The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- NAHA, ED(ward Michael) (stories) (continued)
- NAHIN, PAUL J. (stories)
- * *Time Machines: Time Travel in Physics, Metaphysics, and Science Fiction (American Institute of Physics Press 0-88318-935-6, May 93 [May 94], $45.00, 408pp, hc) History, criticism. A technical look at the possiblities of time travel, with much emphasis on fictional visions of it. With a bibliography of time travel fiction. This has a 1993 copyright date but was unseen until now. Available from American Institute of Physics, 500 Sunnyside Blvd., Woodbury NY 11797-2999.
- * *Time Travel (Writers Digest 0-89879-748-9, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $16.99, 200pp, tp, cover by Bob Eggleton) Non-fiction, reference. A guide to time travel, from scientific possibilities to works already written. Part of the Science Fiction Writing Series edited by Ben Bova. Available from Writers Digest, 1507 Dana Ave., Cincinnatti OH 45207; credit card orders 800-289-0963.
- NANCE, SCOTT
- * *Trek: Deep Space Nine (Pioneer Books 1-55698-354-9, May 93 [Apr 93], $14.95, 120pp, tp) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Non-fiction, an examination of the first season of the new Star Trek spinoff series.
- NAPOLI, DONNA JO (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Jimmy, the Pickpocket of the Palace (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45357-1, May 95 [Apr 95], $14.99, 165pp, pb, cover by Judith Byron Schachner) [Prince of the Pond] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Prince of the Pond. The frog princes frog-son Jimmy turns up at the palace.
- * _Jimmy, the Pickpocket of the Palace (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038037-X, Sep 97 [Oct 97], $3.99, 167pp, pb, cover by Judith Byron Schachner) [Prince of the Pond] Reprint (Dutton) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to The Prince of the Pond.
- * _The Magic Circle (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037439-6, Jun 95 [May 95], $3.99, 118pp, pb, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Reprint (Dutton 1993) young-adult fantasy novel. The witch from Hansel and Gretel tells her side of the story.
- * *Sirena (Scholastic 0-590-38388-4, Sep 98, $15.95, 210pp, hc, cover by Rafal Oblinski) Young-adult fantasy novel. A mermaid falls in love with a Greek sailor.
- * *Zel (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-45612-0, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $15.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Stephen T. Johnson) Young-adult fantasy, a retelling of Rapunzel as the story of a Swiss girl with an abusively over-protective mother.
- * _Zel (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-130116-3, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $4.99, 227pp, tp, cover by Stephen T. Johnson) Reprint (Dutton 1996) young-adult fantasy retelling of Rapunzel.
- NASAW, JONATHAN (Lewis) (1947- )
- * *Shadows (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-94065-0, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $24.95, 374pp, hc) Contemporary novel of witches and vampires. A Romanian vampire hit-man from Ceaucescus secret police is hired to kill the high priestess of a San Francisco coven.
- * _Shadows (Penguin/Signet 0-451-18659-1, Oct 98, $6.99, 400pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1997) contemporary novel of witches and vampires.
- * *The World on Blood (Penguin/Dutton 0-525-94066-9, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $22.95, 341pp, hc) Contemporary, non-supernatural vampire novel, with blood an addictive drug for rare humans. Vampires in San Francisco try to kick the blood habit through a 12-step program, despite violent opposition from other addicts.
- * _The World on Blood (SFBC #10982, Jun 96 [May 96], $10.98, 326pp, hc) Reprint (Dutton 1996) contemporary vampire novel. This is similar to the Dutton edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * *The World on Blood (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-67446-6, Jun 96 [May 96], £16.99, 361pp, hc, cover by George Underwood) Dark fantasy novel. Contemporary vampires take a pledge to give up drinking blood.
- * _The World on Blood (NEL 0-340-67447-4, Nov 96 [Oct 96], £5.99, 361pp, pb, cover by George Underwood) Reprint (Penguin/Dutton 1996) associational dark non-fantasy vampire novel about blood addiction.
- * _The World on Blood (Penguin/Signet 0-451-18658-3, May 97 [Apr 97], $6.99, 436pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1996) contemporary non-supernatural vampire novel.
- NASIR, JAMIL (1955- ) (stories)
- * *The Higher Space (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56887-6, Jul 96 [Jun 96], $5.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) SF novel of high-tech magic.
- * *Quasar (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56886-8, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $5.99, 207pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) SF novel of van Vogtian intrigue. A first novel.
- * *Tower of Dreams (Bantam Spectra 0-553-58089-2, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $5.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) Near-future SF novel. A man who dreams advertising Images obsesses over visions of an Arab woman.
- NATHAN, DAVID (1926- )
- * *The Story So Far (Grafton 0-586-06668-3, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £2.50, 208pp, pb) Satiric sf novel.
- NATHAN, ROBERT (Gruntal) (1894-1985)
- * _Portrait of Jennie (Tachyon Publications 1-892391-03-1, Dec 98 [Nov 98], $14.00, 118pp, tp, cover by Michael Dashow) Reprint (Knopf 1940) classic fantasy novel about a Depression-era artist and a girl unstuck in time. Introductions by Peter S. Beagle and Sean Stewart. A limited hardcover edition ($30.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Tachyon Publications, 1459 18th St. #139, San Francisco CA 94107; add $2.00 shipping per book.
- NATHAN, ROBERT STUART (1948- ); see pseudonym Nicholas Conde
- NATHANSON, E(ric) M. (1928- )
- * *Knights Cross (with Aaron Bank) (Birch Lane 1-55972-168-5, Apr 93 [May 93], $19.95, 318pp, hc, cover by Eugene Kagansky) Alternate-history military thriller. Coauthor Aaron Bank was an OSS captain in charge of an abortive mission to capture Hitler in early 1945 -- this novel is an exploration of what might have happened if he had been successful.
- NATHAN-TURNER, JOHN (stories)
- * *Doctor Who: The Companions (Piccadilly 0-946826-62-5, Oct 86, £7.95, 48pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Reference book associated with the tv series.
- * *Doctor Who: The Companions (Piccadilly 0-946826-29-3, Oct 86, £4.95, 48pp, tp) [Doctor Who] Trade paperback edition of the above.
- * +Doctor Who: The Companions (Random House 0-394-88291-1, Oct 86 [Dec 86], $7.95, 48pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Non-fiction illustrated scrapbook on sidekicks from the tv show; also available in a library edition, -98291-6, $8.99. First American edition (Piccadilly 1986).
- * *Doctor Who: The Tardis Inside Out (Piccadilly Press 0-946826-65-X, Jan 86, £4.95, 40pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Non-fiction, associational, an inside view by the producer of Dr. Who for the last 6 years, with illustrations by Andrew Skilleter.
- NATION, TERRY (1930-1997)
- * *Doctor Who: The Scripts: The Daleks (Titan 1-85286-145-2, Dec 89 [Jan 90], £3.95, 175pp, pb, cover by Tony Clark) Script from the popular tv series, with additional introductory material by John McElroy. Volume Four in the series.
- * _The Official Doctor Who and the Daleks Book (with John Peel) See entry under John Peel.
- * _Rebeccas World (Beaver 0-09-946390-3, Sep 88 [Oct 88], £1.99, 127pp, pb) Reissue (Andre Deutsch 1975) young-adult fantasy novel.
- NATIONAL COMMISSION on SPACE
- * *Pioneering the Space Frontier (Bantam 0-553-34314-9, May 86, $14.95, 211pp, pb) Non-fiction and art book. This edition of the report made by the National Commission on Space also has work by sf artists Robert McCall, Ron Miller, and William K. Hartmann, showing possible projects for further space exploration, etc.
- NAVARETTE, SUSAN JENNIFER
- * *The Shape of Fear: Horror and the Fin de Siecle Culture of Decadence (University Press of Kentucky 0-8131-2013-6, Feb 98 [Mar 98], $37.95, hc) Non-fiction. A critical look at literary horror and decadence at the end of the nineteenth century, with particular attention to Walter de la Mare, Henry James, Vernon Lee, Arthur Machen, and Joseph Conrad. There are notes, an extensive bibliography, and an index, plus illustrations by artists including Victor Hugo, James Ensor, Aubrey Beardsley, and Edvard Munch. Order from the University Press of Kentucky, 663 South Limestone St, Lexington KY 40508; credit card orders 800-839-6855.
- NAVARRO, YVONNE (1957- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Afterage (Bantam 0-553-56358-0, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $5.99, 388pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) Horror novel of America overrun by vampires. A first novel.
- * *Aliens: Music of the Spears (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57492-2, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $4.99, 275pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) Novelization based on the comics based on the movies. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
- * _Aliens: Music of the Spears (Millennium 1-85798-486-2, Apr 97, £16.99, 310pp, hc, cover by John Bolton) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novelisation. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Aliens: Music of the Spears (Orion/Millennium 1-85798-611-3, Nov 97, £4.99, 279pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novelization.
- * *deadrush (Bantam 0-553-56359-9, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $5.99, 351pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) Horror novel. After a strange backwoods rite of passage, a teen goes to Chicago to raise the dead.
- * *Final Impact (Bantam 0-553-56360-2, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $5.99, 469pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Final Impact] Dark fantasy millennial thriller. The remains of a rogue planet are headed for Earth, and various supernatural powers develop during the Apocalypse.
- * *Red Shadows (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57749-2, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $6.50, 400pp, pb, cover by Stephen Youll) [Final Impact] Post-holocaust horror novel, sequel to Final Impact, set on an Earth that no longer rotates. A new generation now faces plague.
- * *Species (Bantam 0-553-57404-3, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $4.99, 279pp, pb) Novelization of the movie.
- * _Species (Bantam UK 0-553-50389-8, Oct 95, £4.99, 279pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) SF novelisation based on the movie. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Species II (Tor 0-812-57075-8, May 98 [Apr 98], $6.99, 278pp, pb) Novelization of the movie. Copyrighted by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
- NAYLOR, CHARLES (assoc.)
- NAYLOR, DOUG; see pseudonym Grant Naylor (stories) (chron.)
- * *Last Human (Viking UK 0-670-85255-4, Apr 95, £15.00, 310pp, hc) [Red Dwarf] Humorous SF novelisation based on the Red Dwarf TV series. The previous two novelisations were collaborations with Rob Grant under the name Grant Naylor.
- * _Last Human (Penguin 0-14-014388-2, Nov 95 [Feb 96], £5.99, 310pp, pb) [Red Dwarf] Reprint (Viking UK 1995) humorous SF novelization. Third novel based on the Red Dwarf TV series.
- NAYLOR, GRANT; pseudonym of Rob Grant & Doug Naylor (stories) (chron.)
- * *Better Than Life (Viking UK 0-670-83547-1, Oct 90, £13.99, 229pp, hc, cover by Paul Grant) [Red Dwarf] Sf novelization. Sequel to Red Dwarf.
- * _Better Than Life (Penguin 0-14-012438-1, Apr 91 [Mar 91], £3.99, 229pp, pb, cover by Paul Grant) [Red Dwarf] Reprint (Viking UK 1990) novelization of the humorous sf TV series Red Dwarf. This is a pseudonym for Rob Grant & Doug Naylor.
- * *Primordial Soup (Penguin 0-14-017886-4, Mar 93, £4.99, 151pp, tp) [Red Dwarf] Collection of six scripts from the Red Dwarf TV series. (Contents)
- * *Red Dwarf (Penguin 0-14-012437-3, Nov 89 [Oct 89], £3.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Dewynters plc) [Red Dwarf] Sf novelization.
- * +Red Dwarf (SFBC #00483, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $10.98, 440pp, hc, cover by Walter Velez) [Red Dwarf] Omnibus of two sf novelizations, Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (Penguin UK 1989) and Red Dwarf: Better Than Life (Penguin UK 1990) the first two books in a series based on the British TV series. Naylor is a pen name for Rob Grant and Doug Naylor. This lacks the original radio script included in the UK omnibus. First hardcover edition. This lacks an ISBN and price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. First American edition (Penguin UK 1992).
- * *Red Dwarf Omnibus (Penguin 0-14-017466-4, Nov 92 [Oct 92], £7.99, 590pp, tp) [Red Dwarf] Omnibus of the first two books in the Red Dwarf series, plus the radio script that inspired the series and the script of the pilot episode. (Contents)
- * +Red Dwarf: Better Than Life (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45231-3, Mar 93 [Feb 93], $4.99, 301pp, pb) [Red Dwarf] Sf novelization, second book in a series based on the British TV series. First American edition (Penguin UK 1990).
- * +Red Dwarf: Infinity Welcomes Careful Drivers (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45201-1, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $4.99, 298pp, pb) [Red Dwarf] Sf novelization, first book in a series based on the British television series. First American edition (Penguin UK 1989).
- NAYLOR, PHYLLIS REYNOLDS (1933- ) (stories)
- * _Bernie and the Besseldorf Ghost (Avon Camelot 0-380-71351-9, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $2.99, 132pp, tp) Reprint (Atheneum 1990) young-adult fantasy about a hotel haunted by the spirit of a young boy.
- * *Sang Spell (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-82007-0, Sep 98, $16.00, 176pp, hc, cover by Jana Duda) Young-adult fantasy mystery. Jon discovers a community living a 19th century lifestyle kept that way by mysterious forces.
- * *The Witch Returns (Delacorte 0-385-30601-6, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $14.00, 178pp, hc, cover by Joe Burleson) [*Witchs Sister] Young-adult fantasy novel, sixth book in the Witchs Sister series. Two girls suspect that the old lady who just moved into the neighborhood is an evil witch they thought to be dead. Illustrations by Joe Burleson.
- * *Witch Weed (Delacorte 0-385-30426-9, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $14.00, 181pp, hc, cover by Joe Burleson) [*Witchs Sister] Young-adult fantasy novel, fifth book in the Witchs Sister series.
- * *The Witchs Eye (Delacorte 0-385-30157-X, Oct 90 [Nov 90], $13.95, 179pp, hc, cover by Joe Burleson) [*Witchs Sister] Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth book of the Witch series.
- * _The Witchs Eye (Dell Yearling 0-440-40514-9, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $3.25, 179pp, tp, cover by Joe Burleson) [*Witchs Sister] Reprint (Delacorte 1990) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth book of the Witchs Sister series.
- NEASON, REBECCA
- * *Highlander: Shadow of Obsession (Warner Aspect 0-446-60547-6, Jun 98 [May 98], $5.99, 232pp, pb) Novelization based on the TV show based on the movie. Copyrighted by Warner Books.
- * *Highlander: The Path (Warner Aspect 0-446-60456-9, Aug 97 [Jul 97], $5.99, 220pp, pb) [Highlander] Novelization based on the movie and TV show. Copyrighted by Warner Books.
- * *Star Trek, the Next Generation #27: Guises of the Mind (Pocket 0-671-79831-6, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $5.50, 277pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization.
- * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Guises of the Mind (Titan 1-85286-464-8, Sep 93 [Aug 93], £3.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Birdsong) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with US (Pocket) edition.
- NECON COMMITTEE, ed.
- * *Necon Stories (Three Bobs Press, Jul 90, $19.95, 159pp, tp) Collection of fictions and stories are assembled here for the tenth anniversary of this writers and publishers convention held every July at the home of H.P. Lovecraft in Providence, Rhode Island. (Contents)
- NEEDLEMAN, JACOB (1934- )
- * *Sorcerers (Mercury House 0-916515-10-9, Oct 86, $16.95, 235pp, hc) Novel of stage magic and more fantastic powers; the author is an internationally known philosopher; this is his fiction debut.
- * _Sorcerers (Arkana 1-85063-103-4, May 88, £4.95, 244pp, tp) Reprint (Mercury House 1986) occult novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
- * _Sorcerers (Penguin Arkana 0-14-019173-9, Jun 89, £4.99/$8.95, 235pp, tp, cover by John Caple) Reprint (Mercury House 1986) literary occult fantasy novel. This was supposed to have been published last year (with a different ISBN) but appears to have been delayed. [First U.K. edition]
- NEFF, GLENDA TENNANT, ed.
- * *1989 Writers Market: Where & How to Sell What You Write (with Robin Gee) (Writers Digest 0-89879-330-0, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $22.95, 1025pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. This covers magazine markets only, and the sf section is weak and does not break down pro, semi-pro, or fiction fanzines. (CNB)
- * *1991 Writers Market (Writers Digest Books 0-89879-422-6, Sep 90 [Oct 90], $24.95, 993pp, hc) Associational annual listing of market information.
- NEIDERMAN, ANDREW (1940- ); see also V. C. Andrews® (chron.)
- * *After Life (Berkley 0-425-13974-3, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $4.99, 261pp, pb) Horror novel. A blind woman moves to a small town and becomes aware of the evil lurking in the cemetery.
- * *Bloodchild (Berkley 0-425-12044-9, Sep 90, $3.95, 268pp, pb) Horror novel about a vampire baby.
- * _Brainchild (Legend 0-09-930600-X, Oct 89, £3.50, 261pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1981) horror novel.
- * *The Dark (Pocket 0-671-00796-3, Dec 97 [Nov 97], $6.99, 274pp, pb) Horror novel. Psychiatric patients are actually possessed.
- * *The Devils Advocate (Pocket 0-671-68912-6, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $3.95, 313pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Horror novel. A lawyer discovers that the head of his law firm (John Milton & Associates) is actually Satan.
- * _The Devils Advocate (Legend 0-7126-3834-2, Dec 90, £12.99, 313pp, hc, cover by John Jude Palencar) Reprint (Pocket 1990) horror novel.
- * _The Devils Advocate (Legend 0-09-976660-4, Jun 91, £3.99, 313pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1990) horror novel.
- * _The Devils Advocate (Pocket 0-671-01410-2, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $5.99, 313pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1990) horror novel about a lawyer hired by the devil. This is a movie tie-in edition. Second printing.
- * _The Devils Advocate (HarperCollins UK 0-00-651019-1, Jan 98, £5.99, 313pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1990) dark fantasy novel. A film tie-in edition.
- * *Duplicates (Berkley 0-425-14395-3, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $4.99, 263pp, pb) Medical horror thriller about a couple who discover that their missing child has become a guinea pig for a monstrous research project.
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