The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

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

• * *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

• * *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) (assoc.)

• * *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)
• * *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 You’re 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 (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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) (assoc.)

• * _The Children of Green Knowe (Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 0-15-217151-7, Aug ’89, $3.95, 183pp, tp) [Green Knowe] Reprint (Faber 1954) children’s 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) children’s 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) children’s 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) children’s 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) children’s fantasy, second in the “Green Knowe” series, with the original illustrations by Peter Boston.

BOSWELL, THOM, ed.

• * *The Costume-maker’s 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

• * _Count Scar (with C. Dale Brittain) See entry under C. Dale Brittain.

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. It’s also a very good Sherlock Holmes mystery. (CNB)

BOUCHER, CHRIS (stories)

• * *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 (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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 (stories) (assoc.)

• * *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 Boulet’s 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) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _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) (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 (Scribner’s 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 (Writer’s 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 (Scribner’s 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 Bova’s 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.