The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- UGLOW, JENNIFER, ed. (stories) (continued)
- * _The Vintage Book of Ghosts (Vintage UK 0-09-974481-3, Nov 97 [Jan 98], £7.99, 479pp, tp) Reprint (Chatto & Windus 1994 as The Chatto Book of Ghosts) ghost anthology.
- UHRMAN, ESTHER (1921- ) (stories)
- * *Mitras the Second (Dorrance 0-8059-3136-8, Sep 88 [Aug 88], $7.95, 91pp, hc) Science fiction short novel from a vanity press.
- ULRICH, BERTRAM
- UMLAND, SAMUEL J., ed.
- * *Philip K. Dick: Contemporary Critical Interpretations (Greenwood 0-313-29295-7, Jan 95 [Mar 95], $55.00, 228pp, hc) Critical collection of 11 essays and a comprehensive bibliography, with an introduction by the editor. Order from Greenwood Publishing, 88 Post Road W., Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: 800-225-5800. [Dick]
- UNDERWOOD, TIM (Edward), ed. (1948- ) (stories)
- * *Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-024-X, Apr 88, $75.00, 259pp, hc) Non-fiction, interviews with Stephen King conducted between 1979 and 1987. Limited edition of 1100 boxed copies with holograph on the cover. A beautifully bound book.
- * _Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (McGraw-Hill 0-07-065759-9, Jun 88 [May 88], $16.95, 211pp, hc) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1988). Non-fiction, a collection of interviews with King. First trade edition.
- * _Bare Bones: Conversations on Terror with Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (NEL 0-450-51606-7, Mar 90, £3.50, 284pp, pb) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1980) collection of interviews.
- * _Bare Bones: Conversations with Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (QPBC no ISBN, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $8.95, 211pp, tp) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1988) non-fiction, collection of interviews. This is the same as the McGraw Hill hardcover edition except it has no ISBN and has the dust jacket printed as the cover. [King]
- * _Bare Bones: Conversations with Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (NEL 0-450-49992-8, Mar 89, £10.95, 217pp, hc) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1988) fascinating collection of interviews with Stephen King. Many of them have been revised for this volume. (PSP) [First U.K. edition]
- * _Bare Bones: Conversations with Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (Warner 0-446-39057-7, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $8.95, 211pp, tp) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1988) non-fiction collection of interviews with Stephen King conducted between 1979 and 1987.
- * _Fear Itself: The Early Works of Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-174-2, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $12.95, 239pp, tp) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1982 as Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King) collection of essays on Kings work.
- * _Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (Plume 0-452-25527-9, Jun 84 [May 84], $7.95, 277pp, tp) Non-fiction, group of critical studies. [King]
- * _Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (NAL/Signet 0-451-13859-7, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $3.95, 286pp, pb) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1982) group of non-fiction, critical essays on King and his works. [King]
- * _Fear Itself: The Horror Fiction of Stephen King 1976-82 (with Chuck Miller) (Pan 0-330-31346-0, Nov 90, £4.99, 255pp, tp, cover by Ian Miller) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1982) collection of essays about Stephen King.
- * *Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-061-4, Sep 89, $75.00, 282pp, hc) Anthology of interviews with Stephen King. This is a slipcased, deluxe limited edition of 600 copies.
- * _Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-811-5, Apr 92 [Mar 92], $18.95, 282pp, hc) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1989) non-fiction anthology of interviews with Stephen King.
- * _Feast of Fear: Conversations with Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (Warner 0-446-39505-6, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $9.99, 282pp, tp) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1989) non-fiction anthology of interviews with Stephen King.
- * *Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-017-7, Apr 86, $50.00, 267pp, hc) Signed, boxed, numbered edition of 500 copies. Non-fiction, anthology of 15 critical essays and introductions. Authors include Robert Bloch, Ramsey Campbell, Clive Barker, Harlan Ellison, and Whitley Streiber. [King]
- * *Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-018-5, Apr 86, $25.00, 267pp, hc) Trade edition of the above.
- * _Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (NAL/Plume 0-452-25875-8, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $7.95, 270pp, pb) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1986) non-fiction. Studies of Stephen Kings fiction, and observations on horror, by 17 horror and fantasy experts including Harlan Ellison, Ramsey Campbell, and Clive Barker.
- * _Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (NEL 0-450-41021-8, Aug 87, £2.50, 283pp, pb) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1986) associational book about Stephen King. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King (with Chuck Miller) (NAL/Signet 0-451-14962-9, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $3.95, 316pp, pb) Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1986) non-fiction, essays by writers, critics, and filmmakers about King. [King]
- UNSWORTH, MICHAEL
- * _Future War Novels: an Annotated Bibliography of Works in English Published Since 1946 (with John Newman) See entry under John Newman.
- UPDIKE, JOHN (Hoyer) (1932-2009) (stories)
- * *Toward the End of Time (Random House/Knopf 0-375-40006-0, Oct 97 [Sep 97], $25.00, 334pp, hc) Literary post-holocaust SF novel set in 2020. A man muses on the sorry state of the world, and fantasizes about the past, while his wife tries to kill a deer.
- * _Toward the End of Time (Hamish Hamilton 0-241-13862-0, Feb 98, £16.99, 334pp, hc) Reprint (Knopf 1997) literary SF novel set in 2020 America, after a Sino-American war has decimated the population and brought social and economic chaos. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Toward the End of Time (Ballantine/Fawcett Columbine 0-449-00041-9, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $12.95, 334pp, tp) Reprint (Knopf 1997) literary post-holocaust SF novel set in 2020.
- * *The Witches of Eastwick (Knopf 0-394-53760-2, Jun 84 [May 84], $15.95, 307pp, hc) [Eastwick] Literary fantasy novel of New England witchery and malefica.
- * *The Witches of Eastwick (Knopf 0-394-53765-3, Jun 84 [May 84], $65.00, 307pp, hc) [Eastwick] Limited signed edition of the above.
- * _The Witches of Eastwick (Fawcett/Crest 0-449-20647-5, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $4.50, 343pp, pb) [Eastwick] Reprint (Knopf 1984) fantasy novel by a literary author.
- * _The Witches of Eastwick (Penguin 0-14-010218-3, Aug 87 [Sep 87], £2.95, 316pp, pb) [Eastwick] Reissue (Knopf 1984) literary fantasy novel.
- UPTON, ONDINE, ed.
- URBAN, SCOTT H., ed. (stories) (chron.)
- URE, JEAN (Ann) (1943- )
- * _After the Plague (Mammoth 0-7497-1015-2, Dec 95, £3.99, 200pp, pb, cover by Daniel Daoro) [Plague 99] Reprint (Methuen 1992 as Come Lucky April) young-adult SF novel, second in a trilogy that began with Plague 99. 100 years after the plague decimated Earth, an all-woman community from which male aggression has been eliminated is disrupted by the arrival of a young man.
- * *Come Lucky April (Methuen 0-416-15712-2, Apr 92, £9.99, 200pp, hc) [Plague 99] Young-adult sf novel. Sequel to Plague 99.
- * _Come Lucky April (Teens 0-7497-1015-2, Feb 93, £2.99, 200pp, pb) [Plague 99] Reprint (Methuen 1992) young-adult sf novel. Sequel to Plague 99.
- * *The Girl in the Blue Tunic (Scholastic UK 0-590-54228-1, Jan 97, £4.99, 189pp, tp, cover by Peter Bailey) Young-adult ghost novel.
- * _The Girl in the Blue Tunic (Hippo 0-590-19795-9, Mar 98 [Apr 98], £3.50, 158pp, pb, cover by Jason Cockcroft) Reprint (Scholastic UK 1997) young-adult ghost novel.
- * +Plague (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-262429-5, Sep 91 [Oct 91], $16.95, 218pp, hc, cover by Mark Whiting) [Plague 99] Young-adult sf disaster novel. A teenage girl returns from a camping trip to find her parents dead and London a ghost town where she must struggle to survive. First American edition (Methuen 1989 as Plague 99).
- * _Plague (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-036283-5, Sep 93 [Oct 93], $3.99, 218pp, pb, cover by James Bozzini) [Plague 99] Reprint (Methuen 1989 as Plague 99) young-adult sf disaster novel. A teenage girl returns from a camping trip to find her parents dead and London a ghost town where she must struggle to survive.
- * *Plague 99 (Methuen Childrens Books 0-416-10452-5, Oct 89, £7.95, 150pp, hc, cover by Daniel Faoro) [Plague 99] Young-adult sf novel about the aftermath of a plague that decimates England.
- * _Plague 99 (Mammoth 0-7497-0333-4, Apr 91 [May 91], £2.50, 150pp, pb, cover by Daniel Faoro) [Plague 99] Reprint (Methuen 1989) young-adult sf novel.
- * *The Watchers at the Shrine (Methuen 0-416-18824-9, Jun 94 [Jul 94], £9.99, 154pp, hc, cover by Daniel Faoro) [Plague 99] Young-adult SF novel. Final book in the trilogy begun with Plague 99 and Come Lucky April.
- * _Watchers at the Shrine (Mammoth 0-7497-2394-7, Sep 95, £3.50, 154pp, pb, cover by Daniel Faoro) [Plague 99] Reprint (Methuen 1994) young-adult SF novel. Last in a trilogy after Plague 99 and Come Lucky April (After The Plague) set in a future decimated by plague.
- URHAUSEN, MARY K. (1948- ); see pseudonym Karen Ripley
- URQUHART, JANE (1949- )
- * *Away (Penguin 0-14-023398-9, Mar 95, £6.99, 356pp, tp, cover by Sir Edward Burne-Jones) Literary fantasy novel.
- * *Changing Heaven (Sceptre 0-340-53040-5, Aug 90 [Oct 90], £4.99, 258pp, tp) Literary ghost novel.
- * *Changing Heaven (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-52371-9, Aug 90 [Oct 90], £13.95, 258pp, hc, cover by Tony Urquhart) Hardcover edition of the above.
- URSINI, JAMES (1947- )
- * _More Things Than Are Dreamt Of: Masterpieces of Supernatural Horror from Mary Shelley to Stephen King in Literature and Film (with Alain Silver) See entry under Alain Silver.
- USHER, FRANCES
- * _Face to Face (Mammoth 0-7497-1054-3, May 97 [Apr 97], £3.50, 159pp, pb, cover by The Image Bank) Reissue (Methuen 1991) young-adult dark fantasy novel. In the new Suspense series of books.
- USTINOV, [Sir] PETER (Alexander) (1921-2004)
- * *The Old Man and Mr. Smith (Little, Brown/Arcade 1-55970-134-X, Jun 91 [May 91], $19.95, 261pp, hc) Fantasy novel, subtitled A Fable God and Satan make up, and come back to Earth to inspect it.
- * _The Old Man and Mr. Smith (BOMC no ISBN, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $16.95, 261pp, hc) Reprint (Arcade 1991) fantasy novel, subtitled A Fable God and Satan make up, and come back to Earth to inspect it. This edition is identical to the Arcade, except it lacks an ISBN and price, and has a BOMC mark on the back.
- * _The Old Man and Mr. Smith (Little, Brown/Arcade 1-55970-191-9, May 92 [Jul 92], $9.95, 261pp, tp) Reprint (Little, Brown/Arcade 1991) fantasy novel about God and Satan reunited on Earth for a fact-finding mission.
- UTLEY, STEVEN (1948- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _Custers Last Jump (with Howard Waldrop) (Ticonderoga Publications 0-9586856-0-6, Jan 97 [Oct 96], A$7.95, 36pp, ph, cover by Shaun Tan) Alternate history story published in pamphlet form, with a new introduction by Utley and a long afterword by Waldrop. Illustrated by Shaun Tan. Published in conjunction with Waldrops appearance at the Festival of the Imagination in Perth Australia, January 1997. Order from Ticonderoga Publications, PO Box 407, Nedlands WA 6009, Australia. Price is the same in US dollars.
- * *Ghost Seas (Ticonderoga Publications 0-9586856-1-4, Sep 97 [Nov 97], A$16.95, 167pp, tp, cover by Joseph Troffimoff) Collection of 14 stories, with preface by Michael Bishop and introduction by Howard Waldrop. A signed, limited edition of 50 is also available ($26.95). Order from Ticonderoga Publications, PO Box 407, Nedlands WA 6009, Australia. US orders add $1.00 shipping. (Contents)
- * *This Impatient Ape (Anamnesis Press no ISBN, Feb 98 [May 98], $5.95, 43pp, ph, cover by Steven Utley) Chapbook poetry collection of 34 poems, some previously published. Order from Anamnesis Press, PO Box 51115, Palo Alto CA 94303; price includes postage.
- UTTER, VIRGIL (Starbuck, Jr.) (1925-2006) (stories)
- * *C.L. Moore & Henry Kuttner: A Marriage of Souls and Talent (with Gordon Benson, Jr. & Phil Stephensen-Payne) (Galactic Central Publications 1-871133-44-0, Apr 96 [May 96], £6.00, 142pp, tp) Fourth (revised) edition of a primary and secondary bibliography of C.L. Moore & Henry Kuttner. [Moore, ]
- * *Catherine Lucille Moore & Henry Kuttner: A Marriage of Souls and Talent (with Gordon Benson, Jr. & Phil Stephensen-Payne) (Galactic Central Publications 1-871133-44-0, 1996 [May 96], $9.00, 142pp, ph) Non-fiction reference. The fourth revised edition of a primary and secondary bibliography. Available in the US from Chris Drumm, PO Box 445, Polk City IA 50226-0445. [Moore, Kuttner]
- UTTLEY, ALISON; [i.e., Alice Jane Uttley] (1884-1976) (stories)
- * _A Traveller in Time (Ace 0-441-82213-4, Jan 86 [Dec 85], $2.95, 197pp, pb) Reprint (Faber & Faber 1939) fantasy novel of time travel to the era of Mary Stuart.
- VACHSS, ANDREW (Henry) (1942- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Drive-By (with Joe R. Lansdale) (Crossroads Press no ISBN, Dec 93, $13.00, 25pp, ph, cover by Mark Nelson) Associational collection of a crime story by Vachss, with a comic adaptation script by Joe R. Lansdale, and the actual comic with art by Gary Gianni. With an introduction by Neal Barrett, Jr. This is a 300-copy numbered limited edition signed by Vachss, Lansdale, and Barrett. Available for $13.00 postpaid from Crossroads Press, PO Box 10433, Holyoke MA 01041-2033. Make checks payable to Thomas Crouss. (Contents)
- * *A Flash of White (Crossroads Press no ISBN, Jul 93, $12.00, 40pp, ph) Associational collection of three versions of Vachss non-fantasy horror short story the original, the comic adaptation scipt by Rose Dawn Bradford, and the final graphic version, plus a non-fiction article. Introduction by Joe R. Lansdale. This edition is limited to 300 signed and numbered copies. Order from Crossroads Press, PO Box 10433, Holyoke MA 01041-2033. Please add $1.00 postage.
- VALE, ed. (stories)
- * *Re/Search No 8/9: J.G. Ballard (with Andrea Juno) (Re/Search Pub. 0-940642-08-5, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $8.95, 171pp, tp) One of a series of trade paperbacks that are a cross between a magazine and a book, this one is devoted to Ballard and includes interviews, fiction, non-fiction, autobiography, bibliography, collages, photos, and critical essays about Ballard, illustrated with suitably bizarre photos etc. (Contents) [Ballard]
- VALENTINE, MARK (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *14 Bellchamber Tower (Crimson Altar Press No ISBN, Nov 87 [1987], £1.30, 35pp, pb) [Ralph Tyler] Three stories about psychic investigator Ralph Tyler. Illustrated by Stella Hender. (Contents)
- * +Arthur Machen (Dufour/seren 1-85411-126-4, Apr 96 [May 96], $16.95, 147pp, tp) Biography of the author known for his reworking of Arthurian legend. This is the seren UK 1995 edition (not listed) with Dufour stickers. A hardcover edition (-123-X, $32.00) was also announced, but not seen. Order from Dufour Editions, Chester Springs PA 19425-0007; 1-610-458-5005. [Machen]
- _____, ed.
- * *Aklo, A Volume of the Fantastic (with Roger Dobson & Raymond B. Russell) (Tartarus Press 1-87262131-7, 1998, £14.99, 256pp, hc, cover by Aubrey Beardsley) Anthology of articles, stories and poetry. (Contents)
- * *Haunted Pavilions (Mark Valentine no ISBN, Aug 92, no price, 47pp, ph, cover by C. P. Langeveld) Original anthology of nine original ghost stories set in the world of cricket. This edition is limited to 111 copies. Order from Mark Valentine, Flat 3, Castlegate House, 10-12 Castle Gate, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 1AZ. (Contents)
- VALENZUELA, LUISA (1938- ) (stories)
- * *Symmetries (Serpents Tail 1-85242-543-1, Aug 98 [May 98], £8.99, 167pp, tp) Collection of 19 original fantasy, mainstream and magic realism stories. Translated by Margaret Jull Costa from Simetrías (Editorial Sudamerica, Buenos Aires, 1993). (Contents)
- VALLEE, JACQUES (1939- )
- * *Fastwalker (with Tracy Tormé) (Frog, Ltd. 1-883319-43-9, Apr 96, $14.95, 221pp, tp, cover by Sergei Ponomarov) SF novel, based on French novel Alintel (Mercure de France 1986), revised by Tormé for an American screenplay, and rewritten by Vallee to its current English-language form. The US military captures an alien craft. Available from North Atlantic Books, PO Box 12327, Berkeley CA 94712.
- VALLEJO, BORIS (1941- ) (chron.)
- * _B.V. (Paper Tiger 1-85028-273-0, Aug 94, £3.99, 43pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) Miniature (100mm x 75mm) art book of 20 paintings, selected from Fantasy Art Techniques and The Boris Vallejo Portfolio.
- * _Bodies (Thunders Mouth Press 1-56025-158-1, Aug 98 [Jun 98], $24.95, unpaginated, tp, cover by Boris Vallejo) Reprint (Dragons World 1994) associational photography art book. Photos of models help reveal Vallejos inspiration and techniques. A hardcover edition supposedly appeared in 1996, but was not seen. Thunders Mouth Press, 841 Broadway 4th Floor, New York NY 10003.
- * _Boris Vallejo Fantasy Art Techniques (Prentice-Hall 0-668-06234-7, 1989 [Jun 89], $21.95, 127pp, hc) Reissue (Arco/Simon & Schuster 1985) art book on Vallejos techniques; third printing of the 1987 Prentice Hall edition.
- * *The Boris Vallejo Portfolio (Paper Tiger 1-85028-205-6, Mar 94, £12.95, 64pp, tp, cover by Boris Vallejo) Twenty-eight poster-size paintings, displaying Vallejos spectacularly powerful visual talent. Includes an informative Introduction by Nigel Suckling.
- * *Boris Vallejos 3D Magic (Paper Tiger 1-85028-365-6, Aug 95 [Jul 95], £12.95, 60pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) Art book, with a Foreword by Vallejo, and an Introduction explaining how to see the 3D pictures. Simultaneous with the US (Stewart, Tabori & Chang) edition.
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