The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- MacLEOD, KEN(neth Macrae) (chron.) (continued)
- * _The Star Fraction (Legend 0-09-955881-5, Sep 96 [Aug 96], £5.99, 341pp, tp, cover by Angus McKie) [Fall Revolution] Reprint (Legend 1995) SF novel. First in the Jonathan Wilde series.
- * *The Stone Canal (Legend 0-09-955891-2, Sep 96 [Aug 96], £15.99, 322pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Fall Revolution] SF novel. Second in the Jonathan Wilde series after The Star Fraction. Wildes clone seeks the reason for his death, in a cyber-future, and our own near-future.
- * _The Stone Canal (Legend 0-09-955901-3, Aug 97, £5.99, 322pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) [Fall Revolution] Reprint (Legend 1996) SF novel. Second in the Jonathan Wilde series.
- * *The Web: Cydonia (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-640-8, Sep 98, £3.50, 114pp, pb, cover by Fangorn) [Web] Young-adult SF novel set in the worldwide Virtual Reality Web of 2028. Book two in a second series of six linked novels, each written by a different author.
- McLOUGHLIN, JOHN C. (1949- )
- * _The Helix and the Sword (Tor 0-812-54556-7, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $2.95, 293pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1983) sf novel.
- * _The Helix and the Sword (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-3031-5, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £2.50, 293pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1983) sf novel.
- * *Tookmaker Koan (Baen 0-671-65354-7, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $16.95, 344pp, hc) Sf novel.
- * _Toolmaker Koan (Orbit 0-7088-3977-0, Aug 88, £3.99, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Toolmaker Koan (Baen 0-671-69779-X, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $3.50, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1987) sf novel.
- McLYNN, FRANK
- * +Robert Louis Stevenson (Random House 0-679-41284-0, Dec 94, $30.00, 567pp, hc, cover by Girolamo Nerli) Critical biography. First American edition (Hutchinson 1993). [Stevenson]
- McMAHAN, JEFFREY N. (1954- ) (stories)
- * *Somewhere in the Night (Alyson 1-55583-157-5, Oct 89, $7.95, 182pp, tp) Collection of eight original horror stories with gay protagonists. These are good contemporary horror with two particularly excellent black comedies about a vampire boutique-worker who cuts his victims heads off to avoid the competition (SW). (Contents)
- * _Somewhere in the Night (Alyson 1-55583-432-9, Nov 97, $9.95, 182pp, tp) Reprint (Alyson 1989) collection of eight gay supernatural stories. Introduction by Jewelle Gomez.
- * *Vampires Anonymous (Alyson 1-55583-183-4, May 91, $8.95, 253pp, tp, cover by Kelly Riley) [Andrew] Horror/black comedy novel about a hip gay vampire, a sequel to two short stories in the authors collection Somewhere in the Night (Alyson 1989). Smart horror comedy, witty and urbane. A first novel. Recommended (SW).
- McMAHON, NEIL (S.) (1949- ); see pseudonym Daniel Rhodes
- McMANUS, STEVE
- MacMANUS, YVONNE (Cristina) (1931-2002)
- * _The Presence (Critics Choice/Bart 1-55547-163-3, Mar 87, $3.95, 275pp, pb) Reprint (? 1982) horror novel.
- MacMILLAN, SCOTT (R.) (1947- ) (stories)
- * *Knights of the Blood (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45256-9, Jul 93 [Jun 93], $4.99, 350pp, pb) [Knights of the Blood] Dark fantasy novel of an LA cop on the hunt for Nazi vampires. The spine and front cover read Created by/Katherine Kurtz/Scott MacMillan. The title page makes the actual authorship clear. Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates, and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates and Katherine Kurtz. MacMillan is married to Kurtz.
- * _Knights of the Blood (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45256-9, Aug 94 [Jul 94], $4.99, 350pp, pb) [Knights of the Blood] Reissue (Roc 1993) dark fantasy novel of an LA cop on the hunt for Nazi vampires; fourth printing. Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates, and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates and Katherine Kurtz.
- * _Knights of the Blood (Raven 1-85487-341-5, Aug 94, £4.99, 350pp, pb, cover by Angus McKie) [Knights of the Blood] Reprint (Roc 1993) dark fantasy novel of L. A. cop against vampires. Volume one in the series. The series was co-created by Katherine Kurtz, who is married to MacMillan. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Knights of the Blood: At Swords Point (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45407-3, Aug 94 [Jul 94], $4.99, 351pp, pb) [Knights of the Blood] Dark fantasy novel of an LA cop on the hunt for Nazi vampires, second book of a series. The spine and front cover read Created by/Katherine Kurtz/Scott MacMillan. The title pages makes the actual authorship clear. Packaged by Bill Fawcett & Associates, and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates and Katherine Kurtz. MacMillan is married to Kurtz.
- McMULLAN, KATE (Hall) (1947- )
- * *Under the Mummys Spell (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-38033-3, Jun 92 [May 92], $13.95, 214pp, hc, cover by Bryce Lee) Young-adult fantasy about a boy who kisses an Egyptian princesss mummy mask on a dare, unwittingly becoming part of an ancient prophecys fulfillment.
- McMULLEN, SEAN (Christopher) (1948- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Call to the Edge (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-06-6, Mar 92 [Apr 92], $10.00, 245pp, tp, cover by Nick Stathopoulos) Collection of nine stories, four original, with an introduction by Michael J. Tolley. Available for $10.00 US airmail postpaid anywhere in the world. From Aphelion Publications, PO Box 619, North Adelaide S.A. 5006, Australia. (Contents)
- * *The Centurions Empire (Tor 0-312-85131-6, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $24.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) Alternate/secret history SF novel. A first-century Roman soldier is recruited into a secret order that uses cryogenics as a form of time travel.
- * *Mirrorsun Rising (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-14-7, Feb 95, US$10.00, 332pp, tp, cover by Grant Gittus) [Greatwinter] SF novel, second book in the Greatwinter series. Available from Aphelion Publications, PO Box 619, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006.
- * *Voices in the Light (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-10-4, Apr 94, A$12.95, 306pp, tp, cover by Grant Gittus) [Greatwinter] Sf novel set in a future world controlled by computers, based on and including four previously published McMullen short stories. First book in the Greatwinter series. Available from Aphelion Publications, PO Box 619, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006, or from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 98066.
- McNAIR, CHARLES (assoc.)
- * *Land OGoshen (St. Martins 0-312-11296-3, Oct 94 [Nov 94], $20.95, 264pp, hc) Literary quasi-SF novel, a road trip through the folk legends and pop culture of the American South, set during a vaguely future Civil War.
- * _Land OGoshen (St. Martins/Wyatt 0-312-13390-1, Oct 95, $11.95, 264pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martins 1994) literary quasi-SF novel, a road trip through the folk legends and pop culture of the American South, set during a vaguely future Civil War.
- McNALLY, CLARE (1956- )
- * *Blood Relations (Tor 0-812-55104-4, Jun 97 [May 97], $6.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) Horror novel. An adopted womans real mother wants her blood for unspeakable purposes.
- * *Come Down into Darkness (Corgi 0-552-13034-6, Feb 89 [Jan 89], £2.99, 287pp, pb) Horror novel.
- * *Cries of the Children (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40320-7, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $4.99, 345pp, pb) Horror novel. Three adopted children disappear and their new parents discover theyre connected through their psychic powers.
- * _Cries of the Children (Inner Circle 1-85018-102-0, Jul 93, £15.99, 335pp, hc, cover by Broeck Steadman) Reprint (Onyx 1992) horror novel abour possessed children. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Cries of the Children (Corgi 0-552-14055-4, Oct 93, £3.99, 333pp, pb) Reprint (Onyx 1992) ghost novel.
- * _Ghost House (Severn House 0-7278-1308-0, Sep 86, £8.95, 224pp, hc) [Ghost House] Reprint (Bantam 1979) horror novel.
- * _Ghost House (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40294-4, Feb 92 [Jan 92], $3.99, 219pp, pb) [Ghost House] Reprint (Bantam 1979) ghost novel of a haunted house that attacks the family that moves into it, trying to possess the children.
- * _Ghost House Revenge (Severn House 0-7278-1383-8, Feb 87, £8.95, 240pp, hc) [Ghost House] Reprint (Bantam 1981) horror novel. Sequel to Ghost House. [Not seen]
- * _Ghost House Revenge (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40308-8, May 92 [Apr 92], $3.99, 232pp, pb) [Ghost House] Reprint (Bantam 1981) horror/ghost novel, part of the Ghost House series. First American edition.
- * _Ghost Light (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40333-9, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $3.99, 226pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1982) ghost novel of a child star who returns as a spirit 50 years after her immolation.
- * *Goodnight, Sweet Angel (Tor 0-812-55103-6, May 96 [Apr 96], $6.99, 344pp, pb, cover by Paul Stinson & Tony Meyers) Horror novel. A woman and her daughter face her ex-husbands ghost.
- * *Hear the Children Calling (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40200-6, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $4.95, 349pp, pb) Horror novel about children with psychic powers.
- * _Hear the Children Calling (Severn House 0-7278-4153-X, Nov 90, £12.99, 349pp, hc) Reprint (Onyx 1990) horror novel. First world hardcover edition.
- * _Hear the Children Calling (Corgi 0-552-13707-3, Apr 91, £3.99, 320pp, pb) Reprint (Onyx 1990) horror novel.
- * *Somebody Come and Play (Corgi 0-552-13033-8, Aug 87, £2.50, 256pp, pb) Horror novel. Simultaneous with U.S. edition from Tor.
- * *Somebody Come and Play (Tor 0-812-52164-1, Sep 87 [Aug 87], $3.95, 311pp, pb) Horror novel.
- * _Somebody Come and Play (Severn House 0-7278-4045-2, Feb 90, £11.95, 256pp, hc) Reprint (Corgi/Tor 1987) horror novel. This is the first World Hardcover edition and is available in the US.
- * *Stage Fright (Tor 0-812-54839-6, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $5.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Paul E. Stinson) Horror novel. Mysterious deaths haunt a theater company.
- * _What About the Baby? (Corgi 0-552-12691-8, Dec 90, £2.99, 243pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1983) horror novel.
- * _What About the Baby? (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40360-6, Mar 93 [Feb 93], $3.99, 245pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1983) horror novel of an evil force stalking an unwed mother to get her baby.
- McNALLY, RAYMOND T(homas) (1931-2002)
- McNAMARA, PETER, ed. (1947-2004) (stories)
- * *Alien Shores (with Margaret Winch) (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-09-0, Jul 94 [Sep 94], A$19.95, 603pp, tp, cover by John Beswick) Anthology of 29 Australian SF stories, 21 apparently original. With a preface by the editors and an introduction by Damien Broderick. Available in the US for $15.00 from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088. (Contents)
- MacNAMARA, TIMOTHY; see pseudonyms Dr. Adder & Mink Mole (stories)
- McNAUGHTON, BRIAN (1935-2004) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Throne of Bones (Terminal Fright Press 0-9658135-0-9, Jul 97, $35.00, 343pp, hc, cover by Jamie Oberschlake) Collection of 14 dark (or weird) fantasy stories, seven original. Introduction by Alan Rodgers, afterword by S.T. Joshi. Order from Terminal Fright Publications, PO Box 100, Black River NY 13612; email: kenabner@gisco.net; fax: 315-779-8310; add $3.50 postage. (Contents)
- * _The Throne of Bones (SFBC #02087, Apr 98, $11.98, 343pp, hc, cover by Jamie Oberschlake) Reprint (Terminal Fright 1997) collection of 15 dark (or weird) fantasy stories, eight original. Introduction by Alan Rodgers, afterword by S.T. Joshi. This is similar to the Terminal Fright edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- MacNEE, MARIE J.
- * *Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Writers (Gale Research/U*X*L 0-8103-9865-6, Jan 95 [Mar 95], $38.00, 432pp, hc, cover by Philip A. Tan) Young-adult (middle school level) reference work in two volumes, with some 80 biographical entries, each with photos and a recommended reading list that includes plot outlines. There is a mixture of top writers plus lesser-known general childrens/YA authors. (Though paginated consecutively, the two volumes have individual ISBNs: Vol. 1, A-J, -9866-4; Vol. 2, K-Z, -9867-2.) Order from U*X*L, 835 Penobscott Building, Detroit MI 48226; 800-877-4253.
- MACNEE, PATRICK; pseudonym of Peter Leslie, (1922- )
- * _The Avengers: Deadline (Titan 1-85286-561-X, Aug 94, £3.99, 188pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder 1965) associational novelization. Long unavailable novelization based on the classic series. Written with the assistance of Peter Leslie.
- * *Blind in One Ear: The Avenger Returns (with Marie Cameron) (Mercury House 0-916515-58-3, Aug 89, $19.95, 298pp, hc) Associational; autobiography of the star of The Avengers tv series, with photos.
- McNEIL, BARBARA, ed.
- * *Twentieth-Century Author Biographies Master Index (Gale 0-8103-2095-9, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $60.00, 519pp, hc) Non-fiction, a reference work citing references to biographical articles, essays, and sketches in biographical dictionaries, etc. Many sf authors and editors are listed here, and the book should be useful for libraries. Also available in tp (-2096-7, $25.00).
- McNEIL, JOHN (1939- )
- * _Little Brother (Critics Choice 0-931773-47-4, Dec 85 [Feb 86], $2.95, 255pp, pb) Reprint (Coward-McCann 1983) sf/suspense novel of children taken over by sinister computers.
- McNEIL, W. K., ed.
- * *Ghost Stories from the American South (August House 0-935304-84-3, 1985 [May 86], price unknown, 170pp, pb) This compilation, mostly of brief anecdotal material, appeared in 1985, but we did not see it until 1986. There is also a hardcover version, apparently. Its more a folklore book than an anthology of stories, but should be of scholarly interest.
- * _Ghost Stories from the American South (Dell 0-440-20060-1, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $3.50, 212pp, pb) Reprint (August House 1985) anthology with very short stories organized by types, told in local vernacular.
- McNELLY, [Dr.] WILLIS E(verett), ed. (1920-2003) (stories)
- * *The Dune Encyclopaedia (Berkley 0-425-06813-7, Jun 84 [May 84], $9.95, 526pp, tp) [Dune] Reference work, containing 11,000 indexed and cross-referenced entries dealing with the worlds, characters, etc., of Frank Herberts Dune series.
- * _The Dune Encyclopaedia (Putnam 0-399-12950-2, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $19.95, 526pp, hc) [Dune] Reprint (Berkley 1984); non-fiction, associational. The paperback predated the hardcover by a month.
- * _The Dune Encyclopedia (Corgi 0-552-99131-7, Jan 85 [Dec 84], £5.95, 526pp, pb) [Dune] Reprint (Berkley 1984) reference book which treats Dune as a historical series.
- McPHEE, JAMES; pseudonym of Laurence James, (1942-2000)
- * *Survival 2000: Blood Quest (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63201-0, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $3.50, 221pp, pb) [Survival 2000] Sf adventure novel set in a post-ecological disaster world, first book of a new series.
- * *Survival 2000: Frozen Fire (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63203-7, Oct 91 [Nov 91], $3.50, 216pp, pb) [Survival 2000] Sf adventure novel set in a post-ecological disaster world, third book of a series.
- * *Survival 2000: Renegade War (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63202-9, Jun 91, $3.50, 221pp, pb) [Survival 2000] Sf adventure novel set in a post-ecological disaster world, second book of a series.
- McPHEETERS, NEAL
- McQUARRIE, RALPH (stories)
- * _The Illustrated Star Wars Universe (with Kevin J. Anderson) See entry under Kevin J. Anderson
- * *The Illustrated Star Wars Universe (with Kevin J. Anderson) (Bantam UK 0-593-03925-4, Nov 95, £20.00, 208pp, hc, cover by Ralph McQuarrie) [Star Wars] Illustrated guide to eight Star Wars locales - profusely illustrated by McQuarrie, and with an explanatory text by Anderson. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.
- McQUAY, MIKE; [i.e., Michael Dennis McQuay] (1949-1995); see pseudonym Jack Arnett (stories)
- * _Escape from New York (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25375-1, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $2.95, 181pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1981) novelization of the sf movie.
- * *Isaac Asimovs Robot City, Book 2: Suspicion (Ace 0-441-73126-0, Sep 87 [Aug 87], $2.95, 177pp, pb) Sf novelization, second in a round-robin serial based on Asimovs Laws of Humanics; each book has a different author. The plot doesnt seem to go anywhere. Art by Paul Rivoche.
- * _Isaac Asimovs Robot City, Book 2: Suspicion (Orbit 0-7088-8288-9, Mar 89, £2.99, 177pp, pb) [Robot City] Reprint (Ace 1987) sf novelization. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Jitterbug (Bantam 0-553-24266-0, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $3.50, 422pp, pb) Sf novel.
- * _Life-Keeper (Bantam 0-553-25075-2, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $2.95, 260pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1980) sf novel.
- * *The M.I.A. Ransom (Bantam 0-553-25867-2, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $4.50, 421pp, pb) Associational; near-future thriller of the Vietcong holding U.S. soldiers for ransom.
- * *Memories (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25888-5, Jun 87 [May 87], $3.95, 401pp, pb) Sf novel of time travel and voyages deep into the mysteries of memory and mind. McQuays best novel, this deserves to be on all the award short-lists. Highly recommended. (FCM)
- * _Memories (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25888-5, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $4.95, 400pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam Spectra 1987) time-travel sf novel; third printing. This is listed as the winner of the Philip K. Dick special award which may be technically true, but it was the runner-up, not the winner, of the Philip K. Dick Award.
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