The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

POE, EDGAR ALLAN (stories) (continued)

• * *Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket and Related Tales (Oxford University Press 0-19-282844-4, Apr ’94 [May ’94], £5.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Frederick Edwin Church) Fantasy/horror collection, edited and annotated by J. Gerald Kennedy. In the World’s Classic series. (Contents)
• * *Selected Tales (Random House/Vintage 0-679-72524-5, Aug ’91 [Jan ’92], $9.50, 436pp, tp) Collection of 17 stories plus the novel The Narrative of A. Gordon Pym, with an introduction by Diane Johnson.
• * _Selected Tales (Penguin/Godfrey Cave 0-14-062116-4, Aug ’94 [Sep ’94], £1.00, 406pp, pb, cover by Arthur Rackham) Reprint fantasy/horror collection. This is not the same as the 1991 book from Vintage. (Contents)
• * *Selected Tales (Oxford University Press 0-19-283224-7, Apr ’98, £2.50, xxviii+338pp, tp, cover by Harry Clarke) Fantasy/horror collection. This appears to be a new selection, edited and with an introduction and notes by David Van Leer. (Contents)
• * _The Short Fiction of Edgar Allan Poe: An Annotated Edition (University of Illinois Press 0-252-06125-X, Feb ’90 [Jan ’91], $17.95, 633pp, tp) Reprint (Bobbs Merrill 1976) collection of all of Poe’s short fiction, edited and with notes by Stuart and Susan Levine, plus an introduction by Stuart Levine and a bibliography. This has been the standard text of Poe’s short fiction.
• * _Tales (Leipzig: Berhard Tauchnitz, 1905, 328pp, hc) Reprint (Tauchnitz 1884) collection. Collection of British Authors Vol. 2212, edited John H. Ingram. [EZ] (Contents)
• * *Tales of Edgar Allan Poe (Morrow/Books of Wonder 0-688-07509-6, Sep ’91 [Aug ’91], $19.95, 308pp, hc, cover by Barry Moser) Collection of 14 stories with illustrations by Barry Moser and an afterword by Peter Glassman.
• * _Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Octopus 0-7064-2651-7, Oct ’86, £6.95, 318pp, hc) Reprint (Harrap 1935) collection of horror stories.
• * _Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Mystic Press 1-85170-124-9, Aug ’87 [Dec ’87], £14.95, 412pp, hc) Reprint (Everyman Library 1908) horror collection.
• * _Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Everyman 0-460-11336-4, Sep ’87, £2.95, 572pp, pb) Reissue (Everyman Library 1908) horror collection.
• * _Tales of Mystery and Imagination (O’Mara 0-948397-46-2, Sep ’87 [Dec ’87], £12.00, 304pp, hc) Reprint (Everyman Library 1908) horror collection. Facsimile of Harrap (1919) edition with new introduction by Richard Dalby. Illustrated by Harry Clarke.
• * _Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Everyman 0-460-87040-8, Sep ’90, £4.99, 572pp, tp, cover by Simon Marsden) Reissue (Everyman 1908) horror collection.
• * *Tales of Mystery and Terror (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-035115-9, Oct ’90 [Nov ’90], $2.25, 191pp, pb, cover by David Wyatt) Collection of 13 stories. This is a worldwide edition. (Contents)
• * _Tales of Mystery and Terror (Puffin 0-14-036720-9, Jan ’95 [Feb ’95], £3.50, 235pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) Reissue (Puffin 1990) collection of 13 fantasy and horror stories.
• * _Tales of Mystery and Terror (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-036720-9, Aug ’95 [Sep ’95], $3.50, 235pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) Reissue (Puffin 1990) young-adult collection of 13 classic horror stories. We appear to have missed the first (1994) printing of this specific edition in the US. This is a worldwide edition; second printing.
• * _Tales of Mystery and The Imagination (Mysterious Press 0-89296-350-6, Oct ’88 [Aug ’88], $25.00, 303pp, hc) Reprint (Harrap 1919) collection, illustrated by Harry Clarke. This is a facsimile of the famous earlier edition (with what are generally considered the best Poe illustrations ever), with an introduction by Richard Dalby written for the 1987 British facsimile edition.
• * *The Tell Tale Heart (Mojo Press 1-885418-03-5, Aug ’95, $4.95, unpaginated, tp, cover by Bill D. Fountain) Graphic collection of stories and poems by Poe, illustrated by Bill D. Fountain. Order from Mojo Press, PO Box 140005, Austin TX 78714; [mojo@eden.com].
• * *The Tell-Tale Heart (with Melvin R. White) (Hanbury 1-85205-030-6, May ’87 [Jun ’87], £1.95, 18pp, pb) Play adaptation of Poe’s short story. [Not seen]
• * _Three Tales of Horror (with Ambrose Bierce & Robert Louis Stevenson) (Penguin 0-14-600090-0, Aug ’95, $.95, 58pp, tp, cover by Francisco Goya) Anthology of three horror stories. A “Penguin 60s” anniversary edition. (Contents)
• * _Visions of Poe (with Simon Marsden) See entry under Simon Marsden.

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• * _A Companion to Poe Studies See entry under Eric W. Carlson.
• * _Edgar Allan Poe and Arthur Machen See entry under Anonymous.
• * _Edgar Allan Poe: His Life and Legacy See entry under Jeffrey Meyers.
• * _Edgar Allan Poe: Mournful and Never-Ending Remembrance See entry under Kenneth Silverman.
• * _Midnight Dreary: The Mysterious Death of Edgar Allan Poe See entry under John Evangelist Walsh.
• * _On Poe: The Best from American Literature See entry under Louis J. Budd.
• * _Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe Poe See entry under Daniel Hoffman.

POE, ROBERT

• * *The Black Cat (Tor/Forge 0-312-86013-7, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $23.95, 288pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) Associational mystery, a retelling of Edgar Allan Poe’s story by the same title, with elements of modern paganism.
• * _The Black Cat (Tor 0-812-54932-5, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $6.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Michael Koelsch) Reprint (Forge 1997) associational mystery retelling Edgar Allan Poe’s story.
• * *Return to the House of Usher (Tor/Forge 0-312-86012-9, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $22.95, 284pp, hc, cover by Stephen Johnson) Horror novel/mystery of psychological suspense, by a distant relative of Edgar Allen Poe. Usher House is rebuilt as a sanitarium by contemporary Ushers who seem to be reliving the house’s Fall.
• * _Return to the House of Usher (Tor 0-812-54931-7, Oct ’97, $6.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Stephen Johnson) Reprint (Forge 1996) horror novel/mystery of psychological suspense, by a distant relative of Edgar Allen Poe.

POE, STEPHEN EDWARD (1937?-2000); see pseudonym Stephen E. Whitfield

POGUE, CHARLES EDWARD

• * *Dragonheart (Boulevard 1-57297-130-4, Jun ’96 [May ’96], $5.99, 292pp, pb) Movie novelization. Copyrighted by MCA Publishing Rights.
• * _Dragonheart (Mandarin 0-7493-2230-6, Sep ’96, £5.99, 264pp, pb) Reprint (Boulevard 1996) fantasy novelization of the screenplay by Pogue. [First U.K. edition]

POGUE, DAVID (1963- )

• * _Hard Drive (Ace 0-441-00255-2, Aug ’95 [Jul ’95], $4.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Tom Cushwa) Reissue (Diamond 1993) SF thriller about a deadly computer virus. We missed the original edition.

POGUE, WILLIAM R. (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Trikon Deception (with Ben Bova) See entry under Ben Bova.

POHL, FREDERIK (George, Jr.) (1919- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Annals of the Heechee (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32565-6, Mar ’87 [Feb ’87], $16.95, 338pp, hc) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Sf novel, conclusion of the “Heechee Saga”. Pohl succeeds in doing what “Doc” Smith never could — tying up a galaxy-spanning saga satisfactorily. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _The Annals of the Heechee (SFBC #11278, Sep ’87, $4.98, 278pp, hc) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel, #4 in the “Heechee” series.
• * _The Annals of the Heechee (Gollancz 0-575-04149-8, Nov ’87, £10.95, 352pp, hc) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel. Volume 4 in the “Heechee” series. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * _The Annals of the Heechee (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32566-4, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.95, 341pp, pb) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel, Book Four of the “Heechee Saga”. Brings an excellent series to a fitting close. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _The Annals of the Heechee (Orbit 0-7088-8317-6, Oct ’89, £3.50, 338pp, pb) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) sf novel, in which the Assassins finally come out of their kugelblitz! Volume four in the “Heechee” series.
• * _Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32067-0, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.95, 309pp, pb) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reissue (Del Rey 1980) sf novel. Book Two of the “Heechee Saga”. 5th printing.
• * _Beyond the Blue Event Horizon (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35046-4, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.95, 309pp, pb) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reissue (Del Rey 1980) sf novel, Book Two of the “Heechee Saga”. 10th printing.
• * *Black Star Rising (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31903-6, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $15.95, 282pp, hc) Sf novel.
• * _Black Star Rising (SFBC #01730, Nov ’85 [Dec ’85], $4.98, 214pp, hc) Reprint (Ballantine/Del Rey 1985) sf novel of aliens visiting a politically messy Earth.
• * _Black Star Rising (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31902-8, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $3.50, 293pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel.
• * _Black Star Rising (Gollancz 0-575-03848-9, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], £8.95, 282pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel.
• * _Black Star Rising (Orbit 0-7088-8218-8, Apr ’87, £2.95, 282pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1985) sf novel.
• * *Chernobyl (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05210-1, Sep ’87 [Aug ’87], $18.95, 355pp, hc) Associational; a novel based on the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl.
• * *Chernobyl (Bantam UK 0-553-17502-5, Sep ’87, £4.95, 355pp, tp) Mainstream novel by author better known for his sf. Simultaneous with US (Bantam) edition.
• * _Chernobyl (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27193-8, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $4.50, 357pp, pb) Reprint (Bantam 1987) associational novel.
• * *The Coming of the Quantum Cats (Bantam Spectra 0-553-25786-2, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $3.50, 296pp, pb) Sf novel of alternate timelines.
• * _The Coming of the Quantum Cats (SFBC #05346, Jul ’86 [Aug ’86], $4.98, 243pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1986) sf novel. First hardcover edition.
• * _The Coming of the Quantum Cats (Gollancz 0-575-04016-5, Mar ’87, £9.95, 243pp, hc) Reprint (Bantam 1986) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Coming of the Quantum Cats (Gollancz 0-575-04493-4, Jun ’89 [May ’89], £2.99, 243pp, pb, cover by Terry Pastor) Reprint (Bantam 1986) sf novel.
• * *The Day the Martians Came (Easton Press no ISBN, Nov ’88, no price, 248pp, hc) Sf novel. Limited, signed leatherbound edition, simultaneous with the trade edition.
• * *The Day the Martians Came (St. Martin’s 0-312-02183-6, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $15.95, 248pp, hc) Episodic novel based on ten sf stories plus connecting material. Seven of the stories have appeared before. (Contents)
• * _The Day the Martians Came (SFBC #14491, Feb ’89 [Mar ’89], $4.98, 217pp, hc) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1988) sf collection of connected stories.
• * _The Day the Martians Came (St. Martin’s 0-312-91781-3, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 248pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1988) sf collection of ten stories with connecting material.
• * _The Day the Martians Came (Grafton 0-586-20743-0, Apr ’90, £3.50, 300pp, pb, cover by Alun Hood) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1988) episodic novel based on ten sf stories plus connecting material. Seven of the stories have appeared before, although at least one of those has been revised. Strongly recommended. (PSP)
• * _The Day the Martians Came (Severn House 0-7278-4106-8, Sep ’90, £11.95, 300pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1988) sf collection.
• * *The Demon in the Skull (DAW 0-87997-939-9, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.50, 158pp, pb) Sf novel, a rewrite of Plague of Pythons (1965).
• * _Gateway (Easton Press no ISBN, 1986 [May ’89], no price, 313pp, hc) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1977) award winning sf novel with a long special introduction by Algis Budrys and artwork by Vincent DiFate. This special leatherbound signed gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only. The special contents of this edition have a 1986 copyright date, but was not seen until now.
• * _Gateway (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34690-4, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.50, 313pp, pb) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reissue (St. Martin’s 1977) sf novel, winner of the Hugo and Nebula awards. 14th printing; over 840,000 paperbacks in print.
• * _Gateway (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34690-4, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 313pp, pb) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reissue (St. Martin’s 1977) sf novel, Book One of the “Heechee Saga”. Winner of the Hugo and Nebula Awards. Highly recommended. (CNB) 13th printing.
• * *The Gateway Trip: Tales and Vignettes of the Heechee (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36301-9, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $18.95, 241pp, hc, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Collection of ten “Heechee” stories/vignettes, with illustrations by Frank Kelly Freas. (Contents)
• * _The Gateway Trip: Tales and Vignettes of the Heechee (BOMC no ISBN, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $16.95, hc, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) collection of 10 “Heechee” stories/vignettes. This is identical to the Del Rey edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * _The Gateway Trip: Tales and Vignettes of the Heechee (Easton Press no ISBN, Jan ’91, no price, 241pp, hc) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Collection of 10 “Heechee” stories/vignettes, with an introduction by James Gunn and the original illustrations by Frank Kelly-Freas. Published “simultaneously” with the Del Rey edition which appeared two months earlier. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _The Gateway Trip: Tales and Vignettes of the Heechee (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $9.95, 360pp, tp, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) collection of 10 “Heechee” stories/vignettes. 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 Gateway Trip: Tales and Vignettes of the Heechee (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37544-0, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Del Rey 1990) collection of 10 “Heechee” stories/vignettes, with illustrations by Frank Kelly Freas.
• * _Gladiator-at-Law (with C. M. Kornbluth) (Baen 0-671-65566-3, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $2.95, 251pp, pb) A slightly rewritten version of an earlier sf satire novel (Ballantine 1953). Corporate lawyers take over the world.
• * _Gladiator-at-Law (with C. M. Kornbluth) (Gollancz 0-575-04127-7, Oct ’87, £3.95, 192pp, tp) Reprint (Ballantine 1953) sf novel. This appears to contain the original text, rather than the revised (Baen 1986) version. Volume 18 in the Gollancz Classic SF series.
• * *Heechee Rendezvous (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30062-9, Jun ’84 [May ’84], $14.95, 311pp, hc) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Sf novel, third in the “Heechee” series.
• * _Heechee Rendezvous (Gollancz 0-575-03469-6, Aug ’84 [Jul ’84], £8.95, 311pp, hc) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Del Rey 1984) sf novel, third in the “Heechee” series.
• * _Heechee Rendezvous (SFBC #3827, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $3.98, 274pp, hc) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Ballantine/Del Rey 1984) sf novel, third in the “Heechee” trilogy.
• * _Heechee Rendezvous (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30055-6, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $3.50, 331pp, pb) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reprint (Ballantine/Del Rey 1984) sf novel, third in the “Heechee” series. First paperback edition.
• * _Heechee Rendezvous (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-30055-6, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $3.50, 331pp, pb) [Heechee (Robinette Broadhead)] Reissue (Del Rey 1984) sf novel, Book 3 of the “Heechee Saga”. sixth printing.
• * *Homegoing (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33975-4, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $16.95, 279pp, hc) Humorous sf novel about a boy raised by aliens and returned secretly to earth.
• * _Homegoing (Easton Press no ISBN, Aug ’89, no price, 279pp, hc) Humorous sf novel about a boy raised by aliens and returned secretly to earth, with an introduction by James Gunn and art by Barclay Shaw. This is a signed, limited, leatherbound, gilt-edge edition that is being published “simultaneously” with the Del Rey hardcover edition which appeared two months ago. This edition is part of the “Signed First Editions of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Homegoing (SFBC #15362, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $4.98, 224pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1989) sf novel.
• * _Homegoing (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36550-X, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $4.95, 283pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) Reprint (Del Rey 1989) sf novel about a human boy raised by aliens and secretly returned to Earth.
• * _Homegoing (Gollancz 0-575-04895-6, Sep ’90, £13.95, 279pp, hc) Reprint (Del Rey 1989) sf novel.
• * _Homegoing (Gollancz 0-575-05161-2, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], £3.99, 279pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Del Rey 1989) sf novel.
• * _Jem (Bantam 0-553-25144-9, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.95, 312pp, pb) Reissue (St. Martin’s 1979) sf novel, 5th printing. A fine, down-beat tale of the end of humanity. A Hugo and Nebula nominee and a winner of the American Book Award. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _Jem (Baen 0-671-87625-2, Oct ’94 [Sep ’94], $4.99, 359pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1979) Hugo and Nebula Award-nominated SF novel. Winner of the American Book Award.
• * *Land’s End (with Jack Williamson) (Tor 0-312-93071-2, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $18.95, 370pp, hc) Sf disaster novel. A comet destroys the ozone layer and only those living in undersea cities thrive.
• * _Land’s End (with Jack Williamson) (SFBC #14329, Dec ’88, $6.50, 369pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel.
• * _Land’s End (with Jack Williamson) (Tor 0-812-50024-5, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], $4.95, 370pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1988) sf disaster novel of undersea cities after a comet destroys the ozone layer.
• * _Man Plus (Bantam 0-553-24809-X, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $2.95, 246pp, pb) [Man Plus] Reissue (Random House 1976) sf novel. 6th printing. A Nebula Award winner and one of Pohl’s best. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _Man Plus (Gollancz 0-575-03981-7, Apr ’87, £3.50, 215pp, tp) [Man Plus] Reprint (Random House 1976) sf novel. Volume 12 of the Gollancz Classic SF series.
• * _Man Plus (Easton Press no ISBN, Dec ’90, no price, 215pp, hc) [Man Plus] Reprint (Random House 1976) sf novel with an introduction by Stephen F. Goldman and artwork by Richard Powers. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the “Masterpieces of Science Fiction” series and is available by subscription only.
• * _Man Plus (Baen 0-671-87618-X, Aug ’94 [Jul ’94], $4.99, 277pp, pb, cover by David Mattingly) [Man Plus] Reprint (Random House 1976) Nebula Award-winning SF novel.
• * *Mars Plus (with Thomas T. Thomas) (Baen 0-671-87605-8, Jun ’94 [May ’94], $20.00, 342pp, hc, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Man Plus] SF novel of Martian colonization problems, sequel to the awards-winning Man Plus.