The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- PEAKE, MERVYN (Laurence) (stories) (continued)
- * _Gormenghast (Mandarin 0-7493-0052-3, Aug 89, £3.99, 511pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1950) literary fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Gormenghast trilogy.
- * _Gormenghast (Overlook Press 0-87951-426-4, Apr 92 [Feb 92], $13.95, 409pp, tp, cover by Mervyn Peake) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1950) fantasy novel, second book of the Gormenghast trilogy. With the original illustrations by the author and a 1946 magazine article by Quentin Crisp, used as an introduction.
- * _Gormenghast (Random House/Vintage UK 0-7493-9482-X, Feb 98, £7.99, 511pp, tp, cover by Nick Robertson) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1950) fantasy novel. Book two in the eponymous series.
- * _The Gormenghast Novels (Overlook/Tusk 0-87951-628-3, Nov 95 [Dec 95], $23.95, 1173pp, tp, cover by J. K. Potter) [Gormenghast] Revised (Overlook 1988 as The Gormenghast Trilogy) omnibus of the three restored Gormenghast novels, with introductions by Anthony Burgess (from the 1988 edition) and Quentin Crisp (from 1996), plus 12 critical essays, and the few extant pages from the unfinished fourth novel, Titus Awakes.
- * *The Gormenghast Trilogy (Viking Overlook 0-87951-974-6, Aug 88, $25.00, 1023pp, hc) [Gormenghast] Fantasy omnibus, reprint of the famous Titus Groan series: Titus Groan (1946), Gormenghast (1950), and Titus Alone (1959, 1970). The first two have the text of the original editions; the third has the 1970 revised text (all originally Eyrie & Spottiswoode). All have the illustrations from the 1968 Ballantine edition. The introduction by Anthony Burgess is from the individual Overlook editions. (Contents)
- * _The Gormenghast Trilogy (Mandarin 0-7493-1426-5, Oct 92, £9.99, 953pp, tp, cover by Stephen Player) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Overlook 1988) fantasy omnibus. (Contents) [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Gormenghast Trilogy (Mandarin 0-7493-1426-5, Mar 95 [May 95], £9.99, 953pp, tp, cover by Stephen Player) [Gormenghast] Reissue (Viking Overlook 1988) fantasy omnibus of the three classic novels. (Contents)
- * +Mr. Pye (Overlook 0-87951-955-X, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $15.95, 278pp, hc) Fantasy novel of sin and salvation, with illustrations by the author. This may be the first U.S. edition (Heinemann 1953), though the British paperback has been available here.
- * _Mr. Pye (Penguin 0-14-003372-6, Feb 86, £3.95, 254pp, tp) Reissue (Heinemann 1953) fantasy novel.
- * _Titus Alone (Mandarin 0-7493-0053-1, Aug 89, £3.50, 263pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1959) literary fantasy novel. This contains the reconstructed version of the text done by Langdon Jones (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1970). Volume three in the Gormenghast trilogy.
- * _Titus Alone (Overlook Press 0-87951-427-2, Apr 92 [Feb 92], $13.95, 362pp, tp, cover by Mervyn Peake) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1959) fantasy novel, third book of the Gormenghast trilogy. With the original illustrations by the author and the revised text of the 1970 Eyre & Spottiswoode edition. There are also 12 critical essays, selected and with an introduction by G. Peter Winnington plus the brief fragment Titus Awakes with an introduction by John Watney.
- * _Titus Alone (Random House/Vintage UK 0-7493-9487-0, Feb 98, £7.99, 263pp, tp, cover by Nick Robertson) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1970) fantasy novel. Book three in the Gormenghast series; this is the 1970 version completed by Langdon Jones.
- * _Titus Groan (Mandarin 0-7493-0051-5, Aug 89, £3.99, 506pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1946) literary fantasy novel. Volume one in the Gormenghast trilogy.
- * _Titus Groan (Overlook Press 0-87951-425-6, Apr 92 [Feb 92], $13.95, 396pp, tp, cover by Mervyn Peake) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1946) fantasy novel, first book in the Gormenghast trilogy, with an introduction by Anthony Burgess from a 1988 Overlook edition. Includes the 14 black and white illustrations by Peake first used as part of the Ballantine edition.
- * _Titus Groan (Random House/Vintage UK 0-7493-9492-7, Feb 98, £7.99, 506pp, tp, cover by Nick Robertson) [Gormenghast] Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1946) fantasy novel. Book one in the Gormenghast series.
- PEARCE, HOWARD D(ouberley), ed. (1931- )
- PEARCE, JOSEPH
- * *Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton (Ignatius Press 0-898-70629-7, May 97 [Apr 98], $29.95, 522pp, hc) Non-fiction, biography. There are eight unpaginated pages of photos. Includes notes and index. First US edition (Ignatius Press 1996). This was scheduled to appear in the US in 1997, but was not seen until now; it appears to be the 1996 UK edition, not previously listed. Ignatius Press, PO Box 1339, Ft. Collins CO 80522; 800-651-1531; $5.00 postage. [Chesterton]
- PEARCE, (Ann) PHILIPPA (Christie) (1920-2006) (stories) (assoc.)
- * *Ghost Stories (Viking UK 0-670-80907-1, Oct 86, £8.95, 64pp, hc) Collection of juvenile tales.
- * _Toms Midnight Garden (Windrush 1-85089-914-2, 1987 [Oct 87], $12.95, 256pp, hc) Reprint (Oxford 1958) juvenile fantasy novel, large print edition. U.S. distribution of British edition from Windrush. Order from ABC-Clio.
- * _Toms Midnight Garden (Dell Yearling 0-440-48819-2, Jan 91 [Feb 91], $3.50, 232pp, tp, cover by Tom Newsom) Reissue (Oxford 1958) young-adult ghost fantasy, with an afterword by Zilpha Keatley Snyder; fifth printing.
- * _Toms Midnight Garden (Harper Trophy 0-06-440445-5, Oct 92 [Dec 92], $4.95, 229pp, tp, cover by Daniel R. Horne) Reprint (Oxford 1958) juvenile fantasy novel, a Carnegie Medal winner.
- * _Toms Midnight Garden (Puffin 0-14-030893-8, Aug 98, £4.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Louise Brierley & Sarah McDonald) Reprint (Oxford University Press 1958) young-adult time-travel fantasy novel. 32nd printing.
- * *Whos Afraid? and Other Strange Stories (Viking Kestrel 0-670-80907-1, Oct 86 [1986], £6.50, 128pp, hc) Young adult ghost/horror collection. [Not seen]
- * +Whos Afraid? and Other Strange Stories (Morrow/Greenwillow 0-688-06895-2, Apr 87, $10.25, 152pp, hc) Collection of young-adult spooky stories. First U.S. edition (Kestrel Penguin 1986). (Contents)
- * _Whos Afraid? and Other Strange Stories (Puffin 0-14-032057-1, Apr 88, £1.75, 121pp, pb) Reprint (Viking Kestrel 1986) young-adult horror/occult collection.
- _____, ed.
- * *Dread and Delight: A Century of Childrens Ghost Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-212605-9, Oct 95 [Dec 95], £17.99, xx+348pp, hc, cover by Frederick Smallfield) Young-adult anthology of 40 ghost stories, several original, plus a critical introduction and lengthy background notes on the stories and their authors. (Contents)
- * +Dread and Delight: A Century of Childrens Ghost Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-212605-9, Feb 96, $25.00, 348pp, hc, cover by Frederick Smallfield) Young-adult anthology of 40 ghost stories from the 20th century. Authors include M.R. James, Walter de la Mare, Margaret Mahy, and Joan Aiken. First US edition (Oxford 1995). This appears to be the UK edition with the British price left off the jacket.
- PEARLMAN, DANIEL (stories)
- * *The Final Dream & Other Fictions (Permeable Press 1-882633-05-9, Jul 95 [Sep 95], $14.95, 268pp, tp, cover by Ellen Alva Hales) Collection of 12 SF stories, with an introduction by George Zebrowski and illustrations by Jill Tyler. Available from Permeable Press, 47 Noe Street, Suite 4, San Francisco CA 94114-1017. (Contents)
- PEARSON, KIT (1947- ) (stories)
- * +Awake and Dreaming (Viking 0-670-86954-6, 1997 [Mar 97], $13.99, 228pp, hc, cover by Ron Lightburn) Young-adult ghost novel. Theo wants a family so bad she dreams one that becomes real. This appears to be the 1996 Viking Canada edition with a US price sticker.
- * +A Handful of Time (Viking Kestrel 0-670-81532-2, Feb 88 [Mar 88], $11.95, 186pp, hc) Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel. A girl goes back to her mothers childhood and comes to understand her better. First U.S. edition (Penguin Books Canada 1987).
- * _A Handful of Time (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-032268-X, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $3.95, 186pp, pb, cover by Laura Fernandez) Reprint (Penguin Canada 1987) young-adult time-travel fantasy.
- PEARSON, MAGGIE
- * *Alien Dawn (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-68077-6, Oct 97 [Nov 97], £3.99, 214pp, pb, cover by Sam Hadley) Young-adult SF novel.
- * *Dark of the Moon (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-70966-9, Sep 98 [Dec 98], £3.99, 253pp, pb) [Owl Light] Juvenile fantasy novel, sequel to Owl Light.
- * *Night People (Hodder Childrens Books 0-340-68076-8, Mar 97, £3.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Tim Clarey) Young-adult supernatural novel.
- PEARY, DANNIS; see under Peary, Danny (stories)
- PEARY, DANNY; [i.e., Dannis Peary] (1949- ) (stories)
- * _Cult Movies 2 (Delta 0-385-29753-X, Jul 89, $12.95, 181pp, tp) Reprint (Delacorte 1983) associational guide to 50 cult films, with many stills and intelligent criticism. Nearly half of the films included have fantasy or science fiction content.
- * _Cult Movies: The Classics, the Sleepers, the Weird, and the Wonderful (Delta 0-385-28186-2, Jul 89, $14.95, 401pp, tp) Reprint (Delacorte 1981) associational guide to 100 cult movies, with many stills and intelligent criticsm. Nearly one third of the films included have fantasy or science fiction content.
- _____, ed.
- * *Omnis Screen Flights/Screen Fantasies: The Future According to Science Fiction Cinema (Doubleday 0-385-19199-5, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $35.00, 310pp, hc) Non-fiction, group of articles by Asimov, Sheckley, Bloch, Silverberg, and others, plus numerous illustrations and a film checklist. There is a long introduction by Harlan Ellison. Also available in tp (-19202-9, $17.95).
- PECK, CLAUDIA (1952-1996) (stories)
- * *Spirit Crossings (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27641-7, May 91 [Apr 91], $4.50, 312pp, pb, cover by Mick McGinty) Fantasy novel. A house in rural Tennessee is haunted by the spirits of the past. A first novel.
- PECK, RICHARD (Wayne) (1934- ) (stories)
- * *Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death (Delacorte 0-385-29433-6, 1986 [Jul 86], $14.95, 185pp, hc) [Blossom Culp] Young-adult fantasy novel, #4 in the Blossom Culp series.
- * _Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death (Dell/Yearling 0-440-40676-5, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $2.95, 185pp, tp) [Blossom Culp] Reprint (Delacorte 1986) young-adult fantasy novel in the Blossom Culp series.
- * _Blossom Culp and the Sleep of Death (Dell Yearling 0-440-40676-5, May 94 [Apr 94], $3.99, 185pp, tp, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Blossom Culp] Reissue (Delacorte 1986) young-adult ghost/fantasy novel in the Blossom Culp series; fifth printing.
- * _The Dreadful Future of Blossom Culp (Dell/Yearling 0-440-42154-3, Jun 87 [May 87], $2.95, 183pp, tp) [Blossom Culp] Reprint (Delacorte 1983) humorous young-adult fantasy/sf novel of psychic powers and time travel, third in the Blossom Culp series.
- * _The Ghost Belonged to Me (Dell/Yearling 0-440-42861-0, Apr 87 [May 87], $2.95, 183pp, pb) [Blossom Culp] Reprint (Viking 1975) young-adult humor/horror novel in the Blossom Culp series.
- * _The Ghost Belonged to Me (Dell Yearling 0-440-42861-0, Feb 94, $3.99, 183pp, tp, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Blossom Culp] Reissue (Viking 1975) young-adult ghost/fantasy novel in the Blossom Culp series. The copyright page lists this as a first printing, but it is at least the second.
- * _Ghosts I Have Been (Dell/Yearling 0-440-42864-5, May 87, $2.95, 214pp, pb) [Blossom Culp] Reissue (Viking 1977) young-adult fantasy in the Blossom Culp series. 2nd Laurel Leaf printing.
- * _Ghosts I Have Been (Dell Yearling 0-440-42864-5, Feb 94, $3.99, 214pp, tp, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Blossom Culp] Reissue (Viking 1977) young-adult ghost/fantasy novel in the Blossom Culp series; sixth printing.
- * *The Great Interactive Dream Machine (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-1989-2, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $14.99, 149pp, hc, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Lost in Cyberspace] Young-adult humorous SF, sequel to Lost in Cyberspace. Josh and Aaron turn a computer into a wish-granting machine.
- * _The Great Interactive Dream Machine (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038264-X, Nov 98 [Dec 98], $4.99, 149pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Lost in Cyberspace] Reprint (Dial 1996) young-adult humorous SF, sequel to Lost in Cyberspace.
- * *Lost in Cyberspace (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-1931-0, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $14.99, 151pp, hc, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Lost in Cyberspace] Young-adult humorous SF. Joshs best friend thinks he can time-travel via computer and really disappears.
- * _Lost in Cyberspace (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037856-1, Sep 97, $4.99, 151pp, tp, cover by Broeck Steadman) [Lost in Cyberspace] Reprint (Dial 1995) young-adult humorous SF.
- * *Voices After Midnight (Delacorte 0-385-29779-3, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $14.95, 181pp, hc) Young-adult time-travel fantasy. Two brothers travel back to New York City during the blizzard of 1888.
- * _Voices After Midnight (Dell Yearling 0-440-40378-2, Dec 90 [Nov 90], $3.50, 181pp, tp, cover by Stuart Kaufman) Reprint (Delacorte 1989) time-travel fantasy about two boys who go back to the great blizzard of 1888.
- * _Voices After Midnight (Macmillan UK 0-333-53446-8, Feb 91, £4.99, 181pp, tp, cover by David Mitcheson) Reprint (Delacorte 1989) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Voices After Midnight (Piper 0-330-32448-9, Jun 92, £3.50, 181pp, pb, cover by David Mitcheson) Reprint (Delacorte 1989) young-adult fantasy novel.
- PECK, SYLVIA
- * *Seal Child (William Morrow 0-688-08682-9, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $12.95, 200pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy, illustrated by Robert Andrew Parker. A little girl makes a new friend who is actually a selkie. A first novel.
- * _Seal Child (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15868-6, Apr 91, $3.50, 192pp, pb, cover by Linda Benson) Reprint (Morrow 1989) young-adult fantasy about a little girl who befriends a selkie.
- PEDERSEN, TED
- * *Cybersurfers 3: Ghost on the Net (with Mel Gilden) (Putnam/Price Stern Sloan 0-8431-3978-1, Apr 96 [May 96], $3.95, 141pp, pb, cover by Geoffrey Gove) [Cybersurfers] Young-adult cyber-adventure on the Internet. Series concept copyrighted by Price Stern Sloan; text copyrighted by the authors.
- * *Cybersurfers 4: Cybercops and Flame Wars (with Mel Gilden) (Putnam/Price Stern Sloan 0-8431-3979-X, Apr 96 [May 96], $3.95, 141pp, pb, cover by Geoffrey Gove) [Cybersurfers] Young-adult cyber-adventure on the Internet. Series concept copyrighted by Price Stern Sloan; text copyrighted by the authors.
- * _Cybersurfers: Cyberspace Cowboys (with Mel Gilden) See entry under Mel Gilden.
- * *Cybersurfers: Pirates on the Internet (with Mel Gilden) (Putnam/Price Stern Sloan 0-8431-3933-1, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $3.95, 143pp, pb, cover by Geoffrey Gove) [Cybersurfers] Young-adult cyber-adventure on the Internet. Series concept copyrighted by Price Stern Sloan; text copyrighted by the authors.
- * _Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #4: The Pet (with Mel Gilden) See entry under Mel Gilden.
- PEDERSON, JAY P., ed.
- * *St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers (St. James Press 1-55862-179-2, Dec 95, $135.00, 1175pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. A bio-bibliographical guide to over 600 science fiction writers. This is the fourth edition of the book previously titled Twentieth-Century Science Fiction Writers, with new editors, and extensively revised. Robert Reginald is Bibliographic Editor, and the entries are considerably more thorough than in previous editions. There is a preface by H. Bruce Franklin. Order from St. James Press, 835 Penobscot Building, 645 Griswold St., Detroit MI 48226; orders 800-877-4253.
- PEDLER, KIT; [i.e., Christopher Magnus Howard Pedler] (1927-1981)
- PEDNEAU, DAVE; [i.e., David Elliott Pedneau] (1947-1990); see pseudonyms Marc Eliot & Lee Hawks
- PEEL, JOHN (Ronald) (1954- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Diadem #1: Book of Names (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-05947-5, Jul 97 [Aug 97], $3.99, 185pp, tp, cover by Michael Evans) [Diadem] Young-adult fantasy novel. Teens are transported to another dimension of mystery and danger.
- * *Diadem #2: Book of Signs (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-05948-3, Jul 97 [Aug 97], $3.99, 175pp, tp, cover by Michael Evans) [Diadem] Young-adult fantasy novel.
- * *Diadem #3: Book of Magic (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-05949-1, Jul 97 [Aug 97], $3.99, 176pp, tp, cover by Michael Evans) [Diadem] Young-adult fantasy novel. Teens fight evil in another dimension.
- * *Diadem #4: Book of Thunder (Scholastic/Apple 0-590-05950-5, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $3.99, 155pp, tp) [Diadem] Young-adult fantasy novel. Teens help unicorns fight evil in another dimension.
- * *Doctor Who: Evolution (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20422-0, Sep 94 [Oct 94], £4.99, 261pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.
- * *Doctor Who: Legacy of the Daleks (BBC Books 0-563-40574-0, Apr 98 [Mar 98], £4.99, 245pp, pb) [Doctor Who: New Adventures] Novelization based on the TV series.
- * *Doctor Who: The Chase (Target 0-426-20336-4, Jul 89, £1.99, 144pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization. Volume 140 in the series.
- * _Doctor Who: The Chase (Target 0-426-20336-4, Jul 91 [Aug 91], £2.50, 144pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Reissue (Target 1989) young-adult sf novelization. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $4.95. Volume 140 in the series.
- * *Doctor Who: The Daleks Master Plan - Part I: Mission to the Unknown (Lyle Stuart/Target 0-426-20343-7, Sep 89 [Oct 89], $3.95, 174pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization, Doctor Who #141. This is a worldwide edition.
- * *Doctor Who: The Daleks Master Plan - Part I: Mission to the Unknown (Target 0-426-20343-7, Sep 89, £1.99, 174pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Young-adult sf novelization. Volume 141 in the series.
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