The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- BRITE, POPPY Z. (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * _Swamp Foetus (Penguin 0-14-023506-X, Feb 95, £5.99, 190pp, pb) Reprint (Borderlands 1993) collection of 12 horror stories, three apparently original. There is an introduction by Dan Simmons from the trade edition of 1994. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Wormwood (Dell 0-440-21798-9, Jan 96 [Dec 95], $5.50, 225pp, pb) Reprint (Borderlands 1993 as Swamp Foetus) collection. This has the Dan Simmons introduction from the 1994 Borderlands trade edition.
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- * *Love in Vein (with Martin H. Greenberg) (HarperPrism 0-06-105312-0, Nov 94 [Oct 94], $11.99, 405pp, tp, cover by Mel Odom) Original anthology of 20 tales of vampiric erotica. (Contents)
- * _Love in Vein (with Martin H. Greenberg) (Voyager 0-00-648209-0, Sep 95, £4.99, 433pp, pb) Reprint (HarperPrism 1994) original anthology of 20 stories. Copyrighted by Brite and Martin H. Greenberg, although the latters name is not mentioned on the cover or title page. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Love in Vein (with Martin H. Greenberg) (HarperPrism 0-06-105490-9, Oct 95 [Sep 95], $5.99, 397pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (HarperPrism 1994) original vampire anthology.
- * *Love in Vein II (with Martin H. Greenberg) (HarperPrism 0-06-105333-3, Jan 97 [Dec 96], $12.00, 375pp, tp, cover by Mel Odom) Original anthology of 18 tales (one previously published) of vampiric erotica. Authors include Neil Gaiman, Lucy Taylor, and Brian Hodge. (Contents)
- * _Love in Vein II (with Martin H. Greenberg) (HarperPrism 0-06-105657-X, Feb 98 [Jan 98], $5.99, 534pp, pb, cover by Mel Odom) Reprint (HarperPrism 1997) anthology of 18 tales of vampiric erotica. Martin H. Greenbergs name appears only on the copyright page.
- BRITTAIN, BILL; [i.e., William E. Brittain] (1930- ); see under Brittain, William E.
- BRITTAIN, C. DALE (1948- )
- * *A Bad Spell in Yurt (Baen 0-671-72075-9, Aug 91 [Jul 91], $4.95, 314pp, pb, cover by Tom Kidd) [Wizard of Yurt] Fantasy novel of a young wizard whose King and job are threatened by black magic.
- * *Count Scar (with Robert Bouchard) (Baen 0-671-87801-8, Sep 97 [Aug 97], $5.99, 340pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) Fantasy novel. A retired warrior and a holy man hold a castle in a deadly land.
- * *Daughter of Magic (Baen 0-671-87720-8, May 96 [Apr 96], $5.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Wizard of Yurt] Fantasy novel, fifth in the Wizard of Yurt series. The wizards daughter develops talents of her own.
- * *Mage Quest (Baen 0-671-72169-0, May 93 [Apr 93], $4.99, 353pp, pb, cover by Larry Schwinger) [Wizard of Yurt] Humorous fantasy novel, third book of the Bad Spell in Yurt series.
- * *Voima (Baen 0-671-87637-6, Jan 95 [Dec 94], $5.99, 408pp, pb, cover by Gary Ruddell) Fantasy novel. Royal foster-siblings are recruited to help the god-like Wanderers, who are the lords of voima (i.e. magic) and rulers of an otherworldly realm.
- * *The Witch and the Cathedral (Baen 0-671-87661-9, Apr 95 [Mar 95], $5.99, 343pp, pb, cover by Newell Convers & Cortney Skinner) [Wizard of Yurt] Humorous fantasy novel, fourth featuring the royal wizard of Yurt. Daimbert fights cathedral-haunting monsters and falls in love.
- * *The Wood Nymph & the Cranky Saint (Baen 0-671-72156-9, Feb 93 [Jan 93], $4.99, 301pp, pb, cover by Dean Morrissey) [Wizard of Yurt] Humorous fantasy novel of a wizard left in charge while the king is away who has to contend with an ill-tempered saint and a plague of magical rabbits. Sequel to A Bad Spell in Yurt.
- BRITTAIN, WILLIAM (E.) (1930- )
- * *Dr. Dredds Wagon of Wonders (Harper & Row 0-06-020713-2, Jul 87 [Aug 87], $11.50, 179pp, hc) [Coven Tree] Juvenile fantasy novel, part of the Coven Tree series, with illustrations by Andrew Glass.
- * _Dr. Dredds Wagon of Wonders (Harper Trophy 0-06-440289-4, Mar 89 [May 89], $3.50, 179pp, tp) [Coven Tree] Reprint (Harper & Row 1987) young-adult fantasy novel, part of the Coven Tree series. Illustrations by Andrew Glass.
- * *Wings (HarperCollins 0-06-020648-9, Oct 91, $13.95, 135pp, hc, cover by Anton C. Kimball) Young-adult fantasy novel about a boy who must cope with suddenly sprouting wings.
- * _Wings (HarperTrophy 0-06-440612-1, Jun 95 [May 95], $3.95, 135pp, tp, cover by Anton C. Kimball) Reprint (HarperCollins 1991) young-adult fantasy about a boy who sprouts wings.
- * _The Wish Giver (Harper & Row/Trophy 0-06-440168-5, Apr 86 [Jan 87], $2.95, 181pp, tp) Reissue (Harper & Row 1983) connected group of three juvenile fantasy stories. Published in 1986; missed.
- BRITTON, DAVID (1945- ) (stories)
- * *Motherfuckers: The Auschwitz of Oz (Savoy 0-86130-098-X, Aug 96 [Jul 96], £14.95, 250pp, hc, cover by William Blake) [Lord Horror] Literary horror novel set in a surreal and brutish alternate Britain. Companion to the novel Lord Horror and the Meng and Ecker graphic series, both of which were prosecuted under the Obscene Publications Act. Available from 279 Deansgate, Manchester M3 4EW.
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- * *Savoy Dreams (with Michael Butterworth) (Savoy 0-86130-068-8, Jul 84 [Jun 84], £13.95, 260pp, hc) The second Savoy miscellany, this one includes accounts of the owners bust for carrying porn (by sf authors) in their bookstores, plus excerpts from Savoy books, fiction, and reviews. Contributors include Michael Moorcock and M. John Harrison. (Also available in tp (-069-6, £7.95). (Contents)
- BRIZZI, MARY (A.) T(urzillo) (1940- )
- * *Anne McCaffrey (Starmont 0-930261-29-1, Jun 86, $7.95, 95pp, pb) Non-fiction, critical study. Starmont Readers Guide 30. [McCaffrey]
- BRIZZOLARA, JOHN (1950- ) (stories)
- * *Empires Horizon (DAW 0-88677-365-2, Sep 89 [Aug 89], $3.95, 320pp, pb) Sf novel about a planets rebellion against the failing Terran Empire; a first novel.
- BROCK, DARRYL
- * *If I Never Get Back (Crown, 1989, hc) [Samuel Clemens Fowler] Fantasy novel about baseball.
- * _If I Never Get Back (Ballantine 0-345-37055-4, Apr 91 [Mar 91], $5.95, 470pp, pb) [Samuel Clemens Fowler] Reprint (Crown 1989) fantasy novel about baseball.
- BRODERICK, DAMIEN (Francis) (1944- ) (stories) (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *The Architecture of Babel: Discourses of Literature and Science (Melbourne University Press 0-522-84614-9, 1994 [May 95], A$19.95, 155pp, tp, cover by John Howley) Non-fiction, collection of critical essays on the relationship between literature and science. In the US, order from Paul & Company Publishers Consortium, PCS Data Processing Inc., 360 West 31st St., New York NY 10001; fax 212-971-7200.
- * *The Black Grail (Avon 0-380-89977-9, Sep 86 [Aug 86], $3.50, 310pp, pb) Sf novel of a quest in a far-future Earth ruled by godlike beings. A shorter version was published as Sorcerers World (NAL/Signet 1970), his first novel.
- * _The Black Grail (Mandarin Australia 1-86330-030-9, Mar 90, $13.95, 310pp, pb, cover by Warren Crossett) Reprint (Avon 1986) sf novel. A shorter version was published by NAL Signet in 1970. This is an Australian edition.
- * _The Black Grail (Mandarin Australia 1-86330-030-9, Aug 91, A$13.95, 310pp, pb, cover by Warren Crossett) Reprint (Avon 1986) sf novel of a far-future Earth ruled by godlike beings. A shorter version was published as Sorcerers World (Signet 1970). This is an Australian edition.
- * *The Dark Between the Stars (Mandarin Australia 1-86330-083-X, Aug 91, A$13.95, 310pp, pb, cover by Warren Crossett) Collection of ten stories with an introduction by the author. This is an Australian edition. (Contents)
- * _The Judas Mandala (Mandarin Australia 1-86330-035-X, Mar 90, $12.95, 228pp, pb, cover by Warren Crossett) Reprint (Pocket 1982) sf novel, a revised edition. This is an Australian edition.
- * *Reading by Starlight: Postmodern Science Fiction (Routledge 0-415-09789-4, 1995 [Jun 95], $16.95, 197pp, tp, cover by Alan Craddock) Non-fiction, critical look at the development of modern SF as art. Simultaneous with the UK edition. A hardcover edition (-09788-6) was announced but not seen. Order from Routledge, 29 W 35th St., New York NY 10001.
- * *The Seas Furthest End (Aphelion Publications 1-875346-07-4, Jun 93 [Aug 93], A$12.95, 192pp, tp, cover by Timothy Ide) Sf novel of a human boy and an alien who are being observed by an immortal alien race. Available for $10.00US from Aphelion Publications, PO Box 619, North Adelaide, South Australia 5006 or from Mark V. Ziesing, Box 76, Shingletown CA 96088.
- * *Striped Holes (Avon 0-380-75377-4, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $2.95, 179pp, pb) Science fiction novel time machines, lovers separated by eons, struggles against evil.
- * _Striped Holes (Mandarin Australia 1-86330-032-5, Aug 91, A$12.95, 179pp, pb, cover by Warren Crossett) Reprint (Avon 1988) sf novel. This is an Australian edition.
- * *Transmitters (Ebony 0-9590655-0-4, Sep 84 [Aug 84], $A7.95, 320pp, pb) Autobiographical novel of Australian sf fandom, of associational interest. Its subtitled An Imaginary Documentary, 1969-1984.
- * _Valencies (with Rory Barnes) See entry under Rory Barnes.
- * *The White Abacus (Avon 0-380-78559-5, Mar 97 [Feb 97], $12.50, 342pp, tp, cover by Chris Moore) SF novel. A far-future retelling of Hamlet. A hardcover edition (-97476-2, $23.00) is also available.
- * _The White Abacus (Avon Eos 0-380-79615-5, Apr 98 [Mar 98], $5.99, 342pp, pb, cover by Chris Moore) Reprint (Avon 1997) SF novel. A far-future retelling of Hamlet.
- * *Zones (with Rory Barnes) (HarperCollinsAustralia/Moonstone 0-7322-5760-3, May 97 [Dec 97], A$12.95, 223pp, pb) Young-adult SF novel of time travel and quantum mechanics. A girl gets telephone calls from the future.
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- * *Matilda at the Speed of Light (Australia: Angus & Robertson 0-207-15734-0, 1988, 263pp, tp, cover by Warren Crossett) Anthology of 14 stories, including a Ditmar Award winner by Lucy Sussex. Published in 1988 but missed. (Contents)
- * *Strange Attractors (Hale & Iremonger 0-86806-208-1, Aug 85 [Sep 85], A$19.95, 237pp, hc) Original anthology. (Contents)
- * *Strange Attractors (Hale & Iremonger 0-86806-209-X, Aug 85 [Sep 85], A$9.95, 237pp, pb) Paperback edition of the above.
- BRODERICK, MICK (1959- )
- * *Nuclear Movies (McFarland & Company 0-89950-543-0, Dec 91 [Jan 92], $35.00, 219pp, hc) Non-fiction, a critical analysis and filmography of the use of atomic energy and nuclear holocaust in world cinema. Revised and updated from an edition published in Australia by Post-Modern Publishing in 1988. A fascinating book with some interesting conclusions. Recommended (SW).
- BRODERICK, PAT
- BRODEUR, GREG
- BRODIEN-JONES, CHRIS
- * *The Dreamkeepers (Macmillan Bradbury 0-02-747862-9, Oct 92 [Nov 92], $13.95, 138pp, hc, cover by Norman Walker) Young-adult fantasy novel of two children whose visit to their grandparents Welsh village involves them in a battle between ancient Dreamkeepers and an evil sorceress. A first novel.
- BRODY, DYLAN
- * *A Tale of a Hero and the Song of Her Sword (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-412-8, Jun 97 [Aug 97], $7.99, 183pp, tp, cover by Ruth Thompson) Young-adult fantasy about a girls apprenticeship as a warrior. Order from Royal Fireworks Publishing, First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; 914-726-4444; add $4.00 shipping.
- BRODY, JENNIFER DeVERE
- * *Impossible Purities: Blackness, Femininity, and Victorian Culture (Duke University Press 0-8223-2120-3, Jan 99 [Dec 98], $17.95, tp, cover by Maud Sulter) Critical examination of Victorian usage of non-white characters to contrast the ideal (white male) Englishman, setting a context for exploring racial, ethnic, and gender implications of works including Lewis Carrolls Alice in Wonderland, H.G. Wellss The Island of Doctor Moreau, and Bram Stokers The Lair of the White Worm. A hardcover edition (-2105-X, $49.95) was announced but not seen. Duke University Press, Box 90660, Durham NC 27708-0660; orders 888-651-0122; add $4.00 postage.
- BROER, LAWRENCE R(ichard) (1938- )
- * *Sanity Plea: A Study of Schizophrenia in the Novels of Kurt Vonnegut (UMI 0-8357-1885-9, Dec 88 [Mar 89], $39.95, 216pp, hc) Non-fiction; criticism. Compares the early novels (The Struggle) with the late novels (Resolution). [Vonnegut]
- BROM, GERALD (chron.) (assoc.)
- * *Darkwërks: The Art of Brom (FPG 1-887569-11-1, May 98, $24.95, 128pp, tp, cover by Gerald Brom) Art book. Introductions by Michael Friedlander; foreword by Rick Berry.
- BROOKE, KEITH N. (1966- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Expatria (Gollancz 0-575-04921-9, Jul 91, £13.99, 252pp, hc) [Expatria] Sf novel about a Terran colony that has reverted to feudalism. The book ends in mid-action, demanding a sequel.
- * _Expatria (Corgi 0-552-13725-1, May 92 [Apr 92], £3.99, 318pp, pb, cover by Brian Waugh) [Expatria] Reprint (Gollancz 1991) sf novel about a colony cut off from Earth for centuries.
- * *Expatria Incorporated (Gollancz 0-575-04922-7, May 92, £14.99, 319pp, hc, cover by Peter Mennim) [Expatria] Sf novel. Sequel to Expatria.
- * *Keepers of the Peace (Gollancz 0-575-04907-3, Nov 90 [Dec 90], £13.95, 216pp, hc, cover by Tom Stimpson) Sf novel, a first novel.
- * _Keepers of the Peace (Corgi 0-552-13724-3, Nov 91 [Oct 91], £3.99, 252pp, pb, cover by Peter Elson) Reprint (Gollancz 1990) sf novel.
- BROOKE, WILLIAM J. (1946- ) (stories)
- * *A Brush with Magic (HarperCollins 0-06-022973-X, Nov 93 [Oct 93], $15.00, 137pp, hc, cover by Michael Koelsch) Young-adult fantasy novel based on a Chinese folktale about a boy whose paintbrush brings to life anything he paints.
- * _A Brush with Magic (HarperTrophy 0-06-440490-0, Jun 95, $3.95, 137pp, tp, cover by Michael Koelsch) Reprint (HarperCollins 1993) young-adult fantasy novel about a Chinese boy with a magic paintbrush.
- * *Teller of Tales (HarperCollins 0-06-023399-0, Sep 94, $15.00, 170pp, hc, cover by Eric Beddows) Young-adult collection of six perversely retold fairy tales. (Contents)
- * _Teller of Tales (HarperTrophy 0-06-440511-7, Sep 95 [Dec 95], $5.95, 170pp, tp, cover by Eric Beddows) Reprint (HarperCollins 1994) young-adult collection of six perversely retold fairy tales.
- * *A Telling of the Tales (Harper & Row 0-06-020688-8, Apr 90 [Mar 90], $12.95, 132pp, hc, cover by Richard Egielski) Collection of five retellings of classic folk and fairy tales for children, illustrated by Richard Egielski.
- * *Untold Tales (HarperCollins 0-06-020688-8, Jun 92, $13.00, 144pp, hc, cover by Eric Beddoes) Young-adult collection of four perversely retold fairy tales. (Contents)
- * _Untold Tales (HarperTrophy 0-06-440483-8, Aug 93 [Jul 93], $5.95, 165pp, tp, cover by Eric Beddoes) Reprint (HarperCollins 1992) young-adult collection of four perversely retold fairy tales.
- BROOKE-ROSE, CHRISTINE (1923- ) (stories)
- * *Verbivore (Carcanet 0-85635-853-3, Feb 90, £12.95, 196pp, hc, cover by Stephen Raw) Literary sf novel about a rebellion among the computers who control the worlds information flow. Sequel to Xorandor.
- * *Xorandor (Carcanet 0-85635-655-7, Jul 86 [Aug 86], £8.95, 211pp, hc) Young-adult sf novel of children, computers, and aliens; it has received advance praise by the literary critics. U.S. price is $15.95.
- * _Xorandor (Paladin 0-586-08654-4, Apr 87, £3.95, 211pp, tp) Reprint (Carcanet 1986) literary fantasy novel about a sentient boulder.
- * _Xorandor (Avon 0-380-70407-2, May 88 [Apr 88], $2.95, 211pp, pb) Reprint (Carcanet 1986) sf novel of 2 kids and a rock-like Martian computer/creature. Not a juvenile, despite the theme.
- BROOKES, OWEN; pseudonym of Dulan Barber, (1940-1988)
- * _Deadly Communion (Macdonald 0-356-12102-X, Mar 86, £8.95, 288pp, hc) Reprint (Holt, Rinehart & Winston 1984) horror novel.
- * *Forget-Me-Knots (Futura 0-7088-2758-6, Sep 86, £2.50, 261pp, pb) Horror novel.
- * _Forget-Me-Knots (Macdonald 0-356-12404-5, Oct 86, £10.95, 352pp, hc) Horror novel.
- BROOKINS, DANA (Lloyd Martin) (1931- )
- * *The Manipulator (Zebra 0-8217-2814-8, Nov 89 [Oct 89], $3.95, 286pp, pb) Horror novel of a little boy who battles a monstrous evil.
- * _Soul-Eater (Futura 0-7088-3263-6, May 87, £2.50, 308pp, pb) Reprint (US 1985) horror novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * _Soul-Eater (Macdonald 0-356-14562-X, Sep 87, £11.95, 320pp, hc) Reprint (US 1985) horror novel. [Not seen]
- BROOKS, BRUCE
- * *No Kidding (Harper & Row 0-06-020722-1, Apr 89 [May 89], $13.95, 207pp, hc) Young-adult novel about alcoholism and family problems set in 21st-century Washington D.C. The Futuristic elements are minor.
- BROOKS, CECIL (J.)
- BROOKS, CUYLER W., Jr., ed.
- BROOKS, J. A. (stories)
- * *Supernatural Steam (Jarrold 0-7117-0593-3, Feb 95 [Aug 98], £4.95, 127pp, tp, cover by Peter Owen Jones) Collection of 12 original ghost stories about railways. (Contents)
- BROOKS, MARTHA
- * *Bone Dance (Orchard US 0-531-30021-8, Oct 97 [Apr 98], $16.95, 181pp, hc, cover by Wayne McLoughlin) Young-adult fantasy novel. Dreams and Native American spirits draw two teens to their ancestral lands and each other. This is dated 1997 but not seen until now.
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