The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- NIVEN, LARRY (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * _The Magic Goes Away (Ace 0-441-51554-1, May 93 [Apr 93], $4.99, 212pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Mana] Reissue (Ace 1985) fantasy novel with illustrations by Esteban Maroto; 11th printing.
- * _The Moat Around Murchesons Eye (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224165-X, Apr 93, £14.99, 402pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Mote] Reprint (Pocket 1993 as The Gripping Hand) sf novel. Sequel to The Mote in Gods Eye. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Moat Around Murchesons Eye (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224200-1, Oct 93, £8.99, 402pp, tp, cover by John Harris) [Mote] Reprint (Pocket 1993 as The Gripping Hand) sf novel. Sequel to The Mote in Gods Eye.
- * _The Moat Around Murchesons Eye (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (HarperCollins UK 0-00-647645-7, Mar 94, £5.99, 480pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Mote] Reprint (Pocket 1993 as The Gripping Hand) sf novel. Sequel to The Mote in Gods Eye.
- * _The Mote in Gods Eye (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (Pocket 0-671-49175-X, 1986 [Apr 86], $3.95, 560pp, pb) [Mote] Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1974) sf novel. 19th printing.
- * _The Mote in Gods Eye (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (QPB no ISBN, 1987 [Sep 87], $7.95, 537pp, tp) [Mote] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1974) sf novel. This is an exact reprint of the 1974 hardcover, minus the ISBN and in softcover.
- * _The Mote in Gods Eye (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (Easton Press no ISBN, Jun 92, no price, 537pp, hc) [Mote] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1974) sf novel, with an introduction by Charles Sheffield and artwork by Bob Eggleton. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
- * _The Mote in Gods Eye (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (Pocket 0-671-74192-6, Feb 93 [Mar 93], $5.99, 560pp, pb, cover by Lee MacLeod) [Mote] Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1974) sf novel; 25th printing.
- * _The Mote in Gods Eye (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (SFBC #00956, Aug 93, $9.98, 560pp, hc, cover by Lee MacLeod) [Mote] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1974) sf novel. This edition lacks an ISBN and price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The Mote in Gods Eye (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21746-0, Oct 93 [Sep 93], £5.99, 560pp, pb) [Mote] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1974) sf novel.
- * *N-Space (Tor 0-312-85089-1, Sep 90, $19.95, 529pp, hc, cover by Dave Archer) Collection of Niven material, both fiction and non-fiction, with stories, essays, and novel excerpts, with an introduction by Tom Clancy. (Contents)
- * _N-Space (SFBC #17755, Feb 91, $9.98, 529pp, hc, cover by David Archer) Reprint (Tor 1990) collection of fiction, non-fiction, and novel excerpts. Introduction by Tom Clancy.
- * _N-Space (Tor 0-812-51001-1, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $5.99, 693pp, pb, cover by David Archer) Reprint (Tor 1990) collection of fiction, non-fiction, and novel excerpts, with an introduction by Tom Clancy.
- * _N-Space (Orbit 1-85723-003-5, Jan 92, £4.99, 617pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Tor 1990) collection of Niven material, both fiction and non-fiction, with stories, essays, and novel excerpts, with an introduction by Tom Clancy. A hardcover edition (0-356-20242-9, £14.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
- * _N-Space (Tor 0-812-51001-1, May 97 [Apr 97], $6.99, 693pp, pb, cover by Dave Archer) Reissue (Tor 1990) collection of fiction and non-fiction. Fourth printing.
- * *Nivens Laws (Owlswick/PSFS 0-913896-24-1, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $12.00, 108pp, hc) Collection of Dracos Tavern stories, plus a selection of laws and essays, published to commemorate Nivens appearance as Principle Speaker at the 1984 Philcon. (Contents)
- * _Oath of Fealty (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (Pocket 0-671-53227-8, Jun 86 [May 86], $3.95, 324pp, pb) Reissue (Simon & Schuster 1981) sf novel. 4th printing.
- * _Oath of Fealty (with Jerry E. Pournelle) (Pocket 0-671-53227-8, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $5.99, 524pp, pb) Reissue (Phantasia 1981) sf novel; seventh printing.
- * _The Patchwork Girl (Ace 0-441-65317-0, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $2.75, 205pp, pb) [Gil Hamilton] Reissue (Ace 1980) sf novella fleshed out with illustrations by Fernando. Part of the Gil the Arm series. 4th printing.
- * _The Patchwork Girl (Ace 0-441-65317-0, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $3.50, 208pp, pb) [Gil Hamilton] Reissue (Ace 1980) sf mystery novel, illustrated by Fernando. Fourth printing.
- * *Playgrounds of the Mind (Tor 0-312-85219-3, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $22.95, 487pp, hc, cover by David Archer) Collection of Niven material, both fiction and non-fiction, with stories, essays, and novel excerpts. (Contents)
- * _Playgrounds of the Mind (Tor 0-812-51695-8, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $5.99, 696pp, pb, cover by David Archer) Reprint (Tor 1991) collection of Niven material, both fiction and non-fiction, with stories, essays, and novel excerpts.
- * _Playgrounds of the Mind (Tor 0-812-51695-8, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $5.99, 696pp, pb, cover by David Archer) Reissue (Tor 1991) collection of fiction and non-fiction. Second printing.
- * _Protector (Orbit 0-86007-848-5, Feb 92, £4.50, 218pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Known Space] Reissue (Ballantine 1973) sf novel.
- * _Protector (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35312-9, Jun 96 [May 96], $5.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Known Space] Reissue (Ballantine 1973) SF novel. 23rd printing.
- * _Ringworld (Gollancz 0-575-03406-8, Feb 84 [Jan 84], £8.95, 288pp, hc) [Ringworld] Reissue (Ballantine 1970) sf novel.
- * _Ringworld (Easton Press no ISBN, 1988 [Jan 89], no price, 288pp, hc) [Ringworld] Reprint (Ballantine 1970) sf novel. This edition contains a new introduction by Stephen H. Goldman plus terrible color illustrations by Steven Vincent Johnson. This leatherbound gilt-edge limited edition is part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series and is only available by subscription.
- * _Ringworld (Sphere 0-7221-6406-8, Apr 88, £2.99, 287pp, pb) [Ringworld] Reissue (Ballantine 1970) sf novel.
- * _Ringworld (Orbit 0-7088-8374-5, Aug 91, £4.50, 287pp, pb) [Ringworld] Reprint (Ballantine 1970) sf novel.
- * _Ringworld (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33392-6, Jun 96 [May 96], $5.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Ringworld] Reissue (Ballantine 1970) classic SF novel, winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. 39th printing.
- * _Ringworld (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41840-9, May 97 [Nov 97], $11.00, 313pp, tp) [Ringworld] Reprint (Ballantine 1970) SF novel. This has a 1976 introduction by Niven.
- * _Ringworld (Orbit 1-85723-169-4, Jul 97 [Oct 97], £5.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Ringworld] Reissue (Ballantine 1970) classic SF novel, winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards. First in the Ringworld series.
- * _The Ringworld Engineers (Orbit 1-85723-111-2, May 92 [Nov 92], £4.99, 354pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Ringworld] Reissue (Phantasia 1979) sf novel. 10th printing.
- * _The Ringworld Engineers (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33430-2, Jun 96 [May 96], $5.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Ringworld] Reissue (Phantasia 1979) SF novel, sequel to Ringworld. 24th printing.
- * _Ringworld Engineers (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41841-7, May 97 [Nov 97], $11.00, 307pp, tp) [Ringworld] Reprint (Phantasia 1979) SF novel.
- * _The Ringworld Engineers (Orbit 1-85723-111-2, Dec 97 [Jan 98], £5.99, 354pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Ringworld] Reissue (Phantasia 1979) SF novel. Second in the Ringworld series. 14th printing.
- * *The Ringworld Throne (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35861-9, Jun 96 [May 96], $23.00, 424pp, hc, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Ringworld] SF novel, third in the Ringworld series. Splinter groups threaten the Ringworld.
- * _The Ringworld Throne (Orbit 1-85723-399-9, Jul 96, £16.99, 376pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Ringworld] Reprint (Del Rey 1996) SF novel in the Known Space series. Third in the sequence after the award-winning Ringworld and Ringworld Engineers. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Ringworld Throne (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41296-6, May 97 [Apr 97], $6.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Ringworld] Reprint (Del Rey 1996) SF novel, third in the Ringworld series.
- * _The Ringworld Throne (Orbit 1-85723-470-7, Jul 97 [Jun 97], £5.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Ringworld] Reprint (Ballantine Del Rey 1996) SF novel, third in the Ringworld series.
- * *The Smoke Ring (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30256-7, May 87 [Mar 87], $16.95, 302pp, hc) [Sharls Davis Kendy] Sf novel, sequel to The Integral Trees.
- * _The Smoke Ring (Macdonald 0-356-10439-7, Aug 87, £11.95, 362pp, hc) [Sharls Davis Kendy] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel. Sequel to The Integral Trees. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Smoke Ring (SFBC #11496, Nov 87, $4.50, 237pp, hc) [Sharls Davis Kendy] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel, sequel to The Integral Trees.
- * _The Smoke Ring (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30257-5, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $4.50, 323pp, pb) [Sharls Davis Kendy] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel, sequel to The Integral Trees.
- * _The Smoke Ring (Orbit 0-7088-8267-6, Aug 88 [Jul 88], £3.99, 362pp, pb) [Sharls Davis Kendy] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) enjoyable hard-SF novel following the adventures of the population of the Citizens Tree as they explore more of the bizarre cosmology of the Smoke Ring. Sequel to The Integral Trees. (PSP)
- * _Tales of Known Space (Orbit 0-7088-8068-1, Feb 92 [Apr 92], £4.50, 238pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Known Space] Reissue (Ballantine 1975) sf collection.
- * *Three Books of Known Space (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40448-3, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $12.95, 575pp, tp, cover by David Stevenson) [Known Space] Omnibus of two SF novels World of Ptavvs (1966) and A Gift from Earth (1968), and one collection, Tales of Known Space (1975), plus one other story. The stories and novels are arranged in chronological order, according to the history of Known Space (a timeline is included), with added notes by Niven to fill in the gaps. There is an explanatory introduction by Niven, and a bibliography. (Contents)
- * *The Time of the Warlock (SteelDragon 0-916595-02-1, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $30.00 signed edition, 183pp, hc) [Mana] Collection of all Nivens Warlock stories with some revisions. The signed edition is sold out. (Contents)
- * *The Time of the Warlock (Steel-Dragon 0-916595-01-3, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $20.00, 183pp, hc) [Mana] Trade edition of the above.
- * _World of Ptavvs (Orbit 0-7088-8013-4, Feb 92, £3.99, 168pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) [Known Space] Reissue (Ballantine 1966) sf novel. The title is given as The World of Ptavvs on the book cover.
- * *World of Ptavvs/A Gift from Earth/Neutron Star (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Jun 91, $11.95, 160/254/285pp, tp) [Known Space] Omnibus of the first three books in the Known Space series, World of Ptavvs (Ballantine 1966), A Gift from Earth (Ballantine 1968), and Neutron Star (Ballantine 1968). (Contents)
- * _A World Out of Time (Orbit 0-8600-7963-5, Aug 86, £2.50, 246pp, pb) Reissue (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1976) sf novel.
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- * _The Magic May Return (Ace 0-441-51549-5, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $3.95, 256pp, pb) [Mana] Reissue (Ace 1981) shared-world anthology of five stories, with illustrations by Alicia Austin; third printing.
- * _The Magic May Return (Ace 0-441-51549-5, Jun 93 [May 93], $4.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Alicia Austin) [Mana] Reissue (Ace 1981) shared-world anthology of five stories with illustrations by Alicia Austin; fourth printing.
- * *The Man-Kzin Wars (Baen 0-671-65411-X, Jun 88 [May 88], $3.95, 289pp, pb) [Man-Kzin Wars] Anthology of 3 sf stories set in Nivens Known Universe, with stories by Niven, Poul Anderson and Dean Ing, plus an introduction by Niven. (Contents)
- * _The Man-Kzin Wars (Baen 0-671-65411-X, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 289pp, pb) [Man-Kzin Wars] Reissue (Baen 1988) anthology of three stories set in Nivens Known Space. Fourth printing.
- * _The Man-Kzin Wars (Orbit 0-7088-4361-1, Nov 89, £3.50, 289pp, pb) [Man-Kzin Wars] Reprint (Baen 1988) anthology of 3 sf stories set in Nivens Known Universe, with stories by Niven, Poul Anderson and Dean Ing, plus an introduction by Niven. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Man-Kzin Wars (Orbit 1-85723-133-3, 1994 [Oct 94], £4.99, 289pp, pb) [Man-Kzin Wars] Reissue (Baen 1988) SF anthology.
- * *Man-Kzin Wars II (Baen 0-671-69833-8, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $3.95, 306pp, pb) [Man-Kzin Wars] Original shared-world anthology of two long novellas by Dean Ing and Pournelle & Stirling, set in Nivens Known Space. (Contents)
- * _Man-Kzin Wars II (Orbit 0-7088-4948-2, May 91, £3.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Keith Scaife) [Man-Kzin Wars] Reprint (Baen 1989) original shared-world anthology of two long novellas by Dean Ing and Pournelle & Stirling, set in Nivens Known Space. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Man-Kzin Wars III (Baen 0-671-72008-2, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $4.50, 310pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Man-Kzin Wars] Original anthology of three stories set in the Kzin universe created by Niven. (Contents)
- * *Man-Kzin Wars IV (Baen 0-671-72079-1, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $4.95, 311pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Man-Kzin Wars] Original anthology of two novellas set in Nivens Known Space universe. (Contents)
- * *Man-Kzin Wars V (Baen 0-671-72137-2, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $5.99, 331pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Man-Kzin Wars] Original anthology of two novellas set in Nivens Known Space universe. (Contents)
- * *Man-Kzin Wars VI (Baen 0-671-87607-4, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $5.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Man-Kzin Wars] Original anthology of a short novel and a novella set in Nivens Known Space universe. (Contents)
- * *Man-Kzin Wars VII (Baen 0-671-87670-8, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $5.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Man-Kzin Wars] Original anthology of three pieces set in Nivens Known Space universe, including a short SF novel by Gregory Benford & Mark O. Martin. (Contents)
- * *Man-Kzin Wars VIII: Choosing Names (Baen 0-671-87888-3, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $6.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Man-Kzin Wars] Original anthology of five pieces set in Nivens Known Space universe. Authors include Niven, Jean Lamb, and Warren W. James. (Contents)
- * *Man-Kzin Wars: The Best of All Possible Wars (Baen 0-671-87879-4, Jun 98 [May 98], $6.99, 331pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Man-Kzin Wars] Anthology of four stories, the best of the shared-world military SF series set in Nivens Known Space. Two stories are by Niven, one by Greg Bear & S.M. Stirling, and a novel-length piece is by Jerry Pournelle & S.M. Stirling. (Contents)
- * *More Magic (Berkley 0-425-07059-X, Jun 84 [May 84], $5.95, 197pp, tp) [Mana] Original anthology, third in the Magic series, including a Niven novella and works by Roger Zelazny, Bob Shaw, and Dian Girard. Illustrations by Alicia Austin. (Contents)
- NIX, GARTH (1963- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * +The Ragwitch (Tor 0-812-53506-5, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $3.99, 312pp, pb, cover by Joe Danisi) Young-adult horror novel. An evil doll possesses a girl, and leads her brother into another dimension. This is actually the second Tor printing; the first, dated October 1994, was for specialized sales only. First US edition (Pan Australia 1990).
- * *Sabriel (HarperCollinsAustralia/Moonstone 0-7322-5123-0, May 95 [Apr 95], A$9.95, 328pp, pb, cover by Greg Rogers) [Abhorsen] Young-adult fantasy novel. A good necromancers daughter has to continue his work of putting down the dead raised by evil magic.
- * _Sabriel (HarperCollinsAustralia 0-7322-5123-0, Aug 96 [Oct 96], A$11.95, 328pp, pb, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) [Abhorsen] Reprint (HarperCollinsAustralia 1995) fantasy novel, originally published as for young adults. Winner of the 1995 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy Novel.
- * +Sabriel (HarperCollins 0-06-027322-4, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $15.95, 292pp, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) [Abhorsen] Young-adult fantasy novel. A good necromancers daughter has to continue his work of putting down the dead raised by evil magic. First US edition (HarperCollinsAustralia/Moonstone 1995).
- * _Sabriel (HarperCollins 0-06-447183-7, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $5.95, 491pp, pb, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) [Abhorsen] Reprint (HarperCollinsAustralia/Moonstone 1995) young-adult fantasy novel. Winner of the 1995 Aurealis Award.
- * *Shades Children (HarperCollins Childrens Books 0-06-027324-0, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $15.95, 310pp, hc, cover by Leo Dillon & Diane Dillon) Young-adult post-holocaust SF novel. Young fugitives try to overthrow the brutal Overlords with help from their mysterious mentor Shade.
- * _Shades Children (HarperTrophy 0-06-447196-9, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $5.95, 345pp, pb, cover by Elliott Earls) Reprint (HarperCollins 1997) young-adult post-holocaust SF novel.
- * *The X-Files #1: The Calusari (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648324-0, May 97 [Jul 97], £3.99, 100pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novellasation of the Chris Carter series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins) edition.
- * *The X-Files: The Calusari (HarperCollins 0-06-447171-3, May 97 [Apr 97], $4.50, 100pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novellazation of the TV show, first in the new series for ages 12+. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
- NIXON, JOAN LOWERY (1927-2003) (stories)
- * _The Ghosts of Now (Bantam UK 0-553-40641-8, Aug 93, £2.99, 160pp, pb, cover by Oliver Hunter) Reprint (Delacorte 1984) young-adult horror novel.
- * *The Haunting (Delacorte 0-385-32247-X, Sep 98, $15.95, 184pp, hc, cover by Tim Barrall) Young-adult ghost novel. A familys ancestral plantation house holds a vengeful spirit.
- * _The Weekend Was Murder (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21901-9, May 94 [Apr 94], $3.99, 193pp, pb) [Dark and Deadly Pool] Reprint (Delacorte 1992) young-adult fantasy mystery. A 16-year-old girl solves a murder by getting help from a ghost, who was the sole witness. Sequel to non-fantasy The Dark and Deadly Pool.
- * *The Weekend Was Murder! (Delacorte 0-385-30531-1, May 92 [Apr 92], $15.00, 193pp, hc, cover by Barrall) [Dark and Deadly Pool] Young-adult fantasy mystery. A 16-year-old girl solves a murder by getting help from a ghost, who was the sole witness. Sequel to non-fantasy The Dark and Deadly Pool.
- * _The Weekend Was Murder! (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-59622-8, Jun 95 [Dec 95], £3.50, 193pp, pb) [Dark and Deadly Pool] Reprint (Delacorte 1992) young-adult fantasy mystery. a 16-year-old girl solves a murder by getting help from a ghost, who was the sole witness. Sequel to non-fantasy The Dark and Deadly Pool.
- * *Whispers from the Dead (Delacorte 0-385-29809-9, Oct 89, $14.95, 180pp, hc) Young-adult horror/mystery. A young girl receives messages from the dead about a murder that occurred in her house.
- * _Whispers from the Dead (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20809-2, Feb 91 [Mar 91], $3.50, 180pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 1989) young-adult horror/mystery novel.
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