The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- MELUCH, R(ebecca) M. (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * *Jerusalem Fire (NAL/Signet 0-451-13923-2, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $3.50, 331pp, pb) Sf novel of Arabs in space.
- * _Jerusalem Fire (Futura/Orbit 0-7088-8202-1, Aug 86, £2.95, 331pp, pb) Reprint (NAL/Signet 1985) sf novel.
- * _Jerusalem Fire (Macdonald 0-356-12168-2, Sep 86, £9.95, 331pp, hc) Reprint (NAL/Signet 1985) sf novel.
- * _Jerusalem Fire (NAL Signet 0-451-16115-7, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 331pp, pb) Reissue (NAL Signet 1985) sf novel; third printing.
- * *The Queens Squadron (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45169-4, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $4.99, 304pp, pb) Sf novel of a conflict between free mortals and immortal opressors.
- * _Sovereign (NAL/Signet 0-451-13924-0, Nov 85, $2.95, 230pp, pb) Reissue (NAL/Signet 1979) sf novel. Fourth printing.
- * _Sovereign (Orbit 0-7088-2240-1, Nov 86, £2.50, 230pp, pb) Reprint (NAL 1979) sf novel.
- * _Sovereign (NAL Signet 0-451-16116-5, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 230pp, pb) Reissue (NAL Signet 1979) sf novel; fifth printing.
- * *War Birds (NAL Signet 0-451-16112-2, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 253pp, pb) Romantic sf novel about interstellar war.
- * _Wind Child (NAL/Signet 0-451-14131-8, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $2.95, 201pp, pb) Reissue (Signet 1982) sf novel of the son of an earthling and an alien.
- * _Wind Child (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45038-8, Sep 90 [Oct 90], $3.50, 201pp, pb) Reissue (Signet 1982) sf novel; fourth printing.
- * _Wind Child (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45038-8, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $3.50, 201pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1981) sf novel; fourth printing.
- * _Wind Dancers (NAL/Signet 0-451-14056-7, Jan 86 [Dec 85], $2.50, 166pp, pb) Reissue (NAL 1981) sf novel, 3rd printing.
- * _Wind Dancers (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45039-6, Sep 90 [Oct 90], $3.50, 166pp, pb) Reissue (Signet 1981) sf novel; fourth printing.
- * _Wind-Dancers (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45039-6, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $3.50, 166pp, pb) Reissue (Signet 1982) sf novel; fourth printing.
- MELVILLE, PAULINE
- * *The Migration of Ghosts (Bloomsbury 0-7475-3675-9, Apr 98 [May 98], £15.99, 209pp, hc, cover by William Webb & James Cotter) Literary collection of 12 original occult, fantasy. and mainstream stories.
- * +Shape-Shifter (Pantheon 0-679-40438-4, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $19.00, 164pp, hc, cover by Royce Becker) Collection of 12 stories, mostly literary fantasy. First American edition (The Womens Press 1990).
- MEMMOTT, DAVID (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Larger Earth (Permeable Press 1-882633-18-0, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $9.95, 102pp, tp, cover by Freddie Baer) Collection of 22 linked SF poems, subtitled Descending Notes of a Grounded Astronaut. Available from Permeable Press, 47 Noe Street, Suite 4, San Francisco CA 94114-1017; add $1.50 postage. (Contents)
- _____, ed.
- MENDHAM, TREVOR, ed. (stories)
- MENDLESOHN, FARAH, ed. (chron.)
- MENICK, JIM
- * *Lingo (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-628-7, May 91 [Apr 91], $19.95, 334pp, hc) Sf novel about a home computer AI that runs amok.
- * _Lingo (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-812-3, Jun 92 [May 92], $10.95, 334pp, tp, cover by Paul Bacon) Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1991) sf novel about a home computer AI that runs amok.
- MENVILLE, DOUGLAS (Alver) (1935- )
- * *Futurevisions: The New Golden Age of the Science Fiction Film (with Robert Reginald & Mary A. Burgess) (Newcastle/Greenbriar 0-87877-081-X, Nov 85, $12.95, 192pp, pb) 8 1/2 x 11 reference book on sf films, it concentrates on 1977-1985 and has many stills. Mary A. Burgess is also credited as a contributor, but not on the cover. The book is apparently also available as a library hc, 0-89370-681-X, $24.95. The pb is available from Newcastle Publishing Co., the hc reprint is produced and distributed by The Borgo Press.
- * *The Work of Ross Rocklynne (Borgo Press 0-8095-1511-3, Dec 89 [Mar 90], $9.95, 70pp, tp) Non-fiction; reference. Annotated primary and secondary bibliography of works by and about Rocklynne. A hardcover edition (-0511-X, $19.95) was announced but not seen.
- MERCHANT, ELLA
- MEREDITH, RICHARD C(arlton) (1937-1979) (stories)
- * _The Sky is Filled with Ships (Legend 0-09-961860-5, Nov 88, £2.50, 184pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1969) sf novel. Volume 20 in the Venture SF series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Timeliner Trilogy (Arrow 0-09-951690-X, Aug 87, £3.95, 712pp, pb) [Timeliner] Sf omnibus. Volume 14 in the Venture SF series. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
- * _We All Died at Breakaway Station (Arrow 0-09-938880-4, Apr 87, £2.25, 244pp, pb) Reissue (Ballantine 1969) sf novel. Volume 1 in the Venture SF series.
- MEREDITH, SCOTT (1923-1993)
- * _Writing to Sell (Harper & Row 0-06-015637-6, Apr 87, $15.95, 227pp, hc) Non-fiction, associational; how-to book. Third revised edition. The revisions since the 1950 original are minor. The funny new introduction by Arthur C. Clarke is entertaining, but the book is more of historical interest than of practical use today.
- * *Writing to Sell, Fourth Edition (Writers Digest Books 0-89879-750-0, Mar 96, $17.99, 221pp, hc) Associational non-fiction, a guide to writing by an agent active in the SF field. This is the revised fourth edition (Writers Digest 1950); there is a new foreword by Barry N. Malzberg. Writers Digest Books, 1507 Dana Ave., Cincinnati OH 45207; credit card orders 800-289-0963.
- MERRIL, JUDITH, ed.; [originally Josephine Juliet Grossman] (1923-1997) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Tesseracts (Press Porcepic 0-88878-242-X, Nov 85, C$9.95, 292pp, pb) Original and reprint anthology of Canadian sf. Distributed by Beaverbooks. For information, write Press Porcepic. (Contents)
- MERRITT, A(braham Grace) (1884-1943) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Burn, Witch, Burn!/Creep, Shadow, Creep! (Leisure 0-8439-3944-3, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $5.99, 392pp, pb) [Dr. Lowell] Omnibus of two classic pulp horror novels, Burn, Witch, Burn! (Liveright 1933) and Creep, Shadow, Creep (Crime Club, Doubleday, Doran 1934 as Creep, Shadow), printed in double format. (Contents)
- * _Dwellers in the Mirage (Macmillan Collier 0-02-022872-4, Nov 91 [Dec 91], $5.95, 283pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) Reprint (Liveright 1932) fantasy novel. This edition follows the magazine text, not the cut book version.
- * _The Face in the Abyss (Donald M. Grant 0-937986-01-1, Jul 91, $30.00, 286pp, hc, cover by Ned Dameron) [Nicholas Graydon] Reprint (Liveright 1931) classic pulp fantasy, with a preface by Paul Spencer and full-color illustrations by Ned Dameron. A slipcased limited edition of 350 copies signed by the artist (-00-3, $60.00) is also available.
- * _The Face in the Abyss (Macmillan Collier Nucleus 0-02-022873-2, Jun 92, $9.00, 343pp, tp, cover by Daniel R. Horne) [Nicholas Graydon] Reprint (Liveright 1931) classic pulp fantasy novel.
- * _The Metal Monster (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-979-0, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $3.95, 222pp, pb) Reprint (Avon/Murder Mystery Monthly 1946) fantasy novel.
- * _The Moon Pool (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-891-3, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $4.95, 432pp, pb) [Walter Goodwin] Reprint (Putnam 1919) classic lost race fantasy novel about the remnants of an ancient civilization in caverns under the Pacific.
- * _The Moon Pool (Easton Press no ISBN, May 94, no price, 432pp, hc) [Walter Goodwin] Reprint (Putnam 1919) classic lost race fantasy novel about the remnants of an ancient civilization in caverns under the Pacific. With an introduction by James Gunn and a frontispiece by Todd Cameron Hamilton. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
- * _The Ship of Ishtar (Macmillan Collier 0-02-022871-6, Jun 91 [May 91], $4.95, 309pp, pb, cover by Daniel R. Horne) Reprint (Putnam 1926) fantasy novel, with interior art by Virgil Finlay. This edition, including the illustrations, is a photo-offset reprint of the 1946 Borden Memorial edition, which was the complete magazine text instead of the cut book text.
- MERRITT, EMMA
- * *Return to Summer (Harlequin 0-373-16337-1, Apr 90 [Feb 92], $2.95, 253pp, pb) Time-travel romance novel of a history professor who finds herself in the past playing the part of a great 19th-century Irish singer. This is a 1990 book not seen until now. A Harlequin American romance.
- MERTZ, BARBARA (Louise) G(ross) (1927- ); see pseudonyms Barbara Michaels & Elizabeth Peters (chron.)
- MÉRY, MICHEL (stories)
- * *The Father, The Son, and the Walkperson (III Publishing 0-9622937-9-2, May 96 [Apr 96], $10.00, 190pp, tp, cover by François Méry) Original collection of 22 stories, four previously published, many surreal or with elements of SF. Available from III Publishing, PO Box 1581, Gualala CA 95445. (Contents)
- * *Pyrexia (III Publishing 1-886625-02-6, Sep 97 [Jun 97], $10.00, 189pp, tp, cover by François Méry) SF novel with surreal elements. A man seeks the sex goddess Pyrexia he once found through an Internet-like, but more chaotic, network. Available from III Publishing, PO Box 1581, Gualala CA 95445; e-mail: iiipub@compuserve.com
- MESSINGHAM, SIMON
- * *Doctor Who: Zeta Major (BBC Books 0-563-40597-X, Jul 98 [Jun 98], £4.99, 282pp, pb) [Doctor Who: Missing Adventures] Novelisation based on the TV series. Book 13 of the BBC Missing Adventures series.
- * *Strange England (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20419-0, Aug 94, £4.99, 276pp, pb, cover by Paul Campbell) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
- METCALFE, JOHN (1891-1965) (stories)
- * *Nightmare Jack and Other Stories (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-51-6, Jul 98 [Sep 98], C$52.00, xxi+241pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Collection of 17 horror stories, edited and with an introduction by Richard Dalby. Afterword by Alexis Lykiard. A world-wide edition available in the US for $39.50 and in the UK for £24.50. (Contents)
- METZ, MELINDA
- * *Roswell High: The Outsider (Pocket Archway 0-671-02374-8, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $1.99, 170pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) [Roswell High] Young-adult SF novel, first in a new series. Some of the students at Roswell High are not human. Copyrighted by the author and packager Daniel Weiss Associates.
- * *Roswell High: The Wild One (Pocket Archway 0-671-02375-6, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $3.99, 171pp, pb, cover by Franco Accornero) [Roswell High] Young-adult SF novel, second in the series. Some of the students at Roswell High are not human. Copyrighted by the author and packager Daniel Weiss Associates.
- METZGER, ROBERT A(lan) (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Quad World (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45057-4, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $4.99, 317pp, pb) Sf novel. An engineer is transported to a parallel world where a battle between good and evil is raging, being fought by prominent figures from human history. A first novel.
- METZGER, THOM(as Richard) (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Big Gurl (with Richard P. Scott) (NAL Onyx 0-451-40132-8, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.95, 253pp, pb) Completely plotless horror novel about a huge and murderous young girl.
- * *Shock Totem (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40219-7, Jan 91 [Dec 90], $4.50, 288pp, pb) Medical horror thriller about a young boy used as a scientific guinea pig developing superhuman powers.
- MEYER, DAVID N., II; see pseudonym Lloyd St. Alcorn (stories)
- MEYER, NICHOLAS (1945- )
- * *The Canary Trainer (Norton 0-393-03608-1, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $19.95, 224pp, hc, cover by Honi Werner) [Sherlock Holmes] Holmes pastiche with fantasy elements, with the Great Detective taking on the case of the Phantom of the Opera. Third in the series begun in The Seven-Percent Solution.
- * _The Canary Trainer (Norton 0-393-31241-0, Mar 95 [Apr 95], $10.00, 224pp, tp, cover by Honi Werner) [Sherlock Holmes] Reprint (Norton 1993) Holmes pastiche with fantasy elements, with the Great Detective taking on the case of the Phantom of the Opera. Third in the series begun in The Seven-Percent Solution.
- MEYER, SUSAN E.
- * *A Treasury of the Great Childrens Book Illustrators (Harry N. Abrams 0-8109-2694-6, May 97, $24.95, 272pp, tp, cover by Various Artists) Reprint (Abrams 1983) non-fiction art book discussing 13 illustrators, with an introduction discussing the history of childrens book illustration. Artists include John Tenniel, Walter Crane, Arthur Rackham, Edmund Dulac, Kay Nielsen, Howard Pyle, and W.W. Denslow.
- MEYERS, JEFFREY (1939- ) (stories)
- * *Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy (Macmillan/Scribners 0-684-19370-1, Sep 92 [Oct 92], $30.00, 348pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A biography of Poe with an emphasis on the influence his work had on subsequent writers. [Poe]
- _____, ed.
- MEYERS, RIC(hard Sam) (1953- ); see pseudonym Wade Barker (stories)
- * _Doomstar (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20051-0, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $2.95, 296pp, pb) [Doomstar] Reissue (Carlyle Books 1978) sf novel featuring ships commander Larry, cat-woman Napoleon, and Harlan the invincible human weapon. This is apparently revised from the original appearance.
- * *Fear Itself (Dell 0-440-20685-5, Jun 91 [May 91], $3.99, 264pp, pb) [Book of the Undead] Horror novel of love and vengeance, Book of the Undead #1.
- * *Forgotten Realms: Murder in Halruaa (TSR 0-7869-0521-2, Oct 96, $18.99, 249pp, hc, cover by Larry Elmore) [Forgotten Realms] Fantasy mystery novelization based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * *Living Hell (Dell 0-440-20856-4, Oct 91, $4.50, 294pp, pb) [Book of the Undead] Horror novel, Book of the Undead #2.
- * *Return to Doomstar (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20125-8, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $2.95, 295pp, pb) [Doomstar] Sf adventure novel featuring the Light Orbit Space Theater and hitchhikers the catwoman Napoleon and 9 tall Harlan. Sequel to Doomstar. This is a rewrite of Doomstar II (Carlyle 1979). The earlier work is not acknowledged.
- * *S-F 2: A Pictorial History of Science Fiction Films from Rollerball to Return of the Jedi (Lyle Stuart 0-8065-0875-2, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $19.95, 256pp, hc) This sequel to Jeff Rovins original Pictorial History of SF Films (1975) covers 1975 to 1982. Illustrated with numerous black & white stills.
- * *Worst Nightmare (Dell 0-440-20857-2, Mar 92 [Feb 92], $4.50, 279pp, pb) [Book of the Undead] Horror novel of a titanic confrontation between good and evil, third Book of the Undead.
- MEYERS, VALERIE
- * *George Orwell (St. Martins 0-312-05567-6, 1991 [Nov 92], $24.95, 158pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. An academic examination of Orwells fiction, with a selected bibliography. This is a 1991 book not seen until now. Order from St. Martins Press, Scholarly & Reference Books, 175 Fifth Ave., New York NY 10010. [Orwell]
- MEYNARD, YVES (1964- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Book of Knights (Tor 0-312-86482-5, Feb 98 [Jan 98], $21.95, 222pp, hc, cover by Christian Jank) Non-medieval fantasy novel of knights and quests. The first written-in-English novel by a French-Canadian author.
- _____, ed.
- MEYRINK, GUSTAV; [originally Gustav Meyer] (1868-1932) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Angel of the West Window (Dedalus 0-946626-65-0, Sep 91 [Aug 91], £8.99, 421pp, tp, cover by Tim Gray) First English translation of an occult fantasy novel about the Elizabethan mage John Dee and his 20th Century descendant. Translated from the German (Der Engel Vom Westlichen Fenster, 1927) by Mike Mitchell. Also announced in hardcover (-72-3, £18.99).
- * *The Golem (Dedalus 1-873982-91-7, Mar 95, £6.99, 262pp, tp) Classic horror novel, originally published in German in 1915, based on the Jewish legend of a clay homunculus which is the double of the hero. Newly translated by Mike Mitchell, there is an introduction (Gustav Meyrinck and his Golem), and chronology, by Robert Irwin. Available in the US from Ariadne Press (1-57241-041-0).
- * *The Green Face (Dedalus 0-946626-92-8, Oct 92 [Sep 92], £7.99, 224pp, tp, cover by Richard Oelze) Literary fantasy novel, originally published in German (Das Grüne Gesicht, 1916). First English translation (by Mike Mitchell) with a new afterword by Franz Rottensteiner.
- * *The Opal (and other stories) (Dedalus 1-873982-30-5, Apr 94 [Mar 94], £7.99, 222pp, tp, cover by Lise Weisgerber) Literary fantasy collection, selected from the 1913 German original, Des deutschen Spießers Wunderhorn, translated, and with an Introduction by Maurice Raraty. (Contents)
- * *Walpurgisnacht (Dedalus 1-873982-50-X, Aug 93 [Jul 93], £6.99, 169pp, tp, cover by David Bird) Literary fantasy novel, translated from the German (1917) by Mike Mitchell, with a new introduction by Ingrid O. Fisher.
- * *The White Dominican (Dedalus 1-873982-55-0, Apr 94 [Mar 94], £6.99, 165pp, tp, cover by Lise Weisgerber & Georges Weisgerber) Literary fantasy novel, translated by Mike Mitchell, with an introduction by John Clute.
- MEZRICH, BEN (1969- )
- * _Reaper (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-109718-7, Dec 98, $6.99, 407pp, pb) Reprint (HarperCollins 1998) SF thriller of an electronically transmitted biological virus. We apparently missed the first hardcover edition.
- MICHAEL, E. J.
- * _Queen of the Sun (Thorsons 0-7225-3334-9, Mar 96, £7.99, 225pp, tp) Reprint (HarperSanFrancisco 1995) occult thriller. [First U.K. edition]
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