The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- BELFORD, BARBARA
- * _Bram Stoker (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-81331-5, May 96, £25.00, 381pp, hc) Reprint (Knopf 1996) associational non-fiction. Detailed biography of the creator of Dracula. [First U.K. edition] [Stoker]
- * _Bram Stoker (Phoenix 0-75380-216-3, Aug 97 [Sep 97], £14.99, 381pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1996) non-fiction, biography. [Stoker]
- * *Bram Stoker: A Biography of the Author of Dracula (Knopf 0-679-41832-6, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $30.00, 381pp, hc) Non-fiction biography, covering Stokers life both as an author and as manager of Londons Lyceum Theatre. There is a selected bibliography and and index. [Stoker]
- BELL, CLARE (Louise) (1952- ); see pseudonym Clare Coleman (stories)
- * _Clan Ground (Gollancz 0-575-03888-8, Nov 86, £7.95, 264pp, hc) [The Named] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult prehistoric fantasy, sequel to Rathas Creature.
- * _Clan Ground (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-91287-3, Dec 87 [Nov 87], $2.95, 258pp, pb) [The Named] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult sf novel, second in the Ratha duology.
- * _Clan Ground (Grafton 0-586-07417-1, May 88, £2.95, 252pp, pb) [The Named] Reprint (Atheneum 1984) young-adult sf novel.
- * *The Jaguar Princess (Tor 0-312-85673-3, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $23.95, 443pp, hc, cover by Jody A. Lee) Historical fantasy novel set in ancient Mexico of an Olmec rebellion against the ruling Aztecs led by a shapechanging princess.
- * _The Jaguar Princess (Tor 0-812-51516-1, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $4.99, 443pp, pb, cover by Jody A. Lee) Reprint (Tor 1993) historical fantasy novel set in ancient Mexico.
- * *People of the Sky (Tor 0-312-93131-X, Dec 89 [Oct 89], $18.95, 344pp, hc) Sf novel set on a planet settled by the Pueblo Indians.
- * _People of the Sky (Tor 0-812-50261-2, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $3.95, 344pp, pb, cover by Maren) Reprint (Tor 1989) sf novel set on a planet settled by the Pueblo Indians.
- * *Ratha and Thistle-Chaser (Macmillan/McElderry 0-689-50462-4, Mar 90 [Apr 90], $14.95, 232pp, hc, cover by Glenn Harrington) [The Named] Young-adult alternate world novel of intelligent cats, third book in the Ratha series.
- * *Rathas Challenge (Simon & Schuster/McElderry 0-689-50586-8, Sep 94 [Jan 95], $16.95, 231pp, hc, cover by Glenn Harrington) [The Named] Young-adult SF novel of sentient cats, fourth in the Ratha series.
- * _Rathas Creature (Gollancz 0-575-03796-2, Feb 86 [Mar 86], £7.95, 264pp, hc) [The Named] Reprint (Atheneum/Argo 1983) young-adult sf novel of sentient cats.
- * _Rathas Creature (Dell/Laurel Leaf 0-440-97298-1, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $2.95, 259pp, pb) [The Named] Reprint (Atheneum 1983) sf novel, first in a duology set in an alternate world where evolution diverged and cats gained intelligence.
- * _Rathas Creature (Grafton 0-586-07419-8, Mar 88 [Feb 88], £2.95, 252pp, pb) [The Named] Reprint (Atheneum/Argo 1983) young-adult sf novel about sentient cats.
- * *Tomorrows Sphinx (Macmillan/McElderry 0-689-50402-0, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $14.95, 292pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of cheetahs and humans in the future and the past.
- * _Tomorrows Sphinx (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20124-1, Jul 88 [Jun 88], $3.25, 292pp, pb) Reprint (Atheneum 1986) young-adult sf novel.
- BELL, DOUGLAS
- * *Mojo and the Pickle Jar (Tor 0-812-50880-7, May 91 [Apr 91], $3.95, 250pp, pb, cover by Alan Gutierrez) Southwestern fantasy of two young people and a bruja who have the heart of a saint in a pickle jar. A first novel. Recommended (SW).
- BELL, JOHN (Charles) (1952- ) (stories)
- * *The Far North and Beyond: An Index to Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy in English Language Genre Magazines (Dalhousie University 0-7703-9774-3, Sep 98 [Oct 98], $28.95, 67pp, tp) Non-fiction, reference, part of the Occasional Papers Series. The full title continues: and Other Selected Periodicals of the Pulp Era, 1896-1955. Works are listed by author, title, magazine, series, and artist; an appendix lists genre pulp magazines published in Canada. Order from School of Library and Information Studies, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada B3H 3J5.
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- * _The Far Islands and Other Tales of Fantasy See entry under John Buchan.
- BELL, JULIE (1958- ) (chron.)
- * +Hard Curves (Thunders Mouth Press 1-56025-131-X, Sep 96 [Nov 96], $19.95, 127pp, tp, cover by Julie Bell) Art book with text by Nigel Suckling, and a forward by Hank Rose. First US edition (Dragons World 1995).
- * *Hard Curves: The Fantasy Art of Julie Bell (Paper Tiger 1-85028-223-4, Nov 95, £12.95, 127pp, tp, cover by Julie Bell) Art book. Bell displays an astonishing range of subject and technique: from her famous metal flesh paintings to portraits of living people, fantastic beasts, and some sensual, erotic confrontations. There is a Foreword by Hank Rose, a text by Nigel Suckling.
- * *The Julie Bell Portfolio (Paper Tiger 1-85028-345-1, Nov 94 [Oct 94], £12.95, 64pp, tp, cover by Julie Bell) Twenty-eight plates, poster size, by the artist now acclaimed for her rendering of Marvel Comics X-Men characters, and her metal flesh creatures and robots. The Introduction by Boris Vallejo (Bells husband) rightly says Bell has a deep knowledge of human anatomy and skin tone.
- BELL, M(ichael) SHAYNE (1957- ) (stories)
- * *Inuit (Pulphouse 1-56146-534-8, Nov 91, $1.95, 45pp, pb, cover by Alan Giana) Original sf short story of an orbital Inuit Eskimo colony. Short story paperback #34.
- * *Nicoji (Baen 0-671-72034-1, Jan 91 [Dec 90], $3.95, 243pp, pb, cover by Donald Clavette) Sf novel about human agricultural workers trapped on a swamp world. A first novel by a winner of the Writers of the Future contest.
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- * *Washed by a Wave of Wind (Signature Books 1-56085-038-8, Feb 94 [Jan 94], $18.95, 378pp, tp) Anthology of 20 fantasy and sf stories by writers from the Corridor (the area of original Mormon settlement around Utah), 17 apparently original. Available from Signature Books, 564 West 400 North, Salt Lake City UT 84116-3411. (Contents)
- BELLAIRS, JOHN (Anthony) (1938-1991) (stories) (chron.)
- * *The Best of John Bellairs (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-1142-9, 1998 [Dec 98], $9.95, 179+155+188pp, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) [Lewis Barnavelt] Omnibus of the first three novels in the Lewis Barnavelt series: The House with a Clock in Its Walls (1973); The Figure in the Shadows (1975); and The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring (1976), all with their original illustrations by Edward Gorey, Mercer Mayer, and Richard Egielski, respectively. This is an instant remainder edition. (Contents)
- * _The Chessmen of Doom (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15884-8, May 91 [Apr 91], $3.50, 155pp, pb, cover by Edward Gorey) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1990) young-adult fantasy novel in the Johnny Dixon series.
- * _The Curse of the Blue Figurine (Bantam 0-553-15282-3, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $2.50, 200pp, pb) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1983) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _The Curse of the Blue Figurine (Corgi 0-552-52364-X, Sep 86, £1.75, 171pp, pb) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1983) juvenile supernatural novel.
- * _The Curse of the Blue Figurine (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038005-1, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $3.99, 200pp, pb, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1983) young-adult fantasy novel, first in the Johnny Dixon series.
- * *The Dark Secret of Weatherend (Dial 0-8037-0072-5, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $11.95, 182pp, hc) [Anthony Monday] Young-adult fantasy thriller with oddball, likeable protagonists and some spectacular special effects plus the usual great Gorey cover. (FCM)
- * _The Dark Secret of Weatherend (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038006-X, Aug 97, $3.99, 182pp, tp, cover by Edward Gorey) [Anthony Monday] Reprint (Dial 1984) young-adult fantasy novel, first in the Anthony Monday series.
- * *The Doom of the Haunted Opera (with Brad Strickland) (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-1464-5, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $14.99, 153pp, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) [Lewis Barnavelt] Young-adult fantasy novel in the Lewis Barnavelt series. An unpublished opera has the power to wake the dead. This was begun by Bellairs before his death, and completed by Strickland.
- * _The Doom of the Haunted Opera (with Brad Strickland) (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037657-7, Jan 98 [Feb 98], $4.50, 153pp, tp, cover by Bart Goldman) [Lewis Barnavelt] Reprint (Dial 1995) young-adult fantasy novel in the Lewis Barnavelt series. An unpublished opera has the power to wake the dead. This was begun by Bellairs before his death, and completed by Strickland.
- * *The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie (with Brad Strickland) (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-1462-9, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $14.99, 153pp, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) [Johnny Dixon] Young adult fantasy novel in the Johnny Dixon series, where Johnny and his friends must battle with the fearsome Priests of the Midnight Blood for Dr. Cootes life. This was begun by Bellairs before his death, and completed by Strickland.
- * _The Drum, the Doll, and the Zombie (with Brad Strickland) (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037515-5, Sep 97, $3.99, 153pp, tp, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Penguin/Dial 1994) young adult fantasy novel in the Johnny Dixon series. This was begun by Bellairs before his death, and completed by Strickland.
- * *The Eyes of the Killer Robot (Dial 0-8037-0324-4, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $11.95, 167pp, hc) [Johnny Dixon] Juvenile fantasy novel, 4th in the Johnny Dixon series.
- * _The Eyes of the Killer Robot (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15552-0, Dec 87 [Nov 87], $2.95, 167pp, pb) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1986) young-adult fantasy novel in the Johnny Dixon series; illustrations by Edward Gorey.
- * _The Eyes of the Killer Robot (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-130062-0, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $4.99, 167pp, pb, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1986) young-adult fantasy novel in the Johnny Dixon series.
- * _The Face in the Frost (Ace 0-441-22530-6, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $2.50, 174pp, pb) Reissue (Macmillan 1969) fantasy novel. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _The Face in the Frost (Ace 0-441-22531-4, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $2.95, 174pp, pb) Reissue (Macmillan 1969) fantasy novel of horror, humor, and wizardry. Recommended. (FCM) 7th Ace printing.
- * _The Face in the Frost (Macmillan Collier 0-02-016581-1, Oct 91 [Nov 91], $4.95, 174pp, pb, cover by Rowena Morrill) Reprint (Macmillan 1969) fantasy novel, with illustrations by Marilyn Fitschen.
- * _The Figure in the Shadows (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-036337-8, Jan 93, $3.50, 155pp, pb, cover by Bart Goldman) [Lewis Barnavelt] Reprint (Dial 1975) young-adult fantasy novel, second book of the Lewis Barnavelt series, with the original illustrations by Mercer Mayer.
- * *The Ghost in the Mirror (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-1370-3, May 93, $14.99, 169pp, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) [Lewis Barnavelt] Young-adult fantasy novel, a sequel to The House with a Clock in Its Walls trilogy. This was unfinished when Bellairs died last year, and is the first of several partial manuscripts to be completed by Brad Strickland, who is credited on the title page.
- * _The Ghost in the Mirror (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-034934-0, Oct 94, $3.99, 169pp, pb, cover by Edward Gorey) [Lewis Barnavelt] Reprint (Dial 1993) young-adult fantasy novel, a sequel to The House with a Clock in Its Walls trilogy. Unfinished at Bellairs death, this was completed by Brad Strickland, who is credited on the title page.
- * _The House with a Clock in Its Walls (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-036336-X, Jan 93, $3.50, 179pp, pb, cover by Bart Goldman) [Lewis Barnavelt] Reprint (Dial 1973) young-adult fantasy novel, first book of the Lewis Barnavelt series, with the original illustrations by Edward Gorey.
- * *The Lamp from the Warlocks Tomb (Dial 0-8037-0512-3, May 88, $12.95, 168pp, hc) [Anthony Monday] Young-adult fantasy/quasi-horror novel in the Anthony Monday series. Jacket and frontespiece by Edward Gorey.
- * _The Lamp from the Warlocks Tomb (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15697-7, May 89 [Apr 89], $2.95, 168pp, tp) [Anthony Monday] Reprint (Dial 1987) young-adult fantasy, third book in the Anthony Monday series.
- * _The Letter, the Witch, and the Ring (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-036338-6, Jan 93, $3.50, 188pp, pb, cover by Bart Goldman) [Lewis Barnavelt] Reprint (Dial 1976) young-adult fantasy novel, third book of the Lewis Barnavelt series, with the original illustrations by Richard Egielski.
- * *The Mansion in the Mist (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-0845-9, Aug 92, $15.00, 170pp, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) [Anthony Monday] Young-adult mystery/fantasy novel featuring Anthony Monday, who discovers a chest that transports him and his friends to another world which is plotting the destruction of Earth. This has been published posthumously.
- * _The Mansion in the Mist (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-034933-2, May 93 [Apr 93], $3.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Edward Gorey) [Anthony Monday] Reprint (Dial 1992) young-adult mystery/fantasy novel featuring Anthony Monday, who discovers a chest that transports he and his friends to another world which is plotting the destruction of Earth. This was published posthumously, and is Bellairs last complete work.
- * _The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15323-4, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $2.50, 168pp, pb) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1983) juvenile fantasy novel, second in the Johnny Dixon series.
- * _The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt (Corgi 0-552-52365-8, Dec 86, £1.75, 158pp, pb) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1983) juvenile horror novel.
- * _The Mummy, the Will, and the Crypt (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038007-8, Sep 96 [Aug 96], $3.99, 168pp, pb, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1983) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Johnny Dixon series.
- * *The Revenge of the Wizards Ghost (Dial 0-8037-0170-5, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $11.95, 147pp, hc) [Johnny Dixon] Young-adult fantasy novel in the series featuring Johnny Dixon. Also announced in a library edition, -0177-2, $11.89.
- * _The Revenge of the Wizards Ghost (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15451-6, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $2.75, 147pp, pb) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1985) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _The Revenge of the Wizards Ghost (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038043-4, Sep 97, $3.99, 147pp, tp, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1985) young-adult horror novel in the Johnny Dixon series.
- * _The Secret of the Underground Room (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-034932-4, Oct 92, $3.99, 127pp, tp, cover by Edward Gorey) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1990) young-adult fantasy novel in the Johnny Dixon series.
- * _The Secret of the Underground Room (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-034932-4, Aug 98 [Sep 98], $4.99, 127pp, tp, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) [Johnny Dixon] Reissue (Dial 1990) young-adult fantasy novel in the Johnny Dixon series. Eighth printing.
- * *The Spell of the Sorcerers Skull (Dial 0-8037-0120-9, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $11.95, 170pp, hc) [Johnny Dixon] Juvenile novel of terror and fantasy, third in the series featuring Johnny Dixon and the professor. Also available in a library binding (-0122-5, $11.89).
- * _The Spell of the Sorcerers Skull (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15357-9, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $2.50, 170pp, pb) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1984) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _Spell of the Sorcerers Skull (Corgi 0-552-52366-6, Jan 87, £1.75, 143pp, pb) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1984) juvenile fantasy novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Spell of the Sorcerers Skull (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038044-2, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $3.99, 170pp, tp, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1984) young-adult fantasy novel, third in the Johnny Dixon series.
- * _The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15095-2, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $2.50, 180pp, pb) [Anthony Monday] Reissue (Harcourt 1978) young-adult fantasy novel. Illustrations by Judith Gwyn Brown. Second printing.
- * _The Treasure of Alpheus Winterborn (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038009-4, Aug 97, $3.99, 180pp, tp, cover by Edward Gorey) [Anthony Monday] Reprint (Harcourt 1978) young-adult fantasy novel, second in the Anthony Monday series.
- * *The Trolley to Yesterday (Dial 0-8037-0581-6, May 89, $12.95, 183pp, hc) [Johnny Dixon] Young-adult time-travel fantasy in the Johnny Dixon series. With a jacket and frontispiece by Edward Gorey.
- * _The Trolley to Yesterday (Bantam Skylark 0-553-15795-7, May 90 [Apr 90], $3.50, 183pp, tp, cover by Edward Gorey) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1989) young-adult fantasy novel in the Johnny Dixon series.
- * _The Trolley to Yesterday (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-130092-2, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $4.99, pb, cover by Paul O. Zelinsky) [Johnny Dixon] Reprint (Dial 1989) young-adult fantasy novel in the Johnny Dixon series.
- * *The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder (with Brad Strickland) (Penguin/Dial 0-8037-, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $14.99, 156pp, hc, cover by Edward Gorey) [Lewis Barnavelt] Young-adult fantasy novel in the Lewis Barnavelt series. Lewis visits his English cousin and unleashes demonic forces in the garden maze. Second novel completed by Strickland after Bellairs death.
- * _The Vengeance of the Witch-Finder (with Brad Strickland) (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-037511-2, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $3.99, 153pp, tp, cover by Bart Goldman) [Lewis Barnavelt] Reprint (Penguin/Dial 1993) young-adult horror novel. Second of Bellairs books finished posthumously by Strickland.
- BELLAMY, DODIE (chron.)
- * *The Letters of Mina Harker (Hard Press/Lingo Books 1-889097-14-4, 1998 [Jun 98], $13.95, 221pp, tp, cover by Tom Powers) Associational epistolary novel/collection, supposedly written by the author in the persona of the character from Bram Stokers Dracula, but with little actual reference to it or fantasy. Many of the letters were previously published in various anthologies and literary journals, some collected in Real: The Letters of Mina Harker & Sam DAllesandro (Talisman House 1994) and Answer (Leave Books 1993).
- BELLAMY, EDWARD (1850-1898)
- * _Looking Backward: 2000-1887 (Penguin 0-14-039018-9, Jul 86 [1986], £3.95, 240pp, tp) Reprint (Tiknor 1888) sf novel. [Not seen]
- * _Looking Backward: 2000-1887 (Penguin, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £2.95, pb) Reprint (Tiknor 1888) sf novel.
- BELLANGER, SHARLENE
- BELLE, PAMELA (1952- )
- * *Blood Imperial (Severn House 0-7278-5112-8, Sep 96 [Aug 96], £17.99, 424pp, hc) [Zithirian] Fantasy novel. Third and concluding novel in the Zithirian series. Simultaneous with the Pan edition.
- * _Blood Imperial (Pan 0-330-34653-9, Nov 96 [Oct 96], £5.99, 417pp, pb, cover by Tim Gill) [Zithirian] Reprint (Severn House 1996) fantasy novel. Last in the Zithirian trilogy.
- * *The Silver City (Pan 0-330-32876-X, Feb 94 [Jan 94], £8.99, 496pp, tp, cover by Fred Gambino) [Zithirian] Fantasy novel.
- * _The Silver City (Severn House 0-7278-4635-3, May 94, £16.99, 496pp, hc, cover by Ian Daniels) [Zithirian] Reprint (Pan 1994) fantasy novel. Volume one in a new series.
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