The Locus Index to Science Fiction
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- 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 Devils 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 mens 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 anchormans 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
- 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)
- 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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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: Hunters 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]
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