The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

POHL, FREDERIK (George, Jr.) (stories) (chron.) (continued)

• * *The Siege of Eternity (Tor 0-312-86375-6, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $22.95, 317pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Eschaton Sequence] SF novel, sequel to The Other End of Time.
• * *The Singers of Time (with Jack Williamson) (Doubleday Foundation 0-385-41526-5, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $10.95, 358pp, tp, cover by Michael Whelan) Sf novel. Recommended (CNB). A hardcover edition (-26507-7, $19.95) is also available.
• * _The Singers of Time (with Jack Williamson) (SFBC #18126, Apr ’91, $5.98, 358pp, hc, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1991) sf novel.
• * _The Singers of Time (with Jack Williamson) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29432-6, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $4.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Michael Whelan) Reprint (Doubleday Foundation 1991) sf novel.
• * _The Space Merchants (with C. M. Kornbluth) (St. Martin’s 0-312-74952-X, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $5.95, 169pp, pb) [Space Merchants] Reprint (Ballantine 1953) sf novel. One of the famous sf satirical novels of the ’50s. There is a recent sequel. Ignore the various copyright notices inside. The text is unchanged. (CNB)
• * _The Space Merchants (with C. M. Kornbluth) (St. Martin’s 0-312-90655-2, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $3.50, 169pp, pb) [Space Merchants] Reprint (Ballantine 1953) sf novel. One of the classics of satire done during the early Fifties. Note: although St. Martin’s also announced a new edition of the Pohl sequel, The Merchants War, they redistributed their 1986 edition instead.
• * _Starburst (NEL 0-450-05685-6, Aug ’87, £2.50, 217pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1982) sf novel.
• * _Starburst (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33928-2, Feb ’95 [Mar ’95], $5.99, 219pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) Reissue (Del Rey 1982) SF novel. This says sixth printing, but may be later.
• * _The Starchild Trilogy (with Jack Williamson) (Baen 0-671-65558-2, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $3.95, 442pp, pb) [Starchild Trilogy] Reprint (SFBC 1977) omnibus of The Reefs of Space (1964), Starchild (1965), and Rogue Star (1969).
• * *Stopping at Slowyear (Pulphouse/Axolotl 1-56146-116-4, Jan ’92, $10.00, 118pp, tp, cover by Rob Alexander) Sf novella of a spaceship’s visit to a planet where a year is ten times longer than Earth’s. This trade paperback edition is limited to 525 copies. A 300-copy hardcover edition (-146-6, $35.00) and a 75-copy deluxe leatherbound edition (-176-8, $65.00) are also available. All states are signed by the author. Available from Pulphouse Publishing, Box 1227, Eugene OR 97440.
• * _Stopping at Slowyear (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29487-3, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $3.50, 151pp, pb, cover by Don Dixon) Reprint (Axolotl 1992) sf novella of a spaceship’s visit to a planet where a year is ten times longer than Earth’s. Recommended (CNB). Although the earlier edition was dated 1991, it did not appear until 1992.
• * *Terror (Berkley 0-425-09106-6, Aug ’86 [Jul ’86], $2.95, 220pp, pb) Sf novel of terrorists and a “doomsday” weapon.
• * *The Undersea Trilogy (with Jack Williamson) (Baen 0-671-72123-2, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $5.99, 501pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Undersea] Omnibus of Undersea Quest (Gnome 1954), Undersea Fleet (Gnome 1956), and Undersea City (Gnome 1958). (Contents)
• * *Venus, Inc. (with C. M. Kornbluth) (SFBC #1272, Jun ’85 [Jul ’85], $4.98, 346pp, hc) [Space Merchants] Omnibus edition of The Space Merchants and Pohl’s sequel. (Contents)
• * *The Voices of Heaven (Tor 0-312-85643-1, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $21.95, 347pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) SF novel of a small human colony struggling for survival against natural forces and political ones.
• * _The Voices of Heaven (SFBC #05177, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $9.98, 280pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) Reprint (Tor 1994) SF novel of a small human colony struggling for survival against natural forces and political ones. Similar to the Tor edition except this lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _The Voices of Heaven (Tor 0-812-53518-9, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Ron Walotsky) Reprint (Tor 1994) SF novel.
• * *Wolfbane (with C. M. Kornbluth) (Baen 0-671-65576-0, Jun ’86 [May ’86], $2.95, 248pp, pb) Sf novel, “substantially” rewritten version of an earlier book, Wolfbane (Ballantine 1959).
• * _Wolfbane (with C. M. Kornbluth) (Gollancz 0-575-03852-7, Sep ’86, £2.95, 189pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1986) of the revised edition of a classic (Ballantine 1959) sf novel.
• * *The World at the End of Time (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33976-2, Jun ’90, $17.95, 393pp, hc, cover by Barclay Shaw) Sf novel about a human colony ship’s encounter with the most powerful being in the universe. Recommended (CNB).
• * _The World at the End of Time (BOMC no ISBN, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $17.95, 400pp, hc, cover by Barclay Shaw) Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf novel. This edition differs from the original by a special BOMC mark on the back and the lack of an ISBN and price.
• * _The World at the End of Time (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $9.50, 393pp, tp, cover by Barclay Shaw) Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf novel. This is identical to the Del Rey edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the jacket printed as the paperback cover.
• * _The World at the End of Time (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37197-6, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $5.95, 407pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf novel about a human colony ship’s encounter with the most powerful being in the universe.
• * _The World at the End of Time (Grafton 0-586-21275-2, Feb ’92, £4.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf novel about a human colony ship’s encounter with the most powerful being in the universe. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The World at the End of Time (HarperCollins UK 0-00-223970-1, Feb ’92, £14.99, 393pp, hc, cover by Tony Roberts) Reprint (Del Rey 1990) sf novel about a human colony ship’s encounter with the most powerful being in the universe. [First U.K. edition]
• * *The Years of the City (Simon & Schuster 0-671-49940-8, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $15.95, 334pp, hc) Sf collection of linked novelettes masquerading as a novel. Together, they form a future history of New York. (Contents)
• * _The Years of the City (Pocket 0-671-46047-1, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $3.95, 375pp, pb) Reprint (Timescape 1984) novel or sf collection of linked novelettes, depending on who you talk to. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _Years of the City (NEL 0-450-40416-1, Feb ’87 [Jan ’87], £2.95, 375pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1984) collection of linked sf stories.
• * _The Years of the City (Baen 0-671-87639-2, Jan ’95 [Dec ’94], $5.99, 375pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Reprint (Simon & Schuster/Timescape 1984) SF novel, actually a collection of five linked novelettes that form a future history of New York.

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• * *Tales from the Planet Earth (with Elizabeth Anne Hull, Ph.D.) (St. Martin’s 0-312-78420-1, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $15.95, 268pp, hc) “A novel with 19 authors”, according to the cover; it’s actually an anthology with 19 separate episodes on the theme of aliens and humans co-existing in one body, with authors from all over the world. Thirteen of the stories are original. (Contents)
• * _Tales from the Planet Earth (with Elizabeth Anne Hull, Ph.D.) (St. Martin’s 0-312-90779-6, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $3.95, 268pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1986) anthology of 19 stories from all over the world, including many translated originals.
• * *Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology (with Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander) (Bluejay 0-312-94471-3, Dec ’86, $19.95, 438pp, hc) Anthology of 24 stories. This is the last Bluejay book. (Contents)
• * *Worlds of If: A Retrospective Anthology (with Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander) (Bluejay 0-312-94472-1, Dec ’86, $10.95, 438pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.

POLIKARPUS, VIIDO (1946- )

• * _Down Town (with Tappan Wright King) See entry under Tappan Wright King.
• * _Down Town (with Tappan Wright King) (Tor 0-812-54937-6, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $2.95, 294pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) fantasy novel, illustrated by Polikarpus.

POLLACK, FREDERICK (1946- ) (stories)

• * *Happiness (Story Line Press 1-885266-58-8, Aug ’98, $12.95, 160pp, tp, cover by Saul Steinberg) Dystopian SF novel in verse about a world turned inside out, with an able-bodied Stephen Hawking the mastermind behind the leftist rulers. A “revenge fantasy for the politically correct” per Tom Disch. Order from Story Line Press, Three Oaks Farm, Brownsville OR 97327-9718; 541-512-8792; slp@ptinet.net.

POLLACK, RACHEL (Grace) (1945- ) (stories)

• * *Alqua Dreams (Franklin Watts 0-531-15070-4, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $16.95, 246pp, hc) Sf novel, a first novel.
• * _Alqua Dreams (Legend 0-09-966340-6, Jan ’90, £3.50, 246pp, pb, cover by Peter Andrew Jones) Reprint (Franklin Watts 1987) sf novel.
• * *Burning Sky (Cambrian Publications 1-878914-04-9, Oct ’98, $34.00, 409pp, hc, cover by Paula J. McCreary) Collection of 27 stories, each with an afterword by the author. Introduction by Samuel R. Delany. This is a signed, limited edition of 300. Order from Cambrian Publications, PO Box 112170, Campbell CA 95011-2170. (Contents)
• * *Godmother Night (St. Martin’s 0-312-14606-X, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $24.95, 355pp, hc, cover by Janet Woolley) Fantasy novel. A contemporary fairy tale about a lesbian couple whose lives are shattered by the personification of death.
• * _Godmother Night (Abacus 0-349-10836-6, Nov ’96, £9.99, 355pp, tp) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1996) lesbian contemporary fairy tale. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Temporary Agency (Orbit 1-85723-149-X, Apr ’94, £15.99, 202pp, hc, cover by David O’Connor) [Unquenchable Fire] Fantasy novel. Sequel to Unquenchable Fire.
• * +Temporary Agency (St. Martin’s 0-312-11077-4, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $18.95, 199pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Unquenchable Fire] Alternate-world fantasy novel set in the same world as Unquenchable Fire. First American edition (Orbit 1994).
• * _Temporary Agency (SFBC #05890, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $8.98, 202pp, hc, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Unquenchable Fire] Reprint (Orbit 1994) alternate-world fantasy novel. Similar to the St. Martin’s 1994 edition, except this lacks a price and has the SFBC code number on the back jacket.
• * _Temporary Agency (Orbit 1-85723-267-4, Apr ’95 [Mar ’95], £4.99, 202pp, pb, cover by David O’Connor) [Unquenchable Fire] Reprint (Orbit 1994) alternate world fantasy novel set in the same world as Unquenchable Fire.
• * _Temporary Agency (Overlook Press 0-87951-602-X, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $10.95, 202pp, tp, cover by Ron Walotsky) [Unquenchable Fire] Reprint (Orbit 1994) alternate-world fantasy novel. A Nebula nominee, sequel to Unquenchable Fire.
• * *Unquenchable Fire (Century 0-7126-2341-8, Jul ’88, £5.95, 390pp, tp) [Unquenchable Fire] Fantasy novel. Also available in hc (-1950-X) for £11.95.
• * _Unquenchable Fire (Legend 0-09-958950-8, Apr ’89, £3.99, 390pp, pb) [Unquenchable Fire] Reprint (Century 1988) fantasy novel.
• * +Unquenchable Fire (Overlook Press 0-87951-447-7, Mar ’92, $23.95, 390pp, hc, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Unquenchable Fire] Feminist fantasy novel where the laws of the universe have been changed and miracles are commonplace. Winner of the 1989 Arthur C. Clarke award. First American edition (Century 1988).
• * _Unquenchable Fire (SFBC #03907, Dec ’92, $11.98, 390pp, hc, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Unquenchable Fire] Reprint (Century 1988) sf novel. Similar to the 1992 Overlook Press edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Unquenchable Fire (Orbit 1-85723-182-1, Apr ’94, £5.99, 390pp, pb, cover by David O’Connor) [Unquenchable Fire] Reprint (Century 1988) fantasy novel.
• * _Unquenchable Fire (Overlook Press 0-87951-9, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $13.95, 390pp, tp, cover by Wayne Barlowe) [Unquenchable Fire] Reprint (Century 1988) SF novel, winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award.

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• * *Tarot Tales (with Caitlín Matthews) (Legend 0-7126-2471-6, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], £5.95, 304pp, tp) Original fantasy anthology. (Contents)
• * _Tarot Tales (with Caitlín Matthews) (Legend 0-09-964980-2, May ’91 [Apr ’91], £4.99, 303pp, tp) Reprint (Legend 1989) original occult anthology.
• * +Tarot Tales (with Caitlín Matthews) (Ace 0-441-00352-4, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.99, 256pp, pb, cover by Joe Burleson) Original anthology of 16 stories inspired by symbols of the Tarot. Authors include Gwyneth Jones, Michael Moorcock, Garry Kilworth, and Storm Constantine. First US edition (Legend 1989).

POLLOCK, DALE

• * _Skywalking: The Life and Films of George Lucas (Ballantine 0-345-31419-0, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $3.50, 332pp, pb) Reprint (Crown Harmony 1983), non-fiction — biography of the filmmaker behind the “Star Wars” series. [Lucas]

POLLOTTA, NICK; [i.e., Nicholas Angelo Pollotta, Jr.] (1954- ); see pseudonym Jack Hopkins (stories)

• * *Bureau 13 (Ace 0-441-08420-6, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $3.95, 182pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Bureau 13] Fantasy novelization based on a role-playing game, first book of a series about a top secret branch of the FBI specializing in dealing with inhuman criminals and lawbreaking monsters. Boris Vallejo is incorrectly given as the cover artist.
• * *Doomsday Exam (Ace 0-441-15866-8, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $3.99, 202pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Bureau 13] Fantasy novelization based on the “Bureau 13” role-playing game, second book of the “Bureau 13” series.
• * *Full Moonster (Ace 0-441-08421-4, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $3.99, 197pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) [Bureau 13] Fantasy novel, third book of the “Bureau 13” series, based on a role-playing game, about a top-secret branch of the FBI specializing in dealing with lawbreaking monsters.
• * *Illegal Aliens (with Phil Foglio) (TSR 0-88038-715-7, Mar ’89, $3.95, 336pp, tp) Humorous sf novel about how a NYC street gang foils aliens who want to use Earthlings as guinea pigs. Cover and illustrations by Foglio.
• * *Shadowrun: Shadowboxer (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45599-1, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $5.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Shadowrun] Novelization based on the role-playing games, #25 in the series. The author’s name is given as Nick Pollotta on the title page. Copyrighted by FASA.

POOLE, JOSEPHINE; pseudonym of Jane Penelope Josephine Helyar, (1933- ) (stories)

• * *The Loving Ghosts (Hutchinson 0-09-172050-8, May ’88 [1988], £6.95, 144pp, hc) Young adult ghost novel. [Not seen]
• * _The Loving Ghosts (Beaver 0-09-959690-3, May ’89 [Apr ’89], £1.99, 119pp, pb) Reprint (Hutchinson 1988) young-adult ghost novel.
• * *Scared to Death and Other Ghostly Stories (Hutchinson 0-09-176155-7, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], £9.99, 158pp, hc, cover by Stuart Bodek) Original collection of nine ghost stories for young adults. (Contents)
• * _Scared To Death and Other Ghostly Stories (Red Fox 0-09-928971-7, Oct ’96, £3.50, 158pp, pb) Reprint (Hutchinson 1994) original collection of nine ghost stories for young adults.

POORTVLIET, RIEN; [i.e., Marien Poortvliet] (1933?- )

• * *The Book of the Sandman and the Alphabet of Sleep (Harry N. Abrams 0-8109-1524-3, Sep ’89 [Aug ’89], $17.95, 121pp, hc) Children’s fantasy art/humor book, similar to the authors’ earlier hit, Gnomes. Originally published in Dutch (J.H. Kok 1988 as Het Bock Van Klaas Vaak en het ABC van de Slaap).
• * *Secrets of the Gnomes (with Wil Huygen) (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30861-1, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $12.95, unpaginated, pb) Semi-fiction/humor. “You can go gnome again!” say the publishers.

POPE, ELIZABETH MARIE (1917-1992)

• * _The Perilous Gard (Tempo 0-441-65956-X, Jan ’84 [Dec ’83], $2.25, 211pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1974) young-adult fantasy novel.
• * _The Sherwood Ring (Ace/Tempo 0-441-76111-9, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.25, 180pp, pb) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1958) young-adult fantasy novel. Recommended. (DLN)
• * _The Sherwood Ring (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-034911-1, May ’92 [Apr ’92], $3.99, 266pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1958) young-adult fantasy novel about a girl who encounters the ghosts of her Revolutionary War ancestors. Illustrated by Evaline Ness.

POPESCU, PETRU (Demetru) (1929- )

• * *Almost Adam (Morrow 0-688-14863-8, May ’96 [Mar ’96], $24.00, 544pp, hc) Lost-race novel. An anthropologist stumbles across a living missing link, and his tribe. A first novel by a filmmaker and non-fiction writer.
• * _Almost Adam (Avon 0-380-72824-9, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $6.99, 607pp, pb) Reprint (Morrow 1996) lost-race novel. An anthropologist finds a living tribe of missing links.
• * *In Hot Blood (Ballantine Fawcett 0-449-14554-9, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.95, 328pp, pb) Horror, a New Orleans vampire novel.

POPKES, STEVEN (Earl) (1952- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Caliban Landing (Congdon & Weed 0-86553-188-9, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $16.95, 281pp, hc) Sf novel (part of the “Isaac Asimov Presents” line), with an introduction by Asimov. A first novel. Anthropological sf set on an alien planet and told from the alien’s viewpoint.
• * _Caliban Landing (Worldwide Library 0-373-30304-1, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.95, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1987) offworld sf novel. An exploration team accidentally kills a native and must stay and try to make it right.

PORATH, ELLEN

• * _DragonLance: Kindred Spirits (with Mark Anthony) See entry under Mark Anthony.
• * *DragonLance: Steel and Stone (TSR 1-56076-339-6, Sep ’92, $4.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Clyde Caldwell) [DragonLance: Meetings] Fantasy novelization based on the “DragonLance” game, fifth book of “The Meetings Sextet”.

PORTA, ANTONIO

• * *The King of the Storeroom (Wesleyan University Press 0-8195-5247-X, Jun ’92 [Sep ’93], $19.95, 149pp, hc, cover by Jean Charlier Gerson) Post-apocalypse sf novel of a survivor’s efforts to preserve knowledge in the face of barbarism and chaos. Translated from the Italian by Lawrence R. Smith. Originally published as Il Re del Maggazino (Mondadori 1978). Available from University Press of New England, 17½ Lebanon St., Hanover NH 03755.

PORTER, BARRY

• * *Dark Souls (Zebra 0-8217-2651-X, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 349pp, pb) Horror novel about a creature that consumes men’s souls.
• * *Junkyard (Zebra 0-8217-2816-4, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 284pp, pb) Horror novel of a carnivorous creature that lives in a junkyard menacing children.

PORTER, FRANCIS A. (1920- )

• * *Salt Twelve (Fithian Press 0-936784-58-X, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $9.95, 254pp, tp) Sf novel, a satirical look at the arms race from the perspective of superintelligent aliens.