The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

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 girl’s 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. It’s 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 Newman’s 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.

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• * _Horror: 100 Best Books (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
• * _Horror: The 100 Best Books (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
• * _In Dreams (with Paul J. McAuley) See entry under Paul J. McAuley

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. Martin’s 0-312-13177-1, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $5.95, 296pp, tp) [Guinevere] Reprint (St. Martin’s 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. Martin’s 1983) Arthurian fantasy novel, second in a trilogy.
• * _Guinevere (St. Martin’s 0-312-35321-9, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $5.95, 257pp, tp) [Guinevere] Reprint (St. Martin’s 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. Martin’s 1981) Arthurian fantasy novel, first in a trilogy.
• * *Guinevere Evermore (St. Martin’s 0-312-35322-7, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $15.95, 277pp, hc) [Guinevere] Arthurian fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Guinevere” trilogy.
• * _Guinevere Evermore (St. Martin’s 0-312-35324-3, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $6.95, 277pp, tp) [Guinevere] Reprint (St. Martin’s 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. Martin’s 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. Martin’s 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. Martin’s 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.

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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: Frankenstein’s 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.
• * *Saturn’s 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 Trek’s Lieutenant Uhura. First contact leads to human-alien romance.
• * _Saturn’s 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.