The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

PASCAL, FRANCINE (P.) (continued)

• * _Sweet Valley High #128: Kiss of a Killer (Bantam UK 0-553-50463-0, Apr ’97, £2.99, 199pp, pb, cover by Oliver Hunter) [Sweet Valley High: Vampire] Reprint (Bantam 1996) young-adult dark fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Vampire” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Tall, Dark, and Deadly (Bantam Sweet Valley 0-553-56764-0, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $3.99, 195pp, pb, cover by Bruce Emmett) [Sweet Valley High: Vampire] Young-adult vampire horror novel, first in the “Vampire” trilogy, and #126 in the “Sweet Valley High” series. Jessica falls for the mesmerizing new guy in town, but her twin is suspicious; then a blood-drained body is found. Copyrighted by the author; copyright page states “Conceived by Francine Pascal, Produced by Daniel Weiss Associates.”

PASCALL, JEREMY; pseudonym of Jeremy James Zupringer, (1946- )

• * +God, The Ultimate Autobiography (Salem House 0-88162-292-3, Apr ’88, $14.95, 143pp, hc) Humorous fantasy/"autobiography" with Pascall as “holy ghost writer.” Illustrations by Katherine Lamb. First U.S. edition (UK 1987).
• * _God, The Ultimate Autobiography (SFBC #13768, Dec ’88, $3.98, 143pp, hc) Reprint (UK 1987) humorous fantasy/"autobiography" with Pascall as the “Holy Ghost” writer.

PASECHNICK, STEVE, ed. (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Best of the Rest 1990: The Best Science Fiction and Fantasy from the Small Press (with Brian Youmans) (Edgewood Press 0-9629066-1-1, May ’91 [Jan ’92], $8.00, 128pp, tp) Anthology of science fiction and fantasy short stories from small press sources. Order from Edgewood Press, PO Box 264, Cambridge MA 02238. Include $2.00 for postage. (Contents)

PASNAK, WILLIAM (1949- )

• * *In the City of the King (Groundwood 0-88899-027-8, 1984 [Aug ’86], $5.95, 144pp, pb) Persian-flavored young-adult fantasy novel. This appeared in Canada in 1984, but we missed it. It’s now being distributed in the U.S. by Salem House, c/o Mercedes Distribution Center, Inc., 160 Imlay St., Brooklyn NY 11231.

PASSEY, HELEN K.

• * *Speak to the Rain (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31489-2, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $12.95, 167pp, hc) Young-adult horror novel. A young girl bargains with the spirits of a murdered Indian tribe to return her mother from the dead. A first novel.

PATERSON, KATHERINE (stories)

• * *Parzival: The Quest of the Grail Knight (Penguin/Lodestar 0-525-67579-5, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $15.99, 127pp, hc, cover by Curtis Woodbridge) Young-adult Arthurian novella of Parzival’s quest, based on the poem by Wolfram von Eschenbach.

PATNEAUDE, DAVID (stories)

• * *Dark Starry Morning: Stories of This World and Beyond (Albert Whitman 0-8075-1474-8, Oct ’95 [Feb ’96], $13.95, 123pp, hc, cover by Doron Ben-Ami) Young-adult collection of six stories, several with fantasy or SF elements. Albert Whitman & Co., 6340 Oakton St., Morton Grove IL 60053. (Contents)

PATON WALSH, JILL; [i.e., Gillian Paton Walsh] (1937- ) (stories)

• * _A Chance Child (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-41174-3, Apr ’91 [Mar ’92], $3.95, 185pp, tp, cover by Diana Zelvin) Reprint (Macmillan UK 1978) young-adult time-travel fantasy novel about a troubled modern boy who runs away and ends up in the mid-19th-century Industrial Revolution.
• * _The Green Book (Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Sunburst 0-374-42802-6, Sep ’86, $2.95, 69pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1981) young-adult sf story of a group of Britons traveling from a dying Earth to an inhospitable new planet of crystalline plantlife.
• * _Shine (Macdonald 0-356-13463-6, Feb ’88, £1.95, 96pp, pb) Reprint (Macmillan 1981, as The Green Book) young adult sf novella. Also available in hc (-13462-8) for £5.95.
• * *Torch (Viking Kestrel 0-670-81554-3, Oct ’87, £6.95, 176pp, hc) Juvenile sf novel. [Not seen]
• * +Torch (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-37684-0, May ’88 [Sep ’88], $12.95, 176pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel about the last Olympic torch, set in a post-catastrophe world. First U.S. edition (Viking Kestrel UK 1987).
• * _Torch (Puffin 0-14-032275-2, Apr ’89, £1.99, 176pp, pb, cover by Chris Molan) Reprint (Viking Kestrel 1987) young-adult sf novel.

PATTERSON, JAMES (Brendan) (1947- )

• * *When the Wind Blows (Little Brown 0-316-69332-4, Nov ’98 [Oct ’98], $25.00, 416pp, hc, cover by Joe Ovies) [When the Wind Blows] Cautionary SF thriller by a well-known suspense writer. A veterinarian stumbles on winged children, the result of outlaw genetic experiments.

PATTERSON, NANCY-LOU (1929- )

• * *Apple Staff and Silver Crown, a Fairy Tale (Porcupine’s Quill 0-88984-075-X, 1985 [Aug ’86], $10.95, 223pp, pb) Illustrated fairytale fantasy novel. This was published in 1985, but we did not see it until 1986. Distributed by Firefly Books Ltd., 3920 Pharmacy Ave., Unit 1C, Scarborough, Ont. M1W 2T8, Canada.

PATTERSON, TERESA (stories)

• * _The World of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time (with Robert Jordan) See entry under Robert Jordan.

PATTON, FIONA (1962- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Painter Knight (DAW 0-88677-780-1, Jun ’98 [May ’98], $6.99, 522pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Brannion] Fantasy novel set in the same land as The Stone Prince, but over a century earlier. A painter saves a child ruler from her ambitious uncle — with the help of normally opposed gods.
• * *The Stone Prince (DAW 0-88677-735-6, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], $6.99, 542pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) [Brannion] Celtic fantasy novel. A prince must master magic powers in time for war. A first novel.

PATTOU, EDITH; [i.e., Edith Pattou Emery] (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Fire Arrow (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201635-X, May ’98, $17.00, hc, cover by Michael Hussar) [Songs of Eirren] Young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to Hero’s Song, the “Second Song of Eirren”. A young archer seeking revenge finds a magic arrow that leads her to an evil sorcerer.
• * *Hero’s Song (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-233807-1, Oct ’91 [Nov ’91], $16.95, 290pp, hc, cover by Douglas Girard) [Songs of Eirren] Young-adult Celtic fantasy. A boy hunting his kidnapped sister becomes the champion fated to battle the Queen of the Ghosts.
• * _Hero’s Song (Harcourt Brace/Magic Carpet 0-15-201636-8, Apr ’98, $6.00, 315pp, pb, cover by Michael Hussar) [Songs of Eirren] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991) young-adult Celtic fantasy novel, book one of “The Songs of Eirren”.

PATTRICK, WILLIAM, ed.; pseudonym of Peter Haining, (1940-2007) (stories)

• * _Duel and Other Horror Stories of the Road (Star 0-352-32164-4, Dec ’87 [Nov ’87], £2.50, 223pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1987, as Mysterious Motoring Stories) supernatural anthology.
• * *Mysterious Air Stories (W.H. Allen 0-491-03581-0, May ’86, £9.95, 249pp, hc) Anthology of suspense and fantasy stories of the air. (Contents)
• * *Mysterious Motoring Stories (W.H. Allen 0-491-03643-4, Feb ’87, £10.95, 224pp, hc) Anthology of supernatural stories about cars. Reprinted (Star 1987) as Duel and Other Horror Stories of the Road. (Contents)
• * *Mysterious Railway Stories (London: W.H. Allen, 1984, hc) Also available in pb (London: Star 1985). (Contents)
• * *Mysterious Sea Stories (W.H. Allen 0-491-03114-9, Jan ’85, £9.95, 247pp, hc) Anthology of 14 sea fantasies. American edition: Salem House 1985. (Contents)
• * +Mysterious Sea Stories (Salem House 0-88162-046-7, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $14.95, 247pp, hc) Anthology of 14 sea fantasies. There is a simultaneous British edition from W.H. Allen. (Contents)
• * _Mysterious Sea Stories (Star 0-352-31728-0, Jan ’86, £1.95, 240pp, pb) Reprint (W.H. Allen 1985) anthology of tales involving fantasy and the supernatural.
• * +Mysterious Sea Stories (Dell 0-440-16088-X, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 247pp, pb) Anthology of strange or supernatural sea stories. First American edition (W.H. Allen 1985).

PAUL, BARBARA (Jeanne) (1931- ) (stories)

• * _Liars & Tyrants & People Who Turn Blue (International Polygonics 1-55882-110-4, Oct ’91 [Nov ’91], $5.95, 179pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1980) thriller with fantasy elements of a woman who can tell a lie from truth by seeing the aura of the person speaking.
• * *Star Trek: The Three Minute Universe (Pocket 0-671-65816-6, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.95, 265pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Kirk saves the Universe again. #41 in the continuing series.
• * *Star Trek: The Three Minute Universe (Titan 1-85286-068-5, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], £2.95, 265pp, pb) [Star Trek] Sf novelization. Simultaneous with the US (Pocket Books) edition.

PAULSEN, GARY (Melvin) (1939- )

• * _Canyons (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21023-2, Sep ’91 [Nov ’91], $3.50, 184pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 1990) young-adult psychic thriller of a modern boy whose spirit is linked with an Apache boy killed in the 1860s, making him run a gauntlet of terror to bring the Apache’s skull to rest.
• * *The Transall Saga (Delacorte 0-385-32196-1, May ’98, $15.95, 248pp, hc, cover by Jon Paul Ferrara) Young-adult time-travel SF novel. A teen is transported to what appears to be another world.

PAUSACKER, JENNY (1948- ) (stories)

• * +Fast Forward (Morrow/Lothrop Lee & Shepard 0-688-10195-X, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $12.95, 88pp, hc, cover by Donna Rawlins) Young-adult fantasy novella. A boy learns to fast forward and rewind his own life. First American edition (Angus & Robertson 1989).

PAUSEWANG, GUDRUN (1928- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * +Fall-Out (Viking 0-670-86104-9, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $13.99, 172pp, hc, cover by Lynne Russell) Young-adult SF thriller. Two children flee nuclear disaster. Translated by Patricia Crampton from Die Wolke (Ravensburger Buchverlag Otto Maier 1987). First US edition (Viking UK 1994).
• * _The Last Children (Julia MacRae 0-86203-402-7, Oct ’89, £7.95, 123pp, hc) Reprint (Western Producer Prairie Books 1988 as The Last Children of Schevenborn) post-holocaust young-adult sf novel. Translated by Norman Wyatt from the German (Otto Maier Verlag Ravensburg 1983 as Die Letzen Kinder von Schewenborn). [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Last Children (Walker 0-7445-1750-8, Sep ’90, £2.99, 122pp, pb, cover by Tim Ellock) Reprint (Western Producer Prairie Books 1988 as The Last Children of Schevenborn) post-holocaust young-adult sf novel. Translated by Norman Wyatt from the German (Otto Maier Verlag Ravensburg 1983 as Die Letzen Kinder von Schewenborn).

PAUTZ, PETER D(ennis), ed. (1952- ) (stories)

• * _The Architecture of Fear (with Kathryn Cramer) See entry under Kathryn Cramer.

PAVIC, MILORAD (1929- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Dictionary of the Khazars (QPBC no ISBN, Oct ’89, $11.95, 338pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1988) literary dictionary/fantasy/mystery “novel”, translated from the Serbo-Croatian by Christina Pribicevic-Zoric. The “male” and “female” editions differ by 17 lines. The female edition is also available. This is identical to the Knopf edition except there is no ISBN and the jacket is printed as the paperback cover.
• * _Dictionary of the Khazars (Vintage 0-679-72461-3, Oct ’89, $9.95, 335pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1988) literary dictionary/fantasy/mystery “novel”, translated from the Serbo-Croatian by Christina Pribicevic-Zoric. The “male” and “female” editions differ by 17 lines. The female edition is also available (-72754-X).
• * *Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel (Knopf 0-394-57183-5, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $19.95, 338pp, hc) [Male edition] Literary dictionary/fantasy/mystery “novel”, translated from the Serbo-Croatian by Christina Pribicevic-Zoric. The “male” and “female” editions differ by 17 lines. The “characters” include devils and vampires.
• * *Dictionary of the Khazars: A Lexicon Novel (Knopf 0-394-57236-X, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $19.95, 338pp, hc) “Female” edition of the above.
• * *The Inner Side of the Wind, or The Novel of Hero and Leander (Knopf 0-679-42085-1, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $22.00, 77/97pp, hc, cover by William Etty) Fantasy novel of two lovers, one in the 18th century, the other in the 20th. The same story is told from both of their viewpoints, arranged back-to-back a la the Ace Doubles. Translated from the Serbo-Croatian by Christina Pribicevic-Zoric. Originally published in Serbia (Prosveta 1991).
• * *Landscape Painted with Tea (Knopf 0-394-58217-9, Aug ’90 [Nov ’90], $21.95, 337pp, hc, cover by Graham Rust) Literary fantasy/surrealist novel about an architect whose search for his father leads him deep into the history and secrets of Mount Athos. Translated from the Serbo-Croatian by Christina Pribicevic-Zoric, this was originally published in Yugoslavia (Prosveta 1990 as Predeo Slikan Cajem).
• * _Landscape Painted with Tea (Random House/Vintage 0-679-73344-2, Oct ’91, $12.00, 339pp, tp, cover by Graham Rust) Reprint (Knopf 1990) literary fantasy novel. Translated from the Serbo-Croatian by Christina Pribicevic-Zoric, this was originally published in Yugoslavia as Predeo Slikan Cajem (Prosveta 1990).
• * *Last Love in Constantinople: A Tarot Novel for Divination (Peter Owen 0-7206-1035-4, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £15.95, 184pp, hc, cover by Keith Savage) Literary fantasy novel, translated by Christina Pribichevich-Zoric from the Serbian original (1994). Illustrated by Pavic. Appendixed Tarot cards can be dealt to determine in which order the chapters should be read.
• * +Last Love in Constantinople: A Tarot Novel for Divination (Dufour Editions 0-8023-1323-X, Jun ’98, $23.95, 184pp, tp, cover by Ivan Pavic) Literary fantasy of two families in Europe during the Napoleonic wars, with instructions on how to read the book using tarot cards; cards illustrated by Ivan Pavic may be cut out and used. Tranlated from the Serbian (1994) by Christina Pribichevich-Zoric. First US edition (Peter Owen 1998); unusually for Dufour, this is NOT a stickered UK edition. Order from Dufour Editions, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; (610) 458-5005.

PAXSON, DIANA L(ucile) (1943- ); see also Marion Zimmer Bradley (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Brisingamen (Berkley 0-425-07298-3, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $2.75, 261pp, pb) Fantasy novel set in modern Berkeley and San Francisco.
• * _Brisingamen (Berkley 0-425-07298-3, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 261pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1984) fantasy novel. Second printing.
• * *The Dragons of the Rhine (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-13986-8, Jan ’95, $23.00, 371pp, hc, cover by Donato) [*Wodan’s Children] Historical fantasy novel, volume two in a retelling of the Nibelungenlied.
• * _The Dragons of the Rhine (AvoNova 0-380-76527-6, Dec ’95 [Nov ’95], $5.99, 371pp, pb, cover by Donato) [*Wodan’s Children] Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1995) historical fantasy, second in the “Wodan’s Children” trilogy.
• * *The Earthstone (Tor 0-812-54862-0, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $3.50, 278pp, pb) [Westria] Fantasy novel, #4 in the “Westria” series.
• * _The Earthstone (NEL 0-450-52472-8, Sep ’90, £3.99, 278pp, pb) [Westria] Reprint (Tor 1987) fantasy novel. Book Three of “The Chronicles of Westria”.
• * _The Forest House [as by Marion Zimmer Bradley] See entry under Marion Zimmer Bradley.
• * *The Jewel of Fire (Tor 0-812-51110-7, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $3.99, 309pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Westria] Fantasy novel, seventh (and final) book of the “Westria” series. The back is new, the 1986 copyright inside is apparently a mistake.
• * _The Jewel of Fire (NEL 0-450-56227-1, Aug ’92, £4.99, 309pp, pb) [Westria] Reprint (Tor 1992) fantasy novel. Book six of “The Chronicles of Westria”. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Lady of Light, Lady of Darkness (NEL 0-450-50938-9, Feb ’90 [Dec ’89], £4.99, 594pp, pb) [Westria] Fantasy omnibus. Book One of “The Chronicles of Westria”. (Contents)
• * *The Lord of Horses (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-14606-6, Mar ’96 [Feb ’96], $23.00, 373pp, hc, cover by Donato) [*Wodan’s Children] Fantasy novel, the third book in the “Wodan” trilogy. Widowed Gudrun is forced to marry Attila the Hun.
• * _The Lord of Horses (AvoNova 0-380-76528-4, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [*Wodan’s Children] Reprint (Morrow 1996) fantasy novel, the third book in the “Wodan’s Children” trilogy.
• * *Master of Earth and Water (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes) (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-12505-0, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $22.00, 395pp, hc, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Fionn mac Cumhal] Celtic fantasy novel, first book of a new series chronicling the adventures of Irish hero Fionn mac Cumhall.
• * _Master of Earth and Water (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes) (AvoNova 0-380-75801-6, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $4.99, 395pp, pb, cover by Jean Pierre Targete) [Fionn mac Cumhal] Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1993) Celtic fantasy novel, first book of a new series chronicling the adventures of Irish hero Fionn mac Cumhall.
• * *The Mistress of the Jewels (Tor 0-812-54866-3, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.99, 503pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) [Westria] Omnibus of the first two books of the “Westria” fantasy series, Lady of Light (Timescape 1982) and Lady of Darkness (Timescape 1983). The cover calls this the “First Book of the Westria”. (Contents)
• * *The Paradise Tree (Ace 0-441-65134-8, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $2.95, 243pp, pb) Contemporary fantasy novel.
• * *The Sea Star (Tor 0-812-54864-7, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 374pp, pb) [Westria] Fantasy novel, the Fifth Book of Westria.
• * _The Sea Star (NEL 0-450-53718-8, Feb ’91, £4.50, 374pp, pb) [Westria] Reprint (Tor 1988) fantasy novel. Book Four of “The Chronicles of Westria.”
• * *The Serpent’s Tooth (Morrow 0-688-08339-0, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $20.00, 402pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Historical fantasy novel about the Celtic prototype for Shakespeare’s King Lear.
• * _The Serpent’s Tooth (AvoNova 0-380-75680-3, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $4.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Morrow 1991) historical fantasy novel about the Celtic prototype for Shakespeare’s King Lear.
• * *The Shield Between the Worlds (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes) (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-13176-X, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $22.00, 317pp, hc, cover by Jean Targete) [Fionn mac Cumhal] Celtic fantasy novel, sequel to Master of Earth and Water.
• * _The Shield Between the Worlds (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes) (AvoNova 0-380-75802-4, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $4.99, 317pp, pb, cover by Jean Targete) [Fionn mac Cumhal] Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1994) Celtic fantasy novel, second in the “Chronicles of Fionn mac Cumhal”.
• * *Silverhair the Wanderer (Tor 0-812-54860-4, Dec ’86 [Nov ’86], $2.95, 310pp, pb) [Westria] Fantasy novel in the “Westria” series.
• * _Silverhair the Wanderer (NEL 0-450-52091-9, Jun ’90, £3.99, 310pp, pb) [Westria] Reprint (Tor 1986) fantasy novel. Book Two of “The Chronicles of Westria”.
• * *Sword of Fire and Shadow (with Adrienne Martine-Barnes) (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-14156-0, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $22.00, 426pp, hc, cover by Jean Targete) [Fionn mac Cumhal] Celtic fantasy novel, third in the “Chronicles of Fionn Mac Cumhal”.