The Locus Index to Science Fiction
Books, Listed by Author
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- OUDOT, SUSAN (continued)
- * _Virtual Love (Pocket UK 0-671-85470-4, Feb 98 [Apr 98], £5.99, 454pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1997) SF novel about virtual reality suits for feminists.
- OUELLETTE, PIERRE (1945- )
- * *The Deus Machine (Villard 0-679-42407-5, Jan 94, $22.50, 443pp, hc, cover by Stan Watts) Near-future sf thriller of an American supercomputer out of control. A first novel
- * _The Deus Machine (NEL 0-450-60397-0, Apr 94, £16.99, 446pp, hc) Reprint (Villard 1993) thriller with SF elements. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Deus Machine (NEL 0-450-60398-9, Mar 95 [Apr 95], £5.99, 446pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Villard 1993) thriller with SF elements, set in 2005.
- * _The Deus Machine (Pocket 0-671-53649-4, May 96, $5.99, 495pp, pb, cover by Stan Watts) Reprint (Villard 1994) near-future SF thriller with an AI computer.
- * *The Third Pandemic (Pocket 0-671-52534-4, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $23.00, 374pp, hc) Near-future thriller about an unstoppable epidemic.
- * _The Third Pandemic (Pocket Star 0-671-52336-0, May 97 [Apr 97], $6.99, 403pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1996) near-future thriller about an unstoppable epidemic.
- * _The Third Pandemic (NEL 0-340-68879-3, Jun 97 [Jul 97], £5.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Stewart Larking) Reprint (Pocket 1996) SF thriller of worldwide plague.
- OULD, CHRIS (1959?- )
- * *Road Lines (Andre Deutsch 0-233-97753-8, Jul 85 [1985], £8.95, 320pp, hc) Sf novel. [Not seen]
- * _Road Lines (Grafton 0-586-07030-3, Feb 87, £2.95, 303pp, pb) Reprint (Andre Deutsch 1985) futuristic thriller in the great Mad Max tradition.
- OUNSLEY, SIMON, ed. (1953- ) (stories)
- OUSPENSKY, P(eter) D(emianovich) (1878-1947) (stories)
- * _Talks with a Devil (Arkana 1-85063-096-8, Mar 88 [Apr 88], £3.95, 147pp, tp) Reprint (Turnstone 1972) original occult collection. (Contents)
- OVERSTREET, ROBERT M.
- * *The Official Overstreet Comic Book Companion: Second Edition (House of Collectibles 0-876-37764-9, Nov 88, $4.95, 530pp, tp) Non-fiction, a price guide to comics and big little books, plus information on collecting them.
- OVID; [i.e., Publius Ovidius Naso] (43 BC-17 AD) (stories)
- * *The Metamorphoses of Ovid (Harcourt Brace 0-15-170529-1, Oct 93 [Nov 93], $40.00, 559pp, hc, cover by Tomczak & Anna Swanstock) Fantasy novel in verse, the classic Roman narrative poem by Ovid in a new verse translation by Allen Mandelbaum, who won the National Book Award for his translation of The Aeneid of Virgil (1972).
- OWEN, J. BRADLEY; pseudonym of Stephnee Kay Grainger, (1953- )
- * *Dead Season (Leisure 0-8439-2593-0, Mar 88 [Oct 88], $3.95, 366pp, pb) Horror novel about an evil house that feeds on a boys madness.
- OWEN, PAUL
- OWENS, CLAIRE MYERS SPOTSWOOD
- * _The Unpredictable Adventure: A Comedy of Womans Independence (Syracuse University Press 0-8156-2583-9, Apr 93, $16.95, 512pp, tp) Reprint (Doubleday 1935) feminist utopian novel, with a new 50-page biographical afterword and glossary by Miriam Kalman Harris. Order from Syracuse University Press, Syracuse NY 13244-5160.
- OWENS, EVERETT; pseudonym of Rob Thomas, (1965- )
- * *The X-Files #7: Control (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648330-5, Oct 97, £3.99, 127pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Young-adult novelization of the TV series. Simultaneous with the US (HarperCollins/Trophy) edition.
- * *The X-Files: Control (HarperTrophy 0-06-447177-2, Oct 97, $4.50, 127pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [X-Files] Novelization of TV series episode, seventh in the older YA series. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film.
- OWENS, LOUIS (Dean) (1948-2002)
- * *Nightlands (Dutton 0-525-94073-1, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $22.95, 217pp, hc) Thriller with elements of Native American magic.
- * _Nightlands (Penguin/Signet 0-451-18683-4, Aug 97 [Sep 97], $5.99, 312pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1996) thriller with elements of Native American magic.
- OWINGS, MARK (Samuel) (1945- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- OWTON, MARTIN, ed. (stories)
- OXFORD SF GROUP, THE; see pseudonym M. H. Zool (stories)
- OXLEY, DAVID ANTHONY (1930- )
- * *Three Decades to Doom (Vantage Press 0-533-06552-6, Apr 86, $12.95, 247pp, hc) Sf novel of the mysterious disappearance of plastic. The publisher is a vanity press.
- OXLEY, DOROTHY (Anne) (1948- )
- * *Quest (Lion 0-7459-1846-8, Apr 90, £2.25, 188pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) Young-adult sf novel.
- OZICK, CYNTHIA (1928- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *The Puttermesser Papers (Knopf 0-679-45476-4, Jun 97, $23.00, 236pp, hc) Contemporary literary fantasy. An ethical, literature-loving New York woman lawyer constructs a golem.
- PAASILINNA, ARTO
- * *The Year of the Hare (Peter Owen 0-7206-0949-6, Jan 95 [Feb 95], £14.50, 135pp, hc, cover by Mette Heinz) Picaresque novel with fantasy elements, based on an ecological theme, and some legends of Finland. Translated by Herbert Lomas from Jäniksen vuosi.
- PACE, SUE (stories) (assoc.)
- * *The Last Oasis (Delacorte 0-385-30881-7, Mar 93 [Feb 93], $15.00, 230pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel in a bleak environmentally depleted future Washington State, where two teenagers set out on a quest for a better life in the Idaho mountains.
- PACHTER, JOSH, ed. (1951- ) (stories)
- * *Top Fantasy (Dent 0-460-04659-4, Jun 85 [May 85], £9.50, 311pp, hc) Authors choice anthology, plus comments by the authors on why each story is their personal favorite. An excellent anthology and well worth the trouble of ordering it from an English dealer. (CNB) (Contents)
- * _Top Fantasy (J.M. Dent 0-460-02467-1, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £3.95, 311pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1985) fantasy anthology.
- * *Top Science Fiction (Dent 0-460-04647-0, 1984 [Feb 85], £8.95, 340pp, hc) Anthology of 25 authors choice stories with brief forewords by the authors. An excellent selection, and the various forewords are fascinating. (CNB) (Contents)
- * _Top Science Fiction (Dent 0-460-02425-6, Sep 85 [Aug 85], £2.95, 340pp, pb) Reprint (Dent 1984) anthology.
- PACK, JANET, ed. (stories)
- PACUILLA, NICHOLAS
- * *Artificer Asylum (Asylum Publications 0-9638757-0-1, Oct 93, $7.95, 249pp, tp) Sf novel of the last survivors of the human race sealed into a biosphere-like artificial environment. A first novel. Available from Asylum Publications, PO Box 810, Tombstone AZ 85638.
- PAGE, JAKE; [i.e., James Keena Page, Jr.] (1936- )
- * *Apacheria (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41411-X, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $5.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Jane Sterrett) Alternate history SF novel of an independent Apache nation and their interactions with the US government and gangsters.
- * *Operation: Shatterhand (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-39721-5, Nov 96 [Oct 96], $5.99, 322pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) Alternate-history SF novel of WWII. Germans invading the American Southwest face Native American forces.
- PAGE, KATHY (1958- ) (stories)
- * *As in Music and Other Stories (Methuen 0-413-62430-7, Nov 90, £13.99, 205pp, hc, cover by Judy Stevens) Original collection of 14 short stories, including some sf. (Contents)
- * *Island Paradise (Methuen 0-413-19690-9, May 89 [Oct 89], £11.99, 192pp, hc, cover by Oliver Burston) Literary fantasy novel.
- * _Island Paradise (Minerva 0-7493-9071-9, Jun 90 [Jul 90], £4.50, 192pp, pb, cover by The Douglas Brothers) Reprint (Methuen 1989) literary sf novel.
- PAGE, MICHAEL
- * *Encyclopedia of Things that Never Were (with Michael Ingpen) (Dragons World 1-85028-001-0, Nov 85 [1985], £15.95, 240pp, hc) Text and illustrations on assorted myths, legends and supernatural topics. [Not seen]
- * +Encyclopedia of Things That Never Were (with Robert Ingpen) (Viking 0-670-81607-8, Jan 87 [Nov 86], $19.95, 240pp, hc) Text by Page and illustrations by Ingpen, dealing with various myths, legends, and other supernatural topics. First U.S. edition (Dragons World 1985). This is halfway between an Encyclopedia and a fantasy art book. The art is excellent. (CNB)
- PAGE, NICK
- * *Six Days (Minstrel 0-85476-291-4, Feb 92 [Mar 92], £3.99, 254pp, pb, cover by Josh Kirby) Humorous sf novel.
- PAGE, NORMAN, ed. (stories)
- PAGEL, STEPHEN, ed. (stories) (assoc.)
- PAGET, CLARENCE, ed. (1909-1991) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *The 26th Pan Book of Horror Stories (Pan 0-330-28944-6, 1985, £1.95, 167pp, pb) Anthology of new and reprint horror stories. (Contents)
- * *The 27th Pan Book of Horror Stories (Pan 0-330-29219-6, Oct 86, £1.95, 187pp, pb) Anthology of ghost/horror stories. (Contents)
- * *The 28th Pan Book of Horror Stories (Pan 0-330-30133-0, Nov 87, £1.95, 156pp, pb) Original horror anthology. (Contents)
- * *The 29th Pan Book of Horror Stories (Pan 0-330-30481-X, Dec 88 [Nov 88], £2.50, 238pp, pb) Original horror anthology. (Contents)
- * *The 30th Pan Book of Horror Stories (Pan 0-330-31099-2, Sep 89, £2.99, 208pp, pb, cover by Melvyn Grant) Original horror anthology. (Contents)
- * _Dark Voices: The Best from the Pan Book of Horror Stories (with Stephen Jones) See entry under Stephen Jones.
- PAGET, VIOLET (1856-1935); see pseudonym Vernon Lee (stories)
- PAIGE, RICHARD; pseudonym of Dean R. Koontz, (1945- )
- * _The Door to December (NAL/Signet 0-451-13605-5, Apr 90 [Mar 90], $4.95, 405pp, pb) Reissue (NAL/Signet 1985) psychic thriller; fifth printing.
- PAINE, MICHAEL; pseudonym of John Michael Curlovich (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Cities of the Dead (Charter 1-55773-009-1, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.50, 246pp, pb) Fantasy/horror novel set in Egypt in 1903 and starring Howard Carter, the eventual discoverer of King Tuts tomb. This is a first novel.
- * _Cities of the Dead (Futura 0-7088-4561-4, Jun 90, £3.50, 246pp, pb, cover by David Senior) Reprint (Charter 1988) horror novel. A first novel.
- * *The Colors of Hell (Charter 1-55773-349-X, May 90 [Apr 90], $3.95, 281pp, pb) Horror novel of Morroccan mysticism.
- * *Owl Light (Charter 1-55773-277-9, Nov 89 [Oct 89], $3.95, 232pp, pb) Horror novel of a mysterious woman with supernatural powers.
- PAISLEY, REBECCA (stories) (assoc.)
- * *A Basket of Wishes (Dell 0-440-21651-6, Aug 95, $4.99, 391pp, pb) Fantasy romance novel. An adult fairy tale: inbred fairies send a princess to mate with a human duke.
- PAIVA, JEAN (1944-1989) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *The Last Gamble (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-40228-6, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $4.50, 294pp, pb) Horror thriller of family conflict and psychic vengeance.
- * *The Lilith Factor (NAL Onyx 0-451-40117-4, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $3.95, 303pp, pb) Horror novel about the first woman, the wife of Adam before Eve: Lilith. A first novel.
- PALEO, LYN (stories) (assoc.)
- _____, ed.
- PALEY, MORTON D., ed.
- PALIN, MICHAEL (Edward) (1943- ) (stories)
- * *The Mirrorstone: A Ghost Story with Holograms (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02408-6, Oct 86, £7.95, 32pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy story with illustrations and holograms by Alan Lee. This is simultaneous with the U.S. edition from Knopf.
- * *The Mirrorstone: A Ghost Story with Holograms (Knopf 0-394-88353-5, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $14.95, unpaginated, hc) Young-adult ghost story illustrated and with 7 holograms by Alan Lee; Richard Seymour conceived and designed the book. Simultaneous with British edition from Jonathan Cape.
- PALLAMARY, MATTHEW J. (stories)
- * *The Small Dark Room of the Soul and Other Stories (San Diego Writers Monthly Press 1-885516-00-2, Jul 94 [Oct 94], $9.95, 148pp, tp, cover by Derek Hodges & Sandra Welch) Collection of 14 horror stories, some with supernatural elements, with an introduction by the author. Available from San Diego Writers Monthly Press, 3910 Chapman Street, San Diego CA 92110.
- PALMER, CHRISTOPHER, ed. (stories)
- PALMER, DAVID R(eay) (1941- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Emergence (Bantam 0-553-24501-5, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $2.95, 291pp, pb) [Candy] Sf novel, a first novel. Based on the novella of the same name (a Hugo and Nebula nominee). A Heinlein-type juvenile. Recommended. (CNB)
- * _Emergence (NEL 0-450-41106-0, Jun 87, £2.95, 291pp, pb) [Candy] Reprint (Bantam 1984) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Emergence (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25519-3, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $4.95, 302pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Candy] Reissue (Bantam 1984) sf novel based on the Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated novella of the same name, with a new afterword by the author; fifth printing.
- * *Threshold (Bantam Spectra 0-553-24878-2, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $2.95, 274pp, pb) Sf adventure novel.
- * _Threshold (NEL 0-450-41204-0, Aug 87, £2.95, 274pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1985) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- PALMER, JANE (1946- ) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Moving Moosevan (The Womens Press 0-7043-4241-3, Oct 90 [Sep 90], £4.95, 150pp, tp, cover by Anita Kunz) [Planet Dweller] Sf novel. Sequel to The Planet Dweller.
- * *The Planet Dweller (The Womens Press 0-7043-3948-X, Jun 85 [May 85], £1.95, 147pp, pb) [Planet Dweller] Humorous sf novel, a first novel.
- * *The Watcher (The Womens Press 0-7043-4038-0, Oct 86 [Sep 86], £2.50, 177pp, pb) Satirical sf novel.
- PALMER, JESSICA (1949- ) (stories)
- * *Cradlesong (Pocket 0-671-73421-0, May 93, $4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Lisa Falkenstern) Horror novel about a horror writer who moves his family into a haunted house, only to realize too late that the haunting is real and bloodthirsty.
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