The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

TURNER, ANN (stories) (continued)

• * *Rosemary’s Witch (HarperCollins 0-06-026127-7, Apr ’91 [Dec ’91], $13.95, 164pp, hc, cover by Ronald Himler) Young-adult fantasy novel. Nine year-old Rosemary discovers a century-old witch living in the woods near her house trying to drive her family away.
• * _Rosemary’s Witch (HarperTrophy 0-06-440494-3, Mar ’94 [Feb ’94], $3.95, 203pp, tp, cover by Vincent Natale) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) young-adult fantasy novel. Nine year-old Rosemary discovers a century-old witch living in the woods near her house trying to drive her family away.

TURNER, DELIA MARSHALL (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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 she’s 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) (assoc.)

• * *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) (assoc.)

• * _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 spaceship’s 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 doesn’t 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.
• * _Yesterday’s 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- ) (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, 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 Zelazny’s 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) (assoc.)

• * *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 king’s 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

• * *1998 (with William Osborne) (Sphere 0-7221-6581-1, May ’88 [Apr ’88], £2.99, 198pp, pb) Humorous sf novel.

TURNER, ROBERT (Harry), ed. (1915-1980) (stories)

• * *The R’Lyeh 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) (assoc.)

• * _John Russell Fearn’s The Golden Amazon (with Philip Harbottle) See entry under Philip Harbottle.

TURNER, VICKERY; pseudonym (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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 (Scribner’s 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- )

• * *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) (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 Asimov’s 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 O’Byrne. (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)