The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- VANDE VELDE, VIVIAN (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * *Smart Dog (Harcourt Brace 0-15-201847-6, Sep 98, $16.00, 146pp, hc, cover by Brad Weinman) Young-adult SF novel. A girl befriends a talking dog on the run from a university lab.
- * *Spellbound (SFBC #10929, Jun 98, $10.98, 296pp, hc, cover by Victor Lee) [Weiland] Omnibus of two fantasy novels, The Changeling Prince (1997) and The Conjurer Princess (1998), plus a short story, about the warrior Weiland and wizard Lylene. This special SFBC edition has ISBN 1-56865-689-0, and comes shrinkwrapped with a poster of the cover art. (Contents)
- * *Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird (Harcourt Brace 0-15-200220-0, Sep 95, $17.00, 128pp, hc, cover by Brad Weinman) Young-adult collection of 13 tongue-in-cheek revisions of fairy tales. Illustrations by Brad Weinman. (Contents)
- * _Tales from the Brothers Grimm and the Sisters Weird (Dell Yearling 0-440-41300-1, Jun 97 [May 97], $3.99, 128pp, tp, cover by Brad Weinman) Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1995) young-adult collection of 13 tongue-in-cheek revisions of fairy tales. Illustrations by Brad Weinman.
- * *User Unfriendly (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-200960-4, Sep 91 [Aug 91], $16.95, 244pp, hc, cover by Gary A. Lippincott) Young-adult sf/fantasy novel set in a future where computer role-playing games actually deposit the players in simulated fantasy worlds. A Jane Yolen Book.
- * *A Well-Timed Enchantment (Crown 0-517-57319-9, Mar 90, $12.95, 184pp, hc, cover by Trina Schart Hyman) Young-adult time-travel fantasy novel. A young girl and her cat travel back to medieval France to retrieve a lost watch that could change the course of history.
- * _A Well-Timed Enchantment (Harcourt Brace/Magic Carpet 0-15-201765-8, Mar 98, $6.00, 228pp, pb, cover by Gary A. Lippincott) Reprint (Crown 1990) young-adult time travel fantasy.
- VAN DOORN, DAVID
- * *The Wyverns Egg (Club 199 no ISBN, 1992 [Jul 93], £1.99, 127pp, tp) Fantasy novel, available from Gordon McGregor Ltd., P.O. Box 44, Ross-On-Wye, Herefordshire, HR9 5YD. This is a 1992 book, but has only just been seen.
- VAN GORES, ALIDA
- * *Mermaids Song (NAL Signet 0-451-16113-0, Aug 89 [Jul 89], $4.50, 396pp, pb) Fantasy novel set in a merpeople culture; a first novel.
- VAN HAMME, JEAN
- * *Thorgal: The Archers (with Grzegorz Rosinski) (Donning 0-9617885-0-X, 1987 [Nov 87], $6.95, 48pp, hc) Fantasy graphic novel. First English language edition (France 1985).
- VAN HISE, DELLA (1955- ) (stories)
- * _Killing Time (Firecrest 0-85997-925-3, Jul 87, £7.95, 320pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1985) sf novel. Volume 39 in the Star Trek Novels series. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
- * *Star Trek: Killing Time (Pocket 0-671-52488-7, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $3.50, 311pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novel, #24 in the series, a first novel. This was revised part way into the print run so there are apparently two versions, the first has an embossed cover.
- * _Star Trek: Killing Time (Titan 1-85286-309-9, Aug 90, £2.99, 319pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket Books 1985) sf novelization.
- * _Star Trek: Killing Time (Titan 1-85286-309-9, Apr 96 [Mar 96], £4.99, 311pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek] Reissue (Pocket 1985) Star Trek novelisation. Fourth printing.
- VAN HISE, JAMES (V.) (1949- ) (stories)
- * *The Classic Trek Crew Book (Pioneer Books 1-55698-368-9, Oct 93 [Apr 94], $14.95, 220pp, tp) Media non-fiction, a guide to the characters from the original Star Trek series and the actors who played them.
- * _The Dark Shadows Tribute Book (with Edward Gross) See entry under Edward Gross.
- * *The Deep Space Crew Book (Pioneer 1-55698-335-2, Jun 94 [Jul 94], $14.95, 193pp, tp) Media non-fiction, a guide to the crew of the Deep Space Nine station. Available from Pioneer Books, 5715 N. Balsam, Las Vegas NV 89130. Phone: 1-800-444-2524 x67.
- * *The Illustrated Guide to Clive Barker (Pioneer Books no ISBN, 1989 [Dec 89], $16.95, 110pp, tp) Non-fiction, reference. A guide to Barkers work, as a writer and a director. [Barker]
- * *Lets Trek: The Budget Guide to the Federation 1995 (Pioneer 1-55698-336-0, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $14.95, 139pp, tp, cover by Bruce Wood) [Star Trek] A highly unauthorized and unofficial but very useful travel guide to the Star Trek universe.
- * *Lets Trek: The Budget Guide to the Klingons 1995 (with Hal Schuster) (Pioneer 1-55698-343-3, Jan 95 [Mar 95], $14.95, 160pp, tp, cover by Bruce Wood) [Star Trek] Media reference. An annual travel guide to the Klingon Empire from Star Trek. Includes 32 unpaginated pages of color photos. Order from Couch Potato Inc., 5715 N. Balsam Rd., Las Vegas NV 89130; credit card orders 800-444-2524 ext 67.
- * *The Lost in Space Tribute Book (Pioneer Books 1-55698-226-7, Feb 90 [Apr 90], $14.95, 170pp, tp) [Lost in Space] Associational; reference. Guide to the sf tv series.
- * *Sci Fi TV: from The Twilight Zone to Deep Space Nine (Pioneer Books 1-55698-362-X, Jun 93, $14.95, 160pp, tp) Non-fiction, a history of sf on television. Order from Pioneer Books, 5715 N. Balsam Rd., Las Vegas NV 89130.
- * _Sci Fi TV: From the Twilight Zone to Deep Space Nine (HarperPrism 0-06-105436-4, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $4.99, 258pp, pb) Reprint (Pioneer 1993) non-fiction history of SF on television.
- * *The Special Effects of Trek (Pioneer Books 1-55698-361-1, May 93 [Jun 93], $14.95, 157pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Non-fiction, a guide to the special effects on Star Trek, the Next Generation. Order from Pioneer Books, 5715 N. Balsam Rd., Las Vegas NV 89130.
- * *Stephen King & Clive Barker: The Illustrated Guide to the Masters of the Macabre (Pioneer Books 1-55698-253-4, Feb 90 [Apr 90], $14.95, 146pp, tp) Non-fiction; reference. A guide to the works of King and Barker, both fiction and film. The Barker section is virtually identical to last years The Illustrated Guide to Clive Barker. [King, ]
- * *The Trek Celebration (Pioneer Books 1-55698-325-5, Mar 94, $14.95, 166pp, tp, cover by Morris Scott Dollens) [Star Trek] Media non-fiction, a collection of articles and interviews concerning the Star Trek phenomenon. Available from Pioneer Books, 5715 Balsam Rd., Las Vegas NV 89130. Phone: 1-800-444-2524x67.
- * *The Trek Crew Book (Pioneer 1-55698-257-7, May 90 [Jul 90], $9.95, 95pp, tp) [Star Trek] Non-fiction; Star Trek reference. A guide to the crew of the Enterprise.
- * *Trek Crew Companion (with Hal Schuster) (Pioneer 1-55698-345-X, Jan 95 [Mar 95], $19.95, 377pp, tp, cover by Bruce Wood) [Star Trek] Media reference, an unauthorized guide to the actors and the characters they play on all four Star Trek series. Includes 32 unpaginated pages of full-page photos. Order from Couch Potato Inc., 5715 Balsam Rd., Las Vegas NV 89130; credit card orders: 800-444-2524 ext 67.
- * *Trek in the 24th Century: The Next Generation and Deep Space (Pioneer 1-55698-338-7, Sep 94 [Dec 94], $14.95, 164pp, tp, cover by Bruce Wood) [Star Trek] Media-related non-fiction. Examines connections between the original Star Trek and its spin-offs, and their different portrayals of the Star Trek universe.
- * *Trek Versus Next Generation (Pioneer Books 1-55698-370-0, Nov 93 [Jun 94], $14.95, 248pp, tp) [Star Trek] Media non-fiction, a comparison of the original series and Star Trek, the Next Generation. This has a 1993 copyright date but was not seen until now.
- * *Trek: 25th Anniversary Celebration (Pioneer 1-556-98290-9, Mar 91 [Apr 91], $14.95, 152pp, tp) Non-fiction, a look at the history of the show and the phenomenon on its 25th anniversary.
- * *Trek: The Next Generation Crew Book (Pioneer Books 1-55698-363-8, May 93 [Jun 93], $14.95, 155pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Non-fiction, a guide to the characters and actors who play them on Star Trek, the Next Generation. Order from Pioneer Books, 5715 N. Balsam Rd., Las Vegas NV 89130.
- * *Trek: The Next Generation, Second Edition (Pioneer Books 1-55698-353-0, Feb 93 [Dec 93], $14.95, 186pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Non-fiction, a guide to Trek, the Next Generation. A revised and expanded version of an earlier Pioneer book.
- * *Trek: The Next Generation, Third Edition (Pioneer Books 1-55698-353-0, Mar 94, $14.95, 268pp, tp, cover by Morris Scott Dollens) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Media non-fiction, a guide to Trek, the Next Generation. A revised and expanded third edition of an earlier Pioneer book, including an episode guide through the sixth season and a new interview with Brent Spiner. Available from Pioneer Books, 5715 Balsam Rd., Las Vegas NV 89130. Phone: 1-800-444-2524x67.
- * *Trek: The Printed Adventures (Pioneer 1-55698-356-5, Sep 93 [Dec 93], $14.95, 152pp, tp) [Star Trek] Non-fiction, criticism. A guide to Star Trek fiction, both professionally and fan-published. This includes descriptions of all, but little actual bibliographic data.
- * *Trek: the Unauthorized Behind-the-Scenes Story of Trek: The Next Generation (Pioneer Books 1-55698-321-2, Sep 92 [Oct 93], $14.95, 132pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Non-fiction. An account of the creation and production of Star Trek, the Next Generation.
- * *Trek: The Unauthorized Story of the Movies (with Hal Schuster) (Pioneer 1-55698-375-1, Jun 95 [Jul 95], $18.95, 208pp, tp, cover by Bruce Wood) [Star Trek] Star Trek movie book, including 32 unpaginated pages of color photos. Order from Couch Potato, Inc., 5715 N Balsam Rd, Las Vegas NV 89130; credit card orders: 800-444-2524 ext 67.
- * *The Unauthorised History of Trek (Voyager 0-00-648292-9, May 97 [Apr 97], £5.99, 218pp, pb) Associational reference work. Copyrighted 1991, 1995 by Pioneer Books, the US originals are not confirmed.
- * *The Unauthorized Complete Trek: The Next Generation (Pioneer 1-55698-377-8, Jun 95 [Jul 95], $18.95, 171pp, tp, cover by Bruce Wood) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Unauthorized guide to the Star Trek spinoff. Includes 32 unpaginated pages of color photos. Order from Couch Potato Inc, 5715 N. Balsam Rd, Las Vegas NV 89130; credit card orders: 800-444-2524 ext 67.
- * _The Unauthorized History of Trek (HarperPrism 0-06-105437-2, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $5.99, 218pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pioneer 1991) media non-fiction, a guide to the TV show. This edition has been updated to include information through 1994. Copyrighted by Pioneer.
- * *The Unauthorized Trek: Deep Space, the Voyage Continues (Pioneer 1-55698-340-9, Oct 94 [Mar 95], $14.95, 198pp, tp, cover by Bruce Wood) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Non-fiction, unauthorized guide to Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, with 32 unpaginated, full-page color photos of cast members out of costume. Order from Couch Potato Inc., 5715 Balsam Rd., Las Vegas NV 89130; credit card orders: 800-444-2524 ext 67.
- * *The Unauthorized Trekkers Guide to The Next Generation and Deep Space Nine (HarperPrism 0-06-105417-8, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $5.99, 366pp, pb) [Star Trek] Non-fiction omnibus of two earlier (1992 & 1993) Pioneer non-fiction guides to the Star Trek spin-offs.
- _____, ed.
- * *The Best of Enterprise Incidents (Pioneer Books 1-55698-231-3, Apr 90 [Jul 90], $9.95, 99pp, tp) [Star Trek] Collection of non-fiction material from the Star Trek fan magazine.
- * *Deep Space Nine: A Celebration (Pioneer 1-55698-330-1, Jun 94 [Jul 94], $14.95, 189pp, tp) [Star Trek: Deep Space Nine] Media non-fiction, a collection of articles and interviews about the Star Trek spinoff. Available from Pioneer Books, 5715 N. Balsam Rd., Las Vegas NV 89130. Phone: 1-800-444-2524 x67.
- * *Edgar Rice Burroughs Fantastic Worlds (James Van Hise no ISBN, 1996 [Oct 96], $17.95, 192pp, tp, cover by Richard Corben & Robert R. Barrett) Non-fiction, a series of 25 articles, mostly from fanzines, on Burroughs, his works, and artistic representation of those works, with numerous black-and-white illustrations. Order from James Van Hise, 57754 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley CA 92284; add $4.00 postage. [Burroughs]
- * *The Fantastic Worlds of Robert E. Howard (James Van Hise no ISBN, Jun 97 [Jul 97], $17.95, 190pp, tp, cover by Steve Firchow) Non-fiction, a series of 21 articles, mostly from the fanzine REHUPA (The Robert E. Howard United Press Association), on Howard, his works, and artistic representation of those works, with numerous black-and-white illustrations. Order from James Van Hise, 57754 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley CA 92284; add $4.05 postage.
- * _Midnight Graffiti (with Jessica Horsting) See entry under Jessica Horsting.
- * *The Next Generation Tribute Book (Pioneer Books 1-55698-366-2, Jul 93 [Oct 93], $14.95, 143pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Non-fiction. A collection of short pieces on various aspects of Star Trek, the Next Generation.
- * *The Next Generation Tribute Book 2 (Pioneer 1-55698-329-8, May 94 [Jul 94], $14.95, 171pp, tp) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Media non-fiction, a collection of articles and commentary on various aspects of STNG. Available from Pioneer Books, 5715 N. Balsam, Las Vegas NV 89130. Phone 1-800-444-2524 x67.
- * *Pulp Heroes of the Thirties (Midnight Graffiti no ISBN, Mar 94, $14.95, 168pp, tp, cover by Martin Cannon) Non-fiction, a collection of essays about 30s pulp heroes, plus two original stories, one featuring The Spider. Available from Midnight Graffiti, PO Box 2546, Yucca Valley CA 92286.
- * *Pulp Masters (Midnight Graffiti no ISBN, Mar 96, $14.95, 176pp, tp, cover by Paul McCall) Non-fiction, a series of articles on pulp fiction, its characters, art, and authors. Available from Midnight Graffiti Pubs, 57754 Onaga Trail, Yucca Valley CA 92284; add $4.00 postage.
- VAN LUSTBADER, ERIC; see under Lustbader, Eric Van (stories) (chron.)
- VAN NAME, MARK L., ed. (stories) (chron.)
- VAN OVER, RAYMOND (1934- )
- * _Monsters You Never Heard Of (Berkley Pacer 0-425-10717-5, Apr 88, $2.50, 148pp, pb) Reissue (Tempo 1983) collection of juvenile horror stories. Introduction by Colin Wilson.
- * *The Twelfth Child (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-399-4, Sep 90, $3.95, 320pp, pb) Horror novel. Vampire baby.
- * *Whisper (Zebra/Pinnacle 1-55817-509-1, Aug 91, $4.50, 287pp, pb) Horror novel of a dog back from the dead and out for blood.
- VAN PALLANDT, NICOLAS
- * *Anvil (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45669-6, Feb 98 [Jan 98], $6.99, 476pp, pb, cover by Danilo Ducak) Far-future SF mystery. A man investigates his sisters death in the city of Kyara. A first novel.
- VAN SCYOC, SYDNEY J(oyce) (1939- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Bluesong (Berkley 0-425-07130-8, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $2.75, 261pp, pb) [Darkchild] Reprint (Berkley 1983) sf novel, 2nd in the Darkchild series. First mass-market edition.
- * _Darkchild (Berkley 0-425-07401-3, Jul 84 [Jun 84], $2.75, 249pp, pb) [Darkchild] Reissue (Berkley 1982) sf novel, first in the series.
- * *Daughters of the Sunstone (SFBC #04729, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $8.50, 697pp, hc) [Darkchild] Omnibus edition of a sf trilogy. (Contents)
- * *Deepwater Dreams (Avon 0-380-76003-7, Jun 91 [May 91], $3.95, 249pp, pb, cover by Keith Parkinson) Sf novel of genetically engineered humans on a water planet.
- * *Drowntide (Berkley 0-425-09775-7, May 87 [Apr 87], $2.95, 220pp, pb) Sf novel of a planet dominated by ocean, and a young mans quest for his sea-going kin far from his own shoreline kingdom.
- * _Drowntide (Orbit 0-7088-8228-5, Aug 87, £2.50, 220pp, pb) Reprint (Berkley 1987) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Featherstroke (Avon 0-380-75438-X, Mar 89 [Feb 89], $3.50, 264pp, pb) Fantasy novel.
- * _Starmother (Berkley 0-425-06467-0, Feb 84 [Jan 84], $2.50, 216pp, pb) Reissue (Berkley 1977) sf novel.
- * *Starsilk (Berkley 0-425-07207-X, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $5.95, 245pp, tp) [Darkchild] Sf novel, conclusion of the Darkchild trilogy.
- * _Starsilk (Berkley 0-425-08077-3, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $2.95, 248pp, pb) [Darkchild] Reprint (Berkley 1984) sf novel, conclusion of the Darkchild trilogy.
- * _Starsilk (Penguin 0-14-008186-0, Jan 86, £2.50, 245pp, pb) [Darkchild] Reprint (Berkley 1984) sf novel, last in the Darkchild trilogy.
- VANSITTART, PETER (1920-2008)
- * *Parsifal (Dufour/Peter Owen 0-7206-0711-6, Apr 89 [Jul 89], $25.00, 256pp, hc) Literary Arthurian fantasy novel, actually derived from Wagners opera. This is the original 1988 British edition with a Dufour cancel sticker identifying Dufour as the American distributor. The British edition has not been previously listed.
- van THAL, HERBERT (Maurice), ed. (1904-1983) (stories)
- * *The 25th Pan Book of Horror Stories (Pan 0-330-28206-9, 1984, £1.50, 157pp, pb) Anthology of new and reprint horror stories. (Contents)
- van VOGT, A(lfred) E(lton) (1912-2000) (stories)
- * _The Beast (DAW 0-87997-910-0, Feb 84 [Jan 84], $2.50, 175pp, pb) [Pendrake] Reprint (Doubleday 1963) sf novel put together from a series of shorter works.
- * _The Beast (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-883-2, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $3.95, 207pp, pb) [Pendrake] Reprint (Doubleday 1963) fix-up sf novel of a dangerous machine that may be used to enslave the people of Earth.
- * _The Book of Ptath (DAW 0-87997-930-5, May 84 [Apr 84], $2.50, 160pp, pb) Reprint (Fantasy Press 1947) fantasy novel.
- * _The Book of Ptath (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-788-7, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $3.95, 159pp, pb) Reprint (Fantasy Press 1947) time-travel fantasy novel.
- * _Computer Eye (DAW 0-88677-063-7, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $2.95, 203pp, pb) Reissue (DAW 1983 as Computerworld) sf novel.
- * _Computerworld (NEL 0-450-05904-9, Jan 86, £2.25, 203pp, pb) Reprint (DAW 1983) sf novel.
- * _Cosmic Encounter (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-677-5, Nov 90, $3.95, 254pp, pb) Reprint (Doubleday 1980) time-travel sf novel.
- * _Empire of the Atom (Macmillan Collier Nucleus 0-02-025991-3, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $8.00, 192pp, tp, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Clane] Reprint (Shasta 1957) sf novel, first book of the Mutant Mage series.
- * _The House That Stood Still (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-884-0, Jan 93 [Dec 92], $3.95, 159pp, pb) Reprint (Greenberg 1950) sf novel. This edition follows the revised 1960 Galaxy/Beacon text, which added some mild sex scenes, published as The Mating Cry. The original text was reissued in the UK as Undercover Aliens.
- * _The Mind Cage (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-980-4, May 93 [Apr 93], $3.95, 220pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1957) sf novel.
- * _Null A-3 (Morrison, Raven Hill no ISBN, Sep 85, $29.95, 213pp, hc) [Null-A] Reprint (Sphere 1985) sf novel in limited, slipcased edition of 750 copies, numbered, signed and with a selection of the original typed manuscript included. The copyright date inside is 1984 and it states first edition. Neither is true, but this is the only hardcover.
- * *Null-A Three (Sphere 0-7221-8841-2, Jun 85 [May 85], £1.95, 215pp, pb) [Null-A] Sf novel, the third in a series. This is the first English-language edition, following French and Dutch ones. Van Vogt has written a summary of the first two books by way of introduction.
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