The Locus Index to Science Fiction

Books, Listed by Author

BURKE, CINNAMON; pseudonym of Phoebe Conn, (1941- )

• * *Rapture’s Mist (Leisure 0-8439-3470-0, Jul ’93 [Aug ’93], $5.99, 437pp, pb) Futuristic romance of two lovers from dissimilar cultures, united by their desire to reach the stars.

BURKE, FRED (1965- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _Clive Barker Illustrator II: The Art of Clive Barker (with Clive Barker) See entry under Clive Barker.
• * *Clive Barker, Illustrator (Arcane/Eclipse 1-56060-028-4, Jan ’91, $19.95, 125pp, tp, cover by Clive Barker) Art book, a collection of Barker’s sketches plus 16 full-color pages and an introduction by Stephen R. Bissette and text by Fred Burke. A hardcover edition (-027-6, $39.95) and a signed limited hardcover edition ($120.00) were announced but not seen.
• * _Dread (with Steve Niles & Clive Barker) See entry under Clive Barker.
• * _The Life of Death (with Steve Niles & Clive Barker) See entry under Clive Barker.
• * _The Yattering and Jack (with Clive Barker & Steve Niles) See entry under Clive Barker.

BURKE, JAMES LEE (1936- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (Hyperion 1-56282-882-7, Apr ’93 [Mar ’93], $19.95, 344pp, hc, cover by Marc Tauss) [Dave Robichaux] Mystery novel in the “Dave Robichaux” series, featuring a New Orleans detective who solves a murder in the bayous with help of a Confederate general’s ghost.
• * _In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (BOMC/QPBC no ISBN, Apr ’94 [Mar ’94], $12.95, 344pp, tp, cover by Marc Tauss) [Dave Robichaux] Reprint (Hyperion 1993) mystery novel in the “Dave Robichaux” series, featuring a New Orleans detective who solves a murder in the bayous with help of a Confederate general’s ghost. Similar to the Hyperion edition except this lacks an ISBN and price and has the jacket printed as the soft cover.
• * _In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead (Avon 0-380-72121-X, Jul ’94 [Jun ’94], $5.99, 346pp, pb) [Dave Robichaux] Reprint (Hyperion 1993) mystery novel in the “Dave Robichaux” series, featuring a New Orleans detective who solves a murder in the bayous with help of a Confederate general’s ghost.

BURKE, RUSTY, ed.

• * _Robert E. Howard: Selected Letters: 1923-1930 (with S. T. Joshi & Glenn Lord) See entry under Glenn Lord.

BURKETT, WILLIAM R., Jr. (1943- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Blood Lines (HarperPrism 0-06-105823-8, Aug ’98 [Jul ’98], $5.99, 376pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Bloodsport] SF novel, sequel to Bloodsport. A hunter/journalist and his sarcastic cyborg ex-assistant Ball join a planet’s deadly poetry contest.
• * *Bloodsport (HarperPrism 0-06-105822-X, Jan ’98 [Dec ’97], $5.99, 294pp, pb, cover by Donato Giancola) [Bloodsport] SF novel. A big-game hunter and his robot Ball travel to the planet Pondoro to hunt the mysterious greer.

BURKHOLZ, HERBERT (Laurence) (1932-2006)

• * *Brain Damage (Headline 0-7472-0138-2, Feb ’92, £14.99, 286pp, hc, cover by Alun Hood) [Sensitives] Thriller about telepathic agents working for the CIA. Simultaneous with US (Atheneum) edition. Volume three in the “Sensitives” series.
• * *Brain Damage (Macmillan Atheneum 0-689-12009-5, Jun ’92 [May ’92], $19.95, 281pp, hc, cover by Griesbach & Martucci) [Sensitives] Fantasy thriller with telepathic detectives, third book of the “Sensitives” series. Simultaneous with the UK (Headline) edition.
• * *The Sensitives (Atheneum 0-689-11842-2, Jul ’87 [Aug ’87], $18.95, 278pp, hc) [Sensitives] Thriller about telepathic espionage agents.
• * _The Sensitives (Headline 0-7472-3094-3, 1988 [Oct ’88], £2.99, 278pp, pb) [Sensitives] Reprint (Atheneum 1987) sf novel. This is a special ‘Open Market’ edition and is not generally available in the UK.
• * _The Sensitives (Headline 0-7472-0055-6, Jan ’88, £10.95, 278pp, hc) [Sensitives] Reprint (Atheneum 1987) thriller about telepaths. [First U.K. edition]
• * _The Sensitives (Headline 0-7472-3094-3, Jan ’89, £2.99, 278pp, pb) [Sensitives] Reprint (Atheneum 1987) thriller about telepathic agents.
• * _The Sensitives (Berkley 0-425-11581-X, May ’89 [Apr ’89], $3.95, 278pp, pb) [Sensitives] Reprint (Atheneum 1987) thriller with telepaths.
• * _Strange Bedfellows (Headline 0-7472-0091-2, Jan ’89, £11.95, 310pp, hc, cover by Alun Hood) [Sensitives] Reprint (Atheneum 1988) sequel to The Sensitives in which the agents foil a joint KGB/CIA plot to assassinate Gorbachev. Highly entertaining. Recommended. (PSP) Despite the 1988 publication date, this did not appear until 1989. [First U.K. edition]
• * _Strange Bedfellows (Headline 0-7472-3223-7, Jan ’90, £3.50, 309pp, pb) [Sensitives] Reprint (Atheneum 1988) thriller about telepathic agents. Sequel to The Sensitives.

BURLESON, DONALD R(ichard) (1941- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Flute Song (Black Mesa Press 0-9649580-0-7, Jan ’96, $9.95, 213pp, tp) SF novel. One alien survived the UFO crash at Roswell, New Mexico — but will it survive the government? Available from Black Mesa Press, PO Box 416, Merrimack NH 03054-0416; 603-424-3453; add $2.00 postage.
• * *Four Shadowings (Necronomicon Press 0-940884-59-3, Jul ’94 [Aug ’94], $5.95, 43pp, ph, cover by Robert H. Knox) Collection of four macabre tales, with illustrations by Robert H. Knox. Available from Necronomicon Press, PO Box 1304, West Warwick RI 02893. (Contents)

BURLESON, JOE

• * *Space Colony (Putnam 0-399-21058-X, 1984, $4.95, 9pp, pb) Art book.

BURNELL, MARK (1964- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Glittering Savages (Hodder & Stoughton 0-340-61782-9, Mar ’95 [Apr ’95], £16.99, 266pp, hc, cover by John Avon) Horror novel. A beautiful and reclusive new tenant shows an odd romantic interest in a caretaker, and the police pursue a ferocious killer who is never seen.
• * _Glittering Savages (NEL 0-340-61783-7, Oct ’95 [Sep ’95], £5.99, 325pp, pb, cover by John Avon) Reprint (Hodder & Stoughton 1995) dark fantasy novel.

BURNETT, CATHY, ed. (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Spectrum 2: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (with Arnie Fenner & Jim Loehr) (Underwood Books 1-887424-02-4, Nov ’95 [Oct ’95], $34.95, 139pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) Art book. Second in a series of yearbooks of professional fantasy art, including full-color reproductions of over 200 pieces chosen by a jury, plus the Chesley Awards winners. A trade paperback edition (-01-6, $22.95) is also available. Available from Underwood Books, PO Box 1607, Grass Valley CA 95945.
• * *Spectrum 3: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (with Arnie Fenner & Jim Loehr) (Underwood Books 1-887424-10-5, Sep ’96, $35.00, 143pp, hc, cover by Frank Frazetta) Art book. Third in a series of yearbooks of professional fantasy art, including full-color reproductions of over 200 pieces chosen by a jury, plus the Chesley Awards winners. A trade paperback edition (-09-1, $24.95) is also available. Available from Underwood Books, PO Box 1607, Grass Valley CA 95945; add $4.00 shipping.
• * _Spectrum 3: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (with Arnie Fenner & Jim Loehr) (SFBC no ISBN, Nov ’96 [Dec ’96], $19.98, unpaginated, hc) Reprint (Underwood Books 1996) art book, third in a series of yearbooks of professional fantasy art.
• * _Spectrum II: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art (with Arnie Fenner) (SFBC no ISBN, Feb ’96 [Nov ’95], $19.98, 139pp, hc, cover by Rick Berry) Reprint (Underwood Books 1995) art book. This is the same as the trade edition, except it lacks a price on the jacket; there is no SFBC number.
• * *Spectrum: The Best in Contemporary Fantastic Art: First Annual Collection (with Arnie Fenner) (Underwood Books 0-88733-196-3, Aug ’94, $29.95, 204pp, hc, cover by James Gurney) Art book. A yearbook of professional fantasy art, including full-color reproductions of some 200 pieces chosen by a jury, plus the Chesley Awards winners. With an introduction by Lee Stuart. A trade paperback edition (-188-2, $18.95) is also available; a signed numbered slipcased edition (-189-0, $75.00) was announced but not seen. Available from Underwood Books, PO Box 1607, Grass Valley CA 95945. Visa/MasterCard orders: 1-800-777-8499.

BURNETT, FRANCES (Eliza) HODGSON [Mrs. Stephen Townsend] (1849-1924) (stories)

• * _The Secret Garden (Windrush 1-85089-908-8, 1987 [Oct ’87], $12.95, 331pp, hc) Reprint (Heinemann 1911) juvenile fantasy novel, large print edition. U.S. distribution of British edition from Oxford Windrush.
• * _The Secret Garden (Viking Kestrel 0-670-82571-9, Mar ’89 [Apr ’89], $18.95, 256pp, hc) Reprint (Stokes 1911) children’s fantasy classic, illustrated by Shirley Hughes. This edition is the first American reprint of a 1988 Gollancz edition.
• * _The Secret Garden (Tor 0-812-51910-8, Jul ’91 [Nov ’91], $3.99, 274pp, pb, cover by Doug Johnson) Reissue (Heinemann 1911) classic juvenile fantasy/ghost novel; third printing. This edition is a tie-in to the Broadway musical adaptation.
• * _The Secret Garden (Knopf Everyman’s Library 0-679-42309-5, May ’93 [Jul ’93], $14.95, 318pp, hc) Reprint (Heinemann 1911) classic juvenile ghost fantasy novel, with the original illustrations by Charles Robinson.

BURNETT, VIRGIL (1928- ) (stories)

• * _Towers at the Edge of a World (Porcupine’s Quill 0-88984-082-2, Feb ’84 [Jan ’84], $9.95, 211pp, tp) Reprint (St. Martin’s 1980) collection of 15 tales, many with fantasy elements, set in a fictional French hill-town. Illustrated by the author.

BURNIAUX, ROBERT (1924-1988); see pseudonym Jean Muno (stories)

BURNS, CHRISTOPHER (1944- ) (stories)

• * *About the Body (Secker & Warburg 0-436-09784-2, Aug ’88, £10.95, 193pp, hc) Literary sf collection. (Contents)

BURNS, CLIFF (1963- ) (stories)

• * *Genuinely Inspired Primitive (Cliff Burns no ISBN, 1993 [May ’94], $4.95, 49pp, tp, cover by Sharon Harmon Burns) Collection of macabre and fantastic vignettes and prose poems. Available from the author, Box 478, Iqaluit, NWT X0A 0H0, Canada. (Contents)
• * *The Reality Machine (Black Dog Press 0-9694853-2-8, Sep ’97, $16.95, 121pp, tp, cover by Clarence Holbrook Carter) Collection of 15 stories, one original. Introduction by Kim Newman. Order from Black Dog Press, 1142 105th St, North Battleford SK, S9A 1S6, Canada; add $3.00 postage.
• * *Sex & Other Acts of the Imagination (Harman Burns Publications 0-9694853-0-1, Dec ’90 [Jan ’91], $6.95, 115pp, tp, cover by Laurel Johannesson) Collection of 19 horror stories from small press sources, with an introduction by Jeff Vandermeer. (Contents)

BURNS, JIM (1948- ) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _J.B. (Paper Tiger 1-85028-274-9, Aug ’94 [Sep ’94], £3.99, 43pp, hc, cover by Jim Burns) Miniature (100 x 75mm) art book of 20 paintings from Lightship.
• * *The Jim Burns Portfolio (Paper Tiger 1-85028-139-4, Jan ’91, £9.95, 64pp, tp, cover by Jim Burns) Portfolio of 28 full page (16" x 11") reproductions of Jim Burns covers, with introductory text by Burns. Recommended. (PSP)
• * *Lightship (Paper Tiger 1-85028-010-X, May ’86, £11.95, 125pp, hc) Trade hardcover edition of the first collection of Burns’ artwork. Text by Chris Evans. There is also a signed, boxed, limited edition with the same ISBN but priced at £30.00; it’s available through Titan Books.
• * *Lightship (Paper Tiger 1-85028-011-8, May ’86, £7.95, 125pp, tp) Trade paperback edition of the above.

BURNS, KEITH, ed.

• * _Graven Images: The Best of Horror, Fantasy, and Science Fiction Film Art (with Leith Adams & Ronald V. Borst) See entry under Ronald V. Borst

BURNS, RICHARD (stories) (assoc.)

• * *Khalindaine (Unwin/Unicorn 0-04-823320-X, Apr ’86 [Mar ’86], £10.95, 268pp, hc) Fantasy novel of a turbulent empire.
• * _Khalindaine (Unwin 0-04-823313-7, Feb ’88 [Jan ’88], £3.50, 268pp, pb) Reprint (Allen & Unwin 1986) fantasy novel.
• * *Troubador (Unwin 0-04-440225-2, Aug ’88 [Jul ’88], £3.95, 250pp, pb) Fantasy novel. Sequel to Khalindaine.

BURRAGE, A(lfred) M(cLelland) (1889-1956) (stories)

• * *Intruders: New Weird Tales (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-04-4, Aug ’95, C$46.50, xiv+233pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Collection of 26 previously uncollected ghost stories, most unreprinted since their first appearance. Edited and with an Introduction by Jack Adrian. This edition is limied to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $35.00 and in the UK for £21.00. (Contents)
• * *The Occult Files of Francis Chard: Some Ghost Stories (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-20-6, Dec ’96, £23.50, xvi+278pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) [Francis Chard] Collection of 26 stories, including 13 from Some Ghost Stories (1927). Edited and with an Introduction by Jack Adrian. A world-wide edition available in the US for $38.50. (Contents)
• * *Someone in the Room: Strange Tales Old and New (Ash-Tree Press 1-899562-38-9, Nov ’97, C$53.00, xiii+304pp, hc, cover by Douglas Walters) Collection of 28 supernatural stories. 14 of the stories comprise Burrage’s rare second collection, Someone in the Room, published under the pseudonym ’Ex-Private-X’ in 1931. Five stories are the sole original tales from the almost equally elusive Between the Minute and the Hour (1967); of the rest, seven are now collected in book form for the first time. Edited and with an Introduction by Jack Adrian. This edition is limited to 500 copies. A world-wide edition available in the US for $40.00 and in the UK for £25.00. (Contents)
• * *Un-Paying Guests (The Ghost Story Society no ISBN, 1989 [Feb ’92], no price, 21pp, ph, cover by Dallas Goffin) Ghost collection. This is “The Ghost Story Society Special Booklet Number 1”, issued free to members. (Contents)
• * *Warning Whispers (Equation 1-85336-083-X, Oct ’88, £3.50, 187pp, tp) Outstanding collection of rare, and generally uncollected, ghost stories, edited and introduced by Jack Adrian. (Contents)

BURROUGHS, EDGAR RICE (1875-1950) (stories) (assoc.)

• * _At the Earth’s Core (Ace 0-441-03328-8, Jan ’85 [Dec ’84], $2.75, 210pp, pb) [Pellucidar] Reissue (McClurg 1922) sf novel.
• * _At the Earth’s Core (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36668-9, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 181pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) [Pellucidar] Reprint (McClurg 1922) classic sf novel, first book of the “Pellucidar” series.
• * _Back to the Stone Age (Ace 0-441-04638-X, May ’85 [Apr ’85], $2.75, 251pp, pb) [Pellucidar] Reissue (Burroughs 1937) sf novel, fifth in the Pellucidar septology. 13th Ace printing.
• * _Back to the Stone Age (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36671-9, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 230pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) [Pellucidar] Reprint (Burroughs 1937) sf novel, fifth book of the “Pellucidar” series.
• * _The Beasts of Tarzan (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-32433-1, Jan ’91 [Dec ’90], $3.95, 182pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Tarzan] Reissue (McClurg 1916) adventure fantasy, third book of the “Tarzan” series; 19th printing.
• * *The Beasts of Tarzan/The Son of Tarzan (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-40830-6, Nov ’96 [Oct ’96], $5.99, 373pp, pb, cover by Joe Jusko) [Tarzan] Omnibus edition of the third and fourth “Tarzan” novels (McClurg 1916, 1917), first in a series of “classic” doubles. (Contents)
• * _Beyond the Farthest Star (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37836-9, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $3.99, 133pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) Reprint (Ace 1964) sf novel of a WWII pilot transported to the alien planet Poloda.
• * _Carson of Venus (Ace 0-441-09198-9, Oct ’84 [Sep ’84], $2.75, 276pp, pb) [Venus Series] Reissue (Burroughs 1939) sf novel; 13th Ace printing.
• * _Carson of Venus (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37010-4, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $3.95, 197pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) [Venus Series] Reprint (Burroughs 1939) sf adventure novel, third book of the “Venus” series.
• * _The Cave Girl (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37833-4, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $3.99, 249pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) Reprint (McClurg 1925) collection of two connected pulp adventure novellas.
• * *Edgar Rice Burroughs’ “Minidoka, 937th Earl of One Mile Series M (with Michael William Kaluta) (Dark Horse Comics 1-56971-280-8, Oct ’98 [Sep ’98], $14.95, 63pp, hc, cover by J. Allen St. John) Short children’s fantasy by Burroughs, subtitled "A Historical Fairy Tale”, previously unpublished. Illustrated by Burroughs and Kaluta, with previously unpublished cover art by J. Allen St. John. Introduction by Robert R. Barrett. This may be Burroughs’s earliest surviving story. A slipcased, limited edition of 500, with four color plates and signed by Kaluta (-281-6, $75.00) was announced but not seen.
• * _Escape on Venus (Ace 0-441-21567-X, Nov ’84 [Oct ’84], $2.75, 269pp, pb) [Venus Series] Reissue (Burroughs 1946) sf adventure novel. 10th Ace printing. Fourth in the “Venus” pentology.
• * _Escape on Venus (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37011-2, Jul ’91 [Jun ’91], $3.95, 246pp, pb, cover by Richard Hescox) [Venus Series] Reprint (Burroughs 1946) sf adventure novel, fourth book of the “Venus” series.
• * _The Eternal Savage (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37835-0, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $3.99, 201pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) Reprint (McClurg 1925 as The Eternal Lover) sf novel. Victoria Custer is a guest of Lord Greystoke in Africa when she is swept back in time with a prehistoric hunter.
• * _I Am a Barbarian (Ace 0-441-35807-1, Oct ’85 [Sep ’85], $2.75, 287pp, pb) Reissue (ERB Inc. 1967) historical adventure novel.
• * _Jungle Tales of Tarzan (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-34413-8, Jun ’91 [May ’91], $3.95, 212pp, pb, cover by Barclay Shaw) [Tarzan] Reissue (McClurg 1919) collection of twelve “Tarzan” stories; 18th printing.
• * _The Land of Hidden Men (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37837-7, Nov ’92 [Oct ’92], $3.99, 200pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) Reprint (Burroughs 1932 as Jungle Girl) lost race fantasy of an American explorer who discovers a lost city deep in the Cambodian jungle.
• * _Land of Terror (Ace 0-441-47002-5, Jun ’85 [May ’85], $2.75, 176pp, pb) [Pellucidar] Reissue (Burroughs 1944) sf novel. 7th Ace printing. Book 5 in the “Pellucidar” septology.
• * _Land of Terror (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-36672-7, May ’90 [Apr ’90], $3.95, 186pp, pb, cover by David B. Mattingly) [Pellucidar] Reprint (Burroughs 1944) sf novel, sixth book of the “Pellucidar” series.
• * _The Land That Time Forgot (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37407-X, Feb ’92 [Jan ’92], $3.99, 138pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) [Caspak] Reprint (Ace 1963) sf novel, first part of The Land That Time Forgot (McClurg 1924).
• * _The Lost Continent (Ballantine Del Rey 0-345-37834-2, Sep ’92 [Aug ’92], $3.99, 131pp, pb, cover by Michael Herring) Reprint (Ace 1963) far-future sf novel. This originally appeared as “Beyond Thirty” in All Around Magazine 2/16, and in book form in Beyond Thirty and The Man-Eater (Science Fiction & Fantasy 1957). This edition has the Donald Wollheim introduction from the Ace edition.