The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- MICHAEL, PETER; pseudonym of Simon Michael & Peter Rosenberg
- * *The Usurper (Grafton 0-586-20169-6, Nov 88, £3.50, 303pp, pb) Near-future thriller.
- MICHAEL, SIMON (1955- ); see pseudonym Peter Michael
- MICHAELS, BARBARA; pseudonym of Barbara G. Mertz, (1927- ) (chron.)
- * _Ammie, Come Home (Berkley 0-425-09949-0, May 87 [Apr 87], $3.50, 248pp, pb) Reprint (Meredith 1968) novel, a ghost story. By now the Sixties setting of this well-told tale seem almost as historical as the glimpses of Georgetown in the days of the American Revolution. (FCM)
- * _Be Buried in the Rain (Berkley 0-425-09634-3, Mar 87 [Feb 87], $3.95, 326pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1985) suspense novel with elements of horror. Its an absorbing, entertaining mystery, though the real horror comes very late. (FCM)
- * _The Crying Child (Berkley 0-425-11584-4, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $3.95, 234pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1971) horror gothic.
- * *The Dancing Floor (HarperCollins 0-06-017764-0, Mar 97 [Apr 97], $23.00, 326pp, hc, cover by Donna Diamond) Dark fantasy novel. An American woman on an English estate encounters witchcraft and murder.
- * _The Grey Beginning (Tor 0-812-50681-2, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $3.95, 277pp, pb) Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1984) suspense novel with occult elements.
- * _Here I Stay (Tor 0-812-50679-0, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $3.95, 317pp, pb) Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1983) suspense novel with some mild supernatural elements.
- * _Here I Stay (Severn House 0-7278-4448-2, Apr 93 [Mar 93], £13.99, 317pp, hc) Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1983) ghost novel.
- * _Here I Stay (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-100726-9, Jun 94 [May 94], $5.50, 338pp, pb) Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1983) ghost novel about a country inn occupied by spirits eager to destroy the living.
- * _Houses of Stone (Berkley 0-425-14306-6, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $5.99, 384pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1993) ghost novel.
- * _The Sea Kings Daughter (Berkley 0-425-11306-X, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $3.95, 250pp, pb) Romantic suspense novel with supernatural elements.
- * _Someone in the House (Berkley 0-425-11389-2, Jun 89 [May 89], $4.50, 300pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1981) horror gothic/romantic suspense novel.
- * _Someone in the House (Severn House 0-7278-5227-2, Jul 97 [Jun 97], £16.99, 300pp, hc) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1981) gothic horror novel. Michaels is a pseudonym for Elizabeth Peters.
- * _Sons of the Wolf (Berkley 0-425-11687-5, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Meredith 1967) horror gothic about werewolves on the moors. This has also appeared as Mystery on the Moors.
- * *Stitches in Time (HarperCollins 0-06-017763-2, May 95 [Apr 95], $22.00, 307pp, hc, cover by Donna Diamond) Dark fantasy novel. An antique bridal quilt has supernatural powers.
- * _Stitches in Time (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-109253-3, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $6.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Donna Diamond) Reprint (HarperCollins 1995) dark fantasy novel. An antique quilt has supernatural powers.
- * _Wait for What Will Come (Berkley 0-425-12005-8, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $3.95, 280pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1978) gothic romance with psychic elements.
- * _The Walker in Shadows (Berkley 0-425-13399-0, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $5.50, 321pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd Mead 1979) gothic romance with a real ghost.
- * _The Walker in Shadows (Severn House 0-7278-4924-7, Nov 96, £16.99, 308pp, hc, cover by Derek Collings) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1979) supernatural romantic thriller. Restless ghosts re-enact their tragedy when a family moves into a cursed house. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Wings of the Falcon (Berkley 0-425-11045-1, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $3.95, 230pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1977) Historical adventure novel with Gothic elements, packaged as a quasi-horror novel.
- * _Witch (Berkley 0-425-11831-2, Nov 89 [Oct 89], $3.95, 234pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd Mead 1973) gothic horror/romance novel with psychic elements.
- * _The Wizards Daughter (Berkley 0-425-14642-1, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $5.99, 325pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1980) Victorian psychic thriller.
- MICHAELS, BILL (1946- )
- * *Witchcraft (Zebra 0-8217-5601-X, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $4.99, 288pp, pb) Horror novel. A dark witch needs the blood of a white witchs child to rule the earth.
- MICHAELS, KASEY; pseudonym of Kathryn Amelia Seidick, (1943- ) (stories)
- * *The Haunted Miss Hampshire (Avon 0-380-76301-X, Apr 92, $3.99, 183pp, pb) Regency romance with a real ghost. Miss Hampshires deceased aunt is determined to see her married.
- * *Out of the Blue (Dell 0-440-21105-0, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $4.99, 310pp, pb) Time-travel romance. Cassandra Kelly is on a tour of the Tower of London when she steps back into Regency England, where she fascinates scientist Marcus Pendleton.
- MICHAELS, MELISA C. (1946- ) (stories)
- * *Cold Iron (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45654-8, Aug 97 [Jul 97], $5.99, 364pp, pb, cover by Romas Kukalis) [Rosie Levine] Fantasy detective mystery. A California PI is hired to protect an elfrock bands lead singer.
- * *Far Harbor (Tor 0-812-54581-8, Jun 89 [May 89], $3.95, 248pp, pb) Sf novel about alien resistance to human colonial invasion.
- * *First Battle (Tor 0-812-54568-0, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $2.95, 253pp, pb) [Skyrider] Sf novel, second in the Skyrider series, although not packaged as such. Military space opera.
- * *Floater Factor (Tor 0-812-54578-8, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $3.50, 281pp, pb) [Skyrider] Sf space adventure novel, fifth in the Skyrider series.
- * *Last War (Tor 0-812-54570-2, Mar 86 [Feb 86], $2.95, 219pp, pb) [Skyrider] Sf novel, Skyrider #3. Space opera.
- * *Pirate Prince (Tor 0-812-54572-9, Feb 87 [Jan 87], $2.95, 254pp, pb) [Skyrider] Sf adventure novel, the fourth volume in the Skyrider series featuring a female hotshot space pilot.
- * *Sister to the Rain (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45730-7, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $5.99, 320pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Rosie Levine] Fantasy mystery novel, sequel to Cold Iron. PI Rosie Levine investigates disturbances at a California artists colony that includes both humans and elves.
- * _Skirmish (The Womens Press 0-7043-4906-X, Oct 87, £3.50, 230pp, tp) [Skyrider] Reprint (Tor 1985) juvenile sf novel. Volume 1 in the Skyrider series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Skirmish (Tor 0-812-54574-5, Dec 87 [Nov 87], $3.50, 252pp, pb) [Skyrider] Reissue (Tor 1985) sf novel/space opera, first in the Skyrider series; 2nd printing.
- * *Skyrider I: Skirmish (Tor 0-812-54566-4, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $2.95, 252pp, pb) [Skyrider] Sf adventure novel about a female spaceship pilot. A first novel.
- * *Through the Eyes of the Dead (Walker 0-8027-5718-9, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $17.95, 180pp, hc) Associational. Mystery novel by a science fiction author. It introduces a team of women private detectives based in the San Francisco Bay area.
- MICHALSON, KAREN
- * *Victorian Fantasy Literature: Literary Battles with Church and Empire (Edwin Mellen Press 0-88946-378-6, 1990 [Jun 92], $89.95, 292pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. An academic study of 19th-century fantasy literature concentrating on five authors and five books. This is a worldwide edition published in 1990 but not seen until now. Available from The Edwin Mellen Press, PO Box 450, Lewiston NY 14092.
- MICHALUK, STEPHEN, Jr.
- MICHELINIE, DAVID (stories)
- * *Spider-Man: Carnage in New York (with Dean Wesley Smith) (Boulevard 1-57297-019-7, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $5.99, 245pp, pb) Novelization based on the comic book characters. Copyrighted by Marvel. Packaged by Byron Preiss.
- * _Spiderman: Carnage in New York (with Dean Wesley Smith) (Boxtree 0-7522-0305-3, May 96, £4.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Julie Bell) [Spider-Man] Reprint (Boulevard 1995) novelisation based on the comic book. Packaged by Byron Preiss. [First U.K. edition]
- MICHELS, SHARRY; see pseudonym Sharice Kendyl
- MIDDLETON, HAYDN (1955- ) (stories)
- * *The Collapsing Castle (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-12986-9, Aug 90, £13.99, 280pp, hc, cover by John Caple) [People in the Picture] Literary fantasy novel blending the Vortigern myths with 20th Century England. Sequel to The People in the Picture.
- * +The Collapsing Castle (Ballantine 0-345-36797-9, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $18.95, 261pp, hc, cover by Kirk Reinert) [People in the Picture] Fantasy novel. The incidents in ancient Celtic myth control the lives of people in a small English village. First American edition (Hamish Hamilton 1990).
- * *The Kings Evil (Little, Brown UK 0-316-91367-7, Aug 95, £15.99, 296pp, hc, cover by Stephen Player) [Mordred Cycle] Fantasy novel, first of the Mordred Cycle trilogy.
- * *The Knights Vengeance (Little, Brown UK 0-316-91369-3, Sep 97 [Aug 97], £16.99, 281pp, hc, cover by Stephen Player) [Mordred Cycle] Arthurian fantasy novel. Third in the Mordred Cycle.
- * _The Knights Vengeance (Warner UK 0-7515-2370-4, Aug 98, £5.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Stephen Player) [Mordred Cycle] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1997) Arthurian fantasy novel. Third in the Mordred Cycle.
- * *The People in the Picture (Bantam UK 0-593-01288-7, Aug 87, £10.95, 208pp, hc) [People in the Picture] Thriller with fantasy elements. A first novel.
- * _The People in the Picture (Black Swan 0-552-99283-6, May 88, £3.95, 208pp, tp) [People in the Picture] Reprint (Bantam UK 1987) thriller with fantasy elements.
- * _The People in the Picture (Ballantine 0-345-36178-4, May 89 [Jun 89], $3.95, 247pp, pb) [People in the Picture] Reprint (Bantam UK 1987) literary thriller with fantasy elements.
- * *The Queens Captive (Little, Brown UK 0-316-91368-5, Aug 96 [Jul 96], £15.99, 244pp, hc, cover by Stephen Player) [Mordred Cycle] Fantasy novel. Second in the Mordred Cycle trilogy after The Kings Evil.
- * _The Queens Captive (Warner UK 0-7515-1661-9, Aug 97 [Jul 97], £5.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Stephen Player) [Mordred Cycle] Reprint (Little, Brown UK 1996) Arthurian fantasy novel. Second in the Mordred Cycle.
- * +Son of Two Worlds (Ballantine Available Press 0-345-36217-9, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $5.95, 169pp, tp) Celtic fantasy, a retelling of the story of Pryderi. First American edition (Century Hutchinson 1987).
- MIDDLETON, MARTIN (1954- )
- * _Circle of Light (Pan 0-330-33105-1, Dec 95, £5.99, 379pp, pb, cover by George Underwood) [Chronicles of the Custodians] Reprint (Pan Australia 1990) fantasy novel, first in a series. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Sphere of Influence (Pan Australia 0-330-27296-9, 1992 [Oct 93], A$11.95, 330pp, pb, cover by Mike Worrall) [Chronicles of the Custodians] Fantasy novel, third book of the Chronicles of the Custodians. This is a 1992 book not seen until now. An Australian first edition.
- * _Triad of Darkness (Pan Australia 0-330-27238-1, 1993 [Oct 93], A$11.95, 337pp, pb, cover by Johannes Selhoffer) [Chronicles of the Custodians] Reprint (Pan 1991) fantasy novel, second book of the Chronicles of the Custodians. This is an Australian first edition.
- MIESEL, SANDRA (Louise) (1941- ) (stories)
- * *Shaman (Baen 0-671-69844-3, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $3.50, 306pp, pb) Alternate-history fantasy novel, a rewritten and expanded version of Dreamrider (Ace 1982).
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- MIÉVILLE, CHINA (Tom) (1972- ) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *King Rat (Macmillan UK 0-333-73881-0, Nov 98 [Oct 98], £9.99, 333pp, tp, cover by Mark Moran) Literary dark fantasy novel. Freed from false imprisonment by the shadowy King Rat, Saul seeks his destiny in the night-lands of South London.
- MIKAELSEN, BEN
- * *Countdown (Hyperion 0-7868-0252-9, Oct 96, $15.95, 247pp, hc, cover by Dan Brown) Young-adult near-future adventure novel, more about cultural contrasts than SF. A 14-year-old becomes the first Junior Astronaut, and while in orbit talks by radio to a boy in drought-stricken Senegal.
- * _Countdown (Hyperion 0-7868-1208-7, Oct 97 [Dec 97], $5.95, 247pp, pb, cover by Dan Brown) Reprint (Hyperion 1996) young-adult near-future adventure novel about a junior astronaut and cultural contrasts.
- MIKLOWITZ, GLORIA D(ubov) (1927- )
- * *After the Bomb (Scholastic/Point 0-590-33287-2, Jun 85 [Sep 85], $2.25, 156pp, pb) [After the Bomb] Young-adult post-holocaust sf novel.
- * *After the Bomb: Week One (Scholastic Point 0-590-40155-6, Feb 87 [Jan 87], $2.50, 137pp, pb) [After the Bomb] Young-adult sf novel, sequel to After the Bomb.
- MIKOL, PAUL J., ed.
- * *Night Visions 5 (Dark Harvest 0-913165-31-X, May 88, $75.00, 274pp, hc) Original horror anthology with three stories by Stephen King, three by Dan Simmons, and a novelette by George R.R. Martin. Limited to 850 signed, numbered, boxed copies. (Contents)
- MILÁN, VICTOR (Woodward) (1954- ); see pseudonyms Richard Austin, Robert Baron & S. L. Hunter (stories)
- * *Battletech 29: Black Dragon (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45528-2, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $5.99, 377pp, pb, cover by Peter Bollinger) [Battletech] Novelization based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA.
- * *Battletech: Close Quarters (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45378-6, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $4.99, 390pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Battletech] SF novelization based on the Battletech game, with interior illustrations by Earl Geir. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
- * *Battletech: Hearts of Chaos (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45523-1, Jun 96 [May 96], $5.99, 393pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Battletech] Novelization, 26th in the series based on the role-playing games. Copyrighted by FASA.
- * _The City in the Glacier (with Robert E. Vardeman) See entry under Robert E. Vardeman
- * *CLD (Collective Landing Detachment) (AvoNova 0-380-77734-7, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.50, 298pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Military SF novel about an intergalactic kamikazi fighting force.
- * *The Cybernetic Samurai (Arbor House 0-87795-642-1, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $15.95, 300pp, hc) [Cybernetic Samurai] Sf novel. Complex, careful treatment of both Japanese and computer themes doesnt save this novel from the problems of predictability and unsuccessful characterization. (DLN)
- * _The Cybernetic Samurai (Severn House 0-7278-1355-2, Sep 86, £9.95, 304pp, hc) [Cybernetic Samurai] Reprint (Arbor House 1985) sf novel.
- * _The Cybernetic Samurai (Ace 0-441-13234-0, Dec 86 [Nov 86], $3.50, 337pp, pb) [Cybernetic Samurai] Reprint (Arbor House 1985) sf novel of near-future Japan and the ultimate computer.
- * _The Cybernetic Samurai (NEL 0-450-41374-8, Sep 87, £2.95, 300pp, pb) [Cybernetic Samurai] Reprint (Arbor House 1985) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Cybernetic Shogun (Morrow 1-55710-003-9, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $19.95, 272pp, hc, cover by Don Bolognese) [Cybernetic Samurai] Sf novel of the Japanese and computers, sequel to The Cybernetic Samurai.
- * _Demon of the Dark Ones (with Robert E. Vardeman) See entry under Robert E. Vardeman
- * _The Destiny Stone (with Robert E. Vardeman) See entry under Robert E. Vardeman
- * _The Fallen Ones (with Robert E. Vardeman) See entry under Robert E. Vardeman
- * *Forgotten Realms: War in Tethyr (TSR 0-7869-0184-5, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $5.99, 313pp, tp, cover by Walter Velez) [Forgotten Realms: Nobles] Novelization based on the role-playing game, book two in the Nobles series. Copyrighted by TSR.
- * _In the Shadow of Omizantrim (with Robert E. Vardeman) See entry under Robert E. Vardeman
- * *Red Sands (Warner 0-446-35840-1, Jan 93 [Dec 92], $4.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Don Brautigam) Associational near-future technothriller of a war fought in the deserts of Central Asia that has the potential to destroy the world.
- * *Runespear (with Melinda M. Snodgrass) (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20247-5, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $3.50, 278pp, pb) Fantasy novel of Nordic gods vs. Nazis in 1936 a la Indiana Jones.
- * _Runespear (with Melinda M. Snodgrass) (NEL 0-450-49734-8, Jun 89, £2.99, 278pp, pb) Reprint (Questar 1987) fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Star Trek #66: From the Depths (Pocket 0-671-86911-6, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $5.50, 280pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization.
- * *Star Trek: From the Depths (Titan 1-85286-467-2, Aug 93 [Jul 93], £3.99, 280pp, pb, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Pocket) edition.
- * _The Sundered Realm (with Robert E. Vardeman) See entry under Robert E. Vardeman
- * _The War of Powers (with Robert E. Vardeman) See entry under Robert E. Vardeman
- * _The War of Powers: Part II: Istu Awakened (with Robert E. Vardeman) See entry under Robert E. Vardeman
- * *Wild Cards XII: Turn of the Cards (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56152-9, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $5.99, 418pp, pb, cover by Timothy Truman) [Wild Cards] Sf novel of superheroes created by an alien virus, third actual novel in a shared-world series. Copyrighted by series editor George R.R. Martin.
- MILES, BARRY; pseudonym of Larry M. Harris, (1933-2002)
- * *William Burroughs: A Portrait: El Hombre Invisible (Hyperion 1-56282-848-7, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $22.95, 263pp, hc) Non-fiction, a biography of William Burroughs by a long-time friend. [Burroughs]
- MILES, LAWRENCE (stories) (chron.)
- * *Christmas on a Rational Planet (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20476-X, Jul 96, £4.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a worldwide edition and is available in the US for $5.95. Volume 52 in The New Adventures.
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