The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- BISCHOFF, DAVID (Frederick) (1951- ); see under Mark Grant (stories) (chron.)
- * *Abduction: The UFO Conspiracy (Warner 0-446-35489-9, May 90 [Apr 90], $4.95, 328pp, pb, cover by Don Puckey) [UFO Conspiracy] Associational thriller with man-made UFOs.
- * *Aliens vs. Predator #2: Hunters Planet (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56556-7, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $4.99, 260pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Aliens vs. Predator] SF novelization. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox.
- * *Aliens vs. Predator: Hunters Planet (with Steve Perry) (Millennium 1-85798-228-2, Dec 94, £4.99, 260pp, pb, cover by John Bolton) [Aliens vs. Predator] SF novelization. Volume 2 in the series. Simultaneous with the US (Bantam Spectra) edition.
- * _Aliens vs. Predator: Prey/Hunters Planet (with Steve Perry & Stephani Perry) See entry under Steve Perry.
- * _Aliens: Genocide (Millennium 1-85798-225-8, Aug 94, £4.99, 281pp, pb, cover by David Dorman) [Aliens] Reprint (Bantam 1994) sf novelization. Volume four in the series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Aliens: Genocide (Orion 0-75281-743-4, Nov 98, £4.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Dimitrios Patelis) [Aliens] Reissue (Bantam 1994) SF novel. Book four in the Aliens series.
- * *Aliens: Genocide (Bantam 0-553-56371-8, Jan 94 [Dec 93], $4.99, 281pp, pb, cover by David Dorman) [Aliens] Sf novelization, third book of a series based on the Dark Horse Comics graphic novels based on the films Alien and Aliens. Copyrighted by Twentieth Century Fox.
- * _Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Tasteless Pleasure (with Harry Harrison) See entry under Harry Harrison.
- * _Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of Ten Thousand Bars (with Harry Harrison) See entry under Harry Harrison.
- * _Bill, the Galactic Hero on the Planet of the Hippies from Hell (with Harry Harrison) See entry under Harry Harrison.
- * *The Blob (Dell 0-440-20214-0, Aug 88 [Sep 88], $3.95, 210pp, pb) Sf/horror novelization.
- * _The Blob (Star 0-352-32374-4, Apr 89, £2.50, 210pp, pb) Reprint (Dell 1988) sf/horror novelization. [First U.K. edition]
- * *The Crow: Quoth the Crow (HarperPrism 0-06-105825-4, Jan 98, $13.00, 277pp, tp, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Crow] Novelization based on the movie based on the comic book. Copyrighted by Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation.
- * _The Crow: Quoth the Crow (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648364-X, May 98, £5.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Cliff Nielsen) [Crow] Reprint (HarperPrism 1998) novelisation based on the movie based on the comic books. Copyrighted by Edward R. Pressman Film Corporation. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Daniel M. Pinkwaters Melvinge of the Megaverse #1: Night of the Living Shark! (Ace 0-441-57482-3, Oct 91 [Sep 91], $3.99, 153pp, pb, cover by Steve Fastner & Rick Larson) Humorous sf novel based on a concept and with an afterword by Pinkwater. Space nerd Melvinge is menaced by various peculiar creatures on his way to the biggest mall in the universe. Packaged and copyrighted by General Licensing Company, a Byron Preiss subsidiary.
- * *Deception: The UFO Conspiracy (Warner 0-446-35491-0, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $4.95, 324pp, pb) [UFO Conspiracy] Thriller with sf elements about a conspiracy involving UFO sightings that may be centered around real aliens, second book of the UFO Conspiracy series.
- * *The Destiny Dice (NAL/Signet 0-451-13489-3, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $2.95, 238pp, pb) [Gaming Magi] Fantasy novel, Book One of The Gaming Magi.
- * _The Destiny Dice (NAL Signet 0-451-16076-2, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $3.95, 238pp, pb) [Gaming Magi] Reissue (NAL Signet 1985) fantasy novel, book one of the Gaming Magi series; third printing.
- * _Dr. Dimension (with John DeChancie) See entry under John DeChancie.
- * _Dr. Dimension: Masters of Spacetime (with John DeChancie) See entry under John DeChancie.
- * *Dragonstar Destiny (with Thomas F. Monteleone) (Ace 0-441-16676-8, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $3.50, 216pp, pb) [Dragonstar] Science fiction novel. Conclusion of the Dragonstar trilogy. A dinosaur space opera.
- * _Forbidden World (with Ted White) See entry under Ted White.
- * *Galactic Warriors (Ace 0-441-27256-8, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $2.75, 188pp, pb) [Star Hounds] Sf novel, Star Hounds #2.
- * _Gerry Andersons Space Precinct: The Deity-Father (Voyager 0-00-648216-3, Sep 95, £4.99, 289pp, pb) [Space Precinct] Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) SF novelisation. Book 1 in a series based on the TV show. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Avon 0-380-76061-4, Jun 90 [May 90], $3.95, 225pp, pb) Movie tie-in novelization of the horror/fantasy film.
- * _Gremlins 2: The New Batch (Corgi 0-552-13731-6, Jul 90, £2.99, 225pp, pb) Reprint (Avon 1990) novelization, based on the screenplay by Charlie Haas.
- * _The Judas Cross (with Charles Sheffield) See entry under Charles Sheffield.
- * *The Macrocosmic Conflict (Ace 0-441-78169-1, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $2.95, 202pp, pb) [Star Hounds] Sf novel, conclusion of the Star Hounds trilogy.
- * *The Manhattan Project (Avon 0-380-75125-9, Jun 86 [May 86], $2.95, 216pp, pb) Sf movie novelization based on a screenplay by Marshall Brickman and Thomas Baum.
- * _Mutants Amok [as by Mark Grant] See entry under Mark Grant.
- * _Mutants Amok #2: Mutant Hell [as by Mark Grant] See entry under Mark Grant.
- * _Mutants Amok #3: Rebel Attack [as by Mark Grant] See entry under Mark Grant.
- * _Mutants Amok #4: Holocaust Horror [as by Mark Grant] See entry under Mark Grant.
- * *Night of the Dragonstar (with Thomas F. Monteleone) (Berkley 0-425-07963-5, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $2.95, 264pp, pb) [Dragonstar] Sf novel, sequel to Day of the Dragonstar, described in the publicity as lizards from outer space. It isnt a V novel.
- * *A Personal Demon (with Richard W. Brown & Linda Richardson) (NAL/Signet 0-451-13814-7, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $2.95, 253pp, pb) [Anathae] Fantasy novel. Portions appeared previously as stories by Michael F.X. Milhaus." (Contents)
- * *Revelation: The UFO Conspiracy (Warner 0-446-35493-7, Dec 91 [Nov 91], $5.99, 355pp, pb) [UFO Conspiracy] Thriller with sf elements about a conspiracy involving UFO sightings that may be centered around real aliens, third book of the UFO Conspiracy series.
- * *seaQuest DSV: The Ancient (Ace 0-441-00042-8, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $4.99, 228pp, pb) [seaQuest DSV] Sf novelization based on the TV series, third book of a series. Copyrighted by MCA.
- * _seaQuest DSV: The Ancient (Millennium 1-85798-186-3, May 94, £14.99, 198pp, hc) [seaQuest DSV] Reprint (Ace 1994) SF novelization. [First U.K. edition]
- * _seaQuest DSV: The Ancient (Orion 1-85797-226-0, Oct 94 [Sep 94], £4.99, 198pp, pb) [seaQuest DSV] Reprint (Ace 1994) SF novelization. Volume three in the series.
- * _The Selkie (with Charles Sheffield) See entry under Charles Sheffield.
- * *Space Precinct #1: The Deity Father (HarperPrism 0-06-105612-X, Jul 95 [Jun 95], $4.99, 289pp, pb) [Space Precinct] Novelization based on the television show created by Gerry Anderson. Copyrighted by Grove Television Enterprises.
- * *Space Precinct #2: Demon Wing (HarperPrism 0-06-105613-8, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $4.99, 224pp, pb) [Space Precinct] Novelization based on the TV show created by Gerry Anderson. Copyrighted by Grove Television Enterprises.
- * *Space Precinct #3: Alien Island (HarperPrism 0-06-105626-X, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $4.99, 257pp, pb) [Space Precinct] SF novelization, third in the series based on the TV show. Copyrighted by Grove Television Enterprises.
- * _Space Precinct: Alien Island (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648232-5, Mar 96, £4.99, 257pp, pb) [Space Precinct] Reprint (HarperPrism 1996) SF novelisation. Volume III in the series. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Space Precinct: Demon Wing (HarperCollins Voyager 0-00-648231-7, Dec 95, £4.99, 224pp, pb) [Space Precinct] Reprint (HarperPrism 1995) SF novelisation. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Star Hounds, Book One: The Infinite Battle (Ace 0-441-37018-7, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $2.75, 171pp, pb) [Star Hounds] Sf novel, Star Hounds #1.
- * *Star Trek, the Next Generation #25: Grounded (Pocket 0-671-79747-6, Mar 93 [Feb 93], $5.50, 273pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Star Trek novelization.
- * *Star Trek, the Next Generation: Grounded (Titan 1-85286-462-1, Mar 93, £3.99, 273pp, pb) [Star Trek, the Next Generation] Sf novelization. The authors name is consistently misspelt as Bishoff on the book. Simultaneous with US (Pocket) edition.
- * _Tin Woodman (with Dennis R. Bailey) (Ace 0-441-81293-7, Dec 85 [Nov 85], $2.75, 182pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1979) sf novel. 2nd Ace printing.
- * *The Unicorn Gambit (NAL/Signet 0-451-14446-5, Aug 86 [Jul 86], $2.95, 221pp, pb) [Gaming Magi] Fantasy novel, Book 3 of The Gaming Magi.
- * _Wargames (SFBC #3744, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $4.98, 153pp, hc) Reprint (Dell 1983) movie novelization, based on a script by Lasker & Parkes. First hardcover edition.
- * *Wraith Board (NAL/Signet 0-451-13669-1, Jul 85 [Jun 85], $2.95, 238pp, pb) [Gaming Magi] Gaming fantasy novel, The Gaming Magi #2.
- BISHOFS, MARIS
- * *The Alien Diaries (Adama 0-915361-44-2, Jun 86 [Dec 86], $9.95, 115pp, hc) Pictorial minimalist cartoons purporting to give an aliens impressions of New York City.
- BISHOP, ANNE (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Daughter of the Blood (Penguin/Roc 0-451-45671-8, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $5.99, 412pp, pb, cover by Matthew Innis) [Black Jewels] Fantasy novel, book one of the Black Jewels trilogy. A young Witch suffers abuse while learning to control the powers that should make her ruler. A first novel.
- BISHOP, CARLY; pseudonym of Cheryl McGonigle
- * *Prince of Dreams (Harlequin 0-373-79004-X, Sep 90 [Aug 90], $3.25, 252pp, pb, cover by Joe Ovies) Fantasy romance in the Dreamscape line. A beautiful doctor forms a psychic bond with a handsome Hollywood director in a coma.
- BISHOP, DAVID (chron.)
- * *Judge Dredd: Cursed Earth Asylum (Virgin 0-352-32893-2, Dec 93, £4.99, 277pp, pb, cover by Arthur Ransom) [Judge Dredd] Sf novelization, based on the comic strip from 2000 AD.
- * *Judge Dredd: Silencer (Virgin 0-352-32960-2, Nov 94, £4.99, 246pp, pb, cover by Frank Quitely) [Judge Dredd] SF novelization, based on the comic strip.
- * *Judge Dredd: The Savage Amusement (Virgin 0-352-32874-6, Aug 93 [Jul 93], £3.99, 262pp, pb, cover by Cliff Robinson) [Judge Dredd] Sf novelization, based on the comic strip from 2000 AD.
- * _Who Killed Kennedy (with James Stevens) See entry under James Stevens.
- BISHOP, MICHAEL (Lawson) (1945- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Ancient of Days (Arbor House 0-87795-724-X, Aug 85 [Jul 85], $16.95, 354pp, hc) Sf novel, an expansion of Her Habiline Husband. Highly recommended. (DLN)
- * _Ancient of Days (SFBC #1604, Nov 85 [Dec 85], $7.98, 337pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) sf novel of a homo habilis alive in modern America. The original novella covered the ground completely. (CNB)
- * _Ancient of Days (Tor 0-812-53197-3, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $3.95, 409pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) sf novel of a habiline proto-human in modern America.
- * _Ancient of Days (Paladin 0-586-08618-8, Nov 87, £4.95, 368pp, tp) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Ancient of Days (Tor/Orb 0-312-89027-3, Feb 95, $13.95, 354pp, tp) Reprint (Arbor House 1985) SF novel about a homo habilis living in modern America.
- * *Apartheid, Superstrings, and Mordecai Thubana (Pulphouse/Axolotl Press no ISBN, Jul 89, $10.00, 95pp, tp) Original story, with an introduction by Lewis Shiner. This is a signed, limited edition of 500 copies. Also available in a signed, numbered, limited hardcover edition of 300 copies ($35.00) and a signed, numbered, leatherbound limited edition of 100 copies ($65.00). (Contents)
- * *At the City Limits of Fate (Edgewood Press 0-9629066-6-2, 1996 [Oct 96], $14.00, 328pp, tp, cover by Rick Berry) Collection of 15 mostly recent stories. Order from Edgewood Press, PO Box 380264, Cambridge MA 02238. (Contents)
- * *Authors Choice Monthly Issue 15: Emphatically Not SF, Almost (Pulphouse no ISBN, Dec 90 [Jan 91], $4.95, 102pp+, tp, cover by George Barr) Collection of nine stories with an introduction by the author. A hardcover edition ($25.00) is also available. A deluxe leatherbound edition ($50.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * *Brittle Innings (Bantam 0-553-08136-5, May 94 [Apr 94], $21.95, 502pp, hc, cover by Michael Dudash) [Frankenstein] Baseball fantasy novel that blends the magic of baseball, the coming-of-age tale, and the Frankenstein myth.
- * _Brittle Innings (Bantam 0-553-56943-0, Feb 95 [Jan 95], $5.99, 516pp, pb, cover by Tim Jacobus) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Bantam 1994) baseball fantasy novel, a coming-of-age tale that combines baseball fantasy with the Frankenstein myth.
- * *Close Encounters with the Deity (Peachtree 0-931948-96-7, Sep 86 [Jun 86], $15.95, 306pp, hc) Collection of 14 stories, with a foreword by Isaac Asimov. The stories are previously uncollected magazine reprints; so is the foreword, which originally appeared in IASFM. (Contents)
- * *Close Encounters with the Deity (Peachtree 0-934601-07-0, Sep 86 [Jun 86], $8.95, 306pp, tp) Trade paperback edition of the above.
- * *Count Geigers Blues (Tor 0-312-85199-5, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $19.95, 374pp, hc, cover by Thomas Canty) Comic sf novel about an editor who develops superpowers after exposure to radioactive water and cant avoid becoming a superhero and pop culture icon.
- * _Count Geigers Blues (Tor/Orb 0-312-89008-7, Jul 94 [Jun 94], $12.95, 374pp, tp, cover by Thomas Canty) Reprint (Tor 1992) comic SF novel.
- * _A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire (Kerosina 0-948893-39-7, Jun 89, £13.95, 255pp, hc, cover by Marshall Matteer) Reprint (Pocket 1980 as Eyes of Fire) sf novel. This edition has been revised and contains a new introduction by the author and an afterword by Ian Watson. Limited to 750 copies. A considerably different version was published by Ballantine in 1975. Also available in a slipcased edition (0-948893-38-9) of 250 copies, bound with a hardcover edition of Within the Walls of Tyre for £40.00. A leatherbound edition of 26 copies was also produced for private circulation.
- * _No Enemy But Time (Bantam Spectra 0-553-28187-9, Oct 89 [Sep 89], $4.95, 338pp, pb) Reprint (Timescape 1982) Nebula Award-winning prehistoric time-travel sf novel.
- * _No Enemy But Time (BOMC no ISBN, Jul 90 [Jun 90], $14.95, 397pp, hc) Reprint (Timescape 1982) Nebula Award-winning sf novel. This is an exclusive BOMC edition.
- * _No Enemy But Time (Easton Press no ISBN, Apr 91, no price, 397pp, hc) Reprint (Timescape 1982) Nebula Award-winning time-travel sf novel, with an introduction by Pamela Sargent and artwork by Ellen Farley. This leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
- * *One Winter in Eden (Arkham House 0-87054-096-3, Mar 84 [Jan 84], $13.95, 273pp, hc) Collection of 12 stories, with illustrations by Andrew Smith. (Contents)
- * _Philip K. Dick Is Dead, Alas (Grafton 0-586-20151-3, Nov 88, £3.99, 411pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1987, as The Secret Ascension) sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Philip K. Dick Is Dead, Alas (Tor/Orb 0-312-89002-8, Jan 94 [Dec 93], $12.95, 341pp, tp, cover by Tom Canty) Reprint (Tor 1987 as The Secret Ascension) sf novel, a Philip K. Dick pastiche with PKD as a character.
- * _The Quickening (Pulphouse 1-56146-512-7, May 91, $1.95, 45pp, pb, cover by George Barr) Reprint sf short story, a Nebula Award winner that originally appeared in Universe 11 and in Bishops collection One Winter in Eden. Short story paperback #12.
- * *The Secret Ascension (Tor 0-312-93031-3, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $16.95, 341pp, hc) Sf novel of an alternate U.S., a Philip K. Dick pastiche, starring Philip K. Dick as a character.
- * _The Secret Ascension (Tor 0-812-53157-4, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $4.50, 341pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1988) alternate world sf novel, a Philip K. Dick pastiche featuring Dick as a character. It has appeared in England under the authors original title, Philip K. Dick is Dead, Alas.
- * *Time Pieces (Edgewood Press 0-9629066-7-0, Jul 98 [Dec 98], $12.00, 90pp, tp, cover by Jamie Bishop) Collection of 49 poems, 14 original. Includes the winner of the 1979 Rhysling Award for Best Long Poem. Order from Edgewood Press, PO Box 380264, Cambridge MA 02238. (Contents)
- * *Unicorn Mountain (Morrow Arbor House 0-87795-953-6, Jun 88 [May 88], $18.95, 367pp, hc) Realistic contemporary fantasy novel about unicorns and AIDS, with strong characterization.
- * _Unicorn Mountain (SFBC #14230, Nov 88 [Dec 88], $7.98, 406pp, hc) Reprint (Morrow Arbor House 1988) fantasy novel about unicorns and AIDS.
- * _Unicorn Mountain (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27904-1, Jul 89 [Jun 89], $4.95, 418pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1988) contemporary fantasy novel about AIDS victims, American Indians, ghosts, and unicorns. Powerful and realistic, this book is filled with memorable, beautifully-drawn characters. Recommended (SW).
- * _Unicorn Mountain (Grafton 0-246-13465-8, Aug 89, £7.95, 348pp, tp, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Arbor House 1988) marvellous sf/fantasy novel that manages to blend unicorns, AIDS and Indian mysticism. One of the best books of the year. Strongly recommended. (PSP) Also available in hardcover (-13462-3, £12.95). [First U.K. edition]
- * _Unicorn Mountain (Grafton 0-586-20617-5, Aug 90, £4.50, 495pp, pb, cover by Steve Crisp) Reprint (Arbor House 1988) fantasy novel.
- * *Who Made Stevie Crye? (Arkham House 0-87054-099-8, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $15.95, 309pp, hc) Fantasy/horror novel with illustrations by Jeffrey K. Porter.
- * _Who Made Stevie Crye? (Headline 0-7472-3043-9, Nov 87, £4.95, 309pp, tp) Reprint (Arkham House 1984) horror novel. Contains the original illustrations by J.K. Potter. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Within the Walls of Tyre (Kerosina 0-948893-41-9, Jun 89, £4.50, 47pp, tp) Screenplay adaptation of one of Bishops better-known stories. Limited to 350 copies in this form. Also available in a hardcover edition (-40-0) bound with the slipcased edition of A Funeral for the Eyes of Fire.
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- * *Light Years and Dark (Berkley 0-425-07214-2, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $8.95, 498pp, tp) Massive anthology of original and reprint stories by authors including Gregory Benford, Urusla K. Le Guin, Gene Wolfe, and Roger Zelazny. (Contents)
- * *Nebula Awards 23 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-665475-X, Apr 89, $12.95, 370pp, tp) Anthology of 15 1987 Nebula-nominated stories plus the Rhysling Poetry Award winners. Also announced in hardcover (-164930-8, $21.95). (Contents)
- * *Nebula Awards 24 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-665474-1, Apr 90, $13.95, 302pp, tp, cover by Michael Stuckey) Anthology of 14 Nebula Award-nominated stories plus the Rhysling Poetry Award winners plus a review of sf film in 1989. A hardcover edition (-164932-4, $21.95) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * *Nebula Awards 25 (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-164933-2, Apr 91, $24.95, 346pp, hc, cover by Vaughan Andrews) Anthology of 11 stories including the 1989 Nebula winners plus an excerpt from the winning novel The Healers War plus the Rhysling Poetry Award winners and some non-fiction commentary. A trade paperback edition (-665473-3, $14.95) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
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