The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- AIKEN, JOAN (Delano) (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * _Is Underground (Dell 0-440-41068-1, Aug 95 [Jul 95], $3.99, 242pp, pb, cover by Edward Gorey) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Cape 1992) young-adult alternate history adventure featuring Is Twite (Didos younger sister.)
- * +The Kingdom Under the Sea (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-030641-2, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $3.95, 104pp, pb) Juvenile fantasy collection (retelling Eastern European tales), illustrated by Jan Pienkowski. Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1971). This worldwide edition is the first distributed in the U.S. (Contents)
- * +The Last Slice of Rainbow and Other Stories (Harper & Row 0-06-020042-1, Apr 88 [Jul 88], $12.95, 144pp, hc) Collection of 9 young-adult fantasy stories. First U.S. edition (Jonathan Cape 1985). (Contents)
- * _The Last Slice of Rainbow and Other Stories (Harper Trophy 0-06-440334-3, Feb 90 [Jan 90], $3.50, 144pp, tp, cover by Mona Conner) Reprint (Cape 1985) young-adult collection of nine stories.
- * _Midnight Is a Place (Dell/Yearling 0-440-45634-7, 1985 [Nov 85], $3.50, 287pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1974) juvenile novel set in Aikens alternate-world Britain.
- * _Midnight Is a Place (Red Fox 0-09-979200-1, Feb 91, £3.50, 344pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1974) young-adult novel set in an alternate-world 19th century Britain, illustrated throughout by Pat Marriott.
- * _Midnight Is a Place (Scholastic 0-590-45496-X, Jun 93 [Aug 93], $2.95, 287pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1974) young-adult novel set in Aikens alternate-world Britain.
- * *The Moons Revenge (Knopf 0-394-89380-8, Oct 87, $12.95, unpaginated, hc) Childrens fantasy tale, illustrated by Alan Lee.
- * *The Moons Revenge (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02477-9, Oct 87 [Nov 87], £5.95, 32pp, hc) Juvenile fantasy story. Illustrated throughout by Alan Lee.
- * _Night Birds on Nantucket (Puffin 0-14-030346-4, Mar 87, £1.95, 172pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1966) juvenile alternate history novel. Volume 3 in the Alternate England series.
- * _Nightbirds on Nantucket (Dell/Laurel-Leaf 0-440-46370-X, Jan 88 [Dec 87], $3.25, 215pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1966) young-adult alternate world novel, part of the adventure/humorous series featuring Dido Twite. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _Nightbirds on Nantucket (Red Fox 0-09-988890-4, Jun 93, £3.50, 202pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Cape 1966) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Pat Marriott. Volume three in the Alternate England sequence.
- * _The Shadow Guests (Dell/Yearling 0-440-48226-7, Dec 86 [Jan 87], $2.95, 150pp, tp) Reprint (Cape 1980) young-adult fantasy. A boy from Australia goes to England and learns of his familys curse.
- * _The Shadow Guests (Red Fox 0-09-988820-3, Nov 92 [Dec 92], £3.50, 192pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) Reprint (Cape 1980) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _A Small Pinch of Weather (Lutterworth Press 0-7188-2696-5, May 88 [Jun 88], £7.95, 190pp, hc) Reprint (Cape 1969) young-adult sf/fantasy collection.
- * _The Stolen Lake (Dell Yearling 0-440-40037-6, Mar 88 [Feb 88], $3.25, 291pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Cape 1981) young-adult alternate world historical novel, part of a long series. This is a direct sequel to Nightbirds in Nantucket (1966) and takes place in Roman America. Recommended (CBN).
- * _The Stolen Lake (Red Fox 0-09-988840-8, Jun 93, £3.50, 318pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Cape 1981) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated by Pat Marriott. Volume four in the Alternate England sequence.
- * +Tale of a One-Way Street (Penguin/Puffin 0-14-31700-7, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $3.95, 127pp, pb) Collection of fantasy stories, illustrated with color and b&w silhouettes by Jan Pienkowski. Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1978). This worldwide edition is probably the first release in the U.S. (Contents)
- * +The Teeth of the Gale (Harper & Row 0-06-020044-8, Oct 88, $14.95, 307pp, hc) [Felix] Young-adult historical adventure novel, associational. Sequel to Go Saddle the Sea and Bridle the Wind. First U.S. edition (Cape 1988).
- * _The Teeth of the Gale (Red Fox 0-09-953791-5, Feb 97, £3.99, 334pp, pb) [Felix] Reprint (Cape 1988) associational young-adult historical novel set in early-19th century Spain. Book 3 in the Felix trilogy.
- * _A Touch of Chill (Teentracks 0-00-671764-0, Jul 89, £2.50, 190pp, pb) Reissue (Gollancz 1979) young-adult ghost/horror collection.
- * _A Touch of Chill (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20459-3, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $3.25, 182pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1979) collection of 15 young-adult stories.
- * *Up the Chimney Down and Other Stories (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02198-2, May 84, £6.95, 272pp, hc) Original young-adult fantasy collection. [Not seen]
- * +Up the Chimney Down and Other Stories (Harper & Row 0-06-020036-7, Nov 85 [Dec 85], $11.95, 248pp, hc) Reprint (Cape 1984), first U.S. edition. Collection of fantasy stories. Also available in a library edition, 0-06-020037-5, $11.89. (Contents)
- * *Voices (Hippo 0-590-85855-6, Oct 88, £1.95, 109pp, pb) [Hauntings] Young-adult ghost novel. Volume 3 in the Hauntings series.
- * _A Whisper in the Night (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-20185-3, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $3.25, 203pp, pb) Reprint (Delacorte 1981) collection of young-adult short stories. This has somewhat different contents from the 1981 Gollancz edition.
- * *A Whisper in the Night: Tales of Terror and Suspense (Delacorte 0-385-29344-5, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $14.95, 203pp, hc) Collection of 13 tales of horror and the supernatural. A collection with the same title appeared in England (Fontana 1981, Gollancz 1982), but half the stories are different. (Contents)
- * _The Whispering Mountain (Red Fox 0-09-988830-0, Nov 92, £2.99, 298pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) Reprint (Cape 1968) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _The Winter Sleepwalker and other stories (Red Fox 0-09-949641-0, Nov 95 [Feb 96], £2.99, 96pp, pb, cover by Quentin Blake) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1994) young-adult fantasy collection of eight original stories. (Contents)
- * _The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Chivers/Large Print Books 0-7451-0299-9, Mar 86, £6.95, 272pp, hc) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Cape 1962) young-adult fantasy novel; large print edition. Volume 1 of the Alternate England series.
- * _The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Dell/Yearling 0-440-49603-9, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $3.95, 168pp, pb) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1962) young-adult alternate world novel, first of a long, very fine series. Recommended. (CNB)
- * _The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Doubleday 0-385-03594-2, Jun 89 [Apr 89], $13.95, 149pp, hc) [Alternate England; James III] Reissue (Cape 1962) young-adult alternate historical novel, first in a long excellent series. This hardcover movie tie-in reissue lacks the Pat Marriott illustrations which have graced nearly every edition in the past quarter century. Recommended. (CNB)
- * _The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Red Fox 0-09-997250-6, Feb 92, £2.99, 192pp, pb, cover by Mark Robertson) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Cape 1962) young-adult fantasy novel, illustrated throughout by Pat Marriott. Volume one in the James III sequence.
- * _The Wolves of Willoughby Chase (Red Fox 0-09-936591-X, Sep 94, £5.00, 177pp, hc) [Alternate England; James III] Reprint (Cape 1962) young-adult alternate-world historical novel, with the original illustrations by Pat Marriott.
- AIKIN, JAMES DOUGLAS; see under Aikin, Jim (stories)
- AIKIN, JIM; [i.e., James Douglas Aikin] (1948- ) (stories)
- * *Walk the Moons Road (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32169-3, Jun 85 [May 85], $2.95, 340pp, pb) Sf novel, a first novel. Excellent adventure, with well-done aliens. Recommended. (DLN)
- * *The Wall at the Edge of the World (Ace 0-441-87140-2, Mar 93 [Feb 93], $4.99, 309pp, pb, cover by John Jude Palencar) Sf novel of a Utopian telepathic society and the real world that threatens to breach its walls.
- AIREY, JEAN
- * *The Doctor and the Enterprise (Pioneer Books 1-55698-218-6, Oct 89, $9.95, 129pp, tp) Humorous sf novel, a fan parody of Doctor Who, Star Trek and The Wizard of Oz. This has been published in amateur press editions, but this is its first official publication.
- * *Travel Without the Tardis (with Laurie Haldeman) (Target 0-426-20240-6, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £1.60, 160pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Non-fiction, associational. Dr. Who fans guide to England, Scotland, and Wales where episodes were filmed, etc.
- AKERS, ALAN BURT; pseudonym of Kenneth Bulmer, (1921-2005)
- * _Krozair of Kregen (DAW 0-88677-037-8, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $2.75, 223pp, pb) [Krozair Cycle] Reissue (DAW 1977) fantasy novel, 3rd printing. The Krozair Cycle #3. Illustrations by Josh Kirby.
- * _Renegade of Kregen (DAW 0-88677-035-1, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $2.75, 192pp, pb) [Krozair Cycle] Reissue (DAW 1976) fantasy novel, 3rd printing. The Krozair Cycle #2. Illustrations by Jack Gaughan.
- * _The Tides of Kregen (DAW 0-88677-034-3, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $2.75, 208pp, pb) [Krozair Cycle] Reissue (DAW 1976) fantasy novel. The Krozair Cycle #1, 3rd DAW printing. Cover and illustrations by Michael Whelan. For some reason, DAW has brought back the Akers name even though the later books are as by Dray Prescot. In either case, the actual author of these Burroughs pastiches is Ken Bulmer. All three reprints have covers by Michael Whelan with his name almost as big as that of the author.
- ALAN, LLOYD
- * *Aunt Weird (HarperTrophy 0-06-440560-5, Mar 95, $3.95, 118pp, tp, cover by Eric Petersen) [House of Horrors] Young-adult horror novel, #4 in the House of Horrors series. The new babysitter does voodoo-like magic with dolls. Packaged and copyrighted by Parachute Press.
- * *Night of the Gargoyle (HarperTrophy 0-06-440604-0, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $3.95, 120pp, tp, cover by Vince Natale) [House of Horrors] Young-adult horror novel, House of Horrors #6. Packaged and copyrighted by Parachute Press.
- ALBANO, PETER (1922- )
- * *Attack of the Seventh Carrier (Zebra 0-8217-2842-3, Dec 89 [Nov 89], $3.95, 400pp, pb) [Seventh Carrier] Military adventure novel with sf elements. A WWII Japanese supercarrier thawed out of Arctic ice saves the world from WWIII. Third or fourth in a series.
- * *Challenge of the Seventh Carrier (Zebra 0-8217-4096-2, Mar 93 [Feb 93], $3.99, 382pp, pb) [Seventh Carrier] Military adventure novel. A WWII carrier long-frozen in Arctic ice saves the world; sixth book of a series.
- * *Ordeal of the Seventh Carrier (Zebra 0-8217-3932-8, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $3.99, 384pp, pb) [Seventh Carrier] Sf/military adventure novel, fifth book of a future war series featuring a WWII Japanese supercarrier thawed out of Arctic ice.
- * *Return of the Seventh Carrier (Zebra 0-8217-2093-7, Jun 87 [May 87], $3.95, 397pp, pb) [Seventh Carrier] Sf novel of China, with a working SDI and western civilizations fate hinging on an old WWII carrier and samurai warriors. Sequel to The Seventh Carrier.
- * *Revenge of the Seventh Carrier (Zebra 0-8217-3631-0, Jan 92 [Dec 91], $3.99, 384pp, pb) [Seventh Carrier] Sf/military adventure novel of a battle against a Libyan madman and his army of thugs, fourth book of a post-holocaust series featuring a WWII Japanese supercarrier thawed out of Arctic ice.
- * *The Second Voyage of the Seventh Carrier (Zebra 0-8217-1774-X, 1986 [Jan 86], $3.50, 398pp, pb) [Seventh Carrier] Future war novel. A particle beam satellite renders all modern weapons useless, and those with WWII weapons are suddenly superpowers. Sequel to The Seventh Carrier.
- * *Super Carrier (Zebra 0-8217-4490-9, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $4.50, 383pp, pb) Futuristic military adventure novel about a WWII super carrier freed from Arctic ice, seventh book of a series.
- * *Trial of the Seventh Carrier (Zebra 0-8217-3213-7, Nov 90, $3.95, 382pp, pb) [Seventh Carrier] Military adventure novel with sf elements featuring a WWII Japanese supercarrier thawed out of Arctic ice, fourth book of a series.
- ALBINSKI, NAN BOWMAN (1934- )
- * *Womens Utopias in Nineteenth and Twentieth Century Fiction (Routledge 1-85063-106-9, Jun 88, £4.95, 204pp, tp) Reference book. Also announced in hc (0-415-00330-X, £30.00). [Not seen]
- ALBRIGHT, DAWN, ed. (stories)
- * *New Altars (with Sandra J. Hutchinson) (Angelus Press 0-9648653-6-X, Feb 97 [Apr 97], $14.95, 231pp, tp) Original anthology of 19 SF and fantasy stories and two poems about spirituality and religion. Four stories and one poem are reprints. Authors include Nancy Etchemendy, Tom Piccirilli, Darrell Schweitzer, and Mary Turzillo. Introduction by Katherine Kurtz. Order from Angelus Press, 1021 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington MA 02174. (Contents)
- * *Vision Quests (with Sandra J. Hutchinson) (Angelus Press 0-9648653-1-9, Dec 95 [Feb 96], $9.95, 125pp, tp) Anthology of seven SF and fantasy tales of shamanism, five original, and one poem. Order from Angelus Press, 7 St. Lukes Road, Allston MA 02134; 617-783-0199. (Contents)
- ALCALA, KATHLEEN (Judith) (1954- ) (stories)
- * *Mrs. Vargas and the Dead Naturalist (Calyx Books 0-934971-25-0, May 92, $9.95, 170pp, tp, cover by Alfredo Arreguin) Collection of 14 fantasy/magic realism stories, six apparently original, with a preface by the author. (Contents)
- ALCOCK, VIVIEN (Dolores) (1924-2003) (stories)
- * *Ghostly Companions (Methuen 0-416-49330-0, Jul 84, £5.95, 160pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy/horror collection. Pagination from Delacorte 1987 edition. (Contents) [Not seen]
- * +Ghostly Companions (Delacorte 0-385-29559-6, May 87, $13.95, 132pp, hc) Young-adult fantasy/horror collection. First U.S. edition (Methuen 1984).
- * _Ghostly Companions (Dell Yearling 0-440-40276-X, Mar 90 [Feb 90], $2.95, 132pp, tp) Reprint (Methuen 1984) young-adult collection of 10 stories of the supernatural.
- * _Ghostly Companions (Mammoth 0-7497-1646-0, Mar 94, £2.99, 115pp, pb) Reprint (Methuen 1984) original young-adult ghost collection.
- * _The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (Dell Yearling 0-440-43370-3, Jan 90 [Apr 90], $2.95, 169pp, tp) Reprint (Methuen 1980) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (Mammoth 0-7497-0708-9, Mar 91 [Feb 91], £2.99, 155pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Methuen 1980) young-adult ghost novel.
- * _The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (Mammoth 0-7497-0708-9, Aug 94 [Oct 94], £3.50, 155pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reissue (Methuen 1980) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _The Haunting of Cassie Palmer (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-81653-X, Apr 97 [Jun 97], $6.95, 187pp, pb, cover by Barbara McClintock) Reprint (Methuen 1980) young-adult ghost story.
- * *The Monster Garden (Methuen 0-416-09192-X, Mar 88 [1988], £7.95, 144pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel. [Not seen]
- * +The Monster Garden (Delacorte 0-440-50053-2, Sep 88 [Oct 88], $13.95, 134pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel about genetic engineering. Young Frankie Stein whips something up in her fathers lab. First U.S. edition (Methuen 1988).
- * _The Monster Garden (Lions 0-00-673163-5, May 89, £1.95, 122pp, pb) Reprint (Methuen 1988) young-adult sf novel about genetic engineering.
- * _The Monster Garden (Dell Yearling 0-440-40257-3, Jan 90, $2.95, 134pp, tp) Reprint (Methuen 1988) young-adult sf novel about genetic engineering.
- * _The Mysterious Mr. Ross (Mammoth 0-7497-1905-2, Feb 97, £3.99, 157pp, pb, cover by Alan Fraser) Reprint (Methuen 1987) young-adult novel with light fantasy elements.
- * +The Red-Eared Ghosts (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-81660-2, Apr 97 [Jun 97], $15.95, 264pp, hc) Young-adult novel of time travel and alternate worlds, described by the author as a time fantasy. Young Mary Frewin sees ghosts, and follows them to an alternate England afflicted by timequakes. First American edition (Methuen Childrens Books 1996).
- * _The Red-Eared Ghosts (Houghton Mifflin/Sandpiper 0-395-88394-6, Mar 98 [Apr 98], $4.95, 264pp, tp, cover by Barbara McClintock) Reprint (Methuen 1996) young-adult novel of time travel and alternate worlds.
- * +Singer to the Sea God (Delacorte 0-385-30866-3, Feb 93, $15.00, 199pp, hc, cover by David Loew) Young-adult fantasy novel of a boy in ancient Greece on a quest to free his friend, turned to stone by the gaze of Medusa. First American edition (Methuen 1992).
- * _Singer to the Sea God (Mammoth 0-7497-1284-8, Jul 93, £2.99, 186pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Methuen 1992) young dult fantasy novel.
- * _Singer to the Sea God (Dell Yearling 0-440-41003-7, Mar 95 [May 95], $3.99, 199pp, tp) Reprint (Methuen 1992) young-adult fantasy based on Greek myth.
- * _The Stonewalkers (Dell Yearling 0-440-40300-6, Jun 90 [May 90], $2.95, 151pp, tp) Reprint (Methuen 1981) young-adult fantasy novel of living statues.
- * _The Stonewalkers (Mammoth 0-7497-0707-0, Mar 91 [Feb 91], £2.99, 142pp, pb, cover by Graham Potts) Reprint (Methuen 1981) young-adult fantasy novel.
- * _The Stonewalkers (Houghton Mifflin/Sandpiper 0-395-81652-1, Mar 98 [Apr 98], $4.95, 169pp, tp, cover by Barbara McClintock) Reprint (Methuen 1981) young-adult fantasy novel of statues come to life.
- * *Time Wreck (Mammoth 0-7497-2821-3, Oct 96, £3.99, 217pp, pb, cover by Barry Jones) Young-adult SF/fantasy novel of time-travel and possible worlds.
- ALCOTT, LOUISA MAY (1832-1888) (stories)
- * *Louisa May Alcotts Fairy Tales and Fantasy Stories (University of Tennessee Press 0-87049-752-9, 1992 [Jun 93], $39.95, 392pp, hc) Collection of 39 stories, edited and with a critical introduction by Daniel Shealy. A 1992 book not seen until now. A trade paperback edition (-758-8, $24.95) bound from the same sheets, is now available. Order from University of Tennessee Press, 293 Communications Bldg., Knoxville TN 37996. (Contents)
- * *A Whisper in the Dark (Barnes & Noble 0-7607-0185-7, Jun 96, $9.98, 496pp, hc, cover by Jean Beraud) Collection of gothic stories, subtitled Twelve Thrilling Tales. Edited by Stefan Dziemianowicz, with an introduction by novelist/editor Susie Mee. This is an instant remainder edition. (Contents)
- ALDERMAN, GILL(ian) (1941- ) (stories)
- * *The Archivist (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440399-2, Oct 89, £12.95, 380pp, hc, cover by Lee Gibbons) Sf novel about the overthrow of a matriarchal society. A first novel.
- * _The Archivist (Unwin 0-04-440689-4, Nov 90 [Oct 90], £3.99, 380pp, pb, cover by Lee Gibbons) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1989) sf novel.
- * *The Land Beyond (Unwin Hyman 0-04-440729-7, Nov 90 [Oct 90], £13.95, 306pp, hc, cover by Terry Pastor) Sf novel loosely based on Inuit legends.
- * _The Land Beyond (Grafton 0-586-21368-6, Apr 92, £4.99, 306pp, pb, cover by Peter Goodfellow) Reprint (Unwin Hyman 1990) sf novel.
- * *The Memory Palace (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-649773-X, Mar 96 [Feb 96], £5.99, 433pp, pb) Ornate fantasy novel.
- ALDISS, BRIAN W(ilson) (1925- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *...And the Lurid Glare of the Comet (Serconia Press 0-934933-01-4, Mar 86, $13.50, 123pp, hc) Non-fiction, collection of articles & autobiography dealing with sf, travel, art, and (particularly fascinating) Aldiss life. An uneven gathering, but recommended. (FCM)
- * *At The Caligula Hotel and other poems (Sinclair-Stevenson 1-85619-568-6, May 95 [Jul 95], £6.99, 99pp, tp) Associational collection of 74 poems. (Contents)
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