The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- MAGISTRALE, ANTHONY S(amuel) TONY (stories) (continued)
- * *Stephen King, The Second Decade: Danse Macabre to The Dark Half (Macmillan Twayne 0-8057-3957-2, Mar 92 [Jul 92], $19.95, 186pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A study of Kings work after 1983 plus an interview with him. [King]
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- * *The Dark Descent: Essays Defining Stephen Kings Horrorscope (Greenwood Press 0-313-27297-2, Mar 92 [May 92], $45.00, 227pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism, a collection of 16 essays on King. With a bibliography and a foreword by Joseph A. Citro. Available from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders to 1-800-225-5800, ID #701. [King]
- * *A Dark Nights Dreaming: Contemporary American Horror Fiction (with Michael A. Morrison) (University of South Carolina Press 1-57003-070-7, Jan 96 [Feb 96], $24.95, 141pp, hc, cover by William Blake) Non-fiction. A critical examination of modern horror fiction, with a special focus on William Peter Blatty, Thomas Harris, Stephen King, Anne Rice, Peter Straub, and Whitley Strieber. There are source bibliographies and an index. Order from University of South Carolina Press, 205 Pickens Street, Columbia SC 29208. orders: 800-768-2500; fax: 800-868-0740.
- * *Discovering Stephen Kings The Shining (Borgo Press 1-55742-133-1, 1998 [Nov 98], $20.00, 143pp, tp) Non-fiction gathering of 10 critical essays, with notes and index. This is substantially revised and expanded from The Shining Reader (Starmount 1991). Order from Borgo Press, PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845; add $5.00 postage; credit card orders: fax 909-888-4942. [King]
- * *The Shining Reader (Starmont House 1-55742-106-4, Apr 91, $11.95, 220pp, tp, cover by Stephen E. Fabian) Non-fiction; criticism. A collection of essays and articles about Stephen Kings The Shining. A hardcover edition (-107-2, $21.95) was announced but not seen.
- MAGISTRALE, TONY; see under Magistrale, Anthony S. (stories)
- MAGLIO, MITCHELL
- * *The Official Star Trek Quiz Book (Pocket/Wallaby 0-671-55652-5, May 85 [Apr 85], $6.95, 256pp, pb) [Star Trek] Non-fiction, quiz book for Trekkies.
- MAGRITTE, RENÉ; (-François-Ghislain) (1898-1967)
- MAGRS, PAUL (stories) (chron.)
- * *Doctor Who: The Scarlet Empress (BBC Books 0-563-40595-3, Sep 98 [Aug 98], £4.99, 283pp, pb, cover by Colin Howard) Novelisation based on the TV series.
- MAGUIRE, GREGORY (1955- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Five Alien Elves (Clarion Books 0-395-83894-0, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $15.00, 170pp, hc, cover by Elaine Clayton) [Hamlet Chronicles] Young-adult SF, third in the series begun in Seven Spiders Spinning. Aliens come to save Earth from its evil dictator, Santa Claus.
- * *I Feel the Morning Star (Harper & Row 0-06-024021-0, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $14.95, 277pp, hc) Young-adult post-holocaust sf novel set in an underground city.
- * *Six Haunted Hairdos (Clarion Books 0-395-78626-6, 1997 [Jan 98], $15.00, 151pp, hc, cover by Elaine Clayton) [Hamlet Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy, sequel to Seven Spiders Spinning. Kids pretending to be ghosts run into a real ghost elephant. This is copyrighted 1997, but not seen until now.
- * *Wicked (HarperCollins/Regan Books 0-06-039144-8, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $24.00, 406pp, hc, cover by Douglas Smith) [Oz] Literary fantasy Oz novel, subtitled The life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West. A more adult look at the ethics and motivations of some of Ozs celebrities.
- * _Wicked (HarperPerennial/Regan Books 0-06-098710-3, Oct 96, $14.00, 406pp, tp, cover by Douglas Smith) [Oz: Wicked Years] Reprint (Regan Books 1995) literary fantasy Oz novel, subtitled The life and times of the Wicked Witch of the West. A more adult look at the ethics and motivations of some of Ozs celebrities.
- MAHES, CHOLA
- * *Freedom Convoy (Dorrance Publishing 0-8059-3305-0, May 93, $14.95, 274pp, tp, cover by John Dotegowski) Post-holocaust sf road novel of a group of survivors fleeing the ruins of San Francisco in search of a paradise rumored to be on the Florida coast. This is a worldwide edition with both US and UK prices. A first novel. Order from Dorrance Publishing, 643 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh PA 15222.
- MAHFOUZ, NAGUIB (1911-2006)
- * *Arabian Nights and Days (Doubleday 0-385-46888-1, Jan 95 [Dec 94], $22.95, 229pp, hc, cover by Stéphan Daigle) Fantasy novel based on the classic tales, at the same time using fantasy to safely comment on religious and political issues, by a Nobel Prize-winning author. Published in Arabic in 1979 as Layali alf lela; translated by Denys Johnson-Davies.
- * _Arabian Nights and Days (Doubleday UK 0-385-40451-4, Mar 95, £15.99, 228pp, hc, cover by Stéphan Daigle) Reprint (Doubleday 1995) fantasy novel by a Nobel prize-winning author. The classic tales and characters are used as the basis of a contemporary situation, the fantasy elements become commentary on religious and political issues. Translated by Denys Johnson-Davies from the 1979 Arabic original, Layali alf lela. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Arabian Nights and Days (Doubleday UK 0-385-40561-8, Mar 96 [Jul 96], £8.99, 228pp, tp, cover by Stéphan Daigle) Reprint (Doubleday 1995) fantasy novel by a Nobel prize-winning author.
- MAHY, MARGARET (May) (1936- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Aliens in the Family (Hippo 0-590-70557-1, May 86, £1.50, 168pp, pb) Reprint (Toronto: Scholastic 1985) young-adult sf novel.
- * +Aliens in the Family (Scholastic 0-590-40320-6, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $12.95, 174pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of a boys visit to Earth from the future (and other dimensions), and his effect on a New Zealand family. More serious and sensitive than the plot might indicate (and also funny in the right places), this tale of children, divorce, and discovery is a pleasure for older readers too. Recommended. (FCM) First U.S. edition (Toronto: Scholastic 1985).
- * _Aliens in the Family (Methuen 0-416-97360-4, Nov 86, £7.95, 176pp, hc) Reprint (Toronto: Scholastic 1985) young-adult sf novel.
- * _Aliens in the Family (Scholastic Apple 0-590-40321-4, Apr 87 [Jun 87], $2.50, 174pp, pb) Reprint (Toronto: Scholastic 1985) young-adult sf novel, an excellent blend of drama, humor, and sf, by one of the best writers in the young-adult field. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _Aliens in the Family (Hippo 0-590-70557-1, Oct 87 [Nov 87], £1.50, 168pp, pb) Reissue (Toronto: Scholastic 1985) juvenile sf novel.
- * _Aliens in the Family (Scholastic Apple 0-590-44898-6, Jun 91 [Apr 92], $2.95, 174pp, tp) Reprint (Toronto: Scholastic 1985) young-adult sf novel about a boy from the future who visits late 20th-century Earth.
- * _The Blood-and-Thunder Adventure on Hurricane Peak (Dell Yearling 0-440-40422-3, Mar 91 [Apr 91], $3.25, 132pp, pb, cover by Wendy Smith) Reprint (Macmillan 1989) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _The Boy Who Bounced and Other Magic Tales (Puffin 0-14-032468-2, Apr 88, £1.95, 154pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1986, as Mahy Magic) young-adult fantasy collection.
- * _The Changeover (Magnet 0-416-52270-X, Nov 86, £1.75, 214pp, pb) Reissue (Dent 1984) young-adult novel of the supernatural.
- * _The Changeover (Teens 0-416-08822-8, Oct 87 [Nov 87], £1.95, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1984) juvenile occult novel.
- * _The Changeover (Macmillan Educational 0-333-48526-2, Jan 89, £3.25, 224pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1984) young-adult occult novel. [Not seen]
- * _The Changeover (Puffin 0-14-036328-9, Dec 93, £3.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Bruce Hogarth) Reprint (Dent 1984) young-adult horror novel.
- * _The Changeover (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-036599-0, Jan 94 [Dec 93], $3.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) Reprint (Dent 1984) Carnegie Medal-winning young-adult occult fantasy novel.
- * *The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance (Dent 0-460-06153-4, May 84, £6.95, 220pp, hc) Young-adult occult novel. [Not seen]
- * +The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance (Atheneum 0-689-50303-2, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $11.95, 214pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel by a consistently excellent writer. First U.S. edition (Dent 1984). Recommended. (FCM)
- * _The Changeover: A Supernatural Romance (Scholastic/Point 0-590-33798-X, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $2.25, 263pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1984), an excellent young-adult fantasy novel, winner of the Carnegie Medal. Recommended! (FCM)
- * *Dangerous Spaces (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-13066-2, Mar 91 [Feb 91], £8.99, 131pp, hc, cover by Jenny Tylden-Wright) Young-adult ghost story.
- * +Dangerous Spaces (Viking 0-670-83734-2, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $12.95, 154pp, hc, cover by Linda Thomas) Young-adult supernatural fantasy of two young girls drawn into a ghostly world. First American edition (Hamish Hamilton 1991).
- * _Dangerous Spaces (Puffin 0-14-034571-X, May 92, £2.99, 131pp, pb, cover by Linda Thomas) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1991) young-adult ghost novel about a young girl and some lonely ghosts.
- * _Dangerous Spaces (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-036362-9, May 93 [Jun 93], $3.99, 154pp, tp, cover by Linda Thomas) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1991) young-adult ghost story.
- * +The Door in the Air and Other Stories (Delacorte 0-385-30252-5, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $13.95, 106pp, hc, cover by Diana Catchpole) Young-adult collection of nine fantasy stories, illustrated by Diana Catchpole. First American edition (Dent 1988). (Contents)
- * _The Door in the Air and Other Stories (Dell Yearling 0-440-40774-5, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $3.50, 106pp, tp) Reprint (Dent 1988) young-adult collection of nine fantasy stories, illustrated by Diana Catchpole.
- * *The Downhill Crocodile Whizz & Other Stories (J.M. Dent 0-460-06237-9, Mar 86, £6.95, 136pp, hc) Collection, illustrated by Ian Newsham.
- * _The Downhill Crocodile Whizz & Other Stories (Puffin 0-14-032362-7, 1987, £1.50, 105pp, pb, cover by Jon Riley) Reprint (Dent 1986) young-adult fantasy collection. (Contents)
- * *The Girl with the Green Ear: Stories About Magic in Nature (Knopf 0-679-82231-3, Apr 92 [Mar 92], $15.00, unpaginated, hc, cover by Shirley Hughes) Collection of nine young-adult fantasy stories previously published in various British Mahy collections, with the original illustrations by Shirley Hughes. (Contents)
- * _The Girl with the Green Ear: Stories About Magic in Nature (Knopf Bullseye 0-679-84000-1, Apr 93 [Jul 93], $3.25, 100pp, tp, cover by Shirley Hughes) Reprint (Knopf 1992) collection of nine young-adult fantasy stories previously published in various British Mahy collections, with the original illustrations by Shirley Hughes.
- * _The Great Piratical Rambustification & The Librarian and the Robbers (Morrow Beech Tree 0-688-12469-0, Nov 93, $3.95, 63pp, hc, cover by Quentin Blake) Reprint (J.M. Dent 1978) collection of two childrens fantasy stories, with illustrations by Quentin Blake.
- * *The Greatest Show Off Earth (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-00175-7, Apr 94 [May 94], £8.99, 192pp, hc, cover by Wendy Smith) Young-adult SF novel. Illustrated by Wendy Smith.
- * +The Greatest Show Off Earth (Viking 0-670-85736-X, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $13.99, 186pp, hc, cover by Wendy Smith) Young-adult SF novel. Delphinium leaves her boring space-station home for life with a traveling space circus. Illustrations by Wendy Smith. First American edition (Hamish Hamilton 1994).
- * _The Greatest Show Off Earth (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037926-6, Dec 96 [Feb 97], $4.99, 186pp, tp, cover by Anna DiVito) Reprint (Hamish Hamilton 1994) young-adult SF novel about a traveling space circus.
- * _The Haunting (Dell Yearling 0-440-40408-8, Feb 91 [Mar 91], $3.25, 135pp, pb, cover by Dominick Finelle) Reprint (Atheneum 1982) young-adult supernatural thriller.
- * _The Haunting (Puffin 0-14-036325-4, Nov 92 [Dec 92], £2.99, 135pp, pb, cover by Alun Hood) Reprint (Atheneum 1982) young-adult ghost novel.
- * *The Horribly Haunted School (Viking 0-670-87490-6, Jun 98 [May 98], $14.99, 119pp, hc, cover by Robert Staermose) Childrens ghost novella. A boy with an allergy to ghosts has trouble with too-logical teachers who say ghosts dont exist. Illustrated by Robert Staermose.
- * *Leaf Magic and Five Other Favourites (Dent 0-460-06151-8, Jun 84, £4.95, 64pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy collection. [Not seen]
- * _Leaf Magic and Five Other Favourites (Methuen/Magnet 0-416-63780-9, Jun 86 [May 86], £1.50, 64pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1984) young-adult fantasy collection. (Contents)
- * _A Lion in the Meadow (J.M. Dent 0-460-06174-7, Mar 86, £5.95, 28pp, hc) Reprint (Puffin 1972). A marvelous juvenile fantasy story. (JF/SJ)
- * +The Pirates Mixed-Up Voyage (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-1350-9, Apr 93 [May 93], $13.99, 180pp, hc, cover by Margaret Chamberlain) Young-adult picaresque comic fantasy adventure novel about an ill-assorted pirate crews plot to kidnap a famous inventor. Illustrations by Margaret Chamberlain. First American edition (J.M. Dent 1983).
- * +Raging Robots and Unruly Uncles (Overlook Press 0-87951-469-8, Apr 93 [Jun 93], $13.95, 93pp, hc, cover by Peter Stevenson) Childrens fantasy novella of two brothers whose children are replaced by robots. Illustrated by Peter Stevenson. First American edition (Viking UK 1991).
- * +A Tall Story and Other Tales (Macmillan McElderry 0-689-50547-7, Mar 92 [Apr 92], $15.95, 88pp, hc, cover by Jan Nesbitt) Collection of 11 childrens fantasy stories, with illustrations by Jan Nesbitt. First American edition (J.M. Dent 1991).
- * *The Tricksters (J.M. Dent 0-460-06203-4, Mar 86, £7.95, 272pp, hc) Intricate supernatural juvenile novel. (JF/SJ)
- * +The Tricksters (Macmillan McElderry 0-689-50400-4, Mar 87, $12.95, 266pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel about a girl whose obsession with writing a romantic novel uncovers a family secret and calls up the ghosts of three boys. First American edition (Dent 1986).
- * _The Tricksters (Puffin Plus 0-14-032363-5, Feb 88, £2.50, 266pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1986) young-adult occult novel.
- * _The Tricksters (Scholastic 0-590-41513-1, Oct 88, $2.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1986) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _The Tricksters (Puffin 0-14-037316-0, Jan 96 [May 96], £4.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Alun Hood) Reprint (Dent 1986) young-adult fantasy novel. Internally dated 1995.
- MAILE, BEN
- MAILER, NORMAN (Kingsley) (1923-2007) (stories)
- * _Ancient Evenings (Warner 0-446-32109-5, Jun 84 [May 84], $4.95, 19844pp, pb) Reprint (Little, Brown 1983) historical fantasy novel.
- MAIN, CAROL
- * *Betony and the Sorcerer (The Bodley Head 0-370-31438-7, May 90, £6.95, 142pp, hc, cover by Ann Johns) Childrens fantasy novel about a young girl who inherits a sorcerers book of spells.
- * _Spellbound! (Red Fox 0-09-985270-5, Sep 91 [Feb 92], £2.50, 142pp, pb, cover by Amelia Rosato) Reprint (Bodley Head 1990 as Betony and the Sorcerer) young-adult novel.
- MAIN, MARY
- MAINHARDT, RICIA, ed. (stories)
- MAITLAND, ALAN, ed. (stories)
- MAITLAND, IAN
- * *Cathedral (Headline 0-7472-0540-X, Sep 92 [Aug 92], £15.99, 310pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Horror novel.
- * _Cathedral (Headline 0-7472-3958-4, Mar 93, £4.99, 438pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Headline 1992) horror novel.
- MAITLAND, SARA (Louise) (1950- ) (stories)
- * *Angel Maker (Holt 0-8050-4412-4, Aug 96 [Sep 96], $25.00, 340pp, hc, cover by Cathleen Toelke) Collection of 30 literary stories, many derived from myth and fairy tales. (Contents)
- * _Angel Maker (Holt/Owl 0-8050-5529-0, Jan 98 [Feb 98], $12.00, 340pp, tp, cover by Cathleen Toelke) Reprint (Holt 1996) collection of 30 literary stories, many derived from myth and fairy tales.
- * *The Book of Spells (Michael Joseph 0-7181-2755-2, Sep 87, £9.95, 174pp, hc) Collection of short stories (mainly original) about magic. (Contents)
- * _A Book of Spells (Methuen 0-413-18270-3, Sep 88 [Oct 88], £3.95, 174pp, pb) Reprint (Michael Joseph 1987) literary occult collection.
- * _A Book of Spells (Minerva 0-7493-9083-2, May 90, £4.50, 174pp, tp, cover by Steve Wallace) Reprint (Michael Joseph 1987) collection of stories about magic.
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- MAITZ, DON(ald) (1953- ) (chron.)
- * *Dreamquests: The Art of Don Maitz (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-175-0, Nov 93, $29.95, 98pp, hc, cover by Don Maitz) Art book; a collection of full-color works by Maitz, with an introduction by Raymond E. Feist and an afterword by Janny Wurts. A trade paperback edition (-176-9, $17.95) is also available. Order from Underwood-Miller, 708 Westover Dr. , Lancaster PA 17601.
- * *First Maitz: Selected Works by Don Maitz (Ursus Imprints 0-942681-01-0, Jul 88, $24.95, unpaginated, hc) Art book with a generous portion of Maitz artwork in full color plus the original sketches plus a discussion of each painting. Highly recommended. (CNB).
- MAJOR, H. M.; pseudonym of Sharon Jarvis & Kathleen Buckley
- * *The Alien Trace (Signet 0-451-13063-4, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $2.95, 222pp, pb) [Alien Trace] First of a series of adult sf adventure novels by a pair of pseudonymous authors.
- * *Time Twister (NAL/Signet 0-451-13283-1, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $2.95, 255pp, pb) [Alien Trace] Sf novel, Alien Trace #2. Adult sf.
- MALAMUD, BERNARD (1914-1986) (stories)
- * _Gods Grace (Penguin 0-14-018491-0, May 92 [Jun 92], £5.99, 201pp, tp, cover by Rembrandt) Reprint (USA 1982) literary fantasy novel, set after a nuclear holocaust and a second Great Flood.
- MALCOLM, JAHNNA N.; pseudonym of Jahanna Beecham & Malcolm Hillgartner
- * *Zodiac: Aquarius: Second Sight (Collins 0-00-675048-6, Jul 95, £2.99, 189pp, pb) [Zodiac] Young-adult fantasy novel. Psychic powers are born and transmitted through a group of young girls. Book 11 in the series. Only some of the series are fantasy.
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