The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- NEWBY, P(ercy) H(oward) (1918- )
- * *Leaning in the Wind (Faber 0-571-14512-4, Dec 86 [1986], £9.95, 235pp, hc) Occult novel. [Not seen]
- * *Leaning in the Wind (Faber 0-571-14512-4, Dec 86, £9.95, hc) Novel from a Booker Prize winner, featuring a young girls obsession with Shakespeare against a background of paranormal manifestation and African politics.
- NEWCOMER, ALAN BARD, ed. (1946- ); also as Alan Bard (stories)
- * *Bardic Voices One (Hypatia 0-940841-20-7, May 88 [Apr 88], price unknown, 183pp, hc) Original anthology of fantasy stories by Marion Zimmer Bradley, Ru Emerson, Mercedes Lackey, and Jennifer Roberson. Limited edition. (Contents)
- * _Spell Singers (DAW 0-88677-314-8, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $3.50, 236pp, pb) Reprint (Hypatia Press 1988 as Bardic Voices One) original anthology of six fantasy stories. (Contents)
- * *World Horror Convention 1996 Program Book (Eugene, OR, May 96, 128pp, tp, cover by Don Maitz) Only fiction listed. (Contents)
- NEWMAN, JOHN
- * *Future War Novels: an Annotated Bibliography of Works in English Published Since 1946 (with Michael Unsworth) (Oryx 0-89774-103-X, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $25.00, 101pp, hc) Non-fiction; reference. Covers 191 books. Its neither complete nor consistant on bibliographical data. Some books have reprints listed, some not, even though the information is available. A shoddy piece of scholarship. (CNB)
- NEWMAN, KIM (James) (1959- ); see pseudonym Jack Yeovil (stories) (chron.)
- * *Anno Dracula (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71780-4, Oct 92, £14.99, 359pp, hc, cover by Stephen Player) [Dracula] Horror thriller setting Jack the Ripper in a Victorian England where Dracula survived and married Queen Victoria(!), with walk-on appearances by everyone from Inspector Lestrade to Henry Jekyll. Bizarre, but highly entertaining. Recommended (PSP).
- * +Anno Dracula (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-967-7, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $21.00, 359pp, hc) [Dracula] Epic horror/dark fantasy thriller about an alternate-world Victorian England where the kingdom is under the sway of Dracula, new consort to Queen Victoria. A World Fantasy Award nominee. First American edition (Simon & Schuster UK 1992).
- * _Anno Dracula (Pocket UK 0-671-71591-7, Oct 93 [Aug 93], £4.99, 469pp, pb) [Dracula] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1992) horror thriller setting Jack the Ripper in a Victorian England where Dracula survived and married Queen Victoria(!).
- * _Anno Dracula (Avon 0-380-72345-X, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $5.99, 409pp, pb) [Dracula] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1992) World Fantasy Award-nominated horror/dark fantasy thriller about an alternate-world Victorian England where the kingdom is under the sway of Dracula, new consort to Queen Victoria.
- * _Anno-Dracula (SFBC #02343, Apr 94 [Mar 94], $9.98, 359pp, hc) [Dracula] Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1992) epic horror/dark fantasy thriller about an alternate-world Victorian England where the kingdom is under the sway of Dracula, new consort to Queen Victoria. A World Fantasy Award nominee. Similar to the 1993 Carroll & Graf edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * *Back in the USSA (with Eugene Byrne) (Mark V. Ziesing 0-929480-84-8, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $29.95, 356pp, hc, cover by Arnie Fenner) Alternate-history novel in which the US, not Russia, had a Socialist revolution. Also available in a signed, limited, slipcased edition ($65.00). Order from Mark V. Ziesing, PO Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088. (Contents)
- * *Bad Dreams (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71721-9, Sep 90 [Jul 90], £13.95, 280pp, hc, cover by Graham Ward) Horror novel about a vampire-like creature seeking revenge on all the members of a single family.
- * +Bad Dreams (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-781-X, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $18.95, 280pp, hc, cover by Andrea Pinnington) Horror novel of a young journalist whose family is sucked into the web of a vampiric immortal killer. Recommended (SW). First American edition (Simon & Schuster UK 1990).
- * _Bad Dreams (BOMC no ISBN, Feb 92 [Jan 92], $15.95, 288pp, hc) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1990) horror novel of a young journalist whose family is drawn into the web of a vampiric immortal killer. This edition is identical to the 1991 Carroll & Graf edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
- * _Bad Dreams (Grafton 0-586-21366-X, Apr 92, £4.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Mark Longworth) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1990) horror novel.
- * _Bad Dreams (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0227-3, May 95 [Apr 95], $4.95, 281pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1990) horror novel.
- * *The Bloody Red Baron (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0252-4, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $21.00, 358pp, hc, cover by Tony Greco) [Dracula] Alternate-history vampire novel, sequel to Anno Dracula. Edgar Allen Poe, a vampire, writes the biography of the Bloody Red Baron during WWI.
- * _The Bloody Red Baron (SFBC #10578, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $9.98, 358pp, hc, cover by Tony Greco) [Dracula] Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1995) alternate-history vampire novel, sequel to Anno Dracula. This is similar to the Carroll & Graf edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The Bloody Red Baron (Simon & Schuster UK 0-684-81744-6, May 96, £14.99, 358pp, hc, cover by Fred Gambino) [Dracula] Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1995) horror novel. Sequel to Anno Dracula. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Bloody Red Baron (AvoNova 0-380-72714-5, Jan 97 [Dec 96], $5.99, 370pp, pb) [Dracula] Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1995) alternate-history vampire novel, sequel to Anno Dracula.
- * _The Bloody Red Baron (Pocket UK 0-671-85451-8, Apr 97 [Jul 97], £5.99, 356pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Dracula] Reprint (Carroll & Graf 1995) alternate-world fantasy novel, sequel to Anno Dracula.
- * *Famous Monsters (Pocket UK 0-671-85300-7, May 95 [Apr 95], £4.99, xv+448pp, pb, cover by Trevor Scobie) Collection of 15 horror, fantasy and SF short stories. (Contents)
- * _Ghastly Beyond Belief (with Neil Gaiman) See entry under Neil Gaiman.
- * *Jago (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71725-1, Oct 91 [Aug 91], £14.99, 534pp, hc, cover by William Blake) Horror novel about a strange cult in the depths of Somerset.
- * _Jago (Grafton 0-586-21367-8, Sep 92, £5.99, 668pp, pb, cover by Mark Taylor) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1991) horror novel.
- * +Jago (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-868-9, Jan 93 [Dec 92], $22.00, 537pp, hc, cover by William Blake) Horror novel of a strange cult that takes over a Somerset town. Recommended (SW). First American edition (Simon & Schuster UK 1991).
- * _Jago (Pocket UK 0-671-85580-8, May 97, £6.99, 537pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1991) dark fantasy novel.
- * *Judgment of Tears: Anno Dracula 1959 (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0558-2, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $22.95, 291pp, hc) [Dracula] Alternate-history vampire novel, third in Newmans series beginning with Anno Dracula. The Vampire King is living it up in Italian exile while secret agents battle.
- * *The Night Mayor (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-69706-4, Aug 89 [Jun 89], £11.95, 192pp, hc) Sf novel.
- * _The Night Mayor (NEL 0-450-52466-3, Jun 90 [May 90], £3.50, 186pp, pb, cover by Dave McKean) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1989) sf novel adroitly blending cyberpunk with 1940s film noir.
- * +The Night Mayor (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-642-2, Oct 90 [Aug 90], $17.95, 186pp, hc, cover by Roy Colmer) Sf thriller of a criminal who escapes prison into his own interior world based on 40s film noir. A taut and engrossing thriller. Recommended (SW). First American edition (Simon & Schuster UK 1989).
- * _The Night Mayor (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-768-2, Feb 92 [Jan 92], $3.95, 186pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1989) sf thriller of a criminal who escapes into his own interior world based on 40s film noir and the writer who is sent in after him. Recommended (SW).
- * +Nightmare Movies (Crown/Harmony 0-517-57366-0, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $12.95, 255pp, tp) Non-fiction; a critical guide to contemporary horror films, with a foreword by Dennis Etchison. First American edition (Bloomsbury 1988).
- * *Nightmare Movies: A Critical History of the Horror Film, 1968 - 1988 (Bloomsbury Books 0-7475-0295-1, Dec 88, £12.95, 256pp, hc) Critical study of the horror film. Second revised edition. [Not seen]
- * *The Original Dr Shade and Other Stories (Pocket UK 0-671-71562-3, May 94, £4.99, 351pp, pb) Collection of 15 SF, fantasy and horror stories, including one original, each with an afterword by Newman. (Contents)
- * *The Quorum (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71852-5, Mar 94, £15.99, 311pp, hc, cover by Eitan Lee Al) Horror novel. Reprinted before publication.
- * +The Quorum (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0132-3, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $21.00, 311pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel retelling the story of Faust in contemporary London. First American edition (Simon & Schuster UK 1994).
- * _The Quorum (Pocket UK 0-671-85242-6, Nov 94 [Dec 94], £4.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Eitan Lee Al) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1994) horror novel, retelling the Faust legend in modern Britain: a group of ambitious young men are offered success at the price of torment for one of their friends.
- * _The Quorum (Carroll & Graf 0-7867-0283-4, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $5.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1994) contemporary Faustian dark-fantasy novel.
- _____, ed.
- NEWMAN, RICHARD LOUIS (stories)
- * *On Wings of Evil (Leisure 0-8439-2658-9, Aug 88 [Sep 88], $3.95, 367pp, pb) Horror novel about good and evil battling for possession of a 13-year-old girl.
- NEWMAN, SHARAN (Elizabeth, née Hill) (1949- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Chessboard Queen (St. Martins 0-312-13177-1, May 84 [Apr 84], $5.95, 296pp, tp) [Guinevere] Reprint (St. Martins 1983) second book in Arthurian fantasy trilogy. First trade paperback.
- * _The Chessboard Queen (Tor 0-312-86391-8, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $13.95, 296pp, tp, cover by Daniel Maclise) [Guinevere] Reprint (St. Martins 1983) Arthurian fantasy novel, second in a trilogy.
- * _Guinevere (St. Martins 0-312-35321-9, May 84 [Apr 84], $5.95, 257pp, tp) [Guinevere] Reprint (St. Martins 1981) Arthurian fantasy novel, first in the trilogy. First trade paperback.
- * _Guinevere (Tor 0-312-86233-4, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $13.95, 257pp, tp, cover by Herbert James Draper) [Guinevere] Reprint (St. Martins 1981) Arthurian fantasy novel, first in a trilogy.
- * *Guinevere Evermore (St. Martins 0-312-35322-7, May 85 [Apr 85], $15.95, 277pp, hc) [Guinevere] Arthurian fantasy novel, conclusion of the Guinevere trilogy.
- * _Guinevere Evermore (St. Martins 0-312-35324-3, Apr 86 [Mar 86], $6.95, 277pp, tp) [Guinevere] Reprint (St. Martins 1985) fantasy novel, conclusion of the Guinevere trilogy. This has no new copyright date inside; apparently the trade paperback was printed at the same time as the 1985 hardcover, but bound & released in 1986.
- * _Guinevere Evermore (Futura 0-7088-3088-9, Oct 86, £2.50, 277pp, pb) [Guinevere] Reprint (St. Martins 1985) Arthurian fantasy novel, #3 in the Guinevere series.
- * _Guinevere Evermore (Macdonald 0-356-12464-9, Dec 86, £10.95, 288pp, hc) [Guinevere] Reprint (St. Martins 1985) Arthurian fantasy novel, Guinevere #3.
- * _Guinevere Evermore (Tor 0-312-86641-0, May 98 [Apr 98], $13.95, 277pp, tp, cover by William Morris) [Guinevere] Reprint (St. Martins 1985) Arthurian fantasy novel, third in a trilogy.
- NICHOLAS, ANNA (stories)
- * *Out of the Past: The Indiana Ghost Stories of Anna Nicholas (Ghost Story Society no ISBN, Dec 91, no price, 30pp, ph) Collection of three ghost stories, edited and introduced by Jessica Amanda Salmonson. (Contents)
- NICHOLAS, DEBORAH; pseudonym of Deborah Martin, (1958- )
- * *Silent Sonata (Dell 0-440-21354-1, May 94 [Apr 94], $4.99, 390pp, pb) Occult romance about a classical pianist possessed by the spirits of dead composers.
- NICHOLLS, CHRISTOPHER
- * *Stolen Property (The Bodley Head 0-370-31386-0, Oct 89 [1989], £7.95, 144pp, hc) Young adult sf novel. [Not seen]
- NICHOLLS, PETER (Douglas) (1939- ) (stories)
- * _The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (with John Clute) See entry under John Clute.
- * +The World of Fantastic Films: An Illustrated Survey (Dodd Mead 0-396-08381-1, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $22.95, 224pp, hc) Reprint (D.S. Colour 1983), first U.S. edition. Illustrated study of sf/fantasy films, with emphasis on movies made from 1968 to the 80s. Illustrated in color and black & white.
- * +The World of Fantastic Films: An Illustrated Survey (Dodd Mead 0-396-08382-X, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $14.95, 224pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
- _____, ed.
- NICHOLLS, STAN (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Book of Shadows (Scholastic UK 0-590-13272-5, Jun 96 [May 96], £3.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Nightshade Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 1 in The Nightshade Chronicles trilogy.
- * *Dark Skies: The Awakening (Bantam UK 0-553-50619-6, Oct 97 [Sep 97], £4.99, 300pp, pb) [Dark Skies] Novelization of the TV series.
- * *A Gathering of Shadows (Scholastic UK 0-590-19075-X, Mar 98, £3.99, 222pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Nightshade Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel. Third in The Nightshade Chronicles trilogy.
- * *The Shadow of the Sorcerer (Scholastic UK 0-590-13971-1, Nov 97, £3.99, 245pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Nightshade Chronicles] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 2 in The Nightshade Chronicles trilogy.
- * *Strange Invaders (Scholastic UK 0-590-13102-8, Jul 95, £3.99, 269pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jenkins) Young-adult SF novel. The adults in a small community begin to act like strangers soon after mysterious lights are seen in the sky.
- * *Wordsmiths of Wonder: Fifty Interviews with Writers of the Fantastic (Orbit 1-85723-148-1, Oct 93, £8.99, 461pp, tp, cover by Trevor Scobie) Collection of fifty interviews with leading sf, fantasy and horror authors from magazines such as Fear and Interzone, most revised for this edition. (Contents)
- NICHOLS, ADAM (stories)
- * *The Paladin (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-562-8, Apr 98 [Mar 98], £6.99, 503pp, pb) [Whiteblade Saga] Fantasy novel, set in the same world as The War of the Lords Veil, book one of The Whiteblade Saga.
- * *The Pathless Way (Millennium 1-85798-435-8, Nov 96, £9.99, 407pp, tp, cover by Kenson Low) [War of the Lords Veil] Fantasy novel, set in the same world as War of the Lords Veil. A hardcover edition (-434-X, £15.99) is also available.
- * _The Pathless Way (Orion 1-85798-316-5, Jul 97 [Jun 97], £5.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Kenson Low) [War of the Lords Veil] Reprint (Millennium 1996) fantasy novel, set in the same world as The War of the Lords Veil.
- * *The War of the Lords Veil (Millennium 1-85798-188-X, Nov 94, £8.99, 372pp, tp, cover by Kevin Jenkins) [War of the Lords Veil] Fantasy novel. An odd group of unsure heroes confronts the Veil army soldiers who draw supernatural strength from the battle helmets they wear. A hardcover edition (-187-1, £15.99) is also available.
- * _The War of the Lords Veil (Millennium 1-85798-256-8, Jul 95 [Jun 95], £4.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Kenson Low) [War of the Lords Veil] Reprint (Millennium 1994) an odd group of unsure heroes confronts the Veil army soldiers who draw supernatural strength from the battle helmets they wear.
- * _The War of the Lords Veil (Orion 1-85798-256-8, Jul 97, £5.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Kenson Low) [War of the Lords Veil] Reprint (Millennium 1994) fantasy novel.
- NICHOLS, JOAN KANE
- * *Mary Shelley: Frankensteins Creator: First Science Fiction Writer (Conari Press 1-57324-087-7, 1998 [Nov 98], $6.95, 191pp, tp) Young-adult biography, part of the Barnard Biography series. Foreword by Anne Bernays. Includes index, chronology, and selected bibliography. [Shelley]
- NICHOLS, LEIGH; pseudonym of Dean R. Koontz, (1945- ) (stories)
- * _The Door to December (Fontana 0-00-617377-2, Aug 87, £3.50, 432pp, pb) Reprint (NAL 1985, as by Richard Paige) horror novel. This is a pseudonym for Dean R. Koontz. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Door to December (Inner Circle 1-85018-067-9, Jan 88, £10.95, 416pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1985, as by Richard Paige) horror novel. [Not seen]
- * _The Eyes of Darkness (Fontana 0-00-616508-7, Apr 88, £2.95, 312pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1981) horror novel.
- * _The House of Thunder (Fontana 0-00-616509-5, Apr 88, £3.50, 329pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1982) horror novel.
- * _The Key to Midnight (Fontana 0-00-617001-3, Apr 88, £3.50, 383pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1979) horror novel.
- * _The Servants of Twilight (Fontana 0-00-616923-6, Apr 88, £3.50, 379pp, pb) Reissue (Pocket 1984) horror novel.
- * *Shadowfires (Avon 0-380-75216-6, Feb 87 [Jan 87], $3.95, 436pp, pb) Supernatural horror novel. Nichols is a pseudoynm for Dean Koontz.
- * _Shadowfires (Fontana 0-00-617444-2, Dec 87, £3.50, 479pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1987) horror novel. This is a pseudonym for Dean R. Koontz. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Shadowfires (Collins 0-00-223164-6, Dec 87, £10.95, 479pp, hc) Hardback edition of the above. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
- NICHOLS, NICHELLE
- * *Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories (Putnam 0-399-13993-1, Jan 95 [Oct 94], $22.95, 320pp, hc) [Star Trek] Autobiography of an actress deeply involved with Star Trek and Gene Roddenberry.
- * _Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories (Boxtree 0-7522-0839-X, Feb 95, £15.99, 320pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Putnam 1995) autobiography of the actress deeply involved with Star Trek - and Gene Roddenberry. Includes 24 pages of stills. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Beyond Uhura: Star Trek and Other Memories (Boxtree 0-7522-0787-3, Dec 95, £9.99, 320pp, tp) [Star Trek] Reprint (Putnam 1995) autobiography of the actress deeply involved with Star Trek - and Gene Roddenberry. Illustrated with 24 pages of stills.
- * *Saturns Child (with Margaret Wander Bonanno) (Ace 0-399-14113-8, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $21.95, 340pp, hc, cover by Michael Herring) SF novel by Star Treks Lieutenant Uhura. First contact leads to human-alien romance.
- * _Saturns Child (with Margaret Wander Bonanno) (Ace 0-441-00384-2, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $5.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) Reprint (Ace 1995) first-contact SF novel of human-alien romance.
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