The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

BARNES, JOHN (Allen) (stories) (continued)

• * *Kaleidoscope Century (Tor 0-312-85561-3, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $21.95, 252pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) SF novel set in a dark, harrowing 21st century.
• * _Kaleidoscope Century (Millennium 1-85798-274-6, Jun ’95, £8.99, 252pp, tp, cover by Don Carroll) SF novel. A hardcover edition (-269-X, £15.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Kaleidoscope Century (Phoenix 1-85799-649-6, Feb ’96, £5.99, 252pp, tp, cover by Don Carroll) Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel of a man whose regenerations destroy his memory of the past.
• * _Kaleidoscope Century (Tor 0-812-53346-1, Sep ’96 [Aug ’96], $5.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel set in a dark, harrowing 21st century.
• * _Kaleidoscope Century (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-657-8, May ’98, £5.99, 252pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1995) SF novel set in a dark, harrowing 21st century.
• * *The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky (Congdon & Weed/Contemporary 0-86553-185-4, Apr ’87, $15.95, 256pp, hc) Sf novel. Solar system intrigue, politics, and war a la The Moon is A Harsh Mistress. A first novel.
• * _The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky (Worldwide Library 0-383-30303-3, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.95, 250pp, pb) Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1987) hard sf novel of war, politics, and revolution.
• * _The Man Who Pulled Down the Sky (NEL 0-450-42896-6, Sep ’88, £2.99, 256pp, tp) Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1987) sf novel. Volume 3 in the “Isaac Asimov Presents” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *A Million Open Doors (Tor 0-312-85210-X, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $19.95, 315pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Million Open Doors] Sf novel of an interstellar civilization transformed by the development of instantaneous space travel.
• * _A Million Open Doors (SFBC #05806, Feb ’93, $9.98, 315pp, hc, cover by John Harris) [Million Open Doors] Reprint (Tor 1992) sf novel of an interstellar civilization transformed by the development of instantaneous space travel. Similar to the Tor edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the beck jacket.
• * _A Million Open Doors (Millennium 1-85798-083-2, Jun ’93, £8.99, 314pp, tp, cover by John Harris) [Million Open Doors] Reprint (Tor 1992) sf novel about repressive politics on a frontier world. Recommended (PSP). A hardcover edition (-082-4, £14.99) is also available. [First U.K. edition]
• * _A Million Open Doors (Tor 0-812-51633-8, Nov ’93 [Oct ’93], $4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Million Open Doors] Reprint (Tor 1992) sf novel of an interstellar civilization transformed by the development of instantaneous space travel. A Nebula Award nominee.
• * _A Million Open Doors (Millennium 1-85798-149-9, Jun ’94, £4.99, 314pp, pb, cover by John Harris) [Million Open Doors] Reprint (Tor 1992) SF novel about repressive politics on a frontier world.
• * *Mother of Storms (Tor 0-312-85560-5, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $22.95, 432pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) SF near-future novel set in 2028 about the worldwide effects of superpowerful storms. Highly recommended. (CNB)
• * _Mother of Storms (Millennium 1-85798-191-X, Jul ’94 [Aug ’94], £9.99, 455pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Tor 1994) Sf novel. A hardcover edition (-190-1, £14.99) is also available.
• * _Mother of Storms (Millennium 1-85798-244-4, Mar ’95, £5.99, 455pp, pb) Reprint (Tor; Millennium 1994) SF novel set in 2028 about the worldwide effects of superpowerful storms.
• * _Mother of Storms (Tor 0-812-53345-3, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $5.99, 560pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) Reprint (Tor 1994) near-future SF novel about the worldwide effects of superpowerful storms. A Hugo nominee.
• * _Mother of Storms (Orion 0-75280-886-9, Sep ’96, £5.99, 455pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1994) SF novel about storms.
• * *One for the Morning Glory (Tor 0-312-86106-0, Apr ’96 [Mar ’96], $22.95, 319pp, hc, cover by Charles Vess) Absurd fantasy novel. Four mysterious companions help a prince deal with a curse that made his left side completely disappear.
• * _One for the Morning Glory (Tor 0-812-55160-5, Feb ’97 [Jan ’97], $5.99, 319pp, pb, cover by Charles Vess) Reprint (Tor 1996) humorous fantasy novel.
• * *Orbital Resonance (Tor 0-312-85206-1, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $17.95, 214pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Orbital Resonance] Sf novel set in a colony orbiting a devastated Earth.
• * _Orbital Resonance (Tor 0-812-51623-0, Oct ’92 [Sep ’92], $3.99, 245pp, pb, cover by Bob Eggleton) [Orbital Resonance] Reprint (Tor 1991) sf novel. A Nebula Award nominee.
• * _Orbital Resonance (Orion/Millennium 0-75281-659-4, May ’98, £5.99, 214pp, pb) [Orbital Resonance] Reprint (Tor 1991) SF novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Patton’s Spaceship (HarperPrism 0-06-105659-6, Jan ’97 [Dec ’96], $5.99, 325pp, pb, cover by Vincent DiFate) [Timeline Wars] Military SF novel of war across alternate Earths. First book in the “Timeline Wars” series.
• * *Sin of Origin (Congdon & Weed 0-86553-195-1, May ’88 [Apr ’88], $15.95, 269pp, hc) Sociological sf novel of xenobiologists vs. aliens.
• * _Sin of Origin (Worldwide Library 0-373-30307-6, Mar ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1988) sociological sf novel.
• * _Sin of Origin (NEL 0-450-53225-9, Feb ’91, £3.99, 269pp, pb) Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1988) sf novel.
• * *Time Raider: Battlecry (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63605-9, Aug ’92 [Sep ’92], $3.50, 221pp, pb) [Time Raider] Fantasy adventure novel, second book in a series about a Vietnam vet who finds himself traveling back in time.
• * *Time Raider: Union Fires (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63606-7, Dec ’92 [Nov ’92], $3.50, 219pp, pb) [Time Raider] Fantasy adventure novel, third book in a series about a Vietnam vet cast back in time.
• * *Time Raider: Wartide (Worldwide Library Gold Eagle 0-373-63604-0, Apr ’92 [Jun ’92], $3.50, 220pp, pb) [Time Raider] Time-travel fantasy adventure novel, first book of a new series about a Vietnam vet transported to WWII.
• * *The Timeline Wars (SFBC #17848, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $14.98, 682pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Timeline Wars] Omnibus of three novels: Patton’s Spaceship, Washington’s Dirigible, and Caesar’s Bicycle (all HarperPrism 1997). This is a special Guild America edition, ISBN 1-56865-461-8; it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket. (Contents)
• * *Washington’s Dirigible (HarperPrism 0-06-105660-X, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $5.99, 327pp, pb, cover by Vincent DiFate) [Timeline Wars] SF men’s adventure novel, book two in the “Timeline Wars” series.

BARNES, JULIAN (Patrick) (1946- ) (stories)

• * *England, England (Jonathan Cape 0-224-05275-6, Sep ’98 [Nov ’98], £15.99, 266pp, hc, cover by Bill Gregory) Literary fable; a project to recreate the entirety of traditional Britain on the Isle of Wight begins to undermine mainland society.
• * _The History of the World in 10 1/2 Chapters (Picador 0-330-31399-1, Jul ’90, £4.99, 309pp, tp, cover by David Bergen) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1989) literary sf novel.
• * *A History of the World in 10½ Chapters (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02669-0, Jun ’89, £11.95, 309pp, hc) Literary sf novel.
• * *Staring at the Sun (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02414-0, Sep ’86, £9.95, 195pp, hc) Literary near-future sf novel.
• * _Staring at the Sun (Picador 0-330-29930-1, Sep ’87, £3.50, 195pp, tp) Reprint (Cape 1986) literary sf novel.

BARNES, (Keith) RORY (1946- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Valencies (with Damien Broderick) (University of Queensland Press 0-7022-1763-8, Jul ’84 [Jun ’84], $7.95, 230pp, tp) Sf novel. This has a 1983 copyright but seems to be an ’84 release.
• * _Zones (with Damien Broderick) See entry under Damien Broderick.

BARNES, STEVEN; [i.e., Stephen Emory Barnes] (1952- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Achilles’ Choice (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
• * _The Barsoom Project (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
• * _Beowulf’s Children (with Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle) See entry under Larry Niven.
• * *Blood Brothers (Tor 0-312-85707-1, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $24.95, 382pp, hc) Dark fantasy novel of ancient African sorcery and contemporary racism.
• * _Blood Brothers (Tor 0-812-54807-8, Oct ’97 [Sep ’97], $6.99, 405pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1996) dark fantasy novel of ancient African sorcery and contemporary racism.
• * _The California Voodoo Game (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
• * _The Descent of Anansi (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
• * _The Dragons of Heorot (with Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle) See entry under Larry Niven.
• * _Dream Park (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
• * _Dream Park: The Voodoo Game (with Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
• * *Firedance (Tor 0-312-85094-8, Dec ’93, $21.95, 384pp, hc, cover by Royo) [Aubry Knight] Sf adventure novel set in a dystopian post-catastrophe world, third book of the “Aubry Knight” series.
• * _Firedance (Tor 0-812-51024-0, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $5.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Aubry Knight] Reprint (Tor 1994) post-holocaust SF adventure novel, third in the “Aubry Knight” series.
• * *Gorgon Child (Tor 0-812-53152-3, Dec ’89 [Nov ’89], $3.95, 345pp, pb, cover by Royo) [Aubry Knight] Sf adventure novel set in a dystopian 21st-century world.
• * *Iron Shadows (Tor 0-312-85708-X, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $24.95, 383pp, hc) Dark fantasy thriller. Detectives go undercover to investigate a mysterious cult.
• * *The Kundalini Equation (Tor 0-812-53150-7, May ’86 [Apr ’86], $2.95, 347pp, pb) Sf/martial arts novel.
• * _The Legacy of Heorot (with Jerry E. Pournelle & Larry Niven) See entry under Larry Niven.
• * _The Legacy of Heorot (with Larry Niven & Jerry E. Pournelle) See entry under Larry Niven.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Far Beyond the Stars (Pocket 0-671-02430-2, Apr ’98 [Mar ’98], $6.50, 271pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization based on an episode. Includes author’s note by “Steven” Barnes, but cover and title page credit “Steve.” Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * _Streetlethal (Tor 0-812-51034-8, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $3.95, 310pp, pb, cover by Martin Andrews) [Aubry Knight] Reprint (Ace 1983) sf novel set on the streets of a dystopian 21st-century L.A.
• * _Streetlethal (Tor 0-812-51034-8, Nov ’94 [Oct ’94], $4.99, 310pp, pb, cover by Martin Andrews) [Aubry Knight] Reissue (Ace 1983) near-future SF novel. Second printing.

BARNETT, DAVID G., ed. (stories)

• * *The 1995 SPGA Showcase (with Bobbi Sinha-Morey) (Concord, CA: SPGA, 1996, 124pp, ph, cover by R. M. Copley) (Contents)

BARNETT, JILL (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Bewitching (Pocket Star 0-671-77863-3, Oct ’93, $5.50, 452pp, pb, cover by Gregg Gulbronson) Fantasy romance about the stormy relationship between a witch and a mortal.

BARNETT, LISA A(nne) (1958-2006) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Armor of Light (with Melissa Scott) See entry under Melissa Scott.
• * _Point of Hopes (with Melissa Scott) See entry under Melissa Scott.

BARNETT, PAUL (Le Page) (1949- ); see pseudonym John Grant (stories)

• * *Strider’s Galaxy (Legend 0-09-979121-8, Mar ’97, £5.99, 369pp, pb, cover by Nick Farmer) [Strider] SF novel. Book One of “The Strider Chronicles”.
• * *Strider’s Universe (Orbit 1-85723-601-7, Mar ’98 [Feb ’98], £5.99, 436pp, pb, cover by Roger Harris) [Strider] SF novel, sequel to Strider’s Galaxy. Barnett also writes as John Grant.

BARNETT, ROGER

• * *Zero Four, Zero One, Zero Zero (The Book Guild 0-86332-921-7, Oct ’94, £14.99, 292pp, hc) SF novel. Social chaos ensues when computers make an error about the date in the year 2000.

BARNITZ, CHARLES

• * *The Deepest Sea (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45504-5, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $5.99, 540pp, pb, cover by Daniel Horne) Fantasy novel. An Irish Viking goes questing in 8th-century Europe where old magics fight to survive new Christian ways. A first novel.

BARON, MIKE (stories)

• * _Robotech: The Graphic Novel (Comico 0-938965-00-X, Dec ’86 [Jun ’87], $5.95, 48pp, tp) Reissue (Comico 1986) “graphic novel” version of a plot by Carl Macek, from the tv sf cartoon show. Second printing dated December ’86, not seen until 1987.
• * *Star Wars: Dark Force Rising (Dark Horse Comics 1-56971-269-7, Mar ’98 [May ’98], $17.95, unpaginated, tp, cover by Kilian Plunkett) Graphic novelization of the novelization by Timothy Zahn, based on the movies. Originally published as a comic in six issues. Art by Terry Dodson and Kevin Nowlan. Introduction by Michael A. Stackpole. Star Wars copyrighted by Lucasfilm; “All other material” copyrighted by Dark Horse.

BARON, MORGANA; pseudonym

• * *Witch Queen of Vixania (Nexus 0-352-32917-3, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], £4.99, 243pp, pb) Pseudonymous sword and sorcery erotica. Volume one in a new series.
• * _Witch Queen of Vixania (Nexus 0-352-32917-3, 1995 [Jul ’95], £4.99, 243pp, pb) Reissue (Nexus 1994) pseudonymous sword & sorcery erotica. First of an intended series.

BARON, NICK; pseudonym of Scott Ciencin, (1962- )

• * *The Nightmare Club #2: The Initiation (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4316-3, Aug ’93, $3.50, 201pp, pb) [Nightmare Club] Young-adult horror novel in a loosely-connected series centered around a club where strange things happen. Kimberly realizes her new friends are under the control of a murderous water spirit drowning kids in the nearby lake. Copyrighted by Scott Ciencin.
• * *The Nightmare Club #4: The Mask (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4349-X, Sep ’93 [Aug ’93], $3.50, 219pp, pb) [Nightmare Club] Young-adult horror novel in a loosely-connected series centered around a club where strange things happen. Ugly duckling Sheila finds an antique mask that makes boys fall in love with her — but then they start to die. Copyrighted by Scott Ciencin.
• * *Robert Silverberg’s Time Tours Volume 2: Glory’s End (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-106013-5, Dec ’90 [Jan ’91], $3.50, 143pp, pb, cover by Kevin Johnson) [Time Tours] Young-adult adventure novel, based on material by Robert Silverberg, with an afterword by Silverberg and interior illustrations by Alex Nino. Packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * _Robert Silverberg’s Time Tours Volume 5: The Pirate Paradox (with Greg Cox) See entry under Greg Cox.
• * *Spring Break (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-4542-5, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $3.50, 223pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel about a Spring Break trip that turns into a nightmare when the kids are trapped on an island by vengeful spirits. Copyrighted by Scott Ciencin.
• * *Virtual Destruction (Zebra/Z-Fave 0-8217-5010-0, Jul ’95 [Jun ’95], $3.99, 219pp, pb) Young-adult horror novel. A virtual reality game has deadly effects in real life. Baron is a pen name for Scott Ciencin.

BARON, ROBERT; pseudonym of Victor Milán, (1954- )

• * *Stormrider (Jove 0-515-10828-6, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $4.50, 234pp, pb) [Stormrider] Post-holocaust sf novel about a vigilante biker gang, first book of a new series. Copyrighted by Victor Milan.
• * *Stormrider 2: River of Fire (Jove 0-515-10976-2, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $4.50, 236pp, pb) [Stormrider] Post-holocaust sf adventure novel, second book of a series about a postnuke vigilante biker gang. Baron is a pseudonym for Victor Milan.
• * *Stormrider 3: Lord of the Plains (Jove 0-515-11101-5, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $4.50, 235pp, pb) [Stormrider] Post-holocaust men’s adventure novel, third book of a series about a post-nuke vigilante biker gang. Baron is a pseudonym for Victor Milan.

BARR, DENSIL; pseudonym of Douglas Norton Buttrey, (1918-1994)

• * _The Man with Only One Head (Select Books 1-85680-002-4, Jun ’91 [Aug ’91], £3.50, 207pp, pb, cover by Sam Sullivan) Reprint (Rich & Cowan 1955) sf novel. This is a pseudonym for Douglas Norton Buttrey.

BARR, MARLEEN S(andra) (1953- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Alien to Femininity (Greenwood 0-313-23634-8, Jul ’87 [Oct ’87], $32.95, 189pp, hc) Non-fiction, critical study of feminism in sf. Available in UK for £30.75.
• * *Feminist Fabulation: Space/Postmodern Fiction (University of Iowa Press 0-87745-377-2, 1992 [Mar ’93], $14.95, 312pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. An academic examination of the importance of feminist sf in the postmodern canon. A hardcover edition (-376-2, $35.95) was announced but not seen. Order from the University of Iowa Press, Iowa City IA 52242.
• * *Suzy McKee Charnas, Joan Vinge, Octavia Butler (with Richard Law & Ruth Salvaggio) (Starmont House 0-916732-91-6, Dec ’86 [Jan ’87], $9.95, 72pp, tp) Non-fiction, 3 critical studies with chronologies and bibliographies. [Butler, Charnas, Vinge]

BARR, MIKE W. (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Camelot 3000 (with Brian Bolland) (Warner 0-446-38797-5, Mar ’88 [Feb ’88], $12.95, unpaginated, tp) Graphic novel collected from the special series of comics, 1982-1985. This edition is for distribution to book stores. There is a different cover for the DC edition.
• * *Camelot 3000 (with Brian Bolland) (DC 0-930289-30-7, Mar ’88, $12.95, unpaginated, tp) Graphic novel. This edition is for distribution to comic book stores. The Warner edition, listed above, is for regular book distribution.

BARR, SUE HOLLISTER (1948- )

• * *Twisted (Leisure 0-8439-3199-X, Feb ’92, $4.50, 367pp, pb) Horror novel of a monstrous father whose evil lingers, even after death.

BARRATT, DAVID

• * *C.S. Lewis and His World (Eerdmans 0-8028-3639-9, Aug ’87 [Oct ’87], $9.95, 46pp, hc) Non-fiction, short, heavily illustrated critical/biographical study. It looks like a school textbook. [Lewis]

BARRET, STEVE

• * *We Can’t All Be Angels (The Book Guild 1-85776-178-2, Apr ’97 [Jun ’97], £12.95, 125pp, hc, cover by David Johnson) Fantasy novel. A first novel.

BARRETT, DAVID V(ickers), ed. (1952- ) (stories)

• * *Digital Dreams (NEL 0-450-53150-3, Oct ’90, £4.50, 347pp, pb) Original anthology of sf stories about computers, including brilliant pieces by Garry Kilworth and Terry Pratchett. Strongly recommended. (PSP) (Contents)