The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
Books, Listed by Author
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- ALDISS, BRIAN W(ilson) (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * _Barefoot in the Head (Gollancz 0-575-04181-1, Dec 90 [Nov 90], £3.99, 236pp, pb, cover by Fred Gambino) Reprint (Faber & Faber 1969) sf novel. Volume 46 in the VGSF Classics series.
- * *Best SF Stories of Brian W. Aldiss (Gollancz 0-575-04210-9, Apr 88 [May 88], £11.95, 328pp, hc) Sf collection. This second revised edition contains 22 of Aldiss best stories, only 9 of which have appeared in previous Best of collections. (Contents)
- * *Bodily Functions (Avernus 1-871503-06-X, Feb 91 [Mar 91], £25.00, 106pp, hc) Collection of four stories, two poems and a letter issued in honour of Sam Lundwalls 50th birthday. Limited to 100 copies. Recommended. (PSP) (Contents)
- * _Brothers of the Head (Grafton, Jan 86, £1.95, pb) Reissue sf collection.
- * *Bury my Heart at W.H. Smiths: A Writing Life (Avernus 1-871503-04-3, Jul 90, £40.00, 280pp, hc, cover by Terry Griffiths) Autobiographical look at the life of a writer, by Englands greatest living sf writer. This edition contains six chapters (comprising 56 pages) more than the Hodder & Stoughton edition and is limited to 250 copies. Each copy contains a special signed Aldiss associational item (such as an airline ticket or a convention program) with each book containing a full list of all 250 items.
- * *Bury my Heart at W.H. Smiths: A Writing Life (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-53661-6, Jul 90, £13.95, 221pp, hc, cover by Terry Griffiths) Trade edition of the above.
- * _Bury My Heart at W.H. Smiths: A Writing Life (Coronet 0-340-55135-6, Sep 91, £4.99, 221pp, pb) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1990) autobiographical look at the life of a writer, by Englands greatest living sf writer. Recommended. (PSP)
- * +Common Clay (St. Martins 0-312-13948-9, Mar 96 [Feb 96], $24.95, 334pp, hc, cover by Gary Embury) Collection of 23 stories, with linking material, and illustrations by Aldiss and Rosamond Chorley. First US edition (HarperCollins UK 1995 as The Secret of This Book).
- * _Cracken at Critical (Kerosina 0-948893-11-7, Aug 87, £12.50, 192pp, hc) Reprint (Franklin Watts 1987, as The Year Before Yesterday) sf novel. The book has been revised for this edition. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Cracken at Critical (NEL 0-450-50083-7, Jul 89, £2.99, 200pp, pb) Reprint (Franklin Watts 1987 as The Year Before Yesterday) sf fixup novel. This edition includes the revisions and illustrations done for the 1987 Kerosina edition.
- * _Cracken at Critical/The Magic of the Past (Kerosina 0-948893-10-9, Aug 87, £35.00, 192+48pp, hc) Deluxe collectors edition of the above, including a hardbound copy of The Magic of the Past (0-948893-12-5). [First U.K. edition]
- * _Cryptozoic! (Avon 0-380-01672-9, Jan 88 [Dec 87], $2.95, 191pp, pb) Reissue (Doubleday 1967) sf novel; 6th printing.
- * _Cryptozoic! (Gollancz 0-575-04179-X, Feb 89, £2.99, 187pp, pb, cover by Nick Rogers) Reprint (Faber 1967 as An Age) sf novel. Volume 30 in the VGSF Classics series.
- * _The Dark Light Years (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-726-7, Jul 91 [Jun 91], $3.50, 159pp, pb) Reprint (Signet 1964) sf novel.
- * *The Detached Retina (Liverpool University Press 0-85323-299-7, May 95, £11.75, 224pp, tp, cover by Peder Balke) Collection of 23 essays, some revised from the earlier non-fiction collections The Pale Shadow of Science (1985) and ...And the Lurid Glare of the Comet (1986). A hardback edition (289-X, £25.00) was announced, but not seen. (Contents)
- * +The Detached Retina (Syracuse University Press 0-8156-0370-3, Jul 95 [May 95], $16.95, 224pp, tp, cover by Peder Balke) Non-fiction collection of 24 essays on SF and related topics. Four of the essays are previously unpublished, and the rest have been updated or revised. Also announced in hardcover (-2681-9, $39.95) but not seen. First US edition (Liverpool 1995). Syracuse University Press, 1600 Jamesville Avenue, Syracuse NY 13244-5160; credit card orders 800-365-8929.
- * *Dracula Unbound (HarperCollins 0-06-016593-6, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $18.95, 196pp, hc, cover by Christopher Zacharow) [Dracula] Time-travel sf novel of Bram Stoker and an inventor on a quest to prevent a future Earth from being overrun by vampires.
- * _Dracula Unbound (Easton Press no ISBN, Apr 91, no price, 196pp, hc) [Dracula] Time-travel sf novel of Dracula and an inventor on a quest to prevent a future Earth from being overrun by vampires, with an introduction by James Gunn and artwork by Frank Mayo. This edition is published simultaneously with the HarperCollins edition which appeared two months earlier. This leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Signed First Editions of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
- * _Dracula Unbound (Grafton 0-246-13773-8, Apr 91, £13.99, 199pp, hc, cover by Chris Foss) [Dracula] Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) sf novel in which Joe Bodenland, hero of Frankenstein Unbound, joins forces with Bram Stoker to defeat a race of time-travelling vampires, led by Lord Dracula. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Dracula Unbound (Grafton 0-586-21193-4, Apr 92, £4.99, 247pp, pb, cover by Chris Foss) [Dracula] Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) sf/horror novel.
- * _Dracula Unbound (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-109946-5, May 92 [Apr 92], $4.50, 275pp, pb, cover by Herman Estevez) [Dracula] Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) time-travel sf novel. An inventor joins Bram Stoker on a quest to prevent a future Earth from being overrun by vampires.
- * _Earthworks (Methuen 0-413-17740-8, Jul 88 [Jun 88], £2.95, 126pp, pb) Reprint (Faber and Faber 1965) sf novel.
- * *Forgotten Life (Gollancz 0-575-04369-5, Sep 88 [Oct 88], £11.95, 284pp, hc) Associational. Mainstream novel about a man trying to come to terms with his life and that of his recently-deceased brother. Recommended. (PSP)
- * +Forgotten Life (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-12041-9, May 89 [Mar 89], $18.95, 283pp, hc) Associational; mainstream novel where one of the lead characters is a fantasy author. First American edition (Gollancz 1988).
- * _Forgotten Life (Mandarin 0-7493-0123-6, Dec 89 [Nov 89], £3.99, 398pp, pb, cover by John Holmes) Reprint (Gollancz 1988) mainstream novel about a man trying to come to terms with his life. Strongly recommended. (PSP)
- * _Frankenstein Unbound (Warner 0-446-36036-8, May 90 [Apr 90], $4.95, 157pp, pb) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Cape 1973) sf novel; movie tie-in edition.
- * _Frankenstein Unbound (NEL 0-450-53096-5, Jan 91, £3.50, 216pp, pb) [Frankenstein] Reprint (Cape 1973) sf novel. This is a movie tie-in edition.
- * _Galaxies Like Grains of Sand (NAL/Signet 0-451-13416-8, Feb 85 [Jan 85], $2.75, 189pp, pb) Reissue (NAL/Signet 1960) quasi-novel. 6th Signet printing. U.S. version of the British collection The Canopy of Time (Faber 1959) with connecting material. The American version is much better. Recommended. (CNB)
- * _Galaxies Like Grains of Sand (Gollancz 0-575-04180-3, Sep 89, £2.99, 188pp, pb, cover by Brian Waugh) Reprint (NAL Signet 1960) sf collection. This edition follows the revised contents of the 1979 Panther edition; it adds one story plus an introduction by Norman Spinrad to the original American edition, and is the authors preferred version. Volume 36 in the VGSF Classics series. (Contents)
- * _Greybeard (NAL/Signet 0-451-14661-1, Jan 87 [Dec 86], $2.95, 207pp, pb) Reissue (Harcourt Brace & World 1964) sf novel; 5th printing.
- * _Greybeard (Severn House 0-7278-4442-3, Apr 93 [Mar 93], £13.99, 207pp, hc, cover by Mark Taylor) Reprint (Harcourt Brace World 1964) sf novel. This edition contains a large number of minor textual revisions, although the basic story is unchanged.
- * _Greybeard (Roc UK 0-14-017354-4, Jan 94, £4.99, 207pp, pb, cover by Keith Scaife) Reprint (Harcourt Brace World 1964) sf novel. This edition contains the slightly revised text from the Severn House (1993) edition.
- * *Helliconia (HarperCollins/Voyager 0-00-648223-6, Jul 96, £9.99, xvi+1070pp, tp, cover by Peter Goodfellow) [Helliconia] SF omnibus of the three novels: Helliconia Spring (1982), Helliconia Summer (1983) and Helliconia Winter (1985). A boxed set of the earlier books appeared with a separate ISBN, but this is the first combined edition. This edition adds a new introduction and 26 pages of appendices on the planets scientific, physical, and social background. The books are separately paginated. (Contents)
- * _Helliconia Spring (Berkley 0-425-07328-9, Nov 84 [Oct 84], $3.50, 431pp, pb) [Helliconia] Reprint (Atheneum 1982) sf novel. First in a trilogy. Recommended. (CNB)
- * _Helliconia Spring (Grafton 0-586-05365-4, Nov 88, £3.50, 555pp, pb) [Helliconia] Reissue (Cape/Atheneum 1982) sf novel. Volume 1 in the Helliconia trilogy.
- * _Helliconia Spring (Macmillan Collier Nucleus 0-02-016090-9, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $12.00, 361pp, tp, cover by Neal McPheeters) [Helliconia] Reprint (Atheneum; Cape 1982) sf novel, first book of the Helliconia series.
- * _Helliconia Spring (Easton Press no ISBN, Jul 93, no price, 361pp, hc) [Helliconia] Reprint (Atheneum 1982) sf novel, first book of the Helliconia series. With an introduction by T.A. Shippey and artwork by David Deitrick. This special leatherbound gilt-edge edition is part of the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series and is available by subscription only.
- * _Helliconia Summer (SFBC #3623, Feb 84 [Jan 84], $6.98, 437pp, hc) [Helliconia] Reprint (Cape/Atheneum 1983) sf novel.
- * _Helliconia Summer (Berkley 0-425-07368-8, Oct 84 [Sep 84], $6.95, 398pp, tp) [Helliconia] Reprint (Cape/Atheneum 1983) sf novel, second in the Helliconia series. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _Helliconia Summer (Berkley 0-425-08650-X, Feb 86 [Jan 86], $3.95, 485pp, pb) [Helliconia] Reprint (Cape/Atheneum 1983) sf novel, second in the Helliconia trilogy. Highly recommended. (FCM)
- * _Helliconia Summer (Grafton 0-586-05366-2, Nov 88, £3.50, 576pp, pb) [Helliconia] Reissue (Cape/Atheneum 1983) sf novel. Volume 2 in the Helliconia trilogy.
- * _Helliconia Summer (Macmillan/Collier Nucleus 0-02-016091-7, Nov 92 [Oct 92], $10.00, 398pp, tp, cover by Neal McPheeters) [Helliconia] Reprint (Cape; Atheneum 1983) sf novel, second book of the Helliconia trilogy.
- * *The Helliconia Trilogy (Atheneum 0-689-11566-0, May 85 [Apr 85], $50.00, 3 vols., hc) [Helliconia] Signed, boxed set of Helliconia Spring, Helliconia Summer, and Helliconia Winter. The three volumes are copies of earlier listed books. Only the box, ISBN number, autograph, and price are new.
- * *Helliconia Winter (Atheneum 0-689-11541-5, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $17.95, 281pp, hc) [Helliconia] Sf novel, conclusion of the Helliconia trilogy. Highly recommended. (FCM)
- * *Helliconia Winter (Jonathan Cape 0-224-01847-7, Apr 85 [May 85], £8.95, 281pp, hc) [Helliconia] Sf novel, conclusion of the Helliconia trilogy. Simultaneous with the U.S. edition.
- * _Helliconia Winter (SFBC #4733, Sep 85 [Oct 85], $5.98, 301pp, hc) [Helliconia] Reprint (Cape/Atheneum 1985) sf novel, conclusion of the Helliconia trilogy.
- * _Helliconia Winter (Berkley 0-425-08994-0, May 86 [Apr 86], $6.95, 281pp, pb) [Helliconia] Reprint (Cape/Atheneum 1985) sf novel, conclusion of the Helliconia trilogy.
- * _Helliconia Winter (Grafton 0-586-05366-2, May 86, £2.50, 393pp, pb) [Helliconia] Reprint (Cape/Atheneum 1985) sf novel, conclusion of the Helliconia trilogy.
- * _Helliconia Winter (Triad/Granada Overseas 0-586-05367-0, Jun 86 [Sep 86], £2.95, 393pp, pb) [Helliconia] Reprint (Cape/Atheneum 1985) sf novel. Conclusion of the Helliconia trilogy. This Open Market edition is for countries where the regular edition isnt available.
- * _Helliconia Winter (Berkley 0-425-08994-0, Apr 87 [Mar 87], $3.95, 281pp, pb) [Helliconia] Reprint (Cape/Atheneum 1985) sf novel, conclusion of the Helliconia trilogy. First mass market edition.
- * _Helliconia Winter (Macmillan Collier Nucleus 0-02-016092-5, Apr 93 [Mar 93], $9.00, 281pp, tp, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Helliconia] Reprint (Atheneum 1985) sf novel, third book of the Helliconia trilogy.
- * *Home Life with Cats (HarperCollins UK 0-586-21428-3, Oct 92, £6.99, 64pp, hc, cover by Karin Van Heerden) Associational collection of 34 poems about cats, illustrated by Karin Van Heerden and with an introduction by Desmond Morris. (Contents)
- * *The Horatio Stubbs Saga (Granada/Panther 0-586-06031-6, 1985 [Oct 85], £3.50, 670pp, pb) [Horatio Stubbs] Non-sf/fantasy, associational. An omnibus edition of three semi-autobiographical novels chronicling the bawdy (mis)adventures of Stubbs: The Hand-Reared Boy (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1970), A Soldier Erect (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1971), and A Rude Awakening (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1978). (Contents)
- * _Hothouse (Baen 0-671-55930-3, Dec 84 [Nov 84], $2.95, 309pp, pb, cover by Susan Collins) [Gren (Hothouse)] Reprint (Faber 1962) sf novel made up of connecting stories. An earlier, shorter version of the book was published as The Long Afternoon of Earth. The stories won a Hugo Award for short fiction.
- * _Hothouse (Easton Press no ISBN, Mar 88, 253pp, hc) [Gren (Hothouse)] Reprint (Faber and Faber 1962) sf novel, with an introduction by Marshall B. Tymn and illustrations by Patricia Davis. In the Masterpieces of Science Fiction series. Leatherbound, gilt-edge edition. Available only to Easton Press subscribers.
- * _Hothouse (Gollancz 0-575-04735-6, Mar 90, £3.99, 206pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) [Gren (Hothouse)] Reprint (Faber & Faber 1962) sf/fantasy novel. This edition contains the introduction by Joseph Milicia written for the 1979 Gregg Press edition. Volume 41 in the VGSF Classics series.
- * _Journey to the Goat Star [revised from The Captains Analysis, Quarto Magazine Jul/Aug 82] (Pulphouse 1-56146-522-4, Jul 91, $1.95, 47pp, pb, cover by George Barr) Sf short story of a man who disbelieves in his alien visitor. This originally appeared in The Quarto, Jul/Aug 82 as The Captains Analysis. Short Story paperback #22.
- * *Kindred Blood in Kensington Gore (Avernus no ISBN, Mar 92, £3.95, 25pp, ph) Playlet featuring an imaginary conversation with Philip K. Dick in the afterlife, first performed at the Philip K. Dick Celebration in October 1991, together with an introduction by the author. This edition is limited to 200 copies.
- * +Last Orders (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-458-6, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $17.95, 223pp, hc) Collection of nine stories and five enigmas. First American edition (Cape 1977 as Last Orders and Other Stories)
- * _Last Orders (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-617-1, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $3.95, 223pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1977 as Last Orders and Other Stories) collection of nine stories and five enigmas.
- * +Life in the West (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-570-1, May 90 [Apr 90], $17.95, 310pp, hc, cover by Richard Rossiter) Associational mainstream novel. First American edition (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 1980).
- * *The Magic of the Past (Kerosina 0-948893-13-3, Aug 87, £4.50, 48pp, tp) Original sf collection. (Contents)
- * _The Malacia Tapestry (Berkley 0-425-08079-X, Sep 85 [Aug 85], $3.50, 402pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1976) sf novel of an alternate, fantastical world.
- * _The Malacia Tapestry (Methuen 0-413-17730-0, Jul 88 [Jun 88], £3.50, 292pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1976) fantasy novel - possibly Aldiss best. Recommended. (PSP)
- * _The Malacia Tapestry (Harper Paperbacks 0-06-100063-9, Aug 90 [Jul 90], $3.95, 402pp, pb) Reprint (Cape 1976) alternate-world fantasy novel.
- * _Man in His Time: Best SF Stories (Gollancz 0-575-04530-2, Jun 89 [May 89], £3.50, 328pp, pb) Reprint (Gollancz 1988 as Best SF Stories of Brian W. Aldiss) sf collection. This edition has a new introduction by the author.
- * +Man in His Time: Best SF Stories of Brian W. Aldiss (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-12052-4, Sep 89, $19.95, 328pp, hc) Collection of 22 stories, with the introduction by the author from the 1989 Gollancz paperback edition. First American edition (Gollancz 1988 as Best SF Stories of Brian W. Aldiss).
- * _Man in His Time: The Best Science Fiction Stories of Brian W. Aldiss (Macmillan Collier 0-02-030225-8, Nov 90 [Oct 90], $4.95, 328pp, pb, cover by Edward Soyka) Reprint (Gollancz 1988 as Best SF Stories of Brian W. Aldiss) collection of 22 stories, with an introduction by the author from the 1989 Gollancz paperback edition.
- * _Non-Stop (Grafton 0-586-06817-1, Dec 87 [Nov 87], £2.95, 269pp, pb) Reprint (Faber and Faber 1958) sf novel.
- * _Non-Stop (SFBC #14708, May 89 [Jun 89], $4.98, hc) Reprint (Faber & Faber 1958) sf novel. Originally published in the U.S. as Starship (Criterion 1958), with text changes.
- * _Non-Stop (Carroll & Graf 0-88184-492-6, Jun 89 [May 89], $3.95, 269pp, pb) Reprint (Faber & Faber 1958) sf novel. Originally published in the U.S. as Starship (Criterion 1958) with text differences.
- * _Non-Stop (Roc UK 0-14-017353-6, Mar 93, £4.99, 269pp, pb, cover by Keith Scaife) Reprint (Faber 1958) sf novel.
- * *The Pale Shadow of Science (Serconia no ISBN, Apr 85 [Mar 85], $10.00; limited to 500 copies, 128pp, hc) Non-fiction, collection of essays ranging from autobiography to sf criticism.
- * *Remembrance Day (HarperCollins UK 0-00-224032-7, Mar 93, £14.99, 271pp, hc, cover by Laurits Andersen Ring) [Squire] Associational mainstream novel by a well-known sf author.
- * +Remembrance Day (St. Martins 0-312-09370-5, Jul 93 [Jun 93], $21.95, 268pp, hc) [Squire] Associational mainstream novel. First American edition (HarperCollins 1993).
- * _Remembrance Day (Flamingo 0-00-654679-X, Aug 94 [Jul 94], £5.99, 271pp, tp, cover by Gary Embury) [Squire] Reprint (HarperCollins UK 1993) associational mainstream novel. Third in the Squire quartet.
- * *A Romance of the Equator: Best Fantasy Stories (Gollancz 0-575-04211-7, Sep 89 [Aug 89], £13.95, 345pp, hc) Marvellous collection of 26 stories that Aldiss loosely labels as fantasy. (PSP) (Contents)
- * _A Romance of the Equator: Best Fantasy Stories (Gollancz 0-575-04778-X, May 90, £3.99, 345pp, pb, cover by Lanfranco) Reprint (Gollancz 1989) fantasy collection.
- * +A Romance of the Equator: The Best Fantasy Stories of Brian W. Aldiss (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-12053-2, Apr 90 [Mar 90], $18.95, 345pp, hc, cover by Lanfranco) Collection of 26 stories, with an introduction by the author. First American edition (Gollancz 1989 as A Romance of the Equator: The Best Fantasy Stories).
- * *Ruins (Hutchinson 0-09-167860-9, Sep 87, £7.95, 85pp, hc) Mainstream novella, billed as a modern parable.
- * _Ruins (Arena 0-09-953650-1, Nov 88, £2.50, 95pp, tp) Reprint (Hutchinson 1987) associational novella.
- * *Science Fiction Blues (Avernus 1-871503-00-0, Oct 88, £4.95, 159pp, tp) Collection of the full script for the Science Fiction Blues roadshow, together with some pieces dropped from the show and a few new items. This first book from Avernus (jointly owned by Brian Aldiss) shows Aldiss as one of the most innovative writers in the field today. Very strongly recommended. (PSP) (Contents)
- * *Science Fiction Blues Programme Book (Avernus no ISBN, 1987, £1.00, 12pp, ph) Program book for the Science Fiction Blues roadshow, including three original short stories. (Contents)
- * *Science Fiction Quiz (Weidenfeld & Nicolson 0-297-78340-8, 1983 [Apr 84], £2.95, 128pp, pb) This appeared in 1983, but we did not see it until 1984. Its a wonderfully difficult sf quiz which humbled me completely, even though I thought I knew sf thoroughly. (CNB)
- * *Seasons in Flight (Jonathan Cape 0-224-02271-7, Dec 84 [Nov 84], £7.95, 157pp, hc) Collection of 10 stories. (Contents)
- * +Seasons in Flight (Atheneum 0-689-11538-5, Jan 86, $10.95, 157pp, hc) Reprint (Cape 1984) collection including both mainstream and sf/fantasy stories. First U.S. edition. Recommended. (FCM)
- * _Seasons in Flight (Grafton 0-586-06604-7, Mar 86, £1.95, 176pp, pb) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1984) collection. Adds original story Juniper." (Contents)
- * _Seasons in Flight (Ace 0-441-75704-9, Dec 88 [Nov 88], $2.95, 157pp, pb) Reprint (Jonathan Cape 1984) collection of 10 stories.
- * *The Secret of This Book (HarperCollins UK 0-00-225364-X, Oct 95 [Sep 95], £15.99, 334pp, hc, cover by Gary Embury) Collection of more than 20 stories and vignettes - several original - each introduced by a comment, vignette, or anecdote. (Contents)
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