The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- BOSTON, BRUCE (David) (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * *Confessions of a Body Thief (Miami, FL: Talisman 0-938075-75-6, 1998, $4.00, 1pp, ph) Poem on 9" x 16" sheet of paper, folded, in heavy paper wrappers. Signed-limited edition of 100 copies. Broadside One.
- * *Dark Tales & Light (Dark Regions Press 1-888993-15-4, May 98, $6.95, 68pp, ph, cover by Margaret Ballif Simon) Collection of 10 stories of dark fantasy. Order from Dark Regions Press, PO Box 6301, Concord CA 94524. (Contents)
- * *Faces of the Beast (Starmont House 1-55742-195-1, 1990 [May 90], $8.95, 57pp, tp, cover by Allen Koszowski) Collection of 33 speculative poems. A hardcover edition (-195-1, $16.95) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * *Hypertales and Metafictions (Chris Drumm 0-936055-45-6, Jul 90, $4.00, 62pp, ph, cover by t. Winter-Damon) Collection of four stories and two non-fiction pieces, Drumm booklet #34. A signed edition (-46-4, $7.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * *Jackbird: Tales of Illusion & Identity (Berkeley Poets Workshop & Press no ISBN, 1976, $2.00, 88pp, tp) Collection of six stories. In The Bruce Boston Omnibus. (Contents)
- * *Night Eyes (Chris Drumm Books 0-936055-55-3, Feb 93, $4.50, 64pp, ph) Collection of eight stories. A signed edition (-56-1, $8.00) was announced but not seen. Order from Chris Drumm Books, PO Box 445, Polk City IA 50226. (Contents)
- * *The Nightmare Collector (2AM 0-937491-00-4, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $4.95, 34pp, ph) Collection of poetry, illustrated by Gregorio Montejo. (Contents)
- * *Nuclear Futures (Velocities Chapbook Series 0-930231-02-3, 1987, $3.00, 18pp, ph) Poetry collection chapbook. Graphics by Robert Frazier. In The Bruce Boston Omnibus. (Contents)
- * *Sensuous Debris: Selected Poems 1970-1995 (Dark Regions Press 0-9626708-8-X, Sep 95, $6.95, 96pp, tp, cover by Thomas Wiloch) Collection of 45 (or 59) poems, many with SF themes, all surreal and/or fantastic. There is an introduction by t. winter-damon, and illustrations by Thomas Wiloch. This is a signed, limited edition; a hardcover edition ($40.00, postpaid) was also announced but not seen. Order from Dark Regions Press, Box 6301, Concord CA 94524; add $1.05 postage. (Contents)
- * *She Comes When Youre Leaving & Other Stories (Berkeley Poets Workshop & Press 0-917658-14-0, 1982, $3.95, 64pp, tp) Collection of eight stories. In The Bruce Boston Omnibus. (Contents)
- * *Short Circuits/Bad News from the Stars (with Steve Sneyd) (Ocean View 0-938075-16-0, Feb 91 [Jan 91], $9.95, 38/45pp, tp, cover by t. Winter-Damon) Two collections bound together as a double. The Sneyd is sf poetry, the Boston prose poems/vignettes. A hardcover edition (-15-2, $20.00) was announced but not seen. (Contents)
- * *Skin Trades (Chris Drumm 0-936055-39-1, Oct 88 [Nov 88], $3.50, 62pp, ph) Chapbook collection of 10 very short stories. Drumm Booklet #31. (Contents)
- * *Specula: Selected Uncollected Poems: 1968-1993 (Talisman 0-9626708-5-5, Sep 93, $6.95, 63pp, ph) Collection of sf/fantasy poetry, some collaborations, all previously uncollected. Available from Talisman, PO Box 321, Beech Grove IN 46107. (Contents)
- * *Time [Titan Press Magazine #5] (Titan no ISBN, Apr 88 [Sep 88], $2.00, 20pp, ph) Collection of poems. (Contents)
- BOSTON, JOHN
- * *Naked Came the Sasquatch (TSR 1-56076-602-6, May 93 [Apr 93], $4.50, 345pp, tp, cover by Robh Ruppel) Comic fantasy/mystery about murders in a small town in the Sierra Nevadas that the local newspaper editor is convinced are being committed by a monster. Clever and funny, with lots of references to Twin Peaks and Northern Exposure. Recommended (SW).
- BOSTON, LUCY M(aria) (1892-1990) (stories) (chron.)
- * _The Children of Green Knowe (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-217151-7, Aug 89, $3.95, 183pp, tp) [Green Knowe] Reprint (Faber 1954) childrens time-travel fantasy, first book in the Green Knowe series.
- * _An Enemy at Green Knowe (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-225973-2, Aug 89 [Sep 89], $3.95, 171pp, tp) [Green Knowe] Reprint (Faber 1964) childrens fantasy, fifth in the Green Knowe series, with the original illustrations by Peter Boston.
- * _The River at Green Knowe (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-267450-0, Aug 89 [Sep 89], $3.95, 161pp, tp) [Green Knowe] Reprint (Faber 1959) childrens fantasy, third in the Green Knowe series, with the original illustrations by Peter Boston.
- * _A Stranger at Green Knowe (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-281755-7, Aug 89 [Sep 89], $3.95, 199pp, tp) [Green Knowe] Reprint (Faber 1961) childrens fantasy, fourth in the Green Knowe series, with the original illustrations by Peter Boston.
- * _Treasure of Green Knowe (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-289982-0, Aug 89 [Sep 89], $3.95, 214pp, tp) [Green Knowe] Reprint (Faber 1958 as The Chimneys of Green Knowe) childrens fantasy, second in the Green Knowe series, with the original illustrations by Peter Boston.
- BOSWELL, THOM, ed.
- * *The Costume-makers Art: Cloaks of Fantasy, Masks of Revelation (Lark Books 0-937274-58-5, Feb 92 [Jan 92], $34.95, 144pp, hc) Photography/art book, a look at costume, including those created for sf convention masquerades and historical re-enactments. Full-color photos throughout. Available from Lark Books, 50 College St., Asheville NC 28801.
- BOTHELL, DIANE J.
- * _Rinim Poodor (Three-Stones Publications 0-933673-14-0, Dec 90 [Apr 91], $12.95, 284pp, tp) Reissue (Three-Stones 1986) sf/new age novel of the Nashramh. Order from Three-Stones Publications, Box 24831 Seattle WA 98129.
- BOUCHARD, ROBERT
- BOUCHER, ANTHONY; pseudonym of William A. P. White, (1911-1968) (stories)
- * _The Compleat Werewolf and Other Tales of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-557-4, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $3.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1969) collection of 10 stories.
- * _Rocket to the Morgue (International Polygonics Ltd. 0-930330-82-X, May 88 [Jun 88], $4.95, 173pp, pb) Reprint (Duell, Sloane & Pearce 1942 as by H.H. Holmes). Associational. A mystery with many characters based on sf writers Heinlein, Hubbard, Williamson, etc. with a number of in-jokes. Its also a very good Sherlock Holmes mystery. (CNB)
- BOUCHER, CHRIS (stories) (chron.)
- * *Doctor Who: Last Man Running (BBC Books 0-563-40594-5, Sep 98 [Aug 98], £4.99, 251pp, pb) [Doctor Who] Novelization based on the TV series.
- BOUCHER-KAPLAN, ALINE
- * *World Spirits (Baen 0-671-72043-0, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $4.50, 403pp, pb, cover by Debbie Hughes) [Khyren] Sf novel of interstellar trade set in the same universe as Khyren.
- BOULET, SUSAN SEDDON
- * *The Goddess Paintings (with Michael Babcock) (Pomegranate 1-56640-957-8, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $22.00, 127pp, tp, cover by Susan Seddon Boulet) Art book, a collection of Boulets paintings of goddesses, with text by Michael Babcock. The artwork is beautiful and dreamy, but more design than fantasy.
- BOULLE, PIERRE (Francois Marie-Louis) (1912-1994)
- * _Planet of the Apes (NAL Signet 0-451-16016-9, Jun 89 [May 89], $3.95, 192pp, pb) [Planet of the Apes] Reissue (Vanguard 1963) sf novel; 26th printing.
- * _Planet of the Apes (Mandarin 0-7493-0600-9, Feb 91 [Jan 91], £3.99, 223pp, pb) [Planet of the Apes] Reprint (Vanguard 1963) sf novel. Translated from the French (La Planete Des Singes) by Xan Fielding.
- BOVA, BEN(jamin William) (1932- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * _As on a Darkling Plain (Tor 0-812-53200-7, Jun 85 [May 85], $2.95, 287pp, pb) Reprint (Walker 1972) sf novel.
- * _As on a Darkling Plain (Mandarin 0-7493-0556-8, Dec 90 [Nov 90], £3.99, 189pp, pb, cover by Alex Pang) Reprint (Walker 1972) sf novel.
- * _As on a Darkling Plain (Tor 0-812-51546-3, Jun 91 [May 91], $3.99, 287pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) Reissue (Walker 1972) quasi-sf novel; second printing.
- * *The Astral Mirror (Tor 0-812-53217-1, Oct 85 [Sep 85], $2.95, 274pp, pb) Collection, with both stories and non-fiction essays on a variety of topics. (Contents)
- * *Battle Station (Tor 0-812-53202-3, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $3.50, 304pp, pb) Collection of fiction and non-fiction. (Contents)
- * *Brothers (NEL 0-450-61335-6, Aug 95 [Jul 95], £5.99, 550pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) SF novel. When a scientist discovers a method of organ regeneration, he must fight the forces of medicine, science, politics, and the law, to implement proving trials.
- * _Brothers (Easton Press no ISBN, 1996 [May 96], no price, 434pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) Reprint (NEL 1995) SF medical thriller. This signed, leatherbound, gilt-edged edition is part of the Signed First Editions of Science Fiction available only by subscription. This is supposedly simultaneous with the Bantam Spectra first US edition seen in March.
- * +Brothers (Bantam Spectra 0-553-09379-7, Apr 96 [Mar 96], $22.95, 434pp, hc, cover by Tom Hallman) SF novel. Futuristic medical thriller about organ regeneration and those who oppose proving trials. First US edition (NEL 1995).
- * _Brothers (Bantam 0-553-57356-X, Jan 97 [Dec 96], $6.50, 449pp, pb, cover by Tom Hallman) Reprint (NEL 1995) futuristic medical thriller.
- * *Challenges (Tor 0-312-85550-8, May 93 [Apr 93], $21.95, 348pp, hc, cover by John Berkey) Collection of 12 stories, two original, and six essays on sf and writing. (Contents)
- * _Challenges (Tor 0-812-51408-4, Dec 94 [Nov 94], $4.99, 348pp, pb, cover by John Berkey) Reprint (Tor 1993) collection of 12 stories, two original, and six essays on writing and SF.
- * _City of Darkness (Berkley 0-425-09045-0, Nov 86 [Oct 86], $2.95, 165pp, pb) Reissue (Scribners 1976) young-adult sf novel of a ruinous far-future Manhattan; 2nd Berkley printing.
- * _Colony (Methuen 0-413-04130-6, Dec 86, £2.50, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1978) sf novel.
- * _Colony (Tor 0-812-53245-7, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $3.95, 470pp, pb) Reprint (Timescape 1978) sf novel about a genetically engineered man and his adventures as he learns about the world.
- * _Colony (Avon Eos 0-380-79315-6, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $6.99, 499pp, pb) Reprint (Pocket 1978) SF novel.
- * *The Craft of Writing Science Fiction That Sells (Writers Digest 0-89879-600-8, Mar 94 [Feb 94], $16.95, 218pp, hc) Non-fiction, a guide to writing salable sf, including the complete text of four Bova short stories as examples. (Contents)
- * *Cyberbooks (Tor 0-312-93181-6, May 89 [Apr 89], $17.95, 283pp, hc) Satirical sf novel about a new electronic book revolutionizing the publishing industry.
- * _Cyberbooks (Tor 0-812-50319-8, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $4.50, 283pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) Reprint (Tor 1989) satirical sf novel.
- * _Cyberbooks (Mandarin 0-7493-0131-7, Apr 90, £3.50, 283pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1989) amusing satire on the publishing industry set in the near future.
- * _Cyberbooks (Severn House 0-7278-4109-2, Aug 90, £12.95, 283pp, hc, cover by Martin Buchan) Reprint (Tor 1989) sf novel.
- * *Death Dream (NEL 0-450-58881-5, Mar 94, £5.99, 646pp, pb, cover by Gerry Grace) Sf novel.
- * +Death Dream (Bantam 0-553-08234-5, Sep 94 [Aug 94], $22.95, 497pp, hc) SF thriller about the problems involved in opening a virtual reality theme park. First American edition (NEL 1994).
- * _Death Dream (Bantam Spectra 0-553-57256-3, Sep 95 [Aug 95], $5.99, 560pp, pb) Reprint (NEL 1994) SF thriller.
- * _The Dueling Machine (Berkley 0-425-06466-2, Jan 84 [Dec 83], $2.50, 247pp, pb) [Star Watch] Reprint (Holt 1969) sf novel.
- * *Empire Builders (Tor 0-312-85104-9, Sep 93 [Aug 93], $21.95, 383pp, hc, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Privateers] Sf novel, sequel to Privateers.
- * _Empire Builders (Tor 0-812-51165-4, Mar 95 [Feb 95], $5.99, 406pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Privateers] Reprint (Tor 1993) SF novel, sequel to Privateers.
- * *Escape Plus (Tor 0-812-53212-0, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $2.95, 285pp, pb) Collection of 11 stories with a foreword by Bova. (Contents)
- * _Escape Plus (Methuen 0-413-16010-6, Jan 88, £2.95, 285pp, pb) Reprint (Tor 1984) sf collection. [First U.K. edition]
- * _The Exiles Trilogy (Methuen 0-413-55530-5, 1984, £2.50, 441pp, pb) [Exiles Trilogy] Reprint (Berkley 1980) sf omnibus. [Not seen]
- * _The Exiles Trilogy (Methuen 0-413-55530-5, Dec 86, £2.95, 441pp, pb) [Exiles Trilogy] Reissue (Berkley 1980) omnibus of Exiled from Earth (Dutton 1971), Flight of Exiles (Dutton 1972), and End of Exile (Dutton 1975).
- * _The Exiles Trilogy (Baen 0-671-87631-7, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $5.99, 489pp, pb) [Exiles Trilogy] Reprint (Berkley 1980) omnibus of Exiled from Earth (Dutton 1971), Flight of Exiles (Dutton 1972), and End of Exile (Dutton 1975).
- * *Future Crime (Tor 0-812-53241-4, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $4.95, 374pp, pb, cover by Colin Hay) Collection of eight sf/detective pieces, seven stories plus the novel City of Darkness (Scribners 1976). (Contents)
- * *Immortality (Avon 0-380-97518-1, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $24.00, 283pp, hc) Associational non-fiction, an exploration of current life-extension research, and potential developments.
- * _Kinsman (Methuen 0-413-18650-4, Aug 88, £11.95, 269pp, hc) [Kinsman] Reprint (Dial 1979) sf novel. The text of this edition follows that of The Kinsman Saga (which also included a revised version of Millenium, omitted here) and the book contains the foreword from that book (which refers to both volumes).
- * _Kinsman (Mandarin 0-7493-0021-3, May 89, £3.50, 269pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Kinsman] Reprint (Dial 1979) sf novel. The text of this edition follows that of The Kinsman Saga.
- * *The Kinsman Saga (Tor 0-312-93028-3, Oct 87 [Sep 87], $17.95, 566pp, hc) [Kinsman] Sf novel. A slight rewrite of Bovas two best books, Millennium (1976) and Kinsman (1979), his excellent series about the space program, near-future politics, and SDI(!). The rewrite adds more characterization and motivation, but events have turned these into parallel world books, destroying most of their original power. (CNB) (Contents)
- * _The Kinsman Saga (Tor 0-812-53243-0, Oct 88 [Sep 88], $4.95, 566pp, pb) [Kinsman] Reprint (Tor 1987) omnibus with revised versions of Kinsman and Millennium.
- * _The Kinsman Saga (Easton Press no ISBN, Jan 90, no price, 566pp, hc) [Kinsman] Reprint (Tor 1987) sf novel, a rewritten version of Millenium (1976) and Kinsman (1979). This edition contains the original foreword by the author plus a new introduction by Spider Robinson and artwork by A.C. Farley. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
- * *Mars (Bantam Spectra 0-553-07892-5, Jul 92 [Jun 92], $20.00, 502pp, hc, cover by Pamela Lee) [Mars] Sf novel of an international Mars mission imperiled by both the unknown dangers of a new world and Earthbound politics. A signed slipcased limited edition (-08330-9, $125.00) was announced but not seen.
- * _Mars (NEL 0-450-57717-1, Jan 93, £5.99, 567pp, pb) [Mars] Reprint (Bantam Spectra 1992) sf novel about the first manned mission to Mars. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Mars (Bantam Spectra 0-553-56241-X, Jul 93 [Jun 93], $5.99, 549pp, pb, cover by Pamela Lee) [Mars] Reprint (Bantam 1992) sf novel of an international Mars mission imperiled by both the unknown dangers of a new world and Earthbound politics.
- * _Millenium (Methuen 0-413-18630-X, Nov 88, £11.95, 296pp, hc) [Kinsman] Reprint (Random House 1976) sf novel. The text of this edition follows that of The Kinsman Saga.
- * _Millenium (Mandarin 0-7493-0083-3, Aug 89, £3.50, 296pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Kinsman] Reprint (Random House 1971) sf novel. The text of this edition follows that of The Kinsman Saga.
- * *Moonrise (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-68248-5, Nov 96, £16.99, 613pp, hc, cover by Paul Young) [Moonbase] SF novel. Book One of The Moonbase Saga. [Not seen]
- * +Moonrise (Avon 0-380-97302-2, Dec 96 [Nov 96], $23.00, 417pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Moonbase] SF novel of development and conflict on the moon, as well as the problems of nanotech. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1996).
- * _Moonrise (Easton Press no ISBN, Feb 97, no price, 417pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Moonbase] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) SF novel of nanotech, development, and conflict on the moon. The text follows the Avon edition seen November 1996. This special leatherbound, gilt-edged edition is part of the Signed First Editions of SF series available by subscription only.
- * _Moonrise (NEL 0-340-68249-3, May 97 [Apr 97], £6.99, 613pp, pb, cover by Paul Young) [Moonbase] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) SF novel of development and conflict on the moon, as well as the problems of nanotech. First in a series.
- * _Moonrise (Avon Eos 0-380-78697-4, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $6.99, 560pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Moonbase] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1996) SF novel.
- * *Moonwar (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-68250-7, Sep 97, £16.99, 531pp, hc) [Moonbase] SF novel. Sequel to Moonrise.
- * +Moonwar (Avon Eos 0-380-97303-0, Mar 98 [Feb 98], $23.00, 388pp, hc, cover by Chris Moore) [Moonbase] SF novel of nanotech and politics on the moon, sequel to Moonrise. Earth bans nanotech, and Moonbase declares independence. First US edition (Hodder & Stoughton 1997).
- * _Moonwar (NEL 0-340-68251-5, Apr 98, £5.99, 531pp, pb, cover by Mark Harrison) [Moonbase] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) SF novel, book two of the Moonbase saga.
- * _Moonwar (Avon Eos 0-380-78698-2, Nov 98 [Oct 98], $6.99, 501pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) [Moonbase] Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1997) SF novel of nanotech and politics on the moon, sequel to Moonrise.
- * _The Multiple Man (Tor 0-812-53225-2, Dec 87 [Nov 87], $2.95, 250pp, pb) Reprint (Bobbs-Merril 1976) near-future political/sf novel.
- * *Orion (Fireside 0-671-50386-3, Jun 84 [May 84], $9.95, 432pp, tp) [Orion] Sf novel.
- * _Orion (Tor 0-812-53215-5, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $2.95, 432pp, pb) [Orion] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1984) sf novel.
- * _Orion (Severn House 0-7278-1235-1, Oct 85, £9.95, 432pp, hc) [Orion] Reprint (S&S/Fireside 1984) sf novel, first British publication and first hardcover edition.
- * _Orion (Methuen 0-413-57910-7, Apr 86 [Mar 86], £2.95, 432pp, pb) [Orion] Reprint (Simon & Schuster 1984) fantasy novel.
- * _Orion (Tor 0-812-53233-3, Feb 88 [Jan 88], $3.95, 432pp, pb) [Orion] Reprint (S&S Fireside 1984) sf novel.
- * _Orion (Tor 0-812-53233-3, Feb 89 [Jan 89], $3.95, 432pp, pb) [Orion] Reissue (Tor 1984) sf novel. Part of a convoluted series begun in As On a Darkling Plane. Seventh printing.
- * _Orion (Tor 0-812-53247-3, Sep 98 [Aug 98], $5.99, 432pp, pb, cover by Boris Vallejo) [Orion] Reissue (Fireside 1984) SF novel. 10th printing.
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