The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

ASPRIN, ROBERT LYNN (stories) (continued)

• * _Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn (Penguin 0-14-006985-2, May ’89, £2.99, 223pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World] Reissue (Ace 1980) original fantasy shared-world anthology. Volume Two in the “Thieves’ World” series.
• * _Thieves’ World (Ace 0-441-80584-1, Jul ’85 [Oct ’85], $2.95, 308pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World] Reissue (Ace 1979) original anthology, The first “Thieves’ World” book. 17th Ace printing.
• * _Thieves’ World (Ace 0-441-80583-3, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $2.95, 308pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World] Reissue (Ace 1979) original anthology. “Thieves’ World” #1. The cover credits both Asprin and Lynn Abbey as editors, but Abbey became co-editor later on. 18th printing. This is the first printing with the new packaging.
• * _Thieves’ World (Penguin 0-14-006984-4, May ’89, £2.99, 221pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World] Reissue (Ace 1979) original fantasy shared-world anthology. Volume One in the “Thieves’ World” series.
• * *Thieves’ World #11: Uneasy Alliances (with Lynn Abbey) (Ace 0-441-80610-4, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.50, 258pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World] Original shared world fantasy anthology of 8 stories. (Contents)
• * *Thieves’ World 10: Aftermath (with Lynn Abbey) (Ace 0-441-80597-3, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.50, 273pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World] Original anthology of 6 stories in the “Thieves’ World” fantasy shared world series. (Contents)
• * _Thieves’ World Book 4: Storm Season (with Lynn Abbey) (Ace 0-441-78713-4, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 305pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World] Reissue (Ace 1982) original anthology of stories set in the fantasy city Sanctuary. 11th printing.
• * _Thieves’ World Book 5: The Face of Chaos (with Lynn Abbey) (Ace 0-441-80587-6, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 242pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World] Reissue (Ace 1983) original anthology of fantasy stories set in Sanctuary; fifth in the series. 11th printing.
• * _Thieves’ World Book 6: Wings of Omen (with Lynn Abbey) (Ace 0-441-80588-4, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 277pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World] Reissue (Ace 1984) original fantasy anthology set in Sanctuary. 7th printing.
• * *Thieves’ World Book 7: The Dead of Winter (with Lynn Abbey) (Ace 0-441-14089-0, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], $2.95, 273pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World] Original fantasy anthology in the series set in Sanctuary. This has the new packaging for the series. (Contents)
• * *Thieves’ World Book 8: Soul of the City (with Lynn Abbey) (Ace 0-441-77581-0, Jan ’86 [Dec ’85], $2.95, 242pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World] Original anthology/braided novel of 6 stories by 3 authors — Abbey, Cherryh, and Morris — set in the world of Sanctuary. (Contents)
• * *Thieves’ World Book 9: Blood Ties (with Lynn Abbey) (Ace 0-441-80595-7, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $2.95, 238pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World] Original anthology of 8 fantasy stories set in Sanctuary. This one, with introductions, afterwords, etc., sounds more and more like a round-robin fanzine. (Contents)
• * *Thieves’ World Book 12: Stealers’ Sky (with Lynn Abbey) (Ace 0-441-80612-0, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 240pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [*Thieves’ World] Original shared-world anthology of eight stories, with an introduction by Asprin. Its marked “The Triumphant Conclusion” on the cover, so maybe this is the last of the series. (Contents)
• * _Thieves’ World: Aftermath (with Lynn Abbey) (Titan 1-85286-279-3, May ’90, £3.99, 273pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [*Thieves’ World] Reprint (Ace 1987) original anthology of 6 stories, set in “Thieves’ World”. Volume 10 in the series.
• * _Thieves’ World: Blood Ties (with Lynn Abbey) (Titan 1-85286-180-0, Mar ’90, £3.99, 238pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [*Thieves’ World] Reprint (Ace 1986) original fantasy shared-world anthology. Volume 9 in the series.
• * _Thieves’ World: Soul of the City (with Lynn Abbey) (Titan 1-85286-179-7, Jan ’90, £3.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [*Thieves’ World] Reprint (Ace 1986) original fantasy anthology. Volume 8 in the series.
• * *Wings of Omen (with Lynn Abbey) (Ace 0-441-80593-0, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $2.95, 277pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World] “Thieves’ World”, sixth in this series of original fantasy anthologies with a continuing cast. (Contents)
• * _Wings of Omen (with Lynn Abbey) (Ace 0-441-80588-4, Jul ’85 [Oct ’85], $2.95, 277pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World] Reissue (Ace 1984) original anthology, “Thieves’ World” #6; 4th printing.
• * _Wings of Omen (with Lynn Abbey) (Titan 1-85286-170-3, Sep ’89, £3.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [*Thieves’ World] Reprint (Ace 1984) original fantasy shared world anthology. Volume Six in the “Thieves’ World” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Wolfsong: The Blood of Ten Chiefs Vol. 2 (with Richard Pini) See entry under Richard Pini.
• * _Wolfsong: The Blood of Ten Chiefs, Vol. 2 (with Richard Pini & Lynn Abbey) See entry under Richard Pini.

ATACK, CHRIS

• * *Project: Maldon (Baen 0-671-87786-0, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $5.99, 375pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) SF novel. An artificial intelligence named Helen is designed to direct mankind away from armageddon. A first novel.

ATACK, JON

• * *A Piece of Blue Sky: Scientology, Dianetics, and L. Ron Hubbard Exposed (Carol Publishing Group 0-8184-0499-X, Oct ’90 [Mar ’91], $21.95, 428pp, hc, cover by Steven Brower) Non-fiction; an expose of Hubbard and Scientology by a former Scientologist. The book was tied up in copyright litigation for almost a year. This has a 1990 publication date but was not seen until now. [Hubbard]

ATHANS, PHILIP, ed. (stories)

• * *Forgotten Realms: Realms of Mystery (TSR 0-7869-1171-9, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $5.99, 336pp, tp, cover by Alan Pollack) [Forgotten Realms] Original anthology of 14 fantasy/mystery stories set in the world of the role-playing game. Authors include Mary H. Herbert, Brian M. Thomsen, and Ed Greenwood. Copyrighted by TSR. (Contents)

ATHERTON, NANCY (T.) (c1967- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Aunt Dimity and the Duke (Viking 0-670-84964-2, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $19.95, 290pp, hc, cover by Jerry LoFaro) [Aunt Dimity] Mystery/ghost romance novel. Aunt Dimity’s ghost helps a duke straighten out his garden and track down a magic artifact. The book ends with a recipe for strawberry tarts.
• * _Aunt Dimity and the Duke (Penguin 0-14-017841-4, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $5.95, 290pp, pb, cover by Jerry LoFaro) [Aunt Dimity] Reprint (Viking 1994) mystery/ghost romance novel. Aunt Dimity’s ghost helps a duke.
• * *Aunt Dimity Digs In (Viking 0-670-87061-7, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $21.95, 277pp, hc, cover by Jerry Lofaro) [Aunt Dimity] Mystery/ghost novel. Fourth in the series.
• * *Aunt Dimity’s Death (Viking 0-670-84449-7, Nov ’92, $19.00, 245pp, hc, cover by Jerry Lofaro) [Aunt Dimity] Mystery/fantasy novel of a young woman who inherits a Cornish cottage from an aunt she had believed fictional, only to discover that the legacy includes her ghost. A first novel.
• * _Aunt Dimity’s Death (Penguin 0-14-017840-6, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $4.95, 244pp, pb, cover by Jerry Lofaro) [Aunt Dimity] Reprint (Viking 1992) mystery/ghost novel of a young woman who inherits a Cornish cottage from an Aunt she had believed fictional, only to discover that the legacy includes her ghost.
• * *Aunt Dimity’s Good Deed (Viking 0-670-86715-2, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $20.95, 277pp, hc, cover by Jerry Lofaro) [Aunt Dimity] Mystery/ghost novel. Third in the series.
• * _Aunt Dimity’s Good Deed (Penguin US 0-14-025881-7, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $5.99, 277pp, tp, cover by Jerry Lofaro) [Aunt Dimity] Reprint (Viking 1996) mystery/ghost novel. Third in the series.

ATHKINS, D. E. (stories)

• * *Mirror, Mirror (Scholastic 0-590-45246-0, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $3.25, 130pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel about a teenage girl who makes a deal with a devilish friend to insure beauty and success for herself.

ATKINS, PETER (1955- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Big Thunder (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224596-5, Sep ’97, £16.99, 273pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel. A cloaked avenger from the pulp magazines materialises in modern America when his aged creator is comatose.
• * _Big Thunder (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649014-X, Jun ’98 [May ’98], £5.99, 273pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1997) dark fantasy novel.
• * *The Hellraiser Chronicles (with Clive Barker & Stephen Jones) (Titan 1-85286-423-0, Jun ’92, £8.99, 92pp, tp) Collection of photographic portraits of the main characters in the Hellraiser films, with an introduction by Clive Barker and a long essay, “Creating the Cenobites”, by Stephen Jones.
• * *Morningstar (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-100512-6, Jul ’92, $4.50, 287pp, pb, cover by Kirk Reinert) Horror novel of a serial killer in San Francisco who signs his victims like an artist does a canvas — and whose victims turn out to be more than human. A first novel.
• * _Morningstar (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223908-6, Oct ’92, £14.99, 238pp, hc, cover by Kirk Reinert) Reprint (Harper 1992) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Morningstar (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-100512-6, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $4.50, 287pp, pb, cover by Kirk Reinert) Reissue (HarperPaperbacks 1992) horror novel; second printing.
• * _Morningstar (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21480-1, Sep ’93, £4.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Kirk Reinert) Reprint (Harper 1992) horror novel.

ATKINSON, KATE

• * _Human Croquet (Black Swan 0-552-99619-X, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], £6.99, 383pp, tp, cover by Sarah Perkins) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1997) literary fantasy novel.

ATKINSON, STUART

• * *Journey Into Space (Viking Kestrel 0-670-82306-6, May ’88 [Sep ’88], $14.95, 80pp, hc) Associational, mostly non-fiction; a discussion of the solar system told from the point of view of someone on a grand tour of it in 2090. Introduction by Isaac Asimov.

ATKINSON-KEEN, SUSAN

• * +Weekend in the Jurassic (Yankee/Nimbus 0-921054-32-7, 1989 [May ’91], $7.95, 144pp, tp, cover by Etta Moffatt) Young-adult time travel sf dinosaur novel, with illustrations by Etta Moffatt. This is the Canadian edition (Nimbus 1989), distributed in the U.S. (with a new price sticker) by Yankee Books, Box 1248, Camden ME 04843.

ATRIUM, STELLA

• * *The Goulep (University Editions 1-56002-617-0, Apr ’98, $11.95, 269pp, tp, cover by Mark Grosskopf) SF novel. Tribes on the planet Dolvia band together to stop offworld mining corporations. This is dated 1997, but not seen until now. Copyrighted by Star Hall. A first novel. Available from University Editions, 59 Oak Lane, Spring Valley, Huntington WV 25704.

ATTANASIO, A(lfred) A(ngelo) (1951- ); see pseudonym Adam Lee (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Arc of the Dream (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26035-9, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.50, 262pp, pb) [Radix] Sf novel.
• * _Arc of the Dream (Grafton 0-586-06913-5, Jun ’88, £3.95, 335pp, tp) [Radix] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1986) sf novel.
• * _Arc of the Dream (Bantam Spectra 0-553-26035-9, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.95, 262pp, pb, cover by Shusei) [Radix] Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1986) sf novel, third book of the loosely-connected “Radix Tetrad”; second printing.
• * *Arthor (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-61775-6, Jun ’95 [May ’95], £16.99, 278pp, hc, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Arthor] Fantasy novel. Second in a new Arthurian series following The Dragon and the Unicorn. The adolescent Arthor becomes a pawn in Morgeu’s magical revenge on Merlin.
• * _Arthor (NEL 0-340-61776-4, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], £5.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Arthor] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) fantasy novel. Sequel to The Dragon and the Unicorn.
• * *Beastmarks (Mark V. Ziesing 0-9612970-2-6, Jan ’85, $25.00 signed edition; $13.95 trade, 120pp, hc) Collection of 7 stories, apparently all originals. The illustrations are by Rich Schindler. The book is copyright 1984, but did not appear until January 1985. Recommended. (FCM) (Contents)
• * *Centuries (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-66699-4, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], £16.99, 437pp, hc, cover by Bob Warner) SF novel of the Third Millennium, with a thousand years of future history, and the countdown to apocalyptic destruction.
• * _Centuries (NEL 0-340-66600-5, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], £6.99, 437pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) SF novel.
• * *The Dark Shore (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-64946-1, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], £16.99, 500pp, hc, cover by Mike Van Houten) [Dominions of Irth] Fantasy novel. An outcast scavenger launches a black magic attack on a tyrannical nobility.
• * _The Dark Shore (NEL 0-340-64947-X, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], £5.99, 500pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Dominions of Irth] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) SF/fantasy novel.
• * *The Dragon and the Unicorn (NEL 0-340-61765-9, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], £16.99, 483pp, hc, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Arthor] Fantasy novel. First in a new series of Arthurian fantasies.
• * _The Dragon and the Unicorn (NEL 0-340-61772-1, Jun ’95 [May ’95], £5.99, 483pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Arthor] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1994) Arthurian fantasy novel, first in a series.
• * +The Dragon and the Unicorn (HarperPrism 0-06-109297-5, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $16.00, 500pp, tp, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Arthor] Arthurian fantasy novel. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1994).
• * _The Dragon and the Unicorn (SFBC #13589, Sep ’96, $11.98, 500pp, hc, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Arthor] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1994) Arthurian fantasy novel. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the HarperPrism trade paperback edition; the jacket lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Dragon and the Unicorn (HarperPrism 0-06-105779-7, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $6.50, 539pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Arthor] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1994) Arthurian fantasy novel.
• * +The Eagle and the Sword (HarperPrism 0-06-109298-3, Jun ’97 [May ’97], $14.00, 340pp, tp, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Arthor] Arthurian fantasy novel, sequel to The Dragon and the Unicorn. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1995 as Arthor).
• * _The Eagle and the Sword (SFBC #17023, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $11.98, 340pp, hc, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Arthor] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996 as Arthor) Arthurian fantasy novel, sequel to The Dragon and the Unicorn. This is similar to the HarperPrism trade paperback edition; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Eagle and the Sword (HarperPrism 0-06-105839-4, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $6.50, 436pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) [Arthor] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996 as Arthor) Arthurian fantasy novel, sequel to The Dragon and the Unicorn.
• * *Hunting the Ghost Dancer (HarperCollins 0-06-017909-0, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $21.95, 371pp, hc, cover by Kang Yi) Prehistoric fantasy novel.
• * _Hunting the Ghost Dancer (Grafton 0-246-13727-4, Aug ’91, £8.99, 371pp, tp, cover by Mike Van Houten) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) prehistoric fantasy novel, about the clash between the last of the Neanderthals and early Homo Sapiens. Also available in hardcover (-13575-1, £14.99). [First U.K. edition]
• * _Hunting the Ghost Dancer (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-109935-X, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $4.99, 441pp, pb, cover by Kang Yi) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) prehistoric fantasy novel.
• * _Hunting the Ghost Dancer (Grafton 0-586-20836-4, Sep ’92, £4.99, 445pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) prehistoric fantasy novel.
• * *In Other Worlds (Morrow 0-688-00508-X, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $12.95, 211pp, hc) [Radix] Supernatural sf/fantasy novel. “One star-chained evening in a Manhattan bathroom, Carl Schirmer spontaneously transforms into light....”
• * _In Other Worlds (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25566-5, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $2.95, 211pp, pb) [Radix] Reprint (Morrow 1984) literary sf novel set “billions of years in the future.”
• * _In Other Worlds (Corgi 0-552-99168-6, Mar ’86, £2.95, 175pp, tp) [Radix] Reprint (Morrow 1984) literary sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Radix” tetralogy.
• * _In Other Worlds (Grafton 0-586-20543-8, Oct ’89, £3.99, 222pp, tp, cover by Mike Posen) [Radix] Reprint (Morrow 1984) literary sf novel.
• * _In Other Worlds (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25566-5, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.95, 211pp, pb, cover by Shusei) [Radix] Reissue (Morrow 1984) sf novel, second book of the loosely-connected “Radix Tetrad”; second printing.
• * *Kingdom of the Grail (HarperCollins 0-06-017965-1, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $23.00, 500pp, hc, cover by Karen Barnes) Associational historical novel with Arthurian elements set in 12th-century Wales.
• * _Kingdom of the Grail (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-109979-1, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $5.50, 438pp, pb, cover by Karen Barnes) Reprint (HarperCollins 1992) associational historical novel with Arthurian elements set in 12th-century Wales.
• * _Kingdom of the Grail (HarperCollins UK 0-586-20870-4, May ’94, £5.99, 500pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins 1992) associational historical novel with Arthurian elements. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Last Legends of Earth (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-26393-7, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $8.95, 481pp, tp) [Radix] Epic sf novel in the Stapledonian manner. This is the final volume of the Radix tetrad according to the author. The connections are very obscure. Also available in hardcover (-26392-9, $18.95).
• * _The Last Legends of Earth (Easton Press no ISBN, Oct ’89, no price, 481pp, hc) [Radix] Epic sf novel in the Stapledonian manner, with an introduction by James Gunn and artwork by Pat Morrissey. This is a signed, limited, leatherbound, gilt-edge edition that is being published “simultaneously” with the Doubleday Foundation hardcover/trade paperback edition which appeared two months ago. This edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _The Last Legends of Earth (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28601-3, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.95, 450pp, pb, cover by Shusei) [Radix] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) epic sf novel in the Stapledonian manner, the final volume of the Radix tetrad.
• * _The Last Legends of Earth (Grafton 0-246-13679-0, Oct ’90, £7.99, 407pp, tp, cover by Mike Van Houten) [Radix] Reprint (Doubleday 1989) sf novel. Also available in hardcover (-13678-2, £14.99). Volume 4 in the “Radix” Tetrad.
• * _The Last Legends of Earth (Grafton 0-586-06914-3, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], £4.99, 556pp, pb, cover by Mike Van Houten) [Radix] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) sf novel. Volume 4 in the “Radix” tetrad.
• * _The Last Legends of Earth (NEL 0-340-67463-6, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], £5.99, 557pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Radix] Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1989) SF novel. Last volume in the “Radix Tetrad”.
• * *The Moon’s Wife (HarperCollins 0-06-017740-3, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $22.00, 234pp, hc, cover by Joe Burleson) Literary quasi-fantasy novel about the moon coming down from the sky and becoming a man in order to win the woman he loves. Maybe.
• * _The Moon’s Wife (NEL 0-450-60640-6, May ’94, £5.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) Reprint (HarperCollins 1993) literary quasi-fantasy novel.