The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- PRATT, (Murray) FLETCHER (stories) (continued)
- PREISLER, JEROME (1957- ) (stories)
- * *Mortal Kombat: Annihilation (Tor 0-812-53933-8, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $5.99, 184pp, pb) Novelization based on the second movie based on the video game. Copyrighted by New Line Productions.
- * *The Pact (Leisure 0-8439-2784-4, Jul 89 [Aug 89], $3.95, 363pp, pb) Horror novel. An American Indian shaman releases a force that threatens to destroy the world.
- PREISS, BYRON (Cary) (1953-2005) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
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- * *The Microverse (Bantam 0-553-05705-7, Nov 89 [Sep 89], $29.95, 352pp, hc) Original illustrated anthology of both fiction and non-fiction concerning the world of subatomic particles. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)
- * _The Microverse (SFBC #58048, May 90 [Apr 90], $17.98, hc) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1989) anthology of sf fiction and non-fiction pieces.
- * *The Planets (Bantam 0-553-05109-1, Dec 85 [Oct 85], $24.95, 336pp, hc) Original anthology of non-fiction and fiction. A guide to the solar system, featuring original stories by well-known sf writers plus essays by scientists and work by sf/astronomy artists. (Contents)
- * _The Planets (Bantam 0-553-34783-7, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $16.95, 336pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1985) original anthology of fiction and non-fiction about the solar system. This is identical to the 1985 edition and seems to be bound pages of the original hardcover with a paperback cover and a new ISBN on the outside only.
- * *The Ultimate Alien (with John Gregory Betancourt & Keith R. A. DeCandido) (Dell/DTP 0-440-50631-X, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $13.95, 313pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Anthology of 15 stories, 11 original, about aliens. There is an introduction by Robert Silverberg. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)
- * *The Ultimate Dinosaur (with Robert Silverberg) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-07676-0, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $35.00, 336pp, hc, cover by Wayne D. Barlowe) Original anthology of 11 stories about dinosaurs, plus 15 essays and full-color illustrations by various artists. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)
- * _The Ultimate Dinosaur (with Robert Silverberg) (Bantam Spectra 0-553-37304-8, Jul 93 [Jun 93], $19.95, 336pp, tp, cover by Wayne D. Barlowe) Reprint (Bantam 1992) original anthology of 11 stories about dinosaurs, plus 15 essays and full-color illustrations by various artists.
- * *The Ultimate Dracula (with David Keller & Megan Miller) (Dell 0-440-50353-1, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $10.00, 358pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Original anthology of 19 vampire stories, with an introduction and a filmography by Leonard Wolf. A shorter version of Anne Rices The Master of Rampling Gate appeared previously in Redbook. This is being published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the Universal film. Recommended (SW). (Contents)
- * _The Ultimate Dracula (with David Keller & Megan Miller) (Headline 0-7472-3830-8, Mar 92, £4.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (Dell 1991) original anthology of 19 vampire stories, with an introduction and a filmography by Leonard Wolf. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Ultimate Dragon (with John Gregory Betancourt & Keith R. A. DeCandido) (Dell/DTP 0-440-50630-1, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $13.95, 313pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Anthology of 19 stories, 17 original, about dragons. There is an introduction by Tanith Lee. Packaged and copyrighted by Byron Preiss Visual Publications. (Contents)
- * *The Ultimate Frankenstein (with David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt) (Dell 0-440-50352-3, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $10.00, 327pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Frankenstein] Original anthology of 19 stories based on the Frankenstein story, one (by Kurt Vonnegut) a reprint. There is an introduction by Isaac Asimov and a filmography by Leonard Wolf. This is being published to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the 1931 Universal film. Recommended (SW). (Contents)
- * _The Ultimate Frankenstein (with David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt) (Headline 0-7472-3831-6, Jun 92, £4.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Dell 1991) anthology of 19 stories based on the Frankenstein story, all but two original. There is an introduction by Isaac Asimov and a filmography by Leonard Wolf. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Ultimate Frankenstein (with David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt) (Headline 0-7472-0553-1, Jul 92 [1992], £15.99, 373pp, hc) [Frankenstein] Hardback edition of the above. [Not seen]
- * *The Ultimate Werewolf (with David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt) (Dell 0-440-50354-X, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $10.00, 359pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Original anthology of 20 werewolf stories, two (the Ellison and the Niven) reprints, with an introduction by Harlan Ellison and a filmography by Leonard Wolf. This is being published to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Universal film. Recommended (SW). (Contents)
- * _The Ultimate Werewolf (with David Keller, Megan Miller & John Gregory Betancourt) (Headline 0-7472-3832-4, Sep 92, £4.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Mike Posen) Reprint (Dell 1991) anthology of 20 werewolf stories, all but two original, with an introduction by Harlan Ellison and a filmography by Leonard Wolf. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Ultimate Witch (with John Gregory Betancourt) (Dell 0-440-50531-3, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $11.95, 360pp, tp, cover by Bruce Jensen) Mostly original anthology of 25 stories (at least two reprints), about witches. With an introduction by Philip José Farmer. A Byron Preiss Book. (Contents)
- * *The Ultimate Zombie (with John Gregory Betancourt) (Dell 0-440-50534-8, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $11.95, 391pp, tp) Mostly original anthology of 22 stories and a novel excerpt from Anne Rices The Witching Hour (at least three of the stories are reprints). A Byron Preiss Book. (Contents)
- * *The Universe (Bantam Spectra 0-553-05227-6, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $27.95, 333pp, hc) Original anthology of sf stories, science articles, and illustrations by numerous space artists. (Contents)
- * _The Universe (QPB no ISBN, Nov 87, $13.50, 333pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam 1987) original anthology of sf and non-fiction. This is exactly the same as the Bantam hardcover, except for the binding and lack of ISBN.
- * _The Universe (Bantam 0-553-34782-9, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $16.95, 335pp, tp) Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1987) original anthology of fiction and non-fiction. This is identical to the 1987 edition and seems to be bound pages of the original hardcover with a paperback cover and a new ISBN on the outside only.
- PRELUTSKY, JACK (1940- ) (stories)
- * *Mondays Troll (with Peter Sís) (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-09644-1, 1996 [Apr 96], $16.00, 40pp, hc, cover by Peter Sis) Childrens picture book. There are 17 poems about monsters and magic by Prelutsky, with illustrations by Sis.
- PRENTISS, CHARLOTTE; pseudonym of Charles Platt, (1945- )
- * *The Island Tribe (HarperPaperbacks 0-06-101012-X, Mar 97 [Dec 98], $5.99, 355pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Island Tribe] Associational prehistorical novel. Prentiss is a pen name for Charles Platt. This is dated 1997, but not seen until now.
- * *The Ocean Tribe (HarperChoice 0-06-101011-1, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $6.50, 378pp, pb, cover by Luis Royo) [Island Tribe] Associational prehistorical novel, sequel to The Island Tribe. Prentiss is a pen name for Charles Platt.
- * *People of the Mesa (Penguin/Onyx 0-451-17850-5, Feb 95 [Dec 98], $5.50, 416pp, pb, cover by Marcel Rozenberg) Associational prehistorical novel of the American Southwest. Prentiss is a pen name for Charles Platt. This is dated 1995, but not seen until now; two other Prentiss prehistoricals (Children of the Ice, Children of the Sun) have not been seen.
- PRESCOT, DRAY; pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer, (1921-2005)
- * *Masks of Scorpio (DAW 0-87997-924-0, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $2.50, 175pp, pb) [Dray Prescot] Dray Prescot #31, sf novel. This series used to be written by Alan Burt Akers, who was Ken Bulmer. It probably still is.
- * *Omens of Kregen (DAW 0-88677-090-4, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $2.95, 222pp, pb) [Dray Prescot] Fantasy novel, Dray Prescot #36.
- * *Seg the Bowman (DAW 0-87997-965-8, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $2.75, 255pp, pb) [Dray Prescot] Fantasy novel, Dray Prescot #32.
- * *Storm Over Valhalla (DAW 0-88677-069-6, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $2.95, 254pp, pb) [Dray Prescot] Fantasy novel, Dray Prescot #35.
- * *Warlord of Antares (DAW 0-88677-269-9, Apr 88 [Mar 88], $3.50, 255pp, pb) [Dray Prescot] Fantasy novel. Dray Prescot #37 and the last for now. Contains a glossary for books 23-36.
- * *Werewolves of Kregen (DAW 0-87997-991-7, Jan 85 [Dec 84], $2.50, 220pp, pb) [Dray Prescot] Fantasy novel. Dray Prescot #33. The author is Ken Bulmer on all the Prescot series.
- * *Witches of Kregen (DAW 0-88677-032-7, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $2.75, 223pp, pb) [Dray Prescot] Fantasy novel, Dray Prescot #34.
- PRESTON, DOUGLAS (1956- ); see pseudonym Lincoln Preston (chron.)
- * *Mount Dragon (with Lincoln Child) (Tor/Forge 0-312-86042-0, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $22.95, 349pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar) SF medical thriller of genetic engineering gone wrong.
- * _Mount Dragon (with Lincoln Child) (SFBC #10945, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $10.98, 349pp, hc, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Reprint (Forge 1996) SF medical thriller of genetic engineering gone wrong. This is similar to the Forge edition, except it lacks a price and ISBN, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Mount Dragon (with Lincoln Child) (Tor 0-812-56437-5, Jun 97 [May 97], $6.99, 494pp, pb, cover by Shelley Eshkar) Reprint (Forge 1996) SF medical thriller of genetic engineering gone wrong.
- * *Relic (with Lincoln Child) (Tor/Forge 0-312-85630-X, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $22.95, 382pp, hc, cover by Jim Thiesen) [Relic] Horror novel. Archaeologists dig up something deadly that awakens in a New York museum.
- * _Relic (with Lincoln Child) (Tor/Forge 0-812-54326-2, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $6.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Jim Thiesen) [Relic] Reprint (Tor 1995) horror novel. Archaeologists dig up something deadly that awakens in a New York museum.
- * _The Relic (with Lincoln Child) (Tor 0-812-54326-2, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $6.99, 474pp, pb, cover by Jim Thiesen) [Relic] Reissue (Forge 1995 as Relic) horror novel. A deadly relic wakes in a New York museum. The international mass market edition with the same ISBN was listed as seen December 1995; this is the movie tie-in edition.
- * _The Relic (with Lincoln Child) (Tor 0-812-54326-2, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $6.99, 474pp, pb) [Relic] Reissue (Forge 1995 as Relic) horror novel. A deadly relic wakes in a New York museum. This is a second movie tie-in edition, with a different cover, apparently a photo, though the copyright page still credits Tim Thiesen; second printing.
- * *Reliquary (with Lincoln Child) (Tor/Forge 0-312-86095-1, May 97 [Apr 97], $24.95, 382pp, hc) [Relic] Horror novel, sequel to Relic. A museum curator is called in on a bizarre murder investigation that leads to underground Manhattan.
- * _Reliquary (with Lincoln Child) (Tor 0-812-54283-5, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $7.99, 464pp, pb) [Relic] Reprint (Forge 1997) horror novel, sequel to Relic. An international mass market edition with the same information appeared June 1998.
- PRESTON, JOHN (1945-1994) (stories)
- * *The Heir/The King (Masquerade/Badboy 1-56333-048-2, Sep 92 [Sep 93], $4.95, 226pp, pb) Omnibus of a gay S&M erotic fantasy novella, The Heir (Liberty Press 1986), and an original S&M fantasy novella, The King plus the afterword from the original edition of The Heir. (Contents)
- PRESTON, LINCOLN; pseudonym of Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child
- * _Mount Dragon (Bantam UK 0-553-50438-X, Mar 97, £5.99, 476pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Tor/Forge 1996 as by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child) SF medical thriller of genetic engineering gone wrong. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Relic (Bantam UK 0-553-40940-9, Feb 96, £5.99, 442pp, pb) [Relic] Reprint (Tor 1995 as by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child) SF/horror novel. A museum, repository for artifacts from a massacred expedition, becomes the scene for brutal, inhuman murders. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Relic (Bantam UK 0-553-50496-7, Apr 97, £5.99, 441pp, pb) [Relic] Reissue (Tor 1995 as Relic by Douglas Preston & Lincoln Child) horror novel. A film tie-in edition.
- * _Reliquary (Bantam UK 0-553-50633-1, Jun 98, £5.99, 512pp, pb, cover by John Alexander) Reprint (Tor/Forge 1997 as by Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child) horror novel. Sequel to Relic. A museum curator is called in on a bizarre murder investigation that leads to underground Manhattan. [First U.K. edition]
- PRESTON, PETER
- * *51st State (Viking UK 0-670-88107-4, Sep 98 [Nov 98], £15.99, 279pp, hc) Satirical near-future SF novel. A first novel.
- PREUSS, PAUL (F.) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Arthur C. Clarkes Venus Prime #6: The Shining Ones (Avon 0-380-75350-2, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $3.95, 266pp, pb, cover by Alex Jay) [Venus Prime] Last book of an sf series based on a concept by Clarke, with a Clarke afterword and technical blueprints by Darrel Anderson. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Arthur C. Clarkes Venus Prime Volume 1: Breaking Strain (Avon 0-380-75344-8, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $3.95, 265pp, pb) [Venus Prime] Sf novel based on a concept by Clarke, first in a series. It includes 16 pages of blueprints by Darrell Anderson, showing the structure of the Venus space station.
- * _Arthur C. Clarkes Venus Prime Volume 1: Breaking Strain (Pan 0-330-30634-0, Sep 90, £3.99, 265pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1987) sf novelization.
- * *Arthur C. Clarkes Venus Prime Volume 2: Maelstrom (Avon 0-380-75345-6, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $3.95, 268pp, pb) [Venus Prime] Sf novelization, second in a series based on a Clarke short story. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Productions. There is an afterword by Clarke plus a set of blueprints by Darrel Anderson.
- * *Arthur C. Clarkes Venus Prime Volume 3: Hide and Seek (Avon 0-380-75346-4, Jun 89 [May 89], $3.95, 281pp, pb) [Venus Prime] Sf novelization based on a concept by Clarke, with a Clarke afterword and technical blueprints by Darrel Anderson. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Arthur C. Clarkes Venus Prime Volume 4: The Medusa Encounter (Avon 0-380-75348-0, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $3.95, 280pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Venus Prime] Sf series based on a concept by Clarke, with a Clarke afterword and technical blueprints by Darrel Anderson, packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * *Arthur C. Clarkes Venus Prime Volume 5: The Diamond Moon (Avon 0-380-75349-9, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $3.95, 278pp, pb, cover by Jim Burns) [Venus Prime] Sf series based on a concept by Clarke, with a Clarke afterword and technical blueprints by Darrel Anderson, packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
- * _Broken Symmetries (Pocket 0-671-46046-3, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $3.95, 371pp, pb) [Broken Symmetries] Reprint (Simon & Schuster Timescape 1983) sf novel.
- * *Core (Morrow 0-688-09662-X, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $23.00, 350pp, hc, cover by Jerry Lofaro) Alternate world sf/thriller set in a world where Earths magnetic field is collapsing, and an attempt to drill through to the core holds a possible answer. A Byron Preiss Book.
- * _Core (AvoNova 0-380-71182-6, Aug 94 [Jul 94], $5.99, 394pp, pb, cover by Alan Ayers) Reprint (Morrow 1993) alternate world sf/thriller set in a world where Earths magnetic field is collapsing, and an attempt to drill through to the core holds a possible answer.
- * _Core (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21119-5, Mar 96, £4.99, 394pp, pb, cover by Bob Corley) Reprint (Morrow 1993) alternate world SF/thriller set in a world where Earths magnetic field is collapsing, and an attempt to drill through to the core holds a possible answer. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Gates of Heaven (Bantam 0-553-24417-5, May 84 [Apr 84], $2.50, 203pp, pb) Reissue (Bantam 1980) sf novel; 3rd printing.
- * _Hide and Seek (Pan 0-330-31086-0, Jun 91, £4.50, 281pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1989) sf novelization. Volume 3 in Arthur C. Clarkes Venus Prime. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Human Error (Tor 0-312-93332-0, Oct 85, $14.95, 351pp, hc) Sf novel about organic computers infecting the world and changing the human race. Recommended. (CNB)
- * _Human Error (Tor 0-812-54987-2, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $3.50, 351pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1985) sf novel about organic computers.
- * _Maelstrom (Pan 0-330-31085-2, Jan 91, £3.99, 268pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1988) sf novelization, with an afterword by Arthur C. Clarke. Volume 2 in the Arthur C. Clarkes Venus Prime series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Medusa Encounter (Pan 0-330-31727-X, Oct 91, £4.50, 280pp, pb, cover by David Bergen) [Venus Prime] Reprint (Avon 1990) sf novelization. Volume 4 in Arthur C. Clarkes Venus Prime. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Secret Passages (Tor 0-312-86346-2, Aug 97 [Jul 97], $24.95, 381pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) [Broken Symmetries] SF novel of archaeology and quantum physics, sequel to Broken Symmetries.
- * _Secret Passages (Tor 0-812-57148-7, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $6.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Robert Santora) [Broken Symmetries] Reprint (Tor 1997) SF novel of archaeology and quantum physics, semi-sequel to Broken Symmetries.
- * *Starfire (Tor 0-312-93056-9, Feb 88, $17.95, 310pp, hc) Near future sf novel about NASA and a space mission.
- * _Starfire (SFBC #13868, Sep 88 [Oct 88], $6.98, 310pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel.
- * _Starfire (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-69960-1, Oct 88, £11.95, 310pp, hc) Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Starfire (Tor 0-812-54989-9, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.95, 310pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1988) near-future sf novel about the space program.
- * _Starfire (Orbit 0-7474-0440-2, Aug 90, £3.50, 310pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Tor 1988) sf novel.
- PREUSSLER, OTFRIED (1923- )
- * _The Satanic Mill (Macmillan Collier 0-02-044775-2, Apr 91, $3.95, 256pp, pb, cover by Jeffrey Lindberg) Reissue (Abelard-Schuman 1972) young-adult fantasy novel of a young apprentices experiences with black magic. Translated from German by Anthea Bell (Arena-Verlag 1971 as Krabat).
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