The Locus Index to Science Fiction

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LOVECRAFT, H(oward) P(hillips) (stories) (continued)

• * _At the Mountains of Madness (Arkham House 0-87054-038-6, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $16.95, xvii+458pp, hc) Reissue (Arkham House 1964) collection. The Derleth introduction has been dropped, but there is a new introduction by James Turner and a note on the texts by S.T. Joshi. This is a corrected “definitive” version, second in what will be a three-volume set. (Contents)
• * _At the Mountains of Madness (Grafton 0-586-06322-6, Jun ’87 [Sep ’87], £3.50, 552pp, pb) Reissue (Panther 1985) horror collection.
• * _At the Mountains of Madness (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-69-0, Jul ’90, $120.00, 95pp, hc) Classic Lovecraft short novel, apparently a first solo publication. With full-color illustrations by Fernando Duval. This is an oversize hardcover edition, 34.5 x 24 cm., and is limited to 1,000 copies signed by the artist.
• * _At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32945-7, Oct ’90, $4.95, 184pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reissue (Beagle 1971) collection of four stories; 17th printing. (Contents)
• * *Autobiographical Writings (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-48-8, Oct ’92 [Nov ’92], $4.95, 38pp, ph, cover by H. P. Lovecraft) Collection of autobiographical pieces by Lovecraft, with an introduction by S.T. Joshi and a bibliography. Order from Necronomicon Press, 101 Lockwood St., West Warwick RI 02893.
• * *The Battle That Ended the Century/Collapsing Cosmoses (with Robert H. Barlow) (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-41-0, Mar ’92 [Apr ’92], $2.50, 14pp, ph, cover by Robert H. Knox) Collection of two short story collaborations, with anonymous notes. Available from Necronomicon Press, 101 Lockwood St., West Warwick RI 02893. (Contents)
• * _The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35080-4, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $7.95, 375pp, tp) Reissue (Del Rey 1982) collection of 16 tales of horror, sf, and dark fantasy. Ninth printing.
• * _The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35080-4, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], $10.00, 375pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) Reissue (Del Rey 1982) collection of 16 tales, with an introduction by Robert Bloch. 17th printing.
• * _The Case of Charles Dexter Ward (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35490-7, Oct ’90, $4.95, 127pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reissue (Beagle 1971) short horror novel; 11th printing.
• * _Crawling Chaos (Creation Books 1-871592-72-0, 1997 [Jun ’98], $19.95, 256pp, tp, cover by Robert Taylor) Reprint (Creation 1993 as Crawling Chaos: Selected Works 1920-1935) anthology of 22 stories. This revised edition drops the Editor’s Note and four stories, and adds three stories. This is copyrighted 1997, but not seen until now; it appears to be an international edition with a UK price of £11.95. (Contents)
• * *Crawling Chaos: Selected Works 1920 - 1935 (Creation Press 1-871592-18-6, Feb ’93, £9.95, 355pp, tp, cover by Robert Taylor) Collection of 21 of Lovecraft’s “Cthulhu Mythos” stories, plus one poem and a Mythos story by Hazel Heald, edited by James Havoc and introduced by Colin Wilson. (Contents)
• * _Dagon and Other Macabre Tales (Panther 0-586-06324-2, Apr ’85 [1985], £2.95, 512pp, pb) Reprint (Arkham House 1965) horror collection.
• * _Dagon and Other Macabre Tales (Arkham House 0-87054-039-4, Jan ’87 [Oct ’86], $18.95, 448pp, hc) Reprint (Arkham 1965) collection; corrected 5th printing. These texts have been compared with manuscripts etc. They have been rearranged, and fragments have been added and dropped. There is a new note on texts by editor S.T. Joshi, and a new long introduction by T.E.D. Klein, as well as several new indices. (Contents)
• * _Dagon and Other Macabre Tales (Grafton 0-586-06324-2, Jun ’87 [Sep ’87], £3.50, 512pp, pb) Reissue (Panther 1985) horror collection.
• * _The Doom That Came to Sarnath and Other Stories (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33105-2, Oct ’90, $4.95, 208pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reissue (Ballantine 1971) collection; 15th printing. (Contents)
• * *The Dream Cycle of H.P. Lovecraft: Dreams of Terror and Death (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38421-0, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $10.00, 387pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) Collection of 25 horror stories about dreams, all previously published in other collections from Arkham House, which has copyrighted this compilation. There is an introduction by Neil Gaiman. (Contents)
• * _The Dunwich Horror and Others (Arkham House 0-87054-037-8, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $15.95, 433pp, hc) Reissue (Arkham House 1963), “corrected 6th printing” of this Lovecraft collection, the first in a projected three-volume critical edition based on the author’s original texts. S.T. Joshi edited it, and there’s a new introduction by Robert Bloch, reprinted from the 1982 Ballantine collection Blood Curdling Tales of Supernatural Horror: The Best of H.P. Lovecraft. There are thousands of minor changes from the 1963 edition. (Contents) [ed: S. T. Joshi]
• * _The Dunwich Horror and Others (Easton Press no ISBN, Oct ’93, no price, 433pp, hc) Reprint (Arkham House 1963) collection of 16 stories, with a new introduction by Darrell Schweitzer and artwork by Jill Bauman. The text is that of the corrected 1985 sixth printing. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * *The Fantastic Poetry (Necronomicon Press no ISBN, Jul ’90 [Aug ’90], $5.95, 63pp, ph, cover by Jason C. Eckhardt) Collection of Lovecraft’s poetry, edited and with an introduction by S.T. Joshi and illustrations by Jason Eckhardt. (Contents)
• * *The H.P. Lovecraft Christmas Book (Necronomicon Press no ISBN, Sep ’91 [Oct ’91], $1.95, 12pp, ph, cover by Jason Eckhardt) Associational collection of Christmas poems and greetings by Lovecraft. Edited by Susan Michaud and illustrated by Jason Eckhardt. This is a revised and expanded edition of a 1984 Necronomicon Press publication.
• * _The Haunter of the Dark (Panther 0-586-06323-4, Jun ’85 [1985], £2.95, 544pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1951) horror collection.
• * _The Haunter of the Dark (Grafton 0-586-06323-4, Jun ’87 [Sep ’87], £3.50, 544pp, pb) Reissue (Panther 1985) horror collection.
• * _"The Hoard of the Wizard Beast" and One Other (with Robert H. Barlow) See entry under Robert H. Barlow
• * *The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions (Arkham House 0-87054-040-8, May ’89 [Mar ’89], $18.95, 450pp, hc) Collection; revised and corrected edition of the 1944 Arkham House book with corrected texts plus new stories added and previous ones removed. This should be considered a new book. Includes a note on the texts by S.T. Joshi and a foreword on Lovecraft’s revisions by August Derleth. (Contents)
• * *The Illustrated ‘Fungi from Yuggoth’ (Dream House no ISBN, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $5.00, unpaginated, pb) Lovecraft sonnet cycle with illustrations by Robert Kellough.
• * _The Loved Dead (with August Derleth) (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0445-4, Jul ’97 [Jun ’97], $4.95, 243pp, pb) Reprint (Arkham House 1970) collection/anthology of 14 stories H.P. Lovecraft either revised or collaborated on, edited by August Derleth. This follows the 1970 Arkham House edition of The Horror in the Museum and Other Revisions, with text additionally edited by S.T. Joshi; Carroll & Graf’s 1996 book by that title reprinted half of the stories; the remainder appear here. The cover credits Lovecraft only; the title page adds “and Others;” Derleth’s name appears only on the copyright page. (Contents)
• * _The Lurker at the Threshold (with August Derleth) (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-408-X, May ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.50, 186pp, pb) Reprint (Arkham 1945) sf/horror novel. Although Derleth’s name doesn’t appear on the cover or title page, he actually wrote the whole novel, based on a few hundred words by Lovecraft.
• * _The Lurker at the Threshold (with August Derleth) (Gollancz 0-575-04685-6, Dec ’89, £3.50, 196pp, pb, cover by Les Edwards) Reprint (Arkham House 1945) sf/horror novel.
• * *Miscellaneous Writings (Arkham House 0-87054-168-4, Feb ’95 [Nov ’94], $29.95, 569pp, hc, cover by H. P. Lovecraft) Associational collection of Lovecraft’s non-fiction writings, most from his work in “Amateur Journalism”, covering diverse topics: weird fantasy, writing, materialism, politics, antiquarian travels, and autobiographical essays. Includes photos and facsimile illustrations, including sketches by Lovecraft himself. Edited and with an introduction by S.T. Joshi. Order from Arkham House, Sauk City WI 53583. [ed: S. T. Joshi]
• * *The Night Ocean (with Robert H. Barlow) (Necronomicon Press no ISBN, Oct ’91, $2.50, 23pp, ph, cover by Jason Eckhardt) Lovecraft collaborative short story. This is a new edition, revised from previous texts, with illustrations by Jason Eckhardt. The first Necronomicon Press edition appeared in 1978 as part of Uncollected Prose & Poetry I.
• * _Selected Letters III (Arkham House 0-87054-032-7, Dec ’97 [Jan ’98], $19.95, 451pp, hc) Reprint (Arkham House 1971), part of a five-volume collection of Lovecraftian correspondence. Order from Arkham House, PO Box 546, Sauk City WI 53583.
• * _Supernatural Horror in Literature (The Gothic Society 1-874100-07-1, Sep ’94, £6.00, 32pp, ph) The famous essay from the ’30s (original text) issued as an illustrated A4 booklet. It has appeared before in numerous texts. Available from Chatham House, Gosshill Road, Chislehurst, Kent BR7 5NS.
• * *Tales of H.P. Lovecraft: Major Works Selected and Introduced by Joyce Carol Oates (Ecco Press 0-88001-541-1, Aug ’97, $23.00, 328pp, hc) Collection of ten stories. Introduction by Joyce Carol Oates. (Contents)
• * *The Transition of H.P. Lovecraft: The Road to Madness (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38422-9, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $10.00, 379pp, tp, cover by John Jude Palencar) Collection of 29 horror stories, including many early or fragmentary works, all previously collected. There is an introduction by Barbara Hambly. Illustrated by John Jude Palencar. This compilation copyrighted by Arkham House. (Contents)
• * _The Watchers Out of Time (with August Derleth) (Arkham House 0-87054-033-5, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $14.95, 405pp, hc) Reissue (Arkham House 1974) fantasy collection; 2nd printing, of 2000 copies.
• * _The Watchers Out of Time (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-769-0, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $4.50, 320pp, pb) Reprint (Arkham House 1974 as by H.P. Lovecraft & August Derleth) collection of 15 stories begun by Lovecraft and finished by August Derleth. This edition lacks the novel The Lurker at the Threshold and the foreword that appeared in the Arkham House edition. (Contents)

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• * _Caverns Measureless to Man: 18 Memoirs of H.P. Lovecraft See entry under S. T. Joshi.
• * _The Centennial Conference Proceedings See entry under S. T. Joshi.
• * _The Chronology Out of Time: Dates in the Fiction of H.P. Lovecraft See entry under P. H. Cannon.
• * _Encyclopedia Cthulhiana: Second Edition See entry under Daniel Harms.
• * _An Epicure in the Terrible: A Centennial Anthology of Essays in Honor of H.P. Lovecraft See entry under David E. Schultz.
• * _A Guide to the Cthulhu Cult See entry under Fred L. Pelton.
• * _H.P. Lovecraft See entry under L. Sprague de Camp.
• * _H.P. Lovecraft See entry under P. H. Cannon.
• * _H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos See entry under Robert M. Price.
• * _The H.P. Lovecraft Dream Book See entry under S. T. Joshi.
• * _H.P. Lovecraft in the Argosy: Collected Correspondence from the Munsey Magazines See entry under S. T. Joshi.
• * _H.P. Lovecraft Letters to Henry Kuttner See entry under David E. Schultz.
• * _H.P. Lovecraft Letters to Richard F. Searight See entry under David E. Schultz.
• * _H.P. Lovecraft Letters to Robert Bloch See entry under David E. Schultz.
• * _H.P. Lovecraft Letters to Robert Bloch Supplement See entry under David E. Schultz.
• * _The H.P. Lovecraft Memorial Plaque See entry under Anonymous.
• * _H.P. Lovecraft: A Life See entry under S. T. Joshi.
• * _H.P. Lovecraft: Letters to Samuel Loveman & Vincent Starrett See entry under S. T. Joshi.
• * _H.P. Lovecraft: The Decline of the West See entry under S. T. Joshi.
• * _H.P. Lovecraft: The Shadow Over Innsmouth See entry under S. T. Joshi.
• * _Howard Phillips Lovecraft and Nils Helmer Frome: A Recollection of One of Canada’s Oldest Science Fiction Fans See entry under Sam Moskowitz.
• * _In Memoriam: Howard Phillips Lovecraft: Recollections, Appreciations, Estimates See entry under W. Paul Cook.
• * _An Index to the Fiction and Poetry of H.P. Lovecraft See entry under S. T. Joshi.
• * _An Index to the Selected Letters of H.P. Lovecraft See entry under S. T. Joshi.
• * _Lovecraft Remembered See entry under P. H. Cannon.
• * _Lovecraft Studies 21 See entry under S. T. Joshi.
• * _Lovecraft: A Look Behind the Cthulhu Mythos See entry under Lin Carter.
• * _Lovecraft: A Study in the Fantastic See entry under Maurice Levy.
• * _Lovecraft’s Providence & Adjacent Parts, 2nd Edition Revised See entry under Henry L. P. Beckwith, Jr.
• * _Mosig at Last: A Psychologist Looks at H.P. Lovecraft See entry under Yozan Dirk W. Mosig.
• * _The Necronomicon Files: The Truth Behind the Legend See entry under Daniel Harms.
• * _On Lovecraft and Life See entry under Robert H. Barlow.
• * _On the Emergence of “Cthulhu” and Other Observations See entry under Steven J. Mariconda.
• * _The Parents of Howard Phillips Lovecraft See entry under Kenneth W. Faig, Jr.
• * _The R’Lyeh Text See entry under Robert Turner.
• * _Stern Fathers ’Neath the Mould: The Lovecraft Family in Rochester See entry under Richard D. Squires.
• * _A Subtler Magick: The Writings and Philosopy of H.P. Lovecraft, 2nd Edition See entry under S. T. Joshi.
• * _Sunset Terrace Imagery in Lovecraft and Other Essays See entry under P. H. Cannon.

LOVEGROVE, J(ames) M. H. (1965- ); also as James Lovegrove

• * *The Krilov Continuum (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-536-2, Jun ’98, £5.99, 343pp, pb) [Guardians] SF novel, book one of “The Guardians”.

LOVEGROVE, JAMES (1965- ); also as J. M. H. Lovegrove (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Days (Phoenix 0-75380-228-7, Nov ’97, £6.99, 329pp, tp) SF/dark fantasy satire. The giga-store Days sells everything, and everyone wants in, but getting out requires a higher price.
• * _Escardy Gap (with Peter Crowther) See entry under Peter Crowther.
• * *The Hope (Macmillan 0-333-51214-6, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], £12.95, 232pp, hc, cover by Michael Bennallack-Hart) Episodic literary sf novel about a five-mile-long cruise liner adrift on the open sea for decades, and the cultures that evolve on it.
• * _The Hope (Sceptre 0-340-55108-9, May ’91 [Apr ’91], £4.99, 232pp, tp) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1990) literary sf novel.
• * +The Hope (White Wolf/Borealis 1-56504-921-7, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $5.99, 321pp, pb, cover by Michael Scott Cohen) Dark fantasy novel. A giant ship crosses an endless ocean with a cargo of desperate passengers. First American edition (Macmillan UK 1990).
• * *The Web: Computopia (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-642-4, Nov ’98 [Dec ’98], £3.50, 115pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Web] Young-adult SF novella. Book nine in the series.

LOVEJOY, JACK (1937- ) (stories)

• * *Guardians of the Three Volume Four: Defenders of Ar (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28453-3, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $3.95, 311pp, pb, cover by Steve Assel) [Guardians of the Three] Fantasy round-robin series by various authors, packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates. Only Bill Fawcett’s name appears on the cover.
• * *Outworld Cats (DAW 0-88677-596-5, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $4.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) Sf novel of two intelligent alien cats on the loose on Earth. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
• * *A Vision of Beasts 1: Creation Descending (Tor 0-812-54500-1, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.95, 222pp, pb) [Vision of Beasts] Sf novel, first in a series.
• * *A Vision of Beasts 2: The Second Kingdom (Tor 0-812-54502-8, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $2.95, 252pp, pb) [Vision of Beasts] Sf novel; post-holocaust, far future, mutants, etc.
• * *A Vision of Beasts 3: The Brotherhood of Diablo (Tor 0-812-54504-4, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $2.95, 285pp, pb) [Vision of Beasts] Sf novel, third in a series.

LOVEJOY, WILLIAM H. (1942- )

• * *Black Sky (Zebra 0-8217-3236-6, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.50, 384pp, pb) Technothriller of 21st-century near-space warfare, with the US & USS.R. vs. Japan.

LOVISI, GARY (Anthony) (1952- ) (stories)

• * _Doc Atlas: The Satan Plague/The Nemesis: Satan Plague II (with Michael A. Black) See entry under Michael A. Black
• * *The Gargoyle (Gryphon Publications 0-936071-12-5, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $5.00, 55pp, ph) Collection of three horror short stories. (Contents)
• * *Instant Expert: Collecting Science Fiction and Fantasy (Alliance Publishing 1-887110-12-7, May ’97, $14.00, 136pp, tp) Non-fiction guide to collecting paperback SF, fantasy, and horror. Available from Alliance Publishing, PO Box 080377, Brooklyn NY 11208-0002.
• * *Minesweeper/Terran Girls Make Wonderful Wives (with James M. Reasoner) (Gryphon Books 0-936071-40-0, Oct ’95, $9.95, 32/32pp, ph, cover by Raul Garcia Capella) Chapbook anthology of two original SF stories printed in the style of the classic Ace Doubles. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 028209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209. (Contents)
• * *The Nemesis in: Claws of the Falcon/Doc Atlas in: Arctic Terror! (with Michael A. Black) (Gryphon Books 0-936071-42-7, Sep ’94 [Jul ’94], $9.95, 46/43pp, ph, cover by Tim Faurote) Chapbook anthology of two original and two reprint pulp adventure short stories featuring heroes from the classic pulps, The Nemesis (three stories) and Doc Atlas, printed a la the Ace Doubles. Gryphon Double Novel #9. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228. (Contents)
• * *The Saga of Filster Stein (Gryphon Publications 0-936071-07-9, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $4.00, 45pp, ph) Sf satire novelette composed of new and reprint material. (Contents)
• * *Sarasha (Gryphon Books 0-936071-82-6, May ’97 [Jul ’97], $15.00, 208pp, tp, cover by G. Warlock Vance) SF novel. Humans return to lost Earth to see if it’s worth re-settling, and find a world of cats, dogs, and hordes of ravenous rats. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228; add $1.00 postage.
• * *Science Fiction Detective Tales (Gryphon 0-936071-01-X, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $7.95, 107pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical survey of futuristic detective fiction in paperback. Brief & incomplete, but a good start. (CNB)
• * *Sherlock Holmes In: The Loss of the British Bark Sophy Anderson/Sherlock Holmes In: The Grey Nun Legacy (with P. Smith) (Gryphon Books 0-93607-23-0, Mar ’92 [Jan ’92], $6.95, 42/17pp, ph, cover by Frank Hamilton) [Sherlock Holmes] Associational original anthology of two Sherlock Holmes pastiches. Gryphon Double #3. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228. (Contents)
• * *Sherlock Holmes: The Great Detective in Paperback (Gryphon Books 0-936071-14-1, Jun ’90, $9.95, 151pp, tp, cover by Franklyn Hamilton) [Sherlock Holmes] Associational non-fiction; reference. Annotated bibliography of Sherlock Holmes in paperback, with an introduction by John Bennett Shaw. A hardcover edition (-15-X; $19.95) was announced but not seen.