The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

PIERCE, HAZEL (May) BEASLEY (1918- )

• * *A Literary Symbiosis: Science Fiction/Fantasy/Mystery (Greenwood Press 0-313-23065-X, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $29.95, 255pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study of works which combine the genres.

PIERCE, J. CALVIN (stories)

• * *The Door To Ambermere (Ace 0-441-15944-3, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $4.50, 229pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) [Ambermere] Fantasy novel, first book in a new series. A gambler discovers a door in a bar that leads to a magical world, but a demon finds his way into our world at the same time. A first novel.
• * *The Sorceress of Ambermere (Ace 0-441-33741-4, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $4.99, 250pp, pb, cover by Peter Clarke) [Ambermere] Fantasy novel, second book in the “Ambermere” series. A career girl in the big city discovers a magic ring that transports her to another world.
• * *The Wizard of Ambermere (Ace 0-441-01959-5, Oct ’93 [Sep ’93], $4.99, 233pp, pb, cover by Peter Clarke) [Ambermere] Humorous fantasy novel, third and final, for now at least, book of the “Ambermere” series.

PIERCE, JESSICA

• * *Someone’s Watching (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4579-4, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $3.50, 199pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. Cassidy is protected from a serial killer by her murdered mother’s ghost.

PIERCE, JOHN J(eremy) (1941- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Foundations of Science Fiction: A Study in Imagination and Evolution (Greenwood 0-313-25455-9, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $35.00, 290pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical/historical study. This work traces the sf field via theme rather than chronologically. UK price £33.00.
• * *Great Themes of Science Fiction (Greenwood 0-313-25456-7, Oct ’87 [Nov ’87], $37.95, 250pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study with a history by theme instead of chronologically. This is the second part of a three-volume history of sf which started with Foundations of Science Fiction. It’s very clearly written and is recommended. (CNB)
• * *Odd Genre: A Study in Imagination and Evolution (Greenwood Press 0-313-26897-5, Mar ’94 [Apr ’94], $55.00, 222pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. Fourth volume in Pierce’s thematic history of the genre. Available from Greenwood Publishing, 88 Post Road West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: 1-800-225-5800.
• * *When World Views Collide: A Study in Imagination and Evolution (Greenwood 0-313-25457-5, May ’89 [Jun ’89], $36.00, 238pp, hc) Non-fiction; criticism. Third volume in a history of the genre begun in Foundations of Science Fiction (1987) and Great Themes of Science Fiction (1987).

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• * _The Best of Cordwainer Smith See entry under Cordwainer Smith.

PIERCE, L. D.

• * *The Dreamer (Avon Flare 0-380-78062-3, Feb ’96 [Jan ’96], $3.99, 188pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A teen is menaced by demon-sent nightmares. Copyrighted by Linda Piazza.
• * *Human Prey (Avon Flare 0-380-78274-X, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $3.99, 167pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A teen fears her father may be involved in the revival of ancient shapeshifting rituals.

PIERCE, MEREDITH ANN (1958- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Birth of the Firebringer (Macmillan/Four Winds 0-02-774610-0, Nov ’85 [Jan ’86], $12.95, 234pp, hc) [Birth of the Firebringer] Young-adult fantasy novel of mythical beasts. First in a trilogy.
• * _Birth of the Firebringer (Scholastic 0-590-40280-3, Dec ’86, $2.50, 234pp, pb) [Birth of the Firebringer] Reprint (Macmillan 1985) fantasy novel.
• * *Dark Moon (Little Brown/Joy Street 0-316-70744-9, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $16.95, 238pp, hc, cover by Douglas Andelin) [Birth of the Firebringer] Young-adult fantasy novel of a unicorn prince captured by humans, sequel to Birth of the Firebringer.
• * _The Darkangel (Tor 0-812-54900-7, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.95, 253pp, pb) [Darkangel] Reprint (Little, Brown 1982) fantasy novel, the first in a trilogy. Weird and imaginative — recommended. (FCM)
• * _The Darkangel (Harcourt Brace/Magic Carpet 0-15-201768-2, Mar ’98, $6.00, 281pp, pb, cover by David Bowers) [Darkangel] Reprint (Little Brown 1982) young-adult fantasy novel, book one in the “Darkangel Trilogy”.
• * *The Darkangel Trilogy (SFBC #17340, Jul ’90 [Aug ’90], $12.98, hc, cover by Dawn Wilson) [Darkangel] Fantasy omnibus of The Darkangel (Little, Brown 1982), A Gathering of Gargoyles (Atlantic Monthly 1984), and The Pearl of the Soul of the World (Little, Brown 1990). (Contents)
• * *A Gathering of Gargoyles (Little Brown/Atlantic Monthly 0-316-70737-6, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $13.95, 263pp, hc) [Darkangel] Fantasy novel, Volume II of the “Darkangel Trilogy”.
• * _A Gathering of Gargoyles (Tor 0-812-54902-3, Jul ’85 [Jun ’85], $2.95, 263pp, pb) [Darkangel] Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1984) fantasy novel, second in the “Darkangel” trilogy. Recommended. (FCM)
• * _A Gathering of Gargoyles (Harcourt Brace/Magic Carpet 0-15-201801-8, Sep ’98, $6.00, 333pp, pb, cover by David Bowers) [Darkangel] Reprint (Little, Brown 1984) young-adult fantasy novel, book two in the “Darkangel Trilogy”.
• * *The Pearl of the Soul of the World (Little Brown/Joy Street 0-316-70743-0, Jan ’90 [Apr ’90], $15.95, 243pp, hc, cover by Palo Amtmann) [Darkangel] Young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the “Darkangel” trilogy.
• * _The Pearl of the Soul of the World (Little, Brown/Joy Street 0-316-70743-0, Aug ’91, $15.95, 243pp, hc, cover by Palo Amtmann) [Darkangel] Reissue (Little, Brown 1990) young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the “Darkangel” trilogy; second printing.
• * *Where the Wild Geese Go (Dutton 0-525-44379-7, Mar ’88, $15.00, unpaginated, hc) Juvenile myth fantasy, fully illustrated in color by Jamichael Henterly.
• * *The Woman Who Loved Reindeer (Atlantic Monthly Press 0-87113-042-4, Oct ’85, $13.95, 242pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel set in a Lapp-like world with were-reindeer.
• * _The Woman Who Loved Reindeer (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-40946-0, Mar ’87, £7.95, 242pp, hc) Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1985) juvenile fantasy novel set in a ‘Lap-like’ culture. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _The Woman Who Loved Reindeer (Tor 0-812-50305-8, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 242pp, pb, cover by Dennis Nolan) Reprint (Atlantic Monthly 1985) young-adult fantasy set in an Arctic world with were-reindeer.

PIERCE, RICHARD; pseudonym of Sam Green (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Frankenstein’s Children: The Creation (Berkley 0-425-14361-9, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $3.99, 200pp, pb) [Frankenstein] Young-adult gothic horror novel about reanimation experiments involving Victor Frankenstein’s descendants. First book of a new series, copyrighted by Berkley.
• * *Frankenstein’s Children: The Curse (Berkley 0-425-14528-X, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $3.99, 214pp, pb) [Frankenstein] Young adult horror novel, third in the trilogy. Copyrighted by Berkley.
• * *Frankenstein’s Children: The Revenge (Berkley 0-425-14460-7, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $3.99, pb) [Frankenstein] Young-adult horror novel, second in the series. Copyrighted by Berkley.

PIERCE, TAMORA (1954- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Alanna (Beaver 0-09-943560-8, May ’86, £1.75, 241pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1983 as Alanna: The First Adventure) young-adult fantasy novel, first in a series.
• * _Alanna: The First Adventure (Beaver 0-09-943560-8, Jan ’88, £2.50, 241pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reissue (Oxford University Press 1983) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the “Song of the Lionness” series.
• * _Alanna: The First Adventure (Knopf 0-679-80114-6, Oct ’89, $3.25, 231pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1983) young-adult fantasy novel, first book of the “Song of the Lioness Quartet”.
• * _Alanna: The First Adventure (Red Fox 0-09-943560-8, Jul ’92, £3.50, 241pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Oxford University Press 1983) young-adult fantasy novel. Book one of “Song of the Lioness”.
• * _Alanna: The First Adventure (Random House 0-679-80114-6, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $4.99, 216pp, pb, cover by Joyce Patti) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Oxford 1983) young-adult fantasy, first volume in “The Song of the Lioness” quartet.
• * _Alanna: The First Adventure (Scholastic UK 0-590-19796-7, Jul ’98, £3.99, 216pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1983) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 1 of the “Song of the Lioness” quartet.
• * *Circle of Magic: Daja’s Book (Scholastic 0-590-55358-5, Sep ’98, $15.95, 234pp, hc, cover by Theron) [Circle of Magic] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the series. The student mages help investigate a drought-stricken part of the country.
• * *Circle of Magic: Sandry’s Book (Scholastic 0-590-55356-9, Sep ’97 [Aug ’97], $15.95, 252pp, hc, cover by Theron) [Circle of Magic] YA fantasy novel, first in a new quartet. Four children with special powers are sent to live in a temple community.
• * _Circle of Magic: The Magic in the Weaving (Scholastic Press 0-590-54221-4, Sep ’98, £5.99, 214pp, tp) [Circle of Magic] Reprint (Scholastic 1997 as Circle of Magic: Sandry’s Book) young-adult fantasy novel. First of a quartet. Four very different youngsters each possess a power whose union may save them all. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Circle of Magic: Tris’s Book (Scholastic 0-590-55357-7, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $15.95, 251pp, hc, cover by Theron) [Circle of Magic] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the series.
• * *The Emperor Mage (Scholastic UK 0-590-55802-1, Nov ’94, £3.99, 334pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Immortals] Young-adult fantasy novel. Third in the ‘Wild Magic’ quartet which follows the Alanna series.
• * +The Emperor Mage (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-31989-4, May ’95, $17.00, 255pp, hc, cover by Michael McDermott) [Immortals] Young-adult fantasy novel, third in the “Immortals” series. First US edition (Scholastic UK 1994).
• * _The Emperor Mage (Random House 0-679-88290-1, May ’97, $4.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Joyce Patti) [Immortals] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1994) young-adult fantasy, third volume in the “Immortals” quartet.
• * _The Girl Who Rides Like a Man (Red Fox 0-09-981340-8, Jul ’92, £3.50, 272pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1986 as The Woman Who Rides Like a Man) young-adult fantasy novel. Book three of “Song of the Lioness”.
• * *In the Hand of the Goddess (Atheneum 0-689-31054-4, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $12.95, hc) [Song of the Lioness] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in a series about Alanna the warrior maiden.
• * _In the Hand of the Goddess (Oxford University Press 0-19-271551-8, Oct ’86 [1986], £7.95, 232pp, hc) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult fantasy, second volume in “The Song of the Lioness” quartet. [Not seen]
• * _In the Hand of the Goddess (Beaver 0-09-955560-3, Jan ’88, £2.50, 232pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Song of the Lionness” series.
• * _In the Hand of the Goddess (Knopf Borzoi 0-679-80111-1, Feb ’90, $3.50, 232pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult fantasy novel, second book of the “Alanna” series.
• * _In the Hand of the Goddess (Red Fox 0-09-955560-3, Jul ’92, £3.50, 232pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult fantasy novel. Book two of “Song of the Lioness”.
• * _In the Hand of the Goddess (Random House 0-679-80111-1, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $4.99, 209pp, pb, cover by Joyce Patti) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Oxford 1984) young-adult fantasy, second volume in “The Song of the Lioness” quartet.
• * _In the Hand of the Goddess (Scholastic UK 0-590-19797-5, Jul ’98, £3.99, 209pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 2 of the “Song of the Lioness” quartet.
• * *Lioness Rampant (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31116-8, Oct ’88 [Nov ’88], $15.95, 320pp, hc) [Song of the Lioness] Young-adult fantasy novel, conclusion of the “Song of the Lioness” quartet. Alanna, a young female knight, must battle the evil Duke Roger — a man she thought she once killed.
• * _Lioness Rampant (Knopf Bullseye 0-679-80113-8, Aug ’90 [Jul ’90], $3.50, 320pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1988) young-adult fantasy novel, fourth book of the “Song of the Lioness” series.
• * _Lioness Rampant (Red Fox 0-09-981350-5, Jul ’92, £3.50, 320pp, pb, cover by George Smith) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1988) young-adult fantasy novel. Book four of “Song of the Lioness”.
• * _Lioness Rampant (Random House 0-679-80113-8, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $4.99, 308pp, pb, cover by Joyce Patti) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1988) young-adult fantasy, fourth volume in “The Song of the Lioness” quartet.
• * _Lioness Rampant (Scholastic UK 0-590-19859-9, Jul ’98, £3.99, 308pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1988) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 4 of the “Song of the Lioness” quartet.
• * *The Realms of the Gods (Scholastic UK 0-590-13376-4, Mar ’96, £3.99, 331pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Immortals] Young-adult fantasy novel. Last in the “Immortals” quartet.
• * +The Realms of the Gods (Simon & Schuster/Atheneum 0-689-31990-8, Nov ’96, $17.00, 209pp, hc, cover by Michael McDermott) [Immortals] Young-adult fantasy novel, fourth in the “Immortals” series. Daine and Numair unwilling visit the realms of the gods while battles rage back home. First US edition (Scholastic UK 1996).
• * _The Realms of the Gods (Random House 0-679-88291-X, Jan ’98, $4.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Joyce Patti) [Immortals] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1996) young-adult fantasy, fourth volume in the “Immortals” quartet.
• * _Wild Magic (Hippo 0-590-55179-5, Apr ’93, £3.99, 344pp, pb) [Immortals] Reprint (Atheneum 1992) young-adult fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Wild Magic (Random House 0-679-88288-X, May ’97, $4.99, 299pp, pb, cover by Joyce Patti) [Immortals] Reprint (Atheneum 1992) young-adult fantasy, first volume in the “Immortals” quartet.
• * *Wild Magic: The Immortals (Macmillan/Atheneum 0-689-31761-1, Oct ’92, $16.95, 260pp, hc, cover by Michael McDermott) [Immortals] Young-adult fantasy novel, first book of a new follow-up series to the “Song of the Lioness” series, where the heroine joins a mage, a queen, and a 13 year-old girl to battle evil and immortal creatures.
• * *Wolf Speaker (Scholastic UK 0-590-55244-9, Jan ’94, £3.99, 323pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) [Immortals] Young-adult fantasy novel. Volume two in the series. A “Point Fantasy” book. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Wolf-Speaker (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-31833-2, Apr ’94 [May ’94], $14.95, 182pp, hc, cover by Michael McDermott) [Immortals] Young-adult fantasy novel, second book of the “Immortals” series, a follow-up to the “Alanna” series, where the heroine joins a mage, a queen, and a 13 year-old girl to battle evil and immortal creatures.
• * _Wolf-Speaker (Random House 0-679-88289-8, May ’97, $4.99, 281pp, pb, cover by Joyce Patti) [Immortals] Reprint (Atheneum 1994) young-adult fantasy, second volume in the “Immortals” quartet.
• * *The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Atheneum/Argo 0-689-31117-6, Mar ’86 [May ’86], $14.95, 253pp, hc) [Song of the Lioness] Young-adult fantasy novel, #3 in the “Song of the Lioness” series featuring Alanna, a woman warrior.
• * _The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Oxford 0-19-271582-8, Aug ’89, £7.95, 253pp, hc, cover by Susan Scott) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1986) young-adult fantasy novel. Volume three in the “Song of the Lionness” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Knopf Borzoi 0-679-80112-X, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.50, 253pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1986) young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the “Song of the Lioness” series.
• * _The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Random House 0-679-80112-X, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $4.99, 228pp, pb, cover by Joyce Patti) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1986) young-adult fantasy, third volume in “The Song of the Lioness” quartet.
• * _The Woman Who Rides Like a Man (Scholastic UK 0-590-19889-0, Jul ’98, £3.99, 228pp, pb) [Song of the Lioness] Reprint (Atheneum 1986) young-adult fantasy novel. Book 3 of the “Song of the Lioness” quartet.

PIERCY, MARGE (1936- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Body of Glass (Michael Joseph 0-7181-3537-7, Mar ’92, £14.99, 406pp, hc, cover by Rafal Olbinski) Reprint (Knopf 1991 as He, She and It) literary sf novel set in a devastated North America in the middle of the 21st century. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Body of Glass (Penguin 0-14-015602-X, May ’93, £5.99, 582pp, pb, cover by Rafal Olbinski) Reprint (Knopf 1991 as He, She and It) literary sf novel.
• * *He, She and It (Knopf 0-679-40408-2, Oct ’91, $22.00, 446pp, hc, cover by Rafal Olbinski) Literary sf novel set in a toxic 21st-century dystopian America.
• * _He, She and It (Fawcett Crest 0-449-22060-5, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $5.99, 432pp, pb) Reprint (Knopf 1991) literary sf novel set in a toxic 21st-century dystopian America.
• * _Woman on the Edge of Time (The Women’s Press 0-7043-3837-8, May ’87 [Jun ’87], £3.50, 381pp, pb) Reissue (Knopf 1976) sf novel.

PIERSON, CHRISTOPHER (stories)

• * *DragonLance: Spirit of the Wind (TSR 0-7869-1174-3, Jul ’98, $5.99, 346pp, tp, cover by Jeff Easley) [DragonLance: Bridges of Time] Fantasy novelization, based on the role-playing games. Book one of the “Bridges of Time” series. Copyrighted by TSR.

PIGG, MARTHA (1966- ); see pseudonym Marella Sands (stories)

PIKE, CHRISTOPHER (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Bury Me Deep (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-58268-5, Mar ’93, £3.99, 189pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1991) young-adult supernatural thriller, in which a young girl solves a murder with the help of the victim’s ghost. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Bury Me Deep (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-58268-5, Oct ’96 [Jan ’97], £3.99, 172pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) Reprint (Archway 1991) dark fantasy novel. 6th printing.
• * _Chain Letter (Lightning 0-340-49909-5, Jun ’89, £2.50, 192pp, pb, cover by Davies) [Chain Letter] Reprint (Avon 1986) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Chain Letter (Hodder Children’s Books 0-340-49909-5, Oct ’96 [Jan ’97], £3.99, 192pp, pb, cover by Paul Davies) [Chain Letter] Reprint (Avon 1986) dark fantasy novel. 12th printing.
• * _Chain Letter 2 (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-58001-1, Dec ’92, £3.99, 171pp, pb) [Chain Letter] Reprint (Archway 1992 as Chain Letter 2: The Ancient Evil) young-adult horror novel. [First U.K. edition]