The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- PERRY, STEVE(n Carl) (stories) (continued)
- * *Conan the Indomitable (Tor 0-812-50295-7, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $7.95, 273pp, tp) [Conan] Fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howards character.
- * _Conan the Indomitable (Tor 0-812-50860-2, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $3.95, 273pp, pb, cover by Kirk Reinert) [Conan] Reprint (Tor 1989) fantasy novelization based on Robert E. Howards character.
- * *The Digital Effect (Ace 0-441-00439-3, May 97 [Apr 97], $5.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Edwin Herder) SF novel. An artist and amateur private eye investigates murder on a space station.
- * _Dome (with J. Michael Reaves) See entry under J. Michael Reaves.
- * *The Forever Drug (Ace 0-441-0142-4, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $5.50, 287pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Venture Silk] SF novel of interplanetary espionage featuring Venture Silk; sequel to Spindoc.
- * _Hellstar (with J. Michael Reaves) See entry under J. Michael Reaves.
- * *The Hero Curse (DimeNovels 1-56317-008-6, Jul 91, $1.99, 94pp, pb, cover by Zac Reisner) Fantasy novella of a stableboy who becomes the keeper of an enchanted sword. This is a small format paperback (11.5 x 7.5 cm.).
- * *Isaac Asimovs I-Bots: Time Was (with Gary A. Braunbeck) (HarperPrism 0-06-105295-7, Jun 98, $23.00, 441pp, hc, cover by Peter Peebles) SF novelization based (supposedly) on a new take on robots by Asimov. Packaged and copyrighted by BIG Entertainment.
- * *Leonard Nimoys Primortals: Target Earth (Warner Aspect 0-446-52011-X, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $22.00, 276pp, hc) SF novel based on the comic books. Packaged and copyrighted by BIG Entertainment.
- * _Leonard Nimoys Primortals: Target Earth (Warner Aspect 0-446-60510-7, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $6.50, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1997) SF novel based on the comic books. Packaged and copyrighted by BIG Entertainment.
- * _Leonard Nimoys Primortals: Target Earth (Bantam UK 0-553-50666-8, Mar 98, £5.99, 288pp, pb) Reprint (Warner Aspect 1997) SF novel based on the comic books created by Nimoy, with concepts by Isaac Asimov. Packaged and copyrighted by BIG Entertainment. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Machiavelli Interface (Ace 0-441-51356-5, Jul 86 [Jun 86], $2.95, 197pp, pb) [Matador] Sf novel of martial arts in space, conclusion of the Matador Trilogy.
- * _The Machiavelli Interface (Orbit 0-7474-0350-3, Dec 90, £3.50, 197pp, pb) [Khadaji] Reprint (Ace 1986) sf novel. Volume 3 in the Matador trilogy.
- * _The Machiavelli Interface (Ace 0-441-51356-5, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $3.99, 197pp, pb, cover by Richard Berry) [Khadaji] Reissue (Ace 1986) sf adventure novel, third book of the Matador series the copyright page still identifies this as a first printing, but its at least the second.
- * *The Man Who Never Missed (Ace 0-441-51916-4, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $2.95, 195pp, pb) [Khadaji] Sf novel, a one-man guerrilla army against an oppressive empire. Above-average martial-arts sf. (PJH)
- * _The Man Who Never Missed (Sphere 0-7474-0348-1, Jun 89, £2.99, 195pp, pb) [Khadaji] Reprint (Berkley 1985) sf novel. Volume 1 in the Matador trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Man Who Never Missed (Ace 0-441-51918-0, Aug 91, $3.95, 195pp, pb, cover by James Gurney) [Khadaji] Reissue (Ace 1985) sf adventure novel, first book of the Matador series; fourth printing.
- * *Matadora (Ace 0-441-52207-6, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $2.95, 211pp, pb) [Matador] Sf novel of martial arts in space, sequel to The Man Whe Never Missed.
- * _Matadora (Sphere 0-7474-0349-X, Nov 89, £3.50, 211pp, pb) [Khadaji] Reprint (Ace 1986) sf novel. Volume 2 in the Matador trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Matadora (Ace 0-441-52207-6, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $4.50, 211pp, pb, cover by Richard Berry) [Khadaji] Reissue (Ace 1986) sf adventure novel, second book of the Matador series; third printing.
- * *Men in Black (Bantam 0-553-57756-5, Jul 97 [Jun 97], $5.99, 226pp, pb) [Men in Black] Movie novelization of the sci-fi comedy based on the comic book. Copyrighted by Columbia Pictures Industries.
- * _Men in Black (Penguin 0-14-026890-1, Jul 97, £5.99, 226pp, pb) [Men in Black] Reprint (Bantam 1997) novelisation of the SF movie. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Omega Cage (with J. Michael Reaves) (Ace 0-441-62382-4, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $3.50, 244pp, pb) [Khadaji] Sf adventure novel about escaping from a brutal prison planet. Set in the same universe as the Matador trilogy.
- * *Spindoc (Ace 0-441-00008-8, Feb 94 [Jan 94], $4.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Venture Silk] Sf novel about a specialist in manipulating data for public consumption caught up in a murder plot.
- * *Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10089-0, May 96 [Apr 96], $22.95, 340pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Novelization based on the movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
- * _Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (SFBC #11822, Jun 96 [May 96], $8.98, 298pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) Star Wars novelization. This is similar to the Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * *Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Bantam UK 0-593-04040-6, Jun 96 [Apr 96], £12.99, 340pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Star Wars novelisation.
- * _Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Bantam UK 0-553-50472-X, Mar 97 [Feb 97], £4.99, 385pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) Star Wars novelisation.
- * _Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57413-2, Apr 97 [Mar 97], $5.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) novelization based on the movies. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
- * *Stellar Ranger (AvoNova 0-380-77301-5, May 94 [Apr 94], $4.99, 212pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Stellar Ranger] Sf adventure novel in the style of a Western about solitary Stellar Ranger Cinch Carsons battle against a lunatic who wants to conquer the universe.
- * *Stellar Ranger: Lone Star (AvoNova 0-380-77302-3, Jan 95 [Dec 94], $4.99, 227pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Stellar Ranger] SF adventure novel, second in the Stellar Ranger series. Packaged and copyrighted by Bill Fawcett & Associates.
- * *Thong the Barbarian Meets the Cycle Sluts of Saturn (with J. Michael Reaves) (Donald Ahlquist Publications no ISBN, 1998, $35.00, 96pp, hc, cover by Daniel Conan Young) Deliberately bad fantasy novella mixing elements of Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard, and pulp SF adventure. Illustrated by Daniel Conan Young. Foreword by Perry; afterword by Reaves. This is a limited edition of 100 numbered and 26 lettered copies.
- * *The Trinity Vector (Ace 0-441-00350-8, Jul 96 [Jun 96], $5.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Edwin Herder) SF novel. Three mysterious boxes hold the secrets of the universe.
- PERUCHO, JOAN (1920- )
- * +Natural History (Knopf 0-394-57058-8, 1988 [Nov 88], $17.95, 186pp, hc) A vampire novel set in 1830s Spain. First U.S. (and first English-language) edition (Ediciones Destino, Spain 1960).
- * _Natural History (Ballantine 0-345-36560-7, Apr 90 [Mar 90], $4.95, 160pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1988) vampire dark fantasy novel set in 19th-century Spain. Translated from the Catalan by David H. Rosenthal, this was originally published in Spain in 1960.
- PETERMAN, MINDY
- * *Quantum Leap: Song and Dance (Berkley Boulevard 0-425-16577-9, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $6.99, 241pp, pb, cover by Steve Gardner) [Quantum Leap] Novelization based on the TV show, 17th in the series. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Publishing Rights.
- PETERS, ALISTAIR
- * *Geronimus Rex (Janus 1-85756-152-X, Feb 95, £6.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Alistair Peters) Humorous fantasy novel. When a dragon is shot down, and demands one of the Kings daughters in recompense, an enemy power schemes to take advantage of the situation by thwarting Princess Hornicutts attempts to sacrifice herself. A first novel. Available from Edinburgh House, 19 Nassau Street, London W1N 7RE.
- PETERS, CATHERINE
- * +The King of Inventors: A Life of Wilkie Collins (Princeton University Press 0-691-03392-7, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $29.95, 502pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A biography of Wilkie Collins. First American edition (Secker & Warburg 1991).
- PETERS, DAVID
- * *Photon #1: For the Glory (Berkley 0-425-09811-7, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $2.50, 155pp, pb) [Photon] Juvenile sf novel; first in an intergalactic action series.
- * *Photon #2: High Stakes (Berkley 0-425-09812-5, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $2.50, 150pp, pb) [Photon] Juvenile sf novel.
- * *Photon #3: In Search of Mom (Berkley Pacer 0-425-10106-1, Jul 87 [Jun 87], $2.50, 155pp, pb) [Photon] Photon Adventure Novel #3, latest in a juvenile sf series.
- * *Photon #4: This is Your Life, Bhodi Li (Berkley Pacer 0-425-10185-1, Sep 87 [Aug 87], $2.50, 149pp, pb) [Photon] Young-adult sf novel, Photon Adventure #4.
- * *Photon #5: Exile (Berkley Pacer 0-425-10611-X, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $2.50, 152pp, pb) [Photon] Young-adult sf novel, latest in a series.
- * *Psi-Man (Charter Diamond 1-55773-399-6, Oct 90 [Sep 90], $3.50, 202pp, pb) [Psi-Man] Mens adventure fantasy novel with a psychic Quaker hero who uses his powers to fight a secret government agency. First book of a series.
- * *Psi-Man: Deathscape (Charter Diamond 1-55773-450-X, Jan 91 [Dec 90], $4.50, 185pp, pb) [Psi-Man] Mens adventure fantasy novel with a psychic Quaker hero who uses his powers to fight evil mutants created by biochemical dumping at a weapons plant. Second book of a series.
- * *Psi-Man: Haven (Diamond 1-55773-709-6, May 92 [Apr 92], $3.99, 171pp, pb) [Psi-Man] Mens adventure fantasy novel with a renegade psychic Quaker hero, sixth, and apparently last, book of the series.
- * *Psi-Man: Main Street D.O.A. (Diamond 1-55773-492-5, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $3.50, 185pp, pb) [Psi-Man] Mens adventure fantasy novel with a renegade psychic Quaker hero, third book of a series.
- * *Psi-Man: Stalker (Diamond 1-55773-617-0, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $3.99, 171pp, pb) [Psi-Man] Mens adventure fantasy novel with a renegade psychic Quaker hero, fifth book of an ongoing series.
- * *Psi-Man: The Chaos Kid (Diamond 1-55773-540-9, Jul 91, $3.50, 171pp, pb) [Psi-Man] Mens adventure fantasy novel with a renegade psychic Quaker hero, fourth book of the Psi-Man series.
- * *Skin Deep (Berkley 0-425-10612-8, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $2.50, 138pp, pb) [Photon] Photon #6, juvenile sf novelization based on a game.
- PETERS, ELIZABETH; pseudonym of Barbara G. Mertz, (1927- )
- * _Devil May Care (Severn House 0-7278-5108-X, Jan 97 [Dec 96], £16.99, 250pp, hc) Reprint (Dodd, Mead 1977) associational thriller using the conventions of the horror novel. Its cover title is Devil-May-Care.
- * _Devil-May-Care (Tor 0-812-50789-4, Jun 89 [May 89], $4.50, 250pp, pb) Reprint (Dodd Mead 1977) gothic with real supernatural elements.
- * *The Last Camel Died at Noon (Warner 0-446-51483-7, Sep 91, $18.95, 352pp, hc, cover by Bill Teason) [Amelia Peabody Emerson] Romantic historical fantasy adventure à la Haggard, sixth book of the ongoing Amelia Peabody series of comic mysteries. Victorian explorer Amelia Peabody, with her archaeologist husband and inhumanly precocious son, discover a lost city deep in the Sudan and attempt to drag it kicking and screaming into the 19th century. Peters is a pseudonym for Barbara Mertz.
- * _The Last Camel Died at Noon (Warner 0-446-36338-3, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $4.99, 430pp, pb, cover by William Teason) [Amelia Peabody Emerson] Reprint (Warner 1991) romantic adventure lost race fantasy novel à la Haggard, sixth book of the ongoing Amelia Peabody series of comic Victorian archaeological mysteries.
- PETERS, MAUREEN (Veronica Bernadette) (1935-2008); see pseudonym Sharon Whitby
- PETERS, RALPH (1952- )
- * *Red Army (W.H. Allen 0-352-32533-X, Aug 89, £6.99, 382pp, tp) Near-future thriller. Also available in hardcover (-03694-9, £11.95).
- * *The War in 2020 (Pocket 0-671-67670-9, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $19.95, 434pp, hc) Near-future sf technothriller of war in a world decimated by plague.
- * _The War in 2020 (Lime Tree 0-413-45281-6, May 91, £14.99, 533pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1991) sf novel about a future war in the 21st century between the Americans, the Russians and the Japanese. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The War in 2020 (Pocket Star 0-671-75172-7, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $5.99, 607pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1991) near-future sf technothriller of war in a world decimated by plague.
- * _The War in 2020 (Mandarin 0-7493-1017-0, Mar 92, £4.99, 528pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1991) sf novel about a future war in the 21st century between the Americans, the Russians, and the Japanese.
- PETERSEN, GAIL
- * *The Making of a Monster (Dell Abyss 0-440-21389-4, Jun 93 [May 93], $4.99, 371pp, pb) Vampire horror novel of a conventional woman who becomes a vampire and transforms her life by immersing herself in the L.A. rock scene. A first novel.
- PETERSEN, RAYMOND
- * *Cowkind (St. Martins/Wyatt 0-312-14302-8, Jun 96 [May 96], $21.95, 193pp, hc) Fantasy/satire/mystical novel about a Vietnam-era dairy farm as seen by cows, dogs, and humans. A first novel.
- PETERSEN, SANDY
- * *Petersens Field Guide to Cthulhu Monsters (with Thomas Sullivan & Lynn Willis) (Chaosium 0-933635-48-6, Jul 88, $15.95, 64pp, tp) Art book with a bibliography. It claims to be faithful to Lovecraft.
- * *S. Petersens Field Guide to Creatures of the Dreamlands (with Mark J. Ferrari, Lynn Willis & Thomas Sullivan) (Chaosium 0-933635-53-2, Apr 89, $15.95, 64pp, tp) Art book devoted to creatures of Lovecrafts dreamlands.
- PETERSEN, VICTORIA
- PETERSON, BETH (stories)
- * *No Turning Back (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-31914-2, May 96 [Nov 96], $14.00, 103pp, hc, cover by Roy Pendleton) Young-adult fantasy novel. When a friend dies, Dillon gets lost in a wood full of magic creatures.
- PETERSON, CASSANDRA; see pseudonym Elvira (stories)
- PETHERICK, SIMON, ed. (1960- ) (stories)
- * *Classic Stories of Mystery, Horror and Suspense (Robert Hale 0-7090-2933-0, Jun 87 [Nov 87], £9.95, 224pp, hc) Horror anthology. (Contents)
- PETREY, SUSAN C(andace) (1945-1980) (stories)
- * *Gifts of Blood (OSFCI no ISBN, Jul 90 [Aug 90], $20.00, 208pp, hc) Collection of nine stories, including the Hugo-nominated Spidersong, plus an introduction by the editors, Paul M. Wrigley and Debbie Cross, plus essays by Ursula K. Le Guin, Vonda N. McIntyre, and Kate Wilhelm. This is a limited edition of five hundred copies, 26 copies are lettered, the rest numbered. All proceeds will go to the Susan C. Petrey Clarion Scholarship Fund. (Contents)
- * _Gifts of Blood (Baen 0-671-72107-0, Feb 92 [Jan 92], $4.50, 192pp, pb, cover by Tim Hildebrandt) Reprint (OSFCI 1990) collection of nine stories, including the Hugo-nominated Spidersong, plus an introduction by the editors, Paul M. Wrigley and Debbie Cross.
- PETTY, ALAN (1947- ); see pseudonym Alan Judd (stories)
- PEWSEY, ELIZABETH (1948- )
- * *The Dewstone Quest (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-304-2, Jul 97, £3.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Otherworld] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book two in the Otherworld series after The Talking Head. A hardcover edition (-303-4, £9.99) was announced but not seen.
- * *The Walled City (Orion/Dolphin 1-85881-306-9, Jul 98 [Aug 98], £4.50, 186pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Otherworld] Young-adult fantasy novel. Third in a trilogy after The Talking Head & The Dewstone Quest.
- PEYTON, K. M.; pseudonym of Kathleen Wendy Peyton & Michael P. Peyton (stories)
- * *Unquiet Spirits (Scholastic Press 0-590-54231-1, Nov 97, £4.99, 216pp, tp, cover by Michael Mascaro) Young-adult ghost novel. Scholastic Press is a new quality imprint.
- PEYTON, KATHLEEN WENDY (1929- ); see pseudonym K. M. Peyton (stories)
- PEYTON, MICHAEL P.; see pseudonym K. M. Peyton (stories)
- PEYTON, RICHARD, ed.; pseudonym of Peter Haining, (1940-2007) (stories)
- * *The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One (Souvenir Press 0-285-62991-3, Oct 90, £14.95, 322pp, hc, cover by Kim Palmer) Anthology of pieces about phantoms of the railway in fact and fiction. (Contents)
- * _The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One (Futura 0-7088-4997-0, Dec 91, £4.99, 382pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Souvenir Press 1990) anthology of pieces about phantoms of the railway in fact and fiction.
- * +Journey Into Fear and Other Great Stories of Horror on the Railways (Wings 0-517-06007-8, Oct 91, $7.99, 322pp, hc, cover by Peter Fiore) Anthology of 25 ghost and horror stories about trains, with introductory material by the editor. This is an instant remainder edition. First American edition (Souvenir Press 1990 as The Ghost Now Standing on Platform One).
- PFEFFER, SUSAN BETH (1948- )
- * *Future Forward (Delacorte 0-385-29740-8, Jun 89 [Apr 89], $13.95, 123pp, hc) [Rewind to Yesterday] Young-adult humorous sf novel about a VCR that acts as a time machine, sequel to Rewind to Yesterday.
- * _Future Forward (Dell Yearling 0-440-40475-4, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $3.25, 123pp, tp, cover by Dave Henderson) [Rewind to Yesterday] Reprint (Delacorte 1989) young-adult humorous sf novel about a VCR that is also a time machine, sequel to Rewind to Yesterday.
- * *Rewind to Yesterday (Delacorte 0-440-50048-6, Sep 88 [Oct 88], $13.95, 138pp, hc) [Rewind to Yesterday] Young-adult time travel novel using a magical VCR.
- * _Rewind to Yesterday (Dell Yearling 0-440-40474-6, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $3.25, 138pp, pb, cover by Dave Henderson) [Rewind to Yesterday] Reprint (Delacorte 1988) young-adult humorous time-travel sf novel.
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