The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

PROUTY, ROBERT

• * *The Field (Commonwealth Publications 1-55197-287-5, 1996 [Aug ’97], $4.99, 293pp, pb) Horror novel. A small town hides a deadly secret. Copyrighted 1995; the copyright page indicates this is a 1996 edition; not seen until now. Commonwealth Publications, 9764-45th Ave, Edmonton Alb Canada T6E 5C5; orders 800-491-7737; add $2.50 postage.

PRYOR, MICHAEL (1957- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Mask of Caliban (Hodder Headline Australia 0-7336-0290-8, Aug ’96, A$11.95, 311pp, pb) Young-adult near-future SF. A street kid is forced to play in the virtual reality Game through which two AIs compete for world control.

PTACEK, KATHRYN; [i.e., Kathryn Anne Ptacek Grant] (1952- ); also as Kathryn Grant (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Blood Autumn (Tor 0-812-52447-0, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $3.50, 349pp, pb) Horror/dark fantasy novel.
• * *Ghost Dance (Tor 0-812-50878-5, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], $3.95, 306pp, pb, cover by Grote) Horror novel about a series of murders linked to ancient Indian legend.
• * _The Hunted (Diamond 1-55773-982-X, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $4.99, 259pp, pb) Reprint (Walker 1993) associational horror thriller.
• * *In Silence Sealed (Tor 0-812-52449-7, Feb ’88, $3.95, 306pp, pb) Historical horror novel of the Romantic poets and two sinister sisters.
• * *Kachina (Tor 0-812-52445-4, Mar ’86 [Feb ’86], $3.95, 306pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * _Shadow-Eyes (Arrow 0-09-937630-X, Jan ’86, £2.50, 314pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1984, as Shadoweyes) horror novel.
• * *Shadoweyes (Tor 0-812-51858-6, Mar ’84 [Feb ’84], $3.50, 314pp, pb) Horror novel of a terror haunting Albuquerque.
• * _Shadoweyes (Tor 0-812-51858-6, Mar ’86, $3.50, 320pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1984) horror novel.

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• * *Women of Darkness (Tor 0-312-93096-8, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $17.95, 306pp, hc) Original anthology of 20 horror stories by women. (Contents)
• * _Women of Darkness (Tor 0-812-52443-8, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 306pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1988) original anthology of 20 horror stories by women writers.
• * *Women of Darkness II (Tor 0-312-85027-1, Nov ’90, $18.95, 280pp, hc) Original anthology of 18 horror stories by women, with an introduction by the editor. (Contents)
• * _Women of Darkness II (SFBC #17822, Feb ’91, $8.98, hc) Reprint (Tor 1990) original anthology of 18 horror stories by women.

PUGMIRE, WILLIAM “WILUM”; H. (1951- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Tales of Sesqua Valley (Necropolitan Press no ISBN, Aug ’97, $5.00, 66pp, ph, cover by Earl Geier) Chapbook collection of ten Lovecraftian stories, two original to this collection, and most substantially rewritten since their first publication. Order from Necropolitan Press, c/o Jeffrey Thomas, 65 South St., Westborough MA 01581; US postage included in price. (Contents)

PULLINGER, KATE

• * _Where Does Kissing End? (Phoenix 1-85799-852-9, Aug ’97, £5.99, 129pp, tp, cover by Alan David-Tu) Reprint (Serpent’s Tail 1992) literary vampire novel.

PULLMAN, PHILIP (Nicholas) (1946- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * +Clockwork (Scholastic/Levine 0-590-12999-6, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $14.95, 112pp, hc, cover by Leonid Gore) Young-adult fantasy novella about an apprentice clockmaker who sells his soul. Illustrated by Leonid Gore. First US edition (Doubleday UK 1996).
• * +Count Karlstein (Knopf 0-679-89255-9, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $17.00, 243pp, hc, cover by Kevin Hawkes) Young-adult mock-gothic fantasy novel. An evil count with two English girls as wards makes a nasty bargain with the local Demon Huntsman. First US edition (Chatto & Windus 1982); this edition has new illustrations by Diana Bryan.
• * _Count Karlstein or The Ride of the Demon Huntsman (Corgi Yearling 0-440-86266-3, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], £3.99, 112pp, tp, cover by Peter Bailey) Reprint (Doubleday UK 1991) humorous satirical young-adult novel based on 19th century gothic tales. Illustrated by Patrice Aggs.
• * +The Golden Compass (Knopf 0-679-87924-2, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $20.00, 399pp, hc, cover by Eric Rohmann) [His Dark Materials] Young-adult fantasy novel, first in the trilogy “His Dark Materials”. A girl and her demon set out to save kidnapped children taken to the far North for gruesome experiments. First US edition (Scholastic UK 1995 as His Dark Materials: Northern Lights).
• * _The Golden Compass (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Mar ’97 [Feb ’97], $12.95, 399pp, tp, cover by Eric Rohmann) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1995 as His Dark Materials: Northern Lights) young-adult fantasy novel; this is a trade paperback replica of the Knopf 1996 hardcover edition.
• * _The Golden Compass (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41335-0, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $5.99, 351pp, pb) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1995 as His Dark Materials: Northern Lights) young-adult alternate-world fantasy. The cover notes a non-existent introduction by Terry Brooks.
• * _The Golden Compass (Knopf Paperbacks 0-679-89310-5, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $10.00, 399pp, tp, cover by Eric Rohmann) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Scholastic UK 1995 as His Dark Materials: Northern Lights) young-adult alternate-world fantasy.
• * *His Dark Materials 2: The Subtle Knife (Knopf 0-679-87925-0, Jul ’97, $20.00, 326pp, hc, cover by Eric Rohmann) [His Dark Materials] Young-adult fantasy novel, second in the trilogy “His Dark Materials”. Seeking her father, Lyra travels to another world, finding a boy from our world.
• * _His Dark Materials 2: The Subtle Knife (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41336-9, May ’98 [Apr ’98], $5.99, 288pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to the award-winning The Golden Compass.
• * _His Dark Materials 2: The Subtle Knife (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, May ’98 [Aug ’98], $13.95, 326pp, tp, cover by Eric Peterson) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 1997) young-adult fantasy novel, sequel to the award-winning The Golden Compass. This is a trade paperback reproduction of the Knopf hardcover edition.
• * *His Dark Materials: Northern Lights (Scholastic UK 0-590-54178-1, Jul ’95, £12.99, 399pp, hc, cover by David Scutt) [His Dark Materials] Young-adult fantasy novel; Book 1 of a trilogy. Set in a world like, and unlike, our own, where daemons scuttle along English streets, and the mysterious Dust swirls invisibly through the air. A young woman’s search for her missing friend leads her to the incredible lands of the North, and their bleak horrors.
• * _Northern Lights (Scholastic UK 0-590-13961-4, Oct ’96, £4.99, 399pp, tp, cover by Stuart Williams) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Scholastic 1995 as His Dark Materials: Northern Lights)young-adult fantasy novel. Book 1 of the trilogy, “His Dark Materials”. Published in the US as The Golden Compass. Winner of The Carnegie Medal and the Guardian Children’s Fiction Award.
• * _Northern Lights (Scholastic UK 0-590-66054-3, Oct ’98, £5.99, 399pp, tp, cover by Black Sheep) [His Dark Materials] Reissue (Scholastic UK 1995 as His Dark Materials: Northern Lights) young-adult fantasy novel. Book I of the trilogy. Published in the US as The Golden Compass.
• * *Spring-Heeled Jack (Knopf 0-679-81057-9, Jul ’91 [Aug ’91], $8.00, 112pp, tp, cover by Gary Hovland) Extremely bizarre young-adult combination of prose and cartoon, illustrated by David Mostyn, creating a superhero out of the 19th-century legend of the superhuman Spring-Heeled Jack — with Mack the Knife as the villain. Peculiar but fascinating (SW).
• * _The Subtle Knife (Scholastic UK 0-590-54243-5, Sep ’97, £12.99, 341pp, hc) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 1997) young-adult fantasy novel. Book II of the “His Dark Materials” trilogy. Lyra is joined by 12-year old Will from our own Earth. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Subtle Knife (Scholastic UK 0-590-11289-9, Oct ’98, £5.99, 341pp, pb, cover by Black Sheep) [His Dark Materials] Reprint (Knopf 1997) young-adult fantasy novel. Book II of the “His Dark Materials” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]

PULVER, MARY MONICA; [i.e., Mary Monica Pulver Kuhfeld] (1943- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Murder at the War (St. Martin’s 0-312-00622-5, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $16.95, 260pp, hc) Associational; murder mystery set in an SCA war.

PULVER KUHFELD, MARY MONICA; see under Pulver, Mary Monica (stories)

PURCHASE, GRAHAM

• * *My Journey with Aristotle to the Anarchist Utopia (III Publishing 0-9622937-6-8, Jul ’94, $7.00, 125pp, tp) Anarchist utopian short novel set 1,000 years in the future, about an Australian miner guided into a new world by Aristotle. Available post free from III Publishing, PO Box 1581, Gualala CA 95445.

PURKIS, CHRISTINE

• * *Dark Beneath the Moon (The Bodley Head 0-370-32404-8, Jul ’97, £9.99, 155pp, hc) Young-adult ghost novel based on a true story.
• * _Dark Beneath the Moon (Red Fox 0-09-921002-9, Nov ’98, £3.99, 155pp, pb) Reprint (The Bodley Head 1997) young-adult ghost novel based on a true story.
• * *Paddlefeet (The Bodley Head 0-370-32414-5, Oct ’97, £9.99, 156pp, hc, cover by Richard Jones) [Paddlefeet] Young-adult fantasy novel. Book One of an intended Trilogy. Children help the tiny Waterfolk when their river home is threatened.
• * *Paddlefeet (The Bodley Head 0-370-32414-5, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], £9.99, 156pp, hc, cover by Richard Jones) [Paddlefeet] Young-adult fantasy novel; Book One of a series.

PURTILL, RICHARD L(awrence) (1931- ) (stories)

• * *Enchantment At Delphi (HBJ/Gulliver 0-15-200447-5, Sep ’86 [Dec ’86], $14.95, 149pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy novel of an American teenager drawn back in time to the world of the Greek gods.
• * *J.R.R. Tolkien: Myth, Morality, and Religion (Harper & Row 0-06-066712-5, Mar ’85 [Feb ’85], $12.95, 154pp, hc) Non-fiction, a study of myth and religion in Tolkien’s fantasies. The author is both a professor of philosophy and a fantasy writer. [Tolkien]
• * *The Parallel Man (DAW 0-87997-941-0, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $2.50, 158pp, pb) Sf novel of a prince cloned by a sorceror.

PUSCHMANN-NALENZ, BARBARA (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Science Fiction and Postmodern Fiction: A Genre Study (Peter Lang 0-8204-1670-3, Oct ’92 [Apr ’93], $49.95, 268pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A study of the relationship between sf and postmodernism. Translation by the author of Science Fiction Und Ihre Grenzberieche (Corian 1986). This is a 1992 book not seen until now.

PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER SERGEIEVITCH (1799-1837) (stories)

• * *The Golden Cockerel and Other Fairy Tales (Doubleday 0-385-26252-3, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $24.95, 111pp, hc, cover by Joel Avirom) Collection of four Pushkin fairy tales, with an introduction by Rudolf Nureyev and illustrations by Boris Zvorykin.

PUSTI, MAUREEN

• * *Neighbors (Leisure 0-8439-3077-2, Mar ’91, $4.50, 239pp, pb) Horror novel. A newcomer to a small village realizes that her neighbor is hiding a supernatural secret.

PYLE, HOWARD (1853-1911) (stories)

• * _King Stork (Morrow Junior 0-688-15813-7, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], $16.00, 48pp, hc, cover by Trina Schart Hyman) Reprint (Little, Brown 1973) children’s picture-book fantasy short story, with full-color illustrations by Trina Schart Hyman.
• * _The Story of King Arthur and His Knights (Scribner’s 0-684-14814-5, May ’84 [Apr ’84], $14.95, 313pp, hc) [King Arthur] Reprint (Scribner’s 1902). First of a four-volume retelling of the Arthurian saga, illustrated by Pyle (illustrations in black & white only).
• * _The Story of Sir Lancelot and His Companions (Scribner’s 0-684-18313-7, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $14.95, 340pp, hc) Reissue (Scribners 1907), the third of the four-part Arthurian saga written and illustrated by Pyle — poorly reproduced, with the color plates omitted. There’s also no copyright date, past or present. (CNB)

PYNCHON, THOMAS (Ruggles, Jr.) (1937- ) (stories)

• * _The Crying of Lot 49 (Harper & Row/Perennial Library 0-06-091307-X, Jan ’86 [Feb ’86], $4.95, 183pp, pb) Reprint (Lippincott 1966) satirical quasi-fantasy novel.
• * _The Crying of Lot 49 (Harper & Row Perennial Library 0-06-091307-X, Sep ’89 [Oct ’89], $7.95, 183pp, tp) Reissue (Lippincott 1966) satirical quasi-fantasy novel; fifth printing.
• * _The Crying of Lot 49 (Vintage UK 0-09-953261-1, Jun ’96, £5.99, 127pp, tp, cover by Paul Burgess) Reprint (Lippincott 1966) literary fantasy novella.
• * _Gravity’s Rainbow (Viking 0-670-34832-5, Feb ’91 [Jan ’91], $25.00, 760pp, hc) Reissue (Viking 1973) classic literary sf novel; second hardcover edition.
• * _Gravity’s Rainbow (Penguin 0-14-010661-8, Feb ’91 [Mar ’91], $12.95, 760pp, tp) Reissue (Viking 1973) classic literary sf novel; fifth printing.
• * _Gravity’s Rainbow (Penguin 0-14-018859-2, 1995 [Jun ’95], $15.95, 760pp, tp) Reissue (Viking 1973) classic literary SF novel.
• * _Gravity’s Rainbow (Vintage UK 0-09-953321-9, Jul ’95 [Sep ’95], £6.99, 760pp, tp, cover by Paul Burgess) Reprint (Viking 1973) very literary SF novel.
• * _V. (Harper & Row/Perennial Library 0-06-091308-8, Jan ’86 [Feb ’86], $8.95, 492pp, pb) Reprint (Lippincott 1963) satirical quasi-fantasy novel.
• * _V. (Vintage UK 0-09-953331-6, Feb ’95, £6.99, 492pp, tp) Reprint (Lippincott 1963) literary novel with fantasy elements.

QUEEN, ELLERY; house pseudonym

• * _The Madman Theory [by Jack Vance] (Kinnell 1-870532-01-5, Apr ’88, £9.95, 160pp, hc) Reprint (Pocket 1966) associational novel, written by Jack Vance. [First U.K. edition]
• * _A Room to Die In [by Jack Vance] (Kinnell 1-870532-00-7, Dec ’87, £9.95, 150pp, hc) Associational. Reprint (Pocket 1965) mystery novel. First UK (and first hardcover) edition. The author is actually Jack Vance.

QUENEAU, RAYMOND (1903-1976) (stories)

• * *Saint Glinglin (Dalkey Archive Press 1-56478-027-9, Jun ’93, $19.95, 169pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel of patricide in a land where it never rains. Translated from the French and with an introduction by James Sallis, originally published by Gallimard in 1948.

QUICK, W(illiam) T(homas) (1946- ); see pseudonyms Margaret Allan, Sean Kiernan & Quentin Thomas (stories) (assoc.)

• * *American Gothic: Family (Corgi 0-552-14541-6, Oct ’96, £4.99, 252pp, pb) Novelisation of the dark fantasy TV series.
• * *Dreams of Flesh and Sand (NAL Signet 0-451-15298-0, Apr ’88 [Mar ’88], $3.50, 301pp, pb) [Dreams of Flesh and Sand] Sf novel in the Cyberpunk mode. A first novel.
• * _Dreams of Flesh and Sand (Orbit 0-7088-8287-0, Feb ’89, £3.50, 301pp, pb) [Dreams of Flesh and Sand] Reprint (NAL Signet 1988) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Dreams of Gods and Men (NAL Signet 0-451-15934-9, Feb ’89 [Jan ’89], $3.95, 302pp, pb) [Dreams of Flesh and Sand] Sf novel about a fight between men and the computer who has become their god. A quasi-"cyberpunk" novel and a sequel to Dreams of Flesh and Sand.
• * _Dreams of Gods and Men (Orbit 0-7088-8330-3, May ’90, £3.50, 302pp, pb) [Dreams of Flesh and Sand] Reprint (NAL Signet 1989) sf novel. Sequel to Dreams of Flesh and Sand.
• * *Singularities (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45032-9, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $4.50, 285pp, pb) [Dreams of Flesh and Sand] Cyberpunk sf novel, third book of the “Dreams” trilogy.
• * *Star Control: Interbellum (Prima/Proteus 0-7615-0196-7, Mar ’96, $5.99, 279pp, pb) Novelization based on the humorous SF computer game from Accolade. Copyrighted by Prima Publishing.
• * *Systems (NAL Signet 0-451-16342-7, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.75, 251pp, pb) Sf noir thriller set in 21st-century San Francisco. A rollercoaster ride of a novel (SW).
• * *Yesterday’s Pawn (NAL Signet 0-451-16075-4, Jul ’89 [Jun ’89], $3.95, 254pp, pb) Sf adventure novel about a boy pursued through space and time by interstellar agents after a powerful ancient artifact.

QUIJANO, MARY L(ouise) (1944- )

• * *Bloodmaster (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-251-3, Aug ’89 [Jul ’89], $3.95, 332pp, pb) Satan possesses the Pope and a young girl in San Francisco.

QUILICI, GINA

• * *Defending the Sword (Commonwealth Publications 1-55197-120-8, 1996 [Sep ’97], $4.99, 347pp, pb) Fantasy novel. A young woman will inherit great powers and a destiny she doesn’t want. This is copyrighted 1995, and states “published 1996”; not seen until now. The ISBN on the copyright page is -087-2.

QUINN, DANIEL (1935- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Dreamer (Tor 0-812-52475-6, Dec ’88 [Nov ’88], $3.95, 345pp, pb) Horror novel about insanity.
• * _Dreamer (Legend 0-09-965630-2, Mar ’90, £3.99, 345pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1988) superb fantasy/horror novel about a freelance writer who dreams he is a brainwashed teacher, or a brainwashed teacher who dreams he is a freelance writer. Strongly recommended. (PSP)
• * _Dreamer (Tor 0-812-51958-2, Jan ’92 [Dec ’91], $4.99, 345pp, pb) Reissue (Tor 1988) dark fantasy novel; second printing.
• * *Ishmael (Bantam/Turner 0-553-07875-5, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $20.00, 266pp, hc) [Ishmael] Metaphysical sf novel about an encounter between a man and an incredibly wise gorilla-creature. Winner of the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship.
• * _Ishmael (Bantam/Turner 0-553-56166-9, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $5.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Ishmael] Reprint (Bantam/Turner 1992) metaphysical sf novel about an encounter between a man and an incredibly wise gorilla-creature. Winner of the Turner Tomorrow Fellowship.
• * _Ishmael (Bantam 0-553-37540-7, Jun ’95 [May ’95], $10.95, 263pp, tp, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Ishmael] Reprint (Bantam/Turner 1992) SF novel told through philosphical conversations between a man and a gorilla.
• * _Ishmael (Bantam/Turner 0-553-07875-5, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $23.95, 273pp, hc, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Ishmael] Reissue (Bantam/Turner 1992) SF novel told through philosphical conversations between a man and a gorilla. This is the fifth-anniversary edition, with a new preface by the author. Third printing.
• * *My Ishmael (Bantam 0-553-10636-8, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $23.95, 274pp, hc, cover by Claude Anderson) [Ishmael] Philosophical SF novel, sequel to Ishmael. The telepathic gorilla has a female student.
• * _My Ishmael (Bantam 0-553-37965-8, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $13.95, 288pp, tp, cover by Claude Anderson) [Ishmael] Reprint (Bantam 1997) philosophical quasi-SF quasi-novel, sequel to Ishmael.

QUINN, TIM (1953- )

• * *The Doctor Who Fun Book (with Dicky Howett) (Target 0-426-20300-3, May ’87, £1.95, 64pp, tp) [Doctor Who] Collection of games and pastimes of associational interest.