The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- NEIDERMAN, ANDREW (chron.) (continued)
- * *The Immortals (Pocket Star 0-671-70454-0, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $4.95, 281pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) Horror novel of a anti-aging cream corporation run by undying evil.
- * *Imp (Arrow 0-09-942480-0, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £1.95, 314pp, pb) Horror novel of an evil creature.
- * *Love Child (Tor 0-812-52312-1, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $3.95, 319pp, pb) Horror novel of a teenage modern Jekyll and Hyde, half-human, half-Amazon.
- * _The Maddening (Berkley 0-425-09898-2, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $5.50, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1987 as Playmates) horror novel. This is a movie tie-in edition.
- * *The Need (Putnam 0-399-13729-7, May 92, $21.95, 271pp, hc, cover by Joanie Schwaarz) Horror novel about a member of a hidden race of vampire androgynes who can change sex at will.
- * _The Need (Berkley 0-425-13662-0, May 93 [Apr 93], $4.99, 282pp, pb, cover by Joanie Schwaarz) Reprint (Putnam 1992) horror novel about a member of a hidden race of vampire androgynes who can change sex at will.
- * *Night Howl (Pocket 0-671-60634-4, Jun 86 [May 86], $3.50, 277pp, pb) Horror novel.
- * _Night Howl (Severn House 0-7278-1435-4, Jan 87, £9.95, 320pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1986) horror novel. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
- * _Night Howl (Arrow 0-09-949680-1, Jun 87, £2.50, 277pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1986) sf novel.
- * *Perfect Little Angels (Berkley 0-425-11775-8, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $3.95, 262pp, pb) Psychological horror novel with sf elements about a town where teenagers are perfect.
- * _Perfect Little Angels (Severn House 0-7278-4150-5, Nov 90, £12.99, 262pp, hc) Reprint (Berkley 1989) horror novel.
- * _Pin (Legend 0-09-927460-4, Oct 89, £3.50, 264pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1981) horror novel.
- * _Playmates (Arrow 0-09-955160-8, Aug 88, £2.99, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1987) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Reflection (Worldwide 0-373-50605-8, Dec 87, £2.95, 378pp, pb) Romantic novel with supernatural elements.
- * _Reflection (Severn House 0-7278-4539-X, Oct 93, £14.99, 378pp, hc, cover by Derek Colligan) Reprint (Worldwide 1987) horror novel. This is the first World hardcover edition.
- * *Sight Unseen (Zebra 0-8217-2038-4, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $3.95, 283pp, pb) Horror novel.
- * *Sister, Sister (Berkley 0-425-12846-6, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $4.99, 292pp, pb) Horror novel. The teacher assigned to a pair of Siamese twins realizes they have inhuman powers.
- * _Sister, Sister (Legend 0-09-979600-7, Sep 92, £4.99, 292pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1992) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Surrogate Child (Berkley 0-425-10989-5, Aug 88 [Jul 88], $3.95, 294pp, pb) Horror novel.
- * _Surrogate Child (Legend 0-09-962100-2, Oct 89, £3.50, 294pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1988) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- NEILL, JOHN R. (stories)
- * _Lucky Bucky in Oz (Books of Wonder 0-929605-17-9, Nov 92 [Dec 92], $24.95, 289pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1942) childrens fantasy novel based on the characters created by L. Frank Baum, with illustrations by the author. This is a facsimile edition.
- * _The Scalawagons in Oz (Books of Wonder 0-929605-12-8, Oct 91 [Mar 92], $24.95, 309pp, hc, cover by John R. Neill) [Oz] Reprint (Reilly & Lee 1941) childrens fantasy novel based on the characters created by L. Frank Baum, with illustrations by the author. This is a facsimile edition. Available from Books of Wonder, 132 Seventh Ave., New York NY 10011.
- NEILL, ROBERT
- * _Mist Over Pendle (Arrow 0-09-906780-3, Jun 87, £2.95, 384pp, pb) Reissue (Hutchinson 1951) classic witchcraft novel.
- * _Witch Bane (Inner Circle 1-85018-066-0, Aug 87, £9.50, 224pp, hc) Reprint (Hutchinson 1967) occult novel. [Not seen]
- * _Witch Bane (Arrow 0-09-907710-8, Sep 87, £2.50, 224pp, pb) Reissue (Hutchinson 1967) occult novel.
- NEILSON, ERIC
- * *Haakon #1: The Golden Ax (Bantam 0-553-23639-3, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $2.50, pb) [Haakon] Action adventure/fantasy novel, first of a series.
- * *Haakon #2: The Vikings Revenge (Bantam 0-553-23924-4, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $2.50, 213pp, pb) [Haakon] Second in the advneture/fantasy series, complete with a glossary.
- * *Haakon #3: Haakons Iron Hand (Bantam 0-553-24368-3, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $2.50, 200pp, pb) [Haakon] Fantasy adventure novel, third in a series.
- * *Haakon #4: the War God (Bantam 0-553-24541-4, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $2.95, pb) [Haakon] Historical fantasy novel: Vikings and Indians. Part of an adventure series.
- NEILSON, ROBERT S. (stories) (chron.)
- * *Without Honour (Albedo One Publications no ISBN, Nov 97, £3.50, 83pp, ph, cover by Alan Casey) Collection of seven stories, some apparently original, with an introduction by Maggie Furey, and illustrations by Alan Casey. Available from Albedo One Publications, 2, Post Road, Lusk, Co. Dublin, Ireland; e-mail bhry@iol.ie (Contents)
- NEIMARK, ANNE E.
- * *Myth Maker: J.R.R. Tolkien (Harcourt Brace 0-15-298847-5, Sep 96, $17.00, 118pp, hc, cover by Brad Weinman) Young-adult biography of Tolkien, with index, bibliography, and listing of related groups and publications. Illustrated by Brad Weinman. [Tolkien]
- * _Myth Maker: J.R.R. Tolkien (Morrow Beech Tree 0-688-15741-6, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $4.95, 118pp, pb, cover by Greg Newbold) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1996) young-adult biography of Tolkien. [Tolkien]
- NELSON, ALAN (1911-1966) (stories)
- * *Doctor Departure and Others (Gryphon Books 0-936071-10-9, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $5.00, 53pp, ph) Collection of short whimsical fantasy originally published in Weird Tales and F&SF between 1944 and 1955. This is published in a 500-copy edition. (Contents)
- NELSON, CHRIS
- NELSON, RAY FARADAY; [i.e., Radell Faraday Nelson] (1931- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Ganymede Takeover (with Philip K. Dick) See entry under Philip K. Dick
- * *Timequest (Tor 0-812-54650-4, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $2.95, 286pp, pb) Sf novel, extensively rewritten version of Blakes Progress (Laser 1975), featuring the adventures of William Blake and his wife Catherine in strange times and dimensions.
- * *Virtual Zen (AvoNova 0-380-78185-9, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $5.50, 220pp, pb, cover by Sean Beavers) Near-future SF novel. A composers suicide leads his son to a zen rebellion against the sterile world.
- NELSON, RAYMOND F.
- NEMECEK, LARRY
- * *The Star Trek the Next Generation Companion (Pocket 0-671-79460-4, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $13.00, 213pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Non-fiction: an episode-by-episode guide to Star Trek, the Next Generation.
- * *The Star Trek, the Next Generation Companion (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-79460-4, Nov 92, £9.99, 214pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Reference book. This is the US (Pocket) edition with a U.K price sticker.
- * *The Star Trek: the Next Generation Companion (Pocket 0-671-88340-2, May 95 [Apr 95], $14.00, 339pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Revised and updated edition of the 1992 guide to the television show, now complete with all the TV episodes and the Star Trek Generations movie. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
- NERI, PENELOPE
- * *Forever and Beyond (Zebra 0-8217-3115-7, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $4.95, 480pp, pb, cover by Pino) Time-travel romance. A modern white woman falls in love with a Comanche warrior.
- NESBIT, E(dith) (1858-1924) (stories) (chron.)
- * +The Book of Beasts (Dial 0-8037-0473-9, 1988 [Nov 88], price unknown, 31pp, hc) [Seven Dragons] Childrens fantasy short story about a young king with a magical book; illustrated in full color by Annabel Spenceley. First U.S. edition of this separate printing (Macdonald/Beehive 1987).
- * _The Book of Dragons (Dell/Yearling Classics 0-440-40696-X, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $4.95, 160pp, pb) Reprint (Harper 1900) collection of 8 fantasy stories with a new afterword by Anne McCaffrey.
- * +The Cockatoucan (Dial 0-8037-0474-7, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $10.95, 31pp, hc) Childrens fantasy short story, fully illustrated by Susie Jenkin-Pearce. First U.S. edition (Macdonald 1987).
- * _The Enchanted Castle (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-05435-8, Sep 92, $20.00, 292pp, hc, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) Reprint (Unwin 1907) classic childrens fantasy novel, with new watercolor illustrations by Paul O. Zelinsky and an afterword by Peter Glassman.
- * _The Enchanted Castle (Penguin/Puffin Classics 0-14-036743-8, Jul 95, $3.50, tp, cover by Peter Mennim) Reprint (Unwin 1907) classic childrens fantasy novel. This edition follows the Benn 1956 UK edition, with illustrations by H.R. Millar from the Coward 1933 edition.
- * _Five Children and It (Dell/Yearling 0-440-42586-7, Jan 86 [Apr 86], $4.95, 208pp, pb) [Psammead] Reprint (Unwin 1902) juvenile fantasy novel, with a new afterword by Lloyd Alexander.
- * _Five Children and It (Windrush Large Print 1-85089-912-6, Jul 87 [Oct 87], £8.95, 246pp, hc) [Psammead] Reprint (T. Fisher Unwin 1902) juvenile fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Psammaed series. Available in the US from ABC-Clio, $12.95.
- * _Five Children and It (Magnet 0-416-14042-4, Jun 89, £1.99, 221pp, pb, cover by Sean Eckett) [Psammead] Reissue (T. Fisher Unwin 1902) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _Five Children and It (Oxford University Press 0-19-283163-1, Apr 94 [Jul 94], £4.99, 185pp, pb, cover by Dame Laura Knight) [Psammead] Reprint (Fisher Unwin 1902) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume one in the Psammaed series. Includes the original illustrations by H. R. Millar and an introduction by Sandra Kemp.
- * _Five Children and It (Penguin/Puffin Classics 0-14-036735-7, Dec 96, $3.99, 237pp, tp, cover by Stuart Bodek) [Psammead] Reprint (Unwin 1902) classic juvenile fantasy novel. This edition follows the Puffin 1959 edition, with a new jacket.
- * _Hardings Luck (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-929605-90-X, Oct 98 [Nov 98], $12.95, 226pp, tp, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) [House of Arden] Reprint (Macmillan 1909) young-adult time-travel fantasy novel, sequel to The House of Arden. Illustrations by H.R. Miller. A hardcover edition (-91-8, $24.95) is also available.
- * _The House of Arden (Books of Wonder 0-929605-69-1, Nov 97 [Feb 98], $12.95, 258pp, tp, cover by H. R. Millar) Reprint (Macmillan 1908) childrens fantasy, with illustrations by H.R. Millar. A hardcover edition (-70-5) was announced but not seen.
- * +The Ice Dragon (Dial 0-8037-0475-5, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $10.95, 31pp, hc) [Seven Dragons] Childrens fantasy story, fully illustrated by Carol Grey. First U.S. edition (Macdonald 1987).
- * *In the Dark (Equation 1-85336-080-5, Oct 88, £3.50, 176pp, tp) Outstanding collection of rare, and generally uncollected, ghost stories, edited and introduced by Hugh Lamb. (PSP) (Contents)
- * _The Last of the Dragons (Methuen 0-416-96700-0, Oct 86, £5.95, 32pp, hc) Reprint (from The Book of Dragons, 1900) juvenile fantasy story illustrated by Harald Nordberg.
- * +Long Ago When I Was Young (Dial 0-8037-0476-3, Oct 87 [Mar 88], $14.95, 127pp, hc) Non-fiction; an autobiographical account of her early years, illustrated by Edward Ardizzone and George Buchanan. First U.S. edition (Whiting & Wheaten 1966). Has a 1987 copyright, but not seen until 1988.
- * _The Magic World (Viking Puffin 0-14-035094-2, Apr 89 [Oct 89], $2.25, 207pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1912) collection of 12 childrens fantasy stories.
- * _The Magic World (Penguin/Puffin Classics 0-14-036765-9, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $3.99, 246pp, tp, cover by Paul Finn) Reissue (Macmillan UK 1912) collection of 12 childrens fantasy stories. The copyright gives the date for this reissue as 1994; this is an international edition, though we appear to have missed the UK edition.
- * _Man-Size in Marble [1886] (Books of Wonder 0-929605-72-1, Nov 97 [Feb 98], $5.95, 49pp, tp, cover by Jeff White) Horror short story, part of the Classic Frights series for young adults. Illustrated by Jeff White.
- * +Melisande (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-253164-5, Oct 89, $13.95, unpaginated, hc) Childrens humorous fairy tale, with full-color illustrations by P.J. Lynch and an introduction by Naomi Lewis. First American edition (Walker UK 1989).
- * _The Phoenix and the Carpet (Dell/Yearling 0-440-47035-8, Feb 87 [Jan 87], $4.95, 239pp, tp) [Psammead] Reprint (Newnes 1904) classic juvenile fantasy novel, There is a new afterword by Susan Cooper.
- * _The Phoenix and the Carpet (Puffin 0-14-036739-X, Feb 95 [Mar 95], £3.50, 289pp, tp, cover by Stuart Bodek) [Psammead] Reissue (Newnes 1904) young-adult fantasy novel: the sequel to Five Children and It. A Puffin Classic edition.
- * _The Phoenix and the Carpet (Penguin/Puffin Classics 0-14-036739-X, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $3.99, 289pp, tp, cover by Stuart Bodek) [Psammead] Reprint (Newnes 1904) classic juvenile fantasy novel. This is an international edition, originally released in the UK in 1994; this copy is the second printing.
- * _The Railway Children (Dell Yearling 0-440-40602-1, Apr 92 [Jul 92], $3.50, 211pp, tp, cover by Chuck Gillies) Reprint (Wells Gardner 1906) classic childrens book.
- * _The Story of the Amulet (Dell/Yearling 0-440-47719-0, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $4.95, 270pp, pb) Reprint (Unwin 1906) classic juvenile fantasy novel.
- * _The Story of the Amulet (Penguin/Puffin Classics 0-14-036752-7, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $3.99, 292pp, tp, cover by Stuart Bodek) Reprint (Unwin 1906) classic juvenile fantasy novel. This edition follows the Puffin 1959 edition, with a new jacket.
- * +The Town in the Library (Dial 0-8037-0477-1, 1988 [Nov 88], price unknown, 31pp, hc) Childrens fantasy short story about the magic of libraries, illustrated in full color by Shirley Tourret. First separate U.S. edition (Macdonald/ Beehive 1987).
- * _Wet Magic (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-929605-54-3, Oct 98 [Nov 98], $12.95, 178pp, tp, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) Reprint (Macmillan 1913) young-adult fantasy novel of four childrens undersea adventures with a mermaid. Illustrated by H.R. Millar. A hardcover edition (-63-2, $24.95) is also available.
- * _Whereyouwanttogoto and Other Unlikely Tales (Shambhala/Barefoot Books 1-56957-904-0, Sep 93 [Oct 93], $6.00, 205pp, hc, cover by H. R. Millar & Claude A. Shepperson) Collection of five childrens fantasy stories that originally appeared in Nine Unlikely Tales for Children (Unwin 1901), with the original illustrations by H.R. Millar and Claude A. Shepperson. With a preface by editor Jonathan Cott. This is a miniature (8x12 cm.) book.
- NESFA PRESS
- * *The N.E.S.F.A. Index to the Science Fiction Magazines and Original Anthologies 1983 (NESFA Press 0-915368-23-4, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $5.00, 68pp, pb) Non-fiction, bibliography of the 1983 short fiction field. Its a year later than the Twaci version but covers more. Although it covers British anthologies, for some reason it does not list Interzone. Still useful for the anthology listings.
- NESHEIM, ERIC (stories)
- * *Saucer Attack! (with Leif Nesheim) (Kitchen Sink/General Publishing Group 1-57544-066-0, Aug 97 [Jul 97], $16.95, 127pp, tp) Non-fiction art book about pop culture in the Golden Age of Flying Saucers and the Golden Age of pulp magazines, which provide the bulk of the illustrations, along with SF paperbacks, movie posters, toys, comics, and trading cards.
- NESHEIM, LEIF
- NEUGROSCHEL, JOACHIM, ed. (stories)
- * _Great Tales of Jewish Fantasy and the Occult (Overlook Press 0-87951-782-4, Aug 97 [Nov 98], $22.95, 709pp, tp, cover by Stanislaw Zagorski) Reissue (Cassell 1976 as The Great Works of Jewish Fantasy and Occult) anthology of 31 stories of Jewish fantasy, translated and introduced by the editor. Third printing. (Contents)
- * _Great Tales of Jewish Occult and Fantasy: The Dybbuk and 30 Other Classic Stories (Wings 0-517-06005-1, Jul 91 [Aug 91], $14.95, 709pp, hc) Reprint (Cassell 1976 as The Great Works of Jewish Fantasy and Occult) anthology, with an introduction and translations by the editor.
- NEVILLE, KATHERINE (1945- )
- * *The Eight (Ballantine 0-345-35137-1, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $18.95, 550pp, hc) [The Eight] Contemporary and historical fantasy/occult novel about a chess set once owned by the Emperor Charlemagne. A first novel.
- * _The Eight (Headline 0-7472-7993-4, May 89, £6.95, 504pp, tp) [The Eight] Reprint (Ballantine 1989) thriller with fantasy touches. Also available in hardcover (-0113-7, £12.95). [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Eight (Ballantine 0-345-36623-9, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $5.95, 598pp, pb) [The Eight] Reprint (Ballantine 1989) thriller with fantasy elements.
- * _The Eight (Headline 0-7472-3229-6, Feb 90, £4.50, 694pp, pb) [The Eight] Reprint (Ballantine 1989) fantasy novel.
- NEVILLE, KRIS (Ottman) (1925-1980) (stories)
- NEVILLE, ROBERT; pseudonym of Shaun Hutson, (1958- )
- * _Deathday (Leisure 0-8439-2805-0, Jul 89, $3.95, 400pp, pb) Horror novel about a cursed amulet wreaking havoc in a small village. First American edition (Star 1987). Neville is a pseudonym of Shaun Hutson. The British edition was published under his own name.
- NEVINS, FRANCIS M(ichael), Jr. (1943- ) (stories)
- * *Cornell Woolrich: First You Dream, Then You Die (Mysterious Press 0-89296-297-6, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $19.95, 613pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography of the mystery/suspense writer who also wrote as William Irish. Woolrich also did a fair amount of fantasy/horror stories and was a major influence on Harlan Ellison, Barry Malzberg, and others. [Woolrich]
- _____, ed.
- NEWARK, T(imothy) P. (1961- )
- * *The Land of Eternal Fire (Muller 0-09-174403-2, Apr 90 [Mar 90], £11.95, 232pp, hc, cover by Graham Humphries) [Falling Empires] Historical fantasy set in the 5th century A.D. A first novel. Volume One in the Falling Empires cycle.
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