The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

ODOM, MEL(vin Lewis, III) (stories) (continued)

• * *Shadowrun: Preying for Keeps (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45374-3, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.50, 291pp, pb, cover by Carl Galian) [Shadowrun] Novelization, #21 in the series based on the role-playing game. Copyrighted by FASA.
• * *Stalker Analog (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45257-7, Dec ’93 [Nov ’93], $5.50, 367pp, pb) [Lethal Interference] Sf police procedural set in a near-future Houston terrorized by a serial killer, a sequel to Lethal Interference.
• * _Time Police #3: Stranded! (with Warren C. Norwood) See entry under Warren C. Norwood

O’DONNELL, ELLIOTT (1872-1965) (stories)

• * _Strange Disappearances (Carol Publishing Group/Citadel Twilight 0-8065-1140-0, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $9.95, 297pp, tp, cover by René Magritte) Reprint (University 1972) collection of 13 tales of “real” mysterious disappearances, told as fiction. (Contents)

O’DONNELL, JAMES

• * _Unicornis: On the History and Truth of the Unicorn (with Michael Green) See entry under Michael Green.

O’DONNELL, KEVIN, Jr. (1950- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Fire on the Border (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45030-2, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.50, 368pp, pb) Military sf adventure novel.
• * _The Journeys of McGill Feighan, Book I: Caverns (Berkley 0-425-07469-2, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $2.75, 214pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1981) sf novel; 4th printing.
• * _The Journeys of McGill Feighan, Book III: Lava (Berkley 0-425-07470-6, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $2.75, 232pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1982) sf novel; 2nd printing.
• * *The Journeys of McGill Feighan, Book IV: Cliffs (Berkley 0-425-08387-X, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $2.95, 246pp, pb) Sf novel, latest in a series. Teleporter/Flinger McGill works to save an alien race from plague, against the schemes of the Organization.
• * *ORA:CLE (Berkley 0-425-07260-6, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], $2.95, 343pp, pb) Sf novel.
• * _ORA:CLE (Grafton 0-586-06677-2, Aug ’86, £2.95, 343pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1984) sf novel. 1987 Prix Litteraire Mannesmann Tally—Best novel concerning information technology published in France in 1986.
• * _The Shelter (with Mary Kittredge) See entry under Mary Kittredge.

O’DONNELL, PETER (1920- )

• * _The Silver Mistress (Tor 0-812-58650-6, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.50, 284pp, pb) [Modesty Blaise] Reprint (Souvenir 1973) quasi-fantasy thriller in the “Modesty Blaise” series.

O’DONOHOE, NICK; [i.e., Nicholas Benjamin O’Donohoe] (1952- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Healing of Crossroads (Ace 0-441-00391-5, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $5.99, 321pp, pb, cover by Vincent Segrelles) [Crossroads] Fantasy novel, third in the “Crossroads” series about veterinarians in a fantasy world.
• * *The Magic and the Healing (Ace 0-441-00053-3, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $4.99, 324pp, pb, cover by Vincent Segrelles) [Crossroads] Fantasy novel. A veterinary student enters a fantasy world in order to help an injured unicorn and other fantastical creatures.
• * *Too, Too Solid Flesh (TSR 0-88038-767-X, Nov ’89, $3.95, 339pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) Sf/mystery novel set in an android repertory troupe performing Shakespeare.
• * *Under the Healing Sign (Ace 0-441-00180-7, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $4.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Vincent Segrelles) [Crossroads] Fantasy novel, second in the “Crossroads” series. Veterinarians help mythic creatures flee as Crossroads is invaded.

OESTREICHER, JOY E., ed. (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Air Fish (with Richard Singer) (Catseye Books 0-9631755-2-1, Nov ’93, $16.95, 320pp, tp, cover by Shaun Tan) Mostly original anthology of experimental speculative fiction and poetry, with b&w illustrations by various artists. Available from Catseye Books, 904 Old Town Court, Cupertino CA 95014-4024. (Contents)
• * *Alpha Gallery (with Mark Rich, David Memmott & Charmaine Parsons) (SPWAO no ISBN, 1990 [Apr ’91], $8.95, 213pp, tp, cover by Steven Fick) Anthology of 63 stories, poems, covers, etc. from small press publications plus a list of addresses of the better small press magazines. (Contents)

O’FAOLÁIN, SEÁN; [born John Whelan] (1900-1991) (stories)

• * _And Again? (Birch Lane 1-55972-003-4, Aug ’89, $16.95, 287pp, hc) Literary fantasy—a man avoids death by living his life backwards. First American edition (British 1979).

OFFUTT, ANDREW J(efferson, V) (1934- ); see pseudonym John Cleve (stories)

• * _Conan #15: The Sword of Skelos (Ace 0-441-11480-6, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $2.95, 192pp, pb) [Conan] Reprint (Bantam 1979) heroic fantasy novel based on the Robert E. Howard character.
• * _Conan the Mercenary (Sphere 0-7221-6514-5, Jul ’89 [Aug ’89], £2.99, 191pp, pb, cover by Blas Gallego) [Conan] Reissue (Sphere 1980) fantasy novelization. Volume 15 in the “Conan” series.
• * _Conan: The Sword of Skelos (Sphere 0-7221-2943-2, Mar ’89 [Jun ’89], £2.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Blas Gallego) [Conan] Reissue (Bantam 1979) fantasy novel. Volume 16 in the “Conan” series.
• * _Conan: The Sword of Skelos (Ace 0-441-11480-6, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $3.95, 192pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Conan] Reissue (Bantam 1979) fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howard’s character; 15th printing.
• * *Deathknight (Ace 0-441-14159-5, Mar ’90 [Feb ’90], $3.50, 225pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Sword and sorcery novel.
• * _The Mists of Doom (Ace 0-441-53504-6, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.50, 255pp, pb) [Cormac Mac Art] Reissue (Zebra 1977) “Cormac Mac Art” heroic fantasy novel, based on a Robert E. Howard character.
• * *The Shadow of Sorcery (Ace 0-441-76026-0, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [*Thieves’ World] Fantasy novelization continuing the “Thieves’ World” shared-world series, second book by Offutt featuring the thief Shadowspawn.
• * *Shadowspawn (Ace 0-441-76039-2, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 278pp, pb) [*Thieves’ World] Shared-world fantasy novel; the fourth “Thieves’ World” novel.
• * _The Sign of the Moonbow (Ace 0-441-76354-5, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.50, 255pp, pb) [Cormac Mac Art] Reissue (Zebra 1977) fantasy novel based on characters from Robert E. Howard, “Cormac Mac Art” #7.
• * _The Sword of the Gael (Ace 0-441-79143-3, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $2.50, 251pp, pb) [Cormac Mac Art] Reissue (Zebra 1975) fantasy novel, “Cormac Mac Art” #5; based on a Robert E. Howard character. 3rd Ace printing.
• * _The Tower of Death (with Keith Taylor) (Ace 0-441-81925-7, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $2.50, 246pp, pb) [Cormac Mac Art] Reissue (Ace 1982) fantasy novel based on a Robert E. Howard character.
• * _The Undying Wizard (Ace 0-441-84515-0, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $2.50, 218pp, pb) [Cormac Mac Art] Reissue (Zebra 1976) fantasy novel of Cormac Mac Art, based on a Robert E. Howard character; 4th Ace printing.
• * _When Death Birds Fly (with Keith Taylor) (Ace 0-441-88088-6, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $2.95, 295pp, pb) [Cormac Mac Art] Reissue (Ace 1980) heroic fantasy novel, #3 in the “Cormac Mac Art” series, based on the Robert E. Howard character.

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• * _Swords Against Darkness 1 (Zebra 0-8217-2972-1, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $3.95, 288pp, pb, cover by Frank Frazetta) Reissue (Zebra 1977) anthology of eight sword and sorcery stories; third printing.

OGDEN, MARGARET (Astrid Lindholm) (1952- ); see under Lindholm, Megan (stories)

OGILVY, DAVID

• * _Escape from Jupiter (BBC Children’s Books 0-563-40430-2, May ’95, £3.99, 160pp, pb) Reprint (ABC Books 1994) SF novelization of the juvenile TV serial. [First U.K. edition]

OGIWARA, NORIKO (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Dragon Sword and Wind Child (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-30466-1, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $17.00, 329pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a young girl whose life is claimed by both the God of Light and the People of Darkness. Translated from the Japanese by Cathy Hirano, this was originally published as Sorairo-Magatama (Fukutake 1988).

O’GREEN, JENNIFER MITCHELL ROBERSON; see under Roberson, Jennifer (stories)

O’GRIOFA, MAIRTIN, ed. (stories)

• * *Celtic Tales of Terror (New York: Sterling Pub. Co., Inc. 0-8069-0868-8, 1994, 144pp, hc) (Contents)

O’HAR, GEORGE M.

• * *Psychic Fair (Pocket 0-671-67601-6, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 324pp, pb) Horror novel about a boy medium haunted by a Civil War-era ghost.

OHLANDER, BEN (stories)

• * _Enemy of My Enemy (with David A. Drake) See entry under David A. Drake
• * _Wing Commander: The Price of Freedom (with William R. Forstchen) See entry under William R. Forstchen

O’KEEFE, CLAUDIA (Diane) (1958- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Black Snow Days (Ace 0-441-06689-5, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $3.95, 344pp, pb, cover by Kevin Jankauski) Post-apocalypse sf novel; a first novel.

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• * *Ghosttide (Revenant Books 0-944494-22-6, Jan ’93, $12.50, 221pp, tp, cover by Alan M. Clark) Anthology of 15 horror stories, all but two new, presented in an oversize trade paperback format, with an introduction by the editor. Available from Revenant Books, PO Box 55024, Sherman Oaks CA 91413. (Contents)

OKRAND, MARC (1948- )

• * _The Klingon Dictionary (Pocket 0-671-74559-X, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $10.00, 191pp, tp) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1985) English-Klingon/Klingon-English dictionary cataloging the created language from the Star Trek series and films. This edition is revised and updated to include material from the Star Trek, the Next Generation TV series and the Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country film.
• * *Star Trek: The Klingon Dictionary (Pocket 0-671-54349-0, Dec ’85 [Nov ’85], $3.95, 172pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek tie-in. English-Klingon/Klingon-English “lexicon of familiar expressions with a complete grammar handbook and pronunciation key.”
• * *Star Trek: The Klingon Way (Pocket 0-671-53755-5, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $12.00, 192pp, tp) [Star Trek] Quasi-fiction book of sayings in English and Klingon. Subtitled “A Warrior’s Guide”. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.

OKRI, BEN(jamin) (1959- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Famished Road (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02701-8, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], £13.99, 500pp, hc, cover by Dirk Van Dooren) Literary fantasy novel.
• * +The Famished Road (Doubleday 0-385-42476-0, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $22.50, 500pp, hc, cover by Dirk Van Dooren) Literary fantasy novel of an African boy who remains in touch with the spirit world all souls come from. Winner of the Booker Prize. First American edition (Jonathan Cape 1991).
• * _The Famished Road (Doubleday Anchor 0-385-42513-9, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $12.00, 500pp, tp, cover by Dirk Van Dooren) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1991) literary fantasy novel of an African boy who remains in touch with the spirit world all souls come from. Winner of the Booker Prize.

OKUDA, DENISE

• * _Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future (with Michael Okuda) See entry under Michael Okuda.
• * _The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future (with Debbie Mirek & Michael Okuda) See entry under Michael Okuda.

OKUDA, MICHAEL (Hideo) (1955- )

• * *Star Trek Chronology: The History of the Future (with Denise Okuda) (Pocket 0-671-79611-9, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $14.00, 184pp, tp) [Star Trek] Star Trek reference book, a chronology of the future history.
• * *The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future (with Denise Okuda & Debbie Mirek) (Pocket 0-671-86905-1, Apr ’94 [May ’94], $18.00, 396pp, tp) [Star Trek] Media reference, an encyclopedic guide to the Star Trek universe. A hardcover edition (-88684-3, $25.00) is also available.
• * *The Star Trek Encyclopedia: A Reference Guide to the Future (with Denise Okuda & Debbie Mirek) (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71834-7, Jun ’94, £12.99, 396pp, tp) [Star Trek] Associational/non-fiction book. Simultaneous with US (Pocket) edition. Invaluable guide to every episode of Star Trek and its sequels from the very first episodes until the sixth season of The Next Generation and the first season of Deep Space Nine.
• * _Star Trek Technical Manual (with Rick Sternbach) (Boxtree 1-85283-340-8, Sep ’91, £11.99, 183pp, tp) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1991) associational book. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Star Trek, the Next Generation Technical Manual (with Rick Sternbach) See entry under Rick Sternbach.

OLAN, SUSAN TORIAN (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Earth Remembers (TSR 0-88038-778-5, Jan ’90 [Dec ’89], $3.95, 317pp, tp, cover by John Lakey & Laura Lakey) Post-apocalypse sf western novel set on the Texas-Mexico border with subterranean mutants and Comanches.

OLANDER, JOSEPH D(avid), ed. (1939- )

• * _Microcosmic Tales (with Isaac Asimov & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Isaac Asimov.
• * _Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology (with Frederik Pohl & Martin H. Greenberg) See entry under Frederik Pohl.

OLDEN, MARC (1933-2003)

• * _Poe Must Die (Futura 0-7088-8299-4, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], £3.50, 316pp, pb) Reprint (US 1978) horror novel.

OLDFIELD, PAMELA (1931- ) (stories)

• * *The Ghosts of Bellering Oast (Blackie 0-216-92093-0, Jun ’87, £6.95, 80pp, hc) Juvenile ghost story. [Not seen]
• * *The Mill Pond Ghost and Other Stories (Lions 0-00-694090-0, Oct ’91 [Feb ’92], £2.99, 149pp, pb) Collection of 13 original young-adult ghost stories. (Contents)
• * *Pamela Oldfield’s Spine Chillers (Blackie 0-216-92240-2, Oct ’87, £6.95, 96pp, hc) Juvenile ghost/horror collection. [Not seen]

OLDHAM, JUNE (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Found (Orchard US 0-531-09543-6, Oct ’96, $16.95, 199pp, hc, cover by Wendell Minor) Young-adult near-future SF novel. Unwanted children survive in the abandoned countryside.
• * _Found (Putnam Paperstar 0-698-11674-7, Jun ’98 [Jul ’98], $4.99, 199pp, pb, cover by Wendell Minor) Reprint (Orchard US 1996) young-adult near-future SF novel of unwanted children in an abandoned countryside.

O’LEARY, PATRICK (1952- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Door Number Three (Tor 0-312-85872-8, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $23.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Philosophical SF novel in the Philip K. Dick quasi-reality style. A first novel.
• * _Door Number Three (Tor 0-312-86287-3, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $14.95, 384pp, tp, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Reprint (Tor 1995) philosophical SF novel in the Philip K. Dick quasi-reality style.
• * *The Gift (Tor 0-312-86402-7, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $22.95, 287pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Fantasy novel. A king and a boy team up to rid their land of an old, corrupted magic.
• * _The Gift (Tor 0-312-86403-5, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $13.95, 287pp, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Tor 1997) fantasy novel.

OLESKER, JACK

• * *Confessional (Leisure 0-8439-2949-9, Mar ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.95, 361pp, pb) Horror novel of a church with a haunted confessional.

OLIPHANT, B. J.; pseudonym of Sheri S. Tepper, (1929- )

• * *A Ceremonial Death (Ballantine/Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14897-1, Jan ’96 [Dec ’95], $5.99, 283pp, pb) [Shirley McClintock] Associational autobiographical mystery novel, sixth book featuring New Mexico rancher/detective Shirley McClintock. Oliphant is a pseudonym for Sheri S. Tepper.
• * *Death and the Delinquent (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14718-5, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $3.99, 231pp, pb) [Shirley McClintock] Associational mystery novel, fourth book featuring Colorado rancher Shirley McClintock. Oliphant is a pseudonym for Sheri S. Tepper.
• * *Death Served Up Cold (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14896-3, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $4.99, 234pp, pb, cover by Jerry LoFaro) [Shirley McClintock] Associational autobiographical mystery novel, fifth book featuring New Mexico rancher/detective Shirley McClintock. Oliphant is a pseudonym for Sheri S. Tepper.
• * *Deservedly Dead (Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14717-7, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $3.99, 215pp, pb) [Shirley McClintock] Associational mystery novel, third book featuring Colorado rancher/detective Shirley McClintock. Oliphant is a pseudonym for Sheri S. Tepper.
• * *Here’s to the Newly Dead (Ballantine/Fawcett Gold Medal 0-449-14992-7, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $5.99, 278pp, pb) [Shirley McClintock] Associational autobiographical mystery novel, seventh book featuring New Mexico rancher/detective Shirley McClintock. Oliphant is a pseudonym for Sheri S. Tepper.

OLIPHANT, TRACY; see pseudonym Kate Jacoby (stories)

OLIVER, (Symmes) CHAD(wick) (1928-1993) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Broken Eagle (Bantam 0-553-27997-1, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 296pp, pb) Associational; western novel by the well-known sf writer.
• * *The Cannibal Owl (Bantam 0-553-29656-6, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $4.99, 305pp, pb, cover by Lou Glanzman) Associational; Western novel, Oliver’s last book.
• * _Shadows in the Sun (Crown 0-517-55867-X, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $8.95, 207pp, hc) Reprint (Ballantine 1954) sf novel, with a new introduction by George Zebrowski. There is also a new afterword by the author.
• * _The Shores of Another Sea (Crown 0-517-55186-1, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $7.95, 214pp, hc) Reprint (NAL 1971) sf novel, with a new foreword by George Zebrowski. Volume 3 of the “Classics of Modern Science Fiction” series.
• * _Unearthly Neighbors (Crown 0-517-55294-9, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $8.95, 208pp, hc) Reprint (Ballantine 1960) sf novel. “Substantially revised” definitive edition. The first three chapters have been completely redone, and there are other changes. New foreword by George Zebrowski; new afterword by the author.