The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

YOURCENAR, MARGUERITE; pseudonym of Marguerite de Criayencourt, (1903-1987) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Oriental Tales (Farrar, Straus and Giroux 0-374-22728-4, Aug ’85 [Sep ’85], $12.95, length not known, hc) Collection of 10 tales, many with elements of fantasy. This is the first English translation of a book that appeared in France in 1938. Translated by Alberto Manguel. (Contents)

YOUSSEF, MICHAEL

• * *Earth King (Crossway Books 0-89107-502-X, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $10.95, 384pp, tp) Apocalyptic modern Christian fantasy novel.
• * _Earth King (Monarch 1-85424-004-8, Feb ’89, £3.99, 384pp, pb, cover by Vic Mitchell) Reprint (Crossway 1988) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Earth King (Crossway Books 0-89107-502-X, Apr ’89 [Mar ’89], $10.95, 384pp, tp) Reissue (Crossway 1988) near-future metaphysical Christian sf novel; 2nd printing.
• * *Master Mind (Crossway Books 0-89107-531-3, Aug ’89, $9.95, 380pp, tp) Christian fantasy novel about a mysterious voice that plans world domination.

YULSMAN, JERRY (1924-1999) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Elleander Morning (St. Martin’s 0-312-24369-3, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $13.95, 294pp, hc) Time travel fantasy. A first novel.
• * _Elleander Morning (SFBC #3504, Sep ’84, $4.98, hc) Reprint (St. Martin’s/Marek 1984) fantasy time travel novel; a first novel.
• * _Elleander Morning (Tor 0-812-59073-2, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $3.95, 382pp, pb) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1984) fantasy novel of time travel and parallel worlds. Recommended. (CNB)

ZABOR, RAFI

• * *The Bear Comes Home (Norton 0-393-04037-2, Aug ’97 [Mar ’98], $25.00, 480pp, hc) Literary fantasy novel. A Shakespeare-quoting bear is a virtuoso sax player trying to get his life and career together. A first novel by a music journalist. Published in 1997, but not seen until now.
• * _The Bear Comes Home (Jonathan Cape 0-224-05113-X, Feb ’98, £9.99, 480pp, tp) Reprint (Norton 1997) literary fantasy novel about a sax-playing, Shakespeare-quoting bear. A first novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Bear Comes Home (Norton 0-393-31863-X, Sep ’98, $15.00, 484pp, tp) Reprint (Norton 1997) literary fantasy novel about a sax-playing bear. Winner of the Pen/Faulkner award.

ZACHARY, FAY NEDRA

• * *...Cradle and All (Pageant 0-517-00825-4, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.50, 301pp, pb) Horror novel. Someone or something is killing pregnant women.

ZACHARY, HUGH (1928- ); see pseudonyms Zach Hughes & Evan Innes (stories)

• * *The Revenant (NAL Onyx 0-451-40092-5, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], $3.95, 239pp, pb) Supernatural horror novel. The author also writes as Zach Hughes.

ZAHAVA, IRENE, ed. (1951- ) (stories)

• * *Hear the Silence: Stories of Myth, Magic and Renewal (Trumansburg, NY: The Crossing Press 0-89594-212-7, Sep ’86 [Jan ’87], $22.95, 194pp, hc) Original anthology of feminist sf and fantasy stories of spirituality and self-renewal; 11 of the stories are original, 4 are reprints. Several are pieces of novels in progress. Published in 1986 but not seen until 1987. (Contents)
• * *Hear the Silence: Stories of Myth, Magic and Renewal (The Crossing Press 0-89594-211-9, Sep ’86 [Jan ’87], $8.95, 194pp, tp) Paperback edition of the above.

ZAHN, TIMOTHY (1951- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *The Backlash Mission (DAW 0-88677-150-1, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $3.50, 288pp, pb) [Blackcollar] Sf novel, sequel to The Blackcollar.
• * _The Backlash Mission (Legend 0-09-957680-5, Oct ’88, £2.99, 288pp, pb) [Blackcollar] Reprint (DAW 1986) sf novel. Sequel to The Blackcollar. Volume 19 in the “Venture SF” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Blackcollar (Arrow/Venture 0-09-948500-1, Jun ’86 [May ’86], £1.95, 272pp, pb) [Blackcollar] Reprint (DAW 1983) sf novel. Volume 11 in the “Venture SF” series.
• * _The Blackcollar (DAW 0-88677-168-4, Sep ’86 [Aug ’86], $3.50, 272pp, pb) [Blackcollar] Reissue (DAW 1983) sf novel; 4th printing.
• * *Cascade Point (Bluejay 0-312-94041-6, Mar ’86 [Apr ’86], $15.95, 405pp, hc) Collection of 13 stories. (Contents)
• * _Cascade Point (Baen 0-671-65633-3, Apr ’87 [Mar ’87], $3.95, 405pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1986) collection of 13 stories.
• * *Cobra (Baen 0-671-55960-5, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $2.95, 346pp, pb) [Cobras] Sf novel.
• * _Cobra (Arrow 0-09-951410-9, Oct ’87, £2.95, 346pp, pb) [Cobras] Reprint (Baen 1985) sf novel. Volume 15 in the Venture SF series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Cobra (Baen 0-671-65560-4, Feb ’90 [Mar ’90], $3.50, 346pp, pb, cover by Vincent Di Fate) [Cobras] Reissue (Baen 1985) sf novel, first book of the “Cobra” series; fourth printing.
• * *Cobra Bargain (Baen 0-671-65383-0, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], $3.95, 404pp, pb) [Cobras] Sf military adventure novel, third in the “Cobra” series.
• * _Cobra Bargain (Legend 0-09-964050-3, May ’89, £3.50, 404pp, pb, cover by Eddie Jones) [Cobras] Reprint (Baen 1988) sf novel. Volume Three in the “Cobra” series. Volume 23 in the “Venture SF” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Cobra Strike (Legend 0-09-951420-6, Feb ’88, £2.95, 344pp, pb) [Cobras] Reprint (Baen 1986) sf novel. Sequel to Cobra. Volume 17 in the “Venture SF” series. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Cobra Strike! (Baen 0-671-65551-5, Feb ’86 [Jan ’86], $3.50, 344pp, pb) [Cobras] Military sf novel, sequel to Cobra.
• * *Cobras Two (Baen 0-671-72114-3, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $5.99, 538pp, pb, cover by Stephen Hickman) [Cobras] Sf omnibus of Cobra (Baen 1985) and Cobra Strike (Baen 1988). (Contents)
• * *A Coming of Age (Bluejay 0-312-94058-0, Apr ’85 [Mar ’85], $14.95, 292pp, hc) Sf novel.
• * _A Coming of Age (Baen 0-671-65578-7, Jul ’86 [Jun ’86], $3.50, 294pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) sf novel.
• * *Conquerors’ Heritage (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56772-1, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $5.99, 360pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Conquerors] Military SF novel, second in the “Conquerors” saga.
• * _Conquerors’ Heritage (Bantam UK 0-553-40854-2, Sep ’95, £4.99, 360pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Conquerors] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) SF novel. Second in the “Conqueror” trilogy after Conquerors’ Pride. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Conquerors’ Heritage (SFBC #10251, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $7.98, 255pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) [Conquerors] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1995) SF novel, second in the “Conquerors” saga. This is the first hardcover edition, but is otherwise similar to the Bantam Spectra edition. This edition lacks a price, and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * *Conquerors’ Legacy (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57562-7, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], $5.99, 486pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Conquerors] Military SF novel, third in the “Conquerors’ Saga” trilogy.
• * *Conquerors’ Legacy (Bantam UK 0-553-40855-0, Jul ’96 [Jun ’96], £4.99, 486pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Conquerors] SF novel. Third in the “Conquerors” trilogy. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam) edition.
• * _Conquerors’ Legacy (SFBC #12397, Aug ’96 [Jul ’96], $7.98, 396pp, hc, cover by Paul Youll) [Conquerors] Reprint (Bantam Spectra) military SF novel, third in the “Conquerors” saga. This first hardcover edition reuses the art from the Bantam Spectra pb, but with the front and back reversed; the jacket lacks a price and ISBN, and has the SFBC number on the back.
• * *Conquerors’ Pride (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56892-2, Sep ’94 [Aug ’94], $5.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Conquerors] SF adventure novel of alien invasion set in a far-future interstellar Commonwealth.
• * _Conquerors’ Pride (Bantam UK 0-553-40853-4, Oct ’94, £4.99, 389pp, pb, cover by Paul Youll) [Conquerors] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) SF adventure novel. Volume one in the “Conqueror” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Conquerors’ Pride (SFBC #05885, Dec ’94 [Nov ’94], $7.98, 304pp, hc, cover by Ron Miller) [Conquerors] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1994) SF novel. First hardcover edition.
• * *Deadman Switch (Baen 0-671-69784-6, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $3.95, 373pp, pb) Sf novel. A solar system can only be reached when ships are piloted by recently dead people. Why not use criminals...?
• * *Distant Friends and Others (Baen 0-671-72131-3, Aug ’92 [Jul ’92], $4.99, 314pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) Collection of nine stories, including the three linked stories that make up “Distant Friends”. (Contents)
• * _Heir to the Empire (Bantam UK 0-593-02481-8, Aug ’91, £9.99, 361pp, hc, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam 1991) sf novelization. Volume 1 in the “Star Wars” trilogy. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Spinneret (Bluejay 0-312-94411-X, Nov ’85 [Dec ’85], $15.95, 339pp, hc) Sf novel.
• * _Spinneret (Baen 0-671-65598-1, Nov ’86 [Oct ’86], $3.50, 339pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) sf novel of a strange alien artifact.
• * _Spinneret (Arrow 0-09-949690-9, Jul ’87, £2.95, 339pp, pb) Reprint (Bluejay 1985) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Spinneret (Baen 0-671-65598-1, Apr ’92, $4.99, 339pp, pb, cover by Vincent DiFate) Reissue (Bluejay 1985) sf novel; second printing.
• * *Star Wars: Dark Force Rising (Bantam Spectra 0-553-08574-3, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $18.50, 376pp, hc, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Sf novelization based on the characters from the Star Wars films. Second book of a trilogy. A signed limited edition ($125.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _Star Wars: Dark Force Rising (Bantam UK 0-593-02515-6, Aug ’92, £9.99, 376pp, hc, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novelization. Volume two in the series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Wars: Dark Force Rising (Bantam 0-553-56071-9, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], $5.99, 439pp, pb, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novelization based on the characters from the Star Wars films. Second book of a trilogy.
• * *Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-07327-3, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $15.00, 361pp, hc, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Sf novelization based on the characters from the Star Wars films. This novel begins five years after Return of the Jedi. A signed limited edition ($125.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (SFBC #18382, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $5.98, 361pp, hc, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1991) sf novelization based on the characters from the Star Wars films. This novel begins five years after Return of the Jedi.
• * _Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29612-4, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $4.99, 404pp, pb, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam 1991) sf novelization based on the characters from the Star Wars films.
• * _Star Wars: Heir to the Empire (SFBC #18382, Jul ’92 [Aug ’92], $6.98, 376pp, hc, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1991) sf novelization based on the characters from the Star Wars films. Similar to the Bantam Spectra edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and the SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * *Star Wars: Specter of the Past (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09542-0, Dec ’97 [Nov ’97], $23.95, 344pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Hand of Thrawn] Star Wars novelization, first in a series of two. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * _Star Wars: Specter of the Past (Bantam UK 0-593-03990-4, Dec ’97, £12.99, 344pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Hand of Thrawn] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) original SF novel based on the series. First of “The Hand of Thrawn” duology. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Wars: Specter of the Past (SFBC #19975, Jan ’98, $10.98, 344pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Hand of Thrawn] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) Star Wars novelization. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Star Wars: Specter of the Past (Bantam Spectra 0-553-29804-6, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $5.99, 386pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Hand of Thrawn] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) Star Wars novelization. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * _Star Wars: Specter of the Past (Bantam UK 0-553-50417-7, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], £5.99, 386pp, pb, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Hand of Thrawn] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1997) original novelisation based on the movies. First of “The Hand of Thrawn” duology.
• * *Star Wars: The Last Command (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09186-7, May ’93 [Apr ’93], $21.95, 407pp, hc, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Sf novelization based on the characters from the Star Wars films, third book of a trilogy.
• * _Star Wars: The Last Command (Bantam UK 0-593-02518-0, Jun ’93, £9.99, 407pp, hc, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) sf novelization. Volume three in the series. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Wars: The Last Command (SFBC #00913, Jul ’93 [Jun ’93], $8.98, 349pp, hc, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) sf novelization based on the characters from the Star Wars films, third book of a trilogy. Similar to the Bantam Spectra edition except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Star Wars: The Last Command (Bantam UK 0-553-40443-1, Jan ’94 [Dec ’93], £4.99, 428pp, pb, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) sf novelization. Volume three in the series.
• * _Star Wars: The Last Command (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56492-7, Feb ’94 [Jan ’94], $5.99, 467pp, pb, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1993) sf novelization based on the characters from the Star Wars films, third book of a trilogy.
• * *Star Wars: Vision of the Future (Bantam Spectra 0-553-10035-1, Sep ’98 [Aug ’98], $23.95, 520pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Hand of Thrawn] Star Wars novelization, sequel to Star Wars: Specter of the Past, second and final book of “The Hand of Thrawn”. Copyrighted by Lucasfilm.
• * _Star Wars: Vision of the Future (SFBC #0135, Dec ’98 [Nov ’98], $11.98, 520pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Hand of Thrawn] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1998) Star Wars novelization, sequel to Star Wars: Specter of the Past. This is similar to the Bantam Spectra edition, except it lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
• * _Star Wars: Vision of the Future (Bantam UK 0-593-04338-3, Dec ’98, £12.99, 520pp, hc, cover by Drew Struzan) [Star Wars: Hand of Thrawn] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1998) novelization, book two of “The Hand of Thrawn”. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Star Wars: Volume 1: Heir to the Empire (Bantam UK 0-553-40471-7, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], £3.99, 381pp, pb, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1991) sf novelization.
• * _Star Wars: Volume 2: Dark Force Rising (Bantam UK, Mar ’93 [Feb ’93], £3.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Tom Jung) [Star Wars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novelization.
• * *Time Bomb and Zahndry Others (Baen 0-671-65431-4, Sep ’88 [Aug ’88], $3.50, 312pp, pb) Collection of eight sf stories. (Contents)
• * *Triplet (Baen 0-671-65341-5, Aug ’87 [Jul ’87], $3.50, 369pp, pb) A novel of magic and high technology, a la Zelazny’s Jack of Shadows.
• * _Triplet (Legend 0-09-962450-8, Nov ’88, £3.50, 369pp, pb) Reprint (Baen 1987) fantasy novel.
• * *Warhorse (Baen 0-671-69868-0, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.50, 347pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) Sf adventure novel of interspecies cultural and ideological conflict in space.

ZAHORSKI, KENNETH J(ames) (1939- ) (stories)

• * *Peter Beagle (Starmont 1-55742-008-4, 1988 [Apr ’88], $9.95, 124pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study/biography/bibliography. “Starmont Reader’s Guide #44.” [Beagle]

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• * _Fantasists on Fantasy: A Collection of Critical Reflections (with Robert H. Boyer) See entry under Robert H. Boyer
• * _The Notorious Abbess See entry under Vera Chapman.
• * _Visions & Imaginings: Classic Fantasy Fiction (with Robert H. Boyer) See entry under Robert H. Boyer

ZAIDENWEBER, JOSÉ

• * *Feast of Egos (Dorrance Publishing 0-8059-3361-1, May ’93, $12.95, 228pp, tp, cover by Gary Postrech) Sf thriller about the conflict surrounding the development of a cloning process to lengthen the human lifespan. Originally published in Spanish. Order from Dorrance Publishing, 643 Smithfield St., Pittsburgh PA 15222.

ZAKI, HODA M(oukhtar) (1950- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Phoenix Renewed: The Survival and Mutation of Utopian Though in North American Science Fiction, 1965-1982 (Borgo Press 1-55742-127-7, Sep ’93 [May ’94], $15.00, 112pp, tp) Non-fiction, criticism. A look at SF as a successor to classic utopian literature, with a bibliography. This is apparently a revised edition of a 1988 Starmont book. A hardcover edition (-126-9, $25.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Borgo Press, Order Dept., PO Box 2845, San Bernardino CA 92406-2845.
• * *Phoenix Renewed: The Survival and Mutation of Utopian Thought in North American Science Fiction 1965-1982 (Starmont 1-55742-006-8, Oct ’88 [Sep ’88], $9.95, 151pp, tp) Non-fiction, critical study.

ZAMBRENO, MARY FRANCES (1954- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Journeyman Wizard (Harcourt Brace 0-15-200022-4, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $16.95, 263pp, hc, cover by Cheryl Griesbach & Stanley Martucci) [Jermyn] Young-adult mystery/fantasy novel about a spellmaker’s young apprentice who has to solve a murder, sequel to A Plague of Sorcerers.
• * _Journeyman Wizard (Hyperion 0-7868-1127-7, Oct ’96 [Sep ’96], $5.95, 263pp, tp, cover by Carol Heyer) [Jermyn] Reprint (Harcourt Brace 1994) young-adult fantasy/mystery, second in the series about apprentice wizard Jermyn and his skunk familiar.
• * *A Plague of Sorcerers (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-262430-9, Oct ’91, $16.95, 257pp, hc, cover by Cheryl Griesbach & Stanley Martucci) [Jermyn] Young-adult fantasy novel of a wizard’s apprentice and a magical plague.
• * _A Plague of Sorcerers (Hyperion 0-7868-1126-9, Apr ’96, $5.95, 257pp, pb, cover by Carol Heyer) [Jermyn] Reprint (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1991) young-adult fantasy, first in the series about apprentice wizard Jermyn and his skunk familiar.

ZAMEENZAD, ADAM (stories) (assoc.)

• * +Cyrus Cyrus (Viking 0-670-83223-5, Mar ’91, $21.95, 578pp, hc, cover by Simon Larbalestier) Indian magic realism novel. First American edition (Viking UK 1990).

ZAMIATIN, EUGENE; see under Zamyatin, Yevgeny (stories)

ZAMYATIN, YEVGENY (Ivanovich) (1884-1937) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _The Dragon (University of Chicago Press 0-226-97868-0, Sep ’86, $9.95, 291pp, pb) Reprint (Random House 1967) collection of 15 stories, including a few fantasy satires, from a Russian author who worked in the first decades of this century. Translated and edited by Mirra Ginsburg, who also provides an introduction. (Contents)