The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

AXLER, JAMES (continued)

• * *Deathlands: Skydark (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62536-7, Mar ’97, $5.50, 346pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel. Ryan Cawdor faces an army of mutants. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Deathlands: Stoneface [by Laurence James] (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62534-0, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $5.50, 347pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel. Ryan Cawdor visits Mt. Rushmore.
• * *Deathlands: The Mars Arena (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62538-3, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $5.50, 348pp, pb, cover by Herring) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel. Ryan Cawdor searches for the remains of a crashed space station. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Deathlands: Trader Redux [by Laurence James] (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-625424-3, Dec ’94, $4.99, 349pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF novel, #24 in the series. Copyrighted by the publisher.
• * *Deathlands: Twilight Children [by Laurence James] (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62521-9, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.99, 347pp, pb) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF novel. Book #21 in the ongoing series. Copyrighted by the publisher.
• * *Deathlands: Watersleep (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62539-1, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $5.50, 347pp, pb, cover by Herring) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Deathlands: Way of the Wolf (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-62542-1, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $5.99, 346pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Deathlands] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel. Ryan Cawdor encounters Neanderthals in the Arctic. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Earth Blood [by Laurence James] (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63807-8, Nov ’93, $4.99, 349pp, pb) [Earth Blood] Post-catastrophe sf novel of a spacecraft crew who returns to Earth after a two year mission only to discover that society has collapsed and they have to fight for survival.
• * *Earth Blood: Aurora Quest [by Laurence James] (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63809-4, Jul ’94 [Aug ’94], $4.99, 346pp, pb) [Earth Blood] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, third book of the “Earth Blood” series. Copyrighted by Laurence James.
• * *Earth Blood: Days Trek [by Laurence James] (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63808-6, Mar ’94 [Apr ’94], $4.99, 347pp, pb) [Earth Blood] Post-catastrophe sf adventure, second book of a series. Copyrighted by Laurence James.
• * *Outlanders: Destiny Run [by Mark Ellis] (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63815-9, Sep ’97 [May ’98], $5.50, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, second in the series. This is dated 1997, but not seen until now. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Outlanders: Doomstar Relic [by Mark Ellis] (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63819-1, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $5.99, 338pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, sixth in the series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Outlanders: Exile to Hell [by Mark Ellis] (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63814-0, Jun ’97, $5.50, 342pp, pb) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel. First book in a new series, by the author of the “Deathlands” series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Outlanders: Omega Path [by Mark Ellis] (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63817-5, Feb ’98, $5.99, 347pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, fourth in the series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Outlanders: Parallax Red [by Mark Ellis] (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63818-3, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $5.99, 347pp, pb) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, fifth in the series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.
• * *Outlanders: Savage Sun [by Mark Ellis] (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63816-7, Dec ’97 [Feb ’98], $5.50, 348pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Outlanders] Post-holocaust SF adventure novel, third in the series. Copyrighted by Worldwide Library.

AYCLIFFE, JONATHAN; pseudonym of Denis MacEoin, (1949- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Lost (HarperPrism 0-06-105225-6, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $16.00, 166pp, hc) Horror novel. A teacher discovers he’s inherited more than just a castle in Transylvania. The author also writes as Daniel Easterman; the copyright is by Denis MacEoin.
• * _The Lost (HarperCollins UK 0-00-225239-2, Nov ’96, £15.99, 243pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) Dark fantasy novel, told in the form of letters, diary extracts, tapes, and journals. This is a pseudonym of Denis McEoin, who also writes as Daniel Easterman. A simultaneous paperback (-649615-6, £4.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Lost (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649615-6, Nov ’96, £4.99, 243pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) horror novel. Simultaneous with the HarperCollins UK hardback. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Lost (HarperPrism 0-06-105483-6, Aug ’97 [Jul ’97], $5.50, 264pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) horror novel. A teacher discovers he’s inherited more than just a castle in Transylvania. The author also writes as Daniel Easterman; the copyright is by Denis MacEoin.
• * *The Matrix (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224161-7, Nov ’94, £14.99, 238pp, hc, cover by Gerry Grace) Horror novel. The author also writes as Daniel Easterman.
• * +The Matrix (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-100659-9, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $4.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) Horror novel. A recently-bereaved academic becomes too involved in researching occult practices. The author also writes as Daniel Easterman; the copyright is by Denis MacEoin. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 1994).
• * _The Matrix (HarperCollins UK 0-00-649319-X, Nov ’95 [Dec ’95], £6.99, 238pp, tp, cover by Simon Marsden) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1994) dark fantasy novel.
• * *Naomi’s Room (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13926-9, Nov ’91, £8.99, 173pp, tp) Ghost novel. The author is better known by his pseudonym “Daniel Easterman”.
• * +Naomi’s Room (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100413-8, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $4.99, 212pp, pb, cover by Edwin Herder) Ghost/horror novel. Charles Hillebrand’s daughter Naomi is abducted and murdered in London, and he begins to realize that his Cambridge house is haunted, not only by her, but by the ghosts of Victorian-era murder victims as well. Aycliffe also writes as Daniel Easterman. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1991).
• * _Naomi’s Room (Grafton 0-586-21436-4, Nov ’92, £4.99, 207pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1991) ghost novel.
• * *The Vanishment (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224157-9, Nov ’93, £8.99, 221pp, tp, cover by Gerry Grace) Ghost story about a possessed house in Cornwall. This edition is only available as part of the boxed set Here Lie Three Tales That Will Never Die. A hardcover edition (-224160-9, £14.99) was announced but not seen.
• * +The Vanishment (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-100658-0, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.50, 227pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) Ghost novel about a couple with marital troubles who are destroyed by the old house in Cornwall they come to for a holiday. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1993).
• * _The Vanishment (HarperCollins UK 0-00-647971-5, Nov ’94, £4.99, 223pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) ghost novel.
• * *Whispers in the Dark (HarperCollins UK 0-246-13927-7, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], £8.99, 221pp, tp, cover by Alan Lee) Ghost novel. A hardcover edition (-13893-9, £14.99) is also available. The hardcover edition has the same cover as the trade paperback, but credits it to Mark Taylor rather than Alan Lee.
• * +Whispers in the Dark (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-100601-7, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $4.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Edwin Herder) Ghost/horror novel about a young Victorian girl who is threatened by a ghost in an old manor house. First American edition (HarperCollins UK 1992).
• * _Whispers in the Dark (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21437-2, Nov ’93, £4.99, 268pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) ghost novel. This edition is only available as part of the boxed set Here Lie Three Tales That Will Never Die.
• * _Whispers in the Dark (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21437-2, Feb ’94, £4.99, 268pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1992) ghost novel.

AYLETT, STEVE (1967- ) (stories)

• * *Slaughtermatic (Four Walls Eight Windows 1-56858-103-3, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], $13.95, 153pp, tp) [Beerlight] Near-future SF novel of violence, virtual reality, time travel, and a bank heist gone wrong.
• * _Slaughtermatic (Phoenix House 1-861591-22-5, Oct ’98, £9.99, 181pp, hc, cover by Graham Roundthwaite) [Beerlight] Reprint (Four Walls Eight Windows 1998) near-future SF novel of violence, virtual reality, time travel, and a bank heist gone wrong. [First U.K. edition]

AZARIAN, JENNY-LYNN, ed.

• * _Lighthouse Horrors (with Charles G. Waugh & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Charles G. Waugh

B; suspected pseudonym of A. C. Benson, (1862-1925) (stories)

• * *When the Door Is Shut & Other Ghost Stories (Rosemary Pardoe 0-906153-10-7, Jan ’86, £1.35, 36pp, pb) Collection of ghost stories. This is probably a pseudonym for A.C. Benson. (Contents)

BABBITT, LUCY CULLYFORD (1960- )

• * *Children of the Maker (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-31245-1, Nov ’88 [Jan ’89], $13.95, 232pp, hc) [Oval Amulet] Young-adult future fantasy novel, sequel to The Oval Amulet.

BABCOCK, MICHAEL

• * _The Goddess Paintings (with Susan Seddon Boulet) See entry under Susan Seddon Boulet.

BACH, RICHARD (David) (1936- )

• * *One (Morrow 0-688-07802-8, Oct ’88, $16.95, 284pp, hc) Fantasy novel about the nature of self.

BACHMAN, RICHARD; pseudonym of Stephen King, (1947- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Desperation & The Regulators (with Stephen King) See entry under Stephen King.
• * *The Regulators (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-67176-9, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], £16.99, 334pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Dark fantasy novel of a small town disintegrating into chaos with the arrival of the Regulators. This is a companion to Stephen King’s Desperation, starring alternate versions of its characters in a variant of its plot. The two books appeared together in a limited boxed edition last month. This is the first trade edition. Simultaneous with the US (Dutton). Bachman is a pseudonym for Stephen King.
• * _The Regulators (SFBC #12345, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $8.98, 475pp, hc, cover by Mark Ryden) Reprint (Dutton; Hodder & Stoughton 1996) horror novel, companion to Stephen King’s Desperation from Viking. This is similar to the Dutton edition, but lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Regulators (NEL 0-340-67177-7, Jun ’97 [May ’97], £6.99, 446pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) dark fantasy novel.
• * *Thinner (NAL 0-453-00468-7, Dec ’84 [Nov ’84], $12.95, 309pp, hc) Horror novel. Lloyd Currey’s catalog lists Bachman as a pen name of Stephen King. King does not acknowledge it, but this horror novel about dieting sure sounds like him.
• * _Thinner (SFBC #6494, 1985 [Dec ’85], $4.98, 282pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1984) horror novel. The author is Stephen King.
• * _Thinner (NAL/Signet 0-451-13796-5, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $4.50, 318pp, pb) Reprint (NAL 1984) horror novel. Bachman is a pseudonym for Stephen King.
• * _Thinner (Large Print Book Club #1359, Nov ’85, price unknown, 504pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1984) horror novel.
• * _Thinner (NEL 0-450-05883-2, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], £2.50, 282pp, pb) Reprint (NAL 1984) horror novel.

BACHMANN, DIANA MARY; see under Max Marlow; see pseudonym Max Marlow

• * _The Red Death [as by Max Marlow] See entry under Max Marlow.

BACON, JONATHAN, ed.

• * *Ghor, Kin-Slayer (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-91-7, Aug ’97 [Sep ’97], $8.95, 176pp, tp, cover by Robert H. Knox) Anthology/novel based on an unfinished story by Robert E. Howard, with a different author writing each of the 17 chapters. The first 12 chapters were published in the magazine Fantasy Crossroads; the remainder appear here for the first time. Authors include Karl Edward Wagner, Michael Moorcock, and Marion Zimmer Bradley. Available from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893. (Contents)

BACON-SMITH, CAMILLE (M.) (1949- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Enterprising Women: Television Fandom and the Creation of Popular Myth (University of Pennsylvania Press 0-8122-1379-3, Sep ’92 [Apr ’93], $17.95, 338pp, tp, cover by Suzan Lovett) Non-fiction, criticism. A sociological analysis of women’s media fandom and fiction, the principal focus being on Star Trek. A 1993 Hugo Award nominee, this was published in 1992 but not seen until now. A hardcover edition (-3098-1) was announced but not seen.
• * *The Eye of the Daemon (DAW 0-88677-673-2, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.50, 332pp, pb, cover by Jean-François Podevin) [Daemons, Inc.] Dark fantasy novel. An occult PI investigates a missing person and uncovers a multi-dimensional war.
• * *Eyes of the Empress (DAW 0-88677-796-8, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $5.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Daemons, Inc.] Dark fantasy detective novel. Demon detectives are hired to recover crystal orbs stolen from major museums.
• * *The Face of Time (DAW 0-88677-707-0, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.99, pb, cover by Jean-Francois Podevin) Dark fantasy novel. Scotland Yard officers track a serial killer, and find an ancient evil.

BADENOCH, LINDSAY

• * *The Daughter of the Runes (Arkana 0-14-019185-2, Apr ’89, £5.99, 229pp, tp) Occult novel.

BADLEY, LINDA (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Film, Horror, and the Body Fantastic (Greenwood Press 0-313-27523-8, Nov ’95 [Dec ’95], $55.00, 199pp, hc) Critical look at horror in films, drawing on feminist critical theory, psychoanalytic theory, cultural criticism, and gender studies. This book focuses almost exclusively on film; a sequel is planned to address the literary works of Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Anne Rice. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800.
• * *Writing Horror and the Body (Greenwood Press 0-313-29716-9, Jun ’96 [Oct ’96], $55.00, 183pp, hc) Non-fiction, a critical examination of contemporary horror, subtitled “The Fiction of Stephen King, Clive Barker, and Anne Rice”; a sequel of sorts to Film, Horror, and the Body Fantastic, exploring the ways in which bodily forms and transformations in horror reflect the sense of self. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800.

BAEHR, PATRICIA (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Search for Happily-Ever-After (Troll/BridgeWater 0-8167-3658-8, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], $13.95, 142pp, hc, cover by Randel J. Chavez) Young-adult fantasy novel. A girl travels to the land of fairy tales.

BAEN, JAMES (Patrick), ed. (1943-2006) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Far Frontiers (with Jerry E. Pournelle) See entry under Jerry E. Pournelle
• * _Far Frontiers Vol. II/Summer 1985 (with Jerry E. Pournelle) See entry under Jerry E. Pournelle
• * _Far Frontiers Vol. III/Fall 1985 (with Jerry E. Pournelle) See entry under Jerry E. Pournelle
• * _Far Frontiers Vol. IV/Winter 1985 (with Jerry E. Pournelle) See entry under Jerry E. Pournelle
• * _Far Frontiers Vol. V/Spring 1986 (with Jerry E. Pournelle) See entry under Jerry E. Pournelle
• * _Far Frontiers Vol. VI/Fall 1986 (with Jerry E. Pournelle) See entry under Jerry E. Pournelle
• * _Far Frontiers Vol. VII/Winter 1986 (with Jerry E. Pournelle) See entry under Jerry E. Pournelle
• * *New Destinies, Vol. 1/Spring 1987 (Baen 0-671-65628-7, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $2.95, 288pp, pb) Original anthology/magazine, Vol.1/Spring 1987, incorporating the preceding Baen anthology Far Frontiers and concluding a Poul Anderson novella serialized there; it also has other fiction and non-fiction, including an unsigned review column. (Contents)
• * *New Destinies, Vol. 2/Fall 1987 (Baen 0-671-65346-6, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.95, 232pp, pb) Original anthology of stories and essays. (Contents)
• * *New Destinies, Vol. III (Baen 0-671-65385-7, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.50, 273pp, pb) Paperback original anthology “magazine”, with non-fiction, 3 stories, and some “speculative fact.” Two of the stories, by Niven and Ing, will be part of Baen “shared world” books later this year. (Contents)
• * *New Destinies, Vol. IV (Baen 0-671-65408-X, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 287pp, pb) Original anthology of sf stories and non-fiction, dated Summer 1988. (Contents)
• * *New Destinies, Vol. IX/Fall 1990 (Baen 0-671-2016-3, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $3.50, 286pp, pb, cover by David A. Hardy) Original anthology of eight stories plus six non-fiction pieces on space and technology. (Contents)
• * *New Destinies, Vol. VI (Baen 0-671-69796-X, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.50, 284pp, pb) Science fiction/non-fiction original anthology series, Winter 1988. Special Heinlein memorial issue includes several poems by Heinlein (never before published) as well as various Heinlein reprints, and appreciations by others. There is also the usual new fiction and non-fiction. Note to collectors, there is no New Destinies, Vol. V. (Contents)
• * *New Destinies, Vol. VII (Baen 0-671-69815-X, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.50, 287pp, pb) Original anthology of five stories plus seven non-fiction pieces. (Contents)
• * *New Destinies, Vol. VIII (Baen 0-671-69839-7, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $3.50, 283pp, pb) Original anthology of seven stories, three non-fiction pieces, and a guest editorial by James P. Hogan. (Contents)
• * _The Science Fiction Yearbook (with John F. Carr & Jerry E. Pournelle) See entry under Jerry E. Pournelle

BAER, FREDDIE (stories)

• * *Ecstatic Incisions: The Collages of Freddie Baer (AK Press 1-873176-60-0, 1992 [Mar ’93], $11.95, 73pp, tp, cover by Freddie Baer) Art book, a collection of collage art by an artist whose work has appeared in Interzone, SF Eye, etc. Many of these have appeared in sf sources. With a preface by Peter Lamborn Wilson. Order from Mystopia, Box 410151, San Francisco CA 94141.

BAIKIE, JIM

• * _Skizz (with Alan Moore) See entry under Alan Moore.

BAIL, PAUL

• * *John Saul: A Critical Companion (Greenwood Press 0-313-29575-1, Jul ’96 [Aug ’96], $29.95, 203pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical guide to Saul’s psychological and supernatural thrillers. There is a bibliography and an index. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [Saul]

BAILEY, DENNIS R.

• * _Tin Woodman (with David F. Bischoff) See entry under David F. Bischoff