) (Baen 0-671-87780-1, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $5.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [*Devil’s Point] Fantasy novel, third in Lisle’s “Devil’s Point” series. Hell opens an amusement park with an Extinct Species Petting Zoo, real mermaids in the waterpark, and a place where customers can find exactly what they want — for a special fee.
* *Hunting the Corrigan’s Blood (Baen 0-671-87768-2, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $5.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) SF space opera novel.
* _In the Rift (with Marion Zimmer Bradley) See entry under Marion Zimmer Bradley.
* *Mall, Mayhem & Magic (with Chris Guin) (Baen 0-671-87678-3, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Fantasy novel. A working grimoire turns up in a mall bookstore.
* *Mind of the Magic (Baen 0-671-87654-6, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $5.99, 305pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [Fire in the Mist] Fantasy novel, third in the series that began with Fire in the Mist. Faia Rissedotte accidentally resurrects a legendary wizard — and eliminates her world’s magic in the process.
* *Minerva Wakes (Baen 0-671-72202-6, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], $4.99, 273pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) Fantasy novel of a young couple who take on an alternate universe to rescue their kidnapped kids.
* _The Rose Sea (with S. M. Stirling) See entry under S. M. Stirling
* *Sympathy for the Devil (Baen 0-671-87703-8, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [*Devil’s Point] Humorous fantasy novel. A good woman’s wish brings the denizens of Hell to Earth.
* _When the Bough Breaks (with Mercedes R. Lackey) See entry under Mercedes R. Lackey
LISLE, JANET TAYLOR (1947- ) (stories) (chron.)

* *Afternoon of the Elves (Franklin Watts/Orchard 0-531-05837-9, Sep ’89 [Oct ’89], $12.95, 122pp, hc) Young-adult novel with real elves that are explained away—almost.
* _Afternoon of the Elves (Scholastic 0-590-43944-8, Jun ’91 [Jul ’91], $2.75, 126pp, pb) Reprint (Orchard 1989) young-adult novel with real elves that are explained away — almost.
* *Forest (Orchard 0-531-06803-X, Oct ’93, $15.95, 150pp, hc, cover by Ponder Goembel) Young-adult fantasy novel. A 12-year-old girl and her family inadvertently start a war with talking squirrels.
LISSON, DEBORAH

* +The Devil’s Own (Holiday House 0-8234-0871-X, May ’91 [Jun ’91], $13.95, 169pp, hc, cover by Sharon Genovese) Young-adult time-travel fantasy about a young girl’s experiences with mutineers dead three centuries before. A first novel. First American edition (McVitty, Australia 1990).
LISTER, ROBIN

* *The Legend of King Arthur (Doubleday 0-385-26369-4, Jun ’90 [Apr ’90], $15.95, unpaginated, hc, cover by Alan Baker) [King Arthur] Children’s Arthurian fantasy collection of 14 “retold” tales, profusely illustrated in color by Alan Baker.
LITTELL, JOHN S.; see pseudonym Anthony John
LITTELL, JONATHAN (1967- )

* *Bad Voltage (NAL Signet 0-451-16014-2, Jun ’89 [May ’89], $3.95, 309pp, pb) Cyberpunk sf novel about gang wars in riot-torn near-future Paris. A first novel.
* _Bad Voltage (Orbit 0-7474-0584-0, Sep ’90, £3.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) Reprint (Signet 1989) sf novel.
LITTLE, BENTLEY (1960- ); see pseudonym Phillip Emmons (stories) (chron.)

* *Dark Dominion (Headline 0-7472-0817-4, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], £16.99, 345pp, hc, cover by Simon Dewey) Horror novel. In the wine-growing district of California, men are being murdered — literally torn apart. A student recently moved to the area has strange dreams and premonitions.
* _Dark Dominion (Headline 0-7472-4196-1, Feb ’96 [Apr ’96], £5.99, 505pp, pb, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Headline 1995) horror novel.
* +Dominion (Penguin/Signet 0-451-18748-2, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $5.99, 416pp, pb) Horror novel. A student has strange dreams about a winery run by women. This appears to be the first U.S. edition of the 1995 Headline book Dark Dominion, but has a 1996 copyright.
* _Evil Deeds (Headline 0-7472-0878-6, May ’94, £16.99, 308pp, hc, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Signet 1992 as Death Instinct by Philip Emmons) associational psychothriller. [First U.K. edition]
* _Evil Deeds (Headline 0-7472-4254-2, Jan ’95, £5.99, 436pp, pb, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Signet 1992 as Death Instinct by Philip Emmons) associational thriller.
* *Guests (Headline 0-7472-1626-6, Dec ’97, £17.99, 313pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Dark fantasy novel of a town that seems to be killing its inhabitants.
* _Guests (Headline 0-7472-5257-2, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], £5.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Headline 1997) horror novel.
* *Houses (Headline 0-7472-1625-8, Apr ’97 [May ’97], £16.99, 314pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Dark fantasy novel.
* _Houses (Headline 0-7472-5256-4, Sep ’97 [Nov ’97], £5.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Headline 1997) horror novel.
* *The Ignored (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19258-3, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $5.99, 429pp, pb) Horror novel. A man suddenly discovers that no one notices him at all.
* *The Mailman (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40237-5, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $4.50, 320pp, pb) Horror novel of an evil mailman with psychic powers attacking an innocent family.
* _The Mailman (Headline 0-7472-0890-5, Feb ’94, £16.99, 314pp, hc, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Onyx 1991) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Mailman (Headline 0-7472-4194-5, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], £5.99, 440pp, pb, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Onyx 1991) horror novel.
* _The Mailman (Penguin/Signet 0-451-40237-5, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $5.99, 320pp, pb) Reprint (Onyx 1991) horror novel.
* *Murmurous Haunts (Dark Regions Press, 1997, $5.95, 81pp, ph) (Contents)
* *The Night School (Headline 0-7472-0816-6, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], £16.99, 313pp, hc, cover by Simon Dewey) Horror novel: a small, perplexed group find themselves battling an evil which has raised the violence in a Californian university to unnatural, then supernatural levels.
* _Night School (Headline 0-7472-4195-3, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], £5.99, 504pp, pb, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Headline 1994) horror novel; a small group fights an evil that has raised the violence in a Californian school to unnatural, then supernatural, levels. The Export edition (same details) was available 1 June 95. The US title is University (1995).
* *The Revelation (St. Martin’s 0-312-03922-0, Feb ’90 [Mar ’90], $17.95, 289pp, hc, cover by Cary Henrie) Horror novel of religious madness and apocalyptic terror in a small Arizona town. A first novel.
* _The Revelation (St. Martin’s 0-312-92242-6, Feb ’91, $3.95, 289pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1990) horror novel.
* _The Revelation (Headline 0-7472-0822-0, May ’93, £15.99, 313pp, hc, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1990) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Revelation (Headline 0-7472-4179-1, Oct ’93, £4.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1990) horror novel.
* _The Store (Headline 0-7472-5255-6, Dec ’96 [Jan ’97], £5.99, 504pp, pb, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Headline 1996) horror novel.
* +The Store (Penguin/Signet 0-451-19219-2, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $6.99, 431pp, pb) Horror novel. A small Arizona town gets a sinister superstore. First US edition (Headline 1996).
* *The Summoning (Zebra 0-8217-4221-3, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $4.50, 541pp, pb) Vampire horror novel of a bloodthirsty undead creature stalking the streets of a small Arizona town.
* _The Summoning (Headline 0-7472-0815-8, Oct ’93, £16.99, 342pp, hc, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Zebra 1993) horror novel about a vampire preying on the small town of Rio Verde. [First U.K. edition]
* _The Summoning (Headline 0-7472-4197-X, May ’94 [Jun ’94], £5.99, 598pp, pb, cover by Simon Dewey) Reprint (Zebra 1993) horror novel.
* *University (Penguin/Signet 0-451-18390-8, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $4.99, 416pp, pb) Horror novel. An uncontrollable evil takes over the University of California at Brea.
LITTLE, DENISE, ed. (stories) (chron.)

* *Alien Pets (DAW 0-88677-822-0, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $5.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) Original anthology of 15 SF animal stories. Authors include Nina Kiriki Hoffman, Karen Haber, and Jack Williamson. (Contents)
* _Mistresses of the Dark: 25 Macabre Tales by Master Storytellers (with Robert E. Weinberg & Stefan Dziemianowicz) See entry under Stefan Dziemianowicz.
LITTON, MELVIN

* *Geminga: Sword of the Shining Path (III Publishing 0-9622937-4-1, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $9.95, 254pp, tp, cover by Bill Meyers) Near-future sf novel of a genetically-engineered assassin. Available from III Publishing, PO Box 170363, San Francisco CA 94117-0363. Please add $2.00 for postage.
LIVELY, ADAM (1961- )

* +Blue Fruit (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-311-3, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $16.95, 136pp, hc) Literary time-travel novel. An 18th-century ship’s doctor becomes a 20th-century jazz violinist. A first novel. First American edition (Simon & Schuster UK 1988)
* _Blue Fruit (Sceptre 0-340-50074-3, Aug ’89, £3.50, 144pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1988) literary time-travel novel. [First U.K. edition]
* *The Burnt House (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-69999-7, May ’89, £12.95, 264pp, hc, cover by John Kemp) Novel blending a realistic picture of contemporary London life with science fiction.
LIVELY, PENELOPE (Margaret) (1933- ) (stories) (chron.)

* _The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (Berkley 0-425-09419-7, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.50, 186pp, pb) Reprint (Heinemann 1973) young-adult fantasy novel.
* _The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (Puffin 0-14-031496-2, Mar ’87, £1.75, 159pp, pb) Reissue (Heinemann 1973) juvenile ghost story.
* _The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (Mammoth 0-7497-0791-7, Mar ’92, £2.99, 153pp, pb, cover by Richard Jones) Reprint (Heinemann 1973) young-adult ghost novel.
* _The Ghost of Thomas Kempe (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037794-8, Sep ’95, $3.99, 186pp, tp, cover by Scott Gladden) Reprint (Heinemann 1973) Young-adult dark fantasy novel about a home haunted by a sorcerer’s ghost.
* _The House in Norham Gardens (Mammoth 0-7497-0790-9, May ’94, £2.99, 154pp, pb, cover by Emma Chichester-Clark) Reprint (Heinemann 1974) young-adult ghost novel.
* _The House in Norman Gardens (Puffin 0-14-031976-X, Mar ’86, £1.95, 176pp, pb) Reprint (Heinemann 1974) juvenile fantasy novel.
* _The Revenge of Samuel Stokes (Mammoth 0-7497-0601-5, Jun ’91, £2.50, 122pp, pb, cover by Caroline Binch) Reprint (Heinemann 1981) young-adult ghost novel.
* _A Stitch in Time (Mammoth 0-7497-0789-5, Apr ’94 [May ’94], £2.99, 140pp, pb, cover by Emma Chichester-Clark) Reprint (Heinemann 1976) young-adult ghost novel.
* _Treasures of Time (Penguin 0-14-007932-7, Mar ’86, £2.25, 208pp, pb) Reprint (Heinemann 1979) juvenile fantasy novel.
* *Uninvited Ghosts (Heinemann 0-434-94960-4, Jul ’84, £5.95, 120pp, hc) Young-adult ghost collection. [Not seen]
* +Uninvited Ghosts (Dutton 0-525-44165-4, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $10.95, 120pp, hc) Reprint (Heinemann 1984) collection of eight juvenile fantasy stories. First U.S. edition. (Contents)
* _Uninvited Ghosts (Mammoth 0-7497-0788-7, Oct ’91, £2.50, 120pp, pb, cover by John Lawrence) Reprint (Heinemann 1984) young-adult ghost collection.
* _Uninvited Ghosts and Other Stories (Puffin 0-14-031966-2, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £1.50, 120pp, pb) Reprint (Heinemann 1984) juvenile collection.
* _Uninvited Ghosts and Other Stories (Puffin 0-14-031966-2, Mar ’87, £1.50, 120pp, pb) Reissue (Heinemann 1984) juvenile ghost collection.
* _Uninvited Ghosts and Other Stories (Mammoth 0-7497-0788-7, Sep ’97, £3.99, 120pp, pb, cover by John Lawrence) Reissue (Heinemann 1984) young-adult fantasy collection of eight stories. (Contents)
* _The Whispering Knights (Puffin 0-14-031977-8, Mar ’87, £1.75, 155pp, pb) Reprint (Heinemann 1971) juvenile fantasy/horror novel.
* _The Whispering Knights (Heinemann 0-434-94884-5, Feb ’89, £7.95, 160pp, hc) Reissue (Heinemann 1971) young-adult fantasy novel. [Not seen]
* _The Whispering Knights (Mammoth 0-7497-0787-9, Jun ’95, £3.50, 160pp, pb, cover by Anthony Kerins) Reprint (Heinemann 1971) young-adult fantasy novel. Children rouse the spirit of Morgan le Fay.
* _The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy (Lythway Large Print 0-7451-0491-6, Mar ’87 [1987], £6.95, 256pp, hc) Reprint (Heinemann 1971) juvenile fantasy novel. [Not seen]
* _The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy (Heinemann 0-434-94886-1, Feb ’89, £7.95, 144pp, hc) Reissue (Heinemann 1971) young-adult fantasy novel. [Not seen]
* _The Wild Hunt of Hagworthy (Mammoth 0-7497-0786-0, Oct ’92, £2.99, 142pp, pb, cover by Anthony Kerins) Reissue (Heinemann 1971) young-adult fantasy novel.
* +Wild Hunt of the Ghost Hounds (Ace 0-441-88810-0, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 150pp, pb) Young-adult fantasy novel of ancient Celtic ritual in modern England. Reprint (Heinemann 1971). First U.S. publication.
LIVESEY, JOHN

* *Swallow and the Prince of Darkness (Target 0-426-20215-5, Jan ’86, £1.80, 152pp, pb) Young-adult fantasy novel about an intrepid swallow and a London policeman vs. Evil. A first novel.
LIVIA, ANNA; working name of Anna Livia Julian Brawn, (1955- ) (stories)

* *Bulldozer Rising (Onlywomen Press 0-906500-27-3, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], £3.95, 188pp, tp) Impenetrable sf novel about a bleak future where women are the underdog and are expected to commit suicide at the age of 40.
* *Minimax (Eighth Mountain Press 0-933377-11-8, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $9.95, 241pp, tp) Surrealistic feminist romantic comedy with Renee Vivien and Natalie Clifford Barney as vampires.
* *Saccharin Cyanide (Onlywomen Press 0-906500-35-4, Jun ’90 [May ’90], £4.95, 146pp, tp) Collection of fourteen lesbian feminist short stories, mainly original, including some science fiction and fantasy. (Contents)
LIVINGSTONE, IAN (1949- ) (stories)

* *Casket of Souls (Penguin 0-14-031970-0, Nov ’87, £3.95, 32pp, tp) Fantasy short story/puzzle, illustrated by Iain McCaig.
* *Casket of Souls (Oxford University Press 0-19-279791-3, Nov ’87, £5.95, 32pp, hc) Hardcover edition of the above. [Not seen]
* _Dicing with Dragons: An Introduction to Role-Playing Games (SFBC #35485, Apr ’84, $6.98, 210pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1983, revised American edition); non-fiction, associational — guide for gamers.
* *Shadowmaster (with Marc Gascoigne) (Puffin 0-14-032481-X, Jul ’92, £3.99, 251pp, pb, cover by John Sibbick) Young-adult fantasy novelization, based on the “Fighting Fantasy” gamebooks, illustrated by Russ Nicholson.
LIVONI, CATHY (Ann) (1956- )

* *Element of Time (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-225369-6, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $12.95, 182pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel, a first novel.
LLEWELLYN, EDWARD; pseudonym of Edward Llewellyn-Thomas, (1917-1984) (stories)

* _Bright Companion (DAW 0-88677-007-6, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $2.50, 176pp, pb) Reissue (DAW 1980) sf novel. 3rd printing.
* _The Douglas Convolution (DAW 0-88677-006-8, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $2.50, 190pp, pb) Reissue (DAW 1979) sf novel. 3rd printing.
* *Fugitive in Transit (DAW 0-88677-002-5, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $2.95, 302pp, pb) Sf novel.
* _Prelude to Chaos (DAW 0-88677-008-4, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $2.95, 256pp, pb) Reissue (DAW 1983) sf novel. 3rd printing.
* *Salvage and Destroy (DAW 0-87997-898-8, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.95, 256pp, pb) Sf novel.
* _Salvage and Destroy (DAW 0-88677-009-2, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $2.95, 256pp, pb) Reissue (DAW 1984) sf novel. 3rd printing.
* *Word-Bringer (DAW 0-88677-142-0, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $2.95, 222pp, pb) Near-future sf novel about first contact. This is a final posthumous novel.
LLEWELLYN-THOMAS, EDWARD (1917-1984); see pseudonym Edward Llewellyn (stories)
LLEWELYN, MORGAN

* _On Raven’s Wing (Heinemann 0-434-42744-6, Jul ’90, £14.95, 512pp, hc) Reprint (Morrow 1989 as Red Branch) Irish fantasy novel.
LLOYD, A(lan) R(ichard) (1927- )

* *Dragon Pond (Muller 0-09-173980-2, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], £12.99, 201pp, hc, cover by Douglas Hall) [Kine Saga] Animal fantasy novel about weasels. Volume III of “The Kine Saga”.

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