The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

McCAFFREY, ANNE (Inez) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * +Treaty at Doona (with Jody Lynn Nye) (Ace 0-441-00089-4, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $5.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Doona] SF novel, third book in the “Doona” series. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates. First American edition (Orbit 1994 as Treaty Planet).
• * *Treaty Planet (with Jody Lynn Lye) (Orbit 1-85723-184-8, Feb ’94, £4.99, 441pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Doona] Sf novel. Volume three in the “Doona” series. A hardcover edition (-139-2, £16.99) is also available.
• * _The White Dragon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31336-4, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.95, 468pp, pb) [Pern] Reissue (Del Rey 1978) sf novel of “Pern”; 14th printing, 1,150,000 in print.
• * _The White Dragon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34167-8, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $3.95, 468pp, pb) [Pern] Reissue (Del Rey 1978) sf novel, third book of the “Dragonriders of Pern” series; 23rd printing.
• * _The White Dragon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41940-5, Sep ’97 [Nov ’97], $12.95, 497pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) [Pern] Reprint (Del Rey 1978) SF novel in the “Pern” series.
• * *The Wings of Pegasus (SFBC #18315, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $12.98, 446pp, hc, cover by Dean Morrissey) [Daffyd op Owen; Talents] Sf omnibus of To Ride Pegasus (Ballantine 1973) and Pegasus in Flight (Del Rey 1990). (Contents)
• * *The Year of the Lucy (Brandywyne 0-88733-002-9, Jul ’86, $40.00, 220pp, hc) Non-sf/fantasy, associational; romance novel “about one woman’s search for fulfillment.” Signed, boxed numbered edition of 350.
• * _The Year of the Lucy (Tor 0-312-93981-7, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $15.95, 311pp, hc) Reprint (Brandywyne 1986), non-sf/fantasy, associational; romance novel.
• * _The Year of the Lucy (Corgi 0-552-12818-X, Feb ’87, £2.95, 333pp, pb) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1986) romantic novel, of associational interest.
• * _The Year of the Lucy (Tor 0-812-58565-8, Oct ’87 [Sep ’87], $3.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1986) contemporary mainstream novel; associational.
• * _The Year of the Lucy (Inner Circle 1-85018-072-5, Jan ’88 [May ’88], £10.95, 333pp, hc) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1986) romantic novel, of associational interest.

_____, ed.

• * _Cooking Out of This World (Wildside Press 1-880448-13-0, Sep ’92, $10.00, 204pp, tp, cover by Pat Morrissey) Reprint (Ballantine 1973) associational cookbook of recipes by sf/fantasy writers. The Harlan Ellison coffee recipe/essay has been revised and made more complicated. A signed numbered 250-copy limited hardcover edition (-14-9, $40.00) was announced but not seen. Available frfom Wildside Press, 37 Fillmore St., Newark NJ 07105.
• * *Serve It Forth (with John Gregory Betancourt) (Warner Aspect 0-446-67161-4, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $12.99, 208pp, tp, cover by Pat Morrissey) Associational cookbook, subtitled “Cooking with Anne McCaffrey”. Over 80 authors, including Poul Anderson, Larry Niven, Peter S. Beagle, and Lois McMaster Bujold, contributed recipes and/or chatty comments.
• * _Serve It Forth (with John Gregory Betancourt) (SFBC #13975, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $9.98, 208pp, hc, cover by Pat Morrissey) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1996) associational cookbook. This hardcover edition is otherwise similar to the Warner Aspect trade paperback edition; there is no dust jacket. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back cover.
• * *Space Opera (with Elizabeth Ann Scarborough) (DAW 0-88677-714-3, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.99, 400pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) Original anthology of 20 stories of SF with a musical theme. Authors include Peter S. Beagle, Gene Wolfe, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Charles de Lint. (Contents)

McCAIG, DONALD (1940- ); see pseudonym Steven Ashley

McCALL, ROBERT T. (stories)

• * *The Art of Robert McCall: A Celebration of Our Future in Space (Bantam 0-553-07355-9, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $60.00, 150pp, hc, cover by Robert McCall) Art book, a collection of space art by McCall, with captions by Tappan King and an introduction by Ray Bradbury.

McCAMMON, ROBERT R(ick) (1952- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Baal (Pocket 0-671-66484-0, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $4.50, 347pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1978) horror novel.
• * _Bethany’s Sin (Pocket 0-671-66482-4, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $4.50, 348pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1980) horror novel.
• * _Bethany’s Sin (Kinnell 1-870532-10-4, Aug ’89 [Nov ’89], £11.95, 343pp, hc, cover by Colin Sullivan) Reprint (Sphere 1980) horror novel.
• * _Bethany’s Sin (Pocket 0-671-66482-4, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.50, 352pp, pb) Reissue (Avon 1980) horror novel; third printing.
• * _Bethany’s Sin (Pocket 0-671-73775-9, Oct ’92, $5.99, 348pp, pb, cover by Rowena Morrill) Reissue (Avon 1980) horror novel; eighth printing.
• * _Blue World (Grafton 0-586-20584-5, Mar ’90, £4.50, 464pp, pb, cover by Bruno Elletori) Reprint (Grafton 1989) horror collection.
• * +Blue World (Pocket 0-671-69518-5, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.95, 435pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Collection of 13 horror stories. This a superb collection, filled with tense situations and compelling characters. Recommended (SW). First American edition (Grafton 1989).
• * *Blue World and Other Stories (Grafton 0-246-13454-2, Apr ’89, £7.95, 306pp, tp, cover by Bruno Elletori) Outstanding collection of 12 horror short stories, three original, and an original mainstream novel. Recommended. (PSP) Also available in hardcover (-13455-0, £12.95). (Contents)
• * *Boy’s Life (Pocket 0-671-74226-4, Aug ’91 [Jun ’91], $21.95, 440pp, hc) Associational, mainstream novel set in a small Southern town, circa 1964.
• * _Boy’s Life (Michael Joseph 0-7181-3567-9, Apr ’92, £8.99, 536pp, tp) Reprint (Pocket 1991) associational mainstream novel with minor fantasy elements about growing up in Southern Alabama. Recommended (PSP). A hardcover edition (-3566-0, £14.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Boy’s Life (Pocket Star 0-671-74305-8, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $5.99, 578pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1991) mainstream/magic realism novel set in a small Southern town in the early ’60s. A Bram Stoker Award nominee.
• * _Boy’s Life (Penguin 0-14-015998-3, Mar ’93, £4.99, 536pp, pb, cover by Mark Salwowski) Reprint (Pocket 1991) associational mainstream novel with minor fantasy elements about growing up in Southern Alabama.
• * *Boy’s Life/Gone South (Pocket 0-671-01883-3, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $12.00, 804pp, hc) Omnibus of two associational Southern Gothic horror novels: Boy’s Life (1991) and Gone South (1992). (Contents)
• * *Gone South (Pocket 0-671-74306-6, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $22.00, 359pp, hc) Associational Southern gothic thriller.
• * _Gone South (Michael Joseph 0-7181-3591-1, Mar ’93, £9.99, 359pp, tp) Reprint (Pocket 1992) associational thriller about a Vietnam veteran on the run. A hardcover edition (-3590-3, £15.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Gone South (Pocket Star 0-671-74307-4, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $5.99, 392pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1992) associational Southern gothic thriller.
• * _Gone South (Penguin 0-14-016660-2, Feb ’94, £4.99, 359pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1992) associational thriller about a Vietnam veteran on the run.
• * *Mine (Pocket 0-671-66486-7, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $18.95, 442pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) Psychological horror novel of a young woman’s search for her kidnapped child across the nightmarish underbelly of America.
• * _Mine (Grafton Overseas 0-586-21226-4, 1991 [Sep ’91], £4.99, 560pp, pb, cover by Mike Timmins) Reprint (Pocket 1990) psychological horror novel. This is an “Open Market” edition and is available only in non-English-speaking countries.
• * _Mine (Pocket 0-671-73944-1, Jun ’91 [Apr ’91], $5,95, 487pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1990) associational psychological horror novel of a woman’s search for her kidnapped child. A Bram Stoker Award nominee.
• * _Mine (Grafton 0-246-13803-3, Jun ’91, £8.99, 442pp, tp, cover by Mike Timmins) Reprint (Pocket 1990) psychological horror novel. Also announced in hardcover (-13802-5, £13.99). [First U.K. edition]
• * _Mine (Grafton 0-586-21226-4, Jun ’92, £4.99, 560pp, pb, cover by Mark Taylor) Reprint (Pocket 1990) psychological horror novel.
• * _Mystery Walk (SFBC #17871, May ’84, $5.50, 400pp, hc) Reprint (Holt Rinehart & Winston 1983) occult fantasy novel.
• * _Mystery Walk (Ballantine 0-345-31514-6, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $4.95, 419pp, pb) Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1983) horror novel; third printing.
• * _Mystery Walk (Pocket 0-671-76991-X, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $5.99, 419pp, pb, cover by Jim Warren) Reprint (Holt Rinehart & Winston 1983) horror novel of a walking corpse with deadly powers.
• * _The Night Boat (Pocket 0-671-66483-2, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $4.50, 345pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1980) horror novel.
• * _The Night Boat (Pocket 0-671-66483-2, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.50, 345pp, pb) Reissue (Avon 1980) horror novel of flesh-eating Nazi zombies; third printing.
• * _The Night Boat (Kinnell 1-870532-21-X, Jul ’90, £12.95, 284pp, hc, cover by Colin Sullivan) Reprint (Avon 1980) horror novel. First world hardcover edition.
• * *Stinger (Pocket 0-671-62412-1, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $4.95, 538pp, pb) Sf/alien horror novel. “He’s here...and he’s not friendly.”
• * _Stinger (Kinnell 1-870532-02-3, Oct ’88, £12.95, 544pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1988) sf/alien horror novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _Stinger (Grafton 0-586-20583-7, Apr ’89, £3.99, 576pp, pb, cover by Bruno Elletori) Reprint (Pocket 1988) horror novel.
• * _Stinger (Pocket 0-671-62412-1, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.95, 538pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1988) sf/horror novel of alien invasion; third printing.
• * _Stinger (Pocket 0-671-73776-7, Oct ’92, $5.99, 538pp, pb, cover by Rowena Morrill) Reissue (Pocket 1988) sf/horror novel of alien invasion; sixth printing.
• * *Swan Song (Pocket 0-671-31117-4, Jun ’87 [May ’87], $4.95, 956pp, pb) Pre- and post-holocaust sf/horror novel of America destroyed, with a possibility of redemption. An epic tale in the mode of Stephen King’s The Stand.
• * _Swan Song (Sphere 0-7474-0040-7, 1988 [May ’88], £3.99, 956pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1987) horror novel. Special ‘Open Market’ edition, not available in the UK.
• * _Swan Song (Sphere 0-7474-0040-7, Jul ’88, £3.99, 956pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1987) fantasy/horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Swan Song (Dark Harvest 0-913165-46-8, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $21.95, 568pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1987) epic horror novel. This is a first hardcover edition, with illustrations by Charles Lang.
• * _Swan Song (Pocket 0-671-69265-8, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $5.95, 956pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1987) epic post-holocaust horror novel; sixth printing.
• * _Swan Song (Pocket 0-671-74103-9, Oct ’92, $6.99, 956pp, pb, cover by Rowena Morrill) Reissue (Pocket 1987) epic post-holocaust horror novel; eighth printing.
• * _They Thirst (Pocket 0-671-66481-6, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $4.95, 565pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1981) horror novel.
• * _They Thirst (Pocket 0-671-70717-5, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $5.50, 565pp, pb) Reissue (Avon 1981) vampire horror novel; third printing.
• * _They Thirst (Kinnell 1-870532-22-8, Apr ’90 [Jun ’90], £13.95, 531pp, hc, cover by Colin Sullivan) Reprint (Sphere 1981) horror novel. First world hardcover edition.
• * _They Thirst (Sphere 0-7221-5876-9, Dec ’90, £3.99, 531pp, pb) Reissue (Avon 1981) horror novel.
• * _They Thirst (Dark Harvest 0-913165-60-3, Jul ’91 [Aug ’91], $22.95, 412pp, hc, cover by Wendy Lang & Charles Lang) Reprint (Avon 1981) horror novel of vampires overrunning Los Angeles, illustrated by Wendy and Charles Lang.
• * _They Thirst (Pocket 0-671-73563-2, Oct ’92, $5.99, 565pp, pb, cover by Rowena Morrill) Reissue (Avon 1981) vampire horror novel; sixth printing.
• * *Usher’s Passing (Holt Rinehart & Winston 0-03-061833-9, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $14.95, 401pp, hc) Horror/fantasy novel featuring the modern descendents of Poe’s Usher family.
• * _Usher’s Passing (Ballantine 0-345-32407-2, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $3.95, 407pp, pb) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1984) dark fantasy/horror novel featuring the further adventures of Poe’s Usher family.
• * _Usher’s Passing (Pan 0-330-29135-1, Mar ’86, £2.50, 401pp, pb) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1984) horror/dark fantasy novel.
• * _Usher’s Passing (Ballantine 0-345-32407-2, Oct ’86, $3.95, 407pp, pb) Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1984) horror novel.
• * _Usher’s Passing (Ballantine 0-345-32407-2, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $4.95, 407pp, pb) Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1984) horror novel; sixth printing.
• * _Usher’s Passing (Severn House 0-7278-4010-X, Nov ’89, £12.95, 401pp, hc, cover by Malvin Van Gelderen) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1984) horror novel.
• * _Usher’s Passing (Pocket 0-671-76992-8, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $5.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Kirk Reinert) Reprint (Holt Rinehart & Winston 1984) horror novel about the descendants of the family in Poe’s classic story.
• * *The Wolf’s Hour (Pocket 0-671-66485-9, Mar ’89, $4.95, 603pp, pb) Werewolf/espionage/Nazi horror thriller. Sometimes lurid in the bestseller mode, but lots of fun. (FCM)
• * _The Wolf’s Hour (Grafton 0-246-13458-5, Oct ’89, £7.95, 475pp, tp, cover by Bruno Elletori) Reprint (Pocket 1989) horror novel. Also available in hardcover (-13456-9, £12.95). [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Wolf’s Hour (Grafton 0-586-20585-3, Oct ’90, £4.99, 720pp, pb, cover by Bruno Elletori) Reprint (Pocket 1989) horror novel about a werewolf spy in World War II.
• * _The Wolf’s Hour (Pocket 0-671-73142-4, Oct ’92, $5.99, 603pp, pb, cover by Rowena Morrill) Reissue (Pocket 1989) werewolf/espionage/Nazi horror thriller; sixth printing.

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• * *Under the Fang (Pocket 0-671-69573-8, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.95, 336pp, pb, cover by Mitzura) Original semi-shared-world anthology of 17 stories by members of the Horror Writers of America, set in a near-future world overrun by vampires. (Contents)
• * _Under the Fang (Borderlands Press no ISBN, Aug ’91 [Oct ’91], $75.00, 283pp, hc, cover by Jill Bauman) Reprint (Pocket 1991) original semi-shared-world anthology of 17 stories by members of the Horror Writers of America. This is a signed limited edition of 750 copies.

McCANDLESS, DAVID

• * *The Trekmaster (Boxtree 0-7522-0814-4, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], £4.99, 191pp, pb) [Star Trek] Unauthorised Quiz Book about Star Trek, including 2000 questions.

McCARRY, CHARLES (1930- )

• * _The Better Angels (NAL Signet 0-451-16323-0, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 318pp, pb) [Christopher Family] Reprint (Dutton 1979) near future political/spy novel with sf elements. Part of an outstanding espionage series. Recommended (CNB).
• * _The Last Supper (Signet 0-451-12857-5, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $3.50, 442pp, pb) [Christopher Family] Reprint (Dutton 1983) near-future thriller. There’s a little bit of sf, which gives me an excuse to list it. McCarry is my favorite spy story writer, and I like to recommend The Tears of Autumn, The Secret Lovers, or The Better Angels to anyone who enjoys the field. Save this one, the conclusion of the series, for last. (CNB)
• * *Second Sight (Dutton 0-525-24985-0, Jul ’91, $19.95, 480pp, hc, cover by Neil Stuart) [Christopher Family] Espionage novel with fantasy elements, the seventh book in the “Christopher” series, the fifth featuring Paul Christopher.
• * _Second Sight (Penguin/Signet 0-451-17251-5, Jun ’92 [Jul ’92], $5.99, 512pp, pb) [Christopher Family] Reprint (Dutton 1991) espionage novel with fantasy elements, the seventh book in the “Christopher” series, the fifth featuring Paul Christopher.
• * *Shelley’s Heart (Random House 0-679-41533-5, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $23.00, 558pp, hc) [Christopher Family] Associational near-future political thriller, sequel to The Better Angels (SF) and Second Sight (fantasy), and eighth novel in the “Christopher Family Chronicles”.

McCARTHY, JIM

• * _Bad Company: The Krool Heart (with Pete Milligan & Brett Ewins) See entry under Pete Milligan.

McCARTHY, KEVIN, ed.

• * *"They’re Here...": Invasion of the Body Snatchers: A Tribute (with Ed Gorman) (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-16527-2, Jan ’99 [Dec ’98], $13.00, 273pp, tp) Non-fiction tribute to the classic horror film and the SF novel by Jack Finney on which it was based. Introduction by Dean Koontz; essays by authors including Stephen King, Billie Sue Mosiman and Tom Piccirilli.

McCARTHY, PATRICK A., ed. (1945- )

• * *The Legacy of Olaf Stapledon (with Charles Elkins & Martin H. Greenberg) (Greenwood 0-313-26114-8, Jan ’89, $37.95, 132pp, hc) Nonfiction, critical academic essays plus an unpublished manuscript consisting of several “letters to the future.” [Stapledon]

McCARTHY, SHAWNA (Lee), ed. (1954- ) (stories)

• * _Full Spectrum (with Louis Michael Aronica) See entry under Louis Michael Aronica.
• * _Full Spectrum 2 (with Amy Stout, Patrick LoBrutto & Louis Michael Aronica) See entry under Louis Michael Aronica.
• * *Isaac Asimov’s Fantasy (Dial 0-385-23017-6, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $12.95, 348pp, hc) Anthology of 19 stories from Asimov’s. (Contents)
• * _Isaac Asimov’s Fantasy! (Ace 0-441-05499-4, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.95, 264pp, pb, cover by David Archer) Reprint (Dial 1985) anthology of fantasy stories that first appeared in Asimov’s. This is an abridged edition containing only 15 of the 19 stories in the first edition. (Contents)
• * _Isaac Asimov’s Space of Her Own (Doubleday 0-385-27953-1, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $12.95, 288pp, hc) Reprint (Davis 1983) anthology of sf and fantasy by female authors. First hardcover edition.
• * _Isaac Asimov’s Space of Her Own (Ace 0-441-77871-2, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 244pp, pb) Reprint (Davis 1983) anthology of sf and fantasy by women writers. This is an abridged edition containing only 17 of the 22 stories in the first edition. (Contents)

McCARTHY, WIL(liam Terence) (1966- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Aggressor Six (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45405-7, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $4.99, 253pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Aggressor Six] Military SF novel about interstellar war in the 34th century. A first novel.
• * *Bloom (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40857-8, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $23.95, 310pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) SF novel. Humans flee an Earth overrun by a deadly biotech organism revered as a god by some.
• * _Bloom (SFBC #19497, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $11.98, 310pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) Reprint (Del Rey 1998) SF novel of a deadly bio-engineered organism. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.