The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

THURBER, JAMES (Grover) (stories) (continued)

• * _The Wonderful O (Dell Yearling 0-440-40579-3, Mar ’92 [Feb ’92], $3.50, 73pp, tp, cover by Marc Simont) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1955) humorous fairy tale, with the original illustrations by Marc Simont.

THURLO, AIMÉE (Salsedo) (1951- ) (chron.)

• * *Strangers Who Linger (Harlequin 0-373-22162-2, May ’91, $2.75, 253pp, pb) Fantasy romance; the ghost of an Old West sheriff helps a young couple solve a mystery. A “Harlequin Intrigue” romance.

THURM, MARIAN (1952- )

• * *The Clairvoyant (Zoland 0-944072-72-0, Jun ’97 [Apr ’98], $23.95, 262pp, hc) Fantasy novel about a psychic who falls in love with a client with a troubled marriage.

THURSTON, ROBERT (Donald) (1936- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Battlestar Galactica (with Glen A. Larson) See entry under Glen A. Larson
• * _Battlestar Galactica #11: The Nightmare Machine (with Glen A. Larson) See entry under Glen A. Larson
• * _Battlestar Galactica #12: “Die, Chameleon!" (with Glen A. Larson) See entry under Glen A. Larson
• * _Battlestar Galactica #13: Apollo’s War (with Glen A. Larson) See entry under Glen A. Larson
• * _Battlestar Galactica #14: Surrender the Galactica! (with Glen A. Larson) See entry under Glen A. Larson
• * _Battletech: Bloodname (Roc UK 0-14-015242-3, Nov ’91, £3.99, 304pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Battletech: Legend of the Jade Phoenix] Reprint (Roc 1991) sf novelization. Volume 2 in “The Legend of the Jade Phoenix.” [First U.K. edition]
• * _Battletech: Falcon Guard (Roc UK 0-14-015248-2, Jan ’92, £3.99, 272pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Battletech: Legend of the Jade Phoenix] Reprint (Roc 1991) sf novelization. Volume three in “The Legend of the Jade Phoenix”. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Battletech: Freebirth (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45665-3, Feb ’98 [Jan ’98], $5.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Battletech] Novelization based on the gaming series. Book four of the “Twilight of the Clans”. Copyrighted by FASA.
• * *Battletech: I Am Jade Falcon (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45380-8, Mar ’95 [Feb ’95], $4.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Peter Peebles) [Battletech] Novelization based on the role-playing game, #17 in the series. Copyrighted by FASA Corporation.
• * *Battletech: Legend of the Jade Phoenix #1: Way of the Clans (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45101-5, Aug ’91 [Jul ’91], $4.50, 268pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Battletech: Legend of the Jade Phoenix] Sf novelization based on the “Battletech” game, with interior illustrations by Jeff Laubenstein and mechanical drawings by Steve Venters. First book of a new series. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
• * *Battletech: Legend of the Jade Phoenix #3: Falcon Guard (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45129-5, Dec ’91 [Nov ’91], $4.50, 253pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Battletech: Legend of the Jade Phoenix] Sf novelization based on the “Battletech” game with interior illustrations by Jeff Laubenftein and mechanical drawings by Steve Venters. Packaged and copyrighted by FASA.
• * *Battletech: Legends of the Jade Phoenix #2: Bloodname (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45117-1, Oct ’91 [Sep ’91], $4.50, 304pp, pb) [Battletech: Legend of the Jade Phoenix] Sf novelization based on the “Battletech” game, with interior illustrations by Jeff Laubenftein and mechanical drawings by Steve Venters.
• * _Battletech: Way of the Clans (Roc UK 0-14-014892-2, Sep ’91, £3.99, 284pp, pb, cover by Bruce Jensen) [Battletech: Legend of the Jade Phoenix] Reprint (Roc 1991) sf novelization. Volume 1 in “The Legend of the Jade Phoenix”. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Cylon Death Machine (with Glen A. Larson) See entry under Glen A. Larson
• * *Isaac Asimov’s Robot City: Robots and Aliens 3: Intruder (Ace 0-441-73129-5, Feb ’90 [Jan ’90], $3.50, 195pp, pb, cover by Paul Rivoche) [Robot City] Sf novelization based on Asmiov’s “Robot” stories, with illustrations by Paul Rivoche. The series is packaged by Byron Preiss Visual Publications.
• * *Q Colony (Ace 0-441-69660-0, Feb ’85 [Jan ’85], $2.75, 218pp, pb) Sf novel.
• * *Robot Jox (Avon 0-380-75444-4, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $3.50, 230pp, pb) Military sf movie tie-in, based on a screenplay by Joe Haldeman and Dennis Paoli.
• * _The Tombs of Kobol (with Glen A. Larson) See entry under Glen A. Larson

THWAITE, ANN

• * *A.A. Milne: The Man Behind Winnie-the-Pooh (Random House 0-394-58724-3, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $29.95, 505pp, hc) Non-fiction; biography of Milne with copious notes and a bibliography.

TIBBALLS, GEOFF(rey)

• * *Randall and Hopkirk (deceased) (Boxtree 0-7522-0915-9, Mar ’94, £9.99, 95pp, tp) Illustrated study of the 1960s TV fantasy comedy series, including interviews with its stars, and a summary of all episodes.

TICKNER, RONALD CHARLES (1940- ); see pseudonym Ron Tiner (stories)

TIDIAN, H. C.

• * *McGillicuddy the Bookseller: a Bibliofantasy (Sam: Johnson’s 0-9658598-0-0, Oct ’97 [Aug ’97], $20.00, 159pp, hc) Fantasy novel about a bookseller. Available from Sam: Johnson’s, 12310 Venice Blvd, Los Angeles CA 90066; e-mail: bobklein@pacbell.net

TIERNEY, MICHAEL

• * *Under the Wild Stars (Tierney/Little Rocket no ISBN, Apr ’98 [Sep ’98], $50.00, 467pp, hc) SF novel of time travel and alien recruitment, sequel to author’s self-published comic books. Essentially an elegantly bound manuscript, with illustrations by the author, this is a signed, limited edition of 25. Available from Little Rocket, 3217 John F. Kennedy Blvd, North Little Rock AR 72116; postage included in price.

TIERNEY, RICHARD L(ouis) (1936- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *House of the Toad (Fedogan & Bremer 1-878252-03-8, Mar ’93, $24.00, 247pp, hc, cover by Harry O. Morris) Lovecraftian dark fantasy novel of archaeologists and evil cults in a lost city in Mexico. A signed 100-copy limited edition (-09-7, $45.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Fedogan & Bremer, 700 Washington Ave. SE, Suite 50, Minneapolis MN 55414.
• * *The Scroll of Thoth: Simon Magus and the Great Old Ones (Chaosium 1-56882-105-0, Nov ’97 [Dec ’97], $12.95, 394pp, tp, cover by H. E. Fassl) [Simon of Gitta] Collection of 12 Lovecraftian horror stories of the Cthulhu Mythos by Richard Tierney. Edited by Robert Price, whose introduction discusses how Tierney’s work relates to Lovecraft’s. (Contents)

TIGGES, JOHN (Thomas) (1932-2008); see pseudonym William Essex (stories)

• * _As Evil Does (W.H. Allen Star 0-352-32238-1, Jul ’88, £2.99, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Leisure 1987) horror novel about revenge from beyond the grave. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Book of the Dead (Leisure 0-8439-2798-4, Sep ’89 [Oct ’89], $3.95, 358pp, pb) Horror novel of a book that brings great riches to its owner—followed by a horrible death.
• * *Comes the Wraith (Leisure 0-8439-2906-5, Feb ’90, $3.95, 362pp, pb) Ghost/horror novel. Family terrorized on haunted farm.
• * *The Curse (Leisure 0-8439-3389-5, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.50, 396pp, pb) Horror novel. A woman haunted by nightmares takes her children to the country, where they awaken an evil spirit.
• * _Evil Dreams (Leisure 0-8439-2753-4, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.95, 397pp, pb) Reissue (Leisure? 1986) horror novel about possession.
• * *Hands of Lucifer (Leisure 0-8439-2443-8, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.95, 384pp, pb) Horror novel.
• * *The Immortal (Leisure 0-8439-2350-4, May ’86, $3.95, 395pp, pb) Horror novel of a freelance writer and a coven with a mysterious leader.
• * *Kevin Browne’s Nightales (Upper West Side Publishing 0-9626368-9-4, Oct ’90 [Aug ’90], $14.95, 295pp, tp, cover by Stephen Blue) Collection of 14 horror stories based on screenplays by Kevin Browne, with connecting material in comic form. All illustrations are by Stephen Blue. (Contents)
• * _Kiss Not the Child (Leisure 0-8439-2662-7, Aug ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 380pp, pb) Reprint (? 1985) horror novel in the tradition of Rosemary’s Baby.
• * *Monster (Leisure 0-8439-3735-1, Feb ’95, $4.99, 362pp, pb) Horror novel. A sasquatch falls for a human beauty.
• * _Unto the Altar (Leisure 0-8439-2596-5, Mar ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 400pp, pb) Reprint (? 1985) horror novel about an island where people have sold their souls for eternal youth.
• * *Venom (Leisure 0-8439-2602-3, Apr ’88, $3.95, 363pp, pb) Horror novel. “Beware the fangs of hell.”
• * *Vessel (Leisure 0-8439-2695-3, Dec ’88, $3.95, 362pp, pb) Horror novel about a woman who gains eternal youth through blood drawn from the still-living bodies of virgins.

TILLEY, PATRICK (1928- ) (stories)

• * *The Amtrak Wars Book 1: Cloud Warrior (Sphere 0-7221-8516-2, 1983 [Feb ’84], £1.95, 311pp, pb) [Amtrak Wars] Post-holocaust sf novel. Published in 1983 but not seen until now.
• * _The Amtrak Wars Book 1: Cloud Warrior (Little, Brown UK 0-356-20603-3, Jun ’92, £14.99, 345pp, hc) [Amtrak Wars] Reprint (Sphere 1983) sf novel.
• * _The Amtrak Wars Book 1: Cloud Warrior (Orbit 1-85723-535-5, Jan ’98, £6.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Amtrak Wars] Reprint (Sphere 1984) SF novel.
• * _The Amtrak Wars Book 2: First Family (Severn House 0-7278-1226-2, Nov ’85 [Oct ’85], £8.95, 344pp, hc) [Amtrak Wars] Reprint (Sphere 1985) sf novel of a post-holocaust Federation vs. mutants; second in the series. This is the first hardcover edition.
• * _The Amtrak Wars Book 2: First Family (Little, Brown UK 0-356-20604-1, Jun ’92, £14.99, 426pp, hc) [Amtrak Wars] Reprint (Sphere 1985) sf novel.
• * _The Amtrak Wars Book 2: First Family (Orbit 1-85723-536-3, Jan ’98, £6.99, 426pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Amtrak Wars] Reprint (Sphere 1985) SF novel.
• * _The Amtrak Wars Book 3: Iron Master (Little, Brown UK 0-356-20605-X, Jun ’92, £14.99, 488pp, hc) [Amtrak Wars] Reprint (Sphere 1987) sf novel. First world hardcover Edition.
• * _The Amtrak Wars Book 3: Iron Master (Orbit 1-85723-537-1, Feb ’98, £6.99, 488pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Amtrak Wars] Reprint (Sphere 1987) SF novel.
• * _The Amtrak Wars Book 4: Blood River (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90319-1, Dec ’92, £15.99, 401pp, hc) [Amtrak Wars] Reprint (Sphere 1988) sf novel.
• * _The Amtrak Wars Book 4: Blood River (Orbit 1-85723-538-X, Feb ’98, £6.99, 401pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Amtrak Wars] Reprint (Sphere 1988) SF novel.
• * _The Amtrak Wars Book 5: Death-Bringer (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90320-5, Dec ’92, £15.99, 373pp, hc) [Amtrak Wars] Reprint (Sphere 1989) sf novel.
• * _The Amtrak Wars Book 5: Death-Bringer (Orbit 1-85723-539-8, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], £6.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Amtrak Wars] Reprint (Sphere 1989) SF novel.
• * *The Amtrak Wars Book 6: Earth-Thunder (Sphere 0-7474-0002-4, Nov ’90 [Oct ’90], £3.99, 484pp, pb) [Amtrak Wars] Future war novel set at the end of the third millennium.
• * _The Amtrak Wars Book 6: Earth-Thunder (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90321-3, Dec ’92, £15.99, 484pp, hc) [Amtrak Wars] Reprint (Sphere 1990) sf novel.
• * _The Amtrak Wars Book 6: Earth-Thunder (Orbit 1-85723-540-1, Mar ’98 [Apr ’98], £6.99, 478pp, pb, cover by Steve Stone) [Amtrak Wars] Reprint (Sphere 1990) SF novel.
• * *Blood River (Sphere 0-7474-0000-8, Nov ’88, £3.50, 362pp, pb) [Amtrak Wars] Sf novel. Volume 4 in the “Amtrak Wars” series.
• * _Cloud Warrior (Baen 0-671-55972-9, Aug ’85 [Jul ’85], $3.50, 222pp, pb) [Amtrak Wars] Reprint (Sphere 1983 as The Amtrak Wars Part 1, Cloud Warrior) sf novel, first in “The Amtrak Wars” series, set in a post-holocaust world.
• * _Cloud Warrior (Sphere 0-7221-8516-2, May ’87, £2.95, 311pp, pb) [Amtrak Wars] Reissue (Sphere 1983) sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Amtrak Wars” series.
• * _Cloud Warrior (Sphere 0-7221-8516-2, Dec ’89, £3.50, 311pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Amtrak Wars] Reissue (Sphere 1983) sf novel. Volume 1 in the “Amtrak Wars” series.
• * *Dark Visions: An Illustrated Guide to the Amtrak Wars (with Fernando Fernandez) (Sphere 0-7474-0270-1, Nov ’88, £5.99, 64pp, tp) [Amtrak Wars] Associational book.
• * *Death Bringer (Sphere 0-7474-0001-6, Nov ’89 [Oct ’89], £3.99, 373pp, pb) [Amtrak Wars] Sf novel. Volume 5 in the “Amtrak Wars” series.
• * _Fade-Out (Grafton 0-586-07442-2, Jun ’87, £3.50, 541pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1975) sf novel. This edition is supposed to be revised, although the changes are not immediately obvious.
• * _Fade-Out (Little, Brown UK 0-316-90364-7, Dec ’92, £15.99, 541pp, hc) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1975) sf novel. This edition follows the text of the revised 1987 (Grafton) edition.
• * _Fade-Out (Warner UK 0-7515-0085-2, Dec ’92, £4.99, 541pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1975) sf novel. This edition follows the text of the revised 1987 (Grafton) edition.
• * +The First Family (Baen 0-671-65567-1, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], $3.50, 399pp, pb) [Amtrak Wars] Post-holocaust sf novel, with super science and primitivism. Book II of “The Amtrak Wars”. Reprint (Sphere 1985), first U.S. edition.
• * _First Family (Sphere 0-7221-8517-0, May ’87, £2.95, 344pp, pb) [Amtrak Wars] Reissue (Sphere 1985) sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Amtrak Wars” series.
• * _First Family (Sphere 0-7221-8517-0, Dec ’89, £3.50, 344pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Amtrak Wars] Reissue (Sphere 1985) sf novel. Volume 2 in the “Amtrak Wars” series.
• * *Iron Master (Sphere 0-7221-8518-9, May ’87, £3.50, 405pp, pb) [Amtrak Wars] Sf novel. Volume 3 in the “Amtrak Wars” series.
• * *Iron Master (Baen 0-671-65338-5, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.95, 433pp, pb) [Amtrak Wars] Post-holocaust sf novel, Book III of “The Amtrak Wars”. Published simultaneously in the U.K. by Sphere.
• * _Iron Master (Sphere 0-7221-8518-9, Dec ’89, £3.99, 405pp, pb, cover by Tony Roberts) [Amtrak Wars] Reissue (Sphere 1987) sf novel. Volume 3 in the “Amtrak Wars” series.
• * *Star Wartz (Orbit 1-85723-319-0, Aug ’95, £15.99, 409pp, hc, cover by Bob Warner) Humorous SF novel. Andrew Webber, journalist and ex-soldier, is transported to the Rimworld, a “galaxy” which has 1476 planets orbiting two suns.
• * _Star Wartz (Orbit 1-85723-320-4, Jun ’96 [May ’96], £5.99, 409pp, pb, cover by Bob Warner) Reprint (Orbit 1995) humorous SF novel.
• * *Xan (Grafton 0-586-06468-0, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £2.50, 332pp, pb) Horror novel.

TILLEY, ROBERT J. (stories)

• * *The Big Losers (New Infinities 0-441-06091-9, Jun ’88 [May ’88], $3.50, 270pp, pb) Sf novel. Alien espionage agent teams up with local losers to destroy Earth. There is also a New Infinities version (20-7001) without the Ace logo, for sale in game stores, etc.

TILTON, LOIS (Ann) (1946- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * _Babylon 5 Book 2: Accusations (Boxtree 0-7522-0649-4, Jul ’95, £4.99, 278pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) [Babylon 5] Reprint (Dell 1995) novelisation. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Babylon Five Book 2: Accusations (Dell 0-440-22058-0, May ’95 [Apr ’95], $5.50, 278pp, pb, cover by Bob Larkin) [Babylon 5] Novelization based on the SF television series. Copyrighted by Warner Bros. Television.
• * *Darkness on the Ice (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-687-X, Feb ’93 [Jan ’93], $4.50, 286pp, pb) Vampire horror novel set on Greenland during WWII, where a Nazi vampire is consuming every human on the island.
• * *Star Trek: Deep Space Nine #6: Betrayal (Pocket 0-671-88117-5, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $5.50, 280pp, pb) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Star Trek novelization. Copyrighted by Paramount Pictures.
• * *Vampire Winter (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-450-8, Dec ’90 [Nov ’90], $4.50, 320pp, pb) Horror novel of a vampire’s post-holocaust adventures in a world permanently dark due to nuclear winter. A first novel.

TIMLETT, PETER VALENTINE (1933- ) (stories)

• * _The Power of the Serpent (Orbit 0-7088-3105-2, Jan ’87, £2.50, 246pp, pb) [Seedbearers] Reprint (Bantam 1976) occult fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the “Seedbearers” trilogy.
• * _The Seed Bearers (Orbit/Futura 0-7088-3107-9, Oct ’86, £2.50, 282pp, pb) [Seedbearers] Reprint (Quartet 1974) occult fantasy novel, first in a trilogy.
• * _The Twilight of the Serpent (Orbit 0-7088-3106-0, Apr ’87, £2.50, 210pp, pb) [Seedbearers] Reprint (Bantam 1977) occult fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the “Seedbearers” series.

TIMLIN, MARK (1950- ); see pseudonym Jim Ballantyne (stories)

TIMPONE, ANTHONY, ed.

• * *Fangoria: Masters of the Dark (HarperPrism 0-06-105664-2, May ’97 [Apr ’97], $5.99, 224pp, pb) Non-fiction collection of articles on and interviews with Clive Barker and Stephen King, collected from the pages of Fangoria the media-horror magazine.
• * *Fangoria: Vampires (HarperPrism 0-06-105666-9, Nov ’96, $5.50, 222pp, pb) Non-fiction collection of articles and interviews collected from the pages of Fangoria the media-horror magazine.

TIMSON, KEITH (1945- ) (stories)

• * *A Far Magic Shore (Orbit 0-7088-4206-2, Feb ’89, £4.99, 299pp, tp, cover by Mick Posen) [Fall of the Disenchanted] Fantasy novel. Volume One in the “Fall of the Disenchanted” series.

TINE, ROBERT (1954- ); see pseudonym Richard Harding

• * *Forever Young (Signet UK 0-451-17779-7, Mar ’93, £4.99, 172pp, pb) Novelization of the sf film, based on the screenplay by Jeffrey Abrams.
• * *The Last Action Hero (Berkley 0-425-14015-6, Jun ’93 [May ’93], $4.99, 187pp, pb) Movie novelization about a fictional superhero who enters the real world to defeat a supervillain.
• * *The Last Action Hero (Warner UK 0-7515-0744-X, Jun ’93, £4.99, 236pp, pb) Novelization of the sf action film, based on the script by Shane Black & David Arnott.
• * *Midnight City (NAL/Signet 0-451-15036-8, Dec ’87, $3.95, 284pp, pb) 21st-century cop novel.
• * *Universal Soldier (Jove 0-515-10933-9, Jun ’92, $4.50, 236pp, pb) Movie tie-in novelization of the sf film about cyborg soldiers.
• * _Universal Soldier (Signet UK 0-451-17542-5, Aug ’92, £3.99, 236pp, pb) Reprint (Jove 1992) sf film novelization, based on the screenplay by Dean Devlin. [First U.K. edition]