The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- TURNER, DELIA MARSHALL (stories)
- * *Nameless Magery (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42430-1, Jul 98 [Jun 98], $5.99, 231pp, pb, cover by Heather Kern) [Ways of Magic] Fantasy novel. A stubborn young refugee, on a world where shes the only female with magic powers, gives her male instructors a hard time and saves the world. A first novel.
- * *Of Swords and Spells (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42432-8, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $5.99, 218pp, pb, cover by Heather Kern) [Ways of Magic] Science-fantasy novel, sequel to Nameless Magery. Malka, a renegade fleeing the Enforcers, is marooned on a planet of untamed magic.
- TURNER, FREDERICK (Hodson, Jr.) (1943- ) (stories)
- * *Genesis: An Epic Poem (Saybrook 0-933071-26-4, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $9.95, 303pp, tp) An epic science fiction poem about Mars colonization. A cloth edition (-24-8 $19.95), is also available.
- * *The New World: An Epic Poem (Princeton University Press 0-691-06641-8, Sep 85 [Oct 85], $26.00, 182pp, hc) A narrative poem set in 2376. Flawed, but sometimes astonishingly beautiful. (FCM)
- * *The New World: An Epic Poem (Princeton University Press 0-691-01420-5, Sep 85 [Oct 85], $9.95, 182pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
- TURNER, GEORGE (Reginald) (1916-1997) (stories)
- * _Beloved Son (AvoNova 0-380-77884-X, Mar 96 [Feb 96], $5.99, 402pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) [Beloved Son] Reprint (Faber & Faber 1978) SF novel. A spaceships crew returns after 40 years to a completely changed Earth.
- * *Brain Child (SFBC #18253, May 91, $5.98, 298pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Near-future sf novel of genetics. Simultaneous with the Morrow edition.
- * *Brain Child (Morrow 0-688-10595-5, Jun 91, $20.00, 407pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Near-future sf novel of genetics. Simultaneous with the SFBC edition.
- * _Brain Child (Headline 0-7472-3812-X, Apr 92, £4.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Ken Cooper) Reprint (Morrow 1991) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Brain Child (AvoNova 0-380-71804-9, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $4.99, 411pp, pb, cover by Martin Andrews) Reprint (Morrow 1991) near-future sf novel about genetic supermen. Recommended (CNB).
- * *The Destiny Makers (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-12187-X, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $20.00, 321pp, hc, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Sf novel set in 21st-century Australia.
- * _The Destiny Makers (SFBC #00381, Mar 93, $9.98, 321pp, hc, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1993) sf novel set in 21st-century Australia. Similar to the AvoNova edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The Destiny Makers (AvoNova 0-380-71887-1, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $4.99, 321pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1993) sf novel set in 21st-century Australia.
- * +Drowning Towers (Morrow/Arbor House 1-55710-038-1, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $18.95, 318pp, hc) [Beloved Son] Near-future coming-of-age novel set in an overpopulated Australian dystopia. Winner of the Arthur C. Clarke Award as the best novel published in Britain in 1987. Recommended. (FCM) First U.S. edition (Faber and Faber 1987 as The Sea and Summer).
- * _Drowning Towers (AvoNova 0-380-78601-X, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $5.99, 385pp, pb, cover by Michael Evans) [Beloved Son] Reprint (Faber & Faber 1987 as The Sea and the Summer) SF novel.
- * *Genetic Soldier (Morrow AvoNova 0-688-13418-1, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $22.00, 403pp, hc, cover by Dorian Vallejo) SF novel. A starship returns to a far-future Earth which doesnt want them.
- * _Genetic Soldier (SFBC #05856, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $9.98, 403pp, hc, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Reprint (Morrow AvoNova 1994) SF novel. Similar to the Morrow edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC code on the back jacket.
- * _Genetic Soldier (AvoNova 0-380-72189-9, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $5.50, 403pp, pb, cover by Dorian Vallejo) Reprint (Morrow Avonova 1994) SF novel.
- * *In the Heart or in the Head: An Essay in Time Travel (Norstrilia 0-909106-14-2, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $A16.95, 239pp, pb) Non-fiction, an autobiography including discussions of his sf, fandom, etc. It also functions as a personal view of Australian sf circles.
- * *A Pursuit of Miracles (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-00-7, Mar 90, $12.95, 209pp, tp, cover by Jean-François Podevin) Collection of eight stories, one original. This is an Australian publication. (Contents)
- * *The Sea and Summer (Faber and Faber 0-571-14846-8, Aug 87 [Sep 87], £10.95, 352pp, hc) [Beloved Son] Sf novel.
- * _The Sea and Summer (Grafton 0-586-20358-3, Feb 89 [Jan 89], £3.99, 427pp, pb, cover by Geoff Taylor) [Beloved Son] Reprint (Faber 1987) sf novel.
- * _Vaneglory (Sphere 0-7221-8643-6, Mar 84 [Feb 84], $5.95, 320pp, pb) [Vaneglory] Reprint (Faber & Faber 1981) sf novel.
- * _Vaneglory (AvoNova 0-380-77885-8, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $5.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) [Vaneglory] Reprint (Faber & Faber 1981) SF novel.
- * _Yesterdays Men (AvoNova 0-380-77886-6, May 96 [Apr 96], $5.99, 207pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) [Vaneglory] Reprint (Faber & Faber 1983) SF novel, sequel to Vaneglory.
- TURNER, HARRY E. (1920-2009) (stories)
- * *The Venetian Chair And Other Stories (The Book Guild 1-85776-301-7, Oct 98, £15.00, 281pp, hc, cover by Jane Turner) Dark fantasy collection of 22 stories, mainly originals. (Contents)
- TURNER, JAMES (Allen) (1945-1999); see under Turner, Jim (stories)
- TURNER, JIM, ed.; [i.e., James Allen Turner] (1945-1999) (stories)
- * *Cthulhu 2000: A Lovecraftian Anthology (Arkham House 0-87054-169-2, Dec 95 [Sep 95], $24.95, 413pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Anthology of 18 Lovecraft-"inspired" stories; sometimes the inspiration is very apparent, and sometimes it is pretty subtle, as in Zelaznys award-winning 24 Views of Mt. Fuji, by Hokusai. Available from Arkham House, Sauk City WI 53583. (Contents)
- * *Eternal Lovecraft: The Persistence of H.P. Lovecraft in Popular Culture (Golden Gryphon Press 0-9655901-7-8, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $25.95, 411pp, hc, cover by Nicholas Jainschigg) Anthology of 18 Lovecraftian stories. Authors include Alan Rodgers, Nancy A. Collins, Stephen King, and Fritz Leiber. Order from Golden Gryphon Press, 364 West Country Lane, Collinsville IL 62234. (Contents)
- TURNER, MEGAN WHALEN (stories)
- * *Instead of Three Wishes (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-13922-1, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $15.00, 132pp, hc, cover by Jos. A. Smith) Young-adult collection of seven fantasy stories. (Contents)
- * _Instead of Three Wishes (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038672-6, May 98 [Apr 98], $4.99, 132pp, tp, cover by Beppe Giacobbe) Reprint (Morrow Greenwillow 1995) young-adult collection of seven fantasy stories.
- * *The Thief (Morrow Greenwillow 0-688-14627-9, Oct 96 [Sep 96], $15.00, 219pp, hc, cover by Walter Gaffney-Kessell) [Thief] Young-adult fantasy novel. The kings magus locates an ancient treasure, and sends an aggravating thief to get it.
- * _The Thief (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-038834-6, Jan 98 [Dec 97], $4.99, 219pp, tp, cover by Tim Jessell) [Thief] Reprint (Morrow/Greenwillow 1996) young-adult fantasy novel.
- TURNER, RICHARD
- TURNER, ROBERT (Harry), ed. (1915-1980) (stories)
- * *The RLyeh Text (Skoob Books 1-871438-90-X, May 95 [Jul 95], £6.99, 175pp, tp, cover by Mark Lovell) [Necronomicon] Companion text to The Necronomicon (1978), deciphering, as promised, the rest of the hidden manuscripts. Researched, transcribed and annotated by Robert Turner; edited with a preface by George Hay; plus a long Introduction by Colin Wilson. (Contents) [Lovecraft]
- TURNER, RON(ald) (1922-1998) (stories)
- TURNER, VICKERY; pseudonym of Christine Hazel Turner, (1940-2006)
- * *The Testimony of Daniel Pagels (Macdonald 0-356-19766-2, Aug 91, £13.95, 354pp, hc, cover by Oliver Hunter) Literary sf thriller about a boy who can travel from one place to another instantaneously.
- * +The Testimony of Daniel Pagels (Scribners 0-684-19366-3, Jan 92 [Feb 92], $22.95, 352pp, hc) Sf courtroom thriller of a young boy who defies the laws of physics, putting his grandfather in an impossible situation that leads to his trial for murder. Recommended (SW). First American edition (Macdonald 1991).
- * _The Testimony of Daniel Pagels (Warner UK 0-7515-0040-2, Nov 92, £4.99, 354pp, pb) Reprint (Macdonald 1991) literary sf thriller about a boy who can travel from one place to another instantaneously.
- TURTELTAUB, H. N.; pseudonym of Harry Turtledove, (1949- ) (chron.)
- * *Justinian (Tor/Forge 0-312-86699-2, Aug 98 [Jul 98], $26.95, 511pp, hc) Associational historical novel about ancient Byzantium. Turteltaub is a pen name for Harry Turtledove.
- TURTLEDOVE, HARRY (Norman) (1949- ); see pseudonym H. N. Turteltaub (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Agent of Byzantium (Congdon & Weed/Contemporary 0-86553-183-8, Apr 87, $15.95, 246pp, hc) [Basil Argyros] Historical alternate-world (14th century) quasi-novel. The stories originally appeared in Amazing and Isaac Asimovs SF Magazine. They feature Basil Argyros, agent of the Empire. All are good by themselves, but they need bridging material to make them work as a novel. Although 15 years are said to elapse in the book, one gets little feeling of this; they could have taken place within months of each other. Still, the book is enjoyable and worth reading. (TM) (Contents)
- * _Agent of Byzantium (SFBC #11117, Jul 87 [Aug 87], $4.98, 210pp, hc) [Basil Argyros] Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1987) alternate-history novel.
- * _Agent of Byzantium (NEL 0-450-42172-4, Jun 88, £2.95, 246pp, tp) [Basil Argyros] Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Isaac Asimov Presents series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Agent of Byzantium (Worldwide Library 0-373-30301-7, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $3.95, 256pp, pb) [Basil Argyros] Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1987) alternate history novel.
- * *Agent of Byzantium (Baen 0-671-87593-0, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $4.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Basil Argyros] Expanded collection/quasi novel of an alternate Byzantine Empire. This edition adds a 1989 story to the original six-story edition (Congdon & Weed 1987). It retains the original preface by Asimov. (Contents)
- * *Between the Rivers (Tor 0-312-86202-4, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $24.95, 381pp, hc, cover by Gary Ruddell) Fantasy novel set in ancient Mesopotamia. Men learning to think for themselves face interference from local gods.
- * *The Case of the Toxic Spell Dump (Baen 0-671-72196-8, Dec 93 [Nov 93], $5.99, 367pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) Humorous fantasy novel set in a magical alternate-world modern America, about an EPA (Environmental Perfection Agency) bureaucrat faced with an evil force trying to invade LA.
- * *Departures (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38011-8, Jun 93 [May 93], $4.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) Collection of 20 stories, one a collaboration with Elaine OByrne. (Contents)
- * _Departures (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38011-8, Oct 98 [Sep 98], $6.99, 326pp, pb, cover by Eric Peterson) Reissue (Del Rey 1993) collection. Seventh printing.
- * *A Different Flesh (Congdon & Weed 0-86553-198-6, Apr 88, $16.95, 292pp, hc) [Sims] Episodic alternate-history sf novel of surviving hominids, the Sims, ranging from 1610 to 1988. (Contents)
- * _A Different Flesh (Worldwide Library 0-373-30309-2, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.95, 260pp, pb) [Sims] Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1988) episodic alternate-history sf novel.
- * _A Different Flesh (Baen 0-671-87622-8, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $4.99, 292pp, pb, cover by Kevin Murphy) [Sims] Reprint (Congdon & Weed 1988) alternate history SF novel, with the original introduction by Isaac Asimov.
- * *Earthgrip (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37239-5, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $4.99, 264pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [*Tales from the Traders World] Collection of interconnected stories, first book of the Tales from the Traders World. The heroine uses her knowledge of 20th-century sf to help solve problems. (Contents)
- * _Earthgrip (Easton Press no ISBN, Apr 92, no price, 264pp, hc) [*Tales from the Traders World] Collection of interconnected stories, first book of the Tales from the Traders World. This is published simultaneously with the Del Rey paperback edition listed five months ago. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Signed First Editions of Science Fiction series, and is available by subscription only.
- * *An Emperor for the Legion (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33068-4, May 87 [Apr 87], $3.50, 322pp, pb) [Videssos] Fantasy novel, Book Two of The Videssos Cycle.
- * _An Emperor for the Legion (Legend 0-09-958870-6, Apr 88, £2.99, 322pp, pb) [Videssos] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Videssos cycle. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Fox and Empire (Baen 0-671-87858-1, Jan 98 [Dec 97], $6.99, 449pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Gerin the Fox] Fantasy novel in the series about Gerin the Fox, who once again faces the Roman-like Elabonian Empire.
- * *The Great War: American Front (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40615-X, Jun 98 [May 98], $25.00, 503pp, hc, cover by George Pratt) [Great War] Alternate history SF novel, first in a projected four-book series. The United States and the Confederate States of America take opposing sides in WWI.
- * _The Great War: American Front (SFBC #18841, Sep 98, $12.50, 503pp, hc, cover by George Pratt) [Great War] Reprint (Del Rey 1998) SF alternate-history novel, first in a series. This is similar to the Del Rey edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _The Guns of the South (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38468-7, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $5.99, 561pp, pb, cover by Tom Stimpson) Reprint (Ballantine 1992) time-travel/alternate history sf novel of interference from the future causing the South to win the Civil War.
- * _The Guns of the South (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41366-0, May 97, $12.00, 518pp, tp, cover by Tom Stimpson) Reprint (Ballantine 1992) alternate history SF novel of time-travel interference with the Civil War.
- * *The Guns of the South: A Novel of the Civil War (Ballantine 0-345-37675-7, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $19.00, 518pp, hc, cover by Tom Stimpson) Time-travel/alternate history sf novel of interference from the future causing the South to win the Civil War.
- * _The Guns of the South: A Novel of the Civil War (SFBC #05759, Jan 93, $9.98, 518pp, hc, cover by Tom Stimpson) Reprint (Ballantine 1992) time-travel/alternate history sf novel of interference from the future causing the South to win the Civil War. Similar to the Ballantine edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * *Hammer and Anvil (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38048-7, Aug 96 [Jul 96], $5.99, 372pp, pb, cover by Steve Youll) [Videssos: Troubles] Fantasy novel, second in the Time of Troubles trilogy, part of the overall Videssos cycle, set 150 years earlier in the world of The Tale of Krispos.
- * *How Few Remain (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-41661-9, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $25.00, 474pp, hc, cover by C. Rochling) Alternate history SF novel of the second War Between the States in 1883.
- * _How Few Remain (SFBC #18182, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $12.50, 565pp, hc, cover by C. Rochling) Reprint (Del Rey 1997) alternate-history SF novel of the second War Between the States in 1883.
- * _How Few Remain (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-71540-5, Jan 98, £16.99, 474pp, hc, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Del Rey 1997) SF novel set in an alternate history where the South won the Civil War, and the United States launches a second war in 1881. [First U.K. edition]
- * _How Few Remain (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40614-1, Jun 98 [May 98], $7.99, 596pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1997) alternate history SF novel of the second War Between the States.
- * _How Few Remain (NEL 0-340-71541-3, Jul 98 [Jun 98], £6.99, i+474pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Del Rey 1997) alternate history SF novel of the second War Between the States in 1883.
- * _How Few Remain (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40614-1, Aug 98, $7.99, 596pp, pb) Reissue (Del Rey 1997) alternate history SF novel of the second War Between the States. Second printing.
- * *Kaleidoscope (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36477-5, Apr 90 [Mar 90], $3.95, 249pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) Collection of 13 stories. (Contents)
- * *King of the North (Baen 0-671-87715-1, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $5.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Keith Tunell) [Gerin the Fox] Fantasy novel, sequel to Prince of the North. Gerin the Fox faces new invaders with fierce gods.
- * *Krispos of Videssos (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36119-9, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $5.95, 355pp, pb, cover by Romas) [Videssos: Krispos] Alternate world historical fantasy novel, sixth book of the overall Videssos Cycle and second book of the Tale of Krispos.
- * *Krispos Rising (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36118-0, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $4.95, 353pp, pb, cover by Romas) [Videssos: Krispos] Fantasy novel, fifth book of the overall Videossos Cycle and first book of the Tale of Krispos.
- * *Krispos the Emperor (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-38046-0, Jun 94 [May 94], $5.99, 387pp, pb, cover by Romas) [Videssos: Krispos] Alternate-world historical fantasy novel, seventh book of the overall Videssos Cycle, and third book of the Tale of Krispos.
- * *The Legion of Videssos (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33069-2, Aug 87 [Jul 87], $3.95, 413pp, pb) [Videssos] Alternate world historical fantasy novel, third book in The Videssos Cycle.
- * _The Legion of Videssos (Legend 0-09-958900-1, Jul 88, £3.99, 413pp, pb) [Videssos] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 3 in the Videssos cycle. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Misplaced Legion (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-33067-6, Feb 87 [Jan 87], $2.95, 323pp, pb) [Videssos] Fantasy novel of Roman soldiers transported to a magic kingdom; first of a new series, The Videssos Cycle.
- * _The Misplaced Legion (Legend 0-09-958860-9, Feb 88, £2.95, 323pp, pb) [Videssos] Reprint (Del Rey 1987) fantasy novel. Volume 1 in the Videssos cycle. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Noninterference (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34338-7, Jan 88 [Dec 87], $3.95, 213pp, pb) [Bilbeis IV] Sf novel about alien contact and political intrigue in a galactic survey. It originally appeared as two short stories and a serial in Analog. (Contents)
- * _Noninterference (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34338-7, May 90 [Apr 90], $3.95, 213pp, pb, cover by David Schleinkofer) [Bilbeis IV] Reissue (Del Rey 1988) sf novel; third printing.
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