The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998

Books, Listed by Author

BOLLAND, BRIAN (John) (1951- )

• * _Camelot 3000 (with Mike W. Barr) See entry under Mike W. Barr

BOLTON, J(ames) T(homas); see pseudonym John Grey (stories) (chron.)

BOLTON, JOHANNA M. (1943- )

• * *The Alien Within (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35541-5, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $3.50, 277pp, pb) Sf novel. A female space navy captain is thrown one problem after another in this better than average first novel. Recommended. (TM)
• * *Mission: Tori (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36340-X, Jun ’90 [May ’90], $3.95, 232pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) Sf novel of interstellar intrigue.

BOLTON, W(hitney) F(rench) (1930- )

• * *The Language of 1984: Orwell’s English and Ours (University of Tennessee Press 0-87049-412-0, Sep ’84 [Aug ’84], $19.95, 252pp, hc) Non-fiction, a scholarly study of modern English in the light of Orwell’s theory of language and the “Newspeak” of 1984. This book was co-published with Basil Blackwood in England. [Orwell]

BOMANS, GODFRIED (1913-1971)

• * *Eric in the Land of Insects (Houghton Mifflin 0-395-65231-6, Mar ’94 [Apr ’94], $14.95, 197pp, hc, cover by Mark Richardson) Young-adult fantasy novel about a boy who enters the world of insects through the painting on his bedroom wall. With illustrations by Mark Richardson. Newly translated from the Dutch (Het Spectrum BV 1941) by Gina Louise Sanders.

BONANNO, MARGARET WANDER (1950- )

• * _Dwellers in the Crucible (Firecrest 0-85997-922-9, Jul ’87, £7.95, 320pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1985) sf novel. Volume 40 in the Star Trek Novels series. [First U.K. edition, not seen]
• * *The Others (St. Martin’s 0-312-05140-9, Oct ’90 [Sep ’90], $19.95, 370pp, hc, cover by Adam Niklewicz) [Others] Sf novel set on an alien world about the conflict between two races, and a woman caught between them.
• * _The Others (BOMC no ISBN, May ’91 [Apr ’91], $17.95, 370pp, hc, cover by Adam Niklewicz) [Others] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1990) sf novel. This edition is the same as the St. Martin’s except it lacks an ISBN and price, and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * _The Others (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $8.95, 370pp, tp, cover by Adam Niklewicz) [Others] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1990) sf novel. This edition is the same as the St. Martin’s except it lacks an ISBN and price and has the jacket printed as the paperback cover.
• * *Otherwhere (St. Martin’s 0-312-06433-0, Nov ’91 [Oct ’91], $19.95, 317pp, hc, cover by Adam Niklewicz) [Others] Sf novel, sequel to The Others.
• * _Otherwhere (BOMC no ISBN, Jan ’92, $16.95, 317pp, hc, cover by Adam Niklewicz) [Others] Reprint (St. Martin’s 1991) sf novel, sequel to The Others. This is identical to the St. Martin’s edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and has a BOMC mark on the back.
• * *Otherwise (St. Martin’s 0-312-09358-6, Aug ’93 [Jul ’93], $19.95, 306pp, hc, cover by Adam Niklewicz) [Others] Sf novel, third book of “The Others” series.
• * *Preternatural (Tor 0-312-86209-1, Dec ’96 [Nov ’96], $23.95, 352pp, hc) [Preternatural] SF novel. A struggling SF writer is getting messages from the telepathic aliens in her current work-in-progress.
• * _Preternatural (Tor 0-812-56764-1, Nov ’97 [Oct ’97], $5.99, 314pp, pb, cover by Michael Koelsch) [Preternatural] Reprint (Tor 1996) SF novel.
• * _Saturn’s Child (with Nichelle Nichols) See entry under Nichelle Nichols.
• * *Star Trek: Dwellers in the Crucible (Pocket 0-671-60373-6, Sep ’85 [Aug ’85], $3.50, 308pp, pb) [Star Trek] Star Trek novel, Star Trek #25.
• * _Star Trek: Dwellers in the Crucible (Titan 1-85286-206-8, Sep ’89, £3.95, 308pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1985) sf novelization. [First U.K. edition]
• * *Star Trek: Probe (Pocket 0-671-72420-7, Apr ’92 [Mar ’92], $18.95, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Star Trek novelization. Bonanno says she wrote less than 10% of the published text and the copyright page credits Gene DeWeese with “essential creative and conceptual contributions.”
• * _Star Trek: Probe (SFBC #05966, Jul ’92 [Aug ’92], $8.98, 247pp, hc, cover by Keith Birdsong) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1992) Star Trek novelization. Similar to the Pocket edition except it lacks an ISBN and price and the SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * _Star Trek: Probe (Pocket 0-671-79065-X, Jan ’93 [Dec ’92], $5.99, 344pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1992) Star Trek novelization.
• * _Star Trek: Probe (Pocket UK 0-671-71573-9, Jun ’93, £4.50, 344pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1992) sf novelization.
• * *Star Trek: Strangers from the Sky (Pocket 0-671-64049-6, Jul ’87 [Jun ’87], $3.95, 402pp, pb) [Star Trek] New Star Trek novel, not part of the numbered series; it’s the second “giant Star Trek novel” — an “epic novel of first contact between man and Vulcan”, part flashback, part alternate-history of the Federation.
• * _Star Trek: Strangers from the Sky (SFBC #10882, Aug ’87, $5.98, 310pp, hc) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1987) Star Trek novel. Kirk and Spock found the Federation in this time travel story.
• * _Strangers from the Sky (Titan 1-85286-008-1, Sep ’87, £3.95, 402pp, pb) [Star Trek] Reprint (Pocket 1987) sf novel. Volume 50 in the Star Trek Novels series. [First U.K. edition]

BONANSINGA, JAY R. (1959- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *The Black Maria (Warner 0-446-36515-7, May ’94 [Apr ’94], $5.99, 340pp, pb) Horror novel about a Flying Dutchman of the interstate and a voodoo curse. A first novel.
• * *Sick (Warner 0-446-36516-5, Sep ’95 [Aug ’95], $5.99, 327pp, pb) Horror novel of a disillusioned stripper with psychic powers.
• * _Sick (Orion 1-85797-631-2, Nov ’95, £15.99, 327pp, hc) Reprint (Warner 1995) horror novel. A brain tumour is the symptom of a more horrific menace. A trade paperback edition (0-7528-0473-1, £8.99) was announced but not seen. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Sick (Orion 0-7528-0368-9, Apr ’96, £4.99, 327pp, pb, cover by BlackSheep) Reprint (Warner 1995) horror novel. A brain tumour is the symptom of a more horrific menace.

BOND, JONATHAN E. (stories)

• * _Shadowrun: The Terminus Experiment (with Jak Koke) See entry under Jak Koke.

BOND, LARRY (1951- ) (stories)

• * *Vortex (Warner 0-446-51566-3, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $21.95, 660pp, hc, cover by Peter Thorpe) Near-future technothriller of a superweapon endangering world peace.
• * _Vortex (Warner 0-446-36304-9, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $5.99, 909pp, pb, cover by Peter Thorpe) Reprint (Warner 1991) near-future technothriller of a superweapon endangering world peace.

BOND, NANCY (Barbara) (1945- )

• * *Another Shore (Macmillan McElderry 0-689-50463-2, Oct ’88 [Nov ’88], $14.95, 308pp, hc) Young-adult time travel fantasy novel. A young woman is transported back to the time of the French & Indian War, where she meets other trapped time travellers.
• * _A String in the Harp (Puffin 0-14-032376-7, Nov ’87 [Oct ’87], $5.95, 370pp, tp) Reissue (Atheneum 1976) young-adult Welsh fantasy novel set part in the present and part in the past. A Newbery Honor Book. Recommended. (CNB)
• * _A String in the Harp (Simon & Schuster/Aladdin 0-689-80445-8, Mar ’96, $4.95, 370pp, tp, cover by Judy Pedersen) Reprint (Atheneum 1976) YA time-travel novel set in the time of Taliesin. A Newbery Honor Book.

BONTA, VANNA

• * *Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel (Meridian House 0-912339-10-1, Jun ’95 [Sep ’95], $23.95, 397pp, hc) Associational quasi-SF novel. An SF writer’s character becomes real, and makes an astounding revelation. A first novel. Meridian House, 6755 Mira Mesa Blvd. Dept 123-224, San Diego CA 92121-4311.
• * _Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel (Meridian House 0-912339-17-9, Jun ’96 [Aug ’96], $14.95, 397pp, pb, cover by Corey Wolfe) Reprint (Meridian House 1995) associational quasi-SF novel. An SF writer’s character becomes real, and makes an astounding revelation. Meridian House, 6755 Mira Mesa Blvd. Dept 123-224, San Diego CA 92121-4311.

BONTLY, THOMAS (John) (1939- )

• * _Celestial Chess (Ballantine 0-345-28678-2, Nov ’88 [Oct ’88], $3.95, 263pp, pb) Reissue (Harper & Row 1979) fantasy novel. A celestial chess game between the devil and a 12th-century monk crosses the ages. Second printing.

BOOKER, M. KEITH

• * *The Dystopian Impulse in Modern Literature: Fiction as Social Criticism (Greenwood Press 0-313-29092-X, May ’94 [Jun ’94], $49.95, 197pp, hc) Non-fiction, criticism. A study of modern dystopian literature as social criticism. Available from Greenwood Publishing, 88 Post Rd. West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: 1-800-225-5800.
• * *Dystopian Literature: A Theory and Research Guide (Greenwood Press 0-313-29115-2, May ’94 [Jun ’94], $75.00, 408pp, hc) Non-fiction, reference. An annotated selected bibliography of dystopian (and some contrasting utopian) literature, theatre, film, and cultural criticism. Available from Greenwood Publishing, 88 Post Rd. West, Box 5007, Westport CT 06881. Credit card orders: 1-800-225-5800.

BOOS, FLORENCE SAUNDERS

• * *The Design of William Morris’ The Earthly Paradise (Edwin Mellen Press 0-88946-933-4, Dec ’90 [Feb ’91], $89.95, 530pp, hc) History/criticism. A detailed examination of Morris’ epic fantasy poem. [Morris]

BOOTH, MARTIN (1944-2004) (chron.)

• * *Toys of Glass (Simon & Schuster UK 0-671-71915-7, Feb ’95, £15.99, 282pp, hc) SF novel. When a couple seeking help are unable to have children, a doctor secretly impregnates the woman with the sperm of a man from the Bronze Age. The boy born of this experiment has strange abilities that mark him out from the ordinary.
• * _Toys of Glass (Pocket UK 0-671-85199-3, Feb ’96 [Mar ’96], £5.99, 282pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster UK 1995) SF novel. A woman is impregnated with the sperm of a Bronze Age man.

BOOTH, PAT

• * *All for Love (Century 0-7126-5894-7, Feb ’94, £14.99, 404pp, hc) Medical student is suddenly gifted with magical healing powers. Copyrighted 1993.

BORCHARDT, ALICE (Allen, née O’Brien) (1939-2007)

• * *The Silver Wolf (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-42360-7, Jul ’98 [Jun ’98], $24.95, 451pp, hc, cover by Heather Kern) [Silver Wolf] Historical dark fantasy novel. A beautiful werewolf fights to control her own destiny in decadent Rome during the reign of Charlemagne.

BORCHERDING, DAVID, ed.

• * *Science Fiction and Fantasy Writer’s Sourcebook (Writer’s Digest 0-89879-762-4, Sep ’96 [Oct ’96], $19.99, 502pp, hc, cover by Bob Eggleton) Non-fiction, reference. A guide to the available SF & Fantasy markets, with a number of non-fiction pieces by writers, editors and agents. This says Second Edition, but we apparently didn’t list the first, unless they meant the Science Fiction Writer’s Marketplace and Sourcebook (1994, edited by David G. Tomkins). Available from Writer’s Digest, 1507 Dana Ave., Cincinnatti OH 45207; add $3.50 postage; credit card orders 800-289-0963.

BORGES, JORGE LUÍS (1899-1986) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)

• * *Atlas (Dutton 0-525-24344-5, Nov ’85, $14.95, 95pp, hc) A “scrapbook” of prose, poems, travel notes, and photographs, assembled in collaboration with Maria Kodama and translated by Anthony Kerrigan. It originally appeared in Argentina, under the same title, from Editoria Sudamerica S.A. (1984).
• * *Collected Fictions (Viking 0-670-84970-7, Sep ’98, $40.00, 565pp, hc) Collection of 101 stories, newly translated from the three-volume Spanish-language collection Obras Completas (Emecé Editores 1989) by Andrew Hurley, who also provides notes on the translations. Stories are kept in the order they appeared in nine earlier (Spanish-language) collections, complete with 10 forewards and afterwords by Borges. (Contents)
• * _Ficciones (Random House/Knopf Everyman’s Library 0-679-42299-4, May ’93 [Dec ’93], $15.00, 142pp, hc) Reprint (Grove 1962) collection of literary fables and fantasies, all later reprinted in Labyrinths. Translated from the Spanish by Anthony Kerrigan, with an introduction by John Sturrock.

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• * *The Book of Fantasy (with Adolfo Bioy Casares & Silvina Ocampo) (Viking 0-670-82393-7, Jan ’89 [Dec ’88], $19.95, 384pp, hc) Fantasy anthology of 81 stories, story fragments, and anecdotes. This is its first English-language appearance (though many of the stories were written in English) and contains the contents of the second revised edition (Argentina 1976) plus a new introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin. (Contents)
• * _The Book of Fantasy (with Adolfo Bioy Casares & Silvina Ocampo) (QPBC no ISBN, Jun ’89, $9.95, 384pp, tp) Reprint (Viking 1988) anthology of 81 fantasy stories, fragments, and anecdotes. This is a reprint of the first English-language edition, with an introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin, and contains the contents of the second revised edition (Argentina 1976). It is identical to the Viking edition except it lacks an ISBN and has the dust jacket printed as the cover.
• * _The Book of Fantasy (with Silvina Ocampo & Adolfo Bioy Casares) (Black Swan 0-552-99401-4, Aug ’90, £5.99, 523pp, tp, cover by Stephen Player) Reprint (Xanadu 1988) fantasy anthology of 81 stories, story fragments, and anecdotes. This is the second revised edition (Argentina 1976) plus an introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin.
• * _The Book of Fantasy (with Silvina Ocampo & Adolfo Bioy Casares) (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-656-2, Sep ’90 [Aug ’90], $10.95, 384pp, tp) Reprint (Viking 1989) fantasy anthology of 81 stories, story fragments, and anecdotes. This is a reprint of the first English-language edition, with an introduction by Ursula K. Le Guin, and contains the text of the second revised edition (Argentina 1976).
• * _Extraordinary Tales (with Adolfo Bioy Casares) (Allison & Busby 0-74900-065-1, Mar ’90 [Apr ’90], £4.99, 144pp, tp, cover by Mick Keates) Reprint (Herder & Herder 1971) literary fantasy anthology edited, translated and with a foreword by Anthony Kerrigan.

BORNEFELD, WILLIAM

• * *Time and Light (White Wolf 1-56504-914-4, May ’96 [Apr ’96], $5.99, 419pp, pb) SF novel. Ancient photos from the 20th Century disrupt a scientist’s life.

BORST, RONALD V., ed.

• * *Graven Images: The Best of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction Film Art (with Keith Burns & Leith Adams) (Grove Press 0-8021-1484-9, Oct ’92, $50.00, 240pp, hc) Art book, a collection of beautiful reproductions of sf/fantasy/horror film posters with an introduction by Stephen King and essays by Ackerman, Barker, Bradbury, Bloch, Ellison, and Straub. A limited edition (-1522-5, $250.00) was announced but not seen.

BORTON, DOUGLAS (Child, Jr.) (1960- ) (stories)

• * *Deathsong (NAL Onyx 0-451-40158-1, Oct ’89 [Sep ’89], $3.95, 287pp, pb) Horror novel about a country singer who sings a song that could destroy the world.
• * *Dreamhouse (NAL Onyx 0-451-40121-2, Mar ’89 [Feb ’89], $3.95, 285pp, pb) Horror novel about a malevolent house, with a phantom Porsche, and Nazis.
• * *Kane (NAL/Onyx 0-451-40188-3, Apr ’90 [Mar ’90], $4.50, 350pp, pb) Psychological horror novel with minor supernatural elements.
• * *Shadow Dance (Penguin/Signet 0-451-16913-1, Mar ’91 [Feb ’91], $3.99, 281pp, pb) Psychic thriller.

BOSMA, JANICE

• * *Dilemma (Temple House Books 0-86332-999-3, Mar ’95, £6.95, 267pp, tp, cover by Trevor Scobie) SF novel set in the year 2384. Earth’s population must live in underground cities to escape the hostile surface environment. Mental time travel is used to try to change the past.

BOSS, JUDITH E.

• * _Fantastic Voyages: Learning Science Through Science Fiction Films (with Leroy W. Dubeck & Suzanne E. Moshier) See entry under Leroy W. Dubeck

BOSSE, MALCOLM (assoc.)

• * *Mister Touch (Houghton Mifflin/Ticknor & Fields 0-89919-965-8, Apr ’91 [Mar ’91], $22.95, 502pp, hc, cover by Paul Bacon) Post-apocalypse sf novel of the survivors of a viral epidemic traveling across a ravaged America.
• * _Mister Touch (SFBC #18476, Dec ’91, $10.98, 502pp, hc, cover by Paul Bacon) Reprint (Ticknor & Fields 1991) post-holocaust literary sf novel. Similar to the Ticknor & Fields edition except it lacks an ISBN and price. The SFBC number is on the back jacket.
• * _Mister Touch (Fawcett Columbine 0-449-90754-6, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $10.00, 502pp, tp, cover by Jeff Walker) Reprint (Houghton Mifflin 1991) post-apocalypse sf novel of the survivors of a viral epidemic traveling across a ravaged America.

BOSSHARDT, ROBERT

• * *Whom the Gods Destroy (Maverick 0-89288-157-7, 1987 [May ’87], C$8.95, 305pp, tp) Sf novel about UFOs and “alien emissaries from another dimension.” A Canadian original.

BOSTON, BRUCE (David) (1943- ) (stories) (chron.)

• * *Accursed Wives (Night Visions no ISBN, Feb ’93, $3.50, unpaginated, ph, cover by Ree Young) Collection of poems about the wives of various horror fiction stock evils, with illustrations by Ree Young. Order from Night Visions, Ree Young, Rt. 2, Box 357, Troy NC 27371. (Contents)
• * *After Magic (Eotu Group 1-878780-01-8, 1989 [Apr ’90], $5.00, 54pp, ph, cover by Lari Davidson) Surrealistic fantasy novella, illustrated by Lari Davidson. An earlier version appeared in Germany as Der Flusternde Spiegel (Knaur 1985).
• * *Alchemical Texts (Ocean View no ISBN, 1985, $3.00, 18pp, ph) Poetry collection chapbook. In The Bruce Boston Omnibus. (Contents)
• * *All the Clocks Are Melting (Velocities Chapbook Series 0-930231-00-7, 1984, $3.00, 40pp, ph) Poetry collection chapbook. In The Bruce Boston Omnibus. (Contents)
• * *All the Clocks Are Melting (Pulphouse 1-56146-504-6, Jan ’91, $1.95, 38pp, pb, cover by Gregorio Montejo) Sf/fantasy short story, short story paperback #4.
• * *The Bruce Boston Omnibus (Ocean View 0-938075-06-3, Dec ’87 [Oct ’87], $12.95, “210”, bx) Despite the title, this is not really an omnibus, but a boxed set containing 5 earlier books of sf stories and poetry: Jackbird, She Comes When You’re Leaving, All the Clocks are Melting, Alchemical Texts, and Nuclear Futures.
• * _Chronicles of the Mutant Rain Forest (with Robert Frazier) See entry under Robert Frazier.
• * *[1998*ColdTom]Cold Tomorrows (Gothic Press 0-913045-07-1, Aug ’98, $6.00, 34pp, ph) Chapbook collection of 16 poems, five original. Available from Gothic Press, 4998 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge LA 70808-3043; postage included in price. (Contents)
• * *Conditions of Sentient Life (Gothic Press 0-913045-05-5, Jun ’96, $5.00, 47pp, ph, cover by Margaret Ballif Simon) Chapbook collection of 21 poems, five original, with illustrations by Margaret Ballif Simon. Available from Gothic Press, 4998 Perkins Road, Baton Rouge LA 70808-3043; add $1.00 postage. (Contents)