The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- VANCE, JACK (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * _The Green Pearl (Berkley 0-425-09636-X, Mar 87 [Feb 87], $3.95, 407pp, pb) [Lyonesse] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1985 as Lyonesse: The Green Pearl) fantasy novel, second in the Lyonesse saga.
- * _The Grey Prince (Gollancz 0-575-04646-5, Jan 90, £3.50, 160pp, pb, cover by Bob Layzell) Reprint (Bobbs-Merril 1974) sf novel.
- * _The Killing Machine (DAW 0-87997-938-0, Jun 84 [May 84], $2.25, 159pp, pb) [Demon Princes] Reissue (Berkley 1964) sf novel, second in the Demon Princes series; 4th DAW printing.
- * _The Killing Machine (Grafton 0-586-07308-6, Mar 88 [Feb 88], £2.50, 206pp, pb) [Demon Princes] Reprint (Berkley 1964) fantasy novel. Volume 2 in the Star King series.
- * _The Languages of Pao (Tor 0-812-55696-8, May 89 [Apr 89], $3.95, 249pp, pb) Reprint (Avalon 1958) sf novel about how language shapes civilization. Recommended (CNB).
- * _The Languages of Pao (NEL 0-450-50258-9, Sep 89 [Aug 89], £1.99, 159pp, pb) Reprint (Avalon 1958) sf/fantasy novel.
- * _The Last Castle (Berkley 0-425-08478-7, Jan 86 [Dec 85], $2.75, 113pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1966) sf novella. It won both Hugo and Nebula when it first appeared. Recommended. (CNB)
- * *Light from a Lone Star (NESFA Press 0-915368-31-5, Aug 85 [Sep 85], $13.00, 125pp, hc) Guest of Honor publication for the 1985 NASFiC in Austin TX. It includes reprinted stories (one original), an interview, and an introduction to Vances work. A smaller signed edition sold out at Austin. (Contents)
- * _Lyonesse (Berkley 0-425-06832-3, Jun 84 [May 84], $3.50, 436pp, pb) [Lyonesse] Reprint (Berkley 1983) fantasy novel, first in a new series. Recommended. (CNB)
- * _Lyonesse (Granada 0-586-06027-8, Jun 84 [May 84], £2.95, 436pp, tp) [Lyonesse] Reprint (Berkley 1983) fantasy novel.
- * _Lyonesse (Grafton 0-586-06027-8, Jun 86 [May 86], £3.50, 436pp, tp) [Lyonesse] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1983) fantasy novel.
- * *Lyonesse II: The Green Pearl (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-010-X, Jun 85 [May 85], $60.00 500-copy signed/numbered/boxed edition, 360pp, hc) [Lyonesse] Fantasy novel, sequel to Lyonesse (Suldrens Garden). A major book; highly recommended. (CNB)
- * _Lyonesse II: The Green Pearl (Grafton 0-586-06751-5, Aug 91 [Jul 91], £4.99, 407pp, pb, cover by Mike Van Houten) [Lyonesse] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1985) fantasy novel.
- * _Lyonesse III: Madouc (Grafton 0-246-13687-1, Aug 90, £7.99, 358pp, tp, cover by Mike Van Houten) [Lyonesse] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1989) fantasy novel. Also available in hardcover (-13396-1, £12.95).
- * _Lyonesse III: Madouc (Grafton 0-586-20450-4, Aug 91 [Jul 91], £4.99, 544pp, pb, cover by Mike Van Houten) [Lyonesse] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1989) fantasy novel.
- * *Lyonesse: Madouc (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-070-3, Nov 89 [Dec 89], $75.00, 358pp, hc, cover by James Christensen) [Lyonesse] Fantasy novel, third book of the Lyonesse series. This is a signed, slipcased, numbered, limited edition of 600 copies.
- * _Lyonesse: Madouc (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-125-4, Jul 90 [Aug 90], $29.95, 358pp, hc, cover by James Christensen) [Lyonesse] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1989) fantasy novel, third book of the Lyonesse series. This is a trade edition of the limited first edition using the same plates. It says 1989 inside, but didnt appear until 1990.
- * _Lyonesse: Suldrens Garden (SFBC #10199, Oct 86, $7.98, 434pp, hc) [Lyonesse] Reprint (Berkley 1983, as Lyonesse) fantasy novel, first in the Lyonesse series.
- * _Lyonesse: Suldruns Garden (Grafton 0-586-06027-8, Aug 91 [Jul 91], £4.99, 436pp, pb, cover by Mike Van Houten) [Lyonesse] Reprint (Berkley 1983) fantasy novel.
- * _Lyonesse: The Green Pearl (Grafton 0-586-06751-5, Jun 86 [May 86], £3.50, 360pp, tp) [Lyonesse] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1985) fantasy novel, second in a series.
- * _Lyonesse: The Green Pearl (SFBC #10186, Oct 86, $5.98, 408pp, hc) [Lyonesse] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1985) fantasy novel, sequel to Lyonesse: Suldrens Garden.
- * _The Madman Theory [as by Ellery Queen] See entry under Ellery Queen.
- * _Madouc (Ace 0-441-50531-7, May 90 [Apr 90], $8.95, 426pp, tp, cover by Sanjulian) [Lyonesse] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1989 as Lyonesse: Madouc) fantasy novel, third book of the Lyonesse series.
- * _Madouc (Ace 0-441-50531-7, Jun 90, $8.95, 426pp, tp, cover by Sanjulian) [Lyonesse] Reissue (Underwood-Miller 1989 as Lyonesse: Madouc) fantasy novel, third book of the Lyonesse series; second printing.
- * _Madouc (SFBC #17630, Nov 90, $9.98, hc, cover by Dawn Wilson) [Lyonesse] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1989 as Lyonesse: Madouc) fantasy novel, third book in the Lyonesse series and winner of the World Fantasy Award.
- * _Madouc (Ace 0-441-50532-5, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $5.95, 426pp, pb, cover by Sanjulian) [Lyonesse] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1989 as Lyonesse: Madouc) fantasy novel, third book of the Lyonesse trilogy. Winner of the World Fantasy Award.
- * _Marune: Alastor 993 (Underwood-Miller 0-934438-95-1, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $15.00, 169pp, hc) [Alastor cluster (Connatic)] Reprint (Ballantine 1975) sf novel, first hardcover edition. 780 copy trade edition.
- * _Marune: Alastor 993 (Underwood-Miller 0-934438-94-3, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $30.00, 169pp, hc) [Alastor cluster (Connatic)] 200 copy signed limited edition of the above.
- * *Night Lamp (Underwood Books 1-887424-18-0, Aug 96 [Sep 96], $60.00, 389pp, hc, cover by Steve Hickman) [Gaean Reach] Far-future SF novel. Academics on a field trip to a dangerous planet adopt a boy with a damaged memory and mysterious past. This is a boxed, signed, limited edition of 600. Order from Underwood Books, PO Box 1607, Grass Valley CA 95945.
- * _Night Lamp (Tor 0-312-85685-7, Oct 96, $23.95, 380pp, hc, cover by Vladimir Nenov) [Gaean Reach] Reprint (Underwood 1996) SF novel. A young man searches for the past hidden by his recently murdered adoptive parents. First trade edition.
- * _Night Lamp (SFBC #14438, Dec 96, $11.98, 380pp, hc, cover by Vladimir Nenov) [Gaean Reach] Reprint (Underwood 1996) SF novel. A young man searches for the past hidden by his recently murdered adoptive parents. This is similar to the Tor 1996 edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Night Lamp (Tor 0-312-86472-8, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $14.95, 380pp, tp, cover by Vladimir Nenov) [Gaean Reach] Reprint (Underwood 1996) SF novel of a young mans search for his past.
- * _Night Lamp (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648211-2, Mar 98 [Feb 98], £5.99, 380pp, pb, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Gaean Reach] Reprint (Underwood Books 1996) SF novel in the Gaean Reach series. First published in Dutch (Meulenhof, 1996).
- * _Night Lamp: A Novel of the Gaean Reach (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224653-8, Jan 97, £9.99, 380pp, tp, cover by Mick Van Houten) [Gaean Reach] Reprint (Underwood Books 1996) SF novel. Originally published in Dutch (Meulenhof, 1996). [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Palace of Love (Grafton 0-586-07309-4, May 88 [Apr 88], £2.95, 236pp, pb) [Demon Princes] Reprint (Berkley 1967) sf novel. Volume 3 in the Demon Princes series.
- * +Planet of Adventure (Tor/Orb 0-312-85488-9, Oct 93 [Sep 93], $12.95, 541pp, tp, cover by Dave Archer) [Planet of Adventure] Omnibus of the four sf novels in the Planet of Adventure series, City of the Chasch (Ace 1968), Servants of the Wankh (Ace 1969), The Dirdir (Ace 1969) and The Pnume (Ace 1970). Simultaneous with a Tor hardcover edition (-85487-0, $24.95). First American edition (Grafton 1985).
- * *Ports of Call (Underwood Books 1-887424-39-3, Mar 98, $60.00, 239pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) [Gaean Reach] SF novel about the adventures of an interplanetary con man. This is a boxed, signed, limited edition; this says limited edition of 350, but the publisher says only 271 copies were manufactured. Simultaneous with the Tor trade hardcover edition. Order from Underwood Books, PO Box 1609, Grass Valley CA 95945.
- * *Ports of Call (Tor 0-312-85801-9, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $24.95, 300pp, hc, cover by Vladimir Nenov) [Gaean Reach] SF novel. The adventures of an interplanetary con man. Simultaneous with the limited edition from Underwood Books.
- * _Rhialto the Marvellous (Baen 0-671-55991-5, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $3.50, 219pp, pb) [Dying Earth] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1984) fantasy collection of 3 novellas billed as a novel. Bound in at the end of it is a story Basileus by C.J. Cherryh and Janet Morris, excerpted from the forthcoming original anthology Heroes in Hell another headache for short-fiction bibliographers. (Contents)
- * _Rhialto the Marvellous (Severn House 0-7278-1375-7, Feb 87, £8.95, 240pp, hc) [Dying Earth] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1984) fantasy collection. Volume 4 in the Dying Earth series. [Not seen]
- * *Rhialto the Marvelous (Underwood-Miller/Brandywyne 0-88733-004-5, Aug 84 [Jul 84], $40.00, 198pp, hc) [Dying Earth] Limited edition of 1,000 copies, boxed and signed. This is a collection of three fantasy novellas, two new and one revised, all set in the Dying Earth. Illustrations by Stephen E. Fabian. (Contents)
- * _Rhialto the Marvelous (Baen 0-671-55911-7, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $12.95, 219pp, hc) [Dying Earth] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1984) fantasy collection, the first trade edition of this sequel to Cugels Saga and the earlier tales of the Dying Earth.
- * _A Room to Die In [as by Ellery Queen] See entry under Ellery Queen.
- * _Showboat World (Tor 0-812-50093-8, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $3.95, 217pp, pb) Reprint (Pyramid 1975) sf novel set on the same world as Big Planet, but not a sequel.
- * _Showboat World (Gollancz 0-575-04393-8, Sep 90, £3.50, 171pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) Reprint (Pyramid 1975) sf novel.
- * _Space Opera (Underwood-Miller 0-934438-99-4, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $30.00 signed/numbered edition of 200; $15.95 trade edition of 400, 143pp, hc) Reprint (Pyramid 1965) sf novel, one of Vances favorites and rightly so, for it is witty, colorful, and always entertaining. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _Star King (Grafton 0-586-02476-X, Jan 88, £2.50, 204pp, pb) [Demon Princes] Reprint (Berkley 1964) sf novel. Volume 1 in the Demon Princes series.
- * *Strange Notions & The Dark Ocean (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-015-0 & -016-9, 1985 [Dec 85], $60.00, 2 vols. in slipcase, signed limited edition of 500, 154 + 180pp, hc) Non-sf/fantasy, associational. The first publication of two mystery/suspense novels Vance wrote in the early 60s.
- * _Take My Face (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-064-9, May 88, $60.00 [2-vol. set], 222pp, hc) Non-sf, associational; mystery novel. Reprint (Mystery House 1957 as by Peter Held). Sold as part of 2-vol. 500-copy signed, boxed set, with Bird Isle.
- * *Throy (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-135-1, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $75.00, 186pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) [Gaean Reach: Cadwal] Sf novel, third book of the Cadwal Chronicles. This is a signed slipcased edition limited to 500 copies. Order from Underwood-Miller, 708 Westover Dr., Lancaster PA 17601.
- * _Throy (NEL 0-450-58703-7, Mar 93, £8.99, 186pp, tp) [Gaean Reach: Cadwal] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1992) sf novel. A hardcover edition (-58105-5, £15.99) is also available. Book Three of The Cadwal Chronicles. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Throy (Tor 0-312-85133-2, May 93 [Apr 93], $18.95, 255pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) [Gaean Reach: Cadwal] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1992) sf novel, third book of the Cadwal Chronicles.
- * _Throy (SFBC #01264, Aug 93, $8.98, 255pp, hc, cover by Vincent DiFate) [Gaean Reach: Cadwal] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1992) sf novel, third book of the Cadwal Chronicles. Similar to the 1993 Tor edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * _Throy (NEL 0-450-59425-4, Apr 94, £5.99, 298pp, pb) [Gaean Reach: Cadwal] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1992) SF novel. Book Three of The Cadwal Chronicles.
- * _Throy (Tor 0-812-51140-9, May 94 [Apr 94], $4.99, 255pp, pb, cover by Vincent DiFate) [Gaean Reach: Cadwal] Reprint (Underwood-Miller 1992) sf novel, third book of the Cadwal Chronicles.
- * _To Live Forever (Grafton 0-586-07275-6, Nov 87 [Oct 87], £2.50, 253pp, pb) Reprint (Ballantine 1956) sf novel.
- * _To Live Forever (Tor 0-812-51142-5, May 93 [Apr 93], $3.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Paul Lehr) Reprint (Ballantine 1956) sf novel.
- * _To Live Forever (Charles F. Miller 1-885611-12-9, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $60.00, 215pp, hc, cover by Ned Dameron) Reprint (Ballantine 1956) SF novel. This is a signed, slipcased, limited edition of 500. Order from Charles F. Miller, Publisher, 708 Westover Drive, Lancaster PA 17601; add $3.00 shipping.
- * _Trullion: Alastor 2262 (Underwood-Miller 0-934438-93-5, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $15.00, 247pp, hc) [Alastor cluster (Connatic)] Reprint (Ballantine 1973) sf novel. First hardcover edition.
- * _Trullion: Alastor 2262 (Underwood-Miller 0-934438-92-7, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $30.00, 247pp, hc) [Alastor cluster (Connatic)] Limited edition of the above.
- * _Trullion: Alastor 2262 (Grafton 0-583-12496-8, Jul 87 [Jun 87], £2.50, 229pp, pb) [Alastor cluster (Connatic)] Reissue (Ballantine 1973) sf novel. Volume 1 in the Alastor series.
- * _Wankh (Bluejay 0-312-94449-7, Apr 86 [May 86], $8.95, 193pp, pb) [Planet of Adventure] Reprint (Ace 1969 as Servants of the Wankh) sf novel, Planet of Adventure #2.
- * *When the Five Moons Rise (Underwood-Miller 0-88733-145-9, Sep 92, $29.95, 252pp, hc, cover by Vincent Di Fate) Collection of 13 stories. This is a signed slipcased 300-copy limited edition. Available from Underwood-Miller, 708 Westover Dr., Lancaster PA 17601. (Contents)
- * _Wyst: Alastor 1716 (Underwood-Miller 0-934438-97-8, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $15.00, 222pp, hc) [Alastor cluster (Connatic)] Reprint (DAW 1978) sf novel. First hardcover edition.
- * _Wyst: Alastor 1716 (Underwood-Miller 0-934438-96-X, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $30.00, 222pp, hc) [Alastor cluster (Connatic)] Limited edition of the above.
- VANCE, STEVE(n Edward) (1952- )
- * *The Abyss (Leisure 0-8439-2767-4, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $3.95, 361pp, pb) Haunted house horror novel.
- * *The Asgard Run (Leisure 0-8439-2937-5, Oct 90, $3.95, 309pp, pb) Sf novel of a group of scientists trapped on an alien spacecraft discovered in the Wyoming mountains.
- * _The Hyde Effect (Leisure 0-8439-2360-1, Jun 89 [Feb 90], $3.95, 399pp, pb) Reissue (Leisure 1986) werewolf horror novel. Second printing.
- * *Shapes (Leisure 0-8439-3017-9, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $4.50, 442pp, pb) Horror novel of a cult devoted to the destruction of a deadly shape-shifter.
- * *Spook (Soho Press 0-939149-38-9, Oct 90, $18.95, 197pp, hc) Horror novel of a monstrous girl ostracized by the small Southern town she lives in.
- * _Spook (Berkley 0-425-13022-3, Nov 91 [Oct 91], $4.50, 262pp, pb) Reprint (Soho Press 1990) horror novel of a monstrous girl ostracized by the small Southern town that she lives in.
- VanderMEER, JEFF(rey Scott) (1968- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *The Book of Frog (The Ministry of Whimsy Press no ISBN, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $3.95, 45pp, ph) Extremely bizarre collection of eleven vignettes about frogs, most of them humorous and fantastic. (Contents)
- * *The Book of Lost Places (Dark Regions Press 1-888993-06-5, 1996 [Oct 96], $8.95, 116pp, tp, cover by Rodger Gerberding) Collection of nine fantasy or surreal stories. Introduction by Mark Rich. Illustrated by Rodger Gerberding. Order from Dark Regions Press, PO Box 6301, Concord CA 94524; add $1.24 postage. (Contents)
- * *Dradin, in Love (Buzzcity Press 0-9652200-0-1, Aug 96 [Jun 96], $9.95, 98pp, tp, cover by Michael Shores) [Ambergris] Literary, surreal, dark fantasy novella. A missionary returns to the strange city of Ambergris and falls in love with a woman at a window. Illustrated by Michael Shores. Available from Buzzcity Press, PO Box 38190, Tallahassee FL 32315; add $1.55 postage.
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- * *Leviathan, Volume Two (with Rose Secrest) (The Ministry of Whimsy Press 1-8904-6403-1, Aug 98, $10.99, 183pp, tp, cover by Scott Eagle) Original anthology, subtitled The Legacy of Boccaccio, of four novellas; one, by Richard Calder, forms the basis of the novel Franzetta (not yet published in the US). There are interviews with each of the authors, and an essay on the novella form by David Pringle. Other authors are Rhys Hughes, L. Timmel Duchamp, and Stepan Chapman. Order from The Ministry of Whimsy, PO Box 4248, Tallahassee, FL 32315; add $1.00 postage. (Contents)
- VAN DER WEYDEN, HOBBY (1937- ); see pseudonym Catherine Ennis
- VANDE VELDE, VIVIAN (1951- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *The Changeling Prince (HarperPrism 0-06-105705-3, Feb 98 [Jan 98], $5.99, 290pp, pb, cover by Don Maitz) [Weiland] Fantasy novel. A wolf raised as a man by a sorceress realizes her evil must be stopped, even if he will be stuck as a wolf forever.
- * *A Coming Evil (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-90012-3, Oct 98, $16.00, 213pp, hc, cover by Joan Hall) Young-adult historical fantasy novel. A medieval ghost helps a girl hide refugees during the Nazi occupation of France.
- * *Companions of the Night (Harcourt Brace 0-15-200221-9, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $17.00, 212pp, hc, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Young-adult vampire romance.
- * _Companions of the Night (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21979-5, Oct 96 [Nov 96], $3.99, 212pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1995) young-adult vampire romance.
- * *The Conjurer Princess (HarperPrism 0-06-105704-5, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $4.99, 229pp, pb) [Weiland; Lylene] Fantasy novel. A princess turns to dark magic and outlaws to gain revenge.
- * *Curses, Inc. and Other Stories (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201452-7, Mar 97, $16.00, 226pp, hc, cover by Tristan Elwell) Young-adult collection of 10 fantasy stories, seven original and three reprints. (Contents)
- * _Curses, Inc. and Other Stories (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-22767-4, Sep 98, $4.50, 226pp, pb, cover by Tristan Elwell) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1997) young-adult collection of 10 fantasy stories.
- * *Dragons Bait (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-200726-1, Sep 92 [Aug 92], $16.95, 131pp, hc, cover by James Marsh) Young-adult fantasy novel. Alys is wrongfully condemned as a witch and fed to a dragon who befriends her instead of eating her.
- * _Dragons Bait (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-21982-5, Feb 97 [Jan 97], $3.99, 131pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1992) young-adult fantasy novel of a girl staked out for a dragon.
- * *Ghost of a Hanged Man (Marshall Cavendish 0-7614-5015-7, Sep 98, $14.95, 95pp, hc, cover by Teresa Flavin) Young-adult ghost novella of a Wild West ghost. Order from Marshall Cavendish, 99 White Plains Rd, Tarrytown NY 10591; 800-821-9881.
- * *A Hidden Magic (Crown 0-517-55534-4, Nov 85, $8.95, 117pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy, illustrated by Trina Schart Hyman. Princess seeks help from young sorcerer in battling evil witch.
- * _A Hidden Magic (Harcourt Brace/Magic Carpet 0-15-201200-1, Aug 97, $5.00, 176pp, pb, cover by Trina Schart Hyman) Reprint (Crown 1985) young-adult fantasy novel.
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