The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

PELZER, LINDA C.

• * *Mary Higgins Clark: A Critical Companion (Greenwood Press 0-313-29413-5, Jul ’96 [Aug ’96], $29.95, 175pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical guide. Includes a bibliography and index. Order from Greenwood Press, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881; credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [Clark]

PEMBERTON, VICTOR (stories)

• * *Doctor Who: The Pescatons (Target 0-426-20353-4, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], £2.50, 124pp, pb, cover by Alister Pearson) [Doctor Who] Novelization of an LP record featuring Tom Baker as Doctor Who. Volume 153 in the series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the U.S. for $4.95.
• * *Fury from the Deep (W.H. Allen 0-491-03652-3, May ’86, £7.95, 192pp, hc) [Doctor Who] Sf novel based on the “Doctor Who” tv series. Doctor Who #110.
• * _Fury from the Deep (Target 0-426-20259-7, Oct ’86, £1.95, 189pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Reprint (W.H. Allen 1986) sf novel based on the “Doctor Who” tv series. Doctor Who #110.

PENDARVES, G. G.; pseudonym of Gordon Trenery, (1885-1938) (stories)

• * *The Devil’s Graveyard (The British Fantasy Society no ISBN, Nov ’88, £1.50, 47pp, ph) Collection of three ghost/horror stories, edited and introduced by Richard Dalby. Volume 4 in the “Masters of Fantasy” series. Volume 14 in the “BFS Booklet” series. (Contents)

PENDLETON, DON(ald Eugene) (1927-1995) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Heart to Heart (Popular Library 0-445-20258-0, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $2.95, 240pp, pb) [Ashton Ford] “Ashton Ford #5”, latest in a men’s adventure series about a psychic spy.
• * *Life to Life (Popular Library 0-445-20256-4, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.95, 256pp, pb) [Ashton Ford] Occult fantasy private eye novel, “Ashton Ford” #4.
• * *Time to Time (Popular Library 0-445-20260-2, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $3.95, 215pp, pb) [Ashton Ford] Psychic detective novel with sf elements, “Ashton Ford” #6.

PENLEY, CONSTANCE, ed. (1948- )

• * *Close Encounters: Film, Feminism, and Science Fiction (with Elisabeth Lyon, Lynn Spigel & Janet Bergstrom) (University of Minnesota 0-8166-1912-3, Jan ’91 [Feb ’91], $13.95, 298pp, tp) Non-fiction; criticism. A collection of nine essays on feminism and sf tv/film plus a screenplay by Peter Wollen. This is an expanded version of a special issue of Camera Obscura (1986). A hardcover edition (-1911-5, $29.95) was announced but not seen.

PENN, MALKA (stories)

• * *The Hanukkah Ghosts (Holiday House 0-8234-1145-1, Nov ’95, $14.95, 76pp, hc, cover by Trina Schart Hyman) Young-adult time travel novella. A girl is mysteriously transported back to WWII England.

PENNINGTON, BRUCE (1944- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _B.P. (Paper Tiger 1-85028-276-5, Aug ’94, £3.99, 43pp, hc, cover by Bruce Pennington) Miniature (100mm x 75mm) art book of 20 paintings, selected from Ultraterranium by Pennington.
• * *The Bruce Pennington Portfolio (Paper Tiger 1-85028-138-6, Jan ’91, £9.95, 64pp, tp, cover by Bruce Pennington) Portfolio of 28 full page (16" x 11") reproductions of Bruce Pennington covers, with introductory text by Nigel Suckling.
• * *Ultraterranium: The Paintings of Bruce Pennington (Paper Tiger 1-85028-167-X, Feb ’92 [Dec ’91], £9.95, 128pp, tp) Collection of art by Pennington, with linking text by Nigel Suckling.

PENNINGTON, DAVID ALEXANDER; see pseudonym David Daud

PENSWICK, NEIL

• * *The Pit (Doctor Who Books 0-426-20378-X, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £3.99, 276pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Original novel based on the Doctor Who TV series. This is a world-wide edition and is available in the US for $5.95.

PEPPER, DENNIS, ed. (stories)

• * _The Oxford Book of Scary Tales (Oxford University Press 0-19-278110-3, Sep ’95 [Dec ’95], £6.99, 160pp, tp, cover by Louise Brierley) Reprint (Oxford University Press 1992) anthology of more than three dozen horror, ghost and fantasy stories aimed at pre-teenagers, but including work for older readers and adults. (Contents)
• * +The Young Oxford Book of Aliens (Oxford University Press 0-19-278155-3, Sep ’98 [Dec ’98], $22.95, 212pp, hc, cover by John Walker) Young-adult anthology of 22 SF stories, four original. Original stories by Marian Abbey, Francis Beckett, Stephen Bowkett, and Sue Welford; reprinted authors include Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clarke, Avram Davidson, and Philip K. Dick. There is no price on the jacket. First US edition (Oxford 1998). (Contents)
• * *The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-278126-X, Sep ’94, £12.99, 314pp, hc) Anthology of 40 YA ghost stories; several may be original. Illustrations by Nick Harris, Jonathan Heap, Ian Miller, Brian Pedley, Eric Stemp & Adam Stower. (Contents)
• * _The Young Oxford Book of Ghost Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-278145-6, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], £6.99, 314pp, tp) Reprint (Oxford University Press 1994) anthology of unusual ghost stories, including several originals.
• * *The Young Oxford Book of Nasty Endings (Oxford University Press 0-19-278151-0, 1997 [Dec ’97], £12.99, 216pp, hc) Young-adult horror anthology. (Contents)
• * *The Young Oxford Book of Supernatural Stories (Oxford University Press 0-19-278146-4, Sep ’96 [Dec ’96], £12.99, viii+216pp, hc) Young-adult dark fantasy anthology of 24 stories, 6 original. (Contents)

PEPPER, MARK

• * *Man on a Murder Cycle (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-69623-0, Nov ’97, £16.99, 404pp, hc) Dark fantasy thriller.
• * _Man on a Murder Cycle (NEL 0-340-69624-9, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], £5.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) dark fantasy thriller.
• * *The Short Cut (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-68220-5, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], £16.99, 230pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) Dark fantasy novel. A struggling actor gets a new agent with a wicked way with clients. A first novel.
• * _The Short Cut (NEL 0-340-68221-3, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], £5.99, 291pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) dark fantasy novel.

PERCY, WALKER (1916-1990) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Love in the Ruins (Paladin 0-586-08775-3, Aug ’89, £4.99, 381pp, tp, cover by Emma Chichester-Clark) Reprint (Eyre & Spottiswoode 1971) satire set in a time near the end of the world.
• * _The Thanatos Syndrome (Paladin 0-586-08726-5, Feb ’89, £4.99, 379pp, tp) Reprint (Andre Deutsch 1987) literary sf novel.

PERETTI, FRANK E(dward) (1951- )

• * _Piercing the Darkness (Minstrel 1-85424-078-1, Apr ’90, £3.99, 543pp, pb) [This Present Darkness] Reprint (Crossway 1989) horror novel. Sequel to This Present Darkness.
• * *Piercing the Darkness (Crossway Books 0-89107-527-5, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $8.95, 441pp, tp, cover by R. DiCianni) [This Present Darkness] Christian fantasy/horror novel, sequel to This Present Darkness.
• * *Prophet (Crossway Books 0-89107-618-2, Mar ’92 [Apr ’92], $11.95, 416pp, tp) Christian horror novel. A local TV anchorman’s life is falling apart when he begins to hear mysterious voices.
• * _This Present Darkness (Crossway Books 0-89107-390-6, Oct ’88, $6.95, 376pp, tp) [This Present Darkness] Reissue (Crossway 1986) Christian fantasy(?) novel; 13th printing.
• * _This Present Darkness (Monarch 1-85424-002-1, Feb ’89, £3.99, 508pp, pb, cover by Vic Mitchell) [This Present Darkness] Reprint (Crossway 1986) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _This Present Darkness (Crossway Books 0-89107-390-6, Jul ’90 [Jun ’90], $8.95, 376pp, tp, cover by R. DiCianni) [This Present Darkness] Reissue (Crossway 1986) Christian fantasy/horror novel; 25th printing.
• * *Tilly (Crossway Books 0-89107-496-1, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $7.95, 126pp, tp) Teenage Christian ghost fantasy novelization from a 1986 radio drama.

PEREZ-REVERTE, ARTURO (1951- )

• * *The Club Dumas (Harcourt Brace 0-15-100182-0, Feb ’97 [Dec ’97], $23.00, 362pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel of a secret society of antiquarians and the hunt for a rare book of satanic lore. Translated by Sonia Soto from the Spanish (1993).
• * _The Club Dumas (Random/Vintage 0-679-77754-7, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $13.00, 362pp, tp) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1997) literary fantasy novel of bibliophiles and Satanists. Translated by Sonia Soto from the Spanish (1993).

PERKINS, GEOFFREY

• * _The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: The Original Radio Scripts (with Douglas Adams) See entry under Douglas Adams.

PERKINS, MICHAEL (1942- ) (stories)

• * *Dark Matter (Eros Plus 1-85286-636-5, Jan ’96 [Feb ’96], £5.99, 254pp, pb) Erotic SF novel set in a dystopian 1999.

PERLMAN, DORY

• * *The Secret of the Unicorn Queen 3: Final Test (Ballantine Fawcett Columbine 0-449-90298-6, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 122pp, pb) Teenage fantasy romance novel for girls, third in a series written by different authors. Packaged by Parachute Press.
• * _The Secret of the Unicorn Queen Book 3: Final Test (Beaver 0-09-965490-3, Sep ’89, £1.99, 122pp, pb, cover by Rowena Morrill) Reprint (Fawcett Columbine 1988) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]

PERRAULT, CHARLES (1628-1703) (stories)

• * *The Complete Fairy Tales of Charles Perrault (Houghton Mifflin/Clarion Books 0-395-57002-6, Aug ’93 [Oct ’93], $18.95, 156pp, hc, cover by Sally Holmes) Collection of 11 classic fairy tales, with full-color illustrations by Sally Holmes. This is a new translation by Neil Philip and Nicoletta Simborowski.

PERRET, PATTI (1955- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Faces of Fantasy (Tor 0-312-86216-4, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $22.95, 231pp, tp, cover by Patti Perret) Non-fiction photography book, companion to The Faces of SF, with photos of 101 authors, with comments by each. There is an introduction on the history of fantasy by Terri Windling, and an index. A hardcover edition (-86182-6, $40.00) was also announced but not seen.
• * _The Faces of Fantasy (SFBC #15007, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $19.98, 231pp, hc, cover by Patti Perret) Reprint (Tor 1996) non-fiction, photography book. This is similar to the Tor hardcover edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *The Faces of Science Fiction (Bluejay 0-312-94147-1, 1984 [Dec ’84], $11.95, 163pp, pb) Non-fiction, associational. Book of photographs of sf and fantasy authors, including Asimov, Bradley, Disch, Pohl, and Simak. Includes a brief “statement” by each of the subjects. This is a fine book, marvelous to take to a convention for autographs. (FCM)
• * _The Faces of Science Fiction (Bluejay 0-312-94148-X, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $35.00, unpaginated, hc) Reprint (Bluejay 1984) non-fiction, collection of photos of sf authors. This is the hardcover library edition.

PERRIMAN, COLE; pseudonym of Wim Coleman & Pat Perrin (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Terminal Games (Bantam 0-553-09518-8, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $22.95, 468pp, hc, cover by Larry Lurin) SF “cyberthriller” about a virtual reality serial killer who takes his game into the real world. Copyrighted by Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin.
• * _Terminal Games (Bantam 0-553-57243-1, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $5.99, 546pp, pb, cover by Larry Lurin) Reprint (Bantam 1994) SF “cyberthriller.” Perriman is a pen-name for Wim Coleman and Pat Perrin.

PERRIN, DON (stories)

• * _DragonLance: The Doom Brigade (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * *DragonLance: Theros Ironfeld (TSR 0-7869-0481-X, Mar ’96 [Apr ’96], $5.99, 315pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Warriors] Fantasy novelization based on the role-playing games. Book four of the “Warriors” series. Copyrighted by TSR.
• * _Hung Out (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * _The Knights of the Black Earth (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * _The Knights of the Black Earth Volume II: Robot Blues (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.
• * _Robot Blues (with Margaret Weis) See entry under Margaret Weis.

PERRIN, PAT; see pseudonym Cole Perriman (stories)

• * _The Jamais Vu Papers, Or Misadventures in the Worlds of Science, Myth, and Magic (with Wim Coleman) See entry under Wim Coleman.

PERRIN, STEVE

• * _Stormbringer (with John B. Monroe & Ken St. Andre) See entry under Ken St. Andre.

PERRY, MARK C(hristopher) (1960- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Morigu: The Dead (Popular Library Questar 0-445-20644-6, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.95, 202pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) [Morigu] Fantasy novel, sequel to Morigu: The Desecration.
• * *Morigu: The Desecration (Popular Library/Questar 0-445-20300-5, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.50, 324pp, pb) [Morigu] Fantasy novel. “When evil spreads its shadow of doom, an invincible warrior returns....” It includes rape, murder, and a berserker elf.

PERRY, RITCHIE (John Allen) (1942- )

• * *Fenella Fang (Hutchinson 0-09-165820-9, 1986, £5.95, 124pp, hc) Humourous young adult horror novel. [Not seen]
• * _Fenella Fang (Beaver 0-09-951270-X, Apr ’88, £1.95, 125pp, pb) Reprint (Hutchinson 1986) humorous young-adult horror novel.
• * *Fenella Fang and the Time Machine (Hutchinson 0-09-176367-3, May ’91, £7.99, 133pp, hc, cover by Jean Baylis) Humorous young-adult horror novel, a sequel to Fenella Fang.

PERRY, ROBERT (stories)

• * _Doctor Who: Illegal Alien (with Mike Tucker) See entry under Mike Tucker.

PERRY, S(tephani) D(anelle) (stories)

• * *Aliens: Berserker (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57731-X, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $4.99, 227pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Alien] SF novelization based on the Dark Horse graphic novel based on the movies. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
• * *Aliens: Labyrinth (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57491-4, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $4.99, 243pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Aliens] SF novelization based on the Dark Horse graphic novel based on the movies. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
• * _Aliens: The Labyrinth (Millennium 1-85798-485-4, Nov ’96, £14.99, 216pp, hc, cover by John Bolton) [Aliens] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novelization. Volume 9 overall in the series. First world hardcover. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Aliens: The Labyrinth (Orion 1-85798-610-5, Apr ’97 [Mar ’97], £5.99, 216pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Aliens] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1996) SF novelisation.
• * *Resident Evil: Caliban Cove (Pocket 0-671-02440-X, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $6.50, 242pp, pb) [Resident Evil] Novelization based on the SF video games; second in the series. Copyrighted by Capcom.
• * *Resident Evil: The Umbrella Conspiracy (Pocket 0-671-02439-6, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $6.50, 262pp, pb) [Resident Evil] Novelization of the SF video game; first in the series. Copyrighted by Capcom.
• * *Timecop (Berkley 0-425-14652-9, Sep ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.99, 202pp, pb) Movie novelization. Copyrighted by MCA Publishing Rights.
• * *Virus (Tor 0-812-54158-8, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $5.99, 248pp, pb) Novelization of the SF thriller movie based on a comic book. Introduction by director John Bruno. Copyrighted by Universal Studios Publishing Rights.

PERRY, STEPHANI (stories)

• * _Aliens vs. Predator: Prey (with Steve Perry) See entry under Steve Perry.
• * _Aliens vs. Predator: Prey/Hunter’s Planet (with David F. Bischoff & Steve Perry) See entry under Steve Perry.
• * _Aliens: Book Three: The Female War (with Steve Perry) See entry under Steve Perry.
• * _Aliens: The Female War (with Steve Perry) See entry under Steve Perry.
• * _Aliens™ Book 3: The Female War (with Steve Perry) See entry under Steve Perry.

PERRY, STEVE(n Carl) (1947- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The 97th Step (Ace 0-441-58105-6, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 294pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Matador] Sf adventure novel, a prequel to The Man Who Never Missed.
• * *The Albino Knife (Ace 0-441-01391-0, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $4.50, 294pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Matador] Sf adventure novel, fifth book of the “Matador” series.
• * *Aliens Omnibus Edition (Millennium 1-85798-413-7, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], £5.99, 555pp, pb, cover by Denis Beauvais & Dave Dorman) [Aliens] SF omnibus of the first two novelisations in the Dark Horse Comics ’Aliens’ series: Aliens: Earth Hive and Aliens: Nightmare Asylum. The books are separately paginated, and the cover title is Aliens: Omnibus: Volume One. (Contents)
• * _Aliens Omnibus Edition (Millennium, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], £8.99, vi+661pp, tp) [Aliens] Reprint (Millennium 1995) SF novelization omnibus.
• * _Aliens Omnibus Edition (Orion 0-75281-744-2, Nov ’98, £5.99, vi+508pp, pb, cover by Dimitrios Patelis) [Aliens] Reissue (Millennium 1995) SF omnibus of Aliens: Earth Hive (1992) and Aliens: Nightmare Asylum (1993), books one and two in the “Aliens” series. The books are separately paginated; the cover title is Aliens: Omnibus: Volume One. (Contents)
• * _Aliens vs. Predator: Hunter’s Planet (with David F. Bischoff) See entry under David F. Bischoff
• * *Aliens vs. Predator: Prey (with Stephani Perry) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56555-9, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $4.99, 259pp, pb, cover by Nelson DeCastro) [Aliens vs. Predator] Sf novelization, first book of a second series based on the Dark Horse Comics graphic novels based on the films Alien and Aliens. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox.
• * _Aliens vs. Predator: Prey (with Stephani Perry) (Millennium 1-85798-227-4, Aug ’94, £4.99, 259pp, pb, cover by Nelson DeCastro) [Aliens vs. Predator] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) sf novelization. First in a series of battles between the alien races. [First U.K. edition]