The Locus Index to Science Fiction: 1984-1998
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- BROWN, FREDRIC (William) (stories) (chron.) (continued)
- * _Martians, Go Home (Baen 0-671-72120-8, May 92 [Apr 92], $4.50, 200pp, pb, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) Reprint (Dutton 1955) classic humorous sf novel of a peculiar Martian invasion. Recommended (SW).
- * *Nightmare in Darkness (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Nov 87 [Jan 88], $30.00, 179pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Associational; collection of mysteries and one fantasy story, plus the unpublished fantasy ending to The Screaming Mimi. Dated 1987, but not seen until 1988. Volume 11 in the Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps series. (Contents)
- * _Pardon My Ghoulish Laughter (Dennis McMillan 0-9609986-6-7, Oct 87, $5.95, 163pp, tp) Reprint (Dennis McMillan 1986) collection of mystery stories, all involving vampires, voodoo, etc.; but only one is actually sf or fantasy. There is an introduction by Donald E. Westlake. (Contents)
- * *The Pickled Punks (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Apr 91 [Dec 91], $35.00, 228pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Associational mystery collection. This edition is limited to 450 numbered copies. Volume 19 in the Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps series. (Contents)
- * *Red Is the Hue of Hell (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Jul 86 [Aug 86], $40.00, 184pp, hc) Associational; a collection of 7 mysteries plus a reminiscence by Walt Sheldon and an article on writing. This is a limited edition of 300 copies, Vol. 7 of Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps. Those of you who only know Brown from his sf are missing out on some of his sharpest work. This worthwhile project of reprinting all his short detective fiction should be applauded. (CNB) (Contents)
- * *Selling Death Short (McMillan, Dennis no ISBN, Nov 88 [Dec 91], $35.00, 189pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Collection of mystery stories. This edition is limited to 450 numbered copies, signed by Francis M. Nevins, Jr. Volume 14 in the Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps series. (Contents)
- * *Sex Life on the Planet Mars (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Nov 86 [Dec 86], $40.00, 190pp, hc) Collection of 6 mystery stories plus part of an unfinished non-fiction book on sf, plus an appreciation by Charles Willeford. Limited edition of 400 copies. (Contents)
- * _Thirty Corpses Every Thursday (Dennis McMillan 0-9609986-5-9, Aug 86, $5.95, 193pp, pb) Reprint (Dennis McMillan 1986) collection of mysteries; associational. Brown was excellent in both sf and mystery writing. These 40-year-old pulp stories are still fine. (CNB) Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps, Vol. 6. (Contents)
- * *Three-Corpse Parlay (McMillan, Dennis no ISBN, Sep 88 [Dec 91], $35.00, 185pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Collection of mystery stories. This edition is limited to 450 numbered copies, signed by Max Allan Collins. Volume 13 in the Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps series. (Contents)
- * *The Water Walker (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Oct 90, $35.00, 188pp, hc, cover by Joe Servello) Collection of 23 stories, including the novella versions of The Wench Is Dead and Martians, Go Home!. This edition is limited to 425 numbered copies. Volume 17 in the Fredric Brown in the Detective Pulps series. (Contents)
- * _What Mad Universe (Easton Press no ISBN, 1986 [Dec 88], no price, 190pp, hc) Reprint (Dutton 1949) humorous sf novel. A science fiction editor is propelled into a universe where sf stories are real. This is part of the Masterpieces of SF series and is only available to members. Leatherbound, gilt-edge edition with illustrations by Frank Mayo in the style of 1940s pulp covers. Introduction by James Gunn. This has a 1986 copyright date but was not seen until 1988.
- * _What Mad Universe (Grafton 0-586-07163-6, Aug 87, £2.95, 238pp, pb) Reprint (Dutton 1949) humorous sf novel. [First U.K. edition]
- * *Whispering Death (McMillan, Dennis no ISBN, Jan 89 [Feb 89], $35.00, 201pp, hc) Associational. Mystery collection. Limited, numbered edition of 450 copies. (Contents)
- * *Who Was That Blonde I Saw You Kill Last Night? (Dennis McMillan no ISBN, Mar 88 [Apr 88], $30.00, 216pp, hc) Associational. Collection of mystery and western stories, plus at least one sf tale. Introduction by Alan E. Nourse. Limited to 300 copies. Part of the excellent series reprinting the uncollected pulp fiction of an early master. Recommended. (CNB) (Contents)
- BROWN, GEORGE MACKAY (1921-1996) (stories)
- * _Beside the Ocean of Time (Flamingo 0-00-654862-8, Aug 95 [Sep 95], £5.99, 217pp, tp, cover by Anders Lindholm) Reprint (John Murray 1994) literary fantasy novel.
- * _Time in a Red Coat (Penguin 0-14-007401-5, Feb 86 [Jan 86], £3.95, 256pp, pb) Reprint (Chatto 1984) novel.
- BROWN, JANICE
- * *A Dangerous Place (Lions 0-00-674946-1, Mar 95, £3.99, 267pp, pb) Young-adult SF novel. In a 21st century Britain, a privileged-status boy, about to enter the security police, finds himself on the run.
- BROWN, JERRY EARL (1940- )
- * *Darkhold (Ace 0-441-13784-9, Nov 85 [Oct 85], $2.95, 342pp, pb) Sf novel the hero created a space-age paradise and then cloned five lovers. Trouble ensues.
- * *Earthfall (Ace 0-441-85914-3, Jan 90 [Dec 89], $3.95, 278pp, pb, cover by Joe DeVito) Sf novel about humans trying to survive on an Earth overrun by carnivorous mutants.
- BROWN, JOSEPH F.
- * *Dark Things (Royal Fireworks Press 0-88092-110-2, Aug 95 [Oct 95], $7.99, 189pp, tp, cover by Bucky Montgomery) [Dark Things] Young-adult horror novel. A 140-year-old boy with magic talents teams up with a computer expert, and accidentally releases a timeless horror. A hardcover edition (-111-0, $19.99) was announced but not seen. Order from Royal Fireworks Printing Co., First Avenue, Unionville, NY 10988; (914) 726-3824; add 3.00 shipping.
- BROWN, KEN (stories)
- * *Notes from the Nervous Breakdown Lane (Perennial Library 0-06-096014-0, Nov 85, $7.95, unpaginated, pb) Book of cartoons, many of which originally appeared as postcards. The style and surrealism closely resemble the works of Briton Glen Baxter, but Browns wacked-out world is all-American. Its weird, wonderful, and frequently hilarious. Recommended. (FCM)
- BROWN, MARY (1929-1999)
- * *Master of Many Treasures (Baen 0-671-87693-7, Nov 95 [Oct 95], $5.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Unexpected Dragon] Fantasy novel, a sequel to Pigs Dont Fly. Summer searches for the love of her life, a winged pig turned dragon.
- * *Pigs Dont Fly (Baen 0-671-87601-5, May 94 [Apr 94], $5.99, 370pp, pb, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Unexpected Dragon] Fantasy novel of a young girls adventures with a collection of odd animals and an amnesiac blind knight.
- * _Pigs Dont Fly (SFBC #05439, Oct 94 [Sep 94], $8.98, 370pp, hc, cover by Darrell K. Sweet) [Unexpected Dragon] Reprint (Baen 1994) fantasy novel. First hardcover edition. This lacks a price and has the SFBC number on the back jacket.
- * *Strange Deliverance (Baen 0-671-87795-X, Aug 97 [Jul 97], $5.99, 374pp, pb, cover by Larry Elmore) Post-holocaust science fiction novel with fantasy elements. Human refugees settle in a seemingly safe village, unaware of stranded aliens nearby.
- * *The Unlikely Ones (Century 0-7126-9483-8, Feb 86 [Mar 86], £10.95, 430pp, hc) Fantasy novel.
- * *The Unlikely Ones (Century 0-7126-9516-8, Feb 86 [Mar 86], £5.95, 430pp, tp) Trade paperback edition of the above.
- * +The Unlikely Ones (McGraw-Hill 0-07-008296-0, Oct 86, $15.95, 426pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a band of human and animal adventurers on a quest for the Dragon of the Black Mountain not a young-adult book despite the packaging and theme by the author of excellent historical romance Playing the Jack. First American edition (Century Hutchinson 1986).
- * _The Unlikely Ones (SFBC #105403, Mar 87, $5.50, 409pp, hc) Reprint (Century Hutchinson 1986) fantasy novel.
- * _The Unlikely Ones (Arrow 0-09-950400-6, May 87, £3.50, 426pp, pb) Reprint (Century 1986) fantasy novel.
- * _The Unlikely Ones (Baen 0-671-65361-X, Nov 87 [Oct 87], $3.95, 426pp, pb) Reprint (Century-Hutchinson 1986) fantasy novel, an inventive new take on familiar motifs. Youve never read a talking animal book like this one. Recommended. (FCM)
- BROWN, MICHAEL (Douglas), ed. (1948- ) (stories)
- * *Demons and Deviants (Phantom Press/Fantaco 0-938782-24-X, Dec 92 [Jan 93], $4.95, 70pp, tp, cover by John Bolton) Original anthology of four horror stories, including one by Clive Barker, set in the same universe as The Great and Secret Show. Illustrations by John Bolton, Clive Barker, Allen Koszowski, and Jim Whiting. Order from Phantom Press, 180 Woodward Ave., Staten Island NY 10314. (Contents)
- BROWN, MOLLY (stories) (chron.)
- * *Virus (Scholastic UK 0-590-55816-1, Oct 94, £2.99, 248pp, pb, cover by Bob Corley) Young-adult SF novel about a mysterious entity inside the computers of a devastated future Chicago which starts to kill people.
- BROWN, NORMA, ed.
- BROWN, REBECCA (Bard) (1948- ); see pseudonym Rebecca Ore (stories) (chron.)
- BROWN, REBECCA (1956- )
- * *The Haunted House (Picador 0-330-29175-0, Jun 86 [1986], £8.95, 140pp, hc) Literary occult novel. [Not seen]
- * _The Haunted House (Picador 0-330-29174-2, Apr 87 [Dec 87], £2.95, 139pp, tp) Reprint (Picador 1986) literary occult novel.
- brown, rich; see under Brown, Richard W. (stories)
- BROWN, RICHARD W. (1942-2006) (stories)
- BROWN, ROBERT McAFEE
- * *Dark the Night, Wild the Sea (Westminster/John Knox Press 0-664-22128-9, Oct 98, $15.00, 167pp, hc) Time-travel fantasy novel. A Scottish architect finds himself 150 years in the past.
- BROWN, ROBERTA SIMPSON (1939- ) (stories)
- * _Queen of the Cold-Blooded Tales (August House 0-87483-408-2, Jun 95 [May 95], $9.95, 175pp, tp) Reprint (August House 1993) collection of 23 horrific tales. Second printing. Available from August House, PO Box 3223, Little Rock AR 72203. We apparently missed the 1993 hardcover edition (-332-9, $19.95) and the first printing of the paperback.
- * *Scared in School (August House 0-87483-496-1, Nov 97 [Oct 97], $8.95, 144pp, tp) Collection of 17 young-adult stories, with four framing passages, about the horrifying happenings at 13th Street School. Available from August House, PO Box 3223, Little Rock AR 72203; orders 800-284-8784; email: order@augusthouse.com. (Contents)
- BROWN, ROSEL GEORGE (1926-1967) (stories)
- BROWN, SIMON (1956- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * *Cannibals of the Fine Light (Ticonderoga Publications 0-9586856-2-2, May 98, $16.00, 175pp, tp, cover by Emma Barber) Collection of 12 stories, two original. One original story is co-authored by Sean Williams, who also provides an afterword. Introduction By Jonathan Strahan. A limited edition of 250; a signed edition of 50 ($28.00) is also available. Order from Ticonderoga Publications, PO Box 407, Nedlands WA 6009, Australia. US orders add $5.00 shipping (prices are in US dollars). (Contents)
- * *Winter (HarperCollins Australia 0-7322-5849-9, 1997 [Jan 98], A$12.95, 292pp, pb, cover by Gregory Bridges) SF novel of a flourishing post-holocaust Australia. This is copyrighted 1997, but was not seen until now.
- BROWN, TIMOTHY
- * *Mystara: Dark Night of Karameikos (TSR 0-7869-0307-4, Oct 95 [Dec 95], $5.99, 316pp, tp, cover by Paul Jaquays) Fantasy novelization based on the game. Copyrighted by TSR.
- BROWNE, ANTHONY
- * *King Kong (Julia MacRae 1-85681-258-8, Oct 94 [Nov 94], £12.99, 92pp, hc) Picture book, with text adapted and abbreviated from the original work by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper. The heroine is clearly meant to be Marilyn Monroe. Simultaneous with the U.S. edition (Turner).
- * *King Kong (with Merian C. Cooper) (Turner 1-57036-107-X, Oct 94 [Nov 94], $16.95, 92pp, hc, cover by Anthony Browne) Picture book version of the story of King Kong, from the story conceived by Edgar Wallace and Merian C. Cooper. Fay Wray has turned into Marilyn Monroe, but Kong varies in size as much as ever.
- BROWNE, DOUGLAS G(ordon) (1884-1963)
- * +yWhat Beckoning Ghost (Dover 0-486-25055-5, Mar 86 [Jun 86], $4.95, 240pp, pb) Reprint (MacDonald & Co. 1947) mystery novel with supernatural elements. First American edition.
- BROWNE, GERALD A(ustin) (1924- )
- * _Hazard (Penguin 0-14-009832-1, Jun 88 [Nov 88], £3.50, 322pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1973) thriller about a telepathic agent and his girl-friend.
- * *Stone 588 (Arbor House 0-87795-539-5, Feb 86, $17.95, 465pp, hc) Fantasy/suspense novel of a magical crystal which cures all ills.
- * _Stone 588 (Viking (UK) 0-670-81159-9, Aug 86, £10.95, 495pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) thriller with supernatural elements.
- * _Stone 588 (Chivers Press 0-86220-178-0, Feb 87, £9.95, 640pp, hc) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) thriller with super-natural elements. Large Print edition.
- * _Stone 588 (Penguin 0-14-009223-4, Aug 87, £3.50, 496pp, pb) Reprint (Arbor House 1986) thriller with super-natural elements. [Not seen]
- BROWNE, HOWARD (1908-1999) (stories)
- * *Twelve Times Zero/Carbon-Copy Killer (Gryphon Books 0-936071-81-8, Mar 97, $10.00, 63+49pp, ph, cover by Alfred R. Klosterman) Chapbook collection of two SF mystery stories printed in the style of the classic Ace Doubles. Available from Gryphon Publications, PO Box 209, Brooklyn NY 11228-0209; 718-646-6126. (Contents)
- BROWNE, RAY B(roadus), ed. (1922- )
- BROWNER, JESSE
- * *Conglomeros (Random House 0-679-40879-7, Nov 92 [Dec 92], $21.00, 245pp, hc, cover by Victor Brauner) Fantasy novel about a New York snob who kidnaps a fantasy being from the Romanian forests, and brings him/her/it back to New York and attempts to civilize the creature. A first novel.
- BROWNING, PAMELA (1942- )
- * *A Man Worth Loving (Harlequin 0-373-16384-3, Mar 91 [Feb 91], $2.75, 253pp, pb) Fantasy romance of a woman who loves the psychic who cured her.
- BROWNING, ROBERT (1812-1889) (stories)
- * *No Ordinary Man (The Book Guild 0-86332-610-2, Aug 91, £12.95, 312pp, hc, cover by John Grey) Sf/supernatural novel about a New Age teacher who can communicate with aliens.
- BROWNWORTH, VICTORIA A., ed. (stories)
- * *Night Bites: Vampire Stories by Women (Seal Press 1-878067-71-0, Feb 96 [Jan 96], $12.95, 259pp, tp) Original anthology of 16 vampire stories, with an introduction by Victoria A. Brownworth & Judith H. Redding. Seal Press, 3131 Western Avenue, Suite 410, Seattle WA 98121; 206-283-7844. (Contents)
- BROXON, MILDRED DOWNEY (1944- ) (stories) (chron.)
- * _Too Long a Sacrifice (Bluejay 0-312-94432-2, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $7.95, 224pp, tp) Reprint (Dell 1981) fantasy novel, a Bluejay Illustrated Classic, with artwork by Judith Mitchell.
- * _Too Long a Sacrifice (Bluejay 0-312-94433-0, Apr 84 [Mar 84], $35.00, 224pp, hc) Limited edition of the above.
- BRUCHAC, JOSEPH (chron.)
- * *The Waters Between (University Press of New England 0-87451-881-4, Sep 98 [Oct 98], $22.95, 291pp, hc, cover by Gary Hamel) [Dawn Land] Prehistoric novel, third in the Dawn Land trilogy, the two previous vols not listed: Dawn Land (1993) and Long River (1995). A young shaman faces a lake monster and an evil shaman. Order from University Press of New England, 23 S. Main St., Hanover NH 03755-2048; credit card orders 800-421-1561.
- BRUGALETTE, PHILLIP
- * *The Nine Gates (TSR 1-56076-399-X, Aug 92 [Jul 92], $4.95, 311pp, tp, cover by Fred Fields) Fantasy novel with a Brahmin flavor. A first novel.
- BRUMMELS, J(ames) V. (stories)
- * *Deus Ex Machina (Bantam Spectra 0-553-27977-7, Apr 89 [Mar 89], $3.95, 277pp, pb) Sf novel. The world is ending and a few people must choose whether or not to escape into space. A first novel.
- BRUNETTE, PAUL
- * *Traveller: The New Era: The Death of Wisdom (GDW Press 1-55878-181-1, Mar 95, $5.95, 351pp, pb, cover by David Deitrick) [Traveller] SF novelization based on the role-playing game. First in a trilogy. Copyrighted by GDW.
- BRUNN, ROBERT
- * _The Initiation (Dell Laurel-Leaf 0-440-94047-8, Oct 92 [Sep 92], $3.50, 154pp, pb) Reissue (Dell 1982) young-adult vampire horror novel; fifth printing.
- BRUNNER, JOHN (Kilian Houston) (1934-1995) (stories)
- * _Age of Miracles (DAW 0-88677-024-6, Mar 85 [Feb 85], $2.95, 238pp, pb) Reprint (Ace 1973) sf novel.
- * *The Best of John Brunner (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-35307-2, Nov 88 [Oct 88], $3.95, 288pp, pb) Collection of 17 short stories, with introductions by Joe Haldeman. (Contents)
- * *A Case of Painters Ear (Pulphouse 1-56146-502-X, Jan 91, $1.95, 34pp, pb, cover by Paul Clift) Fantasy story. Short story paperback #2. Originally appeared in Tales from the Forbidden Planet (Titan 1987). This is its first book publication under Brunners byline. A 100-copy, signed leatherbound limited edition ($20.00) is also available.
- * *Children of the Thunder (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-31378-X, Jan 89 [Dec 88], $4.50, 340pp, pb) Sf novel about a new breed of humans who are mankinds last hope or worst threat.
- * _Children of the Thunder (Orbit 0-7474-0537-9, Aug 90, £3.99, 390pp, pb) Reprint (Del Rey 1989) sf novel. This has a 1990 copyright date, but does not seem to be revised.
- * *The Compleat Traveler in Black (Bluejay 0-312-94060-2, Oct 86 [Sep 86], $8.95, 252pp, pb) [Traveler in Black] Revised collection of all the tales of the mysterious title character, with illustrations by Martin Springett. Adds one story to the earlier collection, The Traveler in Black (Ace 1971). (Contents)
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